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COAL MINERS' STRIKE LOSES
' THREATEM6 ASPECT;
Many Operators Agree to Give Men In
crease Demanded by Leaders.
Continued From P«se 1, Column 7.
cooks on hand, ready to go on duty to
inomwr. guarding the company's prop
erty. The company is to undertake at
once the operation of N0."5 colliery in
Dunmore by concentrating the stockade
mround the breaker and erecting eating
and lodging houses for the men. who
will work.
OPEBATOHS WEAKENING.
lndism Owner* AVIHlns to Agree to
- Schedule nf 1903.
TERBE HAUTE, Ind., April I.—Dis
trict President Wellington O'Connor of
the United Mine . Workers today an
nounced that overtures have been made
the miners toward signing the 1903
•cale by the following companies: Cen
tral Indiana Coal Company, with mines
at Coalmont; Cayuga Brick and Coal
Company. Baker Coal Company, in Vigo
County;* Sugar Valley Coal Company.
In Vigo. County; Muran Coal and Ice
Company. \u25a0'..'*
• President O'Connor also says that all
the mines south of the Baltimore and
i»nio Railroad tracks In the southern
liart of the district, with the exception
oi those owned by David Ingle, the Llt
tJe.Coal Company and the Diamond Coal
Company, will elgn the- agreement. Be
sides this, lie isays, several other com
panies "have intimated their readiness to
comply with the miners' demands and
• that by the middle of next week be
tween two and three thousand miners
in the district Will again be working.
President Kelson) of the operators,
however, Insists that there Is no change
in their position. The -operators will
hold a meeting here Thursday.
GRAY WILL NOT SERVE.
President of Anthracite Coal Commis
sion Anxtoua to Avoid Arbitration.
PHILADELPHIA. Apri! I.— lt was
learned here today that Judge George
Gray, president of the anthracite 6trike
commission, and President Baer of the
Reading Company met Saturday night
at the home. .in Wilmington, Del., of
Colonel H. A. Dupont. the powder man
ufacturer. Their meeting, coining at
this time, naturally gave rise to ru
mors that It had something to do with
the present crisis in the labor troubles
In the anthracite region, but this was
positively denied, from all sources. It
can be started authoritatively that it
would he only with the greatest diffi
culty that Judge Gray could again be
brought into any arbitration plan. He
has frequently said In the last year that
nothing but the most Imperative de-
Riaad would induce him to attempt with
others to settle another strike Involv
ing features such as those presented by
the hard-coal situation.
President Baer returned to his home
bore today, and, as usual, declined to
discues the situation for publication.
Qt'IET IN SOUTHWEST.
No £Ign a of TrouSle Among Strikers
In the Territories.
KAKSAS <?ITY. April I.— Up to late
tonight there had been no developments
of. Interest in the coal mining districts
in Missouri.. Kansa6 Arkansas and .the
.Territories, where the union men quit
work' late yeste.rday. Everywhere quiet
was repprted, with no signs of trouble.
At* South, Mc-Alester, I. T.. where ft
\u25a0was rumored that some mines might
be opened up with non-union men, the
operators announced tonight that they
would make no effort to resume opera
tions- now.
Two Jiundred tnen working in the
mines in the' vicinity of Tulsa. I. T.,
not affiliated with the Miners' Union,
will continue at work tomorrow as
usual.
Tf. C. Perry, president of the South
western Coal Operators* Association,
\u25a0who reached Kansas City late last night
from the Indianapolis conference, said
today:
"Ouf' offer to arbitrate Is still open
to the miners."
RAILROAD RUSHES CARS.
Distributes "Empties" In Hope That
. Few Mines Will Be Operated.
READING. Pa., April I.— This was an
unusually busy" Sunday on the main
line -of the Reading- Railway. Yester
day's products of the Schuylkill region,
amounting to 1600 carloads, was sent
through, and this will have reached its
destination by tomorrow.
Many empty cars have been rushed to
\u25a0tho Schuylkill regions, and these will
be distributed to the colleries early
In the morning in the belief that some
of the mines will be in operation. An
thracite shipments to the West, which
fcave fecen heavy recently, have been
stopped and the company has concen
trated its output entirely in the East
If the m'-ncrs fail to' report for work
in the morning It Is expected that In
forty-e!grht hours the. men employed In
the coal -carrying trade will be laid off
"and this will be followed by a curtail
ment of work at the shops along the
main line. Many foreign miners have
passed throtigh this city, and there is
c regular exodus from the anthracite
regions.
TAKE TOOLS FROM MINES.
Wtlkesbarre Men Will Remain Idte Un
til Ordered Back to Work.
WILKESBARRE, Pa,. April I.— Most
of the. miners and laborers were busy
last nigrht and today removing their:
tools and supplies from the collieries
end Breakers* : .
z i The miners and laborers throughout
this district "will generally refrain
from working, until such time as they
are ordered back by the union.
"Today and-tonlgrht the railroad com
panies ivcre busy filling sidings lead-
Ing to some of tho large breakers with
empty- coal cars preparatory to making
en attempt to -continue work tomor
r&v.r Notices are posted at some of
the breakers announcing there will be
\u25a0work for all. who apply.
• < RAISES XON-U3C ION* MEN.
B/rnind-Whltc Company Grants 1903
Scale to Its Hands.
JOHNSTOWN. Pa., April I.— ln spite
of notices potted by the Berwlnd- White
Mining Company at Windbcr. that the
6000 'bituminous miners employed there
\u25a0^•111 be granted the 1903 scale 1000 or
more union 'miners from Lloydcll, Bca
verdale. Dbnlo and South Fork will
jnirch to Windber tomorrow and pa
rade the streets. United Mine Workers'
officials .haye for several weeks been
endeavoring to get the Berwind-WhUe
miners, into' the union, but they have
met wltti opposition from
the company, which- declares they will
clo^e the mines before they will employ
a union man. The parade is designed
to encourage the: men at Windber to
come into the union.
OBEY ORDER TO STRIKE.
fUme Workers of Dubols District to
Stay Idle Pending; Conference*. '' r >
. DUBOIS, Pa., April I. — The bitumin
ous miners : employed at all the work
lacs of this vicinity held a meeting
here this afternoon and were unanimous
in their acceptance of the order Issued
by President Patrick Gilday of District
No. 2 that, with the exception of .pump
men, engineers and firemen, all em
ployes about the mines of the district
should do no more work after Satur
day night until the issues of the district
Joint convention, to be held at Clear
neld, beginning Tuesday, are settled.
The mines of the Erie. Buffalo and
Susquehanna and Falls Creek compa
nies were represented at the meeting.
MIXER KILLED IN FIGHT.
Quarrel Over Kes of Beer Result* In
One Death and Others Fatuity
Injured.
CIIARLEROI, Pa.; April 1. — One man
shot- to death, two others suffering
from bullet wounds that are expected
to prove fatal, a third seriously cut, a
fourth -burned about the hands and face
and a fifth seriously injured, is the rtf
eult of a fight of miners in the woods
half a mile east of Twilight, a mining
viuage near here, this evening. •' '
The men quarreled over a keg of
beer. • =*.- ££"v
The dead man is Lewis Williams, 38
years old. The two fatally \u25a0 wounded
are J. 8. and Osccr Schneider, brothers.
Other members of the party included
two Americans and two Fmlanders.
William Hart, an American, who is al
leged to have killed Williams, is being
searched for by a posse.
STATE TO RUN MINE.
Governor Folk of Miasourl Leases Coal
Deposits Near Wnverly. "•\u25a0:;•".
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., April I.—
Governor Folk, through Warden Matt
Hall of the State penitentiary here, has
leased a mine near Waverly, from
which coal will be mined during the
present strike in sufficient quantities to
supply the fifteen State institutions
with fuel. The miners at Waverly are
paid 10 per cent more than,- the regular
scale and do not want to strike. If
they should be forced to go out Warden
Hall said there would be no difficulty
in operating the. mine if the State is
forced to resort to that extremity.
MANY REMAIN AT WORK.
Vast Majority of West Virginia Miners
to Continue DlKSrink Coal.
WHEELING. W. Va.. April I.— Of the
40,000 bituminous miners In West. Vir
gina not over 5000 «re affiliated with
the United Mine Workers. Of this 5000
about 1500 are in the Panhandle dis
trict and have gone out. In the Nor
folk and Western fields the miners are
almost entirely outside the organiza
tion, and the great bulk of the men are
continuing at work, with here and
there small strikes caused by the local
disagreements.
PEACEFUL IN ILLINOIS.
No Disturbances at Any of the Mines
Vacated by Workmen.
ST. LOUIS. Mo.. April I.— The situa
tion In Illinois across J^he river among
the striking, coal miner* < is >x repor..ted
qule't. r r There w wis inb'"dlsturbance to
day and no trouble at any of the places
vacated by miners at midnight last
night. Between East -St. Louis, and
Belleville, fourteen miles- east, today
scores of cars nlled^with bituminous
coal are side-tracked by" .various 'rail
roads as a'reserve.*. : '- • •«, \u25a0
SO STRIKES IN KENTUCKY.
Agreement With" Miners Does >"ot Ex
pire Until September.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., April I.— All "the
\u25a0Kentucky coal miners will be at work
tomorrow as usual. The contracts for
the eastern district do not expire until
September 1. The signing of the agree
ment by the operators of the western
district yesterday to pay the 1903 scale
consequently assured the continuance
of mining throughout the State until
September 1 at least.
SEEK TO STOP STRIKE-BREAKERS.
Labor Council of Winnipeg Appeals to
Minister at Ottawa to* Prevent Im-
portation of Men.
OTTAWA, Ontario, April 1. — A. B.
Aylsworth, Minister of \ Labor, has re
ceived a, telegram from the Trades and
Labor Council of Winnipeg asking him
to send an alien law officer there to
deal with cases of strike-breakers al
leged to have been Imported /from the
United States by the Winnipeg Street
Railway Company. The department
will investigate at once. -- • *•'.<.-;;;
EVERY MAN TOGO OUT.
Labor Leaders Positive Workers Will
Obey Order to Strike.
TAMAQUA, Pa., April I.— Officials of
the United Mlne^Workers today made
a careful canvass among, their .men to
ascertain whether any of them were
likely to fail to obey the suspension or
der tomorrow, This evening they said
they were positive every union man
would remain away from the mines.' .
GRANTS AN' ADVANCE.
Company OperatlnK Fifteen Mines in
Westmoreland Raises Wages.
GREENSBURG, Pa., April I.— The
Keystone Coal and Coke Company,
operating fifteen mines In Westmore
land County, has granted the miners an,
advance of 5.65 per cent. The order
was issued last night and will go into
effect tomorrow..
TEXAS MINES IDLE.
FORT WORTH, Tex., April I.— Work
in the coal mines of Texas stopped Sat
urday night and the situation' is mere
ly one of waiting to ascertain what will
be the result. As far as can be learned
about 1900 xnhen quit work at Thur
ber, Strawn. Mount Sterling and Rock
Creek." The number out at Bridgeport
cannot be ascertained. 'There Is little
excitement. .-
No Strike In Fairmont Mines.
FAIRMONT. W. Va. April 1.-i-All of
the mines of the Fairmont soft-coal re
gion will work tomorrow as usual. The
miners are taking no Interest In the
strike situation In other locations. On
the other hand the men are looking for
ward, to good work which will result
from the trouble in other. fields.
Special Police for Shamokln.
SHAMOKIN, Fa., April l.—A special
fore* of Philadelphia and Reading Coal
and Iron policemen, arrived here this
evening'- to assist Lthe regular force in
giving protection to any , miners want
ing to go to work tomorrow. ' No work
\u25a0was done by any one at. the mines, to
day except in . the case of -firemen; fire
bosses and engineers 1 In.' their' regular
capacity. - -. ..\u25a0\u25a0 •
To A trait - Result * of . Conference.
MAI/ANOY CITY. Pa., April I.— Every
colliery in the Mahanoy region will be
in ' read iness * f or j; operation , tomorrow,
notwithstanding the drder" «Sf president
Mitchell to the men to cease work
SPEEDING AUTO
KILLS A WOMAN
Maimed and ijhconscibus
Forms Are Left -jin Wake
of Swiftly Moving Machine
OCCUPANTS ARE WANTED
Police Are Looking-for Party
of 'Five That Fled From
Scene After the ' Accident
..NEW YORK, April 1.-r-llrs. Alvina
Stein of St. Louis, and her. sister, Mrs.
George J. Kuchler of. New Rochelle, were
struck by an automobile in that . village
today and probably fatally "Injured. Mr 3.
Stein had come on to attend the celebra
tion, of. her sister's seventyrthird. birth
day -anniversary. . .: -. ; •: ''•'.'*.
Mrs. Stein and Mrs. Kuchler.were hurled
with .terrific force against the stone abut
ments of a railroad bridge./ Mrs. Kuch
ler's skull was fractured-, and-she'suf
fered \u25a0 several , internal injuries, from
which she died in the hospital. • Mrs.
Stein's arm was broken and crushed and
she also suffered internal , injuries. Mrs.
Stein's arm will have to-be • amputated.
After the -accident the automobile,
which was occupied by two men and
three women, was driven away, at a rapid
rate. The police say they have the num
ber of the car and are tracing Its owner
ship, v.", \u25a0 •\u25a0£?- 1/ : '\u25a0•*•• -\u25a0 >\u25a0' : -~i?z'r"*-;
FIVE HURT IN COLLISION.
Automobile* Collide qnd Occupants, of
One Arc Thrown Out and Injured.
NEW YORK, April. 1. — Ralph Shaw,
of Little Falls, lawyer and assistant
prosecutor of pleas of Passaic County,
sustained a fracture of the arm and
his wife three broken ribs while a
young. woman and two children "were
badly bruised in an .automobile acci
dent which happened this afternoon
near the Heights station, at Upper Mont
Clair.
The automobile in which j the party
were riding was ' headed from Little
Falls, and while going' along a. moun
tain grove at- fast pace , over [a- soft,
muddy road collided with- an automo
bile owned by W. E. Duryea, soil of a
wealthy starch manufacturer of Os
vrego, which was occupied by. his two
maids and Fred Newberry, his'chauf
feur.
AUTO KILLS LITTLE BOY.
April Fool Joke Re*pon«lble for Death
of SU- Year-Old Frederick Ctallman.'
NEW YORK, April I.— Playing ah
"Aprilfool" Joke cost the life of Fred
erick Cullman, six years old, today,
when he was - struck and almost in
stantly killed by an " automobile in
front of his home, in Sixty-fifth street.
The lad was a son of William Cullman,
assistant treasurer of the Metropolitan
Opera-house, who witnessed the acci
dent from the window of his residence.
noted pianist Resumes Ji^
V . CONCBRT TOUR AFTER REST
Mr*. Ftranie Blqomfield Zetnlrr Returns
- From Spiincs Alter Recovery-. From
•.on .0./t* KMWUAiProtilJpaMon,.-. * ... .
»-i«HK>AGQirfJ A-prttsdowrMriC Fannie
Bloomfield "Zeisler, the noted , pianist
who was compelled several, wcelts ago
to abandon her concert work and seek.
»est, returned' .today-? from -* Colorado
Jjjp t ringrs ;and '.'.announced.' .^her^complete'
'recovery "froiruwhat; her. *phy,s J jci4n i . i d« i -.
clared to be a case of. nervous 'prbstra>
tioh.-- Her^ condition at', that- tlmftwras.
attributed to .an ocular" affection. ."Re
garding her. present* .condition, Mrs:
Zeisler. sa'ld today: VI never felt better
in my life. The condition of my eyes
also is much improved and wtiile I. will
have t'<r leave reading and writing
alone for the rest of -my life, my ooulie!
informs >me that ."^'my 1 eyes; will not
grow worse if I- confine ,their uso to
what is necessary for the pursuit of
my professional work."' v /^- ; ;
pending the outcome-of the conference
In New York .on Tuesday between the
miners and operators. ••/ - ;
Will Not Grant Increase.
WELLSTON, ;Ohio,* April 1.-k>pera
tors of -Southwestern Ohio, controlling
80 ' per - cent -of the total • output, have
declared, themselves unequivocally op
posed ..to granting the increase de
manded by the miners.' There are 5800
miner*~ln this district. \u25a0\u25a0
Painters and Paperhaagers Oat.
.' DENVER,: April —'The paint
ers and paperhangers' of • the city, .to
the number of 300, decided,- today to
strike for an increase^ of wages. They
will .not. go-to work tomorrow.
CAN STAND A LONG SIEGE.
President of Erie Railroad. Says Strike
Comes at Fortunate. Time.
"The anthracite coal .situation is far
better ...now— although ,it .Ms .bad
enough— -than it > was during the last
strike. The action of the Pittsburg
Coal Company-.arid. -the", -unorganized
miners in coming to an agreement prac
tically settles the eoft coal strike.- They
can supply enough soft; coal _ to', keep'
everything running. . It inky cost out
side manufacturers a little more' to haul
their coal from Pittsburg, but the in
crease will be slight: on the price per
ton and they ; can afford llt to get • tho
product. Thtere hasibeen- an overpro
duction of soft coal any way during the
last. few years.'! - : ' •: ;
President P. >D. Underwood of the
Erie Railroad,: one of the! largest coal
shipping lines ;in "the "East and the
owner/of several collieries, freely, dis
cussed; the ; coal strike.last evening at
the St.: Francis; Hotel/)- where he Is for
a few days while onUiis way home.;:-
'-.'' The "anthracite coal strike is well
on,''.: he continued, "but I' believe that
the 'hard. coal' can. stand a long siege.
This ; time, unlike the . last . strike,; there
is a supply of anthracite on 'hand. ; Out
of the •. 60,000,000 :, tons V mined % annually
9,000,000 ?jtons are* now /above ground
and ready^to beY shipped; out; for ; -.the
market.'-/ Added to this there are many,
great ;, culm piles, 'which 'will* be washed
and : sold rout. Summer-. is"comingj'on
and the "demand .for coal will -fall
The summer weather 1 will also decrease
the hardships usually, suffered by the
\u25a0 poor of the large ' cities. . 7 . vil;
;-- "I will tell : you;a' peculiar thing/She
went on. : "In the ; former strike, -when
the rich could' not , obtain coal* forjove
or money,- the -veryi poor* off New> York
City ' and * Philadelphia -were plentifully.
supplled.V" : The \u25a0> little V basement ;• shops"
there sell coal ' by.' the j pall to the : poor
and' by. the . mutual f'consent "Tof \u25a0; .'the
operators and striking n^ners these lit
tle shops .were kept supplied. lCWe'
watched them'caref ully itojsee^that they,
did \ not ; raise?the?price?6nstheir.;cus
,tomers"and; in*, some^irtaces^where "the
dealers were tricky we :feßtablished: f eBtablished our
own.shops." . ..\u25a0';'!''\u25a0/."\u25a0*\u25a0\u25a0* \u25a0' :":' \u25a0' '\u25a0\u25a0": .-.'
. President >Underwoodc paid: n high'
compliment, to JPresidentfjohh' Mitchell*
f'Mltcheiri is an ;> hories.t'-'.lab'or pleader," ;
said; r the ' head; of 1 th"e"Er Je.^Vaiid " he { is
working wlthoUt*"selfish' i thought."^ ' 4/.;
'\u25a0.-*: By. a -; telegram'" last 1 evening - it was
learned ? . that : the" Erie; had" 1300 1 men; at
work -in, its .^collieries; today.- '
P. J. ROWAN'S
WOUND MAY
PROVE FATAL.
; GIRL.WITH WHOM THE "\VQUt,*>- .
BE SUICIDE IS SAID TO HAVE .
r BEEN IN LOVE.' s
Love Leads;Suspect^d
Footpad to •• Shoot .^ )
Himself:: 1
Porter J. Rowan, afmy. deserter. and
suspected footpad, \.who shot; himself in
the saloon of •.'the"? father -of the £ girl
whom he claimed to b"e his 'sweetheart,
148 Third ,ori Saturday night,
may die. condition yest,erday ; was
much worse. : The'pollce have made no
effort as, yet to connect Rowan with
numerous holdups on • the South Side;
but will await a change for thebetV
ter in Rowan's condition.
Rowan has a hfemorrhage of the lung
from the'bullet and is delirious. In his
ravings he accuses himself of neglect
ing his mother and he denounces Joseph
Bernard, father of the girl' he says he
loves. ' .
Lulu Bernard says that she cannot
conceive of any reason why Rowan de
clared after he attempted suicide that
he was despondent over he,r refusal .to
wed him. . She "barely knew the ImAn,'
she declares,; and had only seen. him a
f.ew times when' !he' t was in the employ
of . her father. J. Bernard, the father
of the '; girl,-: believes that- Kowan refers
to a woman'" who". caiiiei lnto the S saloon
a few/months '.ago;and asked for the
bartender,, : Shortly after this visit Ber
nard says that he discharged Rowan.
TBAIX JU-M-PS TRACK
Occident • ,pn> \u0084 f csoiitlierri
Pkcilic^ bi'it No One Is
SpcilAT \u25a0 DlsjJatch' "to t Thft : CaH. ; '~ j/ :
AVBURN, April I.— Passenger train No.
3' 'of the Southern Pacific/; west-bound,
went off the^ track near* Cape Horn, east
of-. Coif ax, this' morning.";" Notwithstand
ing the* fact that nearly' every, car 'was
off the track, hot a passenger or: train
man was hurt This is the most danger
ous place for a wreck on the road, the
track running around an abrupt point on
the mountain, the ~oV.yss below being
fully 2000' feet. The wrecking- train went
up from Sacramento and" the track was
not cleared .until' this ' evening. \u25a0 / .'- \u25a0
', The breakbeanv of '.the. second . engine
broke, causing one baggage car and sev
eral tourist cars'- to" go in" the^ ditch. The
train ran about' 3oo feet on the ties.
DEATH G^LS
A PROMINENT
SANTA GRUZAN
SANTA CRUZ, ApriU I.— James \ Mc-
Neil, one of the wealthiest,, and best
known citizens of , Santa; Cruz. .died this
morning at his home", in this city . of
cirrhosis of the liver 'after, an Illness of
tw.or weeks. .Mr. McNeil, had been; the
owner of the Santa',Cru.z Electric Light
and Gas Works 1 f or ;th'e' last ' sixteen
years. He recently sold it^to John Mar
tin i and Eugene de; SablaVof : San Fran
cisco. 'Mr. McNeil,. was a.partner in the
big Pittaburg Bteei^ firm -of; James; Mc-
Neil. & ,'Bros..'the. largest "manufactur
ers of ste.el water-main's. in- this couri
try,;^ \u25a0 . :..;;• \u25a0-;;:.•'\u25a0:,.•\u25a0.,• ;;.;\u25a0;,\u25a0
•, Mr.. McNeil .was 69, .years, of- age. , He
was [p. J Scotchman by birth and came. to
this' country in 1851: .During the year
1864 he.was foremah^bf. the.Vulcari Iron
Works in 6an Fraricfsbo. 4 l He came: to
Santa Cruz . in 1890; and lived '\ here 'ever
since.^ He lately lost 'his- son, Thomas/
whb managed the business in Pittsbiirg
and (who wds One . bf j; that city's most
promising business ,men.';'.v;; : '!; - c :
;-,-.; B.esides a widowj :, M.rVi McNeil ' leaves
one ; brother," ' Donald > McNeil, '\u25a0. of , ''. New
York.. .'His brother" is -now in Santa
Cruz. The . body be • buried in
Cypress Lawn Cemetery next Wednes
day....- .... . r.l'X*
ra«se» Aivny In Mexico.
. SAN JOSE, April ::i.—A;telegram. was
received in this city 'today: announcing
the; death ; of . Colonel -'Charles; E/ Mor
daunt,>;a',former ;w;ell-knownr resident
of j, this ; city ' and " 'a'iiX wealthy i coffee
grower, Cat Chihuahua,: Mexico, J He . was
related v by, f marriage : : to , ex-President
Ba^ios" of . : Guatemala: . \u25a0 -J2M
nrlicadler General ' Dies.
NEW. ORLEANS" -I.— Brigadier
General/ Francis c Harrington;? of '\u25a0\u25a0 the-
United : States Marine }.< Corps.^retired;
died while'on'a vlaltito:his;sori-In-law,i
Captain Hall,' at" the Algiers naval sta- ;
•tlon^here-todayi^ >. ? ' '\u25a0'\u25a0' - ' '": ; ' ;: i
CANADIAN JCIT.V "/ M 4Y BECOME , *
v >; \u25a0;:" DARK AS RESULT; OF I , STRIKE
Trouble Uetween Street-Car .' Men and
Their '.;, Employerii '£\u25a0 In^.Winßlpen . \u25a0\u25a0':'
". '•''\u25a0': ':\u25a0 ""\u25a0 -.'*'' Atlettm lAght Sywteni. ; ; =\u25a0\u25a0 r' ; \u25a0 .^'
' WINNIPEG," ; April^l^The^ street car
directors "are expected ;to' give*; ah
tomorrow, to - the compromise i offer * made
Tay; the men. "If 'the strike :la'i not 'settled
machinists and ; electricians "'. at i the* power,
house ! may •go out tomorrow,^ levying : the
city j; without* electric 'light.'^excit.iting} on
streets j which*, are" lighted ) byl- the ] munlci-],
: pal . ; plant; -':. /As the J Sunday^' observance
\u25a0 laws forbid" thejrunnlng] of : on r Sun
day" there * weYe,':n6 < disturbances { today.'.' '\u25a0' ;
"In accordance- with accustom? followed
for .centuries, when : *'the>i newly Selected
[ Maypr;of .' the -borough X of ) lslington",-? Lon-'
dbn. r . first- took : his seat: oiV: the bench : as a
magistrate 4he ] was ; fined '" $1.25. : \ \ -
MRS. LE DOUX
TO BE INDICTED
Will Be Formally Charged
Grand : Jury at Stocktbn
TRIAL TO BE FIN • itAY
Woman Must Answer for tlie
Death of McYicarv Victim
of Recent I Trunk -i'ft'ragedy
STOCKTON, April M>— The lie *Doua
murder: case will; come ll r before the new
Grand t Jury '. tomorrow '.and " Mrs. Le
Doux;Will be' indicted' for; murder. The
case will" bt- set. for; trial some time in
May.'- . .'. .. -'; \u25a0\u25a0'• . •.
.\o poison Tin the bottle.
Chemist Falls to' Find Deadly Drug In
. A'lnl nought Here. •
Dr. -Roy. Ravone Rogers,- the chemist
who .discovered the morphine in the
•in' thel stomach^of. A.. N. McVicar, the
Stockton trunk tragedy victim, yes
terday .'.. analyzed .the .small portion ; of
liquid In: a^bottle 'found, in the, room.of
the Lexington Hotel, on Eddy Street,
occupied- by .Mrs.-. Le^Doux "and Mc-
Vicar..'' "Dr., Rogers says the bottle was
labeled "cyanide; of potash" and "came
from the Baldwin /drug store in this
city," but after, a. careful 'i search the
iriedlcal'man failed, to locate the slignt-.
est trace.' of : the/poison... 7 i
\u25a0';' "The, bottle' contained about one cu
bic . centimeter of 'a^pale ' yellow liquid,"
said "I ; worked over it for
several hours, .and am oonvlnced \u25a0\u25a0 it con
tained * nbt t he : slightest \u25a0 portion of cy
anide of potash. § The specimen was
; turned over, to me by District Attorney
Norton '-Saturday -riigHt, and he seemed
very anxious about the result of my ex
aminatioh. \u25a0\u25a0„ 2 :. ;.\ : ;.,. . . V • •
.; ''There was not enough of the liquid
in the" bottle or me 'to- determine Just
what; It is composed of. \u25a0 It, is very easy
to detect oyanide of potash; in jriearly
any quantity,. -and 'l jam .positive this
poison ; is not -contained in* : - the Ihbttle
sent' toVme/.th,ough I am not prepared
.to say what was In if originally." •„
LEAPS INTO BAY
AND SAVES LIFE
Special Dispatch to Th« Call.
. SAN DIE.Vw, April I.— What might
have proved a fatal accident occurred on
the Pacific ? Coast Steamship. Company's
wharf at the foot of -Fifth street shortly
before noon; yesterday, 1 and that it did
not result in the' loss, of a ; woman's life
was due solely to the -bravery of En
gineer E. L.- Dahlfues, an: employe of
the steamship company.
The womanr a Mrs. .Wright, living at
the Alhambra House, was walking on the
tyharf, where the.spur joins the main
structure, when she was struck -by ia
train- of fiat cars pushed by an engine
whlchL.was .running; from-, the "steamship
State of -California tOjihe'Vareh^iUfef T^ne
cars were. piled high with frfightand sev
eral of them were in' front of theengme.
For 7 , this reasbn the woman probably dfd
not hear them, until, the .end. car iWas. upon
her, nor did "the engineer,: or, switchman
see her. .' When the train struck her" "she
was knocked off; the wharf into • twenty?
seven feet 'of , water. •,- \u25a0': • '\u25a0 , \u25a0 . - 1 .
Not until- the engine, passed the spot
where she had been struck and the engi
neer/saw her : hat floating on the surface
did he suspect that anything was wrong.
Quickly surmising that there had been
an accident he 1 stopped the traln« and,
without waiting to remove any of his
olothing,' jumped into .the waters, of tho
bay Just as the woman* rose to the sur
face, i. "\u25a0-\u25a0:.
Dahlf ues supported the 'i woman until
Flremah Goldman came to his assistance
and threw him a rope. After Dahlfues
had -secured hold ;-ot the; ropeiit was
fastened" to; the" wharf rand then a boat
was procured and rescuers hurried to the
aid ;of\ the brave engineer,;, who was- al
mosfcxhausted, having been in thewater
nearly ten minutes.
DEPEW'S ILL HEALTH
FOBCES EETIEEMENT
NEW YORK, April ; I.— The Herald \ to
morrow . will sky : ' Promises that S Senator
Depew would return to his place of duty
by this, time -have not been fulfilled, for
the reason. that hopes of his family fora
complete i restoration ; of his', health have
been disappointed. ".'He Is sstiltl t in retlra
ment on the Elliott F. Sheppard estate,
back lof M Sea rborough-on-Hudson , \u25a0 where
he has been in" seclusion for a month since
he suddenly left Washington.
S So* closely -Is \ the | Senator guarded that
only a few persons, living in 'the imme
diate neighborhood , are able to say ; from
their own knowledge . that he ' Is ; In '"The
Villa"/ 1 as the house is known, as extreme
measures have ; been taken to check the
rapid decline into' which it has seemed for
several months he , has been falling.'
•If any , employe on the Shepard place is
questioned a» to' the Senator,' he answers
either - with ; r a ! : well-simulated • stare • of
amazement or \u25a0 flatly denies '\u25a0 that he * has
ever; heard a : report aa to the ; ; Senator* s_
whereabouts. :.
"But here arid there can be found one or
two to admit! having, seen ; Mr. Depew.
Every pleasant day recently he ] has" been
taken for 'a ' ride; ln"i an t automobile,' : and
several ,? times I he v has > taken / children -of
the neighborhood as; companions. Except
for caretakers,> Senator Depew : ; Is prac
tically alone on > the . 200-acre estate.
PEOFESSOKiVOGrEIJ : >
. The Astronomical; Society of the Pacific
held" Its -''eighteenth '\u25a0 annual y meeting -at
the •Academy, of Sciences Hall ' Saturday
night. ;'The ißOclety" elected officers,"
presented? the- '-Bruce "; medal sto": ."-Prof es
.sor^Herman"; Carl Wo'gel \u25a0 of "the \u25a0'•.; Astro
physical 'Observatory.^ of Potsdam, f Ger
many, i and listened • to a- lecture 1 by ! Pro-'
f essor ; C> D.* Per ririe of the Lick' Obse
rvatory. '-^ \u25a0'*'-'\u25a0'. .-'•''\u25a0'- Vy-'.-'V " ' ; : ' \u25a0'
"- V In > the absence ? of- Professor Vogel the
medal ,was presented ', to • Secretary. Zlel t of
• the association,*, who wiir for ward It to. the
distinguished \ recipient.'^ Dr.'i S. .\u25a0 D. :. To wn
ley.'t president Y of ,s the* society.'? made : the
presentation \u25a0 speech:*, \The* medal ; is; given
' annuallyi to * some '.noted astronomer; the
fund having been provided by,Miss.Cath
arlne .Wolff f ßruce > in IS97.W&^gQEK&H
?Tlle' subjectjbf 'Professor iPerrine's lecf
turv\: was \"Th~e Lick -Observatory-Crocker
•Expedition i to f observe" the* total "eclipse
of the ' Sun \u25a0of f August i 30/: 1905. V"
r -.'.The ; following f werel elected : ' Board of
directors— R.'G.l r Aitkenri ArH/.- Babcock.
Charles ißurckhalter.l'W.; W. : Campbell.^
H.' Crocker; s Charleses. ; Cushlngr.-
George>E.; ; Hale,l : :'AT. p.^Leuschher.'sD.^S.
Richardson,: A: ~ B: Spreckels, . F. R ** Ziel:
Publication'* 1 "committee— R> >: O ; v Aitken,
chairman ; V S. • B. "L.* New*-'
FORGES CHAIN
ABOUT HARTJE
Pittsbiirg % District Attorney
Declares His
Wiir Convict Society Men
UNCOVERS A CONSPIRACY
Prosecutor ; Claims Most Sen
sational Developments :in
Plot to Ruin a Woman
PITTSBURGH April I.— Assistant. Dlsf
trict Attorney John" S. ? Robb has com
pleted" a strong 1 chain of' evidence and
information against three persons
prominent "in the social and financial
lif ej of Flttsburg, and criminal action
will be begun '.thisjveek in connection
with the Hartje divorce case. Augustus
Hartje,- millionaire paper
entered suit against his wife for di
vorce; naming their negro coachman as
co-respondent on his own. affidavit.
Later the negro t confessed he -had per
jured himself, and is now in Jail. Des
perate efforts are being made by some
person* to get Jiim released, but Mr.
Robb will not permit it. He said to
day: .
:"lf he were allowed to go. . out on
bail his bond »woukl be' forfeited ., and
he %yould. disappear. This is goin? to
prove one* of the most sensational
cases in history - and one of : the * most
'damnable "conspiracies ever concocted
lies at the' bottom' of.it. Information
will be. made this week against three
parties -prominent in the .business and
social,.; world of Pittsburg . and ; I am
groingr to see that they. are pushed to a
finish. 'The honor of American woman
hood is <a.v stake In this case and"lt
shall be fought to the limit. .What will
be brought* out' will" surprise the 'pub
lic. "Barrels- of money, have been spent
to secure evidence to carry on this tight
and- We I ' have traced^itall and will" be
able" to'prove Its expenditure."
I As a\result of disclosures threatened
Hartje- Is seeking- "reconciliation with
his wife;* But his appeals fall on deaf
ears.' "" ' "\u25a0 ''\u25a0'
The statement' of the District ' Atto
rney has raised a commotion. In Pitts
burg' society circlesand the next moves
are being, waited w^h interest. Who
the three persons ~to -be prosecuted are
is beingbroadiy hinted at, but the pub
lice generally is holding its * breath for
final announcement.
DIAZ OPENS CONGRESS
AT MEXICO CITY
MEXIOO CITY, April ' I.— President
Diaz opened the, spring, session^ of Con
gress thi3 evening. In his message he
states the government will instruct del
egates to the pan- American Congress to
toe held at' Rio Janeiro in July that. the
Mexican. .Government, has , approved the
adhesion .of Mealed, the terms of the
Geneva, .conference respecting neutrality
of hospitals in time of war. and 1 that the
government has, signified its willingness
to take part In the proposed second peace
conference at The Hague.
President Diaz states that the . foreign
4-elay ppa pXJM^xljcß.ar.e roos.t saUsfactory.
a^h<s,,-niessaga:sh.ow» t4ia> .great .progress i
has. been made.-! in . mining. , agriculture,"
harbor.^improvements p.^' f^jlway ". cbn-
Btruciionl ?>>?.-•- i-."t i . -v •;->• \u25a0• \u25a0•'• v
..Notwithstanding a loss of a part of the
wheat "and. maife ".crops' and more espec
ially of '.wheat. ' business transactions' of
all' kinds "have ''been 'more active- than
ever. .The, era" of 'prosperity in the re
public is du# largely tc^ the monetarj- re
iorm which, among other happy results,
has powerfully stimulated; the investment
of foreign-- capital.'" .'..,
The army shows, -much progress on
modern lines.
The message. Is a' "strong business-like
document and confirms 'the opinion of
bankers arid others that the;-country has
entered on a perlbd of gfeat business
activity. . •;
TROOPS KEPT NEAR
m LENS' COAL MINES
y LENS, France. April I.— The . striking
coal: miners of this district ; were com
paratively calm: today. • There ; is, how
ever, great indignation agamst the Bruay
miners who continue .working notwith
standing "'the threats of violence. The
troops- have. s been , reinforced in \u25a0 that
vicinity in order to. prevent collisions, but
no display of force has been made.
The body, of- Botel f> the striker killed
yesterday "by Carron. ' the man *• who re
fused to Join the strikers and was in con
sequence attacked at his: home near Lens,
was conveyed for burial to a distant vil
lage for. the purpose: of avoiding violent
demonstrations. .
Several strikers' meetings were held to
day.in the course of- which the determina
tion was expressed to. Insist upon the de
mands that have been made. ':.?-
The companies have not- replied to the
I Last Week I
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J'ACia^' BJ("1K .Cfe iaf^ /f"tk a^M /T^k
ftpgiltCSt:
China ware
W % PRICE SALE ;
SffIBATA BROS.
917 IWARKET STREET
Branch Store— 336 KEARNY STREET
' Open Evenings Until 9 -O'clock " .•
FIGURES SHOW
FUTURE GROWTH
Size of "Greatest New;Tork"
According to Statistician
Will Greatly Increase
WILL INCLUDE JERSEY
Parts of Another State Will
Be Absorbed and Popula
tion Number Eight Million
NEW YORK. April L— "Greatest New
York. 1 It will be found, will be the home
of more than 8.000,000 Inhabitants In. 1320.';
according to elaborate calculations pre
pared by Rev. Walter Laidlaw, statisti
cian, who is in charge of researches of
the New York Federation of Churches. 'V
In th© number of the FMeratlon, which
is to be issued this week, are embodied
the analysis of statistics which lead him
to his conclusions. The , greatest N«w
York of which he tells embraces all the
territory within a radius of -nineteen
miles of the City Hall on Manhattan, and
includes many of the New Jersey suburbs.
Mr. Laidlaw calls all this New York
because the Inhabitants of the district •
depend for. their living on the activities
of the metropolis. Many -of those wh»
live In New Jersey Journey to Manhattan
every day to. follow, their vocations. - --j^z.
Statistics show that In this •. regloa
eighteen new Inhabitants are added evary
hour of day and night, an addition. every
three minutes and twenty seconds. This
means a dally Increase of 432 persons.
Between the years 1890 and 1900 the hourly
increase was 14.7 persons. :•-=;
MRS. STORER
IS AGGRESSIVE
Special IMtpateh to Tha Call.
- WASHINGTON. April I.— The. contro
versy precipitated by Mrs. Bellamy Stos
er with President . Roosevelt Is of deep
interest in political and church . clreies;
and the belief now Is that the wife of tn»
ex-Emb&ssador to Vienna has put th»
President on the defensive. At tha Whits
House today it was asked if there would
be any reply to the direct charge of Mrs.
Storer that the President's letter to her
on the subject of Archbishop Ireland was
\u25a0Intended for use by Mrs. Storer at thm
Vatican. The semi-offlelal answer was
that there would be -no answer at this
time. ; • • -:\u25a0->-.
It is the belief here that If the Presi
dent should enter Into controversy with
Mrs. Storer he Would stir up trouble for
his son-in-law. Nicholas Longworth. who
Is a nephew., of Mrs. Btorer.
It will be asserted- in all probability
within a day or two that the letter re
ferring to Archbishop Ireland had noth
ing whatever to do with the sudden re
call of Mr. Storer. Dispatches today
prove that the Storers did not offend
either the Vatican or* the 3 Austria-Hun
gary Government. """'' ?rt * - rfß *«« '
•The Papal nuncio and kinsfolk "SoT Em
peror Francis Joseph made tails on the
Storers and exploded any such charge.
It is now- up* to the President to make
the next move."
INDIANA PYTHIAN FAVORS
• 4 -> BILI. AMEXDIXG BY-LAWS
Sapreme Lodge Dcslrti to Hold Real
" Estate Exceedtafir Present Limit Set
by Articles of Incorporation.
RICHMOND. Ind., April I. — Supreme
Chancellor Charles E. Shlveley of the
Knights of Pytaias has placed in the
hands of James E. Watson, Congress
man from the Sixth Indiana district, a
bill amending the articles of Incorpora
tion of the Supreme Lodge, so that the
Supreme Lodge may take and hold real
estate and personal property In any
amount 1 The charter now provides
that the Supreme ' Lodge may hold
property not. exceeding In value *100.-
OOw. The bill wiirbe presented at this
session of Congress.
request for a resumption of negotiations.*
/Minister of "Fubllc Works Barthou ar
rived at Courrieres today and distributed
the decorations awarded to the miners,
who were taken from the pit last Fri
day. There was a touching ceremony, at
the hospitals where the miners are under
treatment. The minister afterward. wear-
Ing a miner's working costiim*. descend
ed Into the mine from which the surviv
ors escaped and made a thorough' exam
ination of it. He witnessed the recovery
of several bodies.
They are making the least out of
life who are ever thinking of what they
can make.

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