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STEEL STRIKE UNCHANGED
funds for the Amalgamateds
Treasury ruining In
llenofilH Soon to He InhuciI lien nt
McKcexiiort diieet In lteturn to
Work Miortlj Mr Silmali He jcctx
the ItcinicM fur Arbitration
PITTSBURG Pa Aug 23 President
Shaffer said tonight he njuld not object
to incorporating the Amalgamated As
sociation If It should become necessary
but Patrick Dolan President of the Pitts
burg district of the United Mine Work
ers said In reference to the despatches
Intimating that his union must be incor
porated before J Pierpont Morgan would
have an thing to do with it that ho
would antagonize any such moe by the
coal miners
Shaffer said at the close of a busy and
long day at his ofllce that there were no
developments In the strike and denied
that any effort is to b made through
the courts to force arbitration on the
United States Steel Corporation lie also
said that no ote Is being taken on the
reported peace propositions growing from
the meeting -with the National Civic Fed
eration execute es Iat week The men
might le otlng but were not called upon
to do so
Arrangements arc being imde by the
Amalgamated officials for the issuance
of strike benefits beginning next week
The first iiajments will be sent out at
the end of the week Secretary John Wil
liams today received a check for 30X1
from the American Flint Glass Workers
The Amalgamated Secretary sajs that
funds running Into four figures each
been received for the strike fund
elnce money was solicited
INDIANAPOLIS Aug 23 The steel
strike Is not to be arbitrated and the
trust seems so well satisfied with the
conuiuon oi anairs in Its war Willi or
ganized labor that It will entertain no
proposition for further efforts to arrange
a compromise
The position of Mr Morgans combine
was revealed today by Simon Burns the
General Master Workman of the Knights
of Labor Mr Burns upon his arrival
here made the announcement that the
arbitration proposition offered by him to
T J Shaffer the President of the Amal
gamated Association and C M Schwab
the President of the Steel Trust had been
rejected by the latter Mr Burns had
been notified that Mr Shaffer would ac
cept the proposition
The proposal of the Knights of Labor
leader was that three arbitrators be ap
pointed and that operations at the several
steel plants be resumed pending their de
cision The names of Archbishop Ireland
Bishop Potter and Seth Low President
of Columbia University were suggested
as possible arbitrators
MKEESPORT Pa Aug 23 Within
two more weeks the great steel strike
will be at an end This is the prediction
advanced by the more conservative
strikers in this city and they admit that
the overtures for peace will come from
the strikers themselves One of the most
prominent of the Butt Welders Union
said tonight
AH cur men are willing to go back to
Lnlior liny
Arrount above we eWnd tickets sold b South
ern Hallway will be Talld for return on morning
tiainj SeptcroKf S
B O Week Knrt Country Trlpn
Ticket cold Saturdays and Sundays for return
until followinc Monday at reduced rates from
UaihinKton to Chirlcttown Frederick Annipo
11s Junction and intermediate points
Ilourdu of one width lo per lOO
q ft by F Littcy Co
Hire iPadrinflfcm fTimea - -
HUMILIATION INSISTED ON
Gcriunnx IteKiird the llornl Effect of
Prince Chun Treatment
BERLIN Aug 23 The report is con
firmed that the obstacle to Prince Chuns
coming to Berlin Is Emperor Williams
insistence that the humble cxplatorj char
acter of the prince s mission bo empha
sized The members of the mission con
sider that the nbjrctness asked for by
the Emperor does not fit their dignity
It Is fcemi oncially announced that Rus
sia France and Germany are now in
complete agreement regarding Asiatic af
fairs Including Chinese questions
COLOGNE Aug 23 Commenting on
Prince Chuns objections to the ceremo
nials at hi3 reception by Emperor Wil
liam the Gazette today rnjsi
Because the Chinese attach great ilue
to outward ceremonials we should insist
that the Chinese approach European
rulers with the sumo show of respect
The cercmonj of being received by the
Chinese Emperor consists of touching the
ground three times with the foreluad and
then bowing nine tlnus
MUNIR BEY IN PARIS
II1 Pretended Absence said to lie
mi Olllelnl notion
PARIS Aug 23 Although it is pre
tended officially that he Is absent from
Paris Murlr Be Turkish Ambassador to
France called on M Constans this after
noon and was closeted with him for an
hour The Turkish Emlass nevcrthe
less declares that Munlr Bey Is In Switz
erland
M Cnnstans denies the alleged Inter
views with him printed in various Jour
nals He told a personal friend today that
he expected an amicable solution of the
present difficulty He will return to his
post nt Constantinople shortly to arrange
the details but when this has been ac
complished will request to be relieved as
he sajs ho has had enough of Turkey
CALDAS SERUM USELESS
Inocnlntlon Throtitrli Mnxiinltocx to
lie Continued nt Lns Anlmnx
HAVANA Aug 23 Surgeon Major Ha
vard sajs that he will not supervise any
more experiments carried on by Dr Cal
das as he considers that recent cvcits
have shown that Dr Caldas serum Is
useless
Major Gorgas chief sanitary officer nas
Issued a statement to the effect that some
confusion has arisen regarding the recent
jellow fever experiments He sajs that
the sanitary department Is a municipal
department and had no connection wltn
the recent experiments which were car
ried on by a board of whlh Major 11a
vard Is president nor with he Xperl
ments of Dr Carroll who was lent to
Havana by the War Department In Match
for the purpose of Investigating tne jel
low fever
The department Major Gorgas admits
has established a station at Las Animas
for the purpose of lnocuHtlng
by means of mosquitoes thus mak
ing them immunes While the depart
ment had not advised people to be Inocu
lated In this way it had told them that
there were fourteen cases of jellow fever
contracted thus and that no deaths re
sulted It alo told the people that the
evidence pointed to the fact that the
asp was lichter when contracted thiojh
work The only question with us is what tne mosquitoes and if a person chose to
the pnmtvint tirnnncAD ti i do with us when I - i
companj proposes take he rlsk lhe department would be
we go oacK ji tne men now in me
satisfied
unions In this city were we
would not be reduced 10 or 20 per cent
they would be willing to go back now
For mj part I went out on strike with
the rest I am satisfied the strike is a
failure and Im willing to take mj medi
cine
WANT TO RETURN TO WORK
iMen of the Hn v lew LoiIkc Itegrret
OIh jIiik the MrlLe Order
PITTSBURG Aug 13 J F Cooper
Treasurer of the Bay View lodge of the
Amalgamated Association at Milwaukee
and J D Hickej former member of the
same lodge called on President Shaffer
today They told him that the men of
the Bajvlew lodge wanted to return to
work and fill out their contract with the
National Steel Company that they had
been carried away by the strike fever
and worried by Shaffers threat and
therefore rescinded their first vote to dis
obey the strike order Cooper and Hlckey
sald that the men would take another
v ote and go back to w ork
A good many of the strikers say that
the two men named were permitted by
the manufacturers to visit the Clarke and
Painter mills which arc partially oper
ated by non union men The fact that
they were allowed to enter Is declared by
the strikers to mean that their visit here
has been brought about by the manu
facturers
LIKELY TO AVERT A CLASH
lltner Place Their Grievances In
the Lcnderx llniidN
WJLKESBARRE Pa Aug 23 John
Mitchell National President and District
Presidents Nichols and Fahej of
the United Mine Workers were today
given discretionary power to order a
strike at any colliery where the operators
refuse to admit the union cord commit
tees This was the result of all jester
days and this mornings work In the con
vention at Hazleton and was embodied
In resolutions a column long
Whether a strike will be ordered how
ever Is another question The considera
tion of the question was left in the hands
of the officers of the union and this morn
ing thev submitted resolutions which were
vigorously discussed throughout the
morning session Nichols held out for
firm measures In District No 1 where
the card committee hnd been refused ad
mission to the mines while Mitchell Duf
fy and eager to keep harmony
adopted a more moderate tone
The District No 1 men however made
a vigorous light and In the end carried
the lMjInt In a modified form The opera
tors in this district are to be asked to rec
ognize tlie union card day once a month
when thej shall allow the card commit
tees to enter the mines and examine the
cards of the men If they refuse to do
this the officers are given the discretion
ary power to order a strike If the opera
tors agree they are to sign a contract to
that effect no mere verbal or potted an
nouncement belrg aeccpted
The companies which have already re
fused to admit these card committees to
the mines In this are the Lehigh
Valley the Delaware I ackawanna and
Wcbtcrn the Delaware and Hudson the
Temple Coal and Iron Company and the
Lehigh and Wllkesbarre and the King
ston Coal Company and it Is expected
that they will persist in their refusal It
will then be up to Mitchell and as he is
opposed to strikes at this time It Is
that the matter will be adjusted
especially as ho has discretionary power
nnd Is i uiiported In his stand by Pres
idents and Duffj
glad to Inoculate him
Since then the average death rate has
risen to 15 per cent from the bites of in
fected mosquitoes While the department
does not urge inoculation It feels that
this is the least dangerous way of having
the disease as the patients get care in
the earliest stages The department stands
ready to immunize anjonc who so desires
after the risk Is fully explained
The station at Las Animas is not an
experimental one but Is merely for the
purpose of rendering persons immune Dr
Carroll and the jellow fever board have
obtained mosquitoes from Las Animas
STUDENTS STORM A COLLEGE
Dnliiintinnx Drive Out the Crontlnn
Scholnrx nt Koine
LONDON Aug 23 A depatch to the
Central News at Rome sajs that Dal
matian students In that are greatly
Incensed by the action of the Pope In
founding a Croatian college at Rome ana
today a large number of them stormed the
college and drove out the Croatlans The
damage done to the building was slight
L H RUYSSENAERS NAMED
Itcplnccx llnron Von I mlon on the
Arliltrntlon Tribunal
THE HAGUE Aug 23 The executive
committee of the International Arbitra
tion Tribunal has elected L H Rujssen
aers general secretary and clerk to the
tribunal He replaces Baron Melvil Van
Ljndon who was appointed Min
ister of Foreign Affairs in the newly or
ganized Netherlands Ministry
NOT GUILTY OF COMPLICITY
Jim Churscd With llrlnir Ilrcxclx
Accomplices Acquitted
MILAN Aug 23 The men who were
arrested on the charge of being accom
plices of Brcscl the Anarchist who as
sassinated King Humbert were acquitted
todaj
A SUBMARINE FLEET
Frmicc nnil Itnnsln Snid to If nv c
Inetj tvvo lloufH Under n
LONDON Aug 23 The Express
states that France and Russia woiking
in secret will have built and ready for
sea in November submarine
boats All the boats will be powerful and
of the newest tjpe England Is only con
structing dv c experimental submarine
lioats
MUST RECKON WITH AMERICA
KliKllxlimeii Report the ltenullx of
Their A lit Here
BIRMINGHAM Aug 23 At the first
annual meeting today of Guest Keen
Co which concern Is an amalgamation
of a number of the leading Iron and
steel works of England and Wales Ar
thur Keen the chairman said that with
his colleague Windsor Richards he hnd
visited the Inted States He was kindly
received and generoulj treated wherever
ha went
He admitted that the Americans had
made great strides In developing their re
sources and cheapening the cost of pro
duction lie added that American compe
tition must be reckoned with especially
when the United States was under a pro
tective and England uneer free
trade
An EhkIIxIi Crulxer InunclieMl
LONDON Aug 23 The cruise- Essex
of SSOO tons and 22000 horsepower and
costing i721161 was launched nt the Pem
broke dock jard She will have a
speed of twentj thrce knots Her armor
Is Krupp utccl
Hll To Ilnltlniore u nil Return Vln
II A Saturday nnd Suiiilii
Aluxt SI and September 1 ticket jrood return
ing until following Jlondaj Gcoil on all trains
catept llojal limited
1 Ywt r
iw -aw nii i nil- JieMl
IV one length at Clh and ci7 Yore arc
WASIIIXGTOX FRIDAY AUGUST 30 1901
WRECKED IN A GRAVEL PIT
A Fatal Crnli on the Pcmylvania
JNear Newark X V
Tno Men Killed nnd of the
PaxxeiiKcrx Scalded 1 Excaiiiuir
Steitm Iinneil In n Ilnj Conch Ile
xlde the Engine Unable to Escape
NEWARK N V Aug 23 The accom
modation train over the Sodus Bay di
vision of the Tennsjlvnnla Railroad leav
ing Sodus Point at 513 oclock was
wrecked at 53 oclock in a gravel pit
seven miles north of here between the
Fatrvllle and the Zurich stations The
engineer William Meagher of Sodus
Point was thrown from his cab and was
killed instantly Chester Falkler the
fireman also of Sodus Point was pinned
in the cab and was scalded terriblj He
Is not expected to live
Howard Tubbs a passenger in the first
coach was also scalded so badly und In
jured that ho died -soon nfter
reaching home Others who were scalded
nnd crushed In the debris and who arc In
a serious condition are
Tlie Itev Dr A Parke Hunrcs Xewark Mrs
v i irLe liurgnw Suan Jl Mtzer Mifmnliunr
Pa scalded Josephine Jloore Lillian Moore
vwrk J Iiia Todd Jlrs Vlarion Jloore New
ark two Jloore children Jlrs hlla J Mcaffer
Sodus wife of the engineer Isaac Vloore Newark
Mrs II lux fhfim Springs K A Uradlci
hcna Ijlls Clurlm A Picron Neuark Jlrs
I II Hood Senwra lalN Mi KHzjIk Ui VVmtc
-Newark Jlrs Jamrs I rrd Newark Mra i
II Hare UrrenfU Id Mans JHsi Anna Tanges
Umlra V 1 Jlrs H Warren Klmira II C
Cable Newark Coontc F Gujer Ilaltimorc JId
The train left Sodus Point at 515 for
Stanlej X Y drawn by engine 307 and
was composed of a baggage car a smok
ing car n coach and the private
car of Spencer Meade of Philadelphia
former superintendent of the Northern
Central Railroad who Is now- manager
of the Pcnnsjlvanla Railroad relief fund
This car contained Mr Meade his wife
and children and Dr Flood Major of
Llmlra
The locomotive left the track in a grav
el cut seven miles north of this illlage
It turned over on Its back
crushing the first two cars and derailing
the day coach The steam pipes of the
engine burst letting a volume of steam
Into the coaches and all of the
passengers more or less
This train was In charge of H S Mer
riam conductor of Sodus Point with
Meagher at the throttle Meagher was
one of tho oldest and best trusted engi
neers in the service The cause of the
wreck will probably never be known be
cause the engineer the only person
vatchlng the rails was killed It Is
thought the rails spread as they were
badly torn up The road was formerly
operated as the North Central but for
the past eight or nine jcars has been a
part of the Pcnnsjlvanla sjstem
As soon as the news of the wreck
reached Newark 4000 persons friends and
relatives of those at Sodus rushed to the
station for details A call came in at C
oclock for surgeons and live doctors hur
ried to the station and were sent to the
scene together with a score of Newarks
busineis men to attend the Injured A
special train from Elmlra arrived with
two more phjsicians
The special car was utilized as a hos
pital car wheie those most in
jured were placed and brought to Newark
In care of trained nurses from Rothestcr
Other doctors remained on the scene to
attend to the injured of these
were left behind placed in lumber wag
ons and brought on to Newark A spe
cial train was made up Immediately in
the West Shore jards and sent to Roch
ester with twelve of those most seriously
hurt
The first two cars which were fllmsj
and much worn were twisted nnd broken
into a mass of splinters The third
senger coach was overturned and rolled
beside the overturned locomotive where
Its passengers were pinned down help
less in the steam escaping from the boiler
The second relief train arrived at 11
oclock with thlrtj passengers all scalded
but not There were over 200
passengers oa board all of whom were
returning to their homes from their va
cations spent at the cottages and hotels
on the bluff
LANDED AT CAPE ZEIGLER
A Report From the llnldvv
lnKT KMiedltlon
CHRISTIANIA Aug 23 The American
Consul here has received a telegram
from the secretarj of the Ilildwin Zelgler
arctic expedition dated Hammerfcst
stating that the Norwegian steamer
Trlthjof which is one of the vessels cm
ployed by Mr Baldwin has returned to
Hammerfest after fitting out and piu
v Moiling the expedition In Franz Josef
Land
The expedition was landed at Cape
Zelglcr which is in latitude 60 degrees 21
minutes north longitude K degrees 52
minutes east All the members were
and their fort j -two dogs and
fifteen ponies were fit The despatch
added that the voyage from the Norwe
gian coast to Cape Zeigler occupied a
month When the Frlthjof sailed from
Cape yelgler the conditions were favor
able for pressing northward Mr Bald
win Intended to begin the Journey the
next
A KING TO PLAY TENNIS
Portnprnlx Monnreh Iiiilex EiiKlinh
lueu to Knter IIhIioii Contexts
LONDON Auk 23 The King of Portu
gal has Invited a number of English ten
nis plajers to -visit Lisbon in October and
take part In the games to be plajcd
the re
The King himself will be one of the
compctlto s
TRIED TO RAID A SOCIETY
Aetlnn of Soutli Cnrollnn Coustnlilex
Cniixex InillKntttloii
CHARLESTON S C Auir 23 -A
on account of an attempt made bj
pensarj constables to raid tho private
lockers of the St George Socletj founde d
in 1733 The society Ins a limited mem
be rshlp composed of the best known men
of Charleston The rooms are in the
Chamber of Commerce Building and
there arc lockers where the societys ef
fects arc kept
A warrant was Issued by a magistrate
to raid a blind tiger which Is on the
ground floor of the building and the
constables believed they had to
search the entire establishment When
thej tried to prj open the lockers Major
George 1 Edward a bank president
who was present pretested and explained
the nature of the soeietj
We thought It was one of them social
and literary clubs formed by blind
tlgirs and gamblers said the constable
but ho desisted when ho learned tlie
facts
While- Sulphur mill Viturnl Itriilire
Sec advertisement for revised itinerary of Labor
Day Umhed xcurtioi via Chesapeake A Ohio
Itailuay
Special Sleeper for Deer Park
Ui D 1 O It It on train leavini Washington
110 a m Saliinlaj nights and return on train
leaving Deer IarL 12 W a m bundajs nights
lviln llrirtl Ilonrilx Al per lOO
cq ft ai d one ridth ULLc J Co
MR BRYAN SATISFIED
Iloex ot Intend Ttj Iiik the Irenl
ilentlnl Knee Acnln
LEAVENWORTH Kan Aug 23 V J
Brjan delivered an address at the Platte
Countj Tair opposite Leavenworth es
terdaj afternoon and before leav ing here
when asked to state his Intentions regard
ing the Presidencj replieel
I would rather be right than be Presi
dent In 13S and 1900 the majority of the
oters of the country said by their ballot
that did not want me as their ruler
and I think I would lie imposing- upon
them by giving them an oppnrtunltj to
vote against meigain
Twice I was defeated nnd while I do
not saj I was defeated I am
satisfied and 1 do not intend to to
force m j self Into the race again If the
American people ever deckle that thej
wish to trj Brjanism 1 could not refuse
to grant them their desire but for the
present at least the Is the
least thing on mind when 1 go to
bed at night
Mr Brjan refused to discuss D B Hill
but when asked how he considered the
chances of Tom Johnson of Ohio replied
Mr Johnson Is a good man nnd a good
Democrat and I would be glad to support
him for any office but It Is too to
estimate his chances In the Presidential
contest And too Mr Johnson I be
lieve has hot announced that he is a can
didate i
Mr lirjnn said it was his opinion that
if the Republican convention was held
this j ear Roosevelt would be nominated
bj acclamation
I look for a change before 191 said
Mr Brjan and 1 would not be sur
prised If the Republican party should
nominate M A Hanna of Cle eland
Ohio In fact I am not surprised nt nnj
thlng the Republican partj does
WILL NOT PAY THE REWARD
The Selbj
Company CIiuiikch
BOGUS GOLD DUST PLNTY
Its
VI I ml About the If IOOO
SAT FRANCISCO Aug 23 There
promises to be a v erj llv ely dispute over
the 23tO0 reward which the Selby Smelt
ing Companj promised for information
that would lead to tho of J2S3
000 worth of gold bullion stolen on August
9 from its vaults at Vallcjo Junction and
for the conv ictlon of the thlev es Among
the claimants for this big reward are
Sheriff Veale of Contra Costa Consta
bles Worle and Scanlon Peter Donaldson
Captain Seymour ihlef of San Francisco
detectives nnd Detectives Gibson and
Silverj The Plnkerton detectives who
did much of tho work are barrcel ac
cepting any reward
Now comes the announcement by Pres
ident Ralston of the
that the reward will not be paid as it
was offered after the company had Jack
Winters In custody He sajs
You will remember that wc were told
of a schooner ljlng In the which was
visited by a steam launch and which
when something had been put on board
sailed out to scui We thought surely
that our gold was on this schooner and It
was In the hope of finding this vessel that
we Increased the reward Wc certalnlj
had not the slightest Intention of pajing
this enormous amount of for the
arrest of inters whom we already had
under arrest
Whn ive offered the J230O0 rcwrrd we
had engaged most of the detec
tives who figured In tlie case Tliey had
made arrangements to be paid so much
for their work In fact we have alrcadj
made settlement in full with pome of the
men
The attorncj for the Is
trjlng to win over the detectives to ac
cept Ralstons theory but seem loath
to give up the expected shares of the big
reward and it looks ns though there would
be litigation over the -matter
Secret Ice Ajjentx on the Trnrk
of n Vcvr Swindle
SAN TRANCISCO Cal Aug 23 Se
cret Service agents are trjlng to locate
the San Francisco crooks who have flood
ed Alaska and the Klondike with bogus
gold dust but thus far have been un
successful
This spurious gold dust Is made of
brass filings and mixed with genuine dust
at Dswson where most of It was sold
Bogus njgrets hav e also been sold In
large quantities Altogether 100000 of
this species of gold brick was worked off
confidence men The fraud was first
discovered at the United States Assay
Office at Seattle where It was noticed
the quantities of gold dust which should
have run nt about 113 an ounce did not
run over 7 For a time this did not
nrouse suspicion It was thought to be
dust of low qualltj
Subsequently attention war drawn to
the matter Mrs Dlgnon of Seattle
who had received a gold nugget from her
mother Mrs Woods of Dawson This
nugget Mrs Dignon had taken to a
Jeweler to be mounted in a pin While
cleaning it with acid the Jeweler discov
ered that the nugget was not gold at all
but merely brass and copper with a thick
wash of gold The matter was thin
turned over o the Secret Service officers
and Investigation began
It was found that the nugget had been
sold to Mrs Woods bj an old man and a
woman who had disposed of a good deal
of ore on the ground that were
going back to the States and did not
want to take out dust Two officers
are working on the case nt Dawson but
all have discovered Is that the stuff
was shipped frdm San Francisco
LAKE GEORGE STEAMER BURNS
The Tltoiide rosea Totnll Destrojeil
by n bndilcn Fire
LVKE CFORGE N Y Aug 23 The
large pussenger steamer Ticonderoga Is
Ijlng a wreck on a shoal near the Rogers
Rock Hotel destrojed lire and burned
storm of Indignation Ins bei n raised here
l the waters edge
Uhen the steamer left Baldwin at 7 27
this morning everj thing was apparently
all right on board When she reaehed
Rogers Rotk tire burst from the furnace
rooms nnd spread so rapidly that the
moorings were burnt d and she drifted to
the shoal near the hotel and was
consumed
Miss Norton and Miss Bacon two em
ployes of the were forced to
leap from the lower deck cabin windows
Into the lake where they were picked up
b row boats The irew lost cverj thing
except what they had on The hotel pier
took lire but after the steamer drifted
away the flames were easily pjt out
The steamer 1 1 tJlrSceiri Is now making both
trips and left the head of tho lake this
afternoon on the Tlconderogas schedule
The wreck is Ijlilg east and west with
nothing showing fbovc water but the
smokestack engines nnd part of the rud
der The Tlconderciri was 175 feet long
and was built In li
10 Ilounil Trip t liufrnlo Ac- Mo
count Illxtriet ln lu Peun
Njlvanln Itnllrouil
Ticlets will he sold ugit 31 September 1 anil
2 fjr return until September 0 inclusive
at rate of 10 round trip Cood on all train
Double dailj service of restibuled trains
Special cirerromcs en Presidents Day Sept 5
nrlrrht lle t Ilourdx 9125 nil 8
inches too In vridlL Clh and New York avc
A TRAFFIC IN TRANSFERS
One More Revelation Regarding
the New York Police
Fees of ltennireil for Ilcln Sent
to n Dent ruble 1reelnct lies rrj m
Power Delleil One of 1II In
trolmen Cnntnin Innunn Kxpliilnn
NEW 1 ORK Aug 3 Deputy Corr
mlssioner Devery was confronteel at po
lice trials today by another Irish mem
ber of the force who as good as declared
that 23 would have altered the verdict
In the case nt trial the po
liceman Edward ONeill gave the tariff
for transfers of policemen at 23 a trans
fer and called transfers shakedowns
Several hundred transfers at J23 a trans
fer would manifestly be a comfortable
addition to income however large al
ready from other sources That It cost
J300 for a chance to get on the force at
all 2500 to be promoted sergeant and
13000 to be promoted captain Is part of
tne record of the Lexow investigation
But a tiZ tariff for transfers is new to tho
general public
The only police official who has the
power by law to make transfers Is Com
missioner Devery can recom
mend them and that his recommenda
tion sometimes counts ma- be gathered
from his roaring at ONeill
Ill bieak jou
Wlw n he Is not ery angry he saj s Ill
recommend that jou be broke
To transfer a policeman for a punish
ment Js usually to send him ten or
miles from his dwelling place and
family To transfer him for 23 appears
to be to send htm back home ONeill has
been transferred five times since April
last With 5 fees for transfers assess
ments for legislation and so on members
of the rank and file who are sometimes
accused of stealing fruit from peddlers
probably do It to sustain life At any
rate now that ONeill after twelve years
service as a policeman has made a be
ginning the district attorneys office
hopes that other members of the force
who would prefer to live In on
their salaries will tell what they know
about the extra expenses of being a po
liceman
Ill go higher up said ONeill as he
strode out of police headquarters after
Devcrj s threat to break bim nnd he
went straight to the District Attorney
with his storj At the District Attornejs
office ONeill talked with Assistant Dis
trict A0ncj Garvan Subsequent he
made a deposition before Justice Jerome
after a conference at which Assistant
District Attorncj s Garvan Gans Sand
ford an I Thorne were present Then the
Justice told ONeill to- talk about the af
fair to no one ONeills hearers were
Impressed with what he told them
and believe that recent occurrences in
the raiding line and the Whitney confes
sion have alarmed some policemen and
arcuscd disgruntled ones so that the
truth will come out from within
Police Captain Gannon of the East
Street station whom
Jacob Hess made a captain last Decem
ber told on tho witness stand how
lb came about that he was In the Webster
house in Fifteenth Street when It was
raided on Wednesday night bj Assistant
District Attorney Sandford
Incidentally the captain declared under
oath to Justice Jerome before whom the
hearing for the two women arrested In
the raid was held In the Special Sessions
courtroom that there was not a suspi
cious place in his precinct not a disor
der house not a gambling house not a
poolroom nor a shop In return
Justice Jerome told the captain that Po
lice Inspector Thompson had sworn that
he the inspector could not make suc
cessful raids because of tips from sta
tionhouses With this exchange of In
formation tho justice and the captain
parted after an hour of examination
The captain shifted all blame for what
ev er Immorality might exist in his ter
ritory to the shoulders of his wardman
Turley who refused to take the oath a
couple otwecks ago In the proceedings
against Glennon and others until he knew
whether or not he was one of the
others Gannon Incidentally said part
of the blame if there was anj thing
wrong belonged to his other wardman
whose name is
Captain Gannon Is a Republican Tor
five j cars prior to December last he was
a sergeant in command of the Hich
Bridge precinet in which he kept his
record clean with little difficult j therebj
earning a reputation as one of the few
square captains on the force The
late bi partisan police board rather
the Sexton York combination made him
n full captain and Deverj later moved
film down to his present East Side pre
cinct There the reformers have
watched him they raided one poolroom
In his precinct not long ago Gannon ex
pressing pained surprise They then let
him alone and he evidently thought hu
had been forgotten or that his previous
record had saved him
TILLMAN STILL SUFFERING
The lJiincer o Ills Ecsght Sj0
Menux Alintetl
CHARLESTON S C Aug 23 Senator
Tillman Is still suffering Intense ngonj
from his eje into which a cinder fell the
other and the danger Is as serious
as the first reports showed The eje was
examined and the
specialists in Columbia will determine
whether or not he can go home
Even If he can do so he will be forced
to remain idle In a darkened room for rf
month Senator Tillman saj s he does not
fear the loss of his ejeslght
INJURED BY A BLAST
Elltht Men Seriouxl Hurt li nn lln
eiloiled Chnrce
SHAMOKIN Pa Aug 23 While rock
men vfr sinking the Scott shaft near
here early this morning an electric drill
truck an unexploded charge of dj namite
which discharged with terrific force and
Injured eight out of the eleven men The
victims ire
Jehn Slieminskj SliamoUn ejes blown out
will die I iac Vlojer shamoMn face and liead
cut Jjmos Tunnies Shamokin head lacerated
William Sullivan ShamoMn face head and liodv
cut and bruised Irvin odir Slumokin head
and face lacerated likely fatallj injured Philip
Hughes Mount Carmel hls eut and bruiMd
JanuH Jlctaughm Jlount Cinnel legs and sev
eral rri cut and Iiruiseil Janic i Dojle Heaver
Dam face and hand eut
a ton of loose rock and dirt was
hurletl agilnst the men who were con
fined In a narrow space and had little
chance to escape Excepting Shemlnskj
and Yoder tne rennlnder of the victims
are expected to recover
G A It Nntlounl lliienuipiunt
Clev elnuil unit 1jiuAmtrlciiu Ex
position Ilunnlo VlnIl V O It It
Ollklal route Tickets valid kohi September
8 to 12 valid returning until loth etlept by
dtpoVt and payment of fie of cents limit
iraj lc utendid to OctoKr S hate to Cleve
land and return direct 11 To Cleveland and
return via Iluffalo 15 35 Tickets and infor
mation can be had at It O It It offices and
of C A H committee
To Iuruj Cil verux nnd Iteturu
includirg admission to eaves from 11 A 11
It It S a m Sundaj September 1 Iletuminff
leave Luray fa p m same ilay
Bonrdx for mi uxe 15 per lOO
ft sound and best Libbcy Co
WILL NOT ACCEPT SETH LOW
The fJ renter Aesr York Democracy
Threaten to Withdraw
NEW YORK Aug 23 -The Greater
New York nf whiv rh r
Shechan Is the spokesman issutd a
statement today which was Intended to
be a defiance to Senator Piatt who had
announced that he
would support anj one
for mayor save Colcr even Seth Low
The statement sajs We are in favor
of a complete coalition on all offices to be
elected this fall We will not however
support Seth Low for major If Mr Low
receives the nomination we will withdraw
from the anti Tammany conference and
endorse the Tammany nomination
While we are sincerely opposed to
Tammany wc know that Seth Low can
not be elected Nor will wc support any
Republican or w cak Democrat The peti
tions for nominations are now in the
hands of the printer and will be ready as
soon as the nominations are agreed upon
The circulars will be distributed t 11 over
the city We have now an enrollment of
33000
The Citizens Union nnmraui
Twelvewhich is the Executive Commit
tee oi the Committee of One Hundred and
Seven met tonight and after a confer
ence lasting three and a half hours
named six candidates each for the offices
of mayor comptroller and president of
me uoaru or aldermen These names will
bo presented to the Committee of One
Hundred and Seven on September 4 to
gether with a detailed account of last
nights conference and the committee
will then take such action on the names
as It sees fit
Three of the six names on the list for
major arc George Foster Peabodj Seth
low and Bird S Coler
A BOOM FOR JOSIAH QUTNCY
Mentioned n a Gubernatorial Can
diilate by State Democrats
BOSTON Aug 23 A boom for Joslah
Qulncy for Democratic candidate for
Governor this fall was started
by cx Representatlve John F Fitzgerald
and it was circulated through Dem
ocratic circles The idea Is generally ac
cepted among the leaders that William
A Gaston will withdraw his name for tho
Democratic nomination in favor of the
ex ma j or who Is said to be now on the
way from England to this country to con
fer upon the matter
It has been in the air for ten dajs that
such an outcome would not be unlikely
The mention of Colonel Gastons name
was received enthusiastically at the out
set but in the months which havo Inter
vened since it wai first heard a more or
less acrimonious discussion has dev eloped
among the friends of Gaston and those
oX the Hon Charles S Hamlin and what
started to be a friendly contesthas now
assumed proportions which might prom
ise unfortunate results In the event of
the nomination of either
Gamaliel Bradford never has been seri
ously regarded by the Democratic lead
ers Mr Bradford sajs he has scared
the Democratic machine Into deciding
upon Quincy as a compromise candidate
AN ANTI UNION WAR
nullderx ami Contractors Taking
Acllse Steps In Xevv Orleans
NEW ORLEANS Aug 29 -In view of
tho disturbed condition of the labot situa
tion and the numerous strikes preelpitat
ed here and the still greater number
threatened the architects builders and
contractors took the preliminary step to
day to protect themselves against furth
er disturbance and tie ups in their busi
ness This action consisted in the calling
of a mass meeting of master builders
master painters master plasterers mas
ter plumbers master brlckmasons mas
ter sheet and galvanized Iron workers and
architects to meet at the Mechanics
Dealers and Lumbermens Exchange on
afternoon It Is announced
that the purpose of the meeting Is to
declare war against the unions and be
gin the war at once instead of waiting
for the unions to still further strengthen
themselves and precipitate a strike when
get ready for it The call for the
meeting declares
lhe time has come when faced with
such unreasonable demands as are at pres
ent madeby thedlfTerent unions of the city
it becomes necessary that some concert
of action should be had between those
emploving the men to carry out the obli
gations for which they have contracted
and the men emplojed them In the
presence of these facts and with a view
of having tha existing differences adjusted
at once we deem It necessary that a joint
meeting of the master builders master
painters master plasterers master plumb
ers master sheet Iron workers and gal
vanized iron workers architects master
brlckmasons etc should be held as soon
as possible to determine what action
should be taken to remedy the existing
evil
The call has been signed by all the presi
dents of the several branches of the build
ing trade The painters carpenters and
other trades have struck and sev
eral of them have secured considerable
advances The Building Trades Council
composed of the unions employed In the
building business meets tonight It is
understood that a general strike of all
the building trades unions was stroncrlv
advocated and prevented the re
fusal of the Bricklayers Union one of the
strongest of the organizations to endorse
the move
WAITING FOR BLOODHOUNDS
MixxoiirimiH lleternilued to Find airs
Hendersons Murderer
WARRENSBLRG Mo Aug 23 The
hunt for the nesero murderer of Mrs Marj
Henderson goes on About 100 men have
been on constant for fortj -eight
hours The hope of finding the ne
gro In the communitj is that he Is hiding
in an abandoned coal mine The Man
hattan Kan brace of bloodhounds were
unloaded at Odessa and taken to
the scene of the crime and will be taken
to the mines tonight Two negroes wno
were with the hunting party last night
were thought to know where the negro
was hiding A rope was placed around
the neck of one of them and he would
nothing The rope was then placed
around the neck of tho other negro He
was terror strlekcn and cried This Is
awful men 1 dont know nothing The
crowd pulled him off the ground
Let me go and Ill tell where he is
lie jelled
hen let down he said Hes In a coal
bank over here and Ill show jou II
was rta etl and guided the men to tlie
coal banks several miles Two
banks were searched without avail Th
tvvo negroes were locked up
Sll In liiiltlliliirp mid Iletuin Sl
lu Ieunxj Iviiulu Itnllrouil
Tickets on ale Saturdar and Sunday lusuot
31 and September 1 pood to rvturn until MoniLt
Sipunilier i All trains exiept Congressional
Limited
Iljiins Iluslncsx CnllcKe Slli nnd K
Ihisincas Shorthand Typewntlns 25 a year
lilOOIo Hsirprrx lerrj and llnrtlnx
liiirK nnd Return in II t o It It
a Jiington S a m Sunday September
1 itcturn njr leav llartlnsburg 7 30 p ra and
IlarTcrs Kerry S 13 p m same day
Price Dropped on Ilourdx stl2
enc width one length at tth and cw York are
Price One Cent
VIRGINIA WOMEN ANGER
Indignant Over Colonel Snmnicri
Defence of Negro Suffrage
Ladle In the Gnllerlex Tarn Thel
Hacks on the Speaker at the fee
xlon of the Cnnstltntlonnl Conrta
t Ion The Democracy Attacked
RICHMOND Va Aug 29 -The women
who occupied the galleries during tho
meeting of the Constitutional Convention
today manifested their disapproval of n
speech made by Col J C Summers by
turning their backs upon him Colonel
Summers was declaring that all the peo
ple of Virginia including the negroes
should be allowed to vote on the new
constitution He declared he as a freo
man What are you he asked of th
contention
Publicly addressing the galleries occu
pied by negroes he made an open ad
dress to them saying that It was pro
posed to disfranchise men In Richmond
whose educational and professional at
tainments were superior to those of any
man on the floor
As Colonel Summers turned to the east
ern gallery in which were seated ladles
they deliberately turned their backs upon
him while he continued a smeeeh tuvr
before equaled In the hall for Its severe
arraignment of the Democratic party
The debate on the preamble and Bill
of Rights was continued today The hall
was packed with visitors
Attorney Gen
eral Montague was an Interested listen
er The galleries were filled and there
were few -vacant seats on the floor Ninety-four
members answered to their names
President Goode called the body to or
der at noon Prajer wa3 offered by the
Rev Dr P B Price
Not a single new proposition or memo
rial of any nature was presented the first
time such a thing has happened In the
convention
Chairman Ajers of the Committee on
Prisons and Public Institutions asked
and It was granted that the committee
might visit the State hospitals at such
time as the committee might desire
Mr carter of Hanover presented a
minority report from the Committee on
Legislative Departments stating that tho
minority was unable to concur in the rec
ommendation prohibiting the passage of
any law whereby private property shall
be taken or damaged for public uses with
out Just compensation The report says
the present provision Is ample on this
subject
On motion of Chairman Green of the
Committee on Bill of Bights and Pream
ble the convention went into Committee
of tho Whole and resumed consideration
of the Wjsor amendment
Colonel Cameron arising to a qnestlon
of personal privilege said that justice de
manded an explanation of an apparent
inconsistency in his speech of jesterday
on the oath question He had used an un
guarded expression He had expressed
doubt of a reference to his speech by Mr
Wj sor but the stenographers had him
accurately he believed Justice and hon
or demanded this explanation because af
ter mature deliberation he had changed
his position
Delegate Richardson of Scott was the
first speaker If he were forced to vote
on the question today he would favor sub
mitting tne constitution to the present
electorate He had been taught to believe
that the people are sovereign and he be
lieved that all power was vested In and
derived from the peopl The members
of the convention were here by consent
of their masters He was In favor of the
Wysor amendment He was a white man
represented a white and if
the suffrage plan did not disfranchise any
material part of his constituency he would
sacrifice himself and a dozen others and
come to the rescue of his brethren In tho
black belt
Mr Wjsor Would jou not vote to
submit to an abridged electorate even if
it sacrificed more than a dozen
No I would not fifteen for fear I
might disfranchise the gentleman from
Pulaski
Continuing he said that he was in favor
of postponing a vote on this question
until the convention had something to
submit He was not prepared to say
whether he favored the poll tax as that
was only a condition requisite to voting
and would not disfranchise anj one The
Suffrage Committee had according to the
newspapers agreed and disagreed and
now they were In as much of a tangle as
ever W hy settle this question now Wa
were In the dark and it would be a leap
In the dark to vote
TO ATTACK THE STEEL TRUST
Lew IVnIInce Jr Likely to Take
Action Soon
INDIANAPOLIS Ind Aug 29 Lew
Wallace Jr nephew of Gen Lew Wal
lace of Ben Hur fame and a lawyer o
considerable prominence has received
from the Anti Trust League at Washing
ton a number of documents which com
prise portions of the history origin and
acts of the United States Steel Corpora
tion
On the Information thus obtained and
from what he has gathered in this State
relating to it- Indiana branches he will
base a suit to compel the Steel Trust to
discontinue business as an organization
Mr Wallace has been engaged In his in
vestigations of trust methods for some
thing more than a ear and believes that
the provisions of the Indiana law are
ample to prevent the operation in that
State of such business combinations as
the United States Steel Corporation the
American Window Glass and
others which combined for the purpose of
limiting outputs and maintaining prices
When askeel regarding the meth
ods he would adopt he replied that any
statement concerning his intentions at
this time would be premature and he did
not care to discuss the matter He ad
mitted that he had gathered considerable
information regarding the practices of the
United States Steel Corporation but said
that Inasmuch as the employes of that
organization are now on a strike he did
not regard it as an opportune time to be
gin legal proceedings It is believed that
settlement of the strike will be the
signal for the filing of a suit to test the
right of the Steel Trust to exist in In
diana
Ocean Stennishlp VIov ements
NEW UiUC Aug 23 Arrived out
Steamship Lahn from New Tork at Bre
men Steamship Pretoria from New York
at Hamburg Steamship Columbia from
New York at Plj mouth Steamship Zee
land from New York at Southampton
Arrived Steamship Germanic Liverpool
Steamship Britannia Marseilles Steam
ship St Cuthbert Antwerp SteamsMp
American Amsterdam Sailed from for
eign ports Steamship Majestic from
Queenstown for New York Steamship
Statendam from Rotterdam for New
York
IAIIOII 11 w icuiimons
To Old Point Comfort Norfolk
port -News Virsiufii flench nni
Oeenn View via the Norfolk nud
WnxIiiiiKton Mlit tos Sleaniess
Tickets will ee sold on Mlurdjr and Sunday
Vugust 31 and September 1 to Old Point and
orfolk good leaving Old Point and Xorfoll
until Jlonday evening September S inclujie al
J3SO for the round trip Stateroom reserratiol
for the round trip can oe had at ofnee os
wharf Tel 759 See ad page 7
Lowest llldx on Carpenters Llafi
for suburban cottages by i Libbey k Co
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