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RALEIGH, N". C WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1900
No 96
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STORM'S DEATH LIST
Five Thousand Found to Be
Under the Mark.
MANY ARE NOT REPORTED
Concert all re Intimates Place Ibe Fig
ures at ix Thousand, but Some itlake
Tiieiu Illsber Property Loss Will
t fall Below 8iJ,iOO000-Thoe
UUo Hare Not Suffered Are In a
Hopeless minority
iV.vcston, Sept. IS. Reluctantly one
:- f iced -to the opinion that the uum
!! of dead, which "had been placed at
:.", is too low, and that the number
y. .11 go as high as tl.tRX) and perhaps
., vo that number. "The conclusion has
1..-: hcen reached without considerable
: ndit and careful investigation. The
. uli 1 i5t will reach the total of 4,437,
v. ::h the additions sent out today. In
; i iitirtu to all this, it must be-remem-that
only a comparatively small
1 i.nlr of the negroes who perished in
storm have been reported. After
1(. .jidcrim: all these facts one- can hard-i'!-c
lut conclude that the total to
j :iiiallv reached will ln above (J,.
cue ha tried to be as conserva
- .1- iKssiJle in making their csti
;;.:r . i..rh as to the looses of Hie and
;. - i-ny. but in view of all the "features
tiii- part of the situation to be seen
it v":is. it i not possible to reiterate
:it.- t'.irnier estimnte of r.Ot. Judge
.J"f:iu .Mann stated today that In his
.i tlie list would go a,s high as
T."":. The exact number will never be
,.:. t'!y known. One can only hope
these larjrer estimates will prove
.1 iii-n. aim uiai at least a part of tne
I.--: . " the storm will not be so stioug-
1; hi ideiiee.
there are no developments which
lead to the lelief that the esti
!, .!! uf a trnpeity loss of $HH.7tf M U 4M
:- tuu hii.li. Wiiile one occasionally
::;! a buiues man whose property has
:. : MitT. r.d greaily, it must be statttl
:::: th- Hass is hoH'lessKy in the mi
:: and that large loes are the rule.
Till: M r CATION AT PKESGM
ranv rorps9 In .tlo Surrounding
toiiiitr Vet Uciuain I'nbur.ed
;.;"t..:i. Sept. IS. United Slates
Ma --ii.il tJrant. who is in charge tf af
- "a the mainland extending from
i 'ky t Virginia "Point, and a.l
' ; aiul rail transportation under the
li.iie supervision of General Siur
. . .:(!!. h-1 me tmrtincs of the con-
:.! c r.un.tt.e ;t :;oo:i uday. 'Marshal
:!it. i;i his re;-v,t state 1 that order
i'ii t piewtit.-d th.ughiu his d.s
t . t. S.jiia is wl.c- searching the couu-:.-.
baeK : jje , -i ist i ,j- sr nn victims
-ie:.l.,y l.'M ..I.e-t were found and
11 att I. and ;ae avm'k of puritieati 'n
s ht.i: j.'usiit.i very vigorously, and
1 : days ne,e lie thought ail bJus
' :. I le d:sj --e. or.
i tr.eaiis eorivi ying the sick and
i -.1 n-e.n the N mis to the cars had
a :vatly bnpr.iVid. They were ten-
; , .eiveye I !" ;in the tiioats to ais
i ll. y p.-ovi led fur them, and their
1 " and comfort v, n- carefully 1 .oke I
l.y a . .rps of Ked Cross people
1 e :n transit. Uopn their arrival
; H i-::i they were nut by ambu
'!ts that eojvveyed them to a iarge
..:. -!.. hospital generously jtroVided
:.u.-:n by thi" people of Houston.
iM-r tlie vigilant direction of Mar
iiaut all suspicious and vicious
1 !: it j-s liave been in 11 off or placed
: : ;tn.l in the matter of transitorta-
!ie : k and wounded leeeive the
as-iderarion. and extortion has
! "ti ixus and railway's since he
1 eharge.
Spingler, of the Gulf and In
o JI nlivay. today, in speaking of
t.s ;:i ; iiivar peninsula, said the
!: th iv was forty-one. The
! of indies that were driven
'"v:isi
Mi;
T. - v- ;
t.i - oay from Galvc-ston and
al.ng the shares of the
ill. are still uuburied, n3twiih-
i ; i
Mas-
,1:
u:; i,L. i,ir:e l because there is no
" ;- t.i re to perform the service. Pt'o
1 i;v Laving the peninsula by every
ra.M:i conveyance, even walking out,
V'r:'- the little food they have saved.
l.V..-:;-!,;,.- th,.v ha( JU thc WOi..J wa
U':r.vvl.
-....v. tiir uv.toj ill liJt;
: -n 1'atton is a regular cuiarnel
' vrfd Avith the hnnlies of the
I'iither up the peninsula cattle
'. -vtid by hundreils, and heir
s are putrifying in the tropical
a: 1
lie.-!
tun.
i number of persons have died
injuries received in the .storm.
: iing Frank, son of F. D. Shaw,
Hiring the storm he was
1 the ihead and was unconscious
' ir of his death.
II. Irvin. lecently pressman
'alveston Vevs Ivinrr in ji
on (,
f-.l
" '"ii-i tioti at the hosmtal in tho
1
a h mse whh a broken leg. He
-hi!d during the storm and last
- v.ife Lud fivm injuries re-
'vi'ii six little children with no
V f-r them. The city is full
cases of this kind.
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'iit'.it' Graham Itlce. an ontftidp
; 1 ' ! ''U rcsivMidpnt ' was nrre.ste1
mi
1 he fore General Jcurry and
a severe renrimjinrl for writiivir
re,,;v,.i
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:"Tinnt of conditions immedi
" r the flool. like cut a wide
:i aa 1 Was more an:
k . t K' iniiHM-tanee of hi
t-l''., ,l.nople whom he
u r;" facts about the ti
xious ' to ini-
is personality
. i",iTT uuai ur jutu ixutu to
j, l.icis aoout tne terrific storm.
l-s a. ?!-. . .
to-o '. us sianaerons in tne
nu
H ' 1 uhen the fjier wr -tt-5rw1
Ac.. ;' ' -1 e was aiamissea instantly.
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to epr;maiviea ne was ordered
k?JS fK" K stm in town is
iC. li!at n:s troubles are not over.
. I'irst United States artil-'
'V r 1 ,abar,,1'm Fon Crorket and
fca I lIie station at Fort Sam Hous-
r.I?jt ti(e- prmcipa streets in the
juts. Iinrt of trwn were inHminated
''"an.les-cjvnt lights. 1 .
rit-L I'. rf'fl,i',t of the general crm-
' : 'Crneral Scurry will establish
a
uentute colored womejj- iind
SSSaaSSSsSi
wmen is taxed to its utmost capacity
to meet the general request for relief.
Over Three Hundred Bodies Burned
(Jalyeston. Sept. 18. The work of ex
tricating bodies from the mass of wreck
age, still continues. Today over three
hundred bodies were taken , from the
debris which lines the beach. There is
no time to dig graves and the putrefying
llesh Is hastily consigned to the flames.
Volunteers for. this gruesome work are
coming in fast. Under one pile of
wreckage this afternoon twenty bodies
were taken out and cremated.
A large force of men is still engaged
in 'removing the dead from Hurdlane,
located about four miles west of the
city. At this point the water rose to
the height of fourteen feet, and upon
trees and barbed-wire fences are the
bodies of men, women and children,
which are being collected and cremated
as rapidly as possible.
CAUSE OF LABOR TROUBLES
Testlmonr of an ISxprrton Strikes Be
fore ihd Induatrlal Coinmleslon.
"Washington. Sent. IS. James M. Gil
le!t, chairman of the State Board of
Mediation and Arbitration of New Yoik,
to lay testified before the industrial com
mission on the subject of strikes.
The witness stated that the principal
cause of all the labo.- troubles in tae
United States was the unwijlingnt ss oi
Uk- part of the employers to reeogiv-ze
trades unions. Iu this connec.'ion tne
witnesses said:
"Capitalists and erifjdoyers are op
posed to the organization of labor :n
trades unions, and only tolerate their
existence because they are powerbss to
prevent them. The reason for this op
position to unionism is that the employer
recognizes the fact that omrloyes who
act individually in their efforts to secure
higher wages 01 better cond.tions of em
ployment are at a decided advantage as
compared with those who are sustained
by a union of individual intere-ts.
"Many of those who give emx loyirent
tolabor absolutely refuse to cojsidcr
anything but their own interests and
will recognizee no rights of the wo king
man. In this way there is only one
party to the case, and the caplta'ist is
supreme."
The witness then stated that in rare
instances labor troubles were caused by
unwise leadership on the part of the
workingmen. but that these ca-es wer
so infrequent that they were not woithy
of consideration.
Another cause of strikrs and other
troubles between labor and capital was
given by the witness s a lack ef o
diality between the employer and his
employes. In tfiis connection Mr. 1
lert said eaital is prone to be selfish
and is inclined to treat labor as
it does the raw material opon
which it works. Capital prefers to deal
with lalor at arm'. length, and thus
creates a feeling of distrust.
The witness then went oa to say that
each State' should have a board ef ar
bitration, and that its members sh uld
be composed of an equal repreeutati'm
from labor- unions and the capitalists.
Thev should be given final authority
iu all strikes, and the witness believed
this would nut an end to the great
maioritv of labor troubles.
Mr. Gillert then mule a statement re
garding the number of strikes in Xw
York during the pat three years. In
this connection he said:
"There was an increase of 70 per cen".
in the nmnler of strikes iu 1V.-9 VV
1S9S, and in the current year the pro
portion ?ins l?eu about the same."
The witness said that in each rae
the laliorers were compelled to s'rike
for oither better wages or shorter hours.
This was done, he said, lierause capital
was onioying an advance in pri.;e f r
commodities which it was not willing to
share with labor.
This ended the examination, and the
presiding officer "of the commission an
nounced that tomorrow, Hon. H H.
lAike, a former member of the Ncv
Zealand Parliament, would be examined
on labor conditions In his country.
A NEW .NUT TO CRACK.
Wlnit Is tlie Status of a Porto Rlcan In
the United States
Baltimore, Md., Sept. 18. The author
ities will now b? called upon to decide
whether Porto Ricans who have taken
the oath of allegiance are Spaniards or
Americans privileged to vote. A cn'-e
in- .point came to light here today. Dr.
Francisco Valle is now a resident of
Baltimore. Before the war with Snaim
he w;'s tne alcalde of San Juan. When
the American troops landel there ttvo
years ago he was among the first to wel
come them and give the United States
representative' all assistance possible.
Later he was appointed secretary of
the insular eorermnei under Generals
Henry -and Davis at which time he took
the oath of allegiance. About a year
ago he came here. Where his son had
been a student for live years. This
being registration day he endeavored to
have his name enrolled. The clerks re
fused him this privilege, asserting that
he wan still a Spaniard. Prof. C. O.
Hehoenvich, who -accompanied the doc
tor, insisted that inasumch as the na
tives of Guam were citizens 'the same
applied to Porto Itico. The clerks, how
ever, were oldurate and the matter has
now ibeen submitted to the supervicors
of election.
TRY IT ON TRUSTS
Republican Officials Alarmed About
the Imperialism Issue. -
Chicago, Sepi.i 18. The Republicans
have "become alarmed and have decided
to attempt to sidetrack the imperialism
issne. For the next two weeks, acting
to the present plan of the Republican
Congressional Committee, 'trust litera
ture will be sent ou After the trust
literature pamphlets treating on the cur
rency question will be sent for two
weeks. The last two weeks of the cam
paign will.be given over to sending out
prosperity literature.
Print Workers Ordered Oat
Twell, Mass., Sept. 18. About 400
nrint workers -were ordered out from
the Merrimae 'mills today to enforce a
demand Xot .time and s a .quarter.
Von "Waldersee t Ilon Kons
Hong Kong,. Sept. 18.-The . Gerihan
steamer Sachsen, having : on -hoard Field
Slar.hal Count Aon Waldersee, com
mander in chief of the internatjonal
forces in China, and his etaff, has ar
rived here, ' ,
SNIPING MADE EASY
Boers Recline pn Mattresses
While Picking Off British
DESERTIONS FROM BOERS
Tne JBurzliers Have Taken to Quarrel
ins Among Themselrea Since tne
Fllbt of Krusrer-Released Oritlsb
Prisoners Relate Tales of 111 Treat
ment by TJjelrCapjtors-French Finds
Fifty Locomotives In Good Order
Pretoria, Sept. 18. A detachment of
WCstral(atts who Tvere part of Gl
CJemeuts' force and were left at Wash -
oschfoutein at thc bond rf tb Xivpt.
Valley, arrived here today. Thev
brought thirty-fire prisoners with them,
During the ride of forty miles hea-e they
wero sniped at continually from both
sides of the valley. The Ifers who
lived in the hills have mattresses placed
on the rocks for their convenience and
comfort while sniping at troops moving
through the valley.
On Sunday, September 9th. an ambu
lance train of live wagons, in charge of
Dr. Peskms, left here to join General
Clements' command. The men and
wagons never arrived at their destina
tion, and Kaffirs sav they were cap
tured. Fire of the men were killed.
General Clements is doing good work
in clearing the country of the sniping
bands. He is new on his wav to burn
twelve farms which are konwn .to be
night resorts of the snipers.
Dissensions Anions Boers
Diirftifin. 5v.nf- IS A rwj-.l "-n
to
' ' - A " i&uium, iv
i"ri 3r iro
ed from the Boers, who have just ar -
riven nere on tne transport Matabele.
there is dissatisfaction amousr " thw
bui-ghers which will soon lead to a gen
eral surrender. The British prisoners
report tnat there 'are many desertions
from the Boer rauks dailv. and that the
burgher army is broken up with - inter -
ne-ine nuarivlK nnd bbvi.ihAi vor. h
flight of President Kniger. There" were
is- prismiei-s on the Jlatabele,
them being greatly a-maciated
treatment at the hands of the federal
ists. I hey said the cmditions were un
bearable after the British had captured
Pretoria. Sixteen of the prisoners had
been killed or wounded while attempt
ing t escape. - "' - ... 1
Boberts Reports movements
London. (Sept. IS. The War Office
has received the following fiom Iord
Koberts, dated Machadodorp, Septeanber
17th:
"I)le-Carews and IJamlilton coi
irmns will be in th? vicinity of Kainp
inulden Station tomonviw. A4rigacjb is
lvear Xelspruit, and fighting is heard in
that directionthis afternoon., - .
"Ilildyard has established a post at
Utrecht. Barton rs intrenched at a
point where a small brigade was, re-
cently destroyed between Kmgersdorp
and Ranfontein. He has -captm-ed i a
number of sheep, oxen and horses.
'Elements had a skirmish yesterday
at llexpoort. His casualties were one
killed, one wounded and one missing.
"French's cavalry division has advanc
ed from Banberton to the Avoca railway
station. French found fift urore .loco
motives that had not been damaged, six
of which were at Klsprit. The Boeis
have blown up several bridges and cul
verts to the east of Codwaan. There are
plenty of sleepers' and railway mate
rial, and the damage will be quickly re
paired." Flghtlng at Komatlpoort
Lorenzo Marquez. September
IS.
iTighting is .proceeding at Komatipoort.
All the available men have been sent to
the frontier. It is expected that Komati
bridge will "be destroyed. There is
uinch uneasiness here. . v .
Komatipoort is a town on the fron
tier of tlie Transvaal and on the rail
road leading from Pretoria to Portu
guese territory. It-is situated obou't-50
miles from Lorenzo Martinez. With the
occupation of Komartipoort the Brit
ish would be able to cut off all supplies
reaching the Boers by railroad .from
Portuguese territory. x - .
Komatipoort Looted and Burned ;
London, Sept. 18. The Lorenzo Mar
quez correspondent of The Telegraph
declares that Komatipoort has been loot
ed and burned to the ground.
DAGNELL'S CASE CONTINUED
Commonwealth's Attorney Expects to
Prove a Case of ITlurder.
Newport News, Va.. Sept. 18. 'Be
cause the attorneys had not had proper
time in which to prepare it. the ease of
William D. Bagnell, charged with the
murder of John W. McAllister, in -Bar
Harbor August 21, was continued until
October 1st. Commonwealth, Attorney
Robinson fought the motion of defend
ant's counsel, and. there was a warm
passage at arms between that genf?
man and Attorney's Ruth and Mitchell
for the prisoner. - - ' .
The prosecution claims to have dis
covered evidence to the effect that Bag
neyy knocked McAllister down bef.re
firing the fatal shot. Mr. Robinson said
today: "It is a clear case of murder, and
I expect to substantiate it."
The defense does not evidence as great
faith in an acquittal as was shown a
week ago. '
Strikers Attack Non-union Men ,
Hamburg, Sept. 18. Striking dock la
borers today made an attack on the non
union workers with knives and club.
Three policemen and ttn non-union men
were seriously injured. Sixty , of th
rioters were arrested. . '
Kruger VT11I Go to Brussels . .
Brussells, Sept. 18. M. "Vba BoeiichQ
ten, the secretary of Dr. Leyds, the. Eu
ropean agent of the Transvaal, stated to
day that -President Kruger intends ' to
come direct to Brnsells which he will
make his headquarters. . v
STRIKE GAINS FORCE
The Number of Men Idle
. Greatly Augmented.
MORE MINES SHUT DOWN
Talk of Ar bitration Is Very Persistent, I
but tne Operators Deelaro 'ley Will
Not Recognize the Union, tne Vital
Point Upon Which the Workers In-
slst Most Stronclr-colder Weather
Encourages the Strikers
Philadelphia, Sept. 18. If, as Piesi-
of th Uui.ed Mine Work-
1 ers' claimed last nught that 112,000 of
' the 141,000 mine -Workers in the Penn -
t sylvania anthracite coal fields were idle
j yesterday, it is certain that this num-
ber has :been considerably augmented
today by additions to the strikers ranks. American miners were conspicuous Ire
VAnnrfo v t . their absence. They are nearly all idle,
K.eports from the four -big distracts em- but they, are not so enthusiastic for the
bracing che hard coal region are fo the strike as 'the younger ones. There were
effect that fewer men are at work todav numerous banners in line "No more7ton
than Were wnrL-innr u ,V 9"r-s' work for $1.50," "Come down,
than weie working jesterday and that, PSwder, or no work," "Close the pluck
eollenes that worked full handed or: me stores.".
nearly so, yesterday, are either' badly
fripjxled or shut down today.
x.wwtuer nas grown mucn cojaer
since yesterday, and this change is
greeted with joy by the mine workers,
who believe it will greatly increase the
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demand lov oal and thus force an earlv
adjustment of the differences between
them and their employers.
id arbitration as so Persistent ' thvee thousand mine workers of the
nis$J2Zv XloV,?nf thfc th,ls Lackawanna region practically un
S ettus e.eill finally . changed from yestej-day when the com-
Xl;i ,?rV though the mine owners piete tie-up of the region was rec:rdod.
declare tnat they will deal only with ; ti i-,t ;fnT, .u,,. n i-
rrrf" Pi0 s individuals, and -the;
h 4. fl 1 1 j.i -,i .
striKe teaiiers say thev will insist unon
U?",ial recognition of the umon. lh;s
. "UUJU tt:iJi"rf,r miuiuwuij'
' t-Mh fr t V It a.ah. 1 -1 1
'""fk cunpioj t-.r anu tuipioye
aP- fprever 'if persisted in.
viib iiiiie oana 01 miners in tne vo
min Valley, th-ose of the West End
Coal Company at Mooanahna, number-
! mg- a. fevr. nundred men, stand out
t prpmlnently as the only men at work
! '-arly tX),000 in the Lackawanna
kindly, they have no grievance and they
will, therefore, remain loyal to thejr em-
G-eneral "Ma-nager Henderson, of the
PhiladeJphiasandlleading Coal and Iron
Company, in a statement today, said:
lierieM operated by this company are in
oneratron v today, two ' additional ones
leing shnt down this morning. These
nr' the -Henrr Clnv and Kwr "Vullp-v
most of ii jvumug rvjsuju. xnurts 10 niunue i rue ueiawaTe cc nuuson company in me
from iii 1 -tSxotiXi to join the strikers have, failed, north Scranton section aloue were pres-
. , J.uey say tney nave always been treated I ent at a mass-meeting yesterday aiter-
r llieries, which Ave're woi"king short i Pennsylvania Railroad collieries, show
handed yesterday. As with the Burn-j some changes in the situation but no
Pde colliery, which .closed yesterday, disorder. The Pennsylvania Company s
a wumber of men reported for work ,but two colleries at Lykens are working very
not sufficient to start up. A number of short handed. The one at Willi anistown,
the remaining collieries- are working owned by the same -company, is runuir.g
short handed. The average daily output full. Thirty-six coHenes of the Lead
of our collieries yesterday was 'a little S Company are m full operation today,
over 100 cars less than usual. This con- j An attempt was made this morning to
Ain.n nan af t-;K!f oi a tho iwjin o-! resume at the three collieries of the
of -the Burn side colliery and the extent
to ' Which the remaining collieries are
running short handed."
Strikers making Inroads
Reading. Pa.. Sept. 18. Advices
re-
ceived tonight (from all 'points of the
Reading Company's coal' mining terri
tory show unquestionably thatthe strik
ers are slowly but surely making severe
j inroads. In addition to closing two more
of the company's collieries at Shamokin.
a number of the Reading collieries at
Mahanoy City and iMt. Carmel were
running ,so short handed that tomorrow
will probably witness their closing.
Wherever the strike aeado-s have been
actively at work - in the Reading terri
tory, a sympathetic strike has been the
result. Labor leaders today from many
States were out in the highways in the
Reading district to make special pleads
with the minrrs oa their way to work,
and at least 3,000 of the Reading Coal
and Iron Company's employes returned
home and did not go to work today. At
least seven or tne Heading uompany s
collieries about Mahanoy City were
severely strained today to keep at work.
President Mitchell 'with his lieutenants,
will likely make such severe inroads by
Thursday that there, will possibly be
nothing running there.
: Mt. Carmel will likely follow. The
next attack will be rmade at Ashland
and then Shenandoah, The belief is that
the labor 3caders will make the : sympa
thetic strike in the Schuylkill regions,
notwithstanding the fact that the 27,000
miners, laborers and 'boys ojJthe Read
ing Coal Company have notninig else to
litrike for. They are paid every two
weeks, their powder and oil are fur
nished at cost, there are no company
stores and their wages are on the slid
SladS C.om?S? Sed 15 start orny Sfc
Burnside the Henry Clay and the Bear J at
Valley colleries at Shamokm today ,but taff "in tbf t t wentv-four hours the
failed. Thereupon the 2.400 employes Delaw?
were suspended indefinitely and the, - nas' n busily engaged in dis
mules ordered to the surface. tributing batons -and revolvers among
a number of -the men who have been
4n4MiA... th. iribn . tft nrotpct "their property. De-
. i . i 1 rti.
Pittston, Pa., Sept. 18. District Presi-
dent Nichols says:
; "I can give no figures with which to
meet the statement given by the opera-
tors, but 70 per cent, of the men in the.
Hazleton region and 80 per cent, of the
miners m tne Shamokin region are on of violence. lney ao not aeny, now
strike. "We have reports of the closing ever, that they are using one means that
down of two more colleries at Hazletoa has proved exceedingly efficacious in pre
mnA an increase of n rvv cent, in the vinns strikes in this region.- The women
number of men on strike in. that region.
Yesterday we had Co per cent, ot tne who remain at woric, ana iew nave treeu
men oUt; today 70 per cent., and tomor- fountk with hardihood enough to cross
row the collieries wilP be crippled an d ihem. In several insttfnees where the
have but 10 per cent, of the men at xpien- have failed the women have suc
work. Of course, we are anxious to get . Eeetled. . .
all of the men in the Hazleton and i . .
Shamokin regions' cut; it will 'mean a
SirtgZ f U ia th6i Hazleton, P&it. 18-Miners go
Anthracite region. . . . A T v aa
' "The success or failure of the strike
does not depend on the action of the
men in the Harleton and Shamokin dis-
SffiSfct. SdS&'LSTiSf;,?,?
victory. .To have them out now means
early success and we want a short strike.
, Our recrnits today numbered eleven hun
dred in the Hazletou region. One opera
tor has publicly denounced the United
Mine-Workers because the union claimed
to be able to shut down all collieries on
Monday last,, but perhaps his tone miy
ehange. We may be successful in our
efforts to convince the lower end men
that they too are to read the 'rewards.
(and iu that event the operator may find
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iiv j.uriuer reasuu xor assaiiiiii,
union.
Biff Parade of ynion Men
Pittston, Pa., Sept. 18. The
mine
groWing enthusiastic over their success
in causing a general suspension of work.
iThis has been the liveliest day this city
has witnessed since tire agitation for a
strike began. The union miners of Pitts
ton and vicinity held a "great demonstra
tion this afternoon, consisting of a .pa
rade and mass-meeting. Fifteen local
unions were in line,, and by actual count
4.000 men and boys participated. ' The
showing made by the unions was consid
"YhrSeT, 'h'toe
very successful work during the past
'few days. The percentage of foreign
Peaking workmen in line was exception-
ally large. The younger American ele-
ment was
also large. For many of the
hoys the strike is a holiday. The older
At the conclusion of the parade a mass-
lutrimg was neiu on a vacant piox or
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urgaiuzerred liilcher came down from
Scranton and addressed the- meeting,
arousing great enthusiasm,
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situation In Seranton Unchanged
Scranton, Pa., Sent 181 Today finds
I the strike situation among the forty-
iy dumfounded over the matter as an
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;
i jous an uprising and ridiculed everv
. statement concerning tne number of mm
I . . . . . - -
j organized by he United Mine Workers,
declaring in the most emphatic tems
that no more than 10 per cent of the
men were dissatisfied and would venture
upon a strike. .
More than that number of men and
boys representing the employes of the
Delaware, Lackawanna. & Western and
j noo, which" was addressed : by Fred
Dileher, .member ot the National Execu
tive Boardrand Timothy D. Hayes, for
many years a miner.
Chances in the situation
Reading. -P., Sept. IS. Reports- from.
thc- Dauphin Company line to Shanxokin,
embracing air the Reading Companies
' thirty-nine collieries and a few of the
Reading Company at Shamokin, but it
failed. Fewer men reported this morn
ing than yesterday. The company then
gave it out that the three colleries will
be closed down indefinitely until after
the strike is settled. Tlie attempt to
start the Mineral and Union colleries at
Shamokin failed this morning. But there
are now 14,000 men, and boys idle in
the Shamokin district.
Not a Pound mined
Wilkesbarre. Pa., Sept. 18. Except at
the West-End coal mine at Mocanqua
not a pound of coal is being mined this
morning in the Wyoming or the Lacka
wanna districts. " The Lehigh and
Wilkesbarre colleries are practically
shut down, although the company has
some men moving about outside the
workings.
Claim of Operators
S4 Wiikesbarre, Pa.. Sent. 18. The oper
ators todav claim that about 60 per cent.
of the men in tne coal fields are at t
work.
Anticipating Possible Trouble
Scranton, Pa., Sept. 18. Though no
disorders were reported at any of the
collieries in this immediate vicinity to
day, there was a strong undercurrent of
excitement everywhere in labor circles,
which was ' intensified when the an
nouncement'' was made that Col. L. A.
Watres had issued orders to the cap
tains of the Thirteenth regiment to hold
themselves-in readiness to Vomptly re
spond to a hurry call for service. A
code of signals has been arranged for
them, upon the receipt df which they are
to immediately summon their men. How
ever, a careful explanation has been
made to the men that the signals will
not necessarily mean tnat mere is a i
spite these preparations, which portend
a serious clash, ths miners claim that'
there 'will be no trouble that they will;
originate. They say" it is true, that
they will use every legitimate effort, to
induce the men at work yet to go out on j
strike, but that they will stop short.
"'are permitted. to assail verbally the men;
! - Gentle Persuasives
r toitr
..ed -ad threat
they did not- join the rankS of tne
iS coal .ndpoHce force has
BIG FREIGHT GAR DEAL
; Seaboard Air Line Purchases
2;000 New Cars
AGREEMENT RECORDED
The Cars Purchased, Through Uiai?
and Company Bankers, of New York
troin tae South Baltimore Car Workr
ITIanuracturers and Stipulation as to
Styles of Cars and Dates of Delivery
All to Be Complete Before January 1
A $1,354,000 agreement between iair
& Co., bankers, of Wall street, New
York, and the Seaboard Air Line Rail
road Company for 2,000 freight carf, to
be delivered within the next few months.
i has been recorded in the Wake county'
f - .! 4- 4 mi .
register or. ueeas oince. ine document
contains 7,000 words. The cars are to
be manufactured by the South Balti
more Car Works, and the contract stipu
lates that there are to be 1,000 flat-cars,
700 plain box-cars and 300 ventilated
felt-lined box-cars.
The agreement is to the effect that
GOO felt-lined cars must be delivered to
the Seaboard Air Line on or before Sep
tember 15, 1000; that 500 of the plain
box ears must be delivered on or beforo
October 15: that 200 plain cars must
be delivered on or before October 25;
that 400 flat-cars must, be delivered by
November 20. and that the final ttf wn.
jtilated cars must be completed by De
jeember 25.
i All the cars are to be finished" accord
jing to specifications furnished by the
! railroad company, and are to have plates
on either side with "Blair & Co. owners,"
i engraved thereon. The cars are manu
factured for Blair & Co., who in turn
sell them to the Seaboard Air Line, the
purchase price being, as stated above,
$1,354,000. The railroad company con
tracts to pay 15 per cent of the purchase
. Urice in cash . n ml S.MHM WI nnartnrU-
with 5 per cent interest until the full
amount of the contract is paid.
HATCH & FOOTE ASSIGN
I One member of tne Firm Speculated oat
. Both Sides of the 11 ifket
Xew York, Sept. 18. Hatch & Foote,
baukcis and brokers, at No. 3 Nassau
street announced their assignment on
the Stock Exchange today. The firm
is one of the oldest and most widely
known " of the many big ; Wall street
houses ,. It has been in- existence since
January 1, 1870.
Daniel B. .Hatch, the board member
of the firm, said today:
. "My partner, Mr. Foote, is lying in jV
crazy and dying , condition at his home
at Oceanic, N J. We discovered, since
Mr. Foote has been taken sick, that he
had .been., speculating, on 'both sides of
the market without the knowledge of
the firm, and had lost upwards of two
hundred thousand dollars.
"This made it necessary for us to
find out where we stood, and ' for the
interest of our creditors we made ' an
assignment to E. Ellery Anderson.
"We attribute Mr. Foote's insane con
dition to the tremendous financial load
he has been .carrying' for 'the last five
years. Our outstanding contracts on
the Stock Exchange are slight and rio
one will suffer any loss."
Mr. Foote is sixty-three years old.
AFRAID TO TOUCH IT
Neither Hanna Nor Payne Will Die
cus Bryan's Letter.
Chicago, Sept. 18. Neither Sepator
Hanna, chairman of the Republican
National Executive -Committee, nor
Vice Chairman Payne- would discu
W. J. Bryan's letter of acceptance.
Two hours before, he left . national
headquarters to address a meeting of th
Commercial Mcilvlnley Clnb. " Senatoi
Haling was besieged by callers, the mofc
conspfcuous . of w.hotn was Senator
Wellington, of Maryland.
"I am godng to -make- speeches' in
Detroit and Grand Rapids,' said Sena
tor Wellington. "Despite all that may
roe said to the contrary the Rf-rubiicarn
are in grave danger of losing Maryland,
whereas they have been hopeful oJ
winning there." ' ; .
It was announced at Democratic na
tional headquarters today that next
week Adlai E. Stevenson will begin a
speaking tour-of. Michigan Wisconsin,
Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and West Vir
ginia. '
NEW CABLE TO CHINA
Communication Is Now Independen
of Clilnese Laud Lines
New York, Sept. 18 The Central
cable office of the Western Union Tele
graph Company has issued the following
notice:
"The Great Northern Company an
nounces that the Shanghai-Chefo- cable,
established by the Eastern Extension
and the Great Northern companies s has
been opened for international corres
pondence in direct communication with
the previously established cables from
Chefoo to Taku. to Port Arthur and to
Wei-IIai-Wei, thus creating with efifh.
of these stations " commnnication with
China independent of the land lines con
trolled bv the Chinese "go vvt-nment.
There" will be no change In the ratei.'
The other cable coiapanies have issned
similar notices. .
FrVE IttKN DROffNGO .
Tne Tus America Bowled Om by m
Big Ocean Liner . . ,
New York, Sept. 18,Five men were
drowned today in North river, off Sous
ton, street, by the sinking-of a tuff
which was run into and cut -in ;twq ly
the Atlantic transport, liner Minnehaha.
The tug, The America, wasj onfe of a
fleet of tugs helping the big liner to-her
dock. The Minnehaha, driven forward
by a sudden- squall of wind, went plow
ing into the tug. In the crash the-tuff
was bowled over and went to the bottom.
The men in the tug had not even time
to cry out. Only one man of the, i .
who were aboaid ecaied. :- j ;
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