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WAY OUT OF TROUBLE
Coal Operators Take a Favor
able View of Arbitration,
E!jT THIS IS DENIED
rjkrr Persuade More Men to Quit
Wcr i. - ddiUonal Collieries Closed
pov.n and Others WorktnffwltU Re
t:,i pt5 Force In Some Localities It Is
(I a im?tJ that More Jlen AreatWork
school" af Have to Close
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Sept. 21. 'Archbishop
K "": M- Oiy pliant, president of
1 . ;.i at.- antl Hudson Company,
V. 11. Trnesdell. president of the
, l.;i'k;iv:inn:i and Western
ii.m' given their assent to a
. n v vvhi.-h shall have for its ob
t : .).! i-rment of the question at
n ;.;( -en 'be striking Pennsylvania
.,; . ; ;i:il the operators.
r. K. S. Phillips, of St. Gabriel's
::i ('.italic church, at Ilazleton,
,;: arch-episropal residence to
, vi ilr:iri'-:i with the archbishop.
i.'ai f the precise situation iri-
. : d'stik-f.
. ,:;-:?! t serve as mediator
;i ;!,.. v. . hl'ih.v gj.ve.s is unquali-
w it a my willingness, already
t aid in bringing about ar-
:. I :i;n willing to confer with
Olvphant and Trnesdell and
;: .il era tors' side of the trou
: ;!i aracite region."
Mitchell, of the United Mine
... i ; ' days ago said he was
.v;;;i-i' go to New York and
o :':!- most influential of the
: : i:i New York, the presi
.; l.-laware and Hudson and
m. .1-. l Lackawanna eonsent
, . !.:t i the archbishop indi
!y : - i.:i of the operating
: i -. i I.- ars-hbishoj ajpearel
.':;.;:; 1 i lis ui.irning that his ef
:. ' : a peaceful conclusion
. "n t!i anthracite region
v.-- "u.-.cd. and he entertaineil
:: the success of his con-
: :;'.! x-. tjverators who hare
-1 ! :ih 't ith him.
I , . ivcd !rin Hnzleton this
re sident Mitchell had left
with the internum of
.- Art h bishop Hyau of
; N v Y : k f-r the imrpose of
v. --o ;he leading operators
men have been sworn, in by the coal
companies here in theast few days.
STRIKERS GOING AWAIT
BOERS IN DISTRESS
They Are in Want of Supplies
and Ammunition. ,
Hundreds llare Already Left the An
tliraclto Coal Heslon.
Haxleton, Ta., Sent. 21. At Ilazle
mim?s aud at shaft 2s o. 40 efforts were
made by the striker sympathizers to get
the men working there to so out; Th
guards interfered and safely piloted the nCXAITT DCDHDTCn nCAn
nea who wanted to work through thojULYVLI nLrUn I LU ULftU
strikers lines. A larfre foi-ee of special
ofneers for the coal and iron police have
been sworn in and everj miner was es
corted to and from his work if he so de
sired. The Ilarwood, Lattimer, Gran
berry, Oneida, Derringer, Gowen, Beaver-
Meadow, Jeddo. Highland, Oakdale,
Dritton, Ilazlebrook, tyandy Run and
Pond Creek collieries were working to
day. Hazle mines and shaft No. 40 are
still crippled, but were kept running.
At all the uorthside collieries there was
an increase in the number of men work
ing over that of the last two days, the
operators said, 'mere were n uis- t ,1 aQ, oi aai o, v,q
lurbanees -tcnlay. Warrants have been London, Sept. 21.-According to the
sworn out for the arrest of a number reports of refugees who are coming to
of men who assaulted men coming from Johannesburg in large numbers, the
work last night. On the soatside, where Boers are convinced of the hopelessness
nearly all the scenes of violence occur, ' r . . , . t A
a laiie number "of strikers marched ;of their fi-ht samst Great Britain, and
from McAdoo to Cuyle Bros., stopping ; are almost ready to capitulate. The
near Honey Brook and again chased the refugees declare that the burghers are in
QUICK
WANT TO BE
The President in Haste to Get
Troops Out of China
Stern Dlkoou razed, and Ready to Sur
render Delarey Imprisons Boers
uho Refass to Pleat After Taklas
tbeOstU of Allegiance to Great Brit
ain Krajer Expects to Appeal to tlie
International Tribunal of Abltration
ARBITRATION REPUDIATED
yiine Opcralor aj- Tliey ATvuld D-
fline sn OT.r iT It Were .tlade
Vr ; -i ,r v. !'., Sept. 21 . What U
in t:r up;.. ; r-g; on" for some time
i- tny i-.cicenied in the strike,
k;! m i; ih.- W'st End cnliiery
fit V. ; i m -1 i :.i;:iirht. Tomorrow ir is
-re! tr:k-r will be able to shut
!. :i .i:: ! r.:;'k.' the tie no in this
i -.n:; The operators
tr z ffort to kee goin;
have
but
m'V ,' r..
-lav V'7,
We l'V.T. !1
r:i"v w---
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rl.t- nil
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All this w.-t-k the full
.i :i 7.-v of this tiistrict nave
v, ,.. k:.i' the nu n an 1 have got-';i-!n
the union. The. frst two
r.vy vn ren;tlse.l. W dnesday
yi -:! L;y they a;lded fifty;
rtnuiinci away from work.
t ..iwrr that no j.rojiosals
r.-..1.!' ro them to have Arch
il .i: li:'-.iti' the .trouble, and
il l lvjt'rr anv such nlan if
i'd. They sny arbitration
"!i i abs'jrd on their side
millions of dollars to lose
!ts have nothinir.
n.litiiin presents itself by
x-Sheriff Martin, who is
.-.1 opening a sniiill mine
!; tit smtnlv thf Im-.-il l-i-.il.
j, l" I j.l ( L 1 lllfi SU"1 111,
m i'i v. ). . i-oinnianded the deputies
" Hf'Tl !' ... ... 1. ... I -II . .. .. 1
..... . i n MiKers were Kiueu aim
r-v -!-'d three years ago. With
"t ti'Mr h - honie in Mill Creek. The
,- T Jills ti'M fnnr rkf tuffonA
IJJ lilt- lil 1 C1VU
to mine it by employing
ir wages, ihe company
ir'0.. V,f:i wi:l Tiiereiy ,e j)a.id for a day's
it . , ,' x:"'; t,; t1' gtt out eighty to
'iiy .;ierjVi-enee. The strikers may
UN t-f? .-.:-r ;.. .. .!: i. 1
.r fit.. 1 :
yji-i i nt any output or coal.
Tt the
(in..
c;s j.iau i-
eh .Is are in need of
weather of the past few
wf.n,,,; i . ,
1:1 wh.,::v
In I'tlii'is the supply is. meagre
n.i.ienuate to keei tne
i? f..r more than two weeks.
t, - Iff t them in this condi-
Jfevt , - ,S:,i''i-iitendent Coughlin ex-
',: :n'"'niT1r that the contractor
dv '" '" tll "'Ihirs when the
v r! 1 ;! i(lered. and that the
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PrU !-noranee of this until tne
Wav v " " nur- A "H-eting was held
aia , !1,irt w"iil be made toget
oU-"i!a' rit "Uf- If all the present
.. l re I i!.tl.. ........ j in i
. nit-ji L in oe iif w-
frOm the
orking or re-
Hrr J , ,n'tl.ss then it will
Ct-U . ." "'al brought here
(t, '.1U!;i 11 :re now worki
tvV '-' "f soft coal. I
Kl'.si' , u scho,-"' would be
W,,.- - t l'i"s,- --ie mass-meeting
tls . ';i 1 :-'-idt-nt Mitihell's visit to
feW '..1. ,: :1'lr'W has been called nff.
!ar A."' (r:- He sent word here
nn,k lul .IO a severe cold he
''- t. make nnv cnAn,.v:.
kav,.;..''''.'11 .shi of the Delaware.
?Jr. '. lV u teru Railroad Com-
5dow-n n" bfl" nien have boea
? Y Jersy shops at Ashley
E4eial'Vi, ;li:mbt" fe'irls employed
Vr .J , ',n'lerwear factory and a
i-5 ln'r. ,,1,,-v''s of Lh shim-waist
1111.' "'iv f l.e,.i, i rr-, .
5ra:.r; ai 1,,,vors th-large cities
I fi . 1 f III'ili.!'. jn .. .. m
"Hon ''.MTll V ..T i,...l
-CJ and fifty special police
men working "there away,. The Ivefoigh I
alley Coal Company today issued thi
xiotice:
"The Lehigh Valley company desires
to Inform its workmen in the Ilazleton
region that it will give them the fullest
measures of protection while at work
at any of its mines. It further assures
any person who desires to work that in
the event of being met and intimidated
by threatr, or personal violence, this com
pany will proceed against the offenders
upon the receipt of their names and the
names of a sufficient number of com
petent witnesses."' . '
The railroad ticket agents have been
busy during the past five days selling
tickiets to strikers who are going to other
parts of this country or to the old coun
try. A great many of linns and 1'oies
distress for the " want of supplies and
ammunition. They also say they be
lieve General De Wet is dead and that
President Steyn is discouraged and ready
to surrender to General Roberts.
The War Office has received the follow
ing dispatch from Lord Roberts, dated
Nelspruit, September 20:
'Released British prisoners' report that
Delarey has imprisoned hundreds of
Boers who refused to break tlieir oaths
of allegiance and fight again. Of those
in the field the greater part are light
ing under compulsion. Boer women
clamored for the shooting of the British
prisoners."
The Standard tins' morning says it uu-
,i . . -. i . ii.i. ii. . it..u: . w - ... . . .
are returning to their native land, and J ti",1 T J "ff fT,S
i..i,i,.,i . nf a Vn.,!! ...A.ik;nif minora Das already received oilers tor under-
! re caving Uv the PhS u rZl d Illillin" riht in the Trnnsvaal.
for the far West A eonserva H ve esfi- will go a long way toward meet-
mate places the number of men who have
left at five hundred. Others are pre
paring to follow aud most of them say
that if they procure suitable work they
will never come back. to the anthracite
regions. One train conductor told a re
porter last evening that he had carried
as many as two hundred IIuus, all of
whom said they were going back to their
country. Reports from the south side
say that hundreds left there yesterday
and many more are preparing to leave.
English-speaking miners are in demand
in .Wyoming, Utah ami other parts of
the far west, and those who went there
some month-s ago are in possession of
good positions. This morning over ll'O !
Hungarians and Italians left, some
bound for Europe ami others to various
points in this country.
Father Pnillips, wJi suddenly went to
Philadelphia yesterday, returned today.
He stated that it had been arranged lor
the arrhbihon to meet Robert W Oly
phant. president of the Delaware & Hud
son Company: "W. II. Trnesdell, presi
dent of the Delaware & Lackawanna,
and others at a meeting to bo 'held in
New York, at which the matter of the
strike in the coal regions would be pre
sented.
ing the cost of the war.
A dispatch from Lorenzo Marquez says
that preparations are being made for the
departure of President Kruger for Hol
land on board the Dutch warship Gel
derland. The date of his departure is
not known to the public."
It is said that the reason he did "not
sail on the German steamship Ildrzog,
as originally planned, was- because
Lloyds, who are the underwriters for
the gold taken from a train September 2,
are beginning legal proceedings against
Kruger.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg, says:
"President Kruger's object in coming
; to Europe is to appeal to the tribunal of
the international arbitrators mstrtuted
by The Hague peace conference to which
Great Britain is a signatory power.
"It is stated on reliable authority that
Russia will not depart from the policy
of non-intervention in South African af
fairs. lu.Ncause the Czar is most anxious
to maintain good relations betwen the
powers in order to settle the Chinese dif-
j ficulty."
Complaints ot Belgians and Batch
Antwerp, Sept. 21. Dr. Leyds, the
European agent of the Boers, will open
an inquiry into the complaint of Bel
rlli. AiT-n ta x-v r- nninf trkTvirht -flnil .
frnm :inr.e.-ir:iiies inore interested in the i K"ms and Dutch who claim that they
advent of Prize Fighter Jeffries at the
local theatre than in the stnkc situation
Tliree Washerle Operatod
Si-ranton. Pa.. Sept. 21. The Lacka
wanna Company had three of their
washesLs going this morning the Dia
mond, Bellevue, and Oxford. At the
latter the.y had new men, and the other
two were running with imiue foremen as
laWrers. ' The Bowen, at Taylor, also
managed to keen going ami is turning
out more marketable coal per day than
it formerly did in a week. Most of it
tcoe.-: t the farming country trade.
J Murrin and the Barton washeries
at Corbondale failed to start this morn
ing, their employes having joined the
union yesterday through the efforts of
Henry" Collins, the district committee
man in charge of the branch headquar
ters established there. :
Strikers Make Inroads
Wilkesbarre. Pa., Sept. 21. The West
End colliery at Mocanaqua w working
with only half a foreeVthis morning, and
slowly but surely the strikers are re
ducing the number of workmeif there.
Since Monday it has been the only col
liery in the upper coal elds to be op
erated and a half dozen organizers have
been exerting all their efforts to" get the
men out. Wednesday they induced
about twenty to quit, yesterday sixty
more joined the strikeirs, atnd this morn
ing 123 others stayed tfiway from work.
Increased Force at darkle Collieries
Ilazleton, Ta., Sept. 21. The strike
situation here remains practically the
same as yesterday. The Markle Coni
panv's collieries at Jeddo, about which
interest centres at present, are working
today with an increased force of men.
In fact the accessions. of workmen since
the arbitration meeting has been so
steady that it is predicted that by next
Monday the operations at the Markle
collieries can be resumed with nearly all
hands at work ngain. Again it is known !
were expelled from the Transvaal by the
British. These complaints he will for
ward to the powers with exhaustive re
ports. The complaints include allegations
against the campaign carried on bj Gen
eral Roberts.
Ilertzos Appointed Acting: President
London, Sept. 21. A dispatch from
Win burg, of yesterday's date, says that
President Stej-n has appointed Judge
Hertzog acting president of the Orange
Free State.
Movements of British Troops
London, Sept. 21. The War Office has
received the follow5ug dispatch from
General Roberts:
"Watervalboven, Sept. 20. Pole-Oa-rew
and Henry's mounted infantry ar
rived at Ivaapmuiden yesterday morn
ing. The guards followed in the after
noon. Pole-Carew reports t!hat the coun
try is practically without roads. The
troops :had to cut their way through
jungles intersected by ravines. At the
railway stations .there were nineteen
engines, of which eleven were damaged
and eight burned, 38 tracks of flour, 27
of coal, 1 of coffee, 4 of machinery and
8 of stationary.Altogether tberewere 114
trucks. A great deal of flour iand coffee
had been destroyed; The Kta-ap river
bridge has been destroyed, but it can
easily be replaced. The other damage
to the railway as being gradually' re
paired, hope that Pole-CaTew f will
reach Hector-Spruit tomorrow. Ian
Hamnlton is on the march behind the
guards. Pole-Carew captured, Septem
ber 19, five wagons loaded with rifles
and ammunition. Kelly-Kenny reports
that the Boer concentration at Dorn
berg is broken. There is now no organ
ized opposition in the southern part of
the Orange river colony. Lieutenant N.
P. Clark vas severely w-ounded at Wa
tervialonder, through not hearing a sen
try or the sentry not hearing has reply."
arbitration meeting were won over by
Mr. Markle's arguments and have re
sumed work.
Everybody Glad the War Is Over
Pretoria, Sept. 21. Mr. Loveday, a
former member of the Volksraad, has
that a number of men who went to the '' been appointed a member of the cessions
rH5trntwm meetinc were won over bv I commission. He as spoken of as a prob
able member of the new government. -Imperial
Secretary Fildes is under
stood to be proceeding to England for
the purpose of arranging the prelimi
naries for a civil government. The mes
sage of General Roberts announcing the
flight and dispersal of the Boer -army
has caused great satisfaction here.
Everybody is glad that the war is prac
tically over.
Ministers Appeal to Governor Stone
Chicago, Sept. 21. A number of minis
ters here have appealed to Governor
Stone of Pennsylvania to intercede to
end- the coal strike. .
Cannot Fill Orders
Philadelphia, Sept. 21. It was an
nounced this afternoon that-on account
of the stoppage of five additional col
lieries of the- Reading company today,
the company cannot fill orders.
Eighty Per Cant. Oat
Ilazleton, Pal. ''Sept. 21. President
Mitchell of the. United Mine Workers
stated today that eighty per cent of the
mine workers an the Lehigh . and Ilazle
ton regions were out.
IIANNA AS A SPELLBINDER -
Republican Managers In the Popnltst
States Want film to Make Speeches
Chicago, Sept. 21. Senator Hanna is
likely to make a few speeches for Mc
Kinley in Nebraska and South Dakota
early in October. The Republican man
agers of the States where Bryan and
Pettigrew flourish have sent tha , chair
man, pressing invitations to speak tb'ej-er
and ce waits to accept after returning
from New York. -
Tonight Senator Hanna ; went to Can
ton, where he will call on President Mc-
Kmley and then go to Cleveland. Mon
Railroad Men Dae to Take a Hand
Sfi!inton. Pa.. Sept. 21. Railroad men
are likelv now to, take a hand to help day the chairman will leave for New
the miners 'ine .seiuemeui, ur me ail-l iorK, wnere Jie win stay a wees or ten
J days. He will then return to' Chicago
(Continued on Second, Pa&- 'for the remainder of the campaign. :,
NEEDED IN PHILIPPINES
The Activity or Insurgents Reported
by General MacArthnr Has Weight
In Deciding the Chinese Policy of the
Government Germany's Proposal to
Pnnlsh Instigators of Outrages De
clined Negotiations to Begin Soon
Washington, Sept. 21. The policy of
the administration regarding the Chinese
crisis was settled at the cabinet meeting
this morning. The government has re
jected Germany's proposal to join in pun
ishing the officials responsible for the
Pekin outrages, and has decided to go
ahead with the peace negotiations with
China in all haste. The President, in
view of the uprising in the Philippines,
is more than ever anxious to get Ameri
can troops out of the empire at the
earliest moment.
The cabinet meeting was attended by
only three members Attorney-General
Griggs, Secretary Hitchcock and Secre
tary Long but communication was had
with the absentees over the long-distance
telephone. The two last named returned
to Washington especially to be present
at the conference. The meeting lasted
only a little more than an hour and a
half, for the President had already
agreed upon his policy of getting out of
China as soon as possible. Accordingly,
he desired only the concurrence of his
advisers in the plans he had laid. The
discussion centered arounoV the attitude
of Germany, Russia and China, respect
ively. The German request to join in punish
ing the Chinese responsible for the out
rages was disposed of in short order. Mr.
McKinley felt that the Philippine situa
tion bo completely demanded all avail
able troops in the Orient that he could
not seriously consider any policy which
Would mean the punishment of the Boxer
chiefs.
The request of. Prince Ching to have
the peace conference go ahead at the
earliest moment was more in line with
the purpose of the administration to get
out of China as quickly as possible.
No official announcement was made
after the meeting as to the policy of this
government regarding peace negotiations,
but it is behered that the President
agsred substantially to Prince ' Ching' s
request. It is not yet possible, how
ever, to sa-r what authority will be given
Minister Conger in - carrying forward
theve negotiations. "
After the cabinet meeting the mem
bers announced that the text of the re
plies., will" be made public as soon as
they are handed to the governments to
which they are addressed.
"The character of the replies will com
mend itself to the good sense of the
American people," said Secretary Long,
after the meeting. ,
TO CAPTURE AN ARSENAL
from General Chaffee at Pekln, relating
a successful exnedition against the
Boxers "
"Pekfn, Sept. 19. Roekhill-Wilson ex
pedition returned; object successfully
accomplished; no casualties to our troops;
Forsythe's squadron sconted northeast
forty miles to relieve native Christians,
returning bringing in fourteen; surround
ing country daily growing less hostile
end more-pea ceitil so far as my expedi
tion can determine the question."
RESORT TO VIOLENCE
Strikers Take to Force as an
Argument,
New Translation of the Russian Note
Washington, Sept. 21. The State De
partment today, made public a new
translation of the Russian note of Au
gust 28, in which . the imperial purposes
toward China were set forth. This
translation is made from thetofficdal text.
The newspaper version printed Septem
ber 1 was loose" and in some respects
inaccurate. As now given out officially
nd in detail, Russia's only ''object, has
been to secure and to preserve the em
pire. Cossacks Escort LI Hung Chang
Berlin, Sept. 21. A Taku dispatch,
says that on the arrival of Li Hung
Chang at Tien Tsin 'he was escorted by
Cossacks to the palace which was built
for the Emperor of China.
NOTE TO THE POWERS
MOB TAKES SHENANDOAH
Coarse that the Government Intends
Pursue In Regard to China.
Washington, Sept. 21. It is announced
tonight that our goyernment's note to
the powers regarding the Chiaese situa
tion contains these points:
First, that all American troops in
China will be withdrawn at once except
one regiment of infantry, one battery
or artillery and one squadron of cavalry,
and these troops will act as a body
guard to Minister Conger ' and accom
pany him wherever he goes.
Second, that peace negotiations begin
at once and that Li Hung Chang and
Prince Ching are recognized by the
United States as peace commissioners
on the part of China.
Third, that all marines withdraw to
their vessels.
All the troops and marines withdrawn
will be sent at once to the Philippines,
where they are urgently needed.
It is Mated tonight that John W.
Foster, former Secretary of State, is like
ly to be appointed one of, the American
peace commissioners.
NO DANGER OF FEVER
American and English Working Min
ers Intimidated by a Thousand For
eign Strikers The Sheriff Arrives
with Deputies and a Fight Ensaes
He Calls on the Governor for Troop
Reading Company Badly Crippled
Alarming Stories Sent from
Galveston Are False
SECURE FROM INFECTION
American and British Troops Set Oat
Under Command of General Wilson
London, Sept. 21. A news agency dis
patch from Pekin, dated September 16,
says that American and English troops
have started for Sans-Hair-Tien to
capture the arsenal there and drive out
the Boxers. The column is 1,300 strong
and has four guns. It was decided to
send it after a conference between Gen
eral Barrow, the second'in command of
the British forces. General James H.
Wilson is in command of the column. It
includes two battalions of the Ninth
United States Infantry, a detachment of
the Fourteenth United States Infantry
and 500 British.
Advices from Nankin say the rebellion
in that province is spreading. A junk
which was apparently loaded with straw
was found to contain money and rifles
and a quanity of ammunition.
The restoration of public communica
tion between Shanghai and Taiyuen-Fu,
the Refuge place of the Empress Dowa
ger and the imperial court, indicates that
the Chinese rulers have signified their
wish, to be put in touch with the world,
and that peace negotiations will here
aftergo forward more rapidly. The fact
that the memomorial from Earl La and
his colleagues of the Chinese board of
peace commissioners has reached the
throne direct, instead of passing through
the hands of the privy council and
Prince Tuan, is regarded as significant,
and seems to show that Tuan is in dis
favor. The action of the Empress Dow
ager on the memorial denouncing Clhi
nese officials who nave aided the Boxers
in their assaults on foreigners is awaited
with great interest. It is now expected
that, under the advice of Li Hung
Chang and his associate? the Empress
Dowager will do everything posible to
conciliate the powers.
Leaders of Uprising Denounced
' Shanghai, Sept. ,21. 3:15 a. m. Tele
graphic communication has been restored
with Taiyuen-Fu, where the Chinese
court is now located, --"is was destroy
ed in June by Yu Hsien, governor of
Shansi.' - ?
The Emperor and Dowager Empress
are considering a memorial from Li
Wn-nff Chanjr. Li Kiun Yie and Chang
Chin Tung, peace commissioners, de
nouncing the leaders of the Boxer move
ment and Prince Tuan, president of the
Tsung Li Yamen; Kang Yi, president
of the ministry of war. who favored the
rebels; Governor Yu, General Tung-Fuh
Siang. whose troops supported the Box
ers: Li Peng Hang, the anti-foreign
Chinese commander, and -others; .
- It is the usual custom for memorials
of this kind to be sent to the throne
(through the privy council, of which
Prince Tuan and other anti-foreigners
are members.- This one, However, reach
ed the throne direct. g
An edict was issued today appoints
a Ianchu teacher to the heir apparent
in nlace of the two tutors who com
mitted suiais.
: Success! ul Expedition Retnras
Washington, Sept. 21. Ad jutant Gen
eral Cor bin, Acting Secretary of War,
today received the- folio wins: mKaj
Vigorous Sanitary measures Insure the
Healthfnlness of the Place Rail
roads Resume Full Traffic Service
Many Veseels in Port The Distribu
tion f Relief Proceeds .Under More
or Less Difficulty.
Galveston, sept. 21. The reports sent
out from here and published in some of
the Northern newspapers that typhoid
fever had broken out, that there were
some three or four hundred cases, and
that the disease was fast becoming epi
demic, are characterized by the Board
of Health and leading physicians as ab
solutely false. They say that no dis
ease of any infectious character has as
yet made its appearance, and none was
expected under the vigorous measures of
sanitation in vogue.
General Manager Polk, of the Gulf,
Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad, states
that all lines entering the city from the
west and north will' resume full traffic
service today.. This will improve pres
ent conditions wonderfully, revive com
merce and relieve the ocean tonnage
pressure.
Twenty-one vessels are now in port,
five of which were blown aground by the
storm. AH except the three JUallory
steamers and those aground are awaiting
repairs to the wharves so they oan begin
receiving cargoes when the railways
bring the freight in.
The work of distributing relief to the
destitute, while being conducted upon a
more systematic basis, is aggravatingly
slow to the thousands of applicants of all
ages and conditions, .who stand in long
lines at each sub-station for hours be
fore their time comes to get their daily
suddI.v. It is very humiliating to deli
cate and refined - women, bereft of all
they had, to be placed in such a posi
tion, and some- other and better mode
of distribution should be adopted.
Life insurance' companies will lose
heavily by the storm, and in all proba
bility much litigation will grow out of
the adjustment of losses. Thousands of
bodies were either hastily buried or cre
mated without any proofs of identifica
tion being taken, which is a requisite the
life insurance companies will insist upon.
The sanitary condition of tne city is
daily improving, except in the vicinity
of -the masses of debris cast up against
the southern part, of the city. The
work pf disinfecting is vigorously prose
cuted and the health .board positively
declares that, not more than the usual
amount of sickness will follow the awful
calamity, v
The largest loss in a single family by
the flood is that of the Rattesaus, who
resided down the island. Of a family
of . forty-five, forty-two were lost.-
Great Engineering Achievement
fiaWstflTi' "Sent. 21. The. reconstruc
tion of the railroad "bridge, 2 miles
(resumed, is considered a great engineer
me achievement.: -- ' :
Waldersee in. Cblua
Sept. 21.-Field
ShiUKhal, Sept. 21.-Faeld Marshal
Count VonWaldersee, the German offi
cer, who, with the consent of the powers,
Will command 'me intexnairousai ivrevs
inXJhina, .arrived here today. He was
given an enthusiastic reception. Con
Hmwits from the forces of all the na
tions here were- present twhen he landed.
After reviewing the international forces
Shenandoah, Pa., Sept. 21. Thia
mining town was aroused early this
'morning by a band of 1,000 strikers,
principally Hungarians, Lithutfians and
other Slavs. They were determined to
stop work at the colleries. All were
ainmedfwith "black jacks and clubs. At
daylight the foreigners formed in east
Centre and South Main streets, near
the Pennsylvania depot. Every miner
who went toward the .colleries by foot,
trolley car, or train, was stopped. If
he rebelled he was beaten and driven
back.
One tffolley car came along with eight
miners on board. They were dragged
off and beaten. The miners who were as
saulted were English, Irish and Ameri
cans' and -were over 150 in n nmber.
Durin'g the assault the foreign strikers
shouted loudly and terrorized . everyone
in sight. Some stores were closed. The
Reading company's 'Indian Ridse and
Shenandoah City colleries had to shut
down. ,
The strikers then marched to the
Khley Run colliery, an individual . con
cern, drove out the breaker boys, com
pelled the men on duty to blow the whis
tles and then they forcibly stopped the
eoJliery and stoned the miners, who wer"
driven to their homes. They smashei
tbe breaker windows and did other dara
age. -
At 8:45 a. m. they had marched on the
Kohiuoor, West Shenandoah and Tur
key Run colleries, and forced them t
vshnt down amid great excitement. Many
more were hurt at these points. Chief
Burgess Brown attempted to disperse
one of the mobs, but was overpowered
and beaten. He was not seriously hurt.
A clerk by the name of Kieper, was
badly beaten. Foreman , Albert Smith
Tvas tkadly hurt, and ir is said that he
was thrown into a creek.
At 2 p. m. everything was quiet, al
though a 3arge number of the striking
(miners were still about Kohinoor, West
Shennandoah and Turkey Run. Up to
that hour no special armed deputies were
in sight. Sheriff Toole' was at the Al
Jentown fair, forty miles away, and was
brought home on a special train.
Ten of the Reading Company's" col
lieries here are tied up." They employed
8,000 men . This is a hard blow to the
Reading in this district. Some labor
leaders say that the same thing will ba
done tomorrow morning at Ma,haney
Git where seven more big collieries are
to be tied up, unless the armed deputies
under Cantain Christian kep the strik
ers off. His -armored train was lying at
Ashland during today's riot.
All the afternoon Shenandoah was in
the hands of the mob. The individual
collieries that had not been molested
were apprehensive for the worst
Drunken men reeled about the street!
until it was . dangerous to be around
and revolver shots were heard in varjout
sections. Sheriff Toole and twenty de
puties arrived on a special about ?
o'clock. At this time miners were com
ing out of the slopes at Indian Ridge and
West Shenandoah collieries. The strik'
ers began intimidating and assaulting
them, when the sheriff ' and his possl
appeared. The sheriff -commanded the 1
strikers to disperse, and a half dozen
shots were fired into the air, - when the
strikers retreated and disappeared.
Adam-Boyd, superintendent of the Coal
and Iron Company, and. WilKanr
Mitchell, foreman at Indian Ridge, wer
stoned bv the strikers and badly hurt.
Sheriff' Toole later in the- evening wa?
reinforced by at least 200 deputies, arm.
ed with carbines and revolvers. Hes
established this force on picket duty .
about the town and then commumcateo:
with Governor Stone, at Harnsburg,
and General Miller, commander or .tne
National Guards, asking that the state
troops ' be called out He was told to
use all his force for the prevention of
disorder during the nignt and n further
conference would be held in the mprn-
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But one man was seriously hurt. lie
was Edward Coyle, a non-participant,
A stray shot struck him in the body,
but it is thought he will recover: ,
The sheriff desired to frighten off the
strikers by firing into the air and thus
preventing another horror, but the posse
had a severe battle of twenty minutes,
which, extended clear into the residence
and business section of the' town, fully
three squares. The strikers, about 500
in number, rallied an the twilight and
fired stones, breaking hundreds of win
dows along Centre street. The battle
finally ended, the Slays retreating to
their shanties.
A special meeting of the town council
was held tonight and full power was
given the burghers to swear in aU thi
special police needed to protect the city.
It is feared that the non-union miners
will not venture out in the morning, but
hundreds declare that if proper protec
tion is given they will go to. work. This
has been promised them. i the strikers
insist on pursuing today's-tactics they
will be duly warned and if they fail to
heed, the deputies may fire into thm
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. sxormy Trip Across the Atlantic v'
xw Vnrt. Sent. 21. The Hamburg-
American line steamer Kaiser Friedrich
arrived this morning from jtiamourg,
Southampton and Cherbourg, after a
stnrmv nassasre. Durinir this time
the Kaiser shipped many heavy seas
Trhth hrntA on hoard. One very heavy
wave severely injured five seamen. The
saloon passengers maae up a collection
nt nnito handsome sum of money f ot
the benefit of the injured seamen.
Gone Rack to Canton
Waahrns'trtn ' (Sent. 21: The ' wresidni
left this evening for Canton, Oiio. :,o
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