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1 k S . Vol VIL RALEIGH, y.-g- TUESNDAY, JULY 16; 1901. MOBilNG Post I Strike Against the SteelTrust Is Now On . . - - : i' MANY THOUSAND OUT .The Closing of Certain Non-J Union MiIlsOccasions Sur ' prise Secretary Williams Makes abatement ' Fittsburg, July 15. Arrangements were made this morning for the quick handling of reports from- the various plants affected by the strike. Mr. Shaf fer will remain at headquarters and txpeets to be in touch with his men all the time. , The first surprise this morning was when the news came of the closing of the mills of J. Painter & Sons, on the touthside. This has been a non-union" plant for several years. It was known j that the " Amalgamated Association re-'j cently organized a lodge there, but it ( was thought that it did not haveeuough members to close the mill. . The union J workmen, of the plant held, a meeting ., last 'night and decided to go .put this ; morning and the non-union men ' went j .with them. No attempt was made to! Start the mill this " morning. Some of j Ihe laborers reported for work, but j found ' most : of . the fires out and the 'floors closed By 9 o'clock the place was ' jfleserted. j Mr.- Shaffer said he wa3 too busy to ' . Issue a statement - at noon and added that he did not expect to make any "new moves- for a day or two. The sig nificance of the .remark is not known. Some persons consider it a veiled threat to call upon the National and Federal steel men to join the strike if the combine does not ask for another con ferenceat once. "" Mr. Dolan, president of the Pittsburg district 'of the United Mine Workers, strengthened this opinion by declaring his men to be prepared to go out if call ed upon to do so. A sensational statement was made by Jno. Williams." secretary of the Amalga mated Association, in reply to the in terview given out in New York yester--day by Warner Anns who was one of the combine's representatives at the con ference here last week. .Mr. William insists that.the statement issued by .Ir. Arms contains misrepresentations. He ' f-ays that on last Friday one of the J trust's delegates, when recognized by the chairman of the meeting, said it was , the object of the manufacturers to keep ' the balance of power in their own hands, j but ..that if the demands of the Amalga mated Association were granted that! nrgahization would be supreme in labor matters in the United States. Mr. Wil-j Hams quotes the speaker as saying '"to recognize your association in all of our i mills would be to throw the balance of ', power into your hands. To avoid this we will" fight to the finish." Neither! - i i i ,. i 1. .: tiue nuuiu n euhcu ajju iue sirme us declared. Another point was scored by the Amal gamated Association when it succeeded in clos'nsr the Lindsey & McCutcheon plant, whkhrlike the Painter mill, is in the non-union class. The association formed a lode in the Allegheny mill recently, but until today it was believed that the oder to strike would not affect the plant seriously. Only a few labor ers and boys were working there this morning and COO. men are idle. There are 700 men out at the Painter mill. Mr. Shaffer- issued a general order this morning requesting all members of the Amalgamated Association to keep away from the mills of the combine. He warned them that it is to the in. terest of the organization to preserve good order. .' The mills in this district -which are idle today are as follows: J. Painter & Sons, steel hoop; Lindsey & McCutcheon, . steel hoop; McKeesport, -. sheet steel and steel hoop; Moncngahela, tinplatp; Star, tinplate; New Kensing ton, tinplate; New Castle, tinplate; Gi rad, tinplate; Struthers, sheet steel; Warren, steel hoop; Cannousbnrg, tin plate; Saltsburg, sheet steel: Soottsdale, sheet steel; Pomeroy, sheet steel; Car negie (Pennsylvania) tinplate; Youngs town, upper and lower mills, sheet steel and steel hoop. , ; ", A conservative estimate is that from ' 15,000 to 18.000 men are affected. It is said that as the men in this district have been earning good wages for a long time they will not immediately ask for benefits f ron the Amalgamated Associa tion. The money" received by assess . nient upon " working . members will pro bably behaved for a defence fund. The following ;re ports have been re ceived regarding ', the progress of ' .the strike' in other p1ajces: ft ? t "-, Cambridge, ; Ohio: The '600 men of the two plants here are out -- Wheeling, W. Vu: The strike was Inaugurated - in the Wheeling, Margin's Ferry and Bridgeport mills this morn ing without incident. " 1 " Anderson,. Ind.: One hundred and ' ifrhty i five men of -the hot mill depart ment notified the management today that they will not return to , the American tin plate-works, because of the strike ordered from the Amalgamated Asso ciation. Four hundred men. will be idle in consequence. ' Seven hunded in the American Steel and Wire Company's mills here will not go out as they are not ordered. Elwood, Ind.r The strike ordered of the Amalgamated Association went into effect at the Elwood tinpate works this morning. Fifteen hundred men are af fected. The strike is also on at Alex andria, Frankton 'and : Middletown, where about one" thousand men have been employed. Sharon, Pa.: Sharon, South Sharon and Wheatland industries are not ma terially affected by the strike , of the American Steel ' Heop and American Steel workers' strike.' The three plants owned .by the United -States Steel Cor poration are the National Steel 'Work. American 'Steel Hoop "'and;. American Sheet Steel mills. The last named tw have not been in operation for "..two years, while the National: is non-union and is running as .usual' today. It is tot known whether the""-' strike, will af fect the Sarop" tinplate mill or not. This concern sella its product to the United States Steel Corporation. "The mill is in operation today. , . ' v Greenville, Pa.: No attempt was made today to start the local plant of the American Steel Hoop Company. Quiet ness prevails .. among the '.iron workers, fifty per cent of whom are working in inhere plants for the present. FAT PICKINGS Beer Trust Failure a Good Thing for the Lawyers Baltimore, July 15. Owing to the large amounts granted receiver of the Maryland Brewing Company, the stock holders are up in arms. Circuit Court No. 2, allowed each of the five receivers $10,000 in addition to their fees, four lawyers were allowed fees of $3,000 each and three others $2,500 each. Three -lawyers as- trustees under the mortgage we-re allowed 2,000 each for additional, services, three other lawyers were given $1,00Q each. " This made a total of 75,000 for winding up the busi ness of the brewing company and in addition the bondholders' committee of five will have to be paid out of the funds of the corporation-, together with tfyeir counsel. " The receivers have been in charge of the property less than four months. It is certain that the stockholders or some of them will file exceptions in court to the fees allowed. MILLIONS IN Oil- Big Capital to Back a New ; Texas Company - - - BaltimorerJuly 15. -Another big deal has been successfully : financed by. the Maryland Trust Company. This is the organizatioB-of the 'Houston' Oil Com pany whicb was recently incorporated with 'a capital of $30,000,000. The Maryfarid' Trust Company will handle all the money of the new concern. The company will, issue SIO.OOO.OOO of pre ferred stock and $20,000,000 of common stock of the par value of $100 a share. Its financial plan provides for the issu ance of ?7,500,000 of preferred stock for the present. This has practically all been subscribed and the money is now being paid over to the Maryland Trust Company. Those interested in the com pany are Boston. New York, Baltimore and St. Louis capitalists. The extensive character of the new company's prop erty may be imagined when it is con sidered that it owns over a million acies of land, in Texas... This huge traet'em braces a large part of the now famous Beaumont region, where , enormously productive oil wells have-been struck. It also includes practically the entire yellow pine lumber region of Texas. BRITISH HOPES REVIVE . . , - News from South .Africa Is More Encouraging London, July 15. The increase in'cap tures made by the forces of General Lord Kitchener indicate renewed activity on the part of the British army in South Africa. The news of successful move ments against the burghers is received here with"a great deal of gratification. A dispatch has arrived here from Deso lation. Cape Colony, stating , that the Boer laager at Camdeboo has been taken by the British, after a lively engage ment. The English force took thirty-one prisoners and captured fifty-six horses. Despite the efforts of the British, how ever, Commandant Scheeper escaped them. ;'-"."". v . The capture of the laager was a care fully planned operution of four columns in a sudden rush. The main body of the Boers escaped by precipitous paths. Among the Boers captured were Adju tant Liebenberg find Lieutenant Luy. The rest of the prisoners" were princi pally Cspe rebels. The British had no casualties. ..V . Citueral Kitchener reported to the War Office today,, that Mrs. Schalkburger, wife of the acting - president of the Transvaal, has beeja brought into Pre toria. ; - -' - - These , dispatches, , added to those of yesterday which told of the surprise and Capture of the town of Reitz (the so called Orange River government of which Mr. Steyn's brother was a member) and valuable papers, has revived the hope of Englishmen that persistent military ef fort will be able to force the Boers into a position where- they will ask for and accept terms of surrender. It is be lieved here now that the British have the burghers on the run, and the dispatches of the next few weeks will chronicle nianv successful an& effective mom'ents on the part of the king's army General Kitchener reports that since July 8 the commanders of the various' British columns state that thirty-two Boers have been v killed," thirty-four wounded, 1-40 have surrendered and 307 have been taken . prisoners. He also states that 218 rifles, 15,870 rounds of small ammunition," 445 wagons 4,825 horses and many cattle have been cap tured in the same period. i Utn The Machinists and the Metal Trades Association WAR TO THE KNIFE Strikers Declare That No Compromise Will be 'Made Financial Aid Given to "the Cincinnati Strikers Washington, July ,15. While Presi dent James O'Conneli of the Interna tional Association of Machinists says he does not wish to enter into a news paper controversy regarding the situa- tiontof the Cincinnati machinists' strike; I his information regarding conditions there , does not agree with the press dispatches. Mr. O'Conneli is in - con stant telegraphic communication with P. J. Conlon, first vice-president of the machinists's organization, who has which is being carried out and which . , v . . , , ,. , " . . . ..fsaia he was on his way home on a leave doubtless gave rise to the ; reports that, the men had given " up the Btrike and returned to work was outlined by Mr. O'Conneli as follows: . . , " . As a strategic move against the Ciri- ... . , . ' m n n nr. Avsi 9- 1 wo ... j. ma . .1 nn .v nr. v niunii cuipiujns uy iutuiwcij wi. aj ssked to go 3klr Hollander gave the National Metal Trades Association, 1 . ... -5 tni.' . , , ., . . ,, . out the following statement concerning we have decided to allow the men who;,. . . . were empioyea.in snops noi controuea . . . . . by that association to return to work under the old conditions, 'lie men who will thus return to work comprise-about or . H. O AAA 1 . .. . .A . ... I on strike in that city. No men will re- , . ,, , , . . ,, . turn to shops controlled by the National Metal Trades Association in Cincinnati or anywhere else. We are in the' fight against this association in particular. No compromises have been made so far with any of its members, and none will be made." , . In replying to the statement that no financial aid has been given the Cincin nati strikers by .the machinists's - asso ciation, Mr. O'Conneli said that more money had : been distributed among the strikers there than in any other locality since the, general strike began. Several thousand dollars had been "-sent V from headquarters, hece ,.hefore .t-he, 2.QQ0 which was sent last Priday, he con tinued. ' V About 3,000 men in the tube mills and rolling mills at Reading returned.,-to work this morning, . according to ad-' vices received by Mr. O Con pell, having peen grameu m nine nour aay, ana increase of pay demanded. . The Amer ican Fire Engine Company and the In ternational Fire Engine Company, both. Vrtj.. . And deficiency in current receiots of Seneca Falls. N. 1., granted the dv ,wiH,.bfe . supplied from' out the reserve mands of their machinists Saturday and, ftlnds of the insalar treasurr 0f which their forces o oOO men returned to work this morning. . The same action was taken by the Harlan & HolHngs worth Shipbuilding Company of Wil mington,,. Del., who employed about 200 machinists. . - , BRIGHTON BEACH RAGES New York. July . 15.T-Results at Brighton Beach:, First race Charagrace 9 to 5, Passe Partout 3 to 1, Mon Doctrine 8 to 1. - Second race Bonner 1 to 4. Leisehen G to 1. S. of the West 5 to 1. Time. 1:01 Third race Animosity 4 to 5., Nitrate 5 to 2, Hammock 5 to 2. Time, 1:48. Fourth race Decanter even, Scuwy 8 to 1, Vitellius 4 to 1. Time, 1:53. . , Fifth race--L. Sterling 5 to 2, Ben Howard 10 to 1, Oclawha to 1. 'Eiine, 1:07. ,. . Sixth race Sadducee 4 to 5, BobslO to 1, R. Sterling S to 1. Time, 1:14. Entries for Today First race. 1 mile 70 yards Oread 9G Bounteous 111, Barbetto and Marotben 89 each. Lucky Star 103, Kid 99, A mi nte 84. 1 " Scoud race, handicap, 2-year-old, 5, furlongs City Bank 110, Dixie Line 109, B. of Roscrea 103. Schalbe l02, Essene 100. Carroll D. and Andalnsian 97 each. Third raw, 3-year-old, 1 1-16 miles- Roehamptou 111, T. of Candles 96, Be- Fourth race. Jamaica. 1 " W fel O-V T Musketeer 104 Th Recent 86 fwolth &,000 to the tobacco girers felATfilPt! 07StLa,; of th0 Connecticut valley.; who had be Bombshell 101, lempleton Vt, Latsdu , tn MltaJ- h. ka son o. - . . ; - Fifth race, maiden," 2-year-old. 5 fur- longs Musidora, .Merry Hottrs. Frivol,,! Emma A. M. and Cnss Cross 10 1 each.'1 r.-'ir Knight, C. Rosenfeldt, Cast Iron ard Andalusian 110 each. J T"- Sixth race, 0 furlongs Godfrey 112, J. of Navarre 97, Hawk 107, Twig, Ante Up and Ondurdis 100 each, '" J. Brown 102, M. Gihoy 112, Connie 102, Ezra 108, Ashes 95." Maiden 97, Hops 102, T. Foley 101, King Bramble. 115. - ; .. -'-M, General Wood Out of Danger "' Washingtoaii July .15. In ! a telegram, dated Hayana.-Jnly 13, to Colonel WnriJ, art inn Adjutant-General U. S. A., Cap- tain Scott, Adjutant-General of the De partment of Cuba, says: ' , - . "Continued improvement in General Wooil's condition. Temperature -99 and a fraction. Now considered out of dan ger." . :.', -" Boe rs Abandon' Ho rses Cape Town, July 15. The columns of the Boer invaders commanded by. Malan, Lategan, Breed and Smit, which were , The acceptance today of Capt. Putnam marching pn Victoria West, came in con- Bradlee Strong's resignation - from Xhe tact with the British forces under Colo- regular army relieves him of the neces nels Haig and Gorringe at Van Reeuanj.sity of going on the Grant. If his reslg in the Zuarburg. The Boers Scaped byination had : not been accepted he would abandoning a large - number of their j have been forced to sail or become a youu? umrained horse.. - . t deserter. Strong is still with Lady I Taxes Low and Treasury Full in Porto Rico ALL NEEDS SUPPLIED Customs and Internal Reve nueGo into thelnsularTrcas ury Big Reserve Fund to Meet Any Deficiency New York, July 15. Among the pas sengers who arrived today on the steam er San Juan from San Juan, . Porto Rico, was Jacob H. Hollander, treas- urer of the island of Porto Rico. Mr. Hollander, who holds the "hair of as sistant professor of finance at Johns Hopkins University; was sent to Porto Rico by the President to formulate a revejiue system. His leave of absence expires October 1st. When seen at way of absence to attend to some personal business. ,As to his future movements he Icould give no idea. He had no in formation concerning the rumor of his proposed trip to Manila. He had not j'i u I'wocu ii ill 11 Witt U A. VI bV A.iV V . "The present financial condition of Porto Rico compares favorably, I think, with that of any State or territory in the Union. The island is free from all .'" - funded or floating indebtedness. The K,, , . ,. rtr,ia ; burden of taxation upon its people is n n - . ainta nf Bnv nth. less than upon the residents of any oth er' part of the United States, and the insular treasury begins a new fiscal year with ; sources of revenue that should supply all necessary expenditures, and with a urplus large enough to afford security against any unforeseen contin gency. These are the conditions which made It possible for Governor Allen to convene the insular, legislature in extra session July 4th, and for that body to pas the joint resolution as to the ade quacy of'tts present, revenue system, which, it is lioped, . will soon result in free trade with the United States. - I "The annual expenditures of the is land are about $2,000,000, of vhich about half is devoted to schools and. roads. Necessary, revenues are supplied ' by customs duties on goods imoorted into porto Ric0 from countries other th-ail the UnHed States, by excise tares on alcobolics tobacco, and a few minor articles: and by a direct tax of one-half ner cent upon real and personal prop- one item alone, customs collections on Porto Rican exports into the United States since May 1900, aggregates $000,000, no part of which the insular government has found it necessary to draw upo up to the action of congress in appropriating customs duties on Por to Rican trade to . the insular instead of the federal treasury, and. by exempt ing the island from the operations of the United States internal revenue laws, thus leaving the way clear for a local system of excise taxes. . ' , "Of the $2,000,000 that Porto Rico sinas annually i,ouu,uuu accrues trom i two sources customs duties and excise taxes that 'in every part of the united States are appropriated by the federal government. In other words, as com pared with every other. State and ter ritory in the Union, Porto Rico is en abled to expend for its own use and benefit, four times the amount that it derives from insular taxes proper." S .: WpRTfr A MILLION - ' ' - GropsinConnecticutBenefitted by the Rains iS thaf 'c$?ti haV!? b2k that the whole crop would be destroyed by the wither ing heat. A total of some twelve thou sand acres were set out this season, the Start, being late. The'early growth was greatly retarded by the cold, wet weather and for a fortnight preceding the recent tains the crop suffered from the drought. The introduction of improved ma chinery has . resulted in the cultivation of -a larger acreage. A fow years ago eight acres was- a large amount of to bacco for one planter to set out. This year, however, there are several fif ty acre -plots. Several farmers in Suf fieid, Conn., are growing their crops under the; shade of cheesecloth " tents. The exiense of this .method of cultiva tion is large, but the yield is heavy and the leaf brings a fancy price. . : '" .- 'Captain Strong Relieved San Francisco, July 15. The army transport Grant will sail at noon to morrow for Manila. Among the pas sengers will be Quartermaster-General i-iudingtou, who goes out t inspect the service in the Philippines, and Assistant Quarterniaster-General. C. H I who will remain at Manila. jucuauiey, Frances Hone in some obscure road- house near Sea Beach, a French restau rant, where they, sought quarters after rlu cjcticu iniu iu. v.aiiioruin xxoiei, which refused to. harbor them because of the notoriety they brought on this place. Strikers Return to Work Baltimore, July 15. Many of the strik ers who quit the shops of the Maryland Steel Company ' returned o work this morning. It ' was said at the strikers' headquarters that five of the men had been refused employment because they were alleged to be instrumental in in ducing the men to quit work when the trouble began. "The strike against ."the Maryland Steel Company, it was said, has not been declared off, and the hope of eventually securing a nine hour day at the plant has not been abandoned. The men returned to work to await a more favorable opportunity to secure the nine hour day. Charges Against Whitmarsh Manila, July 15. H. Phelps Whit marsh, governor of Bengus, who was summoned here to answer charges made against him that he had used his offi cial position to benefit himself, appeared before the Philippine Commission this afternoon. A record is being kept of all proceedings and Governor Whit marsh will answer the charge in writ ing. The charges are brought by Secre tary Sheerrer, but they are not believed either by the natives or Americans. CROPS CUT OFF Corn and Cotton Suffer Se verely in Arkansas Little Rock, July 15. The excessively high temperature the last four weeks has greatly damaged all growing crps. Local showers have fallen in nearlv every county, but were so light and scattered as to be tf no benefit to the crops. Early corn is a complete failure. In some . parts of north Arkansas no corn will be raised. The cotton crop in the battom lands was doing fairly well up to a week agoj but has sustained a great deal of dam age since then. The plant is small and is fruiting, and if the weather contin ues warm and there be a continual ab sence of rain - jn - the bottoms will be ready for picking three weeks earlier than usual. - In the uplands the conncrop is a com plete failure and only a fourth of an average crop will be gathered. It is estimated that, during the period of drought cotton planters in eastern .Ar kansas have- suffered - a - loss, of 20 pe cent in their crops. In parts of south Arkansas, ie looks like a famine and starvation: The corn crop is a total failure and the cotton crop but little better in the bottom lands of south Ar kansas. ."'About a third of a crop of corn will be produced, while o nthe cot ton lands south and west of Pine Bluff not more tha na dred pounds of seed cotton will be gathered from an acre. ' ' SCATTERING SHOWERS . , . - Some Relief from the Drouth in Missouri arid Kansas St. L6uis, July 15. Rain in many parts of Missouri and. Kansas has greatly ameliorated the conditions so ong preva lent,, but it . will require a great deal more moisture before the crop situation is materially improved. Secretary r-Ellis of the State Board of Agriculture-says that lighf rains will bo harmful rather than beneficial, owing to the effect of the consequent steam arising from the . ground, which is in jurious to crops. Governor Dockery' to day issued a proclamation setting apart next Sabbath as a day of fasting ana prayer, that : rain mfghf fall. From Valley Falls,, Kansas, comes the report that an inch of rain fell there this afternoon, preceded by a heavy hail storm, which .caused a marked fall in the temperature-. rThe showers in this State, however, have, been purely local. Slight rain was : reported east of To peka today, but the precipitation was so slight that it. will not benefit crops. The water famine continues, and live stock is being-hurried forward to mar ket at a great loss to the farmers. From Kansas City comes the report that the markets are glutted with shipments of cattle and" hogs from Kansas and Mis sonri. - According to stock men, the criti cal period has arrived. Heavy losses have- been- sustained in nearly, every case .-where the feeder was forced on the market. ' : - ' ' Rain. fell' today at Coffeyville. Eldo rado, Atchison, Manhattan and Wichita, Kansas; and along -the Santa Fe Rail road; also at poplin, 'Lamar and Neosha, Missouri. : ' . Another Strike (Threatened McKeesport. Pa., July 15. Five thou sand tnbe workers . sent a committee to George F. Crawford, manager of the Vaionnl Tnlu Work k: hi this citv. at 10 o'clock this morning, demanding an in crease of ten per cent in wages, ijniess their demand is acceded to by next Sat iinlair tli( sTentest -'nlant in the control of the National Tube Company will close . rn I li: !1! .1AnH4.Mnn4. aown. me ruinns mui uepai imr ui ui the works has been , shut down since Ink S for renairs.' It is doubtful if enough meq could be secured totlay to ODeraie it l ji wer rt-uuj .u muiu . - $ Mob Attacks a Train Cordover, Iktex Jnly 15. A' train on the Vera Cruz and: Pacific Railroad was attacked . by a large ! 'force of men . at Tierre Blanca, a', small station. Sexen men on the train fwas" killed. As soon as news of the 'attack' reached Cordiver a force of Rurales were sent' to the scene and they are now in pursuit of the mob. The motive for the attack m .not known here. BJEGTS 10 III Bryan's Criticism of the Ohio Democratic Platform THE MONEY QUESTION It Is Still a Live Issue In PolK ; tics,. ; He. Declares-The Mistake : Finley ; Made Bryan Not a Candidate Lincoln, July 15. Mr." Bryan today gave out a opy of what he will say in the next issue of The Commoner on. the action of the Ohio convention He makes very plain in his discussion of platform that he does not think highly of it -as a substitute for the Chicago and Kansas City platforms. Continuing, he says: "The convention not only ' failed but refused to endorse or affirm the Kansas City platform, and from themanner in which the gold element has rejoiced over this feature of the convention one would; suppose that the main object of the convention was not to" write a new plat form, but to "repudiate the ' one upon which the last national campaign- was fought. General - Finley was right in insisting upon a vote on his resolution" endorsing the Kansas City platf orm, but . he made a mistake in . including in his reson von a complimentary reference to Mr. Bryan. Mr. Bryan is not a candi date for -any pfHce, and a mention of him might have been construed by some as an endorsement or nim for .office. The vote should have been upon the naked proposition to endorse the platform of last year, ' and then no one could have excused his abandonment of Democratic principles by pleading his ; dislike for Mr. Bryan. The cause ought not to be mad to bear .the sins of an indi vidual. Mr. Bryan will endure without complaint any" punishment the Democ- racy of Ohio may see fit to administer to him, and he does not want his name used to tb injury of a good- platform. "The -gold papers assume that the con tention refused to adopt the Kansas City platform because it contained a' sil ver plank. If so, it would have been more courageous to have declared open ly for thffi gold standard. , t If the gold standard is f good it ought'to ; have been endorsed; if bad it ought to have. been denounced. "To ignore the subject , en tirely, jvallffexcusahle'.' Tlift TOoney qiies- tion is" not yet - out ' poll tiesv -J Every Session of Congress will have to deal "With it. Republicans UT?are that it i? dead, but they keeg working at ! it. i It reactionary influences sticceed in Ohio or elsewhere it simply means another gigantic struggle such as was witnessed iu 1806. The Democratic party cannot be made a plutocratic party even if there was room in this country for two such parties. There was a time, under the Cleveland regime, when the party leaders used general and . ambiguous phrases to- deceive the voters, but that scheme cannot be worked again. - We cannot expect the voters to have' confi dence in the party unless the party has confidence in the voters; and, if the par ty confidence in the voters it will state its position on all the important ques tions before the country and invite judg ment' : - . v SOMEBODY BLUNDERED Resuit Was a Fatal Head or ' Collision Parkersburg, W. Va.. July 15.-- head-on collision occurred on the Ohic River Railroad at Paden's 'Valley. 5: miles north oi this city,-' at,. C.30 thi: evening, through a blunder in - constru ing orders. Two were killed outright, two were , fatally injured sad several others' were seriously, but not f ntal'f injured. The killed are Al Conrtrite, engineer on the northbound Ohio Val ley express, and William Boothby, fire man for Courtnte, whose - home . is an this city. The fatally injured are: Wil liam Day, of this city, engineer of south bound engine .and his-fireman, Thomas Carter, also of this city, whosa legs- were cut offT Both are expected to d. The collision occurred between the Ohio Valley express northbound and a loose engine southbound that was trying to make Sistc"Nville from" New Martins ville. The engine, it is said, had orders to side track at Paden's Va!ey,' but failed to do so and was running at s high rate of speed whenit. came upon the express train, the schedule; time of which is fifty miles an hour.; The en gine came together with, , a terrib'e - . force, piled high in the air, comuletelr wrecked and shattered. ; " -. ' 1 - ;"" Put up the Rates Colon, -Colombia, ria Kingston. Ja maica, July 15. A decree issueil recent ly increased the duties on all articles entering at Manzanilla port 150 percent in order to cover the expenses f sup pressing the rebellion. The steamshij agents here held a meeting and adoptee ' resolutions petitioning .the governmciri to suspend the decree. . .. .- - . '; Free Silver CohVehtion Clereland, V July 15.' In consequence of the . setback which; Bryan and free silver met with in the recent Democratic State convention, the free silverites of this State hare decided to hold a con vention at Columbus July 1, when a foil State ticket mar be nominated.. t '
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