iHEjtoMMe Post-
Vg RALEIGH, N, C., TUEST-AUGUST 6. 1901. : . . -
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Shaffer Gives the Steel Trust
a Chance
STRIKE ORDER HELD UP
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A Week or Ten Days Will Be
Given Before Workers Will
Be Ordered Out of All the
Mills of the Corporation
m;rz. August 5. Thejdore Shaf
t i Mit of the Amalgamated As-
i
:. n. lias ueciueu mai uc wji.
L iiU general strike-order for ten
The reason that Shaffer gives
"s. . -; delay is. a desire ou his part to
, ,, t!ieot"ti-ers of the three companies
- -re I. the Federal, National Stal
.j. , : , ;.mi.iI Tirte ..Companies fair, no
t',.. .Iocs uot wautto take thm
I - when the strike call to all. the
, ; . the United States Steel Cor
!.. i will be issued I can not sav."
l-.-.i v. Shaffer. "It may be a week
ori : may be ten days. Them is no
f, ,r 'ur part that the Amalgamated
'; rtti'in will be exterminated in this
' When the strike call went out
t -,;.. men of "the three companies
Vl ., union men are now on strike, we
;....! expectation that it would be re
j. , .'t 1 to so generally as it was."
"when the wages negotiations with the
A
: t :ii an Steel Hoop Company first fli
: --inch, the American Tin-Plate Com-
,.y which had signed the wage scale
but its one non-union plant, was
.itk'l by Shaffer that tue hoop com-.
i: :-.yhad not signed the scale and that
? would have to call the tin plate
;riany's men out. Shaffer hinted
i: was why he was now giving the
n-e companies notice. Shaffer de-
av that a time ntiee has been
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t to the other companies nameu. out
. 1:1 say tonight that if he had not tie
m Vi the trust to have ample notice be
. ;M have sent out the strike ordr
aturday night in New York.
nORK FOR STKIKERS
nnnlrlpallmproTMnenlita TldThm
Over the Idle Season
McKeesport, August 5. McKeesnort
ouneils, at their meeting next. Monday
jishf, .will consider a proposition to is
sue a half million dollars' worth of bonds
f t city improvements. The object is to
furnish work for the steel strikers dur
ing the time they may be out of work
and incidentally to secure a number
of much needed improvements. The
scheme is that' of James Wamnler. a
uii mber of the common branch of coun
cil from the fourth ward. At the meet
ins next Monday evening he will pre
sent an ordinance providing for certain
improvements and at the same, time 'will
present one providing for a bond issue
1 1 cover the expense of the improve
ments. McKeesnort has a lower bonded in-
at
ehtedness at the present time than any
s entire population depends upon he
nited States Steel Corporation for
ipport. If .the strike spreads, " as
i-eatened by President Theodore Shaf-
fe
r, of the Amalgamated Association.
early 15,000 nen will be idle Within
if next week 'or two. The men of the
malgama'ted Association will find it
imperatively easy to subsist in case of
long 'Shut down. The men get -ood
ages while at work and most of them
ire a little laid by which will help tide
ov
er the period of idleness.' Those who
:ve no provision will get work in other
i mpendent mills throughout the coun
y. The class who will suffer most will
the day laborers who receive but
!.! a day. -They are in poor shape
to j-tand a long shut down, and it is
class particularly that Mr. Wamp
" exmcts to benefit bv bis bond issue.
Thomas N. Flynn, national organizer
the American Federation of Labor,
ill spend this week in this city, organ
ing the tube workers. The greatest
fticulty rs-being met with, amonjf the
reien laborers.
It is not believed here that a general
like order will be issued before, the
'tf-r part of this week. The amalga
ms Ted officials are busy organizing
'tees" in Duquesne, Homestead and
;KMoek, among the employes of the
u negie Steel -Compr.oy in this city,
I in Wheeling among the employes of
National Tnbe Company and arming
employes of the National Steel and
merican Steel, and, Wjre Companies.
ill 10
Miners Will Wot Strike '
Trre Ilaute, Ind., August 5. Indiana
!'"rators and officials of the miners'
n:ion decry the story from Indiananolis
hat the miners possibly would strike in
vTnpnthy with iron and. steel workers.
tli miners and operators point to the
that they are under contract for the
''ir central western bituminous coal
ites, and that under the contract they
n o been conceded the principle asked
y the iron workers. They say that to
"iolnte the contract would be unfair to
i.c- employers. , .
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BlonrMill Start ITp
Cleveland, August 5. The bloom jmill
r. Newburg was started this morning
y the United States Steel Corporation.
It had been closed for repairs for a
week -or two, and it was understood to
have organized by the union dur
ing the shut doi. This was evidently
untrue, for there was no opposition to
its starting. Contrary to expectations
the Hoop mill did not start this morn
ing. Everything is quiet. .
Rain. Falls in Texas
Dallas, Tex., Aug. 5. The northern
half of the Texas cotton-growing" dis
trict, the half that has suffered the
worst for the two and a half months
drought, had fine rains today. Taking
Dallas as a common center, the rainfall
covered a surrounding area of approxi
mately seventy-rive miles. Much tem
porary good was done, but the drought
cannot be considered broken until at
least three times as much rain comes
to the same places.
Two Texas Banks Fail
Austin. Aug. 5. Following the closing
of the First National Bank of Austin
by. National Bank Examiner J. M. Lo
gan, the private bank of J. N. Raymond
& Co. suspended business today. These
two banks were closely connected. Presi
dent Y. B. Wortham of the First
National Bank will arrive here from
New York Wednesday. The State
Treasurer has about three hundred thou
sand dollars deposited in the First
National, and the seeret.u-v h-nl niiinf
forty thousand dollars deposited in the
i sump lijmlr V-Tjiniint- T . . . .1 ... ..
of the bank officials will make- any pun
lie statement as to the condition of the
institution.
BLOWN TO ATOMS
Nothing Left from an Explo
sion of Nitro Glycerine
Bowling Green, O., Aug. 5. Eight
hundred quarts of nitro-glycerine ex
ploded one and a half miles southwest,
of this city this afternoon and blew
the driver of the wagon in which the
explosive was stored, the team and wagon
to atoms. The driver was William Itada
baugh of the Heri-ules Torpedo Com
pany, and he was taking the glycerine
to a, magazine some distance further
west.
When he reached the crossing of the
Cincinnati. .Hamilton & Daon Rail-
i road he saw a passenger train approach
ing. Evidently he tried to cross the
track before the train, and necessarily
drove at a. nVkless gait over the rails,
causing the explosion.
Fortunately the triin was stopped be
fore it had reached the great hole which
the explosion made, and it was far
enough away from the wagon when the
stuff exploded to escape serious damage.
The passengers were seriously shaken up,
and pieces of wood and iron were hurled
against the cars, and traffic was stopped
for several hours. 'V
KNOCKED FROM A TRAIN
A Negro Killed on the Rail
road Near Tunis
Suffolk. Va., Aug. 5 Being driven
from MeKeesport, Pa., where he feared
to-work because of threats, Thomas N jw
kiik, a negro steel worker, aged ttrMy
five years, met death this morning while
going to his home in' Cast!e Hayne,
N. C. Newkirk had an altercation with
a railroad employe who was a union
man, nerr Tunis, "N. C. and during the
fight the negro was dubbed on the head
and knocked from the moving train.
The wheels passed over, him. severing
a Inc iinX frnr-tiirintr tliX skull. Before
dying Newkirk told of his fight, brought
oil by labor arguments, and said identifi
cation papers' might te gotten irom nis
pockets. Letters were found from his
... l. ... ... .1 .-n-natliDnvi' n n il t Ti oni n-opu
envelopes which had held two payments
for work at .Mciveesporr one ior ?n.o
and another for o. Across tue en
velopes were printed "First National
Bank of McKeesport," and advice to
save part of his wages. Coroner (arrett
meant to "bury Newkirk near the. scene
of his death, but a telegram from rela
tivts changed his mind.
COTTON'SPOOR SHOWING
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It Is a .Long Way Below the
Ten Year Average
"Washington, August 5. The month! v
report of the statistician of the depart
meat of agriculture shows the average
condition of cotton July 25th to have
been 77.2, as compared with 81.1" on
the 2oth of the preceding month, 7G Au
gust 1, 1000, 84 August 1, 189y. and a
ten-year average of S4.
There was an improvement of condi
tion during July amounting to G
points in Georgia, 5 points in South
Carolina, ? in Alabama and Mississippi
and 8 in Virginia. On theother hand,
there was a decline of 19 points in Mis
souri, 15 in Arkansas and Tennessee, 13
in Oklahoma and Indian Territory. 12
in Texas, 7 in Floriday, 4 in North
Carolina and " in Louisiana.
The impairment in conditions is large
ly due to drought, but in a portion of
the eaistern section of the cotton belt it
is -attributable to the prevalence of ex
cessive rain during a large part of the
month. " '
While the condition in Mississippi is
5 ppints above the State's ten year aver
age, every other State reports a condi
tion below such average, Virginia being
1, Louisiana 2, Alabama 3, Texas 7,
Georgia 8. South Carolina and Florida
9 North Carolina 12, Arkansas. Ten
nessee and Missouri 10 points below
their respective ten-year averages.
The averages of condition in the dif
ferent States are reported as follows:
Virginia SO. North Carolina 73, South
Carolina 75, Georgia 78, Florida 79,
tiKnma 9,1 . Mississippi 88, Louisiana
' 82, Texas 74, Arkansas (19, Tennessee
170, Missouri-71. : Oklahoma 43, Anuian
Jj Territory, 75
II
II
The RQpulace Rises Against
Higher CarFares
MAKE A WINNING FIGHT
Disturbances Kept Up for Five
Days, but Quieted Down as
Soon as the Former Rates
Were Restored -
Washington, Aug. 5. Serious rioting,
lasting five days and resulting in the
killing of fixe persons and the wound
ing of upward of 200 others, began in
Ilio De Janeiro, Brazil, Jun2 18, accord
ing to a report received today at the
State Department from Charles Page
Bryan, United States minister.
The disturbances were not of a politi
cal character and no traces of a rex'O
lutionary attempt against the govern
ment could be discovered in them. The
rioting began at night Saturday and
quiet xvas not restored until tthe follow
ing Wednesday.
It began because the Sao Christavos
street railroad company, under the terms
of a recent contract with the govern
ment, raised its fares. The railroad
traverses the commercial and the poor
est residential sections of the city of
lio. De Janeiro, and the increase of
fares met with determined and forcibble
resistance.
Attacks xvere made on the cars on the
night of June 18 and some of them were
burned. A large body of police succeed
ed in dispersing the crowd of rioters,
but on Sunday the disturbances were
renewed, aud on Monday six cars were
burned in the Largo de Sao Francisco,
which was finally cleared by the police
only after several .persons had been
wounded. The following day barricades
were built in the Quividor and other
important business streets in the vi
cinity -of the Largo De Sao Francisco,
which is a large square in the centre
of the city, and the thoroughfares were
kept cleared only by repeated charges
of loth cavalry and infantry. -
Wednesday, much the same sort of oc
currence s took place,4but at night quiet
was restored by the ahnouncement made
by the company that it woul(V return to
the old schedule of fares. V
In spite of nil the trouble no attempt
was made against the government. Pop
ular indignation against the company
limited ilself to sporadic attacks on th
company's property, and seemed not to
concern itself with the government's
connection with the matter.
The police aroused almost universal
protect by their recklessness and sever
ity, but the only demonstrations against
them were entireljunorgai:ized and al
most puerile. They were apparently
directed too, Mr. Bryf n says, against
the police as individuals rather than
constituted government authorities, . and
the onljv legal questions as yet growing
out (:( the disturbances have been suits
ii.Mitutr.l against individual police otii
crs.' fa-d wtre for undue violence.
The fact that order was completely re
established immediately upon the rein
statement of the old fare schedule is
sufficient proof, Mr. Bryan says, that
the disturbances had no political signifi
cance whatever.
THE CLERK SQUEALED
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Scheme to Get Insurance
Money Goes Wrong '
Utica, X. T., August 5. George J.
Young a prominent business? naran of this
city, was arrested for attempted arson
this afternoon. He is a son of the lat
George Young, n millionaire, and was
independently wealthy on his father's
death. Unwise business- ventures de
pleted his fortune and two years ago
he started a retail shoe establishment.
It proved a financial failure and two
weeks ago he concocted a scheme to
destroy the place. The arrangement
was an ingenious one. Young took his
family to the Pan-American Exposition
and while he was away, a clerk in the
store was to have burned the establish
ment. Instead, however, the latter ;n
formed the police and when Young re
turned from Buffalo this afternoon he
was arrested. He has confessed.
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A TAR HEEL MANAGER
William N. Newbold's Suc
cessful Career in Business
Washington, Aug. 5. Special. A local
paper, The Department News, confined
to gossip" and news of the Executive
Departments, announces that Willian
Norfleet Newbold has beefi appointed its
business manager. . -"
Mr. Newbold was born in Perquimans
county. North Carolina, about forty;five
vears ago. He xvas educated at-W ake
Forest College and the Columbia Lni
versitv, and was admitted to the Dis
trict bar in 1875, and, returning to his
home the same year, he received tne
nomination for delegate to the Consti
tutional Convention of North Carolina.
Locating in this city in 1893, he or
ganized the Washington Business tfu
reau and has successfully aided in tne
development of the National Investment
and Improvement Association and otner
business enterprises in this city, i"
the general law business he has been
associated with Mr. James T. Hunter.
He still retains the oflice of president
of the .Washington Business Bureau.'
He attracted attention in 1894 in his
advocacy of a reunion of the bine and
grey, and for one of his articles on that
subject xvas warmly commended by Gen
eral Gordon.
Pensions granted: Wrilliam W. Rollins,
Asheyille, $25; Charles Morrison, United
States General Hospital, Fort Bayard,
$2.
Postmasters appointed: Laban Moon,
at Harper's Cross Roads. Chatham coun
ty, vice Samuel Cox. removed; C. A.
G.rav, at Sophia, Randolph county, vice
J. J. Harper, resigned.
NATIONAL BANKS
Large Number Organized in
the Last Sixteen Months
Washington, Ang. 5. Mr. Dawes, the
comptroller of the currency, has issued
the folowing statement regarding the
results of the passage of the act of
March 14. 1!W):
"The impetus jcivei to the organiza
tion of national banks by tne act xvi,.ca
became a law on March 14, 1900, still
continues. During the sixteen and half
months since the passage of the act
there have beon organized in the Uni
ted States 35 national banking asso
ciations with an -aggregate capital of
$34,207,000, accompanied by a bond de
posit aggregating $10,000,200. Of these
banks 457 were organized with a capi
tal of less than $50,000, the total
amounting to $1 1,892,000, and 208 with
a captital of $50,000 dr over, the aggre
gate amounting to $22,385,000. Includ
ed in the total number of organizations
are 92 banks with capital 'of $5,920,000
xvhich were conversions of State insti
tutions, 63 of which were capitalized
for less than $50,000 and $5 for $50,000
or- over. ,
CORBIN'S JUNKET -
His Curiosity Gratified by a
. Tour of. Ten Days
Manila, Aug. 5. Adjutant General
Corbin has sailed for Shanghai, where
he will embark on a steamer of the
Empress Line for home. After com
pleting a ten days' tour and taking a
rapid but extensive view of the opera
tions he found conditions satisfactory.
He believes that the military problem
henceforth will be simple, but that a
heavy burden Confronts the civil author
ities. The question jof taxation, he
thinks, will require the most delicate
handling. He was surprised by the
intelligence and diligence displayed by
the natives. He found the sultan of
.Tolo a shrewd, intelligent Ttiler, who
will probably readily co-operate with
the Americans, especially if he is under
the guidance of a capable resident ad
viser. General Corbin's trip was gen
erally instructive and afforded a compre
hensive basis for futnre economizing.
Commissary General Weston states
that the .visit xvas a revelation. He
praises the commissary department's
wor. He believes that the-native em
ployes will fompare favorably with New
York stevedores.
Congressman Hahn of California, has
investigated the relations between the
Moros and Americans, certain civil
claims and corporation concessions in
Sulu and Paragun.
Surgeon General Sternberg will short
ly inspect Bangued with the view to
establishing a sanitarium there if the
conditions are favorable.
KUI CHUN TURNED DOWN
Russia Does Not Want a
Boxer Ambassador
Pekin, Aug. 5 Russia has raised an
objection to the appointment of Kui
Chun as Chinese minister to St. Peters
burg because of his Boxer sympathies,
and he will return to the court. The
court will appoint a Manehu, Takoshina.
to succeed Yang Yu as Chinese minister
at the Russian capital. .
Chou Fu, who has acted as special
commissioner to settle the claims of mis
uft haro oHnv to resume his
uties as provincial treasurer s x uuuhk
u, the capital or xiu ji - un-e.
Its-til Vll Tt-ni nrnetionllv become the
iceroy of the province, as Li Hung
Unn Vin rani riirnT. is OCCUDied with
jhis duties as peace envoy.
I On account or tne conuuueu iricuon
Mietween converts and others, Chou Fu
' i 4 1 n : .1 nf twrt fnrotrrnora
nHS l vl itnj iiic un -" w i...v...vir
in order to secure harmony. The two
men named are Captain Bourguiynon, a
Frenchman, who was until recently po-
Pactinsr Fu. and
Rex. Gilbert Iteid, who for ten months
has acted as interpreter oi xne untisn
forces. Notwithstanding these efforts it
will be difficult to restore peace, as thou
sands of Boxers and brigands have been
allowed to roam at large for a long time,
and disorder is the normal condition.
ROOM AtThE TOP
But Nobody Has Succeeded
. in Climbing to It
"
Banff, N. W. T., August 5. Mount
Assiniboin, the Matterhorn of the Can
adian Rockies, after seven attempts in
as many seasons, is still unconanerred.
Walter D. Wilsox, of- Washington, and
Emery G. Grant, ex-president of tli
Geographical Society of Philadelnhia.
accompanied by two Canadian Pacific
Swiss guides, were defeated in an at
tempt to reach its summit although an
altitude of 11,125 feet was attained.
This is a much higher point than has
previously been reached.
El
tmpress Frederick of Ger
many Passes Away
KING EDWARiTS SISTER
She Was Daughter of Aa
Queen and Empress Wife
of One Emperorand Mother
of Another
Cologne, Aug. 5. Empress Frederick
died at Cronberg at 6:20 this evening,
the Kaiser and many members of the
royal family being in attendance when
the end came. Rev. Cameron Walker,
the British resident chaplain at Horn
burg, was summoned at 10 o'clock this
morning at the request of the empress.
At 1 o'clock this afternoon she was
able to receive him, and prayed for
nearly an hour in company with the
clergyman. She wasjtully conscious and
quite resigned.
The empress passed a restless night,
but was able to see Emperor William,
Empress Augusta Victoria and the crown
prince when they arrived early this eve
ning. The--death of Empress Frederick, the
mother of the Kaiser, was expected at
any time today, and the royal family
xvere prepared for the end. A dispatch
received by The Gazette Cronberg this
morning stated that the empress con
dition was hopeless and that the attend
ing physicians had so informed Em
peror Wrilliam and the other members
of the family. The periods of uncon
sciousness were increasing in number
and length. At about 6:30 this morning
Drs. Envers and Spielhagen issued the
following bulletin: "The weakness of
Empress Frederick is hourly increasing.
The strength of the heart is still only
slight."
A number of relatives arrived at Cron
berg this morning. These included the
empress oldest daughter and her sis
ter. Princess Christian. Emperor Wil-n
nam, Lmpress Augusta Victoria and the
Crown Prince Frederick William arrived
at 5:30 o'clock. They drove from Hom
burg at 3:15 to Freidrichshof. The em
peror went to his mother's bedside im
mediately after his arrival.
Tier royaL and, imperial highness, the
Dowager Empress Frederick, was the
widow of Emperor Frederick William of
Germany and mother of the reigning
Kaiser Wilhelm II. She was the eldest
daughter of the late Queen Victoria of
England and was born Princess Royal
of Great Britain and Ireland and
Duchess of Saxe, November 21, 1840.
She was christened Victoria Adelaide.
She was eleven months and twelve days
older than her brother, Albert Edward.
noxv King Edward VII of England. HerM
other living brothers and sisters are
Princess Helena of Schleswig Holstein,
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyle,
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, and
Princess Beatrice, Duchess of Hesse.
Princess Victoria was married Janu
ary 25. 1858, to Prince Frederick Wil
liam of Prussia, then crown prince of
Germany, .by whom she had seven chil
dren, of xvhom the folloxving five, besides
the present emperor, survive:
Princess Charlotte,' born in 1800, wife
of the hereditary prince of Saxe-Mennin-gen:
Prince Henry, born in 1862; Prin
cess Victoria, born in I860, xvife of Prince
Adolph of Schaumberg-Lippe: Princess
Sophia Dorothea, born in 1870, wife of
Crown Prince Constantine of Greece;
Princess Margaret, born in 1872, wife of
Prince Frederick Charles of - Hesse.
Crown Prince Frederick became empe
ror of Germany on the death of his
father in March, 1888, but he was then
slowly dying of cancer of the throat,
and he died Junej 15, 1888, after a nomi
nal reign of three months, every moment
of which was full of agony, both mental
and physical. His empress remained by
his side and devoted herself to alleviate
his sufferings. At. his death she became
the dowager empress and her son became
emperor.
Empress Victoria Frederick was thns
the daughter of a- queen and empress,
the mother of an emperor, the wife and
xvidoV of an emperor and the sister of
a king and emperor. .
EmpresH Frederick's health had been
steadily declining for several years, and
for eight months past she had been re
garded as slowly dying. Queen Victo
ria's last days were darkened by the
knowledge that the empress' malady had
been pronounced cancerous. She insist
ed upon haying detailed reports of medi
cal examination and was nnabte to dis
miss the subject from her mind. When
Queen Victoria died. January 22 last,
Empress Frederick was regarded as be
ing likely to pass away within twenty
four hours, and the kaiser was hurriedly
summoned from England to his mother's
bedside.
The empress, like her mother before
her, wished tc. have her condition pass
as-far as possible Without observation,
but she " steadily .lost strength with' the
progress of her terrible malady. The
bad news was kept back from week to
xx'cek, as was done when Queen Victoria
was at Osborn after her first stroke of j
paralysis, and public announcement was
made only when the situation became j
senon. "
The direct ea.V of the death is cer-'
tified to have been drosy following can
cer,' the dropsy having gradually reached
ie heart. Her Majesty was conscious
to the end) which came calmly nd
painlessly. , All her children were
present except Prince Henry, who is
with his squadron off the Spanish coast,
and their mother recognized them all. '
althougii she was too weak to converse. 1
When the Emperor, fatigued by travel
and wearing the uniform of the Hussar
regiment, of which Empress Frederick !
was the nominal chief, entered the
rcom early this morning, his mother
was able to make a slight sign of wel
come. It was then already evident that
her life was frost ebbing, and the re-.
mainder of the day t was spent by tte
family in virtually awaiting death's ar
rival. It is understood, that King Edward
had been informed hours before that it
would be hopeless for him to attempt to
reach Freiderichshof In -time to see hi
sister alive, and it is now believed that
he will not visit Cronberg, but will
come direct to Berlin to attend the
funeral. The arrangements for the
funeral have not yet been announced,
but it is probable that the body will be
brought to Pottsdam in a' day or two
and interred beside the body of Emperor
Frederick.
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Caeealon tm the Traat .
WellsTille,' O., Aug. 5. The decision
was reached this afternoon by officials
of the Amalgamated Association of
Wellsville to allow the sheet mill here
to be filled with non-union workmen.
It was said that the management of the
mill would be informed of this before
the end of the week. It seems the
strikers have been unable to keep the
nexv men out of the mill, and, rather
than lose the members of the associa
tion by returning to work, have pre
ferred to let the officials operate the
mill with imported- men. In so doin
the places of the former workmen will be
taken, thus keeping them out.
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Klne Edward's Plans
Cowes, Isle of Wight, August 5. Ac
cording to present arrangements. King
Edward will start for Flushing. Hol
land, on the royal yacht Osborne Tues
day morning. The new royal yacht Vic
toria and Albert will accompany, the Os
borne.
The usual gaities of Cowes regatta
week, which began today, are almost en
tirely absent. By royal oraer no dan
cing of any kind will take place during
the week. All the entertaining will con
sist in impromptu invitations to email
concerts and dinners, issued ah 'bour
or two beforehand, owing to the hourly
news expected from Cronberg,
KILLED BY A POMPON
An Officer of Gen. Colville's
. ' Rear Guard Struck
Pretoria, Aug. 5. Captain, 6. Flaher
ty, "of the bddyguard, was' killed- by a
shell from a pompom -at Greylingstad
while defending General ,Clville's rear
guard from the Boers who, in consider
able numbers, harassed the British dur
ing the march. The burghers used their
pomtpom on the block houses, but with
iut much effect. Finally,- they- attempt
ed to cross the railway and were fired
upon by the block houses from two
sides rf and jree punished Bererely. A
number of Boers were -takia -jwisoners
and their commander was' " severely
wounded. -
The Boer women and children who
were brought to the refuge camp-here
recently had been existing on pumpkins
and mealies. The low state f of their
health previous to entering the camps
has increased the death rate,
Drowning of a Child
Winston-Salem, X. C, Aug. .5. Spe
cial. The four-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Campbell of this city
was drowned , late yesterday afternoon
in Danbury creek, near King, Stokes
county. The child was returning with
its grandparents frem preaching when
they drove into the creek' which was
greatly swollen by the heavy rain which
had fallen during the afternoon. The
wagon in which they were riding was
carried dbwn the stream for some dis
tance. The child went doxvn but the
grandparents and team ; were rescued.
The body of the little girl w.-f found
at ten o'clock last night about one mile
below where she was drowned.
First Regiment in Camp
Wilmington, N. C, Aug. 5. Special.
The first regiment, North Carolina State
Guard, is now encamped at Camp Ay
cock, WTrightsville. All the ' infantry
companies, the artillery company of
Carlottte and the band , from Asheville
came in late this afternoon on- specials
over the Atlantic Coast Line and Sea
board ltir Line. Col. . J.. F. ' Armfield,
of Statesville, is in command of the
regiment. Routine work will begin tomorrow.
WRECK AND RUIN
Several Lives Lost and Many People Wounded by an Explo
sion of GasolineSeveral Houses Razed to the Ground :
Phladelphia, Aug. 5. An explosion of
gasoline in the 'basement of the grocery
store of George McLemley, 3010 Locust
street at 9.35 o'clock tonight, caused
widespread death and destruction. At
midnight the bodies of only two per
sons, a man and a woman, were all the
dead that had been ' recovered, but the
police are convinced that there are, at
least a dozen more in the. ruins, and
persons who were in the neighborhood
at the time of the explosion say that
there are n score or more in the ruins
of the Solis restaurant above the store.
Jefferson and Pennsylvania Hospitals
have forty injured, but only a few names
had "been ascertained at midnight, as
they are so badly burned and the doc
tors are busy attending that no' attempt
has been made to get names. "
Among the missing are George Mc
Lemley, keeper of the' grocery store in
which the explosion occurred, and his
KJ-year-old son, Max Rosenthal. His
13-year-old daughter and ten-yearold
boy who were on the pavement in front
of his store, have xot-been founfl. Hiss
Federation of Labor Will
Support the Strikers
THE GATHERING STORM
Both Sides Preparing for-the
Bitter Struggle That Now
Seems Inevitable Treas
ured Up Fury.
Waehington, August 5. Referring to
the great steel strike which has been
on for some weeks, Secretary. Frank
Morrison, of the American Federation1
of Labor, said today: "If the "trust con
tinues to oppose the organization , of
wage earners the American Federation
of Labor will use every effort to prevent
injury to the interests of any member o :
the Amalgamated Association of Iroo
Steel and Tin Workers. ,
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Loll Before the Storm
Pittsburg, Aug. 5. Employers and em
ployes are preparing for the clash in
the steel strike, the latter communicating
with lodges of the union and measuring
their strength, and the former tightening
their lines and securing all available
men possible, ready to put In the place
of the strikers. when Shaffer issues his
order for all Amalgamated men to quit
work. Along these lines both sides have i
been working. It is the lull before the-
storm breaks forth in all the fury a
bitterness and desperation; .
If General Strike .
Pittsburg, August 5. The Chronic!
Telegraph says this afternoon:' "One of
the officials of the Amalgamated Asso
ciation this morning announced that he
had been notified that there would be
no general strike ordered. He is author
ity also for the statement that the di
rectors of the steel corporation are dis
satisfied with J. P. Morgan's attitude
and are making effort to open negotia
tions with the strikers. The -official i
one of the leading steel workers of the
city, and the inference is that he re
cjeived an inside tip from the "higher el"
ficiafs of the association. ' J
THE COURTS INVOKED
Indians Seek Injunction to
Keep Settlers Out -
a member of the Wichita tribe of Indians
ami a resident of Oklntinmo Torwnm?
today filed a petition in the Supreme1
junction to restrain Ethan Allen 'Hitch
cock, in ins umuai laiiatu no oecrecary
of the Interior, from throwing open ' a
certain section of land In Oklahoma foi
settlement. The petitioner is jojned by
his wife, Nannie Zadoka, a white woman,
who is an adopted member- yf the
Wichita tribe of Indians. Besides the
petitioners named, ten others 'have also .
filed similar petitions.
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Poor Protection
Pekin, August 5 The foreign engi
neers are dissatisfied over the, decision
of the ministers not to make the lega
tion defenses as strong as those of a1
fortress. The British and Americana
have bricked up the loop hles in their ,
legations in order not to offend tho
Chinese. Major Robertson, commanding
the American legation fuard here,
warned 'Special Commissioer EockhiU
of the defenceless position ofj the lega
tion, pointing out that it could be atV
tacked from four sides. Mr. Rockhilf
replied that it was unnecessary to have'
anything more than a wall to jruarij
against mob violence. 1 ;'
Mount, wh5 lived at tSe corner of Wai
ner, is missing, and so is Miss Somer,
who lived in the adjoining house. FouB
houses on the south side of Locustl
street, from 1010 to 1018, were razedj
to the ground. The corner house was
badly damaged and will have to be tornf
down. '
At the time of the explosion the Solia
restaurant at 1012 Locust street bad
in it at least 20 persons. . If any,
of them escaped it. a miracle., as tha
place collopsed and theaook fire. Thaf
fire department did exertient work an
had the flames subdued in half an hour.
The force of the explosion was terifie.
There is not a pane of glass in a hous6
for four bkcks,.nnd many houses on tha
north side of Locust street between lOtlj
and 11th, in Delhi street bofh north and
south of Alder, are uninhabitable. Thfl
persons who were living in these housed
were forced to leave as a matter of pre!
caution, and more than two hundred a '
consequently without homes. Samuel
Gale and -William Qnieley, who, are
Jefferson Hospital, wilt die. ;
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