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LABOR LEADERS OF THE COUNTRY
GIVE THEIR APPROVAL,
AND MINERS WILL GET SUPPORT.
A llwllst Held In Plltslißrg aad Ih* SIIb-
■Um rally lllseaseed B» <«m>-
pei*. ILalrhlar.l and <MB«r*.
j
The greatest gathering of labor
leaders that ever assem'-.e-i in this
country during a national ■trike »u i
held in Pittsburg, Pa . Friday night
to devise mean* to assi-t the miners in
their contest for increased wages
The conference < -ailed «u<l lenly,
hut the < facials responded represent
ing nearly every branch of organized
labor in the I’uited States. Those
present were:
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor.
M. L. Ratc’uford, national president
of the United Mine Workers of Amer
ica.
M. M. Garland, president of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron and
Steel Worker*. ■>
Stephen Madden, secretary of the
Amalgamated association.
J. M. Hughes, first vice-president
of the Federation of Metal Trade*.
M. J. t'oiinahan, nsti >ual secretary
of the Journeymen l'luiul*era‘ Associ
ation.
M P. Carrick, president of the
Brotherhood of Painters and Decora-
I>. 11. Thoma*, president of the Na
tional Pattern Makers' league
W. P. Mahon, president of the
Amalgamated Association of Street
Railway Employees.
Frederick Dolan, district president
United Mina Workers.
The session was secret, and it was
almost midnight when it was over.
The press committee, Messrs Gom
pers, Kaichford and Uounafiau, then
gave out the following statement in
which was corporate*!, they *aul. all
that was done at tha con fare no* Tbs
manifesto follows:
•’After un laL-rmal dtao-uaeloo. reports
were made by M»w<ir*. Rau-btord, Dm as
■nd Warner la regard to lb* situation of
the movement, and It demonstrated that tha ;
situation In West Virginia require I atten
tion tn order that tb* •u*re<uiioa should
tw> alwolutely general and suceene aoaured
With that object in view, action was rwon
ite-H *.y Vw-VAtsA Uiwp*v., o’. ’.X*
A fieri an Federation o’ Labor, aad It was
determined upon to overcome this feature
of the contest. It was also determined that
every effort be made on the part of those
present to secure the eo-operatlon and
pra'tl-al aid of organized labor for the
struggling miners
"All the etrrumstanoes w trrsnt th* flrm
const lion that th* miners will nltimatciv
■-h '»e victory and to this wad the altos
tu<-labor and the •y.-n; sth si • publl • u la
i.ik-,1. «'«»n*eious of tb* gr-el lateral
wbi ti th" public ha« in • --lules so eiks
• ■ real a* that of ths miner*, it give* j*
gr at satis'a *M«»n to ,n >sr that the mia.-r*
!•*»• b •< leva and are n H b • » »|q--*e | to
arbitration. We. tt.er«-t>re urg- and adtise
that a-, rferen-e la bel tby the represents
t.v- « of th* mm»r* and the operators with a
vi-enl arriving *1 a settlement of the pras
es’. suspension.”
Tb Sts* In Wees Virginia.
Notwithstanding the |u»*itir* an-
r. ’Kirrnient by the committee that the
statement furnished the press covered
all the proceedings us the conference,
it is known that an arganized effort to
wen-lire a general susjietiaion of mining
in West V irginia was decided upon.
After a thorough cant are <>f the sit
nation it was unanimously agreed that
th* West Virginia miners held the key
to tbs situation and without their
united support the sucre** of the gen
eral movement would l>* greatly jeop
ardize*!. In furtberaiire of tin* de
termination, the official* present
pledged themselves to send into this
field a full quota of the best organizers
ia their several associations.
After adjournment m reejxza** to the
question whether a 2 per cent asses*. [
luent on ail organired labor. as con
templated. Would !•* ma.tr. President
IXilan, of the Pittsburg district, said
Le thought such action would eventu
ally 1m» taken
He would sot admit, however, that
the matter of assessment bad l>een
considered at th* conference, or thst
th* •picstion of a general sympathetic
• trike Lad isren d.s>-vi»**-l
nNaKTIGEM
MrmWrw «>f • %<•« b < ersmi • •
\ «• ->rt*g* am* site < to SI-*.' I *' <w
t ie m««aw* «iue bv oouu'y >lispen*crs
of the state were i.r<>wgi>t to light by
t • X-uth Carolina dispensary b ar 1
< ! eitr. lat it* r.iec'iag in Columbia.
I twr-.-l let se»a March
1 . | X . 1., • th.
• ■ ’*• is lis list n
1* - , Ji.pe: . ’ > ! s • fa!! n•»
i .-in tori.- s ■ • » •<u•a I* «
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A GHASTLY FlhD.
nUmontersd Mod r «f a Woman Found
In ■ Barrel.
i A special from Quitman. Ga., save
Jacob Wooten aud some friends, while
fishing Saturday on Mule creek in the
1 upper part of the county, discovered a
(barrel buried upright in the mud aud
containing a human body.
| The Ixxly had been cut into blocks
and placed in the barrel, and fund had
been thrown in. filling the barrel,
winch wa< then healed and buried.
News of the discovery «oon spread
throng i the neighborhood and hun
, dreds <>f people have visited the scene
an I viewed th* ghastly remain*. The
identity of th* body and everything
connected with it are shrouded in
mystery.
1 The swamp in which the body was
found is a dense jungle, and file spot
t w here the barrel was unearthed is a
mile <>r more from any hon«c.
The tieighlxirhood is thinly «*tt’i-d
and alxiut fifteen miles from Quitmau.
No one ha* been missing and none
of those who have come from the
I scene can account for the mystery.
Following so ciorely upon the fa
mous New York mysterv of the mur
der of Guldensuppe and the cutting
up of hi* Imdy, the excitement is in
tense.
Wooten and his friends first remov
ed the head of the bvrrel; then the
dirt which bad formed into a har«k
cake, and to their horror lieheld a neat
plait of human hair about two feet m
length, soft and black, and evidently
Itelongiug to th* head of a young
white woman.
Next, pieces of flesh an I clothing
1 were taken out, all in a fairly good
• tat* of preservation. Th* flesh had
dried and the skin had a mummified
appearanc*. Th* dress was of checked
homespun, whil* there ’i’ *n under
skirt of bleached homespun, machine
made.
FVNKRAL SERVICES 15 SENATE
Ca««i«rW4 Over R*U«»m. Isham
a. Harrla.
Impressive funeral services over the
late .Senator Isham G. Harris occurred
in the senate chamlier at noon Saturday
in the presence of President McKinley
ami the meml»er* of hl* cabinet, sena
tore and member* of the house of rep
resentatives, mambers of the diplo
matic corps, justices of the supreme
court end officials from ail branches of
public life.
Th* chamber bad been elalxirately
i drafted for the occasion. The desk of
the late eeaator was heavily Ixiund in
crepe ,
lu tbs eeun-eirctilar area, imme
diately in front of the presiding ofli
-sv, •.■a.sk.'t*. t*«’.V4.s nt> heavy
I black drape<l pedestal* and literally
buried in floral offerings. On the
plate was inscnlted:
•Died July 7. DttT. Mian G.
Harris. Aged seventy-nine year* “
The services were brief ami "imple,
consisting only of pra-A-rs by Rev.
Mr Johnston. Rev. Dr Duffy, of the
Methodist Episcopal church, south,
an 1 Chaplain Coudcu, of the ho no- of
representatives, th* latter pronouncing
the benediction.
Al IJ .10 p m. the ceremony usr
over and on motion of Senator Hate,
4 Tennessee, the senate a Ijoiirned.
AS HAD As AX EPIDEYH .
rv* s tH !!».»> I from lies* W*s Threw
lluw.lrr.l an.l gift* f..r vt.o*th.
The fierce beat under winch the
greater fxirtion of the country has
sweltered since th* l*t of July, mod
erated in many localities Saturday,
and predictions from the w*ath*r
bureau at Washington in-’.;-ate that
lower temfieaature* will hr: ig general
relief.
Th* record of prostrati ins an-l Jevt’.i*
resulting from the long ueated 'erm
approaches in maffaitud* that ot a
general *pid*taic Report* from all
sections of the country received by
the Associated Press up to Saturday
night *tiov ed prostrations nuuilwring
in the neighlxirbool of 2.••>>, with fa
talities clt.se to AVI
In addition to this, there were scores
of deaths resulting indirectly from the
intoleraNle heat, the death rata in
many of the large cities showing a
fearful inarease over previous year*.
The central states suffered more se
verely than other sections, th* heat
living most deadly in Chicago. C.a in
nati and St. I.onis. In num>*er of fa
talities CUicag i headed th* h»t, with
B? deaths. Cincinnati and suburban
point* rejwirtiag t*o, and St. Loui* 4'2
Through the lower south the heat was
int*n*«, bnt the death rate is much
lower than is th* north
5 ITIUS IL HAT ASMM I A TIDY
win *•(>•< iota w<<* w.w* irele-
A cal! for the fourth a - . meeting
of the National Hav as*->. t*n.>n at t!ie
Monongahela hou*e, Pitt«b»irg. on
August loth, is announced in the la*t
issues of the Hay Trade Journal
Th* er-ip in the stat* >»mr
’a-ger. w.th prulwbl* hgli*r imf»<i*
than l-i’ ->< the pa«t few y*a-». g. es
new itaretna to th* trsl*
Jv* '-.•*■»< witl It* ia »!«••-. Is - f- ow
a l ports of th* United Slates an i Lu*
news pertaining to th* Lz» ’rale wi.l
>— f..y disecssed during the three
■ lat» sv-sioX
: Kato lasi iwsios
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMIS-
SIOS SOS KVLE IS VIOL.ITEO.
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DECLJ.’E RATES ARE EXCESSIVE.
Th* Case Is Marvllar to th* Celebrated
boclal Circle short Haul Contest.
Its Nature Sweeping.
Th* interstate commerce commis
sion, at Washington Thursday, in uu
opinion by Commissioner Prouty, ren
dered a decision in the cose of Brewer
A lianlotter against the Louisville net!
Nashville Railroad company, Nash
ville, Chattanocgn and St. Louis rail
way company. Western and Atlantic
Railroad company and Central of
Georgia Rail wa y company.
The commission decides that these
carriers in charging on freights from
Louisville to Ci> • innati more for th*
! shorter distance to Griffin, Ga., than
for th* longer distance over the same
line to Macon, Ga., have violated sec
tions three and four (the long and
short haul sections) of the interstate
commerce act.
What lhe lleclaiM Mea>»*.
This is another Social Circle case,
and the question decided is one of
far-resching importance involving the
relations of small towns to commercial
renters. It is especially interesting
jnst now because it establishes one of
the propositions laid down by Mr. W.
H. Brewer in his recent application to
the railroad commiasian of Georgia
for a reduction of 331 per cent on all
freight rates in the state.
One of the grounds of that petition
i was the allegation that th* railroads
wer* handling freight from Ohio river
; points to Macon for les* than they
carry it to Griffin.
This ia the second important deci
sion the interstate commerce commis
sion has mail* on the long ai>d short
haul claim of the interstate commerce
act on a complaint from Georgia Th*
decision in th*’Soc:al Circle case was
affirmed by the United States supreme
court after protracted litigation.
It was a quail le.l decision, however,
and the result of the new cas*. which
is likely to go to the court of )a»t re
sort, will lx» watched with interest.
Th* principle is in favor of th* •mad
: towns aud against lower \ *l«* to th*
commercial centers and tends to. put I
all com man it iry bin an
Th* president is n w unJecuTeJ”’
whether or not to send i.« any message
for the reason t.iat a number of most
inqxirtaut leaders of the partv in the
senate and house have made a strong
representation to bun of the madvis- :
| ability of sending a message to con
gress while the tariff bill is m confer
ence.
WHOLE I mil I < REMATED.
>••• M AM« tn I rum Tholf 1
Uwrslxe <’■*«••*.
A special from Piueville, Ky , rays
tha* Hugh Juvson aud family of five,
who live fifteen miles northeast of that
p’acc. wer* burned to death Tuesday
night, being anal le to escape from
their cottage, which was tired o»er
their lira Is
The dead »re Hugh Jo*«on, th*
father; Maty -aeson. his wife, Fenny
J«w»on, s daughter, fourteen years
old. -!■*• Joe'<ai, a son, ten years old,
a daughter, eight years old, Maggie, a
daughter, »ix year* old.
lhe remain* of all six were found
in the debris The fire was undoubt
edly of incenuiary origin, aud the
Dell county officers are taking step* to
discover the gailty ] arty or parties.
BAXqt ETF.D AND DIED.
QasiUl «r l**rl« Mr*»*m*B*rs f.a-l Tb*lr
l.lot Togriher.
A great sensation has l>een caused
at Fan* by the discovery that four
dressmakers lave committed suicide
by inhaling eoarcoel fumes in a flat
wherein theyx Jgcd.
The four tact in th* evening, par
i took of a sumptuou* dinner with wine,
sang an.l smoked until late aud con
cluded life with the statement in writ
ing. signed b- all
• We di* deliberately and without >
any regret. ”
When the bodies were diseoverad |
the tables and floor were »trew n w ith !
cigarettes and cigar end*. On the
center table were letters addreaeed to
their relativsw
TO LAKE CHAMPLAIN
TV. rr»*U**l will O* T* Ills
»■*<*•• WaeallM.
F'»«i lent McKinley will spend mo«t
of hi* summer vacation on the shores
of Luke Champlain. Plattsburg, N
Y . will ba hi* nearest town His j
party will consist of th* meml»*r* of <
»h* | resident.*! family, of Vice I’resi- I
drat and Mr*. Hobart, Secretary Algsr
and familv, Secretary and Mrs Porter
and peobatd* of aoasa other meanlxi>rs
cf < Seta! s«se.ety.
The president will rcak* qn.t* *
jvrols a#ed «fiy. lasting several w»*k*
at iea*t. Th*president * summer plans i
were informally talked over with the j
i cabinet mrtu -ers Friday I
CONFEREE'S DISAGREE.
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51 Important Fmfurr* of Tariff Dill
tn
A Washington special of Monday
aiys: Th? tariff •-.inft-rre* have struck
some suags in t e:r work. The minor
matters were easily a fjusted. but on
I ad important features there has lieen
! no agreement, and ths outlook Mun-
I day was that several rejxirt* would
have te be mu le before an adjustment
I conld te rca bed. i
The hot:** conferee* are standing
s< lidly by their bill, aud the remit* ;
conferees are no less tenacious.
The sena’e conferees have laid be
fore the house meml»ers the condition
iu the senate w here there is not an
actual majority of the republicans and
where other than republican votes are
necessary to pass the bill or adopt a
conference report. They asserted
that in 189<5 the democrats were in
better majority, yet the house was
finally compelled to accept the senat*
bill in order to pa-s it. The members
of the Louse are standing by their bill
nevertheless and have told the sena- ;
tors that they cannot accept the sen
ate amendments on many important
items.
Burlaps, cotton ties and other items
winch are placed on the free list by
the senate met with great hostility
from the house conferees and so far
nothing in the way of a compromise
offered by the senate members has
been accepted. The hou-e conferees
are also insisting upon higher com- 1
pensatory duties on th* manufactures
of cotton on B 4 Count of the duty us 20
per cent on raw cotton.
The house uietuberi have maintain
ed that the Louse bill has l>eeu com
mended more than the senate lull aud
that the conference should get as cluse
to it as possible. The seuafe con
ferees, m addition to presenting the
present political complexion of the
1 senate, have jx>iuted out the difficulty
that will occur if several reports of
partial agreerreuts and disagreements
ar* mad*.
They hav* told the house meod>ers
that it will lead to endless discussion; ‘
that they have no power to force a
vote, and that there is not a majority
in the senate to keep the senate in
session in case of a Ulibuster against
th* conference report.
Gl LDENsUFFE SLATERS ON TRIAL
Mrs. Nark and Martin TKarn* Answer ta
Thru*.
Mrs. Augusta Nack and Martin
Thorne, the alleged murderers of Gul
densuppe, were arraigned in general
sessions at New Y'ork Monday to plead
to the indictment found against them. I
The prisoners seemed to b* fully ;
hrtice to the grion> oi t’oeir- sr.uation,
and for the first time since their arrest
i th* lines of care were visible on their
i features.
Their attorneys entered demurrers
‘ to lhe indictment, contesting the ju
risdiction of the court on the ground
thst the crime, if any was committed,
was done beyond ths limits of New
j York county
Luring th* statement of counsel th*
two prisoners exchanged no look of
recognition, nor did they speak to
e*. h other The demurrer will be ar
gued on Wednesday, July 21.
KITTLING FUlt TRANNJERS. '
« »«r as Allaala » Igßl. I aasollOaleU SI east
Uallware.
The notable Atlanta. Ga , transfer
hearing on the argument of ths de- I
inurrer wa« liegun in toe I aited States
romt at Asheville. N C . Monday,
with Judge Newman presiding and
Judge Womack, of Tela*, and Judge
Pnrtaell, of North Uarohua, a*»ociat*
judge*, sitting through courtesy
A bitter tight was precipitated in
th* beginning over • motion made by
attorneys for th* city of Atlanta, to
•trike Samnel Spencer and Henry O.
j >eixas from the litigation. It wa* ar
! gued that the Old Colony Trust com- j
j auv, their trustees, represented their
j interests and that they ha l no right to
h’ ire independently in th* hearing.
Tl Kia's (RITKInED
Mr Itallsw Ilspotle* f»r ni.*rklsc l*sae*
> •>•*»« I ••**»*•.
In the Ita’lan chamber of deputies
at Rome, Monday, the Marquis Vie
conti Venosta. minister for foreign
affairs, *aid that th* Turkish govern- ■
1 meut was placing numerous difficnltiee
in the way of the prosecution of th*
■ pea e negotiations and causing delay.
■’This condition of things cannot lie
allowed to continue The great pow-
■ ers remain perfectly united am! are
• deteriumed to attain ’.heir ends "
l.f I‘n I.iMID As fOUNT
p**»pe| a «e4 f*e Cwßaa AM.
T ti’ed W’ate* C«>u«ul flenee*! J
li* l»-en re . Irving *--m* arconnt to
tLe fC’rui.x t ot L.s exjseadlturr*
I from tte fund s| ;r- j r’.at—l by con
gress for the relief of destitute Amer
ican Citizens in Uul.a
I His figurrw wer* presented to the
1 r» .t I -.ls*. . I •-*st -ng *a*
j r»a.s»k* e f<< it appeared that of the
»>, f j > at th* dis|..«it. »•» of
lien L»-e. Le .a 1 v xpen led ou.y
ft T. • .i . • - . • * ' to
e«*rv distressed 4 »r. su wl„>m ho
I e . , i f.s I o»it ! > re«.»’ • lanl.»e-
I . -i: i . ack
| U tu« United Mares- |
! B l®S CLOSED M.
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RECORD OF GREATEST OF WAGE
STREGGLE.S FOR A WEEK.
i THOUSANDS OF WORKERS ARE IDLE,
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Mlnnrs Ar* Jubilant Over the Situation
M Far —Sureesa llepen.ls on W**S
Virginia Digger*.
Sunday marked the beginning of
the second week of the coal miners’
strike and already it gives promise <d
being one of the greatest wage strug
gles in the history of this country.
The coal operators in the Pittsburg
district and the miners themselves little
dreamed that within one short
week such an era of general suspen
sion could be wrought as now exists in
Uss bituminous mining industry.
I -Then the mouth of the many coal
p?ta throughout the Monongahela.
Yonghiobeny, Allegheny and Peters
Creek valleys, and the valleys of
Tern’s and Miller’s Run were open
aad turningout thousands and thous
ands pf tons of the beat coal that en
ters into the competitive markets of
the world.
Now, all ia changed. The vast cav
erns are like so many graveyards. On
the hillside* basking in the shade
there is an army of 18,000 men, who
are anxiously waiting for more to join
th* troop* of idlers On neafly every
railroad track leading to the mines
there stand empty cars, apparently
anxious to be loaded that their burden*
may be carried to th* ports along the
lakes.
The succeae that has attended the
movement ha* greatly elated the
miners and during the next few days
every effort will be made to bring out
th* men in the few mines that are still
working. This will be a difficult task,
but they express confidence in their
ability to make the suspension com
< plete.
From the best information obtaina
ble the Pittsbnrg operators are in no
burry to hav* the difficulty adjusted,
so many of them having stocks on
railroad sidings which they hold for
an advance. Much of this was disposed
of Saturday at a good profit. One
prominent operator said that it would
take another week to determine the
exact state of the markets, and by that
time a general oLaning up will have
taken place. All interested will be
ready to begin business oil's newTiuiTi*
and probably at a higher price.
“This whole thing will result in a
compromise, ” said another prominent
operator. “The operators are in a
position to stand it for some time and
I believe the miners are iu alxiut the
same condition. It looks a.* if busi
ness will brighten up and in that
I event the operators will lx> able to get
better prices aud the condition of bus
iness and the condition of the miner*
will be simultaneously improved.”
The effect of the strike is being
manifested in the price of coal. A:i
i iucrea.se of GO cents a ton was shown
a hen an application was made for con
tracts and a nutulier of Pittsburg op
erators, not being able to work their
owu mines, are seeking to buy coal ia
the West Virginia field in order to
reap the advantage of the advance.
Thor* has been no intimation of
lawlessness as yet in th* region, *>ut
Sheriff Ixiwrey, nt Allegheny county,
has anticipated any trouble by sweanug
|in S(XJ deputies. The lu.uere say there
will be no overt acts.
No openly aggressive work was don*
Saturday by either aide, but the mi
ners' officials held a secret meeting, at
which it is lielieved ■ vigorous cam
paign against the New York an I
Cleveland gas coal miners, which will
b« inaugurated at once, «a* decided
npou. Th* operaUre apparently are
I doing little aud are say.ng less How
ever, their conndence of defeating th*
miners has not abated in th* least.
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DEMAND FROM AM BANNA DORN.
T«rfctate G*aw«r»»mr»l !• AakeM t« Mot <>b
•trurt
Acting upon instructions received
from their respective governments,th*
ambassadors of the power* st Constan
tiuoule presented a collective not* to
the Turkish government Friday de
manding a cessation of the obstruction
of the pcac* negotiations.
A Nl ND AT NENMON
list* Hy C«wfsr»s* nf ll»«*« an* Manate •■
t»ur Hill.
A Washington dispatch say*: The
conferees on th* tariff bill held a fi ur-
Lour session Sunday. Th* anxiety t >
re* *ii a complete agreement as eer y
a* |x»*sible induced them to meet <>u
the Nab'.xlh and at present both th*
b'-n*e and senate conferees appeared
satisfied with the progress that lias
been male
Neveral Lun lre-1 <4 the min *- am<*n I •
c-ents have t»e*:> agree 1 n|x>n. Many
o.' them were • Langes «»f pliraseo.ogy
and oa a large fuapiri’y of these th*
house conferees oatcraLy Uav*
y •<l2e'l.
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