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IflEHIWin 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* « • • «, an it at • >p« *•' • »»*f l » t i.el »*••■* ts y tLs • f ! .. - n.v . . ' ; -s. ne'-J » s. a I n . 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. I 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. I 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. I RECORD OF GREATEST OF WAGE STREGGLE.S FOR A WEEK. i THOUSANDS OF WORKERS ARE IDLE, i 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. I; 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. I