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UMT 47 ( THE MORNING NEWS.
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I J. H. RSI ILL, President.
RETURN OF THE PORTLAND.
TREASURE LADEN SHIP IS IN FROM
KLONDIKE.
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A Number of Miner* Return With
Comfortable Little Fortunes—The
Associated Press Representative
Clves His Impressions of the Klon
dike Craze—There Is Much Gold to
Be Had, But Stories Are Exngger
ated and Those Who Get It Will
Have to Work HarjJ and Suffer
Much.
Seattle, Wash., Aug. 29.—The steamer
Portland arrived here at 3 o’clock this
morning. She carried 13 miners, each of
whom brought only a small part of his
stake. The total amount of dust on the
vessel is perhaps $575,000.
The Portland was delayed by the failure
of the P. B. Weare to arrive at St. Mich
aels and by a storm on the North Pacific
coast. The miners on board with the
amount of their total mining profits, parts
of which were brought with them are as
follows: I. Rolan, $50,000; Jim Bell, $45,000;
Joe Goldsmith, $35,000; N. W. Powers, $35,-
000; W. W. Caidwell, $35,000; W. Oler, $30,-
000; C. K. Zilly, $25,000; F. W. Cobb, $25,000;
W. Zahn, $15,000; A. Buckley, $10,000; M. S.
Lansing, $15,000; B. W. Farnham, $10,000;
M. R. Camlock, $15,000.
H. N. Stanley, who went to St. Mich
aels for the Associated Press, returned to
this city An the steamer Portland. He
•ays:
“I hav< been seven weeks at the mouth
of the Yukon at St. Michaels, where I saw
all the miners camping out and Interview
ed them. As a result I feel it my duty to
advise everybody to stay out until next
spring. Wild, and in many cases, exag
gerated reports have been circulated
since the first discoveries were made. The
strike however was, and is one of the
greatest, if not the greatest in the world’s
history. Probably $2,000,000 was cleaned
up this spring, and next spring I look for
from $5,000,000 to $7,000,000. The fields
have hardly been opened up as yet, but
those going in now must bear in mind
that everything in that region was staked
out long before any reports reached the
outer world, and late miners must pros
pect for themselves, buy claims of the
present owners or work for the owners.
•‘No new strike had been reported up to
the time of my leaving and another may
not be made for from one to five years, al
though Alaska is an enomous country, and
•will yet, I believe, produce more gold
than we dreamed of.
"It is in many ways a bleak, barren,
desolate country, a country Incapable of
supporting any great amount of animal
life, and a country of such rigorous cli
mate, both in winter aiyl sprlipr, that ,none
but tne most hardy ctrn possibly live-in it.
Even then they most have an abundance
of good and warm clothing. lam aware
there is a popular impression that sup
plies can be bought in the vicinity of the
mines. They may at present be purchased
at siv times Seattle prices, but they are
taken at even those figures faster than
they can be gotten and before the winter
1h half over, if the present population re
mains, there will be actual starvation.
“The average man requires about one
ton of carefully selected food and cloth
ing for a year’s supplies. In the summer
of 1896 about 3,500 tons of supplies went
up* the river, and the new population of
1.500 to 2.000 suffered from want. Os this
8.500 tons probably 1,500 tons were tools,
furniture and supplies other than provi
sion. This season, allowing for the most
favorable estimates, not more than 4.2(H)
tons of supplies can be carried up the
river and fully one-half of this is rum and
tools, as well as supplies other than food.
There are more than three times as many
people there than there were last winter.”
"Grub was completely out this spring,
and last winter there was such a scarcity
that moose hams sold for S3O each, flour
$l2O per hundred, bacon $1 per pound.
What will happen this coming winter?
Why should not people starve to death?
"As to shelter, 90 per cent, of Dawson
was living In tents In July. laibor Is
scarce and houses cannot be built. How
are 7,000 people to withstand the rigors of
* nlne-month'z winter of semi-darkness
when the mercury goes 70 below zero?
"As to lal>or, it is true that last winter,
the winter succeeding the great strike
when men were scarce, wages wore sls a
»iay. but if no new strike is made what
is to keep wages up this winter?
“Thera are about 340 claims on Bonnn
ca, El Dorado and Hunker creeks that
will probably be worked this winter an
average of eight men to each is, I think,
liberal. If but 2,700 men are employed
and then* are 5,000 or more seeking work
what must be the result? Wages must go
down. w
"No man going in can arrive with more
than three or four months’ supply. I am
also told that there is plenty at St. Mich
aels, so there may he, but after Sept 13
it might as well be in New York city for
to try to transport it by dog train over 1.200
miles of iced river is absolutely Impossi
ble. There Is not, nor will there ever be
«• dog train that can take enough in to
feed them over 1.300 miles. Relief Is
therefore. Impossible. Travel over the dl
cult ’ 1 ,n th ” winler wouW b « Quite as difll-
"To draw provisions for the trip from
Dyea to Dnwson any time before the
spring breaks up is impossible. Relief for
those caught in the Klondike after winter
seta in is equally Impossible, so in the
name of humanity, i nsk that a stop be
put to this wholesale transportation of
)>eople without supplies. Let no man He
• Honed to enter that region unless he car
ries with him enough food and clothing to
lest h.m a year.
"Thors are women and little children tn
there to-day who should be sent out ns f ir
•• »t. Michael before navigation closes I
hear much of the boats that arc building
to go up the river, but aside from one
•(earner ready on Aug. 11. no new boat can
be added to the carrying craft this r,.n
The Klondike la a laitd of les and snow'
•a well u* a land of gold."
impatient miners.
Transportation on the Yukon la
Doubtful and Dnnveroua.
San Francisco, Aug. W. A. Ryan,
enk ot the special of the
Associated Press now en route to the
Klondike gold fields, writes from St. Mich
ael * Island. Alaska. under date of
U. n» follows: . *
“Nearly Ml Impatient gold seekers are I
fretting her* in enforced IdiMieas. await
ing (ho arrival of Vuk«'n steamers to tran«-
l»ort th< in to the upper river, Dawson and I
the Jleztncs at Klondike. Os this numlvr I
ia> came on the steamer Portland, and 1!3
on the Kxct!-ior. There scvai- to be lit tie I
hope for a speedy transfer as the P. B.
Weare of the North American Trading
and Transportation Company is now more
than a week overdue and such wind
storms are prevailing that the company’s
new steamer Charles H. Hamilton cannot
possibly venture out. For two days she lay
upon the rocks, threatened with destruc
tion, and was only gotten out of danger
yesterday. Two days after she was launch
ed she was blown ashore. The damage to
her hull will postpone her departure for
nearly a week.
“The winds will also prevent the Port
land from unloading or transferring her
passengers. The passengers of the steam
er Excelsior are compelled to remain
aboard the vessel until the arrival of the
steamer Bell, due about Sept. 29. Waiting
passengers have this thought to beguile
them—that there is gravdlr danger of a
famine in the Klondike.
“According to all reports from the up
per country, it will be impossible to land
sufficient food at Dawson to support the
population already dependent upon these
supplies. During the voyage of the Ex
celsior to this port an asosciation for mu
tual benefit and aid was formed by the
passengers. Upon the arrival at St. Mich
aels reports were so discouraging con
cerning the food supply that a special
meeting of the association was held and
a committee appointed to wait upon the
Alaskan Commercial Company and de
mand that passengers be allowed to pur
chase a year’s supply of food at this place
and that the transportation be furnished
for the same. The managers rather re
sent this, and are nqt expected back be
fore the letter part of this month.
“Lyng, local agent for the company, de
clares that there will be a scarcity of pro
visions at Dawson. According to his offi
cial reports, there are from 2,000 to 3,000
idle men in Dawson and new parties ar
riving every day byway of Chilkoot pass.
He says that the total amount of freight
landed .in Dawson this year will not ex
ceed 4,000 tons, of. which only 3,500 will
be provisions.
“There were twenty persons here when
the Excelsior arrived who had come down
the river from the diggings. Fifteen of
them were miners. They are said to have
all the way from SIOO,OOO to SIOO,OOO among
them. Few care to say exactly how
much they have, giving as their reasons
the fact that they have too little money,
compared to what those who went out
earlier took away with them.
“C. C. Perrine and F. A. Novak, though
not miners, are the two most interesting
members of the party. Perrine is a mem
ber of the detective service. In February
last he was given a photograph and told
to find the original. Accompanying the
photograph was an accurate description.
Omaha was the starting point of the trail
and he chased his man to Baltimore,
thence across the continent to Seattle, and
thence to Juneau. He learned that his
quarry was bound for the Klondike with
a party of nine byway of Dyea and Chil
koot pass. Perrine went to Ottawa, ob
tained extradition papers, and returning,
followed Novak,capturing him at Dawson.
“The crime for which Novak is wanted
is murder and arson. He was
an apparently prosperous n.erchanf* al
Walford, Behton county, lowa. He had
some $30,000 of funds deposited with him
by neighbors for safe-keeping. He enticed
one of these, Ed Mufray, to his home and
after murdering him, set fire to the house
and burned it to the ground. As a pre
liminary, Novak had insured his own life
with the Travelers’ Insurance Company,
and after the murder he disappeared. For
some time Murray's remains were sup
posed to lie those o£ Novak, and Mrs. No
vak put in a claim for the life insurance.
The truth was accepted. The body was
Identified as that of Murray and not No
vak. Perrine was pul on the trail with
the result stated. Novak has confessed.
Perrine spent SIO,OOO In the pursuit of his
man.
“No new discoveries are reported from
the upper country. The hill sides that
abound In rich claims have been staked
off, and several quartz claims have been
filed upon them in the satpe vicinity. The
rock taken out of the quartz claims is
rich, but the hillside claims are not show
ing up much. Dominion creek, a tributary
to Indian river, has been staked off for a
distance of twenty-five miles. The com
mon report among returning miners is
that there is nothing in the country now
worth having that has not been staked off
and that the owners will refuse fabulous
prices for their claims.”
R. T. Lyng. local agent of the Alaska
Commercial Company at St. Michaels, de
clared that there are already over 2,000
idle men in Dawson and new parties ar
riving every day via Chilkoot pass, while
the total amount of freight landed there
this year will not exceed 4.000 tons, of
which not more than three-fourths is pro
visions. Miners returning from Klondike,
who left there in July, report that the food
was running very low then and it was dis
posed of as fast as discharged from the
steamers. Old timers realize the situation
and predict distress and death as a result
of the Klondike craze.
William Ogilvie, dominion land surveyor,
who has been making topographical sur
veys of British possessions along the Klon
dike has been recalled by the government
for consultation as to important matters
affecting new gold fields, and Is now en
route to Ottawa via San. Francisco. He
will make a report embodying suggestions
for new mining laws, governing the sale
of liquor and taking wood for fuel, etc. He
made a census of the production of the
new fields and finds, 23 claims produced
SBXOOO, and says that $70,000,000 is no exag
erated estimate of the amount that will
be produced by 190 claims on Bonanza,
Hungers and Eldorado in three years.
ANOTHER TRAVELER'S REPORI’.
An Alnskn Trader Snya There la
Nothing to Wnrrnnt the Crane.
Victoria. B. C., Aug. 29.—J. Paterson, an
Alaskan trader who left Dawson City on
July 22. with his partner. Bradbury Cole,
arrived here on the steamer Islander this
morning, they having come out to the
coast over the Lowellton trail. Paterson
says that then' are certainly some rich
diggings in the Yukon country, but noth
ing to warrant the rush that is taking
place.
Os the men who left, only 30 have cross
ed the passes, the trails getting worse
every day. and It being hard to say which
one is the better.
A halt dozen men came down on the
Islander, who have given up hope of get
ting to the lakes. On the trip down on
Aug. 23. the Islander picked up four men,
Frank A. Brown. Frank G regm ire of
Portland. W. Murdock, Nania. Mo., and
J. Dudley, Nania. Mo.
They were clinging to a capsized sail
boat. in which they and four others had
loft Juneau for Skaguay on Aug. 1.
the morning of the 23rd. at 4. a. m.‘. the
boat capsized and James Anflstrong. Se
attle. William McDonald. NanXa. Mo.;
Thomas Travelayn. Nania. Mo., and Hugh
McLaren. Nania. Mo.. were drownod
Having been unable to get to Juneau
outfits Started for Skaguay. While jib
blug their sail (he boat capsized.
HOLOCAUST AT PORT TAMPA.
A MOTHER, DAUGHTER. AND SON
BURNED TO DEATH.
The Fatal Folly of Using- Kerosene
on the Kitehen Fire Was the
Canse—The House Occupied by the
Unfortunate Family and Five Oth
er Dwellings Are Burned.
Tampa, Fla., Aug. 29.—Marie, the 14-
year-old daughter of Mrs. Frances Valdez
of Port Tampa City, went to the kitchen
to start a fire this afternoon. She poured
on kerosene, and instantly there was a
deafening explosion, followed by the girl’s
agonizing death cries as she ran from the
room a blazing mass.
Mrs. Valdez at once went to her daugh
ter’s assistance. While she was attempting
to extinguish the flames her own clothes
caught fire and the two ran screaming
from the house. Both were burned to a
crisp, especially about their faces. It was
impossible to recognize them.
The house caught from the flames and
was soon a mass of fire, and a small boy
was burned in the house. His body is not
yet recovered.
The fire spread rapidly and five houses
owned by the Plant Investment Company
were burned, there being no fire protection.
The department from Port Tampa turned
out, but could do no good, there being no
water on hand. The loss on the buildings
is about $2,000.
The Valdez family were Cubans employ
ed in a cigar factory near where the fire
occurred. The fire was witnessed by sev
eral thousand pleasure seekers at Picnic
Island and the Inn.
TO SAVE SCALPERS’ SCALPS.
New York’s Anti-Ticket Brokers
Law Will Be Vig-orously Foujrht.
Albany, N. Y., Aug. 29.—Active prepara
tions are being made to fight the operation
of the so-called anti-scalpers bill which
takes effect on Wednesday, Sept. 1. The
new law will make it a penal offense for
any one to issue or sell any passage, ticket
or berth or state room in any vessel un
less he is an authorized agent of the own
ers or consigness of such vessel, or of the
company running such train. The rail
road company must redeem tickets sent
for redemption promptly and within not
to exceed thirty days from the date of
presentation at the general office. The
wholly unused ticket shall be redeemed at
a rate which shall be equal to the differ
ence between the price paid for the whole
ti/ket and the A ost, c«f t t'c’.t< . '
ciass between the point* for which said
ticket was actuallj- used.
A ticket broker in this city, who was one
of the committee of brokers to oppose the
bill’s passage, said to-day that the brok
ers had secured counsel and would test
the law’s constitutionality.
The travelers' national league, which
holds its first annual convention in
Rochester, Sept. 13 and 14, has decided to
make a decided demonstration at the con
vention against the billon the ground that
it Interfered with their constitutional
rights.
FOUGHT FIRE STUBBORNLY.
A Serions Con lluaration Is NnrroNvly
Averted tn New York.
New York, Aug. 29.—Twenty steamers—
one-third of the number belonging to the
fire department of this city—were kept
busy for over two hours this afternoon
pumping water into the six-story factory
building at 478 and 480 Pearl street, which
had taken fire from some unknown cause
and was threatening to ignite the Five
Points mission home on Park street.
After a stubborn fight the flames were
confined to the building in which they
originated. The structure was gutted,
however, and the roof fell in.
The total loss is estimated at $75,000, of
which sum $25,000 is on the building, owned
by Thomas M. Jackson. The burned
premises were occupied by the Phoenix
Gas Fixture Company, Arnoux & Hereh
hauzen, electric motors; Zahn & Bowlin,
mirrors; Crescent Steel Company, Wil
liam Snyder * Co., engravers’ supplies,
and F. Coxfora, armorer.
A short time before the fire was discov
ered there were alxjut 300 children in tne
mission Sunday school, back of the Pearl
street factory. They had gone honte,
however, before the alarm was given. I
Fire Chief Sweeny of Chicago, who is '
visiting friends in this city, was an inter
ested observer of the fire and the New
York department’s method of fighting it.
ANNISTON I’ll’E WORKS BURNED.
One of the Ltirxent Plants of the
Kind in the World Destroyed.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 29.—A special from
Anniston, Ala,, to the Constitution says:
The big main building of the Anniston
Pipe and Foundry Company was destroy
ed by fire at 6 o'clock this morning and
six huge pits and cranes, two cupolas,
coke ovens and other costly apparatus and
machinery contained therein were totally
ruined.
It was with the utmost difficulty that
the engine house, pattern shop, machine
shop, small foundry and other buildings
were saved. The fire is believed to have
originated in one of the coke ovens. The
damage done is hard to estimate, but it
fs partly covered by Insurance. About $60.-
000 is said to have been carried on that I
department. The building was of brick,
80x500 feet, and was one of the largest
pipe foundries in the world. Six hun
dred men were on the pay rolls.
Nearly all of the officers and stockhold
ers were out of the city, and it cannot
be learned whether the company will re
build.
A big stock of iron is on hand and the
company has orders for several months
France Wnnta Free Corn.
Marseilles, Aug. 29.—An orderly demon- I
stration, in which 3.0<10 persons, headed by I
the mayor, and In which several deputies I
participated, took place to-day. it wa s I
decided to send a resolution to the govern- I
nient in favor of the abolition of the duty I
on corn.
Gold Coming to San Francisco.
Melbourne, Aug. 29.—The steamship Mo
ana has sailed from Sydney. N. S. W..
with sovereigns for San Francisca
SAVANNAH. MONDAY. AUGUST 30, 1897.
THE INDIAN REBELLION.
Insurgents Have Cut the Wires and
News Is Meager But Alarming.
Bombay, Aug. 29.—Little fresh news has
been received here to-day from the fron
tier. An attack has been made on iShim
wari, but the attacking force was re
pulsed, losing five killed and many
wounded.
There is considerable excitement among
the tribes along the Bolan route to Quet
ta and the telegraph wires have again
been cut. It is expected that the tribes
men are gathering near the Ziaret sani
tarium and much anxiety is felt regarding
the safety of the women and
children there, as. the railway officials
are asking for military protection for the
property. If the route is considered* safe
the women and children at the sanitarium
will be brought away, but otherwise
troops will be sent from Quetta to protect
them.
The column under Col. Gordon, which
was dispatched to the Samana district to
day, is composed entirely of native troops
and is fully equipped with medical com
missariat and Lrethsport services. It has
orders to force the Kohat pass if nec
essary.
Rumors are current tending to throw
doubts upon the genuineness of the
ameer’s reply to the viceroy of India re
garding the complicity of Afghanistan
subjects in the uprising. The disarming
of the Khyber Rifles, which formed a part
of the garrison at Jamrud, was a complete
surprise, but the orders were obeyed with
out any trouble. firing
into the camp at Jamrud has taken place,
as many as 100 stray shots having been
fired at the outposts in a single night.
Some of these shots were fired at so short
a range that three native officers, who
were on watch, were killed. It speaks well
fpr the discipline and obedience maintain
ed in the camp that not a single shot wag
fired in reply. The hot weather is ex
tremely trying, but the heat and spirits
of the troops are good.
Gen. Woodhouse has gone from Marden
to Rustan, where the force which now
amounts to 2,000 men, with two guns, will
be strengthened. Confirmation has been
received of the rumors that the Afridis
are quarreling among themselves over the
division of the booty taken from the cap
tured forts. Only about 500 of them have
been left to guard the Khyber pass, the
others having dispersed to seek supplies
of provisions. This is probably the reason
for the cessation of hostilities.
The general idea is that if further delay
occurs in punishing the Afridis, for which
purpose at least 20,C00 men are required,
there will be a general uprising, extending
from ’o Ku-
*rain and into Waziristan, despite the pres
ence of the British field force in the Lochi
valley, east of Rustan.
Between Bunoa and the Indus the tribes
appear to be disinclined to join the rebel
lion.
A strong column of native troops and
the Royal Irish Regiment, with four guns,
under command of Col. Richardson, has
started for the relief of the Kurum valley
forts, and another force has been sent to
the assistance of the Shimwarl garrison.
It has developed that the. capture of
Fort Lundi Kotal was accomplished
through treachery, aifd that the original
report that a fight lasting two hours took
place within the walls of the fort was un
founded. The three hundred and fifty
Khyber Rifles, who were stationed there
belonged to various clans, and included
a number of men from the Peshawur val
ley. After fighting of a desultory nature
some of the Shimwaris dropped from the
walls and fled to their homes. The Afri
dis on the walls soon began to exchange
greetings with the besiegers of the fort,
whereupon the gates were opened from
the inside and the enemy poured in. Some
of the defenders fled and others remained
and fretemized with the besiegers. The
Shumwaris were disarmed. Six of them
were held as prisoners, and the remainder
to the number of thirty were allowed to
go free. It was this news which led to
the disarming of a portion of the garrison
at Jamrud.
It is believed that the Kyber Rifles, gar
risoning the forts in the Khyber Pas 6,
had acted in a similar manner.
CRIME I.EVEUS STATION.
FT
Ohio Farmers Said to Be Moving to
Lynch Two Wealthy Boys.
Springfield, 0., Aug. 29.—Sheriff Shock
nessy was Informed this afternoon that
people living in and around St. Paris were
organizing to come here to-night to take
Rollo Shaftstall and Dayton Snyder from
jail and lynch them.
The young men, who are now in jail here
are the wealthy Dayton boys, who It is
alleged, brutally assaulted two girls at St.
Paris, while out driving with them. The
information was given the sheriff by a
Jamestown man who passed through here
en route home from the Addison pioneer
meeting.
Sheriff Shocknessy professed not to be
alarmed over the notification as Sheriff
McLean of Urbana had agreed to let him
know of any serious turn, and be has not
yet heard from him.
RAN INTO DEATH’S ARMS.
Dwyer Flying From the Police Is
Run Over and Killed by a Train.
New York, Aug. 29. —Samuel Dwyer was
run over and killed by an Erie train in
Hoboken to-day while fleeing from arrest.
Dwyer and a number of others were
members of a Hoboken gang. Three po
licemen descended upon them. Dwyer and
two others fled. They raced along Seventh
street to where it crosses the Erie track.
There was a train approaching. Dwyer's
companions crossed the track in safety.
Dwyer hesitated, but seeing the police
almost upon him. turned just as the loco
motive reached him. He leaped for the
pilot, but missing his footing, roiled down
in front of the engine.
The engine and cars passed over his
body, tearing it to pieces.
Mobbed an Umpire.
Columbus. 0.. Aug. 29.—Umpire Manas
sas was mobbed by the crowd at the close
of the ganie to-day. but escaped with a
slight cut on the head. Six policemen es
corted him from the grounds.
Jnmpetl Into a Ciatern.
Saratoga. N. Y.. Aug. 29.—Mrs. Cora H.
Vandenburgh Haskins, aged 30. wife of a
prominent citizen of Schuylerville, com
mitted suicide to-day by jumping into a ■
cistern. i
THE WOLF AT THEIR DOORS.
FAMINE STARES THE STRIKERS IN
THE FACE.
A Pitiable Condition of Affairs Re
ported. From the Ohio District.
No Food and No Money to Buy It
With—Local Charity Has Been
Drained of Its Resources—Seven
Thonsand Starving People In the
Nelsonville Neighborhood—T h e
Situation in the Strike.
Nelsonville, 0., Aug. 29.—The destitu
tion among miners here is very great.
Mayor Buckley says the entire mining
population of the town have absolutely
nothing to eat, and! 100 of these are sick.
In this immediate vicinity there are 7,-
000 destitute people, a large number of
whom are children. Local charity has
helped them till its means are gone. Gar
dens supplied the wants of these people
until recently, but that resource is now ex
hausted. Relief committees have been
appointed for the district, but they are
powerless on account of lack of supplies.
Nothing in cash or supplies has been
received here this week except $25 in mon
ey. A citizens special committee is ex
erting itself to secure temporary relief
by to-morrow. If outside help does not
come soon the consequence will be ap
palling.
PRESIDENT DOLAN PROTESTS.
Declares the Operators’ Statement to
the Press Is Misleading.
Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 29.—Before leaving
for the St. Louis convention to-night, Pat
rick Dolan, district president of the United
Mine Workers, expressed himself very
freely concerning the statement of the
press committee of the coal operators yes
terday.
The statement mentioned charges Ratch
ford, the national president, with making
certain assertions that are untrue. It
gives the details of offers made by the op
erators and shits the burden of the blame
on Ratchford.
“It is unfair to the miners to have such
statements go before the public, because
they are misleading,” said Dolan. “Let
me tell you something concerning what
passed between us at that conference.
When Ratchford had given his ultimatum
and the operators were excused and some
of them very much out of humor. I took
the floor. I told them that I looked into
the faces of many operators who had re
peatedly told me that if the miners* offi
rdals r>
penslbn of certain mines that were paying
a lower rate, they would agree not to pay
69 cents, but $1 a ton. I told them that
we had brought about the suspension they
asked for, and they knew I referred to
the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal
Company mines. It seemed absurd to
them to accept our proposition to go to
work at the 69-cent rate pending arbitra
tion. I explained to them that we had
brought about a suspension In the mines
that seemed to bother them so much, and
wanted them to keep their promises.
“Os course, it is well known that they
would not listen to our proposition. I then
appealed to them to use their efforts to
bring about a conference of operators and
miners in all the states involved. I told
them I should make an honest effort to
bring about such a conference, and as
sured them that the miners’ officials would
do all in their power to bring the parties
interested together. If after every other
effort to bring about such a conference
had failed, I told them I would be willing
to cut loose and act independently for the
Pittsburg district, and have the support
of the local qrganization. Now if this was
not fair, I would like to know of an argu
ment against it. They refused to be as
good as their word on »he first proposition,
and on the second did not even exhibit a
desire to bring about a conference of the
various states.
“We are in favor of bringing the ques
tion to an honorable and fair settlement
and on a just basis. This effort to put the
odium of the miners on the arbitration
failure is as unfair as it is unjust and the
public should know it.
TROUBLE! ABOUT TO BEGIN.
Miner* to Reaiat Eviction—A Mnsn
Meeting; Culled.
Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 29.—1 t has been de
cided to start a campaign among the min
ers of the Wheeling division of the Balti
more and Ohio railroad. The miners for
merly employed in the Anderson, Hackett,
Germania, Nottingham, Snowden, Gaston
ville and first pool mines will hold a mass
meeting at Finleyvll.e Wednesday morn
ing.
It was learned to-day that the Gaston
ville miners,who were served by an official
of the Pittsburg and Chicago Gas Coal
Company with notices to vacate atheir
houses, will resist eviction. Nearly all of
them forfeited wages aggregating $9,000
when they went out on strike under con
ditions Imposed upon them by the ironclad
contracts they had signed. They claim the
money is due them and they intend to re
main in the houses until the accounts are
squared.
The meeting Wednesday is to be ad
dressed bj r M. P. Carrick, Cameron Miller
and others.
THE ST. LOUIS LA BOH MEETING.
Arrivals So Far Are Disappoint! i>a.
Aninlffumntlon of Labor Snus'eatetl.
St. Louis. Mo.. Aug. 29.—The attendance
of labor leaders upon to-morrow’s united
labor convention is to-night considerable
of a disappointment to the local commit
tee on arrangements, but they hope that
to-morrow morning’s arrivals will mate
rially increase the list.
The most Important arrivals of the day
were J. R. Sovereign, grand master work
man Knights of Labor; W. C. Pearce,
secretary and treasurer of the United Mine
Workers. Columbus. O.; R. Askew, seqpe
tary of the National Mineral Miners’ As
sociation. Ishpeming. Mich.; and Sylves
ter Kelliher, formerly secretary of the
American Railway Union, and at present
publisher of the Social Democratic Age.
It is simply impossible to forecast what
this conference will do. said Mr. Sovereign.
It seems to me. however, he said, that ali
labor organizations realize that the time
has come for them to put aside all petty
jealousies and form one grand amalgama-
tion. Whether this organization will be
effected here I cannot even surmise. Or
ganized labor has been working for some
time on the lines of securing legislation
which will benefit the working
classes, but it has brought
us no benefit. We will now get to work
in an endeavor to remove the cause of our
failure in legislative circles and hope for
better results.”
Branching off into the miners’ strike,
Mr. Sovereign said: “This miners’ strike
is nearer won than many people believe.
If ever there was a real grievance and a
just cause for striking it was in this case,
and I believe they will yet win.
“If,” said Mr. Sovereign in conclusion,
“they do not win, it is the last strike I
will ever go into on these lines.” What
new plan of action, Mr. Sovereign had, he
declined to say.
Mr. Debs will arrive in the morning. He
will be welcomed by a special committee.
The object of to-morrow’s conference,
as far as can be ascertained from the va
rious opinions given out by the local com
mittee, are to devise some means for the
relief of the striking miners of the coun
try, and to protest against government
by injunction, or in the words of the call
itself the object of th® convention will not
merely protest against the usurpation and
tyranny of the courts, but to formulate
plans to compel a return to the principles
of free government and put said plans in
to practical operation.
Secretary H. Sternbiss of the Building
Trades Council of St. Louis, who has the
work of preparing for the convention, said
to-night: “The object of the meeting is to
settle the miners’ strike. We want jus
tice and we are going to Kave it, but not
in defiance of the principles of Americafi
liberty. We are patriotic and we want
what is for the best interests of the entire
country.”
A REMARKABLE REGIMENT.
The 23rd Ohio Has Mach to Boast of
In the Prominence of Its Men.
Fremont, 0., Aug. 29.—The first and sec
ond days of September will have noted
events here at both of which President
McKinley will be in attendance.
On Sept. 1 occurs the wedding of Ensign
Smith and Miss Hayes, daughter of the
ex-President, and on Sept. 2 the
reunion of the regiment in which Hayes
and McKinley served during the war will
be held.
The Twenty-third Ohio Regiment claims
the distinction of having among its offi
cers more men who attained high positions
during and after the war than any other
regiment in the United States. Two of
its officers became President of the
United States—R. B. Hayes and McKin
ley; one reached the office of United States
senator and associate justice of the su
preme court of the United States—Stan
ley Matthews.
Its'first colonel, W. f>. PiGsecra iu,
appointed brigadier general in the regu
lar army before his regiment reached the
field. The next in command, E, P. Scam
mon, was afterwards made major general
of the volunteers and was equally suc
cessful in business life. The fourth col
onel, James M. Comley, was mustered out
with the regiment, and afterwards was
known a" a distinguished journalist.
Lieut. Col. Russell, who is now a resident
of Bermuda Islands, is known as a suc
cessful man of business in Ohio. Since the
war, Capt. G. R. Giddings was appointed
major in the United States army. Lieut.
R, P. Kennedy was later lieutenant gover
nor of Ohio, and also a member of con
gress.
President McKinley rose from the ranks
to the second lieutenantship in 1862. He
was promoted to first lieutenantship in
February, 1863, and to captain, July 25,
1864, and was afterwards breveted major.
The regiment saw severe and trying ser
vice in the mountains of West Virginia,
and participated honorably in the engage
ments of South mountain and Antietam
in 1862. It was especially conspicuous at
the celebrated battle of Cedar Creek,
Oct. 19, 1864, when Sheridan made his ride
to Winchester.
EFFECT OF BAD JOURNALISM.
Miss Cl*neruN Would Have Been Re
leased But for MisrepresentationH.
Havana, via Key West, Aug. 29.—1 tls
asserted here that it was the intention of
Capt. Gen. Weyler, as the result of the
quite friendly influence on the part of
Consul General Lee, to issue an order
dismissing the case of Evangelina Clsne
fos in a short time, but in view of the
publicity given to the case, and the many
contradictory assertions made In regard
to it, the captain general has decided to
postpone action for the present.
The military commander of the Isle of
Pines recently stated that many of the
statements made with reference to Senori
ta Cisneros, were without foundation,
and that, so far as he *ould judge, no
extreme sentence would be imposed.
MISS CISNEROS’ CONDITION.
Said to Be Confined in a Decent
Apartment.
Havana, Aug. 29.—Capt. Gen. Weyler
left Havana this morning with a small
force for the purpose of carrying on mili
tary operations in the province of Ha
vana.
It is stated that Evangeline Cosslo Cis
neros is still confined in the Casa Recoji
das, occupying a well-ventilated apart
ment, into which is allowed the company
of other ladies.
It Is denied that Senorita Cisneros is ill.
She is allowed to visit three days in the
week.
TO WATCH ANARCHISTS.
A Compact of Nations Proposed
Which Include* the United States.
Paris, Aug. 29.—The Deprehe Colonial
says that Germany and Spain are trying
to induce America, Great Britain and
Switzerland to Join in the European meas
ures for the surveillance of anarchists.
It is expected that a diplomatic confer,
ence on the subject will shortly be held
at Brussels.
Ameer Promises a Holy War.
Paris, Aug. 29.—The Memorial Diplo
matique asserts that the ameer of Afghan
istan has ordered the faithful to hold
themselves in readiness for a holy war,
and that a meeting of mullahs has been
convened at Cabul to discuss the situation.
The Rivals to Race Again.
Hartford, Conn., Aug. 29.—The race be
tween Joe Patchen and Star Pointer at
Charter Oak park, scheduled for Satur
day, will take glace next Tuesday after
noon.
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ON THE EVE OF THE CONTEST,
GEORGIA SHARPSHOOTERS AT SEAj
GIRT ARE HOPEFUL
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Indications Are That the Honor, of
the Company Match, Hilton Tro.
phy and Soldier of Marathoif
At ill Be Won by tlie SavannaM
Men-New York Send, a Good
Team—District of Columbia Con.
tentantfi on the Field—A Survey of
the Situation.
Sea Girt, N. J., Aug. 29.—The shooting
under the auspices of the New Jersey}
State Rifle Association will begin to-mor
row and continue throughout the week.
The District of Columbia men came irt
this morning and have been assigned tot
the company street adjoining that occu.
• pied by Georgia. They have brought
only about half as many men as they had
last year on account of the lack of funds,
the Washington people having devoted the!
appropriation for this year to the matches!
to be held in that city this fall. Thd
statement has been made that the dis.
trlct will not shoot in the big matches,
but they are looked upon as certain td
compete.
The Seventh Regiment of New York will
send down two teams for the regimental
match and each of the Jersey regiments
will enter one or more teams. Including}
the Thirteenth Regiment contingent and
the three teams from the Savannah com
mands, there will be about fourteen com
petitors in this match. The boys are in
good shape, and Georgia will probably}
win the company match and both the Hil
ton trophy and '“Soldier of Marathon.”
The greatest uneasiness is felt concern
ing the regimental match, and in this thei
chances are about even for the Guards to»
win.
News has been received here of the se
lection of the team to represent the statd
of New York, and from what is known by}
the Georgia men concerning the prowess,
of several of the members of the teami
from New York, it will prove to be d
formidable competitor for honors on tha
range this year. The team is composed
of Messrs. Crall, Lamb, Stebbins, Napier,
W. F. Smith, Egan, Phillips, Doyle-
Todd, Wells, and Goff, with Lieut. Un
derwood as team captain, and Messrs,
Corrie, Hoag and Boyle as substitutes.
The team as selected is composed ofl
members of the Seventh, Twelfth and
Twenty-thirdjMdments; the men being
these... Caret* \
| comma ebb ins and Messrs.,
,M. Smith, '•Lamb, Egan, Corrie and
Boyle are all from the Twelfth regiment,
and competed iii the contest at Sea Girfl
in 1896.
Corrie is a first-class shot, and Boyle
won the President's match here in 1895,
this match carrying with it the champion
ship of the United Stales, and to hava
two such men as substitutes on any team
is an indication of great strength.
The Essex Troop of Newark enter*
a team in the carbine and company}
matches and the Second Troop of New*
Jersey will also be represented. Squadron
A of New York, the crack cavalry organi
zation of that state, is also expected.
The changes in the range here make ill
possible to run the skirmish on any on*
of the three ranges and as the authorities
refuse to disclose which range is to ba
used, the boys are under the necessity oi!
learning them all, in order to make a cred
itable showing in the regimental match.
The entire Georgia team is using every}
effort to get into such condition as will
insure them first, and nothing will be let's
undone that can aid them in attaining!
that end.
Two targets at each range have been as
signed to the team and the practice haa
gone on with greater facility than on any}
day this week.
Georgia will be represented in the inter
state and Hilton trophy matches by al
team of twelve men. This team will prob
ably be composed of Capt. Cann, Capt.
Harrison, Capt. Postell, Capt. Hunter,
Lieut. Richmond, Lieut. Wilson, Corp].,
Myers, Corpl. Philpot, Private Mercer,
Private Wilson, Private Austin and Pri
vate Battey.
The people of Savannah can rest assured!
that the team selected to uphold the honon
of the state will be the best that can bo
made from the marksmen now on tha
grounds.
The Guards will enter two teams in tha
regimental match, and the Hussars will
also enter.
The Hussars will be represented in the
company and carbine matches, and the
Guards will enter the company match with
a team from company C and one from
company D.
In the individual matches the Georgia
men will nearly all shoot, and there is no
doubt that several of the medals will ba
worn on the breasts of Savannah met*
when the matches are over.
Col. W. W. Gordon of the First Regi
ment of Cavalry has written that he will
be down during the matches, and Col„
George A. Mercer will also be present ta
inspire the Georgia boys.
MURDERED A PEDDLER.
One of a Party of Bnndetti Turnil
State’s Evidence.
Charleston, W. Va., Aug. 29.—Christo
pher Stack, now serving a term in that
penitentiary for burglary, confesses that
about two years ago himself and about a
half dozen others met a peddler, John
Wiseman,’ on the road and killed him for
his money, getting in all SBS in cash and
other valuables. They burned the flesii
off the bones and then buried them.
Stack made the confession under tho
impression that the murder was about to
get out, and he would be hanged. Ha
turned state’s evidence to save himself.
Officers have gone up the river to ar
rest the persons named by Stack, as ac
complices.
BAD WRECK AT ALTON.
A Midnight Express Derailed—Sever
al ilf the Crew Injured.
Alton. 111., Aug. 29.—The midnight spec
ial on the Chicago and Alton was wrecked
on the outskirts of this city this morning
by the spreading of a rail.
Fireman C. A. Johnson of Bloomington
had an arm broken and received se
rious injuries. Engineer Rafferty, also
of Bloomington, was injured internally.
No passengers were hurt.
Damages are estimated at SIO,OOO. Tha
engine and baggage car were broken up
by going down an embankment.