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THE MORNING NEWS. ) Fstablished 1850. - -Incorporated ISBB. V r J. H. ESTIL.L, President. ) RETURN OF THE PORTLAND. THLVSURE LADEN SUM* IS IN FROM KLONDIKE. dumber of Miners Return YVitli t omfortiible Little Fortunes—'S he Associated Press Representative (( j ves ||i. Impressions of the Klon <lil.e ( ran—There Is Much Gold to He Hud. Rut Stories Are Einsser j,ted and Those Who Get It Will ~„v e to Work Ilar.l and Sillier >1 UC'll. ?, i tie, 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 etak'. The total amount of dust on the vis--1 is perhaps $575,000. The Portland was delayed by the failure of the P. B. Weare to arrive at St. Mich u sand 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: 1. Rolan, $50,000; Jim Bell, $45,000; Joe Goldsmith, $35,000; N. W. Powers, $35,- dOO; \v. w. Caldwell, $35,000; W. Oler, $30,- ; C. K. Zilly, $25,000; F. Cobb, $25,000; \V /. ihn, $15,000; A. Buckley, $10,000; M. S. Lansing, $13,000; B. W. Farnham, $10,000; 51. R. Camlock, $15,000. H N. Stanley, who went to St. Mich 8' is for the Associated Press, returned to this city on the steajner Portland. He says; I have been seven weeks at the mouth of the Yukon at St. Michaels, where I saw all iho miners camping out and interview ed them. Asa result I feel it my duty to advise everybody to stay out until next tiling. Wild, and in many cases, exag gerat'd reports have been circulated cm , the first discoveries were made. The - ike however was, and is one of the gr. .test, if not the greatest in the world’s 1,,-tory. Probably $2.000,0X) was cleaned ui' this spring, and next spring I look for from $5,000,000 to $7,000,000. The fields I- hardly been opened up as yet, but e going in now must bear in mind everything in that region was staked long before any reports reached the r world, and late miners must pros for themselves, buy (Haims of the ent owners or work for the owners, o new strike had been reported up to time of my leaving and another may be made for from one to five years, al igh Alaska is an enomous country, and yet, 1 believe, produce more gold t we dreamed of. t is in many ways a bleak, barren, late country, a country incapable of loriing any great amount of animal and a country of sueh rigorous eli c, both in winter and spring, that none the most hardy can possibly live in it. n then they most have an abundance ood and warm clothing. lam aware e is a popular impression that sup * can he bought in the vicinity of the s. They may at present be purchased iv times Seattle prices, but they are a at even those figures faster than an be gotten and before the winter air over, if the present population re us, there will be actual starvation, he average man requires about one of carefully selected food and cloth f"r a year's supplies. In the summer v; about 3,800 tons of supplies went ' riv.-r, and the new population of to 2.000 suffered from want. Of this Otis probably 1,500 tons were tools, itur. and supplies other than provl- T us season, allowing for the most iri! 1. , Minutes, not more than 4,2't0 "1 supplies can be carried up the r and fully- one-half of this is rum and !1 as supplies other than lood. are more than three times as many the re titan there were last winter." ■ t ic was completely out this spring, i >'t winter there was such a scarcity tnon . bants sold for S3O each, flour pi r Hundred, bacon $1 per pound. ■1 win happen this coming winter? 1 ' ,lo 'dd not people starve to death? , - ' Iter, 9u per cent, of Dawson hvit'C in tents in July. Labor is " and houses cannot he built. How 1 " 1 -1 *'* l ■ to withstand the rigors of tU'U.ihs wilder of semi-darkness 1 Up mercury goes 70 below zero? 10 lahor . R i true that last winter, wintir succeeding the great strike "icq were scarce, wages were sls a t if no pew strike is made what ;a* 1 1. wages up this winter? i l '. 'bout 34u claims on Bonan : " lo and Hunker creeks that r ' be worked this winter an . ""i ■ In men to each is. I think. ~ , ' 11 3.700 men are employed '/" or more seeking work 1 I" the result? Wages must go * going In can arrive with more ' )r four months' supply. lam 11 *nere is plenty at St. Mlch t •" may be, but after Sept. 1J , , ; "' ll be In New York city for , 11 Tt It by dog train over 1,200 1 rtv.r Is absolutely lmpossl !,g , ' , ~" 01 ' " or will there ever be t i. Mt ran lake enough In to r,,r, „ " v ‘ r „.’i3"b miles. Relief Is, *4 i, ''"' |,|hrf '- Travel over the di- m ' r wou.d | M | quin as <lllll -pf" Visions for the (rip from , ' lrn ' time before the Hil "''is Ittipossild.', Relief fur mm ' K londiki after winter Hil '"'possible, SO in the |H ■ 1 tisk that a stop lie il.- transportation of IB " no tntm he Wm ‘ t 1 '■ t on unless he ear- H' f, -Ml and clothing to ■ ' uni little children in IS' 1“ sent out as far " lVig.it,,ip rinses 1 IS are building IB . I' from one Ml * ,l ' 11 i•wl o it ran WmS ' i'-K eraft tins full. UB , ' 1,1,1 1 " r and snow, HHII '* Sold. ■ ''' l " Nr mini:ms, Bd*!"’"," IH..U I. ■ ■ HR "'• I"" b Id. 11,,. mm 1 •' th * r "‘' from Hi Mu h -9H • “"hr dull of Aug M " ~ : '•**-- are HBBBI i , ' ’ i *'•, await. M&m ' ""> to Iran.. wfiß , ,' l ' i Dawaou arid HHHI Mil. itumlai Mi ' I'oMlaial, and ttl Mi ‘ " '*• •*’ ws * be utlit 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 wats 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 graver 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 not expected back be fore the latter part of this month. "Lyng, local agent for the company, de clares that there will be a scarcity o-f 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 by way of Chiikoot 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,TOO 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 And 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 by way of Dyea and Chii koot pass. Perrine went to Ottawa, ob tained extradition papers, and returning, followed Novak,capturing him at Dawson. “The crime for which Novak is wauled is murder end arson. He was an apparently prosperous merchant at NValford, Benton county, lowa. He had some $30,000 of funds deposited with him by neighbors for safe-keeping. He enticed one of these, Ed Murray, to his home and after murdering him, set fire to the house and burned it to the ground. Asa 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 of 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 put on the trail with the result stated. Novak has confessed, Perrine spent SIO,OOO in the pursuit of his man. "No now discoveries it re reported from tho upper coun'try. The hill sides that abound in rich claims have been staked off. anil several quartz claims have been filed upon them in the same 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 lo 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 boon staked off and that the owners will refuse fabulous prices for their claims.” It. T. Lyng. local agent of the Alaska Commercial Company at St. Michaels, de clared that there are already over 2,*>00 Idle men in Dawson anil new parties ar riving every day via Chiikoot lias-, while tho total amount of freight landed there this year will not exceed 4.0 W) tons, of which not more than three-fourths Is pro visions. Miners returning from Klondike, who left there In July, report that the fond was running very low then and It was dls |s*sed of as fast as discharged from the steamers. Old timers realize the sltuallon ami predict distress and death as a result of the Klondike craze. William OgllvU, dominion land surveyor, who hits been making toisrgraphical sur veys of British possessions along the Klon dike has been recalled by the government for consultation as to Important mutters affecting new gold fields, and Is now cn route to Ottawa via San Francisco, lie will make a report embodying suggestions for new mining laws, governing ihe sale of liquor and taking wood for fuel, etc. lie made a census of th*' production of lh** new fields and finds, 23 claims produced $32*1,000, and says that $70,000,000 Is no exai;- erated estimate of the amount that will bn produced by 190 claims on Bonanza, Hungers and Eldorado In three years. ANOTHER TRAVELER'S HEl’Oltl', In \ln ska Trailer Says There Is Nothing to Warrant the Crate, Victoria, B. C„ Aug. 29—J. I’aterson, nn Alaskan trailer who left Dawson City on July 22. with his partner, Bradbury Cole, arrived here on the steamer Islander this morning, they having eome out to the const over the Lowellton trun. Paterson says that there are certainly some rich diggings In the Yukon count'y, hut noth ing to warrant th# rush that la taking plnce Of the men who left, only 30 have cross ed the passes, the trail* getting W**re every day. slid It. being hard to say which on*' Is til* letter. A half dozen men came down on the Islander, who hav# given up hope of get. ting to the lake*. On the trip down on Aug 23. the Islander picked up four m* n, Frink A Brown. Frank Gr*grnlre of Portland, W Murdock. Mania, Mo , and J Dudley, Mania. M*> They w*re dinging to * eatwiz'd sail boat, In which they and f<<r other* hsd left Juneau for Hkagusy on Aug 1, on the morning of the 23td, at 4 • m , th# l,ai * ap*tze<l and J*m># Armstrong go. all!#, William M* Imuald. Nulls, M<> Thomas Tiavelayn Nan*# Mo , and ll*.gh M' !,#r*n Manta, Mo., Wife diowii#d Having lesti #ruibl# to g*t lo Juneau ib* y h 4 iak"i a aaiihual and win* U**ir outAi# siartad for Haagusy Wall# Jib bing (belt sail the boat cap**** J. SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1807. HOLOCAUST AT PORT TAMPA. V MOTHER, DAUGHTER. AND SON 111 RNED TO DEATH. The Fatal Folly of t sing Kerosene on the Kitchen Fire Was the Cause—The House Occupied by the l nfortunnte 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 tire 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 Are 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 I-uw \N ill Be Vigorously Fought. 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 Che date of presentation at the general office. The wholly unused ticket shall tie redeemed at a rate which shall be equal to tiie differ ence between Ahc price |wM for the Whole ticket and the cost of a ticket of the same class between the point for which said ticket was actually 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. Kept. 13 and 14, has decided to make a decided demonstration at the con vention against the bill on the ground that it interfered with their constitutional rights. FOUGHT FIRE STUBBORNLY. t Serious Con tlnv.rn t lon Is Narrowly Averted in New York. New York, Aug. 29.—Twenty steamers— one-third of the number belonging to tho fire department of this city—were kept busy for over two hours this afternoon pumping water into the six-story factory building at 478 anil 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 flcht 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 S2S.'WU Ison the building, owned by Thomas M. Jackson. The burned premises were occupied by the Phoenix Gas Fixture Company, Arnoux & Hereh hatizen, electric motors; /..Din Kt Bowlin, mirrors; Crescent Steel Company, Wil liam Snyder & Cos., engravers' supplies, and F. Coxfora, armorer. A short time before the tire was discov ered there were alsiut 3uo children In tn# mission Sunday school, hack of the Pearl street factory. They had gone home, however. Is fore the alarm was given. Fire Chief Sweeny of Chicago, who Is visiting friends In this city, was an Inter ested ohs* rver of the tire ami the X* w York department's method of lighting it. VNNISTON PIPE WORKS 111 It N ED. One oT the l.orgeat I’lnnla of (lie Kind in the World Destroyo(l. Atlanta, Oa., Aug. 29.—A special from Anniston, Ala., to the Constitution says: Tho big main building of the Anniston Pipe ami Foundry Company was destroy ed by fire at fi o'clock this morning and six huge jilts and crane*, two cupolas, cok<> oven# ami other costly apparatus and machinery contained therein were totally ruined. It was with tho utmost difficulty that the engine house, pattern slioi*, machine shop, small foundry aril other building* were saved. The fir*.- is believed to hav# originated In or.# of the eok** ovens. To# damage done I# hard lo estimate, but It 1# partly covered by Insurance, About s*io,. non Is said to have been carried on that department. The building was of brick. 8*1x596 feet, and was one of th** largest pipe foundries In the worid. Hu hun dred men were on the pay roll* N* urly nil of the officer* and stockhold er* w**re out of the city, and It cannot I*# 1* armd whether the company will re build. A big stock of Iren 1* on hand and the company ha* orders for *■ vrtU month* ahead. France Mania Free torn, Maraelttr*, An* 29- An orderly demon •(ration. In which ],*'•> i*et*o<>*, headad by Hi* mayor, and in will' b *<v* isl depute® ji# ril'd paled, *""k i* >*> * * * * —ln lt w., decided to a*nd a resolution *<* ihe govern ment .n favor of (he sUtilikis of (in* duty ■a* corn. liuld I uals* In (van I raaeleea*. M* boorn* 4nr 2* Ih* *u a*e**lp Mo ans ha* ealU-d dun NMls y, hi M M., a Ml* MA'AM* *vv viU®)** for nan !* <•<*else®. THE INDIAN REBELLION. Insurgents Have Cut the Wires and News Is Meager But Alnrming. Bombay, Aug. 29.—Little ft- sh news has been received here to-day from the fron tier. An attack has been made on Shim 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 tho 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 anil children there, as the railway officials are asking for military protection for the property. If the route Is considered safe the women und children at the sanitarium will be brought away, but otherwise troops will be sent from Quetta lo protect them. The column under Col. Gordon, which was dispatched to the Saznana district to day, is composed entirely of native troops and is fully equipped with medical com missariat and transport Services. It bus orders to force the Koliat pass if nec essary. Rumors ore current tending to throw doubts upon the genulni ic.-s 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. Much individual filing into the camp at Jamrud has taken place, as many ns 100 stray shots having been fired at the outposts in a single night. Some of these shots were fired at so short range that three native officers, who were on watch, were klUeji. It speaks well for the discipline and obedience maintain ed in the camp that not 4 Single shot was fired in reply. The hot weather is ex tremely trying, hut the beat and spirits of the troops are good. Gen. Woodhouse has gone from Warden to Rustan, where the force which now amounts to 2,000 meh, 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 (he cap tured forts. Only about 100 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 lea man are required, there will be a general uC**rß< extending from Oraksaland to Zeimukht, beyond Ku ram aind into Waziristan, despite the pres ence of the British field force in the Loehi 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 Ihe relief of the Kurum Valley forts, and another force has been sent to the assistance of the Shlmwarl garrison. It has develop***! that Ihe rapture of Fort Lundl Kotal was accomplished through treachery, and that the original report that a fight lasting two hours took place within the walls of the fort was un founded. The time hundred anil fifty Khyber Rifles, who were stationed there belonged to various clans, and Included a number of men from the peshawur val ley. After lighting of a desultory nature some of the Shimwarls dropped from tho walls and fled lo their homes. The Afri dis on the walls soon began to exchange greetings with the besiegers of the fort, whereupon the gates wi re opened from the inside an*l ihe enemy poured In. Some of the defenders fled and others remained and frelernlzi-d with the besieger*. The Shumwurls were disarmed Klx of them were hePl as prisoners, and the remainder to the number of thirty were allowed, to go free. Il was this news which led to the disarming of a portion of th*' garrison at Jami ud. It Is believed that the Kvlier Rifles, gar risoning the forts In the Khyber Buss, had acted in a similar manner, (IIIME LEY ELM STATION. Ohio Enriuer* >ol*l to He Moving; (i Lynch Two NYciallliy Hoys. Springfield, 0., Aug. 29. -Sheriff Bhoek nessy was Inform *<l this afternoon that people living In and around St. I’arls were organizing to come here to-night to take Rollo Shaftstall and Dayton Snyder from Jail and lynch th* m. The young men, who nr* now In Jail here are the wealthy Dayton boy*, who It Is alleged, brutally assaulted two girl* at S*. I’arl*. while out driving with them. The information was given the sheriff by a Jamestown man who pa I through hero en route home from the Addition pioneer meeting. Sheriff Bhoekne**y profi *s*d not to Is alarmed over the notification a# Sheriff M< L*'un of Urban# h id agreed to le* him know of any serious turn, and he hua not yet heard from him. N II 4N INTO DEATH’® AH MM. Dwyer Flying From the f’ollre I* Run Over noil Killed by n Trnlo. New York, Aug. 29.- Hamu* I Dwyer wa# run over and killed by an Erie train in Hoboken to-day while fleeing from arrest. Dwyer and a numlier of other* wire member# of a Hoboken gang. Three |*>- IP ermn descended upon (hem. Dwyer ond (wo other# fled. They r*'*d along Seventh #ir*t to where It *i*<:—' lb' Erl* tr*k. There wa# a tram approaching. Dwyer'* companion* <ro**<*J the track In #af*-'y, Dwyer herilaled, but *<:* ,ng (a*- j#*llc# almost upon him turned Jo** .*# the loco motive reached him !(•■ a iped for Hie pilot, but ml*Mng hi* footing, roiled down In front of th* engine. . The *ngil.* and >ar j*uo I oVer hi* body, t*ing It to pi***® Mobbed wo I o*l*l re, Coiombur. (*. Aug 21* Umpire Mali**- *.*• wa* mobbed by the crowd at lh* * lo of lb* gam* to day, Inti si|*il wliti a slight e*it on the ip-ad. ttlX ' la*it **. *ori*d hit® Dow* n* ground* J**tcd l*o • I lalir*. f.*i*ie M Y A'J* £* -ID* Cor® M Valid.r .gigh Hark,**# *g*d <*o wit# ol * pi oo.il,*'l, I ..it®, a of M' '■ uy .i v i * cut*. ini*(*d sal* Me t day t*y Jomgiog lot® a cieD-fit, THE WOLF AT THEIR DOORS. FAME.MS MAHI> THIS Ml UK I. US |> THIS FACE. 1 ritlnhle (oiulltlnn of %IVuir Isc lortcl Front (lie Ohio hUtriet. No l'oo<l anil No to Huy It \\ Itli—LtM'ftl t hurify Hum IK* oil Drnittrtl of It* IteMoiireeH—Srven Thousand SinrvhiK I'eople In (ho NeNonville No*jnhhorlood—-T li o Sltnnlion In tlio Strike. Nelsonville, 0., Aug:. L'O.—The destitu tion among minors here is very groat. Mayor Huckley says tho on tiro, mining population of the town have absolutely nothing to oat, and HMi of (host* are sink. In this Immediate vicinity there are 7f -000 destitute people, a large number of whom are children. Local charity has helped them till its moans are gone. Gar dens supplied tho wants of those people until recently, but that resource is now ex hausted. Relief committees have boon appointed for the district, hut they are powerless on account of lack of supplies. Nothing in cash or supplies has boon 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 docs not come soon the consequence will be ap palling. I'll US IDF NT DOLAN PROTESTS. Declare* (lie Opera (or** Mlftlcntc lit to (lie I'reM* I* Nl iMlendlitK. Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 29.—Before leaving for the St. Louis convention to-night, Pat rick Dolan, district president of the United Mine Workers, expr* 1 and himself very freely concerning; the statement of the press committee of the cool operators yes terday. The statement mentioned charges Rateh 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 Katchford. "It is unfair to the miners to have such statements go before the public, because they are misleading," said Do.an. "Let me tell you something concerning what passed between us at that conference. When Hatch ford had given ills ultimatum and the operators were excused and some of them very much out of humor, I took the floor. 1 told them that I looked Into the faces of many operators who had re pe<iiedl>- told me that if the miners' offi cials succeeded fn bringing about a sus pension of certain mines that were paying a low er rate, they would agree not to pay G 9 cents, but $1 i ton. I told them that we had brought about the suspension they asked for, and (hey knew 1 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-eent 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. "Of course, it is well known that (hey would not listen to our proposition. I th-n appealed to them to use their efforts (o bring about a conference of operators and miners in all the stutes Involved. I told them I should make nn honest effort lo bring about such a conference, and as sured them that (he miners' officials would do all in their power lo bring tin* parties Interested together. If after every other effort lo bring about such a conference had failed, I told (hem 1 would !• willing to cut loose and ad indept ndently for the Pittsburg district, and have the support of lh*- local organization. Now if this whs not fair. 1 would lik ■ to know r of an argu m<nt against It. They refused to he as good as their word on (he first profositlon, 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 set dement and on a Just basis. This effort (<• pm the odium of the miners on the arbitration failure is as unfair as It is unjust and I fie public should know it, TROI Hl.i: N HOI T TO DLL IN. Miner# to lU'lx( Evleflon—A Mn**# Meeting t’nlieil. Pittsburg, l’a„ Aug. 29.—1 t lias been de ckled to start a campaign among the min er* of tti* Wheeling division of the Balti more and Ohio railroad. The iiiineis for merly emp.oycd in the Anderson, llackett, Germania, Nottingham, Snowden, Gaston viil" and first pool min' s wi.l hold a mass meeting at Fmleyvll.e Wednesday morn ing. li wa# learned to-day lh.it the Oavton vllle min* rs.who were ■ i-rved by an official of III*- I’lllebmg and Chicago Gu* Coal Company wlih notices to vacate the.r houses, will resist eviction. Nearly all of them fori cited wages aggregating s.*< when lh*y went out on strike under con ditions Imposed upon them by the ironclad contract* they had signed. Tney claim the money l line them anil they Intend to re main in the nous* ’' until th* account# are squared. The imetlng lA>dne*day le lo be ad dr*-f " I by M. P. Carriek, Cam* ron Miller uml others. THE MT. 1,01 IM LABOR MEETING, Arrlvnl* Mo t ar Are Dlsnppolnllng. \ <*>ii lan ***** I lon of l.nlior Maggeafetl, Hi, Ipiuls, Mo., Aug. 29 The nticndance o< labor leader* upon t*etrirrw # united luisir convention 1# to-night considerable of a disappointment to the local commit tee on arrang'merits, Ictit they hope that to-morrow morning'* arrival# will male, rial/ Increase the list. The* most Imtstriani arrival# *,f the day were J It Hov* reign, grand tn,trier work man Knight* of laibor, s4’ c, Ibar-e, secretary and tf* aaufer of lh# Untied Mine Worked*, Column*'*, <*.; It Askew, #e< re tar y of lt*e Me tonal Mineral Miner#' A# aort*Goo, Isbjwmirtg, Mb h , arid Mylvrs# ter K etllbef, formerly secretary of lh* American Hallway I ninth and *t present p tbbeh* r of (he brill D* tfs* ralk’ Age, ft la empty k*i*aeoP** lo Ps>*ft wt*a* Itua e,®,f. ■.*, * will do turid Mr w-,,.*.| <( Jl #>II to me. bow* <e* it* sold, tbei #ll I#t*or **•#<•*>>##*>osi#( *• *>'** that tie# Pw, baa '***,' for *<,*** *** pot aetd* ®h z**s*f #*#*o> im <** a t erm a# ®<sbi amalgam®- Hon. 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 whle*h 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 oIY into the miners’ strike, Mr. Sovereign said: "This miners’ strike is nearer won than many peop.o believe. Jf ever there was a real grit-vanec and a just rails.’ for striking it was In this case, and 1 believe they will yet win. "If," said Air. 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, ho declined to say. Mr. Debs will arrive in the morning. He w ill be welcomed l>y a special committee. The object of to-morrow’s conference, as far as can bo ascertained from tho va rious opinions given out by the iocai com mittee, arc 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 the 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 li. Hternbiss of tin* Building Trades 'Council of St. Louis, who has the work of preparing for the convention, raid to-night: "The object of the meeting is to settle the. miners' strike. We want Jus tice and we are going to have It, but not in dr llama* of the principles of American liberty. We are patriotic and we want what Is for the best interesls of the entire country.” A UKMAKIi AIILIC REGIMENT. Tlic 2:tr<l Ohio lliim Much to Ron*( of In (lie I'rninlncnec of It* Men. Fremont, <)., Aug. 29. — I The first and sec ond da.vs of September wi.l 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 ox-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 tlie United States. Two of its officers became President of the United States—R. H. Hayes and McKin ley; one reached the office of United {Rates senator and associate justice of the su premo count of the United States—Stan ley Matthews. Its tir*t colonel, W. 8. Romcrans, was Appointed brigadier general in the regu lar army before his regiment reached the field. Tho next in command, E. P. fleam moil, was afterwards made major general of the volunteers and was equally suc cessful In business life. The fourth col onel, James M. romloy, was mustered out with the regiment, and afterw-ards was known a" a distinguished journalist. Lieut. Col. Russell, who Is now a resident of Bermuda Islands, is known ns a suc cessful man of business In Ohio. Blnce the war, Uipt. G. K. Giddlngs was appointed major in the United Htates army. Lieut. It. P. Kennedy was later lieutenant gover nor of Ohio, and also a member of eon gr* ss. President McKinley rose from the ranks to the second ll*iit*nant-hlp In 1862. He wa promoted to first lieutertantship In IN hruary, IH6T, and to captain. July 25, lH*d. and wns 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 Antietum in IS2. It was especla.ly conspicuous at the celebrated battle of Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, Ik'd, when Bherldin made his ride to Winchester, EFFECT OF BAB ,101 It V A 1,1 MM. Ml** ( I*ncro* Would Hove Been Ite lcn*'*l But for Mlarepreaentullona. Havana, via Key Went. Aug. 29.—1 tl# asserted hero that II was the Intention of Capt. Gen. VVe.vler, as the result of the *lllll*- friendly Influence on lh# part of Consul General Lee, to lseue an order dismissing the case of Evangelln® Cisne ros in a short time, hut In view of tho puillicity given to the case, nnd the many contradictory assertions mad*- In regard to It, the captain general has derided lo postpone action for the present. The military eornmander of Ihe Isle of Bines recently stated that many of the statement# made with reference to H"norl la Cisneros, wire without foundation, and that, no far as he could judge, no extreme sentence would he Imposed. Ml*9 (.'INNEKOtI' CONDITION. SUil to lie (onII in and in * Decent A purl incut. Havana, Aug 29.—Capt. Gen. W*-y|*r left Havana this morning with u small form for tho purpose of currying on mlll try operations In the province of Ha vana. It Is stated that Evangeline CoaslO Cis neros Is sill, confined In the Cana Kecojl das, occupying a well-ventllaied apart tn< nt, Into which Is allowed the company of other ladles It Is denied that Benorlta Cisneros Is 111, Hh* Is allowed lo visit Hire*' days In th* we*'k. TO U 4 TUII AV A lit IIINTfI. A ( ooipart of Nniton* I'rnp '*-•* \\ lib li Inrlmlea Ihe I lilted M*4m, Paris, Aug, 29. The D-preh' Colonial ■aye that Germany and ttpnln ar# trying to indue.- AineH -a. Great ilrlialn and Hw iiserland lo Join In tn* European m< as tir* * for the aurvaillane# of anarehlata. ft la expected ilul a diplomatic i nfer ►nc# on Hi# a abject will abort y be held at ItrueMd* Ameer Fromlaea Holy 4A®r. Bari*, Aug 29 Tit* Memorial Diplo ma* Pjoe assert# (list the am**r of A hM <#r4 Om* fulilifiil t** i |lt jfsM 111 *'l *!*# fijf h |jfj|y W<||, • U'f OllM ** (!•* If Ii Of muilulHl fi(M t*’ it <4*4% <It*4 ** < (<# Aim *i . l\* ' 18* MIU (*# Nt** %•(• *'**%#, Auff It Tli*- (ftr* b • Im*- I'ni’tou mttA ♦**•#' fiHfittr m i#f * Pith !•(%, (K4mm4(AI(MI f#f iciur 4*f (Mil iftfl## f DAILY. $lO A YEAR. | 5 CENTS A COPY. V ( WEEKLY 2-T1 M *2B-A-WEEK $1 A YEAR | ON THE EVE OF THE CONTEST. GKOHL I \ Ml A IIP*HOOTERS AT SEiH GIRT ARE HOPEFLU Indications Are That (lie Honor* of I( onpm> MiHcli, Hilton Tro phy and Soldier of Mnratlionc Will ID* Won by (li- Snvnnnali Men—Ncvr York Send* n Good Ten in—l>l*t r let of Cnlninltlft Con testnnt* on (lie Field—A Survey of (lie Situation. flea Girt, N. J., Aug. 29.—The shooting under the auspices of (he New Jersey Slate Hllle Association will begin to-mor row and continue throughout the week. The District of Columbia men cam© in this morning anil have been aligned to the company street adjoining; that ooeu pieil 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 tho appropriation for this year to the matches to he held In that city this fall. Th® statement has been made that the dis trict will not shoot in the bIR matches, but they are looked upon as certain l® com pate. The Seventh It* Klment 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 tho Thirteenth Ihglmont contingent and the three teams from the Savannah com mands, there will he about fourteen com petitors in this match. The hoys are la good shape, and Georgia will probably win the company match and both the Hil ton trophy ami "Soldier of Marathon.” The greatest uneasiness is felt concern ing the regimental match, and In this th® chances are about even for the Guards to win. News has been received here of tho se lection of the team to represent the stala of New York, and from what Is known by tho Georgia men concerning the prowess of several of the mi others of the team from New York, It will prove to bot formidable competitor for honors on th® range this year. The team Is composed of Messrs. Crall, Lamb, Htehblns, Napier, VV. F. Smith, Egan, I’hllllps, Doyle, Todd, Wells, and Goff, with Lieut. Un derwood us team captain, and Messrs. Corrie, Hoag and Boyle as substitutes. The team as selected Is composed of mem I tecs of tho Seventh, Twelfth and Twenty-third regiments, the men being divided about equally among these thre® commands. Lieut. Stubbing and Messrs. C. M. Smith, Lamb, Egan, Corrie and Boyle are all from the. Twelfth regiment, and competed in tho contest at Sea Girt in lHlsi. Corrie Is a first-class shot, and Boyl® won the President's match here In 1895. this match currying with It the champion ship of the United States, and to hay, two such men as suUstltutea on any team Is an Indication of great strength. The Essex Troop of Newark will enter u team In tno carbine and company matches and the Second Troop of New Jersey will also la' represented. Squadron A of New York, the crack cavalry organi zation of that state. Is also expected. The changes in the range here make It possible to run the skirmish on any ona of the three ranges and as the authorities refuse to disclose which range Is to b® used, the lioys are under the necessity of learning them uti, In order to make a cred itable showing in the regimentul match. The entire Georgia team Is using every effort lo get Into such condition us will Insure them first, and nothing will be left undone that can aid them in allainlng that end. Two targets at each range have tieen as signed to the team and the practice has gone on with greater facility than on uny day this week. Georgia will he represented In the Inter state und UUton trophy matches by a team of twe.Ve men. This team will prob ably bn compos. .1 of ('apt. Cann, (’apt. Harrison, Capt. Posted, ('apt. Hunter. Lieut. Richmond, Lieut. Wilson, UorpL Myers, Corpl. Phllpot, Private Mercer. Private Wilson, Private Austin and Pri vate Hattey. The people f fkavannah can rest assured that the team selected to uphold the honor of the state will be the best that can b® made from the marksmen now on tho grounds. The Guards will enter two teams in th® regimental match, und the llussars wilt also enter. The llussars will l>e represented in th® company and carbine matches, and th® Guards will enter the company match wlti a team from company C and one from company |>, In the Individual matches the Gcorghfe men will nearly all shoot, and there Is no doubt that several of the medals will l> worn on rha breasts of Savannah met* when the matches are over. Col. W. W. Gordon of the First Regi ment of t’svalry has written that he will Ist down during the matches, and Col. George A Mercer will also Is; present IP Inspire the Georgia boys. Ml t PEDDLER. One of s Pony of IlnndetH Turn® Suite’s Evidence. Charleston, W. Va., Aug. 29.—Christo pher Htack, now serving a term In (h® penitentiary for burglary, confesses that about two years ago himself and about is half dozen others nut a peddler, John Wiseman, on (he road and killed him for his money, getting In all Ik, In cash and oth<r valuables. They burned the (trait off the lame- and then burled them, Htark muds the confession under lh® Inipri -Ipn that the murder was ntxMit t pet out, and he would Iw hanged, ll® turned state’s evidence to save himself. Officer® l®ivr gone up the river to r rest the persons named by Muck, as ac complice* Hill HkHk vr %LTON. .1 Midnight Esprcss Derailed— ®crre Ml ul the Ifi'tt lulnre.l A.ton. 111., Aug. *. Tits midnight spec ial on the t’hh ago slid Alton was wrecked on lh< outskirts of tills dly this ntornluif t hy the rises ding of a rail. Fireman t*. A Johnson of II looming to® I eel sj -tin look'ti end received se rge** rrijtitb* l.igltie-r lulT.rly, ale® *4 lihswrnlttgtori, was injured ItkrrMl.f. Mm i**## kttfl, I .<■#.* ere esUmsted el Ilit.®* Th® rests,* end Iregsege < mt ®eee UrottVS a ® I >s going dog asi tgsisi,lumen.