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THOUSANDS WILL QUIT WORK
A STRIKE WHICH WILL INVOLVE
OVER 950,000 WORKING MEN.
AN ENDEAVOR TO ENEORCE SCALE.
Committee Hai OeHiled to Cell Out the
Host* of I,sborers Within the
Next Few liny*.
The Terra Haute, Ind., Express pub
lished. the following in its issue of
Friday:
“Next Sunday or prior to that day
circulars will he placed in the hands of
all the bituminous miners in the Unit
ed States, calling them out on a strike.
It is estimated that 250,000 men will
be invoked. Pennsylvania, Ohio, In
diana, Illinois and parts of West Vir
ginia and Kentucky will contribute to
the movement. The strike is to en
force the Columbus scale of 69 cents
per ton for Pennsylvania, 60 cents for
Ohio, 60 cents for Indiana and 55 cents
for Illinois.
When the Columbus scale was
adopted it was not thought advisable
to attempt its enforcement. A com
mittee was then appointed to take in
hand the matter of a strike and to or
der one as soon as such a course
seemed opportune. This committee
has decided that the time has come to
act. 1 '
l’lea for the Miners.
A special from Chicago says: W. D.
Ryan, secretary of the United Mine
Workers of Illinois, has written an
open letter to Senator Mason, which
says:
“The stand taken by you in behalf
of the patriots in Cuba deserves the
commendation of all liberty-loving
people; but let me call your attention
to the condition of 40,000 of your con
'utituents, the coal miners of Illinois.
“The insane competition inaugura
ted by the coal operators has brought
about a condition of suffering and des
titution which was never equaled.
“Wo have been forced to accept re
duction after reduction until the price
now paid is so low that the miners can
not earn an average of 75 cents a day,
and the mines work on only half a
day. Taking an average of $1 a day
and three days' work a week, a miner
earns SI2 a mouth. With a family of
rive—a fair average —the wife has less
than 3 cents for a meal, to say nothing
of clothes, rent, etc.
“1 doubt if any more lives have been
lost, in Cuba since the insurrection
commenced than in the mines of Illi
nois during the same time, and I am
certain there is no more women and
children hungry iu Cuba at the pres
ent time than among the families of
Illinois.
“Do something to put the idle
miuers of Illinois to work at a fair
rate of wages and I will guarantee that
every miner in Illinois will contribute
at least one day’s wages every week
for the benefit of the down-trodden
people of Cuba.
BAGGING ON FREE LIST.
An Amendment Al*o Gives Cotton lie* th#
Sume Privilege*.
The seuate Thursday placed on the
free list cotton bagging, burlap, grain
sacks made of burlap and also bags
made of jute or hemp—yeas 30, nays
25.
The senate also adopted the tariff
amendment placing cotton on the free
list; 29 to 23.
The near approach of the completion
of the tariff bill was referred to in the
opening prayer in the senate by Kev.
Hugh Johnson, who said:
“We recognize Thy hand in the
work of commercial legislation now
near completion iu so short a period
of congressional history. We thank
Thee for the courage, the disinterest
edness and the generosity exhibited
by senators and representatives and
♦hat party interest and feelings and
local interests have been subordinated
to the expressed will of the majority
in this legislation.”
Union Mills Closed.
Asa result of the failure of the joint
wage conference of the Amalgamated
Association of Iron and Steel Workers
and manufacturers to agree upon a
scale at Youngstown conference Thurs
day, all the union mills in Pittsburg.
Pa., closed down Friday, and between
75,000 and 85,000 men are idle.
DECISION CAUSED TROUBLE.
A Tacoma, Wash., Bank Forced Into Hands
of Receiver.
The Union Bank, Savings and Trust
Company of Tacoma, Wash., has closed
its doors and gone into the hands of a
receiver as a direct result of the recent
supreme court decision claiming a large
amount of city warrants to be illegal.
Judge Williams appointed Charles
Riohardson to the charge.
The bank was organized in Februa
ry, 1891, with the late General Wil
liam Sprague as president.
It owns $155,000 of the Tacoma gen
eral fund warrants and $lB,OOO of the
oity hall warrants, the validity of
which was thrown into question by
the supreme coart decision.
CORNELL WINS 10AIN.
ThU Tine the Doughty Crew Captures the
Freshman Race.
Cornell won the freshman race at
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Wednesday, by
three-fourths of a length; Columbia
second, by one-third of a length over
Pennsylvania. The official time: Cor
nell, 9 minutes 211-5 seconds; Colum
bia, 9 minutes 22 3-5 seconds; Penn
sylvania, 9 minutes 23 1-5 seconds.
The race was over the two-mile
course between tkreo American crews
rowing with purely American methods.
BEFOBM EDITORS MEET.
iho National Populist Press Association
at Nashville.
The National Keform Press associa*
Ton held its opening session at Nash
ville Friday morning. About 75 dele
gates were present, 50 of whom were
trom Texas.
Hon. Frank Burkett, of Mississippi,
president of the association, being ab
sent on account of illness, Vice Presi
dent Mays, of Poiperoy, Wash., pre
yed ami delivered ft brief speech,
OFFICIAL STRIKE ORDER
I.anril By Nntloiml Hoard of United Mine
Worker., Willi Instruction*.
A special of Friday from Columbus,
0., says: A general strike of miners
j of the United Mine Workers of America
! has been ordered for July 4th by the
ntiaonal executive board, whose head
quarters are in this city, and also by
the district presidents, as n result of
the meeting held hero June 24th, 25th
and 26th. The official document says:
“To the Mine Workers of the Coun
try, Greeting—Fellow Miners: At the
Inst annual convention of the United
Mine Workers of America, held iu the
city of Columbus, 0., January 12-16,
1897, it was determined that the scale
of prices should be advanced to the
following rates:
“Pennsylvania (Pittsburg district)
pick mining, 69 cents per ton ; Ohio,
60 cents per ton ; Indiana, bitumin
ous), 60 cents per ton; Illinois (Grape
creek), 55 cents per ton. Machine
mining to be paid three-fifths per ton
of the price for pick mining except in
Indiana (bituminous), where the price
filial! be four fifths per ton of the price
paid for pick mining; other mining
sections a corresponding increase in
price that will place them on a relative
basis.
“It was further agreed that the
time for the enforcement of the scale
was left with the national board and
district presidents to determine when
it was most opportune to put this
scale into effect.”
The document then urges unanimity
and fidelity among the members.
“The signs of the times,” the paper
says, “as pointed out by the press and
by the testimony of men versed in
public affairs are that business is im
proving; that an upward tendency in
prices of all comodities is apparent.
“In the general business revival and
industrial improvement which is ear
nestly proclaimed we ought to share,
and if we do not attempt to share, we
shall be false to ourselves and to those
dependent upon us.
“Let the watchword be,” says the
circular, “mine workers are entitled
.to a fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work:
Local committees are directed to be
formed, “and see that action is
taken at once. The field is large and
it will be an impossibility for national
and district officers to attend at all
points, consequently all local leaders
are ordered to assume the responsi
bility and authority for the successful
consumatiou of our desires.
“To insure success great care should
be exercised by all that uo breach of
the peace occurs at any time or place,
under any circumstances. Bulletins
will be issued from time to time to
keep you informed of the progress of
affairs.”
STRONG
Adopted l>y the Georgia Bar Association
Recoinmending Reforms.
The following resolutions were
adopted by the Georgia Bar associa
tion in session at Warm Springs, after
the warmest debate which has ever
agitated the association:
“Resolved, That it is the sense of this as
sociation—
‘*l. That criminal pleadings should be
amendable.
“2. That the state and the defendant in
criminal cases should bo put upon an equal
ity in the challenges of jurors.
“3. That prisoners who desire to make
any statements on their own behalf shall do
so under oath and subject to eross-ex ami na
tion; that in lieu of the right to make s
statement, as is now practiced, the defend
ant shall have the right to he sworn as a
witness in his own behalf.
“4. That the president shall appoint a
special committee of nine, of which Judge
George Hillyer, of Atlanta, shall be chair
man, to present the draft of bills embodying
the foregoing resolutions to the next general
assembly, ar *. shall urge the adoption there
of.
“5. That said committee be, and is hereby
requested to present to the next meeting of
this association a report covering the whole
subject of needed reforms in the criminal
law and its administration, and shall cause
to be printed and mailed to each member of
this association, thirty days before the next
meeting, a copy of said report.”
LAW SHUTS THEM UP.
A third Louisville building and loan
association, The Globe, went to the
wall Friday afternoon, finding itself
unable to carry on business under the
state law as construed by the appellate
court. The assets and liabilities are
estimated at §400,000 each. The
managers and presidents of the build
ing and loan associations have issued
cards calculated to restore confidence.
CROKER COMING HOME.
He Will Assume Management of the Tam
many Campaign.
The Associated Press is informed on
reliable authority that Richard Croker,
now in London, assures his friends
that he has virtually made up his
mind to return to New York in time to
manage the Tammany campaign for
next autumn’s election.
“Tammany is sure to win,” he said
to a well-known New York politician.
“The tariff will go into force too late
to help business this year, while the
reformers and republicans will not be
able to establish a harmonious alli
ance; if indeed they establish any
at all.”
PRESIDENT OFF FOR CANTON.
Leaves Washington, With His Household,
to Visit His Mother.
President McKinley left Washing
ton Friday night over the Pennsyl
vania railroad for Canton, where he
will visit his aged mother and take a
few days of rest. With him were
Mrs. McKinley, Assistant Secretary
and Mrs. Day, Mrs. Saxton, who is
Mrs. McKinley’s aunt, and Miss Ma
bel McKinley. The party occupied
the Pullman car Hazelmere, which
was attached to the rear of the west
ern express.
REDUCTION NOT ACCEPTED.
Miners Kefnse to Work In Eight Alabama
Mines, Resulting In a Shut Down.
A special from Birmingham, Ala.,
states that the miners at Brookside,
Brazil, Cardiff, Blossburg, Blocton,
Adger, Johns and Sumter coal mines !
are idle, having refused to accept a re- I
duction. Three hundred coke ovens j
at Johns have been shut down and no
tice given that work is indefinitely
postponed. No disorders hftve re-
suited,
MILLS WILL CLOSE DOWN.
More Than 25,000 Iron and Steel Worker.
Will Be Idle.
Every mill in the United States
whose wage scales are under the juris
diction of the Amalgamated Associa
tion of Iron, Steel and Tin workers
will shut down.
These mills altogether employ 25,000
men, who are members of the Anial
gated Association, besides those who
are not. The general shutdown will
take place on account of the failure of
Amalgamated Association scale com
mittee and the manufacturers to agree
on a puddling rate at the conference
held at Youngstown, 0., Wednesday.
They were in session all the after
noon, and did not get any further than
the puddling rates. The committee
held for $4.50 a ton for puddling, and
the manufacturers refused to budge
from their stand for $4. An adjourn
ment sine die was finally taken, each
side to let the other know when it had
experienced a change of heart. All
the visiting manufacturers and dele
gates left at once for their homes.
The wage struggle this year prom
ises to be protracted because of the
wide divergence between workers and
manufacturers. The steel, sheet iron,
tin plate, flint glass, bottle blowers
and window glass workers are all in
terested in the outcome of the wage
conference being held. The manufac
turers have been late to call for meet
ings and reluctant to sign when ap
proached for settlement.
The suspension of work in the mills,
with the addition of the coming big
coal strike, will be the biggest suspen
sion of business at one time for years
past.
The tin plate manufacturers will
hold another conference with the
workers’ wage committee. Every tin
plate plant in the country closed down
Wednesday evening, throwing about
12,000 people out of work. The
shrewdest guessers cannot tell when
the tin plate scale will be signed.
There will be trouble when the flint
glass workers seek to have the chim
ney scale signed. The manufacturers
want a decided reduction and are after
it hard. The stubborn fights put up
by the flint glass workers are prover
bial and a long shut down is anticipat
ed. In this industry no trouble is
anticipated over the remaining glass
scales. There is no telling when the
window glass scale will be settled, and
the manufacturers and workers are in
no hurry to come together for a con
ference. About 15,000 men are in
volved in the scale.
CHAPMAN GETS NOMINATION.
Ohio Democrat* Hold State Convention
and Name a Full Ticket.
The democrats of Ohio held their
state convention at Columbus Wednes
day and nominated Horace L. Chap
man, an original silver man, for gov
ernor. The platform adopted is an
indorsement of the Chicago platform,
the money planks being emphasized
by being reproduced in the Ohio doc
ument. The platform proper stops
there, but two supplementary planks
were adopted, one a Btrong arraign
ment of trusts, the other the Cuban
plank.
The platform makers thought it best
to leave the issue clear-cut, and for
that reason made the platform proper
as short as possible.
General Warner, the veteran leader
in the silver fight, was given a great
reception when he appeared to report
the platform. The cheers were for
him as a man and a silver leader, hut
especially for the principles which he
represents.
There was not a dissenting voice nor
the semblance of disapproval, but, on
the contrary, a degree of enthusiasm
equal to that which greets silver ut
terances iii the south or west.
Mr. Chapman, the nominee for gov
ernor, is especially strong with the
labor element of the state, and at the
same time enjoys the full confidence of
the business element, for he has been
a remarkably successful man. He is
an original silver man, though presi
dent of a national bank at Jackson,
were he lives and has his coal mines.
The full ticket named is as follows!
Governor, Horace L. Chapman.
Lieutenant governor, Melville D
Shaw.
Supreme court judge, J. P. Spriggs.
Attorney general, W. H. Dore.
State treasurer, James F. Wilson.
Board public works, Peter H. Deg
nan. School commissioner, B. H. Hurd.
TWO B. & L. FAILURES.
Cansed By a Recent Decision of Kentucky
Appellate Court.
The Commercial Building Trust, a
corporation doing a building and loan
business at Louisville, Ky., assigned
Wednesday.
The assets and liabilities are estima
ted at about half a million dollars
each. The assignment is caused by
the recent decision of the appellate
court in which it was held that all in
terest charged or collected by any cor
poration or persons in Kentucky in
excess of 6 per cent was usury.
Following on the heels of the fail
ure of the Commercial Building Trust,
the Columbia Building and Savings
Associativa went to the wall.
DIED BY WHOLESALE.
Passengers On Mail Steamer Para Tell a
Story of Horror.
Passengers who arrived at New York
Friday night on the Alliance tell a
harrowing story of their experience
aboard the Pacific Mail steamer City
of Para, which left Pauama for San
Francisco on May 23d last.
It seems that two days after clearing
the isthmus, yellow fever broke out.
Three-fourths of the passengers, it
is said, were attacked by the disease,
and at least a dozen of them found
watery graves.
THIS TRAIN WAS DITCHED.
Only One Passenger, However, Was Se
riously Hurt In the Smash-Up.
The westbound passenger train on
the Oregon Short Line road went into
the ditch near Glenn’s ferry, Idaho,
Wednesday night, owing to a broken
One person was seriously injured
and one slightly injured. The names
of the injured one is not given.
Superintendent Galvin and Chief
Surgeon Picker ton left on a special
train for the scene of fhe accident.
TWO COLLISIONS; FIVE DEAD.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TRAINS
CRASH INTO EACH OTHER.
A MISUNDERSTANDING OF ORDERS.
Rertidea Those Killed, a Large Nnmber of
People Were Injured, Some of Them,
It Is Thought, Fatally.
A Chicago special says: Five per
sons were killed outright and about
thirty injured in two collisions
Wednesday morning—one on the Chi
cago and Northwestern, and the other
on the Vandalia railroad. Both acci
dents happened to trains carrying
Christian Endeavor people to Sau
Francisco.
The first accident was to No. 11, on
the Vandalia railroad, which left In
dianapolis Tuesday evening, contain
ing a large number of Christian En
deavorers, which collided with train
No. 6, bound east from St. Louis at
8:20 o’clock, near Vandalia.
The killed were: R. T. Sherman,
mail clerk on No, 11, Indianapolis.
W. P. Coon, baggagemaster, 326 East
Louisiana street, Indianapolis, No. 11.
Fatally injured: Samuel Parkin
son, mail clerk, of Columbus, 0.,
crushed in the wreck. Frank Owens,
fireman, of Terre Haute, mangled un
der the engine.
Train No. 11 left Indianapolis in
two sections on account of the heavy
San Francisco travel occasioned by
the national meeting of the Christian
Endeavor Society. Orders were given
to meet No. 1 the east bound passen
ger train, at Vandalia, these two trains
being due to most at that place about
1:30 o’clock Wednesday morning.
Prom the information at hand it is
claimed that the acoident was due to
the crew of the special train mis
understanding orders.
Accident in West Chicago.
The accident on the Chicago &
Northwestern occurred at 12:45 a. m.
The oolliding trains were sections
Nos. 4 and 5 of a Christian Endeavor
special sent out in nine sections be
ginning at 10:30 p. m. Section No.
5 ran into section No. 4, which left
Chicago fifteen minutes ahead of it.
Section No. 4 carried the Wisconsin
delegates, nearly 500 strong, and in
the rear sleeper were people from Fou
du Lac, Green Bay, Appleton and
other Wisconsin cities.
Section No. 4 had come to a stop
just out of west Chicago, where the
Freeport line diverges from the main
line. Section No. 5 came up behind
with great speed and the shock of the
collision was terrific. The passengers
in the two rear sleepers of section No.
4 were all in their berths. Those who
were not killed outright awoke to find
themselves jammed iu the wreckage.
Passengers on both trains hastened
to the spot and began the work of res
cue.
The body of an unidentified man,
that of a tramp, was found between
the baggage car and the engine. The
man had been crushed to death.
Men and women could be seen strug
gling to extricate themselves from the
wreckage.
An immediate call for help was
made on every point within reaching
distance. Chicago was notified and
asked to send physicians at once, and
medical help was requested from Ge
neva, Wheaton and Aurora.
The engine of section No. 5 struck
the rear of the sleeper of section No.
4 witk terrific force. The engine was
totally wrecked. The rear sleeper of
section No. 4 was driven with terrific
force upon the second sleeper, and
such was its impetus that it crashed
through it as if it had been a card
board box and reduced it to a mass of
wreckage.
Those killed in this accident were:
John Gooding and Mrs. E. Shipman,
Appleton, Wis.; unidentified man rid
ing between engine and baggage ear,
supposed to be a tramp.
VESSELS COLLIHE.
One Sinks and Fourteen of Her Crew
Drowned.
Advices from Constantinople state
that a collision took place in the Dar
danelles Wednesday between the Ger
man vessels Rembeck and Berthilde.
Tjie former sank almost immedi
ately and fourteen of her crew were
drowned.
CUT FIFTY PER CENT.
Norfolk and Western Make Big Reduction
In Wages of Employes.
The Norfolk and Western Railrway
Csmpany put into effect Friday at the
shop of its Lambert Point tunnel the
new scale of wages, making reductions
of from 40 to 50 per cent.
Every man employed at the shops at
Norfolk is affected by the reduction,
although the principal cuts are on
piece work.
The stringers are reduced from $5 to
$2.50, while wheels, for which 50 cents
was formerly paid, are now rated at
30 cents. The cut is the heaviest ever
made by the road, hut although they
are naturally dissatisfied, the men will
cr/ntinue work.
KILLED BY PAIN KILLER.
Thirsty Indians Use a Kami Substitute
for ‘‘Fire Water.'*
A special of Thursday from Brain
erd, Minn., says: Five Indians,includ
ing Chief Wee Sug, are dead at Mati
nee Point, on Mille Lacs Lake, and
several others are expected to die, as
the result of drinking pain killer, hair
oil and other preparations containing
alcohol.
The Indian payment has been going
on there and the redskins gorged
themselves with this stuff, which was
bought from trading posts.
REFORMS IN GEORGIA LAWS.
Changes Demanded vy Bar Association at
Their Annual Meeting.
The lawyers and judges and law
makers of Georgia in session at Warm
Springs have taken up the proposed
reform in the criminal law of Georgia,
and there is every reason to believe
that some definite, positive and potent
action will be taken.
Just what this action will be it is
impossible to forecast, because the
lawyers holcf radically different view?.
REPORT AGAINST TRUSTS.
n<‘i>ubllran Senator, Hold Their I.aat and
Most Important Caucus.
A Washington special says: The
republican senators held what they,
declare to be their last caucus on the
tariff bill Thursday night. The meet
ing continued for three hours and was
productive of important results, which
were not reached without a display of
considerable feeling. Among the
points decided were as follows:
The report of an anti-trust amend
ment.
To withdraw the original finance
committee provisions for a duty on tea
and an increase of 44 cents per barrel
ill the tax on beer.
To provide for a tax on bond and
stock transactions.
The greater part of the time was
given to the proposition for a provision
against trusts.
Tho discussion of this question was
opened upon the basis of the report
of the judiciary committeo iu opposi
tion.
The committee had held a meeting
during the afternoon during which the
whole question was gone over at length
with other republican senators, includ
ing Messrs. Hanna and Chandler. It
was decided that it would extremely
difficult to secure legislation that
would be effective and that upon the
whole it was impolitic .and unwise to
undertake it.
A report was made according to the
caucus and a resolution adopted au
thorizing the presentation of an
amendments providing in express
terms for the continuance in effect of
the terms of the Wilson bill, which
makes it unlawful to form a trust iu
imported articles.
OUTLOOK BRIGHT FOR SOUTH.
Many Now Industries Estahlisned During
the Past Three Months.
A carefully prepared tabulated report
of the industries established in the
south for the second quarter of this
year has been issued by The Trades
man, Chattanooga, Tenn. These were:
Agricultural works, 3; breweries, 2;
brick and tile works, 9; canning facto
ries, 9; compresses and gins, 53; cot
ton and woolen mills, 24; development
and improvement companies, 9; dis
tilleries, 1; electric light companies,
69; flour and gri3t mills, 40; foundries
and machine shops, 17; gas plants, 6;
ice factories, 9; mines and quarries,
28; natural gas and oil companies, 8;
oil mills, 21; phosphate and fertilizer
companies, 8; tanneries, 3; waterworks,
50; woodworking plants, 18.
Under the head of miscellaneous are
included rice mills, soap factories,
sugar mills and refineries, etc., fifty
two, making the total number of in
dustries for the quarter 547.
The report indicates that the varied
resources of the south are being more
generally utilized and that there are
opportunities outside the manufacture
of pig iron and the production of
cotton.
The Tradesman says that one of the
encouraging features of the past quar
ter has been the very general improve
ment in the equipment and enlarge
ment of the existing plants.
ROCKHILL FOR GREECE.
Strong: Probability of His .A pp nt 111 <‘nt
ns Miiiiitter.
A Washington special says: It is
understood the president has selected
W. V. Rockhill, late assistant secre
tary of state, for the post of minister
to Greece, and that his name is likely
to go to the senate at once.
Mr. Roekhill’s appointment will not
be a pasty one in any sense, but will
be based entirely upon his experience
as a diplomat and his excellent ivork
in the department of state. He en
tered the diplomatic service as far
back as 1884, being appointed from
Maryland to be second secretary of
legation at Pekin.
ROCKEFELLER WILL PAY.
Tho Conditions of a Munificent Donation
Has Isoen Carried Out.
A New York telegram says: It is re
ported that John 1). Rockefeller will
be held to his offer of $250,000 for the
American Home Missionary Baptist
Union. The raising of $250,000 by
July Ist, upon which the gift was con
tingent, has been raised. H. L. Moore
liouse, the field secretary of the Amer
ican Home Baptist Missionary Society,
said:
“If we had not succeeded in getting
the full amount by today Mr. Rocke
feller would have been absolved from
liis offer and so would have several
others,”
SULTAN DEMANDS THESSALY.
Belongs to the Conqueror, Says the Turk,
by Virtue of Conquest.
A dispatch to the London Times
from Constantinople, dated Wednes
day, says:
Tewfik Pasha will annouce to the
ambassadors of the powers tomorrow
(Thursday) that the cabinet maintains
the indefensible right of Turkey to re
tain Thessaly by virtue of conquest.
Another dispatch to The Standard
from Constantinople says that Edhem
Pasha, commander in chief the Turk
ish forces in Thessaly, has tendered his
resignation of command to the sultan
on the ground that under the proposed
peace conditions he will be unable to
guarantee the discipline of the army.
TO MAKE NOVEL TEST.
Clan-Na-Gaels Will Parade With Arms at
Unveiling of Logan Statue.
The Clan-na-Gael Guards, at Chica
go, have decided to test the new state
law against uniformed and armed in
dependent societies.
Major James J. Reilly and his men
will turn out July 22d to participate
in the unveiling of the Logan statue.
The guardsmen will march close ta
these independents of the citizen sol
diery when they parade. There will
be moss in the mouths of their rifles
and it is said the defiance xvill be ac
cepted.
EN ROUTE TO LONDON.
United States Monetary Commission Has
Left Paris—Negotiations Satisfactory.
The United States monetary com
mission, headed by Senator Edward
Wolcott,of Colorado, started from Paris
Friday for London.
The commissioners cypress them
selves as being wed satisfied with the
result of the’"' negotiations in the
French ear 2 ' 1 ®! aD< * the general out
look
II WAVE CAUSES DEATH.
MANY FATALITIES AND PROSTRA
TIONS OCCUR IN CITIES,
AND CINCINNATI LEADS THE LIST.
St. T.ouis a Clo* Second—barge Districts
of Country Showed the Thermome
ters at 100 and Over.
A Chicago special says: The wave of
torrid weather under which the central
states sweltered last week showed no
abatement Sunday.
From Pittsburg to Kansas City and
from Chicago south cloudless skies
aud a blazing sun left a record of
prostrations and death which has sel
dom been equaled for the early days
of July.
Throughout the entire district the
mercury registered close to 100 in the
shade during the day, and the number
of prostrations went into the hun
dreds.
Cincinnati, with a maximum tem
perature of 98 degrees, showed the
highest death rate, six deaths result
ing out of a total of fifty prostrations,
but there were many fatal cases at
other points.
In Chicago the mercury registered
close to 90 degrees for the greater
part of the day, and there were over
a score of prostrations.
Two men were killed during the
afternoon, Albert Lamberg, a carpen
ter, and Henry Becbling, a teamster.
Several other eases are critical.
The average temperature in St.
Louis Saturday was 98 degrees. That
was not the government record of heat,
but it was the temperature the people
in the streets had to stand. One man
could not endure it, and hanged him
self in a cool cellar. Another slept by
a window, dreamed he was a diver,
and plunged three stories. Still an
other man walked into the river, and
fought when he was fished out; a sup
posed suicide. Actual heat prostra
tions have been numerous, aud three
deaths have resulted.
At Cleveland, Ohio, the heat was
most intense, the temperature reach
ing the highest point of the season.
Three fatalities occurred, and there
have been several other prostrations.
Fourteen Die In Cincinnati.
Sunday in Cincinnati was the hot
test day in the present ton id spell.
The weather bureau showed the mer
cury at 97 at 2 to 4 p. m. and its max
imum at sp. m. The sky was cloud
less all day and hut few people ven
tured on the streets. Fifty prostra
tions and fourteen deaths were reported
at 9 o’clock p. m. Local thermometers
showed from 102 to 106 in the shade
during the afternoon. The mercury
at 9 o’clock stood at 90 degrees.
While there were fifty cases of sun
stroke in the city that required re
moval to the hospitals or their homes,
it is estimated that there were fifty
lighter eases, the victims of which
went home without assistance. Of the
class requiring medical attention, ten
cases were quite serious.
FEARFUL FLOODS IN FRANCE.
Heavy Lois of Mfe —Fourteen Bodies Re
cove red.
A special from Paris says: Fourteen
bodies have been recovered from the
floods caused by the rising of the
river Garonne, most of them being
found near Audi, capital of the de
partment of Gerr, on the river Gerr,
west of Toulouse.
It is feared that others have been
drowned, as many houses have been
swept away.
The floods are now subsiding in the
province of Gerr, The river Save
has overflowed at Isle-en-Doden, de
stroying forty houses and drowning
thirteen people. At St. Laurent three
people have been drowned and thirty
houses have been swept away.
Only Three Were Saved.
Advices from Calcutta state that the
British hark, Overdale, Captain Rob
erts, bound for South America, came
into collision with the steamer Bandua
oft' Hooglily Poini, near the mouth of
the westernmost branch of the Ganges
and sank almost immediately. All on
board were drowned, except the cap
tain, pilot and one seaman.
PRESIDENT RECEIVES OVATION.
His Arrival In Canton Occasions Much
Rejoicing.
President McKinley and party
reached Canton on the 10:30 train
Saturday and were met at the depot
by the citizens of the city en masse. A
large proportion of the populace march
ed in a parade to receive and escort
the party, bands, military companies,
old soldiers and the organizations of
last fall’s campaign being conspicuous
in the line. Thousands of others
went to the depot unorganized and the
crowd there was almost equal to that
of the Ist of March, when the presi
dent departed for the inauguration.
HEAT CAUSES BIG FIRE.
Iron and Stool Works at Akron Burn,
Entailing a Loss of 100.000.
A special from Akron, 0., says:
The shafting department of the Akron
Iron and Steel Company’s works was
completely destroyed by fire Sunday.
The loss was SIOO,OOO, fully covered
by insurance.
The building was 200 feet long and
two stories high. It was equipped
with mueh valuable machinery which,
together with a large amount of fin
ished steel and iron, was lost. The
fire was caused by the intense heat.
OF SMALL CONSEQUENCE.
The Indian Trouble Can Soon Be Adjusted
Without Difficulty.
Adjutant General Breek at Washing
ton received a telegram Saturday
morning from General Coppinger,
commanding the department of the
Platte, Omaha, July 2, in regard to
the alleged Indian trouble at Camass
Prairie, saying that all reports of a
dangerous uprising are without foun
dation, and that the few Indians now
off the reservation will soon be re
turned without trouble,
NEW BOUNTY AMENDMENT
Prove* a Temporary Stumbling Block t*
Tariff Maker*.
The senate Saturday afternoon com
pleted the first rending of the tariff
bill, administration sections and all.
All effort to fix the final vote proved
futile, and the bill went over till Mon
day.
When the senate met there was
some hope that the filial vote would
lie reached by night, but this was
speedily dispelled by the storm occa
sioned when Mr. Allison reported a
new amendment from the finance
committee fixing a bounty of J of a
cent a pound on beet sugar made from
beets grown in the United States.
Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, speaking
for the minority, soon took occasion
to say that no vote could be reached
on the bill in the near future in view
of this bounty amendment. He inti
mated also that tho debate would be
very protracted from this time for
ward.
Mr. Teller, of Colorado,supplement
ed this view, saying that the appear
ance of such au amendment at tho last
moment looked as though the republi
cans were trying to delay tho passage
of their own bill. As it had become
apparent that the bounty provision
might cause serious delays, Mr. Thurs
ton, of Nebraska, one of the prime
movers, arose and in impressive tones
withdrew the amendment, saying his
action was inspired by patriotic mo
tives and for the purpose of removing
all obstacles to the passage of the bill,
and his colleague, Mr. Allen, immedi
ately renewed the bounty proposition,
so that the complication was the same
as before.
Later in the day Mr. Allison sought
to have a time fixed for the vote, but
the bounty amendment stood in the
way and all appeals to Mr. Jones were
in vain. Mr. Allison filially gave no
tice that he would expect to pass the
bill Monday or'Tuesday.
Besides the bounty amendment, Mr.
Allison proposed later in the day au
amendment for stamping bonds, de
bentures, shares of stock, etc., which
went over until Monday. Among the
features disposed of Saturday were the
anti-trust sections, the provisions of
the Wilson act oil that subject being
re-enacted.
ILLINOIS MINERS OUT.
Two Thousand Mon of Spring Valley
Down I'ick and Sliovol.^jß
The '2,(100 miners of SpSadjj
111., quit tlieir places in
went out on strike Saturday.
On account of this suspension the
company lias not been able to stock up
its customers to any great extent,
wbicb is decidedly in favor of the
miners. The miners of Spring Valley
are not in good circumstances and
many of them will suffer if the strug
gle is protracted.
Telephone messages from Seaton
ville, Ladd, Marquette and other min
ing camps in the vicinity report that
the miners at those places will join the
national movement and there wiiTbe
3,000 idle men within six miles of
Spring Valley, exclusive of LaSalle
and Peru. The men say they are de
termined to remain out until the price
of mining is raised. Miners, many of
whom are in bad circumstances,
brought on by the ccintinued reduc
tions that have been forced upon them
during the past four years, have the
sympathy of business men.
GEN. GORDON DECLINES.
Says He Will Not He a Candidate for Gov
ernor of Georgia.
A movement was inaugurated at
Atlanta the past week to induce Gen.
John B. Gordon to become a candi
date for governor of Georgia next fall.
A meeting of the General’s friends
was held at the Kimball house and a
committee was appointed to wait on
General Gordon to ascertain if he
would permit the use of his name as a
candidate for the democratic nomina
tion for governor.
General John B. Gordon was inter
viewed Saturday by the Associated
Press, and said:
“Under no consideration will I be a
candidate for governor of Georgia or
any other office again. My political
career is at an end.”
Indorsed Chicago Platform.
The democratic general committee of
Erie county, N. V., met at Buffalo
Saturday and by unanimous resolution
decided in favor of reaffirming devotion
to the principles of the democratic
party as enunciated by the national
convention held in Chicago last July.
PREPARING FOR STRIKE.
Coal Consumers Are Laying In Large Sup
plies In the West.
St. Louis coal operators, most of
whom own mines in Illinois, arm pre
paring for the threatened strike and so
are consumers of the city.
Orders enough have been received
during the past five or six days to put
iu operation all the mines in the south
ern and central part of Illinois. The
St. Louis coal market was never in a
more demoralized condition.
It is doubtful if the miners of the
Belleville, 111., district will quit work
in a body. They are poorly organized
and there is a lack of concert among
them. Mass meetings are being held
to determine on plan of action.
TIN PLATE WORKERS VICTORIOUS
Manufacturer* Agree to an Advance of
Over Fight I*er Cent.
A special from Pittsburg, Pa., says:
The skilled tin plate workers identi
fied with the Amalgated Association
of Iron and Steel workers scored a
decisive victory Saturday They se
cured an advance in wages and a pro
tective clause that tin plate mills will
not manufacture sheet iron.
The workers are jubilant aud look
upon the future with hope, as it is
claimed the signing of the remaining
scales of the association is but a ques
tion of time.
FEW FAVORS FOR SOUTHERNERS.
Not Many of Them Will Get Recognition
From the Administration.
A-large’ number of promotions were
announced ill the pension aud war de
partments at Washington Saturday.
Naturally very few of the soft places
go to southerners under this aminis
tvation. Among the lucky ones, how
ever, are Levi E. Johnson, of North
Carolina; Paul Brodie, of South Caro
lina; James Doyle, of North Carolina,
and C, Walker Turner, of Alabama,