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IKERS SEEK AID ns Needed in Their Fight gainst Coal Operators. 4L TO ALL LABOR ONIONS : orrr3d Whereby Exery Organ!- ion in the United States Wiil Be Asked to Contribute Funds. special from Wilkesbarra, Pa.. A national defense fund to I all organized labor and the pub general will be asked to contrib- latest proposiiion placed ou the striking anthraei: •* if they need assistance for higher wages and a day. White, of New York, seer Ike National Garin* ut Workers of the conciliation com ■ f the National Civic Feilera- a long conference with Presi- Mitchell Tuesday, during which lap. was approved by the miners’ , And Mr. White will begin at preparations to carry out the Ijiresident Mitchell wants it un however, that tire miners’ accept no aid until their are exhausted. Mr. Bgnt to Wilkesbarre authorized r organizations, says: says that before soli support the mini rs a’ ■st set the examples tit ni- a <-unsiL’:jlb their earnings B members in hard fighting tlicir i omnion also be mad-- ■HBrnient throngiioitr lh-> ovn- MHho union and other unions to collect funds win n th- Public nu will an independent, move- receive subscriptions front with labor organi- H This movement will bp inau | in New York city and the la- Bhizaticns and sympathizers in ■principal cities of the country B called on to appoint commit- on similar work. jßrien-dly newspapers will he ro operate. Th- •■•<♦.< ni.\ it: the ::ni >:: and sou:-- SB** in b*half of the miners’ which has never before |hieved. Kvolves the raising of a given ■ of money each week with ■provisions and other necessities ■ will be purchased. The plan ■ approval of President Samuel ■ s ■ entire plan is contingent upon Blianapolis convention of mine a motion for a ■ftrike, as. in that event. the t?he soft end miners |Bo render would be cut o.V as out of the question the vast of p> be involved. are. counting upon of the miners soon b • them that tie funds wil |Bng to prolong Kifm od be. situation ■d materially.” HUlly, Secretary White disap ■ of the proposed general suspen ■der, as well as of sympathetic ■ in general. ■CHERED ENTIRE FAIVIILY. ■me Find Near Town of Pru- Bee, in Oklahoma Territory. B Prudence, Oklahoma Territory, ■lies of a man, a woman and two Bn, apparently members of one J. mutilated into almost unrecog fs masses, were found Tuesday, bdies had been stripped of cloth aving no means cf identification, pupposed that the family were ers and were robbed and mur ;by men w'ho made off with their band belongings GAMBLERS. R of Columbia, South Carolina, Meet and Take Action. B $s meeting was held at the op- M in Columbia, g. C., Tuesday for th" purpose of taking action for the supples |B' gambling vil. The meet largely att.-r.ded an ! was representative. [B’di-c Wetolutiuns were adop'e the mayor, conn. an 1 BBj-. B||Bbtsf-t a . : - i.g of -v. t v , JOE WHEELER IN LONDON. will Assist in Organizaton of l Club. says: Wk. Rbl IR pZr ng - RAILROADS ALSO TIED UP. t Freight Handlers’ Strike at Chicago Stops Traffic— No Sympathy Extended. The freight handlers’ strike at Chi cago which called out 9. 000 men Mon day and seriously curtailed the hand ling of freight, appeared no nearer settlement Tuesday morning than at the beginning. Chairman Job, cf the state board of arbitration, when asked if he had re ceived an answer from the railroads or the men to his offer of arbitration, answered in the negative. At all the freight houses pickets en deavored to persuade newcomers from taking jobs, and sought to lure men away already at work. In the yards of the I linois Central the men brought in Monday were at work on perish able freight. They spent the night in sleeping cars brought for the purpose, and ate their breakfast in dining cars, mostly of the pattern used on construc tion trains. A man familiar with the present trouble and experienced in strikes said: ‘‘lf the teamsters come to the aid of the freight handlers they will win; if not, the chances are that they will lose. It is too easy for the railroads to bring in new men.” This statement Is full of meaning in connection with the statement of offi cials of the Teamsters’ union, who have said that the freight handlers proceeded to strike without the sanc tion of the Chicago Federation of La bor, and therefore they would be al lowed to fight out their own salvation. The jobbing interests of the city are seriously tied up in their shipping which left the freight yards are in many instances still waiting to be un loaded. The roads so far have had but little chance of handling anything save perishable freight. DOCTORS OPPOSED IT. King Edward, However, Insisted on Being Crowned Next Month. The news that the coronation of King Edward was to be held before the middle of August was published in America before it wag known in London. * But the London Times and other pa pers of Tuesday morning confirmed the Associated Press announcement. From the same excellent source the Associated Press learns that the press ing forward of the coronation was due to the personal insistance of the king. His doctors were at first opposed to such an early date but the king de clined to agree to any other plans un til he is crowned and the doctors final ly realizing that more danger svas like ly to arise in opposing his majesty on this point agreed to it. They now see the king was right and that it will be far better for him to get through the turmoil of the coronation as soon as possible than to have it hanging over him for months. Jving Edward has de termined not to break rap the court at Buckingham pa’ace until after the cor onation. He may go en board his yacht for a few days’ cruise, but he is more likely to remain in London till the affair is over and then take a pro longed holiday. GRIGGS TO OPEN CAMPAIGN. Chairman of Democratic Congressional Committee Outlines Plans. Judge Griggs, of Georgia, chairman of the democratic congressiional com mittee, left Washington Tuesday morn ing for New York, where he will meet Ben T. Cable, chairman of the execu tive committee, on the latter’s return from Europe. “Our campaign will commence at once,” said Judge Griggs, “and the is sue will be tariff nurtured trusts. The republicans can not satisfy the people by having their president tour the country talking against the trusts. They have sinned away their day of grace by refusing to consider trust legislation, when they had ample op portunity and when every democrat in congress would have . oin-ed them.” The headquarters of the committee will be opened at once in Chicago. SECRETARY SHAW MISSING. Revenue Cutter Gresham Long De layed in Reaching Boston. Much anxiety was expressed in Bos ton, Mass., Wednesday over the non arrival of the United States revenue cutter Gresham, having on board Sec retary of the Treasury Shaw and his family. The Gresham left New York early Tuesday evening and at the slowest kind of travel she would have reached Boston within twenty-four hours. The peculiar thing is that since leav ing New York all trace of the Gresham has been lost. HA v SCORES A SUCCESS. _ \ Secretly tetate Takes Prompt Ac ,ion on Appeal of Chinese. S cretary H ly ' s prompt action upon the appeal of he Chinese government through Yuan, shi Kai and Minister Wu relative t*Athe evacuation of Tien Tain* has met success. The for eign generals have*stood in the way of evacuating w-i'.l receive instruc tions from theljr home governments. HUNDREDS LOSE LIFE Another Appaiiin Horror V sits Johnstowr, Pennsylvania. DEADLY FIRE-DAMP EXPLOSION Victims Completely Buried by Falling Earth—Death Roll May Reach Three Hundred —,-iorri- ble Scenes. Johnstown, Pa., has again been vis ited by an appalling disaster. It is only less frightful than the aw ful calamity of May 31, 18S9, in cost of life, but in its terrible consequences it has brought the shadow of sorrow into hundreds of homes made desolate by a mine explosion which took place in the Cambria Steel Company’s roll ing mill mine under Westmont Hill at 12:20 o’clock Thursday afternoon. How many are dead it will take sev eral days to fully determine, but that it is a long and shocking nst it is cer tain. It may reach 200 or more. It was nearly an hour after the ex plosion before any general knowledge of what had happened got abroad. Men who escaped with their lives told the terrible news, and it soon spread like wildfire all over the city. In scores of homes there were the most pathetic scenes. Mothers, wives, daughters, sons and relatives wrnre frantic with grie'f. Hundreds rushed to the mines and with sobbing hearts awaited the awful news. Rescuers Driven Back. At the opening across the river from the point the Cambria Iron company’® police, with several assistants, stood guard, permitting no one lo enter the mine, from which noxious gases were coming. It was nearly 4 o’clock when all hope of sending rescue parties from the Westmont opening was abandoned. Two men who had escaped from the mine—Richard Bennett and John Mey ers —went back two miles to see what assistance could be rendered, but the frightful damp drove them back and they fell prostrate when they finally, after a desperate struggle, reached the outside. Two doctors gave the men assistance and, after working with them a half hour, restored them. Their story of the situation in the mine soon made it clear that the rescue work could not proceed from the Westmont opening, and hasty preparations were made to begin that task at the Mill creek entrance. Soon after the news of the explosion reached the Cambria officials, Mining Engineer M. G. Moore and one of his assistants, A. G. Prosser, made an at tempt to enter the mine. They were followed by Mine Superintendent G. T. Robinson, .but the deadly gases stop ped their progress and they were com pelled to return to the surface. The catastrophe occurred in the sec tion of the mine known among miners as “Klondike.” The section is about a mite a-nd a half from the main entrance of the rolling mill mine. The few survivors who have escaped from tne depths of the mine describe the condition to be frightful. Outside of the Klondike the mines are safe and uninjured. Within the fatal limits the havoc wrought by the explosion is fearful. Solid walls cf masonry three feet in thickness were torn down as thought made of paper. Tire roofs of the mine were demolished and not a door remains standing. In the face of these difficulties even the most heroic efforts toward rescue seem hopeless. Miners who left the mine by way of the mill creek entrance brought horri ble stories of crawling over the dead bodies of their comrades. William Stibieh spent several hours at the Mill creek opening. He said that he believed as many as 450 men were still in the mine. In his opinion, from all he cduld glean, not to exceed 150 men had come out. Cuba to Relegate Old Spanish Coins. The council of Cuban secretaries has decided to withdraw from oircula ton the Spanish silver coins isrued in the reign of Queen Isabella U before 180-8. PLENTY OF WATER IN KANSAS. Floods Inundate Large Area, But Lit tle Damage is Done. A Kansas City, Mo., dispatch says: The Missouri river began failing Fri day night, despite the enormous vol ume of water poured out by the Kan sas river. People in the lowlands have been driven from their homes, corn fields have been inundated and water stands in the streets of Armor dale, where the packing houses are pumping water from their floors. The financial loss has been small, and no life has been lost. FILIPINOS AS TRAITORS. Erstwhile Insurgent Generals to be Imprisoned for Years. GeneraJaJasilon, who has been con victed off r W*.4Son. at Cebu, island of Cebu, ha£ been sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment and pay a fine of $2,- 000. General Noviso,\who was jointly charged with was sentenced to seven imprison ment and a similar fine.' OFFERED CASH FOR FREEDOM. District Attorney Erwin Makes Sensa tional Statement— Canadians Sur prises at Charges Preferred. A Washington special says: Marion Erwin, the specal assistant attorney general in the prosecuton of the charges against Gaynor and Greene, Friday made the following statement in reply to the charge of Mr. Tasche reau, of counsel for Gaynor and Greene,, made in the Quebec court that he (Erwin) had offered to drop the case against the defendants if they would pay 8500,000 to the United States government: “There is nothing in the statement from Quebec that I offered to settle the case for $500,000 except this-: “When the prisoners were taken to Montreal Benjamin D. Greene, in a conversation with me, which he re quested, stated that he and John F. Gaynor would pay the government $300,000 in settlement of the whole controversy. I replied that the sum stated was not sufficiently large for mo to mention to the attorney general I, however, did mention it to the attor ney general. Mr. Knox, who said that my answer was- the appropriate one.” Taschercau Attacks Erwin. • Advices from Quebec state that the Gaynor-Greene cases Friday were of very little interest as regards the case itself. In referring to the reports sent to Attorney General Knox by Mr. Er win. Mr. Taschereau strongly protest ed against the remarks made by Mr. Erwin respecting the judi lary. He was quite surprised, he said, that in his report Mr. Erwin had not inform ed the United Slates authorities that he had made an offer to the prisoners to drop the case if the latter would pay over $500,000 to the United States government. This offer, Mr. Tasche reau said, was made in. the Windsor 'Aotef’YMontreal, on the Saturday fol -IpWiy £ the arrival of Gaynor and Greene: Messrs. McMaster and Dan Durand protested against Mr. Taschereau’s remarks regarding Mr. Erwin’s report and said the latter had not reflected on the judges, but, on the contrary, had expressed high appreciation of them. They did not believe that Mr. Erwin ever made suctj an offer to the accused. Mr. McMcMaster then presented a motion to quash the habeas corpus writs issued on June 20 and 21 by Judge Caron. The counsel for the ac cused asked for a delay to Tuesday next for reply. This delay was grant ed and counsel for the prosecution,was given until Friday next, to arrange the replies of counsel for the defense. Mr. Taschereau also moved that Judge Ca ron fix a day for a hearing on the mer its of the case. But the judge remark ed that the motion to quash the writs of habeas corpus had precedence. Canadians Surprised. Surprise is expressed at Ottowa at the complaint by a legal representa tive of the United States that vexa tious delays have occurred in connec tion with the extradition of Messrs. Gaynor and Greene, and the reported intention of the Washington authori ties to complain to the imperial gov ernment is scarcely credited. The case is in the courts and if counsel for the prisoners take advantage of the technicalities in the interest of their clients delays are unavoidable. But for this, perhaps, the federal authori ties are not to be held responsible. The law clearly sets forth the course to be followed in an Extradition case. Judgment must be rendered in accord ance with the facts brought out. Should the evidence justify a commit ment for extradition, the judges or extradition commissioner forwards the evidence to the department of justice at Ottawa, together with his report, when the latter issues a warrant for extradition. The department has no right to intervene unless the offense for which extradition is sought is a po litical one., If sufficient grounds for the extradition of the accused can he established the two men wil be hand ed over in due course. Mont Pelee Takes Fresh Start. A dispatch from Fort De France, Martinique, says: There was a fresh eruption of Mont Pelee Friday morn ing. RESERVOIR WREAKS RUIN. Thirty-Five Persons Drowned and Many Houses Destroyed. Advices of Friday from Valparaiso state that thirty-five persons were drowned and many houses destroyed on the estate of Claudio Vienna, at Las Palmas, as a result of the bursting of a reservoir there. Owes Over Eight Millii n Dollars. The tribunal of commerce at Paris Friday declared the "Caisse Generates deg Families” to be insolvent. The lia bilities are said to be forty million francs. IN THREE CENTURIES HE LIVED. Aged Citizen of Bennettsville, South Carolina, Passes Away. Jeremiah Poison died at Bennetts ville. South Carolina, aged IjJ years. He was the oldest man ever known in that section. Mr. Poison celebrated his 113th birthday July 2. He could re member events in three centuries and i was conscious tq -the last. CANADIANS FLAYED Erwin Insists on Extradition of Greene and Gaynor. REQUESTS APPEAL TO ENGLAND District Attorney Calls Upon Secretary Hay—National Quarrel May Yet Resu.'i From the Case. A Washington special ;avs: Strain ed inflations between the United States and Great Britain may result from the thus far ineffectual attempt to secure the extradition from Canada of Greene and Gaynor, the American fugitives now iu Quebec. Assistant Attorney General Marion Erwin, of Macon, who has been conducting the case against the fugitives, Wednesday filed a report with the attorney general which cast severe reflections on the legal proceed ings in the. Dominion. Upon the strength of Mr. Erwin ’s report acting attorney general has made representa tions to Secretary Hay and asked the intervention of the state department. Mr. Erwin’s report is clear and com prehensive statement of the whole pro ceeding* in the case since h<y first made plans to secure the extradition of Greene and Gaynor. It contains some severe strictures on certain Canadian officials and tells the whole Atory of the difficulties met on every wei from Canadian authorities, who slMied to be bound, according to Mr. Erwin, to prevent the Unuited States autnorities from obtaining possession of the two fugitives. Mr. Erwin concludes Lis report by saying that “before the prisoners can be taken out of Canada we will have to submit the regularity of the proceed ings to a high;(official of the Dominion government \yjiose firm was retained in advance of, the extradition proceed ings to resist extradition and whose powerful political Influence has been felt at every turn the case has taken. If this state of affairs continues with out protest on the part of our govern ment we might as well understand in advance that extradition of criminals from Canada under our treaty does not apply to cases where fugL.ves are charged with* financial crimes.” Secretary Hay had left the slate de partment. Wednesday when the letter came from the department of justice, accompanied by Mr. Erwin’s report, arrived. Mr. May bad evidently no in timation that the department of jus tice had intended to call upon him in the matter. Pending a perusal of the j letter and the report Secretary Hay is | undecided what course of action should be followed in calling the matter to the attention of the lirkish authorities. Representations may be matjle through the British embassy, of whifth Mr. Ar thur S. Raiks is the charge d’affaires and who is now at oar Harbor, or Am bassador Choate may be m strueted to make complaint to the uut at London. Mr. Envin is in ’asliington, but he declines to make any state ment be.yqnd that contained in his port. This does ot mean that the United States proposes to abandon its case against Greene and Gaynorj- The pro ceedings Will continue. “UNCLE RUSS” FIGHTfcJ TRUST. Goes to Cfcurt to Protect HVs Holdings Steel Corporati/An. Russe-lltsagey'ijas made application to Judge ItefArthur, at Newark, N. J., to bfl mafle a co-complainant In the suit to reitraW the conversion of pre ferred stoCik of the United States Steel Corporatiom to the amount of $200,000,- 000 intolidper cent bonds. Mr. Sage in his stated he was the own er of 6,0 l shares of United States Steel preferred stock avid 2,000 shares of the I!lifted States Steel common. 14 Loss Over a'Millio'n in Nebraska. '■ A conservative* estimate places the losses from floods in Nebraska at more than a million doljars, and some ex ceed twice that anajiunt. CHARLESTON w4 VAL STATION. — vC_ Secretary of Navy Orders That Addi tional Land£3 Bought. Secretary MoodA' has authorized Rear Admiral EmJTcott, chief of the bureau of yards anif docks. to proceed with the purchase of tfi 1-4 acres of ad ditional land for the new naval station at Charleston, S. C. Admiral Endicolt Thursday tele graphed to the mayor of Charleston asking if the offer of Charleston city to sell this land still held good, and when th*- favorable reply which is ex pected is received, the purchase will be spepdlly consummated. CORONATION AUGUST NINTH. That is the Program if King Edward is*Well by that 'lime. A London dispatch says: It is said on good authority that’subject to the approval of King Edward’s physicians, the coronation will occur August 9. King Edward Is not yet able to sit up, but every day he is removed to an adjustable couch, which gives a wel come Aange to his position, i • —a * - \ ■ ’\ ii ■ J Cream of NjjfiE w i-i m i : i • Brief Summary o-f Important Events®*^ 6 * of Each Day. President Spencer says the j step in the new depot matter at Atqßnl ta. Ga.. is for the state say whether or not it is going to t>uiiS| —Work lias begun on plat of ta. Ga., Car Wheel Company, whtflHf wil: be one of the most extensive man® ufacturing plants in the south. —Jury at Charleston awarded damages to Henry Powell,of New in suit against Atlantic Coast During expositon he presented tjHSjl for validation and ownership was qil® f: tioned. Dispute arose and Powell arrested. ® —The Alabama committee appointed to arrange details for primaries report that an agreement was reached pro viding for a second and third prmary, when necessary, similar to the South Carolina plan. —District Attorney Marion Erwin denies that he proposed to cease pur suing Gaynor and Greene if $500,000 was paid to the Unted States. On the contrary, he says Gaynor and Greene offered $300,000 to be allowed to es cape. —The United States revenue cutter Gresham, with Secretary Shaw and family on board, reached Boston, Mass., Friday after being long overdue from New' York. The Gresham was delayed by dense fogs. —At a meeting of the state execu tive committee Thursday in Montgom ery, Ala., a general democratic primary was ordered. —The strike of the coal miners in the Birmingham, Ala., district is said to be further from settlement now than ever. —A negro in Norfolk who killed a city coroner barricaded his house anil was arrested only after he had stood the police off for two hours and his body was riddled with bullets. —C. F. Osborne, cleared recently of alleged wife murder, is rearresie'd ac cused of the murder of a former wife in Oklahoma. —By an explosion of fire damp in a mine of the Cambria company at. Johnstown, Pa., Thursday hundreds of men were killed. —The United States is bent on re moving the.friars from the Philippines and the note of the Vatican is not re ganjed as satisfactory. —The strike of the freight handlers at Chicago is still on. the laborers hav ing refused to accept the settlement tendered by the arbitration committee. —lt is reported in Paris that J. Plerpont Morgan will refund the Turk ish debt, receiving for his services concessions which will make him tiio practical ruler of the Ottoman empire. —Queen Alexandra opened the coro nation bazaar in London Thursday. A feature of the bazarr was the display of jewels by Plerpont Morgan and oth ers, valued at $15,000,000. —ln the house of commons John Dil lon bitterly Hacked British rule In Ire land, alleging that juries are system atically packed to convict Innocent men. i —At ad-meeting In Atlanta Wedno’s day, ord\ries unite with clerks and sheriffs uMder name of County Officers' Ass * i at ii 1; s . , i 1 J, KB®' : U" H mt jB dij M ■ ■ been r< *■ e H I probable h<H * ■/ •' dian audio® ** : pealed to I ® ® ducked —H. H. JB fl fl ® ’--j > , j ; ’r4 jB JS v. * : -v. a - j to put all ■ ganization ® ® ® | ; .