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THE MORNINO NEWS
Established I*Bo - Iru-orpnrjted IBtt
J H. KSTII.U I’resident
LEAVING GALVESTON
eiodii Fun* strickek nrr
lißom is st miii.its.
BUT THE CITY WILL RECOVER.
i,ist or nr.an stv nr* tr to
FROM n.IMM! TO K.IMU,
Contribution, Are I’onrlnir In anil
the I’enple Are llt-ronilna Mttre
I Itt-rrlnl—The Railroads Will Take
I ■■■ mediate Slepa to llehnlld—Sot
Mellevetl That Sickness Will Fo|-
lstts the Morin—t.o* eminent Maj
lleeltle to Rebuild the t’ortlflrn
tluns.
Galveston. Tex,. Spt. 15—The exodus
from Galvrston ttrows In mimbers as the
fiH'ltitles for fettlna away from the elty
lire 11. cress and. Heats left here to-day more
frequently than on any day since the
„•<>.ni. some proceeding direct to Houston
v i Huffalo Hu you and others making
connection nl Tex.ta CHy with the llreat
Northern I tall toad.
Among those who left to-day were Oen
McKlbben and Jdeuts. Ferguson and
I’erry, who were sent hither by the 1’nll
• i States government when the news of
the horror was Riven to the world Oen.
M Kthhen will eommunleate with the war
and parlment on his arrival In Houston and
i o nee proceed to Han 'Antonia to trans
it t i.ntcial business which Is requlrln* Ills
attention. Hefore leaylnß he was snlielt
• and hy Ihe authorities to return and ex
|i is lo do so within Ihe next four or
Me days.
i he n> ws which watt printed here lh*
mnrnln* In Ihe shape of a personal lele
gum from Vic* President Hunllnatoo
. I the .Southern Pacific, that that road Is
tot to abandon Galveston, has created
tense satisfaction and has materially
- . elerated the movement for the speedy
i airlrucllon of the city.
Mr Huntiiißion'a telegram was lo A- H.
■ In of the Galveston and Dallas News,
nd read:
1 see It reported that w are about
t i' tndon our work at Galveston. Noth
is furl her from our thoughts. We ex-
I t to resume work there as soon as we
You can assure ihe people lo that
Sickness Not Expected.
I>r W. H. Blount, state health ©Ulcer,
• iy printed a statement showing that
ipprehenMons are Justified shat atek
will result from the overflow Just ex
enced. He shows that In 1S? In the
r st of Ihe widespread epidemic of yel
i. fver. a severe siorm occurred at Osl
n In tne early deys of October, re
t In i deposit over a greater por
t . the city of slttny mud. Not only
sickness result, but the cyclonic
>n. • cut short the yellow fever cp-
II and but few cases of fever oceurtvd
tu.- ,fter. In IST. ami !* when there
a o storms and no overflow, increase
of i knesa occurred.
ml thouMiid men are at work
i• i* away the dibrla on th* leach,
hundred nn.J tifty boil If wore dla
r*d in itie wreckage and burned ves
n iy. No attempt In now being made to
i Ify recover^d bolltt. Indeed, moat of
• ’tn are found raked and muillatel and
|. -i i recognition. In some nuarltf* of
i e eity ia-d.:y the waterworks company
v is serving customers on the aeeond sto
i - This Is taken as Indicating the rapid
t Iway binK made In putting the plant
'in In o|i*rntion. The British steam. r
N.irma and ihe American steam* r Alamo
1 ire )>ern floated.
The street railway company suffered a
loss of a quarter of n million, ami Its *n
tre stem Is torn lo piece*. An effort Is
to lw made temporarily to operate cars
with mules.
Milking 'lnch Headway.
During the late hours of the eventmt
ded Improvement was made In the
tv * ci ndltlon. Electric llitht wires had
l n strunK for several day* as rapidly
a the linemen could work, and In the
ear nine the current was turned on. The
I elite were small Incandescent globes,
.'tid they w. re high upon poise, but they
were numerous and relieved the darkness
teat has hovered over the city for the
lei -t week.
Ihe streets heretofore have not per
muted the passage of afreet ear# and bl
• .cl's. In different parts of ihe city much
P gi ess was mad* In clearing up de
bris.
The waters of the Gulf now cover about
i owo square feet of ground that wits
fi tmerlv pert of GalveMon. This loss has
b*en suffered entirely on the south !■•
"f the city, where the finest residences
were built facing the Gulf, and where the
laid avas held at a higher valuation than
In any other part of the city, wllh Ihe
exception of the business district. For
three miles along the shore of the Gulf,
ti * choice residence properly eitemled.
' nt the shore line was eo changed by the
' tm that, at low tide, the water Is W
! *et farther up along the entire litre*
miles.
DOSS OF I.IFK n.ooo TO 8,000.
♦•slvestns's Calamity the Greatest
In foantry's History.
Austin. Tex., Sept. IS.—Gov. Sayers
' night received the following officio!
'■port from Mayor Jones of Oalvealon.
to conditions there:
Gaivetnon, Tex.. Sept. 14.—Hon. Joseph
Payer*, Governor: After the fullest
I* <11);* Investigation here we feel Justi
!'"l In saying lo you. and through you.
lie American people, that no similar
••“ter ha* overtaken any community or
'fn in the history of our country. The
of life Is appalling, and can never
urately determined. It Is estimated
1*0)0 to 8,000 people. There I# not a
pic In Galveston that has not been In
jured while thousands hava been destroy
‘‘,i Tne property loss represents arcum
'•’w'lons of sixty years of more millions
’ r, can be safely stated. Under these
o editions, with ten thousand people home-
jiabannal) Moaning tiv is.
Ie and dest|:ule. with the entire popu
lation under n stress and siratn. difficult
lo realize, we appeal directly in Ihe hour
of our great emergency to Ihe aympathy
find ft Id of mankind.
(Signed)
Walter Jones,
Mayor.
"R. B. Hawley.
Member of Congress, Galveston District.
“lieKlMmy
Commander Department of Texas."
The Inform itlon reaching here from on
official source, stales that reporta of pro
miscuous Shooing of vandals at Galves
ton has been exaggerated.
tiAI.VK.tTOk Wll.l. NOT IIIR.
Col. West Ifna t.rrnt Hope la the Fu
ture ot That City.
Washington Sep-. 15.—C01, Thomas F.
West of Fort Worth, Tex., attorney for
the Gulf. Colorado and Hants Fe roud, waa
hero yesterday. He does not agree with
the gioomy views concerning fkilveston's
future, expressed hy many, cveu in Texas.
Il< said:
“UatlVeston will not die wuh the present
disaster. It Is a elty of too much pluck
and enterprise. Ai one lime if was de
clared lo be the wealthiest city of Its pop
ulation In the world.
"The wagon bridge across the hay
-hou! I rot he rebuilt as It is of no practi
cal utility to the elty or the county people,
and In place of three railroad bridges oil
roads entering Galveston should combine
and build one double-trac k railway bridge
from Virginia Point to a suitable place
on the Island."
Kii.i.i.n in riinf. oAi.vicrroN.
Those Who kl*i Heath In the storm
at Ollier Points Number SIS,
Hotir:on, Tex Sept. 15. Following Is a
revised list of dead outside of Galveston:
AS Areodla—-Jamc llod>- ker and eon.
Mr Wofford, and eight others, names un
known. total 11.
At Alvin Misses M, and S M. Johnaon,
Mrs. Wilhelm, sister of Mrs. Johnson;
Mrs. Hawley, killed by being blown
against n post.
On Chocolate Creek—Mr. Gllaaepey.
Mrs. J W. Collins, Mr S. O. Dewls. Mrs.
Prof or of Roeeber, killed In Santa Fe
wreck.
At Marvllle—Mr. Bumpass, J. H. Rich
ardson, Jr.. Mrs. Jules A. Tlx of Galves
ton counly; total, 8.
fin Mutang Creek—Mr. J. Mcl.aln.
At Angleton—Keklln Williams. F. J
Duff. eon. and three unknown: total 5.
At Rmokstdr- W. ft Smith and daugh
ter. aged IC, and Alice l,eunarf. colored;
total J.
At Columbia—Perry Campbell and three
unknown negroes; total C
At Dickinson- A mother and two daugh
ters, and seven unknown men; total 10.
At Hitch, ock William Johnson and
wlfeWllliam Robinson I-Innle. Mrs. IVHx,
Mary Monelona; Mr. Palmero. wife and
ffve cblldien; unknown woman; unkt:own
boy, aged 14; l oorge Young, wife and
four children; T. W. OTonnor and wife
of Alvin. Miss ; Mr. J W Collins. W P.
Hawley, son of lion. Joe |tode ker. son of
.Inmes Itodcck. r. lllram Johnson an 1 wife,
William Robinson, Domenico child. Mrs.
Jos. Meyer; seven unknown, found on the
prairie; Iftree unknown, found on a fen-e;
total U.
At Ia igue CHy—W. A Williams. 'Mrs.
I.eiltla Schultz, and Mrs. Sophia S.-hulti;
total 3.
At Morgan Point—lamia Bracltjual, Hilly
Jones; toial I.
At Patton H. Dandruin. wife and live
children; Atkins. w)f and child, Mrs.
Slalom and child: Tmney Denton. wife
and live daughters; A. Vinson, wife and
child of Liverpool Tex.; John Gllpsey; to
tal 23.
At Quintana—Fifteen convhis. six bodies
picked up on the beach, unknown, but
believe,! to have floated over from Gal
veston: total 21.
At Handy Point—Eight negroes, names
unknown.
At Mos-lr.g Sect lon-Foreman Kirby
with 14 while men. Total 15.
At Roaenbarg—J. L. Cantrell. Itev. Wat
son, Cabman Norman of Needvllle Mrs.
Robert IJaw.-on and Infant child of Mrs.
Graggls, child of Mrs. Kllpatrrk, child of
Mrs. I aim r. Charles Scott. Maty Hughes:
total 10.
At Richmond Eighteen reported lost,
names unknown. ,
At Seabrook- Mrs. Fred May, Mrs. P
Pllinger. Mrs. Vincent and three children.
Mrs 8 K. Mllhenny. child of lllcg Da
vlds. Mrs. Dr. Nicholson. Mrs. Jane
Wood lock, two unknown; total. 1.1.
At Virginia Point Two children of Mrs.
Wright, Mis. Cleary and three chil
dren. three negroes, two unknown negro
women. Isouis Dom-nge.iux; total IX.
At Velasco—liev. Father Kteny. L. W.
Porry. Ham Bly. Mrs. Parker and grand
daughter: total. 8.
At Waller—Mrs. \|ary Proctor of Hosen
berg, killed In Santa Fe wreck on Sat
urday afternoon. Grand total. 218
OTHER HE 'll REPORTED.
levrral Eaitlre Fontlllee Near Gal
veston " Ipetl not.
Galveston. Tex.. Kept. 15.-Theodor*
Belli, who lives twelve miles down the Isl
and. reports the following killed:
John Hehnclder'a whole family.
Henry Hchnelder's whole famely.
Frit* upper 1 * whole fumlly.
William Hchroeder lost his wife and
seven children.
Ham Kemp, colored, kiel alt hi* family.
Frltx Boehl'a wife.
Andrew Boehl lort hi* wife and three
daughter*.
O. Slayer and wife.
TO RESTORE FORTIFICATIONS.
Board of Officer* Appointed to In
vestigate sail Report.
Washington. Sept 16 -With a view to
the restoration of th* fortification# In the
harbor of Galveston. If *u>'h a thing la
pos-lble. Gen. Wilson, chief of engineer#,
thl* morning organlied a board of en
gineer odicer*, consisting of Col. Henry
M Robert, eiatloned al New York, MaJ.
Henri M Adam* stall- n*d at New Or
leans; Cant. Charles 8. Riche.
at Galveston, and Cept. Edgar Jadwtn.
stationed al N< w York, to meet nl Galvea
tor at Ihe call of Ihe senlof officer, about
Oct 3D.
The board I* Instructed In-make a care
ful tnd critical exomlmtlon of the J* t'ee
and fortification* of Galveston and to re
port to the chief of engineer* what action
Is necessary for the repair and r*a oration
of in* fortification* and harbor work*
Acting Secretary MtlkiaJOhn hvs recalv
ed a telegram from Mayor Jones of Gal
veston eaylng: „ _ ,
•The people of th* city of Galveston de
sire to return to you their heertfell thanks
Continued on Ninth Pag*.
SAVANNAH, CA.. SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER Pi, 1900.
CHINESE SITUATION
IIEKDI* I.OOK I PO* IT AR VERY
IRLITIIFAI TORY.
POWERS MAY NOT FALL OUT.
11l RSI.* TO KEEP LARGE HO I VIES Ol
TROOPS IN CHINA.
(•rrmnii) Will lnll on I'nnlihmrKl
of t hiiim'r lmi-Komg Uaidrra.
Franco Ir Talking ni an Inlrrnß
flonnl I mifrrniof-4*crman t'orre-
R|Hinlrnti Say German Trtiop*
Were Ihe Only Oaea Who Hid
I tittiinu-Nfi I hmiff In situation.
Copy right, 1100. the Associated
Berlin. Hep:. 15 The Chine*® situation
Is here t|** m<tl to be highly UMiillffiwMrfy
and most complicated. though no
tlonal event* are Immediately fipc-lfd,
•nd action upon the |arl of any one I’ow
er la not anticipated.
According to the opinion here all the in
terested Power* are too firmly convinced
of the Importance of continued harmony
and MlldiirKy to jeopardise them when no
neceaalty call* for It. It la not expected
In Berlin that either Russia or Prance will
hurriedly withdraw their troop* from Pe
kin. and It 1# believed the United States
w-11l not he in any greater hurry.
Information ha* reached this city that
Russia. In any event, will keep large
!<od!e of troops In China, nx only In the
frontier provinces of Mongolia. Manchu
ria ami Ktrln, but olso in the interior and
the district* of IV Uhl LI. Tito
military commanders of the allied Ton es
have agreed that under any circumstance*
It l* ncessary to stnngthen the to it nl
anil atna’eglcal poaltloti of the internation
al troops In Pe c*hl Id. Hu**la. too. will
finish the railroad from Yang Tu to Pe
kin.
Will Inalat on Pantahmenf.
Regarding Germany** attitude, she will
In any case Insist on severe punishment
being inflicted on the treacherous Chinese
authorities, to which purpose the confes
sion of Baron von Ketteler a assassin come
opportunely.
'Germany will not accept Gen. Yung lot
as a peace negodator, If the chrge* made
against Yung Lu that he led the attacks
against the Pekin legf oj.n are proved
But Germany, though her foreign office
Insists on the prtfictpta of severe punish
merit. doe* not ofiftose peace with China,
as shown yew erday by the German min
ister to China accepting Li Hung Chang's
visit to Shanghai.
The German papers are filled with mall
correspondence from China, mostly des
cribing In detail events until shortly he
fore the tmirh upon Pekin. All the*e
letters agree in saying that tier many la
the only Power not jamming looting and
malfltsifting the strictest discipline among
her iroope.
Tlie German l.onn.
The paper* to-day nearly all condemn
the placing of th* German loan in the
United Htutes as unnecessary and calm-
Iht•'l to humiliate the nation The Voa
sischo Zcitung prints figures showing that
the imp- rial government had llo.OCO.huu
marks on hand, an l says:
* Why then borrow abroad, thus putting
Germany on a par with Husxta and small
er and lea* moneyed countrli*. The em
pire wou and not have found It difficult to
raise the amount here without th aid
of any bank."
The corrcN'ikondent of the Associated
Press learns, however, authoritatively,
that German government clrcha have
been most agreeably touched hy the man
ner in which the German loan has been
taken up In the United States. |>artlcu
larly at the New Y>rk Lift Insurance
Company’s partlclj atfen.
l>T:it V%Tlt\ M. I*O%FKRENCK*
bu**rsled aa a Mean* of the
f hlneßc duration.
Copyright. ISOO. The Asso lte.l Trass,
pails, H'pt. 15. —The unsatisfactory con
dition of the cipher m iNigcs whl h ranch
the Powers from their representatives in
China, ©•‘peclally nt Pekin, has brought
forward prominently the suggestion of an
international conference at eotne Kuro;> an
capital.
A point which give- nldlllon.il weigh!
to the plan Is appreciation of Ihe dtffi.u.ty
of reaching amk able results among th*
minuter* at Pekin, many of whom have
been antagonistic In their policies during
their stay there within Hie last few year*,
foul I they obtain direct and quick cum
niunlcsttnn with this home governmepta
the tangle wou-d be straightened out, tut
under the pre tnt conditions this seem* to
be lro| ©sslbie.
An argument advanced against the pro
lo*ed conference U the difficulty of the
Powers being represented by men fully
conversant wllh all the latest phases of
tlte Far Eastern question.
Homo of the details which will he urged
in connection wllh the peace term* re
discussed In diplomatic circles here One
iwilnt strongly urged on Ihe pirt of France
is tho permanent continuance of the in
ternal lottal agreement now In force pro
hibiting th* exportation of arm* lo China.
This la believed to be a strong measure
of precaution against a recurrence of the
determined assault on foreigner*.
A demand Is also made for a reduction
of the Chinese forces holding Taku and
Woo Hung, which are the main coast de
fenses, respectively, of Pekin and Hhang
hal. to keep open “ “lore secure route
to Iheae cltlea.
Rueatlnn of Indemalty.
Th# question of Indemnity and how It
will he paid la w serious problem. Tho
Indemnities ore divided into three classes,
those payable to the states, to the socie
ties and to IndlvMulle. The amount which
the various stales will demand will reach
an enormous sum. and the-bblllty of Chlm
to meet them with cash payment# causes
concern Great Britain'# Indemnity. It I*
believed here, will be not less than sixty
million francs, while Russia'• will not be
fat below this. France's Indemnity will
lie In the neighborhood of franca,
and that of the United Htate*. It Is
thought, will not he so large, on account
of most of the American troops going from
the Philippine Islands.
In order to meet these great claims It I*
possible that some reform In the Internal
administration of China may be tie e-aary.
though their nature is not yet considered.
It Is said that Russia ha* not heard from
her minister at Pekin for *om day*, and
the mrtwige* of M Plchon. th# French
minister at the Chinese capital, are aiao
deayed. thus rot permitting Ihe govern
ment to gain any new knowledge In retard
to th* evacuation term* which are lo be
given these official*.
It la asset >d her* that Fracce and Rus
sia are acting In perfect harmony, and
.... . ■ - r ■ ■ ... r- -
that they will certainly rema n In accord
In th-lr negotiations for p- a e.
I %\\OT TUI tl WITH CMtMi.
Sir Bohrrt Hart Martia Allies of an
U. % |*rrted Altat'k.
Copyright. 1900. the Associated Press.
Pekin. Hept 7. via Taku, Hept. 13. an*l
Hhanghal. fkpt. 15 At a meeting of the
foreign ministers here. It ha* been de
cided that |hev had no power ai present
to treat with Prince Chlng. The generals
of the powers also think they cannot
trent With th*> Prince.
The Russian legation. It t* understood,
hie been ordered to be withdrawn, and
thia | believed to Indicate that the future
of I'hina must be derided hy an interna
tional commission in *m foreign capi
tal.
Hlr Robert Hart, the director of the
Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs, ho
Informed the foreign general* that they
must be prepared for future hopiilltieji.
that the Chinese troop* are concentrating
and moving on the line of ’ommunlc.itlon
betwerfi Pekin and Tien Tslrt. and that
he thought trouhlo might be expected hy
N’o\ ember.
Gen. Chaffee believes Pekin ha* suffi
cient troop* o hold out against any at
ta**
Prince (*hing Informed Mr. Conger that
the Emperor la anxious to return to Pe
kin, and mke all proper preparations.
The Prince says the Emperor and the en
i tire 4'ourt are In a small village sixty
mile* away, lie will not endeavor to ne
g*>tlate until the arrlv.il of 14 Hunt: Ch*ng.
who l* expected hce shortly.
Lieut. Benjamin It. liver, i-otnmandlng
>lxty men of the Hixth Cavalry, was re
cently attacked near here by fihh Boxers.
He put them to rout, his force killing
twenty-five of them and capturing some
rifle* and treasure. There were no A met -
lean casualties*.
TO AID MATIVIQ I HRIMTI4MA.
Alxth Cavalry Colug to Atop Depre
dation* of Rover*.
Copyright, 1900, the Associated Press.
Pekin kept. 10. via Hhanghal. kept. IS.—
A squadron of the Sixth Cavalry will
leave here to-morrow to relieve a native
Christian village which waa attacked hy
Boxers, forty-* x miles southeast of Pekin.
keveral small parties have been attacked
I*owen Tu Ye Chow and Ho* Kla Wan.
where British and American troop* are
stationed.
The Russians have received word of re
verse* In Manchuria, where 20ft miles of
railway ha* been destroyed and a number
of stations have been burned. There hat
been much fighting and many Russlana
have been killed Three regiments h*v*
left Pekin on their long overland march
to Manchuria.
A gradual reduction of the Russian
forces In Pekin has begun. Five regiment*
have already been withdrawn, leaving
t.hnn Russian* here. The total of the al
lied forces I* now about lOfitO, of whlcji
numl**r 22,h0n are Japanese. Baron Ntwhl.
th* Japanese minister, favor* th* with
drawal of la/*** troops, to la held In re
serve In Japan.
a—
H 14414 WILL WITHDRAW.
Lark of Railroad Make* Staring In
IV LI i Impracticable.
Copyright. 1900. The Associate! Press.
Pekin, kept. 6, via Hhanghal. kept. 16.
It 1* announced that, owing to the Impos
sibility of getting the railroad through be
fore winter sets In. all the Russian forces
will be withdrawn and will make Tien
Tsiti their headquarters. This Is causing
speculation as to Ruiki'i policy.
The occupation of Tekln during the win
ter Is practically Impossible for a large
body of trootoi unless r.iiltowd connection
b* re-estHbllshed. Home favor leveling
I ekln with the ground before retiring lo
Tien Tsin.
APPOIMTMEMT OF YTIVO LB.
Minister Wo officially Yotlfle* Atate
men!.
Washington. Kept. IS.—Minister Wu was
an early caller at Ih* Stale Department
! to-day and spent nearly an hour In eon
| fere nee with Acting Hccretary Adee. H*
' notified Mr. Adee verbally of the appolnt
nwnt of Yung Du a* an envoy, but had
no further Information to communicate.
He w a** rather In search of news himself,
and was much Interested In a short dis
patch from Minister Conger, describing
the conditions In Pekin.
The Htate le|iartment, while declining
to make this message public, authorized
the statement that th* dispatch Indicat
ed that no change had taken place In
\|ie political situation In Pekin.
SAYS ( III" HEX I.4HEt W AR.
Report of Formnl Declaration I poa
Capture of Taku Fort*.
Berlin, sept 15.—The Shanghai corre
spondent of the I-okal Anseiger. reports
an interview with l>r. Rostporn, secretary
of tho Austrian legation. In which Ihe
secretary l quoted as Miylng that th*
Chinese governmen* present**! to the min
ister a formal declaration of war on Juno
til cone td*ring <h* rapturing of the Tnku
for ts an act of war. The minister* were
requested to leave Pekin In twenty-four
hours.
Toma Taken by Itnnalana.
Pt. Petersburg. Hept. If..— Offiital dis
patches received here announce the cap
ture of FuUarda on Hept *, giving the
Russians command of the Manchurian
railway Gen. Orlnff and Gen. Ren*n
kampf. commanding separate columns, left
Tsltlkar on Hept . and occupied Zan
guandl on Ihe th. Mongolo and Fuljarda
voluntarily gave Up cattle In lieu of taxes.
NEGRO AAA AIDANT I.VNI MED.
Taken From * Guard by an Armed
Mob and Alrana I p.
Richmond, V* . Hept. 15.—Yesterday near
Arrington. Nelson county, a negro crim
inally assaulted Mis* Ellen Itosworth, a
school teacher of that county.
The assault was made In Ihe woods not
far from th* victim's home and th# negro
left her for dead, having choked her Into
Insensibility. The negro waa arrested,
taken before a magistrate end confined
He wa* then started for th* county teat
under guard, but wa* taken from th*
guard by a mob and banged lo the limb
of a tree.
MORE MINERS QUIT
OTNFsR I.Af K %W nOIsLHCRIKS
roftcien to tt
ALL MAY STRIKE TO-MORROW.
OI'KR A TOR A l>F.tl.\ltl. TIIISY Wll.l.
YIKI.I) YOTNI\O.
Probability la That IV*. If Aw>. of
the anthracite Wises %% 111 Me at
Work To-morrow Misers Hove
tigered 4hle-lftdled Hen to
4*lat In I'resen In* Order—Opam
tora W 111 i aneenlrnfe 411 the Men
\% Is• !>• Mint Mtrlke.
Philadelphia. l*a . kept. 16. Th* much
t Hkril of Strike of the anthr.i We coil
miners in the ctial region* of Penneylv
nia. umt* r the mtiplm of th* United Mine
Workers >f America, shloh affe •.* als>ut
14. union and non-union workara, w
practically Inaugurate*! to-day. ard re
ports retired fr**m the v.irloua sections
Indicate that on Monday morning. wh*n
the strike officially 1 eglna, according to
the .*trtk‘ order, issued by President
MKchell of the Mine Workers’ Union, very
f* w of the collieries, will be in operation.
The operators, however, are confident
that the pro|iortkii of the striking miners
hae been gT*xtly ex uik* rated
The fdt nut ion to night Is practically one
of strike. B* ports from l.ack
awmna. S. huvlkt l. t'arbon and North
umnerlaM'l toumlo, where the m*st ln
porfant coal workings ar**. presage a
struggle between the n(eiator anil their
nun that many fwi may lead to disturb
ance* and perhaps worse. .
To-rrfght, however, all la quiet. Miners*
meetings were held at a number of points
and Ihe *|M>aker* counseled quiet, order
ly conduct on the part of the men
That some of the operators are preparing
for tha worst is Indicated hy their fenc
ing In and stringing barbed wire about
their breakers.
Urkananna Collieries Close.
Acranton. Ta.. Aept. 16.—Nearly all the
'Olilcrie* of the !*ickawnnna region that
were not cloned flown yeaterday, In>kuii
oper.itton* this nw>rnlng hut Indore noon
arrived, they were one hy one forced to
suspend, until only n few of them were
doing anything at all. and those few were
so badly crippled hy shortage of hands
that under ordinary Oircuinstances, thv
operator* would have given up the at
tempt to work them.
Tne officers of the United Mina Workers
claim that no one. except the exempted
engineer*, firemen, barn bowses and pump
runners, will rewfrond to the whittle* Hon
da* morning
Tha operators, one ard all. say they do
not know what the men will k>. hut are
firmly convinced that a m ijorvty of their
employes are opimsed to staking, and that
the general shutting down of the i‘rtlllpri - i
1* due to the fact that the recklcs* break
er and driver boys turned out and pre
vented the antl-*trtke miners from work
ing. Believing this, the operators Will
open up ne usuil on Monday and give
work of some kind to any men who put
In an appearance.
The l>e|aw'are. L.j knwanr * and West
ern Company I* determined to at least
keep some of its nineteen collieries going
The bosses went among the men to d.iy
offering full protection anl tpa'lal favors
to all of it* men of known anti-strike pro
clivities. If they would report Monday
morning If there are not enough men
on hand to start up all the collieries, th-wr
who do not respond will t*e congregated
In a few of the collieries and put to work.
How many promises they received was
not disclosed.
klsers titler llepnflee.
Organiser Dllcher toil ay offered lo
Sheriff I’royer. free of expense, the ser
vt * of !?.,> sober, reliable adult mem
bers of the union to set as deputy sher
iffs and maintain a constant guard of the
mine pr.vpertlcs. The eherlff ah| he
would consider Ihe proposition. Tin* num
ber of men and boys kilo to-day In this
district, covering Ihe lot- kawonna and
Wyoming vgileya, Is estimated ct head
quarters lo lie fully to,On
The superintendents of Ihe different min
ing companies here wore In conference
again Uvday, and from now on they will
meet dally. They have thoroughly re
viewed the situation, and while deploring
genra'ly the strike of their. employes
they do not see how It Is poaslh * to change
from the decision heretofore made, name
ly, Ihe Impossibility of granting any In
crease In wages and Ihe determination not
to recognize the United Mine Workers of
America.
"hat the Operators Say.
General Huperlntendent Uooml* of the
Delaware, Uurkawanna and Western
rompany, Is looked upon na Ihe head of
the superintendents' orgiinlxa'lun Today
he said:
"The position of the companies la thor
oughly defined and there will he no devia
tion. We have conferred and while we
think the men have been 111-advised, we
are decided that none of their demands
shall be me. A line of action ha* been
deiermlned on and this will begin on Mon
day morning with the blowing of Ihe
breaker gongs calling the men to their
work. Tbps* who respond will be given
places and protected In their work. If nec-,
essary these men will lie placed In one of
the central mines so as to he employed
together end their work and safety better
assured. A supply of stock coni now In
sight can meet the Immediate demands of
upwards of two weeks, after which lime
must come e coal famine, or the Inrush
of bltuminoua coal that will wipe out a
large part of the nnlhraclte market, un
less the men now deluded by falae hopes
return to work.”
ANOTHER CASE OF I*I.'GIF.
Makes a Total of Sweatees! That
Have Appeared la Glasgow.
Glasgow, Hept. IS.— Another plague rase
has,been reported here, making a total of
seventeen. In addition thsrs la one sus
pect and fifteen persons unde "**#rv.
tlon.
% *i:\* %Ti*S\l TR UiKDt.
'lrnnufr Knlnril %rflt Hrwwß'i
II on hi him I Klllri! Him.
Columbia. 8. C., 8* pt K A tragedy,
rarrylm with It n aen.* tum unw|uilW
In * a fni(*il In Kockhill thlw
morning at 2 oVlo-k.
II A llrown, an nd an
artlat, non of the I* tiding uniat of the
Sixst.iior, lIVfH In Rockhlll. At marly
2 o’clock ii carriage ilrov* to llw*
ami n wnllilri'fM il young man a Ighted
and kno kH I*' IV Nell. brother-in-law
of Brown, r* p-mded an>l wan toll by Ihw
vipttor that he mud *ee Brown on urgent
buiinnni Immediately. Nell, having the
stranger below. went with a light to
arouw hi* broth* r-ln-l.*w. On entering
•he and nvnk.nlrur Brown he dis
covered that the at ranger had followed
him
The min ro*he<l to the ride of Ihe art
let, put a |>l*tol to hi" Imdv and fired. A
a* ••ond rht shattered Itrown'a arm, the
|lat*: Iwltlg knock**! indde by Nell. The
stranger haetlly dee . nded the step*. #n
tered the carriage. In which another man
ww* nltllng. the driver lashed hla horses,
and they were gone.
Ur own lingered a few liotir* before dy
ing Three timet when nked who phot
him he replied. I'iiiil M Itr.itton. Itr.v
ton la a resident of Yorkvllie, nnl was
• hla afternoon with hla driver, J>avid Col
well. arrested. Colwell paya he
drove Bratton through the country taut
• y-one mllea to Knckhlll and returned The
Identity of the other man la unknown.
litown Him tn York villa yesterday, and
had hot word* with a younger brother of
IY*uJ M liratton.
The Itnition famllv la one of the oldeat
In the state. and in war uih! peace, have
held the highest (Mielllonp.
I*aui Hratton la eon- In Aiw of Col. Aah
hury t’rfkord. superintendent of the Bouth
Carolina Military Academy.
I HKN •• TOOK II %MltFltTOft.
Hurra Were *urprlael and Mail* l.lt
llf Me*l*tanr*e.
In*lnn, Rr*pt IS.—Lonl Robert* r*pnrti
to the war office unlfr data of Jieptemhar.
• a follow*:
"French occupied Ho rher ton ye*terday
with tho cavalry, whirl* hr* took aero**
the mountain*. He me* -hunt oppo*lllon.
tho enemy being completely nurprlaed.
Twrnt>-throo officer* ami fifty-nine m n.
Who were prisoner*. Weir an*l
forty-three lixomotlvea nrwl other rolling
atockt* were capture*! The former will
relieve ia of great difficulty a* we had to
put up with a few rickety engines.
"French report* thal he ha* sufficient
*uppMe* for three week* for hla force.
•mu! for a week for hla horse*. One hun
dred Hi -ra with many Maueer rifle* and
a quantity of ammunition were captured.
There are largo <|Ufinltlea of cattle and
*hecp in the •’Ottn.’ry.
"French Intercepted Uirao convoy*,
elmwing that Itartorton w.*** u*cd <m a
d|*t of eupplle* for tho lloer* In the
wxith and -out Meant The bulk nf French'*
force i* atili thirty-rtvc mile* behind the
cavalry, owing to the difficulty of getting
the wagons over the |a** leading to liar
berton.’*
hTHIFF IkllMi T HE BOERS.
Fighting Among Themselves and
Footing and llurnlng,
TaM-enxn, Marquez. Kept. 15.—Herrs who
arrived here yesterday evening aver that
Ihe Burghers arc lighting among them
selves at Helsprult and aro tooling and
burning buildings.
4VITIIKH Ame 41. FHttM BOF.RA.
Tbt y Ask 'll Nations lo Intervene
In Their Alruugle.
The Hague. Bept. 16.—The Boer dele
gates, Messrs. Fischer. Woimerans and
'Vessel*, have addressed an apt M'S I to all
nations for Intervention in Houth Africa
They assert that the Houth African re
publics hive shown themselves to lie
worthy of liberty, and that they will con
tinue to strugg.e to the las: breath against
Great Britain's attempt lo annihilate their
existence as a free peop.e.
MOPE A FOR 'llia. MAT BRICK.
Hr. I lark Hell Is Somewhat l.sronr.
aged b> Ilia Trip.
I gin don, dept. IS.—Dr. dark Bell, who
sailed for Nw York from Rotterdam on
the Hpoardsm. Sept U, said to a repre
sentative of the Associated Frees before
sailing: *-
"I am by no mean* dissatisfied with Ihe
results of my visit In behalf of Mr*. May
brick. though the home secretary has not
yet taken action. The publication of Dord
Bussell's letter turned a profound sensa
tion. Furthermore. I have sin te learned
on high authority that l-ord Husarll kept
his promts- lo Mrs Mayhrlek and In the
capacity of leord filler Justice, pre|>ared
a long statement strongly urging her re
lease. and concluding as follows:
“ Tn my opinion, as head of Ihe Judi
ciary of ling and. Mrs. Maybrlck ought
to la- tmme lialcly r.h.s.d'
'Thl# letter ess anown lo Dord Hugh
Cedi, fifth son of the Marquis of Hall.i
hury. and at one lime a private secretary
to his father, ns 8 cretary of H: tie (or
Foreign Affairs, and others before pre
aenlatWm to the home secretary. Hlr Mat
thew While lildley. and, In h* opinion
of ihe heat Informed banister* In Eng
land, ihewe representation* constituted an
official act on the pirt of the chief Jue
lice, atal Ihe home secretary ought to so
regard them ”
'VII.I. Ill' ON a titlin' TIRE.
Raay Carolina 'tills Will Unlace
Their Outpnl.
Columbia. B. C., Hept. 15.—More than
twenty big eolton mills In Ihe Greenville
district, using nearly a quarter of mil
lion bale* tinnually. will commence run
ning abort lime Monday. Thla Includes
the hlg mill* of Piedmont and Pelser.
Work would have been stopped weeks
ago. except for a des re lo keep the em
ployes at work suffering, but
the high price' of cotlon with that of
heavy goods below the com of production
has caused Ihe mill presidents to take thl*
action, as the best methods of relieving
the situation.
Them mills have never before ehut
down or run on half time. The mills mak
ing fin* good* are not In the I M, those
affected make good* for the China trade.
DAILY, fn A YEAR.
h ( KNTH A COPY.
2-TIMES-A WEEK.6I A YEAR
HE SPOKE TO 14,000
ItflTA* WARMLY (iHKKTTf) BY TIIR
TRAY Eld MG HEM.
HIS ADDRESS ON TRUSTS.
MET BY COMMITTEE AMO VHUYIHV
TO COMNFI >1 HALL.
At. Lent* People Cheered III* Aentl
menls Power* the Trust* Have
and Eseretse—Mo Hope of Belief
I root tlie Hepabllean* —• Prngea
slonal Hen a* Well a* Laborer*.
Aufter— %Vebler liiivla Took Oeea
ion to lleny home € barges
% u a I ort Him.
Ht. Louis, Mo., kept 15 -lion. W J.
Bryan spoke here ti-nlght at the Coli
seum I 101 l under the ai>N{|ces of the Na
tional Democratic Committee of Commer
cial Traveler*. The hall Is said to seat
It. people. Not only was every seat oc
cupied. but every available foot of stand
ing room was also covered.
Mr Bryan was late In arriving at tha
hall, having been detained by his at
tendamh upon a meeting of the Knight*
and Lbdle* of llornw at Concordia Park,
where he nl*#* mad* a brief n ldres* Mr.
Bryan bad arrived In the city about i
o'clock, coming here from East kt Is>ul.
He w*n escorted across the Mississippi by
a committee of the Commercial Travel
ers. who imd him In the Illinois ity. They
brought him into this city in a carriage
drown hy four cream white horse* and
followed by twnty other carriages, all
drawn by white horses, and accompanied
by a mounted guard and u large squad of
police.
The meeting nt the Coliseum was pre
sb| tl over by J W. Jump, chairman of
•he commercial travelers committee and
the time previous to Mr Bryan's arrival
ws* fill* and by other siieakers. The first of
these was Hon. John A, Lee, IVmocratio
candidate f*r lieutenant governor of thia
state, end hlmeelf a commercial traveler.
Hon > Webster DavU followed Mr. Da
vis took occasion to reply to tin* recent
charge that he had received money from
Pred'bnt Kruger for taking a fmsltlon In
favor of the Democratic ticket In tha
present canifwtlgn. He said that he had
gone t> kouth Africa to visit a personal
friend of his who waa consul there, lit
then raid:
*T hav* been accused of an Infamoug
crime by men I do not know and who. I
have no doubt, ara getting b g pay for
what they are doing. 1 cnalieng* them to
produce a slug!** letter that I have ever
w rit ti n or to firing foiward any other le
gitimate proof |o substantl at* their
charge/* •
Mr Davl* said that since he had taken
lila position his crippled brother, who had
held Ihe place of assistant postmaster at
K uisns City, lind been deprived of hi*
office.
An Ovation for Rrynn.
Mr. Bryan received a great ovation
when he a|>prarrd on the stage. He read
hi* speech from manuscript, and the en
tire 'o< umenl was well received. The (al
lowing are extracts from Mr. Bryan's
speech:
I would rail the attention of every fa
ther and mother lo pit ent political and
Industrial conditions I would ask them
to analyse these condition*. Inve-ngai*
their causes atal iltclr tendencies. I
would press 141011 them thl* question: “Is
the young turn. Absalom, safe’" Are
you satisfied with Ihe |MMilhll!(k a and Ihe
pn liabilities which now open before your
•on?
1 he safe when foreign or domestic
financiers are allowed to determine the
monetary system under which he lives?
1* lie safe when national hank* control
the volume of money with which he does
business?
Is ho safe when Ihe bond holding class
determine* the size of the national debt
upon which he must help to pay Inter
est?
Is he safe when by mean* of taxes tail
almost entirely upon consumption he la
comiielled >o contribute according to h!a
warns rather than according to bis pos
sessions?
la he safe when corporate Interests In
fluence. as they do to-day. Ihe selection
of those who are to represent him In Ihs
Belial* of the Untied State*.
If he Is a wage-earner, and you do not
know Itow soon he may he, even If he is
not now. la Im safe when he Is liable to
be deprived of trial by Jury, through tha
system known a* government by Injunc
tion?
Is he safe. If a laboring man. when ha
Is denied the protection of arbitration and
compelled tn submit lo ttuch hours and
terms as a corporate employer may pro
pose?
Sample C aae o* Tracts.
One or the companies, taken Into the
•'omidnatkai uad assies estimated at a
little more than six million dollars, an
other company had asset* estimated at a
little mote than three million*; the third
company hod assets estimated at a lit
tle mote than one million The fourth
company had assets estimated nt eight
hundred thousand dollars, and the fifth
.*>mi>ntiy had aeseis *tlmted at Sevan
hundred thousand dollars. The good will
wna twit estimated In the above figure*.
The total asset*, therefore, of the five
com pn nice, not |m .u<tlng the good will,
were less than twelve million dollars,
and the prospectus Mate* that the com
bined net profits of the five concern# for
(he >e*r IMB, estimated on the buMneaa
of ten months of the year, would amount
to twelve hundred thouaand dollqr*. Un
der the head of “Kistlnißted i.lditlonal
earnings (tom consol ■ ton'' I find tha
following:
"Each of the five rompanlea now main
tains agencies In the principal cities of
the United Htate*. The Worthington and
ll.ake companies have store*, and carry
stock In Ismdon, Hamburg. Vienna, and
other cities Home of them have expen
sive salaried managers. All there agen
ds* in thin atal other countries will be
consolidated. The ttores and agcnriea
maintained In the cities of this country,
and the forces of clerks, salesmen, ete.,
necessary to conduct them, will be unltad
and decreased. Involving an estimated
saving of at least tiM.fltin a year The ex
pense* of each company for Itg draught
ing department. Incident to Ihe elaborate
drawing*, and apaclficatlons for estimat
ing of work, will bring about a further
reduction. The standardising of the pat
tern# for form and domestic work, which
la new under way In the Worthington fac
tory. when applied to th* entire business
•Continued on Third Page.)