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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.)