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THE MORNING NEWS
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J. H. EBTII.I. President
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COLORADO RISING RAPIDLY
River Reported Ten Feet Higher Thao
Ever Betore.
WORSE THAN APRIL’S FLOOD
Every Effort Made to Notify People
io Lowlands.
The Flood Mas l.iiirrlrd l
hy Austin Alioat Alldnlght—Rise la
Tnralp l>rl Higher Than Thai
I
Which Wrecked the Analla Ham
and I'nnrr IManl—Other Hlvers Are
na the minipnu" and t rope and
Property Have Dern Badly Dam
aged.
Austin. Tex . Sept 21.—A telephone met
es (a received here to-nlitht by the chief
of police from Llano eay that San Saba,
forty miles north of that place, contain
>yg about 1.000 people, was partially swept
away by the floor) In the San Saba river,
which was still rising.
It la feared there has been greit loss
of life tn the bottoms, as the rise was In
tha night and came without warning.
Austin. Tei., Sept. 54.—Gov. Bayers
w ired to-night to all points south of here
warning notices that the most terrific
food In ibe history of the Colorado river,
which flows by this city, is now surgin’;
down through the mountain gorge* tn the
northwest of here, and ia expected at
this place at midnight.
The warning was sent out by Gov Say
ers In response to the following telegraph-
Is warning:
"GoMthwaite, Sept. 24. Tr> Gov. Bay
er Notify all towns on Colorado river
and have town notify country points that
river la ten feet higher than ever before
known and is slill rapidly rising. Very
1.1 gent. Phil H. Clements.
•'State Representative."
The river has been tUlng very fast at
Austin since 4 o'clock this afternoon and
reports frrm Uoldthwaie at 8 o'clock to
night say that the water le still rapidly
rising there. The rise at that point was re
ported to be 58 feet at dark.
Along the Colorado water sheds very
heavy rains have fallen during the past
four days, and the rise reported coming
down now Is 39 feet higher than the one
that broke the Austin dam and wrecked
the city's light and tower plant last
April.
It Is axpecled that the advance of this
great rise will sweep by Austin about
midnight, and all parties In the lowlands
to the south of the city, and all points
reached by either telegraph or telephone
were communicate) with hy the Governor
with the warning to escape before the
flood arrives. Great alarm Is felt as to the
result of the rise.
Gov. Hay fra left here to-night for Gal
veston to Inspect the work being done
here by the various relief committees.
IVO LOM P UPK RKPWRTRD.
lint Colorado River Kluod Has !•-
itrnyrd Much Property.
Houston. Tex., Bcpt. 24 —A special from
tloldlhwalt* say* that there ha* been no
lossjif life, but that the rise In the Colo
rado baa swept all bridge* away and de
al royed cattle and crop*.
Many houses have been destroyed and a
hundred families arc homelea*. though
they escaped to the highland*.
A special from l-lsno aay* the IJano
river, a tributary of the Colorado. I* sev
enteen feet above normal and haa done
much damage In the valley*. No loss of
Ufa haa been reported.
Hsporta from various points IntWesl and
North Texas are to the effect that all
the small stream* are greatly swollen and
nr- sending a large volume of water Into
the larger strenms.
HHABOfI PLOODS Ml HT POTTO*.
Korf y Itallao* Reported Browned on
Sheep Rnncbea.
Houston. Tex.. Sept. 31 -The town of
Prownwood ha* not been seriously dam
"*d by the overflow of Pecan Bayou, nor
have any live* been toat. The water flood
ed >he town and som* damage resulted
from this cause Trains will be running
through to-morrow over both th* Sinta
Fe and the Rio Grand*.
Th* nan in th* Trinity ha* not yet
reached the lower river and she people n
the town* have been warned by the newe
paper*. There are few telegraph stations
•tong to* course of the Trinity and It Is
Jiatrannalj Moftting ffcto£
dlfli-ult to get reliable Information of An
damage done. *
The rise in the Hraaos has reached
Hearne and peop.e tn the bottoms have
been warned that on overflow la possible,
but not probnbt*. The greatest damage
has been to cotton open In the flekls. Cor
respondente at all points in North Texas
report this loss as heavy.-
The reports from West Texas are mea
gre as to damage done by the Neucee
river. The country Is |>ar*ely settle) hand
It will be some days before accurate In
formation is obtainable.
It is reported that thirty or forty ItoY
lons employed on sheep ranches were
drowned
TBIXITV It lt.Ml.lt THA* KVM.
Great Homage Deported in the Ber
tlnn Around Hollas.
Dallas. Tex.. Sept. 24 —The Trinity river
Is higher to-day than It has been since
1899. when it broke oil records. The water
to-night Im-ks only six feet of reaching
the 1899 mark and Is stilt rising.
owing to heavy rains last night and yes
terday on the Elm Fork, the West Fork
and the Clenr Fork, oil of them emptying
Into the Trinity river oho.ve Dallas, the
prospects Is for the stream going past the
18&> mark some time to-night.
No lives have been lost 111 the Immedi
ate vicinity of Dallas but cotton and live
stock, notably sheep and hogs, have suf
fered heavily.
The County Commissioners of Dallas
county met to-day. They cstimuted me
loss of county bridges at 855.900, Independ
ent of the numerous email bridges and
the street damago* In the county of Dal
las. which will he neiirly as much. The
Item of damage to roads and bridges
alone In the dozen or more counties af
ford In Northern Texas will be about
1250,999
A bulletin received here this afternoon
from Fowler. In llostiue county, says:
"Rr..iws river out of Ha banks; higher
than In twelve years and going higher
Ibg rise will reach Waco to-night."
Fowler In fifty miles north of Waco.
G.AIA'EffTOX lb ri/KARIAG I P.
Ballra-d* Are Trying t Get Their
Aew Track in Shop*-.
Galveston. Tex., Sept. 34.—t’nder the su
pervision of t'haltman Muller, of the Com
mittee on I'tiblic Labor. nearly 1.990 men
went to work to-day cleaning the strata
and bench front of debris and dead belies.
The wages are )2 a day for laborer*. 83 for
men and carts, and 83.50 for men and
teams. The money will b paid out of
the general relief fund. Paying the men
for four days' labor undrr Gen Scurry
for thla clnsa of work, authorlged by the
general committee, was finished to-day
The pay-rolls iggrcgat. about 47.099
After being .hated for a fottnight the
saloons opened this morning with the con
sent of the Mayor.
The railroads are trying lo get their new
track In the storm swept district between
here and Houston placed In good order,
hut find It difllcuit to get men
Officials of the Galveston line* held n
meeting to-day lo consider the matter of
disposing of several hundred cars of grain
mote or less damaged hy water. In many
of the cars the water rose to a hlght of
one foot. It Is believed that -the grain
above that mnrk can be saved If properly
handled. The ra'lroads have derided to
handle the grain to the best Advantage as
they would any property left In their
charge and becoming damag' and. ,
WILL ACt'OI AT Foil 4.fitMl.
Not llrlirinl lilllpatnn'l Dratbl Will
tin Over .VIMMI.
Galveston. Tex.. Bept. It -The Galveston
N'exi list of dead fr. m th* storm of Sept.
S represent* a total of 3 *'.9 name*. The
Indications are that not more than l.flOO
people will he actually accounted for.
The Newt has mode a diligent effort to
get a* complete a list of the dead a*
far a* Is possible. It It reasonable to as
sume that son or 1,000 people were lost
whose names ate not obtainable, which
would make the total death list on Gal
veston Island about S.un. The News la
of the opinion that the death list on the
Island Is slightly below rather than above
5,000.
This statement Is made notwithstand
ing the fact that there are close observ
ers at Galveston who are still estimating
the death llat on the Island as high as
7.000.
INDEPENDENT!-; RESOLUTION.
flrnnaht pln the t ape Parliament
• ■ hr J. H. Sssrr.
Cap# Town. B<pt. 24.—J W. Bauer, the
former commissioner of public works. In
troduced an Idependence resolution In the
Cape Parliament to-day. declaring that
the spirit of Independence In the Trans
vaal and Orange Klver Colonies might
be kept down with bayonets for a time,
but it would rise again. The peace of
South Africa, he asserted, called for the
restoration of the Independence of the
two r publics.
The premier, Kir J Gordon Spriggs, re
plied vigorously advising Mr. Sauer te
address himself to Messrs. Kruger and
Steyn. ,
Mr Srhrelner. former premier, moved
an amendment to Mr. Sauer's resolution
to the effect that the two republics should
be pla.ed under the protection of the
Queen, with a guatanKe preserving their
national existence
The House rejected the Schreiner
amendment and by a vote of 41 against
39 decided to go Into committee of supply
without discussing Mr Bauer's motion.
W ILL STAY WITH Bl HGHHHI.
Strya and Hells Nllll Have a barge
righting Porrr.
London. Sept 25.-M*rs Steyn and
Hett*. say* a dispatch to the latly M ill
from borenso Morgues, will remain with
ihe lighting btiigner*. and It is eetlmateJ
th.it a force of Boers, aggregating from
seven to twelve thousand, Is planning to
haras* the British line* of communlca
ON POHTI Sl'Elt) FRONTIER.
(Irltlsh Patrol* Have Bern Pursuing
Fleeing liner*.
I.orenso Marquea. S*pt M —British pa
trols have rsaehed thr Portugal*** front
ier Boer* continue to cross above and
p|ow the portion held by the British.
The riding horses of the Boers are tu a
terrible con lit 100.
SAVANNAH, GA„ TI ESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2>, liKM).
RUSSIA IS WITH US
TAKES PD Acnt'Al.LT 91 R VIE)*
OF GERMAN PROPOSAL.
WANTS NEGOTIATIONS FIRST.
I’t 9G9MMEXT Ob' LEADERS MIGHT
BE THE FIRST St H.11.t T.
Her Answer Is an Apparent Assent
•o. bat a Practical Disapproval of
Germany's Position—Germany Mar
VI fell If y Her Proposal—Ruaalan e.rn
rral Has Proclaimed Annexation tf
Manchuria Tuan's Ascendancy
Feared—Talk of a Court of Joalle-r.
London, Sept. 85. 3:30 a. m.—A semi
official announcment has been Issued In
B*. Petersburg that the European cab
inch* are engaged In an endeavor to In
duce Germany lo abandon her demand for
the surrender of the Instigators of the
anlt-forelgn outrages ns preliminary to
peace negotiations.
The Vienna correspondent of the Dally
Chronicle asserts that Russia's reply to
the German note |* very friendly, but that,
although It appears to consent to Ger
many's proposal. It practically disapproves
it. by asking whether It would no* he beat
to opfn pence negotiations first and to
make the punishment of tha Instigators
of the outrages the Arid subject of discus
sion.
* According to fhe Berlin correspondent of
the Dally Express, Germany will make a
new proposal, namely, that the great
Powers form an International court lo try
the Chinese officials accused of compli
city In the outrages.
The Morning Post has the following
from Its Shanghai correspondent, dated
yesterday.
“The Russians recently organise.) an
expedition towards Mukden, which has
already reached Liao Yang, about midway
between Nul Chwang and Mukudcn. It
will probably encounter opposition.
'luiin's Ascendancy llsagrruai.
'Trlnce Tuan's ascendancy creates a
very grave danger. The only hope for
foreigners la that the pro-foreign viceroy
of Nanking has not yet been removed
Tuan's emissaries are working hard lo
get him out of the way by murder or
suicide."
The Rrltish end continental press is
still discussing America's reply, which Is
generally regarded as encouraging LI
Hung Chang to delay the negotiations.
Gen. Grlbsky. military governor of
jjmur, has published -la borate legulg
ftonx. placing all tha regMha ataag tha
Amur river now occupied by the Rus
sians entirely under Russian law and au
thority. The Chinese are forbidden to re
turn to the left bank of the stream He
has also Issued a proclamation declaring
the annexation of Manchuria lo be a pun
ishment for the attack made upon Blago
veatchensk and exhorting the Inhabitant *
heresifter to reepect Russia's power a tel
j io live In peace and quietness on th-lr
fields.
An International mart.
A semi-official communication to the
Cologne Gagette disavowing any desire on
the part of Germany to execute the insti
gators of the outrage on the strength f
the testimony of the foreign minister*
says':
•The international court of Justice
would decide upon Ihe question of guilt
and would pronounce sentence To took
on complacently while mockery of Jus
tice such as the United States demands
sa.< being enacted, would mean a renewal
o? the massacres." ‘
Commenting upon the reproaches which
the Cologne Gazette and other German
papers have levelled against the United
States, the Berlin correspondent of the
T.mrs rays:
“Whatever may be thought of the at
titude of the United Bat<*. It hardly
stems wise from a diplomatic point of
vh w to hurl these taunts at a nation
which, at experience lias shown, Is by no
means In the habit of pocketing or for
getting such attentions."
POWERS IHH CONSIDERING IT.
Position of Ihe I nlted Slate* Is Ex
citing Marti interest.
Washington. Kept- 24.—The position of
the United State* In China, as made
known m the note* made public yester
day, Is receiving Ihe earnesl considera
tion of the other Powers and their rep
resentatives here. It Is looked upon u*
a sort of point In the ‘negotiations, on
which the alignment of the several coun
tries will be determined, and their pro
grammes framed.
There Ins been no word, however, from
any of the governments concerning their
view of Ihe American position and It I*
expected that some "lays will elapse be
fore any new move It made.
There Is reason to believe the! Ihe Amer
ican note was considered at Berlin yes
terday by those chief In authority, but
this ha* brought no positive developments
thus far.
In accordance with the sletement mede
to Germany to the effect that the United
States government Is about to authorise
Mr. Conger to enter forthwith Into con
ference with the duly authorised repre
sentatives of the Chinese government with
a view to bringing about a preliminary
agreement. A' ling Secretary of State Hill
spent some lime yesterday framing the
directions to Mr. Conger.
I linger'* Dellrnte Task.
In view of the peculiarly dellcdt* na
ture of the task to be confided to Mr
Conger, this Is a work requiring much
thought The language of the note pro
fessing to state what Mr Conger la to
do. is unusunl and seems to Indicate that
he is really about to bring the Powers
and China together; In actuality he la to
serve as a mediator. In part at least. He
probahy will artang# with the Chinese
representative*. LI Hung Chang ami
Prince Chlng. as to the place where they
Bte willing to meet the representative* of
the Powers to dtscu-s a (Inal statement,
and try to fix up certain broad princi
ples that shall govern Ihe conference. This
programme must be submitted to the
Powers to asrer aln If th"y are willing
to accept It. 4f so, then It may lie that
something In the nature of a Joint inter
national peace commission w.ll deal with
the Chinese representatives.
Only a Leaatlon tinned.
It la now understood that Gen. Chaffee s
military force will he nducml lo about
1.509 men. Thla contingent being specially
known as a legation guard, will not be
subjecied to the orders of any one save
the I'nlted States minister resident, as
made known through the senior American
military commander, either Gen. Chaffee
or Gen. Wilson, probably the latter, and
not being part of the allied military force*,
will not be under the command of Ger
man Field Marshal Count von W'nldersee
The order* (or the mbhllon are still In
process of perfection.
FRAM E Mil 1% FI LI. ACCORD.
Her Acceptance tvf Germany's Propo
sition line n string to It.
Darin. Sept 2t France's reply to Ger
many's no'e mak ng the punishment of
the ihstigatore of the Chinese trouble* a
preliminary lo peace negotiations Is not
entirely an acceptance of the propoeltlon.
Prance argues that punishment la ne.es
sary, hut would Regulate under certain
condtllons without first punishing the
guilty officials.
The foreign office Informed a represen
tatlve of the Associated Press to-day that
M P.ohon. the French minister at Pe
kin. will para the winter at the Chinese
apbal. In spite of the dtfftcultle* of the
telegraph service, as Tien Tsln Is consid
ered tn lie uninhabitable after the sack toy
of that city.
France la not Inclined to Increase her
Arlailc fleet, hut possibly s/me gunboats
will be sent to navigate the small strea.ua
OIK AX9AAKR Tit GERMANY.
tharged If Was Affected by ffltaa
tlon in the Philippines.
Cologne Sept It —Tha Koelnlsrha Zel
tung publishes an Inspired telenram from
Krgdn In which the W'ashtnffton gwcro
ment's reply to the German note la char
acterised as a man lest effort to assist
the Chinese government to accept the pro
p-sals with regard to the punishment of
the leaders In the Chinese trouble.
The telegram point* out that, though
the American reply allow* an Indulgent
rilspcshlofi. It mu*t not t>* deduced there
from that the Washington government
think* the United State# trade and mis
sionary Interests require less careful pro
tect.on then those of the other Powers,
but that the I'nlted State* government Is
'impelled to be Itviulgenl. owing to Ihe
i vgma
troops from those island* to China
A* a matter of fact, the telegram add*,
a vigorous and exemplary punishment of
the git Ity counsellors of the Chinese court
will be in a. cordate' with the Interest*
of both Amerlc*n trade and missionaries.
For a settlement between the Powers
and China It make* no difference, how
ever. asserts Ihe telegram, whether Amer
ica co-operates any further or not Force*
suffle ent for all emergencies will remain
available to Recur" ihe expiation demand
ed by the civil.led werld.
COMMENT OF GERMAN PAPER g.
Favorable- Replies Expected From
All Other Power*.
Berlin. Sept 24.—The refusal of the
Fnlled States to accede to Germany's
pro.osltlon regarding the Chinese settle
ment Is prominently cmimented upon by
the entire tieonsn preee In spite of the
previous Intimations through Washing
ton rgbl-grams, the refusal has come a* n
great surprtc*.
A high foreign official, referring to the
matter to-day, said
"Germany adheres firmly fo her propo
sition She has no occasion to doubt that
favorable answers will come from nil the
other Powers. We have received hints
that ftueata will agree to the German
rote, and the sum* courae Is confidently
expected of Jai-ati and Great Britain We
hope the an*w- r of the Fnlled Htale*
I* not Ana’, esp claliy In view of the pos
sibility that It was Influenced by tem-'
porary conditions."
The press • omment varies widely, al
though generally In a tone of disapproval
and regret.
The Vosatsrh* Keitung deplore* the evi
dence* of growing dlaeord among the IViw
ers." nnd predict* a speedy breaking up
of concerted action. The Frankfurter Zel
tung remarks:
An unpleasant sequence of the Ameri
can position wit: probably be the Increas
ing obduracy of the Chinese, whoa* opin
ion l now strengthened that the energies
of the other Power* will he Intermittent,
like those of the United Htatee."
The National /.cluing likewise deplore*
Ihe "increasing difficulty of co-opem I lon
on the part of the Powers." It points out
that I heir Interest* clash at too mnny
[mints for permanent co-operation ami as
serts that the answer of the United Htalea
"merely heg* the question Involved."
MISSION 4HIKM Alt F SAFE.
Hail Terrible Esprrlrnre In f'anas-
In* Ihr Desert at Gobi.
London, Bept Ik—The American mis
sionaries J. H. Roberts, Mark Williams.
William Bprague, Mr*. Mpr.egu* and Ml*>
Virginia Murdock, who escaped from Kal
gan, province of Chi LI, China, In June,
were chased srroa* the Gobi desert Thence
they traveled by way of Siberia and have
Just reached London In good health.
The missionaries will proceed Immediate
ly lo the United Btstis.
Mr Williams, who has worked In China
for thirty-four years, gave a representa
tive of the Assoclited Pres* an Interest,
tng story of hi# experiences. It appear*
that the first assault on the mission com
pound at Kalgan was made 'luring the
night of June 10, when a yelling mob et.
tempted to batter down the gate with
stone*
Seeing the useteasnee* of remaining the
missionaries, in th# court# of the mgSt
evacuated the compound and proretded to
th# magtdrate'a yamin. Th* following af
ternoon they were ordered to leave, th*
magistrate declatlng that he feared not
only for the missionaries' safety, hut also
for his own yamen. If he continued to
. on Fifth Paged|
CLASH DID NOT COME
Tltoor* HAH AO Tit 111 RLE WITH
STRIKING MIXERS.
MINERS CLAIM ACCESSIONS.
coi*i.it:itll:* tnn >or mem miwohk
.%* BXPRITKO.
Oprmtnrs *ltntlon I* I nrhnng.
pH-l*rfdl(’t n Hpaumiillnn of \\ or l*
• n frrhti> IIn• 11 Hrilnn—l'rralilriil
Mltrlirll llrt'lM re* I !** tUnrri %VIII
\ol Hrluni io Work tut Thai %lrr
%% 111 Join Hie JMrlke—
Haa irrklnv a Kflllrmrul.
Philadelphia, P*pi. 24 Inatrad of the
*lpe4*te4t rlaxh leiwun fhe troop* atni
mkinn miner* In the huyikiil ration
fo-ilay a peaceful calm pervade*! ihe re
gion and them wax not the nlighlea!
ttteouler for the HoliJlera lo !h called out
to quell.
In fact. In all ihe dtatrlct* of Ihe an
thracite roal ft* Idn Ihe day wad extremely
quiet, there no dviion el ration*
whatever oil the part of the elvikera.
While the opera fora claim thal a num
ber of their rmployep rHUHUd lo w*rk
at the mines In the tkhuylktll rt-glon. It
was early In the day evident that mwi.i
llona tIWI not aaeunic the activity which
the mine owner* had yealerday anticipat
ed. nml liidti attorn* to-nlKht an that to
morrow will tlrnl more idle col Her lea thin
at any time aline the rtrlk* began.
Moldlrri lae I'mleetion.
The eolilleni movtl over the road* lead
ing to tin *ollleriea In fU-huylklll county
from early morning. and thus afforded
proifvtlon to thoac dealtoua of tetuinlug
to work No oi>|Miik>n waa tnroMlttred,
however, and not a vary great many
a\ailed lb*meivea of the protection of
fered.
The atrlka leaders claim many addUl-xia
to their rank*. an*l Preeident Mitchell •*-
tlinatea that th •Hiking force wa* aug
monied to-day to the extent of to
2,000.
No overture* to end the struggle have
been offered hy ell her gwle. Th* atrlke.
If-adern are occupying lhemscive lit in
ducing the mine worker* o quit work, and
the operator* are endei%*orlng to mine all
the coal they can with their present
force*.
Meantime tha coal shipment* from tha
mine* are dally growing le** and report*
of advance* In price* for the commodity
are received from all trading aactkma.
so irnikt; OWRUtTHBHTI.
President Mitchell Isyi Many Other
Miners Have Unit.
llaxirton. P*., Bept 21— Contrary to eg
pectatlons of both the operators nnd the
striking coal miners, there were no de
velopments In the strike situation In the
Lehigh region to-day.
It was thought lu some quarters that
owing to the presence of troops In the
anthracite field, a break would occur In
the ranks of the strikers or that a large
number of additional men would refrain
fiopi g< lug to w rk •
President Mitchell. In discussing th* sit
uation In the entire strike region, to-night,
said:
"Reports received by m* 10-day from
the lower anthracite <8 tiuylklllf region.
Indicate that at least 2 tot mine workers
Joined the strikers to-day. A large num
ber of these came frem the Reading t-om-
I any * mines In the Isddgh region w*
made large gales. I hate not received
definite llgures. hut I sh-.uld Judge that
ihe number of men heretofore working
ard who did not go Into the mines In
this district to-day, numbers between WO
and HU
"The meetings held on Bunday by the
United Mine Workers, at which men who
had not struck were strongly urged to
help In the fight, bore fruit. A* a whole
1 feel more encouraged to-night limn 1
have at any time since th# strike began
and am confident that within the next
few days the entire anthracite coal field
In Pennsylvania will he idle. At no place
did we lose n man."
Effort* of Arelibishop Mian.
In regard to the efforts of Archbishop
Ryan of Philadelphia lo bring show a
settlement through arbitration. Ml.
Mitchell said:
"Archlrfahop Ryan will call upon the
presidents of the various railroads which
have mining Interests In this region at the
request of ihe Untied Mine Worker*, and
will temler hi* good office. In IheAtrugglc
If the officials refuse to meet hla grace
It will certainly demonetrale their Insin
cerity In publicly declaring Ihelr willing
ness to treat with their men. and will
place them In the same position an that
once occupied hy Mr. Vanderbilt, who
very forcibly said that the public bad no
Interests which a corporation was bound
fo respect.”
When Mr. Mitchell was asked If the
striking miner* had received any li*n“flt*
from th* United Mine Workers of Amer
ica since the strike was Inaugurated, he
-Imply said "No."
The entire Haselton region was c"x
iremely quiet throughout Ihe day Not a
single case of violence was reputed from
any town. A better feeling now prevails
and Ihe fear of trouble seems to be dis
appearing.
The battalion ot the Eighth Regiment
which arrived af McAdoo. five mHc* from
her*, 10-day. and which mad* a demon
stration In that town and surrounding
country, returned to flhenandosh at f
o'clock this afternoon.
STRIKER*' RANK* AUGMENTED.
Employes I’rnwlseil Protection, bat
I'm Went In Work.
Kbenandosh. Pa., flept. It. -The ranks
of llw striking mine worker* were con.
sldrraldy augmented to-uay In this region
and. althongh th# employe* of the various
collieries were promised ample protec
tion. but few of them showed a disposi
tion lo reeumc work thl morning
There wer# no attempt* at violence at
any Hm# during the day Several miners
wer* Intercepted by striker* on their way
to the Cambridge colliery, but they suf
fered no Injury To-night at closing time
a crowd of strikers assembled In the vl
rliflty of the same mine, but were dis
persed by the guard.
In anticipation of trouble. h* troop*
were no the move early In tb# morning
BatUlioM were sent lb various dlisv-tioo#
to move over the rtMi!n heading to the co'-
llertea In ih** ueighlairhooil of tthenxn
•l<Mh. and her ha 1 1 allot) - were arnt hy
train io M Mahnnoy <*lty r* t *l
Audenrknl All returned to Hhonando ti
to-night and rc|ortA-d that no dlsturkiaitoe*
had occurred.
TNmttl M It IK I It* W llsl. uiv
<• mper* Nnyi Ihe I'rgrratlo* f I * -
hor Util %t*l Ttief*.
Clnctimatl. Hcpt || Hamuel Oomper*.
pre*tdent of the American Federation of
lot hor. tn-night dellveml an addre** on
labor at the full feellvut. which I* now In
ptHHtre** at Mulr Hall He wi very
pronounced In hi* opinion that I tie an
thracite Milker* will win.
“Behind them “ he #ald “la unutterable
want. They have been hungry o long
that they will suffer nothing uncommon
from protracted ftdleneoa la l phl*W to
aee the Miff* ring** of the men and their
f itnlllc* becauee of paltry wage*. I ape ik
lmm what I have wean, for 1 have Jtl*t
tteen In the anthracite iela) Th Amer
lean Eetletvhnt of Labor will give than*
all po*llle financial aid Approaching
cld weather will t.uire an lncrea*e*l
atiorlage In coal, anl this will affect the
operator#. I have *ent organ!** •* into the
field and the unk* will be wdldthed. They
will have the -vm|*ath> of itw‘ g*fferil
public The lai*or* ia_ In thl* conflict have
everything mi thli aide hut the mdnt'itl
of the operator*."
WIIAT t O %|. tH'KIi # %V.
Believe \) orb AA 111 Ileal" AVhrn the
Exeltemrnt *>il>*ldea.
WilkeebarMi I'a . Kept. I* The roal op
erator* tn their review of the strike situ
ation tn tha anthr u'lta re*lon 10-.tay aay:
"Tile situation In the 14 yomlnff ni
La.'kawenna valley* t* unrhanffcl. In
th" B. huylklll region the preaen -o of ihe
militia t- a nov.lty for the |Hiail<e
Whirl! rel*i*le.l the wm k e.iinewhai As
soon a. ihe ex.-liemenl Incident to the ar
rtx.ll of the in. ta suhskle*. a general r'-
eumpiton Is ex|>erlel An In, r,-ae.t out
put is sis., toukei tor tn the Lehigh le
gion to-morrow"
111 111 At. UP HE AD 4TKIKKK.
Ills Fnneral X) as Atlrs4ril hr Fatly
K.IMHt Mine XXorkera.
Bhenemfoah. i'll., Br|rt. 24 John Chom-
Itakl. the PolsaDr who wa* *ho anl
ki11..1 during Ihe riot last Friday, was
hurled to-day. The funeral wo* an Im
pressive spectacle, fully 6,w0 mine work
er* following the Iwsly to the grave. The
pro, .atltiii w >* In a.led by llie Ltthunian
hamt of this city.
As the strikers proceeded Coward the
late home of the deed man they passed
a battalion of th* Fourth Regiment re
turning from petrol duty around th*
mines. Again as Ihe funeral cortege wa*
on Us wey io 8t Ludwig's Polish CeAholt,
Church, e bettelion of the Eighth Regi
ment petsed
Wbee th# mine workers reached the
Choraittk! home they stood tn tine end
e* the hearer the only vehicle In the pro
cession, moved to the front every list w*
raised Each man wore e small piece of
crepe pinned to the laprl of hat coal. The
testy was Interred in the Follsh cemetery
A9KF.It TO I *E GOOD OFFHtF.N.
Bat Gov. atone is XXlthoat Aathorlly
to Take tsrh Action.
Harrisburg I’m,. Kept. 24—GOV. Stone
receive) telegrams to-day from Chicago.
Hoi tot i Cincinnati. Cleveland and numer
ous other cttlra urging him to use hi*
good office* tn the Interrst of adjusting
the difference# between the mine opera
tors and their employes tn the anthracite
region. There la no provision of the
stale cons, Hu rot authorlxlna Ihe ex
ecutive to exercise any such power, and.
Gov Htone |* without a remedy to bring
atm,it the results desired by the senders
of Ihe telegram*.
Etlt It 111 MIRED M I NF.lt a OUT.
I nal < reek Workmen Refused in Ac
cept Ike I nntrnct.
Knoxville. Tenn , Bept. 24.— Four hun
dred miner* of the Foal Creek Company’*
mines at Coal Creek. Tenn., struck to-day
after holding a mas* meeting and voting
against the contract for the year offered
hy the manager.
Nnmmnned to llaslstaa.
Birmingham. Ala.. Bept. It—-W. R. Fair
ley, Alabama member of ihe Nstlonal Ex
ecutive Ikmrrp of the United Mine Work
er*. has been summoned lo llaxieton by
President John Mitchell.
Torn ado lifted a hxhn.
it Fell on n Harroom and Killed
Thirteen People.
Faribault, Minn., Bept. 21.—Meagre de
tail* have teached here of a terrible rata*
lr. |.• i- w t.l h : ■ I iI" ' Ii V > of
rlstown, ten miles west of here, shortly
before o'clock this even ng
The village was struck by • cyclone and
a barn was raised In the air and dropped
diteclly en lop of Paul Gatake'a saloon,
where sixteen persons had taken refuge
from th# storm. The saloon collapsed and
all the occupant* were burled In the de
bris Eight dead bodies and Hires Injured
persons were taken fr- in the ruin*.
Tlie storm came without warning upon
th" (Risen* of Morristown ftom a south
wester.y iltiectlon. passing over to the
northeast Th* length of Its path In the
village wa* Isas than half a mile, but
owing to Ha peculiar action, Ihe distress
an<l damage resulting were not aa grant
aa they might have been. The storm mad,-
Jumps of one block, but whenever It came
down everything was crumbled by tho
tower of, Ihe wind.
The ham belonging to Dr. Bargabel.
which Is on the outskirts of Ihe village,
wss the first structure destroyed, and this
was one of th* atrangest feature* of the
storm. The burn wa* picked up and car
ried a block, leaving the floor uninjured,
with the two horsea standing on il. The
building wa* crushed. From her# the
storm Jumped a block to the saloon of
Paul Oattke. Before reaching Ihe saloon
there Is a two-story building which wa*
left untouched
All the people killed and Injured In
Morristown were In th* saloon, having
taken refuge there when th* storm was
seen on the out* <l# of th* village. There
were a xteen people Inside th* structure at
the time th# storm struck The building
was raised from It* foundation and crush
ed like an egg shell. Before the build
ing fell three people managed lo escape,
hut the other thirteen are found In the
lists of dead and injured.
DAILY 8' A YEAR
5 CENTO A COPY
BVEEKI.Y 2 TIMES A WEEK.BI A TEAR
MADE NO PROMISES
HR) AN, IF M tt ENFt L, WILL II AYE
A FREE HAND.
A CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO.
aA) 9 HE )V 11.1, FOLLOW Hid ORIGI.
XAI. ITINF.R ARY.
Had Xtattling tn Any With Regard tn
Mr. tinman's Assertion—^Trust 4(1.
fallen Is Meetlaa XX Ilk *o,-,--aaa.
Assert* That He Ha* Never t’roaaa
laeal a t ntaiaaet I'nsltlna nr Any
Other l'alttoaa taa )aa laoal a— Move*
as.sla aal the l*arftee.
Chicago, ttept 24 -William J Bryan
cnm to Chicago this morning from hta
home In Lincoln, Nrh.. held a caanfrrencn
w,ih various mrmher* of the Democrattn
National Committee and returneal to Lln
a-nln this evening.
Among thnae prrsent at th* confsrenra
were, Mrnator J K. Jones, Chairman
Johnson. Vice Chrairmati W. J. Htone,
National CommitliHnaen K I*. O'Brien of
Minnesota: D J. Cnmpau of Michigan;
Ik F Hhlvely of listiana and <'nogrena
me n Hhufroih of Colorado; Gov Icngino
of hlisstiislppt and J. Hamilton Lewis of
Washington.
At the conclusion of ht* conference with
the members of the committee Mr. Bryan
gave out the following statement in refu
te I kin of a report that position* In hie
< ahlnetruOtould he Ire elected, had already
treeu promised
"I have not R.vrn to anyone, either ver
bally or In writing, a prom tee of a cabinet
|ar-|, km at„l I shall not. during the , arn-
P.ilku. make any such promises. I have not
aullmrlieit, and shall not aulhortae any
one. verbally or tn writing, to promise any
laMnet |>o,litou. or any other position <o
anyone. If I am , le, red I aha I to ab
solutely free to discharge all the duties
of the office according to my platform aa
far a* the pat form goes, and according
to tny own Judgment hi all matters not
covered fcjr the platform.
"1 came to Oilcagtr especially to confer
with Ihe committee." *a)l Mr. Itryan. "I
wanted to talk with the committee now for
the reason that I have three day* at
my dlaposal. and when I onte inrough on
Oct. 4 will have no lime for such a pur
pose
"A* to Mr. Hanna’s aarertlvn concerning
me. I have nothing lo aay The public un
derstand* th* situation. Th* agnation of
the Irusi Question Is meeting with suo
,'**■ It t* something that appeals lo •.-
ery working man
Bo far aa I know now. I shat! follow my
original Itinerary, notwithstanding all
this talk about my changing my dales at
fhe behest of the committee."
EFFORT T# CUFTI MM If.lV YORK.
Flan far Bryan to Moke a Deter
mined Fight la That State.
Chicago. Hep# It.—lt has been decider)
hy th* Democratic National Committee
that Mr. Brynn will make a determin'd
effort to captuie the vote of New York
atatv.
The matter wa* settled te-day at a <on
ferenre at lx mocr..l|, national headquar
ter*. at which were present, tn addition
to Mr. Bryan himself Chairman Jones
and Vic* Chairman Hione. of th* Nation
al Commute*. Committeeman t'ampsu of
Michigan and o'Brt> not Mlnneso a and
Congressman Hhlvely of Indiana
It was decided thal Mr. Bryan should
be tn New York from Oct. 14 io hi Inclu
sive, und return there on Oct. 27. Whether
he Is lo wind up the tampulgn In that
stats was not Dual y settl'd, though prac
tically agreed ". The announcement was
not made absolute, however, as the pro
gramme Is attll subject to change.
Tha atateffient given out by Chairman
Jon-s after th* conference was aa fol
lows.
"What we have been debating this af
ternoon wa* the programme for Mr. Bryan
after hi* (Isle* In New York from riel. M
to . and a*atn the 27. Wa have prac
tically nsreed on the plan, hut cannot
a)ve tt out now. as tt may have to be
ohan#*d In some irartlculara.”
Kx-Gov. Htone. who has been In rliarg*
of the New York heodquurler*. la th*
man responsible for the determination to
make 'he fl*h, In that state. He rum*
here during tiig day with the statement
th." while he could not promise that the
electoral vote of New York would he cast
for Hryan. still th* state waa fighting
ground, und with Croker's help In New
York City there wa* a good chance of suc
res*. That Ctoker would do all he could
to help Hryan. Gov. Btone brought ample
assurance.
MANX A MB ACHE# XF.XA YORK.
Thinks the Apathy of llepahlleaaa
I* lllaa ppea ring.
New York, Sept, Jt.-Senator Hanna
reached thl* city this morning direct
from Cleveland. Mr Hanna aald he would
remain In the city for a week, possibly
longer. Senator Hanna said:
“I And that the much talked of apathy
of ftefMlbllcarat I* bring dissolved and that
the dormant Intereel of the voter at targe
l* being .run red to the necessity of work
ing The opening of the campaign through
out the entire country haa had much to
do with thla enlivening Interest."
Senator Hanna dmlcd the (Mibtlahed In
terview to the effect that he had eall Mr.
Croker would he given a cabinet poet (ton
In the event of Bryan'* election He alao
denied that the National Committee,
either here or In Chicago. had given any
estimate concerning the electoral vote and
sold that no estimate would be glvan.
lie refused to dlec'ies the coal strike.
Senator Hanna we# ask-d .manning his
re.eot statement that there were no
trust*. He answered:
"1 repeat that all the organisation*, or
combination* of eapllal lhat were amen
able to the law. and that had the power
to opprewa the people, have been suppreaa
rd. mid have been dealt with according to
the law They do not now exlat ami tf
any did exlat they would be dealt with
as the Uw tn such matter* .lemunde."
Concerning th* challenge Issued oy
Chairman Kdmlnton of the Nattonal I’opu
ilet Committee to discuss points at Issue,
Mr Hanna said that tf Chairman Edmle
ton wished to take isaue with him on any
of these mutters he would b* n commo
ds-ed He estded that In esse hi* speeches
were needed her* he would be heard, but
only at (he noonday meeting* of th* va
rious Republican clubs.
Broussard Renominated.
New Orleans. Sept. 2*.—'The Democrats
of the Third district to-night nominated
R T Broussard to succeed himself la
Congress. s