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STRIKE, SITUATION, Both Sides Of The Great Steel War Claim Victory. PRFSIDLNT SHAFFER NOT TALKING, Sonia of The Workers lit fuse to Go Out Oi? President yHtrrrf^r's Orders, While Aid Ls Expected Hfou| Federation of Lao* Pittsburg, Special? The Iron masters art* claiming victory in the treat stael strike. They basa their claims up >n the refusal of the Amalgamated Asso ciation ?.t Chicago, Jollet anil Hay View to obey the general strike order of President Shaffer, i<n;l the sneers* In maintaining ^operations in uther J plant* .vJfctsc X. wa.i ' an! ieipatvd thero would be serious trouble. The strike leaders meet tho claims of vic tory with the assc:*? ion thft their c^UJe Is making satisfactory progress anil that thoy will show themselves mas ters of the situation before the con test has progressed much further. They do not conceal their disappoint ment at the refusal of their Western brethren to join with them in the ' strike, but none of the leaders would discuss tho defection. President Shaf fer refused to meet tho newspaper mfen who sought him and kept within the seclusion of his homo. Tho other leaders who wore seen intimated that there would be developments Monday and throughout the week which would materially change the situation. Thoy ! would not say, however, what they J had In mind or how their cause was J tQ gain strength. It was said' thoy were counting upon strong Aid from' thel American Federation of T/fcbor and other organizations of union \labor, ' though these bodies hay? not'., yet given any public Indiesrfron of what , they will do. The Amalgamated Asso ciation has developed great strength liH,he Wheeling district and has made gains In some of the Pennsylvania dis tricts. but it will be Monday before j the lines of cleavage will ba market j with sufficient clearness for a count of the men. The strike headquarters wore closed Sunday -and it w^s claim- i ed that no reports were beliu^K^relved , from the outlying districts' r^to the progress of UiV strike except In a gen eral way. I The st*$0 officers were In communi cation with thc-ir supporters anil at 1 1 f o'clock made piibl'c the fe ult of the'r ! I re nOrts. The letter showed that South I CJjicago, Jollet and I3ay; View, at Mil J wftukee, had voted to stay In; that tho / 0|i!o works of tho National Steel (ftm p(|ny at YoungsTown, and the King, GJlbert and Warner plants of the National Steel Company at Columbus had resumed without trouble; that the Homestead, Edgar Thompson, Du quesne, Upper and Ixiwer Union, and Howard Axle Works, of the Carneg'e -group, employing more than 15,000 "men, had resumed without trouble;! that the converting -and blooming mills of the National Tube Company, at Me- I Keesport, had started without difflcul- I ty and that Hellaire had been only par tly crippled. They were advised also that the men of the B stjn I? oil ing Mills. at McKeesport had notifledthe National Tube Company that they would go out to-morrow, and thai while the National Tube Company at McKeesport .would be ? star ted in tho horning, it wai T certain that many men would go out. They were notified that their Wheeling plants were crippled and that it wgs uncertain what would be done there. The advices also s.iid that the Clark Mill here, which lias been running non union for several days, would be started up as usual to-mor row morning and that there was no doubt about its successful operation. The steel officials were elated over their showing at the Carnegie plants and In Illinois, Ohio and Wisconsin, and expressed confldcnc.e in speedy vic tory over the Amalgamated Associfr tlon. N England Favors Separate Terms. London, ? By Cable. ? "Instead of trusting the conversation of ad val orem into sjwiflc dutes to a cum ,brous international commission," says / a dispatch to The Times from Pekin. / "Great Britpin favors each powor making separate negotiations as to tariff and securing the advantages^/ the inost favored nations. The French minister desires to . increase the membersiiig^of tho conservacy board. If his proposal 'is accepted, this will give votes to tho United States and France." Killed By a Negro. Knoxville, Tenn., Special. ? M. D. Taylor, a well-known citizen of Knox county, was * kiye<J at his home. 10 miles from Knoxville, by Will Hoi lint, a negro. Taylor reprimanded the negro for striking bis nine-year aid boy antf HoIIIns crushed In bin' ?knllfisltb a brick. Taylor died la ? ????! wnai AlURE TROUBLES AlltAD. Hie Invasion of Venezuela Interest* j Washington Diplomat*. Washington, Sneclal.? The situa tion in Colombia ffnd Venezuela cou tinned to occupy much of the attention of officials here, ami while It was not war. Hut the authorities heare prefer aspect, yet it w.'.s apprehended that both the official and unofficial advlees indicated a condition of affairs which might mean war between Colombia and Venezuela, complicated by revo lutionary outbreaks in both countries. During the day the State Department receiving a rather lengthy mall com munication from Consul General Qud gcr, at Panama, and though this wag dated nearly a month ago, it told of the landing of a revolutionary expedition and expressed the' belief held at Pana ma. that this would ir* ? wAivr expeditions. The Department also received a letter from Mr. J. Kdward Simmons, of New York, president of the Panama Railroad, confirming his communication of Friday, relative to the trouble of the isthmus, and stat ing that the'superintendent of the road had advised him as to the depredations of an Insurgent band which did not number, however, much over 50 men. The more serious aspect of the mat ter was presented In the press dis patches from Wlllenstad, stating that the Columbians had again Invaded Venazuela. There was no official con- | flrmation as to this, but if It proros correct, there seems little chance of avaldlng an open conflict between these two countries, ns such an Invasion by Columbia would. In itself, be an act of war. I3ut the nuthlrities hero prefer to take a conservative view of the sit uation until official advices are in hand. When Inquiry was made as to why our officials at Bogota and else where did not send full Information on the subject, It was stated that these officials were not there to communicate with us, but oniy to advise this government. At tho Navy Department no further steps were taken toward sending ships to, the isthmus. It was definitely decided to fend tho battleship Wisconsin down to San Diego, Cal., in case the desirability of that move became evident by tho time she rechaed San Francisco and tho State Department was so advised. There was some comment, alBo as to the possibility of sending down Bome of the ships of the North Atlantic squad ron, but Acting Secretary Hackctt treated these suggestions ?s rather premature. There Is nd doubt, how ever, that an ample force will be sent from the squadron if its presence seems desirable. Wllllemstead Island of Couracoa, By Cable.? The Venezuelan /government announces that a new Columbia Inva sion occurred Friday near Colon. The invading force is commanded by the Columbia Minister of War. Ready For Final Passage. Montgomery, Ala., Special. ? In ths constitutional oenventlon the commit tee on engrossment reported thnt the suffrago article had been engrossed and is ready for the final 'passage. The article was adopted by a vote of 92 to 19. This action finally disposes of the article, which now becomes a part of the constitution. The flection of an article passed Thursday giving women the right of suffrage was reconsidered after a lenghthy controversy, bv a vote of 81 to 22. The convention also adopted a proposition providing that thereafter representation in Alabama shall bo based on population, and it shall not bo changed by constitutional amendment. Pumont Orders New Balloon. Paris. Ry Cable. ? M. Santos-Dumont, finding that the envelope of bis balloon has sustained so much damage that il is inadvisable to sew It together, has ordered ayucw one, work on which has already begun. It will have about th.? same volume as the one which bur^t Thursday, but instead of being cylin drical in form It will be ellpsoidal.. M. LaChambre,, who Is making it, con structed the balloon for the Andrea polar expedition. lie promises that the new envelope will be ready Sep tember 1. Mr. Natron Sues For Divorce Medicine Lodge, Kan., Spiral.*? David Nation, through his attorney has brought suit for a divorce from his wife, Mrs. Carrie Nation, the temper ance crusader. --The petitioner, who is now visiting In Iberia, O., alleges that his wife held hint up to public ridicule, neglected her famly duties and aban doned his home. Strike Situation. Pittsburg, Special. ? There wore gravely important developments In the strike situation Friday. The United States Steel Corporation moved de cisively in Its strike campaign wltV a peremptory order direetjng that the great Dewees wood plaaf at McKeee port he dismantled and removed to the Klskimenetas Valley. President Oona pers, ' of the American Federation of Labor* after a two days' . condtrenee j with President Shaffer and h!?V asso ciate*, lamed a formal statement spe ?cclly pledging the Faderatkw to the moral and financial support ?f the DECIDED ON A CI) F. O .? Fall River Monufaclurers DcciJe tJ Rcducc Wages s THE CUT WILL Mi 17 PER CENT. The Operatives Will Probably Object to the I'roposrd Reduction and Se? rlotis Troubles Hay I'oilow. Pall Riven, Mass, Special. ? Tho Fall Hlver cotton manufacturers met Monday for the purpose of discussing the question of wage reduction and voted to reduce wages to the basis of 17 cents for weaving, the reduction to go into effect September U. This . i?s -<m. cul, the pies ent price of weaving being ID S cents. The vote was unanimous with one *x- 1 ception, this man voting against tho reduction only on the question of the amount. An agreement will be drawn up for the signatures and will bo pass ed by the exocutlve committee of the association. The manufacturers agreed in the statement that tho only objec tions was regarding the amount an 1 time of putting into ef/ect. A very significant fact in connection with the meeting was the absence of Simeon H. Chase, treasurer of the King rhillif. Mills, anil George 11. Hill, treasurer of the Pavld Mills. Tho King Philip Mills aro engaged upon what is known as flue goods. In the event of a resis tance of the cut-down, a matter wlu h has beenj.alkml of more seriously than anything else in regard to the propo sition. it is not thought tho flue.^guods mills will be asked to assist in the light in order to make tho reduction is opposed it i3-J0ii23ii? J234G5 234S0 agrv<?mcnt operative. If tlx* reduc tion is opposed it is expected of course that these mills will aid the others. ' Representatives of various labor or ganizations in Pali River met directly after the announcement of the red\ic tlon by the Manufacturers' Association and a meeting of the textile council was called for Thursday night. At that meeting a plan for action and per haps of reslstauco will be formulated, and the matter was discussed. The la bor men say they do not believe tho men will accept the reduction. In re gard to the adoption of a sliding scale which was affected some time ago, it Is not expected that the operatives will accept it. The manufacturers think that the leaders du not want to appear as advocating a sliding scale, because If it then fails, the loaders will come In for a largo share o'f adverse criti cism, but the manufacturers who ad vocated a sliding scale say such a plan Is essential to the contract business in ordering goods to be plac. d on a safe basis. The operatives on every hand talked over the movement of the as sociation and the sentiment seemed to be In favor Of the rewistance. ' Sampson to Retire. Washington, D. C., Special. ? The Navy Department baa celectcd Heat Admiral Mortimer I* Johnson, now in command at the Port Royal naval sta tion, to succeed A'lrjiral Sampson in comnf'tiHd of the Boston navy yard, when (fie latter oflleer shall retire. The formal appointment has not been made, as It Is not known how soon Admiral Sampson may wish to he re lieved, or whether be will wait tin II his retirement from the service next February. However, It is^usuiii when the rptliement of an officer is ahead, lo look about for one available to sue ceod him and this the Department some weeks ago determined on. It ha^ been known for some time to Navy D ? partment officials, that Admiral Samp son is not In robtift health, and that he might desire to lay aside his duti-s at the yard before the date-of his retlie ment from the service. Texas and Her Critics. Austin, Tex., Special. ? A caustic de bate was brought on in the House of Representatives over a resolution thanking the members of the New !? York delegation of the chamber of com merce for their recent visit to Texas, upon Invitation of the Legislature and the Governor, and exprcJlsing a wish 'for closer biisinesa, relations between the two States. A resolution was Anal ly adopted thanking the Governor and the legislative committee for entertain ing the visitor* but declared that "they did not agree wit II their New York critics upon the corporation laws." , Drowned By Clout b irst F.erfngton, Va., Special. ? Assistant I Postmaster Johjj O. Pole, and bis fami ly. while attempting to cross a moun tain stream about 6 miles' from here, were swept down by the waters of a cloudburst Monday afternoon,' and his wife and three daughters, aged j. firo? 1 to i ysnra^msri drawnrd Mr Pole and a daughter about three year* old escaped. The bodies were recover I ; Ala., Special? The t6r~ iy-aeveath annual conTentkm of the IntmatSonal Typographical Union met Tfre nfoek wa it. TILLMAN AND M'LAt'RIN llolli III Talkotfye Mood, ami llotli Senator Tlllm/m. of South t'ar.olino, was in Washington Tuesday, being on Ins way to Chautauqua. N. V.. whore ho will deliver a lecture on "Conditions and Tendencies of Our Time#." Mr. Tillman, when *oqu by a repor ter, said that Senator Mel<aurln is not so strong in his State today as he was six weeks ago. He was sure that if the primary election for Senator were to come off iu South Carolina now. Mr. MrL&uriu could not get more than X.000 or 10.000 out of i?6,000 votes. Ho did not believe it would be possible for him to Kft more than Ifi.OOO or 20,000 In the first primary u yeav hence, ami he was satisfied bo could nvt bo elected. wramir *icl'aurl n. of S >uth Carolina, passed through Norfolk with his wife and children route the Pan-American ICxpAsition. He talked with several of the Democratic leaders here for the State convention which will discuss tho general primary plan for election of Senator^. 'l'o tho Associated I'rcss rep resentative he made tho following atatomoflt : "For many yeras the #im paignjj'in South Carolina havt? been in I In* ifaturo of personal abuse between calculates. Tliq present campaign Is * nn i <3 Clin iii ill Confident. \Cai olina next fall ana i - ? ftyat Senator Tillman. Tersely 1 old. Two men lost their lives while try ing to rescue persons from a lire in l/ouisville. Ky. A combine of makerso f stevd cast ings is about to l>e formed, with a ca pital of over % 1 5,000,000. / It is thought the Se.iboard Air Line will extend its lines to Charleston, S. C. Simon Wlli?ms. a condemned mur derer. broke Jaj) ft Monti cello I'la Bl.ui an officer and was himself killed. The Jewish Chautauqua at Atlantic. City has adjourned. Indications point to further rains to day for the recently drouth stricKen sections c> f the Middle West. Increased attendance at the Buffalo Kxp -.ition in August, September and October Is looked to by those who ex pect to make the fair a financial mc cess. Will Not Accept Reduction. Fall River, Mass., Special.? It in an^ nounced that the rwiuislte number or spindles, namely 1.750.000. have been pledged to the agreement of the ooLton manufacturers to scale down wages be tween 14 and 15 per c?nt. on tl?.? 3rd of Soptembcr. In fa<e >f this position on the part of the manufacturers the operatives are forming to resist the cut. Their declaration that they will not accept a reduction is most posi tive. <5> Bloody Race Riot. Jackson, O., Special.. A bloody race riot has Occurred at the Ulg Itoek col ored cam i) grounds. The presence of white persons was resented, and whon one of the latter got into a fight with a colored man a general row ensued in which nearly a hundred persnns en gaged. The light lasted half an hour when the whites were forced to lice from the grounds. Heer bottles and clubs were the weapons used. More than a dozen persons v ore seriously hurt. A labamt Convention. Montgomery, Ala.. Special? The con stitutional convention, by a vote of f>4 tc 50. reconsidered the section of the report of the Judiciary committee, re ferring to the abolishing of district so licitors and the creating of two solici tors Instead. At times, the passages at arms In the debate were exciting and of a personal nature. A Big Mortgage. New York. Spoclal.? There was filed In tho Hudson County Court In Jersey City a mortgage for *150.000.000 made by the Consolidated Tobacco Compa ny of the American, ; to the Morton Trust Company to secure an Issue of 4 per cent, bonds not to exceed $160, 000,000 It la datod June 15, and bore revenue stamps to the amount of $75.^ 000. The papers show that the Con solidated Tobacco Company has ab sorbed the American Tobacco and the Continental Tobac^O and subsidy cotT" cerns. Borate* V?mH Net the Roaaok*. Shn Francisco, Special. Re-ttuur Mce on the American ship Ifewnoke haw ost II days from Norfoft, for s? rrx,ei?o. k- ??; '? *-t ??t. Mwrlr ? tbat niiaWwl *tr ? nl the nUrwdtirt at ? ? m. Qtwt* e mtr ctfL to ri-lsmt He .. . - BIRDS OF A rOATIIIiR Barlow Philosopher Talks About Man kind Generally. M: II A3 A JEALOUS STRfcAK AI SO. Old Times niul Customs of Past Days . Arc Praised Only Hy Those Ad vnnced In Years. ? How naturally mankind adapt them selves to thoso of their kind, their age. six and mental concision. Birds of the same feather will tl?Qk together, nnd so these little grandchildren will rnn tiway from is* litt16 tot a, and it makes me jealous. Just so t he next set from 10 to 12 years elan together. Then comes the blush ing school girls from 12 to ?ft." who have lengthened out their dresses an I e ease J to pull ftp their garters every few minutes as they walk about. It is the same with the hoys, and when they get to be baseball experts with ft col lege attachment they talk of their ex ploits in a language that is heathen Chinese to cvryboiy except themselves and claim to be the elect. And so it goes on and oa until we have pass *d our maturity, and then we veteran i tak? our comfort in communion with veterans and pay our tribute to thu goad old times that will never return. We are the elect. 1 believe it is true that nob:>dy but t\u- old men and women gives praise to the old times and the customs of thojr fathers, and so if every genera tion of old people believe that the ago of their youth was the best, then tno times must have degenerated awfull;* since the days of the prophets. Havo they or have they not gotten belter In stead or worse? The answersl?, they are better in some respects and worso in others. Public morals were very loose a hundred years ago. Andrew .Jackson was n gambler, horse racer and duelist seventy-five years ago. Such a man could not be elected president now. Foreign missions and Sabbath schools w m c almost unknown. Tha slave trade with Africa was in full blast in New Kngland, and New Eng land rum was the purchase money. Im prisonment for debt was the law gene rally. and so was (logging in the navy. Whisky was unknown, but brandy nnd rum were kept in almost every respect able household. Illiteracy prevalel almost all over the south except anion-; the aristocracy. There were but few books to read nnd fewer newspapers. There were no railroads or telegraphs or sewing machines. But the people were generally honest and religious. There were no trusts, no strikes, no millionaires, no suicides or robberies, and a murder was a rare event and done In the heat of passion. No doubt but that there are a hundred of thesi) crimes committed now to one then ac cording to population. Well. then, why arraign yMfcdd people for lamen.ln^ that the Wod old times have gone? No! long ago 1 heard a gifted and cultured minister of the olden time preach a most charming and impressive sermon from the text in Jeremiah which reads "Stand in the way and ask for the old paths, whb h is the good. way. and w alk therein, and ye shall find rest for. your souls." One of the best tests of the strength of a sermon Is your remem brance of the tox?. When ^gifted and scholarly mjnister is done wiUi it and wltb holy bands says, "Let us pray, what a solemnity nils the place; and the text lingers with, you for years to J cftme. It does not seem like the suno scripture. "The old paths, ' walk yc in the old paths." has heen ringing I" my ears ever s'.nce. I know that i?rd Bacon was grow ing old when he wrote, "Old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read." And Goldsmith said. "I love everything tlmi j g old." King .Tames used to call toi his old shoes when he was tired. Thore is something almost sacred abw.it the old songs, such ns "Auld Lang Syne." "The Old Oaken Bucket." "The Old Arm Chair," and even "Old Grimes is dead, that good old man." My friend Tom Sawyer, of Florida writes that he still clings to his old j clothes; that he has worn his pants for years and years and had them half soled in the seat and reinforced at the knees and rehenimed at the bottom: that he bought a home made pair ?i flocks twenty-seven yarn ago an?l if wearing them still, though he has had new feet knit to them three times anrl new tops twice. He says that Governoi Rloxham d?arly loves the old thin?s old heir-looms, etc., and boasts that h< has all old barrel that, has been in the family ever since Columbus discovered America? for ho brought It over with him fall of brandy, and is haqjjgd good liquor of some sort In it ever since; that his great great grandfather put new staves In It, and his great grand father put new heads and hi* father put new hoops on It, but the same old ^?ung-hoTe still remains and when the fluid Is drawn the same old sound goee goodie- good le-goodle. Tom says he Is going to take the bung-hole and the goodie to the Atlanta exposition and eftkibttr . them aa tte only relic* of Christopher Colpmbus. ry I Bnt about old friends. Every vetemh has them and U gives pleasure to afti them honored. The Very proeptct (r seeing Henry O. Tamer in the govern or's chair gives me pleasure, for I know kt??ellaa4 love him. Maybe I Dwtl i love Colonel ntffl or Pop# Jwt ac Wfflfl If r knew them aa #?!!. 1 have great r septet for them and am jrond of ffcatt reeorCa. I believe that either vor" dfealfy the ? hsmaiorlal chair, hot good man whom I heller# would mAko u Rood governor, but I don't kuow It. Now I know that 1 would; and thoro In a diffm>mo hetweon faith anil know ledge. Uon't ymi pero?ive?" Just s> 1 hellov* that Colonel Hatill or I'opeiJ llrown would make a K<x>d governor but I kuow that Henry O. Turner would and knowlodgo is hotter than faith. "Don't you poroolvo?" If ho Is not an ineorruptlblo, unselfish, brainy statesman, wo have n.?no. la>t his name bo presented and I believe tho vordlot will b(? as tlio king said of Mordocai: "Thus shall il be done unto tho in:\n whom tho people delight to honor." ? llill Aro in Atlanta Oon?Ut?tioiw Canc'lllng Kevenu; Stamps. Washington. 1). Special Coin luiMsioivor Yorkos, of tho Internal Kev fcmio Unroau. Rave out astatoinent re garding tho roturn to bankers of im printed rhorV? ?/%vJ siw nn\f' hoon sent to his bureau. In order that tho stamp thereon might be refunded. Thw atatemont says that thes Instru ments will be cancelled in such it way as not to destroy their usefulness and ' will bo stored ponding uetion by Con groas permitting their return to their owners. Street Car* Sturted. Knoxvllie, Tonn., Special. The on ti*o strrct car system of the Knoxvlllo Traction Company has been In opcrs 1 tion on regular schedules anf. not a striker haw been taken back New ' men. manned all the ci:a \vl:h the ex- j eeption of four employes who did not ' atiike. The company considers the Btiikn ft closed incident and say they export to run their cars during the day uninterrupted and will put on the [ night service soon. The labor unions are co-operating with the strikers in proposing a l'Wyeott against tho met. , chants who i?atronUo tho struot cars. I NEWSY CLEANINGS. Tho Canned Salmon Trust is liio newest. Eggs are selling In Paris, Mo., for three cents n dozen. Brooms are 1o be advanced (wenty five to tlfty rents a dozen. The Kosta glass works, the largest In Sweden, have been burned. Ther* has been a large increase in the number of national banks. The seal catch next season Is ex pected to be largely decreased. The Chicago Health Hoard is to ?ei/.e milk treated with formalin. j Manufacturers in Austria are inak- I lug efforts to prevent imperial ion of American canned goods. Attendance at Pan American Expo sition for lirxt three months, ending July .11, Is put at "J.T" v>. A coinbiuatloii of wholesale grocers Of the Pulled States Is about to be formed, with a capital of $10(MXJn,(M)0. [ Japanese tea merchants have planned to form a tea trust on Ameri- ' can lines, io be incorporated In New J ersey. Eight of Philadelphia's national banks have a surplus larger than their respective capitals and five have a sur plus equal to their capital. The annual report of the Mississippi River Commission recommends an ap propriation of $.'l,ooo,<MK) for Oat h of a half dozen successive years A large part of India has recently been subjected to an Invasion of lo custs. Swarms have been seen front HcluchlsUin on the west to Assam on the east. Kaiser Wllhelin is turning Ids atten tion to horse breeding, lie Is having Chinese ponies crossed with the ordi nary type, hoping to otdain a superior cavalry horse. *?_ The annual report on the Michigan State Penitentiary at Jackson shows a total population of 72(?, the lowest In twenty-five years. The tailors' shop had but one man at work. j PROMINENT PEOPLE. President Zcla.Va, of Nicaragua, ad f oca tea Hie Monroe doctrine. 'J'lie Ilritish Olllclal Caxvttc reeenHy announced Hip reappointment of Al fred Austin as I'oet Laureate. (ieronimo, the noted Indian, hns an Ti ou need Ills conversion to Christianity, and is, to all appcnrnucett, most de vout. The lie v. John Sptirgcon, tjie father of the famous Chariot* Spurgcon, now dead, recently celebrated his ninety lirst birthday. I tear- Admiral William T Sampson, eoinmandant of the Charleston Navy Yard, has recovered from Ida recent attack of Illness. Illshop A I nam J,. iJtllejohn, of the lOplscopnl Diocese of Ijodk Island, died recently at Willianintown, Mass., aged seventy-seven years. King l&dward of Knglnnd can handle n gun with the best liold shots. WIipii in India he went In for that most ex citing of sportj*. tlgev shooting. President Diaz of Mexico has com pletely recovered from the Ulncs* from "which 1 u> suffered bo severely ;during~ the latter part of the last win Iter. *> Abdurrhamsn, the Ameer of Afglinn ,h*tnu, in a norae- breeder on a largo j scale. Some years p/;o lie founded a (Government stud, which now com jprlifs about -0000 animals. j The Pope has from time to : vested his surplus Income {State* Government bonds. ' Went of his holding of thfc J estimated at 30,000.000 Hi ? Brljyi< icf Ccne*al Wr A\ [Hee, of Jm British array. jmade a Major-General and a Knight j Grand Commander of the Order of the {Indian Empire for bis service in China. ? -tSovernor Benton McMtllia, of Ten n teste. Mid that he will not be a can , rildate for a third term ae Governor. It U ? diratood that the Gave tier wBI be a candidate to weeted United 1 State* Malgr W. B. Bate la 190&. London pays wrfl for its street nm?i?, lor jpt Italian organ g tm4*r% are 'itM I* earn aomaltjr hetwet* the m lathi ?f MAKE SOME GAINS. Ranks of llic Flrlklrif Steel Workers Slightly Augmented. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? SITUATION REMAINS HIP SAME. ? Neither Side Yet Disposed to Yield ? A Total of Oj.ooo /Ton Now Out On Strik ?} Order. Pittsburg, Special.? Neither sf<lo moved derisively in th?' grout indus trial roii diet hot ween employers and employes in (he steel triulu ftpj? in the balance. Tho Milkers innde gains at Pittsburg, Me* Kcesport, Wheeling and llellaire, in tln> last 2 1 hours, hut lu tho main the advantage Is Mill wrth thh mill own ers Hoth sides claim t(? be preparing , moves that will btling confusion to their opponents, hut neither side bus shown 1 1 s hand. The general .situation ran bo briefly Hiiuinarlznd as follows: Ten men, live of thrni skilled, quit at tho lower union mill of the ./Carnegie Company in Pittsburg and joined the strikers. Their defection represented tho fT *? ?! " break in the Carnegie forces of nioro l ha n 15.000 Wt'11. Tho strikers we.u jubilant over tho Incident, but the com pany rlalqis to have II Hod their placos. The llellaire plant, at which the men struck on Sunday, was finally closed down after working short-handed un til afternoon. When another start will he made Is problematical. Tho National Tube Works are going ahead short handed at McKoosport, but the ranks of the workers arc- thinning ??d ? the jrupply of material Is limited, The strikers made gains at Wheeling and the steel ofllelals admit 51wit they will close down. Clark's mill here is mov Ing along full handed. Lindsay and McCutcheon are operating with a small crew and the managers aro planning to open painters and increase the force ut Lindsay and McCuteh eon's. A break in the ranks of the men who struck at Painter's Is ex peeled but the strike managers deny that one will occur. So far. good order has prevailed, al though the stool ofllelals assert that there has boon Intimidation. at Wheel ing. McKoosport and Pittsburg. Both t ides express their confidence in ulti mate victory and are actively carry ing forward their respective cam paigns. President Shatter, of the Amalgamated Association, leaves for Wheeling, whore he is to address the strikers. Tho number of men out as a res ll It ??of the general order Is now roughly estimated at 1C.000 sjul on the three orders at 62,000. Many atrlk ? imh Imve found work In Independent > mills or nt other occupations, and many are Idle merely occause the skilled men" are out. Aocordlng to nn authorltatlvo annoum sment majj? to a representative of (ho Associated Preps by officials of the American. . Sheet Steel Company the destruction of another plant hns J>cen ordered b* (ho stool corporation as a result of the refusal <*>f tht^inen to operate it. 'I'll Im UriM' It Ih the Chartiers plant at Carnegie that Is to he dismantled. It la owned by the American Sheet 8teel Company and the orders to tear it down wont out this afternoon. It will be removed to I?ecchburg in the Kisk iiiiinctas valley. r The steel corporation held its ground at Chicago, Jollet, I3ay View, Youngstown, Columbus, the Kisklm inotas valley ni#1 the Cnrn'egle group with the exception of tho instance-? named. The strikers are (making plans for breaking the decision of the Chicago, Jollet an?K.Hay View to stand with tlx? steel companies, but what they plan to do has noV^et been made clear. They are charginfe-? ao?ue__pr~ the Western men with both dishonest, tv and disloyalty and there is a gen- 1 cral desire among members of tho \ Amalgamated Association here lor somo form of inquiry. Thero was no trouble at any of the strike centers, although it was anticipated at the points whore plants a rebelng par tially operated and the men are wav ering on the question of going out. Crowds surrounded the Carnegie plants here and the officials Anally ? called on tho police to clear them uW,ay. The officials say that the loss of tan men at the lower union mill:, can bo directly traced to the threat* of the strikers who Intercept the men on tho way to and from work. Mayor R. J. Black, of McKeeaport, gave out the following statement to a representative of tho Associate Press in repty to the numerous crlli cisms of his course In not dispersing tho crowds of strikers at different times during the strike. * . ? ? "At a time like this In McKeesport, when so many men are Idle, they are < bound to couie out on the streets had *4 crowd them more than usual, a^Uka every other man will gather there Is excitement. 4 But so far has bean little or no disonWr F all cases the police hare situation admirably. TlRr^ orderly set of men (ft -than tho n?v fto in city. In the Instance la tube company requested - men to disperse the Crow ef poHce -wa ? ? Or n time aad reported that J disorder. Wo caaaot or4 home aad stay t he#* lag no harm aad eaty street. An far an the ( concerned it has talr~ ted - to Its own 'ass a* to whftefc H his at: erer, and thla h " which It