The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 16, 1901, Image 1
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
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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.
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SITUATION REMAINS HIP SAME.
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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