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~v"~" : ? ' ... - ? _ *55?# ... . The Bamberg Herald. 1 ESTABLISHED 1801. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4,1900. ONE DOLLAlt PEll YEAR. |Ji ? ' ~ ?J$ssm CHINESE EDICTS | ARE CONFUSING' c Sincerity of Imperial Gorernment c Is Donbted By Diplomats. t i AMERICA MAY BE HOODWINKED I f Report Comes That the Orientals c Have Voiuntarily Begun Punishment of Boxer Leaders. c c I A London special says: Beyond & 1 ? ? ? i i v nnmoer ot imperial euicis, wmcu t throw into still worse confusion the ] complicated Chinese situation, there t was little in Sunday's news to arrest 1 attention. From Shanghai comes an j unconfirmed report that the allies have j seized Shan Hai Kwau. [ All the news with regard to the edicts ' -emanates from Shanghai. According " to these advices, in addition to the edicts orderiug Grand Councillor Knn j Kang to offer oblations before' the coffin of Baron Von Ketteler and the f edict directing that Li Uung Chang's entire plan be followed in regard to , the pnnishment of the princes and high ministers of state responsible for the anti-foreign - outrages, and the j decree orderiug that funeral honors be paid in Pekin and Tokio to the ' remains of Suglyama Akira, the murdered chancellor of the Japanese legation, Emperor KwangSu has addressed ( further letters to the czar and the mikado renewing his request for their aid in the peace negotiations. * . Various opiuions are expressed as to the importance of tho edicts and the sincerity of the Chinese. While these { * edicts have promulgated, however, ] feverish war preparations are still re- j ported from Shanghai, and new ap- 1 pointments have been made to the Chinese army and navy. . - "The Chinese Official Gazette has resumed publication," says the Pekin AAProcruinitanf nf Tho TiOndflTl Mom WiiVV^VUUVU* V* fcMV ? ing Post, writing September 23th, "and contains an order directing tne Pekin officials to follow the court uuless their duties here prevent them , leaving." j 1 CHINA ACCEPTS OUB SCGGESTIONS. Important Dews reached Washington Saturday afternooD, which in itself j tends to advance materially the efforts < for a final settlement. China has ac- 1 cepted the suggestions of the United ] States contained in the answer to the 1 German proposition, and has begvn 1 voluntarily the punishment of the re- 1 actionary Chinese leaders who were 1 responsible for the Pekin outrages. 1 The department of state was informed ( by Consul General Goodnow, at Shang9 hai,that Sheng, Chinese director of rail- 1 ways and telegraphs, has handed him * a decree of the emperor and empress, dated at Talgnan, September 25th, 1 blaming their ministers for enconrag- 1 ing the boxers. The edict orders the degradation of four prir.ces and de- ' prives Prince Tuan of his salary and 1 official servants. He is to be brought 1 for trial before the imperal clan court. 1 It will be recalled that in onr answer 1 the state department was careful to 1 state that while it did not believe in ' ' demanding the surrender of the Chi- 1 nese ringleaders as a condition prece- 1 S dent to negotiations, it was resolved 1 firmly, as Secretary Hay had said in his note of July 3d, that in the end the guilty parties should be held to the uttermost accountability. The , v Chinese government has taken this intimation to heart, and perhaps hastened in iis action by the recent manifestations of dissatisfaction by the United 1 States government at the reported promotion of Prince Tuan, already has begnn the punishment of him and the other Chinese leaders who are held guilty. BUSSIA WITHDRAWS FROM PEKIN. At the conference of generals at Pekin on September 23 the Russian commander, General Linevitcb, announced the immediate withdrawal from Pekin of the bulk of th^ Russian troops and the legation. There will remain a mixed force of rbont 2,000 to represent Russia. MANY WORKING AT GALYESTON. Near I j Two Thousand Mr a Are Encased In Clearing Streets. Nearly two thousand men are engaged at Galveston clearing the streets, removing debris and disposing of dead bodies. Twenty-five bodies were recovered Wednesday and thirty-five t Thursday. Philadelphia's Gift to Galveston. The citizens' permanent relief committee at Philadelphia has voted $20,000 additional to the relief of the Texas - sufferers. The remittance of this amount makes the total cash subscriptions sent to Governor Sayers % $90,000. Explosion Kins x Wtfll lJ .1V1UIC1S, Ascording to a dispatch from Lourenzo Marquez, an explosion occnrred at Komatipoort while the British were destroying the Boer ammunition, resulting iu the death of twenty of the Gordon Highlanders. Colored Masons Meet. '* ' The triennial conclave of the sovereign grand council of the Scottish Rite, colored, was opened at the colored Masonic temple at Washington, Monday. HEGROES ATTEMPT LYNCHING. Were Bent On Killing One of TlieirOwn Color, Itnt Failed. . At Switchlacd, Fla., Sunday night, a crowd of armed negroes attempted to mob one of their color. They went to the house of Lewis Lycurges and ( called for him to come out. This Lycurges refused to do, and the mob opened fire on the house. Lycurges returned the fire at such a desperate rate that the wonld-be lynchers fled f for their lives. The trouble arose from a quarrel over the alleged theft of som*? hogs. ' * ; - ' M'REE DENIES CHARGES. | superintendentof Lowndes County Chaingang Says Edmondson Has Sprung Boomerang. In an interview with Mr. McBee, one >f the superintendents of the Lowndes 'ountv, Ga., chaiugang, referring to 1 he charge of Mr. J. W. Edmondson, he attorney of Quitman, against the ] Lowndes county chaiugang, an account >f which has just appeared in the pa>ers, he said, among other things: "The charges are but a boomerang tud the motive of Mr. Edmondson is onccaled. The truth is, Mr. Edmondion is a brother-in-law of Mr. M. Brice, >wner and proprietor of the Brooks :ouuty cnaiugmg. Mr. i>nce nas a outract with some counties for the nisdecieanor convicts and recently in >ne county we made a contract with ;ome misdemeanor convicts, agreeing o pay their lines ami let them go to viuderton and cook with us, rather ban be confined at Price's camp under he feuteuce. "Mr Price learned of this and Mr, 2dmondsou, his attorney, ' ame to our dace aud stated that he had been employed by Mr. Price, his brother-in- i aw and proprietor of the Brooks couny ehaingaug, to investigate the mater and get these men away from our place bt cause, he said, we had interered with him wheu we paid he fines, ns he wanted the rouvicts at hi3 works in Brooks onuiy. He was short of laborers. We explaiued onr contract with them md what wo bad done. He was given iccess to them aud we find that he did lis utmost to induce them to leave our place, aud they refused to do so. ' lie also claimed that he was repre- i ?enting some relatives of parties he i insisted were illegally restrained of i their liberty, not in the Lowndes ; connty chain gang, nor by any of its superintendents, but by Air. W. S. MoRce, who dots not work any con- ; nets bat works free labor and con- : lucts a farm adjoiniugonrs, and when issure l that they were not legally restrained ho said that if allowed to see : he laborers on the McRee place, and hey were illegally restrained, he would not be making charges and bringing uabeas corpus proceedings to test these piestions. He accordingly was allowed to go alone among the employees of W. S. McRee, and we are assured: by ihe negroes that he sought to induce :hem to leave by offering a better position to them, and if they would meet lim at Corbett's bar in Yaldosta he tvould give them money to go and get :he position he referred to?Briee's. "He succeeded theu in getting-only ux out of the crowd and three of this number, failing to meet him in Yallosta, returned to work at McRee's olace. Unsatisfied, Mr. Edmondson, in order to get these servants away and jot them where he could offer them sufficient inducement to leave their employment, filed habeas corpus proceedings for a number of women md children and they were carried at tmce before the city court of Yahlosta, ivhere the case was tried, Air. Edmond?on appearing and representing his case. "Before the trial was over Air. Edmondson stated to the court the weakness of his contention and judgment was reudered agaiust Ms cueui ror me :ost, and declaring them not legally restrained, but Edmondson succeeded then in decoyiDg away these servants, and he and a party with him carried them to Brooks county. Everything at the county gang, or at our place, has always been open to inspection by the prison commission, county commissioners and grand juries, and is now." ClIINAMEX KEPT ON HOARD. Captain of Vessel Refused to Let Crew of Orientals Laiul In Savannah. The steamship Ettrickdale arrived at Savannah with twenty-nine Chinamen in the crew. Health Officer Brunner demanded that they be made to sleep ashore in accordance with the city ordinance. Captain Stewart declined to give the Chinamen into the care of the city, stating that he could not land them under the exclusion act. The treasury department advised the collector of the port that the Chinamen must not be allowed to leave the vessel, and guards were statioued aboard it to see that they do not get on shore. INTOLERANCE CONDEMNED. Teller County,Colorado, Democrats,Adopt | Strong: Resolution*. The Teller county, Colo., Democratic convention, and the Democratic club of Yiotor adopted the following resolutions unanimously: "Whereas, Governor Roosevelt and party were not received in Victor with the tolerance and courtesy duo to the governor of a sister*state, therefore, "Resolved, That we, the Democrats of Victor, in convention assembled, * X i 1 condemn tne spirit 01 intolerance ami discourtesy exhibited on that occasion, and disavow all responsibility for the disturbances." TON KETTELER'S SLAYER Courtuiartialed at Pekin, But Sentence Is Deferred For Good Reasons. Advices from Pekin state that the Mauchu assassin of Baron von Ketteler was tried by courtmartial Thursday. No new evidence was presented and the court decided that it would be unjustified in pronouncing sentouce upon the prisoner, who, however, will be held in the hope that further information will be obtained. Road Officials Adjourn. The meeting of the executive officers of the western roads adjourned at Chicago Thursday after failing to organize the four territorial committees. Considerable progress^ however, was made in the matter of agreeing to territory. Ex-Policeman a Robber. At Savannah, Ga., Thursday, ExPoliceman J. B. York was convicted in the superior court of robbing A. Slater of $200. Ho was sentenced to the penitentiary for two years. - OFFER MADE MINERS Advance of Ten Per Cent Promised By Coal Operators. NOTICES TO THAT EFFECT ARE POSTED President Mitchell Is Ignored and Declares No Attention'Will I5e Paid tho OITer. The following notice, bearing date Df October 1st, was posted Sunday in the vicinity of all tho colleries of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and [ron company in the anthracite region. "Philadelphia and Readiug Coal - * ^ ?w > o et TT 1 II UU JL f U U V/Uiuj'aujr, VtlVW 1. 1900.?This company will pay an advance of 10 per cent on the wages of all men and boys employed at its collieries. This advance takes effect today. "R. C. LrTnnu, "General Superintendent." Beneath this notice another was posted, which reads as follows: "Fellow Mine Workers?United Mine Workers of America?Do not pay any attention to this notice posted by Mr. Luther, of the Philadelphia and Beading Coal and Iron Company, but wait until you hear from President Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers 7 s of America, or until yon have decided by your own locals what is right for you to do. "C. B. Potter." Mr. Potter is an officer in the district branch of the United Mine Workers of America. The regular Reading company advance for the last half of September and the first half of October had previously been fixed at G per per cent above the $2.50 basis. The ?cnlo for the preceding thirty days was at the S2.50 basis. The advance of 10' per cent offered iu the posted notice by ihe Reading company is separate and distinct from the natural scale increase, and hence the total increase to the miners would be 16 per cent. mitchell ignored. The Dostinsr of the notice granting UUW Ui iuc uauvuut ??? koe, captured on the Columbia, was unanimously voted down and the flag will remain iu the rooms of the Iowa Historical Society, at Iowa City. IIOBSON REITERATES DENIAL. While la Washington He Again Disclaims Intended Kc flection on Dewey. Lieutenant Richmond P. Hobson, of Merrimac fame, who has just returned from his work in the orient, passed through Washington Wednesday on his way to Alabama to visit relatives. While at the national capital Mr. Hobsou again reiterated his denials of any intention to reflect upon the work of Admiral Dewey's fleet in his Vancouver interview concerning the injuries sustained by the Spanish fleet. nil increase of ten per cent to employees of collieries in the Schuylkkill did cot cause any apparent commotion at headquarters of the United Mine Workers at Hozleton. President Mitchell did not know of the action of the Heading company an til informed of it by a reporter of the Associated Press. He did not express the least surprise. He refused to discuss the advance, but it is understood that he knew the ten per cent increase would be made, and was anxious to see in what manner the information would conveyed to the men. The action of the Heading company in directly notifying its men through posters indicates that the operators will not recede from the position of refusal torecoguize the union. What President Mitchell's first move will be in view of this new phase of the situation is not kuown. "The operators are evidently not taking me into consideration," he said, "but they will wish they had." Discussing the question of compromise, the national president said it would depend upon circumstances whether a compromise would be considered. When asked if the amount of the increase would bo one of circumstances, he said it would be a consideration. A special from Scranton says: The miners' strike in the Lackawanna region closed the second week without any noticeable change in condition. The strike officers at district headquarters have instructed the men, in view ? * / ii.. ot a possioie proposition iruiu me operators to remain away from the mines and take no action towards going back to work until advised to do so through their local unions, which will get the word from President Mitchell and the general executive board. Twenty-Eight Bodies Fonnd Saturday. Tweuty-eight bodies were reported to have been recovered from the debris at Galveston Saturday. Up to that date 2,339 bodies have been officially reported as found. Roberts Heads British Army. It is officially announced in London that Lord Roberts has ^een appointed commander in chief of the British army. ELECTIONS IN ENGLAND. Chamberlain Is Returned In Nominations For House of Commons. A London special says: One hundred and sixty-seven constituencies, returning one-fourth of the membership of the house of commons, made their nominations Saturday. Sixty-six candidates were returned unopposed. The ministerialists aggregate 59, liberals 5 and nationalists 2. Among the interesting personalities on the government side returned without opposition were Joseph Chamberlain, George Wyndham, the parliamentary secretary for the war office, and Charles T. Ritchie, the president of the board of trade. WILL KEEP THE FLAG. Iowa Q. A. R. Camp Will Not Return Confederate Emblem. At the reunion of Crocker's Iowa brigade at Keokuk a proposition to return to the stato of South Carolina the flag which Colonel J. C. Kennedy, +1,/* Iioti'nnnl linnia ot. AfiKvnn WHILE SEEKING BURGLARS Chas. A. Collier, a Prominent Atlanta Han, Is Accidentally Killed By His Own Pistol. Charles A. Collier, former mayor of Atlanta, Ga., died at 1 o'clock Friday morning at his residence in that city from the effects of a pistol shot which he accidentally received Thursday morning while attempting to locate a burglar who was trying to break into 1 the house. It is supposed that in falling from the back porch, which was some distance from the grouud, his pistol was accidentally discharged, and that the death wound was received in this manner. At first it was not thought the wound would prove fatal. The news of his accident was the source of the gieatest solicitation in the city. Mr. Collier, who was a member of; the Paris exposition commission, returned to Atlanta on Wednesday. He remained with the members of his family until a late hour that night and then retired to his room, which is located in the rear part of the house. It is now believed that during the early hours of Thursday morning he heard a sound which he believed to have been made by some one attempting to enter the house, and getting his revolver started out to investigate. A member of the family heard a sound as if some one had fallen and then a Rhot. Immediately the household was awakened. - > - ?? A 1 I 1 1 1 LI 3ir. Collier wag louna ai iue oouum of the stairs which lead from the back porch to the yard. He was lying on the brick pavement with one wound on his head, where he had struck it in faliingr, and another in his left side immediately below the ribs, causod by the bullet from his pistol. He was unconscious and was carried into the h'ouse, where, after a time, he revived sufficiently to tell what had occurred. When he was first discovered no pistol was to be seeD. After his explanation another search was made aud the revolver was found under the back steps in somo grass, where it had bounded after striking a brick pillar. Some months ago 5lr. Collier went to Paris in the capacity of commissioner from this country. He returned, but went back again several weeks ago. Ho had just returned from this second trip when the accident occurred. POSSE IX PURSUIT, A Traced* Near Elberton, Ga., Wherein Negro Kills His White Captor. Near Elberton, Ga., Thursday morning about 8 o'clock William Branch, colored, shot and almost instantly killed George Bell, a young white man. Wednesday night Bell, in company with his friend, Ed Mills, were returning home from Elberton and met Branch on the road with a load of cotton they believed he had stolen. Mills started toward him, when Branch shot him in the arm. Thursday morning Bell, with two other friends, arrested Branch and began marching to town. Suddenly Branch snatched Bell's gun from him and shot at him twice, the entire second load entering the right lung, killing him. almost instantly. Branch broke away and managed to escape. Pursuit was immediately begun, MAN AN1) WIFE SHOT. Fired On Ky Wonld-Be Assassin as They Were Itetlrine For the Night. About 11 o'clock Thursday night ?n unknown party went to the window of the bedroom of George H. McLanahan, who lives about three miles below Elberton, Ga., and shot him and his wife, just as they were retiring. Mrs. McLanahan was not badly hurt, bnt it is thought that Mr. McLanahan is fatally shot. It is not known who did the bloody work, but as McLanahan was with George Bell when he was killed by William Branch it is thought probably that the same person did the work. Mobile's Total Subscription. The subscription of Mobile, Ala., to the Galveston relief fund was closed Thursday, showing actual cash $9,. 773.74, besides $300 in clothing, supplies, etc. This is the largest contribution for the size of population of any city in the country. ! INSURGENTS ATTACK OUTPOSTS. Americans, However, Put a Stop to Their Activity In Short Order. Advices from Manila state that on Monday night (Sept. 24) vigorous insurgent attacks were made upon the United States outposts in the district near Zapote bridge, Las Pinas, Paranaque, Bacoor and Imus, two miles south of Manila, the scene of the fighting last October. It is estimated that the rebels numbered 400 and they were .armed with rifles. The inhabitants took refuge iu the churches. The Americans have since energetically dispersed the enomy, killing and wounding fifty. TRICE OF SILVER ADVANCED. Government Will Now Pay 57 Cents Per Standard Ounce. Owing to the advance in the price of silver, Director of the Mint Roberts has increased the price to be paid by the government of silver purchased from 55 to 57 cents a standard ouuce. The government at present puichases oniy such silver as is contained in gold deposits from the Klondike and other gold producing sections. Price of Coke Unexpectedly Advances. The strike of the anthracite coal miners in eastern Pennsylvania has had an unexpected effect in the coke market of Pittsburg. During the past few weeks the demand has so stiffened that the leading producers have increased their prices $1.25 to $2.50. Robbers Dynamite Bank Vault. Wolf Brothers' bar.k,at Centersville, Mich., was robbed Thursday night of $10,000. The thieves gained entrance through the rear of the building and blew the vault open with dynamite. ?tN>rsjrsirs3CMfsirJtN?j! I SOUTH CAROLINA 2| $ STATE NEWS ITEMS. j * c\ifNjc\ji\irorsirJCNJ * The Trouble at firforsHown. A dispatch received Irom George- i town gives the story of the trouble there. It seems that .Deputy Sheriff K. C. Scurry attempted to collect delinquent taxes from a negro barber, John Brownfield. A dispute arose and blows followed afterwards. In the scuffle Scurvy's pistol dropped. Brownfield snatched i: up and fired live bullets into Scurry's body. Scurry died the next day and Brown field was put in jail. There was a rnmor among the negroes that the whites would ring the fire bell, aud when the negroes responded the whites would rush to the jail and lynch Brownfield. S) the negroes themselves rang the bell, and then ran to the jail armed with gnns aud rilles. The negroes yelled and were joiue 1 by their women. Governor McSweeney, at the re quest of Mayor Morgan, ordered to Geo'getown the Sumter light infantry, the Manning Guards and Charleston's battalion of naval reserves, three companies. The latter carried a gatling' gun and a howitzer on a special train. The Governor's Guards, of Columbia, wero in their armory for some time ready to go, but later reports indicated that the presence of the six companies of militia could restore order. *? Antl*Lynching Law Is "X. G." The anti-lynching law of this state, making the county responsible for damages to the family of the victim, has received another black eye. Ou January 4, 1897, Isaac Brown, a negro, was fonud hanging to the railroad crossing at Stillton, Orangeburg county, his neck broken and his body riddled with bullets. Brown's father brought suit against the county for damages last year,but the jury promptly brought in a verdict for the county. The verdict was set asido by Judge Gage, and another trial of the same case has been .had, and another verdict rendered for the county of Orangeburg. Tho defense offered no testimony, relying upon the failure to prove a lynching, which, they contended, required the concurrence of a mob or a multitude of persons. Buchanan, the presiding judge, charged the jury that a lynching - might be committed by a ra.ob or by ariy person or persons, but the charge appears to have had no effect on the jury. A motion for a new trial will be made, but this secoud ver d'ct shows conclusively that the antilynebing provision in the constitution of 1893 is a dead failure, so far as it provides damages for the heirs of the victim, though it is admitted that in its primary object, the suppression of lynching in this state, it has been largely successful. ?*? A Week's Crime Record. A week in which there was an unusual amount of lawlessness was ended by a dispatch from Kiugstree, Williamsburg county, reporting a tragedy near there last Saturday afternoon. A. L. Epps, a well known and respected farmer, was shot in sight of his home by It. J. Sports, his tenant. Both had been to Kiugstree to sell cottou and both were drinking. On the way home an altercation arose and Sports knifed Epps, Arriving at Sport's i house, the latter secured his shotgun and emptied both barrels into Epps' body. Epps is in a dying condition. Sports has been arrested. George Anderson, colored, has been arrested in Laurens for attempting to | dynamite Mary Bridges' house. He wanted to forsake his wife for her, but she rejected him. He threatened her life. The dynamite bomb demolished her domicile, but she was away at the time. Sydney Smith, the white man who, [ in a drunken state, shot a defenseless old darky at Rock Hill Saturday, was arrested, but escaped. He was allowed to circulate among his friends trying to get bondsmen and eluded the j constables, bnt has sent word that he will appear before court. The feeling between tbe negroes and an element, of cotton mill employes was intense and had been on account of former linf on nntbreak was averted. II MM w - To Bridge the Co?;-nrer. The Evausville, Ind., Construction Company has been awarded the contract by the government for building a stone dam across the Congaree at Columbia, and is the first step toward river navigation for the city. Work innst begin in thirty days. The contract is $75,000. . The American Bridge Company gets a contract for a steel viaduct to carry the traffic of Assembly street aud electric cars over the railroads at the union depot. ?*? Washington City's Celebration." Governor McSweeney will probably go to Washington on DecembeB 12 io attend the exercises incident to the establishment of the National Capital in that city. The programme is quite elaborate. The governors of all the states are honoray members of the association having the celebration in charge. ** "Wild Bill" Arrested. A white man, named William Peteet, otherwise known as "Wild Bill," was arrested in Columbia a few days ago being wanted in Winnsboro for highway robbery and assault and buttery. He is said to be a very bad man, but he offered no resistance to arrest and was sent back to Winnsboro. *? The State Ball. While other preparations for the fair at Columbia have been heralded little has been said about the state ball, the great social event of the year in South Carolina. The officers and committees, however, have not been idle, but have been working quietly to make the event a success. The ball, as usual, will be held in the hall of the honse of representatives. A circular letter has been issued by the executive committee notifying the South Carolina Ciub members of their duties in the premises and urging them to put in their best efforts for the success of the event. MINERSREFUSEOFFER; Ten Per Cent Offer Made By Oper- j ators Is Turned Down. UNION MUST BE RECOGNIZED FIRST President Mitchell Issues Another Statement? Conl Dickers Are Firmly lloldlng Out. The coal operators of the "Wyoming, Lackawanna and Lehigh Valley regious held an important meeting in Wilkesbarre, Monday afternoon, and afterward gave ont a statement offering the miners an increase of ten per cent in wages and also to reduce the cost of powder to the miners from t2.75 to SI.50 per keg. The difference between this rute and the old rate to do taken into account in figuring the net advance of ten per cent. So far as can be learned, none of the operators were in favor of recognizing ;be union in any way. The strikers say that under no circumstances will H-.pv accent the offer. They claim it ? A - w is not as good an offer as the Reading :ompany made to its men. So far as can be learned the nnion is ignored and the net increase must come out of the price of powder. ~ L. M. Parmer, chairman of.the press committee at United Mine Workers' headquarters, said: "The men will not return to work under such conditions. It is not a fair offer." The operators will make no further move uutil they hear from the men. "At United Mine Workers' headquarters this statement was given out: "What we want is: "1. A better enforcement of existing mine laws. "2. To obtain that which is fnlly our own, i. e,, the value of labor actually performed aud Litherto taken from us. "3. To obtain the right to purchase our implements of labor at a fair market value and escape from the compulsory rule which forces us to pay the operators moro than twice what the same materials can be purchased for at retail in the open market. "4. To allow a readjustment of the wage scale that will nearly conform to the normal conditions of the anthracite trade and establish as nearly as practicable a uniform price for each class of work in and around the mines." The strikers say that until these concessions are granted and the union recognized they will not return to work. mnVps the fol 1 ICOiUtUV MlkVUVM lowing statement to the miners of the Wyoming valley: "To the Miners of Wilkesbarre and Vicinity: I look forward with pleasure to the great demonstration which will be given under the auspices of the mine worker's of the Wyoming valley on Tuesday, October 2d. . The mine workers of the anthracite region have by their law-abiding conduct won the respect and admiration "of all justiceloving citizens of the United States. I feel assured that organized labor has won a great victory and that in th* future there will be in the homes and families of the' miners a little more happiness and sunshine instead of the gloom and sadness too often finding a dwelling place there. "John Mitchell, "President U, M.W. of America." According to the official report of General Superintendent R. C. Luther, of the Reading Coal and Iron Co.'s mines to President Harris at Philadelphia but seven of the thirty-nine collieries operated by the compauy started up Monday morning. This indicates that in spite of the offer of an advance in wages of lO.per cent the company was working five less mines Monday than on Saturday. Advices from Shenandoah state that the notice posted Sunday by the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company announcing an increase in wages of 10 per cent to all of its employes was ignored by the striking mino workers in that viciuity, and ? ? X - 11. ^ MnMVi'n/vo none 01 mem weui to tue wui&iugo Monday morning. Will llarc 12,000 Police In Trausvaal. General Baden-Powell has arrived at Pretoria to take command of the ] o'ice in the Transvaal and Orange River colony, where it is proposed to maintain a force of 12,000 men. TO REPORT CHINESE. Six Orientals ar Jacksonville, Fla.. Mast Go Back to Chtna. United States Commissioner Goodell, at Jacksonville, Fla., has made final disposition of the cases of sis Chinamen regarding their deportation in accordance with the exclusion law. He orders them deported to China and the order has been forwarded to the treasury department. United States Marshal Horr will accompany the Chinamen to San Francisco. Upon arriving at New Orleans the prisoners will be taken into the custody of the railroad agents, who are bonded by the government to transport such prisoners across the country. (ULYESTON IMPROVES FAST. Governor Sayers Visits the City, Makei Inspection and Issaes Statement. Returning to Austin Thursday morn ing from Galveston, Governor Sayer; reported conditions in that city as greatly improved. The relief commit tee is doing excellent work and th< people generally talk hopefully. It is his opinion that it will requiri 3,000 men, with an addition of 1,009 to remove all debris occasioned by th< storm within the next thirty days. DEPEW BOOKED FOR CHICAOO. Senator Thurston, of Nebraska, Will Fol low Suit on October 13th. Senator Depew will speak in Chicag< on the evening of October 8th nnde: the anspices of the Republican nation al committee at North Side Turne: hall, sixth congressional district. Sen ator Depew will make only one speecl in the west. At the same hall,October 13th, Sen ator Thnrston, of Nebraska, will mak< one of two speeches which he will de liver in Illinois. v - -- *' * - -r*. C ' ' * ' W ' THAN IS RESPONSIBLE And Will Be Punished as Leader of Boxers, Says Chinese Emperor. A PEACE COMMISSION IS SELECTED Several Important Dispatcher Receirod In Washington Which Portend brighter Ontlook. Several important dispatches were receive ! Monday from China. Generally they tend to confirm the events recorded Saturday. From Canton, Cousul McWade reports the issue of i :-v: rr> h?a tue decree puuisuiug xuau ?uu ***?> colleagnes, so tbat there is no longer doubt as to the accuracy of Sheng's statement on the point. Mr. CoDger also has received official notification of the Chinese peace commission which was forecasted by Minister Wu's advices several days ago. Mr. Conger makes no reference to the condemnatory decree, hence it is inferred tbat it was not issued when bis dispatch was sent last Thursday. The text of these two dispatches is as follows: Canton, China, October 1.?Secretary of State, Washington: Decree just issued. Emperor blames ministers for whole trouble. Orders Tnan, Kangi and other officials degraded and punished by imperial courts. Emperor holds Tnan and others entirely responsible for bloodshed.. "MCWadb." "Pekin, September 27, via Taku, September 30.?Secretary of State, Washington: Have received notice today from Prince Ching that he, Earl Li, Jung Ln and Viceroys Tiakum Yi and Chang Chip Tnng will act in concert in negotiations for peace. Jang Lu is in the interior, Li Hnng Chang is at Tien Tsin. Congee." *v It is evident that the two viceroys mentioned arc Lu Kun Yi, the viceroy of Nanking, and Chang Chip Tnng, the viceroy of Wu Chang, the difference m spelling being in telegraphic There has been some question as to Jung Lu being a mem* ber of the commission, but Mr. Conger's report settles all doubt. . Already Minister Wu bad received an edict, naming Jung Lu as one of the commissioners, but this was questioned in other Cbinese quarters. The appointment is not likely to be satisfactory to any of the powers, as Tung Lu lias made himself almost as offea-' sive as Prince Tnan. He is generalissimo of the imperial troops and is regarded as mainly responsible for the persistent fight on the legations daring the cri.-is. The other commissioners ard highly acceptable. Earl Li and Prince Ching are already favorably known and the two viceroys are among the most pacific, enlightened and proforeign men in the empire. General Chaffee reports that he is moving with rapidity toward the execution of the department's orders relative to the withdrawal of troops. The war department is in receipt of the following cablegram from him, indicating that, he had received the in* strnctions to withdraw most of the United States forces from China and had provided in accordance with those instrnctiohs for a legation guard: Adjutant General, Washington: t nn on rpian i!)6pt6IIlD6r o\j cnuio uuu x?vu Tsin?Received jour numbers 42 and 43. The Ninth infantry, third squad* ron of Sixth cavalry and light battery will constitute legation guard. Shall endeavor to get all supplies to Tong Chow before water falls. (Signed) Chaffee, Dispatches No. 42 and 43 referred to by General Chaffee were those containing his instructions to withraw the Ameiican troops from Pekin. HtXXA TALKS OF STRIKE. Says Trouble In Coal Region Should Not He Discussed Politically. Senator Hanna, chairman of the Republican national committee, arrived in Chicago Monday. "Any man who would put a straw in the way of a settlement of the great coal miners' strike now progressing in Pennsylvania shonld be taken to the nearest lamp post and hanged," said Senator Hanna. "I don't want to talk about the strike." I don'f think that it should be mixed up iu a party or political question, and shonld not be discussed from a political standpoint.1' A "STMPATHI" STRIKE. Three Hundred Coal Creek Mlaers Bofuse to Continue Labors. A special from Coal" Creek says ! about 300 miner8 and day laborers employed by the Coal Creak Coal Company went on a strike Tuesday night ? _ 1 ^1? at o o ciuca.. The men demanded that the day la* borers be given an increase in wages, which would make their pay equivalent to that of laborers employed by other companies in the Coal Creek and | Jellico districts. The company refused to grant the increase further than a general rise of 7} per cent, as agreed npon at the Jellico conference some days ago. Peru May Invite Boers. ? The Peruvian consul at Liverpoo has suggested to the government that - it invite the discontented Boers to im3 migrate into Pern and grant to them i lands in the interior, says a cable to - The New York Herald. a Bryan's New York Dates. 9 Chairman VcGuire, of the New York State Democratic committee, said 3 that Bryan will speak at Albany October 17th and at the convention hall in Saratoga October 18th. AMERICAN FLAG INSULTED. Mexican Mob Tears Down the Banner Raised at Chihaahua. ) United States Consnl W. W. Mills, r at Chilianhua, Mexico, has sent a note to the federal authorities and also to r the state department at Washington detailing an insnlt to the American 1 Sag over h's consulate on September 16tb, the anniversary of Mexican independendence, by a mob of Mexi3 cans. He had hoisted the United _ States and Mexican flags in honor of the day and the mob tore dovn the United States colors. MOB MENACED | ROOSEVELT j Rongb Rider Receives Rongl Treatment From Rongh Gang. OCCURRED IN COLORADO Hoodlums Were Paid to Break Ujp Meeting and a Company of I Rough Riders Saved Him. I Governor Roosevelt had a most ex* oiting experience Wednesday at Yio? >||| | tor, Colorado, a few miles from nift fiT^k. amoni? the mines, where a ^ demonstrative crowd bad assembled. J- ||&B The governor had a narrow escape eg from serions personal violence. The '*% incident was the only one of the kind -'--.'-J that has occurred during the progreei J of the trip, and it is said the trouble J|| ' 1 was occasioned by a body of roughs 0 who had been organized and paid-for . . ; the purpose of breaking np the meeting. The men engaged were between 1,009 - Sra ? and 1,500 in number and were violas! in their attack. Governor Eoosevelt spoke at Armory .f| hall, which was filled. He had hardly, ^ begun speaking when he was inter- f| rupted by noisy demonstrations. Ha | "In my state the men who were put * on the committee on platform to drSav np an anti-lrust platform at sas City convention had at that tints . their pockets stuffed with ioe trot, stock. The Democratic leader in Hear | York, Kichard Croker, upon whi^ 'j^ yon base your only hope, and it hi a 4S mighty slim hope, too, was anotiMT Jgl great stockholder, ahd if, in fact, yott' were to read through the list of stock- M holders, in that trust it would sound rj? like reading the roll of the members A voice cried: "What about the R)t*JS^RJj| ? 1?**>? - ien ueeir The governor replied: "I ate it and you will never get near enough to bo ;X% hit with a bullet, or within five miles ''j|l?S| Governor Boosevelt succeeded il ' ^3 finishing his remarks, though thero was an evident intention among tboao M present that he should not do so. When |i I the governor left the hall with his -3 party to go toward the train be was ] surrounded by a- company of roGgk ^ riders, commanded by one of hi* owa t ' ! soldiers in the 8panish war, 7/siJ He was also accompanied by Genet- ^ al Curtis Guild, Jr., of Boston; John R i Proctor Clarke of New York; General J8 Irving Hale of Colorado; United States IS Senator Wolcott; Frank L, Goudy, /l|l candidate for governor of Colorado; M Percy C Byder, candidate for lieutenant governor; A. M. Stevenson, Lies* tenant Tice and several others. . ;^gi Governor Boosevelt and his party " "were on foot. A crowd of boys asd n men began throwing atony and sh0Ut??^|l ing for Bryan. The rough rideri^g mounted and unmounted, closed is around tue governor to promo* from assault by the mob. One made >" a personal attack upon the governor!sj with a stick. The assailant waaiia--?| mediately knocked down by the poet- '| master of Cripple Creek. A rush was then made by the mob /.cjgj ^ to drag the mounted men in khaki uni- : forms from their horses. The men OB || foot, also in khaki, closed in around ^ the governor, making a wedge whWi-...>>^ pushed through the crowd, and they ..?^?8 3 finally succeeded in gaining the train, ^ which was surrounded by the mob. By this time there were probably e ^ thousand or fifteen hundred excited j|j people in the vicinity., and fisticuffs 89 were exchanged on all sides. Many of ' I the mob were armed with sticksand J2 clubs, some with rotten potatoes, stale j : eggs and lemons. The entire parly " | regained the train, however, without ^ serious injury and it pulled out of the place with the rough riders on the rea* -- fl Governor Roosevelt, while regretting ^ the occurrence, was not disturbed by . II the incident*aad was ready to propped . if with his speeches in Cripple Creek. ^ - ' RACE TROUBLE IN FLORIDA. .Jf Serious Bow Starts Between Whites eegja ^ Blacks at Majport. The town of Mayport, Fla., at the || mouth of St. Johns river, twenty miles, from Jacksonville, is reported to be || fall of excitement and a conflict be* tween the whites and blacks is imminent. The trouble is confined to the hundreds of men now engaged in the ij. - j construction of docks and railway * The trouble began to brew on Sunday last wlien a negro, Henry Tillman, ;'W had a misunderstanding with one of || the white men, which culminated in* desperate fight between the two. ^ Hayti Must Pay indemnity. Judge Day, the arbitrator in the Metzger case, bas just rendered tlw ;X&m decision in favor of the claimant, and |f has decreed that Hayti pay an indent* . nity of $23,000. The claim for indeaanity was made by John Metzger A Co., an American firm. ?jjj Refugees Leave Transvaal. The Austrian steamer Styria Lloyd sailed for Lourenzo Marques Monday, having on board four hundred Transvaal refugees, part of them being IrishAmericans. . . OPERATORS SEEK TROUBLE, They Will Attempt to Break Strike Bp Resort to IatlmldatloB. I J A special from Scranton, Pa., says: making in the Schuylkill region htvi bad the effect of ronsing the operators , of the Lacka wanned is trict to activity, and steps are now being taken to 'V;|| drive the entering wedge in an effort The plan is to have each of the big corporations start up a few mines and keep them going at all costs.