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MITCHELL REFUSES PRESIDENT’S APPEU f Will Not Call Anthracite Coal Strike Off. HI6 LETTER MADE PUBL4C. Responsibility For Continuation oi Strike Shuold tie Placed Upon Thos« V^ho Have Refused Arbitration, Hi Says. Washington. Oct. i).—President ■Mitchell, oi the coai miners union, has leiuotu <.0 eoinply w.th the appeal oi President House veil to call tne strike oh. His leucr to the president, wmen was maae puui.c at tne Whita House tooay, sd.vs cue responsibility tor the continuation ot tne strike should be piaceu upon those who have ret Used iw intiauen. LETTER TO PRESIDENT. Mitchell's Reply to Roosevelt’s Mes sage or Last Monday. Washington, Oct. Li.—The following was maae public at the vVhite House toilay: Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 8, 1902.—Hon. Theodore Hoosevelt, President of the United States—Dear Sir: Horn Car* roll D. Wrignt has, no doubt, reported to you the a-, livery oi yuur message to me last Monday, and my statement tu him that i should take your sugges tion under advisement, although 1 did not look upon it with favor. Since that time 1 have consulted with our district president, who concur fully in my views. We desire to assure again that wo feel keenly the responsibility of oui' position and the gravity of the situ ation, and it would give us gieat pleas ure to take any action which would h-ing this coal strike to an end in a manner that would safeguard the la* terests of our constituents. In prophesying that there be an im mediate resumption of coal mining up on the conditions we suggested at the White House, we believed that we had gone more than half way and had met your wishes. It is unnecessary in this letter to refer to the malicious assault made upon us in the response of the coal operators. We feel confident that you must have been impressed with the fair ness of our proposition and the insin cerity of those who maligned us. Having in mind our experience with Hie coal operators in the past, we have no reason to feel any degree of confi dence in their willingness to do us Justice in the future, and inasmuch as they have refused to accept the de cision of a tribunal created by you, and in as much as there is no law through which you could enforce the finding of the commission you sug gest, we respectfully decline to advise our people to return to work simply upon the hope that the coal operato-s might be induced or forced to comply with the recommendations of your commission. As stated above, we believe that we went more than half way in our prop osition at Washington. We do not fee 1 that we should be asked to make further sacrifice. We appreciate your solicitude for the people of our country who are now and will be subjected to great suf fering and inconvenience by a pro longation of the coal strike, and we feel that the onus of this terrible sta*e of affairs should be placed upon the side which has refused to refer it to a fair and impartial Investigation. I am. respectfully, John Mitchell, presi dent United Mine Workers of Ameri ca. No comment was made concern. Ing the letter of Mr. Mitchell by officials at the White House today, al though it can be said that the presi dent has not exhausted all efforts in bringing about an end to the strike. Nothing can be learned as to the fu ture Intentions of the president in this matter, and It. is stated that the time has no yet come to disclose he purpose of the administration. This natural ly gives rise to speculation as to what may be the next move as It was un derstood that the administration had done about everything possible in bringing the operators and miners to gether and in an appeal made to Mr. Mitchell. SOLDIER KILLS STRIKER. Disregarded Order to Halt and Sen- try Fired. Tamaqua, Pa., Ofct. 9.—James Burnham, a striker, was shot and kill- «d by a soldier on guard duty at Brownsville, near here, early this morning. The place is the scene of sevral dynamiting outrages, and Burn ham is said to have been loitering *n the vicinity of a nonunionist’s house which was partially destroyed by. an explosion last week. The soldier called upon Burnham to halt, and this order is said to have been disregard ed, and thereupon the sentry fired, and Burnham fell dead in his tracks ■with a bullet through his heart. An unsuccessful attempt was mads last night to dynamite a breaker own ed by Slattery Bros., at Tuscarora. Only slight damage was done. Nominated for Congress. Pine Bluff, Ark., Oct. S.-^Wllllam M. Carpenter, of Stuttgart, has been nominated for congress by the sixth district at Republican convention. CORPSES IN COLD STORAGE. Horrible Discovery Is Made by Police of Louisville, Ky. Louisville, Ky., Oct. 9.—Thirty dead bodies were found last night In a cold storage plant located in the rear of an ice cream factory on Eighth street. The same pipes which were used In congealing the cream for table use were connected up with a small plant in a shed in the rear, where they kept the bodies cool. It was at first thought that the ca davers had been brought here from Indianapolis, but the heads of the sev eral colleges interested in the estab lishment aserted that the bodies were oirtained legitimately by them from the penitentiaries, insane asylums anl other institutions of the state of-Ken tucky. Chief of Police Gunther received a letter from the chief of police of In dianapolis. inclosing a letter from a woman in Louisville, who said she had lived at the place in question and that some of the bodies stolen in Indianap olis had been shipped here and were stored in the shed. Chief Gunther sent two poll cement to the scene. They reported that they could not get in the shed without breaking it open. Wnile the chief of police was trying to get the permission of the court to open the building, those having charge of the place sent word to police head quarters that the bub ling was open and the investigation was made. The building is a small one and is provided with numerous thermometers for the proper observation of the tem- perature. The bodies were found in boxes and most of them were in a good state of preservation. The es tablishment is maintained by several Louisville medical colleges. The head of these institutions say they are given the bodies by the state with the understanding that they are to be held ?>0 days for identification. In order to assist in the identification the cold storage plant was established and an arrangement made with the ice cream plant to furnish the cooling air. The building is on Eighth street, but the entrance to the place where the bodies were found is from an al ley. DIED AT HANDS OF MOB. Garfield Burley and Curtis Brown Lynched In Tennessee. Newbern, Tenn.. Get. 9.—Garfield Bui ley and Curtis Brown, negroes, were lynched here at 9 o’clock last night by a mob of BOO persons. Burley on Saturday last shot and killed D. Flatt, a well known young farmer, near Dyersburg. Flatt had traded horses with the negro and later Burley demanded that the tiade lie declared off. Flatt refused to accede to this proposition and while on his way home was shot down by Burley. A posse has been hunting the mur derer, and Tuesday night located him in a negro cabin at Huffman, Ark. While being brought to Dyersburg Bur ley confessed to the killing, implicat ing Curtis Brown as an accessory. Both men were lodged In jail at Dyers burg. A mob soon appeared at the jail and demanded possession of tho pris oners. Criminal Court Judge Maiden made a strong plea that the law bo allowed to deal with the case. Judge Maiden said that as the evidence was complete, there would be no doubt of a conviction. The mob would not listen to the Judge’s reasoning, and forcibly took possession of the two men. A start was made for this place, which was reached at 8:30 o’clock last* night. Hopes were procured and the two men were taken to a telephone pole, where they were securely tied face to face. At a given word they were strung up and in a few minutes both were pronounced dead. The lynching programme was car ried out in an orderly manner, not a shot being fired. English Educational Bill. New York, Oct. 9.—The conference between Colonial Secretary Chamber- lain and representative Unionists at Birmingham tonight, to discuss dif ferences on the educational bill, is awaited with keen interest throug.i- out the country, cables the Ixmdon correspondent of The Tribune. Mr. Chamberlain will invite the represen tatives to express frankly their views, and as many of his chief supporters desire to take part in the discussion, the proceedings will be long. Sir William Harcourt has discussed the measure with his accustomed vigor at a meeting of his constituents. He con demned the bill as hopelessly bad. Minister Limantour's Daughter Weds. City of Mexico. Oct. 9.—A fashion able wedding took place yesterday in the church of Santa Teresa, where Maria Teresa Limantour, daughter of Minister of France Limantour, was united in marriage to Miguel Itur- bide, both the bride and groom belong ing to aristocratic families of this cap ital. President Diaz was one of the witnesses of the marriage. The young couple will shortly go to Eu rope, Where the groom’s family has long been prominent. Cattle Train Dynamited. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 9.—A cattle train on one of the Lehigh Valley road’s mountain cut-off tracke near Pittston, was dynamited late last nlgnt. Seven cars were damaged and several head of cattle killed. A coal train Is generlly run over the cut-off at night and it is believed some one wished to prevent the tiMn going through. STRIKE SITUATION IN ALABAMA MINES Sixty Negroes Are Still at Work at Johns. ARE PROTECTED BY DEPUTIES William H. Fairly, of the United Mine Workers, Gives Out Statement In Reply to President Bacon, of the T. C., I. and Ry. Company. Birmingham, Oct. 9.—The strike situation at the coal mines of the Ten nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad compa ny is unchanged today. About GO negroes are still f work at Johns under protection of deputies, but no threats of violence have been heard. William R. Fairley, member national board of the United Mine Workers of America, today gave out a statement in reply to the recent state, ment of President D. H. Bacon, of the company, made in New York: Fairley says the real issue is not the enforcement of assessments for the an thracite strikers, but it is whether or not the union men shall work in the same mines in which the miners have been expelled from the union for re fusing to pay the assessment. The union men refuse thus to work, ree charges that the Tennessee company is opposed to organized labor and be gan war on it some time ago by em ploying nonunion bricklayers an 1 others, discharging the union men. He regards the present contest as a fight for the life of the union in the Tennessee company’s mines. TUNNEL NEARING COMPLETION. New York's Great Subway Will Soon Be Ready for Business. New York, Oct. 9.—New Yorkers will he riding from one end of the rap id transit tunnel to the other in less than a year, according to the announce ment made by Chief Engineer William Barclay Parsons, who has just sailed for Europe. Practically ail the tun nel digging will be finished within the next six weeks. ‘ - 3y next New Year's day it will be gin to look like a railroad.” said Mr. Parsons. “We shall then have 7 miles of four track railroad laid, and ready for business. And by that time wo expect the work of excavating ana inclosure to be completed. In all, there are 60 miles of single track road to be built. The electric motors will begin to arrive about Jan.. 1, and the cars will soon follow. The stations will be beautiful and artistic, as well as illuminated by sunlight and per fectly hygienic.” TRIED TO MURDER GIRL. While She Was at Telephone Fired at Her Through Window. Chicago, Oct. 9.—Bud Haggins, said to be a race track employe, is sought by the police on the charge of devis ing a new plan of attempted murder and trying it upon Annie Butler at 2412 Dearborn street. Haggins had quar reled with the v/oman frequently, and had been arrested on her complaint. She feared him. and had refused to have anything to do with him. Going to a telephone within less than half a block from her house, he called her to hold the instrument, and after a few words with her, requested her to hold the wire. Then he went around lo the side window of her house and fired one shot at her. The bullet struck her In the left side, causing a wound that may prove fatal. Haggins then ran away and is being sought for by the police. Mississippi Cotton Crop Poor. Jackson, Miss., Oct. 9.—The cotton crop outlook in Mississippi is daily growing more discouraging and the re- ports from all sections of the state are of a pessimistic nature. Some of the counties report no top crop what ever, and claim that practically the entire yield has been harvested. In other counties the picking is badly delayed by Inclement weather, which is also causing a deterioration of iha staple and the plan* rs are fearing that the proximity of frost will cut short what is already by no means a satisfactory yield. Six weeks ago the prospects were good for an average crop, but It Is now regarded as doubt ful If the state yield goes la excess of 1,100,000 bales. Diaz Orders Out Army. Laredo. Tex., Oct. 9.—Captain T. W. Dodd, attorney for the National Rail way of Mexico, is authority, for the statement that the Mexican govern ment has taken entire charge of the road from Laredo to Mexico. It is reported that President Diaz has or dered out the army to preserve order and facilitate the movement of trains. Postoffice In Tennessee Robbed. Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 9.—A special from Jefferson City to The Banner says the postofflee was broken into and robbed last night of about $200 in money and $2/6 worth of stamps. The door of the safe was blown off and an entry was effected by. breaking down the back door of the postofflee. Jessie Morrison Gives Bond. Lansing, Kans., Oct. 9.—Jessie Morrison waa released from the state penitentiary here today on the approv al of her $10,000 bond pending the ap peal of her case to the supreme court. Miss Morrison was sentenced to ten years for killing Mrs. Olin Castle. NEW ORLEANS STRIKE. Troops Held In Readiness to Suppress Disturbances. New Oilcan*, Oct. 9.—Under the orders of General Glynn, commanding the First military department, all the local troops are assembling in their armories. When his comi lands are In readness General Glynn will confer with Mayor Capdevielle as to the dis position of the forces with the proba bility that a strong body will first be thrown along Canal street, the scene of the recent disorder, in order to pur. the trolley lines on that boulevard in operation. Advices from the armo ries are to the effect that there is a large response to the orders of the gen eral commanding. Troops in the country are being held in readiness to com e here in the event that the local forces are insufficient to control the situation. Governor Heard arrived at the state capital at an early hour this morning and immediately sent Adjutant Gener al Jumel back to New Orleans to co operate with General Glynn and tho local authorities. It is understood that the governor will come to New Orleans later in tho day, and, if necessary. assume full command of the situation. Even a larger crowd of strikers an 1 their sympathizers were on Canal street at 7 o’clock this morning in an ticipation of a fresh attempt of the street car people to operate their cars. One hundred and fifty policemen on foot and mounted, were sent to tho scene at an earlier hour. The crowds are orderly. Two mail cars were sent out from the barn, but were un molested. Mayor Capedvielle reached his of fice at 7 o’clock and awaited the rep resentatives of the Street Railway com. pany. It was intended to discuss the question of attempting to run cars be fore the militia are actually on the scene. TO MAKE JUNE 3 HOILDAY. Tennessee Veterans Ask that Davis’ Birthday be Observed. Nashville, Tenn., Get. 9.—The Ten- neosee division of the United Confed erate Veterans have decided to hold next year’s meeting at Trenton. Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: President. A. L. Hawkins, Huntingdon; fiist vice presi. dent, W. J. Whitborne. Columbia: sec. ond vice president, T. J. Hoppel, Tren. ton:, secretary and treasurer, John P. Hickman, Nashville; chaplain, F. G. Tyler; sergeant-at-arms, W. B. Wil liams. A resolution was adopted re questing the legislature to make June 3, Jefferson Davis’ birthday, a legal holiday. The report of the board of pension examiners showed 1,461 pen sioners who receive $150,820 annually. There are 2,745 pending. George U. Guild, Frank A. Moses and George F. Hager were re-elected members of tho board. DEPUTY PONDER NOT GUILTY. Grand Jury Holds He Was Not Re sponsible for Convict's Death. Blakely, Ga., Oct. 9.—Early coun ty grand jury has had under investi gation the charges preferred by the state prison commission against Depu ty Warden Willis Ponder, in Connec ticut. with the sweating to death of a negro at the branch of the state pen- itentiary at Jakin three years ago. Alter fully investigating the matter, the grand Jury decided that Ponder was in nowise responsible for the mat ter, the sweating having taken place under Captain Vittetoe,. then deputy warden, now dead. The grand jury returned no bill. Ponder had been hound over to this term of the court under $5,000 bond, under a warrant sworn out at the in stance of the prison commission. Captain Jake Moore, state warden, was present, and testified before the grand Jury. Judge John McRae Is Dead. McRae, Ga., Oct. 9.—Judge John McRae, one of the most prominent citizens of Montgomery county, died at his home at Alamo yesterday. He was over 80 years old, a man loved, honored and respected; was represen tative from his county a number of time*; represented his district in the senate often, and held many other of fices of honor. He was a master Ma son and a very influential member of that order. General Strike In Switzerland. London, c/ct. 9.—A dispatch to a news agency from Geneva, Switzer land, today announces that the work men’s national committee has decree ! a general strike through Switzerland in sympathy with the general strike of street car employes here. Troops are held in readiness to deal with any disorder. Large Magazine Explodes. Columbus, Ga., Oct. 9.—The mag azine of the Catawba Power compauy’s plant on the Catawba river, 6 miles from Rock Hill, exploded before day light yesterday morning. It contained many boxes of dynamite. The cause of the explosion Is unknown. The town of Rock Hill was shaken as by an earthquake. No one was killed. Will Cruise In Mediterranean. New York, Oct. 9.—Charles M. Schwab, president of the United States Steel corporation, has chartered An thony J. Drexel’s steam yacht, the Margarita, and will spend part of the winter cruising in the Mediterranean, cables the London correspondent of The Herald. SHERIFF’S POSSE IS AFTER m PIRATES Wanted For Robbing Store at Slough’s Landing. BATTLE PROBABLY MAY OCCUR. It Has Developed That the Men Have Been Following the Avocation of . River Piiates for a Term of Twsn- ty Years. Nashville, Oct. 9.—A Banner spe cial from Tiptonvill© says a battle is imminent between a sheriff's posse of five men and four brothers named Shepherd, who are aboard a boat a few miles below town. The men are wanted for robbing a store at Slough's Landing, and it de velops that they have been following the vocation of river piiates for 20 years. The Shepherds aie from St. Louis, and are assisted by a spotter named Lewis Smith, who is a hunch- to back, and is reported to be heir to one of the finest business blocks in St. Louis. THEY DEFENDID THEIR FLAG. Daughters of Conicderacy True to Thcr Colors. Newport Ky., Oct. 9.—Excited Daughters of the Confederacy formed a compact blockade in the Carnegie Hall library yesterday and successful ly resisted the effo:ts of Janitor Boyd, under orders of Secretary Albert Sil va, of the library trustees, to tear down an immense confederate flag which occupied the most conspicuous place over the center of the stage. The hall was put at the disposal of the Daughters of the Confederacy only after considerable opposition among the trustees. When Secretary Silva learned that the feature of the decorations was the big confederate flag he requested Fire Chief Waters, who assisted the ladies in decorating the stage, to remove the flag under penalty that the hall would not lie opened. Waters refused unless Instructed to do so by the may. of. Then S iva went to "Lryor N.v son. .I'ter due d'diberp.tion they sent a request to the Daughters to remove the flag from the place of honor. The Daughters indignantly refused. Then Silva ordered the janitor to tear it down, but when Boyd attempted to carry out the orders the southern wo men blocked the aisles and nothing short of armed violence eouid have so- cured for him the right of way to the flag. The directors were unable ta decide upon further proceedings to remove the flag, and on Mayor Nel son’s personal order the flag was al lowed to remain and the convention was held. James M. Arnold, who served in the confederate army, in a brief speech said: “There is no sentiment onnected with that flag. It is sim v a me mento of the four years' struggle. There is but one flag—the stars and stripes—that we all honor ami revere. We are all loyal to that flag, and none more so that the ladies and gentlemen you see assembled here today. Pres ident McKinley attended our reunion and wore our badge at Macon. Ga.” American flags had conspicuous po sitions at either end of the stage. UNION VETERAN LEAGUE. First Session of the Sevent Annual Encampment. Chicago, Oct. 9.—The first session of the seventh annual encampment of the Union Veteran league has been held at the Masonic Temple. In ad dition to the men of the Chicago camp, nearly a hundred delegates were pres ent from the various camps through out the country. The session was called to order by Colonel Richard O. S. Burke, past colonel of the Chicago encampment, and Dr. Howard Taylor, city prosecutor, representing the may. or, made an address of welcome, which was responded to by General J. Edwin Browne, the national commander. The Ladies’ Auxiliary union qf the Veteran league held the opening ses sion of the convention at the Sherman house. After the reading of the pres- Ident’s report by Mary D. Rose, of Co lumbus, and the reports of the secre tary and treasurer, committees were appointed. The Union Veteran league, assisted by the Ladies’ Auxiliary, held Us an nual "camp fire" last night. The movement set on foot by Colo nel Adam J. Wagner, of Buffalo, to hold the next convention In that city, Is meeting with considerable favor. Bryan Takes the Stump. Fall City, Nebr., Oct. 9.—W. J. Bryan has begun a campaign on be half of the fusion ticket of Nebraska, which will continue with little Inter ruption until November. It is Mr. Bryan’s plan to visit nearly every county In the state. He made three speches yesterday to large crowds. Trusts and Imperialism were dwelt upon in his speech at this place, with reference to the coal miner*’ atriko and the financial question. San Rafael Mines Sold. Laredo, Tex., Oct. 9.—A sepclal from Zacatecae, Mex., says the San Rafael mines, reduction works and ma chinery, have been sold to A. E. Still well for the sum of $100,000 cash. The property ha'? always been considered a very reliable and productive one. Rheumatism What Is the use of telling the rheumatic that he feels as if his joints were being dis located 7 He knows that hfs sufferings are very much like the tortures of the rack. What he wants to know is what will per manently cure his disease. That, according to thousands of grateful testimonials, is Hood's Sarsaparilla It promptly neutralizes the acid fn the blood on which the disease depends, com pletely eliminates It, and strengthens the system agains' its return. Try Hood’s. CHARGED WITH SHORTAGE. Kincannon-Parchman Feud Renewed In Mississippi. Jackson, Miss., Oct. 9.—The guber. natorial campaign is becoming in volved in the renewal of the Klncaii- non-Parch man feud which has been precipitated before the board of con trol of the penitentiary on the charge of Commissioner Kincannon that War. den Parchman failed to turn over to the state a draft for cotton seed sales amounting to $91.30. Warden Parchman boldly charges that Commissioner Kincannon is ac tuated in his charge with the hope that it will prove some campaign thun der for his brother, Professor A. A, Kincannon, who is prominently men tioned at a candidate for governor, and that he will demonstrate the absolute falsity of the charge at the investiga tion to be held next Saturday. He pays his respects to the commissioner in no uncertain language, accuses him of personal malice, and a desire to ae- cure revenge because of disappoint ment in not getting one of his favor ites retained as sargeant on one of thi the delta convict farms. The ser geant in question was discharged for incomlatency of the warden. Commissioner Kincannon, on the other hand, is equally vigorous, and has launched a fullfledged prosecution of the charge of employing a wefl known legal firm of this city to repre sent nim at the investigation. He ex presses his firm belief in the guilt, of the warden, and states that it is high time for the board of control to get a new man to manage the affairs of the prison. The warden explains the draft inci dent by saying that the paper in ques. tion was exchange i for a mule pur chased for one of t <'eita farms, and he has summoned reliable witnesses to prove the transaction. Bad blood has existed between War. den Parchman and Commissioner Kin cannon for over a year, and at the sitting of the penitentiary investigat* Ing committee, held in this city la^t winter, the animus of the hostilities was made apparent when the warden cros -questioned the commissioner while on the witness stand eoncerning the charges made against him. The warden won a clean-cut victory In ths investigation, whipping out all his en emies, and vindicating his name in the minds of all persons who made c. thorough and impartial study of the proceedings of the investigating com mittee. His term of office expires next month, ami thus far no candidate has appeared in the field against him. NEGROES THANK THE PRESIDENT Prefer Democrat to “Lily White" Re- publican for District Attorney. Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 9.—The ju bilation of the negroes here over the appointment of Judge Roulhac, a prominent Democrat, to be attorney of the northern district of Alabama, is open and effervescent. The follow, ing telegram was sent: “To the President: We, the under, signed negro Republicans of Montgom. ery, Ala., while passing through the darkest hour of our political history, wish to thank and congratulate you upon the appointment of Hon. Thomas R. Roulhac, of Sheffield, to the at torneyship of the northern district of Alabama instead of the Illy white Re publican candidate.” This is signed by N. H. Alexander, receiver of public moneyes, and him self appointed by Roosevelt; Bishop Ahstork and 13 others, the most promi nent negroes here. TO BRING COAL BACK. Pennsylvania Anthracite Shipped to Europe Will Be Returned. New York, Oct. 9.—The British steamer Marianne has been chartered by the Brauer line for the purpose of conveying 4,000 tons of anthracite coal from Hamburg, which was shipped to Germany last year. The Brauer line is said to have purchased 40,000 tons of Pennsylvania anthracite, which has been lying at 20 different places in Germany, and will have the coal ship ped back to the United States at once. East side confectionary manufac turers are supplying cocoanut shells to tenement dwellers for fuel. Tbe shells are sold in nags of 50 to 60 pounds for 10 or 16 cents a bag. The material furnishes more heat than coal and while It does not burn as long as coal, Its lasting qualities are much bet ter than wood. Headquarters at Chattanooga. Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 9.—Head quarters of the Georgia Coal and Iron company will be established here this week. George F. Hurt, of Atlanta, general manager, will locate here per manently. Joel W. Hurt, George P. Hurt, J. I. I^arrimer, furnace superin tendent, and Major M. T. Singleton, chief engineer, held a long confer- ence here. The furnace at Rising Fawn, Ga., Is being overhauled and en larged, and will be put In blast as soon a* i>os«ible. The output will be Increased to 200 tone dally.