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CXMAIIA, WEDNESDAY MOUSING, MAY 15, 1001 TWELVE PAGES.
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CHINA ASKS MERCY
JLtaumu Bupplt 'y ' ttituda in Answer
la j l)mnv. ''' f cmaltj,
COUNTRY TOO POOR TO h 1MPTLY
Limit is 16,000,000 Taoli Asnu for
the Next Thirty Yean
MINISTERS SILENT ON THE PROPOSITION
Diclin t Commit Thimiihes Until Thej
Talk It Otir.
ROCKHILL REPORTS TO WASHINGTON
Ppeclnt Commissioner TclU Wlmt U
1'rnposril nml In Instructed Id
Con tin in; KITort to Get
Amount Reduced.
rBKIN, Sumloy, May 12. Tbe answer of
China to (lie statement of the foreign pow
ers as to the looses sustained by nations
and Individual!! In China hart been received.
The answer commence!! with an appeal
to mercy, Haying that tho country Is Im
poverished Tho answer explains that tho
utmost China can oner Is lf.,000,000 taels
annually for tho next thirty years. This
amount will bo derived as follows; From
alt, 10,000,000 taels; from tho Ultln tax,
2,000,000 taels, and from native customs
3,000,000 taels. The communication further
asserts that were this done It would leave
the country unable to meet the expenses
of government without assistance. It Is
requested that the foreign customs be In
creased one-third, tho receipts therefrom
to be given to China for tho purposes of
government. Tho ministers refuse to dis
cuss this answer until It has been consid
ered by them In meeting.
WASHINGTON, May 14. A cablegram
from Mr. Rockhtlt, special United States
commissioner at Pckln, received at the
Btato department today, mentions the re
ceipt by tho ministers of tho response of
tho Chinese envoys to the ministers' de
mands for Indemnity. Tho dispatch Indi
cates briefly thnt the Chinese represent
that an annual payment of 16,000,000 taels
Is tho full extent of their power to pay on
Indemnity account. It will take thirty
years to discharge, tho debt at that rate
without Interest.
Mr. IlockhlU makes no mention of thn
subject of Interest, nor docs ho touch upon
the means by which the money Is to be
raised by China, or say who Is to guaranty
h loan necessary to bo made. It appears
that the Chinese feel themselves obliged
to submit to tho powers In this question of
Indemnity, as In all othor things, and
though realizing their own Inability to as
sume thin Indebtedness of 460,000,000 taels,
they feel obliged to make the offort. Mr.
Roekblll has been Instructed to continue
his efforts to secure an abatement of tho
total Indemnity", BuCln-thVprcscnt dlspo"
llllon of the powers little hope of success
Is rntertnlncd.
LONDON, May 13. Dr. Morrison, wiring
to the Times from Pckln, says:
"Tho Chinese reply to the ministers of
the powers Is not nccop.abte. For the first
time In tho history of diplomatic relations
with tho Chinese, a French translation ac
companied tho dUpatch."
BRITISH BLUE BOOK ON CHINA
Itccoril itt Government .V-uot lilt Ion
I'll III Intiftl Jinny United Slnte
(lllloer I'nrnrnlily Mentioned,
LONDON. May 14. The Foreign offlco
has Issued a Chinese blue book, bringing
tho record of negotiations down to Decem
ber. Tho cable mistake by which Mr. Con
ger was Instructed to agreo to the condi
tions Imposed on China being Irrevocable,
forms the basis for almost a score of dis
patches. Ono of these, from Lord I.ans
downo to Lord Paunccfotc, dated December
18, contains tho following:
Mr. Choato told mo there was doubt us
to whether the president hail thn rlnhr.
without net of congress, to accept words
which iniKiu iiuvo mo eneci or maxing It
Incumber!' on the United States nmwn.
ment to remain In permanent occupation
of Chinese territory. I told Mr. Ohoate
that In my opinion tho words did not go
un uir an lie nupponeu.
A dispatch form General Gazclce, the
Ilrltlsh commander at Pekln, tevlewing tbe
operations In China from August 14 to Jan
uary 17, has been gazetted. "I wish to take
this opportunity," ho says, toward the con
elusion of the dispatch, "of paylug tribute
to Bonio of the foreign officers with whom
tho British havo been associated by force
of circumstances. This contingent has been
more with tho American and Japanese
forces than with those of the other pow-
rrs aim, in consequence of their close co
operation with us on their march to Pekln,
I havo good reason for particularizing these
forces among our allies. General Chaffoe
and General llaron Yamaguchl. who re
spcetlvoly commanded tho United States
forces and tho linperlnl Japanese conting
ent, nave nccn most loyal In all their rela
tions with mo, and I may say the same of
General Wilson of the United States forces
Rod General Fukushlmn, chief of staff of the
Japanese; whllo among thu many officers
with whom we havo been closely associ
ated I duslro to mention the follow Inc
Colonel Dlckman, Major Mills, Captain
Grote Hutchinson and Major Waller. I'nlted
htates marines,, on the staff of tho United
States contingent. '
General Gazoleo favorably mentioned
briefly several Japanese, Russians, Krench
Gornlans and 'lallans in succeeding para
graphs, He also alluded to Lieutenant
Gausscn of the First Bengal Lancers, hav
ing been especially brought to his notice
by General Chaffeo and Lieutenant Colonel
Wlnt for carrying oft an American trooper
who had been uuliorscd during n recon
naissance, August 15, under a heavy fire.
FIRST PAYMENT NEXT YEAR
China Wllliiiir to Commence I)a-
v eli ml nn Indemnity to (,r
I'owrri In .Inly, lltoa.
BERLIN. Slay 14. A dlsnatrh romiv.-.i
hero from Pekln savs the notn nr ih
Chinese peace plenipotentiaries, accepting
the amount of Indemnity demanded by the
powors, proposes to pay the llrst of the
tnirty annual installments of 15,000,000 tae
Is
in July, 1002.
Mitnltiitin llnlluiiy Hill Itnllnrd.
OTTAWA, Ont., May 14. The Manitoba
railway bill, ratifying the contract between
the Manitoba government and the Canadian
Northern railway, has been ratified by the
House ot Commons.
Ninl of Martini l.nvr.
MADHID, May 14 The cabinet has de
elded to end the mate, of siege In Ilarce
lona and to restore tbe constitutional
guaranties thcro.
MORGAN CANCELS BOOKING
funiculi of (onilim In America He In
to llcturn to Alx-le-llfilui,
(Copyright, 19vl, by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON, May IS. (Now York World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram) The Paris correspondent-of
this morning's Express sayv.
"J. Plerpont Morgan, who engaged passage
on the Kaiser Wllhclm, Intending to sail
from Cherbourg tomorrow with his
daughter, who Is now here, canceled the
booking lato this afternoon. Instead of go
ing to America ho will return to Paris to
morroy, enrouto to Alx-les-Halns, where ho
expects to remain several weeks."
Mr. Morgan Is reported to have said to a
friend today thnt aided by the Rothschilds
and Sir Ernest Casscl, he had saved Lon
don from a panic by getting the stock ex
change commute.- to fix tho settling price
for Northern Paclllc stock at 140. That was
all he r.ould do In London. Ills next oper
ation, It was said, would be In New York,
whither ho would return spjcdlly.
Mr. Morgan Is reported to be In a condi
tion approaching nervous exhaustion, but 'S
full of fight and ridicules the Idea that he
can be crippled by Harrlmau or any other
operator.
The Geneva correspondent of tho Mali
says; "The German manufacturers who
supply roal for Switzerland, having raised
the price 1!0 per cent to railways and man
ufacturers, have accepted tho offer of
n new American compnny to supply coal
at the original figure. This company, which
Is headeil by Rockefeller, has a capital of
1,200,000 and Is formed to supply the con
tinent with coal nt lower prices than those
ruling In Kuglnnd for the export market."
NO HOSTILE COMBINATION
it in ii ii Oillclnl Deny .VcKotlntlonn
In Curb Amerlciiti Com
mi" roc
BERLIN, May 14. Government officials
furnish denials that any negotiations are
going on between Austria and Germany for
a European commercial league against the
United States. The Idea Is regarded as
tnprnctlcable owing to the diversities of
race and interests.
The representative of the Associated
Press Interviewed Andrew D. White, the
United States ambassador, and Frank D,
Mason, tho United Statea consul general
here, In regard to the matter. They both
said they had heard nothing of tho league
referred to. Thoy regarded the matter as
chimerical and did not believe there were
any two nntlonH In favor of such a league.
LONDON, May 14. AVhllo tho German-
Austrian proposals for an antl-Amerlcan
combination have not yet assumed nuy-
hlng like Melinite form, tho Idea Is nttract-
ng considerable attention, both In Great
Britain and on tho continent, especially
tho latter, where tho nowsoapcrs have
eagerly printed an alleged Interview In
which J. Plerpont Morgan Is quoted ns
declaring that "he and his associates would
not only swamp Ilrltlsh trade, but would
paralyze German competition as well."
Tho representatives of nn Austria-Ger
man retaliatory movement And much favor
among tbo continental newspapers, though
thcro Is little evidence that It haa .yet .ac
quired ar.y omciai nacxiug or a practical
character. The opinion hero Is that tho
Gorman official circles aro using the
'Peril of American competition" as a bal-
tlecry to bring the agrarians into line on
tho canal bill and that It Is also employed
to emphasize the profitableness of the
coraoerclal friendship of Germany and
Russia "who," It Is urged by tho Cologne
Gaztitto, "If they could reach a. com
mcrclal understanding, without tho rest of
Europe could put such pressure on Amer
ica that it would be forced to accommo
date Its policy to that of the European
commercial system."
VIGOROUS PROTEST TO PORTE
Krencli l'orclun Mlnlitrr Cnnllrm
Humor Itt-cnll of Troop
from liilnn.
PARIS. May II. At a cabinet council to
day M. Delcassc, tho foreign minuter, an
nounced that Franco had Joined In a most
vlgoroub protest from the powers against
the portc's postal measures.
M. Deleave also announced that the gov
eminent will recall the French expedition
ary corps In China so soon as the last
clauses of tho collective note are carried
out and after the settlement of the In
demnities. Two thousand troops havo al
ready been repatriated.
CHANGE IN CROKER'S PLANS
rrlnni l'rcirc of Kvent In Xeiv
tork the I'rolinlile t'ntisu
of Ilia SnllliiK,
(Copyright. 1901. by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON, May II. (Now York World Ca
blesram Special Telegram.) Richard
Croker has provisionally booked passage
on tho Dcutschland May 31. This indicates
a change In his plans, which provided for
staying here until after the Derby, Juno
C. Nothing short of a serious pressure of
events In New rk would Induce him to
forego seeing tho Derby, In which he Is
keenly Interested.
SEARCH F0RTECRET PRESS
ItunHlnii I'nlli'r Arrel Author nml
Killlnr In HunlliiK for Ilevnlii
lloiinry l.lteriilurc.
I1I5ULIN. May 14. -A dispatch to the
Lokal Anzelger from St. Petersburg says
Maxim Gorkle, the author, and Wengcroa,
an editor, and tho lattcr's sister, have been
arrested by the police, who are searching
day and night for a secret press Issuing
revolutionary proclamations which are dis
tributed among tho laborers.
(iioni-n lnci-eiic In Turin Dutlea.
LONDON May 1 1. -Tho under forolgn
secretary, Lord Cranboruc. In the House. of
Commons today said that tbe government
remained opposed to any increase In tho
Impqrt tariff In China, beyond raising tho
duty to nn actual 3 per cent ad valorem
except In connection with a scheme to re
form tho treatment of foreign trade.
i'urUlNli .Mlnlxti-r 1'lee.
CONSTANTINOPLK, May 14. In conso
quence of tho recent postal sclzuros by tho
Ottoman authorities several Mussulmans,
Including a priest of the Fat II mosque,
have been arrested. It Is rumored that
Reshad Pasha, formerly minister of finance,
has fled from the country.
SpnulKh Mrllie Sirrntln,
SEVILLE, Spain, May 14. A mob of strik
ers hero while attempting to force a num
ber of workmen to leavo their tasks today
came In coulllct with the gendarmes, Many
wern wounded and seventy arrests were
made. The strike movement la spreading.
.Vnnilier nf I'nrnin lliirnril,
LONDON. May 14. A parliamentary
paper Just Issued shows that 034 farm build
ings, mills, cottages and hovels were burned
In the Orango River Colony und the Trans
vaal from June, 1900, lo tho end of January,
1901.
FRISCO'S I1EARTY WELCOME
Prisidtnt and Party Art Beoiirid with
Pliuiag Enthusiasm,
AFTERNOON PARADE AND NIGHT LEVEE
Jim. .McKlnlcy' (,'iiiulllloii Oilmen
Stiuifnril lnlterlty lo Lorn- n full,
hut I'rlni'liiHl l'mni-mii In
I'oIIimtoiI Out,
SAN FRANCISCO, May 14.-U was an
nounced nt the Scott home this evening that
Mrs McKlnlcy was a shade better, feeling
stronger and brighter than at any time
siiico the beginning of her Illness. She
slept some during the morning and Dr.
Rlxcy Is well pleased with her progress.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 14. President
McKlnlcy made his official entry Into this
city, the objective point of his tour, lato
this afternoon. After being formally wel
comed by Mayor J. D. Phelan, ho was
driven through the principal streets, at
tended by n military and naval escort.
Tonight be attended a public reception in
tho large navo of tho Market street ferry
depot.
Early this morning President McKlnlcy
decided that owing to Mrs. McKlnley's Ill
ness ho would not visit Stanford university
as had been planned, but would limit him
self to the day's exercises In this city.
At 2:10 o'clock this afternoon he left
tho Scott residence for tho Valencia street
ttatlon. Here ho met tho train bringing
the members of tho cabinet and remainder
of his party, who had fulfilled tho program
between San Joso and this city. President
McKlnlcy was also met hero by Mayor
Phelan and formally received. The presi
dent, the members ot his cabinet, Mayor
Phelan and tho reception committee wero
then taken by special train to the Third
and Townscnd street depot, where the mili
tary and naval escort was waiting.
Long before tho hour set for the presi
dent's nrrlval Third street from King to
Harrison was a solid mass of humanity.
Within a very few minutes of tho set time
the distant sound of a whistle signalled to
tbe waiting crowds In the southern part of
the tlty that the president wns approach
ing. Similar signals repeated at Intervals
told of tho progress of the train nlong tho
stretch of track between the Twenty-sixth
street station and tho Third street depot
and Anally the clnnglng of the engine bell
nnnounccd Its presence In tho railroad
yards and near the end of Its Journey.
Hi'ci'pt Ion iiikI I'nrnilc.
Then there was & terrible din. Tho
whistles of the factories and machine
shops of the neighborhood were turned
loose, bells of the yard engines wero fu
riously rung, thousands of volcen joined
In tho noisy welcome to tho city guests
and n general movement among the thickly-
packed humanity In tho streets added to
tho Incident.
A few minutes after tho train arrived
the procession was formed nnd the march
up Third street was begun. , In lho rear,
of .tho platoon of mounted police and a
battalion of patrolmen came Grand Mar
shal Warllcld and his allies. Ilehlnd them
were Bwung Into lino Troop A, the special
escort of tbo president, closely followed
by tho veteran guard of the Grand Army
of tho Republic, who acted as a guard of
honor for the battlellags of President Mc
Klnley's regiment. A second later Presi
dent McKlnlcy, reclining comfortably In
his carriage, was In full view of tho throng
that bad waited so long to greet him. Ac
companying him were Mayor Phelan and
Irving E. Scott, tho chairman of tho citi
zens' executive committee. As the car
riage was drawn out to the street and
turned In line with the procession cheer
after cheer rose from tho multitude and
was re-echoed along tho narrow thorough
fares. With a smile President McKlnley
gracefully raised his glossy high hat and
bowed In acknowledgment of the ovation.
After tho president's carriage came those
of his cabinet. Governor Nash of Ohio and
staff and the Ohio congressional delega
tion. The long Hue ot carriages was fol
lowed by 1,000 troops Infantry, artillery
and cavalry from the Presidio, led by
General Shatter, and 1,000 marines and
sailors from the battleships Iowa, Phila
delphia and Wisconsin, under the command
of Admiral Casey.
KiitliUNlnmii Ini-rennm.
From the moment tho president emerged
from the depot the cheering was Intense,
but as the long parade got under way Its
fqreo seemed to bo redoubled. Far up the
lino In advance of the vanguard tho cry
was caught up. Block after block In suc
cession was soon faced with a surging
mass, who broke forth Into a vociferous
proclamation of welcome. The hoarse
throats of thousands ot factors' whistles
wero opened In all parts of the city. The
sliding tones ot the noisy siren, the hartth
blasts of horns, tbe din of 1,000 devices for
tho production of sound, the rattle of the
Iron-shod hoofs of times on the cobbles,
tho tread of thousnnds of feet, the trium
phal strains of bands all wero united with
tbe voices of tho people In acclaim to the
llrst man of tho nation.
Tbe Hue of march was handsomely dec
orated with flags, bunting and evergreens.
At Van Ness avenue President McKlnley
viewed tho procession, after which ho re
paired to tbe Scott residence for dinner.
At S o'clock tonight the president was
driven to the ferry depot. In the largeand
handsomely Illuminated nave ot tbo largo
building the president received a vast
crowd of people. Mayor Phelan delivered
a brief address of welcome, to which Presi
dent McKlnley responded.
Entering at ono door of tho navo the peo
ple pabscd down tho ball to tho southern
end, where President McKlnley stood, Mir
rounded by members of his cabinet and
other prominent visitors. Tho president
did not engage In Handshaking, but gra
ciously bowed as thu people passed, each one
saluting him with a small Hag.
t'liiiiint YUII SI, I'nnl.
ST. PAUL, Minn., May 14. Govornor Van
Sant has received n telegram from George
II. Cortolyou, secretary to President Mc
Klnley, stating that it would be Impossible
for the president to so niter his Itinerary
as to visit Minnesota and review tho Wood
men parade on this trip. The message
says:, "Telegram signed by yourself nnd
others received and courteous invitation
appreciated. Regret to state that ns all
arrangements for trip havo been completed
It will not bo possible to Include St. Paul
In tbo Itlnorary."
McKlnley Miwlr nn 1,1,. I).
HERKELEY, Ca!., May 14. -The degree
of doctor of laws bas been conferred upon
William McKlnley by thn University of
California, Only twicn beforo since the
founding of tho university, In 1868, has this
degree been bestowed.
Mm. I.jninii (inifp enra Heath.
WASHINGTON. May 14,-Mrs. Onge, wlfo
of Secroiary of tho TrciiKury Gage, who
Iiuh been ill for some time, Ib reported to
bo In a serious condition, nnd while her
friends hiif not given up hope they are
uiuluus us to tho outcome of her Illness.
MORGAN FEELS ENCOURAGED
Cnlitrx from London ' Hint Sltnntlon
, There Ik llrlKlit"liK Doesn't
Intend to Clinic Home,
NEW YORK,. May 14. The Journal of
Commerce tomorrow wilt say: J, Plerpont
Morgan cabled his New York office from
London last evening that the situation there
showed decided Improvement and that he
looked for still further Improvement.
Thero were Indications yesterday, how
ever, of a more friendly feeling between
the conflicting Interests In tho Northern
Pacific contest. Both sides took pains to
deny that any personal feeling bad nrlsen
in the controversy and certainly no spirit
ot retaliation, bo It was said, at least,
would be shown by either party. Tho head
of a financial Institution In very closo touch
with both the Morgan Interests, the Rocke
fellers and Kuhn, Loob & Co. made the
following significant statement:
"Thero has been no quarrel, tho entire
matter has simply been a business opera
tion. Whatever Is wise for business Inter
ests will bo done. This, of course, means
co-operation."
Thn same feeling seems, likewise, to bo
held by tho more distinctly Harrlman in
terests. One of Mr. Harrlman' associates,
in explalnug tho situation, said: "The
troublo Is not the result of any disagree
ment between Morgan Interests or Kuhn,
Loob & Co. and their friends.. So far as
tho control of Northern Pacific stock la
concerned, the following may bo given on
tho authority of certain Harrlman Interests-
Kuhn, Loeb & Co. own a majority of
tho stock, as shown by action certificates,
Including common and preferred. Morgan
& Co. own a majority ot tho common
stock. It Is possible tor tho preferred stock
of Northern Paclllc to be retired next
January. Should this bo done tho majority
of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. would be wiped out
and Morgan & Co. would bo In control.
The annual election of Northern Paclllc
occurs In October. Should It bo held at
that time and ahould present ownership
bo unchanged, the Kuhn, Loeb & Co. In
terest would win, but should, as tho re
sult of legal action, the election be deferred
until after tho first ot January, Morgan &.
Co, would win."
Regarding the railroad situation, tho
Herald tomorrow will say: "Northern Pa
cific hostilities have passed out of their
acute stage. J, P. Morgan now sees no
necessity for prompt return to this country
and there Is no likelihood of any important
development of the situation except that
of a truce.
"Moth the big rival Interests have come to
realize tho Ubelessncss of continued hos
tility In tho railroad field, with Its conse
quent possibilities not only to see the par
ticular roads concerned, but to tho market
generally. They bcllevo it bos to make
somo amicable settlement of thj situation
and It Is likely that steps to tliut end wilt
be taken soon after Mr. Morgan's return.
"The control of tho Union Pacific is not
In doubt, os reported. Neither th heavy
buying of Friday and Monday nor the heavy
liquidation of yesterday, In which tho-Btook
lost fourteen points, disturb tho men who
nro credited with owning that property.
They say they havo tho control .and' that
ii win iaxo a goon acai ocmoney to get
It wny from picui.v
nr
IT IS A REAL BOND .FIRE
CiirneKli1 Company Srcnrltlci Keep
l'lirniii'r KoFilcrn llnny Thrniiuji
One AVlioli- Wrrk.
PITTSBURG. May 14. Tho Commercial
Gazette will say tomorrow: After supplying
fuel for a close furnacn for a week, securi
ties representing over $150,000,000 of Pitts
burg wealth lies smoldering In tho great
armor-plate vault of the Union Trust com
pany of Pltlsburg. They were tbo gilt
edged securities of tho Cnrnegle company,
the launching of which signalized the prac
tical closo of the famous business quarrel
of Andrew Carnegio and Henry C. Frlck.
Tho bonds of tho greatest Industrial cor
poration of tho world, until the United
States Steel corporation was formed, were
of such bulk that they would completely
fill to tho celling a room Gxl2. For a round
week thcro was kept busy at the Union
Trust company a force of men to feed tho
furnace fire which destroyed the securities.
Tho great pile of gold bonds has passed out
of existence and with tho crematory pllo of
ashes there Is born assurance thnt the
United States Stoel corporation Is a thing
real and living.
Of tho Carnegie nonds It Is wall known
that there nro $160,000,000, but less than
$10,000,000 were not turned Into the trust
company. Part of these may bp accounted
for In the $5,000,000 bond trust of Andrew
Caruegio for the Homestead, Duquesno and
Draddock Carnegio libraries and for a death
and accident benefit and pension fund for
the men of tho Carnegie company.
To tbo unsophisticated in bonds the bulk
of the destroyed Issue' may be Inconceiva
ble. Tho bonds destroyed had face value
varying from $1,000 to $20,000. Their re
ceipt and tiling for the Union Trust com
pany vault fire was the work of a month
for tho bank employes.
DUCK CONCERNS COMBINE
ICIkIiI Mmuifnetiirlnwr L'nnipniileN Are
lo lie Mrriri'il Into I lilted Stntcn
Cotton ( oriioriitloii,
NEW YORK, May 14. -Official announce
ment was made today of tho formation of a
company which will acquire tho larger
cotton duck manufacturing concerns of the
country. The new company will he known
as the United States Cotton Duck cor
poration and will ho organized under the
laws of New Jersey, it will havo an au
thorized capital of $25,000,000 of 6 per cent
cumulative preferred stock and $25,000,000
of common Btork. Tho total Issue of pre
ferred stock for present purposes will be
$lfi,100,000, which Includes stock provided
for the exchange of both Issues of the
Mount Vernon-Woodbcrry Cotton Duck
company nnd $10,000,000 common etock,
making n total of $26,100,000.
WILLING TO DOUBLE REWARD
Cmlnliy lliiiinil to icnr I'p thu My
lery of KliliuiiliiK or
11m Son,
KANSAS CITY, May 14 Edward A.
Cudahy of Omaha, who Is In the city, Is
quoted its saying he will, If necessary,
double his reward of $25,000 to secure tho
capture of Pat Crowe, tho alleged kidnaper
of tils son.
"I want tho satisfaction of having tho
matter cleared up, ns well ns of seeing
Crowo punUhed," said he. "If necessary, I
will double my reward."
.Movement nf Occiui Veanrln Mny I I,
At New VorK saiieii-riervia, for Liver
pool: (jforgle, for Liverpool.
At Rotterdam Arrived Pot thd.-itn.
At Hnulogne (May 13)-Salled-IJhoenlcla,
from Hamburg, "r Now York.
At Liverpool Arrived Parisian, from
Montrenl: Svlvunla. from Ronton.
At Plymouth Arrived-Grnf Waldersee,
from New York.
At Yokohama Arrived Duke of Fife,
from Tacoma and Vlctorlu for Hong Kong.
At Cherbourg Arrived Graf v"aldersee,
from New York, via Plymouth, for Hum-
UUIbf Ml UUOItUMIt.
NINE-HOUR DAY OR NONE
Machinist' Ltadira Dicidt to Fare tht Imt
iltj 20.
NOT MUCH OPPOSITION IS EXPECTED
Conference Give Out Sliitenient Ux
irenliiK t'nn tide lire In Ability to
Secure the Itnlne Without
Mnny Strikes.
WASHINGTON. May 14. The representa
tives of the Machinery nnd Allied Metal
Trades Natloni! nnd International unions,
who have been In session hero for two
days considering tho enforcement of a de
mand that the union machlslts hereafter
shall be required to work only nlno hours
n day, with nn Increase of wages that would
make tho dally pay tho same ns under tho
present ten-hoir scale, lato this afternoon
decided that there should bo a strlko on
May 20 In shops refusing to grant tho de
sired concessions.
Those participating In today's confcrcnco
were James O'Conncll, president of tbo In
ternational Association of Machinists; John
Mulhollniid, president of the International
Association of Allied Metal Mechanics; L.
R. Thompson, president of tho Pattern
makers' leaguo of North America; U. J.
Lynch, Metal Polishers, Duffers, Platers and
llrass Workers' union if North America,
and Samuel Gjmpors, president of tbo
American Federation of Iibor.
Tho followlnc statement concerning the
conference was authorized: "It was de
cided that all workers in tho machinery and
allied metal trades should demand the nine
hour day, without reduction In pay, beforo
May 20, tho samo to go Into effect on that
date.
"Tho ofllcera of the organization decided
thnt tho men In their respcctlvo trades
should stand by each other In the enforce
ment of tho demir.d, should It bo necessary
to censo work.
"In view of the encouraging reports re
ceived from a large number of employes In
trades having already notified their em
ployes of tbo concession of tho abovo de
mand, no serious opposition to tho move
ment Is anticipated.
"Tho conference adjourned ot G o'clock
this afternoon and the participants re
turned to their respective headquarters."
CONCESSIONS ON EACH SIDE
lllionla (Vntrnl MnclilnUln Gel Mne
llonr liny nml Coiniiroinlno
Wiikc DiMiinnil.
CHICAGO. May 14. After a three hours'
conference today the Illinois Central rll
road and Its union machinists reached an
agreement. It was a compromise, tho men
securing a ntno-bour day, whllo making
concessions In wages, pay for overtime nnd
apprcntlco regulations. Business Agent
Rodrlck said better terms were expected
when the men secured uniform agreements
with tho roads entering Chicago.
Tho recognition of the nlno-hour day by
Ihe'ircncral officials took' thu forpi of an
agreement "allowing extra pay for longer
hours. In return tho machinists abandoned
their general overtime) demand. This was
for tlmo nnd a half up to six hours over
time, after which double tlmo was to be
paid. Double time was demanded also for
holidays and Sundays. Under tho new agree
ment there Is to bo only straight tlmo and
a half. The wage demand of the union
called for a minimum scale of 30 cents un
hour. General Manager Harahan's offer of
an advance of 9 per cent In Journeymen's
wages, bringing the minimum up to about 29
cents, was practically the basis agreed on.
Roth Mr. Itarahan and Mr. Rodrlck stated
that the minimum would be 29 cents and
that tho scale would call for wages up to
33 cents. The railway's contention for one
apprcntlco for each shop and ono for each
four Journeymen wns agreed to.
WABASH SHOP STRIKE IS ON
MnclilnlMtN Walk Out nt KprlnKttelil
nml Kurt iVnyiie, Dcmiinilliitf ln
o re n lie of Wiikpm.
SPRINGFIELD, III., May 14. Ono hun
dred macblnlbts in tho Wabash shops here
Btruck today to enforce their demand for
an Increase of wages from 25 to 29 cents
per hour, tlmo nnd a half for overtime
and a nine-hour day. A number of men
employed In the blacksmith shop have gone
out In sympathy with tho machinists and
probably half of tho force of 300 men em
ployed nt tho shops have quit work.
FORT WAYNE, Ind., May 14. Ono hun
dred and twenty-five machinists and ap
prentices in the, abash railway shops
hero struck today.
EI6HT-H0UR LAW AT STAKE
Scuttle .MiioIiIiiInIh AkU ('urtiillmi-ii t
nf I In in Montnnn MncltliiK
OiicrntlVN Itenume Work.
SEATTLE, Wash., May 14. All tbo union
machinists In Seattle, 250 In number,
struck today for eight hours Instead of
ten, with 124 per cent Increase In wageB.
HELENA, Mont.. May 14. Tho works at
East Helena of the American Smelting and
Refining company, which were, closed down
recently, owing to the differences between
the employes nnd management growing out
of a new wage schedule incident to tho
eight-hour law, will be reopened nt once.
Tho men have agreed to work at the now
schedule, which la a little lower than tha
old scale.
SCALE MUST BE ADJUSTED
OtlieriilHe l iilnn tiiirmeiit Worker of
M. Joe liii Out on
Mrlke,
ST. JOSEPH, Mo.. May 14. All tho union
garment workers In this city threaten to
go out on a strlko unless the piece work
scale Is adjusted at onco. National Sec
retary Henry Whllo is here, but ho far has
boon unable to effect n satisfactory agree
ment. Flvo hundred women aro Involved.
I'm! Wiijnc MncliltiUt do (Int.
FORI' WAYNE, Ind., May 14. Ono hun
dred and twenty-fivo machinists nnd appren
tices In tho Wabash railway shops hero
struck today Thn machinists' day and
wago tcale Is at Issue,
LABOR SITUATION BETTER
JiickxiiiM lllc CommiKHiirlc I'eeilliiK
I.i-n Niiinlior of I'l-niilr
.Nrurroe (tnlrt.
JACKSONVILLE, Flu,, May II, The
labor 3ltuatIoc is becoming more satisfac
tory and commissaries that were feeding II,
000 peoplo Saturday lira today furnishing
food to only 4,000 under tho Identification
system. Six hundred men nre at work
clearing the debris.
Thnso negroes who refused to work and
who havo been cut off from free rations
have as yet caused no trouble.
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska -Partly Cloudy
Wednesday nnd Tliursdav, Probably
Showers; Cooler Mi Western PortlJd
Wednesday; Southeasterly Winds.
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WILL CONTINUE IN BUSINESS
Itecel verlili of Mcitel-Siiiulcr Live
Slock Coiniinii)' Will .Not
Tie I i Drill,
KANSAS CITY, May ll.Uttley Wedge,
who was yesterday appointed receiver of
tbo Slegcl-S.iders Ltvo Stock company ou
an nppllcntlcu-flled by Frank Rockefeller,
tho principal stockholder In tho firm, took
charge today. Mr. Wedge states that tho
business will bo continued without Inter
ruption nnd thnt tho naming of a receiver
will not bo permitted to Interfcro In nny
wny with tho firm's branches In Chicago.
What action, If any, will bo taken against
Frank Slegcl, president and general
manager ot thu stock company, who Is ho
cused In Mr. Rockfeller's petition with
mismanagement, N not npparent nnd
neither Receiver Wedge nor tho officials of
tho company will at this time vouchsafe
any Information on tho subject. Mr.
Rockefeller bas promised to make a state
ment during the day.
From hlB own figures Mr. Rockefeller's
losses will not be less than $100,000, and
men connected with tho business aro
quoted ns snylng he may lose $400,000 or
more. Mr. Rockefeller himself does not
know how heavy his losses will be, becauso
It will take weeks to check up the herds
on which tho company haH mortgages.
Concerning the affalra of the Slegcl-
Sanders Co., William Rockefeller said this
afternoon:
"I asked for n receiver so that tho bus
iness could be protected und taken care of.
I do not intend that It bo settled up and
dropped, but after tbo tanglo baa been
straightened out It will be started again
under new management, of course. I can't
tell what the losses aro now. Wo have no
means of knowing, but we aro going to
find out. Two exports began work on the
books today nnd will look Into everything
from the day our compnny began business."
"Will thero bo criminal proceedings?"
"It has not got to that yet. We nre try
ing now to protect what wo havo Invested.
Tho books may develop a great many
things wc do not know at this tlmo,"
PIPE DREAM ABOUT CROWE
CiilcnKii I'nllce Are Induced tn Tnku
I ii n CI lie Unit Prove
AVortlile.
CHICAGO, Muy 14. (Special.) Another
man has turned up In Chicago who was a
schoolmate of Pat Crowe," and as a
result of a story told by hlni three police
officers from the Block yards station Btarted
out at 3 o'clock this morning on a wild
Kooscchasofor. the) elujilyo liahrtlL. .Tha
man Is Charles J. Noll, a tiarncssmaker
living nt 6200 Halstcnd street. Shortly ufter
midnight this morning Noll entered tbe
station :ind represented to the lieutenant
In charge that he bad located Pat Crowo
at a hotel In Rlvervlew.
'I Just came In on tho Burlington from
the south," ho said, "and when wo reached
Dos Moines Crowe got on tho train. He
had four revolvers In his belt. I Bat beside
him and ho talked to mo as freely as If
thero was no $5,000 reward hanging over
his head. When wo got to Rlvervlew we
both went to tho samo hotel and I heard
him tell the clerk to call him In tlmo for
tho first train west. He signed tbo register
ns Carl Schmidt."
Noll told such, it straight story that Lieu
tenant Mulcahy and Detectives Reedy and
Burns, all heavily armed, set out for the
hotel, only to find, after arriving there,
that Noll's account had been a plpo dream
from start to finish. Noll wns locked up
over night to Impress upon his mind the
lesson that he must not do so again.
ST. LOUIS ALSO GOES DRY
Kit lie CiiminiMNloiier'ft Order la for All
llnr In Cine from J n. m. to
ft n. in, livery liny.
ST. LOUIS, May 14. At 1 o'clock tomor
row the order of the cxclso commissioner
to close tho saloons and keep thjm Bbut
for four hours goes Into effect. This early
morning dry policy is to be pursued In
order to cut off the sources which usually
breed crime. It Ih expected thnt nil tho
saloons will obey the command of the
excise commissioner. The police will not
bo tif-ed In shutting up tho saloons excopt
to furnish Information that the order Is
being disobeyed. In tho event that the
grog s,hop3 nro not closed during tho hours
prescribed their Heenseu will be revoked
The rule will affect tho Planters, Southern
nnd St. Nlcholus hotels ns well as tho nil
night stands in the Red Light district
and the summer gatdens and wlno rooms.
MAY MOVE OUT OF ANACONDA
Mlnlnu ( iiiiiiuiny mill Grent Vorlliern
Itiillrniul Know n Wny In Get
Ktcn with Striker.
ST. PAUL, Minn., May 14. According to
a special from Butte, Mont., tho Anaconda
Mining company and tbe Great Northern
railioad havo decided to tako decisive,
measures In treating with obstinate
strikers. It was anuounccd thut tho mining
company's machine shops at Annconda and
the railroad shops at Great Falls would bu
permanently closed nnd tho machinery re
moved clsowhore. Tho Great Northern, it
is said, will hereafter have all Its work
done at Spokane or St. Paul shops. Ef
forts to treat with tbe strikers at both
placcK havo been unavailing nnd thero has
bcon constantly recurring trouhles. Sev
eral thousand men nro Bald to have been
thrown out of employment by the different
shutdowns.
GREEN TABLES ARE DESERTED
Kvery (inmlilliiK lloue In Muiiluna
CIiinciI I'mler Attorney Gen
ernl' Hire 'liirent.
HELENA. Mont., May 14. Every gam
bllng houtio In .Montana closotl today, At
torney General Donovan having Instructed
every county attorney to Beo that they
wero cluscd. it Is thn most radical step
at reformation ever taken In Montana and
tho llrst tlmo slnco tho discovery of gold
that faro tins not boon dealt In tho state.
The attorney general threatened to pro
ceed ngaliiHt county attorneys who failed
to enforce tho law for neglect of duty.
Iloli Noil of ( iy Kinu,
ST. PAl'L. May ll.-Lofurd Wells, n son
of tho gypsy king, Isaac Wells, reported to
the pollro that Home unknown person had
entered hU tent on I'nlvorslty uvemm and
robbed him of $3,IW, No arrcata have yet
been made.
ALBANY IS IN ARMS
Btrett Oar Strike Ktcetiiutn Asstnibllnf
Canipanin f Qu dt.
CORPORATION DEMANDS FULL PROTECTION
Qineral Mauagir Declarsi tint Can Unit
and Shall Ru. Todaj.
BLOOD FLOWS IN TUESDAY'S RIOTING
Imported Mo tor man Sirlouilj Hart Bj On
ef tht Rocks.
MANY WOMEN IN THE MADDENED CROWD
Striker nml i lirlr .Synipnt hlirr
lloiiiliuril nnd t'liiii'Ki; the Cnr,
Wrecking One lleilte
Police unit Deputies,
TROY. N. Y May II. -Tho street car
tracks on a portion ot tho United Traction
company's lino tn this city have been torn
up and thrown into tho river.
ALUANY, N. Y.. May 14. A thousand
National guardsmen and 100 mounted men
will occupy Albany streets tomorrow nnd
attempt to torco n riotous crowd to let
tho cars of tho United Traction tompauy
run with non-union men. Tho Twenty-
third regiment of llrooklyn, tho Tenth lut
tnllon of Albany nnd tho Third Signal corps
will mako up tho complement of men.
They wil bo reinforced by 200 special
deputies, 300 policemen nud over 100 link-
crton detectives.
It Is feared that the bloodshed and riot
ous scenes of today will bo repeated with
much greater fatality.
Tho results of today aro: Ono man dy
ing, fully twenty or thirty injured, eighty
men out tit lfiO brought hero by tho com
pany Induced to desert, tho trolley wires
cut, cars demolished und tho police almost
powerless tu control tho thousnnds of men
pntrullng tbo streets. The company, how
ever, Insists that It will run Its ears with
protection, and It Is said lato tonight that
300 new non-union nion nro In a train
near tho city waiting for tho troops to
make their entry snfe. Eight men have
been arrested for rioting, two only of whom
wero strikers.
At night three companies of tho Tenth
battalion took tbelr stations at three Im
portant points.
Striker Are VIkIImiiI.
ALUANY, N. Y., May 14. When dark
ness tell this evening several thousand
weary street car strikers and sympathizers
went to their houses, but they wero re
placed by as many more, who took up tbe
vigil to prevent the United Traction men
from running their electric cats with non
ynion men. Tho darkness brought aomo
'confldenco that there- would be .no utUnipt-
beforo morning to move cars, for two nt
tempts made In broad daylight had brought
bloodshed nnd riot on such a scale that tho
local police, aided by scores ot deputies
and Ptnkcrton men, had been unable to
quell tho disturbance.
Ono man lies In n hospital Hcrlously
wounded, one of tho two cars tho company
nttempted to run Is in tho gutter of n
street not two blocks from tho car-house,
wrecked, nnd the trolley wires nro cut In
several places, practlcully crippling tho
rond. Near tho car houses aro thousands
of men, women nnd children wrought up to
n pitch of frenzy that bodes III If the doors
of tho car houso open to let out another
car.
Inside the enr house, afraid even to look
out of the grated windows, nre about sov-onty-flvo
nonunion men whom the com
pany expects to usu In runulng tho cars.
Early this morning there were about 160
of them, but by nightfall Hlxty-Itvo had
deserted and Joined tho ranks of tho strik
ers. Tho meu claim that they were brought
hero undur a misapprehension nnd that
they supposed they were going to Philadel
phia. This afternoon tbo police practically
admitted thnt they wero powerless to copo
with tho largo crowds on tho streets It
cars wero run nnd General Manager Mo
Namara Immediately called upon General
Oliver, in command of tho Third brigade,
for protection. Ho said:
"Wo Intend to run our ears It It takes
tho entlro National guard of Now York
stnto to protect us."
General Oliver Issued nn order assem
bling at tholr armory tonight tho Tenth
battalion of Atbany, comprising four com
panies of tho National guard of Infantry
nnd tho Third Hlgnal corpH, mounted. Gen
eral Oliver said that ho would warn the
remainder of tho Third hrlgado to bo In
readiness for a call.
Wild Scene In Hie Street.
Tho riot today was full of exciting fea
tureB, At 10 o'clock two of tho big car
doors swung open nnd out darted a closed
car with nil tho windows opened. Immedi
ately there was a roar of hisses and shouts.
Severn! men mado nn effort to board tho
car, but they wero kept from doing so by
tho policemen, o.c of whom was stutloucd
on each car step. Tho enr mado rapid head
way and almost boforo thn expectant crowd
realized iwhat had happened It was well on
Its way over Quail street. It continued to
the union stntlon und returned, followed
moht of the wny by bicyclists and people In
vohlcles Tbo second car did not escape.
When tho doors wero opened tho mob
surged toward It, despito tho etforts of the
police Thn crow consisted of four men
dressed In plain clothes.' Ah tho car swung
around tho curve thoro was a rush for It,
but tho crowd was driven back. Tho com
mittee from the strikers was allowed to ap
proach tho num.
"Do you wan' to come with us, boys? You
won't regret It."
There was no response from nny of thn
men. Tho motorman, with bit. arallc gone,
waved them aside and tho car was off again.
All restraint In the great crowd broke.
Through tho middle of the street mun ran ,
with women and children, mingling with tin)
afficora of tuu luw. whoso clubs were swing
ing and anno moving in vsi'.i ilmoit t?
people from danger. Men stopped to pick
up stones nnd wore overtui ucd, to be pushed
und kicked by the other.
Hcforo tho ear had started two police
men boarded 11. They simply mado two
extra targets for tho (.tones and brlclcs. Tha
car had not gone fifty feet beforo ono'a
helmet was rrushed and thn other policeman
wan In danger of having moro than his hel
met dnmuged. Thcro was a porfect ftihll
ado of stones. They came from all direc
tions and crashed through tho windows,
front, rear nnd aides of tho car. Tho men
aboard dodged nml Jumped from side to side
to escape, und were successful with tho ex
ception of tho niotorrnan A great Jaggl
pdgod rock struck him full In the forehi 'i
unci h dropped lo Uo floor of the plntfovj.
It was a deep, ugly g.ch tbe rock left Jfi
i