rME FIRST ROCK SALT MINE.
ta DUcorerjr W mm tSe Revolt of AO
ciilenl Hatlier than Design.
"I n-ally believe tluu many of tbe
rrvtet dlm-overte we the ivault of
ure atviditit, and thin apphV not only
;o wleiitllie fju-tn. but also to niore
njiterial matier," remarked (icn.
IMidlry Awry last night at tin St.
SliarlfK Hotel. "Wi-iidim brought the
itivftt milt deposit on Avery'a Island to
Aglm after its cropping had Ihi-ii work
ed! for nearly half a century. My
ranlfatln'r sold salt years In-fore the
war, and my father in b'x youth fol
lowed thefwnie methods of production,
even after his father" time, but it re
mained for my brother John, them a
toy of 1H, to really make manifest the
remarkable advantages whieh the isl
and iKiued In the maliter of wk
-tab miming. It wa.s during ihe war.
Salt was selling in New Orleaiw for $11
a a-k. This was at .1 period when t he
a.lt works of the Island were uot 1k.'
lug iiuuli u of. You we. my gnr1
fa.tilier inamifiictured salt by rl Ijfjr iliif
wells, Into which the ult water flowed
In great quantities, and this water he
me,rely boiled, evaporating the moisture
and causing a residue of fine wilt.
Wliedi my brother learned of the high
price of Halt in New OrleatiH he went to
my father, then practicing law In
Raton Ibwgc, and euggemed tltat he be
given jieriuisKioji to work the then
abandoned wells and uioke pin money
for himself. There wa no objctlon,
and with the asUt.ane f aerverul
Klaves John prot-etttod to open the old
well by clearing out the accumula
tiou of difbrirt and lotling the brine, aa
bin grandfather Aid your In-fore him.
He ojM'iied a number of new wells, and
wa.s noon Helling salt at a great nute,
but tihe dniund Iiuireiuied, and he de
cided to open a big well wane ten feet
square. The work proceed!, but the
umial deptih .wax reached with no re
huU. The waler did not Uow. Ho eon
eluded to dig (11)it, awl at sixteen
fet came upon what the m.vro diggers
wild was an old stump. Failing to
chop the 'stump' wi,h an ax, the negro
concluded he had struck a bed of rock,
and when my brother decended into
the excavja.ioii he managed, with a cold
chisel, to cut out a piev of what he
thought was trnusixireiit rock. My
fn.ilier, however, who hnppencd to b;
on the inland at t.lie time, knew what
had been discovered, and In the course
of a little while the wonder of the dis
covery bad Iteen noisi-d all over the
country, Thus was discovered the first
rock Halt depc 't in the South, and a
few moirtlLN after that time a dozen
HliaftH were being worked in a crude
way, and we were Hhtjrplng salt to
RichiiKMid in gtxit (Uuit;iitle, ut least
great; fn- thai iMM'lod in the world's his
tory. Work ha-s projrreHsed almost
steadily since that time, and we are
Hhortly to begin a iww shaft which will
go deeper tlui.n erer; In fact, drop ls
neuth the old workings, although this
Is not im-emsary, bix-au,e we can tap
the dexslt In any locality we choose."
New Orleans Tlmen-IteiiHtcrat.
Jellyfish as I'rotec-torw.
A singular ease of fbihee living on or
with anotlier, hs jiwt Iwh-u made
known by M. (J-adeau de Kervllle. The
young of the tishes called faLse mack
erl are almost always found In com
jwuiy with the large medulae known as
rhizoHtomes. Them youug fialws swim
jwirallel with tlw long axis of the Jelly
fish, and In the mine direction as tho
hitler. They remain alxve, beneath
aiKl blriml the animal, but nwer ad
vanc leyoiid Its uiiiIh'1. It frequent
ly hapeii that some of them Introduce
tlwiimtlves into the cavities of tlie Jelly
ttsh, and are then viwlbk1 from the ex
terior, owing to the tranwparem-y of the
hoL
Sometimes the c1km1 of fishes wan
ders a few yards away trom the me
diwa, but at the least alarm, Immediate?
ly ntunis with great rapidity to occupy
Its fonwr positioin. It Is evident that
the medusa very etllcaciously. protects
the young fishes by means of Its in
numerable stinging capsules. Tills Is
demonst rated by thefa-t that when the
fishes lecome larger they no longer
seek protection by accompanying the
medusa.
How to lrlnk Water.
The effects produced by the drinking
'of water vary with the manner in
which It Is drunk. If, for lnstjince, a
pint of cold water Ik: swallowed as a
large draught, or If It be taken in two
lKrt!ons Willi a short Interval between,
certain definite effects follow eiTects
which differ from those which would
have resulted from the same quantity
taken by sipping. ,
Sipping Is a powerful stimulant to the
'circulation n thing which ordinary
drinking Is not. During the act of slp
plng the action of the nerve which
Mows the .Ix-Hta of the heart Is abol
.hfhod, and as a consequence that organ
contracts much more rapidly, the pulso
aVat more quickly, and the circulation
In various parts of the body Is Increas
ed. In addition to this we also find
that the pressure under which the bile
Is secreted is raised by the slm'ln '
fluid. The Sanitarian.
Not b Good Word.
"I notice, Mr. I'ipp," said the editor
to his new reporter, "that In this ac
count of a robbery you say the victim
was rdlvved of $;mm."
"Yes, sir."
"Were yn ever roblM-d?"
"No, sir."
"1 thought not. If you had you would
not write of the robbery as a relief."
New York World.
As Wise as a Herpent.
"I loot or, how can you 1m so rccklcua
as to ride In those omu cnrsV"
"Hush, my dear, your hubby knowi
hi business. If I ride In the open can
others will think It safe for them. Juat
answer the telephone, denr. Yes, I
:thouglit so. Another pneumonia pa
tlcnt" O vela rid Plain Iealer.
Bcbrasha iRotes
w v v v w v wvh
T. llule of Nor. oik dangerously gashed
his fa;e snd ruck by fall ng down a
flight of ptepe.
Mike Maher, farmer near Fremont,
la boiling ovi-r lcnuae foiue vnlisn pur
loined forty hens from Ii;b hennery.
John Geally of Gordon harvested
thirty five buphele of gooseberries, and
bought f3-5 worth of sugar to save 'em.
Cornelius and Mott, Kearney's cham
pion hose couplers, are bandying worls
w'lth an Illinois unknown for a match for
f-Wa side.
Steve Fjotitt of Plainview will have
to slay at home for several weeks be
cause a en of burning gasoline was
spilled upon him.
Harry Landgraff of North Platte clung
to a fire cracker too long, and now he ia
grunting around with a shattered finger
nd powder burned hand.
Judge Jackeon and H. E Kryger, of
N'eligh, were in Chicago lant week renew
ing negotiations for the erection of a
Mivar factory at this place.
Charles Gerrick, living near Fremont,
i laims to have the beet corn in that sec
tion. The stalks are over six teet high
and have already tasseled oat.
Rats are so thick in Pender that they
destroy the gardens and wax fat on the
young pi-s and chickens. A Chinese
laundry would solve the ditliculty.
Henry Schuett, living-between Hart
ington and Bloom field, had a leg broken
m a runaway ac.;ident while returning
home irom the celebration at Bloomfield.
John Ole.-ion of O'Neill fell while try
ing to load a wagon, and his bead landed
"it the pavement with such force that
John didn't know a thing for sometime.
Tramps at Creighton stole into the
barber shop of A. I. .Scott, but not to
g-t a shampoo. When they came out
they were armid with two razors and
$1.25.
Colonel Cobb of Emerson has gone in
a boily to Washington to surround that
pos'Ollice. Brother Cobb will f ure get
it. He carried a rabbit's foot in each
hand.
Sam Bouten of South Sioux City was
shooting cannon fire crnckers when one
:'x:iloded so near bin daughter that the
'lesh beiow her knee was considerably
torn.
The churches of Lyons propose to
unite and hold union meetings all Bum
mer. It might be a good idea all the
yar round. Consolidation is the order
of the day.
Ciilhert Castile, eight years old, of
Holdrege, fell from a hammock and
broke hie collar bone. This makes the
.'i.nrth time he has broken a bone in
his short life.
The three-year-old daughter of Mr.
ind Mrs. Oscar lb own of Aurora ewal
lowed the contents of a package of dia
mond dye, but fortunately she didn't
lie, thanks to the untiring care of her
(.iarents.
Louis Peterson of North Platte lost a
due bay horse. While it was being
J riven on the street, a boy threw a fire
cracker in front of it, and at the sound
A the explosion the horse reared, and
.ell dead.
Roy Stewart of North Piatte struck a
broken bottle while divin-i in Kellmer's
'ake. He received an utily -wound on
the head, which bled profusely to the
zreat though needless alarm of bia com
panions. ,
Claud Smith of Air-.sworth rode part
way around the track at a horse race.
The reason he didn't complete the cir
'uit is thathisho.se threw him off so
violently as to make him unconscious
br a time.
Two charming young Knox county la
iies are advertising in the Climax, a
Chicago matrimonial paper, for a hubby.
It seems they are disuatisfiul with the
home product. Stand up for Nebraska!
patronize home industry.
The first half of the week was hot with
trong southerly winds and the letter
part cool with northerly wind. The
laily mean temperature has averaged
shout 3deg-ees above the norma!, the
excess being nearly the same in all sec
tions of the state. The maximum tern--eratures
on the 6tb, 7th and 8th were
bout 100 degrees generally, and in many
ilaces exceeded 100. The rainfall was
hove the normal in the southeastern
ection, w here it ranged from 1 to 4.5
riches ; about normal in the northeasterr.
ml central portions of the state, ar.d
lightly l'low the normsl in the west
rn counties. The hot dry weather the
'rst of the week was trying to all crops,
specially in parts of the southeastern
r ction. Early oats, spring wheat and
mrly potatoes have generally suffered
lome slight danmge during the week.
Mnall grain has ripened rapidly and
lurvesting has made rapid progress.
eVinter wheat is all in tho shock in the
iiithcrn counties anil is being cut in the
lorthern counties. Trie oat harvest haf
ioinnienced in the southern i.onntiea
.torn was not injured by the hot weaihei
Inu has made good growth j it is now be
ng laid by as fsst us possible and tin
larlier field in the southern countiei
ire beginning to taMel. Generally corn
las improved in condition in the state,
ipplcs are Dropping badly.
tain Norlander of Gothenburg lost a
(enerous chunk of his thumb by the pre
mature explosion of a giant fire cracker.
Mrs. John F.dwsrds was watching a
nail game at Answorth, when a foul
ball rtruck her on the eye, knocking her
lenscless.
Mary Carpenter, aged thirty, daughter
nl a prominent Dawes county farmer,
pxnetured her jugular vein with a hatpin
Mid a needle and will die. The cause ol
the rash act was disappointment in lov
and alleged abuse from htr parents.
AIXIB AO A INS r UN ITED ST A I KS
pSkla ad Japan form tu Alliance to right
li.
London, July 18 A dispatch from
Paris to a news agency here says that
inquiry at an American embassy there
has elicited a confirmation of the rumor
that the governments of Spain and Ja
pan have arranged an offensive alliance
against the United State.
The terms of the understanding,
which is for the mutual protection of
Cuba and Hawaii, provide that in the
event ot an actively aggressive move
ment on the part of the United States
tending toward interference in Cuban
affairs or persistence in the annexation
of the Hawaiian islands, both Spain and
Japan shall declare war simultaneously
against the United Stages and shall
make hostile demonstrations along both
the Atlantic and Pacific coast lines of
that country.
tight Willi Kubbori.
Chicago, July 16. Shortly before
midnight Wednesday Detective Ser
geants Howard and Foley attempted to
arrest three men who were driving in a
buggy and ir.iin the description are
thought to have been the men who at
tempted to rob a saloon early in tbe
night. The men resisted arrest and op
ened fire on the officers. The detec
tives returned the fire and two of them
fell. One of them hung onto the buggy
and the officers are confident that be
was killed and that tho others were
badly wounded. Although two patrol
wagons were called upon to chase tbe
buggy it escaped, with its occupants.
During the chase A. I). Poessel, a bi
cyclist, attempted to follow the men and
tp,i off the abutment of the Lake street
bildge, which was open. His wheel fell
into the rier and Poessel saved his life
by clinging to the alitment. While he
was in this position the bridge tender
swungthe bridge upon him and nearly
crushed him out of human shape. His
injuries are supposed to be fatal.
h e Mim Ii or t'lilted Slates.
MiiAvalkek, Wis.,. July IB The
transcontinental tour of the Pan-American
commercial men is practically end
ed and they are not sorry. Wearied by
constant travel and satisfiel by un
bounded hospitality of their northern
brothers, the men from the tropics are
looking forward with joy to next Satur
day, when they will have returned to
Philadelphia. Sunday and Monday the
delegates will assemble at the commer
cial museum of that city, under whose
Lauapices the tour has been made, and
there will be a general discussion of
what they have seen with an expression
of views on the probable results of the
trip toward promoting the trade rela
tons between the United s'ates and the
eouthern iepub;ics.
Tr.wift-MI-H)ltpp CoagrrtMM.
Salt Lakk Cur, Utah, July 16.
The ninth annual session of tbe trans-
Mississippi commercial congress was
, called to order at 11 o'clock in the as-
sembly hall in Temple park. The hall
j has been beautifully decorated for the
occassion with flags, bunting and potted
I plants. The convention will be in ses
! sion four days, and on account of the
large amount of work to be done may
be extended into next week.
Delegates have been arriving all day
and a large contingent is expected by
Friday morning's trains.
Hon. William J. Bryan, the president
of the congress, did not reach here until
Thursday.
Womrn on the Stone Pile,
Lafaykttk, Ind., July lfi. Mrs. Hel
en M. Gougar of Indiana ia indignant
at the reported action of the chief of
police of Kansas City, Kans., in putting
female prisoners in the garb of men and
working them on the streets and stone
pile with male criminals. She declares
this action to be more shameful than
anything practiced toward women in
barharou s nations. She acks that wo
men everywhere shall write letters of
piotent to the Kansas City, Kas., au
thorlties, that they may realize that
women will not tolerate such indigni
ties n silence.
irnlll Ik Wri'i keil Oellherntely.
OuMBKiu.ANO, Md., July ItS. At 2:30
o'clock yesterday morning the engine
attached to train No. 10, wh ile passing
slowly through the junction of the Pitts
burg and the third division near Cum
berland, was derailed and fell over on
her side. The baggage car was slightly
damaged, but no one was injured, and
tbe tracks were blocked for but a few
hours. Investigation reveals the fact
that someone had deliberately removed
a bolt from the switch, which caused
the derailment.
Kill rule the Semite.
Nkw York, July lfi. A dispatch to
the World from London says that the
bimetallic commission headed by Sena
tor Wolcott is an absolute failure. The
principal newspapers have referred to
the commission in terms whish, while
conforming to the rules of artificial Gal
lic courtesy, have been not far from
ridicule. President Hanotaux refuses
to take the commission seriously,
TrrHtln Cullpnet.
Alton, III., July 10. At Bellefontane
bridge at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning
a St. Louif, Keokuk St Northwestern
train backed -lown upon a trestle which
had been undermined by the water o(
the Missouri. The trestle collapsed and
the eight carloads of rock on tbe train
tumbled into the river. There were
eight men on cars. John Chorn, fore-t
man, of the crew and Robert Hatfield, a
laborer, were caught under the rock and
killed. Six others were badly hurt.
The bodies have not been recovered.
WITH OUIl.AIAN
Da Armilt'g Mines May Decide the Fatt
Of the Great Goal Strike.
COAL FAMINE NECESSARY TO SUCCESS
Strike L keljr to Continue for We-k an
Months-Kenpouaiuility for Fren.nt
Trouble lint With due Company.
Cleveland, July 15. The fate of tht
treat coal strike now depends upon tht
course of the miners in De Armitt'i
mines, say local operators. Until tht
sinkers succeed in inducing these men
lo come out there can be no coal famine
and failure to close these mines meani
a loss of supremacy in districts which
the strikers now control. In the inac
tion of the strikers yesterday those op
erators who have consistently and per
sistently refused to concede the possi
bility of the strikers attaining their end
found much encouragement.
Chicago, July 15. J. W. Ellsworth,
president of tbe Union National bank,
who has large coal interests in Ohio a no
Pennsylvania, said yesterday that h
iiid not think the strike would be settled
within a month, erhaps not for six
weeks.
"The New York and Cleveland Gas
Coal company," he said, "is practically
responsible for the mining troubles ol
the past three or four years. Its inter
ests: are small comparatively, but large
enough to unsettle the price of wages
and the cost of coal in comparative
markets. It is responsible for the pres
ent strike. Its fcaleof pricas agreed on
was 60 cents in the Pittsburg district.
I he New York & Cleveland Gas com'
pany agreed to be bound by that. Th
operators went bo far as to accede to the
demand of that company in 1895, that
company stores ' be abolished. Some
time after work was resumed the New
York & Cleveland Gas Coal company as
serted that the full 97 per cent which
had had company stores had not given
up and that, as this was a condition up
n which it was paying the scale, it
would not be bound by the 00 cent rate.
It compelled its men to close a new conJ
t ract at 54 cents. The mimere and opJ
erators hae labored under this con
di:ion long enough. The dictation of
this company must cease, or it should
lake its coal to non-competing points.
The company mines just coal enough t
t,o Ox the price.
Is Not a Sulclde-
Lob Anokles, Cal., July 15. Acci
dental self poisoning by an overdose o
morphine, taken to relieve pain, was
i lie verdict of the coroner's jury as tot
i he cause of death of Nicholas C. Creede
the mining King found dead in the gar-,
Jen of his residence on Pearl street.
During the inquest very little refer
ence was made to his wife, from whom
he separated six months ago, and whose
riturn is conjectured to be one of the
causes of the depression, which is said
to have been observed in Creede of late.
All questions asked at the inquest were
evidently intended to bring out the con
tention made by the friends of the dc
ceased that it was intirely an accident
that he took an overdose of morphine. ,
The testimony went to show that
Creede bad occasionally used morphine
to allay neuralgic pains and that it was
entirely possible that he bad accidental
ly taken too much. After a short de
liberation the jury returned a verdict to:
to that effect. Creede's lawyers are un-'
able to say whether or no the left a will,'
and, out of respect for him, his papers
have not yet been examined. The body
will be placed in a vault, and will pw
bably be sent east later.
i;untway Cars do Damme
Boone, la., July 15. A Chicago and
Northwestern switch crew at 5 :20 Tues
day morning let seven freight cars get
away from them in the yards here on
the main line, when they started down:
the steep grade west of the city at a
terrific speed. About a mile down they
collided with freight train No. 22, ei
double-header coming up the hill, AH
the trainmen on both engines jumpedj
and were not injured. In one of the
runaway cars two tramp1?, Fran'c BrooH
and Eugene .Biue, were sleeping. Their1
car was completely telescoped with an
other. Bike was killed instantly and
Brohks badly injured. Both engines
were badly wrecked.
Trouble le lloRiin.
Tkrrk IIautb, Ind., July 15. A spe
cial to tbe Express from Danville, 111.,'
says:
.-trife between the miners commenc
ed in this district Tuesday night.
About 400 or 500 Belgian strikers and
other foreign rs gathered at the Pawnee
mine and when a cage full of colored
men who hud been at work reached the
top of the shaft they were Hssaulted.
Shots were fired, wounding several
strikers, The striker piled ties on the
Chicago & Eastern Illinois tracks and
demolished the car windows with rocks
and bricks. Then the miners inside
the coaches opened on them. About
fif y shots were exchanged. It is re
ported that one miner was killed.
Prepxre to I'rotect Kaure,
Paris, July 15. In view of anarchist
threats special precautions were taken
for the protection of M. Faure, the pres
ident, while en route to the review
yesterday. Many suspects were arrest
ed. The thicket near the cascade in
the Bois de Boulogne, the scene of the
last bomb outrage, was surrounded by
dotectives. More than 150 detectives
mounted on bicycles, were ready at var
ious points to carry out instructions and
eater.
pursue anarciMBiB in case nny
oencv should arise.
KO CNEA8INKM K(.T
AAtttUaf Jaimu on tfew UwaUa mltmmr
tlon Cuues no AlafM.
WaiHiNTOcN. July 14. The Kveniug
Star say there is no uneanines among
the friends of annexation in congress
about the Hawaiian situation. Neither
the attitude of Japan, nor tbe persisb nt
opposition of the suar trust, it is be
lieved, can weaken the position of the
administration.
The foreign relations committee of the
senate is to meet today and Senator
Davis, tbe chairman of the committee,
said this morning that be was going to
secure favorable report on the Hawaiian
treaty at that meeting if a quorum could
be obtained.
Neither Senator Frye, Senator Lodge,
nor Senator Gray, members of the com
mittee, were at the capitol yesterday.
It is not the present expectation that
the treaty of the annexation will be
taken up at this session, but a situation
e xiets which may hasten the matter,
It is believed that if the attitude of Ja
pan toward Hawaii becomes more
threatening it will force annexation at
once, though the friends of annexation
will not be in haste unless developmente
render speedy action necessary.
A Hole Without a Bottom.
Cbipplk Ckekk, Colo , July 14. Pho
tographer Yelton yesteiday returned
from a trip to Cow mountain, about six
miles east of this city, where he has
been to obtain views of a most remark
able cavern, discovered by sinking a
prospect shaft. The cave was discover
ed by parties who were doing their as
sessment work in a group oi claims on
Cow mountain.
A man was picking in the bottom of a
ten-foot bole when be suddenly strui k
the point of his pick througn the rock
into apparently unlimited space. He
cautiously investigated and gradually
opened up a pit that led to the othel
world, to all appearances. Rocks drop
ped into the hole, however, struck bot
tom in about two seconds or less, show
ing that the cave was not so deep at
that point. The men got a rope, and
fastening it securely above, descended tc
explore the immense cavern, which
proved to be a veritable store-house oi
ice stalactites and columns of pure ict
stood like cypress trees from the flooi
and hung like a ghostly fringe from the
ceiling.
Exploration was n)t carried very far,
as the yawning abyss was encountered
at a distance of about fifty feet from the
entrance. Chunks of ice thrown ii a
the abyss could be heard rattling u d
clanking on the sides, but never a
sound of the bottom being touched.
Photographs were taken by flashlight
and the picturea reveal the ice in crys
tal, forming most fanciful figures. An
effort will be made to open the cave tc
a more thorough exploration. The
champer where those pictures were tak
en is seventy-five feet high and aboul
fifteen feet wide. ' Beyond this the cave
widens and the interior seems abyssnal,
IHncover a L ike of Oil.
Seattle, Wash., July 14. What ii
said to be the greatest oil discovery ever
made is reported from Alaska. Some
gold prospectors several months ago ran
across what seemed to be a lake of oil.
Tbe lake was fed by innumerable springs
and tbe surrounding mountains were
full of coal.
They brought samples to Seattle and
tests prove it to be of as high grade as
any ever taken out of Pennsylvania
wells. A local company was formed
and experts sent up. They have return
ed on the steamer Topeka and their re
port has more than borne out the first
reports.
It is said there is enough oil and coal
in tbe discovery to supply the world.
It is close to tbe ocean, in fact tbe ex
perts say that tbe oil oozes out into the
salt water.
It is said that the Standard Oil com
pany has already made an offer lor the
property. The owners have filed on
8,000 acres and are naturally very much
excited over their prospective fortune.
One Hundred Thougnml l.xpicled to be
Idlu lu London,
London, July 14. The strike of the
engineers is, apparently, only to be set
tWd on the survival of the fittest. Both
thin masters and the men have refused
all Boffers of arbitration.
Tbe lockout begin yesterday morning.
As a retaliatory measure the engineers
are calling out the remainder of the
men, and by evening no fewer than 100
000 engineers will be :dle.
Already tbe yards of several lanje
firms have been picketed. The London
firms that have joined in the lockout
now number forty. Among them are
such important concerns as the Otis
iilevator company, the Westinghouse
Brake company, Frazer it Cbalmer and
the Brush Electric Fngineering com
pany. SultHii Mill Holding Out
CoNNTA.vnNoi-LEs July 14. The Turk,
ish minister, at a special session of the
cabinet Monday, discussed the ranlui
of the powers to the circular note of the
porte.
Notwithstanding the unfavorable
character of the responses a large ma
jority of the ministers have reiterated
their former advice to the sultan to re
wrt upon the Pineos frontier.
t lnir(i AKHinut t'ollticlana.
Sr. Louis, .nily 14. In the regular
convention of the American protective
association of Missouri yesterday, Presi
dent iSlt vens delivered hfs annual ad
dress. In his address he charged poli
ticians with Utempting to disrupt the
order and said tiu.t if the loyal members
of the councils which were suspended
Monday wished to return they could do
s j by reorganizing and leaving gut the
obioctionable politicians. 8. J. Horriek
1 of Kansas City was elected state presi
dent. , .
i MAY BREAK OUT
lUt Headed Element AjBsng StrikUf
Ifiien May Take Extreme Meas
ures. FEAR LEST THEY CANNOT BF CHECKED
Arbitrator Arriving at Plttebura to Set
tle the Difficulty--More nlime Shat
Down Grumbling ,t the feloness
of Some Mlbers at Quitiing.
PrnbBUEQ, Pa., July 13. Beyond the
strengthening of the miners' lines along
the rivers, there was little change in tbe
strike situation yesterday. The ironclad
contracts which were Enforced at 6ever
al mines in the Monongahela valley were
swept out of existence and the strike
was made general'in the fourth pool.
The only mine reported in operation in
tbe region is the Equitable at Webster.
It is a stock company, comprising
seventy-five stockholders and they are
mining their own coal. The men in
tbe Stickel Hollow mines of the Wash
ington Pennsylvania Coal company
came out yesterday, making the sus
pension complete in this district except
at the mines of the New York and
Cleveland Gas and Coal company, when
about 1,200 men are working.
No effort has yet been made to get
these diggers out and the miners at othei
pits, who have laid down ttheir tools,
are grumbling at the slowness of De
A r mitt's men in joining the movement
The hot-heads are advising drastic
measures. They have been kept in
check eo far but there is no telling when
the fever will break out, and a concerted
movement on Sandy and Plum Creek
made.
Labor Commissioners and official arbi
trators of the several states affected are
mobilizing in this city. The state ol
Ohio is the only one which has a regu
larly appointed board of arbitration.
Most ot tbe others interested are labor
commibsioners and industrial statisti
cians. The Ohio board and tbe Indiana
labor commissioners re already here.
James M. Clarke, industrial statistician
ot Pennsylvania has arrived, the labor
officials of VYesL Virginia are expected
here and those of Illinois on Wednesday.
Thus all the states, with tbe exception
of Kentucky and Tennessee, where the
strike is on, will be represented in the
conferences which are to be held here
during the next few days. Invitations
have jeen sent to the coal operators of
the Pittsburg district to meet the arbi
trators informally and talk over the
matter of eettline the strike. James
Young, representing the M. A. Hanna
mining interests, caihe in from Cleve
land yesterday morning and was in con
aultation with tbe peace makers. '.
Uprising AgV.mi t hrlstl,n.
San Fkancisco, July 13. -Tbe steam
er Doric has arrived from China and
Japan two days ahead of schedule time,
t brought Yokohama advices to June
Tbe Japanese Mail gives a sum
mary of the correspondence from Tien
Isin, which shows that the state of the
foreign colony in that city is alarming.
Three Christians were killed in the last
days of May on the charges chat they
had stolen native children in order that
they might serve as offerings to insure
the safety of the foundations of the new
French Catholic cathedral to be dedic
ated June 21. . '
A Tien Tsin correspondent says: ''It
is reported that a conspiracy has been
formed to attack the foreign settlement
on June 21, and to burn the Roman
Catholic cathedral. The consuls of
the various nationalities have deemed it
prudent to telegraph the facts to their
governments and to ask for their pro
tection of men-of-war. The gate lead
ing from the foreign settlement to the
Chinese quarter is closed every night at
11 o'clock. Tbe Japanese gunboat Aka
gi is now at Aaku in response to ap
peals from the Japanese consul. Chi
nese soldiers are quartered in various
parts of the city for the express purpose
of checking rioters."
A lid Accident
Ooi'KNiiAHKN, July 13. A terrible
railway disaster took place at about mid
nigth at Gjentofte, The express from
Belsingoerra ran into a passenger train
standing at the station, wrecked eight
carriages, killed forty persons and injur
sixty others.' Most of the victims are of
the artisan class. Tbe dead and injured
have been conveyed in ambulance
trains to this city.
It appears that the collision was due
to an error made by the engineer in
reading the signal a Ad by the failure of a
brake to act.
Thirty-two bodies were extricated.
The number seriously injured 'wai
eighty-four.
Hear Mark ot Cruelty.
Denver, July 13. Julia L. Barton,
the sixteen-year-old step-daughter of
Adam Winebrenner of Beatrice; Neb.,
who has arrived in Denver to live with
her aunt, Mrs. E. M. Bishop, still bears
the mark of the beating with a horse
whip which caused her to run away
from home a fortnight ago.
A Km.I Trip.
San Fkanoinco. July 13. Iu a fly
ing trip from Ojden to the bedside ot
his stricken brother at San Mateo. W.
H. Crocker beat tbe record established
several years ago by trio famous Viliard
ipecial train. The distance from Ogden
to this city is 833 miles. Mr. Crocker
covered it in twenty-three hours and
twenty-two minutes. Hie time from
Sacramento to this city was also re
markable, being one hour and fifty
three minutes, the distance being
slghty-six miles.