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.ESTABLISHED JUN13 ] { ) , 1871. OMAHA , WEDNESDAY MORNING- , JULY 28 , 1897. SINGLE COPY 1TVJ3 CENTS.
SPLIT IN THE RANKS
Operators Assemble to Consider Proposed
Uniformity Scliime.
ENCOUNTER TROUBLE AT THE OUTSET
Special Ccrcmittco Recommends Adoption
of Old Agreement.
COL , REND SUBMITS A MINORITY REPORT
Chairman Afks to Have Some Portions
Eliminated.
REND REFUSES AND BOLTS THE MEETING
Clnlinn Hint Ho WIIM Minted an to
( In * .Nnltirc of tli < - Coiifrrt'iicf -
rurthvr I'rncrtMlliiK * IlooUeU ,
fur Today.
PITTSnURG , July 27. Eighty-nine coal
companies' mines , located In the Plttsburg
district , vero represented nt the coal opera
tors' uniformity meeting hero today. The
operators who ship by river and those own
ing mines in the Westmoreland field were
not prisent. Tliq river operators held a
meeting at the Coal exchange thin afternoon
and decided to take no part In the uniform
ity movement. No attention was paid to the
call by the Westmoreland people. Very lit
tle was accomplished at the two sessions to
day. The old uniformity agreement with the
new clauses Inserted was reported on by a
committee and the mcttlng tomorrow will
take up the agreement by clauses for dis
cussion. Where changes In the conditioner
Blnco 188C warrant different provisions , com
mittees will he appointed to draw up clauses
that will cover the points at Issue. The
only sensational incident of today's acsslono
occurred when Colonel W. P. Hcnd presented
a minority report on the unlfoimlty agree
ment , denouncing the procedure of the meet
ing In severe terms and bolting the confer
ence.
ORGANIZE FOR BUSINESS.
W. P. Muriaj called the meeting to order
at 11-30 a. in by nominating Alexander
Pempa'cr for chairman. Colonel W. P.
Ilend named George W. Scnleudberg , but he
decllneil and Mr. Dempster was chosen to
preside. General John Little was chosen
vice president Ho made a short address ,
a > lng the numbers of the board were here
nh cl'lzens and had no personal Interest In
the coal business. They hoped b > conciliation
to bring about u settlement betuoen the con
tending factions. State lines have nothing
to do with thf > question "You have the
power hero to cettle this controversy. As
I'ltteburg goes eo will go the other states. "
After electing Marshal II. Reno secic-
tary of the meeting a committee was ap
pointed to taKe up the proposed uniformity
agreement , revise It to suit the changed
conditions since Ita first formulation and ic-
port at 3 o'clock. The committee consists
of W. P. Do Armltt , G. W. Schlcudhorg ,
Thomas 13. Young , W. P. Rend , D. P. Black ,
U. A. Andrews , James Armstrong and F. M.
Osborne. A rscoM was then taken till 3
o'clock .
At 4 o'clock the committee asked for an
other hour and the meeting took a second
reccsYi until 5 o'clock , when the committee
reported the old uniformity agreement , with
the new clauses and preamble prepared by
the visiting arbitrators. The report was read
and Captain Stcyttlcr moved that It be re
ceived and the committee discharged.
Colonel Hcnd demanded recognition for
the hearing of a minority report. Ho
prefaced the report with a few remarks on
what be termed the bunco intention of the
meeting. Colonel Rend said he had been
misled by General Little as to the purpose
of the meeting. Ho understood that It had
been called with a view of hastening a
settlement ot the strike and was assured of
that at a conference with the general on
Monday night. When he got to the meeting
lie learned that the strike was not to be
taken Into consideration or iliacus-scJ In con
nection with uniformity ,
RENO'S RESOLUTIONS.
The preamble to the resolutions recites
the earnest drslrti ot the coal operator , ! of
western Pennsylvania to devise honorable
methods to bring the utrlKe to a termina
tion , deplores the poverty and misery of the
vast army of miners and their families and
claims that the public has been misled by
crafty and false statements as to the causes
responsible for the present and past turmoil.
The resolutions follow :
IleRolved , Thnt we- favor the speedy ad
justment of this strike and all questions
and controversies connected therewith by
conciliation employed in a Joint conference
of miners and their employers , and thu
falling by an adjudication , u tilbunal o
nrhltiatoii ) , compo.scd of three United States
Judges or throe other gentlemen of natlona
repute , and In whom the entire countrj
can repose confidence.
Itesolvcd , That we fnvor the principle
nml practice of uniformity In Its true am
honest tense , tint we are unalterably op
nosed to it In the false nml perverted sense
in which It him been used to cloak shan
vehement and transparent frauds.
Hosolved , That vvu favor true and hones
welKhts and mensurea. cash piyinentit am
all other juU and equitable methods In the
prosecution of the coal business.
Hesolvi'd , That we denoune-e as a foil
falsehood and a glaring outrage the chnrgcq
and InBlmmtloiiH HO often publicly mncU
thut genera ! dishonesty has been practiced
in weights and mt.isures In the mining
industiy of western I'entHIvnnln ! ,
Ilcsolvril , Tlint the effoits to fasten on
the public mind these slandeioui and atro
clous chinges are moral cilme , and that we
denounce the guilty author of thN uci-us.i
tlon IIH a moral criminal , violating ( "Joil'n
Jioly oommaiulnu'iit : "Thou Bhalt not bear
fulne witness against thy n'lghbor. "
Ro'olvecl , That Wo are ready und vvllllnt ,
to advance the wages of the inlncrH , bu
jlnd ourselves unable to do this to the fill
< ) xtent demanded by them , viz : 23 per pen
ftbovo the prices that were pilil pi lor to
the Htrlke und now being paid by one o
thu largest coal companies In vvestcn
1'cnntiylvnnla , and which company presents
the chief obstacle to the settlement of the
present conflict.
REND BOLTS.
After the resolutions had been read the
chairman asked to have some- portions elim
inated , but the colonel refused omphatlcallv
to allow a single ward to bo dropped , am
after a ehort contention withdrew from tlie
conference. The meeting then adjourned
until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Tonight General Little ami others callrc
on Colonel Rend at his hotel and aakci
that ho reconsider hla action and enter the
connftrcnco again to Insure success of the
meeting. Ho leplled that ho would cordial ! )
cmlurso and co-operate iiii any plan the con
lerencu agreed upon that 60 per cent o
the district operators would give their con
sent to. He believes it Impossible- secure
07 per cent for uniformity , ns Mr. DeArmlt
demands , and Is willing to do as 60 per cen
cf thu operators with
Tim new pieumble to the old unlformlt )
agreement relates thu existing condition o
affair * In the Plttrtmrg district and the lack
of profit there la In the coal trade , I
ftattu that uniformity if prrperly am
jnomptly availed of will settle thine differ
ence * to a large extent and correct the
abvurn to a degrco < not hitherto attainable
TAKKS HIM'OKT WITH HIM.
Colonel Rend took the minority report wit )
litm when he left the meeting and Chairman
[ Dempster decided U Mag not part of the rec-
. /rd of the utttilon and coulil not be ni/tec
upon.
upon.W. P. Da Armltt eald ho wanted It ds- !
t.tictly understood that the call to adopt mil-
iurralty did not have anything to do with the
ftrlUo. an ho did not propose to arbitrate
* n > thing while under fire , nor admit that the
operators were cowards
Dr , Anderson advised that the report of the
committee be taken up ad eerlatum. An ef
fort WAR made then to do this , but the
operators did not sce-m to grasp the text of
the agreement , so J. B. Zcrlic moved that
copies of the agreement he printed over and
: ho copy be placed In the hands of each
operator In the morning. This was carried
unanimously.
Tonight General Little and Judge Owona
ere In secret conference at the Duquranc
club with Secretary Warner and Organbcr
aincron Miller. Nothing definite can be
earned as to the mtbjcct under discussion ,
) in It Is believed it has reference to having
Lho mlncra represented at the conference
tomorrow , an there seems to bo considerable
dlMatlafActlon with Mr. DC Annltt's an
nouncement today that the conference has
no connection with the strike and met
merely for the purpose of establishing uni
formity Many of the operators think , with
Colonel Rend , that the meeting should dc-
vlso fiotno means to settle the strike as well
as to provide for uniformity.
Reports to the miners' ofllctals from
throughout the district show everything
quiet All plans arc being held In abevanco.
pending the action of the conference.
M\VS rue oTur.it IOO\IITIIS.
SIrlUcrN In IllltiiilM Promptly Ar-
ri'Mli'il li > tinAtitliorltlvK. .
ST. LOUIS , July 27. A special from Du
Quoin , III , says : About forty ot Bradley'a
men from Dellevlllo arrived hero today to
Influence the miners to strike. They were
ordered out of town by the city marshal. All
the mtnea here arc working.
When the ctrlklng miners at Ilellevlllo
learned of the reception received by thefr
follows at Du Quoin , they expressed a de
termination to go to the latter city and
drive out the working miners There arc
about 800 miners la Du Quoin. If they per
sist in working an equal number of btrlkcm
will Invailo the place from Belleville and
other points.
Just beyond Du Quoin Is Garten Hie , when
the mlnurs are still working and say they
will not quit. Old miners , who have watched
strike troubles develop before , say that un-
le a the Du Quoin , Centerville and Murphjo-
bore men conic to tcims trouble Is fcure to
break out. The Illinois Central detachment
of striking miners Intends to get reinforce
ments ut FiccbUrg and after pulling the men
out at Lcnrburg and Marlssa , push onto Du
Quoin. The Louhvlllc & Nashville detach
ment will cross over from Mount Vcrnon.
Thirty-seven Staunton and Mount Olive
men took possession of a Louisville & Nash
ville freight tialn at Belleville. The police
were called on and the men sullenly sur
rendered.
CANONSnURG , Pa. , July 27. The Benne
mine Is fitlll closed waiting a settlement ot
the picscnt trouble. The Enterprise mine
Is ala.i closed. The mine of Cook & Sons at
McGovcrn IB closed today. The shutdown Is
only temporary , but no effort will be made
to opciatc the mine until the Injunction no
tices have been jully eervod on the leaders of
the encamped strikers. About 100 of the
rtrlkera camping at the mine returned to
their homes this morning. About 100 still
lemaln on the scene. The stilkcis are ot the
Imprecslon that they have about succeeded In
gaining the object of their mlttjlou here
COLUMIJUS , July 27 The editor ot the
United States Mine Workeia' Journal said
todaj that the miners' cause Is to be carried
Into central and northeast Pennsylvania , In
volving the antlnaclto and bituminous dis
tricts whoso output is shipped to the At
lantic seaboard.
KANSAS CITY , July 27. A special to the
Star from Sedalla , Mo. , BavsUp to noon
the towns of Bevler , Hlgbec , Dlllott and
lluntsvlllo are the only ones represented at
the state miners' conference , but delegates
are expected later from Rich Hill , Lexing
ton , Hlgginsvllle and other points. The con-
fcienco will not be called to order until 2
o'clock , and It is believed the session will
bo of short duration. A delegate from Hlg-
bee stated this morning that ho did not ex
pect the mlnco of Missouri to be shut down
but such a step might be taken If no other
method could be devised for preventing the
shipment of coal Into the districts where
the men are now on strike.
CLEVELAND , July 27. Thomas Young ,
representing M. A. Iliuna , has gone to
Plttsburg with Instructions to use every ef
fort to bring about a epeedy settlement of tli3
.strike. AH the Cleveland operators are hope
ful that the conference will result In some
satk'factcry adjustment.
MOWCQUA. 111. , July 27. Last night a
largp body of Pana and Mowen.ua miners ,
headed by a drum and fife corps , marched
on the Assumption shaft and foiced the men
who were loading coal for the local trade
and threshers to cease work. This morning
whsn the whUtle blew not a miner went to
work. The farmers are very bitter In their
denunciation of the mlneis , Inasmuch ns
the farming community has contilbutcd to
the mlneis' cause very liberally.
ROCK ISLAND , 111. . July 27 As a rcoult
of the visit of committees from the Spring
Valley and other striking miners , 100 men
employed In the mines near Coal Valley , this
county , struck today.
AITOONA , Pa. . July 27. rive hundred or
more miners at Hastings have gone put on
a strike because of dissatisfaction with their
superintendent.
COTTDALU , Pa. , July 27. All Indica
tions point to a long and bitter struggle
botYvecn the Scottdalc Iron und Steel com
pany and lt cmplojcs , who are out on a
strike. The company claims It will have
enough men by tomorrow to start the mill.
The crowds arc quiet and ordeily and no
demonstration of any kind has so for been
made , but when the attempt Is made to start
the mill with the new men it U generally
feared thcro will be trouble.
CLARKSBURG , W. Va. , July 27. The In
junction granted the operators at Falmont
prohibiting meetings has nelpcd the miners'
cause.
PEORIA , 111. , July 27. The miners of the
Pcorla district met today and adopted a new
scale , making an advance of about -10 per
ri-ut In wages , not to be operative until a
general settlement Is effected. The opera
tors also met and called another meeting to
consider tbo scale.
\v.t.vnn : A LOOK AT IIRH niv.vi , .
WitiH . ! It'll Now on Trial
Murilpr.
GUTHRIE , Oki. , July 27. Miss Grace
Allen , who la undergoing a prcllmlnary trlal
at Chandler for poisoning Mica Phronlc
Eckos , her rival , and her mother , Is attract
ing big crowds ,
MUw Allen , who is a handsome woman
about 21 years old , has been made an ob
ject of much lntere. t. She Is a Eehool
teacher in Wilson county , KaiMin , and she
was attending the county normal , When It
cln3cd July 2 , Instead of going home filio
CJine to this tenltory , as rfho admits to aoo
Mlsa Eckes at the tcnltorlal normal at Ed-
mond. Not finding her there she went to the
family home near Baker , where the poisoning
followed , flint the daughter , then the mother
partaking of the poU'oned food Mlsa Allen
says elie learned while In Kansay that W , U.
Smith , with whom both the women are in
love , was writing to Mtes Eckm , Sh was
going to Texas , she Mates , and savs that
nieicly out of curiosity fhe stopped off at
Kdraond "Jiut to we what Kind of a girl MUs
EcKui was. "
Mlsa Phronla Eckes was graduated at the
territorial normal at Edmcnd latt June and
was valedictorian of her class. She alpo won
the medal in the territorial oratorical contest
in the came month.
W. 0. Smith U a former school teach r liv
ing near .Mtoona , Ho Is 2& > ear old and 1
quite prominent.
On nil ninlicxrlcr'M TrnuU ,
BEDALIA , Mo , July 27-John Mulcahey ,
a former Scdallan , now a pollcpinan ut San
Francisco , In a letter to a friend heie stated
that he saw James Thompson , the fugitive
cashier of the defunct Flrbt National bank
of St-dollii. on the street there during the
recent Clulstlan Endeavor convention. It
U thought that Thompson has left the city
of Mexico for the AlasUa sold tlelds.
Thompson stole over J100.000 from Hie now
defnnu First National bank about four
years ago
Cool nl NIMV York.
NHW YORK , July 27Thla la the coldest
July 27th on ( he records of the weather
uuserur rhe minimum temperature wut
GO at S und 4 o'clock this moinlng.
APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE
Prominent Labor Loaders Take Up Oudgols
in Behalf of Minors.
ISSUE STIRRING ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC
of ItrniN of IlinVrrtit I.ntior
nUmiH of tlie Country
nt \\licclliii ? AxK.it ( lie
I'conlc to Alii.
WHEELING , W. Va. , July 27. What \s \
declared to be the most Important und largest
gathering of the heads of labor organiza
tions of America over held Is now In Bctslon
In this city. It Is the conference ot labor
leaders called last week by President M. D.
Ratchford ot the United Mlno Workers and
approved by President Compers ot tbc
American Federation of Labor , of vvhlcn
the miners organizations is a part. The
purpose of the conference is to old In a
speedy and biicccfaful termination of the
great uoal strike. Sessions of the conference -
once were held during the day and tonight ,
but until the night session was held little
had been accomplished. The following
labor leaders are present :
Simuol Gompers of New York. prcMilent
of the American Federation of Labor ; 1 ranis
Morrison of Chicago , secretary of the ted-
eratlon ; M. D. llatchfonl of Columbus ,
president of the United Mine \\oikers of
America ; W. C. Pears of Columbus , \ccru-
' - P,11. ,
tnry of the miners' organlz-itlon ;
Monlssey of Peorla. III. , grand master of the
Jtrotherhood of Hallway Trainmen ; W. 13.
Mnhon of Detroit , president of the Sticet
Hallway union ; James Jt. Sovcielgn. presi
dent of the Knights of Labor ; Jamet > H.
Sullivan ot Baltimore , president of the In
ternational Association of Decorators and
Palntor ; J B. London of llloqmlngton , HI. ,
president of the Custom Tailors' union ; J
Mulholland of Toledo , pro-Idem of the
International Union of IJlcycle 'Workers ;
Jetse Johnton of 'Nashville. Tenn , president
of the International Printing Pressmen's
union ; Theodore Perry of Nashville , vice
president ot the International Tvpographlcal
union , Uobert Asko.v of Iw.pemlng , Mich. ,
secretary of the Northcin Mineral Mine
Workers ; William 'McKlnney ' ot Lafa > ette.
Ind , president of the Painters' union rJ. W.
Hbea of Chicago , president of the Painters. '
anil Decorators' union ; G W. Perkins of
Chlcigo. president of the International To
bacco Workers' union ; Patrick Dolin.of
Plttsburg , president ot the PHtrbur DlP-
trlct Miners ; M. M. Garland of Pittsbtirtr.
president of the Amalgamated Association
of lion , Steel and Tin Woikers ; C. H.VI1 -
klns ot Chicago , assistant general chief of
the Order of Hallway Conductors ; F. P.
Su--ent of Pcorla , 111 , grand master of the
Hrolherhood of llallroad Firemen ; Vnl Fltz-
pitrlck of Columbus , third vice president
of the Brotherhood of Hallway Trainmen ;
T. L Lewl > of Bridgeport , O. , secretary of
the Ohio Miners' organization ; K. V. Debs
of Chicago , former heaiof the Amerlrnn
Hallway union ; J Kunzeler of Pitts-burs ,
secretary of the American Flint Glass
Workers' union ; W. H. Hlley of Wheeling ,
president of the National Sloijle Workers , '
league , M P Carrlck of Pittsburg , .secretary
of the Painters' organization ; J. P. F.
Counnaghnn of Plttsburg- , secretary and
treasurer of the National Plumbers' and
Gas Fitters' union.
OPENING SESSION.
The first session of the conference was
held at i'o'clock on the arrival of Messrs.
Ralchford and Pears from Columbus. On
motion of Mr. Sovereign , Samuel Gotnpera
was chosen to preside and Secretary Morii-
son , also of the federation , was made secre
tary. Chairman Gompers then called upon
the miners' representatives to detail the
cltuntlon. They were also asked to suggest
In what manner the other labor organiza
tions could give their aid.
President Ratchford of the miners ad
dressed the conference nt some length , stat
ing fully the causes that had led to the
suspension of work in- the bituminous re
gions and picscnted the condition of the
miners who are taking part In the strike.
Ho did not ptoposo anything In the way of
recommendations as to what organized labor
of the country should do In aid of the strike ,
prefenlng that Important subject to be left
to the consideration of the conference. An
appeal for aid was made in a general way.
W. C. Pears , Patrick Dolan and T. L
Lewis also addressed the conference , spenk-
Ing In the same strain. In the course of
their icmarlis It was brought out that the
mlneis bcllevo that the hardest fight should
bo made at the works of the Cleveland and
Plttsburg Coal Gas company ( Do , Armltt's
mines ) , In the PlttBburg district. This was
considered fully aa Important a point as the
West Vliglnla district. At this point a re
cess was taken for dinner.
Upon reassembling at 2:30 : o'clock the con
ference again took up the strike question.
Messrs. Mahon Rhea and Debs , who have
been at work In the Fairmont district ; Mr ,
Askew , who is fresh from the Norfolk &
Western territory , and Mr. Sovereign nrt-
diessed the meeting , the latter speaking nt
borne length. The conference was held be
hind closed doors. At Us close it was given
out that a committee ot five had been ap
pointed to devise a plan for aiding the
miners , which would be reported at the
night session.
Telegrams pledging financial aid for the
miners were received from nearly all the
heads of organiratlons that bad been unublo
to attend on account of the short notice. Mr.
Morrison says the chief aim of the confcr-
cnco will be to effect a suspension of work
In West Virginia and at the le Armltt
mines. The conference , lias not jet conic to
the point of believing it necersary to ask
the firemen , conductors and brakemen to refuse -
fuse to haul West Virginia coal ,
APPEAL TO THK PUBLIC.
The night session of the conference was
still In session at midnight. The report of
the special committee to dovlee wavs and
means to aid the miners made KB report.
The report Is an appeal to the country to
assist the miners and Its full text U as fol
lows ;
A wall of anguish , mingled with dospern-
tlon , atiEes from the bowels of the earth
and the rnlnera cry for lellef , for sonn >
dceice of Justice , touches the responsive
rhoid In thu hearts ami consciences of the
whole people diudgliii ? at wagiH when ctn-
ploveil which aie Inadequate and portend
mlery , starvation and slaveiy , the miners
are confronted with a condition by which
their Bcant earnings are denied them , ex
cept throuch the company "pluck-mo
BtoteV which out-shylock the worst feat
ures of the nefnrlouc system , Is a stigma ,
on the escutcheon of our country ami n
blot on our civilization. We , the repre-
bentutlvcf ) of the trades unions and of all
organized labor of the United States , in
convention assembled to consider the pend
ing tUrupglo of the mlneis for wages Buf-
( Icltnt to enable them to live and to enjoy
nt least some degree of the ne-essltiesi of
life , arc determined to foiever put a stop
to the Mate of starvation In which they are
now ensulfHl
The deplorable condition of the miners Is
well known to all our people. They live In
howls , are unable to buy sutllelcnt bread to
ward off staivatlon , in many cases not
milllclently clothed to cover melr nakedness
und their children unfit to attend school
because of lack of food and clothing , male-
Intf them a danger to the future btablllty
of our lepubllc. Wo feel assured that all
men and women who love their families or
who have ono spark of human sympathy
for their fellow M cannot fall to give all
the aid In their power to enable the mlneni
to win their pres-ent kittle. The ri'jire-
! * MitMlvc'H of the mlneri have been re
strained by Injunction when exerclslnsr their
fundamental right of public assembly and
free speech to preuent to the world theli
grievances. We , aa American citizens , re-
8 nt this lnterfercn"e with the rights guar
anteed to us under the constitution. In the
ordinary attain * of life all enjoy privileges
and rights which constitutions neither con
fer nor deny , but the guaranty of the
right of public axsemhly und free bpecch
was Intended to glvo opportunity to the
people or any portion of them to present
the grievances from which they suffer und
which the } aim to redress.
Wo denounce tlin Issuance of Injunction
by the Judges of West Virginia. Pennsyl
vania and other statea aa wholly unjusti
fied , unwarranted and unprecedented , more
especially In the abtenee of any exhibitioner
or manifestation of force on the pa it of
the outraKed inlnerx. We call on the gov
ernor of West Virginia and upon the v
crnor.i of all other states and on all public
officials for full and ample pntfctlon In
the exorcise of our rights of free imec h
and public UKacmb'ave. We havu no des're
to trerpats upon the rlghtu of any one. and
we demand protection In the exercise of
those rights handed .down to nt by the
founders ot the republic , we recommend
that Indignation mass meectlnga be held
throughout the entire country to give ex
pression to the cortdemna'ijn1 of the un-
wai ranted Injunction In Interfering with
the free rights of free n emlilTRe and free
speed ) , and we also extend' s > j mpithy and
suppjit to the mine workers to the utmost
extent. i
We hereby call upon each hitlnnal and
Intel national organization ot labor to * end
representatives to act for and by the direc
tion of the United vvorRfrs an orpanlzerti In
West Vlrnlnla , Pennsylvania and such otlur
stales as may be neces ary. Fully Imbued
with the- heroic slruFfrto which the miners
are making for pure womanhoood and Inno
cent uhlldhood , for decency , for mnnhocd
and for civilization , and for the con clous-
ness of the Justice of their cnu e and of
the responsibility of Ilirlr actions , we call
upon the vvorkltiKmen of our country to lend
ail possible nsil-tancc to nut suffering ,
fdlow vvoi leers of the mlnci nml
to unite In defense of our homes , our rights ,
our citizenship and our country.
MASS MEETING AUGUST G.
The conference adjourned just as the
capltol clock struck the midnight hour. H
was decided that President Gompers should
act as a committee of one In arranging for
sympathetic mass meetings all over the
country on August G. Officers of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor were requested to
communicate with union organlzntlons as to
what shall ho done to filrther thr- plan out
lined in tonight's appeal. Officers of the
United Mine Workers arc to arrange for the
sjstcmatlc woik of 100 labor organisers in
West Virginia , In which state and In Penn-
sjlvanla renewed cffortstto make the strike
general will be made. The railway brother
hoods , except the engineers , are In hearty
sjmpathy with the movement to make the
strike effective.
MMHvS TO KM ) HIS TUOtIM.S. ) !
ClriifrnI JuintpNoit Tnkcn u I.nrRe * Dose
of Clilontl.
KANSAS CITY , July 27 , A special to the
Star from Guthrle , Old. , says General John
C. Jamleson attempted to commit sulcldo at
the Oklahoma hotel early this morning ,
swallowing 100 groins of chlorui. After sev
eral hours' treatment thd physicians said
'
that ho wculd recover. He had been drinkIng -
Ing for several da > s and passed a sleepless
night.
General J. C. Jamleson Is 70 years old , and
despondent over financial matters. During
the administration of Governor Rcntrow ho
was adjutant general ot the Oklahoma Na
tional guard , and was adjutant general of
M'fisourl utder Governor 'Marmadukc. ' He
distinguished himself by his rervlces In the
confederate army and was captain under
Walker , the filibuster , In the war in Nica
ragua , where he became prominent for his
bravery and ability nu a leader. Ho liars
been prominent In democvatlc politics In
Missouri and Oklahoma. Ho left a sealed
letter addressed to his wife ;
1IOVU TO UKDUC12 C\l'ITAL STOCK.
Uiinblc in Kuril Dividend * ' on Prcxcnt
IIiiMls of Cnpltnlirntlon.
DETROIT , July 27. Holders of preferred
stock In the Michigan Peninsula Car com
pany arc anxious on account of a threatened
reduction of the capital stock of the big car
building concern. The corporation , which
was formed In 1892 by consolidation of five
car building and iron works , has been doing
llttlo business the past three jcars in pro
portion to Its capital stock , which consists
of $3,000,000 common and ? 5,000.000 preferred
etock. The latter guarantees dividends.
Senator McMlllIn and associates aic heavy
holdcis of. the _ < preferred Bocuiltlca. Colonel
J. P. Hecker'and Charles L. Freer are said
to have gained a controlling Interest in the
common stock and In tne' * 2.000,000 ot bonds
issued by the company , he plant IB salfl
to Inventory perhapa. , $3',600,000.
\VV.\TKI ) TO bid 13 IllSr . .VICTIM DIE.
John Schlt-Kol oil Trial for ( lie Killing
< if Dr. IIr ri > r.
KANSAS CITY. July 27. " Otto Webber ,
who was ui rested two vvecfks ago , charged
with be'ng an accomplice with John
Shlegel in the sensational Street murder of
Dr. Lvman A. Berger , vval liberated today
at his picllmlnary trial. Henry L Staples ,
who swore out the warranter Webber's ar
rest , was shown to be a professional witness.
The hearing of Shlegel , wtiodldthe Killing ,
opened In the criminal court today and at
tracted a throrg of spectators Several wit
nesses were examined relating Schlegel's
threats. The officer who arrested Schlegel
testified that when leading the murderer
away ho paid : "Walt a minute ; let me tee
this fellow die. He rulned my home. "
AVOMA.V AM ) CHIliD KUUM ) DEAD.
Vlun Ml tli Whom Thellnil Ilceii Mi
llie tcriinoil of Tlirlr Murder.
SPRINGFIELD , 111. , July 27. A double
murder occurred hero today. James Mingle ,
a horse trader , Is accused of the crime. The
victims are Mary Brlscoo and her Infant
child. They were killed by chopping their'
heads with a hatchet , 'fhe woman did not
dlo until some hours afterthe deed was com
mitted. The baby wcs dead when found.
Mingle has been living with tbo woman for
fiomo time. It is Bald , the cause of the
trouble was her refupaU to live with him
longer. Minnie has been arrested. Blood
was found on his clothes' ' and he was going
out of the city when captured. He denies
the charge. The woman was 19 jears old.
I'lrcx of ilr iJiiy.
FAIRMONT , Neb. , July 27. ( Special. )
Sunday morning about 0 o'clock E. L. Mais-
bar y , a farmer living'three miles oouthcast
of here , discovered his fine1 barn was on fire.
The barn , hay and grain were destroyed.
The flro caught In the loft. ' It Is a mystery
how It originated. The loss Is about $500 ,
with $200 Insuiance In the Phoenix of Hart
ford.
LOUISVILLE , Neb. , July 27. ( Special Tele
gram ) A tenement house on the G , W.
Holdrcgo farm , east of town , was burned
this afternoon. The fire \Vas caused by a
defective fine. Most of- the , household goods
wcro saved.
NEW YORK. Julyi 27.-4pi-o ! at Yonkera
this afternoon destroyed two largo buildings
occupied by W. A. IleeiJ & Co , , hat man
ufacturers ; Rowland Bros. , hat manufactur-
em ; 1'ass Bros , , silk manufacturers , and the
YonKers Silk company. The loss is over
T500.000. with nearly full Insurance , and SOO
people are thrown out of emplo > mcnt.
LOS ANGBLUS , Gal. , July 27. A flro
broke nut this morning1 In the paloon of
J. C , Gallagher , In U.anow | , and In less
than an hour the entile business portion of
the town was vvlpexl oin. The Harvey
houfO nnd railroad Jiulldtngs were ravd.
The origin of the fire la unknown.
.Trulxll Cliiintptiiimi ,
ATLANTIC CITY , ' N. 3. , July 27.-The
JevvlBh Chiiutauquu nes'jlon today was
highly interesting , Lengjliy papers were
read and dlsciihslonn heldttinon "The Jews
as a Itace ; Their Progress und Ascendancy
In the Commercial World. " and as "The
People of God. " Hev , Dr. 1C , N. Callsh of
Richmond , Vu , , cpoke uppn'Tlio Kplo of
Joseph , " Ho was followed by Dr. Han In
of New York on the "Muecabenn Revolt. "
Owing to the Illiu-s * of Hon. Simon Wolf ,
the special address on painotlsm and rv
was postponed "until tomorrow.
Tlir.iSlorlc CnllK.
NEW YORK , July 27-AJ. n largely at
tended meeting of tlie New York Mining ex
change today , It was decided to add an
extra call of stock to the nst. In the future
there will be three calls , Instead of two tlie
first at 10:15 : a , in. , second at JM5 p. m.
and the third and lust at 2 p m. The Klon
dike gold crate was freely discussed by the
members and all appeared Jubilant over the
renewed feeling of interest In the minim ;
world. 1 t-l- probable that in the near future
Klondike and other Alucka gold xtocku will
to listed on the exchange.
l.ovfrii * Quarrel Ilcmillu . .
ANN ARBOR , Mteh. , July 27-Nathnn
Janiea , a farm hantl , today shot and fatally
wounded Martha Miner , a domestic , and
then killed lilms-elf. A lav era1 quarrel Is tup.
posed to have been the cautc James , vvno
' about W years old , la Bald to have kept
Miss. Miner stercted H hU employer's bouke
f r several dny . The girl l dying. James
killed himself Inntantly ,
HARD TO REACH KLONDYKE
Means of Transportation to the Now Gold
Fields is Metigor.
PASSAGE IS DIFFiCULT TO OBTAIN
Slt-nmer CoinimnlcN Ail\lnc fluid ScoK-
i'rx ( o Sill ) AUIIJ Until .Ni'-vl
'lliitNe \\tio Mint MMV
Will l.nuil \\lnti-r. .
SAN FRANCISCO , Jnfy 27 The throngs
about every shipping office that has even the
|
remotest Alaskan relations have by no mean ?
|
diminished It would seem thnt the only
clrcumstanc3 which prevents the wholesale '
depopulation of San 1'nuc'fico U the limit
In the transportation facilities Not only '
strong men whose broad backs , bronzed
faces and workwotn hands tell of previous ex
perience with the labor that literally sweats
the brow , but clerks and profc. slonal men
and women In hundreds ate seeking , ionic ot
:
them foi Information , but most of them for (
transportation to the Und whcio nuggets are
to ho had , they think , for the picking up.
Every daysccs some new scheme for over
coming the difficulties In the way of reaching
the Klondykc and the fleet cf steameis and
schooners prcvecd Into the service Is growing
steadily. The latest of the KlondyKe trans
portation schemes Is being engineered by
Captain Herrlmann of the firm ot Ilcirlaiann
& Mills. He has been approached by a num
ber of person ? anxious to go to Klondvkc.
and In response to mimcrou. ) requests has
mapped out a plan tor reaching the dlg ln ; o
by the middle of September. He will charter
a laige sailing vessel , and the paity will can-
Fist of sixty men , each of whom will take one
ton of provisions. No one.vlll be permitted
to go unless he takes this quaulltv. Each
one will be charged $225 for the trip and
Captain Herrlmann thinks that for this ptim
he can land them in Dawfaon City befcro
Septembsr 20. The ehlp will cariy a large ]
lighter and a steam launch will be used to
tow the lighter from St , Michaels to the
Klondike. After reaching St. Michaels ca go
and passengers will bo transferred to the
lighter. Captain Hcrilmann will return 10
San Francisco In the vessel and tha party
will be c-nducted to their journey's euJ by
en af.rnt of the firm who Is thoroughly ac
quainted with the river.
The Alaska Commercial company's steamer
Excelsior , which leaves here today , will not
make another trip to Alaska before June
of next jear. All the accommodations to
bo disposed of for this trip have been sold
and the fact well advertised , but the would-
be passengers continue to throng the cotn-
panj's office. The commercial company not
only declines to tell more tickets , but Its
representatives do all In their power to dis
suade the applicants from making the trip
until next year. Some twenty or thirty have
endeavored to secure accommodations for the
firn trU ) next June. The company declines to
bind Itself so far ahead , although a number
of the applicants were willing to put up a
forfeit and agree to abide by any tcims
the company might make for the next j cat's
trip.
DENY MOSS' STORY.
Returned Yukonltea ejeny the story told
bv Frank Moss of Great Falls , Mont. , to the
effect that 2.000 graves at Forty-Mile post tell
of the terrible sufferings of the gold seekeia.
F. G. Bowknr says tl.ttt t > o far from being
over 2,000 deaths on tbc Klondyke during
the past three jears , there was nobody
there to die until something less than a year
ago , and since then there have been three
deaths in that whole district , so far as
known. In the grave yard at Forty-Mile
post , which has served for all that section
for some jears past , there are only between
thirty and forty giaves.
Two miners from the north came in on
the City of Puebla jesterday. They aie
Henry Dore ana J. E. Boucher and both tell
tales of the hardest kind of experlencer.
Thirty davs on flour and water and $30
taken from the ground In eight months Is
but a portion of Dore's experience. Of all
those who have reached the city , his tale
is ono that ought to make those without ex
perience think twice before plunging Into
unknown dangers. J. E , Boucher left his
homo In Wisconsin thre years ago , went In
by Juneau and the Chlleoot to Forty-M.le
and had the usual run of poor luck. He
went to work fr.r $12.50 a day , but that soon
gave out and he then went to prospecting.
"I had no beter success at this than at work
and was pretty well disgusted when I heard
of a strike at Klondyke. I fctuick a good
claim and cleaned up about $10,000. I am
going back homo to enjoy mjeelf till next
spring , when I will go back again If I do no'
aell out In the meantime. " Dore brought out
nearly $30,000 , but they decline to give the
exact figures.
The latent rumor from Alaska Is of thu
discovery of wonderfully rich quartz In largo
quantities on the Stewart river. Particu
lars are vagus and bovond the fact that the
ledge Is a largo one and that the rock aesays
$300 , nothing can be learned. Thl ? , If true ,
will mean much for the Klondyke district.
The Stewart river runs into the Yukon not
for above Daw son and It lo reasonable to
suppose that the placer gold now being found
below may have Itj origin In tbo mountains
at the head of the Stewart and neighboring
rivers and creeks.
SEATTLE , July 27. The Alaska Search
light publishes a letter from William Moore
at Fourteen Mile camp , Skagwa , Alaska ,
stating that the White Pass pack train to the
summit of the plus was opened for travel
July 1C On reaching the summit the trav
eler Btep.i upon an almost level country , the
grade to the lakes being twenty feet to the
mile. The distance from salt water to the
Too-Chl lake la thirty miles and from salt
water to the head ot Lake Bennet tbo dls-
tanco la frrty-fivo miles. Both routes fiom
the mi mm It are through rolling country , for
the most part open , with plenty of gias. } for
feeding , Uock , water and mifficlcnt limber fnr
all purposes. From salt water to the summit
stock and pack horses can be driven through
easily ,
Tunv HUMini ( ) YUKON MIMIIS.
Thntiiin1ipr Kipfi'ti'il io Hi * Knor-
inoiiNl ) Incri-iiKcil from .Vow On.
FREMONT. Neb , , July 27. ( Special. ) Mr.
T. A. Plambeck of this city received a let
ter jesterday from Isaac Jensen , foimcrly
of this city , who has been for the past
tlirfo years In the employ ot the North
American Transportation and Trading com
pany at Fort Cudahy , N. W. T. , In the Yukon
country. The letter was written May 22.
Ho speaks rather disparagingly of the big
strike Just reported from the Klondyke re
gion , and though only forty miles from Dawson -
son , ho eaja nothing definite was then
Known of It at Fort Cudahy , He estimates
the entire number of miners along the
Yukon and its branches at 1,000 , but states
that the indications are tint there will bo
a great rush for the Klondvko country as
soon as the river opens up , Many were ex
pected over the routes by the Chllkat pass
and It was thought the capacity of the
Yukon river steamers would bo taxed to the
utmost. One of the company's steamers win
tered at Circle City , Ho says the miners In
that section had a hard tlmo of it and
suffered great privations and hardships. In
a later letter ho says the Yukon broke up
at Fort Cudahy June 15 , ono day earlier
than last vear , Daw ion , he said , was then
a prosperous camp and the indications were
that a "big strike" bad bejn made there
The trading company had just established a
store there with Jensen In charge.
Snl I for Mm
SAN FRANCISCO , July 27. Spear street
dock was the scene of more excitement thin
morning , when the steamer State of Cali
fornia called for the north , than has oc
curred there for many years. Fully 1,200
people gathered to wltneKs the departure o (
the steamer , and the departing miner * were
given an enthuilattlc farewell. The wharf
was piled high with freight , although the
veucl was loaded to her utmost capacity ,
TKMlMSIIATUHIi A TIliri.K COOI.KIt.
Monilii ) MRlit'x llnln linn n lloiu-llolnl
A rainfall to the extent ot .04 ot an Inch
during Monday night had a very cooling
effect upon tbo atmosphere vestcrday and
made the day very pleasint throughout , al
though It was but 1 degice lower In tem
perature than on the day before. A fresh
southeasterly wind prevailed during the dny ,
adding materially to the general comfort.
The day wns partly cloudy nUo , detracting
from the operations of the sun. The nnxl-
mutn temperature for the day was S9 degrees ,
uhlch was maintained for four hours during
the afternoon In a number of points In
the north and northwest vcsterday 00 dc-
greew were recorded.
oven the hurricane deck being utilized for
thu storage of canned gooila and other sap-
piles. Three hundred nml forty-seven people
ple embarked In the vessel , 233 of whom wcr-
cabin passengers
TUUOI'b W11.I , HU SK.V1TO ALASKA.
Hi or > thine In Ht'iiilliicNM to Start
When Order IH ( iUoii.
WASHINGTON. July 27.-Tho principal
topic ot disci'sslon at todaj'a cabinet meetIng -
Ing was the legal aspect of the proposed es
tablishment of a military post In Alaska
near the gold fields. In some quarters Iherp
Is doubt aa to the power of the executive
t3 establish a post without specific authoriza
tion by congress , but weight of opinion ap
peared to favor tbo exercise of such a right
by the executive as an emergency measure
Secretary Alger already has miJo the neces
sary preparations for carrj Ing out at cnco
the plans to establish the peat. The com
mander of the troops will bo Captain P. H.
Ray , a man well Known for his soldierly
ability and with a fine reputation as a leader
of expeditions , having established the Un to I
States relUf station at Point Barrow , the
faithtflt north In Alaska. Ho wintered at
this e\poted and filgld place aim Is well
acquainted with the wants of the projected
expedition. Cavtaln Ray at present la at
Fort 0. A. Russell In Wyoming. It .a
probable that he will be accompanied In the
expedition by Captain Alurcromble , who
volunteered yesterday by tefegraph for such
service. The latter sajs he had sixty picked
men for the servlc ? and the department maj
avail Itself of thwc to make up the quota
of fifty men which will conctltute the garrison
risen of the new post. The post Itself will
be estnbllshed near Circle City.
The North American Transportation and
Trading company has offered to transpoi t the
troops to Alaska and to land them nt their
destination for $150 per man and $ SO per ton
for freight. The steamer will sail from
Seattle on August E , the latest date that vv-1 1
ensure the sate arrival of the party nt Circle
City before the winter eeison bcgliu. The
steamer will proceed to St. Michael's and
there will trarsshlp to a river steamer. Or
ders have been sent to San Francisco to pro
vide everything necessary In the way of
ample , supplies ot food and heavy vvlntci
clothing and an order has been telegraphed
to Philadelphia to send along a number of
tents of a new description constructed to
keep-out the cold Arctic winds.
SEATTLE , Wash. , July 27. Captain Roy.
U. S. A. , with five officers and fifty-six men ,
will leave Seattle for Circle City , Alaska ,
via St. Michaels August 5. Orders have
been sent to San Francisco to ship a j ear's
supply of clothing , which will include 100
woolen blankets axes and all tooU neccarary
to bo used in "hutting. ' Twelve Improved
conleal tents will bo shipped to Seattle to
day fiom Philadelphia by express. Passage
has been seemed for the United States
officers and their men on the North Ameri
can Truncpcrtatlon and Trading companv't *
hteamer Cleveland , which leaves fieultlo
August 5. Each man's fare will cest the
government $150 and each ton of freight
will be charged for at $ SO.
The Domlnloru government Is to send
elghtv-flvo additional mounted pollco to the
Klondyke , there being twenty-five there. The
men will leave from Victoria on a Pacific
Coast Steamship company boat In a few
days. They will go In from Dyea , traveling
light , getting provlsloi's after they get In.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 27. In icaponbe tea
a telegraphic Inquliy as to whether ho could
rparo a full company of Infantry for the es
tablishment ot a pest at Clrclo City , Alaska ,
for the protection of American Interests , Gen
eral Shafter , commanding the Department of
California , has notified Secretary Algcr that
a company could bo organized at twelve
houra' notice for service In Alaska and asked
for full instructions.
General Shatter expectto receive final In
structions and Is prepared for an-order to
dlspitch bin company north Immediately in
order that It may reach the Yukon before
navigation closco. He expressed the opinion
that the company would leave here on a
special train for Portland , Ore , , and that it
will probably be polncd there by a company
from , the Department of tha Columbia , Thu
officers ) to accompany the company will be a
major , surgeon and two lieutenant ! ) , all of
whom have been selected. Until final in
structions arrive nnd the matter IIM been
definitely ecttled officially General Shatter
declines to plate what company of the Flrat
regiment has been chosen or by whom It
will bo commanded.
OUiiniTiniiN 1,1'iMtfor AIiiNKn.
OTTUMWA , la , , July 27. ( Special Tele-
gram. ) iilei.ry Stocpscll , a prominent young
man of this city , leavea In the morning for
Seattle , where ho joins four others who will
sail directly for St Michaels and up the
Yukon river to the gold fields A stork
company Is being formed to raise capital
enough to send five men there to prospect.
HIIKN for Hold Hunt.
MIDDLETOWN , N , Y. , July 27. A local
firm which Is engaged In manufacturing gold
dust baps of sheepskin for California cus
tomers Is working with double forces on
account of tclcgiaphlc oidera received on
account of the Klondyko discovery.
COTTON MII.I.S CLOSING DOW.V.
IliiHlni'H * for the IJIM ! Six MnndiH Not
Priilltnlilf.
WASHINGTON , July 27. Hon. T. Jeffer
son Coolldge , treasurer of the big Amoskeag
cottcn mills , savs of the shutting down of tha
mills : "Wo have made up our accounts foi
the first elx month ? of the year and find that
wo have made no money and have not moved
our goods , b-o I have ordered ttio mills closed
for the month of August at least , The divi
dends of the Anuskeag mills have been re
duced during the past twelve months. " The
closing ot these mllU will affect about 6,000
operatives
BOSTON , July 27. The directors of the
Lyman cotton mlllH of Holvoke have voted
to pans the regular fcml-minual dividend of
2 per rent , which lia been declared every
fix months for twelve years. Treaaure-r
Partwns tinted that the business of the com
pany for tha Inut xlx months hud been ex
ceptionally poor. The capacity of the m 11
Is ) iOO.GOO spindk-s , of lAhlch 05000 tnlndlos
have been shut down. The mllla will con
tinue partially closed dotvn until there Is u
better .demand.
Wflll.nrn llt-lil L'ndff Honil * ,
BAN FKANCISCO , July 27.-\Vhen the
case against O , M. Wellborn , the deposed
collector of Internal revenue , was called
for examination today hln counsel waived
further tlmo and the commissioner there
upon formally held the defendant to answer
lo the charges of embezzlement , under
bunds In the Bum of (10,000 each.
Movement * of Orcnn Vrxm-ln , .Inly lit.
At Boulogne Arrived Veendam , from
New York , for Hot tei dam
At Ne.v York Sailed Tuurlc. for Liver
pool ; Luhn , fur Uicmeu ,
MAKINGOF A CHIEF
Gang Discomfited bj Exposure of It3
Machinations by The Bco.
POLICE COMMISSION DELAYS ACTIDN
Donnclla is Dropped Out for the
Tiuia Being ,
M03TYN BROUGIir OUT AS A BUND
Gamblers and Their Politio.il Assoolatos
Hold n Gonfcrcnoo.
TRY TO D.VIDE MARTIN WHITE'S ' SUPPORT
Si-liuiiic 1 Throw Unit In tlio 13 > c of
till ! I'OOIlIt * h > 1'OJttllOlllllK ( llC
IMvctlnn of a Chief.
of Police- , i
The failure of the Hoard of Tire nutl Tolled
Commissioners to innlco u new chief of pollco
at Its meeting Monday night Is explained
by the discomfiture of the snug which hail
Issued a decree for the appointment of S. A.
Donnella by the rspcaure In The lleo of the
disreputable methoJs that were being cm-
plojed In his behalf In pursuance of their
plan of anv thing to bead off ox-Clitef Martla
White. The result was several hurried meet
ings of the representatives of the gamblers
and the political coterie thnt have been
working together to control the police anil
n caucus Monday afternoon of three- mem
bers of the pollco board.
As the outcome of these cwifoicncca the
backers of Donnella agreed to let him drop
for the time being and rceuino their elforla
to dlvldo the support of cxChlcfVhlto by
pushing to the front the name of ex-Cap
tain Patrick Mostvn , who Is Mr. White's
partner In the White-Most ) n Detectlvo
agency. The design of the plotters was to
luo Mostjn to weaken White , If possible ,
with the understanding that Mcstjnns
later to bo gotten lid of and replaced \\ltll
their real choice , Mr. Donnella. A part ot
the plan also Involves the retention of Slg-
\\art , Haze and all the other oinccrs who
were restored to the force by the Vandcrvoort-
llroatch boaid and whom the combination of
gambloio , dhekecpers and gang politician *
arc anxious to save.
WANT THKIIl OWN SOIIT.
The engineers of thlfl Echeme are the same
men who have for months been trying to
manipulate the loan ! In the "Inlet est of a.
chief who could be depended on to strvnl
! ! with the lawless rcscrts , chief among them
I'ollco Couimlsaloncr Ilobert E. Leo Herd-
man and Senators Houcll and Ransom , who
wcro Implicated In the boo.llo legislative ,
gambling bill scandal , and ex-Judge Charles
Ogdeti , the gi.ldc , philosopher and friend ot
the proprietors of the late Diamond gam
bling establishment and attorney of the
Brewers' association.
Up to tlila tlmo Captain Mostyn has been
emphatic In assarting' that ho was not a
candidate for the position of chief of pollco
and would not allow his name to be used
In that connection. He has been specially
ficc In stating that he could not under any
circumstances crrvo with Slgwart and Haze ,
and pointing to the resignation which ho
handed Into the Vandervooit-nrcatch board
when It was piri > oed to ictaln him on the
foicc along with Slgwa.it , Haze and tbo
others. That resignation , which Is still on
lilo with the Hoard of Fire and I'ollco Com
missioners , reads as follows :
OMAHA. Sept. 17. 1 r . To the Honorabla
Iloanl ot rhe and Pollr-e Commissioners and
A. T. SlBWart , Chief of Pollco : Gentlemen
I hereby ten lei my resignation us n mem
ber of the police foice of the city of Omaha ,
to take effect nt ( i o'clock p. in. , September
17 , IS'J. , for the following imsons , tow It : To
protect my clmiuctci und reputation as &
pullco ofllccrP.
P. MOSTYN , Captain Police. >
It IB needless to eay that Acting Chlct
SIgwait declined to make any recommenda
tion on this document , and that the men who
want Slgwart and DoniiPlla are. taking up
the name of Mostyn simply In their desper
ation to defeat ex-Chief White.
DEMANDS OF1 THE PEOPLE1.
In the meanwhile the pcoplo arc asking
how the police commissioners can Ignore the
strong petitions and endorsements of bus
iness men , professional men and workingmen -
men that have bcn presented , asking the
appointment of cx-Chlef White to bo head
of the police department , particularly In tbo
face of the reignof terror that ban been
precipitated by the succession of burglarlcn ,
holdups , thetUi and crooked work of
which the police- have been unable to relieve
the community. As slated before In The
Bee , the endoracmcntt ! of ex-Chief Whlto
consist of letters and petitions on ( lie In the
ofllco ot the police board. The petition re
cites that there will bo more need than over
during the coming year for a vigilant and
efficient police force In this city. It declares
Martin Whlto to bo the most experienced
and most efficient chief of pollco Omaha ever
had , and his appointment Is urgently re
quested. The lettera are of similar Import ,
though In moat Instances of a stronger na
ture. The letters arc from the following :
Herman Kountrc. F II. Davis , W. J. Clalr ,
J. L. Drandels , Joseph Frenzer , T. M , Orr ,
J , M. Kuiney. D. Clem Oeavor , I * . H. Her.
NAMES ON THE PETITION ,
The petition la signed by the followInjf
business firms and individuals : John V.
Coad , Haydcn Ilr'cs , Ilrs'on Siore , J. Inran -
dclti & Sons , V , ' , It Dennett & Co , , A. Dona
hue , T. P. Cartwrlght & Co. , A. Edholm.
Stephens & Smith , Sherman & McConnell
Drug company , C , S. Raj mom ] , Jorcph P.
Frenrer , nector & Wllhrlmy company.
Pcycko Bros , , n , E Bruce , Farrell & Co , ,
Guy 0. Barton , Deeilng Harvester company ,
E. O. HuRce. general agent , J , 13. Markel &
Son , Millard hotel , H. F. Cady , president
Cady Lumber company , F , II. Davis , Herman
Kountze , Johnson Hardware company , F. J.
Bugler , Philip Nathan Furniture company ,
Victor B. Caldncll , Edward Lytbo , Charles
Shlverlck & Co. , Omaha Stove Ilrpalr Works ,
I , Brown , S. Sugarman , KaU , Ncylns & Co ,
Crane-Churchill company , W. H , Kohereon. I
W. S. Poppleton , 13. 13. Edwards , Samuel
Hers , M , B. Smith & Co. , Paxton & Gallagher I
company , Llnlnger & Metcalf company. King ,
man Co , The Sharplfs company , W. II.
McCord , C. E , Illdonour , A. Booth Packing
company , Merchants' Express company , Phil
Stlmnul , the Cndahy Packing company ,
the O. II , Hammond company , Wagner
Bios. , Kitchen Bros. Hotel company , Frank
company of Omaha , Omaha Elevator com
pany , John S. Brady A , C. Drelbus , I ) , J.
O'Brien , the Omrha Paper Box company , C.
E. Carlton , W. A , Carney Freezer company ,
American Biscuit Manufacturing company ,
BoinU Omaha Bag company , American Typo
Founder ) * ' company , King k Smcad , Moroo-
Coo Shoo company , Branch & Co , Klrucli-
braun & Sons , Santa Claia Manufacturing
company. Q , L. Wegcivcr Bros. , J , Williams
& Son , W. O. Sloan , Lro-Plarke-Andrceicn
Haidware company , the People's Furniture
& Carpet company , Milton Rogers & Hona ,
Thomas Kllpatrlck & Co. . B , B. Wood ,
Luther Drake , J. A , Crclghton , Gladstone-
Broa. , II. Ttoscnitotk & Co , A. B. Hilhor-
mann , Mrrrltt & Schlank , Arcade hotel ,
C J , Fucr , the limim Iron company , J , II.
Millard. John 13 , Wilbur , Gocrgo B. Lake , V.
A. Na h. H. II. Baldrlge D. T. Mount , Sf.
H , Collins. Crelphton theater , Paxton &
Rurgctti. Charles L Smith C. A. Leavny.
W. T. Tucken , Charles Kllllan , Dewey &
Stone Furniture compcny , H , Euwmbacb ,
Voegle & Dinning , H. Cartan & Co. ,
fharlf * II Pickers , 0 W. BctU M. F. nod-
con , mnnnKcr Avcrv Planter company , Great
Westf-rn S'ov company. M 0. Daxon Man-
Ufa luring roinpauy , Contlucutal CUtblop