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The Omaha Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED JUNE 10, 1871. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, JULY 14, 1902. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. TELL ANOTHER STORY Striken Differ with Officials u to If amber of Men Out. SAY PUBLISHED STATEMENT IS WRONG They Deny that Company Eu 65 Per Cent of Formal Force. TALK OF FLOATERS AND UNSKILLED MEN UnloniiU Declare Only Few Competent Ifacbinista Are at Work. CONDUCTORS AND BRAKEMEN COMPLAIN Trainmen oa Freight Dlssatlsfled with Arrangement of Their Time Bohedalea and The? Will tabmlt Demand. Union Pacific striker take exception to the figure! and statements the officials gare out regarding the number of men employed In the various shops. The strikers assert that In moat caaea the atatlstlca are Inflated and the claima un fair. Referring to the statement! of the company, as published Sunday morning, 3. H. Orare, one of the strike leaders and a member of the machinists' executive com mlttce, said: "The statement Is made by the officials that they hate a force In their Omaha ahopa equal to 65 per cent of their full force, or practically the same-sized force that was at work prior to the last reduc tion, Just before the walkout. They also atate that they have In all departments, Including Council Bluffs, 875 men, aa com pared with a normal force of 975 men In busy, times. Bay It Is Misleading. . "This statement may be correct so far a the number of employee la concerned, but It certainly la erroneous and mislead ing when compared with the facts. In the first place, the men did not walk out, but were discharged and paid oft without a moment's warning. In the next place. the 675 men now employed out of a normal force of (75, are not bollermakers, ma cblnlsta or blacksmiths, but men employed In other branches of the railway service and, therefore, a atatement of this kind made by any official of the Union Pacific, company la Intended to mislead and bood wink the public The atatement that they hare a force at present working equal to 65 per cent of their normal force of bollermakers and machinists Is to use no atronger expression also misleading. Striker Gives Fl ft a res. "What are the facts?" "They bare no blacksmiths, two ship yard rlvetere that tbey call bollermakers. and four men that the claim to be ma chlnlsts; all the rest they may have are floaters men who have been cast out of our organization "At Council Bluffs they have none and are dependent upon the. clans of men I have "If this Is 65 per cent of the normal force tbey cannot have employed more than about ten men when quite busy. Can the ' publto be declved by the garbled state ments of these officials T I think not. "The statement by the official aa to the Dumber of employed at different polnta on their aystem la oh a par with their state ment from Omaha. The facta are: "Omaha six. Council Bluffs none, Colura bus one. Grand Island three, two ma chinists and one bollermaker on car gang, North Platte haa three floaters, Denver four, Kansas City six, Cheyenne four, Rawlins three, one capable man, Evanston five, one bandy man, four mechanics; Green River two and Ogden none. This la the stock In trade of mechanics In the Union Pacific shops. Fight for Exlsteare. W are engaged In a fight with the Union Pacific for the very existence of our association and to preserve the life of unionism. Our fight If won meana the abolition of piecework, a aystem that wherever Introduced haa worked destruc tion to us aa mechanics. When piecework la Introduced In these shops there Is an end to any sort of united action among the workmen, for each man will be dealt with Individually and the price of hla labor will be fixed by bla employer through him alone. This will result In an admixture of prtcea for the same article and end In a fiat reduction. After a time another com plication of prlcea will occur, for I believe the employer will, by the Introduction of special machines endeavor to make apeetalty of different classes of work and thereby Intrtduce the helpers to the placea oi the skilled and thorough mechanics. "Our theory Is that thla process will continue until the prlcea pt labor will be below living wagea and render It possible for the man who la prepared to earn a good livelihood eking out a mere exlatence. Declares Men Will Resist. "We propose to resist this miserable policy Just aa long aa there la a mite of strength left In us, for we will not be dragged to such an end or become the ' means of dragging our fellows there If w caa helo It." The strikers, especially the bollermakers are deriving much satisfaction from report that the bollermakers on the Great North ern and one or two other roads have won tbelr fight, having been given every eoa cession aaked. While the argument baa be -a advanced by some of the trainmen that the shopmen have aa good aa lost their battle alnce they have failed to gain a complete tleup of the shops, the strikers maintain that they are bound to win and sxpreea themselves aa thoroughly satisfied witn the progress of affaire. me company polnta to the fact, that It la getting eome very capable and skilled men rrom Chicago, who have left good positions io accept work from the Unlo Pacific while there was a chance to ge more money than they were making, a proof that the strikers are gradually losing out ana win eventually be conquered an left to look for other plsces unless they decide soon to accept the company'a offer of their old positions. Hoaemas Addressee Carrara. Frank L. Ronemus, secretary and trees nrer of the Brotherhood of Railway Car men, addressed the car builders last night In Fuller's ball at the secret session field by the latter. He counseled peace and forbearance of the carmen, assuring them that tbey had been given all they could aak of the Union Pacific and Insisted thai there was no occasion for a strike. The car builders have apparently dropped all thought of striking. .V i Ronemus left the city for the west to make a thorough Itinerary of the Union Paclflo ahop towns. While there has been more or less Idle talk and speculation alnce the beginning of the ahopmen'e strike of the tralnme (Continued on Second Page.) CHINESE MINISTER NAMED lr l.laa Chen, Secretary of Embassy to Coronation, Appointed Repre sentative to t ailed States. PEKIN, July 13. Sir Lien Chen, secretary of the Chinese embassy to he coronation of King Edward, waa today 'ited Chin ese minister to the Unltei ... New ministers to Russia, '',, "Oil taly have aleo been named. Th ' i, for these posts show that the dowag t press continues to regard the diploma. ervlce as unimportant. None of the ap- , i Intees are higher then the blue button rank. All of them, except Llan Chen Tang, re unknown to the foreign countries. Llan Chea-Tang's appointment pleases the Americana here. He la a graduate of Tale university and la able, dignified and hon est. He Is the first of the body of stu dents sent to America In the '70s to re ceive recognition befitting their accomplish ments. The Chinese have disliked them because of their progressive views. WASHINGTON, July 13. Mr. Wu. the Chinese minister at Waahlngton, was not surprised to bear of the appointment of a uccessor to himself, aa he haa been ex pectlng an announcement of this kind for ome time. He had received notice thai his services would be required In another capacity and for thla reason haa been prepared to hear of a successor being ap pointed. Sir Llan Chen, the newly appointed min ister, la a comparatively young man, being only a little over 40 years of age. Ltka the present minister, be Is said to be a man of progressive Ideas, whose opinions have been formed from hla education, which was received partly In the United States, from hla former connection with the Chinese embassy here and from his contact with European civilization In the course of several special missions. Chen was one of the four parties of Chinese boys who were sent to the United Statea about twenty yeara ago for the purpose of completing tbelr education. The Idea of the Chinese government waa to have each of the boys spend fifteen yeara In thla country, ten years In the prepara tory achoola and the remainder in the uni versities. Before Chen had finished his course waa discontinued and be returned home. While Chang waa minister to Waah lngton aome yeara ago, Chen aerved as In terpreter during the three yeara of hla Incumbency. Later he waa secretary of a special mission aent to Japan, and when the Jubilee of Queen Victoria was celebrated he filled a similar position to the embassy which went to London. It was from his connection with the latter mission that he obtained bla knighthood and received the title of "air." Last year, when China dispatched a spe cial mission to Germany to make formal apologies for the murder of Baron von Ketteler, Chen waa a member of the party, Minister Wu haa not been officially ad vised of the appointment of bla successor. The retiring minister, Mr. Wu, baa been at thla capital since 1897. Hla relations with the administrations of Presidents Mc- Klnley and Rooaeveit have been of a most cordial character. The ordinary term of ministers In the Chinese diplomatic aervlce la three yeara, and they are not reap pointed. Mfr -'u'.i .." Mr. Wu'a term, however, baa been con tinued indefinitely from time to time. He waa of great aaslstance to bis government during the Boxer troubles. Several months ago the waa appointed a member of the commission to codify the existing Chinese lawa and prepare a aet of modern lawa for bis country, and It Is this business which In all probability the Chinese government baa In atore for blm when be returna to hla native land. Mr. Wu la alao minister to Spain and Peru. FRENCH BEGIN CELEBRATING Fine Weather Start National Fete One Day Ahead of Schedule Time. PARIS, July 13. While the official ob servance of the Fete Nationals, on the an niversary of the fall of the Bastlle does not begin until tomorrow, Parisians today took advantage of the fine, cool weather to begin the celebration with pilgrimages of the Alsatian and other patriotic aocletlea to place wreaths on the statue of Straa- burg in the Place de Concord and upon the monuments to Jeanne de Arc and Oam betta. The city everywhere is gay with bunting and numeroua American and Rua alan flags are mingled with French trl color. The principal streets and boule vards were thronged throughout the af ternoon and upon the approach of evening the proprietors of many cafea and wine shops set tables in the streets, which were aoon occupied by diners. Aa darkness gath ered open air balls were started around the band atands, which bad been erected In every available place and these are now In full awing, with every prospeot of con tinuing until morning. MONT PELEE IS IN ERUPTION Volcano Belches Btaaes and Cinder, Rendering Three Town Uninhabitable. PORT DE FRANCE. Island of Martin ique, July 13. Last night and today Mont Pelee was In eruption, the activity being aa great aa that of Saturday and Wednes day last. Morns Rouge AJoupa, Bouillon and Maconla were covered with stones and cinders and were rendered uninhabitable for several hours. The volcano emitted a dense column of flame and at the same time electrical phe nomena were observed. The eruption waa accompanied by a deep rumbling, resem bling contlnuoue thunder. There were no fatalities reported, but the Inhabitants of the northern part of the island were panic-stricken,, all residents of Port De France remaining calm. The French scientific mission has been re called from Guadeloupe by the governor and atarted thla morning for Mont Pelee. KING WILL BE OUT TUESDAY Edward to Be Traasportert to Royal Yacht at Portamoath at Koon Tomorrow. " LONDON, July 13. The progresa of King Edward toward recovery Is maintained and It la reported that be will be transferred to the royal yacht at Portsmouth at noon next Tuesday. Knoek Oat German Middlemen. BERLIN, July 13 A private dispatch received here from Warsaw aays the ag ricultural aocietles of Poland are negotiat ing with American manufacturer direct for the purchase of machinery, excluding the German middlemen. Thla step la be lieved to be aimed also at German ma chinery. Several newspapers publish the above dispatch as Illustrative of the efforts of Americana to supplant German manufacturers. BOTH SIDES STAND FIRM Freight Handlers to Make Final Overture! for Bthke Settlement Monday. PROLONGED CONTEST IF EFFORT FAILS Fight to Finish Probable If Attempt at Adjustment le , Vain, and Other Unions This in V, Will Participate. CHICAGO. July 13. Final overtures for the aettlement of the strike of freight hand- lera and teamsters were made at meetings of the two unions tonight. At the instiga tion of the members of the Chicago Board of Arbitration, the freight bandlere agreed to Bend commltteea to all the rallroada to morrow morning. Thla agreement was made after the board bad announced to the union men that eight of the largest rall roada entering Chicago had agreed to pay 17 cent per hour to truckers and pay for overtime and to do away with the demand for a probationary period of service. The general managers of two of the rall roada declared they had agreed to no auch proposition. They declared that when the commltteea shall visit the railroad officea tomorrrow morning the roada will offer them the aame terms as those which were rejected by the union men yesterday. The statement from the general managera de stroyed the hope of a aettlement of the strike tomorrow on the basis of the terms suggested by the general managera of the railroads. fcftort 1 to Please Teamsters. Even If the general managers had not In sisted upon maintaining their position It Is not probable that a settlement could be effected. The freight bandlere agreed to make another effort to reach a aettlement with the rallroada only to please the team ster who previously had indorsed the at tempt of the Board of Arbitration to aettle the strike. There is lack of evidence of their at tempt to make a aerloua effort tp aettle the controversy. President Curran of the Freight Handlera union atated tonight that the committees tomorrow morning will in sist on the payment of 18 centa an hour In stead of 17H cents, which the railroads are reported to have offered. He also stated that the freight handlera will make no more overtures and hereafter will reject all proposals which shall not stipulate for the payment of the wage acale aa formulated by the union and the recognition of the organization. Look Like Fight to Finish. With the general managers and the union both maintaining these respective positions, It is believed that there la alight chance for a aettlement tomorrow and that when that ODDortunlty shall have vanished, it will be a fight to a finish. Every teametera union in Chicago that haa membera handling freight voted today to refuse to take teams to the freight depots. Longshoremen of Chicago who have been only In a partially organized condition were formed Into a union today. They are out now. in sympathy with, lb Jilght hftHfl, lers, but tomorrow may Inaugurate an In dependent strike of their own, if a higher acale of wagea for loading and unloading the big lake boats shall be refused. The ice teametera alao have agreeed not to ice refrigerator cara nor to visit the railroad yards. This la virtually a aym pathetic, atrlke and until the rallroada shall settle the trouble with the freight handlera the ice storage polnta along the railroad lines will have to be closed. The coal teamsters at a meeting today determined that co member of the union shall go near the railroad freight aheds during the strike. While there Is little likelihood of the coal teamsters being asked to haul from the freight houses, they de elded to be prepared for auch a contingency by resolving not to touch any artlclea un loaded from freight cara by nonunion la borers. Policeman Wonnds Striker. Though Sunday is a day of rest for the freight handlera and teamsters there were several clashe between the police and atrikers. The most serious disturbance oc curred on the Randolph atreet viaduct over the Illinois Central, freight yards where Nell Brown, a special policeman, clashed with several strikers. Brown waa badly beaten and In the affray he fired several shots, one of which wounded John Setter del, a striker, in the knee. Brown waa ar rested. , W. F. Kelly, a teamster who waa attacked by atrikers on South Water atreet, fired several bdois into me crowa. Kelly waa arrested. a large aetaii or reserve police waa massed at the city hall and at the Harrison atreet atatlon to be in readlnesa for possl ble rioting. - STRIKE CRISIS THIS WEEK Oatcom of Anthracite Tleap Will Probably Be Decided at Indian apolis Convention. W1LKESBARRE. Pa., July 13. The tenth week of the great anthracite miners' atrlke may witness the crisis. Everything now depends upon the national convention which meets at Indlanapolla on Thursday. If the convention votes solid sjpport to the hard coal miners now on strike the conflict with the operators may be pro longed indefinitely. On the other hand, ahould aubstantial support not be forth coming, it may have a discouraging effect on the strikers and the operators, taking advantage of It, may attempt to resume operatlona at some of the collieries. Thla Is the consensus of opinion aa expreased In operators' and atrlke circle. No effort will be made by any of the coal companies to atart up any of their mines this week. Indlanapolla must speak first before any move is made In that direction. Many of the local assemblies of district No. 1, United Mine Workers, held meetings tcdsy to give final Instruction to their delegatea who will represent them In the national convention. Just whst the Instruction are ia not kndwn. It Is expected, however, that all the delegates from the anthracite region will vote as a unit In the convention. Sheriff Jackson statea that the whole re gion is unusually quiet. ALTOONA, Pa., July 13. Reporta from all the sub-districts of district No. I. United Mine Workers, show that the dele gatea elected to the national convention at Indlanapolla from this field are unlu structed aa regarda voting for a general sympathy strike. All of the eight men chosen are conserv ative miners, selected especially to avoid. If possible, bringing the , central bitu minous field Into a sympathy strike. The delegates will urge the convention to donate a day's pay weekly to the an- (Continued on Second Pag ) SHEEPMEN GREATLY EXCITED Assert Additions ta Yellowstone Park Take Away Their Winter Range. CODY, Wyo., July IS. (Special Tele gram). This entire section la excited and promise of no little- future trouble caused by the recent forest reserve extensions. Ever since the president Issued his proc lamation about alx weeks since quiet meet ings among' the sheepmen have been In dulged In but no action waa taken until the arrival of A. A. Anderson, the artist of New York, who has a large summer ranch on Wood river. The extension takes In many township of land adjoining Yel lowstone park which have heretofore been the winter ranges for thousands of sheep. Mr. Anderson waa appointed special superintendent of the Yellowstone park and empowered to employ sufficient force to carry out the law and upon his arrival last week hevsnnounced that he would compel the withdrawal of all sheep now on the extension. This has created a fever of excitement, not only with the flock masters, but with all the people of Big Horn and Sun Light basins. Mr. Anderson, who is personally very wealthy, s charged with being the instigator of the law and already he has beeen threatened with assault. A mass meeting of the stock men and others la called to meet at Meet eetze next Wednesday, and today riders are out notifying flockmaaters and others to be present. Resolutions will then be adopted and sent to the president by a committee ask ing the suspension of the act until they can have a hearing. If carried out it la al leged It will nearly ruin the greatest In dustry of this entire region, because the winter range of sheep, which is of the greatest necessity, will be taken away and the present low ranges In the crowded condition will not be anywhere near suffi cient. The meeting next Wednesday will doubtless be largely attended. YOUNG PROTESTANTS MEET Union of America Holds Sabbath Sea. alon In Providence. Rhode Islaad. PROVIDENCE, R. I., July IS. The Prot estant Young Peoples' Union of America, after having been in sees Ion here today, terminated Its meeting with exerclsea which consumed morning, afternoon and evening. The morning waa devoted to prayer meet Ing In Infantry hall, and In the First Bap tist church, Rev. Walter Calley of Boston, speaking in the hall on the source of "Mis sionary Enthusiasm," while Rev. E. P. Tuller of Detroit conducted aervlcea in the church, taking for hla theme "Open Win do we." A Swedish conference in the ball closed the forenoon exercises, but the work was again taken Up at 3 o'clock, when Presi dent N. fi. Wood of Newton Centre, Mass., preached what was termed the convention sermon. Reev Everett D. Burr of Newton Centre, Mass., conducted a vesper service at sun down on the campus of Brown unlveratty. The order of services in the evening in Infantry hall was duplicated at the First Baptist church. Rev. J. A.' Bennett of Phil adelphia at tha hall, . Rev. J. N. Field of Fort- Wayne, Ind., at the church, dealt with the topic, "Words of All Recitation." ARRIVAL WILL BE SIMPLE Advent of Prince of Slam to United State to Lack Demon stration. NEW YORK, July 13. It la learned from authorltlve aources that the crown prince of Slam will come to the United States In the aame simple manner that he has visited King Edward and the various continental rulers, accompanied only by hla brother. the noxt in auccesslon to the crown prince and two aides-de-camp, officers In the Siamese army. The crown prince Is in his twenty-second year and for more than eight years haa lived in England, speaking and writing the language. He baa been educated In Oxford, Is president of the Cosmopolitan club of that university and ia most simple and unaffected In hla manner. He Is said to be thoroughly Imbued with western civ ilization, aa also la his father, the king of Slam. He will call on the president and sec retary of atate officially either In Washing ton or such other place aa the American authorities may designate. CATHOLICS RAISE PROTEST Meet In Grand Rapid and Drnft Reso lution Championing Philip pine Friar. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.. July 13. A meeting of Catholics was held here today to protest against the United Statea forc ing the friars out of the Philippines. All the Catholic clergy attended. Resolutions were adopted In part aa follows: Wheress, As the fralra aa a class are un- Ji'Ftly maligned and are even threatened with expulsion and the spoliation of their property, therefore be it Resolved, That we, the bishop, clergy and Catholics of the city of Grand Rapids, Mich., as citizens of the United States, pro test against sll ths wrongs and unjust acts rerpetrated on our fellow Catholics In the 'hillpplnes. That we appreciate the effort of Secre tary Root to Investigate and remedy the evils complained of. That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the prettldent of the United States and to all senators and representatives and to all Catholic organizations in the United States and In the Philippines. HIBERNIAN FORCES ASSEMBLE Delegates ta Convention of Ancient Order Benin to Gather la Denver. DENVER, Colo., July 13. Delegatea to the convention of the Ancient Order of Hi bernians, which will meet In this city Tues day, began to arrive tonight. John T. Keat ing, president of the order, and a large delegation from Chicago and aurroundlng cities, arrived at 9 o'clock tonight. The New England delegation, one of the largest expected, waa due tonight, but ow ing to delayed trains will arrive in the early morning. M'BRIER'S BODY RECOVERED Remains la Water Forty-Five Day aad Salcldal Evidence Is , App-r.at. 8AULT STE. MARIE, Mich., July IS. The body of J. H. McBrler, son of James McBrler, a wealthy ahlp owner of Erie, Pa., was taken from the river this morning by dockmen. It had been in the water forty five days and waa badly decompcaed. The words. "My name Is J. H. McBrler," which were written on an envelope. Indicate au'.cide, McBrler ha been missing from home In Erie two months. His father traced him to tha Boo. CONSIDER THE MINE SAFE Pennsylvania Mine Inspectors. Permit Be mmption of Operations at Johnstown. KLONDIKE SECTION TO REMAIN CLOSED Scene of Awfnl Explosion Mast Be Deserted Until Perfect Security by Battlclasr the Openings Is Assured. JOHNSTOWN, Pa., July IS. "We know where the explosion In the Rolling Mill mine occurred. We know what caused It. We know who caused It. It he were alive criminal action might reach him. He Is dead undoubtedly. There Is nothing sen sational about the case. I will only aay that the explosion waa not caused by a blast" Three poignant statements were made by John A. Roderick, chief of the atate bureau of mines, tonight, some time after hearing the report of his four district Inspectors who made an official examination of the mine today. Mr. Roderick said: "There Is nothing to conceal and everything known to me will be made public at the coroner's Inquest, which will not be held for several daya, or at least until Mine Bosses John Hotalick, Harry Rodgera and Thomaa Foster are able to testify." JOHNSTOWN. Pa., July 13. After a con ference this evening with the four atate mine inspectors summoned here to make a thorough Inspection of the Rolling Mill mine of the Cambria Steel company, Jamea E. Roderick, chief of the atate bureau of min ing Inspection, dictated a notice to Gen eral Manager C. S. Price of the Cambria company, granting formal permission to resume operations In all sections of the mine except the Klondike, In the morning. The Klondike workings will likely be closed for several days until perfect se curity is assured through the brattlclng of openings and repairs necessitated by the explosion. At 9:30 a. m. State Mine Inspectors Joseph T. Evans of Johnstown, Joseph Williams of Altoona, C. B. Robs of Greensburg and I. G. Roby of Unlontown left Chief Rod erick and the mine officials at the mine office and entered the mine. They went all through the Klondike, making air tests and noting the conditions controlling ven tilation. They found many openings which retarded the proper course of air currents and noted them. The Inspection lasted for hours. After finishing the Klondike sec tion the experts went through all the other sections which have never manifested dan geroua symptoms. There they found mat tera in ordinary shape and at 4:30 p. m. the men left the mine to report at the hotel to Chief Roderick. ' Mete as to Discoveries. This talk went over all the men knew of the mine before and alnce the explosion. the effects of the explosion and all pertain ing to the prospects of future Immunity from a similar catastrophe. The men paid particular note to the ferreting out. It possible, of the cause of the explosion, and thafact whether the blame rests ou any one now living,, lipon'Wboui heavy 'pirntoh ment would alight. Of course the Inspectors would aay nothing aa to their discoveries. They will remain mute to the public on the eubject until called upon to testify at the inquest, the date of which Coroner Mil ler will not fix until tomorrow night "I decline to Bay what my conclusions are alnce I have talked with the onea who were in today," said Mr. Roderick. "But I will say I consider the Rolling Mill mine a well conducted Institution." Two more deaths of rescued victims have occurrerd since last night. Early this morning John Sehr and Yasante SIbolla died at the Cambria general hospital. These men were among the six living last brought from the mine Friday afternoon, of which four others have died. These deaths raise the total fatalities to 114, although th. company records hsve It one lees. Much confusion baa attended the compilation of the record. Mine Superintendent G. T. Robinson said thla evening: I would not like to assert that there are no more bodlea in the mine, but 1 don't think there are. There may be a few. It is generally regarded as certain that the full extent of the dlsaater ia now known. State mine Inspectors ssy tonight that the condition of all the workings are now tree of gaa and that the almost perfect ventilat ing apparatus is rushing currents of pure air into the uttermost recesses of the sub terranean workings. There has not been a single place outside of the old abandoned chambers that has not undergone the scrutiny of experts to pronounce everything In aa good' condition aa could be asked or demanded. Most Interest centered today in the fu neral obsequies, which were scattered throughout the V'ty. The black cloud of mourning waa hoisted over Cambria City, where the foreign population dwells. Scenes of Saturday In thla section were repeated, but only with sterner force. It waa a grim fete day, in which the number of participant waa augmented by throngs the morning tralna brought In. The out siders came from towns within a raduls of fifty miles or more. These visitors spread themselves out in squads and took In the varloua points of interest associated with the tragedy. The foot of the tramway leading up to the main pit mouth all paid a viBlt to. Hundreds gathered there at a time In the vain hope of aeelng newly discovered bodies brought forth to gratify their curoua gaze. Collectloa for Dcatltate. All the churchea of Johnstown paid more or less attention in their morning aervlcea to the disaster. Collections were left In many for the benefit of the bereft families of the poorer victlma. Special maaaes were said In the Catholio churchea. The afternoon waa devoted to funerals. Incessantly processions moved out and along Chestnut street toward the Catholic cemeteries near Morrrellville. The funeral of Mike Sabot, one of the con spicuous self-sacrificing beroea of the dis aster, took place from St. Mary's German Catholic church. The large church was packed with friends and thoae who did not know the little dead felllow, but who had heard the noble story of his achievement which brought him glory, but only at the expense of bis life. Sabot was about 17 yeara old. He was a trap boy and knew the mine like a book. He waa out at the mouth of one of the headings when the explosion came. He found himself unscathed and Immediately rushed to the rescue of the falling men beyond him. Die Wbll Having Life. He had dragged three into a working that the afterdamp bad not reached and to his help they owe tbelr lives todsy. Back be plunged Into the mine besdlng after more bodlea. Faintness overcame blm and he toppled over and died (Continued en Second Page.) CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Orcaslonsl Showers and Thunderstorms Monday and Tuesday. Tempcratare at Omaha Yesterdayi Itonr. Dev. Hoar. Desr. B n. m l p. m k:i On. m TO 8 p. m MA T a. lu TS 8 p. m H a. m T3 4 p. m HI a. m T4 B p. m MM 10 a. n TS p. m MM 11 a, aa MO T p. m MT II Ml 8 p. m M4 O p. m. . . . . . Ml MAN HUNT MORE ZEALOUS Pnrsnlt of Convict Tracy Grows More Enthnslastlc, bat Fagltlve le Elusive. SEATTLE, Wash., July IS. Notwith standing the general belief that Tracy Is on the verge of collapse as the result of buckshot wounds and Illness resulting from exposure in the wet brush he managed to keep hidden from the officers all day. Thla was especially disappointing to the four sheriffs now on hla trail, as they had led him an exhausting chase up to last night and hoped to push the pursuit to an ac tual encounter today. Vigilance haa been redoubled and the encircling cordon about the district where it waa almost certain the man was hidden waa atronger than ever. The deputies scoured the neighborhood all day long, but beyond discredited reports of the convict' appearance near Rnumclaw nothing was beard of the desperado. The offlcera, however, have not wavered and the hunt la being pushed with greater seal than ever. The hunt is to be con tinued through tonight and tomorrow with out cessation. The sheriffs are convinced that the convict la within the territory guarded by the deputies and possemen. SEATTLE. Wash., July 13. A special to the Post-Intelllgencer from Enumclaw, Wash., says: The manhunters are once again hot on the trail of Harry Tracy. At 8:30 tonight the bloodhounds were placed on his track and after following It for three-quarters of a mile lost it in a dense swamp that borders the road leading from here to Buckley. The wires have been kept hot for two hours. with messages to aur- rounding.towns, and It Is believed that Tracy will be either killed or captured by noon tomorrow. Tracy was' seen at S o'clock this after- coon one and a half miles east of Enum claw. FEEHAN TO REST IN CALVARY Dead Prelate Will Re Burled Thursday from Holy Name Cathedral. CHICAGO, July IS. The funeral of Arch- bishop Feehan will be held In the cathe dral of the Holy Name at 10 o'clock Thurs day morning. The Interment will be Calvary cemetery the aame day. The body of the dead prelate will remain at the episcopal residence tomorrow and tomorrow night, guarded by priests. It will be taken to the cathedral on Tuesday morning to He In atato until Wednesday. During those two duys the church will bo open to all comers and those who may de sire to take a view of the dead archbishop Wfir lave the opportunity.. The aervlcea on Thursday will be the moat impressive in the ritual of the church. Pontifical mass, participated in by bishops and archbishops from all over the country and with more than 1,000 priests forming the congregation, will be celebrated. Telegrams and messages of condolence were received today by the officers of the diocese from every part of the world, from every dloceae in the United Statea and from Rome. STEAMER PORTLAND IS SAFE Overdue Vessel Arrives at St. Michael Jaly a In Good Condi tion. CV A TTT V TT" o 1. T.ilv 14 Th- ,(.am Portland arrived at St. Michael July 2, according to a special dispatch received by- the Post-Intelligencer from Dawson. The news was telegraphed up river to Nualto, where the steamer Sarah brought It on to Eagle. There It was wired to Daw sbn. Portland Bailed July 3 for Port Townsend. The voesel is In good condition and the passengers and crew are well. Vjirtiln. hi, hjtun rennrteil hv RnrAh which brought the newa regarding Jeanle. Sarah ! U due at D.weon tonight but It Is not ex- pected to have turther advlcea. Two more lower river steamera are due tomorrow. J. B. Tyrrell, the northern Canadian ex- porter now in Dawson, saye the Instruments found near Great Fish river a few daya ago , are not hla He thlnka they were Andre'a ana inni mo bDiuiuiuuj, tvi-icu nuuo. BELIEVES PEACE SHORT LIVED Delnrey Adjutant Say Boer Hare Good Arm Secreted aad Strug ! Will Revive. COLORADO SPRINGS, July 13. H. C. De Rooy, an adjutant In the Boer war under Delarey, is In the city on a visit. He says, in his opinion, peace will not last two years. The arme turned Into the British are worthies and the good ones have been burled in aecret places. He says England Is trying to make English men of th Boers, and when they put on the acrewa too bard the latter will rebel. TWO BOYS SINK WITH BOAT Drown Im Lake Near Detroit, bnt Girl Companion I Rescned. DETROIT, ' July 13. Two boys, Anthony Rukanp, aged 16, and Adolpb Budeller, aged 18, residents of this city, were drowned to day In Cass lake, a amall body of water about twenty-five milea from here. In company with May 'Wlesler they were rowing. The boat began leaking and final ly tipped over before they could reach shore. Th girl was saved but both boy aank before rescuera could get to them. Movemrats of Ocean easrla, Jaly 13. At New York Arrived Pslatia. from Genoa and Naples; Canadian, from Liver pool; Rotterdam, from Rotterdam nn.t Hculngne sur Mur; Minneapolis, from London: Cymric, from Liverpool and Queenstown. At Philadelphia Arrived Noordland, from Liverpool and Queenmown. At Yokohama Arrived Gaelic, from San Francisco via Honolulu, for lilogo, Shang hai and Hong Kong At the l.lsard Passed Zeeland, from New York, for Antwerp. At Liverpool Arrived Celtic, from New York via Queenstown. At Hamburg Arrived Graf Waldersee, from New York, via Plymouth and Cher bourg. At London Arrived Menominee, from New York. At gucrtiHtown- Sailed L'mbrla, from Liverpool, for New York. At Southampton Sailed Kaiser Frlede lich der Grornte, from Bremen, for New York"; blu her, from Hamburg and Bou logne, fur New York. LORD SALISBURY OUT Tendera Hit lesignation u Premier of Britiih Cabinet te the ling. HIS NEPHEW A. J. BALFOUR SUCCEEDS HIM Shrewdly Timed When Chamberlain ii Unable to Flay in the Game, RESIGNATION IS TENDERED FRIDAY Had Been Expected for Soma Time and Cauiei No Surprise. POOR HEALTH AND OLD AGE THE REASONS Specalatlon I Now nif a to Reor ganisation of the Cabinet Irish Leaders Like the Chance. (Copyright, 1902, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, July 13. (New York Cable gram Special Telegram.) Lord Salisbury's resignation and Arthur Balfour'a advance ment to the premiership at the moment when Joseph Chamberlain waa stricken by accident and Is incapacitated from fighting for bjs own hand, is regarded in all po litical circles here as one of the cleverest and most cynically unscrupulous pieces of political Intrigue In English history. Salisbury tendered his resignation on Friday and recommended to the king to send for his nephew, who went and accepted and took up the reforming of the ministry, which was dissolved by Salisbury's sur render of the seals of office. Having accepted, Balfour went to Cham belaln, on hla alck bed under the Impera tive injunctions of his doctors to avoid alt worry and excitement. Informed blm of what had happened and asked for his co operation. If Chamberlain had been oa his feet he wou d certainly have made a fight against the arrangement, which, In view of hla age, virtually puta the magnificent prize for which he has been scheming all these years, beyond hla grasp. But under the malign circumstances In which be waa placed he had nothing to do except to ac quiesce. It is said he has written a cor dial letter to be read at tomorrow'a meet ing of the unionist party, in which be prom ises most loyal support to Balfour. Ha could do nothing else. His son, Austen Chamberlain, now financial secretary of the treasury. It Is believed, will be taken Into the cabinet aa postmaster general thla aa a salve to the colonial secretary's disap pointed ambition. It Is equivalent to at tempting to satisfy the blood hunger of a tiger with a lump of candy. There la no reason for a change in th premiership at this precise' moment, ex cept that Chamberlain waa at a disadvant age, and the action of Salisbury in subject ing the king to possibly dangerous excite ment merely to insure easy promotion for his nephew Is naturally much criticised. But It la said that the king dreaded the possibil ity of a Chamberlain premiership ao pro foundly that it was a relief to blm tbat thla particular danger to the country had been averted. "" ' - "-r- -r- Salisbury's retirement means" no change; of policy, but Balfour will have great diffi culty In resisting outside pressure for the reconstruction of the cabinet and tha cast ing out of several useless membera. Other wise the cabinet would be weaker than be trre. and a general election cannot be staved off for another aesslon. t'aased Ka Surprise. LONDON, July IS. The fact of the resign nation of the premiership of Great Brltalq by Lord Salisbury, as foreshadowed In tha dispatches of the Aseoclsted Press, was officially given out this evening. The prims, minister laid down the responsibility of hla office July 11. Within twenty-four hours hi majesty elevated Mr.. A. J. Balfour, the government's chief representative In tha House of Commons, to the position of pre mier. While It was expected In official and political circle, tbut Ircl Saltabury'. retire ment would be coincident with the corona tlon or King Edward, It waa ecarcely looked for prior to that event. Consequently abouj the only surprise expressed aa the newt spread through London concerned tha data rather than the fact of the rraolution. The Interest was not so much in the withdrawal of Lord Salisbury as it waa In the appoint ment of his successor. The liveliest speculation la rife aa th! personnel of the new cabinet. The mosl , dlecUi ,ed fc(Uure of the fl chn the ,tlon of chamberlaln th; j. .,., .B-r-,BPV wh , .. ' I '.,. , . dldate (or the premig-.h, A representative of the Associated Press ! ,ealn. lhat prfor to the acceptance of h new office Mr. Balfour first bad an Inter, view with Mr. Chamberlain and then con suited with his other cabinet assistant) This is regarded aa assurance that the fu. ture rela'ive positions of Messrs. Balfoul and Chamberlain will be aatlafactory te both. Mr. Chamberlain' friends say he al waya recogntzed the reversion of the prei mlershlp to Mr. Bslfour' right aa leade of the House of Commons. Arranged a Month Abto. Hla retirement waa practically arranged at an audience of Lord Salisbury with tha king a month ago, to be coincident with: his majesty's coronation, but the king's Illness Interfered with these plana and compelled Lord Salisbury to wait until hi majesty waa sufficiently recovered U attend to atate business. Though alert mentally, the retiring pre mier's physical condition, especial!! since the death of hla wife, haa not been sat tsfactory. That loss seemed to affect hlrq greatly and alnce that time he haa don little entertaining beyond purely official annual dinners and receptions. In a social aspect, however, Mr. Balfour' accession 1 not expected to make much difference, neither Mr. Balfour nor his sister, who sets aa his hostess, being very fond ol society. Although Lord Salisbury's resignation does not necessarily Involve the recon struction of the cabinet. It Is believed th-r will be some changes. It Is not considered unlikely that some of the ministers will be made peers In order to make room for new blood in the cabinet. It baa been tb Idea that Mr. Balfour would be elevated to the peerage, leaving Mr. Chamberlain to had In the House of Commons, the notion being that thla arrangement would be th best to conciliate the divergent Interest! of the cabinet; but It la understood that, at any rate for the present. Mr. Balfoul will continue to lead the Commons. The Associated Press learns tbat Lord Salisbury In resigning expressed th de. sir that no new title or honors should be conferred upon blm. The retirement of this last great states man of the Victorian age 1 universally re garded as tha transition from ons genera tion to another and aa marking th close of an era In the national life. The main reason of Premier Salisbury'! withdrawal la considered by all the boa)