Pittston Gazette

              I /Compare the evening newspa- IV* pers with the morningjour% nals for conclusive proof that Ithe bulk of the news appears first in the former. Cw liftlr reactv u* %occ •* houws m ritstw »nCi its in. | medial* victim? through the f columns of this newspaper. J ifsfcr* Utt taosi t SaiUyi! « PITTSTON, PA , FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 28, 11H)0. T W«oi YSSAff" ' ONLY DAILY IN CITY FIFTY-FIRST YEAR THE FENN'S SAFE guests of the Congers, are Idling aptri*s In the -ingtng I have written a parody on "Tramp, tramp, tramp, the hoys are marching. ' which is quite popular You shall see it some day if we get out of this. Another most remarkable think about our experience has been the weather, tn June we bad none of the rery hot weather of last year , and in Juiy we bare, as yet. had no heary rains. It seems hardly possible, mare as a miracle, that these rains can hold off mnch longer for our troope to trarel. yet the road** will be almost impassable' if the heary rains come. v ET CAETERA. REGARDLESS OPLES STORfc PROBABLE VICTORY FOR THE STRIKERS STRIKE NEAR ITS END. strikers, has all along favored an annca ble adjustment of differences throagh arbitration. Father Ducey spent soiue time in the anthracite region, and it was suggested that he be asked to help adjusV the big strike. (Continued from page four ) ii» r»«m ainitM** Mm. w»»» Utter Mtsor Iftttan Lopt—Gentleman-* ullrer watch ud gold Cl«ln, KDrvlwn on iamonage or Mala atiaet. rtidii will be rewarded ty tear lag al 304 Pareooage etraet II rot, S*k—The building tceapled aa elgar and candy store oppoatte Sotqnehanna Are. Station. Apply on premleea. 3» for Sale—3 cbaadelleia (or olU Applj 3)3 Sneqlehanra arenoe. 381w $3 a daj. guaranteed ageata (wn or women) selling oor high grade laundry and toilet arnpa. For «(Mn territory wille Ulllen Soap Co, 819 Adams bt, Chicago mCJtf t( Early Settlement of Trouble me, one mashing a portion of my threeqaarter Inch pith hat to the thinssea of a portal card, the other catting my head slightly. The Chinese laborers made tracks for the fool of the wsll, bat I stayed while two shells paated over and one more struck, and oar men on the wall and the Bnsslana ftom below so volleyed the gnnnera that they fired no more. Then 1 went down and had the cat washed and waa none th# worse for It except that I had to wear my hat on one side for a few days. Mr. Reld and I, ard a Mr. Norria, (Eog llah) are the only missionaries who have been hart at all, and none of oar wounds were serloaa, though Reld's laid him op for two weeks. Fifty a'x marinea of all nationa have been killed, and 120 wounded. (No, the 56 laclades foot or five elvil lane.) In referring to the wall, I started to tell yoa of one blue day, whea 1 taw the American barricade attacked with shell, one after another bnrating either In oi agalnat it. The men coold not atay, aa their was maob weaker thea than now, and the; came running down the vsmp of the wall, the Captain fast. My heart went down, down. Aa I expected, the word waa Boon paeeed along by the gnatda that it woald soon be unsafe for me to atay at the mill; eo unhitching the animals, we took all the wheat we had ground and carried it aa qatekly as possible to the 1 bad not fiolahed thia work, however, before I aaw oar marines stealing back to the barricade whtoh the Chinese had not dared to cecnpy. They were re-inforoed by some Russians and British, and havt not only held the plaoe ever  have eolarged their holding five-fold. Both my experiences on the wall were alter th's. ,aJ (wjj bay, n, KCw K-r Fall *1 the ftcrtah »l»f. a» at the (ad at Looked For. The miners themselves professed an inclination to leave their cause to Archbishop Ryau of Philadelphia. The operator*. iu reply to this suggestion, declared that they were enough to talk the matter over with the archbishop and would be gUtd to have the benefit of ■his views, but they would not meet him as arbitraforknor would they confer with him as a priest, but only as a citizen. OF THE STRIKE VIOTOBY FOR THE MINE WOEKEHfl. quick 1BVIHE mm Operator*, It la Said, Concede lO Pee Cent Advanof In Wacea. nnd the Men Will Not Insist on Recognition of Union. August 2nd. Still the rains hold off but our relief does not come. For the past week we have lived on news purchased daily from a Chinese soldier and other outsiders* which though accepted with much suspicion, came to be somewhat relieved These several men were evidently in collusion. They told us fctep by step of the victorious progress ot our troope until they bad brought them so near that we should begin to hear the cannon, when they reported a retreat. This aroused more suspicion. which was confirmed last evening by a letter of July 36th from Tientsin stating that the troops were to start in two or three days : We begin to think that if we see them by Sept. 1st we shall do well. They Wave found it difficult to secure transport The Tientsin consuls send us no word of news from the outside world. We fear the people at Paotingfn have all perished, but perhaps the Lord has saved them with even a more wonderful salvation than that with which he has savdd us down to the present. We are abso very anxious, of course, about the people still farther Inland. And as for the native Christians, we fear the slaughter has been fearful and almost universal, at least in North China. We try not to imagine the reports we mar hear when we get out of {his, for the Lorjl may have provided escape of which we know not. We hare procured, with great difficulty copies of the official Peking Gazette. One of the decrees says that if the Christian conrerts repent of their errors and surrender to the authorities, they will be forgiven and spared, at least implying that all who remain firm are to be destroyed. Missionar.es everywhere are to be driven away to their own countries. While the edict prom ises protection on the way, we have seen here what that protection means. We hear that China is reporting everywhere abroad that she is protecting us and supply ing ns with provisions t The extracts from the Peking Qazette for the past two months afford very interesting reading, testifying to the Insincerity of the Chinese protestations of friendship. Before things came to a head and we were besieged here, t he edicts commanded the putting down of the Boxers; but as soon as they got us where we could not secure the Oazette, the whole tone changed. Ministers and Princes were ap pointed to command tho Boxers, who were given hundreds of thousands of taels as a reward for their 'patriotic services." After the capture of Tientsin they began to be scared and wished to placate foreign powers, so that thai- actually publish a memorial of Chang Shun laying the whole trouble on the Boxers Li Hung Chang has been recalled from Canton to bo Viceroy of this province, and has just been appointed C1 am cunt inning on August l.») to make peace by telegraph from Shanghai. I don't think he win find it a ve*y easy joj* in most recent edicts the government orders protection to merchants and missionaries leaving th D couutry, assuring them of her t.nder solicitude. Uo less that protection is more sin-' cere than that provided here. I fear few of those foreigners will see the shore. Just after writing ou August -M in came a third messes ger from Tie tsin, bearing six letters, inclnd ing one from Mr. Id. Lowry to his wife. All were on tiny bits of paper and meet were in cipher. They were stitched in between two bands of straw in his old hat He had interesting experiences on the way, sleeping once with the Chinese soldiers. From his letters we learned that an advance guard had already left Tientsiu for Inking, that the relief column was to number 10,000, while 40,000 ajore were to follow speedily. The notes were written July and are hoping daily for indications of their arrival, but have been so often disappointed that We are allowing them until the lath to get here. The time of quiet h over and we are fired at more or less during ihe day and heavily at night. Yet the 'State Department" Still sends peaceful messages 1 he milk is gone, save a Utile for the babies; the butter and sugar are already gone: the white rice (.a small remainder ) Is kept for iuva ids and wounded, and our usual bill of fare is horse meat, old musty rice, coarse brown bread without butter. We still have tea and coffee; and for breakfast have either corn meal or cracked wheat. By still further cutting we can keep on until September 1, 1 think, but some of us will be hungry. It is very hard to find anything for the babies, as we cannot get eggs nor any broth except the rather strong horse-meat broth. Fortunately we had many horses and mules here; but they are fast going, of course we are all losing in weight, some as much as 30 pounds. The other day we too* possession o! the buildings next us on the souihwest, finding much good furniture, clothing, food and four dead b jdies, dead f or five or six weeks, with a tin or opium lying by three of them, indicating self-poisoning at the time of the fearful first attacks ou us They were a fearful sight. Another foreign baby has died, two more worn unlikely to live, while in the last two weeks at least s» Prctestant Chinese (.almost all of them children) and many more Roman Catholics, have been laid away. The sanitary conditions are awiul, especially, of Course. among the Chines*. Mr. Li has lost the second of his boys, and our table boy Te Lu has lost both bis children. We do what we caj, but they cannot have good food and air, and many more must die, if relUf does not come epeedily. Though I lost both my I am trying to secure some pictures. Having no plates to fit the camei a which Miss Uowans Uas loaned me, I have secured some larger ones, and am cutting them down. As every glass cutter has been lust, I am usiug a dia moud stud of Miss Newton's to cut the glass. C*ud it Is not very easy to handle. Si eaklng ot low s, we try not to think of all we have lost, except to make a list for the indemnity demands. We have a fair supply of summer clothing, inner and outer, our t olid silver, two watches, my account book, and the last five years of my diary. Everything else, the work and treasures of our lives, all our books save one Bible, all photographs, souvenirs, writings (except six sermons). Alice s letters to tue and We aie daily receiving fall and winter goods, such as Earl) Resumption at lacmed Wages is Leaked Far. AMERICANS CAPTURED. ltat aeaaasirate Mr roiky f HOF-H.W M.vh ua We ofc*to" DUT—How S(|{ OapUln Bhlelda nod Fatty Men In the New York, Sept. 28.—As a result of conferences held at the office of J. P. Morgan & Co. between Mr. Morgan and representatives of the chief anthracite coal railroads negotiations are now going for a settlement of the greut coal strike. According to pretty good information the proposed basis of settlement is a 10 per cent increase in the wages of the men, who, ou their part, if the proposed settlement is agreed to, are to waive recognition of the United Mine Workers by the coal operators. Unauthorized reports that an agreement had actually been reached and the strike settled were circulated in Wall street yesterday, but so far as could be learned last night the negotiations were still going on. It was. however, stated that everything pointed to a favorable outcome. As one of those who had seen Mr. Morgan remarked: Blankets. Quilts, Counterpains, Hrcjid Cloths.^ Osfotd Suitings. Strger, Plant ojg. Flannelets, J Dressflannels, Shirting Klannr s, Hou espuns, CaDhnjrrts. Heniiettas, Crep ns, ic. Special to the GiavrrK. Hands of the Filipinos. SIEGE OF PEKING. Waahlngton, Sept. 28.—General Mao- Arthur o,ble« reporting the probable captore by luaurgent* of Captain Shields and fifty-one men of the Twenty-Ninth Infantry. Hla meaaage la ae follow*: "Manila, Sept. 11.— Captalu Devereux Bhlelda and fifty-one men of Company F, Twenty- Ninth Infantry, and one hoapltal ooroe man left Santa Craa. Have heard nothing alnoe from Shield*. There I* aoaroely a donbt the party were oaptnred, with many killed or Injured. Shield* I* among the latter. Information *ent by a letter from oommandlng officer Boac, dated Sept. 20, and received Sept. 24, oon*l*ted of rnmoi* through native*. The Yorktown and two gunboat* were *ent Immediately to confirm the report* aato the capture, bnt were noabla on Sept. 27 to give detail*, the preaent whereabouta of Shield* and party, or the name* of the killed and wounded. Thl* Information will probably be available aoon. A relief party ha* order* to commence operation* immediately and to proceed relentlaaaly until Shield* and hi* party are reacned." C»s«t(r. Des Moines, Sept. 28.—The first definite news of the siege of Peking has Wen received here in letters from Mrs. Edwin H. Conger and her niece, Miss Mary Pierce. Mrs. Conger describes the relief of the city by 50,000 troops, includ iHg 5,000 Americans, on the aftC rnoon of Aug. 14. The attacks of the Boxer, in the preceding uights, she says, were almost fatal to the ministers aud theii parties, who were huddled iu the British legation. They were living on hulf a pound of dog meat a day when the siegt was lifted. Miss Pierce describes the narrow escape of Minister Conger ou July 4. As Intereatlaa Letter Prona Mrs. Iwn 1Ml\HM.... ,!Ll»4fC " iMl-btnn Nafot St. mod W«* Plttaton, l»o »m»U ttm* book*. Reward 1( n» m Ml at G azctti i ffi ■». 8« For R»nt—Boom No. 345 3 Mala St Apply M Co aiming*, Iiknau. St Haoda-.me Yonog Lidj, with Ttt»b!« property and generon* Income immiIj Inherited, t* aerion* la dealrtag lorable bu* bind to dun h*r home. R i 1,183, Chteago, III. St For Bale—Bont* and boggy, aolUK* tor lady Also, heifer. To ba *»W cheap. Apply Kta H A Dar!*, 434 Delaware Are. Ice cream, whole**]* and retail. Haltar Funtd—Bouih of k«)i Ownet Cu bar* *ame by calling at IS Foltoa »treet. Botue* to rent at reduced rate* Id Plt»a 'on and Wnt Pittaton. J. K. PATnaaoR A Oo. !•*► »Mlvr*ni*t? fcDr tits S.»«ap*tM* tW ykfc «t «.**■» Cfc**t*tt.« l«VDKr C«••»*;*» rDiS 25c 8c «■• « pur «i ™--s-50c A wr lMtj NtWM. I ,«.! wi£. oc tk» *wk fvD* * vaurvl j JV Uttiiw*' Umcj jrr*J *a*i »vfc% A* 25C Cutler & Phinney. CONFERENCE STILL IN PROGRESS 14 aud 16 North Main St. PCOPUtS' -RHOMB. ' The Nature of the Negotiations Not Yet Made Public. "He stood in the doorway," she says, "talking with the American surgeon when a spent bullet penetrated the surgeon** leg, just missing the American minister Another bullet made a hole iu the Dec laration of Independence that hung abort Mr. Conger's desk. Mr. Petchick, an at tache, sitting with Mr. Conger, missed death by a few inches. A bullet went through a fan in his hand. The Aineri cans and all foreigners gathered in th* British legatiou and lived seven weeks without fresh food of any kiud. At an other time they had nothing but horseflesh, the saddle ponies of the Americans being killed for food." II Polishing Cloth * Something N«w! "We are moving heaven and earth to settle the strike, and I expect it to be settled. I don't think it well that the exact terms of settlement that are beiug considered, should be stated, for I fear that might interfere with the successful conclusion of the negotiations. *The fact of the matter is that there should have been uo strike. The anthracite coal companies have been quite willing to raise wages 10 per cent, and but for the summer season intervening, when bourds of directors are not in session, the 10 per cent advance would have been grauted. President Mitchell of the Unit ed 'Mine Workers made certain deftiands as to the recognition of that union that complicated matters." Mr. Morgan, when a report that the strike hat| actually beeu settled was *•- It v»a*t make cold dollars ar tara sllTer to sold; MM It is a cloib prepared specially tor kccplac all Onr advices today from New York, « well u from the ittlkm1 hetdqwrten In Haileton and Scranton, are to the effect that while oonferencee are being held between the heed* of the large* mining and transportation companies, looking to a settlement of the strike, nothing has yet been given ont as to the natnre of the pending negotiations. It ts oonldentlj believed, however, that satisfactory ar Tsogemsnts will be made for the early reenmpilon of work at the mlnsa, with an Increase of wagee to the employee. Wautad—Qlrl to take charge ot kitchen at Valley Hon**, L ft & Junction. Moat be honeat and worthy. Good wag** TAKLEWARE, SILVER. PL\TEDWARE, BICYCLES. GOLD, NICKEL, COPPER. GLASS, ETC, U Saatk lUla vuctt, rtttsMa. Always tbt . Drury's Ch«*£*M. | Old Stud Telephone order% for ice cream to Moffat. For veot, and for eale—A luge 3*1 oi properties. P. K. Richard* •right. Clear and free from corroslre, uraisl, dirt, etc. Mrs. Conger used her silk draperies gifts of the dowager empress, to make sand bags to fortify the legations. When Baron von Kettcler, the German minis ter, was shot down in the streets, Mrs. Conger carried the news to the baroness, who was a DettWt girl and had been married only three years. It wiU not injur** »be meet detivete »ortace. U* OS the pWr* of all polwtnf*. powder*. past**, liquids, and also of «.hamvis skin* and it coats OSLV !•* KMIH. It dt-ea M4 aerate*; f works wonder* No differ* uv» »f it get* It is abeoftately clean, always rv*ody. qaxk. kkD trouble. ckaD. iKvaonkal c^um. The Bravery *f Womu COME! Wat grandlj oho an by Mr* Johu Dowliog. D! Bolter, Pa , in a three years* stragg'a with a malignant stomach trouble that caoml dlstrttilog attacks of caosea and indigestion. All remedies failed to reltera h»*r nntil she tried Electric BDtt*r* After taking it two months she wrote: **1 am now full? cared and can eat anything It Is truly a grand tonio for the whole sDstem is 1 gained In weight aud feel much stronger since nelng lt.M It aide digestion, cares dyspepsia, Improrea appetite* glee* new life Only 50 cents. Gaaraateed, at W. C Tr ee, Pitteton, nd Strobe pharmacy, West Putstoo Another of the most remarkable Provideuees in connection with this siege, is the never ending supply of material for sand-bag*. These bags have saved many a life oifthe tope of bar rlcides. There was vary little to make them of at first, but what we had was used. We "looted' the shop of a Chinese tailor and got two hand power sewiog machines, and Miss Dorno had one with a treadle. The foreign stores furuisned considerable cloth. A large number of email native shops, dwellings, a temple, See., within our borders, provided dozens of rolls of cloth, silk, brocado, embroideries i worth several dollars a yapl, some of t^em); the Legations offered curtains, table linen, &c, so that day after day our ladies have been able to turn out hundreds and thousands of sand bags, which, filled with dirt, have made the best possible barricades. We have been specially favored also in the presence of Mr. Gamewell, of the M. E. Mission, who was on the point of going home He has slaved on the work of forti. fiction, and has been one of the chief human Instruments in onr defense. Mr. Hobart, Kil lie, Btelle, Gait, Venty and Tewkabury have also done most ncble work. The missionaries have been leaders in almost every department, yet have not loot a man. 1 his matter of lotsee is a marvelous thing. The Chinese have made terrific attacks, sometimes of hours in duration, with some fivtag all day and night, and have fired about a miiliou rounds, actually, as wel) as almost S.000 shells, Dhrapnel and 5 to t pound solid shot; yet but a comparatively few men have been disabled; and though the heavy shot and shell have broken through walls and roofs, they have caused but two deaths and two or three wounds. It has been a happy thing for us that the Chinese do not know how to use their weapons effectively. We had nothing larger than the Italian onepoonder, until one day in overhauling a Chi neeejunk shop, soma of our natives found an old rusty cannon, dated 1864 of British origin. We mounted Uaad tried it. It sent a threepound shot through three brick walla; so we tamed it on the Chinese and scared them by tteeanexpectedneesof it, as well as by its effectiveness. It haa been dubbed "Betsy." The Russians had rticlls but no gun, so "Betsy" has fired the ahell*. In lieu of anything better she will take naiia or aorap iron and carry terror among the Chineee. These men also found many pewter vessels, out of which we have made cUnnon balls and shot for the one-pounder and for rifles. Of bricks and timbers we have hadD no lack, tearing up brick walks and demolishing Chineee buildings The formerly prosperous business section abont us la a waste of ruins* the Chinese having destroyed millions of dollars' worth of property in their effort to reach and exterminate us. When we left the M. E. Compound, we were still expecting the two or three thousand troops under Captain McCalla who had started out to repair the railroad and come to our relief. Had we thought of being here for six weeks, we should have given up in despair, I think; but Uod has wonderfully cared tor us. It is but a few days ago that we learned what we had gueseed, that Captain McCalla had returned to Tien Tain, either because opposed by too great a force of Chinese, or because needed for fighting in Tien Tsin. The one messenger who has succeeded in making his way to Hen Tain and back brings us word that 83.000 troops are now certainly on the way to our relief; am the rumors of their victorious progrese are now coming to us from the outside Chineee, who are on most peculiar terms with us Ten days ago there came back to us a messenger who bad tried to go to Tien Tsin, had been captured by the Chinese, beaten almost to death, taken to the "State Department," given a mes cage and sent back to us. 1 he State Department said it was glad to bear the foreign ministers were well, and aorry tne Boxers had treated them so badly M They were anxious to protect us, and requested that we stop firing::! They also suggested that all the Ministers and their families go, in small companiee, unescorted, to the Btate Department for protection!!!! The reply was made that we were willing to cease tiring when the Chinese ceased, but could not accept the invitation to the Yamen (Btate Dept.). The next day came another gracious message, accompanied by a ciphor telegram from the State Dept. at Washington, "Communicate Tidings Bearer.' On questioning as to the source of this t*le gram (It had no signature or date) a copy of a telegram from Wn Ting Fang, the Chiuese Minister in Washington, was sent, and the transmission of Minister Conger's reply was promised. The next day firing practically ceased, and there has been but little of it since. There alpo came, in tLe name of the Emperor, a large'number of watermelons, squashes, egg plants and cucumbers' I am very sorry that the miulstersaccepted the present, for it will inaVe the final punishment of the Chineee less Signified. To to*™ try to kill yon, and then while still keep ng you beaieged, to send in watermelons and squashes, is about as ludicrous a performance as i have beard of. Burely it will stand unique in the world's history. The purpose is manifest. Taku and Tientsin have beeu taken, and the foreign troops * re well tlieif wav to Pekiog. The State Department first tried to t.oax the ministers to a place where they could be held as hostages. Now it is trying to placate them with presents, so as to keep the foreign troops from entering Peking. More recently they have been again urging the ministers to go to Tientsin, and again today (the ??th) they have sent in melons and eggs and flour and rice ! :Eor way«j that are dark and tricks that are vain," there is no dpu"bt abput tne pre eminence of the Chineee. iMtaw lew or «i for « 4MM aa* aMtwi THE WEATHER THE POLISHING CO., Shamokln, Sept. 88 — Potla and Baai colllerlen, near Aahland, oloeed down today. Weahlngton, D. a, Sept. 28,-Foreoaat nntll 8 p. m. Saturday for Eastern Pennsylvania : v Fair and colder tonight; Saturday, fair; light to freah north to north-| ea*t wlnde. THE IRON TRADE. Where you can get the most for jour Prfeea Reported ta New York, Sept. 88 —John llarkle, of the firm of llarkle & Co., ooal operators with oolllerlee near Haileton, arrived In New York at 7:40 tola* morning and waa driven Immediately to the offioe of the ID blgh Valley Coal Company, where he was In oonferenee with Vloe Preeldent Sayre, of that oompany. No reanlt of the oonferenee haai been given ont. Cleveland. Sept. 28.—The Iron Trqdt Review says: With a larger operation of mills than §t any time in the iron trade gives outward signs of prosperity, but prices are far from satisfactory to the average producer. Consumption is on a scale which by comparison with any year, save 1899, appears phenomenal, but competition is active, and buyers are makiug the fewest possible committals. The uncertainties of the future are all loaded upon the primary producer, and caution dominates the situation. the Average Producer. money. See price*. EMPEROR MAr RETURN. Pure Cider Vinegar, the best kind for pickling, 25c per gd. Best Patent Flsor.il H.5I Fed, ill this, per in 1.H Oats, per bas . . .35 Bit. per 100 . . .85 Pototoes. per has . lest Bitter, per Hi. Cheese, per lb . . a* la iBTlttd to Peking by the Al- Distressing kldnfj and bladder eilaTed UD six boon by "New Great Sootl vuMT'eu Kidney Con." It la a gnat .or Drtaa on account of Ita aioeedlng prompt teaa Is nitarlag pain la bladder, kidney* tnd back. Cn mala o* femal*. Eatterea re «otlon ol water almcwt Immediately. 1- f Do want qolck relief and enre this la fki ■ iD«dr Sold br J. H. Honck. dntiM itwton. Mallet la su Hon Peking, Sept. 21, via Shanghai, Sept. 28.—All the foreign ministers have adilreused uotea to Prince Ching suggesting the return to Pekiug of the empsror and ttM» court. The note# were informal and not writteu in diplomatic capacity, The writers do not consider them binding upon their respective governments. The diplomats acted jointly in the matter, but the letters were sent individually. These did not contaiu any assurances, but merely suggested the return of the emperor. Prince Ching undertook to deliver the notes. The outcome is a matter of speculation, the doubtful element being the influence of Prince Tuan and General Tung Full Siang, who m»7 restrain the court. Haileton, Sept. 28—All la quiet in this district today. ▲ midnight march closed the Marie Brook colliery. SHANNON. Uaileton. Sept 38.-.An Increase of ten per cent In wages will not be aooeptsd by the atrlke leaders u pew* terms. President Mitchell and all hie ad risers are agreed on this point. CARDINAL GIBPONS Under such conditions prices cannot advauce, and none iu the trade anticipates any departure from the present* policy until the elpetioq uncertainty is settled. The noteworthy events of the past week are the agreement on the bar iron scale and tjie meeting of steel rail manufacturers. Both have been of distinct benefit to the trade. peated to him at bis office at «i o'clock p. in., said: .8 .2$ .12% "I know of no settlement." MMUKIBTS sumo : ■.l.l.it AU work ; "5 ■«» • ■ • .finished i n Specialty ► from six to _ .t. : ten days re; •H* - gardless of OuMni't :[ weather. 14 Dk.ta. :: South Main ;: I"'*' ■; Street, riTTSTQM. PKNN'A. WUksabarrs, Sept. SJ8.—A oonferenoe of LukiwiBiuud Wyoming ooel Dinigeri fg hDing held it the office of the Lehigh Valley Ooel Oo. here thle afternoon Mean. Loomls, Lethrop, Boee, Watkln«, K'.obeida, Williams end others ere to attendance. The pnrpoee of thie conference It anknown. Looil mine workers ere preparing for the greek perede to be held here next Tnwday. Twenty thousand men and ti)js an expected to be In line. They will coma from all parte of Lucerne and Lackawanna oonntlee. The epeaklng will take pleoe In West Side FarV. Preelden Mitchell and othere wjlll epeak. There" was u report iu Wall street {hqt the negotiations for the ending of the strike were being couducted by Archbishop Ryan, who came ou from Philadelphia on Tuesday to see the anthracite coal railroad presidents and find out If the trouble could not be settled. The prclibishop, who had already heard the ineu'i* aide of the ease, is known while here to have also beep DUt into possession of the ,companies* tflde. ARMSTRONG'S ** PRICE LIST. The adjustment of the puddling and finishing scales, after 12 weeks' idleness of all the leading union mills, will put additional thousands of men at work and means the steady operation of the best equipped bar mills for the remainder of the year. The men have conceded at }engt}i the reasonableness of the manu- contention that a sliding scale should sHdc down to the market level and' are wrowed "wages ns good as those ot last year if prices advance to last year's level. Flour $4.50 Corn and cracked corn, per 100 1.05 Chop and meal, per 100 - - .1 05 Hay. per 100 85c ut Hay, per 100 .... "85c Oats, per bushel - . - - - jjc Fancy Jam, per bottle ■ - 10c Fancy Columbia River.Salmon »oc Two cans Salm -n .... 15c Mason Jars, pints, per do* - 50c vtaion Jars, quarts, per doi - 60c Mason Jars, D4 gal, per doi • 70c All floods Delivered Pna^U), General Chaffee, discussing the possibilities, said: MI do not believe that any European monarch would enter the camp of hia allied enemies, and I doubt that the empress dowager will do so. It la generally conceded that the restoration of the Chinese government is essential. I have favored the withdrawal of the main allied force to Yang-tsun and Tien-tBin, leaving 2,000 mixed troops to guard the legations."Best goods at loweat prices. Do not forget the place. . That he might be the chief negotiator was inferred by some because of a statement made by President W. H. Truesdale of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western. He said it was true that negotiations for a settlement of the strike were under way, but tiiat he could wot tell what the outcome might be. "These negotiations," added Mr. Truesdale, "are being conducted by a man who does not directly represent either party to the controversy. The efforts of this person are in the nature of mediation." Evans Bros. BASEBALL SCORE8. flpeolal to the Qamtt*. Colonel Henry C. Cochran, the commander of the American marines, reports that his command has been ordered to Tien-tsiu. lueHa sf VMlwrAar'a tlain hi eke SERIOUS RAILWAY WRECK. At New York— a. H. a. New York.... 10040100 •— 6 11 t Philadelphia. 01000002 1— 4 0 i Natiaaal laaiar, «• south mmm armmmr. fVSllM Killed Aid Twenty-five Oars of Mr. Rockhill, the special American eavoy, will leave here on Monday for Shanghai. He will probably see Prince Ching, one of the Chinese peace commissioners, before he leaves. Mr. RockhiU says be has no doubt about the arrival' of Li Hung in Peking. Many Boxers have been captured in the city through information furnished by Christians and prC*oreign Chinese. The latter state that many Boxers are entering the city in disguise. The Boxers say they will bide their time and MrJJ) win yet. The population of the city is increasing steadily. The provost marshals' courts are administering the affairs of the city. The punishments inflicted on persons #o*nvicted of various offenses range from death to 50 blows and hard labor. Boxers are executed. J. T. ARMSTRGNG 4 CO., Merchandise Destroyed. Mr. Truesdale, however, said that Archbishop Kyau was not the mediator he referred to. Neither was Senator Hanua. Fflther Ducey says that Archbishop Ryan fias retired from the attempt at mediation. Mr. Trjiesdale wgpt to his summer home without having heard that the negotiations had resulted in an agreement.Mr. Tmeadale'e Statement, Batteries— Hawley and Grady; Dunn, Douglat and McFarland. S3 South Main Street r)rurys Detroit, Mioh., 8ept. 88 —A freight train | on the Detroit, Grand Haven and Mil waukea Railroad ran into an open awiteh thla morn itig and oolllded with a yard engine. The engineer and fireman were killed and a brakeman aerloualy injured. Both enginea were wrecked. One of the .ears, loaded with sulphur, caught fire and \twenty-fire oara loaded with merchandise, wrere destroyed. Special to the Gaz*ttk. At Brooklyu— Brooklyn 00010030 •— 4 V Boston 00000300 0— 1 0 R. II. B. Batteriea—McGinnity and Farrell; Willis and Clarke. At Pittsburg— R. H. E. Pittsburg.... 001000000—1 7 t Cincinnati... 00080000 1— 4 7 1 Batteries— Waddell and Zinuner; Newton and Kahoe. n'TCAWANNA, "THE" AUNDRY. 8p far as could be learned the last of the conferences at Mr. Morgan's office was held on Wednesday. On that day the chief anthracite roads were represented. Mr. Morgan himself represented the Lehigh Valley aud the Erie more particularly, bnt he is also a large stockholder in other of the leading anthracite roads. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. w. u. p.c. w. il. P.c. Brooklyn... 75 51 .505 Chicago.... 60 63 .46k Pittsburg... 78 55 .570 8t. Louis... 57 6S 45€ Pliilidrl'a.. 68 60 .535 Cincinnati. 56 71 .441 Boston 64 62 . 507 New York.. 54 78 . 422 Best Patent Flour . Beat Family Floor . Chop and Meal Bran and Midda " Oats, per bash « 25 bush, lota 4*5® 4*5 i.co JOS. OOLUffff. AGENT, aO N, MAIN ST SOLO Af CAWLBV'8 SHOE STORE- yigbtlil la Bonth Africa. Special to ths G awttb. Victor, Colo., Sept. 28.—A# a sequel to the disorderly proceedings at the Roosevelt Republican meeting In this city Wed* nesday cveniujf F. N. Briggs, editor'of the Victor Daily Record, was assaulted yesterday iu his office. Iu an editorial denouncing the participants iu the riot The Record stated that "a few dissolute women waved rags in the very faces of the distinguished guests." E. E. Cajr, a miner, who claims that this statement is a reflection upon his wife's character, entered The Record office and struck Editor Briggs on the head as he sat at his desk. Briggs jumped up and struck Carr in the fjjfre. jlev. Father Downey interfered and stopped thtD tight. Neither man was much hurt. A Victor (Colo.) Editor Attacked. Ask Yonr Grocer for - i.oo • 33c • t*C - 8jc - Sac London, Sept. 28 —Lord Roberta reporta, under date of yesterday, aa follows: "The Boers attacked s part of Paget's foroe, under Col. Chapman, at Plncaar's river, on two tides, thla morning. The enemy got oloee np nnder the cover of thick brnah and after three hours' fighilng Were beaten off, the bushmen following them. The Brltlah caaualtiea were one killed, one wounded and three missing. Several Boera seem to have been wounded." Roberta confirms the sinking of the traneport Suffolk. J. Rogers Maxwell, president of thp New Jersey Central railroad, said yesterday:Policy of Power* Enigmatical. London. Sept. 28.—In the course of a telegram allowing the complicity of the Chinese government in the on foreigners a special correspondent of The Post in PefcijJg describes the present political situation the** enigmatical, if not chaotic. The Times' from Pekiug stales that recent punitive exp* ditiouti have had an excellent result, but uothing can lip counted as effective until Pao-ting-fu Una been *#?.ed to the ground Ojld the foreigners aud refuge*, rescued at Cheat'-ting and other places. The conflicting interests of Russia and England prevent a systematic sttempt at reconstruction of the railway, although its restoration would be easy. The  minister has addressed a memoriaJ to the Viupress dowager requesting her to return to Peking and offeriug her protection. "JUNIOR GINGER SNAPS." SOMETHING NEW. MTCNNER BAKERY. "So far as I can see there is nothing to prevent the return of the striking miners to work except the unwarranted interposition of the labor leaders. A settlement might be made at any moment." INSTATE Or JASPER J SEYMOUR, LATE u of West Pittston, deceased Letters of admiui*tratiCCn a poo the above named estate ha ring been granted to the undersigned, all persons indebted to mid eatats are reouested to make payment, and those having claims or demands to present the without delay, to ANNA R. LoYELL. Administratrix, ft Maple St., West Pittston S. J. STRAUSS, Attorney, Wilkeebarre. •S-*,oV.*.19 Long Hay Cut Hay - The belief that the ending of the big strike is near had a decidedly inspiriting effect upon the stock market yesterday. Excepting for a brief period in the early trading, when (here was app?«? selling of stocks because the premature reports of Wednesday that a settlement had been resib.ed hnd not been confirmed, the market was strong all day. Prices moved up easily anu when the* market closed net advances of one or niorf joints wen' gen- Potatoes, per bush Beat Batter, Hams Skin Hama 6SC 24c and 95c - iic BURT & PACKARD "KORRECT a* SHAPE." w Dlaaaoad Matcb Co. to StrlkepJIew fort, More Gold From Nome. t;in« to her, jour letters to me, copies of inany of mino to you, graphaphone, typewriter, etc., are all gone, thuse of intrinsic ralue into the haud« of the Chinese, thereat into smoke. Some other* are worse off than we, but we are all practically whore we were as children, as far as worldly p»«eees»ons go. 11 ave no doubt that we shall secure a n« «»d indemuit v for the replaceable thiugs, in the coarse of two or three years of diplomatic haggling; but the unreplaueable are ivally the most valuable. 1 have uo doubt that our board will make some arrangement for tho loan of mouey for partial restoration of outfits in anticipation of the in demnity. To restore all the burned mission property, houses, schools, Ch»pels. hospitals, will be the work of years. It is possible that something may be done toward co-operation, or division of the field, so that expensive establishments may not bd needlessly duplicated. We learn*,! from Kdvr. Lawry i note that everything at Peitaihe has lieen destroyed, so I that we shiU never live in the house which cost us so much of labor and trouble to bnild. A strange providence this all seems; yet I d-.» Itelieve that the Lord has in it purposes » f grace which will gladden our hearts some day There are not a few of our umnber who have no thought or leaving here when the t. oop-, come unless it should l»e«otupulsory. I ahoul.l be of tnls mind were I alone, or were Alice and the children in good condition. It will be absolutely necessary for them to get out of here on the earliest possible date; and I sup pos» that will mean our return to the V. 8. A. What is of more immediate concern to me|a that the countries participating It* the chastisement of Chl'ua shall m«ke'a satisfactory settle ment of affairs of the empire. It a to be feared that anoth«r Chinese government will never make possible the full and free development ol Christ's kingdom here. Joint control by the! Power.-, I fear, will never succeed ; whilp the partitioning of China i* likely to throw us under thu dominion of Russia, which would render ths rsvival of our work almost if not quite impossible. On tho whole, while I believe partition is probably the best settlement, I am very glad tho disposal of the whole matter is in the Lord s hands, not mine. I was nqf cut oy\ tor a Of • judga. THK - ISO Special to the Gasstte. Seattle, Wash., Sept. 28.—The steamship Tucoma has arrived from Nome. oort she left ou Sept. 17. She had 525 passengers lllwul  in gold dust. J. E. Glcasou of this city returned on the Tacoma. Speaking of the recent storm at Nome he said: "The property loss caused by the storm will be over flD000,000. Only three persons were drowned off the Nome *beach, but the loss of life up and down the coast must have bet4i high." Gal. Hams 7lc Haw York, Sept. 88—BepreaentatlTee of the Diamond Hatch Company, of Chicago, are here and It la aatd that thej are arranging for the removal of the company to thla elty. The lawa of New York are coneiderad more favorable for the protection of the company. Edwin Qonld, who entered the Board of Director* through the abeorptlon of the Continental Matoh Co., of which he m the head, waa a leading factor in bringing abont the removal* **al. The ftHthracite coal stocks u.. . the strength, two of the stocks scoring the greatest advances being Jersey Central and Delaware and Hudson, each of which advanced 3*4 l*»inta, in Wm. Drury. A Bcoord i» Blood. The reoord of Hood's Saraaparllla la literally written in the blood of mllltona of people to whom It baa glpe£ Rood health. It la all the time coring dlseaaea of the stomach, nerves, kidneya acd blood, and it ia doing good every day to thonaande who are taking it for poor appetite, tired feeling and general debility. It la the baat medicine money can buy. GIBBONS" TO MEDIATE. EXCLUSIVELY IN MEN S SI 1 b® fcclfrtj people rvcogn Pickwd "Komck Shape" r 1 ihndtrd. They are made K g'g pD \Q| to wear, and of ceaUj leat ■ I f\cD \ V Mw * pfrmant-ncT of fit at 'AsJEL S3'50 Cardinal Reported to Have Accepted aa Arbitrator. Baltimore, Sept. 28.—Cardinal (Jibbous has been asked to act as arbitrator between the striking miners and the operators* of the anthracite coal regiou of Pennsylvania. While admitting that he has been approached on the subject, his tiiunf'nce said that lie had heard from vuiy one aidp of the parties in controversy and musC (Jcline to discuss the C question of arbitration until ail had been heard from. To those who sppioitched him on the subject the cardinal said: "I hftve received overtures from two or ' three interested parties, but I shall not 1 act until I hear more of the matter. I have not heard from both sides." "Will you consent to act if both sides do apprp/tcfr yC»u?" he was asked. "Iu that case I shall take the matter under very aerioua consideration— serious consideration, * ne aadeo, as »f «y emphasize the remark. Continuing, his eminence declared that iie would be glad to do anything in his '**' -%r to help solvit ffce problem which It is said on poou „"«hority that tne cardinal practically agreed to Arbitrate the differences, and it is thought likely 111 at the various interests concerned "'ill decide to leave the settlement pfthejf dieameement to the head of the Catholic church in the I'nited States. Cardinal (iibbons will prolialily go '« Philadelphia today or tomorrow, and it Is believed this trip will lie in connection with tW stiihe situi.tion. 1 Little information concerning the matter can be obtained ut the *rehiepiscopaJ ' residence. s ► Most of tbe miners who are concerned D In the locWut ore believed to be Catho ■ iics, and several high Catholic prelates ' have been suggested in connection witfl • the settlement of the strike. Fathej PhtllJ"* W* 0Kvt ******* ot *** VLES. as the Bart & ibon u their with HK, Md* » They M-4 ihipt, JOHN 01 RU'S Dm AIIm'i Fooi-Rm* In Toar GIovm. iMbnlin OommlwIoDira la Alabama. A lady write* : "I ahake Allen's Poot- Bur into my and rob i little on my bands. It aavea my glovee by abeorbtuR perspiration. It U a moat dainty toilet powder." We Invite the attention of pbyelolana and nnraea to tbe abaolnte purity of Allen'e Foot Ease Dr. W. 0. Abbott, editor of the Chloa«o Clinic, aaya: "It la a grand preparation; I an using It constantly In my practise." All drag and shoe stores aell ft, 86a. Sample aent free. Addreaa. Allen P Le Boy, N Y. ' PRICES. Special to the au*rri. Hood's Pills ue aon-lrrltatlng. Prion twenty-five oents. S4.QQ Birmingham, Ale., Sept. 28 —The mem-1 ben of the Isthmian Canal Commissioners will arrive In this city this evening. The; will be welcomed by the Mayor and taken In charge by committees on reoeptton, entertainment and information. They will take testimony while here regarding tbe ad: vantages to be gained by the proposed canal In tbla district. Best Pa teat Flour - $4.50 Chop and Meal 52«m 1.05 Corn and Cr. Corn 1.05 Bran and Midds, 1.05 Oats, per bushel - - .35 Fruit Jars, pints, doz .50 Fruit Jars, quarts, doz .60 Fruit Jars, i-2 gal - .70 Butter, 26c. K. H. WUUamaon, O.P. Removes everything In sight; so do drastic mineral pills, bnt both are mighty dangerous. No need to dynamite yonr body when Dr. King's New Life Pllla do the work ao easily and perfeotly. Cnrea head subs and oonatlpatlon. Only 25 oenta at W. 0. Prloe, PltUton, and Stroh'a pharmadv West Pitt A Powder ■!!! Explosion AND c.o. Hon. John J. Iletiger, president judge ot the Lyoomlng oounty oourta, died very auddenly yeaterday of nfc«rt dlaeaae at hie home In Williams port. Hfr-4ta*} been In 111 health for a long time and waa preparing to go to Clifton Spring* when atrloken. Jndge Iletiger was bora In Lyoomlng oounty In 189$, waa bred on a farm, and waa admitted to th* bat la IMC. Be wis a Democrat and eemd one term aa district attorney. He waa elected jndge In 1888 and waa re-*iaoi»4 lp 1898. Death of4adf« Lopez May Heat Secretary Bay, Special to the Osxam Great reduction sale *Iti.SMHlkDrcslMs Parle, Sept. 28—Lopn, the Filipino agent who has gone to the United Statee, la to have an audlenoe with Secretary of State Hay, according to the assertions ol his friends here. They declare that Hay has agreed to give Lopez an audlenoe and dlecuss terms the Filipinos will accept to lay down their arms. Plumbers Will find it to their Interest to bny their sewer pipe and fittings of us. We have the vitrified salt glaaed pipe. J. E. PATTuaon A Co. July 28th—And now onr hearts go down again, as a youngster who went ont as a beggar boy bearing a message to Tientsin comes with a single letter of abont a half dozen sentences lvo*4 tjif] British Consul, the quintessence of ambiguouu uncertainty, dated July US, and leading us to think (while not saying so) that no troops have yet left Tientsin for our relief ! He writes "there are plenty of droops on the way, if yon can keep yourselves in food," but the rest of the letter indicates that "oil the way" may mfe*»u any Where on the face of the earth. Well, in our patience we shall still have to possesB our souls. We may have food enough to last j another month; and if the Chinese fill leave us alone, onr ammunition a ill hold oqt; bht this lotter is a grjerous disappointment We have )iad much singing of lafe in the evenings, the national songs of all nations and others. Some of the Russian songs have been particularly applauded. Mrs. and Miss Woodward, of Chicago, No. 91 South Main Street Owing to the strike, we find we have too ( many Dress Goods. We will offer our entire stock, for one week, beginning Monday, m September 34th, at Greatly Reduced Prices. I The goods are the latest and must be  The public reap the benefit IT HAS GOME! Motloe to raxpayere. All city taxes must be paid before Oct. [at, to avoid the three per cent, penalty. eQLd B. E. Hiwra, City Tress. Our new stock of Wall Paper For the fall trade. Ve are selling Pour German Bias Jackets Drowaad, Special to the Oazstts. Kd) tor's Avral Plight. £lel, Germany, Sept. 28.—Four blue Jackets were drowned In the harbor here today by the capelzlng of a man ot-war'a boat. F. M. Biggins, editor of the Seneca (111.) News, was afflicted for years with piles that no doctor or remedy helped nntll he triad Bncklen's Arnica Salve, the best in lbs warld. writes Iwo boxes wholly cored him. Infallible for pUpe. Oyus guaranteed. Only 25 cents. Sold by W. 0. frlpe, Pitta ton, and Strob's pharmacy. Wsst PUtetofb ■Vila °1 Aatlpirwe. The nae of antipyrlne for the relief core of headaohea baa a depressing inflnience on the heart, and oausse a derangement of the kidneya. Kranee's Headache I Capsules contain no antlpyrine, chloral, Imorphlns or any lnjurioua lugrsdwnt. I They enre quickly and leave the head lelear andoool. Prloe 26o. Bold by J. B. D Hooch August i5th. We are saved! Ysstoj£y , morning at twc we began to hear the | sounj of cannon and machine guns, and onr soldiers got in in the afternoon Will write %U about it, but must send this at once. God has i been good indeed. CooaTiMAT H. F*.vn. Great Reduction. All graaes at a Bank Bobbm Hake a Big Haul. p.™ ANTRIM'S. 3 N. Main St. Paper from 7c roll up. WALTER SPRY, ttfflSiar 'Special to the Gazette. Elkhart, Ind., Sept 28.—The bank at yOantarvllle, Mich , waa robbed last night «t *10,000. Strictly' fresh egg* at Kaapw's.