Pittston Gazette

              £ Do you want all the newr g/our home town ? Then si 3 scribe for the Gazette. The on published in the cr *0DUWc*,M — _ , an ad. in the Gazette. is no more effective metfdium of reaching the 30,000 mien. J women and children in this com$ munity. PITTSTON, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENINO, AU0U5T 7- «9CD» •WO CENTD A COPY ««r A M* NT!' ONl.Y 04!LY IN CITY cmrv ctdct vc ad j weekly established isw. nri x TlAJ 1 I CAK J DAILY ESTABLISHED byTHEO. HART 1882. of Labor, wlio Is sojourning here, said last nlglit he would not deny or affirm anything in regard to the federation's attitude toward the steel strike. Under the rules of the federation the president and council have no power to order a strike, but may in the event of a sympathy strike taken at the volition of the subordinate uuions support It by counsel aud financial assistance. BIG SMELTER LOOTED. MANILA'S GOVERNMENT. itLf iM IMEAKS? QUIET DAY IN STEEL STRIKE. STRIKE ORDER ISSUED. Twenty Native and Eighteen Amerl- Thieves Carry Off a Quarter ol Manila, Aug. 7.—The new city charter goes into effect today. The municipality will comprise 38 officers, 20 being natives and 18 Americans. The Intter are at the head of a majority of department*. Some of these departoiciits are as follows: can Olllccrs Named, Jos. S. Coons & Co. sfj ejo »£, ego All Steel Trust Employees a Million In Gold. Our Greatj& Called Out. 10 00 IHTO EFFECT ON SATUBDAY DD0 A TUNNEL INTO VAULT. Cleverly Kxeolited Robbery Near Sun the Police—Work Done In the Xltfht—'Tracks Covered liD Red Pepper. Our Great August SUMMER CLEARING SALE! Wellsville Mills are Running. GUNBOAT TO COLON. President Shaffer Tell* Men That Tlicy Maul l-'lwht or Give I p Forever Their Permiiial Llhertlea—Due Hundred Thousand Affected. ' M'LAURIN'S REPLY. Municipal Board — Senor II err era; president; Barry Baldwin, formerly lulled States marshal at San Francisco, and Capiain Tutherly, formerly of the Twenty-sixth volunteer infantry. Eleven natives are members of the advisory lDoard. He Refuaea to Realign From the I'nlt- HOT WEATHER SALE The Machias Will be Sent to Protect the Trans-Isthmian Railway From Revolutionists. Pittsburg, Aug. 7.—President Shaffer last night Issued his general strike order which is expected to eall out ut loust 100,000 additional men from the mills of tiie United States Steel corporation. Abolit 25,OtH) of these meu are members of the association, while the rest are laborers. The order does not go Into effect until the last turn of the mills on Saturday, Aug. 10. Columbia, S. Aug. 7.—The state Democratic executive committee has received Senator McLaurln's reply to their action of July 25 condemning ids course lu the senate and demauding his resignation. It is of considerable lcugtli. In the course of the letter Seuator McLaurin writes: ed Statea Senate. Sau Francisco, Aug. 7.—fJold bullion worth $2,NO,tMH) was stolen from the works of thu Selby Smelting company at Crockett, Coutra Costa county,* on the bay shore Ut) miles from Sau Francisco, some time during Mouday night. The theft was discovered by the foreman gaily yesterday morning, but there is not the slightest truce of the thieves. NOW IN PROGRESS. Washington, Aug. 7.—Tae State Department this morning requested the Nrfvy Department to send a war vessel to Colon, on account of the revolution In Colombia. The Navy Depart ment will send the gunboat Machias, now at Boston, arid the vessel will leave for Colon as soon as she has been coaled and stocked for the journey. This action is taken because of the report cabled last night by Consul Gudger. at Panama, that the Trans Is'thmian railway train was interfered with by insurgents. The United States is bound by an international agreement to see that traffic on this road is not interrupted. City Attorney—Ex-Lieutenant Hauswrman. with three native and two American assistants. PITTSBURG MILL RESUMES TODAY Evert/ Summer Article in the Store Reduced• Judges of the Municipal Courts- Captains MaeMauus, formerly of the Thirty-ninth volunteer infantry, ami Liddcll. formerly of the Tweuty-ninth. There are also live native justices of Great reductions in Shirts, Underwear, Hosiery, Etc. Popular Shoot Music 80. Great redactions in Ladies' Waists, Muslin Undcrwtar, Wrappers. Coats and Sliiit Waist Suits "I hold my commission from the Democratic voters of South Carolina. I recognize no authority but theirs, take no orders from any source but them and shall in due course appeal to them for judgment ou my course as a senator and my character as a man and a Democrat. Now Going On 1 It is believed the fight will be to a finish. Private advices from leading officials of the trust to Pittsburg friends give the information that the corporation positively will not give In and that the Amalgamated association cannot longer dictate terms to the corporation. A1 this Is laid at the door of President Charles M. Schwab. J. IMcrpoiit Morgan Is pointed out as the dangerous man financially, but President Schwab Is held to l»e the man most inimical to the union. The main booty consisted of four tine gold bricks, all stamped with number, weight and tiueuess, as follows: No. 1,23(1, 1,100.37 otiuees; No. 1,237, 1,127.43 ounces; No. 1,238, 1,123.22 onnces, and No. 1,231), 1.073.71) ounces. Each brick was 10 Inches long, 4 wide and about I feet high, was .DOS fine aud Wi|s worth #20.tK) uu ounce. There were also stolen 1,000 ounces of gold lu various shapes aud some silver. Chief of PoIJce— Ex-Captain Curry of the Eleventh cavalry. the peace. ALL MILLINERY REGARDLESS OF COST. National Steel Employes at New Castle Go Out, and Wheeling Men Decide to Quit. Chief of tiie Secret Service—Ex-Lieu- Ex-Lieutenant Trowbridge. Jos. S. Goons & Co. SPECIAL LOW PRICES "Personally I am' Indifferent to your action, because nobody has mailt* you my master or censor, and I regard what you have done as merely expressing the malice and the fears of one individual. Senator 11. K. Tillman. Rut for tiiis always evil and Indecent Influence • ordinary respect for the proprieties would probably have prevented the four of you who are my declared competitors for the seat I now have the honor to occupy from attempting to*use the power intrusted to you liy your party to remove a rival from your path." Assessor—Captain Sleeper, formerly of the Thirty-seventh infantry. The following have been appointed members of the insular constabulary: Captain tJoldsborough. formerly of the Forty-third volunteer infantry, seeond assistant chief; Simon Feldsteln. quartermaster: Henry Sehacfc, formerly a lieutenant in the Thirty-second volunteer infantry, commissary; (Jus Johnson. disbursing agent, and Captain Curry, formerly of the Twenty-seventh volunteer Infantry, chief clerk. Cor. E. Market St. and Publlo Sq. WILttESBARRE. In Every Department. CATHOLIC TEMPERANCE MEN. l-'or weeks the robbery must have been iu preparation. The thieves must have been experts. A boat anil perhaps a launch are considered to have been necessary to the plan. These were not brought upon the scene of the'robbery, according to the police theory, uutil a tunud ten feet long leading under the wall of the building and beneuth the steel floor of the vault was completed. Pittsburg. Pa., Aug. 7.—President Shaffer arrived fit his offlee early this morning. H© said there was nothing of importance in prospect for the day. Opening of Thirty-first Annual Conven- PEOPLE'S STORED tion in Hartford Today. The strike cijll Includes prnctienlly nil Amalgamated men in the United States Steel corporatIon's employ not now on strike. It was Issued from the Amalgamated association headquarters and mailed to all Amalgamated lodge official*, who are expected to call their men into the strike. The text of the C4bl follows: Wheeling, O., Aug. 7.—Fifteen hundred men of the Riverside iilanl of the National Tube company, decided late lant night to quit work on Saturday.Hartford. Conn.. Artg. 7.—The thirtD-first annual convention of the Cath olio Total Abstinence Union of America opened here today. The session will continue till Friday noon. There is a large attendance of delegates from various parts of-the country. RECIPROCITY TREATIES UNOFFICIAL DIPLOMATS. A Strange bat Profitable Trad® I» All (he Great CapitalM. STANDARD.OIL DIVIDEND. Mr. McKinley May. Ask. Congress to Ratify Them. Conspicuous iu society in every groat capital of the world—in Washington as ia St. Petersburg. Paris or Vienna—there art a certain number of men aud women, foreigners of distinction, plying a strange hut profitable tratio. Tliey are the agents of their respective governments. Officially they are not recognized as diplomatists by the country they serve, much less by the country in which they live. Yet they aro doing diplomatists' work, often for more than diplomatists' wages. To make clear the nature of this peculiar profession, says the New York Suu, take the case of the origiual secret service agent. 15 South Main St., PlttstM. Pittsburg. Aug. 7.—Tho Clark plant, -which has been eloseci since "the steel strike began, resumed operations today with about 101) men and boys. Ktforts will be maile to start two more mills before tho end of the week. Shaffer doesn't regard tho starting of the Clark mill as significant. "1 understand that all of the new men. except one, are negroes," ho said. "It may look easy to start a mill with unskilled labor, hut It Is a costly experiment In most cases. Our men won't bother them." McLaurin says the people ean decide between him and Tillman, who on the floor of the senate represents his constituency as ballot box stuffers and murderers wanting their share of the stealings. He snys: Third to Be Deelnred Wltliln the J Year. "Brethren, the officials of the United Stntes Steel trust have refused to recognize as union men those who are now striving for the right to organize. I'll!' executive hoard lias authorized unto Issue a call u|iou all Amalgamated and other union men in name and heart to Join in the movement to light for labor's rights. We must light or give up forever our personal liberties. The metal flooring once reached, a drill was used. A ring of lDorings was made IS inches in diameter, but the floor was not punctured. A thin ring of steel was left for the final break. A few blows with a sledge or the pressure of a hydraulic jack soon forced the ciidc of plating out. and through the opening thin made crawl ml the thief, who handed out the gold stacked within the treasury room. OPPOSES REVISION OF THE TARIFF £vans ...Brotherm D!i m STRIKERS DEPORTED. f New York. Aug. 7.—The directors of i the Standard Oil company at their / meeting yesterday declared a dividend I of S per cent, $8 a share, on the comi mon stocjc of the company. This dividend is payable on Sept. Ill next. The capitalization of the trust is about The declaration of the dividend means the distribution of al»out $8,ooo.\nm» among the Standard Oil's stockholders. This dividend is the third declared by the company during the calendar yea r. Tampa Take Odd Melliod «o DelifvcN Threatened European Itftullatlon Can He Prevented hy the Trent leu Already Negotiated—Opinions of Prominent Congressmen. Tampa, Fla., Aug. 7.—The strike situation is one of bewilderment on the part of the strikers luyl Immovable determination on the part of the c itizens. No word lias been received front or nbottl the Itesistcucia leaders who were deported, and the vigilantes are sworn to secrecy, further than they admit the men will never return to Tampa. The exact number of the men deported is not yet known, but every prominent leader of the strike la missing. It is said that others are marked and that deportation may take place at any moment.Quell Labor Trouble. "lie is now in a northern state holding up our people as negro murderers and ballot box thieves." I Every Day is Bar| gain Day at Our i Stored McLaurin dares the committee to prove that lie is not a Democrat. lie quotes tlie record to show that when he and Tillman voted on opposite sides Tillman went with the Heptiblicans as often as he did. Washington, Aug. 7.—A Washington correspondent says that western mcu In congress and out-of it who have read the statement made by Senator I'ullom immediately after his visit to the president at Canton are of the opinion that it may be safely taken as an indication of the intentions of the president In the next session of con gress and that there will lie an executive renewal of the recommendation for action, upon the reciprocity treaties now "hung up" in the senate and proscribed by several protected industries that have hitherto been more influential than the -president with congress. "You will lie told that you have signed contracts, but you never agreed to surrender those contracts to the United States Steel corporation. Its oKlccr* think you were sold to them Just as the mills, with contracts and all. l'eyper to llllud I'nrnuer*. For many years after the Crimean war nihilist refugees were received with open arms in London drawing rooms. English poets, like Swinburne, who was then a passionate republican, celebrated nihilist heroism in ringing verse. This disposition raging all over England did not by any means suit the book of the St. Petersburg cabinet. Heads were laid together in the Winter palace to consider the situation. Soon after there arrived in London a Russian lady of great intellectual power and social charm, who brought letters from grand dukes and statesmen of Russia opening to her the most exclusive doors in England. This was the famous Mine. NovikofT, who was charged w4th the task of revolutionizing English opinion toward Russia. She proved a groat success and created tho profession of unofficial diplomacy out of which many of her successors have made fortunes. New Castle, Pa, Aug 7—At midnight 275 men. representing the last ttirnB of the steel and bar mills of the National Steel company here, walked out In obedience to Shaffer's Rtrike order. The whole plant will have to plose down, throwing 1,500 men out of eniploynienti Scattered about the tumid and vault were broken drills, a quantity of red pepper to blind those who wight have interrupted the robbers aud a few pieces of burned paper. Not a brick or bar of gold was left behind, but on the bay shore near tfrc smelter wharf were found two bricks worth $.*ii).ooO. The robbers iu their haste left these behind, but they secured the rest of the plunder, amounting to $280,000 in gold, without any difticulty. Washington, Aug. 7.—The war department lias made a compilation of the captures aud surrenders in the Philippines in addition to the list heretofore made public during the month of June. The new list covers the period from May 10 to .Tune 18, 11)01. and shows certain captures aud surrenders at previous dates not heretofore reported. IDurlng .the. period stated 8 oflicers aud IMK2 men-of the insurgent topees wore captured and 181 oflicers and 2,-HO men surrendered, making the total number of Insurgcuts captured or surrendered up to June 18 last 41,021). There also have been captured 11.'I rifles of various batteries, aud 1,00J| rifles were surrendered, together with 7,5oO rounds of ammunition und 1 cau- UOII. Captured In the Philippine*. The dividend for the first quarter this year, paid in "March. 11)01, was 20 iH»r cent, or $20,000,000, The dividend for the second quarter, paid in June, 11101, was 12 per cent, or $12,000,000. The dividend for the third quarter, as has Just been said, is 8 per cent, or $8.000,0110. So the total, dividend thus far this year is -40 per cent on the $100,000,000 capitalization, or $40,000,000. I'mlrr Obligation* «£ocJc at thi ""Pitcct* Best Pat. Flour, par Willi, Feed, per 100 lbs • IJI Bran and Brown Md»,Mt LIS "Hemeiiiber, before you njrrml to nny pontract you took nil obligation to the Amalgamated association. It now calls yon.to help in this hour of need. Later 12 more strikers, who were fiuioit}? the subleaders. were deported. Some of tlie strikers held nnH'tinjradurluji the day seeretly and have conferred with lawyers Dvith a view of taking action. WeUsville, O.. Aug. 7.—Everything 8 very quiet here tijlay. There arc 1111 :8lp«H of trouble of any kind. Four mills are running ali the time ami two Hilllfl only one turti each. Deserters Trom the strikers' links who are work ing retime to leave their employment, despite special Inducements lo do so ■effered by the Amalgamated associa tlom It Is now believed that Shaffer's general strike order will not affect JVellBVille In the least. London. Aug. 7—The Evening News editorially says:- "The contrast between cr"ft wealth and sordid poverty Is greater UD America than In England This is ajcjcenttiated by the vulw oMt-iittttion of the American phi J™-rat. The relations between empjoy-d employe ore very bitter. The real lastlie contest Is tile continued' «l«tence of labor organlzatlnna The t.Oirlt ill which Morgan mft tlons. Tne f |h workmen rowredPThaThe wishes to provoke a Bght with the object of destroying the trade'i unions. Whichever s,d« wins the ultimate victory, the C ontert will prove disastrous 10 A,ncr ""Unless the trouble is settled on or before Saturday, Aug. to, 1001, tin? mills will close when the lust turn is made 011 that (lay. Senator t'ulloui Is very conservative, never venturing opinions until he knows 11iey will have the full and cordial iilVtofseVnV'uk of the administration and his constituents. Just at present and on tills topic he Is more particular than ordinarily, for the reason that he may be chairman of the very important senate committee on foreign relations. In this capacity he will have the man* agciucnt of the reciprocity treaties which It Is the desire of the president to have ratified. l! Oats, per bushel - • Jl It is Htipiwsed that the gold was carried ahoig ihe water front to a steaiu launch that was in waiting. Ktio\\i: edge of the whereabouts of this launch, its identity and its destination is vital to the search for tin* robbers, and the oflicers of the two counties are bending all their energies to make these quoptions clear. : Oats, 25 bushel lots • At | Potatoes, per peek - • .49 J Onions, per peok - • .19 j Butter, best dairy, per ft .22 | Lard, Pure, per lb • .10% ;! Cheese, full croon, per ft ,11 • Eggs, per dozen - • .11 Gr. Sugar, 18 lbs tor - IJI i Arb. and Lion Coffee, ft .11 No one would ttfke tin1 case. TftV strikers have appointed new committees to carry 011 their work, and in ease of eaeh committee ttye different ones were created so that when one is taken away another will take its place. "llrethreu, this is the call to preserve our organization. We trust you ami need yon. t'oine ami h«Dip us, and may right come to a Just cause." BASEBALL. JMvsident Shaffer addrd this state Dient: Iteanltn of Yesterday's Games In the Different I.enuneN. ♦'The call goes to file vice presidents of the districts in which there are mills owned and operated by the National Steel. National Tube and federal Steel companies as well as to the otllcials of the lodges in the mills. Today she is one of the most skillful manipulators of newspaper opinion in London. Journalists of ibo-soiTous ord?r, the men who write the important political editorials, are unfailing at her receptions. They call to get from her what is called in Fleet street the picturesque strokes for their articles. And she supplies them so skillfully that often a violent anti-Russian comes away half convinced that the czar is a democrat, that Siberia is a paradise and that the process of being knouted is little less uncomfortable than that of taking a Turkish bath. Besides influencing journalists, Mine. Novikoff writes herself. The editor of a Spanish paper was aif.ong those seized, lie made a vigorous tight. but was overpowered and had to go like the others. A cqjuiuittee of the leadiug business .men told the souphouses they must close. Vagrant laws. It was nuiioiiuced. will be enforced against those who refuse to work. Superintendent Von Her Ropp thinks that the robbery was planned iu San Joaquin state prison ami executed by Accomplished safe breakers; Dick IMieltin, formerly an employee of the works, who was recently released from San Joaquin, where he served a term for murder, is reported to have hero «eeu wceiUjy in the vicinity of the works. It is the theory of Von Der ttopp that i'helan either found accomplices in the place and laid out the plot to be ex«*cuted on his release or gave the necessary information to other crtintasls loanable them to accomplish this gigantic robbery. At Bo«ton— NATIONAL LEACH K R. II. K 3 7 l'liilailt Ipliift. 0200 0 0001 UjtnVies— Donahue and Douglass; Dinecu and KUtreilge. 0 I 1 0 0 0 2 1 San Franrlioo Labor Troubles. At Pillxhurg— St. Louis  littfclHiitf  R. H. ■- 0 0 1 0 0 0 0- 1 M 2 2 0 o :: i 2 «►— h lo i Next to Senator Frye of Maine Senator t'idiom is ranking member of the foreign relations committee, and it is the understanding of the president that the senator from Maine will prefer his present position as chairman of the commerce commit tec. which will leave thu succession io l-'tlllom. It is to the latter, therefore, that the president has conllded his wishes in regard to the reciprocity treaties. "No notice lias been or is belug sent to tin; DiniiiiKi'ra of tjie mills. We think their notice initf i.ouie from the other shle am! that they have had warning of this ever since the beginning of the strike. Thai ought to he suflieient." San Francisco, Aug. 7.—Tin* only development of Importance in the labor situation so far nx the extension of strikes is concerned is the walk out of more than 4Cm) union boxmakers who had been employed at tlie various box factories of the city. The men assert they were so often urged to sign an agreement which meaut their resignation from the union that they decided no longer to brook tin? menacing attitude of their employers and to Join the forces of the idle. Mayor Phelan declares that as far as he is concerned peace negotiations are at an end, he having done all that he could to briug about a conference. Riit u-ries—llarpcr and II van; Tanm-hill and Yeagor. ! Evans Bros.' The atidiU'tipn of the cigar makers and the other Mrtijgciij: measures noted are the outgrowth of a strike declared several days ago by the members of the Itesistpucia Cigar Makers' union ami which has brought out threats on the part of several manufacturers to remove their plants from Tampa. At Cincinnati— R. h. e. Chicago .102020100-6 5 8 Cincinnati ..00 1 000 0 1 0—2 0 l Uaittiie*—Waddell and Kalioe; Slinunel and Bergen. When it became known that the strike order had been Issued, messages began pouring into tiie Amalgamated headquarter* from mills operated by union men announcing that they would respond to the call, and a general shut down can be looked for in all except the Carnegie plants. These are in a position to supply most of the structural shapes, plates, billets • and rails. There is no demand for sheet slabs or billets for hoops. The rail trade has been fairly well supplied for the year, nud (he down of the National and Federal Steel companies' uut CUt much of a figure in It will damage buildv«»Uding will be *•» on ae- STANDING OF TIIE CLUBS. 46 South Main St. W. L. P.C. W. L. P.O. Pittsburg... 51 31 .000 Boston 12 42 .500 Phita'pliia.. 50 37 .57.'» X.w York... 36 41 .450 St. Louis... 51 39 .507 Cincinnati.. 35 50 .412 Brooklyn 45 42 .517 Chicago 30 W .3s3 To take another notable example: As tbe Boers have had Dr. Leyds to repreeent them officially for years In Europe, so, since the war broke out, the English have had their unofficial agents striving to undermine the doctor's work. In Paris there is a woman who has long been known to be acting, and for money, as an English agent in the dissemination of the English view of the matter, and at the exposition peace conference every speaker took it for granted that Yves Guyot, the editor of the Paris Siecle, was acting under the instructions of Downing street in his articles and public speeches. His was absolutely the only definitely pro- English paper in Paris at that time and he the only public man who defended tho English. Hopes to Prevent Retaliation. AH who ikave seen the tunnel through which tUe burglars made their way to tlie vault dodarc that it must have required several weeks.to dig out such a large quantity of earth without attracting the attention of the numerous employees of the smelter. The digging couhl have been accomplished only at night, and the earth «is it was removed was undoubtedly taken aboard a small boat in sacks and dumped Into the running tide of the bay. AMERICAN LKA(it"K President Mclvliilcy hopes to allay commercial irritation and prevent threatened I'll rope an retaliation by the mutual concessions provided for in the treaties already negotiated. When this is done. Mr. McKiuIey is convinced that a few slight luodlllcatious of the tariff can be effected with profit, lie Is opposed to a general revision. The friends of Congressman Babcock, who introduced the revision proposal, deny that they wish any geuernl change In the tariff schedule. They say they are in harmony with the president, who approves the plan to remove certain of the duties from trust made articles and thus to acquit the party of the charge of fostering the trusts and kill lug competition. Price Cutting Sale \ BRITISHERS ALARMEcf. Cnlinn ( odkI lint limn I C'on venl Ion. Havana. Aug. 7.--The Cuban constitutional eonvenilon met yostnday, but Mc' it" jrt'ogri'fs. Kenor .luan (iual"••muoz moved hn amendment to w proposing that all -• candidates in FASTER* LEAGfE. At Toronto—Toronto, 1; Broikton, a. At Montreal—Montreal, 5»; Ilariforil, 1. At Hoi heater— Koehcster, 5; Worcester, 1. At Milwaukee— Detroit, 8; Milwaukee, 4. Suits that were ai d upward are cow marked at Americans arc Capturing the Big Commercial Markets of Southern France. berto 1 till* electoral Philadelphia, Aug. 7.—Seven dead, three or four probably fatally Injured and more than 00 other persons hurl more or less seriously Is the latest revised record of Monday night's ex plosion in the block of buildings on Locust street above Tenth street In this city. How many more victims, if a;?v, are still in the ruins will not be known until all the debris has been cleared away, which will require many more hours of hard work. The latest find wmh piade at 8 o'clock last night, when the badt.v burned remains of a colored man were found In the wreckon the sidewalk. Seven Bodies Recovered. Cleveland. O., Aug. 7.—The United Traction company of Cleveland, a concern in which Mayor Tom I*. Johnson is believed to be a prominent factor, will within the next few weeks, it is said, ask the city council for a street car franchise in this city, a system that will embrace half a dozen lines east and west and cross town. Three cent fares and universal transfers will be two of the concessions the uew company will offer as reasons for its request for franchises. Besides Mayor Johnson; Martin M. Allen and Horace W. Ward are said to be among those largely interested. Tile phuis call for the construction of about 130 miles of electric street car tracks. Three Cent Fare Line. London. Aug. 7.—The British Consul at Marseilles reports that Americans are capturing the big commercial markets of Southern France from England and says: "The most vital question at present is the* determined attempt of the United States to obtain a monopoly ol coal imports. A great combine is contemplated to effect this end. Britishers should awaken to this danger ol American suprc macy and fight it by combining themselves."tli«* coming elections slutII ci- public officials WhduJL —f lo CX $18 ercise their offices for a mouth lido, the elections take place, lit' argued that Ibis would tend to assure fair elections. pointing out that heretofore elections bad been "shamefully fulsith-d by officials. wlin have used their positions to favor their own election." This proposal was violently opposed by members of the convention who were officeholders, those chiefly affected being the civil governors of provinces. These ofliclals violently antagonized the amendment, wliieh whs rejected by a Vote of 12 to 10. plants w the rail situation. gem-rally dfluypd not ho nnn *. count of the loss In plates as in ste» tingles ami shapes. The Ulllted State? Steel corporation has taken aclvnntagt of the strike clause ami canceled all foreign contracts, ami home deliveries are slow. Ins. however, and jdil|DC The tunnel semicircular, dipping from the front of the smelter wall sufficiently to pass under the foundation and come up under the steel vault. Over the outside month of the hole was placed a light but strong grating of Wood, over which, when a night's work was completed, a lot of eartlj_jUid rubbish was thrown so that the entrance could not be distinguished from solid ground. Scores of workmen passed and repassed over this framework, but no 6ne noticed by the sound that he was treading upon a flimsy structure. Across the grating wefir fastened a couple of saeks to keep the dirt from falling into the tunnel, but had any weight of more than :»«mD pounds been run over it it would have given way under the pressure. A heavily laden truck was run close to the spot only yesterday, but escaped the hole by several feet. Tunnel Hid by t;rntin». Most of these unofficial diplomatists are exceedingly well paid. They have to be people of very marked ability, and they must maintain a considerable state or their work would fail pitiably. Some five or six years ngo a German baroness died suddenly in Paris. When her papers were ransacked by the commissary of police, it was discovered that she had been a secret service agent fnr her country. From her diary and account books it appeared that she had received from Ucr government $000 a month, tho rent of a superb apartment on the Avenue Fried- Innd by the .Cre do Triomphe and tho keep of her two horse brougham, besides generous trawling expenses whenever she was requested to visit Korlin. In addition there were noted also the receipts of sums varying from to .ysi»0 entered and upwards. For a short time only to make room for Fall President McKiuIey. as those who have talked with him know, is steering a middle course between a radical opening up of the whole tariff Issue, with the disturbance to business Interests which would luovitnbly follow, and the extremely conservative course recommended by Senator Lodge and others, who profess to see uo political danger In ijlsri'simlliiR the demand for tariff reform. Senator Culloni rtD|irespiits the Ht'litiliiellt of tin' middle west, whore there Is a enteral disposition to Indorse the Babcock bill. FRANCE AND TURKEY. Affnlls are at fevit Ileal lu tile lower union utills of tile Carnegie company. Tin' strike order caused u commotion. .Many of the men are desirous of doing out in sympathy with the Amalgamated, filthough only a few are members. Exciting discussions tool; place among the groups or men before the night creW went oil. and some of the aritumeuts almost ended in a riot. The liberal element Itunlly decided -that n meeting should be held tomorrow u 1btit, at which a vote will be taken whether the men will strike as a unit or remain C'arncKlc Moo Kxclted. stock French Warship Ordered to Stand Two Uillril by Train, BUSS, Ready for a Demonstration. Paris, Aug. 7.—Orders have been Bent to Tonlon to have the French bat tleehlp Charles Martel Bolvet Jouregi berry held in readiness to make a demonstration in Turkish waters. It is expected that Turkey will recede from her stand, and admit French ownership of the quays. Berlin. Aug. 7.—limned lately after the death of Empress Frederick a j buiich of white lilies was placed in her hand. Emperor William then conducted the family in bedside prayer. The royal family will attend on Thursday the funeral service conducted at Frledrlchshof by the bishop of Uipon. who has been summoned by Empress Frederick's wish. The family only will be present. The body will be removed on Saturday evening to the Protestant church at Oroiibcrg. escorted by a torchlight procession. The family will follow on foot. A service will be held there ou Sunday. It Is expected that King Edward, with his family and friends and servants, will go to Potsdam the same evening.. Funeral scrv ices will be held in the mausoleum on Tuesday. Simple Funeral Far ICniproa*, Wilmington. IM., Aiw. 7- Two Italians wvi'e killed aud three others were seriously hurt lD,v a train jumping a traeli near Helloviie, a short distance from this city. The dead Italians are 1'aoli Gtannine aud Pasquiln (llaunine. brothers. The Injured are Adolpli Mori, liiuseppe t'outi aud Denuls Haley. The men were employed In a quarry and were on their way home wl»en the locomotive of the train left th« track. The tilaunlnc brothers were instantly killed by the cars running over them.  Fire In Waterbury, C'onn, Waterbury, Conn.. Aug. 7.—Fire at a late hour last night in a block occupied iiy the Waterbury Blank Book company aud several smaller concerns caused a damage of about $15,000. The loss to the Blank Book company, which is mostly by water, will reach $Hukn). The loss to the building is not over $1,500. The total insurance aggregates $12,000. The cause is unknown. THE TAILOR. as special reconipen e, presumably for some exceptionally brilliant stroke of diplomacy or some more than usually valuable item of information. The disclosures attraited a great deal of alien tiou at the time and practically forced out of Paris society «mo lady's nephew, who had married the daughter of u ducal house. Importa Into Manila. Armstrong's THE WEATHER. Wnsliingtou. Aug. 7.—The division of instil*!' affairs of the war department Is in receipt of Its'regular monthly report from tlie collector of customs at Manila, showing imports into that port for the month of May. 1901. A noticeable feature of the report Is the fact that for the first time during American occupation the United States heads the list of imports. The imports Into Manila during May, 1001. were valued at $2,400,431 and were brought from the following cquutrles: United States, J5.M0,r»33; England, $377.- 54 4; Chinese empire. $2r»0.177; French East Indies. $219,204; British East Indies. $173,040; France, $103,854; Germany, $103,042; Spain, $130,U7, Japan. $101,330. Tk* balance was distributed among a nujuber of other at work The net ion of President Shaffer In allowing until Saturday night for tile men to Itulsh their work has given the corporation officials an opportunity to ascertain ttie.sentiment of the men before the strike takes effect. Every superintendent will have his foremen canvass tin' men individually and learn their sentiments. This will lie tabulated and compiled by mills and districts. so that-hy. Saturday night President Schwab will know the standing of almost every man employed by the cor- The roldiery is supposed to have been committed some time between midnight and 5 o'clock in the morning. Shortly before midnight rounds were made of the building, and at 5 o'clock the steamer Sunol came alongside the dock to receive the shipments of gold, as it is not customary to leave precious metal at the smelter longer than neccs- Washlfgton. Aug. 7.—Forecast until 8 p. m , Thursday, for Eastern Pennsylvania: Partly cloudy tonight, Thursday, fair. Prevented a Tragedy. Mlaaonrl l'aelflc Stock Increaaed. —~**PRICE9. Timely luf«»rmntlon given Mrs. George l.ong. of New Straitsville. Ohio, saved two Uvob A frightful cough had long kept her awak«D every niglit- She had tried many remedies and doctors, but steadily gi'nw worse, until urged to try Pr. King's New Discovery. One bottle wholly cured her; and she writes: This marvelous medicine nlso cured Mr. Long of a severe attack of pneumonia. Such cures nre positive proof of its power to cijre nil throat, chest and lung troubles. Only 50c. and fl.OO. Trial bottles free. Sold by Stroh s Pharmacy, West Plttston. and W. C. Price, IMttston. Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 7. — Acting through his attorney. George J. Gould as president of the Missouri Pacitie Railroad company has tiled amended articles of incorporation Increasing the capital stock of the road $45.000,000. A notation says the stock was Increased by vote of the directors. $30,000,000 at a New York meeting on April 22 aud $15,000,000 later at St. Louis It is ope (if the pl»n-.alij«'yt of truths* sn lonu as thiugs j;o \vC II. I'lit wop I »«• to th«C unfortunate-agent who ;«rts found out. That menn§ Tufti mi l shame. Thus the husiu, Pint Mason Jars, per dos, CAPTURED A COUNT. Quart Mason Jars, per doz. \ Gal. Mason's Jars, per dos, Daughter of a Philadelphia Millionaire New Ittnd'n I.nek (if Children. 1 1!). Choice Mixed Tea Budapest Gets a i itle. .— The Pesthor A Fifteen Ineli Itninfall. sary The stolen metal was part of a consignment piepared only Monday and stored in the vault preparatory for shipment to the smelter office in this city. The New Hugland people are upon the soil, but are nut of it. The.v obviously dislike farming as much j's th«ir \voin» u do children, nnd wcvi* it not for tin* crtpablo among them and the foreigners who taken up their residence anions ttiein there would bo neither  born nor fields cultivated. I lb. Fancy Mixed Tea Lloyd today announce* the engagement of Count Hippolyt Pallavicini to Miss Richards, daughter of Millionaire Bertram Richards, of Philadelphia- Albemarle, N. An«. 7.—The most destructive I'll Hi foil at and around this point that has fallen here in 40 years. Little Long creek washed out a till on the Yadkin railroad a ml wept away about L'OO feet of the track. Trains have been tied up here for 12 hours. Circat damage also was done to crops. Several bridges and water mills were washed away. The rainfall was about 1 lb. Upton's Tea (In tins) poration. It was intimated here last night that the tube workers will receive an advance in wages to keep theiu at work. No authority could be found for the rumor. This was one of the methods II. C. Prick used to Stpiclch labor agitators lien they were making head way in the coke region, ami the rumor probably has its origin in this practice. Trustee Pierce of the Amalgamated said: —'This light is on now in deacj I lb. Mocha. and Java Coffee The Sunol'fl nu u made ready to truck the gold out, and one of the smelter men ran forward to open the vault door. It held fast. He Used force, but Htill the heavy door stin k. Then a bar was used as a lever, and the wedge that held the door In place slipped and the wrecked strong room was revealed TaKRort nefuiiea denomination. Indianapolis, Aug. 7.—Mayor Thomas Tnggnrt, three times mayor of Indlauapolis, iu a letter to the Democratic city committee positively declines to accept a fourth nomination. The committee haw'accepted the letter as flual. Mayor Tagpart's renomination was as sured. He Is Democratic national committeeman from Indiana. 2 lbs. Arbuckle's Coffee 2 lbs. Lion Coffee M M J» FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. It Helped Win Battles. If left to themselves, 'existence of n descendant of tiie pilgrim fathers would lDo ?;s rare as the great auk. and the race (a sure to share the fate of the dodo. :i Cans Boston Baked Beans He* York Stock Markets, furnished by M. 8- Jordan & Co., stock brokers, room 28 Miners' Bank Dulldine. Jtfew York. Aug. .. 1901 T went J' nine officers and men wrote from the front to say that for Scratches, Bruises, Cuts. Wounils. Sore Feet and Stiff Joints. Hucklen s Ami. a Salve is the best in the world. Same for Burns, Skin Eruptions and Piles. _'.ru\ a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by Stroh's Pharmacy, West Pittston, arid W. C Price, Pittston. countries. U Cans Fancy Tomatoes Buffalo. Aug. 7. The Courier says that the ttrst wedge has been driven home In a great split in the International Machinists' union. President O'Connell has sent four special Agents frotn Washington to dislrnhd the lodges *»f bufraio. representing 1,400 men, who have been fighting for the nine hour scale. The Buflfalonlnns have rebelled and. knowing that the entire  had machinists' lodge* v.-'uicn were dinsatisfied With OCouuell's rule, 1mV* seiu a vail to every lodge In the coun-1 try to Join a new organization. the con- I veution for which will be held in Bufi falo next Month. Split In Machinist** WTn|oH This must be a very serious i»)"ot»lein for the United Stntes Statesmen. Stop the foreigu imc.i&rulioif, and the Uuited Statea. wouid uot increase in population, after a time their numbers would be gin to diminish. 3 Cans Fancy Corn 15 liu-hi's Atchison  Atchison, prcf. . • Brooklyn Traction Ches. and Ohio . XT. S. Steel  "U S. Steel, pref. JfShUattan El. . IMo. Pacific  People's Gas Col. Iron an* Fuel Po. Pacific  Open. Cloa. 70% "2ls 93 Vi 73 43*4 40 89 V« Dnnny Mnlior Will Hide !*o More. Loudon. Aug. 7.—IMa her, the American jockey, will probably uever re-enter the race course. Owing to a serious .hemorrhage of the lungs bin phy*iClnus have cautioned hiui that a further attempt to ride would Infatal. It is understood that he will cancel all engagements ar.d return to the United States. —empty J. T. ARMSTRONG * CO.. 94 * 2 73 ?arne«'t. I» will be carried on because Mr. 8C hwtjh has sought it and has wont, d It. in Hultn of all that emihi be dr.ne to stop it. We have made the last move for pence oil our part. Wr have delaved and given up valuable time in order that every passible means could be Ufced Jo bring about a peaceful settlement. All has beeii of i;o use. 1 do net believe that any one will have enough inlluehce to change the Steel Use Allen's Foot-Ease In Your Gloves. James White. Bryantsvllle. Ind.. says He Witt's Witch Hazel Salve healed running eores on both legs. He had suffered six ycnrs. J)octor,s failed IP lielp biiq. Ijet Pe Wltt's. Accept no imitations. T. J- Yates. IMttston ; Stroh's Pharmacy, West Pittston. Story of a Slave. There is obviously something wrong with a people who under conditions so favorable have such iun&ft families* 53 South Main Ht. PITTBTOlf. 41 40 % A lady writes: "J sbske . Allen's FootEftde Into my gloves and rub a little on my hands. It saves my gloves by absorbing perspiration. It Is a moat dainty toilet pow ler." We Invite the attention of physicians and nurses to the absolute purity of Allen's Foot-Ease. Dr. W. C. Abbott, editor of the Chicago Clinic, says: "It Is a grand preparation; I am using It constantly In my practice." All drug and shoe store* sell It 2Rc. Sample sent FREEJ. Address, Allen 8. Oimfftpj, LeRoy. N. Y. To be bound hand aud foot for years by the chains of disease tltf worst torta «t s'avery. Ueorgc I*. Williams, of Manchester. Mich., says: "My wife has been so helpless for five years that she could not turn over In bed alone. After using two bottles of Electric Bitters she Is wonderfully improved and able to do her own work.' This supreme remedy for female disease* cures nervousness. Bjeeuiusstiestf. melatielioly. headache, backache, fainting and dltay spells. It Is a godsend to weak, sickly, rundown people. Cure guaranteed. Only 50c GOODS DKTJVKRBD PROMPTLY. The United Slates woman does not realize her duties to (Jed and her country and thinks moro of hC r own pleasure than sliu does of the responsibilities which the Creator has imposed upon her. — From a Hon. David Mills, Minister of Justice, Ottawa. &5 H 95% ns'to us MONEY. 113% 02 Very Low Rates to Colorado, Utah and California, Via Missouri Pacific Railway From St. Louis. Eruptions, cuts. hums, son lils and poros of all kinds Quick]*" honlod by DeWttt s Witch Hazel Salvo. Coital. Finest Pullman Palace and Tourist cars from Bt. Louis wtthyut change. Free reclining chair cars. No omnibus transfers. Copper . O. « W Pf nn. 110% ir« l'or piles. Thorough Mastication I have money in mortgages for U7 raOBBt rany atand for a term of years and only the lutoreet l»o paid, or will gWe ths prly Ucge to make |Dayments ou mortgage —oath ly, quarterly. seml-anunally or annnaHj, aad the Interest will C-eaae immediately on trtrf 31H 14.1 Itewaro of counterfeit*. He pure you ,ijp original—IH»Wltt*. T. J Yates. Virtuton; at roll's Pharmacy, Weat I'ittston. trust in iut ili'K rmiiiiiiinu 10 liplit us. Wlu-u lliis (Utlit Is ovt'r. however, tlie tmst will Uml ilint it win lift Of _food is essential to good health. Reading 76% 59U 12% 94 move The Homliest Man in Pittston As well as the handsomest and others are invited to call on any dragglst and get free a bottle of Kemp's Balsam for the throat and lungs, a remedy that Is guaranteed to care and relieve all chronic and acute roughs, asthma, bronchitis, and consumption. Price 25 aud Sfte. Call or address J. P. MoCann. Traveling Passenger Agent, or Wm. E. Hoyt, General Eastern Passenger Agent, 391 Broadway, New York. jl6tf Sold by Stroh's Pharmacy. West Pittston. and W. C. Price, Pittston. ""f.ulrt quickly leave you if you Pf. That Throbbing Headache Without good teeth we cannot have Reading, prof. .. ■ 'Jenn. C. & I  L«tflier  Unioac Pacific  Union fscific. pref Wabash, pi'ef. "Western Onion . M.. K. T. Norfolk  Lest You Forget, W« Say it Yet, Have your tiirmtwe repaired qjid upliolrtered at the Roger* Couch Factory.tlinli (lie A ma lira ma till iifwoi-lntlon to settle"wltli. Oilier Interests will become involvrd. and others will have a Freah creamery print butter and strictly fresh eggs evary day. Full llxto of market'? vegetables; also lemons, oranges and bananaa. Choice fresh meat. Kasper, the butcher. Both King's New Life Pl'lD XUuusnnds of suf thorough mastication. Wo do everything known to modern dentistry at moderate prices. Teeth extracted without pain by aid of vitalized air. Dr. Reap. 13 S. Main St dollar of prinr||Dal thus uupatd. This Is mo voice in lilt1 ftrrnngoiucut of the terms of peuce." ferer* »tav* proved their matchless merit for Sick and Nervous Headaches. They make pure blood and build up your health. Only 25 cents. Money back If not cured. Sold by Stroh's Pharmacy. West Pittston. and W. C.'Price, Pittston. hnildlnr; association money. I h»ndto only private ftmds and trnat funds. 37% 90 51% 87% Shooting at chicken thieves, near York. Saturday. Mra. H«miy Nellley shot apa killed hei sister, Mrs. Sdrah Kuaub, aged W, D. E. BAXTER. tu d Hoot Banut Building, WUkMfeON* Monuments and Cornsr Posts, Flagging and Curbing. F. W. 8teg» man, 23# Wyo. Are., W. PltUton. 11 Atlantic City, Aug. 7.—President Gowper# oI tin AUKTlCRB federation Gumpcri Won't Talk, Croupy Sound* from Baby'* Crib Garden tools and hose, ap Ash's. 'phones*.