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STRIKERS PREPARE TO PARADE.
Police Asked for a Permit aud the
Route Named.
Cloak makers and Cutters En-
couraged by Their Leaders.

The strike of cloakmakers and cutters
was renewed more vigorously than ever
to-day, and the great cloakmaking IN
dustry Is almost completely paralyzed.
Out of l75 large manufactures, not more
than two are in operation, while nearly
1909 contractors or sweaters shops are
idle.
Twelve thousand cloakmakers, includ-
ing operators, tailors, finishers and press
ers are out. and LOO cutters have Joined
them.
over 5000 cloakmakers surged about
the doors of New Irving Hall, ga and PIG
Broome street, this morning, all trying
to attend the meeting held there. but
not half that number could be admitted.
The others fingered about the street, dis
cussing the strike and the prospect of
victory. Speakers in the hall encouraged
peaceful. The officers of the Union told
the crowd that they would meet with
success before another week ended
Joseph Barondess, the leader of the
cloakmakers, did not put in an early
appearance at the hall. In response to
loud calls for him, 1t was stated that
he was extremely busy with the Ex-
ecutiye, Committee. and would talk to
the strikers later in the day.
grand parade would be held this after
noon. II the police did not interpose.
and the strikers were informed that
one of the officers of the union had
gone to Police Headquarters to obtain
the necessary permit. Should the per-
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nit be granted by Supt. Byrnes, 1t was
said that the strikers would assemble
In Rutgers Square and march through
East Broadway, Suffolk street, Houston
street Mulberry street, Canal street,
Walker street, Greene street, Waverley
place. Broadway to City Hall Park, and
thence into Centre and Broome streets,
the BOwery, Third avenue and Seven
teenth street. to Union Square, where
a mass-meeting will be held.
Several bands of music were engaged,
with the proviso that their services
would not be required II Supt. Byrnes re-
fused a permit. Barondess and the Off
GERS of the unions are expected to lead
the procession, and II Is believed that
over 1000 women will take part In the
parade.
The tiers assembled n thousand
strong in and about 9S Forsyth street.
where their organization. the United
Cloak and Suit Cutters Association,
holds its regular meetings. The. Execu-
tive Boards OF the Cloakmakers' Union
and the Cutters Association met this
forenoon to further their plans for car
rying on the strike.
The regular meeting of the Cutters
Association will take place later in the
day The cutters have no grievance.
but are striking in support of the cloak
makers with whom they are afiiliated.
Cutters receive s24 week each for nifty
two hours work.
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cdent. A few months after walrond
had obtained his fsllowship he had
iieved to be his friend, a manuscript
monograph on certain antiquities near
Oxford the result oI long and la labor Gus
the journal OF the Association, which
article was practically the substance of
Walrond's monograph. Its appearance,
OF course, precluded the subsequent
rond expostulated vigorously.
cambridge shrugged his shoulders. re-
piled that no antiquarian, even the
youngest had a vested interest in any
subject; and that he, too. had accumu-
lated evidence on the same subject, the
notes whereof he would be happy to
course the quarrel was not allowed to
college at once sent for Walrond, ex-
planned that as very young man 1t i'll
against one OF the most learned and
honored members of the common room,
and advised him to Withdraw his accu-
sations and allow the matter to die out
PEELED to do; and, although his relations
with the senior tutor were apparently
friendly. and although they frequently
the college and out, walrond had not
forgotten Bainbridge's perfidy, and was
reluctant to test his loyalty again, for
ne Ielt convinced tnat ms own CIeult
In the matter would soon be whitfield
away by the artful Balnbrldge. Never
theless, by the time he had smoked a
couple OF pipes he perceived that COM
ISOLATION was about to dispense on the
next day and his continuance In the
neighborhood would excite suspicion.
Bainbridge would probably follow ms
ing that Walrond had stolen a march
upon him. would. as President OF the
Association, spoil all by premature dis
closure. Under these circumstances he
resolved TO take what appeared TO him
the most polite course: he would ac-
quaint cambridge with his discovery,
and take care that his own share was
allowed. Moreover. the assistance OF a
skilled antiquarian like cambridge
would be valuable, and the task would
need assistance.
The following evening. when the asso-
citation had all broken up, he told the
President the whole story. Richard Balm
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THAT INSCRIPTION.


The melancholy Jacques. so we are told
found sermons in stones" Had he,
however. been condemned to listen to
sermons on stones his melancholy might
have been still further intensified. For
such dissertations are occasionally weari-
some even to the antiquarian; and when
Edward Walrond, Fellow of st. Simon S
College. oxford, had listened to a long
and prolix lecture on Roman villas he
bethought him that an hours trout fish,
Ing would sweep away the cobwebs
from his brain. The Association OF Brit
ish Antiquaries happened to be holding
Its annual conference; on this occasion
In the north of England The venue was
Burnstone Hall, large country seat in
Yorkshire. At the beginning of the pres
eht century some navvles had discovered,
during the construction of a road, certain
interesting Roman antiquities, and since
then Burnstone Hall had been a Mecca
to the archaeological enthusiast.
Former proprietors had encouraged re-
search. but Joshua Plat, the present
owner, a retired Lancashire mill owner,
hated the whole thing. and regarded the
archaeologist with ill-dlsguised contempt.
Nevertheless. being a CHEEKY old fellow
OF hoapitable intent. when the association
arrived In the nelghborhood. he did not
refuse them access to his park, albeit
he had suffered considerable annoyance
from archaeologists during the thirty
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bridge was wonder-struck and delighted,
and thanked Walrond for his frankness.
The next day they visited ed, the the CAVE We
cleaning they got the face of them arble
slab comparatively clear, and succeeded
in getting a legible rubbing Of the In
scription on a piece OF cartridge paper. 1t
ran as follows ID. o. NJ. Aul Sic, Gust
Antigua Re Antri y. Amos. Ense. In
itiavit. Sell Nj.
There was a letter lost at the end OF
the second line, and the chip already al
luded TO had also obliterated the last let
ter but one Of the last word. Otherwise
the inscription was slngulary perfect.
After the side was finished they made a
cursory investigation of the top of the
slab. and found four small square inden-
tations on the surface, as though some
thing had rested thereon.
AS they were sitting outside the VII
lage inn, after their labors, cambridge
remarked, as he looked at the scroll:
We'll. my dear boy, that's good
to do is to supply the trlding deficiencies
in the inscription, translate 1t II We can.
and then ! will write paper on T.:
You write paper'' 'eplled Walrond'
come. as found the slab, surely | have
the first right 10 publish a thesis"
Not Al all, said Bainbridge. 1t Is
true you found the block 81 Marie SpSs d6 Gue
the same. Very properly you tell me as
President; as President shall draw the
attention OF the other members 10 the
fact. i daresay l shall mention your
name"
"Deuced obIiging of you, I'm sure.
Look here, cambridge, | discovered that
tablet and / mean to get the credit OF
II. You once played me a dirty trick
before, and | haven't forgotten IL: II
you do so again. by heaven Ill'-
"Hullo! Mr.. Walrond, what's upY You
antiuuarians are always wrangling,
cried a CHEEKY voice. Walrond looked
up and saw young Plat. rod In hand;
he had come up without attracting the
notice of the angry combatants.
Come along with me, my dear fell
low. and get a half-pounder out OF yon
pool. Ii wfll do your temper good
Walrond laughed, and realizing that
his dignity as a gentleman and a scholar
was In serious jeopardy. entered the inn
and got his rod.
That evening walrond went frankly
up 10 Bainbridge and said: II am afraid
/ lost my temper this afternoon. l am
sorry-so accept my sincere apologies.
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years he had lived at Burnstone aPrk.
He even went 30 far as to order cold
lunch for the first day, but he took care
to be absent himself, and left his son
Joe to do the honors.
Now, below Burnstone Hall there runs
through deep ravine Of gray granite
the River Burn. one of the very best
trout streams in England. And as Wal
rond was a very keen fisherman, he
at once asked young Plat to grant
him day on his water. His host. be-
ing only too glad to find a fellow
sportsman gladly assented. Accord
While the rest ' of pt the Sssocistion was
still porting over tesselated pavements,
Walrond fixed his cast and began 70
fish up stream. His creel was still
empty, when suddenly the sky grew
overcast, the leaves began TO rustic
Of rain warned Wairond that a thun-
derstorm was imminent.
Looking round for shelter. he saw In
the scrap of the granite cltr that over
hung the stream cave, the entrance
OF which was about seven feet high by
Aye feet broad. The end was indiseern m.
rod down and filled pipe He lit a
match-when, 10! his eye fell upon some
thing that brought his heart into his
mouth. About twelve PAGES from the
mouth Of the cave. dui-distant be-
tween the two sides. stood e block Of
square by about three feet high. The
right hand upper corner was broken
on, and there was an ugly chip at the
base of the front. IL was discolored
BY damp. and was covered with moss
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Worlds Nearly Million Employers and WNd Situation AID Costs Only lOC ]

It's a pity n really interesting discov-
cry should be marred by little petty
Jealousy, Let us write the paper to
gether. We will each take a copy of the
rubbing; and let each do his best to
supply the missing letters, and when
we return TO college We will write a
paper together and publish II over our
first"
To this cambridge asaented. and the
matter ended for the present
The long vacation passed away, and
ten days before the beginning of the
term Walrond returned to his cosy
room in st. Simon's;
wen, my dear fellow" said Balm
bridge, when he met him in the common
room, done anything about the tablet?'
oh, yes replied Wnlrond, casually,
lrcId explanation. which Is lying In the
top drawer OF my bureau"
I'm the top"--repeated cambridge.
by the way, Walrond, would you mind
taking the scholarship candidates In
their books tomorrow morning? ! have
lot of things to do and am going up to
town in the afternoon to see publisher
You viii? Thanks"
Next morning, when Walrond returned
I to his rooms, after spending three hours
in the hail examining candidates for
opened the top drawer, glanced quickly
at the position OF certain piece OF red
tape and string which environed a
bulky manuscript, and gave a grim
At the beginning OF the term Mr.. Balm
bridge returned from town with his brow
metaphorically crowned with laurels
During his absence a most remarkable
article above his signature had appeared
in the official journal OF the society
whereof he was President, on the sub
ject OF a tablet he had himself discoY-
cred in cave near Burnstone Han.
The article carefully explained that
this tablet, which was manifestly of a
yotive character bore most interesting
inscription. OF which the following was
a faithful transcript: I'D. q, NJ. Aul Sic.
Gust. Antigua (e) re. antri. y. amos
ense initiavit sell(a)m."
The letters In parentheses were miss
ing in the original and had been supplied
by himself The full unabbreviated in
scrlption doubtless ran thus:
D(eo) O(ptuno) M(aNimo) Aul(us) Sic
Il. e.. decem) amos ense initiavit sell
(a)m.
The translation he ventured to suggest
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ran thus.
To the Cod. Best. Greatest, Aulus
treasure ere old genitive of resi- of the
cave for ten years consecrated the chair
with the sword.
The letters $ l. l. NJ and the four
indentations on the surface of the slab
pointed Enthusiastically to the fact that A
was the missing letter, and that on the
slab stood stone chair, the slab being
the customary Bathrum.
After having lightly touched upon the
ceremony Of conservation in general and
consecretlon by the sword In particular,
the writer continued to PROFOUND an
elaborate thesis, the purport of which
was briefly as follows Numa Pompilius,
the King of Rome, was the founder of
their national religion. This religion. he
learned from the nymph Egeria, who,
as every one knows. dwelt In cave near
Rome. This cave, which may be seen
to-day, was afterwards turned in.) q
shrine. Now, as civilization increased
ana the pure religion became affected by
the Gust Smary growths of subsidiary
myths, the cult OF EEerla bee anne
fashi2naeie; espec;aiy a. me period o OF
likely then that the Egerian cult was
brought over to England at the time of
the Rom IN occupation?
Her shrine would unquestionably be
in a cave, thereby following the analogy
Of the Mother City and ubtles the
mystic treasures of the nymph therein
placed would necessitate a guardian to
The priest of abe cave would naturally
have ConsecIdted chair when he pre-
sided over the mysteries. Nor was the
ID. D. NJ. antagOnistic TO his theory; 1t
merely showed that all mere cults clus-
tered round the worship of Jove, and
We're subsidiary thereto. Thus, even in
,he shrine of Egeria, the chair was i'm
mediately dedicated to the omnipotent
Deity. Each proconsul would carry with
his the particular worship he affected.
And nothing was more likely than that
,N..01 - hn aa
attached to the fashionable cult OF
Egeria. Here was a simple and lucid
explanation of the whole thing.
The article was admirably written, and
extorted general admiration. Among
those who Congratulated cambridge none
was more hearty than Walrond himself.
One might have supposed that Balm
bridge would have gladly accepted this
tribute from his colleague. Curiously
enough. he was fain to avoid the younger
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and lichen. But none the less by the
niekering light Walrond could see GER
tain tain letters We're deeply cut upon the
SIDE that faced the entrance of the cave.
Hastily lighting another match. ne
knelt down beside II, and with dexterous
touch followed the formation of the
saeces led by stop; them ' pulling SIhns away a ~
the lichen ne saw that an o Followed,
His pulse auickened, and his slender
fingers tTembled as he traced the next
light. 1t was an M. The first three
letters, then, were unmistakably ID o
NJ. Now, these three letters, signifying
quently used by. the Romans at the
beginning of a dedicatory Inscription.
Anywhere the inscription would have
been interesting and potent with pos
sibillties. but to find at Burnstone Hall,
where antiduarians had hammered and
picked for half a century, a veritable
yotive tablet was pure and undiluted
Walrond resolved to keep his secret to
himself until he made assurance sure
With this In view. the next morning at
daybreak he began by the light OF
The letters that next appeared on the
surface OF the damp and stained mar
bic. namely, "A, A Y L !. did not help
necessarily indistinct. and he was not
discouraged. Still less so when, in the
third row OF the inscription, just below
the Droken corner, ne succeeded In 'trac-
8. This proved. beyond all doubt. that
the Inscription was Latin. and that
something to do with item years" was
inscribed on the block OF marble
Thoroughly satisfied with his two
hours work, Walrond emerged into the
fresh morning AIR. 1T a pipe. and re-
View, viewed the the. position That he had come
he naturally desired TO complete the
Investigations himself, On the other
hand, his obvious duty was to inform
discovery. and solicit his aid in the
matter until satisfactory solution
could be submitted to the society.
Under ordinary circumstances this he
would have gladly done. He was, how
ever. deferred from reasons of a purely
personal character. The President for
bridse senior feiloW e W. own bs am
lege. between whom. and himself there
had already occurred an unpleasant IN
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your version, my dear fellow. Is truly
admirable; so original, too. iiereuBain-
Il confess L never before realized my
own deficiencies so completely, nor my
! presumption in asking you to collaborate
with me. In fact" continued Walrond.
drawing near to his superior, you have
completely. demolished my theory, which
was entirely different"
Eth what" calculated cambridge APP
prehensively. "Dinerent-I should have
thought there could be no other solu-
ton"
"Oh, yes. there can. as you would have
my MS. Dear me, how uneomfortable
You seem to be on that chair-let me
give you mine. No! Well, to resume.
Yours y e4 upon T the sSpRd asSa &
scholarship, but rather upon some pri-
yate Information Impaired 20 me by Joe
Plat that afternoon We went fishing
together. Suffice to say, according to my
interpret alton, there is no letter missing
In the first line of the inscription, and
the letter Clipped out is not A, but Z"
"Sellem," said cambridge, with an air
or surprise, that was curiously mingled
with agitation, but there is no such
Latin word"
ever. to enhance your just reputation as
an antiquarian l have sent my little eff
fort also to our journal 1t appears to-
morrow morning. Good night. Pleasant
Mr.. Balnbridge's dreams were neither
pleasant nor unpleasant. for the simple
fact that he did not sleep single wink
the whole night, so possessed was he BY
gloomy fcrebodings.
Bad as his forebodings we're they were
more than realized when, on opening
with trembling hands his Antlquaria4
his rivals signature the Following state
ment:
Since Mr.. PickwiclS discovered the ia
nous stone In the neighborhood or Cob
ham posslbly no ANTIQUARIAN has ever
been more Ingenious and more utterly
erroneous shan Mr.. Bainbrldge. The
Bathrum he described In the cave WAS
placed there by the owner OF the prop
erty, Mr.. Joshua Plat. with the pur-
pose of selling some enthuslastic anti
duarian. The right Interpretation OF the
Dom DAMN aul taln sic l5pch) Gust
(cussed) antiquarian trlx ttrlclfD an no
sense In It. ave H. Sell 'ein, "--Lanr
don Truth.
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occurred at Tien-Tsin last Friday was
of incendiary origin.
Nothing is known here in regard to
the rumor that China has asked the
good offices of Germany to bring about
the termination of the war with Japan,
and 1t Is believed that the report is UNI
founded. A Berlin despatch says 1t Is
semi-ofiiclally reported that nothing is
known of the request there.
The Standard this morning publishes
leader, in which 1t argues in favor of
the immediate Intervention of the
powers, including the Omitted States, in
the Chinese-Japanese war. 1t urges
England to take the initiative and pre-
vent awkward complication through
Russian Intervention.
1t thinks that Japan would be salts
fled with the neutrality of Corea, a
money indemnity and the possession of
the Loo Choo Highlands and the Island
OF Formosa
TIEN-TSIN, Oct. 1.-THE Emperor OF
China has bestowed the Grand Cross
of the Double Dragon upon Col. Won
Hannekin, formerly aide-de-camp 10
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The Japanese Admiral pays a weekly
visit to every important station on the
gulf and makes his inspection leisurely.
Eight japanese cruisers sounded the
entrance to the harbor of Wei-Hai-Wei
for three hours on Saturday last, end
then went across to Port Arthur, where
they made observations without getting
within range of the guns of that place.
The Japanese fleet returned to Wei
Hai-Wei on Monday last in single line,
keeping their distances spler didly and
heading straight for the harbor. When
almost within range the fleet separated
and lowered around the harbor entrance.
The fort fired few shots at the Jap
anese, but the latter did not reply, and
continued making observations until
Count Ito's flagship. the steel cruiser
Hashidate, fired once, whereupon the
feet reformed and steam ed away in the
di. ection of Taku.
The Ten-Tsin despatch adds that a
Chinaman, who was arrested there upon
Suspicion of being a japanese spy, was
tottured until he admitted the truth of
thetcharge. He is to be executed.
Tho same despatch says that four
spies have been arrested at Port Arthur
for cutting the submarine wires con-
nected with the torpedoes.
1t is also stated that the fire which
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The q O'Clock Edition and the
sporting Extrn of The Evening
World contain more sporting news
of interest than can he found In
any other evening newspaper.
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NEW BEDFORD MILLS START,
Strikers Go Back to Work in Five
of Them To-day.
By Associated Press }

TBy NHsOVTH0tU TTtbsJ
NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Oct. H.
The operatives for five corporations
went back to work this morning, after
being on a strike for seven and a half
weeks.
In the Acushnet and Hathaway mills,
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Would Mongolia Join RUSSIA
By Associated Press. J

BERLIN. Oct. 1.-THE Tageblatt pub
fishes despatch from st. Petersburg
which says that it's correspondent there
learns that the object of the leaders OF
hte rebellion in the Chinese province of
Mongolia is to secure the annexation
Of that territory to the Russian Empire.
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10000 KAFFIRS THREATEN.
Situation of Portuguese Mt Lourenxo
Marques Most Critical.

Iby Assoclhted FressI
LONDON, Oct. ia despatch to the
Pail Mall Gazette. this afternoon. from
Johannesburg. says that the situation of
the Portuguese at Lourenzo Marquee is
most critical.
According to this despatch 10000 KAT
frs are now threatening the town.
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GIadstone's f1OO Accepted.
(By Associated Press.)

DUBLIN. Oct 1.-THE Freeman's
Journal says that the subscriptions Of
Englishmen to the Irish Parliamentary
Fund have been returned. with letter
Of explanation and thanks. 1t IL added,
however, that Mr.. Gladstone's check for
much controversy. has been accepted,
because he Is no longer a Minister and
because he is Gladstone"
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The Ameer Seriously III.


s1MLA. Oct ia private letter re-
ceived here from Cabul, the capital OF
Afghanistan. says that the Ameer, Alb.
dur Rahman Khan. is seriously Ill.
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which are under one management. the
weavers refused to go in, but many of
them sought work In other mills. The
mills which started up were the Po-
tomska. Wamsutta, Bristol, Grinnell
and Pierce mills.
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JAPS HOLD PECHILI.
Fleet of Eight Ships Takes Sound
ings at Wei Hai-Wei
Doesn't Deign to Answer Shots
from the Fort.
Spy Caught at Tien-Tsin Tortured
Into a Confession.

LONDON. Oct. ia despatch re-
ceived here from Tien-Tsin says that the
Chinese officials no longer deny that
the Japanese fleet commands the Gulf
of Pechili.
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Viceroy Ii Hung Chang, in recognition
of the services which Won Hannekin
rendered to China while advising the
Chinese Admiral during the naval bat
tie which was recently fought between
the fleets of China. and Japan, of the
mouth of the Yalu River.