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100000 IN FOUR MONTHS.
Richest Strike Made by "a Former Res
ident of Indiana polls.

GREAT FALLS, Mont, July 23-Frank
Moss, an oldtime miner in this section,
who four Years ago was one of a party
OF Americans to visit the Klondyke coun-
try, returned to-day He says the richest
strike has been made by a twenty-one-
year-old boy named George Hornblower
once a resident of Indianapolis. In the
heart of a barren waste, known as, Boul-
derfield, he found a nugget for which the
transportation company gave him S. 700. He
located his claim at the find, and in four
months had taken out over 500, 900.
Moss tells story of horrors and star
walton seldom equaled even in modern nov
els. He describes Klondyke as a placer
camp seven miles long and thirteen miles
wide, located in a sink, walled in by rock
three thousand feet high. Gold, he says
abounds, but no ordinary man can stand
the hardships of the uncivilized region.
When Moss left here four years ago he was
a sturdy fellow, over six feet tall. From
hardships and privation he is a cripple for
NE and badly broken in health. In three
Years he saw over two thousand graves
made in the Klondyke basin. large ma
Jority of the deaths were due to starvation.
The steamship companies bring in all food
and allow no private importation. Conse-
quently 1t is not uncommon to go for weeks
with scant supply and for days entirely
without food The gold brought in last
week to Seattle, Moss says, does not rep
resent the findings of individual shippers,
but large proportion of 1t was confiscated
from the effects of those two thousand
miners who fell prey to the hardships.
At the death of man possessed of dust
his body was buried without a coffin and
the dust divided among those who cared
for him. With proper reliefs established
by the government, Moss says, gold can
be taken out at the rate of $20oO,000
month.
The richest section of Alaska, Moss says,
is yet undeveloped. 1t is one hundred
miles from Klondyke and is known as the
Black Hole of Calcutta 1t is inhabited by
ex-convcts of Bohemia and murders and
riots take the place of law and order. A
few months ago Klondyke organized JUS
tice committee, and its law prevails there
now. With the great crowds preparing to
go to the scene now, Moss says, hunger
and suffering will be great when added to
other hardships to be overcome by those
who survive. Moss returned with $4,000 in
dust and leaves tomorrow for his old
home at Dubuque, Ia.
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NO ARMoR AT $500 A TON.
Carnegie and Bethlehem Companies
Reply to- Secretary Long.

WASHINGTON, July 23-Secretary Long
to-day received replies from the Carnegie
and the Bethlehem companies to his invita-
ton to submit bids for supplying armor for
the three battle ships Illinois, Wisconsin
and Alabama in accordance with the limi-
tation placed by Congress on the price to
be paid for armor plate. Both of these de-
cline to bid within the $500 limit, on the
ground that it is not possible for them to
produce armor of the quality they have
been supplying to the government at that
figure. The Carnegie company makes an
offer, which it is understood the Bethlehem
concern is also willing to repeat, to supply
the diagonal armor for the three battle ships
at a price to be fixed by the Navy Depart
ment at its pleasure. This offer is made in
order that the work on the ships shall not
be entirely stopped by the failure to procure
armor. The snip builders, if this is done,
will be able to so on with their work until
the ships are atioat inasmuch as the
diagonal armor or that constituting the
bulkheads, is all of the armor that is built
into the ships structure. The amount of
such armor will not exceed eighty tons for
each ship a very small proportion of the
total supply required, but as it is regarded
as essential the secretary probably will ac-
ont fnn n1d
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IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Operators to Consider an Arbitra ion
Proposition Next Tuesday

PITTSBURG, Pa, July 23.-The situation
in this district has not materially changed
to-day. The efforts of the arbitration COM
mission have been so far successful that
call for a meeting of operators on Tues
day next has been issued. 1t is signed by
w. P. De Armitt, for the New York and
Cleveland Gas Coal Company; j. B. Zerbe,
for the Ohio and Pennsylvania Coal Com
pany; E. Young, for NJ. A. Hanna & Co.:
George w. Schlendeberg, for the Z. l.. Rob
bins Company, and other leading operators
of the district. These names to the notice
of meeting is sufficient guarantee of the
success of the gathering in point of at
tendance. W. 2. Rend Will also be asked to
sanction the signing OF his name to the
CALL lie is now IN Chicago.
The CannonSburg region has produced no
sensational features to-day The striking
miners are still encamped near the Allison
ana Boone mines to persuade workers from
going to work, but as the hearing in the
injunction case was postponed from this
afternoon until Monday there is little dan
ger of any conflict at present because the
mine owners have announced that their
mines would remain closed down until after
the hearing. AS far as the injunction is
concerned the strikers claim that il will
have no effect, as it restraints them from
what they have no intention of doing. They
say that they will modest no one; that they
are content to wage a battle Of peace and
order, and that as they have public senti-
ment on their side they are bound to win
Should the injunction be made perpetual
the operators, it is surmised, will make an
attempt to resume work. If they do there
will be trouble as long as there are anv
strikers in the vicinity of the mine There
are vague rumors of a march on the mines
of the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal
Company. There is no doubt among those
that are in a position to know that such
a move is contemplated, but just at what
time is kept q profound secret.
While all of this is going on the Turtle
Creek, Sandy Creek and Plum Creek mines
are working steadily and without interior
ence. The employees claim that they will
pay no attention to the strikers and want
to be left alone. On the other hand, the
miners officials claim that their organizers
who have been at work in secret have laid
the foundation for a general laying down
of tools when the proper time arrives
Much depends on the situation in West
York and Cleveland mines will naturally 0e
the pivotal point.
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THE WAR in CUBA.
Insurgents Say Spaniards VIII Soon
BE Compelled to Leave.

-
BE Compelled to Leave.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, July 23.-General
Emilio Nunez arrived from Key West to-
day. Asked with regard to the reports
that the insurgents cause is weakening
General Nunez said: The revolution in
Cuba is stronger now than ever before and
Spain will be compelled to leave the island
soon if the Canovas government does not
strike decisive blow. l have seen recent
letters from all of the Cuban commanders
in the field and each of them speaks of the
early success of the revolution. From Pinar
del Rio, where our forces suffered more
severely than in any other place on the ISL
and General Ducasse writes as follows:
The Spanish government is endeavor-
ing to create the impression that this gov
eminent is pacited, but recently we have
had several engagements with the Span
iards. We have held our positions, while
they have been compelled to retreat with
heavy losses We have a total of 5000 we'll
drilled and well-dSciplined men in this
province, and all are in high spirits and
loyal to the cause.
From Havana General Rodriguez writes
to me giving assurance that the SpaniardS
in that province are weaker than ever be-
fore and that this summer campaign will
be the last before we shall achieve our in
dependence. / have statement of the con-
dition of the forces of Matanzas province
which was given to me by General Avelina
Rosas commander of the Cuban forces of
that province, showing that the forces there
are in better condition to-day than ever
before. In regard to the statement that in
Santiago and CamagueY the Cubans do not
nav any attention the war, | say with
truth that they are pacified for the reason
that in the whole territory no Spanish SOL
diers have ever made their appearance.
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Leaders of All Labor Organization
Asked to Meet in Wheeling.

FAIRMONT w. Va, July 20. - NJ. D.
Ratchford, president of the United Mine
Workers of America, telegraphed the fol-
lowing letter to Samuel Gompers, president
OF the American Federation of Labor, to-
night, at Washington, j.. c.:
'On the fair soil of West Virginia peace
able assemblage has been forbidden and
free speech suppressed. A crisis is upon
US which must be met If we would escape
total slavery. The great mining strike now
extends over five States, and $50 900 miners
and their families. almost a million souls
are involved. Public sentiment is over
whelmingly with US. Only the hollow
heartless sentiment of corporate capital
echoed by its vulgar parrot, the subsidized
press, is opposed TO us. The acute stage
has been reached. This is no longer a
starvation. Every atom of NOBILITY i'm hui
man nature impels us TO arise TO the emer-
gency, and. by performing our duty as
becomes men, rescue the miners of the
country from the cruel grasp of bondage
and their wives and children from the tor
lures of famine.
West Virginia is the field of action. and
here our forces must be converged The
miners here are eager. anxious to Join in
our movement for their emancipation, but
are restrained by the fear of discharge or
properly of their masters as were the
black slaves before the guns of Sumter
Numbered the doom of chatteI slavery
Here upon the soil made sacred by Thomas
jefferson and Patrick Henry the slavery
of labor has become universal. The pat
riotic cry OF the imprisoned Henry Give
me liberty or give me death is once more
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SPEECHES TO STRIKERS.
Remarks of President RatchfOrd and
Eugene v. Debs.

FAIRMONT, w. Va, July 23.-To-day
was the agitators' day. This morning the
miners at Hites mine came out, as did also
forty others at the shaft, and it is reported
that some are out at the New England
mines. successful meeting was held at
Willow Tree schoolhouse this afternoon by
Debs, Ratchford and Malone. Three hum
dred of the Monogah miners, ac-
companied by their wives and chill
dren and preceded by band,
marched through the broiling sun to
an intermediate point between Monongah
and Fairmont, where they were met by a
delegation of miners from Hites and other
mines. Monongah Coal Company officials
We're also present
Mr.. Ratchford was the first speaker in
troduced: He Said in part: Two do not
come as agitators, but men that have
a common end. 1t has been said that man S
first duty was to his God, but l deny it and
say that mans first duty is to his family.
The operators say that the miners have no
grievance, and l come to ask them If haV-
ing to dig six tons of coal for the price OF
twenty-five pounds of flour is not a grew
ance. L did my best to avert this strike,
but all the operators I tried to talk to gave
me the marble heart and now that the
strike is on, l promise you that If you stay
with US you will receive better wages with
in two weeks time.
Mr.. Debs started his speech by saying:
THE longer a man works the poorer he
is. The only way to get out of debt is to
quit work. I had my choice of agitation
or stagnation, and chose the former, and
in consequence 1 got in Jail, and can go if
necessary. 1t has got 10 be so that If you
want an honest man you must go to the
Jail to get him. That flag that floats over
head is a piece of sarcasm. Slaves were
worth 81, 500. You miners are not worth
Is cents shipload. You are the only
commodity that has no commercial value
A or iC
have allowed other people to do your think
ing for you so long that your brain has be-
come petrified, and if you were TO have an
idea it would cause you pain. This world is
not fit to live in, and If it ever is you
workingmen must make it So" He then
advised the men to march in a body to
the other mines and endeavor to get them
to come out. saying that he would tell
them when the time was ripe
This evening Debs, Ratchford and Ma
hon held a meeting, which was attended
by about 100 people. The Monongah min
ers attended in body and marched six
miles through the country. Ratchford
leaves at sis tomorrow for Columbus, o.
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weeks ago." said Mr.. Dickinson, the peo-
pie were leaving all that section of country
In way the situation is appalling, for
many of the industries are left practically
without the means of operation. Mines
that are paying handsomely at Cook inlet
have been deserted. In my opinion there
are just as good placer diggings to be found
at Cooks inlet as in the Klondyke region.
There is not a foot of ground in all that
country that does not contain gold in more
or less appreciate quantities. The great
trouble has been that people have not had
know which, to thoroughly prospect the
country. | think that in another month the
tically deserted There is room there for
thousands of men. and there is certainly
no better place in the world for a poor
m,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-24
HOUSE WAITED IN VAIN. 1
Took Two Recesses in the Hope of
Receiving the Tariff Bill.

Receiving the Tariff Bill.
WASHINGTON, July 29.-The House to-
day adopted the bill passed by the Senate
yesterday to ratify the compact between
South Dakota and Nebraska relative to the
disputed boundary line.
Mr.. Hull asked unanimous consent for
consideration of a resolution to transfer
$4,000 from the unexpended balance of the
appropriation for the pay of the army for
1886 to the appropriation for 1897. He ex-
planned that if this deficiency was not pro-
vided for the West Point cadets just grad
uated and some of the private soldiers
would have to do without pay until Deem
Der. Mr.. Gaines objected.
Mr.. Grosvenor asked consent for the con-
sideration of a resolution giving to the
chairmen of committees, when appointed
authority to employ clerks during the re-
cess.
Mr.. Meekison objected. IF we don't need
committees during the session of Congress"
said he, we surely don't need them during
the recess"
Mr.. Dingley stated that he had been in
formed that the Senate might act on the
ta-if conference report to-day. AS it is
exceedingly important" said he, that the
bill should become law at the earliest
possible moment, I move a recess until 8
o'clock There was no objection and the
recess was ordered.
When the House resumed it's session at
o'clock Mr.. Dingley moved another recess
until o'clock. Mr.. McMillin suggested
that nothing could be accomplished by
night session. He said he had just come
from the Senate and was convinced from
what he had heard that the tariff confer
ence report would not be adopted tonight.
Mr.. Dingley, on the other hand, said it
was the opinion of several senators that
they might get vote by s or o'clock. If
a vote was secured, he said, it was highly
important that the House should be in SeS-
sion so that it could be signed and become
a law tonight. Every days delay" said
he, costs this government $780, 600. Mr.. Nc
Millin insisted that a night session would
DO futile and he moved a recess until to-
morrow. The speaker declared that his
motion was not in order and on division Mr..
Dingley's motion prevailed
AS the Senate had already recessed until
tomorrow when the House reconvened at
s clock Mr.. Dingley Immediately moved
that the House take a recess until noon to-
morrow. Mr.. Simpson called attention to
the rule which limits Friday evening to
pension legislation and suggested that the
House should proceed within the regular
order. Mr.. Dingley stated that there were
no pension bills before the House.
The vote was then taken on Mr.. Dingleys
motion, and when the speaker announced
the result-ayes, 90; nays, 11-Mr Simpson
made the point of no quorum. About ten
minutes were spent awaiting the arrival of
a quorum and then the speaker declared
the motion carried.
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A MOefuI Picture.

LONDON, July 23.-The correspondent of
the Daily Chronicle in Sagua la Grande,
province of Santa Clara. Cuba, writes to
his paper terrible account of the position
of affairs in the island Both the govern
ment troops and the insurgents, he says,
are suffering horribly from famine and the
ravages of smallpox and yellow fever, while
butcheries of prisoners after inQuisitorial
fortunes are of daily occurrence if the vic
TINS be suspected of Withholding informa-
ton. Captain General Weyler, the CORE
nor quarter and has turned the campaign
in Cuba into a near approach to that of
the Duke Of Alva in Holland in the six
teenth century.
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Appointments to Office.

WASHINGTON, July 2S.-The President
to-day sent the following nominations to
the Senate: John C. Lynch, to be collector
of internal revenue First district of Califor-
MIA; H. A. Rucker, collector of internal
revenue district of Georgia; w. S. Clanton
to be assayer and melter United States as
say office at Charlotte, n. c.; Stephen j.
Loughran, receiver of public moneys at
Des Moines. Ia; Jay Lynch, agent for the
ton; L. B. Sheperd, of Alaska, to be COM
missioner in and for Alaska; Mack A.
Montgomery attorney of the United States
for the northern district of Mississippi;
William E. Carson, of Wisconsin; A. d.
Keepers. of Ohio; John T. Vert, of Nebras-
ka: lanes Jeffreys, of Tennessee and How
ell p. Myton of Indiana, to be special
agents to make allotments of lands in sew
crafty to Indians Lieutenant Commander
Walton Goodwin of the navy. to be COM
rnander; Lieutenant Wainwright Kellogg
to be lieutenant commander
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CONCESSION TO CANADIANS.
Dyea, Alaska, Made IL Support of FL
try by Secretary Gnge.

DSN~As ~AANSfAHAf A0uC OuDpOFt Oh En-
try by Secretary Gage.
WASHINGTON. July 23.-In view of the
present rush of travel to the Klondyke
gold fields, Secretary Gage has established
a SUPPORT of entry at Dyea, Alaska. The
action was taken as the result of an appli-
cation to the Treasury Department by Can
ada for permission for Canadian vessels to
enter at Dyea, Alaska, and land passengers
and baggge there. Dye is about fifty miles
north of Juneau, and it was desired to save
passengers the annoyance of disembarkine
at Juneau and awaiting another steamer
for Dyea, the head of navigation on this
route to the Yukon frontier. The granting
OF the application would have made it
necessary in all cases of vessels clearing
Tor Dyea to give special permit to the den.
MY az Juneau in the case of each vessel
IN order TO obviate this difficulty the sec
rotary of the treasury constituted Dyea a
support OF entry in the district of Alaska
This action he took under the authority of
the act of March 16, 1896 which authorizes
the secretary TO establish SUPPORTS at such
places In Alaska as he may deem proper
some some onJectlon was made by representa-
uVes from the Pacific coast to the granting
OF the application to permit Canadian YES
sells TO proceed to Dyea, but on full consid-
Grafton of the question it was Thought al =
NlsaDIe by the secretary TO exercise the
right clearly given him by statue to make
Dyea a SUPPORT, thus relieving passengers
Juneau and awaiting other means Of Trans
portation to Dyea.
The Canadian government will be notified
Immediately of the decision to create a sub
port of entry al Dyea for the benefit of
British shippers of supplies for the gold
district. Vessels carrying men, provisions
and supplies will be allowed to proceed
past Juneau to Dyea where the sunniies
are TO be put into bond and shipped over
the short intervening stretch of United
States territory TO the British Columbia
boundary line and thence to the Klondyke
gold fields. All of the Cabinet were agreed
upon the course to be taken. In the brief
discussion over the matter it was pointed
out that II was not only a very neighborIy
action to take, but would be helpful to cti-
zens of the United States as well. Nine
tenths or Whereabouts of the men now rem
dezvoused in the gold belt belong to this
country 1t was stated, and failure to make
the concession might deprive our own citi-
zens of needed supplies Beyond all this it
was fntimated that in case the privilege
was denied by this government Canada
might take up the matter and by way of re-
tahation restrict operations upon such part
OF the gold fields are on Canadian soil
to citizens of that government.
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Prospectors May starve.

OTTAWA, Ont, July 23.-Hon. Clifford
Sifton, minister of the interior, has issued d
statement to the press to the effect that the
government will not be responsible for get
ting provisions into the Yukon district dur
ing the coming winter He is afraid the
rush will lead people to go there without
taking the necessary provisions, and has
therefore thought it we'll to remind all who
contemplate such movement that the food
to be had there is very limited. The gov
ernment however, is preparing to make
some shelters for parties going in and out
Of thn frIy
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CoIorndo Has "a KIondyke.

SILVER CLIFF, Col, July 23-If a find
which has just been made here turns out
as expected Colorado may have a Klon-
dyke of its own, and this old Custer county
camp will take on new life. The discovery
was made yesterday by Joseph Foulk,
well-known Custer county man, who has
been looking over the ground about half
mile southwest of the town and near the
water works. Foulk got out some quartz
rock heavily charged with sylvanite. The
rock showed some fine gold. 1t was brought
to town and tested. Some of the sylvanite
was roasted and brought out great gold
nuggets. Tie news of the discovery quickly
spread and with a few hours there was
a great rush to the new diggings. A dozen
claims were taken UP before night and to-
day the whole of Silver Cliff seems to be
going to the scene of the find The new
camp is directly between the Zoo and Rat
tlesnake mountain camp.
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Liars Numerous in Alaska.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
CROWN POINT Ind, July pa letter
from the Alaska gold fields has just been
received from John c. Fitzpatrick by
Pulaski county relatives, and, judging by.
the letter, Alaska is not what it is cracked
up to be. A paragraph says: II would not
advise any one to come here under any con-
sideration. There have been no strikes of
any consequence since early last summer,
although miners have been trying to get up
excitement on Lynx creek, but it does not
amount to anything. Everything is staked
out from sea to top of mountain and every
body wants to sell. The only way we have
made a living is by getting fur which is
abundant, and we have been in the heart
of the gold field. There are more liars here
to the square foot than there are in the in
fernal regions"