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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-03
BIG COAL STRIKE ORDERED
MINERS OF BITUMIYoUs PRODUCT
TOLD TO OUT WORK.

The National Executive Bonrd Takes Action
on tho wage Scale Dispute-A Dectarntion
That nusincss IL Improving and THAT
tho Miners Ought to Have q Share IN lt.
COLUMBUS. o.. July 1.-The National Exocu-
tive Board OF NO United Minc Workers issued
an order to-day calling n general strike Of all
mine workers in tho bituminous coal mining
districts OF the United States on July 4. The
circular issued rccitcs tho wage scale action OF
the National Convention held here last January
and recalls tho fact that the National Board was
authorized to call into effect the scale agreed
upon. The circular continues:
Therefore, pursuant to tho instructions Of
the National Convention, tho National Board
and district Presidents met in Columbus on
Juno 1926 and decided that in their Judgment
tho time was opportune to suspend on July 4,
1897, for the arrangement Of tho before mon
tioned scale rates. Therefore mine workers
everywhere will take notice and govern them-
Tho signs ofthe times. as pointed out by the
press and by the testimony Of men. vorsed in
an upward tendency in prices Of ali commodi.
ties 10 apparent. In the general buRiness revival
and industrial Improvement, which y earnestly
attempt to share we shall DO false to ourselves
and to those dependent upon u.s."
strike Of all mon engaged In mining bituminous
coal will affect 107 mines and nearly 1000
mlnerb IN Jnlb SChUe. Inc miners nave peoh
employed only half time for several months.
and wages have ranged from 40 to 81 cents
ton, making tho daily compensation Of miners
from 90 cents to $1.l5. A strike has boon or
pected for several weeks, and the railroad com.
panies have generally prepared for 1t by laying
In large supplies OF coal at all coaling stations.
JOLIET. nla July 2~.-Despatches from WI
mington and Streator say that the order has
been received from the Executive Committee Of
the Miners National Association to stop work
tomorrow. Although 1t has boon impossible for
Streator miners have earned less than pa week
on tho average. All of the miners in the VII.
minRton district are now out. In tho Streator
field most Of the miners quit work this morning,
and will remain out II possible.
The action of the National Committee orders
out fully 40, 900 Illinois miners.
.PITTsBURe. Pa. July "A convention Of
the union and non-union miners of the Pitts
burg coal district will DO held here to-
morrow. Estimates have been published that
1875. 900 miners will strike in Pennsylvania,
Ohio West Virginia. and Illinois, but this mum.
Der will be reached only in case all the non-union
miners Join the movement. The miners have
had steady work for nearly two months.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-03
THE TIMES AND JAMEsoN,s RAID.
Cable Dispatches from Miss shaw Largely Re-
sponsible for the Invasion.

w.
sponsible for the Invasion.
LONDON, July 2.-Tho Parliamentary South
African Committee to-day resumed Its inquiry
into tho Transvaal raid. Flora Shaw, the CO.
lonil editor Of tho Times. was called to the
stand, and she produced the cablegrams that
had passed between herself and Cecil Rhodes
before the raid, which the cabal in London
against Colonial Secretary Chamberlain had
predicted would prove so damaging as to COM
pei him to resign. The revelation, however,
proved to'be chiefly damaging to tho reputation
of tho Times for ability and honesty.
The communication showed that Miss Shaw
cabled to Rhodes. then Premier Of the Caps
Colony. on Dec. II. 1895, as follows:
Held an interview with the Secretary Of the
Transvaal, Or. Leyds, who left here Saturday
for The Hague, Berlin, and Paris. Fear his
negotiations with these parties. Chamberlain
is sound in case Of the interference Of European
powers, but I have special reason to believe he
wishes you 70 do Il immediately.I ~.
Inform Chamberlain ! shall get through all
right If he supports me, but he must not send q
Commissioner in South Africa to-day. Tho
crpx is whether I will win and South Africa
Miss shaw. in answering questions put by
Sir William Harcourt, Mr.. Labouchere, Chair
man jackson sScw and t 9the Rs6 q the s. f9mmitte e said Ss
Chamberlain, nor had she any reason for say
ing that Mr.. Chamberlain was sound or
wished Rhodes to do 1t Immediately" Sho
also admitted that she never gave or received
any information from Mr.. Chamberlain upon
the subject.
Chairman jackson asked II she did not think
her interview with DIR. Leyds had enabled the
Pretoria Government to know what was going
on, and the witness sheepishly replied that she
thought not. She admitted that she had shown
her kilograms in tho Times office, but said that
she had not shown them on the outside.
On Dec. 10 Miss Shaw cabled Rhodes as fol-
lows:
Can you advise when you will
your plonsi We wish to send at the earliest
| opportunity sealed Instructions to the repre-
sentatives of tho London Times In the Euro
pean capitals. 1t In most important to using
| their influence in your favor"
Miss Shaw admitted that she did, In fact.
| send instructions to the Times agents abroad
30 as to defend tho raid. forcseeing that the
European Governments were likely to object
To-day's testimony shows that tho Times
was not only implicated in but largely an
swerable for the farce OF tho raid, as well as for
grossly misleading Rhodes.
Chairman jackson announced that DIR. Har.
ris, ex-Secretary of the Chartered Company,
was abroad, and the committee had been un-
able to bring him to tell about the kilograms
between the company and Rhodes. The com
mittee then adjourned until Tuesday.
To-day's sop to the public Indignation does
not come anywhere near clearing up the mys'
tory. Nobody knows how many moro cable.
grams are In hiding or how sensational are
their contents.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-03
Obituary Notes.

The Rev. D.. Henry NJ. Harman,, Professor
Emeritus Of Dickinson College. one Of the most
learned and best known men in the Methodist
Episcopal Church. died In Baltimore yesterday.
Or, Hartman was born in Maryland in 1892. He
graduated from Dickinson College In 1913.
He became a professor in tho Baltimore
Female College, and for nine years WINS
associated with Or. Clinton, Morgan in the
administration of the Light Street Institute, n
came professor of languages in the West Vir-
ginia University. remaining one year and then
TesiRning to take a journey abroad. After his
return from abroad he was elected, June. 1870,
professor OF ancient languages and literature IN
Dickinson College. Since 1879 his chair had
been that OF Greek and Hebrew. He was i'd
mitted TO the Baltimore Conference In 1871.
Peter Rankin, the colored sexton OF the North
Reformed Church In Newark. died in tho City
Hospital there yesterday. Ho was "a years old.
Hc had been sexton OF tho church for thirty
years. and for sixty years g servant In tho house
hold of tho late Rev. DR.. Polhcmus., He was for
Newark
Edward sehickhaus of Brooklyn. President Of
the State Banking Company. late President OF
the hoard OF Fire Commissioners and u mem
Der OF the old Water Board. died last night Of a
complication OF diseases. He had been III for
several weeks. He was 90 years old. He leaves
a family.
The Rev. Carl A. 8. Bersch.. aged 81. pastor
of st. Martins German Lutheran Church at
Annapolis, Md, died last evening. He went to
Annapolis from Atlanta, Ca, four years ago.
Col. Penn, United States immigration agent
in British Columbia, died suddenly ON the
steamer Charmer on Thursday In the aulr OF
Georgia.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-03
WAS REEDS RIG HoopooED,
An UnlucLy Drive for Two Farmers OF Drea.
hook, n. ,.

F~LEMNoToN. n. j., July John Reed and
Charles Davis, farmers, living near Dreahook,
went to Midtown yesterday with two wagon
loads OF grain. On returning. when near White
House. Reed, who was driving ahead of Davi-.
fell from his wagon and landed under the
wheels. Davis picked him mp and placed him I'M
der u treo. Reed was unconscious. one arm was
broken, and he was bruised on the head and
body.
Tying his own team, Davis unhitchod one OF
Reeds horses. mounted 1t, and rode toward
of DR.. Purccll's Office whom the horse stumbled
and fell, throwing Davis violently to the ground.
His right leg was broken and he was severely
bruised. When his injuries had been treated
he told OF Farmer Reed's accident, and both
men were removed to their homes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-03
JOTTINGs ABOUr TOWN.

On Monday, July o, tho steamer Albany OF tho
Albany day line will leave Twenty. second street at .
A. NJ. for West Point. Newburg, aud PouRhkeepsie.
EXcursioniBts can return TO the city AZ $3.50 7. II.
The sinking Fund Commissioner laid aside yester-
day the request OF Col. Warning for permission TO lease
q stable In vest Eight. ninth street, Tho site of tho
Aew armory for the sITty'ninth Regiment at Twenty.
third street and Lexington avenue was approved.
Edward Goldschmidt has been appointed receiver
bamboos, a.. at iOl John street, In proceedings for
the voluntary dissolution Of tho corporation. The
concern made an assignment on June IL TO Mr.. Gold
schmidt.
The Board OF Estimate reconSldered yesterday the
vote by which the resolution authorizing the board
OF Education to take 22l,O70 from the fund for
ordinary schoolhouseS and spend IL In hitting up an
old grammar school IS q temporary high school was
lost. The resolution WA then adopted.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-03
Beauests or Mayer Lehman.

600, 900, with tho exception OF the following
charitable requests. to his widow and seven chill
dren: Mt. Sinai Hospital. $4,000; Hebrew Bo-
~nevolent and Orphan Asylum Society, 9 1880;
Montenore Home for Chronic Invnlids. $4,000;
Hospital for Hebrews in New Orleans, 80. 900:
orphans and widows' home in New Orleans,
Orphans, S3, 900; Lebanon Hospital. $4,000;
Educational Alliance, 1880; Hebrew ,Techni-
cal institute. g.. 500; Home for Aged and Infrm
New York Orthopgdic Dispensary and Hospital.
el, 900; German Hospital. 81 1000. and tho
Hebrew Infant Asylum, 81, 200.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-03
BIKE ooP STOPS 4 RUNAWAY TEAM.
On OvePtaking Il He Leaps from His wheel
and Grabs tho Horsea' Brides.

We - nv NS
and Grabs tho Horsea' Brides.
A pair Of horses drawing a brewery truck
and driven by Emil Bistil Of 40s East Fifty
fourth street, were frightened by a red cross
town car at Fifty-ninth street as they were 60
ing up First avenue about 5 o'clock yesterday
afternoon. They started up the avenue on the
run, with tho driver and his helper powerless to
control thom.
Bicycle Policeman Cavanagh was at Fifty
ninth street when the runaways started. Ho
Jumped on to his wheel and started after the
horses. The horses raced up tho avenue at a
rate that mado 1t impossible to overtako the
truck until sixty.sixth street was reached.
AS they crossed tho street Gavanagh drew
side OF the horses until no was able to catch the
brides, He did this about halfway between
he had a good grip on the brides Id he jumped
The horses; His weight d forced Ssa t thstr noses nose =, do ,Sa
corner OF Sixty .seycnth street. There they
stopped. His bicycle was not damaged.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-03
ALAsKA's NEW GOVERNOR.
John Green Brady, onoe . Homeless WATT,
Rescued iron the streets OF View York.

SS1cuG AEVAA kAo bkhCGtb VI Nc" AOFA.
WARRINGTON. July 2.-John Green Brady Of
Indiana. who has been appointed Governor of
Alaska, has had an interesting and romantic
career. To the best Of his knowledge he is q
native of New York city. He never knew his
parents nor the name they gave him. IL any. He
grew up q veritable street arab in the utmost
poverty. In 1860 he was sent to Indiana with
o car load of waits as miserable as himself.
The car reached Upton, u county seat thirty
miles north of indianapolis. and o number Of
the youngsters were committed to the care Of,
residents. Judge John Green, q prominent citi-
zen Of the place, called for the 'ugliest, ragged
est, and most friendless" in the lot. Jack
as he was afterward known, was promptly pre-
sented; and. at first. the Judge, appalled, at SO
much misery in bulk, was inclined to go back
on his demand, but finally took the lad home to
Mrs. Green. She was out of patience with her
husband for his action, but the absolute desd-
tuition OF the boy appealed to her and she got
dGw INTO, to the t real % boy by e process roc IS Ct thorough
might learn to like HIM and Jack new life began.
He appreciated his home and tho kindness Of
A course at the public schools was followed by a
S Sssa ss M in.titniio AG snd Kat { by wei fonP years pr a.
Harvard. He had determined to be q preacher.
and after he had been graduated at Cambridge
his theological studies. Returning TO Upton in
1876. the next year he went to Alaska as q mis-
sionary under the auspices of the Presbyterian
Church, and he has since, remained there.
His interest in the field was not con.
visited the States. displaying specimens of itS
gold and silver ores, and telling marvellous
his talks. there was a largo increase of tho pop
ulation OF the Territory, capitalists and pros.
pectors being attracted by his enthusiastic
descriptions. Mr.. Brady contributed largely to
the reports Of the census OF 1890 respecting
Alaska and in the Harrison Administration
served as Commissioner of the Territory.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-03
Temperance LECTURER Elnea Tor DrunLenne...

CLEVELAND. O., July 2.-Will J. Mcconnell,
who has been a temperance lecturer for many
years and now engaged in the same occupation.
was fined in tho Police Court on Thursday and
Friday mornings, last on charges Of intoxica-
ton. On Friday he asked to be let Off easy. and
promised to GO to an Eastern sanitarium for
treatment. Later in the day he was locked up
In the county Jail on an insanity warrant.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-03
Dinner to sIr. Haayn Rartlott.

On tho eve OF his departure q private dinner
was given at the Lotos Club last evening to Mr..
Hadyn Bartlett. n prominent London solicitor.
Widener, NJ. w. Hazeltine, Julian Hawthorne,
Chandos Fulton, David A. Munro, Charles
Cation, w. H.. tombstone. Nngent Robinson, OK
Gov. Dunn and Col. Heap. u. 8. A.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-03
Two Children KILLED By va,ls.

Minnie Reifel, 5 years old. while looking out
Of a roar window OF her home on the fourth floor
at BAL West Thirty-eiRhth street yesterday, lost
her balance and fell to tho yard. She was killed.
ond- history window at 426 East Seventy-seventh
street and was killed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-03
Released from u spanish Prison.

WARRINGTON, July 2.-Consul-General Leo
teleGraphed tho State Department to-day that
Augustine Clemente Botancourt, an American
citizen. had been released from u Spanish prison
once. Betancourt had been in prison several
months. lilo is said to DO n dentist.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-03
VIII or John w. Shaw.

The will of John W. Shaw. who died at tho
Hotel Netherland on Juno IA. leaving 500. 900.
dyes $50, 900 each to his sisters, Emma d. Payn-
tar and Margaret Burhans Of Kingston and
Rosina Hendricks and Hannah s. Cooley of
Newburg. The rest of his estate goes TO his
widow, Lucy A. Shaw.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-03
Father Hewitt Very Low.

Tho Very Rev. Augustine +. Hewitt, d. D..
Superior Of the Community Of tho Paulist
Fathers, was very low last evening. and DIR.
Kelly. his physician, said that death might DO
expected at any moment. DR.. Kelly said thai
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-03
NEPHEW OF e PORTER DEAD
CIubnan and Civil Engineer who Kept . Res
taurnnt in Third Avenue.

CIubman and Civil Engineer who Kept . Res
taurnnt I'm Third Avenue.
Monroe Wheeler, q nephew Of Gen. Horace
Porter. died yesterday ut his home, 6o4 Third
avenue. of heart failure. He was SO years old.
and was educated as q civil engineer. Through
Gen. Porter's influence he secured an appoint
ment as q member of the United States Survey
Corps in the West in 1889. He gave up tho
place two years later and returned to the homo
Of his mother, Mrs. James Wheeler. a widow,
and n sister Of Con. Porter. He was n member
OF the Union and Manhattan clubs at this time:
He married In 1899 and engaged In the real
estate business. He gave 1t up. after n while
and started in the restaurant business on Third
avenue. He leaves o widow. The funeral will
Gutley. MI,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-03
Fireworks In Honor or the Fourth.

Arrangements have boon mado by Pain to
have two celebrations at Manhattan Beach this
summer in honor OF the Fourth OF July. Tho
frat will take place tonight, the eve OF tho
Attn, and tho second win he, given on, Monday
nisht, the 9th. Notwithstanding the Elaborate
meas uf the programmes on each. occasion tho
Gr9co-Turkish war spectacle will be given as
usual.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-03
Two women In q hatch or New Lawyers.

Sevcnty-sevon OF the candidates who were en-
nmined in Brooklyn on June IA for admission to
the bar have been successful and have been
sworn in. They include Miss Helen l. Blondel
and Miss Lavinia Lally.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-03
To Examine CITY collector divers Books.

MoRRIsTowN. N. j., July 2.-The Board OF
Aldermen passed a resolution tonight author
izinR its Finance Committee TO examine the
books of City Collector Oliver, and to demand o
new bond from Oliver in case 1t should be- deemed
necessary.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-03
KANSAS sCORCHED AGAIN.
thousands or Acres Laid waste By the Blister
ing Heat.

TOPEKA. Kan, July 2.-For three days .
blistcring hot wind has swept over the western
half OF Kansas, completely cooking corn and all
kinds Of fruit. Thousands of acres of promising
corn have been burned as IL with fire. Hundreds
Of farmers who relied upon this crop are left
with nothing. Travellers crossing the plains Of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-03

GO 70 Cleveland by new afternoon train OF New
York Central. Leave Grand Central station oiUo
day for business. Returning. leave Cleveland $500
1. ", arrive New York 1880 next mornlng-Aa@
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-03
HeIidon rnsultod By rurki.h soldiers.

CoNsTANTrNoPLE, July IN. Nelidof. the
Russian Ambassador. was insulted in the streets
Yesterday by q number of Turkish soldiers, who
called him a Giaour and other names. Tn SOL
diers wero arrested.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-03

Tobacco is mans most universal
luxury; the fragrant aroma of
Mastiff Plug Cut starts people to
pipe smoking, even those who never
used tobacco before.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-03

Big and little Arecrackcrs made a great noise
in the wheat pit on tho floor OF tho Produce
Exchange yesterday. Business was practically
suspended from ! o'clock In tho afternoon, and
thc membcrs devoted themselves to u prelim-
inSry Fourth of July celebration. The Prod ucc,
Cation. and Coffee exchanges are all closed to-
day, The Stock Exchange is open.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-03
5000 Coal Miners in Alabana Strike.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, July 2.-Five thousand
men are idle at the coal mines at Adger, Johns,
Sumter, Blocton. Brookside, Cardiff. Brazil,
and Blossburg. the coal miners having refused
to accept a reduction in tho mining scale made
by the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Com
pany and Sloss Iron and Steel Company, op-
hundred coke ovens at Johns were cooled last
night on account of the suspension of work in
the mines. No trouble Is anticipated.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-03

Temporary shut-Downo OF Honhers Carpet mills.
YoNKERs. N. Y. July Tho carpet mills of
Alexander Smith & Sons closed down tonight
for ten days. Between 1000 and 5000 hands
are thrown out of employment. Frank T. Holder,
the President and manager, has resigned.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-03
ROGERS, PEEr & Go.

Prince and Broadway.
Warren and Broadway.
Thirty. second aud Broadway.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-03-05
Queen of Madagascar.

The queen of Madagascar is known as
Ranavalona III. She is an exceedingly
ladylike person, thirty-four years fage,
with attractive features, queenlike
manner of bearing herself, and a clear
way Of expressing herself when she
comes to the royal kabary in a palan-
quin, and sits on her golden throne
with golden scepter in her right hand,
amid her thirty ladies clad in brilliant
hued silks, trimmed with gold and sill
yer, large straw hats and high-heeled,
patent-leather boots. The queen on
such occasions is addicted to a rich
white silk dress, broidered with gold.
Her mantle is of ruby velvet, and her
bonnet, of the same color, is trimmed
with white ostrich feathers, while her
fingers and arms are covered with jew
eled rings and massive gold bracelets
of native workmanship. She is very
popular among her subjects.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-03-05
WOMAN COMES LAST.
How the Arab Regards His Wives and
Daughters.

How the Arab Regards His Wives and
Daughters.
An Arab-meaning tent-dweller, in
an equine sense, the town-dwellor is
no Arab-loves first and above all his
horse. No one need to recite the Oft
sung affection he will lavish upon him.
Next he loves his firearm. This, poetical-
ly speaking, ought to be six-foot, gold
in-laid, muzzle-loading horror OF a
matchbox, which would kick any man
but an Arab fat on his back at every shot;
but actually, in Algeria or Tunis, when
he lives near city, it is more apt to be
a modern English breech-loader. You
must fly from the busy haunts of men
to find the matchbox. Next to his gun
he loves his Oldest son. Last comes his
wife-or one of his wives, perhal =
Daughters don't count; l mean the
Arab doesn't take the trouble to count
them, unless in SO far as they minister
to his comfort, dietetic or otherwise.
Until some neighbor comes along and
proposes to marry, in other words, to
make still worse slave Of one Of chem.
she is only chattcl-a soulless thing.
And yet she is said to be pretty, amia-
BILE, helpful being--said to be, for no
one by any hap ever chances to cast his
eyes on one worth seeing. This disre
gard women, be it said to their honor,
does not always apply to the Bedouins
Of the Syrian and Arabian deserts.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-03-05
Fore,rper.. Ideas of america.

The magnitude of this country is not
adequately appreciated by great per
centage of Europeans. Especially has
this been true in the past. An English
novel of few years ago described the
glories of the Rockies as seen from New
Orleans. II met German BRUSSELS
said an acquaintance of the writer,
''who became much interested IN me
when he learned that was an Ameri-
can, and all on account Of friend he
had in the United States. DO you
know him?' he asked, his name is
Henry Walter The name is not as
common as John Smith, and did know
a Henry Walter. Where does. your
friend live?' 1 asked. In Pittsburgh,
he replied. The Walter CHANGED to be
the same. But what q remarkable oc-
currence! That Gernan Iau.t have re-
NAMED with very insular ideas Of the
area of this country. lie probably
regards it as about the size of staten
Island, or possibly, liohenzollera.