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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-23
TIE STRIKE IN COURT
Miners Will Sue for Money
Withheld from Their
Wages by Operators.
COAL SCARCE IN CLEVELAND
Very Little of the West Virginia
Product Reaches the
Lake City.

PITTSBURG, Pa, July &c. 1897.-The
arbitration commissioners who are trying
to settle the coal strike have finally got
ten consent of majority of the operators
of the Pittsburg district to join in
general conference to discuss the true
uniformity plan. The date for the con-
ference has not been set, but it will be
fixed for some day within the next week
and probably will be Monday or Tuesday.
The call for the meeting will be sent out
tomorrow. The greatest difficulty found
by the arbitrators in pushing the move
ment has been certain lethargy on the
part of operators. The cause of this state
of affairs is the fact that they look upon
hope of settling the strike by this means
and Sare therefore slow to act. In no
case, however, has there been direct oppo-
sition to arbitration.
Il General Little, President of the Board,
stated today that the matter was now
very near a climax. After this meeting
mas been held. he thinks, there will be
but little difficulty in completing otner ar
rangements for the selection of arbitra-
tors. General Little says the miners have
all expressed their approval of the agree
ment and are ready to do all in their
power to bring the question to an early
settlement. The agreement as prepared
is not entirely satisfactory to some of the
operators in all its provisions. The OBJ
jectionable clauses will be taken up at
the meeting and changed to suit the de-
SlreS of all concerned.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-23
BOULEVARD LAMPS.
The Light Of Their counte-
nanees Again Denied to
Travellers on the
County Road.

Those abominable electric lamps which
grace the Hudson County Boulevard, ana
which are owned and operated by the
county withdrew the light of their coun-
tenances last evening as is the custom
about twice month. When those lights
"are in working ORDER the roadway IS
not lighted half enough. but their total
extinction is at all times dangerous, and
especially so now when the extremely
heavy rains of the past few days have
put the road in very poor condition.
Last night was a beautiful one for wheel
ing and thousands of cyclers We're out
early anticipating an. evenings sport, af-
ter the recent spell of disagreeable
weather They had, however. to desert
the road after it began to get dark and
there was no prospect of the road being
lighted up.
Those lights are one of the greatest
drawbacks to cycling in this county.
There were any amount of accidents on
the popular roadway as a result of the
darkness. Punctured tires and broken
rims of wheels were common occurrences.
One young lady, who refused to tell her
name, while riding along at the Bouie-
ward and Danforth avenue, was thrown
from her bicycle into the gutter by riding
over that dangerous manhole head which
is situated near that corner, and which
sticks up about four inches above the
level of the road The place is very
dangerous one even when there is light,
but when it is dark it is simply murder
Gus. The young lady's arm was cut in
several places, and her bicycle was so de-
molished that it could not be ridden. She
was escorted home by a gentleman with
whom she was riding This is only one
of the many accidents which happen at
that point and it will only be when some
one is seriously injured that the place will
be properly fixed.
An attempt was made to fix the man
hole head about two weeks ago, and
feeble attempt it was. A workman was
sent there and he scattered little of the
top dressing around the place and stamp
led it down. The very next day the rain
washed every vestige of it away leaving
it as it was before the attempt was made
to fix it. All along the whole road the
wheelmen were kicking vigorously over
the darkness and several of the wheeling
clubs in Greenville are going to file pro-
test with the Board Of Freeholders
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-23
ALL IN HARMONY.
Not the Least Vestige of
Discord in the Local
Democracy.
Hoos AND DAVIS, FRIENDS
Allan McDsrmott With Them
Republican Mischief
Making.
HOGS AND DAVIS, FRIENDS

..There lis no disruption in the Demo-
cratic party, neither is there a split De
tween Mayor Hoos and myself, said
Leader Robert Davis with considerable
emphasis this morning. IT have been
misquoted and the whole thing is trick
of the Republican press to cause trouble
No matter what few cranks may think
or say, declare that there is harmony
in the party and it will continue so far
as / am concerned.
The journal and a few New York
papers have for the last week or two
been endeavoring to make it appear that
Mayor Hoos and Leader Davis are not
on good terms. AS q matter of fact the
gentlemen are the best of friends and IN
things political. His Honor always con-
suits Leader Davis. 1t has been made to
appear that Mayor Hoos has cut away
from Leader Davis and associated him
self with Allan L. McDermott. Mr.. Davis
and Mr.. McDernott are on the best and
closest terms and are working together
for the interests of the party not only In
this city and county. but throughout the
State.
Owing to the fact that the local law
department is made up of Republicans
Mayor Hoos has exercised his personal
prerogative of selecting Allan L. McDer-
mott as his legal adviser. The conse-
Quence is that Mr.. McDermotts opinions
and advice are often widely different from
. those of Corporation Counsel Blair. 1t is
a well known fact in official circles that
the Democrats are not working in har-
rnony with the Republicans. Clashes are
the natural result. That condition of af
fairs, it is expected. will continue so long
as any oft he city Boards remain in con-
troll of the Republicans So far, however,
as there being any trouble between Lead
er Davis, Mayor Hoos or Allan L. Nc
Dermott is concerned all three gentlemen
say the rumors are entirely without foun-
dation.
Leader Davis says he would have paid
no attention to the statements of split
had 1t not been that in certain quarters
they were beginning to be believed
Some papers. he said, "have tried to
make il appear that have been trying
TO force the Mayor to do things he did
not want to. That is not SO. All / want
ed the Mayor to do was to lock horns
with the Republicans, assert his rights
and SHOW them that they are not running
the city while he is in the Mayors chair"
; II IS expected that the Mayor will give
the Finance Commissioners another Shak-
ing up shortly for interfering with the
power of the Street and Water Board.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-23
STRIKE FAILS IN WEST VIRGINIA

WHEELING, w. Va, July %. 1S97.-The
strike movement in the Kanawha valley
and along the Norfolk and Western Rail-
road is paralyzed. The organizers have
nearly all departed and those remaining
are making no headway. All but one of
the Kanawha soft coal mines in Kanawha
are working to nearly full force, where
Is were reported struck yesterday. AT
Elkhorn, Thacker, Glat Top and POGO
hontas. all but those who have been re-
fused work are in the mines The oper-
ators are doing all in their power to in
sulate the men against the magnetism of
Debs and Ratchfords They are making
with little success in getting the men out
to hear them and the strike is practically
lost in the State.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-23
SHAMEFUL OBJECTION.
WASHINGTON. Ju

WASHINGTON, July %. l8s7.-The
House today passed the bill passed by the
Senate yesterday to ratify the compact
entered into between the States of South
Dakota and Nebraska, relative to the dis
puted boundary line
Mr.. Hull (Rep.) of Iowa asked unani-
NOUS consent for the consideration of a
resolution to transfer $4,000 from the an
expended balance of the appropria ton for
the pay of the army for 1896 to the ap-
preparation for 1897. He explained that
if this deficiency was not provided for
the West Point cadets just graduated and
some of the private soldiers would have
to do without their pay until December.
Mr.. Gaines Dem, Tenn.( objected
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-23
CLERGYMAN NOT a MURDERER.
Fearful Legal Elundrr Revealed
Through a Confession.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, July %, 1881
Noah Baney, convict at the Michigan
City State Prison, has made written
confession, which, If proved true, will
have the effect of giving the Rev. w
e. Hinshaw his liberty. Hinshaw was
convicted two years ago and sentenced to
life Imprisonment for the murder of his
wife.
The tragedy was enacted at Bellevtlle,
a few miles west of this city, and the
trial of Hinshaw was one of the most
sensational in the States history Accord
ing to Baney, the real murderers of Mrs
Hinshaw are John Whitney and Guy Van
Tassel, both Indianapolis men of bad rep
utation.
Baney's statement recites the details OF
the crime as told to him by Whitney
and Van Tassel, who, he says drove
from Indianapolis to Belleville in his
buggy. Baney says the purpose of the
visit to Hinshaws house was robbery,
and that Mrs. Hinshaw was shot by
Van Tassel. who shot to frighten her
back into the house while she and her
husband We're pursuing them into the
yard.
Hlnshaw's attorneys have held back a
portion of Baney's confession for the
present.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-23
FoUG- WITH CORRESPONDENT.

Cries of Murder, police1' issued from
the home of Andrew Petersen, at No. 920
Payonia avenue at ten O'clock Wednesday
night. Peterson has not been living at
home for some time. He is suing his wife
for divorce, naming as correspondent Aug
,ust Dietz, former boarder. A large
crowd collected around the house and lis
tened to sounds of a scuffle inside.
Presently Petersen came out and later
Dietz appeared with his hand wrapped in
a handkerchief. He went to DR.. Snyder's
where he had a bad cut dressed. The
story of what occurred was told by Mrs.
Petersen. She said
Il was sitting with my children on the
front steps "Wednesday night when along
sness?'' told him he was crazy and to go
away. Iran into the house and he chas-
and struck me- hit him back. We had
Ia fight and Dietz joined It. Petersen hit
him over the hand with stick and cut
hi
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-23
THIS CORPORATION HAS A SOUL
New York Central Railroads Agree-
mant with the Employees.

UTICA, N. Y, July %, 1s97.-Since the
removal of the machinery and discon-
tinuance of work in the West Shore Rail-
road shops at Frankfort last spring, sew
eral conferences have been had between
a committee of Frankfort citizens and
the officials of the New York Central
Railroad The Frankfort people, thought
very properly that they had been badly
used They had subscribed $4,000 for the
purchase of the land on which the shops
were erected upon the express under
standing that they were to be operated
for all time. In the last two years the
village had bonded itself for a $4,000
school house and S58000 water works. ex-
pecting that the hundreds of men who
worked in the railroad shops and who
had purchased lots and built houses
would help pay for the improvements in
taxes When these people left to seek
work elsewhere the burden fell upon
greatly deprecated property and largely
reduced population.
The final conference was held 7ith
President Depew by the members in New
York on Tuesday, and an agreement was
reached. The papers We're prepared and
late yesterday afternoon were read to the
members of the committee. In few
moments it was signed. The terms of the
agreement are briefly as follows
The New York Central & Hudson River
Railroad Company gives the citizens of
Frankfort fun control Of the railroad
shops in that village not now occupied,
with the privilege of leasing them for
term Of ninety-nine years to any indi-
yidual or corporation approved by the
company for manufacturing purposes. and
all lands not occupied are also given in
like manner, to be utilized as sites for
the erection of buildings to be used in
manufacture. The Central Company also
agrees to pay one-third the bonded in
debtedness on the Frankfort Water
Works, S5S,000, and the total bonded in
debtedness on the new school building,
which is SIG, 900, making a total of over
.s35, ,oOo This is to be paid as the bonds
fall due, and the railroad company will
pay the interest on them as it is due.
In case of breach of contract a forfeiture
amounting to over 100000 is to be paid
to the village for damages.
The buildings are admirably adapted for
manufacturing purposes, being OF modern
reach one end and these are to be main
taine by the company if they are needed.
The committee will make a formal re-
port of the work accomplished at public
meeting this evening. It will be one of
the most enthusiastic gatherings ever
opinion that the Central Company has
taken an honorable course. Frankfort
people today do not think the big corpora
tion is without soul.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-23
FRONTIER QUESTION SET
TIED.

BY Cable to The Associated PressJ
CONSTANTINOPLE,J July %, 18s7.-The
ambassadors of the powers and Tewfik
Pasha have agree upon the frontier
clause in the peace treaty.
The lire drawn by the military attaches
and insisted upon from the first by the
powers, has been accepted by the Sultan
with slight technical notifications.
The reports that the Turkish forces
have begun to evacuate Thessaly are con-
firmed
Djevad Pasha has started on special
mission to Crete. He left last evening
The Palace Party contends that his ex-
perience specially qualities him to bring
about an understanding between the Ad-
mirals of the international feet and the
Mussulman Cretans with reference to
autonomy.
In consequence of the recent raids by
Albanians into Servian territory, the Ser
Wan Foreign Minister has informed the
Porte that if further incursions take place
the Servian troops will be ordered to pur-
sue the raiders into Ottoman territory
and that they are now held in readiness
at Prekouplye, prepared to start for the
frontier Immediately. The Servian Min
lister adds that in the event of another
raid the Servian Government will decline
all responsibility for the consequences.
ST. PETERSBURG. July %, 1S97.-The
''Noyos Vremya'' urges the powers most
interested in the settlement of the East
ern question to pay Immediately on be-
half of Greece the whole of the war in
demnity. as the only means of forcing
Turkey to evacuate Thessaly, which is in
dispensable if the tranquility of European
politics is to be restored
LONDON, July %, 1Ss7.-A special de-
spatch from Vienna reiterates the state
ment that the Turkish government is
preparing to send thirty-two battalions
of troops to Crete
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-23
RIVER THIEVES CONVICTED.
Caught Trying 20 Steal Pig Iron from
the National Dock Co.

Daniel Mum and Charles Winklenan
were tried in the Special Sessions Court
yesterday afternoon, for stealing seven
pigs of iron from the National Storage
Company's premises down on the shore
near Black Tom The defendants are said
to be river thieves
On the night of July 16 they rowed
a boat up to the shore and left it there
while they went up.ito. the yard to get
the iron. After they had carried the
seven pigs from the pile and thrown them
over, the embankment preparatory to
putting them in the boat, Watchman
George Hatfield appeared on the scene
and asked them what they were doing
They didn't step to answer, but ran away.
Mum distnced Winkelman and getting
to the boat first pushed it off There was
nothing left for winkelman to do but
swim as Hatfield was shooting of his
revolver as fast as he could pull the
trigger. Mum got away in the boat. but
Winkelman soon got tired swimming and
slimbed up on the crib work He was
captured there by Hatfield and William
H. Ellis and sent to the Ocean avenue
police station. He told who his COM
panion was and Detective Egan arrested
him the next morning.
Although WinkeIfnan admitted when he
was arrested that he and Mum went to
the place to steal the iron hes denied it
yesterday. He said that he went out in
the boat with Mum to set eel pots. Mum
told the same story.
why did you run away?'' asked Judge
Hudspeth, addressing Winkelman.
II didn't want to be shot full of holes, .
replied Winkelrnan, .sHatfield was run
ing around there like a wild Indian shoot
ing off his revolver and ! was afraid !
might be hit
Judge Hudspeth convicted the defend
ants and sentenced them TO the County
Farm for six months
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-23
BRIDGE SWEPT AWAY.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, July %, 1Se7.-A
great loss of life was narrowly averted
at the Spring Common foot bridge. Men,
women and children insisted upon remain
ing to watch the angry water below IN
spite of the fact that the structure was
unsafe. finally two policemen with drawn
clubs cleared the bridge and none too
soon, for few seconds later the bridge
was swept away. Reports from the rural
districts show that the farmers suffered
greatly. In Trumbull county fifteen barns
were struck by lightning and burned
Crops were destroyed and buildings gem
orally damaged, but no loss Of life is yet
reportei
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-23
FOREIGN GRAIN IN GERMANY.

GBy Gable to The Associated Press.
BERLIN, July %, 1s97.-In the Lower
House of the Diet today DR.. MIGUEL, on
behalf of the Government, said no decis-
ion had yet been reached as to the pro-
posal that a decree be issued temporarily
excluding foreign grain, in accordance
with the petition of the Farmers Aili-
ance, but he believed that Prince, Hohen-
lohe would be compelled to regard such a
decree as inconsistent with existing
treaties and therefore inpracticable. New.
ertheless, he added, he must decline to
stigmatize the proposal as mischievous, as
requested by DR.. Rickert because he in
tended to follow a policy of concentration
and to do nothing to accentuate party
differences
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-23
UGLY HAWAIIAN QUESTION

TBy Cable to The Associated Press-1 E
LONDON, July %, 1S97.-Mr. James
Francis Hogan, Anti-Parneliite Member
for Mid. Tipperary. has given notice that
on Monday next he will ask the Hon.
George ~ Curzon, Under-Secretary for
the Foreign Office, whether the provision
of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty to the ef-
feet that neither Great Britain nor the
United States shall annex Hawaii, is still
recognized by both powers as of binding
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-23
STOPPED BY BRITISH GREED.

TEy Cable to The Associated Press.J
Z LONDON, July 23 lS97.-The correspond
ent of the Times at Hong Kong, says
that as a result Of the protests of the
British officials, the viceroy Of the Cam
ton Province has revoked the charter
granted to a Chinese syndicate which had
been formed to carry on farming enter
prises in the valley of the West River,
j .akin District.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-23
BASEBALL PLAYERS in COURT.

The four baseball players of the Airing
ton Baseball Club, John German, John
Moritz, William Holland and Daniel Dris-
coll, who were arrested for playing on
Sunday last, were arraigned before JUS
itiee Potts in the Second Criminal Court
this morning for trial Captain McKaig,s
who made the arrests, asked for an adj
journment until August Is. as Prosecutor
winfield cannot be present until that
date. Lawyer William Speer, Jr., who ap--
peared with Edward A. Ransom and
Charles Peshall offered no objection SO
the trial was fixed for that date, Lawyer
PeshalI announces that his clients pro-
pose to play again on Sunday Captain
McKaig says he don't think he will molest
them If they do.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-23
MORE PANAMA PROSECUTIONS.

TBy Gable to The Associated Press.
PARIS, July %, 1ss7.-The "Gaulois' says
that the forthcoming report of NJ. Poit-
evin, the examining magistrate in the
Panama scandal, recommends the prose-
cution of former Deputies Hurard, Sarlat,
Planteau, Saint Martin. Gaillard, Richard
and Rigaud with Deputies Antide Boyer,
Alfred lNaouet and Henri Maret and Sem
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-23
STLVER UNSETTLED.

NEW YORK, July %. 1S97.-The silver
market was unsettled on the decline in
London. Silver bars and Mexican dollars
here made a. new low record quotation
for the last two years. The decline since
Saturday has been 3s per cent. for bars
and " for Mexican dollars.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-23
srILlETTO IN USE.

NEW YORK, July %. 1ss7.-Possick
steleo last night twice stabbed Angelo
Dodziano with a stilletto, at the latters
home. in Tompkinsville, Staten Island.
Dodziano will die. Steleo is under arr
rest. The men fought over a board bill
of 81 which Dodziano had forced Steleo
to pay by bringing him before a Justice
Of tha Peace
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-23
MAssAORED BY CHINESE.

IBy Gable to The Associated Press.l
LISBON, July %. 1ss7-In the Chamber
of Deputies today the Colonial Minister,
Senior Candide. announced that the crew
Of Portuguese gunboat had been mas
sacred near Chinde, on the Zambezi.
River, East Africa.
He said the Government had instructed
the local commandant to punish the re-
bellious natives.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-23
INHERITED FEUD.

Lillian Michey eight. years old, of No
800 Seventh street. was arraigned in JUS
tice Nevin's court today to answer for an
alleged assault on fve-year-old Mamie
Crimmins of the same address. 1t ap-
pears the families of the children are
bound over to keep the peace. In order
to keep up the hostilities they keep the
children fighting. Yesterday Lillian
threw catsup in Mamje's eye, and Mamie
responded with an upper-cut of sand
Iustice. .Neyin dismissed the case.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-23
NOT ANDREE'S BIRDS.
rBv Gable to The Associated Press

rBy Cable to The Associated Press.l
BERLIN, July %, 1S97.-The Hamburg
ishche Correspondent says that thou
sand birds belonging to the various pig
eon-fying societies were released on the.
18th inst. at place about 2SO kilometres
northwest of Heligoland. Each pigeon.
had an aluminium ring on its leg, inscrib-
ed with a number or letter to indicate
the year of its acquisition.
at is believed, . says the" "Hamburgische
Correspondent .sthat the pigeons found
in the neighborhood of Soevde, in Rifylke
with n silver ring on one of its wings
stamped with North Pole 142 W. Al. g..
was one of these"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-23
CONDITION OF THE FRENCH CROPS

fBy Cable to The Associated Press.]
PARIS. July %, 1ss7.-The official report
Of the condition of crops in France, as
compiled up to July Is, shows as fol-
lows
Wheat is good" in 27 departments.
fair in 81, .'passable' in IL and mid
ding in s. Spring wheat is very good
in departments, good in 16. fair in
"a, .'passable in Z and ''middEng' in l.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-23
FIRE AT RED BANK.

Especial to .The Jersey CITY News.''1
RED BANK, July %, 1Ss7.-The cottage
occupied by Benjamin Steinhard. one OF
the lawyers connected with the firm Of
Howe & Hummel of New York, was de-
stroyed by fire early this morning. The
fire had been burning for some time be-
fore the flames were discovered. The in
mates escaped in their night clothing
The loss will be about $1,000 1t was also
rumor6d that a large quantity of jewelrys
had been destroyed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-23
FOURTH'S FINE DAY.

Especial to "The Jersey City News."l
SEA GIRT, July %, 1S9I.-This was the
first fine morning of the week. and as a
result the members of the Fourth Regi-
ment of Jersey City, at Camp Griggs
were in a lively mood and put in hard
work. Colonel Smith. the new com
mander of the Regiment, says that he IS
pleased with the showing of the men,
This is the Fourth's last active day In
the camp. Tomorrow the regiment will
leave for home