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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-03
RULES OF THE ROAD ADOPTED.
They Are Already In Forco. and Lay Down the
Law for BicycIlsts and Drivers.

They Are Already In Forco. and Lay Down the
Law for BicycIlsts and Drivers.
Tho rules Of the road as prepared by the New
York Consulate OF tho League Of American
Wheelmen, with some slight changes, were APP
proved by Mayor Strong yesterday. At Mayor
Strong's suggestion the section requiring all
wheeled vehicles using tho public streets to
carry lights after dark was amended so as to OK.
clude heavy trucks from its provisions, and tho
section allowing bicycles to be trundled along
the sidewalk in single file was stricken from tho
ordinance.
Hereafter all vehicles going in q northerly or
southerly direction shall have the right of way
over vehicles going cast and west, and ambu-
lances, fire engines, and police patrol wagons
shall have the right Of way as against all per-
sons. Before turning q corner drivers are re-
CURED to give q signal either by raising the
hand or whip, and no vehicle Is allowed to start
from the curb until the driver has signihed his
Intention by raising his hand or whip. All
bicycles must be equipped with q boil not more
IMAM three inches In diameter, and the speed is
limited to eight miles an hour. Coasting is for
hidden on any public thoroughfare south Of
l25th street.
Hereafter II shall not be lawful for any person
under 16 years Of age to drive a vehicle used for
business purposes, and the speed while turning
corners is limited to three miles an hour. No
person riding a bicycle shall be allowed to carry
a child undor 5 years OF age. The ordinance
Is now In effect. and the extreme penalty for the
violation Of any OF its provisions Is a fine Of $40.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-03
NO THIRD TICKET IN oUAY's STATE.
sound-Monoy Democratic State Connittes RE-
Jects . Conferences Plan.

Democratic state Committee RE-
Jccts . Conferences Plan.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept, 2.-There will DO no
third State ticket in Pennsylvania this fall.
although It was decided at a conference Of tho
leading Sound-Money Democrats In Pennsylva-
MIA at the Hotel Walton this afternoon, by .
vote Of SO to 81. to recommend to
tho State Committee of Jeffersonian Demo-
Gratis that Q convention DO called and o
Sound.Money Democratic ticket nominated.
Tho members OF the State Committee
who participated in tho conference were from
various parts Of the State. J. Murray Rush Of
Delaware county offered q resolution embody-
ing the proposition to place q third ticket In tho
field. Robert E. Wright Of Allentown. OK
Chairman of the Democratic State Committee,
offered opposing resolutions.
After a protracted discussion tho resolutions
Of Mr.. Wright were rejected. and the PROPOSE
tion OF Mr.. Rush to recommend a third ticket
was adopted by q margin OF 4 votes.
After the adjournment OF tho conference tho
Jeffersonian State Committee was convened,
with every Congress district in tho State repre-
sented except the Twenty-eiRhth. A vote was
taken. and tho recommendation to nominate q
third ticket was rejected by n vote of 81 to 10.
J. Murray Rush made q motion that the resolu-
tions presented in the conference by ex.Chair-
man Robert +. Wright, and which were rejected
there by q vote OF SO. to 35. be adopted as tho
sense Of the COMMITTEES. This was carried
unanimously.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-03
ooAB MINING CONFERENCE.
Lsttis Prsspect OF q settleseut sS the MI
Rtrtke.

Rtptke.
COLUMBUS, o.. Sept, 2.-The conference Of coal
operators and miners that met in this city to-day
will probably come to nothing. Tho meeting
was held behind closed doors. 1t is known that
the Pittsburg operators offered tho miners
"a cents a ton pending arbitration, the aroi-
tration to no based upon a minimum Of 90 cents
a ton. Eighty per cent. OF the Plttsburg opera
tors we're paying 81 cents a ton before the strike.
so that the operators offered an advance OF six
cents, as a minimum price, and four cents edui-
tional while the question iB being prbitratcd.
Inc miners want 81 cents rs n minimum prlco
ana 10 arbitrate a rate between 81 and 6S cente
before any work Is done. The question Is 10 DO
submitted to the miners.
The conference adjourned tonight to meet to-
morrow morning. One of the miners committee
said tonight that the conference was nothing
but talk, and would likely end that way. Inc
operators declare they have made their ma,
ouer. me miners COMMITTEES met to-niRnt, and
It looks as II they would take a more TediSai
stand tomorrow than they did to-day. II TINS
report Is true an amicablo adjustment OF inc
present strike 10 impossible.
PITTsBURG, Sept. 1.-The National executive
Board OF the United Mine Workers will proba'
tors OF this district tomorrow or the day after.
Patrick Doian, recognizing that PittsDurg is inc
key TO the. strike situation, has always oeen
Wiling 10 mold a district. conference, OUT mas
heretofore been overruled by Ratchford., -.
The conyention Of PittsburR miners ma VIII
decides TO accept the proposition made by
Thomas, Il. Young, Mr.. HanDa's representative,
will probably agree to II. .
Col. w. I. Rend met his miners today and
was serenadcd by their brass band, He told
them he favored tho proposition made by Mr..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-03
BRYAN WINS THE FIGHT.
HE SECURES FUSION IN NEBRASKA
WHEN 1T LOOKED HOP Ell ESS.

The Three silver Conventions Name . Demo-
crat for Supreme, Judge AFTER Many Htours
or DenuIocE-ssme OF the disappointed
PopuiIsts Accuse SIR. Bryan OF TricherJ.
LINCOLN, Ncb., Sept. 2.-Democratic diplo-
macy succeeded, after n twenty. four-hour light,
in overcoming Populist obstinacy. and the three
State conventions Of tho Nebraska political
Dreibund finally agreed, at noon to-day, upon
Judge John J. Sullivan of Columbus for SUI
preme Judge. The situation became very much
strained during the carly morning hours and
the hypnotic influence OF MIR. Bryan was neccs-
sary to prevent an open rupture.
The conference committees appointed at 3
o'clock last evening continued in secret session
until nearly 3 this morning, when Mr.. Bryan
was called In and the utter inability Of the COM
mittees to get together on any man was ex-
planned. At his suggestion each committee re-
ported back to Its convention. which had been
In session all tho while listening to speeches,
that each proceed to ballot upon the candidates
presented and when any two conventions had
nominated q man his nomination be made oblig-
atory upon the other.
Balloting began after the recess for break
fast had been taken. The Popuiists nominated
Neville, the ex.Republicans Judge Scott Of
Omaha, and the Democrats w. II. Thompson,
and they were just whore they began. The De-
loCThCy onRaKcu III nncbbe during Inc morning
and took up Sullivan. who had been second man
in the Populist Convention. The tip was given
to the silver Republicans that Sullivan would
be named by the Populists shortly, and to fore-
stall them they nominated him.
When the Populists wero notified that sulli.
van had been named by the two other conven-
lions there was an explosion. Senator Allen
made a soothing speech. Neville Withdrew his
name. Several other leaders took q hand, and
Sullivan was finally named with only a few
negatives. Evon Foren, a Populist Of Kearney,
and George F. REMOVER. a silver Republican
Of Wisner, wcro nominated for State University
Regents.
Some Of the kicking Populists are sore at
Bryan and assert that 1t was n trick Of his to
put out Of consideration for Governor next year
all Democratic aspirants, in reward for which he
is to receive the Populist delegation from Ne
braska in 1900.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-03
1sr oRUBRs RhOK IRON EUROPE.
a Party sr ire states,uah,s Ertesds oe pewn
the nay e Meet Min.


Col. Abraham Gruber. the small but mighty
leader Of the Republicans in the Twenty first
Assembly district. returned yesterday morning
on the steamship Saale from a trip In Europe.
He was accompanied by his wife and children
and was enthusiastically received by a big party
OF his friends. who went down TO Quarantine on
the steamer Mohawk to greet him. The recep.
tlon was arranged by the Republican orgnniza-
tion Of the Twenty.irst district. Tho Mohawk
was crowded with Mr.. Gruber's friends and
nelghbors and Republican political leaders.
Among these were Collector Bidwell. Postmas-
ter Van Colt, Aldermen Goodman, School. and
Wines; Oscar Hoffstadt, Heman Il. Wilson,
Moses NJ. Mckee, Smith Pine. Gen. Won Schaick,
william Henkol, Assemblymen Andrews and
jeremiah Sullivan, and Emil Twyefort.
The Saale was steaminR up the bay when tho
Mohawk. came. up with her, and the reception
party failed In their plan to take the little Colonel
Hoboken, however, and whisked him OF up the
river for a trip TO Yonkors and back.
THANK God I'm an American citizen and q
Republican," was the sentiment which MIR.
Gruber uttered as he came down the bridge and
fell into the hands OF his friends.
Col. Gruber was the legal representative Of
the retail dealers who secured The clause pro-
Of incoming passengers. to be inserted In tho
DinEley Tariff bill. Ho had to pay quite q little
sum himself yesterday. but said:.
II don't mind 1t. It's all right"
Col. Gruber won't to the ball game yesterday,
but said that would DO tho end Of his pleasure
will get out Of the lively political tussle which
Ia In prOsDeCt.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-03
DIsCOUNTING CALAMITY.
Indiana Eree-silver Men Sure That Therem no
. Drop In wheat Next Year.

Indiana Bree-Siyer Men suro That There,n Bo
. Drop In wheat Next Year.
INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. 2.-The Executive and,
Advisory committees of tho Indiana Blmetallic
League and free-silver men from various parts
of the State held q conference hero to-day and
took the preliminary steps In the campaign of
1893. Chairman Clark of tho league presided,
and a number of speeches were made: The
speakers declared that the Democratic farmers
and laboring men are as solid for free silver az
they were last fall. and that the sentiment Is in.
creasinR In all parts Of the State. The speakers
reported that farmers. stimulated by the price
of wheat, are doubling their sowing this fall.
and the inevitable consequence will be as great
an overproduction next year MS shortage this
year, and a consequent drop in the price.
After tho conference the Executive and Ad-
Visory committees held q meeting and deter
mined to establish y literary bureau and send
free-silyer literature into all tho counties Of the
State. Local clubs arc to be established In all
the counties, and during the winter free-silyer
speakers are to be employed to make addresses.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-03
WARNER M1LLER,s WATERLOO.
sheard Carries the Herkimer County couven.
tion By . Vote Of 40 70 DO.

0heard Carries the l1erktmeF County Couven.
ton by . Vote OF 40 to 90.
UTICA. Sept. 1.-THE Herkimer county Repub-
licans hold their convention to-day at Herkimer
village and It was interesting. aside from the
nominations. from the fact that It demonstrates
tho strength Of tho Sheard organization and
the lamentable weakness of tho following Of
Warner Miller. For the past month or two
there has been the bitterest kind of fighting be-
tween tho two factions. and each claimed sum-
cient strength to control the convention. The
sheard mon were better organized. and. being
In power. had called the oauouses of Tuesday
at places where their interests would be
best cared for. In this way tho voters
at Ilion, where tho Remington works are
located. were obliged to go to a far end
OF the town, but they turned out in force and de-
feated tho Sheard delegates. At the convention
to-day the entire Sheard slate WIS named, the
vote standing 40 to 20 as divided between tho
factions. f. La Grange Smith was nominated
for member Of Assembly after a contest with
another Sheardite. Tho other nominees are:
sheri1: Daniel 7: strobsl: County clerk. D; NJ.
Superintendent of the Poor. George H. easier.
It is believed the Miller men will support the
ticket.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-03
THE CASE AGAINST LUEreER
his Employ ees and the Police Testify Strongly
Against Him.

CHICAGO, Sept. 2.-To-day's examination of
witnesses for the State in tho Luctgert murder
trial brought out the most damaging testimony
yet offered. Frank O'Dorofsky and Frank 10
wandowski, employees at the Luetgert factory
at the time Of the supposed murder. testified 40
to the connection by Luetgert OF the mixture Of
caustic potash and water in the vat, and AS 10
the appearance of this liquid the next day after
Mrs. Luetgert's disappearance. They agreed
that 1t was sticky and Of q reddish tingc. As II it
had contained in solution a quantity Of blood.
O'Dorofsky said he found bits Of bone and shreds
OF flesh in the liquid. Gordon Clark, salesman,
and Swan Nelson, shipping clerk for Lord,
Owen & Co., wholesale druggists. told OF the
sale and delivery to Luetgert OF fifty pound. OF
arsenic and a barrel Of caustIc potash. Police
man Anton Klinger told o. hiding under a bed
at Watchman Frank Bialk's house and listen.
ing to a conversation between Bialk and Luet-
CERT, when the sausage maker anNious.y IN
CURED IL the police had made any discove!te- in
searching the factory, and II they had warrants
for his arrest.
Police Captain Herman schuettler took tho
done on the case since May 9. when Mrs. Lue,.
gert's brother. Dlederich, Bickncsc, reporiei
had not reported his wife's disappearsnce and
Luctgert answered that ne did not want people
TO know she had gone away. He felt that be
Lue ;gert, his son Louis, and the servant. Mary
Siemering, hut none of then could give any
TedSuu -ipE ME Luctrtsl : absence, except IlIaC
she had acted strangely o. late The Captain
detailed men TO drag the river and the sewers
In the ncighborhood in the hope OF finding :ars.
Luetgerts body. Accurate descriptions o. the
woman were sent TO the torty-four police sta
tons in Chicago. and 5000 policemen were in
structed to look out for and arrest her il found.
The insane asylums at kankakce. DunninS,
ana Elgin were visited. The rumor that Mrs:
Luetgert was seen at Kenosha was followed
up and proved false.
Then the Captain suspected that the woman
had been murdered. He caused a search Of
the sausage factory to be made, and the result
was the discovery in the vat Of two gold rings
n piece OF an artificial tooth, fragments OF bone,
and some human hair. The rings were offered
in evidence against the protests by counsel for
the defence that they had in no way been
shown to have any connection with Mrs.
Luctgert.
Capt. Schuetler told OF his visit to New York
to see the "Grotty." who. according to tele.
grams from that city. had seen and talked with
Mrs LuetRert on Broadway on May z. He
saw "Grotty," and was convinced that the man
was a fraud. The Captain was still under
cross-examination when court adjourned for
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-03
NEW CLASS OF KLoNDIKERs.
More Horse Traders and Spectators Thal
MInera Are Now Going North.

More Horse Traders and Spectators Than
Minera Arc Now Going North.
SEATTLE, Wash. Sept. AT the Seattle end
Of the line reason has assumed sway and hun.
dreds who intended going north this fall and
taking the overland trail for the Yukon have
been persuaded to defer the trip until spring.
But another class, in the meantime. have put
in an appearance and the steamers find plenty
of business through them. These are specula.
tors and camp followers, who appear to be almost
as numerous as gold seekers. Their destination
is Skagway, which passengers returning to-day
report rs containing 5000 people who will con.
slider 1t their temporary abode until spring.
Another class have also suddenly become prom.
inent. the horse traders. and nearly everything
In the shape of a horse is being shipped to
Alaska. So that between speculators, horse
traders. and saloon keepers and an occasional
estimated that there are 5000 horses now at
!pyea and Skagway. and half as many more will
be sen nv in i i,i,I fall 1o to in nponrSe the Z eat. trails; T.,
and il is thought that from 1000 to 1900 mon
time by that route. Next to Seattle, the little
logging camp of Shelter has profted more by
last season, tho logging business being dull. the
men QUILTED for the Yukon mines, getting in
about the TING of the discoveries on Eureka and
BOnanZa creeks. where these men took up claims
amounting to 100000. Dick Mercer making
$4,000 and Victor Lord $i7, 900, while Jim
Shalo. a Canadian Frenchman who halls from
the Same place, Is repntod to DO the wealthiest
man In all the Klondikc. He controls twenty
two claims and Is still buying.
Tonight Willis Thorpe and his two sons will
sail on the steamer Utopia bound for tho Klon-
thirty horses, intending to drive them over the
Dalton trail. 1t is something Of a venture at
ldence in their ability to get through safely.
The reported scarcity OF provisions on the Klon.
dixie determined them to make the attempt to
YEAR.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-03
FOR SIMON PURE Reform.

All Other Brands Are Spurious. Says the Ger
Citizens League.
Delegates from every Assembly district in
Brooklyn were present last night in Arion Hall,
where the German.American Citizens League
held its first meeting since II was organized, In
May. to purify local politics."
A platform was adopted denouncing the Re.
publican party as governed by narrow.mInded
and corrupt individuals. and coudemninR all
other reform movements. The platform de.
mands that candidates Endorsed by the league
shall be, hostile to trusts and monopolies and the
of taxation. -
Tho following officers were elected: DIR. John
Maltitz and Clement Huemwinch. Vice. pr,sii
dents, and Louis Han, Treasurer. The league
claims TO have IL. 600 members.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-03
~VEsrMAAERs 60 OUT.
HHatrinony Suggested by Leader Freeman d
an Autidoto to strikes.

Matriuony Suggested by Leader Freeman as
an Antidoto to strikes.
The vestmakers In Now York. Brooklyn. and
Brownsville went on strike with sudden una
nimity yesterday morning. Tho strike was or
dered at a late meeting held In Walhalla Hall
ON Wednesday evening, which lasted until the
small hours OF yesterday morning. About 1000
are involved In the strike. Something like 1890
went out yesterday and the remainder are to go
to-day.
The strike seemed TO be the result OF a sudden
impulse. James Freeman. who is looked upon
as the organizer Of the vestmakers, had been in
Washington for several months. He received
word that tho organized vestmakers were in
bad shape, and came back to see about It. There
are three locals of vcstmakers. one OF which Is a
Knights Of Labor Assembly, the second a branch
Of tho Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance, and
tho third an independent union. One OF the
locals had only eight members. but in a day or
two 500 were enrolled, and q day or two later,
according to Freeman. the membership in
creased to over a thousand, the other locals in
Hail meeting was called and the strike ordered.
The strikers met yesterday in Liberty Hall.
257, East Houston street. one.half of tho
numerous than the men at the mass meeting.
Leader Freeman said that whilo there was
every evidence of a revival in trade. the vest
makers were still earning starvation wages.
This was the reason they struck in a hurry.
The Western papers say" he said. that
there are 5000 Western buyers in New York
placing orders for clothing. The suits OF cloth.
Ing which six. months ago were sold for $50 q
dozen wholesale are now selling for $40 and $75.
The contractors said they could not help us, and
some of thom begged US TO order the strike to
get the manufacturers to advance prices. Men
are earning SO or SO a week, working sixteen
and eighteen hours o day in sweatsbops, who
eight years ago could make $50 and S25 a week.
The girls make 81 or IS q week."
The women, he said, were pulling wages
down. II the mon did the work and the women
became housekeepers, 1t would be better for all.
Tho girls who, expect to be the wives of
operators" he said. faro now competing with
them for work because the mon c,n't afford to
marry. II all these girls were married. there
would be o demand for workers. The girls
would have nothing to do but keep house. and
all would be better off. But we must get tho
wages up before the men can afford to marry"
Freeman went on to say that the vestmakers
were paid least of all tho garment workers.
This was because IL is easier to learn vestmak.
ing than to make coats or trousers.
The regular headquarters OF tho vestmakers
after tomorrow. will be At ia Cannon street.
The demands will DO prepared to-day or to-mor-
row.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-03
11eHrN1Na FIRES 4 FAIR BARN.
Two Men who Were Sleeping In the RaFn We're
Aroused By q Frightened Horse.

Two Men Who Were Sleeping in the Barn Were
Aroused By q Frightened Horse.
Lightning struck an old barn on the New Jer-
sey State Fair grounds at Wavcrly yesterday
morning and set 1t on fro. Tho flash came at 4
o'clock. and nearly an hour later two men who
were sleeping in the barn discovered that tho
hay overhead WAS burning. They were james
]. Clancy. owner of the trotter Miss Knox, and
his groom. Frank Enright. Mr.. Clancy had
asked to be assigned to the barn with his man
on the night before. and previous to that the
structure was u~noccupied. Both men wore
aroused by the crash OF thunder which followed
the flash of lightning.
They said that they smelled an odor ike anil.
phnr, but did mot think that the barn had been
struck and went 70 sleep again. They were
again awakened by the paving and ~snortinR Of
the t~rotter end then snIelled smoke. After Set.
ting Miss Knox and her trappings out OF the
building they found that a hole large enough to
admit mans body had been bored through the
roof and that the hay in the loft was on Are.
The fro spread, through the northern end of
the grounds until II had destroyed four stables
and q big cattle display shed. The loss is $1,000
and Il comes at a bad time. as the fair opens next
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-03
10000 O~LoAKMAKERs NOW.
The etrtkes Develop the Fact That There Are
More OF Them Than Was Thought.

The headquarters of the United Brotherhood
Of Cloakmakers at 100 RivinGton street were
filed all day yesterday with cloakmakers who
came to be enrolled. Up to the beginning of the
strikes 1t was suppose that there were only
about IL, 900 cloakmakers altogether in the
Metropolitan District. Now the books show q
membership OF $4,000 and moro are expected to
be enrolled.
If the members would continue to pay their
dues and remain In the union after the strikes
are over" said Secretary Rosenberg Yesterday.
I'VE would not have to strike again. The threat
OF n general strike would be enough. But trade
Ia good now, md when all the strikes are won
and the people working they will cease to pay
their 4i dues and the union viii go TO pieces again"
and Grand street. 500 in number. and Fl. 3.
Clafiin & Co., Church and Worth streets. 500 In
number, went on strike yesterday for an ad-
vance In wages. II. B. Clahln & Co. had prom
ised to confer with the leaders Of the union. but
the employees would not wait longer. Strikes
were won yesterday In the following shops: a.
Friedlander & Co., 700 cloakmakers; A. Ros-n,
4s West Broadway, $50; Economic Cloak Com.
gany, Green and Houston streets, $50; smaller
hrms, 200.