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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-16
Twenty-Five Thousand Diggers to Re-
turn to Work To-Day at the
Sixty-Five-Cent Rate.
NO TROUBLE At HAZLETON
FOREIGNERS IN THE ANTHRACITE
DISTRICT ARE NOW QUIET.
w. j. Bryan Not Engaged to Prose-
cute Deputy Sherifs-Scope of the
Evidence Against Them.

PITTSBURG, Sept. 15.-The coal miners
strike, as far as the Pittsburg district is
concerned, is off, and the $1,000 diggers will
resume work tomorrow at the 65-cent rate.
The decision to ignore the ten-day clause,
which was a condition of the Columbus Set
tle5nent was arrived at late this afternoon
by d delegate convention of miners repre-
senting the entire district. There were only
four dissenting voices when the resolution
to go to work at once was voted upon.
The resolutions adopted create a scale
committee for the year; require mines to
close down on Oct /, where the company
refuses to weigh coal before screening; de-
termine to continue camps at mines of
New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Com
pany, assessing workmen per cent. Of
wages for the expense and heartily in
dorse the uniformity agreement. The prin-
cipal resolution, allowing the miners to re-
sumo at once, was debated until late in the
afternoon, when President Dolan took the
floor. He said the ten-day clause was an
outrage and an effort to please a Few dis
satisfied men. His plea for Immediate re-
sumption was SO eloquent that the resolu-
ton went through with a rush, only four
voting against it. A wage scale was agreed
to and the convention adjourned.
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ALL QUIET AT HAZLETON.
RumOrs of Plots, but No Disturbances
of Any Kind.

HAZLETON, Pa, Sept. ia calm per-
vaded Hazleton and it's environs to-day.
The strikers maintain silence and good or
der. An extra guard was placed about the
companys stores at Lattimer to-day in con-
sequence of a current rumor that the for
eigners were plotting to blow up the build
ing. They have ceased dealing there and
are now buying their provender in Halle
ton Some are going so far as to move into
town. Large groups of tie miners con-
stantly hover about the stores.
For some reason which could not be
learned extra vigilance was maintained at
the camp of the Ninth Regiment at Hazel
Park to-day. The guard was strengthened
and not a soldier was permitted to leave
camp. The Fourth Regiment shifted from
Audenried to Drifton this afternoon and
established camp the hills. There is no
indication of trouble, but General Goblin
sent the regiment there because the miners
in collieries Nos. and are likely to strike
tomorrow. They are five hundred strong
and discussed the question at Freeland to-
night.
Arrangements are under way for a mon
ster mass meeting here on Saturday night
and it is understood that efforts are being
made to bring Eugene V. Debs and other
prominent labor men here to address 1t.
All the miners in the middle coal field will
be asked to attend and it is estimated that
twenty-five thousand miners will be pres
ent. General Goblin had heard nothing Of
the proposed meeting and said he would
treat with the emergency when it arose.
Another story of the day was that Will
lam ]. Bryan had been secured as counsel
for the prosecution of Sheriff Martin and
the deputies 1t was secuted by the strike
leaders as absurd. The arrangements for
the prosecution by the Austrian societies
who have taken up the cause have been
brought TO a pause by General Gobin's or
der forbidding the arrest of the prospective
defendants. Several meetings were held
but it was finally determined to let the mat
Bowman has held his inquest. That official
has not yet fixed a date for the inquiry
but thinks 1t will be some time in the early
part of next week. Fifty or sixty witnesses
will be examined, including Sheriff Martin
and a number of his deputies and some of
the miners No matter what the verdict
may be the case will be carried into the
courts
The strike conditions were not materially
changed to-day; none of the indictments
manifested any disposition to return to
work and few more Joined their ranks.
These were from the Audenreid waSheries,
about 100 in number SO far as can be
by the strikers looking to resumption.
The funeral of Ciemeno Paltrock another
victim of the shooting, occurred in Gran
j. H. Jacobs, an East Broad-street baker.
is much-frightened man. He has received
letter threatening him with DEATH 1t was
and read to the effect that proofs had been
secured that he had acted as one of the
deputies and that he would be killed the
first time he ventured outside the city. The
letter is regarded as hoax.
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my possession and have not been placed in
the hands of any constable for service.
Edward Turnbach, one of the shooting
deputies who is spending a few days with
relatives at Mount Carmel, some distance
from here is quoted in an interview as fol-
lows; 1T was only question of time when
the clash had to come. 1t might have TAX
en- five, ten or twenty minutes. but blood
was sure to have been spilled. The strikers
Outnumbered us and we did not know
whether the rioters We're armed or not.
Sheriff Martin told us to keep cool as the
strikers advanced Finally the rioters
grew so abusive that it was necessary to
fire. During the day they barred their
breasts, daring us to shoot, and during the
last stand The 2trikers fly sure we would
not shoot Had the sheriff been subjected
to abuse much longer the strikers would
have taken courage and tried to steal our
ing how much life and destruction to prop
erty would have resulted. While we hated
TO fire, it was necessary for our own lives
as we'll as for law and order
Mr.. Turnbach is dealer in dynamite
here and many of the deputies are sub
stantial business men. He says that Sheriff
Martin did not give. the command to fire.
Every deputy seemed to act on the spur of
the minute. At the close of the interview
the ex-deputy said that he would return to
HaZleton, as ne was not afraid. He only
performed his duty and would not allow
any man to insult him.
Mine Operator Markle, who succeeded in
preventing the marching strikers from clos
ing his mine yesterday, says he accom-
plished this by using common sense argu-
ments with the men. If they have any
grievances, said they can submit them to
us and the complaint will receive prompt
attention. 1t is not a very good plan to
hit a man over the head with club and
then ask for an Increase OF wages after
wards. l have as yet received no list of
grievances from our employees They are
about the best paid miners in this field.
Some of them will draw 800 for months
work on pay day Saturday next. They are
not compelled to deal at the company
stores. If you believe that the miners get
so little money that they can hardly exist
ask at some of the Hazleton savings banks
how much money is on deposit in them and
who deposited 1t. They Will tell you that
the amount saved up by the miners of the
surrounding country aggregates two or
three million dollars"
The. miners insist that the company
store evil is the main cause of their
trouble. They say they are compelled to
pay 1925 there for sack of flour that they
can get in Hazleton for $3.50; that twenty
five pounds of, sugar cost $1.95 at the com
pany store, and $1.25 in town. clothing is
33 1-3 per cent higher than elsewhere; that
the company pays but S4.S5 for fifty pounds
of giant power and sells twenty-five
pounds for IS; that it gets black powder
for from 80 to 30 cents and sells it for ST. 75
and that the prices of other necessary arti-
cles are correspondingly high. The compa-
MES mining stores say their prices are no
higher than in regular retail stores and
that the men are not compelled to purchase
from them.
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COOPERATIVE RAILWAY.
Scheme for Building n Road from the
Atlantic to the Pacific.

TOPEKA. Kan, Sept. ia charter for
the American Pacific Railway, a cooper
alive scheme with many odd features, was
filed with the secretary of state to-day. The
statement gives the purposes: I'm order
to more perfectly unite and combine pri-
vate interests with the public good for the
mutual advantage and welfare of both and
to do so in such a way as to interfere as
little as possible with what already exists,
to provide permanent homes and employ
ment for as many as possible of those who
may engage in its service, to relieve dis
tress everywhere prevalent and to avert
the danger that menaces society because
of enforced idleness and the constantly in
Creasing number of homeless people, we do
associate ourselves into lawful company
to carry on the lawful business below
specified.
The business specified is to build a rail-
road from Savannah, Ga, and Jacksonville,
Fla, through Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana,
Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, to San Diego,
Gala, with a north-and-south branch from
Velasco, Tex, straight north through the
Indian Territory, Kansas. Nebraska and
South Dakota to the Canadian line in North
Dakota, passing through Topeka, Kan, and
Lincoln, Neb. Another line is to go through
Texas and into Mexico, ending at Topolo-
bampo Bay.
The scheme of building the road is for
the company to issue mileage books or GER
tificateS good at the companys office as
payment for carrying freight. No indebt-
edneSS can be incurred under the charter,
and when the United States or any State
shall have acquired 60 per cent. of the stock
of the company the other 40 per cent. can
be purchased by the State or government.
c. r. Knichen of Breckenridge, Tex, j. c.
Jones' of Crystal Falls, Tex, Peter Swan
son, of Caddo, Tex, w. H. Sproat and d.
L. Filley, of Honduras w. n. Hunter, Of
Riverside; Gala. and r; B. Hunter; s. y.
county, KAN are named as directors.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.-In response to
his telegram of yesterday to Senator Per-
kins asking whether he could take a cargo
OF food supplies to St MchaePs for the
relief of the miners in the Klondike region
who are threatened with starvation, Secre-
tary Alger to-day received a response from
the senator saying that there are already
many thousand tons of freight unprotected
at St Michaers which cannot be moved
up the Yukon river to the Klondike, on
account of the formation of ice in the
river. Therefore, it would be needless to
send further supplies at present. Secretary
Alger has communicated this information
to the citizens committee of Tacoma,
Wash, whence the application for relief
was made. He has added that there are al
ready two army officers on their way to
Circle City for which place they started
Aug. TO report the actual state of az
fairs. and they will undoubtedly inform
rhe War Department whether or not sup
plies are required, and how they can be
got into the country. AS soon as it is
known positively that an emergency exists
Secretary Alger will take under considera-
ton the possibility of getting supplies in
across the mountain passes.
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MARYLAND REPUBLICANS.
They Name a State Ticket and Choose
m n New state Chairman.

BALTIMORE, Sept. 15.-The Republican
state convention adjourned from Ocean City
on Aug. &c, reassembled in Raines Hall, this
city, to-day for the purpose of completing
the work begun at the previous session. In
the interim many things have happened that
materially alter the political situation in
Maryland and render the outcome of the
elections in November more doubtful than
ever. Senator Wellington, formerly head
of the Republican machine, has been de-
posed, after bitter factional fight the col
ored element, which composeS more than a
third of the Republican voting strength in
the State has become disaffected and
threatens to bolt the Republican party in
a body, and unless the present convention
strikes Very harmonious note among many
discordant elements, the Republicans are
likely to go into the campaign with d hot
internecne war on their hands. The con-
vention nominated by reclamation Philip l.
Goldsborough for controller and General AL
len Rutherford for clerk of the Court of
Appeals. State Senator Norman B. Scott
was elected chairman to succeed United
States Senator Wellington, who, it is I'M
derstood, will take no part in the campaign
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ADJUSTMENTS.

popular-priced Superba' matinee will
be given this afternoon and another on
Saturday. These matinees attract hun
dreds of children whose pleasure knows no
bounds. Hanlon's remarkable production is
filling the Grand these nights with de-
lighted audiences. 1t affords a wonderful
amount of entertainment and it's novelties
are almost without limit. "Superba'' is an
admirable fair week performance as there
is in it so much that entertains all sorts
and varieties of people. 1t never before had
as good a line of specialties as this season.
Hundreds of ladies are attending the Won
derful veriscope reproduction of the Cor
bett-Fitzsimmons contest at Tomlinson
Hall this week Performances are given at
IL a. m, 2:30 p. m. and $3.50 p. m
The new Parks cool auditorium is
grateful relief these hot afternoons and
evenings and THE Gay Matinee Girl is
drawing crowded houses.
There will be a change of attraction at
the Empire the remainder of the week COM
mencing with the matinee to-day in the ap-
pearance of Weber and Fields's burlesquers.
Among the speciality people may be men
toned Cook and Sonora, the Panther broth
ers, the Walker sisters. Lewis and Fields
and~DouglasS and Ford.
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Owns 3OO. 900 Acres of Alaska.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Sept. Is. = Repre-
sentatives of some New York capitalists
were in the city to-day trying to close a
deal with Fred Stritter, barber, by which
they sought to purchase of him several
big tracts OF land situated on the Yukon
river, in Alaska. Some twenty-seven years
ago Mr.. Stritter came into possession of
three hundred thousand acres of Alaska
land. The deed to him was made by Rus
sian named Kossatzki, whom Stritter be-
friended in times of sickness and want.
Kossatzki held the land by virtue of Rus
sian patents. and the deeds by him to
Stritter are now a matter of record in the
Land ONCE at Sitka. The gold fever in Alas
ka has added new value to the land, which
all along Stritter has regarded as worth
less. He refused to sell to the capitalists,
and will leave for his possessions early
next spring. Stritter was offered 500 600
in cash for the land.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 15-The State De-
partment has at last been officially in
formed that Mr. Woodford. the new United
States minister to Spain, has been officially
presented. The news came in an official
cablegram from Mr.. Woodford himself last
night.
Commissioner Powderly, OF the Immigra-
ton Bureau, has directed the deportation
of sixteen contract laborers recently ar
rived at San Francisco from Japan by way
of Victoria. These laborers arrived at Vic
toria on Aug. Is by the steamer Columbia
Secretary Sherman said this afternoon, IN
response to a direct inquiry that he would
not go to Ohio until near the end of the
month, and that he probably would not take
is not customary" he remarked, "for a sec
rotary of state to make political speeches"
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PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, Sept. b
The schooner. Volante, Capt. H. ]. Hanson,
arrived this morning direct from ST MI
chaers She brought eight passengers-R.
w. Schneider, ]. S. Wall, B. J. Hayward,
Alex Wilson, Theo. M. Mitchell, John Par
rott, James Aver and Andrew Hoag. The
men all left Dawson City Aug. 49, reached
ST. MichaePs in eight days and left for
the sound Aug %. They brought down with
them an average of $50 ounces of gold each,
the greatest amount 1874 ounces, being
brought by J. S. Wall, of Milwaukee. The
smallest amount 50 ounces, was brought
by r. w. Schrieber, of Crookston, Mimi.
The entire eight are jubilant at getting to
a land where there is no danger OF starva-
ton. All of the VOanteS passengers were
unanimous in the statement that every
branch of business in Dawson City is over
done and that there were two men Tor every
III
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.-The officials of
the Interior Department were much re-
lieved to-day to receive word that Mr.. L..
B. Shepherd, the United States commits
sioner to st. Michaels, Alaska, had arrived
at his post and was prepared to take up
the business of his office. A government
commissioner in a place so remote as st:
a federal judge, and the post at ST. Mich
aels has become of exceptional Importance
since the Klondike discoveries were made.
Mr. Shepherd was appointed the 22d of
July and while he left for st. Michael
Immediately afterwards nothing had since
been heard from him and some >uneasiness
was felt. He reported to-day by message
wired from Seattle that his bond had been
forwarded and that he was ready for bust
ness
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Tied Un by Guarantees.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 1.-THE Treasury
Department already has experienced some
difficulty in making shipments of coin and
currency from the United States subtreas-
ury and the mint at New Orleans In conse-
quence of yellow fever guarantees against
that city. No particular inconvenience
would result but for the fact that between
100000 and 100000 in subsidiary silver re-
Gently has been coined at that mint which
is now needed elsewhere. There are also
about $4,000, 900 in silver dollars in the mint
which may be tied up. If the embargo is
materially extended within the next few
days or is even maintained as at present
the mint at Philadelphia will be tempor-
arily run on double time to meet present
demands
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-16
Movements of steamers.

NEW YORK, Sept. 15.-Arrived: Persia,
from Hamburg; Servia, from Liverpool
Lam, from Bremen. Sailed St Paul, for
Southampton; Teutonic, for Liverpool Ken
sington, for Antwerp.
LIVERPOOL Sept 15.--Arrived: Aurania
from New York. Sailed: Majestic, for
New York; Rhynland, for Philadelphia
ANTWERP, Sept. 15.-Arrived: PennsyI-
vania, from Philadelphia.
SOUTHAMPTON, Sept 15.-Arrived:
Paris, from New York.
QUEENSTOWN. Sept. 15.-Arrived: Ger
manic from New York.
LONDON, Sept. 15.-Arrived: Massachu-
sets, from New York
COPENHA Sept. 15.-Arrived: ISL
and, from New York
PLYMOUTH, Sept. 15.-Arrived: Saale,
from New York
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Miners MangIed in a cnge.

NANTICOKE Pa, Sept 15.-The cage in
which ten men were being lowered into
shaft No. 2, of the Alden Coal Company,
this morning suddenly dropped to the bot
tom of the shaft. Eight of the men were
severely injured and the injuries of four
may prove fatal The mine is $50 feet deep.
The cage had started down the shaft and
the engineer losing control of the machine,
it dropped to the bottom at terrific speed.
The steel cage itself was broken and
twisted, and the men narrowly escaped in
slant death. The four most seriously in
jured have been removed TO the Wilkes
barre Hospital The injured are as fol-
lows: Marion Kulakoaski. Joseph Kotsull.
Jacob Sack. Joseph Calls, Stephen Faly-
shesky, Teofit Melfski, Voychek Golamb,
JoSeph StOnkiew
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LICENSES OF On NIGGERS.''
Remarks of One OF Mayor Taggart's
Heads of Departments.

The County Commissioners by a vote taken yes
terday decided to issue license to Wade Hill,
the West OIio-street saloon keeper Commission
ers Harding and McGregor voted in favor of Hill,
but Commissioner Greer was opposed to issuing
a license again During the investigation Of the
for Mayor Taggart, was called as a witness: In
reply TO Attorney Healing the inspector admitted
lie had taken quite an interest in the prosecution
of the remonstrance against Hill.
Then is it not true" asked Mr.. Healing, that
on last Monday morning in the Office of the Board
of Public Safety, in the presence of Eugene
you were q witness in the case and told by Mr.
almost forgot that, but I must go and try and
keep the d--n Niger from getting license
and that you further said: We want to keep all
the d---n niggers from getting licenses"
The building inspector did not remember wheth-
er he used this language not.
viii you swear that you didn't say it?" asked
Attorney Healing.
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THE HEAT FATAL.
Frank Smith Dies at HOspitaI-AnOth-
err Prostitution.

Frank Smith, an iron molder from New
York, who has been employed as cook and
porter at the Klondike saloon, corner of
Prospect and Shelby streets, died at the
City Hospital yesterday evening OF heart
disease superinduced by the heat. He fell
as though FRUSTRATED by the heat, while at
work in the saloon and was removed to the
hospital by the city ambulance. He died
an hour after he reached the hospital. He
was about thirty-four years old. Nothing is
known Of his relatives.
James Neal, a tramp, was overcome by
heat while walking on Massachusetts ave-
nue.. The Dispensary physicians found him
at (oldl 440 Massachusetts avenue and re-
moved him to the hospital. His case is not
serious.
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some time. presumably in relation to Cuban
affairs, and General Lees visit, although
no information as to the nature of the call
was obtainable. Among the other callers
were Senator Thurston, the French embas-
sador, M. Patenotre; Senator Platt of New
York; Commissioner Butterworth, Repre-
sentatives Bowden, of Virginia, and Living
ston. of Georgia, and a Florida delegation.
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WASHINGTON, Sept 15.-The White
House was thronged with official visitors
to-day and the President was kept busy
from an early hour with the steady stream
OF callers The first was Judge Day. as
sistant secretary of state. who came at 8.15.
He and the President were together for
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-16
STEEL TRACKWAYS,
Experiments That May Result in Easy
Hauling on WAGON ROads.

Hauling on Wagon Roads.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.-In accordance
with the desire of the secretary of agri-
culture to promote more extended expert
ments in the use of steel trackways on
wagon roads, the Office of road inquiry has
made arrangements with the Cambria iron
works, of Johnstown, Pa, for rolling spe-
cial rails for this purpose. These arrange
ments are to go into effect as soon as
definite orders from responsible parties
amounting to one mile of track are re-
ceived. The director of road inquiry and
the engineers of the iron company after
much discussion have agreed on q plan of
track which promises to meet all require
ments. 1t uses no wood in construction and
no crosStieS for support, but consists of a
simple inverted trough or channel of steel
for each wheel with a slightly raised head
on the inside to guide the wheels, each
channel resting in bed OF gravel and the
two tied together occasionally to prevent
spreading.
Special devices for remounting are pro-
vided at each joint, The bearing or tread
for wheels is eight inches wide, the thick
ness about Seven-sixteenthS of an inch.
The weight of the structure is about one
hundred tons per milo of single track road
and it will be furnished in small sections
at the rate of $500 per mile. The first
order for track has been given by the New
York state agricultural experiment station.
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RevoIution in GuatemaIa.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.-Upon advlces
from United States Consul Pringle at
Guatemala City, to the effect that the revo-
lutionists has captured the town of Ocas,
on the west coast of Guatemala, the State
Department has called upon the Navy De-
partment to send war ship there to watch
over American interests, and the Alert, at
Mare island, has been ordered to the scene
of trouble