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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-01
WAIT TO HEAR FROM OTIS.
Then War Department Will Begin
Rushing Volunteers.

Washington, June 30.-A statement
prepared in the office of the adjutant
general of the army shows that with
the departure of the Pennsylvania
from San Francisco, about $500 rein
forcements will be dispatched 70 the
Philippines this week. These troops
Were carried on the transports Yea
landia, Sheridan. Valencia and Penn
sylvania, and include fifty-nine officers
and 3,444 enlisted men. About half of
the troops are recruits intended to fill
gaps in the regiments in the Philippines
caused by deaths, disabilities and dis
charges.
There are about 5000 recruits at San
Francisco, which are also intended to
recruit the regular regiments in the
Philippines up to their maximum
strength of 12S men TO a. company. In
GLIDING the Nineteenth infantry, under
orders for Manila, and troops at San
Francisco, there are 1900 ready to start
for Manila as soon as transportation
can be provided.
The war department is awaiting ad-
vices from General Otis before proceed
ing actively with the enlistment of vol
unteers under the recent decision of the
administration TO organize nine regi-
ments of three brigades each including
the three skeleton regiments in the
Philippines, amounting in all to about
10000 volunteers.
Everything is in readiness for the
proposed increase in the army. and the
entire machinery OF enlistment and or
ganization can he nut into operation at
a moments notice. The necessary or
ders win be given as soon as the in
formation desired from General Otis is
received.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-01
STRIKERS COMMIT MURDER.
Trainload of Negroes Fired Upon In
Illinois.

Murphysboro, Ills, June 30-At .
o'clock this morning Conductor William
Bryan's train on the Johnson City
branch of the Illinois Central, bearing
forty-seven negro miners from Pana,
was shot into a crowd of miners at
Lawder in WILLIAMSON county. One
negro woman was killed by a bullet
through her heart.
The negroes were brought by Sam T.
Brush. superintendent of the st. Louis
Big Muddy mines near Carterville, TO
work in his mine there where there is
now a strike. The miners, fifty in num-
Der, were armed with rifles and were
hidden in the grass behind the COM
pany's depot.
When the train stopped the leader,
who was an Italian. got on the platform
and commanded the negroes to get out.
Conductor Bryan interfered, but was
stopped by a revolver in his face. The
train began to move and the miners
poured in a whitening fire. Conductor
Bryan yelled to the negroes to throw
themselves on the floor. All escaped
serious wounds save the woman, who
was killed instantly.
Half mile further on the negroes
were unloaded and placed under charge
of guards. They were then marched to
the mine.
Intense excitement prevails in the
Carterville coal field and bloody riots
are expected, as the feeling has been
intense for weeks.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-01

Manila, July IA collision between
the two armies at San Fernando seems
inevitable soon. The insurgents are
active all around the town and can
be seen working in the trenches to
strengthen their position. Day and
night forces are at work.
1t is estimated that 5000 men were
seen marching in the road north of
town yesterday morning. The Ameri-
cans turned out and manned the de-
lenses, expecting an attack. The SOL
diers sleep in their clothes and break
fast at + o'clock in the morning so as
TO be ready for an assault.
The commission of three Spanish Off
GERS who entered the insursent lines d
fortnight ago to make a final attempt
to arrange for the release of the Span
ish prisoners have not returned. Their
long absence has Occasioned alarm.
Reports come to Manila today that
they were received by Aguinaido at
Tartac and entertained hospits bly, 1t
is aid that Aguinaldo gave a banquet in
their honor, all the leading families of
the rebel leaders of the present cabinet
attending. Hence the Spaniards in
Manila hope that the mission of the
commissioners Will be successful.
General Overshine is in the hospital
Suffering from fever.
General Grant is commanding his
troops on the south line.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-01
who is going to run this business. We
have not heard from the men yet"
TIN PLANTS SHUT DOWN.
Fifty Thousand Men Are Thrown Out
of Employment.

Pittsburg, Pa, June 30.-The last day
of the scale of Amalgamated Associa-
ton of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
ended at midnight tonight. While deli
mite figures can not be given tonight
as to how many men will be idle to-
morrow, ii is known that more than
$4,000 of them will be forced to quit
work temporarily at least. Secretary
John Williams of the Amalgamated as
sociation, however, gives it as his opin-
ion that a settlement will be reached
in the near future. There is no ami
wOSity and both sides seem to be in
favor of coming to an agreement
Subordinate lodges of Amalgamated
association are taking a vote on The
proposition from the manufacturers.
granting an advance of less than 20
per cent, while the new scale calls for
an advance of % per cent AS soon as
the returns are in, conference will he
held. Up to midnight SIX firms had
signed the new scale ami work will be
continued at their plants.
Secretary John Barrett, OF the ASSc-
citation of Iron and Steel Sheet Manu-
facturers, today signed the sheet mill
scale for all the firms affiliated with
the association. This scale calls for an
advance of IL per cent for tonnage
men and 10 per cent for day hands.
This scale affects about $4,000 skilled
workmen and a similar number of TN
skilled workers in different parts of the
country.
All of the tin plants throughout the
country under the jurisdiction of the
tin plate trust, shut down at midnight,
and will remain closed until an agree
ment on the wage scale is arrived a.
This alone will throw out of employ
ment about $4,000.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-01
SPEAK FOR THEIR PARTIES
NATIONAL, SOCIAL AND POLIT-
ICAL CONFERENCE.
Prominent Republican, Democrat and
Union Reform Party Advocates
Deliver Addresses.

Buffalo. n. Y. June 30.-The Rev. 3.
Fay Mills of Boston was chairman at
this mornings session of the national
social and political conference The sub
ject for the days discussion was Re
form Through Party Action" This
morning the question considered was
What Can the Parties Do?"
Former State Senator John Laughlin
pI<>,nted the claims of the Republican
party. which, he said. was born TO meet
great emergency. TO free and elevate
mankind to unshackle 100000 slaves
The Republican party had always been
the friend of labor and the oppressed.
Never" called out some one.
This brought forth a rebuke from
Chairman Mills who advised the inter-
rupter to retire or be more courteous.
Continuing. the senator upheld Pres
ident Mckinley and his policy in the
Philippines. He declared he would be
reelected in 1900 and that the Empire
state was going to present Governor
Roosevelt in 1900 as its presidential can
d:date.
r. S. Thompson. editor of the New
Era, published in Springfield. O.. and
who is also national chairman OF the
UmN1 Reform party, presented the
claims of that party. He said it stands
simply and solely for direct legislation;
in sther words. government By the
whole people, and not by party which
is not of the people
George Fred Williams expressed his
unbounded confidence in Democracy.
which, he said, was great enough to
accommodate every refOrmer and every
fad among them
John G. Wooley, of Chicago. spoke
for the prObihitionists. He attacked
the Republican and the Democratic
parties and Senators Hanna. Platt and
Quay. Richard Croker and others. His
remarks became so sarcastic ana !
scathing that he was called TO order /
He referred to President Mckinley as
a. good man, but as the absolute crea- |
ture of monopOlies and plutOcrats.
Mr. Kenney of Binghampton. took the
platform and asked all those who were |
in favor of the United States Withdraw
ing from the Philippines to stand. AL (
most everybody rose before the chair |
man could rap them down and declare /
Kenney out of order. Chairman Mills /
shouted:
Take your seats" and then said |
'the motion is lost" Kenney's action |
was denounced by many.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-01
HAPPY CONDITION OF HAWAII
NO POLITICS IN THIS PART OF
THE UNITED STATES.
Former Minister Thurston Says Ev-
erything Is Serene There, Await
ing the Action of Congress.

San Francisco, June Colon. Lorin
A. Thurston, former minister from Ha-
wall to this country, was among the
arrivals on the steamer Mariposa from
Honolulu today. Mr.. Thurston is &C
companied by Mrs. Thurston.
Speaking of conditions in the islands.
Mr.. Thurston said the outlook is very
promising.
The sugar crop will undoubtedly be
the largest ever handled" said he. Re
ports from the plantations show that
the sugar cane is growing splendidly,
and a large crop will result
Mr.. ThurSton says he is out of poll
tics. All is serene in the islands at
present, as the people are awaiting the
action of congress as TO the future gov
eminent Of the islands.
we have no politics there now"
said Mr. Thurston. We are waiting for
congress TO act. What we ask for is
territorial government. pure and
simple. We want no colonial system or
anything of the kind. and there seems
to be hardly any doubt that congress
win give us the kind of government we
ask, since the commission has made a
recommendation TO that end"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-01
STORMS In TEXAS.
Millions of Dollars Damage Done
Lives Reported Lost.

Lives hepOrled LOST
Houston, Tex, June 3O.-The remark
ably heavy rains of the past four days
in Texas have done damage which Will
amount TO hundreds of thousands of
dollars. Railroad traffic is suspended in
south Texas because of the numerous
washouts and many bridges are gone
Every stream in this section of the
state is above high water mark and the
angry waters have destroyed thousands
of acres of cotton, corn and cane, be-
sides houses and cattle.
At Calvert the rise was so sudden
that when the water went through the
town, several negroes were drowned
and five bodies have been recovered
1t is rumored that many farmers. white
and colored, living in the Brazos bot
toms, have been drowned, but neither
names nor reliable particulars are yet
obtainable.
The Big and Little Brazos rivers have
Joined atNavasota. where they are or
dinarily three miles apart and the
whole country between, mostly cotton
and corn land, is ruined. 1t is reliably
stated that one family of six persons
persisted. The loss in cotton and corn
alone will reach 81, 900, 900, while another
million will not cover the loss 10 rail-
roads and other property.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-01
TOOK A FATAL PLUNGE.
Spokane Police Were Too Late to
Prevent a Suicide

Spokane. Wash, June 3O.-"My wife and
children are down in the water. and am
going after them"
So said man on the Post street bridge
this morning. True to his word, less than
ten minutes afterward he made the fatal
plunge into the waters below in view of
officers, who were coming TO prevent the
deed.
The man who made the desperate plunge
into the river is probably Paul Reuther
a stone mason, who arrived from Califor-
mia recently. He leaves a family For
several days Reuther has been Respondent
about his family and has acted Queerly
There is little doubt that the man was
mentally unbalanced.
When the body struck the water, it dis
appeared for the last time. Twenty people
saw the man jump over, but no one saw a
trace of him afterward. He had been
coaxed away from the bridge earlier in
the day. and his strange actions caused
the summoning of the police. The patrol
wagon was coming at full speed when he
made the fatal leap.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-01
MUST BE WHITE VOLUNTEERS
War Department Decides Against
the Colored Soldier.

New York. June SO.-A special TO the
Herald from Washington says:
No colored regiments viii be organ
ICED for service in the Philippines. Any
colored men enlisted will he assigned
to vacancies in the present colored regi-
mcnts OF the regular army. The expert
ence of the war department with col
ored volunteers during the Spanish war
was not 4 happy one, and, in spite of
reports which come from the Philip
pines to the effect that the colored man
is greatly feared by the F'ilipinos. the
authorities are averse to running the
risk of a repetition OF the troubles OF
last year.
The selection of officers for the ten
additional regiments is now being
made. General Otis has selected officers
for the regiments to be organized under
his supervision, and the war depart
ment oSicials are going over the eff
cheney reports Of officers who served
during yhe Spanish war for the pur-
pose Of securing leaders for the regi-
. ments to be organized at home. The
president will have the appointment of
40 officers. including one colonel, one
lieutenant colonel. three majors, four
teen captains, fifteen first Heutenants.
twelve second lieutenants, three medi-
cal officers and one chaplain. No gem
erai officers viii be appointed. for the
reason that there viii be a surplus Of
major generals and brigadier generals
after the old volunteer officers are mus
tered out In making selections of new
officers. the preference will be as fol-
lows:
First. officers of the volunteers who
distinguished themselves in action dur
ing the Spanish war.
Second officers Of the regular army
who have earned. but have not yet re
ceived promotions for conspicuous serv-
fee at the front during the Spanish war
Third. volunteers of the Spanish war
who did not get to the front but whose |
efficiency reports while in camp show |
them 20 be competent to command |
troops
Only very small percentage of the /
officers of the regular army, 1t is stated, |
will be appointed, for the reason that |
there is already a shortage of officers in |
the regular establishment on account OF |
Illness
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-01
GIVES M'K|NLEY "CON.' TALK
SENATOR WARREN'S VISIT TO
THE WHITE HOUSE.
Why President Should Take Trip to
Mountain States-Urges Wyo-
ming Men For Officers.
(Snecial to The HeraldO

Washington, June Ex-senator War
rem was at the White House this after
noon, urging the appointment of some
Wyoming men as officers in the new
volunteer regiments
During his chat he urged the presi-
dent to carry into effect his long pro-
jected visit to the mountain states, and
incidentally told the chief executive a
ghost story about the politics of Wyo-
ming and the Rocky Mountain country
generally. Senator Warren says:
Politically. financially and morally,
the west is in fine shape. The senti-
ment in favor of the Democratic plat
form of 1896 cannot be said to have
died out, but it is nothing like as active
as it was, and western states that were
carried by Mr.. Bryan will be back in
the Republican column next year"
The president assured Senator War
rem that he is still considering the west
ern trip, but is unable at this time to
make any definite promise concerning
II
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-01
Bunker Hill Company Always Re-
fused to Employ Them.
NEVER PAID THE SCALE
TESTIMONY OF MINE MANAGER
AT WALLACE YESTERDAY.
Did Not Know Any Union Men Were
Working Until the Strike-Trial
of the Commissioners Is Complet-
ed and That of Sheriff Young Is
Now On.

Wallace, Ida, June 30.-In the i'm
commissioners of Shoshone county, who
are charged with aiding and abettinS
the riot on April 90, when the Bunker
Hill and Sullivan mill was blown up,
both sides rested their cases.
Judge Stewart suggested taking up
the case against Sheriff Young immedi-
ately on the same charge, and arguing
both together as the same points would
be largely involved. This was accepted
by counsel. 1t was also agreed that
the testimony of Young yesterday in
the case of the commissioners should be
considered his testimony in his own be-
half.
The state submitted kilograms pass
ing between the sheriff and the gov
ernor in relation TO the Wardner sit
uation and called Frederick Burbidge.
manager of the Bunker Hill company.
He told of Sheriff Young's visit to his
office on April 26, but insisted that
Young wanted him to settle differences
with the union instead of the miners,
as Young testified yesterday. Wit
ness could not do that. as the company
would not agree to it. He told the
sheriff about armed men capturing
their tramway and turning men back
from coming to the mine. Young agreed
to see that the men got to the mine.
On cross-eXamination Burbidge said
the company owned twelve or fifteen
rifles. relics of 1892. but employed no
armed men except three watchmen at
the mill. He admitted that the COM
pany did not pay the union scale of
wages. but increased the scale at the
time of the strike. Continuing he said:
I'VE did not raise wages to meet the
demand of the union, nor to prevent
the strike When the union men
walked out we considered they had
quit. We have always discharged union
men when we found out we had them
in our employ. Until the men struck
and announced themselves members of
the union. we did not know there were
any union men in the mine"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-01
BIG STAMPEDE TO CAPE NOME
AN EXODUS OF DAWSON CITY'S
IDLE POPULATION.
Thousands Start Out In Hope of
Finding Fortune They Failed to
Pick UP In Klondike.

Seattle. Wash, June 3O.-The Cape
Nome mining fever has reached Daw-
son, and has caused a veritable STAN
pede- The news reached Dawson June
Il, and in two days over 1000 of Daw-
sons idle population had started down
the river in the hope of finding on the
desolate shore of Boring sea the for
tune they had failed to pick up in the
kiondike. Rampant City. on the lower
Yukon, is also said to have suffered a
loss or population through the report
ed strike at Cape Nome.
Another report says a rich strike has
peen made on Sureka creek, a tribu-
tary of the Tanana. A stampede from
Mlnook followed, and every creek
within miles of Eureka has been staked
from its mouth to its source.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-01
Gentler Sex Not Allowed In Town of
Sunnyside, Utah.
GOOD REASON FOR EDICT
FEARED THAT TITLES MIGHT
BE COMPLICATED.
Company Has Already Had Plenty
Of Trouble-Scarcity of Water In
Camp Will Make Another Fortune
For George C. Whitmore of Nephi
Progress of the Camp.
Especial to The Herald.)

Price, Utah, June 30.-There are to be
no women in the new town of Sunny
side the name by which the coal camp
in Whitmore canyon is hereafter to be
known. Such is the edict of Robert
Forester, the manager of the proper
ties and superintendent in charge
Mr.. Forester is by no means wo-
man hater as at first might be sup
posed, but, ON the contrary, the gentle
man is very much of a ladies' man.
There are at the present time some
thirty-five men employed there, and a
majority of them have wives and fam
lilies, and if they are to see them they
must take day off, and visit out
side of the grounds and lands coveted
by the men who are to establish in this
part of eastern Utah one of the big
gest coal industries in the entire west.
The reason of the order just promul-
gated lies in the fact that the company
has not as yet perfected its title to
some $500 acres of coal lands, and We're
the men allowed to bring their wives,
especially onto the lands, there would
possibly arise the question of title, as
if the men so willed they might force
the company to buy out their rights.
Hence the order.
The company has had much trouble
for any additional complications. Since
the coking properties of this coal were
first known there has been no end of
litigation. and it has been shotgun
possession" until a short time ago,
when the differences were compromised
for a money consideration.
There is a great scarcity of water in
the new camp, and it is thought before
a town can be started one man at least
will Of = r.-i-
Portable fortune, although he is already
rich. George c. Whitmore, the Nephi
banker, in the early days, took up big
ranch below what is now Sunnyside
camp, and has all the available water
in that section, so that the coal COM
pany must do business with him or
haul in its water, on railroad cars.
Whitmore asks $4,000 for his ranch,
and practically says to them they can
either cut bait or fish, AS it now
looks, he holds the key to the situa-
ton, and can eventually force the cor
pOration to his terms. There are many
better ranches than this one in Utah,
but the owners thereof are probably
unfortunate in not having located near
to valuable coal deposits.
Work is soon to begin on $50 coke
ovens in the canyon to supply orders
for 100 tons per day in Salt Lake and
$50 tons a day in California The coke
for Salt Lake is to be used by the
shelters, and that for California goes
to a big gas company at San Fran
cisco. 1t is expected that by the time
the railroad reaches the new coal camp
there will be no less than 400 or 500
men on the pay rolls of the coal COM
pany. The new camp will create an
additional market for ranch products
that it will be difficult for the farmers
of Castle valley to supply
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-01
WAS A FREE FIGHT.
italian Chamber of Deputies Gets
Beyond Control.

Rome, June SO.-In the chamber Of
deputies today the socialists and ex-
treme leftists recommended their OBJ
structive tactics and created an in
menSe uproar.
The president of the house combated
the efforts of the Obstructionists, and
finally the deputies left their seats,
crowded on the floor and there was
such an uproar that the sitting was
suspended.
When it was resumed, similar tactics
were carried on by extreme leftists,
who crowded the floor. The tumult was
deafening. and eventually a free light
ensued. and the sitting was again sus-
pended.
At a later session of the chamber,
despite the entreatieS of the president,
who begged deputies TO be calm and
proceed to a vote, the uprOar was r.
doubled. members flocking to the floor
in front of the presidents chair and
finally upsetting the ballot boxes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-01
ALL WANT COMMISSIONS.
President Could Send an Army Of
Officers to Philippines.

Washington, June S0.-Since the an
nouncement that about 10000 volun-
teers were to be mustered into the
army for service in the Philippines, the
president has been deluged with appli-
cations for commissions. Almost every
congressional caller has one or more
applicants whom he presses on the
presidents attention.
The president requests all his visitors
to file their applications with Adjutant
General Corhin. At the same time he
makes it clear in the general way that
the policy of the administration will
be TO grant commissions to volunteer
officers who showed ability and who
performed valuable service during the
Spanish war Some regular officers are
also to be given volunteer commissions
in the belief that one or two regular
officers in a regiment will be of great
advantage.
The number of officers to be commits
stoned is to be carefully guarded to
nreVent a scramble.