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SOFT COAL MEN OFFER AID.
They Invite Anthracite Miners 10 Come TO the
Bituminous Field.

ALTOONA. Pa. Sept. 2t-Following their
promise 10 prevent shipments Of bitnminous
coal for anthracite markets the soft coal miners
have issued an invitation 10 the anthracite
miners to come 10 this field. They promise to
divide work with them II there is not enough
for all and pledge themselves that strict inves-
~tigation shall he made OF orders likely 70 be
intended for the relief OF the anthracite opera
tors.
The invitation % tho strikersis already being
accepted. Anthracite men are dropping into
the field by twos and threes, the great demand
for labor serving 10 find them employ ment
quickly at rates considerably above those pre-
vailing in the district they abandoned. This
immigration Is not discouraged by the operators,
a.. they see In II an opportunity 10 get skilled
labor, which has been scarce In this field since
the great rush began last April. The operators
laugh at the miners movement Ia prevent coal
shipments.
How asked one ~ them. are the miners
going 10 tell what markets their product sup
piles shipping a. We do to general distribut-
Inc points such n Amboy and Greenwich. how
ara Tho men going 10 know what ultimate desti-
nation our coal reaches? The laXity In demand
Tor Reading and Ichigh Valley cars may send
some Of them 10 this fold as carriers for our
product. would Judge that our men viii re-
tlso To load Thorn, bat this IL uuituportHr'
TN. strike has also rcioased from SOo 20 1000
PENNSYLVANIA cars previously I'm use in tho hard
coal field IL We got these they viii be ample
20 supply all N" demand OF the mines In this
region
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FEVER MEN WORKING AT sBAMoKIy.
Three-auarter. Of the Miners at North Frank
lin Persuaded to Quit.

SHAMukIN, Pa, Sept 24-1he strikers won
a decided victory over the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron Company to-day at
Trevortou. The North Frank lin cOlliery,
which for a week had been one Of the few mines
In this district not crippled by the strike. Ia
now suffering from lack of men. out OF $40 men
employed. all are on strike except about one
hundred and thirty. The latter may strike
Tomorrow. \ ear load Of special officers ar
rived at tho colliery last night and they are
doing patrol duty.
An attempt To resume work at the Cameron
colisry this morning was n failure. Fewer
men reported for work than at any other time
since tho strike began. The roads leading 10
the Colliery were lined with committees of
striker who stopped men going 10 work and
argued with them. \ few were pursuaded
rot to work. The small force that did report
were mostly outside men.
Between here and I~eutralia n number of
operators attsInutrd to start up their CoNIeries
iii morning but were unsuccessful. The
p.Ie' ttup Collirry. which has been IN opera
ton .inco the siiiFe began. T. -tLl working.
but with "a greatly reduced force of mon. Fol
owing tho iip-up ot the North Franklin mine,
~" -%trlG"r- viii rut forth every cnort To shut
down the Car. Then 9I C~ulI'rIrs lu this part
Of 'nc Smith district viii be- At a st1ud-til
The mules ver" hOiS'cd ont Of tho Reliance
and Alaska c%ol'ieri"S near Mount { uruul to-
day. The mines are operated by IN" Phili-
dclphia and Reading Coal and iron Company,
which threatens 70 food the mines and abau-
don them for al least ten years.
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YELLOW FEVER ~ havana.
The Death Rate Below the Average OF the
Past Ten Years.

WASHINGTON. sept. 24-Surccon-Genera
Wyman has received n report from Surgeon
A. G.. Glennan. At Havana. Chief Quarantine
ONicer for Cuba. In which he saws that during
the week ending Sept. 49,. I9NN. seven Spaniards
and two Americans died n yellow fever. The
transport Crook loft on the 18th inst. with all
we'll and the baggage disiufected. A large
Span h immigration l. expected during tho
coming months. and Gen. Wood ha~ advised
the establishment ~ n regular immigration
and receiving station. A site has been So
lected on the hills hey Qnd TTiscornie, where
large and comfortable barracks viii be built,
Immigrants will no held here until they can he
uuickly and safely transported TO the country
dlstricts. instead Of being allowed 70 live In the
crow doc CITY districts for weeks while awaiting
employment. The mortality report for the
week shows Ito deaths.
surgeon W. G Gorgns. United states Amy,
Chief Sanitary Officer 81 Cub noints out that
while there were forty-nine deaths from yellow
fever during August. this Is below the average
for the past ten wears.
The general death rate, saws Dr.. GorRas.
shows the sanitary condition of the city to be
far better than during any August In the past
ten years"
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with the company" He went on 10 say that the
switchmen will handle all the cars OF coal that
reach them and ask no questions IA to whether
IL Is union or non-union mined,
The two other centres OF excitement to-day
were the Bellevue and Dodge mines when the
strikers suspected the Delaware, I~ackawanna
and Western Company would attempt 10 0Re-
rate by gathering all It's non-union men The
company's officers said that the operation OF
these mines had not been thought, OF Inc
mine grounds Of the Bellevue, as well as those
AT the Dodge not far away were surrounded ,ne
entire day by miners on guard. Every avenue
Of approach 10 the mines was watched, huuhh-
dreds Of strikers dOttinR the surrounding mus
They reported TO headquarters that they inter-
copied quite a number Of miners VINO were
going 20 work.
Supt LOOMS Of the Iackawanna mines mas
prepared u schedule OF the hours worked ahu
the wages earned AT the Bellevue mine iaSt
month In oil 1856 hands were employed me
average earnings were .07 IS each ana the
average for the day So % The average huinOer
OF days worked was twentv-tw o and a nan
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HANG ON.
Coffee Topper, a, Bad q, Other,

"a friend Of our family who lived with % a
short time was a great coffee drtnk.r and a oon-
tinual sufferer with dyspepsia. lie admitted
that coffee disagreed with him, but you know
how the coffee drinker will hold onto his coffee,
even II he knows II causes dyspepsia.
"One day he said TO me that Postum Food
Cofe. had been recommended and suggested
that he would like very much TO try Il. SEE
cured n package and mad It strictly according
10 directions. lie was delighted with The new
beverage. as was every one OF our family. He
dyspepsia disappeared lie continued using
the Postum and Ia about three months gained
tw elve pound.
MY husba d Is a practising physician and
regards Postum as the heal hest Of all bever-
agss. He never driuks coffee. but L. very fond
OF Postum: In fact, all OF our family arv. and
Mr.. Mary x. Brown, Naterford. NA-AA
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PASTOR zWINGER IN COURT.
Ne Says He Did Not Strike . Church Member
He Has Resigned.

HKNPsTEAD. N. Y. Sept. 14.-The Rev. Eu-
gene Zwinger. pastor Of the German Lutheran
Church. was arrested this morning by Constable
Fred Gildersleeve charged with asssultine Peter
Grossman, one OF the church trustees. When
arraigned before Justice Charles r. Citizens
be pleaded not guilty and the ca ae was set down
for a hearing tomorrow morning.
Grossman alleges that HE Tastor knocked
him down when he presented 10 Mir. 2winRer a
demand for his resignation.
Mr.. Zwingor says he didn't knock Grossman
down or hit him. He says: The trustees had
no right Ia demand my resignation. II was
against the church law. The President Of the
German Church Council is the only one who
has that power and he only after both sides
have been heard 10y the council. ] have been
heard by the council and ] am glad 90 resiRn.
as II has been unpleasant for me here and nv
salary has not been paid very promptly. The
case OF assault cannot be proved against me"
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STRIKES AT CITT'S IMMORTALITY.
Father corey OF st. Louis breaches a sensa-
tionai Sermon.

Sr. LOUIS. Mo. Sept R-The Rev. John
Thomas Cofey Of ~. Johns Catholic Church
delivered a -ensational sermon yesterday.
Father CoNey, who il one " the most fearless
clergvmcn in tho citv, said:
Il wi,h. my ar brethren. TO call your AZ
toution t. a condition Of civic corruption that.
| dare say. is unparalleled In any other city of
the same Si1a I'm the world Wine rooms and
stalls are doing business now where a
few months ago they were not In existence
But this Is not all The immoral hotel
Il ulyiug IT, nefarious trade with as much sue
o.. and increasing 10 such an extent that If
something is not done our standard Of morality
will fast sink To che level Of ancient Sodom and
Gomorrah. But one paper in this city has had
the courage to make an attack on these hells
4 irr at Twentieth and Morgan streets last
Thursday night scOrched one OF these dens aud
drove tho moral lepPrs and their sinful Compan-
ions into the street Among the seventeen
couples that fled from the threatening flames
were some whom ne hremen and reporter
OF the city Married men and married
women OF high business and social standing;
old men with young West End bellies, old women
with the scions Of e%minently respectable
families these are the people who are daily
and nightly patrons Of such hotels. The names
Of some Of the patrons Of these infamuus
hotels stand high In the pew rolls of our large
and fashionable congregations.
suppressedf The only reason | can give is that
the money Of the rich buys them protection
To remedy this condition Of Affairs. We must
have public officials who cannot be bought or
hfbed We must. as American citizens. vote
only for clean reputable of1Ce-eekers and
scratch the immoral and disreputable scoun-
drels who dare 70 ask their fellow citizens TO
give them responsible positions IN the govern
ment OF the city. State or country
Congressional district, said To be the second
wealthiest district ia the United States. The
Democratic candidate in that district runs
a vaudeville theatre. Father Cofey would
not admit that his remarks were aimed at this
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-25
CHARTER AaENDhKNTs SUGGESTED.
manufacturer Association Fsvors Many
Changes In the Present law.

Al a special meeting OF he Manufacturers
Association OF New York, held at ies Montague
street. BROOKLYN. last night. a number Of sug-
eesuons in regard TO the revision Of the Charter
OF the city Of New York we're discussed and
adopted. The association placed itself on
record as favoring spring elections for NUM-
Opal officers: a two years term for the Mayor
with right Of reelection and power Of removal
during his entire term, the abolition Of the
present Municipal Assembly and the substitu-
ton Of an assembly OF eighty members, twenty
20 loo elected at large and one 10 b. elected
from each Assembly district; municipal owner
ship Of water supply. the abolition Of
tn local board aud the creation o. borough
boards ~ improvement, the President Of
the borough having tie veto power:
the opera ton by each borough Of It's own edu-
cation system: a sinsle-headed police commits
sion. the severance OF the Bureau of Elections
from the Police Department; the compulsory
use OF ballot machines. ana the abolition Of
the Board Of Public Improvement.
The suggestions will be sent 10 the Charter
Revision commission to-day,
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INTERNAL REVENUE TAXES.
Receipts for July and August ~s7,sss.sSs
Greater Than last Year.


WASHINGTON. Sept. 2l.-The table Of internal
revenue receipts for the first two months OF
the fiscal year, for July and August. completed
to-day, shows a marked increase In the taxes
paid on manufactured articles during that
period as compared with the same period last
year.
The total receipts from internal revenue for
July and August were SOS, on los, as compared
with So, 49,, 252 last year, or an increase OF
s2.5S3, $50. The receipts from the tax on spirit
uous liquors for the period this year under
consideration we're ti7, 250, $50, ~ compared with
SIC, 500. 40 for the same period last year. or an
increase OF secs. All. Receipts on tobacco
amounted to $40. t56. AS. as compared with
50. 500, 1873. an increase of s9i9. al from fermented
liquors. sl7.oll, 200. as compared with tl6.tIs,-
979. an increase Of q, 1854, 230. Oleomargarine
was taxed by the Government t5i2, $50 this year,
$50, 1873,
increased $40. 1872; billiard rooms, 81 ,i6o brokers,
stocks. bonds, &c; sS'iI2 and commercial
Increased 81 and there was a decrcase in the
receipts, from the tax on %circuses Of sl:I2e'
and exhibition OF various character t872
alleys, 2.4ie. and the tax on theatres, museums
and concert halls, s7,llD. On miscellaneous
items The Increase in receipts was 81, 159' BENG eng
decrease In the tax on mixed -four was SIG.
being si,552 as compared with sl,I2s The
excise tax on gross receipts decreased SAIL.
being sil6, 725 IA compared with s20l431 The
increase in the amount OF tax collected on
legacies was tlaO, 800, being s479.s40 as COM
pared with $3.50. 4i9. The documentary tax.
Schedule A, decreased s7d5, p58, and was
IS, $40. 100 as compared with s6,gOo,ibS
and the proprietary goods tax. schedule
H.. decreased A.7i9, being $685. rs
ing cards was s4O,2 as compared with
s4i, 42i, being n decrease Of sl.i7s Penalties
increased s3.869, being $3.50 rs compared with
22.Oi5 for July and August last year.
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exception Of Father Dageett. all are strong
in their denunciation Of the strike as unneoes-
sary and senseless, All Of them from their
pulpits yesterday urged their Practitioners to
have nothing TO do with It, Father McEnroe
Of Mahanoy City even went so far AS to make
a ouse-to-house canvass appealing to the men
TO 20 back 10 work.
As TO the general situation, Mr.. Mitchell
this evening made the following statement:
From reports received | feel confident the
entire region will be tied up very soon. There
has been a gain Of 1900 in the Schuylkhl re-
gIon since Saturday and reports here to-day
show an acquisition Of 90 In this. the lehigh
region. / feel very much encouraged, We
made material gains at Lattimer and in fact.
there Is no point in which the saIne story Is
nc. true. with probably the exception OF the
Markle cnllieriaa "
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SOME MINERS SEEK RELIFF.
he Distribution Of supplies BY the Union to
He BeEun in a Few DAYS.

WILKRs-BARRE, Pa, Sept. A-No attempt
was made to day TO operate any Of the col.
licrios in the Wyoming district. save the Mo-
canaqua. This mine Ia still running with n
thrce-fourthS force The operators expect
to have n full force al work in a day or two
when tho men realize that the strikers will not
modest them further.
Number Of men and women were on guard
near tho washeries ~ Ashley and Luzerne boro
this morning and 1t s probable hat any at
tempt TO resume work would have been OPP
posed The union officers for the district had
a meeting here TODAY and discussed plans for
diStributing supplies to the strikers The
distribution will probably begin within a few
DAYS a. some of The strikers have already asked
for food The men who were employed by
the Iphigh and Nilkes-Barre Company, II vas
stated NJ the meeting, will be paid for the four
teen DAYS Of this month on which they worked
10y the end Of this week. instead OF having To
wait until the middle of October. This means
that the company will discharge all of its men
who are on strike.
The operators to-day would not say when
an attempt would be made to resume work,
hut reported that several hundred mon are
anxious to work and would gladly do 50 II pro-
t"ctad The time for the attempt 10 get these
men together at one Colliery has not been fixed.
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SOFT COAL NAY BE Used
hut the Dense Black smoke Must Not he
Allowed to Escape.

President Murphy Of the Health Board has
been sending inspectors around 10 find ont how
much anthracite coal, Of the sizes used in fac
tories. is available in tho immediate vicinity
~ New York. lie saws that thov found that
both tho coal conn anio~ and The manufacturer
have thousands Of tons In storage, and he seems
10 -l-I cct that the companies are holding their
stocks for higher prices, while The iuanufact-
urrrs are TRYING tokecp their supply Of hard coal
out 81 sight. 20 that the, may burn soft coal,
which costs less monev and from which more
heat can be obtained por ton. This heiug tho
situation. a. reported 10y the inspectors. Col.
Murphy has dec ded that his l. not an emcr-
gene, and that he manufacturer ~ the CITY
must burn hard coal or b" uIo-"'u'cd Cor main
'llrirr pubic uui-arc"~ If they permit The
smoke Of { e loft coal To- ,-CH -. In Othr.
words they may Use soft coal. hl IL ~ d.
ihry must ut ia >luoh" CONSUMERS viii h ara
'WrUr Inc dealer and rhr consumer. -aid
Col. Nurphr. have al this hard cord on hand
We -hII not 'h'i I Of granting them any con
c",-'or. J knu" 81 "" greater handicap that
can re-. 'lf from the -trike than 10 have the
atmosphere Of thi; city heavy with the smoke
from soft coal ! have gwen orders to-day
for the smoke lu-perior- 10 20 OUT A. usual.
and tho win r., urt nll offender"
The Edison .lllumi atirg Company began
IN u~n of soft coal several DAYS ago at the
Duane street works II was said yestesday at
the works that a smoke insEeC,or had left a
notice the~" yesterday that the burning Of
soft coal must be stopped within five days or
prosecution would follow
Yesterday morning a dozen or more coal
broker. were rushing around among the
larg, retail dealers. Offering C1rgors 81 steam
and domestic sizes Of hard coal AT high whoe
salr uric,s. when the first offers were not
accepted. better quotations were offered, with
the result that no further advance IN domestic
sizes was %r'pnrtod Yesterday and none is likely
to hr mad" for soy, raj days Not enough ~
The steam sizes was offered. however. TO pre-
vent the predicted rise in thus" sizes To 81 and
g. 81 a ton II was reuOTtcd from several
quarters that the coal thrown on the market
Yesterday was owned by the Pennsylvania
f..1 4t.fu l.
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Movements OF Naval Vessels.

W%AsHTNGToS, Sept. 2-The cruiser Topeka
has arrived at Tompkinsville. the gunbost
Eagle at Newport. the despatch boat Sylph
at Washington. the cruiser Philadelphia at
San Francisco. the supply ship Cesar at SinRa-
pore, and the tug Potomac AT Norfolk The
training ship Hartford has sailed from Antwerp
for Havre. The itinerary Of the training ship
Adams has been modified 40 that she will arrive
at Santa Barbara about Sept. 50
The torpedo boat Porter has been ordered
10 New York for repairs and will go there i'm
mediately after the manPuvres az Newport.
The monitor Amphitite and the tug Oceols
will 20 to Boston for repairs about Oct. S. Tho
training ships Hartford. Essex and Lancaster
will meet at Lisbon oct. IS.
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Canada TO Cooperate In Excluding Objeo-
uonable Immigrants.

WAsHTNoToN. Sept 9-Assi-tant Secretary
Taylor OF the Treasury has received advices
from Quebec that the Canadian Government
will cooperate with the United states in exclud-
ing in migrants from tbs country who are
objectionable. II viii station a surgoop az
Liverpool to examine all immigrants who EN-
bark on Canadian steamship lives for Canadian
ports. This phlHer will act with The surgeon OF
the United States at that port.
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READING MINES CLOSED.
The Production OF Coal Curtailed and Other
Men Expected TO strike.

Pa, Sept. 24.-The production Of
coal by tho Reading company IL growing less
and tonight very little Is going down TO tide
water. Thirteen collieries we're in operation
to-day.
The new centres Of interest In the Schuylkill
regions are at Girardville, -. Clair and Miners
vile on this side Of the Broad Mountain. At
a very large meeting Of miners AT GIrardvilIe
they drew up a set Of grievances To b." pre-
scented to the Reading company, They ask
for the abolition Of the $3.50 basis OF paying
wages. and for an increase Of 20 per cent Of
wagr~ for all men getting from 81 80 to 81,
a day, and "A Is per cent. advance for all others.
Il Is likely that uo~much rs Sh' uandoah and
Manauuy CITY are tied IA, the closing up Of the
Reading company collie. Io- south Of the Wuuu-
ruiu Will begin In earn, = tomorrow In t.
Ashland district an may be tied Wy Tomorrow.
Gilh"rton has closed
Iraiumrn are being laid N in all directions
By Tuesday not more thun $50 cars OF coal will
bee mined Nearly avery Collt"ry Is crippled
except the Big BroohsIde aud "a lew others In the
west end The opinion seems 10 be that II i
only a question of a short time when all miners
viii uuit. Probably 900 trainmen will be- idle
before the clos" Of the week The reports Of
serious brushes with strikers to-day ar" denied
i, i n"o h |1iHarS a r"rIp,G.S , IE"s mast few says s''u'
SHRNANDuAI. sent ~ The attempt to
start COllicrleS in this and the MahanOy city
district failed to-day a. the miners refused
to 20 to work under military protection, for
fear that violence might follow The State
troops were sent ont N various directions, hut
heir services were not needed Nearly all
returned TO camp. This was a day Of Tumors
Of violence, but outside OF "a few weak demon
STATIONS 81 the strikers at remote cOlllrries,
nothing occurred Of any consequence. The
reports that tTuuIs were. needed AT the Law
renee ColheTy and AZ the Preston Collirry,
proved erroneous Here and there We're street
fights which were soon settled Some coal
was mined at Vest Shenandoah, but all the
llrriss we're closed tight and the probability
il that this will continue to be closed for some
time Al MahanOy City the same rel Ort can
-. NA.,aI vvaL y,IpaI
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VIII HANDLE NON-UNIOy COAL.
Scranton switcbmcn Decide Not to Aid the
strikers Actively.

SCRANTON, Pa. Sept. 2t-The local Switch
mems union this afternoon dealt the strikers
the worst blow they have received since the
strike was declared, The switchmen have
been hol ing meetings 10 consider the situation.
The meeting this afternoon, according to a
prominent member Of the union. resulted in a
decision as to the stand the organization shall
take toward the strike.
We decided to-day" he said. that the future
81 this strike was altogether too Uncertain to
warrant US In invol ding ourselves seriously
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JOTTINGS ABOUT TOWN.
Ju.uce Russell hs, granted an aosOlul, d,

Justice Russell has granted an absolute divorce to
Alice l., Hail from John ". Bal
In a domestic quarrel yesterday morning between
Margaret aud Dennis O'Connot Of I27 EaSt SIXTY. third
street. Dennis picked up ths stove and threw II at his
wife breaking her leg she was taken TO Flower
Hospital.
John Iappe. a uttman on the American liner ST.
Paul was Instantly Killed by falling from the roof n
the nye-stny building at 1917 south street early yes
tstdAy morning. lie had been steering on the roof
and It's SUPPOSED rolled of
Al the request Of DtSttic, Attorney Gardner the
Board Of Magistrates last night amended It's rules so
that the District Attorney or his assistants may oh
tain warrants In the Centre street police court instead
Of being Obliged 70 90 TO the police court In the dis
ulct In which the offence was committed
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Extended speed Trial and Cruise OF the Hat.
tleship wisconsin.

WASHINGTON. Sept. a-The Navy Depart
mont has arranged for an extended speed
trial and cruise q the new battleehip Wis
consin. She will 80 at Santa Barbara on Oct.
8 and proceed thence 70 San Diego and Mag
dalenn Bay for her official test. Leaving san
Diego Nov n. She will 20 To Hilo, Hawaiian
Islands. whore ehe - due Dec. ., thence 10
Iahaina, and Honolulu. On Dec. p, after
spending -four day AT Honolulu. she will sail
for san Diego. arrive there Jan, Q, lea ye Feb. 2,
and visit san Pedro, santa Barbara and Mon
terey. reaching san Francisco on March IS.