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UNITED xINE WORKERS ADJOURN.


TAsy Believe TAey Are atrsas Enough 70
Bring Abeut Reforms without Striking.
WrLxRs-BARRH. Pa. July io.-After . two
days session the United Mine Workers' Con-
vention at Pittston adjourned tonight. and
the $50 delegates returned to tell their 10000
constituents that important steps had been
taken toward betterinG the condition Of the
miners throughout the anthracite coal reS1ons.
Although the leaders Of the body and the press
committee were reticent and gave out little
direct news the jubilaton OF the delegates ovor
the results obtained was very evident. The
discus sion Of the important grievances which
formed the basis Of yesterdays speaking was
continued until late In the afternoon. and 1t
the convention was taken on the prevailing
conditions. Then the delegates almost unan-
imously expressed the opinion, voiced In the
speeches Of their leadeIs that ,a the United Nine
well enough organized to assert themselves
forcibly for the remedytng Of the many OPP
pressive conditions under which they labor.
Anything but that" he responded. .ws
dread a strike as much as the operators. The
a last resort The condition Is merely thus.
that the mine workers are well enough organ
lied now TO be power such as are the union
soft coal miners IN western pennsylvania,
Ohio and western West Virginia Out there
they have obtained by the strength Of their
organization a uniform scale Of wages, a fair
dockage and recognition as Q union by tho
operators Here We felt that II Ia time TO try
for the same things and lower price for powder
as well Our success lies In ooncerted action
and we think we can accomplish this
II the convention decides to take decisive
steps to accomplish these objects nothing
was given out. But It is probable that final
action was postponed until a great Joint con-
ference Of all the miners In the three districts
embracing the entire anthracite coal region
is held. This has been called for July 30 at
Hazleton
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READY FOR NOTIFICATION.
PREPARATIONS Ar NKINLEY'S HOUSE
ROR TEE FORnALITIEs TO.MORROW.

TAs Prsslaent1 Speech 20 BE Short and DE-
cisive-Delegaaea From Nearby Cities 70
Witness the Cersmoniss-The Enthusiasm Of
'o0 Wskindling = Tha President's Callers.
CANTON. Ohio, July i0--Fourth Of July naGs
and bunting were hauled down at the Mckinley
homo to-day to make room for awnings over
the porches. and the lawn Il being cleared up
for tho notification crowd There we're many
callers at the house to-day. but only one who
was willing to talk politics either before
or after he had seen the President.
That one was full Of enthusiasm over what he
regards good chances Of the Republicans for
carrying Missouri. The caller was J. E. School,
or Of Grant City. Mo-. Republican Elector OF
the Third Dookery, district and an alternate
companied by his wife and children and said
they had merely STOPPED over for social call.
although he Is going homo tonight to work on
campaigning In the West
what do you claim for your own State.
Missouri" was asked.
Il believe the unexpected u goins TO happen;
that our electoral votes will bs cast for
Mckinley"
"On what do you base such expectations.
The best element Of the Democratic party
In our State will not support Bryan. They
are opposed to the ie-to-i issue and do not
think here l. anything IN the 1mpSrialism howl:
do 81 not believe that MIR, Bryan. is 10 be
compared 70 Mr, Mckinley in ability. and
hey do not like the men Of ,psI,Sli.ao poTuiisao
in the Bryan party. We are prosperous
the bet xAy TO insure this 70 70 reelect ptes. y,
% CITY 4 anS Who
themselves Just as ! have. l think Missouri
will make gains In Congressmen this fall We
are very hopeful Of electins our man. William
Congres.man J. 4. Mcdowell Of the Seventh
S'S Banker oySS. Sullivan. ss and G0Sf Wy @l8SsmsS
paid their reepects to the President on tho
Between two drives with Mrs. Mckinley.
who was feeling unusually well to-day. the
President devoted some, time to his re-
sponse to Senator Lodges speech notify;
that, he will make a long address, but IL
will be a clear. ringing keynote for the cam.
paign There Is going to be great deal OF
whoop and hurrah about the notification cere-
ments coming TO the local committees In
charge Alliance sent word to-day that the
Morgan Engineering Company employees
woud head from fSs dsss sy oS%nsn
makes, gun carriages for the Government
as we'll IA other heavy work. Massillon sent
word that q delegation was coming from
there The Tippecanoe Club OF Cleveland y TO
Committee. Senator Hanna and other commit,
teemen and the Presidents old reHimental
comrades. A number OF Canton shops nave
speeches the clubs Of 1899 are being called out
and plans are partly matured Tor the Business
Mems Association 10 join In the parade.
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THE ANNUAL EAST SIDE STRIKE.
10 L Bound to Come. the Taiiors say--Ns
Strike Leader Wanted.


Tho Independent Brotherhood Of Tailors
has amalgamated with the regular Brother
hood OF Tailors in order TO be prepar ed for
the general strike this summer, which East
Side tailors say IL inevitable. Tho amalga-
mated organization will now be known as the
Brotherhood OF Tailors. A meeting OF the
General Executive Board OF the Brotherhood
in New York. Brooklyn. Brownsville and New
ark, N. j.. will be held on Saturday evening,
when O circular will be prepared to be sent
TO all the contractors and manufacturers noti-
flying them that q new agreement Ia being pre-
pared and giving them eight days TO consider
whether they are willing TO sign It. In the
meantime q mass meeting Of the tailors will
be held. at which It Is believed therewill be
strike stampede. Harris Filler. business agent
OF the Independent Brotherhood Of Tailors.
The situation demands a general strike.
The strike against Individual firms, which
took place during the last two summers. were
failures. The contractors did not keep the
agreements. They. kept them better when
there were general strikes. Under the task
system the contractors haye piled SO much
work on the operators that II takes ak days
now 10 do four days work"
Filler said the tallors would have no strike
leader this time. Strike leaders were PLAYED
out, he said. As to Meyer Shoenfsld, who
led the last strike OF tailors. the union Filler
said, would have nothing to do with him now
sevsral contractors said they wanted the
taiiors to strike 1t Ia the only way TO get
the manufacturers to advance prices to them
they said.
The sun., 1900-07-11
CONSTITUTION FOR CUBA.
Men to Frame u VIII Probably BE Chosen at
. General Election.
sp.efa, Cob,s Dsspaieh TO THE SUN.

HAVANA. July io--ht q meeting OF the SEQ
retaries to-day the question of the formation
Of an assembly to draw up constitution for
the island was discussed. A desire was shown
that the members OF the Assembly be educated
men, having higher qualifications than mere
electors, and that they have property interests
In the island
Auuestion vas raised rs to the advisabilty Of
having new elections for the members OF the
Assembly or whether the recently elected
municipalities should be allowed to choose
them. In all probability elections will be held
II 10 likely also that there will be a new regis
trnuon In order to give many who have not
hitherto registered an opportunity to vote. The
general plan as outlined consists OF the election
Of twenty-five members. who shall choose ten
others from among the leading public officials.
such as Secretaries. Civil Governors and Judges
Of the audiencis.
The railroads have annulled the contract
with the express company here. which gave the
latter . monopoly Of the express business.
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FREE STATE BOERS BEATEN.
BRITISH TAKE BETHLEHEM AFTER A
BATTLE WITH DE VETS FORCE.
One Of he Guns Lost at StormberE Il Retaken
Beers Evidently Made Stin Resis-
tasce. Though Slight Loss Is Reported =
To Check Disturbances west Of Pretoria.


Beers Evidently Made a stir Resis-
tasce. Though Slight Loss Is Reported =
To Check Disturbances west Of Pretofia.
Special Caeh Dsspatehss to THE SUN.
LONDON, July i0--Cien. Roberts, In long
despatch to the War ONCE. says that Gems.
Clements and Paget occupied Bethlehem on
July 7. Al Gen. Clements neared the town on
July he sent q flag OF truce demanding the
surrender Of the place. Commandant De Wet
refused TO surrender
Gen. Pa9et thereupon attacked ono position
with tho Munster Fusiers and the Yorkshire
Regiment. and Gen. Clements another with
the Royal Irish Regiment. Both were sue
cessful. and at noon on the second day the town
was captured and the Beers were In full re-
treat. Tho Irish troops renaptnred gun that
WAS lost at Stormberg. The casualties were
one killed and four officers and forty-one men
wounded, but the list Is apparently incom-
plete.
Gen. Hunters cavalry has since arrived at
Bethlehem and his main force Is close by. The
country is broken and difficult
Gen. Roberts adds that the districts west Of
Pretoria are somewhat unsettled owing to the
presence Of the small Boer force that was re-
pulsed at Rustenburp yesterday. Measures
have been taken to cope with the enemy.
The War Oflce returns show that the total
losses in South Africa up to last Saturday we're
so.es3 officers and men. exclusive OF those now
in the hospitals. One hundred and eighty on
GERS and $3.50 men out OF 2AO officers and 5,s77
men who had been missing or were prisoners
have been released or have escaped.
LORENZO MARQUEE. July i0.-President
Kruger issued from Machadodorp last Saturday
an ofYicitl bulletin stating that the Beers had
captured tho British camp at Waterfall. where
the British prisoners were recently confined.
They seized large quantity of foodstufrs and
forage and many horses. The garrison. num-
bering 2O0 men. fed.
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GOLD DEMOCRATIC PLANS.
Movement Now TO Declare Practically for
Mckinley at the India ma polls Meeting.

LOUISVILLE. Ky. July i0-It was given out
here to-day that there has been a rapid change
of sentiment among Gold Democrats relative to
the advisability Of putting national ticket in
the field. and that instead. at the coming meet
ing Of the National Committee in Indianapolis
resolutions will be adopted In effect afflr ming
the Chicago platform. declaring that the elec-
tion OF Bryan would be a menace to the country
and pledoing oil Gold Democrats that arc
employ the most effective means TO defeat
Bryan,
Its admitted that this will be equivalent to
an open declaration of allegiance 70 the Rs
this way can anything be accomplished They
also admit that the chief impediment against
pu'tirg a national ticket In the field is the In
ability to secure volunteers to conduct a cam
paign.
The sun., 1900-07-11
HUGH M.LAUeHLIN SERENE.
No Discipline for His Leutenants Who Helped
Croker to Turn Down HUI.


II Hugh Mclaughlin. the Democratic leader
in Brooklyn. is angry at the action Of his leu
tenants in aiding Richard Croker In the hu-
initiation Of David b. Hll In Kansas City he
has made no public sign of It. All the Brook
lyn delegates who have returned from Kansas
City have been received with his accustomed
cordiality by him, and so far as can be learned
the harmony In the Willoughby streettauction
room has been undisturbed Bridge Com
missioner John l.. Shea, who was the mover
OF the resolution at the memorable meeting
OF the New York State delegation naming
Augustus Van Wyck for the COMMITTEES on
Resolutions. saw Mr. Mclaughlin yesterday
for the first time since his return from the
convention. They had q long and appar-
emily very friendly talk. and the announce
ment which was subsequently made that Mr..
Shea would remain at the head Of the Execu-
tive and Campaign committees shows that he
is not going to Be disciplined for his alliance
with Croker at Kansas City. Mr.. Shea said:
Too much emphasis Ia placed upon the
dispute between Mr. Croker and Senator Hill.
Our position here In Brooklyn is that having
Joined In the election Of the present city ad-
mInistration. we. owe loyalty to its officers.
We have been we'll treated in the last two years,
not 80 much In the way Of patronage. which
is Of le.s Importance. as In improvements.
Senator McCarren also had Q friendly oon-
ference yesterday with Mr.. Mclaughlin.
The sun., 1900-07-11
WASHINGTON FORECAST FOR TO
o-MoRRow.

WASHINGTON FORECAST FOR TO-DAY AID
TOMORROW.
For Massachusetts Rhode Island AID Connecncut
generally fair Wednesday Increasing cloudinsss and
possibly showers Thursday lghtto fresh vest SHIFT
Ing 10 southwest winds
For saasrn Nsv York. PARTLY cloudy Wsdnssdev:
tnersostno eloudinsss and possoIv shosrs ThsrsdoH
Iioh 10 fresh sovshwea wtnds
For eastern Pennsylvania. New Jersey and Dole
ware. generally fair and warmer Wednesday: partly
cloudy Thursday: lght to fresh southwest winda
For western Pennsylvania local rains and thuu-
der storms Wednesday and Thursday fresh nossh.
west winds; cooler Thursday
For western New York local rains and thunder
storms Wednesday and Thursday; fresh west windA
The sun., 1900-07-11

The temperature remained comparatively lower
yesterday In the Atlantic States and the extreme
Northwest In the Central States Il was warmer on &C
count Of another area Of low pressure passing from
Minnesota into the Lake regions. which will bring
warmer weather into this section 10 day and 70 NOR
row. Fair weather reported from nearly all see
tlons. few scattered thunderstorms ma,rcd the
day In northern Illinois Iowa. Wisconsin. Rastesn
Minnesota and Michigan.
In this city II was fair and slightly cooler, average
humidity So per cent wind brisk 70 fresh shifting
from northwest 10 southwest: barometer corrected 70
read TO sea level at s a. NJ. e9.ei: 5 p. NJ, 29e7
The temperature as recorded by the ofncial thsr-
mometer and also by THE SUNS thermometer q ths
street level Is shown In the annexed table:
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KAYLAID BY STkIKER6.


Girl Cigarmakev Who Wouianv BE Idle
Beaten by Others VINO wesId.
Katie Dopp. who 10 employed In Kerbs, Vert
helm 4 Schihert's cigar factory In East Seven-
tieth street, was assaulted last night on her way
home from work by two Of the girl strikers who
have becn making trouble for the 6rm and the
police When abe left the factory about o'clock
to 60 to her homo, 3i2s First avenue. she was fol-
lowed by the two girls. who had been hanging
about the street waiting for chance to scare
some Of the girls who preferred to work rather
than remain Idle.
The pair began by tauntinx Katie with cries
Of -scsb" She ouickensd her steps and hsr
pursuers closed In on her. pulled her hair. boxed
her ears and a. Katie expressed Il called her
out Of her name" She fought back and
screamed until Policeman Wardell came to har
resc,,e and arrested her assailants. They were
locked up In tho East Sixty-ssventh street sta
ton They said they were Josie Janawa Of
2t27 First avenue. and Mary DONNA Of 72s East
itsth street.
Several weeks ago the annoyance psrpetratsd
by tho strikers on tho girls who remained at
work became 30 serious that special detail Of
twenty policemen was assigned to the neigh
borhood TO protect those who wanted TO earn Q
living In the factory Tho detail was recently
reduced and the assaults have been resumed.
The Strike Committee Of the oissrmakers re-
ported yesterday that seventy girls among the
now hands employed By Ksrbs. Wsrtheim b
sohifYar had Joined the strikers. The girls were
employed 10 place Of the original strikers.
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Mr. MELODY REWARDED.
Ahe Ex-Assembiy man Gets Q %. 900 Job for
His Fidelity To Wilioushby Street.

FORMER Assemblyman william T.. Melody
has been appointed Commissioner Of Jurors
Al brooklyn in place OF william E. Fursy. who
uied last week after holding the office for twenty
ears The appointing power IL in the hands
" " tne two County Judges. the Surrogate and
oouhty Treasurer. The term Is for four years
aiiu the salary 5000 year. Mr.. Melody has
,o.S oeeh active in Democratic politics In the
ss,year Job for his adelity TO tho WijoIghby
prsei rins Machine, having refused 10 follow Pat
sn,r raves. the leader Of the district, In his
rpV.fl OF Senator Michael j. CoHsy In his
nTn vdy Expects To down Hayes ct the August
The sun., 1900-07-11

Ninth District Mans Kansas City Hat rosls
the Missoarians.


the Missearians.
The three Goodwtn-smith men from the
Ninth district. Mr.. B. B. Dali. W. Fl. McDsr-
mott and r. c. Cru9er. who got of the special
returning train In the Kansas City station
to send \ telegram and were left behind. are
now attracting the attention Of the other Tam
many men Of the district on account OF the
hats and coats they wear. Whom they left
their special car they left hints. coats and
waistcoats In It, They were obliged to buy
new hata and coats In Kansas City. The only
hats that they liked were Of the slouch do
scription. Mr.. Dali wears eyeglasses and
q mustache and in slouoh hat looks a Gov.
Roosevelt might be thought to look by . man
who had never seen him. The trio got aboard
the train on which ex-senator Hill went to
St f,ouia Some one In the car suddenly
pointed out Dall as Gov. Roosevelt News
soon spread through the whole train that tho
Republican candidate for vics-President was
aboard McDermott and Crnser helped the
beisf along by addressing Dali loudly. but
respectfully. a. Governor. The other pas-
sengers trooped through the train to catch
glimpse Of Roosevelt Several asked him
70 shake hands with them and one man yelled
-Speech- Mr.. Dali said he had spoken %
much that hs voice was exhausted. and tho
Good-natured missionaries on tho train let
him OF. Now he il called tho Rough Ridar
Of the Horatio Seymour Club.
The Tammany organization Of tho Twelfth
Assembly district hung out banner last night
st its clubhouse. 4st Grand street city Clerk
p. J. scully. the leader Of the DISTRICT and
several Of bis eloquent followers made ad-
dres.es to the other members Of the organiza-
ton. The Goodwtn-smith banner was hung
out last Friday.
The sun., 1900-07-11
Reported Victories Of Coiomb Rebels.

DR.. A. Diaz Guerra, represent ative in this
city OF tn, Colombian revolutionists. received
a cable despatch Yesterday from Guayaauil
saying that the forces under Gems Juan B.
Gonzalez and Simon Chanx have captured
the city OF Popayan. capital Of the Departmen
OF Cauca
Those same advices say that on the march tn
Popayan the revoutionists took ali the cities
near the Ecuadoran frontier, including the
seaport, Tumaco.
Information by mail is TO the effect that the
Province Of Barbacoas Is In the hands OF the
rebel army.
The sun., 1900-07-11

Tho Baltimore Reformer Says the Democratic
Party Must Be Thrashed Into Decency."


Party Must BE Thrashed Into Decency."
BALTIMORE, July l0.-Charles j. Bonaparte
who is an independent In politics. announced
to-day that he intended TO vote for Mckinley
and Roosevelt because he thought Bryan's can
didacy q menace TO American institutions and
Americas credit. Said he
III the Democratic party Is ever again to be-
come a useful instrument OF government In the
United States this can be effected only by a
defeat 50 complete anu unequivocA as to con-
vince its politicians once FOR all that fellow
ship with socialism OF any shade and In any
form can lead only to disaster. II
mu,t be thrashed into decency and COM
mon sense II 1t Is to be once more
a party worthy OF power. and the more thor
o,gh and uninistakable the thrnshing the
better for IL and the better for the country.
have no right 10 speak for independents gen.
orally but ! believe tn, great mass OF them.
however thcy may feel now will think and
feel substantially as do by the time they cast
their ballots.
ents Ia undoubtedly he fragrant breach OF
faith OF the President and his party
respecting civil service reform. This
I have no inclination and no pur-
pose 10 excuse, but after all has been said the
Democrats have nom mated q pair OF undoubted
epoilsmen, while the Republican ticket ends
W Nh one OF the best K known and best tried friends
OF the reform In the Union As such. civil ser
vice refoImers are not likely to vote against
Teddy"
The sun., 1900-07-11
ron TINE REPUBLICAN, CAMPAIGN.
senator Hanna Calls the Executive Committee
70 Meet on Friday.

CLIvM.ANp. Ohio. July io--Senator Hanna
has issued call for the Republican Executive
Committee to meet at his ofloe In this city on
Friday next. The Senator declines to say whom
he has appointed on the committee A all have
not accepted. It was given out at his ofice
here to-day that neither Senator Plat nor
Senator Quay would be on the committee.
Senator Hanna said to-day that no decision
had been arrived at a. TO who would DO chosen
TO succeed Gen. c. F. Dick. who will resign the
secretaryship Of the National Committee In
order TO serve a chairman Of the Ohio Repub-
Ncan State Committee. Perry Heaths name
Is being discussed In connection with the secre-
taryshlp. -,
The Presidential Notification Committee will
meet at the Hollen den Hotel this city tomorrow
on a special train. escorted by the Tippecanoe
Club OF this city at 9:SO A. NJ on Thursday.
The sun., 1900-07-11
Striking Chandelier Makers Meet.

There was q mass meeting OF chandelier
makers In Clarendon Hall In East Thirteenth
street last night The meeting was called for
the purpose OF keeping alive tho interest Of the
400 striking chandelier makers OF Manhattan,
BROOKLYN, Astoria, Jersey City. Hoboken and
Bergen, who have been on strike for eleven
weeks It was announced At the meeting that
Commissioner Delehanty had made all ar
New Amsterdam Hotel between the State
Board OF Arbitration and the employers and
the strikers
The sun., 1900-07-11
KENTUCKY DEMOCRATS AT ODDS
TIVE Candidates for Congress Named By Them
In the Famous Ashland District.


PARIS, KY. July io-With the single ex-
ception Of the Louisville convention which
nominated Goebel never has there been sean
In the State more boisterous or unruly set
OF men gathered TO make q nomination than
the Democratic Congress Convention here
to-day which resulted In the selection q two
Ashland district. The result will be that Mr.,
Bryan will lose many votes In the State and
probably may cause Kentucky to 60 kepub-
tican in the fall, as the Seventh Is strong Demo-
cratic district
When the convention was called to order by
Committeeman Lusby to-day there we're con-
testing delegations from Owen county. The
anti-Trimble delegation was recognized and the
anti-Trimble candidate for temporary chair
man elected. Trimble was the Speaker cf the
last Legislature, was the out-and -out Goebel
and machine man and It appears that some Of
his own methods were worked against him
The anti-Trimble chairman ad diourned the
convention until tonight at o'clock, when
John r. Allen Of Fayette wns nominated. The
Trimbln crowd remained In the hall and Sc
lccted Trimble OF Franklin Us their nominee
The convention was run throughout according
to mob tactics.
The sun., 1900-07-11
MscAinists strike Against Pieoe work.

A strike OF 100 machnists employed by the
De La vergnc R.frigernting Machine Company
Mount Morri'. took place yesterday against
piece work. The strikers belong to tho Inter-
national Association OF Machinists which re-
ce ntly made an agreement with the National
Metal Trades Association by which arbitration
will take the plaoo of strikes. The employing
flrm Il not affiliated with the National Metal
Tradea Association.