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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-15
Many Employed st EIwood. Where
the Largest Plant OF the Kind
i'm the Country IL Located.
OWE NOTHING TO MR.. SHAFFER
WHO is ACCUSED OF ONCE DOING
THEM AN INJUSTICE.
Strike situation I'm General-Victories
for Both sides-One MIL Closed
end Two Reopened.
necial 10 the indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
PITTSBURG, Aug. H.-Whether the TIN
plate mills can start up without the labor
of the striking members of the Amalga-
mated Association depends on the action
taken by the International Tin Plate WORK
ers' Protective Association, with headquar-
ters at Elwood. Ind. The Amalgamated
workers make the steel plates for the man
ufacture of timed shee.s-the tin OF COM
merce. After the sheets are made OF steel
by the Amalgamated workers they are
turned over to the tin plate workers-"in-
house men," they are known TO the trade
TO be picked, annealed. sheared, boxed ana
reckoned. There are 1900 Of these workers
In the United States They are still az
work on the plates made by the Amalga-
mated Association workers before they
struck Soon they will be out of stock.
Then they will be furnished plates
made by union men in Wales Contracts
are now being made for these foreign
plates and they will be delivered by the
time the present supply of plates is ex-
hausted. 1t is up TO the tin plate workers
to decide whether they will work on the
union-made plates imported from Wales.
II is expected here that a decision will be
made in a day or so.
The seat of the tin plate manufacturing
district Is in Indiana. with the center at
Elwood. Ohio stands next in the manufac-
ture and Pennsylvania is third. The tin
plate workers were organized three years
ago by Theodore j. Shaffer the present
chief of the Amalgamated. who at that
time was acting as general officer of the
Federated Labor Shortly afterwards the
tin plate workers asked for an advance,
and in recommending the rejection of the
plea Mr.. Shaffer then, president of the
Amalgamated Association. wrote w. III.
Graham, vice president of the American tin
plate trust, that 'the tin plate workers were
not entitled to recognition in the discus
sion. They are not skilled men. and should
not be organized" The Amalgamated men
in the steel trades got 10 per cent. in
crease and the tin plate workers got moth
ing. This has caused a soreness on the
part of the tinhouse men. George Powell,
of Elwood. Ind, the president of the tin
plate workers, was in the city on Monday
TO talk the matter over with President
Shaffer He said he did not know what the
vote of his organization would be, and de-
clined to make any promises. IL the vote
of the unions should be in favor of re-
naming at work IL will be TO work the
union-madc black plates imported from
Wales. which would keep a large proper
tion of tin plate mills in Indiana at work
when the imported stuff arrived.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-15

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
CRAWFORDSVILLE, md, Aug. IA
heavy rain fell this afternoon. Il being the
first that has fallen since July g. The rain
was a pleasure for the people TO see and
they stood in the doors OF their houses TO
enjoy II, while the children ran into the
storm I'm perfect glee. The rain. however.
will not do the gardens any good. because
they are burned UP and dead. but IL Will
benefit the corn, though the corn yield will
be badly curtailed. The pastures are dead.
and farmers are feeding their stock the
same as IL IL was winter. The trains have
set fire 10 the grass along the tracks and
much damage has resulted. sawmill at
Mace having been burned. among the oth>
er things DESTROYED.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-15

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal
MARTINSVILLE. Ind. Aug. 1.-THE
Martinsville Gas. Light and Fuel Company
has for several years been operating hero
and charging at. the rate OF sl.5 q
thousand for Illuminating gas. IL has re-
peatedly charged 30 cents a month 10 con-
sumers where they used as little az two
hundred feet or less, notwithstanding the
laws or the State are explicit against
charging for more gas than test meter
shows the consumer 20 have used. Con-
eumers have often demurred against pay
ing such charges. but without avail Re
Gently the gas company charged Dr. r.
ID Bailey ~ cents for 300 feet. and pro-
ceedings were instituted by the State OF
Indiana against the company. The case
was tried I'm a Justices court last week
and the justice has returned verdict
against the gas company. assessing It's
fine at SiO
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-15
IN THE TUNNEL.

As soon as he could gasp Curry said: They
are all at the bottom of the shaft! Hur-
~ up
MORE IN THE TUNNEL.
In quick succession seven others were
brought up from the foul and sitting air
Of the tunnel. All were in most pitiable
condition. They reported that two other
were lying unconscious at the bottom
of the shaft workman volunteered TO
rescue these men and he was quickly low
cred into the shaft. In a Few moments the
unconscious men were brought up. more
dead than alive At least three men are
still I'm the tunnel.
The tugs that hurried out 10 the scene
the fire discovered succeed
ed in rescuing no less than twenty men.
who were still clinging To wreckage and
ropes tied to the burning structure.
The tunnel. which has been under course
OF construction for several years past and
is still far from complete. has been the
cause. all told. of the loss OF more than
thirty lives Four years ago an explosion
i'm the shore section of the tunnel resulted
i'm. the suffocation of eighteen men. Two
years ago, i'm "A similar accident, several
more men were killed at almost the same
place. and to-day's catastrophe adds at
least twelve additi )nal names TO the death
list.
The fire which destroyed the crib this
morning due TO an overheated boiler
smokestack. The boiler exploded soon
after the flames broke out The crib itself
the waters edge. The men, who were
asleep in their hunks. sprang up 10 find
themselves i'm the midst of the flames. The
boards all around them were burning fierce
ly. In the shaft, under the lake. eleven
men were at work digging, unconscious of
the fire until the supply of air was cut OF
The crib is total loss. It was 4 frame
building 200 by so feet the sides sheathed
with iron. 1t contained valuable machin-
cry. The crib and machinery were the
property of Smaller * Schninglau. contrac-
tors. Their loss will exceed 100000.
Mayor Johnson expressed great indigna-
ton to-day when he learned that no boat
ty measure by the contractors at the crib.
He declared that the case would receive
the closest investigation. and that those
found guilty of criminal negligence in the
matter would be prosecuted to the full ex-
tent of the law
Late this afternoon Plummer Jones. of
Warren. o., an employe of the tunnel con-
tractors, and one of a party of rescuers
who descended into the shaft to look for
the missing men, was overcome by gas
and expired within a few minutes. His
body lies in the tunnel seventy-five feet
from the bottom of the shaft, and is COW
cred with water. The line attached TO the
body became fastened and could not be
pulled out. David Kelley, another member
of the rescuing party. was overcome by
gas, and Is i'm a precarious condition.
No further attempt at work on the crib
fire viii be made tonight. Superintendent
Kingsley. of the Water Works Department.
and Director of Public Works Salen Will
visit the crib in the morning. The big fire
pumping air through a line of hose into the
tunnel. This is entirely precautionary, IL
being the opinion of those Informed that
there are no more men in the tunnel
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-15

electors will not meet in Santa Clara as
originally proposed. but will meet in the
capitals of the respective provinces. where
the votes will be cast, the result being for
warded 10 Havana.
proposal that the convention should in
teTvene i'm the election Of a President i'm
case the latter was not elected by an abso-
lutte majority OF the presidential electors
rejected.
Senor Sanguily said the convention was
not elected 10 transfer the care of the
island 10 the new government and that
Order 3r where IL provides for the trans
fer Of the government to the new officers
elected by the people did not imply either
executive or supervisory power.
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other Deaths.

ANN ARBOR. Mich. Aug H-Christian
Mack. president of the Ann Arbor Savings
Bank dropped dead to-day. He was the
OF Willis J. Abbott "A we'll
known journalist. and OF Harry Hawley
also well known in newspaper circles
GLASGOW. Aug. 14-Sir William Laird
the iron master, is dead. He was born i'm
1890
PARIS. Aug. l4.-Mrs. r. NJ Bridgeman-
wife OF the American artist. is dead
NAPLES. Aug. H-Domenico Morelli. the
painter, is deaS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-15
WALKER AND MILLER SAFE.
Two Indianapolis Men Rescued
Nothing Heard from +. Il. Payne.

Floyd T.. Payne. John Walker and Lewis
Miller, of this city, were employed on
the water-works crib at Cleveland
Payne and Walker are about nine
teen years old and started some time ago
to ride their bicycles to Buffalo They
stopped at Cleveland to earn money to
continue their trip and were given employ
ment by the water-works company. Both
boys were originally employed on crib No.
2. but Payne was promoted TO the position
of bookkeeper and was afterward employed
on crib No. 3. The relatives of both boys IN
this city at a late hour last night had
heard nothing from them, notwithstanding
they had sent innumerable messages to
Cleveland during the day.
Later. however. Associated Press dis
patch reported that Walker and Miller had
been rescued. Paynes name was not men,
toned. and it is possible he was not at the
crib when the fire broke out
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-15

PENSACOLA, Fla, Aug. H.-Early this
morning fire broke out at Chipley. Fla. a
railroad station. and destroyed large part
of the town. The loss is 100000. The fol-
lowing general merchants were burned out:
Ball & Co, Harper Brothers. l.. L. John
son, G. G.. Allen. McGeeche & Co. Wells
Brothers, j. B. Williams, j. s. Barfield, +.
NJ. Barrier, Mccormick & Johnson and the
The fire was of an incendiary origin and
makes the third that has visited that town
within the past sixty days. The citizens
will offer a large reward for the apprehen-
sion of the incendiaries, who are supposed
to be negroes.
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Injured by Burning of Hay Barge.

NEW YORK, Aug. 14.-Five persons mar
rowly escaped death by the burning of the
hay barge Merchant. at the foot OF West
Forty-fourth street. to-day. Three OF them.
Capt. George w. Shear, his wife and their
eighteen-year-o daughter Bertha, were
badly hurt. Mrs. Shear is suffering from
shock and severe burns. and her condition
is critical. The daughter is suffering from
shock. broken ankle and internal injuries,
and Captain Shear is severely burned. All
three are in the Roosevelt Hospital.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-15
Marion Water Main Bursts Under the
Fire Pressure and the City's
supply Is Cut on.
ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO KIDNAP
An ABORTIvE EFFORT TO STEAL A
VINCENNEs CHILD.
Woman's Aid i'm Suicide-shooting
ARRAY Near EngIish-An Al
legged SwindIe at Laporte.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
BRAZIL, Ind, Aug. lf.-At o'clock this
afternoon an interurfan car well loaded
with passengers crashed into box car
which was being backed on a Vandalla
branch line across Main street. The killed
and injured are;
killed
MORTON HUNT. brakeman on the Van
dalla; caught between the cars and crushed
To death.
Probably Fatally Injured
PATRICK COOLIHAN. watchman at the
crossing.
Severely Hurt
THOMAS WATSON. coal operator, Terrs
Haute. leg sprained and side injured.
WILLIAM FLOYD, architect. Terre
Haute: side and stomach bruised, suffering
considerable pain. which indicates internal
injuries
GEORGE PHILLIPS. Brazil: chest and
arms bruised, shoulder sprained.
JULIA PETERS, Williamstown: hurt in-
ternally.
MICHAEL SWEENEY, motorman: re-
ceived severe sprain of wrist and shoul-
ders
All the passengers on the car were thrown
pell-mell across the seats and suffered
their injuries in this manner.
A special car brought a number OF OFF,
Investigating TO determine who Is to blame
for the accident. The conductor says the
air-brake refused 10 work and he could not
stop the car.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-15

Many Thrown Out Of n Wagon by a
Runaway Team Of Horses.

LIMA. O.. Aug. IA team OF horses
drawing A wagon in which were thirty-five
children ranging in age from six 10 thir-
teen years. ran away to-day. turned the
wagon over and threw many OF the chill
dren into the street Carrie Cook. aged six
years fractured her skull and H. believed 10
be fatally hurt. Marie Ferguson. aged thir-
teen, broke her hip and r. injured inter
nally. Herman Young. the driver. was en-
tangled In the wheels OF the wagon and
dragged ffty feet. being fatally hurt
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-15

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal
PORTLAND. Ind. Aug. A-With the
coming OF tomorrow night Island Park
Assembly. at Rome city. will close. Ths
season has been a very successful one IN
every particular. and the management IL
well pleased over the attendance. and the
manner In which the large and varied pro.
grammc was carried out. Tomorrow ths
closing exercises will begin. Ia the fore.
noon. In the early afternoon there viii be
an orchestral concert, followed by . olAsa
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-15
ACCUSED OF BAD FAITH.
Western "Rebels" Want to See SHAFT
fer-Why Schwab Was Angry.

LOUISVILLE, Aug. 1.-THE Pittsburs
correspondent of the Times says: The
man we want to see is Shaffer." This was
. telegram received at Amalgamated head
CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 COL. Sd
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-15
DIVORCED FROM INSANE WIFE
III. VI. FIngIcr. an Aged MuItimiIIion
nire. Ercc to Marry Again.

MIAMI, Fla, Aug. 14.-Henry NJ. Flag
Ter, the multimilionaire oil magnate. has
secured a divorce. under the new Florida
statute, which provides that Insanity Of
four years standing is sufficient ground for
a decree. The case was heard in chambers
by Judge Minor s. Jones, Of the Circuit
Court. Former Governor Fleming. Mrs
Flagler's guardian ad litem, represented
the defendant, but there was practically no
defense Mr.. Flagler is seventy-two years
of age.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-15
CITY WINS A POINT.


Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
VALPARAISO. Ind. Aug. 1.-THE city
OF Valparaiso won another point yesterday
in its case against the Valparaiso Water
Works Company. Special Judge Howard.
at South Bend. yesterday granted the pc
tition OF the city for an order requiring
the company 20 give the city right 10
pany to ascertain the cost Of the plant.
cost OF renewals and extensions: also tho
cost OF operating expenses and amount re-
ceived for water consumption in the past
five years.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-15

MATTHEW'S. Ind. Aug. li.-An east
bound passenger train on the ChisAN>
Indiana x Eastern Railroad was wrecked
by an open switch at the &. & NJ. crossing
near Fowlerton. three miles west OF here.
to-day A number Of persons were badly
bruised, those most seriously hurt being
Engineer George Jardin. Baggageman l..
w. Johnson and Miss Annie Nandenwreck
All will recover.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-15
OBITUARY.
Frederick VI. Wise. Who Commanded
the Monocacy mt Taku.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 1.-THE Navy De-
partment has received a cablegram an
nouncing the death. at the Yokohama hos
pital. Of Frederick NJ. Wise. He died of
heart disease and had only been sick a
few days Commander Wise was i'm COM
mand of the old Monacacy when that ship
was fired on by the Taku forts in the early
stages of the Chinese trouble.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-15
CoIIided with a Bull Dog.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
MONON. Ind. Aug. Hilary Harding.
OF Logansport. scorched around a corner
here yesterday. and a bull pup ran out after
him, knocking him from his wheel and
causing him 10 suffer a broken collar bone.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-15
COPIOUs FALL OF RAIN.
Clay County Farmers Believe Their
Corn VIII he Much benefited.


Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
BRAZIL. Ind. Aug. IA copious rain
fell here to-day after n drought OF over six
weeks. which served TO make the farmers
happy as they believe IL will greatly in
crease the corn crop, notwithstanding its
late arrival.
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through in the hours he had spent in the
tunnel. He was William Curry. OF Canton.
As soon he could gasp Curry said: They
mt
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MORTON HUNT. brakeman on the Van
dalia; caught between the cars and crushed
To death
The age-herald., 1901-07-28
CORONATION IS
 THE CHIEF TOPIC Though Its Nearly a Year Off Talk Does Not Cease LETTER FROM THE KINGDOM Coming Change to an Empire by Grace of MT. Chamberlain is Bad from
 Many Points of View-other
 Questions DIscusssd.
LETTER FROM THE KINGDOM

London, July 27.-Although the corona tion ceremonies will not take place until a little less than this time next year, the prospective pageant Is. in social, oficia. and shop-keeping circles, the principal topic of conversation. Many of the news papers are expanding every little shred of information concerning it ito the utmost possible space limits, first to create the belief that they have exclusive sources of information, and, secondly, to gratify the public appetite for this sort of thing. It is a curious fact that in all that is said and written on the subject, there is hardly ever @ word about the gentle and beloved Alexandra. The King is 'the whole push" What he will do, what the will wear, what he will say, what will be done to him and what will be said to him, these are the absorbing newspaper themes at time when the land Is filled with mourning for the thousands of gallant men who have perished in South Africa, when the military prestige of England is at the lowest point 1t ever touched, and when mad government, sustained by a mad people, Is piling upon future genera tions the most colossal of all national debts. No wonder thoughtful persons are beginning to ask if English people have lost the great common sense for which they have been so long remarkable, if they are as crazy as were the French when the third Napoleon made that fatal war On Germany which ended in the overthrow of his dynasty?
The age-herald., 1901-07-28
ARE YOU AN IMMUNE?

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 If you would be an "immune' never al low yourself to run down." It is then disease will attack you; all the most dangerous diseases of the world arc caught when people are run down Take Dr. Harter's Iron Tonic upon tha least sign of weakness and for any un- natural pain or ache.
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 Loss of appetite, of ambition, nervous ness palms in the head, back, kidneys umbs, muscles, etc.. are all cured by pr. Harter's Iron Tonic. Prepared by the pr. Harter Medicine Co.,, Dayton. Ohio, end has been on the marlkst for 45 years A sufficient guarantee of iSs great merit. Sold everywhere.
The age-herald., 1901-07-28

Kneading Board 2ox24 and meat board 12x2o. Two drawers 1sx1Tx4 and drawer has three divisions. Two bins 19x21x141G which will hold 50 pounds of flour each.
The age-herald., 1901-07-28
The Taxation,

Before the Boer war began taxation was as high as the average middle-class cit. izen could measureably stand To mee, the interest on the tremendous expendi. lures made necessary by that most calam itous of all our conflicts there must be ar enormous increase in the sums to be raised not for a few years, but for de- cades and decades of them. There is probably no country in the world with SC large moderate-fixed-income class as England. They represent small estates Investments in bonds, stocks. consols and securities of all kinds, professional say- ings and so forth. Nearly all of them come within the provisions of the income tax law, and the annual addition of ten twenty, or thirty pounds sterling to this tax is burden not easily borne. So loyal however. are the people of all classes while at least the war lasts, that no grumble of dissatisfaction is yet heard. but the deep growl Is sure to come some day, and then there will be trouble ahead for the party in power.
The age-herald., 1901-07-28
A Bad Chanue.

There can be no question that the situ- ation of the Kingdom, soon to be the Elm pire by the grace of Chamberlain and his fellow toadies, is bad both In a military, naval, financial and industrial point of view. A blue book just published giving the results of an investigation into the military system, proves 1t is the worst, most cumbrous and inefficient that exists anywhere outside of China. It Is the es- sence of mediaevalism compared with the magnificent modern military machines of Russia, Germany and the United States By the way, 1t is, perhaps, not uninterest- ing to Americans to know that the gentle man who has made this terrible expose of war office conditions is a business part ner of J. Pierpont Morgan in his London banking house, and in what else I know not. In this parliamentary report it is clearly shown that the regimental officers sent to South Africa were utterly unfftted to meet the conditions which confronted them. The great majority of them knew nothing about war, even theoretically. Hence the awful record of defeat, death sickness. together with a long list of other calamities which the government has been able to conceal from the public
 As to the navy, policy Of concealment is being pursued since Lord Charles Beres- ford made his recent onslaught on the
 
 ralty dared to do so, Beresford would have been severely disciplined, but the author fties wisely held their hand. The contro- versy which would have inevitably arisen would have laid bare to the world the truth that the naval branch of the United service Is very little better than the army, that not alone in the Mediterranean wa ters but everywhere else the great ships are in conditions of unpreparedness bor- derfng on absolute official crininality Not newspaper ventures to discuss the naval situation except in the most guarded terms, so as not to excite public suspicion or arouse the public indignation. This may be prudence. but 1t is not patriotism, The men that have allowed the navy to sink into this condition in the present juncture of affairs are very nearly trait ors, and If they were ever tried on that charge the fact they are fools would not save them from the headsman.