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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-02

cision IN the matter In explanation OF
this message the Journal saws.
THE executive board desires another con
ference with the representatives OF the
constituent company md Will remain IN the
city until an answer is received. Upon tho
result OF that answer VIII depend whether
the strike Will be prolonged indefinitely"
The message to AIR Morgan Is believed 20
be an ultimatum ii the steel workers do
not get their demand for this conference
the strike viii go on indefinitely None Of
the officials OF the organizations Will dis
cuss the point,
At noon, after the board had been IN
session all morning and IN formal man
ner waited for reply from Mr. Morgan,
the members decided to make an official
denial 0f the report that there was lack
OF harmony In their ranks,
The propositions OF Mr. Morgan are SAID
by one high In authority 90 be Incomplete
lie says they do not settle the dispute.
The executive committee sat and waited
all day for q reply. On Wednesday the
same proceedings We're gone through With,
MIR, Morgans silence Is regarded by some
as significant and oisanouH. Others profess
10 believe that he Is In consultation with
other officials OF the United States steel
corporation and Will answer shortly. The
ru.nors In the strikers' CIRCLES today were
that the American Sheet Steel company
was preparing 20 bring O large numhor "
nonunlon men from THE South to Take their
places and that the officials OF the nemler
tin mill We're preparing 20 break the strike
at that point Every avenue " approach
TO these mills Is being carefully watched
by the strikers.
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T.-p.,s coTToN REPORT.
Conditions improved Everywhere Except
in Arkansas and Texas.

in Arkansas and Texas.
The New Orleans Times Democrat says
In It's report on the progress OF the cotton
cior during the month of July;
Outside OF Texas and Arkansas, the
month was marked by distinct improve
ment The rise in condition was greatest
in Mississippi. the weather in that stare
having been almost Ideal durlag the month
under review,
In the Carolinas the outlook, even after
the recent improvement, leaves very much
to be desired. Georgia and Alabama are
spotted bur the average of condition
throughout that district Is very. good. the
same remarks apply to Louisiana ana
Texas and Arkansas have gone back
ward during the month-preclsely how
much II VIII be impossible to say, until
the effect of recent rains In many neigh
borhoods shall have become clear
There are many complaints OF scarcity
Of labor. more especially IN Georgia and
the Carolinas
has wifhstood unfayorable conditions won-
derfulfy well, thus giving evidence a
quite unusual vitality
The crop Is on the whole, an unusually
late one. The date OF frost will. therefore.
cut an Immense figure in the ultimate yield.
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THE THIRD DAYS SESSION
STRIKE OFFICIALS SENT A MESSAGE
TO MORGAN.
Executive Committee Waited All Day
for the Reply---Wil Not Katity
New York Terms.

Plttsburg, Pa, August 1.-The third all.
day session of the Amalgamatcd assocIa
tlon executive board has passed without nc.
tlon being taken on the New York con
ference peace proposals and another SEES
sion will be held tomorrow. Official con
nrmatlon OF the status Of the steel work
ers' strike as 1t was outlined by the AS
soclated Press last night was given In the
current issue Of the Amalgamatcd Journal,
which is the organ of the association. The
executive board OF the association is In faci
waiting for a word from .. =. Morgan.
After the board had heard from Presiden,
Shdffer concerning his trip to New York
last week II was decided to request a
change In the propositions OF Mr. Morgan
and, message sent to Mr.. Morgan In New
York Tuesday night announced their de
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SENTAFLAT REFUSAL.
Morgan Says the Wage Conference Will Not Be Re-
sllnled and Insists on Scf1wab's TERMS

Iattsburg Pa, August 1.-The Commercial
Gazette tomorrow win SAY. The Analgam
ated executive board last evening received
by telegraph nat rcfusal from j. P. Nor
gan to reopen the wage conference whore
II was broken on at the Hotel Lincoln
nearly three weeks ago, The powers OF
the steel combine insist that the only basis
Of settlement win be on tho terms which
Mr.. schwab and Chairman Ebert II. Gary
laid down at the meeting with Amalgan-
ated officials In New York on last Saturday,
member OF the executive board last
night said. THESE TERMS ARE DE.
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down an order today directing George J..
and Helen Nj. Could as receivers Of the
eurpius income OF Anna Gould Countess
De Castelane), 70 pay the iIstallmcnts Of
the principal and past due interest npoH
three mortgages on tha residence of the
Oasteinnes Of the Avenue Du Bois De 30
logne In Paris and their chateau which
was formerly the property Of the Duchess
Des Naolllcs. These payments amount 10
}5O.6iO
The court also directs the payment OF
certain instailments upon two judgments
held by Sussnfsln, Rhesme 4 co. and BY
Charles Mannheim The receivers are fur
thcr ordered 10 BAY dividends OF 10 per
cent TO creditors who have interviewed and
have become party complalnants In the
suits against Anna Gonld. Countess De
Castellane. The payments ordered by the
court aggregate S24000O. Judge Iacofnb
also handed down an order allowing claims
of Eugene Fischen ana 105 other creditors
If the Countess DE Castcllane, amounting
In all to $4,000. Tho largest Of these
claims are those OF Isidore 2lgler. S212 $50.
aud Charles Eugene Logger. S179,0T3.
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NOMINATED ny THOSE WHO HAVE
THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE OR
GANIzATloN or THE STEEL WORK
Frs AT HEART, AS THE MOST IN.
FAIR. THE MOST UNJUST EVER Pro
POSED TO ANY RoDy or WORKING
MEN BY A SET OF EMPLOYERS or A
CORPORATION THE TERMS ARE
suoH THAT rHE EXECUTIVE BOARD
OF THE AMALGAMArEp ASSOCIATION
CAN NOT ACCEPT AND HAS ALREADY
GONE on RECORD TO THAT EFFEcr"
Tomorrow morning the answer OF Mir.
Morgan is expected by mail. There is
scarcely fragment Of hope that the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-02
CIGAR MAKERS ARE OUT
MANUFACTURERS ISSUE A MANI
FESTo IN REGARD TO STRIKE.
Critical Situation Exists at Tampa--The
Resistenoia Has Ordered Boycott
on unfriendly Interests.

Tampa, Fla, August 1.-The cigar manu-,
facturers issued manifesto tonight de,
claring they will positively NOT again open
their factories II they can not manage their
own business. The Reslsteneia has de-
clarod boycott on all unfriendly interests,
which is participated in by all unions allied
with thls one.
The situation tonight Ia critical and pub
lie feeling Is high. ], NJ. Mercer, white
man ccnvlcEd of assauting little girl
aud who win TO have hccn executed to.
morrow, was respitoi tonight The Rests
tencia union made the demand for his
respite and this has added 70 the public
indignation, There are open threats Of
lynching the man. aud It Is said other
names than Mercer are coupled with some
Of the threats.
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WHAT THE WAR COSTS.
Britain Sinking Great Treasure !,
South African Venture.

London, August LIN the house
Of commons today Lord Stanley,
financial secretary of the war of
fice. said tho cost " the war In
sonth Africa from As'ii 1 to July
81 was fa5.7Joooo, partly chargeable
against the deficit OF last year. The
actual cost In July was fi,250,000
weekly. The statement was greeted
with ironlcaI Irish cheers.
The chancellor OF the exchequer,
Sir Michael Hicks Beach, said II
the war continued at the same cost
for the next three months It would
necessitate spending the whole of
the reserve he had provided for
financing the third quarter; but he
had reason to hope this would not
be necessary.
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Amalsumated association WIN back down
from It's well known position. The leaders
Of the workers win, In reply, outline their
plans TO the steel corporation for CON
tinuation Of the great struggle, they VIII
include the stoppage Of every wheel pos.
siblc IN the works Of the combine aud the
extension Of the strike In all possible az
rections BY the Amsigamated association.
To-day may develop much, but IL the
combine eau not be made to wavcr
through the influence that will be brought
20 bear, the great counlot probably win be
Fought to the end,
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Rear Admiral Winfield s. setsiey, i.
Great Neck. N. Y.
BRYANts COMMENT.

Iireoln, Neb, August Lin his comment
on the Schley controversy Bryan takes
the side OF Rear Admiral sehley, giving
him credit for the victory at Santiago anil
declaring It a pity that there should be
any controversy that seeks TO dtscredlt
n brave. honorable and modest sea fighter
who successfully led the American forces
in one OF the greatest naval battles IN
tho history of the world
MI Bryan denounces the Maclay history
Of the struggle and thinks lt strange that
n h Stofian huhs IL necessary 20 resort 10
the lowest form OF abuse In dealing via
an distorted character Adding "a
q clerk in the navy yards. be should be
displaced because OF his outrageous as
saults upon a man who hiss been tae
paltmt victim Of the most roInarkahle
series Of attacks recorded IN American
history
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REeMLlN REFUSES NOMINATION.
cinonnatian VIII Not Be Governor on
Groot's Platform.

Groct's Platform
Cleveland. Ohio, August 1.--George A.
Groot, who was chairman OF the confer
ence at Columbus yesterday, was today
shown a dispatch from DR.. X. H. Reemlln
at Cincinnati, saying that he would not
accpet the nomination for governor on the
Independent ticket Mr. Groot was evident.
" ehagrined over tae announcement
~ suppose that the committee made the
nominations said he, knew what It
was doing and that the men selected would
vun.
sThe executive committee will have TO
hil the vacancy. ] am sure / don't know
who VIII be nominated
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Republic on Roosevelt's Candidacy.
fspecial to The Post.l

st. Louis, August 1.-The Republic VIII
mint an editorial Friday morning ON
.Roosevelt's Candidacy" holding that his
course in going TO the Middle West to be
Elm his nght is a wise one for him ana that
The Yates Roosevelt alliance VIII be for
nidai,ie although opposed TO the Hanna
niachlne: the most powerful yet know IN
American politics.
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wAR oFFIcg GIVES IN.
It's Attempt to Boycott News
paper Failed,

paper Failed.
London. August 1.-The contest be-
tween the war oiIlee and the Daily
Mail has terminated IN the victory
for ,he paper. The war office had
not only cut OF the Daily Maips
south African casualty lists and
other onlciai news, but had aiso
ordered the various news ngeneies
not TO supply the Daily Mail with
any official Information from the
war office. Thereupon the Daily
Mall sued the news agencies under
lts contracts 10 compel them 10
deliver the news. The war Office
then held bach bulletins until near
the hour for tho morning papers to
go 10 press. This raised storm
OF protest from the provincial pa
pers and the war office finally CAPT.
tulated ana called on the boycott
The experiment at press gagging
aroused bitter criticism
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-02
SOCIALISTS IN SYMPATHY.
Convention Commended Labor Unions
Condemns Militia.

Condemns Militia.
indianapolis Ind. August 1.-The Na.
tlonal socialist convention today adopted a
resolution endorsing labor unions, and
advising members 10 join. Another
resolution was adopted providing that any
socialist Who jolus the militia or accepts
an appolnfiye Office at the hands Of cap.
ltallsts shall be expelled
The convention adjourned tonight after
eiecting Leon Greenbavm OF 81. Louis Ma
tionai secretary and Designating ST. Louis
Hs the National headquarters Of the so
ciallsf party. As the delegates fled from
the hail they sang the ''Marseslnise"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-02
CONSTITUTION WENT FIRST.

Circuit Judge Decides that If Beat the
Flag to Hawaii.
Honolulu, July 90 via San francisco,
Cal, August 1.-The constitution of che
United states preceded the nag in Hawaii.
according to decision lust rendered by
Circuit Judge George D. Gear of the First
district.
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DECLINED THE HONOR.

Stephen Clark Of Ohio Refuses 70 Run
on the Boilers Ticket.
youngstown, Ohio, August 1.stephen
Clark. who was nominated for attorney
general Of the Groot democratic ticket yes
terday. when asked II he would accept the
nomination. said; mot any Of II In mine
/ was not aware that my name would be
used aud my name viii not appear on the
movement"
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ORDERED 20 PAY pEeTs.

Obligations Of the castelIanes to Be Set
tied BY Receivers.
New York, August l.--Judge Lscomb in
the United states circuit court handed
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YOUNG scHLEY RErRiMANDnp.

Wellington August The war depart
ment has taken cognizanee Of the publish
ed Interview Of Captain Thomas + Schiey
regarding the court OF inquiry upon bis
fnther, Rear Admiral scfiey II Is under-
stood that the department informed the
captain that such interviews are contrary
10 the army regulations.
Salt Lake. Utah. August l.-When shown
the Washington dispatch stating that the
war department world take cognizepfe OF
The published interview regarding the court
Of Inquiry upon his father, Rear Admiral
u.hl.v csntasn Thomas +. gehley, who
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wEATrsR INFORMATION.
Cotton Region Bullet

For the twenty four hoars ending az 3
a. m. 75th meridian time:
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mol Included In means.
General Observations.

Observations taken by the United States
weather bureau at 8 p. M, 10Th meridiau
fime Ratn
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|ssITs p',l is Grinding out MEAL,
AZ ana CHOPS, Shall we ship
II ss' either solid or mixedS
New-York tribune., 1901-05-18
WASHINGTON POLICE BAFFLED,
MYSTERY OF THE AYERS MURDER STILL
CNSOLVED.
Isr TELEGRAPH To THE rR1BuxE.l

tsT TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUNE.l
washington May H.-No more battling criminal
mystery has engaged the attention OF Wash
ington than the murder OF James Seymour Ayers
The crime committed Tuesday night literally
within the shadow OF the CapitoTs dome and in a
hotel which housed the time than a hun
dred people, but far known the police have
no clew TO the perpetrator. Three pistol shots
were heard by four people of whom a
woman climb down a fire escape from the room in
which the crime committed and enter the
Motel by an open window the second floor. but
the description Of this woman is so vague that II
ton however. is that this woman either did the
shooting herself or stood by while man murdered
Ayers
Every professional detective IN Washington has
been working on the for three days without
making any further progress than is contained in
the bare statement of the two persons-one a man
descend the fire escape a minute or after the
pistol shots were heard. The IS a reputa BILE
citizen. named Baker. and lives in house adjon-
ing the Kenmore Hotel the fourth floor OF
which the crime occurred. The boy Willie Woln
Is the son Of policeman who lives in North Capt.
tol-st exactly opposite the hotel. Baker was
ing by pistol shots. His room the third
story front. and distant about fifty feet from
Ayers's room. When Baker looked see
where the noise of the shooting came from he saw
her stocking feet, leisurely going down the fire
escape. After the woman reached the veranda
Baker saw her go through raised window which
opens into the main parlOr of the hotel. The Wolff
boys description Of the woman and her movements
talhes closely with that given by Baker. but the
boy thinks he saw her emerge from the window OF
report Of the pistol. This has given rise to the
suspicion that possibly the woman seen by Baker
and Willie Wolff did not do the shooting. and that
AYERS was killed by a man-probably an indignant
New-York tribune., 1901-05-18
THANKS FOR THE BRooKLrN's T1SIT.

MESSAGE FROM THE DUKE OF CORNWALL AND
YORK. AND PRESIDENT MKINLEY's REPLY
Washington. May 1.-THE following cable dis
patches have been exchanged:
President OF the United States Washington
thank you. sir, for sending your fine cruiser
the brooklyn. which have just had the pleasure
OF visiting. to Australia 10 take part in COM
monwealth celebrations. Your action Is deeply ap-
preclated by myself and the Australian subjects
or my father. the King. GEORGE
His Royal Highness the Duke Of Cornwall and
York. Melbourne
Owing 10 my absence from Washington an ac-
knowledsment Of your royal highness's courteous
Telegram OF the 18th inst. has been DELAYED
thank you for your kind expression of appreCa-
Brooklyn to Melbourne.
WILLIAM STJ[TNTFy
New-York tribune., 1901-05-18
Drpsooos. 8.

I,INE Gloves Garts Albert. Giants R.ynier Gans Iav
Il vaIere. Delicious Ex4uisa perfumes. JAllNES -
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New-York tribune., 1901-05-18
Daukruptrn Soiirr.

NOTICE OF FIRST MEETING OF CREDIT
OFS-In the District Court Of the United states for
District OF Pennsylvania IN Bankruptcy +,
% William n NcCaUuni and Irving Ncr-al-
lun. individually. and trading McCaliun & McCaiur
Bankrupts In Bankruptcy. No. S9S. To os
McCaum MeCallunl Of Philadelphia in County Of
PhiaGeiohia. District aforesaid
hereby given the 9Th APRIL a D iaNf
the said NcCalun s McCalIum was duly aduiicsrsa
bsnErupts. that af tneir cre5ifo-s
held Room Ne H. Third Floor Post Onsce
Building 9Th Chestnut Streets city PhilaseI-
phia Pa on Tuesday the 2SJh day OF NAY A D 1901
afternoon. which
ors attend their claims.
bankTUpts. and transact such
ma properly before said
EDWARD F. HOFFMAN. Referee in Baukruptcy
New-York tribune., 1901-05-18
Go nbom u flan Concern.

THE SUPREME COURT. New Yors County
In Of the Application Of the Mes Fireprocf
Partition C,orlosnv change
Norman Ffreproof Construction Company. Notice Is
HEREBY given Mela FireproOf Partition Company
domestic co-poraticn having its Office the City and
County of New York. will apply to The Supreme
a. Ssne~tal Term thereof. held Part T.
New York County Court House Rorough 9f Manhattan.
on the 3lst day May 1901 at 1880 A NJ OF said
or as soon thereafter Counsel can oe heard sr
change
name 20 the Norman Fireprooc Constructors Company.
Dated New York April lsth 1901.
HIERONIMUS A. HEROLD. Atty for Petitioner. to8
Fulton ST.. New York City. Borough OF Manhattan.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-18
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THE 0REGON SAILS FOR HOMI

Washington May 1.-THE Navy Department has
been Informed that the batfleship Oregon, left
Yokohama yesterday for the United States She
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CUNARD LINE.

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NEW-FORKERS AT THE HOTELS.

Buffalo. May Il (SpeciaD.-There was another bi
rush of New-Yorkers 10 Buffalo to-day. Peop
from that city and vicinity who registered at tn
following named hotels include:
New-York tribune., 1901-05-18
STEAMER LADEN WITH IRON ORE ASHORE

st. Johns. y F.. May 1.-THE steamer Crewe
from Sydney. Cape Breton. for Bell Island y. F.
loaded with iron ore. went ashore this afternoon
near St Shots. ST. Marys Bay, and is likely to
be a total loss A dense fog and the variable
New-York tribune., 1901-05-18
A TREASURY BOND PURCHASE.

Washington. May 17-Secretary Gage to-day
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New-York tribune., 1901-05-18
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