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The bee., 1901-12-19
UNITED MINE WORKERS
IN WEST VIRGINIA FIELDS
Conditions and Results Very Sim
liar TO Those in Hopkins
County,
EXCEPT THAT VIOLENCE
IS NOT YET INVOKED.
Miners and Operators Ignore the Devices
Of the AsitatOr and Get
Out Coal.
From the Homecoming (Md.) Star.

From the Homecoming (Md) Star.
The failure of the paid ennis
saries and missionaries of the
United Mine Workers of Amer
lea to induce the miners of West
Virginia to enroll themselves
under the banner of the organi-
zation, has been most discour-
aging to to the national Office"
and is causing these traffickers
in the liberties of the miners
more concern and uneasiness than
any proposition with which they
have had to deal in a long time.
For, unless the West Virginia
field can be made to succumb to
the miners union, it is feared
miners and operators in other
comparative regions, who now
recognize the authority of the or
ganization, will cut loose from
their moorings and drift away
on an independent tide. AS a
matter of fact, some of the oper-
ators have served notice on Pres
ident Mitchell and his executive
board that unless they demon
strate their ability to organize
and control the West Virginia
miners and operators, they will
refuse further to treat with the
United Mine Workers and con-
duct their own business in their
own way.
Therefore, all the resources
and there are many--of the ma
tional organization of the Mine
Workers of America have been
called into requisition, and the
most strenuous, efforts have been
made to comply with the demands
of the operators in other fields.
The loudest-mouthed and oiliest-
tongued orators of their speakers
bureau have toured the field the
most arrogant and unscrupulous
Of their staff of organizers have
followed in their wake-all sorts
of talk, regardless of argument,
has been drummed into their ears
for months and months, and every
device and subterfuge that can
possibly be conceived by ingen-
ious minds have been employed
to trap the miners into joining
''noble band" Yet, to their
credit, be it said, the thrifty and
prosperous miners of our sister
state have persistently and cour-
ageously resisted the glamor of
the speechmakers, and with rare
dexterity have avoided the traps
and snares laid so profusely and
with so much subtlety about their
feet by the walking delegates and
organizers. They have refused
to deliver themselves, a living
sacrific, into the hands and maws
of the labor demagogues and
skalawags; they have declined to
mortgage their constitutional
right to work or not to work as
suits their own sweet will; they
have ignored the solicitations to
bow in contrite submission and
meek obedience to the behests
and mandates which issue from
the throne-room at national head
quarters. In short, the West
Virginia miners have not per-
mitted their good sense and judg-
ment to be set aside. They have
kept steadily at work, attending
to their own business, and, as a
consequence of such manly con-
duct, increasing the shipments
from that region of their employ
ers and adding to their own an
nual earnings. While other re-
gionsremain idle because of their
G5ol;f,, 90 +ko ttno;oo ,, +ho XUoe4
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Walter H. Finley, superintendent
of Atpontley Coal Company, which
is developing mines on che Jasper
Branch, of the Nashville Chatta-
nOoga & st. Louis railroad, was
here yesterday on business and to
be present at the Price-Burr we'd
ding. The home Office of the At
pontley Company, which is a Ken
tucky Corporation, is in Darlington.
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MONARCH MINES SOLD.
New Company to be Formed to Oper.
ate the Plant.
WILL TAKE CHARGE FIRST OF YEAR
Deed Made TO Trustee For Promoters.
Sold Under Option to Gordon
and Gordon.

The Monarch Mining Company
has sold its mining plant and
will cease to exist as soon as the
deeds can be made out, or at
least by January 1st. The par
ties in interest decline to say
what consideration is paid for
the property. The deed is being
made to Jas. r. Rash, trustee
for promoters who will complete
arrangements for a new corpor-
to operate the plant.
1t is said that certain monied
men in Madisonville and Hen
derson will be interested in the
new concern.
The report which was sent out
to the effect that this property
was being sold to the st. Ber-
nard Mining Company is incor-
rect and probably arose out of
the fact that the trustee for the
promoters of the new company
is an darlington man and is con-
nected with the st. Bernard Min
ing Company.
The Monarch property has been
handled by Gordon & Gordon, at
torneys at Madisonville, under
an option and the sale made by
them. The have been negotiat-
ing with capitalists in the east
and elsewhere, and it is said that
some of these -gentlemen-@re e9-
pected to. visit Madisonvill in a
day or two to look over the prop
erty.
Messrs. Gordon & Gordon gave
out this statement Of the case
yesterday morning:
Madisonville, KY,
Dec. IS, 1901.
The report which was publish
ed in yesterdays papers to the
effect that the Monarch Mining
Company's property has been
purchased by the st. Bernard
Mining Company is untrue. This
property has been sold and con-
veyed to Jas. Il. Rash, trustee
for promoters of a company to
be organized and formed for the
purpose of operating the mines.
GORDON q GORDON.
The Monarch Mine is equipped
with electric machinery and op-
Grated with a shaft that reaches
both the No. o and No. IL veins
of coal, though the latter vein
has not been worked by the COM
pany for several years..
The mine furnishes employ
meht for from $50 to POO men,
there being quite little settle
ment around the shaft, store and
Offices.
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KENTUCKY BURGLARIES.
Bank of Sturgis Robbed of $780,.
000-Vault Blown Open.
Woman Bound and Gagged at Paducah-
postoffice Robbery-Blood.
hounds Used.

Sturgis, KY, Dec. 13.-The
Bank of Sturgis was robbed at 2
O'Clock this morning and the
amount of money secured by the
thieves is estimated at $50, 900.
The bank vault was blown open
with some powerful explosive
and the ''strong box" reached
after the thieves had entered the
building by prizing open with a
crowbar a window in the rear.
The explosion was heard by peo-
pie in the neighborhood, but the
robbers made good their escape
before they could be intercepted.
Bloodhounds were at once sent
for and put on the trail of the
looters, and it is expected that
the capture of one or all of the
members of the gang will be eff
fected before night.
1t is certain that two or more
men participated in the job, as
different sized footprints have
been found on the ground in the
vicinity of the bank.
Bold Burglary at Padueah.
Paducah, KY, Dec. 13.-One
of the boldest burglaries ever
committed here was reported to
the police today. Mrs. Thomas
Durrett, wife of a butcher, was
bound and gagged and the house
ransacked. Two valuable rings,
some other jewelry and a small
amount Of money was taken.
Her husband was not awakened
and the burglars left no clue.
Postoffice Robbed.
Richmond, KY, Dec. 13.-The
postoffice at Speedwell, this coun-
ty. was burglarized last night.
A large iron safe used for stor-
ing postage stamps and other
valuables was blown to pieces
and big batch of stamps and a
sum of money was taken. Sher.
if Colyer telegraphed to Nicho-
lasville for bloodhounds. There
is no clue to the robbers.
Busy Burglars at Grsenup.
Greenup, KY. Dec. 17.-Green-
up is undergoing a reign of ter
ror. There is scarcely a night
passes but that some house is
burglarized or an attempt made.
This has been going on for
week, but no arrests have been
made. The demand for firearms
has increased.
The bee., 1901-12-19

The Amazon is 1914 miles in
length, rising within 70 miles of the
Pacific ocean and flowing clear
across the continent.
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Busy Burglars at Grssnup.
A Hospital Robbed.

Ashland, KY, Dec. 11.-Burg-
lars entered the Kings Daugh-
ters' Hospital last night and took
nearly all of the bed clothing,
towels, etc., in the building.
The bee., 1901-12-19

Miss Nida Lamb, niece of DR..
Lamb, of Madisonville, is visiting
Mrs. j. b. Indie this week.
The bee., 1901-12-19

booming.
Glowing reports of the work
being done by the organizers in
West Virginia have been given
out from time to time, it is true,
and Mitchell's ENJOYS in the field
have contributed very many
pretty fairy tales to the Mine
Workers. official newspaper de-
picting the "success" with which
they have been meeting, and all
that; these reports, too, may have
misled some credulous folk into
believing that the miners there
were flocking into the organiza
tion like sheep into the shearing
pen. But the convention held
recently at Huntington, w. Va,
forced Showdown" and the
small attendance of delegates, as
well as the utter failure of the
object for which the convention
was called, disclosed the colossal
bluff that had been perpetrated
upon the public. AS a matter of
fact, out of pure disgust, chagrin,
disappointment, or whatever we
may choose to term it, one Of the
prominent officials of the organ
ization admitted in a newspaper
interview that they chad failed
dismally to organize the West
Virginia miners" They have two
or three hundred miners, per-
haps, among the smaller work.
ings, organized. and through
these, who will send delegates to
the national convention in Janu-
airy, it is hoped to play their next
strongest (albeit old and we'll
worn) card. 1t is the present in
tention of the stage directors of
this modern melodrama to have a
scale for West Virginia prepared
at this convention; this scale
later TO be submitted to the West
Virginia operators for their ap-
proval and signature. Of course,
the West Virginia operators will
ignore all communications of
whatever sort from these usurp-
ers, just as they ignored their re-
quest for a joint conference at
Huntington two weeks ago.
At this the handsome fronts of
the sleek and impressive gentle
men of the order will swell with
the same old brand of indigna-
tion, of which they keep an mex
haustible supply on tap, and this
refusal to sign their scale will be
accepted as ample provocation
for calling a strike-in miniature
and every miner in the great
state of West Virginia who does
not lay down his tools and obey
the order will be dubbed
"black-l leg" and a "scab," and
even harsher methods of intimi-
dation will be resorted to, if
necessary, to make their enter
prise more certain of success.
That's the scheme, so it is said,
but whatever old or new methods
may be adopted by the organiza-
tion in the hope of swelling their
revenues from the per capita tax
and the official check-off, it is
quite definitely settled that the
West Virginia miners will refuse
to be buncoed. They are not of
the mushy-headed brand, and
they will remain at work like the
sensible men they are. The West
Virginia miners and operators
are working together hand in
hand, and all are doing well un-
der the present arrangement; the
assistance of the United Mine
Workers, under these circum-
stances, will not be invoked, nor
will their interference be toler-
ated.
All this augurs well for the
Georges Creek region next year,
also, for, with our West Virginia
competitors at work, it would be
a fatal folly to indulge further in
any United Mine Workers. fool
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see Mr.. Roosevelt travel the same road
they themselves had travelled years be-
Tore. ne did not lose his composu'r.
IL was probably the first tine In his
strenuous career that brother Roosevelt
found himself entirely dependent upon
another For the first Tim" he MAS IN II
position where h. Wns unable to help
himtclf ana the fact was Impressed
rpnn him In NOR. ways than one.
Tdc CEREMONY ~ comforting III" de-
',". while brief. T., very impressive
I'd nf-r rs conclusion III" N!cc-rre-i-
Lent elect ,"ii the assembled Graf; that
Ne a,s sorry that he had not juined
he fraternity D".or.
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ANGER RISING
AGAINST 0DELL
Political Chiefs Oppose
Economy Schemes of
Governor.
Special 10 Tn. E,.n,ns World,


ALBANY Jan, 3.--0Ov. Odell began
his second executive day on n. plan
mapped ont BY him. lie absolutely re-
fused to Sc" reporters. referring al! to
his secretary. ex-Assenblym,n Graham
There was an air OF we are busy no
time to talk about the Executive
Chamber. Military Secretary BIRD talked
with several visitors relative to appoint.
ments with the Governor. |, wis easy
10 see that calls Will In the future have
10 be hr.cf AMI to the point.
Subor,iinatcs In the various Stat. ac-
p,rt,ncnts are iu!i 81 fears after h,ving
read those portions OF the Governor
message advocating = CON cidation OF
various boards and commissions
Should the Board OF Mediation and Ar
h!iratlon. the Factory Inspectors Office
and the Bar.iu ~ Labor S;atIstics b.
Joined, NJ well a. the Forest Preserve
ANA the Fish. Game ana For.s, Com.
mission. and the state Prison Com.
MISSION with the State Supcr,nicn.
dent ~ Prisons Bureau. a ia:S, number
%! employees will b. thrown gu; and
corresponding bitterness OF feeling
uris,
Amos; every big political leader In
me state has prptcgeS IN the various
stat" departments and opposition 10
ne Governors plans IL GROWING
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sc'!Sman. an attorney. with an once a,
10 Wall street lie wen, TO the mans
ass!stant" bu; was unable to rouse him
and sent him 80 Flower Hospital.
The man died without reGa!ning con-
sciousncss Dr. Hroscr. who attended
him. said the Gaze was one OF acute
alcoholism. but tina, an autopsy would
be necessary.
The dend man was about forty years
old. Zee, Inches high. weighed about
10 pounds and had u light complexion,
with dark hn!r and eyes. He wore gray
trousers. black vest. no coat and a
brown ovcrcont. In hLs pockets was a
scrap OF paper torn from memorandum
book on which WIS written Frederick
y. Donovan. y. Y. & y. II. RR Tug
No. s. The police do not think this In
the name Of the dead man but believe
that II Will lead TO his Identification.
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SWAN ICY SEAS
To SAVE LINER.
Kansas City In Port Tells
Of Rescuing
Cutie.
CHIEF OFFICERS HEROISM.
Lost Life During Gale IL,
Desperate Attempt to
Connect Big Liner.

The B-,-,oi cts liner kans,. city.
rr.cucr - thu White Star Liner Cutie
passed IN Quarantine to-day.
The Eansn' city picked up the cunc.
which hai los; her propeller on Decem-
Der q y icrrihc gale prevailed and the
Kansas City lay ny the disabled steamer
tire" days before Il was possible to con-
meet ha~scrs for towing. These parted
In the herc. storm that was still raging
and II was no; TIL me following day
that towing VA. resumed.
In one OF the attempts 10 connect the
Cunc with the Kansas City. Chief Of
hccr Crosby. o! the Cuhc. tried to swim
to I'm. attached to buoy set afioat
from the Kansas cay. He was drowned
In the immense seas although he had
boon considered a powerful swimmer.
on k!nAa!e on the night OF the 18th
the haxser broke again. bu, after a
short delay towing was again resumed
and OF Cork Tug came TO the aid OF
the Kansas CITY. and the Cuhc was
nnally safely anchored In Queenstown
harbor on Dec 10. Just week fi.AD the
time the Kansas city came to her as
Z 4
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y new Lesson has been laugh: tne
Tonight MIR Itocrcrc!; told th'
Masons after the cercm ony was con
clri"i. winch shah never forget.
Much care WAS taken by the members
Of the Grand Lodge and Mht.nnecocH
Lodge to make the event an important
one, Never before has a Vicc-Presi-
del;-clcci been initiated IN the order.
although twenty of the men who hav.
fllied that important position have been
Masons Ten ~ the Presidents OF the
United states have been Masons. In
clui!ng Washington and Garfield.
Besides the members o! the Grand
Lodge Their" We're present u. ". Elbert
tr,ndall, Deputy iraud Master. NJ. "
Joau " Vfnoinnn and John stewart
II " Rev. ;.srg. Il Nauhe water "
T. 81 william Swan, founder pt
MntiNrecnck Lodge aud father 81 the
present Master
Delcg ltlonS from MnTonic lodges from
all over tn, SsHte were IN Oyster ihy,
hut only u few succeeded IN getting into
the 1'go room To witness the c.rc-
] m nl--.
The second degree will Ice conferred
on Mr.. rooseveit two weeks hence.
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BISHOP N|NDE
FOUND DEAD.
Noted Methodist Episca-
pal Divine Victim Of
Heart Trouble.

DETROIT. Jan. 3.-Dishop ". Y.
Ninde. aged xlxty.eIght. OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church. was found dead In his
bed at his home here to-day. II Is
thought the Cause OF death was heart
trouble He attended \ funeral yester-
day and caught cold,
The deceased had been = Bishop OF the
N. +. Church since 1871 and was known
throughout the Unitel States.
He leaves wife. tire. son. and a
daughter.
Yesterday the presiding elders OF Mich.
ts.sn held conference here AMI decided
TO sell the Episcopal residence here. now
occupied BY Bishop Sinde's family. be.
cause the churches OF Michigan outside
OF Detroit ami other large cities failed
10 contribute sufficient funds 10 main.
tain t..
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'sPrtiAi 10 lac Evening NorIii
LANSING. Mich.. Jan. "a parting
shot At corporations. the better
classes . hes; citizens" hes, society"
End . strong championship OF Gen
Aixcr marked III" cNtngurai address OF
rN-t;ov. iinEr.- TO the Michigan Legis-
lature to-day,
one Of the strongest PARTS in the mes
sage IL the direct chnrr. tina; the
steamboat interests of New York City
forced Gen. Aiscr out OF the Mckinney
Cabinet and procured his downfall in
political ~, OF this "N-Gpv. PinSrce
says:
THE memory of the reatmcn, OF
Gen, Aigrr by the pf@Ns ni the country
and his removal from n" Cabinet 10
fres., In the minds Of all.
~ was taforn,rd by Gen. AIKsr
himself that one Of the mntn rra-
sons for the OppOaitiOn to him was
because hr hnL iHnnr-d the claims
Of the great strn mbOat intrr~sts
With Representatives IN New York
CITY.
The matter OF send!ng something like
1000 Spaniard. TO Spain came up. AMI
the General advertised for bids Tor
transportation, The tenders OF ,ne az.
f.ren, companies. submitted by New
York representatives. were exactly alike
SO much for officers Of a certain rank.
for privat-s-show!ng "A combination md
agreement between the COMPANIES.
They Attacked AIaer.
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participate or see the Vice President.
eiasf ru.c h.. .t.ura~

participate or see the Vice President
elect receive the degree.
As Mr. Roosevelt, entered the lodge
room he was met by Commodor. Thso-
dore 4. Swan. the Worsh,pfui Master
OF the lodge. acting a- Senior Deacon.
and received In due ana ancient form.
After the preliminary ceremonies Il
w. T.. 81. l.. Ehlers. Secretary OF the
Grand Lodge. and Frederick +. Morris.
irustee OF the Masonic Hall and Asylum,
performed the principal work OF tho
cytrlns.
The Vicc-Pres!dent was In every way
Antldn.irable candidate. Viewed A. b.,
Nas by hundreds OF Masons. IA thc..d to
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PRETTY RUNAWAY CAUGHT.
\ Detective aud Her Brother Cnp-
tur-d Wn,wnrd TIA, LnsA,.

Ray !.asky. Who lived with her
widowed mother and brother. Jacob. al,
II West one Hundred and Twelfth
stree. ran away from home ;hrr. weeks
ago. She is fifteen ami fully developed
The I.askys ar. we'll to do and their re-
some house.
No word was sen, 20 tn" police, but
ever since. \ young woman friend re-.
ported 10 the family to-day thar sh. saw
The runaway walking through one Hun.
dr-d and Ninth street The brother
with Detective Al. Reid. found the giri
and arrested her.
AT the station she 4aid she had been
!ii-trcated nj home. Her brother de-
cared that she had a good home and
all she wished for, but she was Inclined
10 be maynard. She had run away
twic" before,
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DIED FROM STRANGE DRUG.
Mysterious Death Of Utica Girl In
wolves Lover.
Special to tn. Ev.a,nx World,

tsp~ciai TO tn. Evsainx World,
UTICA. y. y. Jan. Miss Lulu
Aylcsworth died suddenly at the homo
OF John MiEkcn. on Cushman street.
New Berlin. The circumstances are
p.suiar and the Coroner has made An
!nvcs'; iGai.on.
Her parents forbade her keeping com.
RAINY with H. J. Booker. whose home
Is In nghainton. but who had been
working in New Berlin.
The Curoncr's verdict I. that the girl
died from the effects OF an unknown
drug.
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Will take to his own country when nc
returns from the zach, races a bride
from the Hub. Mrs. Roland Adelbe.t
Stuart. widow .. Boston artist o.
some note. was entertained on the Sham.
rock when Sir Thomas was attempting
10 carry away the America's Cup. and /;
" s''u Wutm atnchtn:nt between the
Edith wyman Bricketf. OF Boston, and
her mother and brother eth live In that
city.
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SHOT ON A YACHT.
Man s-riOusIy Wounded While
SkyIarking In Cabin.
Especial to n. Evening wor.al

Especial 10 Ta- Evening World
ATLANTIC C1TY. Jan. 3-During a
carousa. IN the cabin OF yacht last
aigh,. Jesse l.. Camp WAS shot by Frank
Lamb. engineer OF the Chelsea Fire Com.
pany.
Edward QuIrkscll. the owner OF tn.
boat Charles Harm and Lamb were
arrested to-day and held a; liendQuart-
ers TO await the result OF Camps in
jurIss. Lamb and tho rest Of the party
say the shooting was an accident. Camp
Is In a critical condition.
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SUED FOR TABLE BOARD.
Lawyer Las>nris Charged with
Forgetting His hoard nil.

Emanuel Lascaris. lawyer. thirty years
,lt. otiic. II Wall s;reet. WAS held to-day
In $1,000 bail for examination Ja.. BY
Magistrate Bremen. In the Adams Stree
Court. Brooklyn The complainant Is
Mary J. STANLEY. OF 3i6 State street.
Her story u taat Lasca!is. by his rep
RESERVATIONS OF high family connect!hns
ceeiel IN getting into her Ieoi Tor IL.
Die board. the amoun; being $50: thar
Tier tins indie ,cdnese he succeeded. ny
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"ALGER WAS RUINED
BY NEW Workers.
--EX-GOV PINGREE
Driven Out of Cabinet by Steamship Men,,
Michigan Man Says in
Message.

less tesosr In charge and In whose
hnnd legislation I. repo.-d do not
change the present .ystrm of In
equality. In less than a quarter Of
= c~ntury there will lie = bloody
revolution In this great country
Of ours.
MY experience during my political
HE. extending over pcr!od OF twelve
years. has convinced me that In ord r
to secure the full commentator Of those
who con-tIer themselves the better
c.s-cs the Governor and other high
officials mus, do nothing to antagonixe
The Srea; corporations and the wealthy
people.
II am satisfied that ! could have had
the prnisc and support OF our hest citi-
2cns' and our best society and OF the
press OF the State generally u ! had
upheld those who have for years ut
tempted 10 control legislation In their
own interests to tho end that they might
In relieved from sharing equally with
the po'r and lowry the burden OF tax
alton. ! would have been pronounced
good fellow and a great statesman"
Take. Slap At Hanna.
Urging the Legislature to adopt q res.
o!u'!on calling Tor an amendment to the
Constitution to provide for the election
Of United States Senators By popular
vote. he says:
The cases Of Hanna in Ohio. Carter In
Montana. ana our own Encouraging and
dissracefui experience. furnish the most
powerful! and convincing argument In
behalf Of popular elections.
"It u matter Of common
knowledge that the office 10
sought By wealthy men, not 80
much for the alleged honor ~ for
the opportunity which Il aRoras
for nnanrial and coamesslal I'D.
~s"saEes. not only throsEh stock
hut In other s.d less
legitimate ways.
Th"re Is no question: that the peo-
pie have .os, confidence IN the United
states Senate and regard the House az
H"prrs natives As tho more conservative
and trustworthy branch Of Congress"
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OF ": East Scvcn,y-tnird street.
Nobak was In his robin last night pre-.
pairing for bed when the door was
opened by Krullch. who. he declares.
drew revolver and fred. the bullet
passing through Nobak'a rtEht trousers
krulich was arrested after being over
was fixed to-day At 1900. No resSon
was aserteed for the shoouaG.