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The sun., 1901-08-08
STOKES STRIKE ENDED.
Umpire DE Forrest Renders Q Compromise
Verdict.


Robert Do Forrest, who was chosen a.
umpire by the Arbitration COMMITTEES Of
the Mason Builders Association and the
Brcklayers' unions In the dispute about
wasting time on the Stokes Apartment
Hotel. when the strike took place there
last April, has made hts decision. Both
sides have already agreed TO accept IT,
The strike was followed by general shut
shutdown being declared on after a week
or two, pending arbitration. The strike
at the Stokes Apartment Hotel was be-
cause +, j. Reilly, the general contractor,
who IL a member of the association, had
subet the fre-proofing work. This was
considered a violation Of an agreement
between the unions and the association
and the Arbitration Board OF the associa-
ton and the unions sustained this view,
The strikers demanded pay for waiting
time for the days they remained out
which was refused. They decided to re-
main out and the lockout. which lasted
several weeks. was then declared.
Mr.. De Forrest does not allow the full
waiting time demanded, which was about
bitration Board decided In favor OF the
bricklayers and against Mrs. Reilly ON
April and the men were kept waiting
until April in the afternoon before they
were paid on they are entitled to three and
a half days overtime, although they re-
manned on strike longer time. He says
in rendering his decision:
am not surprised that the Board Of
Arbitration. which includes 40 many fair
minded men on both sides, should have been
for period of more than fifteen years able
TO settle all the many differences which
had naturally arisen between the brick
layers and their employers The community
at large as well As members Of the Mason
Builders Association and of the Bricklayers'
unions. are under great obligation for the
faithful service Of this Arbitration Board"
The sun., 1901-08-08
SCOPE or SHAFFERS ORDER.
Doubt whether Men In Independent Mills
VIII Go on Strike.

CINCINNATI, Aug. THE question that
Ia agitating labor circles in this city and
vicinity il whether the call for strike
against the so-called Steel Trust, to take
effect Aug. 10, will affect the mills here.
The firms under consideration are the
Republican, the Newport. and the Licking
Valley companies. The first and last are
in Covington and the other is in Newport.
Each Of them employs about three hundred
and fifty men and they are running full
time. All of them are also independent
of the so-called trust and have a scale con-
tract with the Amalgamated Association,
Of which their employees are members
j. A. Andrews Of the Newport mills said
to-day:
Il do not think that the strike order
will affect U.S. as we are not in the trust
and we have signed the scale | don't
think that the Amalgamated Association
IL considering the severance OF our relations
under the circumstances.
A statement by the Republican mills Is
70 the same effect John Droege Of the
Licking company Is not 50 sanguine. He
said:
Il don't know As understand IL, the
call is for all men OF the association TO go
out. We will have TO wait and see
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from the Gtsel manufactursrs 4. svsnt on
. strlks, ,ths protection OF the sworn o6iosrs
Of the Law Of your city. including yourssf,
and you propose not only to do volel - 10
peaceful men whom tho manufacturers
vii. bring here. bus also to ,nci,e others
to do so.'
Mayor Black looked things unutterable
and changed tho subject.
1T h my enemies.' ne SAID. Il want Il
understood that l didn't say what l ssid
for political effect. II wasn't any trick at
all. though my enemies say Nd. am q
Republican. but was elected by the Demo-
Gratis on fair-play ticket and mean to
give the laboring men fair play. That's
me: capital IN against 'en and I'm for 'em.
There In another thing that want to
say about this strike. The laboring men
don't lay the trouble 70 Mr.. J. P. Morgan.
They lay Il TO Schwab and they are down
OH him. Only to-day was talking TO an
old laborinG man and he told me that MIR.
Morgan's record showed that he Was for
Organized labor. Mr. Schwab rose from a
hboring man. He started on IS a week
and the laboring men say that the trouble
II all Of his ma king
Mayor Black was asked again II his first
utterances were not riotous. He did not
reply directly. He said that he did not
want to be considered as lawless. but he
would arrest suspicious persons and thugs
just the same. evidently meaning nom
union men and civilian guards.
The sun., 1901-08-08
CHASING MINDORO REBELs
Troops Also After an American Desertev
Who Il With the Insurgents,
Special Cable Dsspotfh 10 THE

MANILA, Aug. The steamship Legaspi.
which has arrived here from the island OF
Mindoro. reports that on the appearance OF
the gunboat Annapolis. which was con-
voying an expedition against the insurgents
there, the rebels fed to the hills. Later
the troops landed at Calapan, the capital
Of the island, and Lieut.. Weeks, with a
detachment Of the 3Oth Infantry, engaged
the rebel intrenchments in the mountains
behind Calapan without result. Arthur
Howard. the American who deserted from
a California volunteer regiment and joined
the rebels. and the insurgent leader Col
Wassick were at Calapan. but escaped
before the arrival Of the troops jThe
Americans are chasing the rebel band
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~ pgouoeion. This now vin Be- under-
taxGn o00Wly and with caution. 'Ihe plan
huther contemplatcs that aftee n time
nan& Of the strikers Will 90 back to work
whe6 they SEQ ono after another OF the
millo resuminS.
Rnns for starting the closed tin plate
bra1oh tho situation Is different. The tin
p1n1o company has only SIX OF its 2s2 roll
&ekD going. while the sheet company has
~ Ie8 than hall.
n officials of the Amalgamated Asso-
c1ati6n cay that this new move viii In q
m1oGsre play into their hands. Al
NoUsssport President Shaher said that he
hkmDlf would lead men from Wander
grift into the Wood mill. He says that
n ~ can ret the Vandergrift men away
fr0m thsir environments little trouble will
b found In bringing them into the asso-
o1af1Dn.
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NAY NOT OBEY SHlFFER.
Amalsamated Mcn IN Milwaukee Have
wage scale Accepted.

MILWAUKEE. Wis, Aug The steel
situation here is involved by reason of
the acccptanc, to-day by the local mills
Of the wage scale submitted by the local
unions month ago. The acceptance
was made at conference held between
Nice-President Davis and the members
Of the fourth district board Of the Amalge-
mated Association, and Supt, REFS and
General Manager Robinson of the Illinois
Steel Company. the latter coming here
from Chicago to attend the conference.
There IL a strong sentiment among the
The sun., 1901-08-08
HUNT FOR STRIKE BREAKERS.
Mckeesport Excited Over the Reported
Arrival Of six NOn-lni Men.


McKEEsPoRr, Pa, Aug. There was q
hunt to-day for six men from the non-union
mill at Scottdale who were supposed to
have been brought to this city. When the
morning express came in on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad train hand slipped Oh
a note addressed to the President Of the
Amalgamated Association. II said that q
labor agent from Connelsville was aboard
the train with the six non-union men. The
strikers pickets Immediately threw a line
around the Wood mills. while others started
a search Of the city for the alleged strike
breakers. None was found, and it u thought
the message was hoax.
Thomas H. Finn, National Organizer
Of the Federation OF Labor. was here all
day comforting with officials of the local
Among his visitors were Ambrose Willets
OF New Kensington, former yice-President
OF this district, and David Rees Of Pitts
burg, the Vice President now. Mr.. Finn
refused to give out any information rela-
tive to the meeting, but said he would
make a statement tomorrow. He is en-
deavoring TO organize the men employed
in the Monongahela blast furnaces and
steel works He says the tube workers
in the National Works will not be called out
on strike with the Amalgamated men,
They will not be disturbed unless they
are asked TO work non-union material.
Some Carnegie men from Duquesne, just
across the river from McKeesport, were
here to-day and a lodge Is being formed
among the men in the steel mills there.
Chief Of Police Patrick Morrissey said
this evening that lie anticipates no trouble
unless ii comes on Sunday night when the
first turn attempts TO go to work in the
National Rolling Mills. II the strikers
make good their assertions that this mill will
ie tied up entirely there will be no trouble
at all. II some attempt To 90 to work he
expects slight disturbances.
Now that the time for the big strike II
draw ing near the business men Of this
city are taking gloomy view of the situa
ton. The stoppage Of these mills stops the
work of a community OF 5000 persons and
business will have 10 he done on a credit
basis during tho time the strike will last .
Many small grocery dealers are preparing
10 go out OF business. Others are cutting on
their credit lis. and preparations are being
made by business men generally for
siege OF bad times.
A mass meeting will be- held Saturday
afternoon in the opera house In the interest
oi the strikers. No announcement has
yet been made as to who the speakers will
be, but President ShaiTer is expected and
also some leaders in the American Fedora
ton Of Labor.
The sun., 1901-08-08
A Pullman
Palace Car Man
:. ON ..
GRAPE-NUTS.
See be.

In the morning when you don't have
very much Of an appetite, just flll your
coffee cup about one-third full OF Grape
Nuts. then I'LL up with hot offee, sweeten
TO taste, stir well and ct settle. Now
try your coffee. Why. man. It viii make
your hair curl After drinking your coffee
add little more sugar and eat your Grape
Nuts with a spoon, and my word for II
you will feel like fighting cock until dinner
time. II you never have and want some
thing good, try II once"
The above Is from Pullman Palace Car
man who starts out by saying that Grape
Nuts are fine with cream, but let me tell
you what 10 do when the old COW goes dry
We would further suggest that persons who
have trouble in digesting coffee. use Postum
Food Coffee for the morning meal and Try
the Grape-Nuts with il instead Of with
ordinary coffee.
Both Grape-Nuts ar Postum contain
cert ain elements that are Of great value in
rebuilding the human body.-Ads.
The sun., 1901-08-08
CRISPPS WONDERFUL VITALITY.
Former Italian Premier's Mental Power
Keeping Him Alive.
.Spsciai Cable Despdteh 10 THE Sun.

ROME. Aug. THE vitality displayed
by ex-Prime Minister Crispi, who has been
extremely III for a long time, Is regarded
as a remarkable instance Of physical weak
ness being dominated by mental power
Several times during the last ten days
the bulletins issued regarding his condi-
ton seemed to presage death, but soon
afterward a political or other memory
awakened the patient from his torpor
and he vivaciously discussed some incident
In his career, after which he would relapse
into semi-consciousness His physicians
are astonshed and now admit that he
may lie in his present stage for months.
The sun., 1901-08-08
FURNACE WORKERS UNDECIDED.
They Decide to Stay at work. but ObJect
70 Steel Trlmt's Iron.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Aug. IA strike
OF the furnace workers was not ordered
at the meeting Of the Executive Committee
OF the Blast Furnace Workers Union this
morning. The meeting was held in Niles.
and there was a full representation Of
the committee In attendance. At the
meeting a communication was read from
Secretary Morrison OF the American Feder-
alton. He called attention to the strike
OF the iron and steel workers and left
the question Of calling a strike Of the blast
furnace workers in the Mahoning Valley
with the Executive Committee.
It was voted by the meeting to continue
work until such time as peremptory
orders are issued by Samuel Gompers.
the President of the American Federation
Of Labor. with which the Blast Furnace
Workers Union Is affiliated. II ordered
to strike by Gompers the men will lay
down their tools.
investigation and ascertain which furnaces
In the Mahoning Valley are making iron
for the United States Steel Corporation.
This committee will report at another
meeting Of the Executive Committee 10 be
held In Niles on next Saturday. The in
ve6tlRatlOn OF tmS committee Will nave
much to do with the Executive Committees 3
decision to either order strike or continue
to work.
The men recently decided that they
would not make any iron TO be used by
the trust. The various furnace companies
will also be notified hat the men will not
work on iron for the United States Steel
Corporation and win be told that II the
operators insist upon making such Iron q
strike will follow.
vice-President Ward Of the Amalgan,ated
Association fxed up q special schedule
for the mill Of the Sharon Steel Hoop Com
pany. This is an independent concern,
and was taken into the Amalgamated
Association a short time ago. II was
necessary to have a special scale owing
TO certain sizes Of work turned out not
embraced in the category OF the scale.
The scale which the Vice-President arranged
was entirely satisfactory to both the man
agement OF the mill and the employees.
He Is now in Cleveland on business con-
cerning a report that the Crescent Tin Mill
there was about to start with non-union
men.
The sun., 1901-08-08
DISTRESS IN YLooD D1srRIcr.
Thousands Of Chinese suRes -The yangtse
Kiang II Now neceding.
Special cssS Dspr>A TO THE Sun.

Kiang II Now neceding.
sp~iai CsSb DssprAA 10 THE sun.
From 1HE Sun Correspondent at Shanghai.
SHANGHAI, Aug. THE distress in the
Province Of Kiangd caused by the foods
is very great. The Emperor has already
contributed a large sum Of money for the
relief Of the sufferers. The water in the
Yangtse Kiang is now falling.
VICTORIA, B. c.. Aug. 7.-Advices were
received to-day by the steamship Empress
Of Japan Of disastrous floods In China be-
cause Of the overaowing Of the great Yang
tse River. Since July 7 the water had been
steadily rising and was reported to be
forty-six feet above Its normal level on
July 10 at Kinkiong The loss Of life Is
enormous and millions Of persons have been
rendered homeless. A large region was con-
verted into a lake, with the tops Of trees
and occasionally the roof Of house above
water.
All the environs Of Hong Chow were In
undated, but the town and the foreign
settlement escaped. Lower down the river,
however, the whole country was COM
pletely inundated. and there the greatest
loss Of life occurred. At Kinkiong there
was two feet Of water In the foreign settle
ment. built high above the native town
At Anking the houses outside the, walled
city were all flooded, some to the roofs
Lower down, as far "a Wuhu, the saIne
terrible state OF affairs prevailed. The
boatmen In this district compute tho loss
Of life there alone at 10000.
Kiangsa and Human will suher most,
"a the floods there are caused by the over
flow Of the big lake. viceroy Chang Chih
Tung, In his report, says that he Ia In great
fear that the high water will cause breach
In his newly constructed embankment on
the south side OF the district, the building
Of which involves tremendous cost Thou
sands OF men were employed at this em.
bankment. lying about a mile and half
from Wuchong throwing In bags full OF
beans, mud. DC, to prevent the bursting
OF the bank, which had already cracked.
Should the dam break and the river
break through and flood the country In
that district, thousands Of houses will be-
washed away and many thousands OF
persons drowned
The Shanghai Mercury has a telegram
the banks OF the Tungting Lake. has been
flooded by a sudden rush OF water from the
hills. II In said that waterspout washed
away thousands OF houses and that over
10000 persons lost their lives. A mandarin
who was celebrating the dragon feast
by giving a theatrical performance. and
great number Of onlookers were swept
AWAY
The sun., 1901-08-08
WON'T TAKE BACK PICKETS.
Reading Railroad Deals o Heavy How
10 Some OF Its Strikers.

READING. Pa, Aug. Strike pickets
received a severe blow here to-day. In
a batch of seven sheetiron workers OF
the Reading Railroad who again applied
for work. one was recognized who had
done picket duty. He was turned away
by the foreman, who said:
The company will never re-employ any
man who did picket duty for the strikers. =
More new mechanics are being brought
here from out -of-town points and put to
work In the shops. The railroad company
has ordered thirty cars Of timber here to
put high fence around their large new
shops just finished, News reaches here
tonight that the union Of iron workers
recently organized at Coatesville has been
disbanded,
The sun., 1901-08-08
BRICKLAYERS WONT STRIKE.
Not Wiling to Violate Their Agreement
Out Of Sympathy with Steel Workers.

Not Wiling to Violate Their Agreement
Out Of sympathy with Steel Workers.
Officers OF the bricklayers' unions who
were seen yesterday said that the brick
layers unions have no intention OF going
In any sympathetic strike on behalf Of the
Amalgamated Association Of Iron and Stee
Workers. Tho bricklayers are not afflli.
ated with the Board Of Delegates OF the
Building Trades and have steadily refused
for twelve or fifteen years to join in any
sympathetic strikes. William Klein, ex-
President OF the Journeymen Bricklayers
and Masons International Union. and a
member Of the Arbitration Board Of the
New York brcklayers' unions, said yester-
day:
THE bricklayers, while they may SYM
pathize with the striking steel workers
cannot strike without violating an agree
ment which they have made with the Mason
Builders Association. They will not,
therefore, strike in sympathy. This agree
ment has been made every year and as q
result, we have not had any sympathetic
strikes for fifteen years. Some time ago
there was faction among all the unions
which wanted to join the Board Of Dele
gates Of the Building Trades. but az we did
not want to get involved in any sympathetic
strikes, the movement died out. Some
unfriendly remarks have been made occa-
sionally by other unions about the brick
layers, but II our system were made gen.
eral, there would be fewer strikes"
The people who could tie up buildings
most effectively. he said, would be the
hosting engineers. So far as could be
learned yesterday they have taken no
action regarding the steel workers strike.
II il said that the bricklayers will use
their influence to prevent sympathetic
strikes in case other building trades want
to strike.
Employers. both general contractors and
sub-contractors, we're confident yesterday
that the strike would not affect operations
here. Charles T. Wills Of the " ills Building
and Construction Company. said that he
had not the slightest idea that his men
would strike on account Of a strike in Penn
sylvania An employer who has had an
experience OF twenty five years said.
at is one thing for union to pass resolu-
tions to strike In sympathy when called
and another thing to go on strike ] pre-
dict that there will be no general building
strike in New York in sympathy with the
steel workers.
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situation In West virginia.

WHEELING. W. Va, Aug. Tho Anal
gamated Association this afternoon an
nounced that on Monday II would close
the big Riverside tube and steel mills
OF tl'e National Tubc Company. This
came "a surprise, for never before did
the association ever gain foothold here
Tho management does not think the associa-
tion is strong enough to close the mills.
Every effort TO keep them going will be
made, The strike will affect 10000 men
in this district
The sun., 1901-08-08
TO SAVE TINE IN COMMONS.
Mr.. Baifour's Plan for Classifying Votes
on supply Adopted.
.speeiai Cable Dsspofeh 70 THE Su.

SpeeiaI Cable Dsspofeh 70 THE SUN.
LONDON, Aug. Mr.. Arthur j. Balfour,
the Government leader with the view to
saving time, proposed a resolution in the
House Of Commons to-day that the votes
regulating supply should be divided into
classes. and that closure should be appli-
cable to each class instead OF to each vote
az hitherto.
votes to take which would occupy twenty
hours in marching through the lobbies on
the divisions. Three weeks of Parlia-
mentary time had been spent in this man.
ner this year in 4iO divisions.
The resolution was adopted by vote
Of 2OS to ll3.
The sun., 1901-08-08

Ysn hsss ae.inse striking, sn1 thsir pcsi-
company IN accepting the wage srale. 1he
man are alao inclined to await the action
of the South Chicago men. The argument
advanced by. thosc opposed TO obeying
the strike call is that the mills At Duqucsne,
Lorain and Braddock have been prepared
to do the work now being turned out a.
the local and South Chicago mills and that
the company is thus prepared to 60 ahead
at other plsces with all orders now beinX
filed here and at South Chicago. Tho men
are on the best a terms with the company
and have been for several years.
The sun., 1901-08-08
COMMONS OFFER CONDOLENCES
Address to King Edward On the Death ar
Empress Frederick,
SpsefaI CaN, D,spat,h n tn, s,-x

SpstfaI Caos Dsspdfth 10 THE SUy
LONDON. Aug. I'm the House Of Com.
mons to-day the Ri. Hon. A. j. Balfo,r
the Government leader. moved an address
OF coincidence to King Edward on the death
OF his sister, Empress Frederick. Mr.. Bal.
four said the late Empress had strven
throughout her life to promote mutual sym.
pathy between Great Britain and GERMANY
on the continuance Of which future civilizs.
ton greatly depended.
Sir Henry Campbell -Bannerman, the
Liberal leader. seconded the motion. He
paid tribute to the late Empress and
spoke OF the universal respect in which
she had been held for her mental gifts
her enthusiasm for civil freedom Icheersl
and her devotion to her great husband
The resolution was carried unanimously.
The sun., 1901-08-08
BREAKING MACHINIsTS STRIKE.
Aliis'ChslmcS Company Opens 1ts Plant
With NOn-Unioa Men.

With N0upUn1ou Mon.
CHICAGO. Aug. Tho first attempt
to break the moulders and machinists'
strike was made to-day. when work
was resumed at the Allis- Chalmers
factory with non-union men. Trouble y
feared with the union pickets who surround
the grounds, and W J. Chalmers has called
on Chief O'Neill for a detail OF police To
preserve order. The Allis-Chalmers plant
here is building hugo engine 80 feet high.
designed for the Hecla mine. II was TO have
been ready on May 20 but Ia only half COM
pleted.
The union pickets are striving to prevent
the completion Of this engine. Capt.
Wilkie yesterday introduced a squad Of
watchers mounted on bicycles In order
that the developments within the factory
might be scrutinized and reported upon with
greater promptness. The force Of union
pickets was Increased and the presence Of
40 many union men on the eve Of the re-
opening Of the plant caused Mr.. Chalmers's
appeal to Chief O'Neill Tho company has
succeeded In securing considerable num-
Der Of non-union men for work. Other
plants are expected to open within week
The sun., 1901-08-08
LACKAWANNA STRIKERS LOSE.
Injunction Proceedings Withdrawn BE
cause the Fight II Over.

SCRANTON. Pa, Aug. THE strike oi
the Lackawanna car builders practically
ended to-day. For a week Judge Kelly
in equity court has been hearing testimony
II N. !. ,a assps 1hst
ing with the non-union men employed
in the shops. To-day the case was with
drawn by agreement and the injunction
proceedings dismissed. The company
issued a statement this evening. that ip-
asmuch az nearly all Of the men originally
complained Of had deserted their union
and returned to work the necessity for
the injunction no longer existed. II Is
understood that the Injunction was with
drawn in pursuance Of some agreement
with the strikers. who thus virtually sur
rendered their cause.
The sun., 1901-08-08
Iian,shrlcnt Of Won schierbransi.

Srecin cable Iespdich 10 The Sun.
BERLIN, Aug, IA decree expelling Wolf
Won Schierbrand, representative of an
American news association, from Germany
was signed by Chancellor Won Bulow to-
day and placed in the hands Of the police
for execution. He was charged with writ
lug an article rejecting Ola the kaisers $
mental condition