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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-18
tBy Associated Press.)

tBy Associated Press.)
Z INDIANAPOLIS, IND, July 17-If the
voice and influence of President Mitchell,
Of the United Mine Workers, sshall pre-
vail with the members of his organiza-
ton, there viii be no general strike of
the organization.
In his speech in the convention this
afternoon Mr.. Mitchell advised strongly
aginst a strike and urged that the bitum-
nous miners continue at work, and that
3, system Of assessment upon the mem
hers of the order. which he outlined, be
carried into effect as the best means of
affording aid and support to the striking
anthracite men in the east.
His recommendations, if they had been
adopted by the convention this afternoon.
would have settled the entire question
for which the convention was called, and
an immediate adjournment would have
voked a long debate in which the gen
eral sentiment was against the ordering
of the strike. The men from the anthra-
cite regions finally asked that they be al
lowed to hold a caucus to determine upon
an#expression of opinion as to what they
thonght the convention should do, and
asked an adjournment pending the cau-
Gus This was granted
tz75 II :tl1esS convention. three speeches were
made by members Of the anthracite dis
t:icts. asking that the soft coal men
walk out, and twice as, many were made
Ebys8the anthracite men urging the soft
Goa i men to continue at work .stz5ss
NEITHER PASSION sNoRPREJUDICE.
Preside,lt MITCHELL in his address, said: !:
..In determining the advisa bility Of In
augurating a ma tional suspension of coal
mining In defense of our struggling fell
:low-workers in h the nthracite field sof
Pennsylvania, It Is Imperative thnt
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-18
Advises Against Such Sympathetic
1t Will Not Be Taken.

neither passion nor prejudice should in
fluence your action, and L Sincerely trust;
that your decision, whatever it may be,
great army Of men, women and children;
in the anthracite fields who are watch:
ing and praying in eXpectatl ton that this
assembly will devise some measure which;
shall prove sufficient to enable them to
obtain living wages and humane AMER
lean conditions of employment. Their:
success will be yours, and their defeat
will be Your defeat; moreover, the de-
struction Of the United Mine Workers
organization in the anthracite. coal he!ds
OF. Pennsylvania would prove the greatest
possible shock to the American trade
union movement. ~
#4*s THE past history of the labor move
ment teaches lessons that should not be
forgotten to-day. Il do not know Of one
solitary sympa thetic strike of any mag
nitude which has been successful; on
the contrary, the most conspicuous
among the sympathetic abor struggles
have resulted sin ignominious and crush.
ing defeat. llot@only for the branchIof
Industry originally involved, ~ but n also
for the divisions participating through
sympathy. ,i5s
I'm this supremc crlsls a failure to
live IN to the hi standard that has
made our union pre-eminent among or
ganizations ofalabor would prove a sub
sanitation of all the charges and al
legations made against us & pyssSSo our %ene-
mics and would confirm peyond4Ith
possibility Of refutation the specious
argument of the anthracite coal oper-
ators5 that the United Mine Workers of
America is an irresponsib ible and v unsafe
body with which to lea l.,5s .sss: S
.,.I am firm in my conyic VIC Z t,ons On tha t the
strike in the anti cite nelas can#and-
ann tractsSwtth the bi tumino nous oper
1 atorss provided the bituminous miners
viii rise the occasion, and do theirsfulI
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-18
Meet Again To-Day to Discuss
Merits Of the Case.
MAY NOT CALL IN FIFTH MAN
#Messrs. w. S. Forbes, ]. o. carneai (
Ell. Ferguson and j. I. PuIler the
Four Gentlemen Chosen to
Settle Question of Wages
and Hours-A Plain
Statement Made.
Statement Made.

The differences between the employees
and the officials of the Virginia Passenger
and Power Company win be adjusted toe
day.
The Beard of Arbitration. after threa
hours session. adjourned last night at
Gas o'clock to meet again this morning
at 10 oclock at the office of Mr.. w. 81.
Forbes.
The time Of the board was largely taken
up at this time by an open session. at
which counsel for the employees and the
street railway people were heard, as well
as officials of the company and members
of the unions committee.
The agreement to stand by the decision
of the arbltratoTs was duly signed at tha
outset by officials of the railway COM
pany and the members of the employees
committee.
It was O'Clock before the board Went
into executive session, and soon after the
doors were closed it Is understood that
Mr. w. S. Forbes. who has been maAe
chairman stated that the illness of his
mother, who is spending the summer near
Bon Air. would make 1t necessary Tor
lin to leave the city on the O'CLOCK
H.
nirted and the papers left with the arr
traitors were only partially reviewed
..rhe merits Of the case were not gones
Into" said one of the arbltrators itnme-s
diately after adjournment.
Whether the fifth arbitrator will be.
called IN could not he stated last night.
as the investigation had not gone far
enough to show how the board will stand
on the proposition unGgr its consideration.
! THE ARBITRATORS.
It was o. clock when the four arbt-s
traitors. Mr. E.. II. Ferguson and Mr.sJ.
Linwood Fuller. chosen by the employees.
| and Mr. W. s. Forbes and Mr.. I. d.
Carneal, chosen by the company. walked
into the general Offices OF the Passsn-s
| ger and Power Company near Twelfth
and Main Streets.
ley were shown into the private office
in the rear of the building. and there
were joined by officials OF the company.
the unions committee and counsel for
both sides. Around the long table run
ming through the center of the room. were
seated the arbitrators at the far end.
while to their left sat President Fritz
Sitterding. of the Virginia Passenger and
Power Company: Mr.. Wright. of Peters
burg, vice e-president of the company;
Mr. Hun, general manager of the Pas
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-18
ARE LOST
BY BOAT CAP PS|Z|NG
fRv Associated Press. J

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s PORTSMOUTH,, N. H, July ia
nineteen-foot whaleboat, containing six
teen walters and mattresses employed at
the Oceanic House, Star Island, Isle of
Shoals, who had gone out in the bay
this afternoon on pleasure trip in
charge of Skipper Fred Miles, was cap
sized during sudden squall aid four
teen of the occupants were drowned.
The other three were rescued by fisher
men who put. out from the shore in their
dories. 7ss,t tties> -
trne bodies of five have not yet been
recovered. All the others We're taken
from the water by fishermen and taken
to the island where doctors unsuccess-
fully sought to resuscitate them.
Henry harrington. and w. A. Award
We're both law students at Harvard Uni
versity, rooming at Forsyth Hall. Both
We're good swimmers and lost their lives
in trying to rescue others.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-18
SAYS He PAID MONEY
TO SECURE CONTRACTS
Ing provision as to the composition

ing provision as to the composition OF
the board sssl
The general supervision Of the school
system shall be invested in a State Board
Eof Education, composed of the Governor
Attorney General. Superintendent of$Pub-
lie Instruction, and three experienced ed
%ucators to be elected quadrennially by
the Senate from a list Of eligibles. con-
sisting of one from each of the faculties:
and nominated by the respective boards
of visitors and trustees, of the Univer-
sity Of Virginia, the Virginia Military
institute. the Virginia Polytechnic Insti-
tute, the State Female Normal School at
Farmville, the School for the Deaf and
Blind. and also Of the College of Will
liam and Mary, so long as the State
continues its annual appropriation to the
Iast named institution s.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-18
PISTOL IN STREETS
OF LAWRENCEV|LLE
John [. Hendrick Shot in the
Groin and c. ]. MjtcheII's
Fingers Badly Wounded.

'I@ Especial Dispatch to The Times.1
LAWRENCElV1LLE VA, July IT,
A serious shooting affray occurred here
about $50 o'clock tonight, in front of
the postoffce, between Mr.. John L. Hen.
drick and Mr.. Chas. j. Mitchell. Hen
drick was hit twice, once in the body
and in the groin. Mitchell had two fing-
ers badly shot. A bystander fifty yards
away was hit in the arm, but not badly
hurt
There was some misunderstanding be-
tween them after the polls closed to-
day about the handling of some papers
which brought on the affair.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-18
LASSITER CLAIMS 1T
Petersburg Polls a Small Vote, but
Gives Him Good Majority.

(By Associated Press.
PETERSBURG, VA. July 17.-Con-
gressman Francis Rives sLassiser will
represent the Fourth Congressional Dis
trict il the Fifty-eighth Congress. Re
turns from all over the district indicate
that in the primary election to-day he
received the nomination by a large ma
ority. A light vote was polled. In Pc
tersburg not half the voters cast their
ballots. Many weer Indifferent, others
were out of the city. while many others
were deferred by the viva voce system of
voting, that was used.
Major Lassiters was confident through,
out the day, and tonight was at his
office surrounded by friends and clerks,
who rejoiced with him in the magnife
cent run he made.
It is impossible to get returns from all
the precincts in the district. No returns
had been received from Greenesville
county up to nidnight.f It is believed
4bylsome tonight sthat t e1da ajor Iassiter's
ajority will reach a. thousand, but this,
of course, is mere conjecture.
The Fifth Ward in Petersburg, which
has S25 voters, and which was believed
to be Southall's stronghold, polled only
3s5 votes, of which Southall received 116.
The total vote of the city was 1,416, Las.
sitter, 1,O49; SouthalI, 367. Lassiter's ma
jority in Petersburg, 6S2. The vote by
wards is as follows:
Ward. Lassiter. Southall
tIrst...... ..55...........:lzl 10
Second. .....139 50
Third. .......s....... .........2oo 20
Fourth........ LIZ ~
Fifth. ............. 1863 11G
Sixth. ........ ........ .lO2 %
"A telegram from Farnlville tonight
says Prince Edward gave Lassiter a
majority Of 325.
The returns from Nottoway county thus
far are: Blackstone, Lassiter 161 Southall
20; Crewe, Lassiter ITO, Southall 81;
Burkevile, Lassiter 81, Southall 81.
Prince George county, Bland District:
Lasster 60, Southall 13; Blackwater,
Lasster u; Southall 1; Rives. Lassiter
81, Southall 0; Dinwiddie Courthouse,
Lassiter 81 southall 6; New Hope, Las
sitter 81, Southall %; Sussex. MELVILLE,
Lasster 46, Southall 0; Wayely, Lassiter
(Continued on Third Page.)
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-18
DR.. c. ". KEN
IS IS RECOMMENDED. Il | N ] D
The University Visitors Select
Him for the Board Of
Education.
Education.

The Board Of Visitors of the University
OF Virginia met at atMurphy's Hotel yester-
day to recommend to the Senate some
person for membership in the new Board
Of Education. provided for in the Con-
stitution recently adopted. DR.. Charles
~. Kert was chosen. He is a widely
known as an experienced educator md
highly cultured gentleman.
The members of the board present
were: Hon. Charles P. ] ones. of High
land: Professor George w. Miles, Of
Radford: Mr.. Joseph BRYAN. of Henrico;
and Judge A. w. Wallace, of Fredericks-
burg.
The new Consti ution makes the follow
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-18

mendatlOnS:
HIS RECOMMENDATIO
II submit lie following specific recon-
1. That the national secretary -trea sur
be authorized and directed to immediate
lv appropriate $4,000 from the funds in
the national treasury and place at the
of the officers of Districts, i. Z,
and O.
..2. That all districts, sub-districts. and
local unions be APPEALED to. to devote
from the surplus in their easuries as
.larpe amounts as they can afford.
5''33 3. That an assessment of not less
than 81 per week be levied upon all
members of local unions. the amount so
levied to be collected at the earliest pos
sible moment and forwarded TO the ma
stional secretary-treasurer.
$50. That an assessment of twenty-five
per cent. be levied upon all national, dis
trict and sub-district officers whose sal
aries amount to $50 per month or, more.
# IS :: That an appeal be made to all
American trade unions and to the gem
.eral public for financial assistance to car
nv the strike through to a successful
issue.
s.'6.s That committee be selected from
this convention to draft an address to the
American people. setting forth In proper
form the. policy of the miners organiza-
gtlOn nd Appearing QiieSpeoPle 10 prlnS
all possible pressure to bear upon the
officers and stockhold ders of the anthra-
cite coal carrying railroads to compel
them to treat consid deratelY the appeals
of their employees for arbitration. z
The speech was greeted with great ap-
pla1se# from both anthracite and btu
minous miners. President Ryan of the
Illinois miners. moved and was
PROMPTLY seconded. that the recommen-
sda tions be adopted. The question was
being: put when a delegate arose: to- ask
for Information and stnen began the de-
hate viii ich eontin Until a adjourls
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-18
(By Associated Press.l


#, NEW YORK. July 17.-Henry F. King.
thirty. years old, entered the Office of the
New York Founding Asylum this after
noon and shot two Sisters Of Charity.
He then ran into the grounds of the in
stftution i and shot himself in the left
breast, making only a flesh wound. King
was taken to police court, where he
was committed without bail for exarnl-
nation Saturday. The injured Sisters
are Sister Angelo, forty-five years old,
shot in the right arm, and Sister Cecilia
thirty years old, shot in the left arm and
side Neither was fatally hurt.
> King, who has been a frequent visitor
to the Founding Asylum, is believed to
be demented. He suffered for some time
from melancholia.
When he was arraigned, King said he
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-18
SUMMARY OF T0-DAY's NEWS
FORECAST

Fair and warmer Friday: increasing
cloudiness Saturday, fresh southwest
winds.
Highest temperature-at 5 P. M......- 93
Lowest temperature-at 5 ~. Me-. ba
Mean temperature yesterday. 81 i
Normal temperature for July. ~
Departure from normal temperature w
Precipitation during past "a hours. 90 |
LOCAL
Street Committee meets to hear report
from Colonel Cutshaw of a statement
made to him by Captain Gasser, rejecting
upon the conduct of Mr. Jonn NJ. King
when a member of the Street Committee.
ArbitratorS meet and hear the dif1er-
ences between street car company and
employees. and will assemble again to-day.
A three-year-olds boy missing and wife
thinks her husband, from whom she Is
separated, has him. s
The proposed commission to draft acts
in conformity with new Constitution Will
be- defeated. "a
Of the journeymen - - Ss
General A. 4. Phillips can ride on biz
passes.
Fine showing made by the public
schools in the superintendent annual res
port. SO
The primary in the Fourth District yes
terday to nominate Congressman was
under the new plan adopted by the St3to
Democratic Committee. and though thew
we'll and was admittedly fair. Mr. Lasst-
tas confidently claimed victory last
night, but the returns made by The Times
by it's correspondents from all over the
district indicate a doubtful result.
A serious alteration and shooting be-
tween citizens in the streets OF LawrencA-E
vile.
Six men fall eighty feet from q bridge
in Wythe county. One killed and others
fatally injured. s5
The monitor Arkansas on her trial trip
exceeds contract speed
The Grand Trustees of the ElkS view;
their purchase at Bedford City.
a one million dollar asbestos company
to operate In Bedford county.
Miss Roberts. of Lynchburg. sued on
her wedding eve by relatives OF man who
left her his fortune.
GENERAL.
President Mitchell advises against
sympathetic strike Of the soft coal miners.
"A whole boat full of walters and wait:ss
resses capsizes and fourteen persons arus
A white man Iynched In Kentucky for
| brutaIly numbering his vile. -
Republican, leaders In conference at Oys-s
ter Bay and Democrats In New York.
| Two men killed and another wounded
Iin Texas by stray bullets
Hill visits Sheehan at Oyster Bay and
ia given a. decided alton.
General Bragg says hs Is not open to
official criticism for what ne wrote his
I Henry King shoots two sistees oS.
Mercy in New York and ths1 voun4l
a1asai Captain westers CHALLENGES "a Ama1eaa
fight e duel and thea faile - -
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-18
C0hf|DEh
HIS Nomination. ! n.
!. Incomplete lI7I Returns l!lI Show. j,
That ia it it. May NJ! Be Close:
i. ii CIT VOTE WAS OILED.
Some Dissatisfaction With the.
New Viva voce Plan.
BUT BELIEVED TO Be FAIR.
Petersburg, Out Of Small Vote, Gave:
Lassiter Large Majority-Notto-
way, Powhatan and Amelia Gave
Strong Vote for Southall.
Returns incomplete and
Results Uncertain.
/ h. l (
BUT BELIEVED TO BE FAIR.

The new primary plan. tried for the
first time in the nomination of con-
gresham for the Fourth District yester-
day. did not give entire satisfaction.
The returns are incomplete, and while
Mr.. sLassiter confidently claims his nomi-
nation. the returns below received from
Times correspondents throughout the
district indicate a close contest and
leaves the result in doubt.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-18
SHOOTS SISTERS OF CHARITY
and Then WOUNDS HIMSELF
Henry F. King, Believed to Be Demented, Creates Sen
sation at the New York Founding Asylum.
The Victims Will Recover

had begged the authorities of the Found
ling Asylum to give him information
about his birth, but that they had re-
fused to do so. This so angered him,
he said. that he did not know what he
was doing.
King came to this city in 1898 from
Baltimore, and commenced a search for
the identity Of his parents.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-18
A HUGE BOULDER
AS A MONUMENT
fSpecia1 Dispatch to The Times.)

Especial Dispatch to The 1fmes.]
BOSTON, MASS, July 17-N1assachu-
se1ts friends of Elizabeth Van Lew have
va, memorial monument consisting of
a huge boulder from the State house
grounds of Beacon Hill, Boston, to which
is attached a bronze tablet, inscribed with
her name and the dates of her birth and
DEATH together with a tribute to her life.
and work
Friends of Miss Van Lew in Richmond
have agreed to see that it is properly
placed on the grave. s@2.4-ss--. 2s .s-.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-18
Col. cutshaw Reports Mr..
Gasser as Saying So.
NAME OF Mr.. KING GIVEN.
FORMER Alderman from Jefferson
Ward Brought In.
WOULD NOT TELL COMMITTEE.
Captain Gasser Declined TO Affirm or
Deny City Engineers Statement.
Messrs. .Weinbrunn and GUIDE
Deny Having Used
Money When
Questioned.

The City Engineer Colonel
Cutshaw) stated that Captain
Charles Gasser had made the
statement that he Captain Gas
ser) had paid money to a Coun-
Gilman to secure contracts that
Messrs. J. A. Gude and John {.
Weinbrunn (also city paving con-
,ractors) had done the same; and
that the party to whom he alluded
las receiving the money! was Mr..
John M. King.''-Extract from
Minutes of Yesterdays Meeting OF
the Street Committee.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-18
TO POISON THE PIES
One Company Charges the Other With
Placing Reaches in its Pies.

8 Ie11ttIEo stOs1~ttSS III rs ViSSS.
Especial Dispatch to The Times.)
VA, July 1.-THE Jeffer-
son Pie Company has sued the Connecti-
cut Pie Company for $1,000 damages
The complaint states that the defend
ant employed restaurant keepers 'a4ndr
Others to put cock-roaches in pie pro-
ducts Of the plaintiff. in order to spoil
the pies and Ito ruin the reputation OF
the Jefferson Company The case Will
be tried In the Court OF Law and Chan
cery.I ~
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-18
Death of General Smith.

80 BY Associated Press.1
WASHtNGTON,D. D. c. July 17.--Genesa!5
Charles H Smith, e. s. "A rs retired. died
3 here tonight. aged seventy-hve years.
saftersasl long Illness caused by a stroke Of:
apCplexy two yeaEs ago.
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-18
THERE WILL BE NO STRIKE
OF THE SOFT COAL MINERS
President Mitchell in Conservative Speech to the Convention
Action, and

duty by their struggling fellow-workers
mendationS:
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CONTINUED on Third Page.)
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-18

Fair and warmer Friday: increasing
,loudiness Saturday, fresh southwest
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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-07-09

such forlorn- hooking old building. II
looks as II IL were full OF ghosts and COB
Hos II such ugly creatures could exist"
The man Of biushiug couutenance
sat down upon friendly boulder aud
sig he'd dolefuliy. al am about half sick,
boys, and this derned old farm makes me
feel creepy"
The interest OF the company had by
this time been thoroughly aroused, and
after many vain coniscturcs they sud-
denly recoilected themselves and the
eyes Of all were turned inquiringly upon
the young stranger who had joined them
at the hotel, for surely he must know OF
this farm and Its history.
The young man had hitherto main
tanned a deeorous silence, but now re-
sponded readily 10 their questioning
gisneas IL don't know much about the
place. 1t hes always been the same ever
since can remember, except perhaps the
bushes are growing thicker than they
used to he. II Is Whist Is known rs the
.old hsuntrd FARM.
"Hal that is Just II. just what
thought from the first" exclaimed the
knight of the green sweater, in con-
siderable degree of excitement as he
brought his cienehed hand forcibiy down
upon the PROSTATE tree trunk upon
which be was sitting. 81 knew from the
sight OF that old ruined house that 1t had
history. Why have heard that story
rehesrsed hundreds OF times. How often
In tho long winter evenings when hrst
began to work In the woods, when the
wind would be bowling around our
camp have ! seen the men OF the crew
draw their seats nearer the blszing fire,
starting at every Shrek OF the wind, the
cook pausing In his afier-supper work as
the story went its rounds. I'm not
superstitious, but / tell you 1t always
made me feel like staying In the camp
evenings after bad heard it. Strange that
after all my being In these parts l never
saw the old farm before"
The interest OF the party had now be-
come wrought up to such pitch that
they demanded, as with one voice, that
the story be related while they were rest
ing. Even the man OF hlushing conn
tenanee. who was writhiDg inwardly
under the symptoms OF the hrst stages
Of the grip brought on by violent cold,
bestIrred himself in the general clamor.
The Knight OF the green sweater, hav-
ing tied one Of the heavy strings OF MS
driving shoes that had become uniaced,
rcse to his feet and glanced caleulatingly