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VISITORS AT SYCAMORE HILL.
Senator Kean and Mayor Low Among
the Presidents Guests.

OYSTER BAY, n. Y, July 19.-President
Roosevelt entertained a distinguished party
at luncheon to-day at his Sycamore Hill
home. United States Senator John Kean.
of New Jersey, arrived on morning train
and went directly to Sycamore Hill. He
came to invite the President, behalf of
Governor Franklin Murphy, Of New Jersey
TO visit the camp of the New Jersey Nation
al Guard at Sea Girt July "a State SEN
ator Elsberg, of New York, followed, hav-
ing been invited by the President to talk
over New York State affairs.
Late last night Ferdinand Jelke, jr., Of
Cincinnati, o., arrived in Oyster Bay TO
call, by invitation, upon the President He,
too, was a guest at luncheon. Mr.. Jelke is
member of the Ohio Circuit Court bench.
He is a longtime friend of Mr.. Roosevelt.
Mayor Lowe, Of New York, arrived this
afternoon on his yacht the Surprise, and
was conducted direct to Sycamore Hill.
where he was welcomed cordially by the
President. Mayor Lows arrival was de-
layed beyond the usual hour for luncheon
at Sycamore Hill because the skipper of
his yacht lost his bearings. Late in the
afternoon the Mayor returned to his yacht
and sailed for his summer home at Rye,
y. Y.
Just before leaving Oyster Bay this even
ing, Senator Kean announced that the Pres
ident had accepted the invitation he had
extended on behalf of Governor Murphy to
visit the New Jersey National Guard en-
campment at Sea Grit on July "a
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SOLDIERS ON WARPATH
AROUSED TO ANGER BY THE FATAL
SHOOTING OF A CAvALRYMAN,
One Thousand of Uncle Sans Defend
ers DemoIish n Resort and Cause
Panic Among Negroes.

LEAVENWORTH, Kan, July 19.-About
one thousand soldiers surrounded a resort
on Main street tonight and demolished the
doors windows and furniture. This was
done in revenge for the fatal stabbing OF
Eli Loucks, a member of Company f,
Sixth Cavalry, by a negro In the resort.
Nothing but the walls and roof of the
building were left standing. The negroes
in the district were panicstricken and
there was a wild exodus.
A riot call was sent to police head
quarters and a dozen officers hurried to the
scene in wagons, armed with shotguns. The
police marched down the street with guns
leveled on the crowd. They had great
difficulty in queling the riot. A dozen
shots were fired along the front of the mob
of soldiers. Four of the latter were severe
ly dubbed Their comrades, mad with
rage, were unarmed and hesitated about
rushing the heavily armed police. Quiet
was finally restored, but the soldiers and
negroes are buying guns and serious
trouble is anticipated.
Policeman Joseph Wager struck a soldier
in the back OF the head at ! o'clock this
morning. He is still unconscious. 1t is
believed his neck is broken. Great excite
ment prevails. The downtown streets are
now swarming with soldiers.
Loucks, over whom the trouble began,
is a barber in the Sixth Infantry, and to-
day he received his pay. John Graham, a
negro. evidently knew of this, for he way
laid Loucks near the Missouri Pacific depot
and demanded his money. Upon Loucks's
refusal Graham drew & knife and slashed
Loucks across the abdomen, infiicting a
very serious and possibly fatal wound.
Loucks is now in the post hospital. Gra-
ham fled after the cutting, but was arrest
ed and taken 10 Kansas City, Kas., at
midnight for safe-keeping.
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The following address to the public was
unanimously adopted:
We. the representatives OF the United
Mine Workers OF America i'm convention
Assem- bled. fully appreciating the great re-
Sponsipilty We owe To our constituents and
the vast community OF which We are a part
hereby state for the information of all who
desire % know the line OF action we have
determined 10 pursue in the present crisis
in our anairs and the reasons that have i'm
peiied Us 60 this decision
IS miners OF coal we view with the ex-
Hlted pride OF parent the wonderful indus
tstai development OF the past fifteen
decades. with all the attending Influences
GpOn the civilization Of the present which
f. has produced. We see the mighty engines
furnishing the motive power in our mills
sad factories. reducing 10 a minimum the
labor cost or tnnumerable articles of com
snerce: we see the locomotive almost
thing OF life. moving its multitude OF cars
filed with the products OF all portions OF
our country. making the farmer OF tbs
West almost a neishbor To the mill hand q
the East We see the great furnace and
rolling mills bringing .orth an forms ~ con-
EtFuctivc iron and steel used in our rnag-
niaCent modern structures We see tbe
sturdy steamship carrying the surplus
products or our labor with speed and safety
10 all the neishbortug nations OF the earth
returning 20 our shores laden with the
finest wares which other people and other
climes have produced. And when we see
these things We feel proud OF the fact that
our labor delving IN the damp and dan
Gefous caverus OF the mines has produced
the coal that has made such wonders posi-
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NOT AIMED AT AMERICA.
Proposed international Antitrust
Conference Discussed by Russian.

LONDON. July 19.-Russia's project for
an international antitrust conference con-
tinues 10 repose in the commercial depart
ment of the Foreign Office. The proposition
mas excited no great interest here, because
it is generally held to be rather incredible
that the varying interests OF European
countries could permit of their getting to-
gether with the object of controlling pro-
duction. Serge Detatischeff, financial agent
of Russia, said with reference 10 the inter
est of the United States in the project: I'VE
have no fears of your American trusts.
They did not affect Russia in any degree
whatever. What we do fear are the great
German manufacturing trusts. So far as
our country alone is concerned, this move
ment is mainly directed against German
trusts but all countries interested broadly
in finding means for protecting commerce
against artificial depression, II sisnatories
of the Brussels sugar convention. have
agreed To be represented at the proposed
conference. There is no doubt the United
States will also be invited 10 participate
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PANIC AT KINGsTOwN CAUSED BY
SEISMIC DISTURBANCES.
Crater of Soufrfere Became Blocked
with Sand and Scoria and Subter-
ranean Explosions Followed.

JAMESTOWN. st. Vincent. July 1e.-sev-
eral shocks of earthquake were experienced
here on Thursday. There was a terrific
one at 9:45 in the morning. 1t was accom-
panied by loud. rumbling. explosive sound
like thunder. Furniture was set in motion
everywhere and crockery was thrown from
shelves in shops and several buildings were
damaged. There was no loss Of life. but
great panic prevailed. The most severe
shock lasted only ten seconds. These
shocks were probably caused by subter-
ranean gas or steam explosions. A few
days ago it was reported that the saddle
between the two craters of the Souffriere
volcano had collapsed, resulting in the fall
of thousands of cubic feet of sand and
scoria rock into the funnel, thus blocking
the throat of the crater, and il is now
claimed that the gas and steam, failing to
find an outlet by the throat. or funnel
caused internal explosions and intense con-
CuSSiOnS.
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MITCHELL ON TOP
HIS PLAN OF ACTION INDORsED BY
THE CONVENTION.
A Few ImmateriaI Changes only Made
I'm the Recommendations He
First Submitted.
AN IMMENSE DEFENSE FUND
MINERS SAY THEY WILL BE ABLE
TO RAISE s5OO,OOO A WEEK.
one-HaIf of This Vast sum VIII Be
Secured Through the Plan OF As
sessment Decided Upon.
AN ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC
MINERS BELIEVE THEIR CAUSE Is
JUST AND EXPECT SYMPATHY.
Illinois and other states Make Large
Donations in Aid of Strikers
Delegates Go Home.
One-HnIf of This Vast Sum VIII Be
Secured Through the Plan of As
sessment Decided Upon.
AN ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC
MINERS BELIEVE THEIR CAUSE Is
JUST AND EXPECT SYMPATHY.
Illinois and other states Make Lnrge
Donations in Aid of Strikers
Delegates Go Home.

Amid the widest enthusiasm. and sing
ing MY Country tis of Thee" the conven-
tion OF the United Mine Workers adjourned
at 1 O'Clock yesterday afternoon. after
pledging its financial support to the anthra-
cite strike. The recommendations of Presi-
dent Mitchell were adopted with slight
change, which assesses part OF the bitumi-
nous miners 10 per cent of their earnings
instead of 81 a week The assessment VIII
bring a revenue Of s25O.OOO a week to the
national treasury. and appeal was
unanimously indorsed. calling upon district
and local unions of the mine workers.
other trades and labor unions and the puo-
lie TO assist in raising s25O.OOO additional each
week. making a total of $4,000 a week. a
sum considered necessary to maintain the
anthracite strikers.
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BAND IN CONF USION.
The members of the band were thrown
into confusion by the struggling people
who essayed to get into the small stand.
Their music sheets became scattered and
soaked, and Generalization ensued. The
stampede was so sudden and furious that it
was feared at first that number Of women
and children had been trampled, as would
certainly have happened had the crowd
been larger than it was but fortunately no
accidents occurred other than the ones
enumerated resulting from exposure and
ruined clothes.
Commenting on the cloudburst afterward
a number of people said that it came abso-
lutely without warning. A few declared
that it was preceded by few drops of rain
falling internationally. but the most said
that there was no warning, and that a
sheet of water descended from the sky
that was impenetrable and binding. AL
most everyone agreed that nothing like 1t
had occurred around Indianapolis for years.
AS rapidly as possible the soaked people
were furnished with cars and taken 10 the
city, where they hastene6 to their homes
TO get on dry clothes and 10 try to stave off
colds and influenza. The appearance Of
many of them on the downtown streets
was the cause Of much inquiry and COM
ment.
A flock of thunderstorms hovered over
Indiana yesterday, a well-developed speci-
men visiting Indianapolis about o'clock
last night. Weather conditions were very
unsettled, presaging, it is predicted, cooler
weather. Yesterdays heat was more than
ever noticeable on account of the humid
ity. At the hottest hour yesterday after
noon, at o'clock. when the temperature
was at Sc. 1t seemed ten degrees hotter
for the reason that the humidity was re-
corded at about the same figure as the tenn
perature.
The cloudy, sticky, oppressive, threaten
ing day was followed in the evening by an
electrical demonstration and burst or
thunder, with a downpour of rain, that
cooled things off pleasantly and made life
more endurable. The thermometer fell 10
so at 6 o'clock and to Y at Z. For to-day
and tomorrow cloudy weather is expected,
with a slight fall in temperature.
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The Report Adopted.

The following report was unanimously
adopted and without discussion:
''V E, your committee, appointed to con-
slider and report upon the detail of the gen
eral policy recommended by President
Mitchell beg leave to report as follows:
''First-That the national secretary-treas-
urer be authorized and directed TO .mme-
ciately appropriate $4,000 from the funds OF
the national treasury and place it at the
disposal OF the officers of Districts Nos ],
Z and 9.
"second-That all districts. sub-districts
and local unions be appealed to to donate
from the surplus in their treasury as iGrge
an amount as they can afford.
"Third-That an assessment Of 10 per cent.
be levied on the gross earnings OF all men,
btrs OF local unions in Districts Nos 6, 3,
y IS. 10. %, and 25, and an assessment OF
81 per week upon all members OF local
unions in Districts Nos ?. & Il, II, l5 Is, 20
and 21 The members OF districts now on
strike which may resume work before this
assessment has been removed shall be as
essed either 10 per cent of their gross earn
ings or 81 per week whichever their district
may decide from the time work is resumed.
"Fourth-The assessment shall be pai6 di-
rect from the local unions TO the national
secretary-treasurer, and the local unions
will be held responsible for the payment of
the same.
''Fifth-An assessment of 25 per cent. will
be levied upon the wages. salary or per-
centage received from the organization of
all national. district and sub-district officers
and organizers.
''Sixth-The assessment shall begin with
the 10th OF July. 1902.
''Seventh-All contributions made from
the national office to the anthracite region
will be divided pro rata 10 each anthracite
district in accordance with the number of
miners and mine laborers in each OF them.
a. shown by the most recent coal reports
''Eighth-That each local in the regions
that are at work select a committee which
shall secure work for as many of the men
on strike as possible IL the locality where
the local is situated, and that the local
inform secretaries of the strike districts of
the number OF men needed, the kind of
work. wages. and arrangements for trans
portation. That the same prooosItlon be
submitted 10 all locals in the A. +. Of I.
for their consideration.
"Ninth-That the following circular be is
sued to the public"
There were one or two efforts made n
amend the recommendations relating To the
assessment of 3 per cent on officers sal
aries but each motion was promptly tabled
After the adoption of the recommendations
which outline the policy to be pursued In
conducting the anthracite strike. Presidents
Nichols. Fahy and Duffy. of the three hard
coal districts. warmly thanked the conven-
tion for its action and said il would meet
with the approval Of their constituents.
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ENORMOUS FORTUNES.
But when we look upon the enormous
fortunes that our labor has made possible
with the innumerable comforts and luxuries
that it brings TO the people at large, and
then examine the paltry pittance we re-
ceive as wages for the labor have to
perform, the dangers we undergo, the
dampness we must endure. the foul air
we must breathe. and the peculiar rheumat
ic and lung troubles, superinduced by these
conditions which we must bear. natur-
ally feel that we are being unjustly dealt
with In the small amount Of this world
goods which we receive in return for so
much labor and so many sacrifices.
The great combinations OF capital which
control the coal industry have become so
powerful that no miner can hope, through
his individual efforts, TO secure just share
of the wealth which his labor has produced.
The history OF industrial development in the
past has shown that when capital combines,
the workers must associate, else they. Will
fall, one by one. an unpitied sacrifice in the
struggle for existence For many years the
coal miners Of America have been tmbUed
with the truth of this position.
The extremely low wages paid TO anthra-
cite miners; the refusal Of the coal COM
panies TO have the coal properly weighed, or
permit the miners to employ man at their
own expense TO see the coal they have
mined weighed measured or credited; the
great number of hours the miners must
work each day In the most unSanltaTy con-
ditions the cruel and unjust manner In
which they have been treated by petty
bosses clothed with a little brief au-
thority;' the arbitrary assumption by the
employers that neither the miners nor the
public have any rights that are entitled 10
consideration by them, has forced us TO
organize, not for the purpose OF taking
from the operators that which belongs TO
them, but for the purpose of securing, by
business methods, better treatment than
we have received in the past and fair rec
ompense for our labor. We have sought TO
accomplish this end by cOnciliatory
methods, by submitting disputed points 10
arbitration and by a refusal TO work upon
the terms offered us, commonly spoken of
as strikes, when all other means of adjust
ing the grievances complained of have
failed. AS proof of our sincerity we point
TO the joint convention system of adjusting
the wages and conditions of employment
from year to year. which we have by our
persistent efforts introduced and firmly es-
CONTINUED ON PAGE s. COL. p
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BRIBERS PLEAD GUILTY.
Second Batch of Chicago BoodIcrs Re-
ceive Punishment.

CHICAGO. July 19-Five defendants In
the second jury-bribing case. which grew
out OF the Union Traction Company's
transfer fight. pleaded guilty to-day and
fines were imposed on them as follows
Cyrus S. Simon. attorney for the traction
company. $1,000; W. J. Gallagher. ex-con-
vict and go-between in jury bribing. s.,
Chris Miller, juror 500: John W Brown
juror, 500. and c. w VOORHEES,. Juror 500
Frank c. Peck pleading nolle contender
The conspiracy that drew these men into
the criminal net was that 10 bribe jurors
in Justice George Woods's court 10 return
verdict In favor Of the Union and Consoli-
dated Traction companies in damage suits
brought by the city and by residents Of
the suburb OF Austin in upholding the city
ordinance that provides that the traction
company shall issue transfers 10 Austin
on one street-car fare In the first con-
spiracy trial Patrick II. O'Donnen. public
administrator for Cook county. ana six
other defendants were found guilty.
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912 MILES IN SIXTEEN HOURS.
Mr.. Ford Tells What Pennsylvania
Necessary.

PITTSBURG. Pa, July 19-General Pas
senger Agent e. A. Ford, Of the Pennsyl-
vania lines, predicts the establishment of
eighteen-hour trains between Chicago and
New York. His prediction is evidently based
on his knowledge of what the Pennsylvania
special can accomplish when required TO
cover delays and keep within its schedule.
During the time that train has been run
ming II has been demonstrated that eight
een-hour trains between Chicago and New
York are not only a possibility, but the time
can be cut TO 10 sixteen hours If necessary.
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TEN-MILLI0N-DOLLAR PLANTS.
One to Be Erected ut McKeesport and
Another Probably at LOrain.

PITTSBURG, Pa. July 19.-The United
Steel Corporation has accepted the offer
Of the citizens committee of McKeesport
and will build its 100000 tube plant in
that city. This announcement was made
to-day by members of the committee. The
site of the new plant lies between Fourth
avenue and the river and from Market TO
Martin street, making a total area of
fifteen blocks. This announcement Of the
steel corporation is taken as an indica-
ton that the scheme 10 build a big tube
plant at Conneaut has been abandoned. It
is probable, however, that the proposed
works at Lorain, o.. will be built a a cost
Of about 100000, and that all Of the tube
plants of the big steel corporation will be
concentrated at McKeesport and Lorain.
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plant. Altogether the Improvements of
Kingan &, CO. will not be less in cost than
$4,000 and may be much more.
Kingan e. Co. are also putting into service
for their entire plant two large tanks on
the west bank of the river for filtering
water by the lime process. This is the first
time this has been used here. Water is
taken from White river and purified in the
great tanks and is then returned across the
river for general use. All the pumping ma
chinery is in the power house on the east
side of the river.
ONE-THIRD OF CITY'S BUSINESS.
The changes in the Big Four trackage will
enable the Kingan Company to rearrange
its car-loading station and provide amply
for this branch of the business. A new ar
rangement has been needed for some time
because of the constant and great growth
of the company's business. Officers of Kin
gan & Co. say that its annual business at
the plant here is now between $50. .OOO, 900 and
$40 900 600 which is about one-third the busi-
ness of the city.
The invasion of the west side of the river
by both the Big -Four and the kingan Com
pany may revive the discussion of the open-
ing of Drover street through from Ken
lucky avenue TO Washington street On the
east bank the bridge construction will be
such that Kingan < CO. will have a sub
way under the bridge for its own uses For
many years there has been agitation for a
street on the west bank, and attempts have
been made 10 have Drover street opened on
a straight line, allowing il 10 pass through
subways under the railroad tracks A
scheme was also proposed, which received
more encoura cement than the other that
a street should be opened along the west
bank of the river and passing around the
bridge abutments.
The Big Four has staked its center line
for the new bridge, but has not begun work
because of the inability 10 get the neces-
sary iron work. II is expected that two
years will be required 10 make all the i'm
provements of the Big Four and Kingan &
Co.. and that when they are all completed
over half million dollars will have been
spent. The changes will accommodate the
demands of the railroad for more direct ac-
cess 10 the city and insure Kingan a Co
a convenient and ample shipping system
that will accommodate its growing business
for many years 10 come.
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ARRIVAL OF THE SHERIDAN.
Transport from Manila Brings In
fantry, Cavalry and CasuaIs.

SAN FRANCISCO. July 1e.-The United
States transport Sheridan arrived to-day
from Manila with e12 men Of the Thirteenth
Infantry. 154 men Of the Third Cavalry,
554 casuals and seventy-six sick. The cav
airy will join the headquarters OF their
regiment at Fort Assnaboine. Mont. and
the Thirteenth Infantry will be assigned 10
duty at Angel island and at Alcatraz.
Colonel stephen W. Groesbeck judge ad-
vocate, who was a passenger. Is on his way
10 Chicago 10 be judge advocate OF the De-
partment OF the Lakes.
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LOSS OF 100000.
Much Damage Caused by the Illinois
and VermiIIfon Rivers.

LAsALLE. Ill. July E-A heavy down.
pour OF rain in this region for thirty-six
hours has caused the Illinois and Nermillion
rivers and their tributaries 10 send a food
down the valley that has ruined many of
the bottom-land farmers and caused losses
10 the country between here and Ottawa
aggregatins more than slooOo0 The road
ways entering Lasalle and Peru from the
south Sre 81 submerged. Many bridges
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Lightning Causes Fires.

Lightning caused two fires last night and
impaired some of the wires of the fire alarm
telegraph system. How seriously the wires
are injured is not known. The first fire
was in the home Of Jacob Reuter-, 2lO5 East
Washington street, and caused s400 dam
age. The second caused trivial loss to the
house Of Lewis Fisher, 1879 Hendricks
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sweetheart. and Lover Wounded.

HUNTINGTON. W. Va, July ls-Miss
Martha Danube was probably fatally and
c. c Morrow dangerously wounded while
walking in the suburbs of Matewan last
by a supposed Jealous lover OF the young
woman.
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Mississippi River Vow Two TO Ten
Miles Wide Below Keokuk and
Spreading with Rapidtty.
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fight With WATER
FARMERS BATTLING THE SWOLLEN
MISSISSIPPI AND DIES MONIES.

Trying TO Save Hundreds of Thou
and the Town of Alexandria.
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BREAK IN EGYPTIAN LEVEE

WHICH WAS REPAIRED WITH DIFF
FICULTY AND FLOOD AvERTED.