Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-12-17


 awana hotel, Scranton. Early and another miner named O'Hara, presi' dent of local union, were each of. fered S2,500 to get ten men to pass resolutions sending the men from the two locals back to work.
 Scranton, Dec. 1C.-The first wit ness called today before the strike commission was Alexander McVicker, miner, who told story similar to that of dozen others to the effect that he was not given his place when the strike was over but was placed at more undesirable work in the colliery. The Delaware & Hudson manager stated that the company had large number of witnesses to testify on the violence phase of the case which has a direct bearing on the resignation of the union.
 New York, Dec. 9.-The second days session of the industrial de- pertinent of the National Civic feder- ation began today with a large at tendance. Ex . President Grover Cleveland was one of the early ar rivals. He and Senator Hanna spent some time in conversation. Cleve- lands appearance in the hall was greeted with applause.
 London, Dee. 10.-Under Foreign Secretary Cranbourne stated in the house of commons today that the government had no official informa- tion of the seizure by Venezuelans of 200 British and German subjects or of the seizure of Venezuelan warships by the fleets of Great Britain and Germany, as reported in the press 
 Atlantic City, N. J., Dec. l0.-The two-masted schooner A. L. Lee was today of this city. The crew was rescued by life savers after having been frozen to death. The vessel will be lost. -----' -- ----- F
 Atlantic City, N. J., Dec. I0-The wreck of a schooner with men Iashed to its rigging, can be seen of this city. Life savers have gone out to the vessel. =
 Washington, Dec. IO.-In the sem ate at 2 o'clock this afternoon the statehood bill was taken up and read at length.
 London, Dec. I0-The admiralty received this afternoon information of the seizure of the Venezuelan gun boat Bolivar at Port of Spain, Trin- idad.
 Salinas, Cal, December 11.-Simeon Graves, prominent farmer, and his wife with George Allen, fourteen year-old boy whose home is in San and George H. Albright, a farm hand, were brutally assaulted by a tramp last Monday night. George Allen and Albright will die. The physicians say there is but little hope for the. recovery of Mrs. Graves and the condition of Mr. Graves is very serious.
 The tramp appeared at Mir. Graves door and asked for drink of water and food and for permission to sleep in the barn. Graves sent young Allen with him to the barn. When outside the tramp threw him down, bound and gagged him. Arming himself with hatchet the tramp went to the barn, attacked Albright, fracturing his skull. The tramp then returned to the boy infiicting fatal wounds with the hatchet. Continuing to the house the tramp attacked Graves who was armed with twenty-two calibre revolver which he fired twice at the tramp missing him both times.
 The tramp grabbed the pistol and fired one shot into Graves breast. Graves fell to the floor, the tramp bound him and struck him two heavy blows on the head with the hatchet, him unconscious. Mrs. Graves hearing the shots came to the rescue of her husband. The tramp felled her with a blow from the beat her into unconscious ness. Then the would -be-murderer the house, securing S11 and fled. The injured were not discovered until noon today.
 London, Dec. 1.-The Central News says: It is reported this after noon in the lobby of the house of commons that the allies have landed blue jackets at LaGuayra for the pur- pose of effecting the capture of Pres ident Castro, and that fighting is in progress in the streets of LaGuayra, The government office has no infor- nation to this effect.
 San Juan, P. R., Dec. 1l.-Con- stello, a sailor aboard the U. $. $. Wasp, whom the native police shot Ou Monday night in row on shore, died today. Another Wasp sailor, named Hibbs, is held for trial for assaulting Police Lieutenant Cobre- ria, who was roughly handled. The naval men are greatly incensed by tbe shooting of Constello, and claim that it was unwarranted as the sailor was unarmed and the police made the first attack.
 Oakland, Dec. Switchmen in the employ of the Southern Pacific have been given a new wage schedule which establishes a straight rate per hour instead of the former wage rate Df S75 per month for day men and S90 for night men. The new rate is from twenty eight to thirty three cents per hour.
 Kingston, Island St. Vincent. Dec. 1.-The Venezuelan troop ship Sea mora and the coast guard vessel Veinte Tres De Mayo were captured this morning in the Gulf of Paria by the British sloop Of war Alert and taken to the Port of Spain, Trinidad.