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The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-16
LEADERS WILL CONFER
AN IMPORTANT MEETING AT STRIKE
HEADQUARTERS TO-DAY.
Mitchell, Wilson, Gompers and Fall
lows Will Discuss Relief for Miners
and Other Matters.

WILKESBARRE, Pa, Sept. 15.-An i'm
portant conference will be held at strike
headquarters tomorrow. Among those who
will take part will be President Mitchell,
District Presidents Nichols, Duffy, Fahey
and National Treasurer Wilson, of Indian
apolis, and Samuel Gompers, president of
the American Federation of Labor. Bishop
Fallows, of the Reformed Episcopal
Church, of Chicago, may also be present.
1t is stated the chief topic will be the relief
plan. Mr.. Gompers. it is stated, has some
proposition to make which will insure
steady relief for the striking miners all
winter, should they decide to continue the
battle
Sheriff Jacobs and a large number of
deputies assembled at the courthouse at
an early hour this morning in anticipation
of trouble occurring at some of the mines.
But outside of outbreak at Old Forge,
in which an Italian was badly beaten by
strikers, the day was a very quiet one in
the strike region. John Fallon went to
Nanticoke early in the morning to head off
any trouble in that section and other prom
inent officials of the United Mines Work
ers went to other parts of the country to
advise against any marches on the col
lieries. But no marches were attempted,
neither was there any effort made to re-
sumo work at any of the big mines. II is
said that the attempt may be made when
least expected. probably some day this
week
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-16
PERISHED in A Mine
SEVENTEEN COAL DIGGERs KILLED
INA WEST VIRGINIA COLLIERY.
Victims Of an Explosion of Gas and
Giant Powder-Eleven Bodies Re-
covered Last Night.

NORTH FORK, w. Va, Sept. ia gas
and powder explosion occurred in the Big
Four mine of the Algoma Coal and Coke
Company here this morning about o'clock.
as the result of which James Lester. an
engineer, John Recckie, a Hungarian
miner. and fifteen colored miners are
known to be imprisoned in the mine. There
is hardly one chance that the men will be
rescued alive, as they are beyond the point
where the explosion occurred. The gas
and smoke is so thick that all rescuing
parties have been driven back. H. F.
Frankenfield. mine boss, and George
Gaspie, Hungarian miner. succeeded in
crawling over the fallen coal and slate,
after the explosion, to the lights of the
rescuing party, and were taken out alive,
although badly burned and nearly suffo-
Gated by the gas and smoke inhaled.
The explosion is said to have been caused
by an accumulation of gas catching fire
from the lamp of miner who was going
to work, and this in turn fired six kegs
of blasting powder that had been stored
back in the mines. The explosion knocked
down all the brattices for a quarter of
a mile back toward the mine entrance,
thus cutting out all of the air from the
men Imprisoned behind the debris. There
had been a small gas explosion in this
mine on Saturday last and Mine Supt. A.
j. Stuart had personally cautioned the
men who worked in the mine not to at
tempt to work again until the air had
been tested by safety lamp.
rescuing party, headed by Mine In
spector Cooper. attempted a rescue this
morning. but were driven back by the
want of air. The coal is burning and there
is no hope of extinguishing the flames un-
til new air passage can be built to the
point of the explosion. Superintendent
Stuart has a large force of men at work
and will make a second attempt to reach
the imprisoned men.
IL 80 p. ma telephone message was re-
ceived from Algoma saying eleven bodies
had been recovered from the mines and that
six more bodies are to be taken out So far
all but one of those recovered are coiored
r0inarS
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-16
GREAT TRACTION MERGER
MICHIGAN LINES TO BE CONSOLI-
DATED WITH HUGE CAPITAL.
All but Two of the Lower Peninsula
Systems to BE Included-World's
Fair Intermural Railway.

DETROIT, Sept. 15-The Tribune to-mor-
row will say: According to those who are
in a position to know. the biggest electric
railway deal ever undertaken in Michigan
is now under way. 1t means the unification
of all the electric lines in the lower penin-
sula except the Detroit United Railway
and the Black and Mulkey line from To-
ledo to Detroit. This unification, If the
plan is carried out, will be accomplished by
a new company with a capital stock of
from sS0.OOO.OOo to s4OoOo,OOo.
Last week Harry G. Conant and w. w.
Churchill, of New York. representing the
Westinghouse interests, and George c..
Smith, vice president of the Fidelity Title
and Trust Company of Pittsburg, and one
or two others, with j. d. Hawks, president,
and Wallace Franklin. secretary, of the
Grand Rapids, Grand Haven & Muskegon
electric line, were In conference from Tues
day till Saturday at Muskegon with rep
resentative of one of the most prominent
banking houses in the East, which recently
disposed of large street-railway holdings in
New Orleans at very large profit.
"A new company was planned, with the
capital specified, to take over the Grand
Rapids city lines, the Grand Rapids, Grand
Haven q Muskegon, possibly the Holland &
Lake Michigan line, the line from Battle
Creek to Kalamazoo, the Lansing street.
railway system, the Lansing-St. Johns line
the connection between Jackson and Lam
sing, on which the Detroit, Ypsilanti, Ann
Arbor & Jackson Company is about ready
to start construction, the interurban road
between Saginaw and Bay City, and the
city lines of Saginaw and Bay City, and
the Detroit. Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor & Jack
son. The plan also contemplates the build
ing of line to connect both Lansing and
Grand Rapids with the Saginaw q Bay City
systems. The recent jump in Detroit
United Railway stock is taken to indicate
that this line also possibly may be in
cluded In the combination
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-16

LONDON, Sept 16.-The Times and the
Standard this morning both devote their
principal editorial articles to lengthy re-
views of President Roosevelts chances for
the presidential nomination in 1904. The
Times says: 1.-The popularity of the new
President is sometimes greater and some
times less, but what is certain is
that all along Mr.. Roosevelt has
produced deep and enduring i'm
preston on the public mind. Eve.
now the people of the United States do not
appear to have quite made up their minds
about him, but no doubt is entertained in
any quarter that he is the man, the strong
man, the determined man and the man with
clear views of his own and the courage to
assert them regardless of the power of
party wire-pullers and other influences.
President Roosevelt, whether in the right or
the wrong in the controversies which have
arisen during the past year has never hes
itated, he has declared his policy and placed
ii frankly before the country"
The Standards comments on this subject
are somewhat similar to those made by the
Times.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-16
M'CARRON'S TESTIMONY.
Witness on Whose Evidence Andrews
Hoped to Get New Trial.

DETROIT. Sept. 15.-William A. McCar-
ron, on whose affidavit against Juror Book
1t is principally hoped to secure new
trial for Frank c. Andrews. the convicted
vice president of the wrecked City Savings
Bank of this city, and whose secret arrest
a week ago on the charge of being a de-
serter from the navy created a local sem
sation, arrived here to-day from Ports
mouth, Va. in charge of Sheriff Dickson
This afternoon he took the stand i'm the
Recorders Court and testified to the con-
versations he had with Juror Book i'm
which McCarron alleged in his affidavit
Book expressed opinions against Andrews
of such a nature as to make him unfit to
sit as a juror in the case. McCarron testi-
fed that in conversation with him on July
T. Book said that Andrews should be sent
to prison for robbing the poor people Of
their money and that If he had chance
he would help to send him there. On July
8. when Judge Murphy suddenly discharged
all the regular jury panel drawn for the
Andrews trial. McCarron testified he took
a paper containing the news to Book and
the latter said Now l will get on the
Jury and will fix Andrews"
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-16
DYING OF PNEUMONIA.
Drop I'm Temperature Causing Much
sickness Among SamOans.

TUTUILA, Samoa. Sept. p via San Fran
cisco, Sept. l5.-The southeasterly trade
winds have been blowing with exceptional
velocity during the past few months and
the climate has been much cooler than for
many years past. The Samoans had made
no provision for warmer clothing and the
cold has proved fatal in many cases. There
has been a serious percentage of deaths
from pneumonia. Dr. Spear, t. s. N. and
his stan have been kept busy attending the
natives. over one thousand natives have
been vaccinated by the doctor i'm Tutuila
In German Samoa vaccination has been
made compulsory
An order has been issued by Captain
Sebree procaiming the free right of every
Samoan to adopt his own form OF religious
worship and belief and prohibiting any
chief or missionary from furnishing or mo-
Testing any native for exercising this right
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-16

ready with a full and excellent county and
township ticket TO go ahead with the cam
paign. This matter has been an annoying
>one, but Republicans have understood that
Ii was unavoidable. There is nothing now
to prevent us going in and making a win
ming fight. 1t might be said that the cam
paign is really opened now. The sixty-day
poll is practically complete, and. as was
predicted some time ago. the poll shows up
satisfactorily. Within few weeks We ex-
pect to begin an active speaking campaign
in indianapolis, and, in fact, all over the
county. Many of the older orators of the
party in this city have offered their serv-
ices and there Is much young blood TO be
had this year. The committee feels that
IL is only necessary TO announce a meeting
TO get big crowd Ii is the intention TO
make q feature of noon meetings this cam
paign. Two years ago We found that this
was a very successful way of campaigning
in the city. This year 1t is felt that there
will be an active interest in all that is TO be
said, and this Will make IL possible Tor
campaign orators to have good ATTENDANCE
at the noon meetings. BY the middle or
october we hope to have these meetings In
progress In shops and in factories. Ihe
committee has assurance from Representa-
tive Overstreet that he will be in his dis
trlct in good time to take an active part
In the work. He will make at least two
or three speeches in each of the city wards.
and he Will also make speeches in the out
side townships. The Republicans have
good story TO tell. and party orators are
going to tell ii with new eloquence.
The rooms of the Republican county COM
mittee In the Lemcke building present a
scene of bustling activity. The rooms are
on the second floor of the building and six
commodious apartments are i'm use. Secre-
tary Negley has a room of his own. the
chairman has his private room and an
office for consultation with committeeman,
and other roms are devoted to the use of
the speakers bureau and to the storage of
different kinds of campaign literature. The
committee is receiveing a considerable
quantity of literature on different national
issues from the congressional campaign
committee and Is sending IL out over the
county Thomas c. Whallon, a competent
young lawyer of wide acquaintance, is in
charge of the speakers bureau. The click
ing keys of typewriters may be heard in
headquarters all day long. and the rapidity
with which they click is an indication that
Chairman Elliott is keeping his force of
stenographers and typewriters hard at
work
Yesterday afternoon the chairman had
his campaign committee, consisting of
about forty members, together for the first
CONTINUED ON PAGE 10, COL. So
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-16
SIXTEEN DEATHS REPORTED.


VANCOUVER. Wash, Sept 15.-Reports
of loss OF property froiD forest fires con-
tinue 10 come In on every hand. but no re-
liable estimate of the extent Of the damage
can be obtained. Mayor Eastman. OF Van
couver, has issued call for a mass meet
ing OF citizens tomorrow TO devise ways
and means 10 succor the suffering nhabit-
ants OF the burned districts of Clark coun-
~. Fully one hundred families have been
burned out in the vicinity of Elma, Wash
The loss is estimated at 500. 900.
The list OF fatalities I'm Clark and Cow
litz counties as result of the terrific forest
fires, continues TO increase rapidly Six
teen deaths are reported. and people living
IN the vicinity of the burned district say the
list OF dead will aggregate fifty. The dead
reported to-day are: C.. A McKeen, wife
and three children. Oris Reed. wife and
four children. Mrs. Schmidt and three
children and one unknown person The
McKeen and Reed families were residents
OF this city and left here several weeks ago
for Trout lake. near the head waters OF
Lewis river. where they were camping when
the fire overlook them. The charred bodies
were found yesterday.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-16
FRANK l.. GLASS is OUT.
Withdraws from COnstables' Ticket
County Committee's Work.

SOunty SO"m1tteeS YORK.
Chairman Elliott, of the Marion county
Republican committee, yesterday received
a letter from Frank l.. Glass resigning his
place on the Republican ticket as a candi-
date for constable in Center township.
Glass was one of the five constabulsry
nominees selected at the primaries last
March. When James McNulty withdrew
from the ticket a candidate for Justice
of the peace in order to make the other
nominations legal ii became necessary for
some one to withdraw from the list of can
didates for constable. Like Mr.. McNulty.
Mr.. Glass withdraws from the ticket in
the interests of harmony. He received the
smallest number OF votes of any of the five
candidates and in his letter of resignation
he declares that Ii Is useless TO put the
committee and others to great expense TO
settle a doubtful question" He says fur
ther: ~ deem 1t best that withdraw and
thus avoid the possibility of further dissen-
sion and entanglements"
.sThis" said Chairman Elliott sis the
end of a very vexatious question In may
be necessary TO take further steps I'm refer
ence TO the legal side of this question but
this will be minor matter. We are nov
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-16
Panther Creek valley Operations.

TAMAQUA, Pa. Sept. 15.-This morning
the Greenwood colliery. situated at the
resumed operations. 1t is impossible to
learn exactly how many men are at work,
as the place is heavily guarded and thte
operators, the Dodal Brothers, will give out
no definite statement. They say, however,
that they expect to wash out about 800 tons
of coal a day
To-day the Lehigh Coal and Navigation
Company claims gains in the Panther
creek valley. An official of this company
said that IL was expected the daily OUTPUT
from the No. and No. II collieries would
now be increased from 400 to 800 tons a
day. The leaders of the mine workers ridi-
cule the claims of the company. They saw
there no more men at work to-day
than there were last week.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-16
SUICIDE OF NAVAL OFFICER.


BOSTON, Sept 15.-Lieut. John r. Nor
ris, u. s. N, was found dead in his state
room on the United States steamship
Olympia by fellow officer to-day He had
committed suicide by shooting with a re-
volver. The Olympia is anchored off the
Boston navy yard.
Lieutenant Morris was the engineering
officer of the Olympia and began his duty
on that ship Jan. 25 last. No cause is
known for his act. Capt. Henry w. Lyon
u. 8. N. the commanding officer of the
Olympia, is in Paris. Me-, and in his alb
sence the ship is in command of Lieuten-
ant Commander c. III. Harlow, u. s. N.
Lieut.. John Ramsay Morris was ap-
appointed to the Naval Academy from Mis-
souri,. and is the second officer of the
Olympia, Dewey's flagship, to commit sui
eide within five days. Chaplain VIM. F.
Morrison, II. s. N. committed suicide by
shooting Thursday last at the Marine Hos
pital. Chelsea, where he had been trans
ferred few days before.
KANSAS CITY. Mo-. Sept. 15.-John r.
Morris was one of the few survivors of the
battleship Maine. Soon after the disaster
he wrote TO his sister I'm Kansas City, Kas..
describing the explosion and his narrow
escape from death. At the time his rank
was that of assistant engineer.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-16

WASHINGTON, Sept 1.-THE Interior
Department has telegraphed the superin-
tendent of forest reserves in Washington to
employ additional men to guard the forest
reserves in that State against the forest
fires now raging there. The superintendent
is directed TO make a full report on the sit
uation, the only forest fire advice far
reaching here being unofficial. The de-
partment also has telegraphed for recon-
mendations as to what steps should be
taken by the government to assist In light
ing the fires outside of government do
main. The Interior Department has tele-
graphed authority for the expenditure of
$500 In fighting the fire on the South Platte
forest reserve in Colorado. Although con-
fagrations are raging in various parts of
that State, substantially little damage has
been caused to the forest reserves there.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-16
SENATORS SUMMONED.
Five Republican Leaders to Confer
with the President To-Day.

NEW YORK. Sept. 15.-Much specula-
ton was caused tonight by the presence
in the city of five of the most influential
members of the United States Senate, all
here on their way TO meet President
Roosevelt at Oyster Bay tomorrow. The
five are Senator Hanna of Ohio. Senator
Allison. of Iowa. Senator Aldrich of Rhode
Island. Senator Spooner of Wisconsin. and
Senator Platt OF Connecticut. The Sena-
tors declined TO discuss the probability Of
any particular question coming up at a
conference with the President Tomorrow
In fact. they said they knew of no specific
reason for the sending of the invitation to
meet the chief executive at this time
Senator Allison said: II am going to
see the President at his invitation. but he
did not mention that others were to be
there"
Senator Hanna disclaimed all knowledge
OF the Presidents purpose In calling the
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-16

Senators together. 'I do not know what
subjects will be discussed at to-morrows
conference" he said
Asked whether he thought the question
of the coal strike would be one of the
subjects taken up, he said that he could
see no reason why Ii should
do you think there is a likelihood that
the contentious OF the striking coal miners
and the operators will be submitted to
arbitration he was asked
II see no chance of it," he answered.
Il am out of touch with the strike situa-
ton and have been for some time. At the
present time / see no indication that the
National Civic Federation may be called
upon to arbitrate.'
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-16

campers are supposed to have started the
fires North of Anaconda fire is ravaging
the timber districts with little prospect of
abatement Much timber already has been
destroyed, and IL is feared the loss will
reach into the thousands In the timber
districts OF northern Montana, according TO
advices from Kalispel. the fires are spread
ing with terrible rapidity, and the safety
of the finest forests In the State is men
aced.
A dispatch from Kalispel says: Forest
hres are raging on the north fork OF the
Flathead river, on the Fiathead reserva-
ton. Ranchers for two days have been
nghting the flames, which are now beyond
control. They have sent for help, and men
will Immediately go to the scene. The fire
started in windfall and spread rapidly
over one OF the best belts Of timber in this
section. The exact location is near
large bed Of coal. and, gradually going east
and south, threatens destruction TO the
timber in the vicinity of Mcdonald lake
unless soon checked.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-16
JOSEPH SCHMITZ HELD.


CINCINNATI, Sept. 15.-The police are
holding Joseph Schmitz. aged forty. on a
charge of lettering until they can investi-
gate a statement that he has threatened
the life of President Roosevelt SchmItz
was arrested on Saturday on the complaint
of two elderly sisters living on Oliver street
that he had entered the premises and in
sisted on staying there. The story is that
he made the threat against the President
TO persons on Everett street. and the police
are now searching for these persons, as
well as making efforts to learn the past
history Of the prisoner. Pending the inves-
tigation the police are reticent as to their
nrOgreSs.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-16
RUMOR DENIED.

Great Britain Has Not Occupied the
Malay Principally of KaIantan.
PARIS, Sept. ia dispatch received
here from Saigon, French Cochin China
says: Three hundred British troops have
occupied the Malay principality of Kaan-
tan at the request of its Sultan. Kalantan
pays tribute to Siam, so this is an ag-
gression. There is great excitement at Kali
antan, for 1t is feared 1T means the extern
sion of the British protectorate over the
whole Malay peninsula"
LONDON, Sept. 15-Government officials
here declare there is no truth In the dis
patch from Saigon. published in Paris say
Malay principality Of Kalantan
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-16
OUTLAW DRAGGED TO DEATH.

Rope Tied to His Neck and His Body
Draw Over a Desert.
SAN BERNARDINO. Cal, Sept. 15.-
General Bruce, notorious Indian out
law, who several months ago murdered
Victoria Maria. young squaw. by choking
her into insensibility and then burying
her alive. was captured by the Indians in
Southern Nevada a few days. ago. A rope
was fastened by slip nooses around his
neck and with the other end tied to the
horn OF saddle, the murderer was drag
ged for more than mile across the rock
strewn desert The body, which was hor-
ribly lacerated, was then thrown on a huge
pile of wood and burned.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-16
widener and Morgan.

NEW YORK, Sept. 15.-P. A. B. widener
of Philadelphia, was I'm conference this af-
ternoon with ]. p. Morgan. Mr. Morgan
was asked this afternoon whether there
was anything new in the strike situation
Nothing" he answered.
Does any significance attach to YOUR
conference with DR.. Widener?" he was
asked.
None. whatever" he said
Mr. Widener said: There has been no
conference on the strike situation to-day
between Mr.. Morgan and myself and /
have no statement to make"
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-16
Britain to Hold a Railway.

TIEN-TSIN, Sept. 15.-Major General
Creagh, the British commander, has re-
turned here. 1t is now said that the British
will not restore the Pekng- Shanghai -Kwan
section of the Peking- Newchwang road un-
I'll Russia relinquishes possession of the
Newchwang portion.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-16

Secretary Wilson. Of the United Mine
Workers, has gone to Wilkesbarre, Pa. to
confer with President Mitchell. He left in
a hurry after receiving word from Mr.
Mitchell, without informing any one of the
nature of his visit. 1t is believed that mat
ters relative to a settlement of the an
thracite strike are to be considered. The
visit to Wilkesbarre Is the first Secretary
Wilson has made since the anthracite
strike began, and it is no doubt one of i'm
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-16

HARRISBURG. Pa. Sept. 15.-The State
Capitol Commission to-day awarded the
contract for the new capitol, for which an
last Legislature, TO George F. Payne q Co.
of Philadelphia. The contract provides that
the building shall be made of granite and
that the dome shall be OF the same mate
rial. and that the structure shall be COM
pleted by Jan. !. 1905
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-16

LONDON, Sept. ia dispatch to the
Standard from Shanghai says a force of
armed Boxers entered Cheng- -Tu-Fu, capt.
tai of Szechur province, Sept 15 Some of
them were killed or captured in the streets
of the city and the shops there are closed
The military authorities are patrolling
Cheng-Tu-Fu, and the situation there is re-
ported to be serious
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-16
MOTHER SEES HER BABY.


NEW YORK. Sept. l5.-After being blind
seven years. Mrs. Julia Morowski. OF
Trenton. n. j., has had. says the Times. a
glimpse OF her husband and six
children when the bandages were lifted
from her eyes. An operation was performed
two weeks ago. and when the bandages
were removed. for the first time. she saw
her youngest child. borp after she became
blind