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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-06
TROOPS ORDERED 70 SHENANDOAH
STRIKE REACHES CLIMAX.
Mob Of 5000 Pursue Strike Breakers
Cousin OF Sheriff kil;ed-Police
Fire Into Crowd.

A score of strikers and Ave officers
were shot or beaten In riot at Shen.
andoah. Pa, Wednesday night. One
Of the officers died of his wounds. He
was Joseph Bedall, a prominent hard
ware merchant and cousin of Sheriff
s. Rowland Bedall. The severely In
jured are; Frank Uraitis, a police
man. shot through the head, will die.
Cnief of Police Fry. shot In arm and
badly beaten; condition serious, Po-
liceman Rengheisher, shot In shoul
der and hand, also beaten with stones
and clubs; condition serious. One
other officer and about 20 of the strik.
ers were wounded. The condition of
the injured strikers is not known, as
they we're hurried away by friends. A
reign of terror, compared with which
the scenes enacted during the riots of
1900 seem insignificant, held the town
In It's grasp. From 9 o'clock In the
evening Center street which Is one
of the principal thoroughfares OF the
town was in the hands of an infuriat.
ed mob. Sheriff Bedall arrived from
Pottsville at 7:45 o'clock with pos.
Sc of deputies. lie took up his head
quarters at the Ferguson hotel, which
was soon surrounded by several thou
sand men. sheriff Bedall wired to
Gov. Stone to send the militia. The
Governor answered that II the citizens
of the town petition for troops he
would send them. The trouble start.
ed when Deputy Sheriff Thomas Be-
dali attempted to escort two non-union
workers through the strikers line of
pickets. The workmen were dressed
in their street clothing, but one of
them carried bundle under his arm,
and this aroused the suspicion of the
strikers. The bundle was torn from
him, and when II was found to con-
tain blouse and overalls the man
was taken from the deputy and beaten
almost to death. In the meantime Be-
dali opened fire on the mob which had
gathered and emptied his revolver.
Two of the shots took effect, one man
being shot in the leg and the other in
the foot The deputy and the other
strike breaker were now compelled to
fee for their lives, and took refuge
in the Philadelphia and Reading de-
pot. The depot was soon surrounded
by an angry mob of 5000, which was
becoming more threatening and dem
onstrative every moment, Joseph Be.
dali. a hardware merchant and broth
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-06
NEW FACILITIES FOR ORE.
Wisconsin and Michigan Railway
viii Spend $4,000

over s2,000,000 will be expended by
the Wisconsin and Michigan railway
on improved plans in the ore-carrying
trade from the mines to the Eastern
furnaces. Next fall the road will have
tracks into Norway, Quinnesce and to
Lake Superior through rich ore and
timber belt. Side tracks will be laid
to mines in the vicinity of Norway.
Vulcan and Quinnesce. The plan is
to load ore into cars at the mines.
send them over the Wisconsin and
Michigan to Peshtigo and by car
barges to South Chicago. From South
Chicago the ore will go East into the
interior points of Pennsylvania and
Ohio and lie unloaded at .he furnaces
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-06
TRIAL ORDERED.
Naval Paymaster viii Be Court.Mar.
tailed for Careless Bookkeepinu.

A court-martial has been ordered to
try Passed Assistant Paymaster
Charles w. Penrose. who has been
the pay officer on the cruiser Michi.
gan, on the charge of carelessness in
keeping his accounts. The court is
to convene at Erie. Pa. as soon as
possible after the receipt of the order
There is nothing in the charge in.
yolving moral turpitude. The young
han has. however, been very lax in
his bookkeeping and the accounting
officers Of the United States Treasury
have not been able to make much
headway In examining his books.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-06
CABLE FLASHES.

The London Gazette CoflciaD pub.
iished a proclamation fixing August 8
as the date OF the coronation.
number of anarchists we're ar.
rested in Rome. Italy. They were In
correspondence with anarchists at
Patterson. n. ].
A consular reports says Mrs. VIII.
son, mother of DIR. Russell Wilson.
has reached Nicaragua to visit the
imprisoned filibustcr.
A mixed railroad train was derailed
near Muret. Calcutta, India. Sixteen
natives were killed and 80 natives and
Europeans were injured.
67 bodies have been recovered from
the Mount kimbla colliery. at Wollon.
gong, Australia, where an explosion
occurred. The work of rescue is much
hampered by afterdamp in the mine.
Emperor William of Germany has
pardoned Lieut.. Hlildebrand, who had
served only seven months of his two
years sentence of Imprisonment for
killing Lieut.. Blaskowitz in a duel last
November.
Mrs. Makay at London. England, has
trying strain Of the last few weeks.
Twice there has been consultations
of doctors. She is suffering especially
from sleeplesness.
DR.. G. Carlin. late Swiss minister to
Italy has been appointed to Great
Britain. replacing DIR. c. ID. Boucart,
who is ordered to Washington to re.
lieve ]. X. Ploda. Swiss minister to the
United States. who goes to Italy.
A dispatch from Canton, China. says
renewed disorders have occurred In
Sze-Chuen province. with daily en-.
gagements between government troops
and rebels. Massacres of native
Christians are reported In the prov.
ince.
Queen Alexandra, while attending
the coronation fetes at Whipplngham,
Isle OF Wight, confirmed His Majesty's
splendid progress, and said he could
walk across the deck Of the royal
yacht, and that he preferred remain.
ing off Cowes to taking another
cruise.
"A dispatch from Tarbes, France,
gives news OF terrible fire at
Lourdes. the town famous for its
shrine to Our Lady. The fire brl.
gade was unable to check the flames,
and an entire block of houses had
been destroyed and a number of per.
sons were victims II the fire.
The object of the visit of the king OF
Italy to the German emperor at the
end of August is to propose a reduc-
ton in continental armaments. This
was the purpose of the visit to the
Gear. from whom he received every
encouragement. He will come to the
emperor with Russia's full support.
The Cuban authorities refuse to
grant the request of United States
Minister Squiers for the papers in the
Rathbone and Nicely cases. The papers
are wanted by the United States pos
tai authorities for a senate investiga-
ton.
1t Is announced In Paris. France,
that General Patrick A. Collins, Mayor
Of Boston, Mass. has been appointed
an officer of the Legion OF Honor. and
Paul Capdevielle. Mayor of New Or
leans; Thomas st. John Carney, and
Mr.. Duveen. OF New York. have been
appointed Chevlliers OF the Legion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-06
FOUR TRAINMEN KILLED.
Two Milk Trains Come Together on
Ontario & Western.

head-on collision between milk
trains on the Ontario & Western rail.
road at Hortcns. Delaware county.
New York. resulted in the death of
four persons. the wrecking of two en-.
gines and the ditching of several cars.
The dead are Andy ONeal of Norwich,
Robert Reese. fireman. Michael Tully.
trainman. Frank E. Monroe. trainman,
Benjamin st. John. engineer of the
other train. Jumped from the cab, es-
Gaping serious injury.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-06
Arrested for Alleged Swindle.

Edward E. Kemerer, who has an of.
fee in the Schmidt building. Pitts
burg. where he conducts a brokerage
business under the name of Karson
& Co, was arrested by Deputy Unitel
States Marshal w. M. Henry up
on information made by Postoffice
Inspector Frank A. O'Brien before
United States Commissioner w. Il.
Lindsay, charging him with using the
mails to defraud. II is believed he
has swindled people of over 100000
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-06
A sse, 100000 COMBINE.
c. NJ. sehwab and the Steel Corpora.
tion interested.

Details of the plan to combine the
George A. Fuller Company, the New
York Realty Corporation, the Alliance
Realty Company and the real estate
properties of the Central Realty Bond
and Trust Company of New York in
one corporation with q $66.000. 900 cap
ital, have been made public. The con-
solidation has enlisted the National
City Bank, or Stillman-Rockfeller
party, the United States Steel inter-
ests. headed by Charles M. Schwab,
and the two great money leading in
stitutions of New York, the Mutual
Life Insurance Company and the
Equitable Life Assurance Society.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-06
BLOW STRUCK AT AUTOS.
Vehicles to Be Barred From the oma.
ha Parks and Boulevards.

The Park Commissioners at Omaha,
Neb., have declared that automobilists
must stay off boulevards and keep out
OF the parks. The police department
has received instructions to enforce It,
The reason is that the Omaha horse Is
not educated up to an acceptance of
the automobile as a fixed institution,
and until such education has been ac-
quired the chauffeur must keep to
thoroughfares dedicated to common
traffic and to the dirt" roads.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-06
BUSINESS IS FLOURISHING.
Fuel Shortage Only Cloud On the Hor.
izon-Farmers, Manufacturers and
Trade Branches Active.

II. G.. Dun &c Co.'S weekly review
of trade says: Aside from neavy rains
In Texas the weeks crop news Is en-
couraging. Manufacturing plants are
well occupied, as a rule, iron and steel
leading, followed by textiles and foot
wear. Fuel scarcity is still causing
delay, although coke ovens are sur
passing all previous figures of output
and bituminous mines are vigorously
operated. At most points retail trade
is active and preparations continue for
heavy fall sales, while spring lines
are opened with good results. Rail-
way earnings thus far available for
July show gain of 3.3 per cent over
1901 and 20.S per cent. over 1900.
With business in sight for at least
year the leading departments of the
iron and steel inquiry may properly
be considered prosperous. Notwith-
standing the rapid increase in produc-
Ing capacity, consumptive demand
has grown still faster and the recent
official report Of a new high record Of
pig iron production at S.S0S,574 tons
for the first half of 1902 is accompan-
led by the statement that unsold
stocks at the end of that period we're
only 29,S61 tons, compared with 372,-
$50 tons a year previous. The first
month Of the second half of 1902 has
brought no diminution in inquiries, but
some decrease In output owing to scar
city OF fuel. Imports are very large
In order to keep the steel mills pro-
vided with material, and offerings of
foreign billets have checked the up
ward tendency of prices. OF engines,
machinery and heavy hardware there
Is a serious shortage, orders for de-
livery In 1902 being out of the ques-
tion. Steel rail and structural mater
ial contracts have been booked far
ahead. In textile manufacturing the
feature was opening of mems wear
worsted fabrics for next spring, with
a general advance of 2h to 10 cents.
Cotton goods tend in favor OF purchas-
ers. owing to the prospect of a large
cotton crop. and the light export
movement. Shoe shops are active on
spring samples and buyers are numer-
GUS In the Boston market. A very
striking advance in leather this week
mas followed the upward movement Of
hides. stimulated by heavy purchases.
single sale of 100000 sides of hem
lock sole being reported. Hides have
made further sensational advances,
colorado steers reaching new high
record prices. Grain prices declined
sharply as the month of speculative
manipulation drew to a close and le-
gitimate trading resumed a more nor.
NAL volume. Meats have shown a
tendency to seek slightly lower quo
tations. but light receipts and poor
quality do not promise any extensive
relief In the immediate future.
Bradstreet's says: Wheat, includ-
Ing Hour. exports for the week ending
July III. aggregate 4.3SS,534 bushels.
against 3,9S0,s69 last week. and 6, 6,463..
Ssl In this week last year. Wheat ex.
ports since July l aggregate 1S,15s,sI0
bushels. against 26 2O1 O32 last caason
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-06
INSIST ON NOT WORKING.
Miners Declare They viii Stay Out
to the End.

At meeting of the executive board
Of the United Mine Workers at Sha.
moking, Pa, reports were received
from every LEGAL that not one member
of the union has returned to work
since the strike, and Furthermore that
they have no intention of doing so
until ordered back to the mines by
their officers.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-06
ATE POISONED BREAD.
Ten Persons Seriously ~ as Result Of
Bakers CareIessness.

Ten persons are Ill at st. Louis and
the whole neighborhood under care of
physicians as the result of carbolio
acid In bread. G. J. Warner. a baker
and confectioner. is the maker of the
bread containing the acid. He stated
to the city authorities that he had usei
the acid to cleanse his milk cans.
Some OF the liquid soaked into barrels
OF Hour and the poison epidemic was
the result.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-06
Shot the Postmaster.

Two men wearing masks entered
the postof,lce at Lynnville. 20 miles
from Evansville, Ind. One of the men
shot the postmaster, l.. ID. thinner
man. over the heart. The men then
went behind the letter case and took
tin box containing money and
stamps to the value of $500.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-06
DeWindt In the United States.

Harry Dewiudt. the Arctic Traveller,
who recently completed a remarkable
journey overland through Northern
Siberia and across Bering sea. has ar.
river at Port Townsend, Wash, on the
steamship Topeka from Skagway, ac-
companied by Viscount de Clinch.
amp Belligarde. George Harding and
Stanhen Rastofuvaw
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-06
Decision Against johnson.

Judge Phillips, of the Common Pleas
court. Cleveland, o., rendered decis.
ion against Mayor Johnson and the
city of Cleveland in the mandamus
proceedings brought to compel Coun.
ty Auditor Craig to put the $4,000, 900
additional tax assessed by the city
board of equalization against fve big
local corporations. on the tax dupli.
cate.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-06
Robbed Of 5000 Postal Cards.

A hoy was robbed of 5000 postal
cards In the hall of building at Chic.
ago. and the three robbers escaped
though pursued by crowd. which was
Joined later by policemen.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-06
Grass Wound Is Fatal,

While moving his lawn at Mattoon,
Ill.,. Walter Kilner, a wealthy retired
business man. cut his finger with
blade Of grass. Blood poisoning set In
and he died In great agony.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-06
Won't Insure Euedistss, Homes.

On account of an attempt to burn the
general store of c. X. Bowling, believ-
ed to have grown out of the Hargis.
Cockrell feud. at Jackson. Ky. the In.
surance companies will cancel all po-
licies held in that place.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-06
CARDINAL lAUDS SChlEY
Accepts Vice Presidency Of Trlum-
phial Arch Association.

In a letter accepting the appoint
ment of the vice presidency of the
Schley Triumphial Arch Association,
erect an enduring monument to the
admiral, Cardinal Gibbons says: "Ad-
miral Schleys victory shed glory on
our state, and | cheerfully accept the
position assigned to me. earnestly
hoping that the patriotic enterprise
will meet with hearty response from
the citizens OF Maryland"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-06

Bradstreet's says: Wheat. includ-
Ing flour. exports for the week ending
July 81. aggregate 4.3SS,5s4 bushels.
against 3.9S0,s69 last week, and 6,463,.
Ssl In this week last year. Wheat ex-
ports since July aggregate lS.15s.s
bushels. against 26.201 .OSs last season.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-05
A Tidewater Terminal.

Following the rumors, based on the
Reading activity, that the Gould JIM
terests were endeavoring to obtain con-
troll, comes the story that George j.
Gould has determined to establish a
tidewater terminal for the Wabash
system at Drum Point Md. 1t is assert
ed that the Annapolis and Washington
Short Line and the Washington. An
napolis and Baltimore railroads will
form the nucleus of line between Bal
hmore and Drum Point.
Reports are current that surveys are
icing made for a Gould line between
fittsburg and Baltimore. This proposed
line, it is said, will extend from Pitts
burg to connection with the Western
Maryland, via Greensburg, Lathrobe,
Somerset, Bedford and Mustontown.
This route to a certain point of the
Cumberland Valley is the same as that
traversed by the lines of the old Ameri-
can Rapid Telegraph company, now
owned by the Western Union.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-05

ern iron trade this year to the end OF
May, S27,4O9 tons of pig iron. iron pipe,
and small quantities of steel were shipped
from producing sections During the cor
responding period of 1901 the total was
673,674 tons. Phosphate shipments, MAIN
ly from southern seaports, reached a to-
tai of All ,696 tons, compared with 35S633
tons for the first five months of 1901 This
years shipments of petroleum from the
Beaumont field. by rail, to May 81. were
80 2235 cars of 5,237. .S63 barrels. Shipments
by water in May; mostly to coastwise des-
tinations, amounted to 4O3.7O6 barrels
through Galveston. Port Arthur and Sa-
bine Pass.
The coal trade during May reports an
thracite shipments to the amount Of L.
IS.S92 tons, compared with 4693.562 tons
during May, 1901. and $685. ,O9E during May.
1900. For the five months ending with
May the anthracite coal movement this
year reached a total of 1871, $50 tons.
compared with 2o.6SO.@O4 tons in 1901, and
1S.2O0,2 296 tons in 1900 The average week.
ly shipments of Connellsville coke for 20
weeks ending with May of this year We're
11,056 tons, against 1853 tons for the cor
responding period of 1901.
The Pennsylvania bureau of mines has
reported 59.6S4,133 tons of anthracite as the
production of the eight districts of that
state for the year 1901. of which amount
53. .4479OO tons. or 1915 per cent. of the to-
tai production, was shipped from the
mines during that year.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-05
This and That.

An official of the Pennsylvania rail-
road company, commenting on the great
increase in the soft coal business in
May, as shown by the statement just
published, said that he did not expect
that the figures for June will show
any great increase over those of May.
'In May" he said, 1--WE carried about
all the bituminous coal we could. AS
all the available cars We're in use, it
will be difficult to increase the carry
ing.
The heaviest tonnage cars ever used
by any railroad are about to be turned
out by the Pressed Steel Car company
for the Monongahela Connecting rail-
road, for use in the Pittsburg yards.
The cars will weigh about thirty tons,
and will have a capacity of 100 tons.
The order calls for 100 of them, and
when loaded, they will weigh, including
their own weight 1870 tons. They are
not for road use, as many of the rail-
road bridges would not support so
heavy dead weight.
Official circulars have been issued by
the Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern railroad announcing that on and af-
ter July Is there will be a joint inter-
change of freight traffic between that
road and the New York. New Haven
and Hartford, via Hoboken and Har-
lem river station. This interchange ar
rangement also applies to all of the
Sound steamboat lines.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-05
INDUSTRIAL (
and LABOR
PAPERS FOR THE TRANSFER
ARE SIGNED.

Postal Telegraph Company Is to Take
Charge of the Lines Of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company in the
Near Tuture-Tidewate Terminal
for the Wabash to Be Established
at Drum Point, Md-The Board for
Today--Soft Coal Shipments Have
Reached Limit.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-05

Vice President w. A. Baker, Of the
Postal Telegraph company, announced
yesterday, in New York, that the lease
of the Pennsylvania Railroad company
right of way has now been signed. The
Commercial Advertiser says Mr.. Baker
states that IL the telegraph company Is
now merely waiting the convenience OF
the. railroad company before making
the physical connection between the
wires Of the Postal Telegraph and the
railroad telegraph system, but that 1t
is probable that nothing will be done
until next week. 1t Is further stated
that the 5000 or more Western Union
operators employed in the offices trans
ferred will be taken over by the Postal
Telegraph company. The places of any
of those who may not care to go over
with the offices will be filled at once by
others.
The story that the New York Central
is now to order the Western Union
Telegraph company off its lines is de-
clared by railroad and telegraph men
to be absurd. 1t Is asserted that the
conditions that exist on the New York
Central lines are by no means the same
as governed the lease with the Penn
sylvania. The lease on the Pennsyl-
vania lines east Of Pittsburg expired
at one time, and the Western Union
was given notice to vacate. The New
York Central, it is declared, is tied up
much stronger with the Western Union,
having many contracts for various
parts of It's lines. To terminate one or,
perhaps, several of these leases would
be useless. They have various terms
still to run, but few, if any, are about
IN exDire
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-05
maintained; without protection wages
must 60 down.--American Economist.

"The annual consumption Of iron In
the United States Is growing with
cumulative force. Fifty years ago 1t was
100 pounds per capita, two years ago 30o
pounds, and last year 400 pounds per
capita, Within twenty-five years 1t should
be 1000 pounds. Not one-twentieth OF the
inhabitants Of the earth are comfortably
housed, fed and clothed. The world Is
not finished. There are whole continents
to be developed. There Is plenty for all
to do. Let everyone work who will 1t
requires a certain number of workers TO
produce the daily necessities of the peo-
pie. Every additional producer put to
work adds to wealth. When the price
of iron Is under control, the manufacture
ing nations will make such regular and
uninterrupted progress as Will astonish
the world. Iron is the most valuable gift
nature ever bestowed upon nation. The
owners of the great iron properties have
an opportunity of untold wealth within
their grasp. They may. by wise action,
change business which in the past has
been attended by one or two years of
profit, followed by seven or eight years
of loss. to business of uninterrupted
profit. The act which puts an end to sea-
sons of industrial depression will in
augurate an era of unexampled prosperity
to the iron-producing nations of the
world. George II. Hull, in Engineering
Magazine, August, 1900.
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