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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-10
THURSDAY FAIR; WARNER.
Fair, Continued Cool Weather To-
night; Variable Winds.

Forecast till pm. Thursday-For the
District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland
and Virginia, fair, continued cool tonight.
Thursday, fair, warmer; variable winds,
Weather conditions and general forecast
The storm has moved to the lower ST. Law
renee valley and another of somewhat SINH
lar character Is central over western Lake
superior, with trough of depression ex-
tending southwestward into northern Texas.
Clear weather has succeeded the heavy
rains of Tuesday in the east and south,
and in the west the weather continues gem
orally fair.
1t is decidedly cooler in the Atlantic and
gulf states and lower lake region, and
warmer to the northwestward. Light frost
was reported at Columbus Ohio, Sault Ste.
Marie and Rochester.
Showers are probable tonight and Thurs
day in the lower lake region. and on Thurs
day In the upper Ohio valley. interior of
New York and western New England In
the middle Atlantic states and the south
the weather will be fair.
Temperatures will rise generally during
the next thirty-six hours. although cool
weather will continue tonight
On the New England and middle Atlantic
coast the winds will be fresh west to north;
on the south Atlantic and east gulf coasts,
fresh north to northeast. and on the lower
lakes, fresh west to south.
Storm warnings are displayed at East
port.
Steamers departing today for European
west winds and fair weather to the Grand
Banks.
The following heavy precipitation Gin
inches has been reported during the past
twentyfour hours: Richmond 1872: Sa-
vannah, Ito; Wilmington 40; Raleigh,
112; Norfolk liz; Mortified, 1.O2; Allan
tic City, d; Cape May. 16o; Quitnan, La,
Us; Newbern. n. c., PA.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twentyfour hours beginning
a pm. yesterday:
ermometer-September Q, 4 pm. 81;
pm, Go; - midnight. co September 10. 4
am, IS; a m, 50; II noon, 81; pm, GO.
Maximum, GO. at pm, September 10;
minimum, "a. at am, September 10.
acknowledgements 8, pm, 29.15: s
pm, 23.S2; II midnight, 1892. September
10. am, 1886; s a M, 3OO2; noon, 3O.O6;
pm, 1904.
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Tide Table.

Today-Iow tide, S:1S am. and $50 pm !;
high tide, - am. and 1:37 pm.
Ton orrow-Low tide, GIG am. and 9:34
PM; high tide, 2O6 am. and 2:37 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-10

Forecast till pm. Thursday-For the
District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland
and Virginia, fair, continued cool tonight.
Thursday, fair, warmer; variable Winds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-10
The Sun and Moon.

Today-Sun rises. 5:35 am; sun sets, 6:1e
pm.
Moon sets, 11:42 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 5:36 am
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-10

Tomorrow-Sun rises, 5:36 am.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
tnguishing begun one hour before sunrise
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted fif-
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-fve minutes before sunrise
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-17
UP TO OPERATORS
President Mitchell Says Miners
Have Reached the Limit.

Hazleton, Pa, May 1.-THE coal
regions herea abouts were very quiet to-
day and every one is patiently awaiting
developments. President Mitchell says
that he has had no communication with
anyone regarding the settlement Of the
strike. He has received no word, he
said, from Senator Hanna or any other
members Of the. civic federation.
The operators have refused our de-
mandS, he continued, we have quit
work and it is now up TO the other
side"
The operators also appear to be await
ing Developments The mine owners in
this region say they have shut down
indefinitely and viii not attempt to start
up their collieries- They feel that
enough men could be secured from the
miners ranks to partially resume work,
but this, they fear, would bring on a
strife which they declare they want to
avert.
The Illinois bituminous operators now
here were again besieged for their opin-
ions on the plan of the anthracite men
TO call out the soft coal WOrkmen. They
reiterate that it would be difficult to ac-
complish such thing. There might be
sporadic strikes but not general sus-
pension
President AIitchelPs time this morning
was given up almost entirely to consid-
Grafton of the local difficulty at the BIZ
luminous mines at Springfield, III.
The operators have a yearly contract
WITH lne miners ana LQey desire 10 re-
new it. The IllinOisans could not agree
on several points and it was decided to
submit the matter to President Mitchell.
Both sides say the matter VIII be
Strengthened out today. A strike involv-
ing $500 men had been ordered there
but the order was rescinded pending the
present negotiations.
CHICAGO FEELS IT.
Chicago, May 1T-Chicago is feeling
the effects of the coal miners strike.
Dealers in anthracite coal have received
orders from New York to advance
prices almost 10 per cent AS a result
the price of hard coal has been ad-
vanced from s6.S5 a ton to 1925.
At a joint conference Of hard coal
shippers and western traffic officials
held here the request of the former to
reduce the rate to 81 per ton, has been
refused. The railroad people promised.
however, to maintain the present rate
of $3.50 per ton. The coal merchants
We're told that if they wanted to com
pete with Arkansas coal in Missouri
river territory the proper way to do it
was to reduce the price of hard coal
from this territory and not the freight
rate. as any rate the railroads might
make would be met by the Arkansas
lines
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volcano this morning. Showers Of cin-
ders, lasting for 20 minutes, accompa-
MED the activity. The people in the dis
tricts of Lorraine, Marigot, Sante Marie
and La Trinite are panic stricken.
HOW La SOUFRIERE LOOKED
London, May IA dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Kingston, Island of St.
Vincent contains an excellent deScrip-
ton by the Rev Mr.. Darrell Of the erup-
ton Of La Soufriere. Mr.. Darrell says:
We rowed to within eight miles of the
crater, from which majestic body Of
vapor ascended. The scene was sublime
beyond imagination. Steam smoke and
lava formed an awful pillar which ap-
peared to us to be at least eight miles
high. We roWed on. but an immense
cloud Of dark and dense volcanic mater
ial descended in our pathway, impeding
our progress ana warning US to StOQ-
The mighty bank of sulphuTOus VapOr
assumed the shape of a. gigantic pro-
mOntory; it then became a. mass of re-
volving cloud whirls, turning with in
credible velocity, assuming beautiful
flower shapes some dark, some efful-
gent, while others were pearly white
and all were brilliantly Illuminated by
electric flashes.
Darkness then fell upen the waters
and a black rain of dust descended upon
US. The laundering noises from the
mountain and the earthquake shocks all
produced scene of incredible majesty
and horror The plutOnic energy of the
mountain increased LlOtn0IldIlAS uul4A
our boat returned to Kingston, the crew
cowed and impressed with the weird
ness of the scene and covered thickly
with the falling gray dust"
The cable repair ship Pouyer- -Quertier,
says the dispatch to the Daily Mail has
found the bed of the ocean much dis
turbed At one place the ship found 900
fathOms of water where only 800 faith
oms We're down on the charts. Re-
charting may be necessary.
AIR HAD PECULIAR TASTE.
New York, May 1.-THE British steam =
ship Lord Antrim has arrived at Perth
Amboy, n. J.. from St. Lucia. from
which port she sailed on May g. The Of
ficers said that on the day before the
violent eruptions they passed close to
Martinique and saw that Mont Pelea
was in eruption and that smoke and
flames were rising from it. Their coats
We're covered with dust and when they
tried to brush it off it smeared the
clothing. The air had a peculiar taste
and there was a gassy odor. They at
tributed this to the eruption, but sailed
on This was u hours before the erup-
ton that caused the catastrophe Chief
/ Officer William Jones in commenting
/ upon the affair after reading the news
paper accounts said:
We We're in ranaS Of Pelee all night
and on the. morniEJ aich saw the
/ grand outburst we could still see the
smoke high in the air. OF course now
one can reason more clearly than if in
! the situation. but it seems to me that
! every ship should have gotten away 1t
( is past understanding why they remain
! ed that night
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and was allowed by unanimous vote to
select the delegates to the state conven-
ton. These charges are now made against
me again just prior to the cOnvening OF
the state convention in the hope that they
viii have more effect there than they did
in Miami county In Miami county not
only am 1 well known but also those who
assail me L wish they were as well
known by the delegates to the state con-
were I would have no defense to make.
None would be necessary. All this fight
on me is inspired by desire to get even
and to destroy ny political influence in
Miami county. No good for the county
IS sought by these people in this perse-
cutiOn of me. In proof of what l say
they offered to abandon the whole fight
If 1 would turn over to them what politi-
cal influence may have in the county.
They demanded that I should retire from
the contest tor state treasurer, that I
delegates to the state convention; that [
should permit them to name the members
Of the state committee from our dis
trict; that 1 should use my influence with
Senator Burton and Congressman Bower
sock IN securing the appointment Of their
friends to be pOstmasters at PaOla and
Osawatomie: and finally, that I should
not accept a federal appointment In brief,
they wanted me TO get off the political
earth. but their first demand was enough:
I had no intention of quitting the race
innocence of the charges they made, I
fought as any honorable self-resp pecting
man would do. l have never received
any benefit from these alleged irregular
tiles and believe that none existed when
/ turned over my office ten years ago"
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Fifth regiment, was ordered to proceed
with fifty men and platoon gun to the
scene Of the shooting and cooperate
with the city authorities and the sheriff
of Fulton county. Chief Of Police Ball
and Sh2riff ]. w Nelms also hurried to
the Sc1ne.
w. Z. Jackson, a street car conductor,
was one of those who hurried to the
scene. AS he was nearing the house he
was shot in the right hip, presumably
by Richardson.
A negro cabman driving a spectator
to the vicinity of the riotiug, was hit in
the hand by bullet
Call officer Spradin. speeding to the
scene on his bicycle, received a wound
in the arm
The desperate. Richardson. had been
lost sight of. The house burned rapidly
and number of inmates were seen to
run from the store to a wood shed and
to a barn Orders were quickly given
to fire every building into which the
negroes had been driven, and in a few
minutes the buildings We're burning.
A main sewer that runs through this
part of the city was utilized by two of
the negroes as possible means of
escape. but to no avail.
The crowd had increased until at least
8 600 people, 900 of whom at least were
armed surrounded the burning area.
Soon from the mouth of the sewer
Milton Rosby, a negro, was seen to
emerge. A shout went UP and the flee
ing negro. who struck out over an ad-
jacent lot, was being pursued Shot
after shot rang out, and in few min
utes he fell dead. The pursuing party
quickly surrounded him and filled his
body with lead He was literally shot
to pieces.
The crowd of enraged citizens had
scarcely finished this work when an
other negro was seen coming out of the
sewer He too, made a run for life
and managed to get into the back yard
of one of the neighboring homes, where,
surrounded by several head OF cattle
he was filed with lead.
The fire started by the attacking
party spread rapidly and soon the en-
tire block of buildings, nearly all negro
houses, was destroyed.
The police were busy arresting the
few negroes found in the vicinity
/ among them Steve Nisbet and Jim
( Singleton believed to be members OF
/ Richardson's gang.
( The police had great difficulty in get
I ting out of the crowd of enraged people
with TIE colored men. A mob Of 1000
} surged around the patrol wagon and
/ cried for the life of the men under ar
/ rest. The officers. throwing their men
+ into the bottom of the wagon, drew
! their revolvers. forced their way through
l the crowd and 20 minutes later lodged
/ their prisoners in the county Jail.
In less than an hour the block of
/ wooden houses was burned to the
I ground and a search of the ruins was
/ begun In a WoOdshed in the rear OF
and near it the steel barrel of rife
I 1t is believed that the skull represented
all that is left Of the negro who did
the shooting.
The police believe they have arrested
/ all the negroes directly concerned, but
/ bring into custody all suspicious char
/ acterS.
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of which had been erected a purple

of which had been erected a purple
canopy.
A delegation consisting of u senators
and II deputies received their ma les
ties at the steps and preceded by the
mace bearers they were conducted
through the ante chambers, filed with
cOurtierS and others who were unable
to find accommodation in the chamber
itself. The king, queen regent and the
Prince and Princess of the AstuTias
assembled a platform especially con-
structed facing the semi circular gilded
hall, around which the benches were
filled to their capacity by senator's.
deputies, cOurtiers and ministers. The
foreign princes and other special en-
VOys were seated Immediately to the
right of the platform, which was draped
With red Four giided arm chairs We're
placed in the front of the platform be-
meath a red canopy. The king and
queen regent, who had entered together
took the center seats and the Prince
and Princess of the Asturias seated
themselves in the others. On the left
of the king stood a table on which was
a Bible, with a silver crucifix behind it.
On the side of his ma jesty was stool
upon which stood golden crown,
blazing with jewels, and a scepter.
AS the royal party entered the hall
every one present rose and remained
standing until the queen regent pro-
nounced the words, BE seated"
The president of the chamber. Sena-
tor Vega Armijo, who approached the
table on which the Bible rested, then
said, amid impressive silence: "Senor.
the cortes invoked by your august
mother are present to receive from your
majesty the oath, which in accordance
with the constitution you cone to take
to maintain the constitution and the
laws.
Senator Armijo then drew near the
king and held out the Bible. at the same
time keeping open a book containing
the formula of the oath. His majesty,
placing his right hand on the Bible
then uttered the following words: I
swear, by God, upon the Holy Bible.
to maintain the constitut' a and laws.
If so do may God reward me If I do
not may He call me to account"
The queen regent, the royal party and
all others present listened to the fore
going, standing. King Alfonso then
again seated himself on the throne and
the others also reseated themselves
The president of the chamber return
ed to the table and from there address
ing the king, said:
The cortes have received the oath
your majesty has taken to maintain the
constitution and laws"
At the same mo- bent the booming of
q guns were healai announcing to the
city that the king ad taken the oath.
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BURIED IN GLOOM.
London Coronation Visitors Ara
Suffering Detection.
ScaffOIding Hides Everything
Not Obscured by Rain.

London, May 17.-So far as it has
progressed in London, rain, snow and
hail have been England's harbingers OF
summer. Never has there been such an
Indictment spring. Americans who have
come over for the coronation go around
in dOleful groups waiting for the sun
shine that never comes The women 80
TO the opera and clubs in furs and the
men have long since reverted to their
winter clothes. so prematurely discard
ed in sunny April. No amount of fes-
tivities, and there are plenty Of them,
can dispel the universal gloom that the
awful weather has created. In the
northern part of the country there was
actually skating this week, while an
automobile trip to Scotland has had to
be abandoned London itself has been
spared this last visitation, but cold
northeast winds and perpetual RAIN
brought the unsaVory weather of the
metropolis equal to that of the prov
inces up to today, when it was slightly
better.
What is worth seeing in London that
is not obseured by rain is hidden by
scafOlding. Unsightly stacks of timber
that run as high as the buttreSSeS or
Westminster Abbey blot the national
gallery out of Trafalgar square panO-
rama and turn the Pail Mall clubs into
lumber yards which project their unfin-
iShed ugliness into the London streets,
until it is small wonder that the Amer
lean visitor returns from sightseeing
detected. The Abbey, that Mecca o&
lIe american III IL now liOl
only half hidden by enormous stands
but is rendered perfectly ludicrous ON
account of the semi-cOmpieted stuccO
addition to the great west door This is
wooden imitation of the abbey archi-
lecture in a castellated panoply. extend
ing so yards beyond the door, where the
king win enter, and was apparently de-
signed for the purpose of making the
entrance more imposing, not to say
drier, in case of rain.
Among the Americans who viii havs
a good view Of the coronation is Lady
Charles WOlseley's 16-year-old son Eric
LORD Wolseley. who viii be close to the
sovereign throughout the ceremony, has
selected Eric to act as his page. Lady
WolseIey was Miss Anita Murphy OF
san Francisco
AS re CARDS the London season, OF
which so much was expected. the fact
is that up to now the town is mora
empty than usual at this time of the
year.
The Associated Press IS in a position
to definitely deny that either Sir
Thomas Upton, William Waldorf Astor
or Sir Ernest Cassel, who recently
placed 100000 pounds at King Ed
wards disposal for utilitarian purposes,
win be made coronation peers, as pre-
viOusly reported To friend Sir
Thomas said today
"A peerage has not been offered me,
and if it should be I, while apprecfating
the great honor. would be compelled to
decline have no desire to get so far
away from my friends. am quite
satisfied to remain where I am"
At the same time Sir Thomas Upton
could have a peerage for the asking,
and the king has himself suggested it,
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SEVEN KILLED.
Six Wounded and Block Of
Buildings Burned.
Desperate Battle Between Off
GERS Of Atlanta
And a Negro Whom They We're
Trying to Capture.
HE WAS A SURE SHOT.
Every Time the Negro Fired an
Officer Fell.
One House After Another
Burned Over His Head.
Finally Disappeared and His
HE WAS A SURE SHOT
Every Time the Negro Fired an
Officer Fell.
One House After Another
Burned Over His Head.
Finally Disappeared and His
Bones Found in the Ashes.

Atlanta Ca, May T.-Four white
men and three negroes dead, five white
men and one negro wounded and an
entire block of buildings burned is the
result of a conflict that began here
early today between the police and
blacks. Will Richardson. who is be
lieved to have been half Indian and
half negro. the owner of store in Nc
Daniel street, in the suburb of Pitts
burg. and four other negroes brought
on the trouble by resisting arrest and
defying officers of Fulton county and
Atlanta. The dead:
ED BATTLE. bailin of Fulton
II G. OzBURN, a policeman of Full
ton county
THOMAS GRANT. a city policeman.
EDWARD CRABTREE, a city po-
WILL RICHARDSON. the negro des-
perado who killed these men.
MILTON ROSBY, d negro who at
tempted 70 escape from a sewer.
UNKNOWN NEGRO. killed in a
nearby yard.
THE WOUNDED.
s. a. kerlin, beaten by negroes.
W. A. Wright. a county policeman,
wounded in the left shoulder.
w. 2. Jackson, a street car man,
wounded in hip.
Owen Heard, county policeman,
wounded in the thigh.
Call Officer Spradhn, wounded in the
arm.
Unknown negro. shot through hand.
The fight between the officers and
the negroes occurred in Pittsburg, a
negro settlement directly south of the
city limits on Mcdaniel street. The
ofhcers attempted to arrest five negroes
suspected of having beaten former
Policeman S. A. Kerlin nearly to death
yesterday ar arnoon- The negroes re-
sisted arrest by entrenching themselves
in a house and the fight resulted. AS
soon as Information Of the fight be-
tween the negroes and officers reached
the city wagon loads of policemen
heavily armed were hurried to the
scene, and Governor Gambler ordered
out detachment of the state militia
soa6e,, Inc shooting moot was followed by
calmness, and the efforts of the officers
thereafter were directed toward con-
trolling the temper of the white men,
who We're walking the streets of the
suburb with drawn weapons