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tators. bent on getting a look at the ponies.
dogs elephants and various other animals.
The first performance was given this aft
ernoon. There will be two performances
each day this week. Baltimore will be the
next city visited.
While the Gentry show has grown to the
proportions of circus it retains the main
features that made 1t popular from the
inception--that is the trained animals who
amuse the little ones and who at the same
time furnish unfailing enjoyment for the
elders.
This was an exceedingly unfavorable day
for the street parade held this morning.
The rainy weather and the wet streets mill
tated against the usual crowds. but there
was fair turnout along the line of march.
and after the performers, both bfpeds and
auadrupeds, had made the circuit of the city
and returned to the canvas shelter the IN
clemency was forgotten during the after
noon entertainment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-28
IN ANNUAL SESSION.
Christian Endeavor Societies of
Northern Virginia.

SFeclal correspondence OF The Star.
OAKTON, Va. May %. 1896.
The annual session Of the Christian En-
deavor Societies of northern Virginia, COM
prlsing the societies of Fairfax Loudoun.
Prince William and Alexandria counties
and Alexandria city. was held In the Meth
odist Episcopal Church at this place today
Ahe morning session was called to order
by Miss Hettie Westcott OF the Vienna
society who led IN praise service of
twenty minutes
The ADDRESS of welcome to the delegates
was delivered by Rev. J. Edwin Amos. mas
tor of the Oakton Methodist Church. and
was responded to by Mr. Frank Bail OF
BaIistoa. the president OF the local union.
The business OF the convention was then
taken up Mrs. A f. Corning OF Vienna
secretary. called roll OF societies, and
delegates reported from Ballston, Mount
Olivet, Falls Church, Vienna, Fort Myer
nrd Arlington
The minutes of the fall meeting were read
and approved. and reports OF the treasurer
and secretary were received and accepted
Under the head of new business. Mr. H F.
Lowe was made transportation manager,
with instructions to obtain suitable trans
portauon rates for the delegates from the
local union to the coming state convention
A committee was also appointed to con-
slider and report upon the ACCESSIBILITY Of
employing a field secretary for work in
northern Virginia during the summer
months.
At u o'clock the morning session was
closed for luncheon. which was served by
the Ookton society in grove opposite the
church. a committee composed of Mrs S.
z. Smith. Miss Lester McCeery. Miss Lot1ie
Hunt. Miss Ethel Petit and Miss Bessie
Burk being in charge. Tables were ar
ranged under the trees.
The AFTERNOON session was convened at 2
O'Clock, and after praise service of fff-
teen minutes conducted by Mr. John w.
Seay, jr, of Falls Church. the business of
the morning session was resumed by the
election of officers and selection of the
place for the next meeting.
Mr.. II. F, Lowe. president of the state
union, addressed the convention on the sub
iect OF state work and the state convention.
Addresses were also delivered by Rev.
Charles NJ Zepp OF Ballston and Rev. E.
II Bronson of Vienna.
Delegates from several societies read five
minute papers on subjects of special inter-
est To the Endeayorers. and after a.. con.
secration service. conducted by the Balls
ton society. the SESSION was adjourned.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

NORTH CAROLINA AVENUE NORTH'
EAST between 18th and l4th Streets
John r. Farnum ct ux. TO Joseph r.
McCrink, lot I, square north of loo6'
SO.
DOBBINS' ADDITION-Bertha X. Hudson
ct vir Richard H. to Edwin ID. Flssher,
lot 81, square 20; $500.
K STR EET SOUTHEAST between sth and
9th streets-Anna L. Ekstein ct 81. 70
Christopher NJ. Bartscher. part original
lot 3, square 92S: $40.
NO. l415 A STREET SOUTHEAST-CaI f1e
G. Taylor ct ux. TO FREDERICK W. anu
Mary Eichler lot 49, square 1883; SID
BARRY FARM-James f. Bundy ct TX. 10
Edward Mallory, part lot o, section u;
S1oo0. 2
TSHERWOOD-Alice ]. Ford to Catherine
Jackson lot l66, block 27; SO.
THIRTY FOURTH AND Q STREETS
NORTHWEST-Georg E. Clan Ike e. TX.
to Frank ]. Wissner, part .lo1 1874.
square 1913; so.
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MARYLAND Guards in Camp.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, May 2s.-Three COM
panies of the LIST Regiment Maryland Ma
tional Guard designated the I'd Battalion,
and commanded by Lieut.. Col. William G.
Purnell, went into camp at Sauders Range,
near Glen Burnie, this country. today The
other battalions of the regiment will camp
at the same place later lin the summer.
The companies on duty with the I'd Bat
TALON are b. Capt. George L. Fisher of
Hagerstown; II, First Lieut.. Herbert L.
Kniesly of Westminster, and l. Capt. l.. p
Coulbourn of Salisbury. The latter COM
pany was detailed In place of A of Fred
erick The battalion will remain In camp
until next Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-28
GENTRY BROS SHOWS
ELEPHANTS, PONIES AND DOGS
APPEAR IN PARADE.

All was in readiness at o'clock fois morn
ing for the opening performances of the
Gentry Brothers shows, u street near
18th street. Although the show arrived
early yesterday morning not much in the
way Of work was attempted owing to the
day being Sunday. the only tents erected
being those that house the menagerie.
The shows are said to be twice as large
as when last seen here. The grounds were
covered all day yesterday with eager spec
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-28
Dowie Lost Valued Supporter.

CHICAGO, May 2s.-John Alexander
Dowie suffered a severe loss in his sup
porters In Zion Church today when Deacon
Daniel Bryant arrived in Chicago from
South Africa. Deacon Bryant has for sew
eral years been general overseer for South
Africa and was one of the men upon
whom Dowie counted most strongly Upon
his arrival he at once declared against
Dowie and went over completely to the
Voliva forces
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Brakeman Crushed Under Train.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
HAGERSTOWN. Md, May 26.-while
riding on the tank of the engine pulling
his train today, Edward Andrews. a Cum
berland Valley freight brakeman was jolted
off, fell the track and some dozen cars
passed over him. His ribs were crushed,
his right leg mangled. left leg fractured
and lungs injured. The accident occurred
a what is known as Poor House Station,
and the injured man was taken tie the hos
ptal at Carlisle, where he died an hour
later. Andrews was twenty-five years old
and is survived by a wife living at Cham
berSburg,
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Inquest Not Necessary.

James Turner, colored, living at 2t24
New York avenue, reported to the police
today that his eight rnonth-old daughter
had died about $50 o'clock this morning.
Coroner hewitt went to the house and
found that the childs death was due TO
an attack of pneumonia. He therefore de-
cided that in inquest was not necessary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-28
Building Permits issued.

Building permits were issued by Inspector
Ashford today as follows:
To B. II. Warner. builder, for two-story
brick store at s11 H street northwest: arch
itect. w. s. Palmers estimated cost, 81, AGO.
To B. H. Warner, builder. for repairs and
alterations at sol -SO3 9th street northwest;
architect w. S. Palmer; estimated cost,
900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-28
Mr.. Rowzee,s Condition Serious.

National Electrical Supply Company. who
was so seriously injured in a runaway ac-
cident Saturday night. Is stu under treat
ment at Garfield Hospital. He Is suffering
from concussipn of the brain and has not
regaiEied consciousness up to a late hour
today
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-28
Honors for Washington Girls.

Special Dispatch 20 The Star.
SOUTH HADLEY. Mass. May 2s.--Among
the successful candidates for the bachelor
Of arts degree at Mount Holyoke College.
which holds its commencement June 20. are
Misses Mabel Ruth Fernald and Ruth Ma
tilda Stauffer. both of Washington, D. e.
They are. with an Atlanta girl, the only
southerners In the graduating class. but
rank high In the honor list.
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Blaze in q Shed.

An alarm of fire was turned in from box
65s about noon yesterday because of a blaze
In the shed In rear of the home of Conway
Motley. 905 G street northeast. The fire was
extnguished before more than S. damage
had been caused.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-28

Coroner hewitt was summoned to 1747
street yesterday to make an investigation
of the case of Mary e. Long, colored who
had been found dead In bed about 4 o'clock
In the morning. The woman. who was
about twenty-six years of age, the coroner
found. had died from heart failure. He
gave certificate accordingly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-28

The first permanent leper colony IN the
Philippines has been established on Cuiion
Island, and 300 lepers have been removed
there from Cebu All cases discovered
henceforth will be sent there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-28

the Tdewater railroad, shot and killed
Harris Greasy. near Cambria. Va. Satur-
day.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SUCH OF THE
lothobiers Of Oak Hin cemetery as are entitled
TO vote win be held the companys Office MON
DAY, June 4, 1906. at o'clock pm, ~ the
election of a board OF managers.
my2S- M w&s-3t H. 5. MATTHEWS. Secretary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-28

About three riches of snow fell Satur-
lay afternoon at Sparta, Wis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-28
COOLER TONIGHT.
Tuesday Fair; Fresh Northwesterly
Winds.

Forecast till pm. Tuesday.-For the
District Of Columbia. Delaware and Mary
land. partly cloudy and cooler tonight
tuesday fair fresh northwesterly winds
For Virginia, cloudy and cooler tonight.
Tuesday fair; fresh northwesterIy winds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-28

Maximum temperature past twenty four
hours. 70; year ago, SO.
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CENTER MARKET.
DECORATION DAY.

A new bath tub will help you
J-oo.> - this
hCSp COOl Let do the plumbing.
Hutchinson & Mccarthy, G 10th st.
my2S6d
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was important to his ambition. Conse-
Quentiy, after standing out at the first
joint conference and declaring the ad-
vance demanded vas impossible, he
made a sudden change which obvious
~ VIII aid his political interests, a
change which has been interpreted by
the press and public as due to orders
from the steel trust that the ad-
vance must De granted the miners il
that be the price of peace.
This change on the part OF Robbins
aroused a bitterness of feeling among
the smaller operators Of Illinois, In
diana and Ohio which never could be
assuaged. In joint conference Com
missioner Philip Penna, of the Indiana
Bituminous Coal Operators associa-
ton, challenged the miners to grant
the coal companies OF those three
states the same conditions as those
which prevail under the miners agree
in the Pittsburg field, and de-
elared that if they would do so the
operators not only Immediately would
grant the 1914 per cent. advance in
wages, but would furnish the miners
their powder free.
This challenge was directly aimed
the stand of Francis L. Robbins,
who was proclaimed q traitor to the
of the soft coal operators. Its
apparent fairness was a bombshell in
he campaign of Robbins and the min
ers as well. 1t brought no further re-
suit than a hot discussion. The mys-
cry Of 1t IS uncovered in one under
ying reason for the strike.
The Great Industrial War.
So after three days in the final strug-
lie In joint conference all e..orts to
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district into the markets of Indian
apolis and Chicago. The reason lay
in the cheaper labor secured in the
~nonunlon mines and the longer hours,
which enabled coal mine operators to
secure a greater production per day.
1t also lay in the growing carelessness
or the union miners in the mining of
coal; While the graue of West Virginia
coal was improving, the complaints to
the district unions of Illinois, Indiana
n Ohio regarding tue increasing
careleSsneSS of the miners were each
month growing more frequent. In
those fields, moreover, under the gen.
eral agreement with the miners ma
tiOnal organization, known as the Gin
terstate agreement" the conditions i'm
posed in the "d~ifferentials" between
machine and hand mining reached a
point where it amounted to practically
% cents a ton.
Tension Constantly Growing.
The stories told by miners of the
numerous small strikes which have
occurred in the Illinois and Indiana
fields in the last two years illustrate
the tension between the miners and
operators, growing constantly greater.
The two interests were not working
in harmony.
At a mine in southern Illinois where
over 400 men were employed, the man
IN charge OF the pit mules ordered hay
for them, but because of a lack of the
hay in the local market he woke I'D
one morning with less than a bale of
hay to feed the hungry mules. He
hIled them up on oats and sem them
into the mine, but the miners learned
the lack of hay and in a few min
utes they walked out and refused to
for several days, notwithstand-
ing the mules were fed.
At another mine a strike resulted
rom the hardness of 20 minutes of
he paymaster uron pay day at the
These facts the miners boast about
aughingly, but the operators each
month grow more restless, till the op-
)%ortunlty was offered to stand on what
hey believed to be their rights. Then
hey promptly refused to grant the in
'rease of wages of 1919 per cent.
Which was demanded by the United q
Nine Workers. I
Press dispatches have told the tale '
+ contention, pickering and delay In S
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INTERESTING FACTS REGARDING
STRUGGLE WEEN MINERS
AND OPERATORS.
GREATEST IN HISTORY OF COUNTRY
War Cloud Has Been Gathering for Some
Time-Diggers Have Laid Aside Formid.
able Fund to Push Fight-Proposi.
ton to Incorporate Union.
BY CLYDE ALISON MANN.

The facts underlying the great strike
in the bituminous coal fields are the
most remarkable that have been in
volved in any labor question in the
history Of the United States, as the
strike will be the greatest strike in the
country's history.
Few Of the moving facts became ap-
parent during the joint conferences at
indianapolis. They had their origin in
the previous strike in the bituminouS
fields and the remarkable recruiting to
the ranks of the United Mine Workers
of America which followed upon the
heels of the strike in 1902. The Oppor-
tunitieS in organization shown then
appealed to the element of the miners
which previously had secuted the idea
of organization, and this element has
proved to be, as it got more and more
into the harness, a radical, even social
iStic element-much more radical than
the leaders of the United Mine Work.
ers OF the older membership in that
body.
Miners Well Prepared.
through the check off system, the
collection by the cooperators of union
dues n fines, a system which existed
through the foolish indulgence of the
operators, an enormous strike fund
has been piled up, the total being to-
day at least $1,000, 900 in all the district
and national treasury. There is a fund |
OF S950,000 in the Illinois treasury
alone. This is a sum which would go
but a little way in paying strike
wages, but was a sun so large that
the new element In the United Mine
Workers had fixed their eyes upon it
greedily with jealous misgvings of
what might be done with it. In the
ranks of the miners, therefore, the
majority sentiment was in favor of
demand, which their leaders
knew were wholly unlikely to be
granted under the existing conditions.
Mitchell and his lieutenants were
put in a position of choosing between
to lead their men n sub
to the demands of the rad
Ical majority. OF being thrown from
high position and trampled upon
by thousands of union members. Such
situation among the miners was
to exist and that a strike was
likely has been known for months to
many of the big operators, the rail- {
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men Will undoubtedly. go to. the non.
union coal fields in Kentucky, Tennes-
sec, Alabama and West Virginia. Aft
er a %protracted strike the union has
been driven out Of Alabama and the
mines are run on the plan of the
open shop"
For weeks both sides Of this giant
struggle between labor and capital
nave been maneuvering for position,
axe great armies: One cause of delay
before the final breach between the
operators and miners was in making
these maneuvers in tactical moves Of
one side and then the other.
When a disagreement seemed prob
able President John Mitchell, of the
United Mine Workers, secured a letter
from President Roosevelt, urging that
a second effort be made to prevent a
strike, and tried to put the RESPONSE
bility for the strike upon the oper-
atOrs.
In return the operators promptly
agreed to a second joint conference, to
be held at Indianapolis, beginning
March 10, and which was prolonged
for ten days.
The third move on the battle field
was Mitchell's announcement that the
Plttsburg Coal company with an out
put of 100000 900 IONS per annum)
would compromise by granting an ad-
vance of 5.55 per cent.
The operators made a cOunter.moye
by proclaiming Robbins a traitor to
their cause and not representative of
their will.
Mitchell made a flank movement by |
declaring the railroads were respon-
sible for the failure Of peace negotia-
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lions and vehemently proClaiming tina
an investigation should b. made of the
relations between the coal companies
or the soft coal fields and the railroads
The operators retorted there was
nothing in it and that Mitchell was
simply pandering to public prejudice
against the railroads.
Mitchell jOckeyed for the position
OF asking restoration" of a wage scale
that was in force one year the year
OF 1903, trying 10 make the operators
appear in the position of refusing a
wage scale which previously had been
in force, Notwithstanding Che claimed)
the steel trade and railroads now were
prospecting wonderfully. {:
Average Wage of Diggers.
Reports of labor commissioners of
the various states give the average
number of days which coal miners in
each field work and give the average
daily wage at s2.42. Many Of the min
ers earn, when they work, from 81
to IS and W. S10Fa day, but there
has been an overproduction Of soft
coal and an ~inf1ux''of coal from nom
union mines which has restricted the
operation of the mines in Illinois and
it's sister states. The miners then
earn through the year an average of
$2.42 per day. The statistics of the
state of Indiana permit: comparison
with the wages paid. to- the butcher,
the baker and the furniture maker;
the butchers being paid an average of
$z.19 per day. bakers .s2,O4 per day,
and the furniture makers, $1.S7 per
day. Quarrymen, whose work is sim
liar, but-not underground are paid an
average of $1.4O a day. The average
wages of engineers and fremen of sta
tionary plants is 81 per day, that of
brick makers $1.S5 per day, and brew
ers are paid $2.35 per day.
There are occupations for which |
higher wages are paid than coal min
ing, but they are not numerous.
The changes in the coal fields in the
of the miners and. their
families during the last ten years are
so striking that they furnish one of
the best examples Of the progress and
prosperity which is becoming each
year more general throughout the
United States. The traditional habits
Of the miners have not altogether been
changed, but there. are many more
miners who now own their homes, and
is a smaller percentage of the
men who generally spend their liberal
at the saloons and in dissipa-
ton. The typical home Of the miner
IS no longer a shanty, and the condi-
ions within no longer are those of
The miners child is now In
he schools, when in former years they
an 1.-The streets, dirty and ragged.
These changes have been wrought by
heir unioMs, and the operators have |.
ound great advantage IN. dealing with ]
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MISSISSIPPI MATTERS
Lawyers Fllmfammed.

A party representing himself as
Henry z. Bigelow of Pass Christian,
called on a law firm at Gulfport and en-
gagged the attorneys to collect a bill
against a very prominent gentleman Of
eass Christian. The attorneys took up
the matter, and in a few days received
2 check for the amount claimed. The
same afternoon Bigelow followed this
cneck, and the attorneys cashed it for
MIN In order to get their fees. He i'm
mediately disappeared and the attor-
neys are still holding the check.
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roads and the priests of the foreign
churches in the mining districts.
On the side Of the operators, condi-
lions existed which, also foretord an
abrupt clash. .whfth wphld be likely.t to
result in strike. FAT the threshold ]of
the central competitive district" COM
prising the states OF Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio and western PENNSYLVANIA, lie the
non~-unionized bituminous fields of
West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennes-
see. The West Virginia field particu-
larly has been an aggressive compel
flor In the soft coal market of the
middle states. I'm the last year West.
Virginia coal has gone into the very
strongholS Of the central competitive
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MnNN0 MSzRHER5

the joint conference of the miners and
the operators, first in February and
again March 10. : During the second
convention another influence was
brought to bear which added certainty
to the expectations that the miners
and operators could not agree.
Why Robbins Turned.
Francis L. Robbins, president Of the
Pittsburg Coal company, the biggest
corporation operating in the bitumi-
nous fields, will be a candidate for the
United States senate at the next SEES
sion Of the Pennsylvania legislature.
His announcement has not been made
public, but ip Pennsylvania It is a
well-known fact The miners vote