The Ketchikan miner., 1907-12-14
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GolG6eld. Dec. 1.-Mekinnon, 8 hrOshe. -in-law of Hayweol of the
 Federation of Miners, is in charge of the campaign being instituted hy the miners aniouS. Constant reports of
 threats of violence are heard and grave apprehension is fels by the res iaen,S of the district that trouble will result as the outcome of the present strike. A sheriff. aided hy twenty deputies. searched all night for the dynamite that was stolen yesterday by members of the miners union, So far the only violence perpetrated was an assault upon Herbert Beliori. son of Attorney Belford of the Consolidated mining interests. He was brutally beaten by miners, his teeth knocked out his rihS broken. and when the as saalters had finished their work they left the unfortunate young fellow lying on the ground. thinking he WAS deaa. Anonymous letters have been received by many of the prominent mine own CTS threatening them with death by dynamite. The authors of the letters, il is suspiciOned. are certain pVomi
 rent men among the miners. Troops will begin 10 arrive here this morning.
 Mouongas. Dee. 7.-Hundreds of men have lest their lives as a result oi the explosion yesterday in the coal mine ss this place. Little hope is held that there are any of the entombed miners still alive. Over seventy bodies hare been recovered by the reseuers and searchers- Gas escaping from the mine has greatly interfered with the progress of the work. Cave ins hare added another danger to the work of rescue. Thirty persons were enclosed in tunnel by 6 oavein and are still imprisoned. Some of the thirty are still alive. Desperate efforts a;e being made to reach the entombed men but tLere is little like lihood of any ot the unfortunate vic tims being rescued.
 Washington. Dec, ..-Prince kala- laranolo has requested that inc repub- lican committee of Hawaii be allowed four delegates 10 the national repuhli- can convention. Chicago and Kansas City are in the lead in the race for the distinction Of being the conyen- iion city with chances about even.
 Seattle. Dec. John Williams. q negro Who is serving a sentence in the county iail for committing an as- sausi upon his wife, has been under suspicion for some time and was to- day identified as the man who murder cd the parents of his former wife in Omaha in ls93. Steps will be taken 10 have the man removed 10 Nebraska for trial for this crime.
 Dawso1. Dec. -.-Goyernor Tender s0n. replying 10 the charges emminat ing from Ottawa to the eifect that Daxson ard the Yukon country were notOrioUsly immoral. denies the state meus and goes on 10 declare that there is 10 more immortality or the Yukon or in Dawson than there is in any other part ot Canada.
 Washington, Dec. :. The rivers and barbors convention has completed ihe busiuess that came before il and adjourned. The amount of the annual appropriation asked by the convention for the improvement of rivers and haFboFs by The govsTnmept is fifty million dollars.
 Boise, Dec. 7.-The jury in she Pet titone case was completed this morn- ing and the case will he called fer trial in few days.
 Chicago. Dec. wv. J. Bryan xas [ guas, 0. the IroQuois club. demo- cratic organization. lsss night. Tn the course ot Mr. Bryan's remarks he re- ferred to the bitter fight that had been Eaged between him and Sullivan and said that the difficulty was all over and that there would be 10 further anssgonism from Sullivan and that both were true to the party.
 Washington. Dec. 7.-Judge Reid of Alaska. who succeeds Judge Wick ersham, has appointed o. 4. Wells of Ardmore. Oklahoma, clerk of the court at Fairbanks 10 succeed Skier.
 Washington. Dec. 7.-The result of the present outbreak of the miners in the Gold6eld district will be the es- tablishruent by the government in tha, district of a permanent military post for the better protection of the mining interests in that district. IL is presumed that the government is taking this action because of the fre- Quency of the outbreaks of labor diff cuIties in that district.
 Vancouver. Dee. 9.-Six hundred white men ho have been out Of en- pIOy meut for some time today paid yi.is to the mayor and is is feared an- other outbreak may occur unless con- ditiOus change. A number of the aldermen Of the city are employing Japanese Isborers ard the white men hoo. the officials whenever they ap-