Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 17, 1901, Page 2

The Revald--Heview. By E. C. KILEY, GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA, —— seed counties in Texas which have to seek legal advice out- side their limits, as they have not a single attorney of their own. There are 40 India has hundreds of dialects, which may all be classed under three great heads the Sanscrit, Pracrit and Magadhi. The Sanscrit is the funda- mental language and that of the Vedas; the Pracrit the vernacular lan- guage in many dialects, and the Maga- dhi or Misra is that of Ceylon and the islands, King Edward VII has accepted from Scott Montagu, member of parliament, a present of a number of American bronze turkeys, which were imported into England in a wild state, but have adapted themselves very comfortably to their new surroundings, and have thrived remarkably at Mr. Montagu’s place in Hampshire. The king’s birds will be lodged at Sandringham. The birthplace of our presidents are divided among the states as follows: Six have come from Virginia, five from Ohio, three from New York, two each from Masssachusetts and North Caro- lina and one each from New Jersey, Kentucky, New Hampshire, Vermont, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. Presi- dent McKinley is of Scotch-Irish an- cestry; Vice President Roosevelt is of Holland-Dutch descent. : It may be news to some readers that English is the language of the Japanese foreign office, both in its in- tercourse with foreign diplomatists and its telegraphic correspondence with its own representatives abroad. All telegrams from Tokyo to the for- eign agents of Japan are written and ciphered in English, and the replies are in the same language. The “Yankees of the East” evidently want their western civilization in the orig- inal package. The following allegation in a bill for divorce against a wife was held by the Supreme court of Washington not to state any legal ground for divorce: “She was quarrelsome, vicious in dis- position, murderous in “threats against the plaintiff and his parents, hysteri- cal and ungovernable in temper, crazy in her actions, and by her causeless and unprovoked boisterousness, screaming, hallooing and other wild conduct, by day and night, an intol- erable nuisance to all her neighbors.” Graduates of the Naval Academy in Annapolis who have attained the highest rank have heretofore been sent abroad for a post-graduate course in naval architecture at Greenwich or Glasgow or the Ecole Polytechnique in France. It ought to be a matter of pride to Americans that hereafter they will study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Annapo- lis graduates have always taken the highest honors abroad. The authori- ties in Washington do not say that the foreign schools no longer have any- thing to teach our young men, but they do say that they have nothing which is not now taught as well or better here. At the recent matriculation examina- tions of the University of Breslau, a young German peasant with his moth- er and sisters passed with honors. The mother came first on the entire list. In order to encourage the young man in his work, his mother and sister had since his childhood studied his lessons with him. A less spectacular version of family cooperation goes on daily in one of the most beautiful homes at a fash- ionable resort. Directly after breakfast the father and mother, two college daughters, one grown and one young son, join in a half-hour’s “spelling down.” Thanks to this little ruse, the boy, who several teachers had declared could never be taught to spell, is over- coming an ignorance which would have seriously crippled his collegiate course, and been a source of mortification all his life. The “play” of intellect, to use a vacation pun, constitutes the delight of learning, and is often its truest in- spiration. A young girl at a hotel table, some years ago, undertook to quiet a restless child by making for him little figures which she modeled from bread crumbs rubbed between her fingers. The rapidly growing pro- cession of Noah’s-ark animals at- tracted the attention of a gentleman opposite. It was the sculptor Thomas Ball, who afterward told the girl she had unusual talent, took her to his own studio, and taught her to model in clay and afterward to work in marble. An interesting side-light on the pretty incident is that the young girl had molded her figures undis- turbed by a tableful of witnesses, and, on the other hand, Mr. Ball seated her in the studio with. her back toward his own chair, because he “could not possibly work while anybody looked on.” Prof. N. C. Bruce, colored, of the Shaw University, in Raleigh, N. Cs wko was given the degree of A. M. by Bates College recently, graduated from that college in 1893. He was born in Virginia, and gained his early educa- tion with difficulty, working with a hoe in the summer and with his books fn the winter. While in college, he sold books, worked on Maine farms in the summer, and acted as janitor of a Lewiston church. He was on the com- ~mencement programme at his gradua- ion, and was the class-day orator, Washington Notes. The United States may be compelled by treaty to take.a hand in the Colom- bian revolution, Japanese officers, after spending two years studying naval affairs, pronounce American methods models, Admiral Schley is satisfied with the selection of Rear Admiral Howlson to fill the court of inquiry investigation. The refusal of congress to appropri- ate money for river and harbor im- provements means greater expense in the future. After his recent visit to President McKinley at Canton, Senator Cullom said there is not likely to be any spe- cial tariff legislation this session, but that several reciprocity treaties are likely to be presented to the senate. The president has commuted to life imprisonment the sentence of death pronounced by a court-martial upon James W. Allen, a private of Company F, Twenty-fourth infantry. Allen was convicted of rape at Humingan, Luzon, Postmaster General Smith, in a let- ter to the civil cervice commission, rec- ommends that that body take up with the president the matter of amending orably discharged soldiers who served in the Philippine insurrection. Ernest L. Harris, United States con- sular agent at formcd the state department that val- awakening of the Holy Land is no longer a dream. Casualties. The driver of a load of nitro-glycer- ine raced to beat a train, and was blown to atoms. An ore train on the Eastern Minne- sota went through a bridge. One man was killed and three others were in- jured. At Marion, Ind., fire destroyeJ the Paper company, with the exception of the finishing department. Loss, $175,- +000; insurance, $60,000. ‘William F. Coston, the manufacturer of the Coston marine night signals, was seriously injured in an explosion which ‘occurred at his works on Staten Island. One building was destroyed. Emery W. Riggin, son of E. B. Rig- gin, ex-speaker of the house of repre- sentatives of Delaware, was fatally burned in a fire that destroyed Riggin & Son’s carriage factory at Laurel. Mrs. Sarah Knaub of York, Pa., aged about fifty-three years, was shot and killed by her sister, Mrs. Henry Reilly, at Pleasureville, a suburb of York, while Mrs. Reilly was shooting at chicken thieves. Miss Carrie A. Jones, twenty years of age, daughter of ex-Gov. Jones, was run over and killed by a street car in front of the executive mansion in Montgomery, Ala. The accident was witnessed by the governor. Busiel Smith, eight years old, of Phil- adelphia, a grandson of Former-Gov. Buisel of New Hampshire, was drowned at Amesbury, Mass., in the Merrimac river. Charles Usher of Lynn also lost his life in an attempt to save the child. James H. Wilson, a ratient ot ths insane hospital at Provo, Utah, threw himself head first into the open door of a furnace. He was badly burned be- fore being pulled out. While band- ages were being prepared, Wilson got away and again threw himself into the furnace, this time being so frightfully burned that he died. ‘ Foreign. Kruger tells the Boer commandants to continue fighting. The Japanese are aching for a fight with the hated Russians. An official test of locomotives in Ja- maica resulted in favor of America. The Chinese in Pekin become more insulting as the allied troops depart. The condition in Cape Colony is said to be worse than at any period of the war. Brigands are gathering for an attack upon Pekin when the evacuation is completed. The British Antarctic exploration ship Discovery sailed from Cowes, Isle of Wight, for the Antarctic regions. The British house of lords may not try to pass-King Edward’s declaration pill, which is offensive to Roman Cath- olics. The number of detectives responsible for King Edward’s safety has been nearly doubled, owing to fear of an- archists. Dr. Martinez Silva, minister to ‘Washington, has been appointed to represent Colombia in the international congress in Mexico. By the elevation of Count von Wald- ersee to the hereditary princely rank, his wife, an American, will, for the sec- ond time become a princess. Queen Wilhelmina has ordered the secretary of war of Holland to send a rule § of the classified service of hon- | Blbenstock, has in- | wantown, Pa., in 1829, went to Néw uable mineral treasures have recently | ‘ Eytinge, Leda dliscoweredein' Patestine cand: thet’ (trey Some ener apoluded SOL ae ey it is safe to say that the industrial | establishment of the Indiana Pulp and | } detail to the United States to examine | ‘ exposition for the first three mcnths. and report on the submarine boat Hol- land. An American newspaper man has beeri expelled from Germany on the charge that he attempted to obtain an advance copy of the new German tariff bill. It develops that there is a plot to combine Venezuela, Colombia and Ec- | uador, which is expected to cause all | | tion in the United States for commer- kinds of wars and revolutions in the three republics named. Under the will of the late James Tol- man of London the sum of £250,000 is bequeathed to charity and the execu- tors are given absolutely free had in its distribution. Gen. Chaffee has received word that Gen. Sumner's troops are in close pur- suit of the insurgent leader, Malvar. ‘They captured Malvar’s camp while his breakfast was still hot. The suggestion that Admiral Dewey and an American fleet go to England for the coronation of King Edward has been received with enthusiasm in Lon- don, and has called forth agreeable somment from the press- Peopie Talked Abont. Prof. Reinhard Kekule von Strado- | [QTAL NUMBER NOW OUT 60,000 nitz has been elected rector of the Ber- lin university . PROSPECTS FOR FURTHER AOCES- SIONS DURING THE WEEK ARE FAVORABLE, David E. Hill, seventy-six years old, |Om First Show of Strength, How- one of the most prominent manufact- urers of sewer pipe in the country, died at Akron, Ohio. Carlton Foster of Oshkosh, Wis., one of the best known lumbermen in the Northwest, died on his steam yacht. Heart disease was the cause of his death. Hans Luging Forshell, former Swed- ish minister of finance, died at San Bernardino, Switzerland. He contrib- uted largely to the mtroduction of gola into the currency of Sweden. Judge William H. Claggett, a prom- inent lawyer of Washington and Idaho, died at his residence in Spokane, aged sixty-three years. He was prominent in fusion circles in Idaho, and was at one time a candidate for the United States senate. + Prof. Charles Burton Thwing, Ph. D., | nas been chosen to succeed Dr. Eugene Haanel as head of the department of physics of Syracuse university. He re- ceived his degree from Bonn, and comes to Syracuse from Knox college, Galesburg, IL. Jesse Haney, owner of several of the earliest comic papers, died at his home in New York. He was born in Ger- York in 1853, and allied himself with Walt Whitman and Artemus Ward. Crimes and Criminals. At Allentown, Pa. Leonard G. Se- fing’s jewelry store was robbed of be- tween $4,000 and $5,000. Two young men, who are missing, are suspected of having committed the robbery. One of them was an apprentice in the store. A special from Warwick, N. Y., says that William Miller, a resident of that place, who had been indicted for an as- sault on an eleven-year-old girl, was shot and mortally wounded while es- caping from a house in which he had been placed by the sheriff. A young man was found lying by the roadside two miles from Charlote, N. |. in an unconscious condition. He was taken to the city hospital, where he died an hour later. The coroner's inquest developed a case of murder and robbery. David L. Short and Morris Myers, jointly. indicted with Albert T. Patrick in connection with the alleged forgery of a will of William Marsh Rice, were released from the Tombs, New York city, on the deposit of $15,000 cash bail. They had been confined since March 20. John Adams and Samuel Large, em- ployes at the Terre Haute, Ind., car works, were fined $1 and costs each, for calling Joseph Parish, a fellow work- man, “Mark Hanna.” Parish was so tormented and provoked by the men that he resigned his position, and then preferred charges against them in a justice court. Judge E. O. Rognon, judge of the United States commissioner’s court at Teller City, Alaska, has been indicted by the federal grand jury and arrested on the charge of misuse of government money. It is charged that the judge used government money for the pur- chase of supplies and a building, which he claimed was for gov ernment use. General. A-vegetable and fruit famine prevails in Chicago. Well diggers discovered an under- ground river in Ohio. The scarcity of potatoes all over the country has become a serious question. Rear Admiral Howlson, the third member of the naval board of inquiry, is said to be an avowed supporter of Sampson. American citizens refused to testify in the Neely postal fraud case, on the ground that Cuban courts have no ju- risdiction over them. The refusal of the Cuban consittu- tional convention to require officehold- ers to abdicate is taken to mean that the coming elections will be farcical. The appointment of R. F. Malone as assistant general passenger agent for the Chicago Great Western railway, with headquarters in Chicago, is an- nounced. Arrangements have been made by which Mrs. Lillian Barnes Allen will relinquish all demands upon the fomed Rancocas stud farm bequeathed to her by the late Pierre Lorillard. Mrs. Dich Chatham died at her home in Gainesville, Ga., of hydrophobia. She was bitten by a mad dog several days ago. Her daughter was bitten by the same pet pug at the same time, and it is feared that she, too, will have hydrophobia. ‘The idea of destroying the old frigate ‘Vermont, which, for the past forty years has done duty as a receiving an» training ship, has been abandoned. All that is of value on the old vessel will be removed and the hull preserved as a relic. The bureau of admissions ann: onc>s the attendance at the Pan-American ending at midnight on. July 31, as 2,- 724,908. With the exception of «7 we2< the admissions have shown a steady in- crease. Space, or wireless telegrapht+ com munication between Chicago *rd Mi'- waukee, is promised in the near future. The Chicago-Milwaukee “line,” when estsablished, will be the first in opera- cial purposes. ‘When ex-Speaker Reed, at his sum- mer home in Portland, Me., was in- formed that he had been mentioned by a member of the committee of fifteen as a possible candidate for mayor of New York, he smiled at what he called | the absurdity of the proposition.” Emperor William of Germany will be invited to attend the world’s fair in St. Louis. Mr. J. Schroers, of the public committee, has been in correspondence with an official of the German foreign office at Berlin, and, though no offitial ever, the Advantage Is With the Manufactarers—Only About 14,000 Men Obey Shaffer's General Strike Order—Strikers Ask for Financial Aw lance, Pittsburg, Aug. 14.—The struggle for mastery between manufacturers and a#en in the steel industry is now fairly lcunched, and on the first show of strength advantage is with the foriner. The general strike order issued by President Shaffer of the Amalgamated association has so far been obeyed by only abcut 14,000 men, according to the best figures obtainable here. The first two preliminary calls were answered by about 45,009 men, so that the total aumber now out is in the neighborhood of 60,000. The strikers made gains here yesterday over the showing of Sunday night and their prospects for further accessions at both McKeesport and Wheeling during the week are very favorable. The action of the Amalga- mated men at Chicago, Joliet and Bay View in refusing to come out and their failure to secure any recruits in the Carnegie group throughout the Kis- kiminetas valley and the big plants at Youngstown and Columbus, Ohio, have markedly disappointed them. They are Keeping Up the Fight, j however, in a spirited manner, and claim that they have strength in re- serve which will surprise their oppon- ents. They assert that they have gained a foothold in the Carnegie mills in this city, and at the time desired the men will come out. They are pressing their advantages at McKeesport ana Wheeling and their organizers are still at work in those two cities. An appeal for financial aid has been made to or- ganized labor and the general public, and it is expected that the responses to it will be liberal. The Amalgamated leaders were not disposed to do much talking yesterday. Mr. Shaffer made a declaration to the effect that no ef- fort would be made to call out mem- bers of the American Federation of La- bor and that any action on their part must be voluntary. The men who are directing the fight in the field for the steel corporation and its corstituent companics would give no indication of their Plans for the Future, and weuld only discuss the situation generally. Their reports showed that the Carnegie group, South Chicago, Bay View, Joliet, Youngstown, Colum- bus, the Kiskiminetas valley group, Wellsville and Monessen were moving along full handed. Belltire, their ad- vices showed, was badly crippled. They admitted the loss of the National rolling mill at McKeesport, which they had expected to hold, and that the Bos- ton mill and Monongahela Steel works at McKeesport and the Republic and Elba here were tied up. Their tube- workers at McKeesport and here were still at work but menaced by a possible shortage of material. Their tube men at Wheeling were out but the furnace and coke men there were at work and their steel men there showed an in- clination to stay unless intimidated. They also claimed that many of their men at McKeesport desired to work but were being terrorized by the dis- orderly element. They also charged that many of the men were being frightened from their places at Wheel- Ing, and insisted that adequate pro- tection for the men there would insure continued operations, MAY BE NO TRIAL. Schley Inquiry Bonrd May Be Post- poned and Then Abandoned. Washington, Aug. 14.—In naval cir- cles there is considerable talk to the effect that Admiral W. T. Sampson will not figure in the coming court of inquiry. Reports which reach here indicate a condition of health which may make it Imperative for the admiral to go into retirement and seclusion. Friends of Admiral Sampson, and his professional advisers also, it is said, are coavinced that he should not subject himself to the nervous strain which would be caused by his app-arance as a witness or a participant in this momentous trial. Already it is said Sampson is show- Ing the effects of the worry he has undergone since the old controversy reopened. He has never been a robust man, and it is said he has not been well since the battle of Santiago. The Strain and Anxiety of those days left a lasting mark. Ad- miral Schley has known this, and as long as it appeared to be merely & con- troversy with Sampson he has held his peace. Even now it is known that he regrets the consequences which may result to Sampson. But the conspiracy in the department and the persistence of his enemies in the bureau of navi- gation left him no alternative. The possibility that Sampson may be incapacitated leads to the speculation as to the effect of this event on the trial. In some quarters it is believed it would result in an indefinite postpone- ment which might, in the event of Sampson's failure to recover, become @ permanent abandonment. Without Sampson as a witness it is conceded that there could be no satisfactory set- tlement of the questions in dispute. PR SHOT FROM AMBUSH. Cultured New Yorker Gets Taste of ‘Tennessee Methods. Newburg, N. ¥., Aug. 14. — Samuel ‘Verplanck, a wealthy retired resident of Fishhill Landing, was seriously and mysteriously shot yesterday afternoon while out driving with a party of friends. They had been paying a visit to Mr. Verplanck’s farm. While on their way Some two shots were fired from the roadside and Mr. Verplanck assurances have been received, he 18) ¢2) back in his carriage seriously, if led to believe that the emperor may) _ | honor the fair with bis presence, not fatally, | injured. Sa MEN MAKE GAIN]. OCCURS. ter the Affairs of Colombia. ‘Washington, Aug. 14.—There are in- dications that the expected rupture between Venezuela and Colombia has taken place. W. W. Russell, charge of the United States legation at Caracas, asked the state department several days ago for authcrity to look after Colombian interests should the Colom- bian minister to Venezuela withdraw. The authority was cabled him and un- official advices say that the Colombian minister has left Caracas. Mr. Russell expressed apprehension that the diplo- matic relations between the two coun- tries weuld coon be severed, and said that the Cclombian minister had asked him to look after Colombian interests. The state department informed Mr. Russell that he had full authority to do so, providing he was acceptable to the Venezuelan government. Warships on the Way. The navy department officially noti- fied the state department yesterday morning of the arrival of the gunboat Machias at Hampton Roads on the way to Colon. Capt. Cowles, acting chief of the bureau of navigation, also informed Mr. Adee, acting secretary of state, that the Iowa would go to San Francisco instead of the Wisconsin. Orders were first sent to the Wiscon- sin at Bremerton, but as the vessel had left there Admiral Casey was notified to send the Iowa, his flagship, to San Francisco at once. He has not in- formed the department of his depart- ure but Capt. Cowles is of the opinion that she is now under way and will reach San Francisco not later than Wednesday mornirg. Meanwhile the gurboat Ranger is under orders to be in readiness to go to Panama at a mor ment’s notice. BOERS HARRASS WESTON. Continual Skirmishes From Modder River to the Vaal. Bloemfontein, Aug. 14.—Gen. West- on’s column, which has been operating lately in conjunction with Gen. Elliott’s command, arrived here from Klerk- dorp yesterday, bringing in 19 prison- ers, 500 Boer refugees and 1,000 natives, most all young children. The column had continual skirmishes from the Modder river to the Vaal. March on Clan William. Cape Town, Aug. 14. — Three Boer commandoes are marching in the di- rection of Clan William. The town guard has been called out. Distribute Proclamations. Lendon, Aug. 14.—A dispatch from Edenburg, Orange River Colony, says special patrols are distributing Lord Kitchener’s proclamation in regard to the banishment of burghers who don't surrender by Sent. 14 throughout the country. MURDERS UNARMED MAN. Constable James Madhink Shot in Cold Blood by Boers. London, Aug. 14.—The colonial office announces that under date of July 8 the resident magistrate and clerk of Steytlersville reported to Sir Holy- Hutchinson, governor of Cape Colony, that while they were scouting with a native constable nam2i1 James Madh- lak, they were surprised by Boers, who shot the constable in cold blood, al- though he was not armed. PEACE ENVOY RELEASED. Wessels Was Not Shot by British, as Reported. London, Aug. 14.—A dispatch to the cabled a confirmation of the report of the release of the peace envoy, Andries Wessels, who was said to have been shot. Wessels was a prisoner in Gen. Cellier’s laager near Kaalfontein, which the British recently surprised and captured. LAUGHS 4T REPORTS. Ex-President Kruger Denies Being Dangerow: ly Il. London, Aug. 14—Lord Kitchener has Morning Leader from Halversun says that Mr. Kruger’s health is most un- satisfactory. He retires at 7:30, rises at midnight, and does not again retire until 5 o'clock. -o- London, Aug. 14. — A dispatch from Halversun, Holland, says Mr. Kruger and his friends ridicule the report printed that the former president of the Transvaal is dangerously ill, Mr. Kruger is as well as usual. RECOVER STOLEN GOLD. Selby Smelting Company Gets Back About $200,000. San Francisco, Aug. 14—It was stated at the office of the Selby Smelting company yesterday that a force of divers under the management of a de- tective agency had yesterday taken $65,000 worth of gold from the spot where it was hidden by Winters, mak- ing nearly $200,000 already recovered. It is expected that the remainder of the stolen treasure, $80,000, will be re- eevered inside of twenty-four hours, Winters is still detained by the offi- cers in this city, but has not been formally charged with the crime. The fact that he has not been charged with any crime lends additional weight to the belief entertained in some quarters that he will be leniently dealt with by the officers of the law for confessing the crime and locating the spot where he secreted the bullicn. 5 JUSTICE FOR MURDERERS. Special Term of Court to Be Held by Judge Larkin. Jackson, Miss., Aug. 14.—Gov. Longi- no is in receipt of a letter frem Circuit Judge Larkin of Greenville, announc- ing it to be his purpose to hold a spe- cial term of the circuit court of Wash- ington county on the second Monday im-September for the purpose of bring- ing to justice the assassins of the Ital- fans murdered at Erwin, Washington county, last July. * AMERICAN CONSUL DEAD. Edward Brodowsky Suddenly Passes Away at a Friend’s House. Berlin, Aug. 14.—Edmund Z. Brodow- sky, United States consul at Solingen, died suddenly at the house of a friend, @ surveyor named Kubicki, in Ebers- walde. Mr. Brodowsky left Solingen Friday night and passed through Ber- lin Saturday in perfect health. His wife has arrived from Eberswalde. o_o HELD UP A TRAIN OPEN EXPRESS CAR WAS BLOWN AND THE SAFE WAS WRECKED. ALL THE PASSENGERS ROBBED Robbers Got About $400 in Money From the Passengers ond Consid- erable Jewelry — Express Com- pany Lost Nothing—Six Men Ar- rested for Committing the Crime —Trailed by Blocdhounds, Fort Worth, Tex., Aug. 15. — The south-bound Missouri, Kansas & Texas train No. 3, due here at 6:30 a. m., was robbed at Caney Swith at 1:05 o'clock yesterday morning by five masked men. The express car was blown open, the safe wrecked and the mail car en- tered. All the passengers were robbed of their money.. The messenger and clerk were forced to assist the bandits in their work. Every mail pouch was emptied and the mail considered valuable by them was taken. Then, with Postal Clerk Tulley holding an empty mail sack, the rob- bers went through the coaches and robbed every passenger. They got $280 in one coach. A negro who refused to give up his money was severely beaten. The passengers were compelled to throw their valuc les into the pouch. Supt. Sam Gaines of the railway mail service says he does not believe the robbers got much money out of the mail pouches. After the work was done the robbers, who seemed to enjoy the situation, sat around and laughed over the matter, and cone even went back into a car to get something. After holding the train two hours the robbers left, going east into the dense bottom timber for which the tortuous Caney creek is noted. The trainmen cut out the wrecked express car and ran down to Caney station and advised officers up and down the road. Within two hours posses of United States marshals with bloodhounds were on the trail. The express com- pany says that it lost nothing and the conductor estimates the passengers lost about $400, not counting the jew- elry. The robbers gave the engineer a diamond ring and a shirt stud. Both safes were demolished by the explosion and the car is a wreck. ene Denison, Tex., Aug. 15.—J. B. Davis, deputy marshal at Colbert, Ind. T., ar- rived here last night from the scene of the robbery at Caney. “The following men have been ar- rested on“the charge of committing the robbery,” said) Mr. Davis: “E. C. Richmond, Bob Alford, George Brown, John Gibson, Tom Edwards and Jack Barr. These men were arrested at Caney and taken to Atoka.” PLAN BIG MOVES. Both Sides Promise Something to to Confuse Opponents. Pittshurg, Aug. 15. -- Neither side moved decisively yesterday in the great industrial conflict between employers and employes in the steel trade, and the result is still in the balance. The strikers made gains at Pittsburg, Mc- Keesport, Wheeling and Bellaire in the last twenty-four hours, but in the main the advantage is still with the mill owners. Both sides claim to be preparing moves that will bring con- fusion to opponents, but veither side has shown its hand. The general situ- ation can be briefly summarized as fol- lows: Ten men, five of them skilled, quit at the lower union mill of the Carnegie company in Pittsburg and joined the strikers. Their defection represented the first break in the Car- negie forces of more than 15,000 men. ‘The strikers were jubilant over the in- cident, but the company claims to have filled their places at once, and there will be no more desertions at any of the plants. The Bellaire plant, at which the men struck on Sunday, was finally closed down yesterday, working short-handed until Monday afternoon. When another start will be made is problematical. Severil hundred boys employed at the National tube works at McKeesport went out during the night and day and their action ma- terially aided the efforts of the strikers to finally Tie the Plant Up. The works are going ahead _ short- handed, but the ranks of the workers are thinning and the supply of ma- terial is limited. The strikers made gains at Wheeling and the steel offi- cials acmitted that Benwood would be closed down. Clark’s mill here is mov- ing alcng full-handed, Lindsey & Mc- Cutcheon’s is operating with a small crew and the managers are planning to open Painter’s mill and increase the force at Lindsay & McCutcheon’s. A break in the ranks of the men who struck at Fainter’s is expected, but the strike ranagers deny that one will oc- cur. Arother break is reported as pessible at New Castle, but there are as yet no rositive indications of it. The American Tin Plate company has a smal! fcrce at the Crescent plant in Cleveland and is also planning re- sumption at other points with non-un-, ion men Th2 steel corporation has ordered that the Chartiers plant at Carnegie be dismantled and removed to Leechburg. So far good order has prevailed, although the steel officials assert that there has been intimidation at Wheeling, McKeesport and Pitts- burg. President Shaffer of the Amal- gamated association leaves to-day for Wheeling, where he is to address the strikers. The number of men out as a result of the three strike orders is placed at 60,000. Many strikers have found work in independent mills or at. other occupations, and many are idle merely because the skilled men are out. TALKS TOO MUCH. Surprising Von Waldersee Makes ¥ Assertions. Berlin, Aug. 15.~The Vossische Zei- tung in a leading article yesterday se- verely criticizes Field Marshal Coupt von Waldersee’s speeches since his re- turn from China. It says that the count’s bombastic assertion that while the German reputation in the East is advancing that of other powers is de- clining, is likely to cause perturbation in diplomatic eircles. The paper in- timates that Count von Waldersee would like to he chancellor, s age haemo r “'