Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 11, 1902, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ’ 4 OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 11, 1902—-TEN PAGES. " COPY FIVE CENTS. MOVES ON STRIKERS Union Pacific Issues Formal Notios It In- tends to Resume Work. MEN ORDERED TO REPORT AT THE SHOPS Failing to Do 8o, the Oompany Says It Will Treat Them as ‘New Men.” LEADERS SAY NO OLD MEN WILL REPORT Oarbuilders Unable to Beach a Vote on Pre posal of the Oompany, MYSTERY ABOUT PROPOSED ARBITRATION Pompany Last Night Sends Ten of the Men It Has Had Quartered Omaha Shops to Work in Cheyenne ‘An effort by the Union Pacific to induce all its employes on a strike to return to ‘work, making possible the resumption of all the shops on the system, an alleged plan for a settlement of the strike, the failure of the car buliders to adopt the | proposed agreement with the company and the shipment by the Union Pacific of men from Omaha to western shops, are vital de- wvelopments in the strike affairs. This notfce was lssued late yesterday afternoon, posted In the Omaha shops and | went to other Unlon Pacific émployes over the system: ‘July 10, 1902.—Resumption of work hav- ing been decided upon, employes of the different shops desirous of continuing in the service of this company should report to office at once. All such employes not reporting for work at this time will be treated as new men in the future. “(8lgned) W. R. M'KEEN, This decision on the part of the Union Pacific company does not come as a com- plete surprise. Such action had been an- ticipated for several days. Last Sunday a reporter for The Bee was informed that the company would make a general effort to resume complete operations in its shops and President Burt was interviewed. re- garding the authentleity of the report. The president refused to deny or afirm it, leaving the impression that there was more than mere rumor to the report. A day later another official of the road was asked about the matter and he intimated that the report was correct and that within a few days the Unlon Pacific would take steps to-restore normal conditions in its shops. Fourth Vice President Wilson of the In- ternational Assoclation of Machifilsts was asked last night what effect the notice would have on the strikers. He sal Effect on Striker: “None whatever. That is an old game. It simply means the begluning of a long layoff. The company prabably will issue soveral such natices before the strike is settled. I predict that not a union man will be influenced by this action and return to work. I tell you, these men are not playing; they are in earnest; they struck for m cause and that cause exists today Just it did the day they struck and they are not golng to be turned aside from the end which they set out to accomplish, “The Union Pacifio will discover, it this strike continues long, that it will cost it more money to defeat its old employes by trying to Introduce plecework In the first four months than it would to pay the men_the increase they asked for for te years, ‘'When the machinists in the employ of Fraser & Chalmers of Chicago struck they were no more determined than our men are and they stald out fourteen months, finally winning against the strongest kind of opposition. The strike cost the com- pany over $1,000,000. Agree with Wilson, The bollermakers and blacksmiths had not heard of the decision of the company until late last night. They took the same position as did Mr. Wilson, that none of thelr men would be influenced by the ac- tion. They insist that there will be no break within their ranks and that all wit stand out until their original demands are granted. The detalls of a proposed plan for set- tling the strike, general information of which was given to The Bee yesterday afternoon by Vice President Wilson and reference made In the evening paper, be- came known last night. Mr. Wilson says that a Robert E. Murphy, representing bimself as an mt of the Auditorium company, made this proposition: “That the Auditorium company would assume the task of Interceding in behalf of the strikers with the rallroad company in consideration of the payment by every organised labor man in the city of Omaha of balf & day's wage to the Auditorium company, and that, further, as much stock as the half day's wage amounted to would be turned over to each man. That in the event of the Union Pacific’s fallure to leld to the influence of the mediators the tter, whom It represented, Mr. Wilson says, controlled a vast amount of commer- clal interests and therefore did heavy shipping, would withdraw their patronage from the Union Pacific road and throw it to some competing line, this boycott to remain in effect until the company acceded to the demands of the strikers.” Wants to Be 8 Mr. Wilson s somewhat puzzled over this proposition. He has 20t yet been able to wolve or analyze it. with Robert E. Murphy, whose name does mot uppear in the city directory and is not kmown to be assoclated with any of the promoters of the Auditorlum company. Yet Mr. Wilson says, as a matter of fact, any proposition that is genuine and contains the potency for a settlement of the strike would be acceptable. He will make investigations for the proposal he bas received. The Cen- * tral Labor Unfon meets tonight and it is bls purpose to bring the matter before that organization. After consuming the time from 8 o'clock until 12 last night the car bullders falled to The agreement agree upon definite action. submitted by the company, approved by the executive committee of the car builders and adopted, tentatively, by the Omaha carmen at @ meeting a few days ago, was brought up and discussed throughout the night, but friends of this agreement were unably to The opposition, while e of power and the meeting adjourned without force it to a vote. in the minority, controlled a balanc any action whatever. Many Not Heard From. ‘ As a matter of fact the executive com- mittee had not succeeded in getting reports (Coutinued on Becond Page) He Is unacquainted [ ATTACK THE ADMINISTRATION Irish Nationalists Cry Against Cone stabulary and Alleged Jury Packing by British. LONDON, July 10.—Th# estimate 1n the House/ %y, | turnished the nationaliste - tunity for a stirring attack o. I, ‘sh administration of Ireland and the. & ous operation” of the Irish comstab. which body of men, John Dillon (nationi ist) declared, was maintained, mot to pro- tect crime, but to create it. Mr. Dillon specified instances where, he alleged, force was instrumental In obtaining the con- viction and Imprisonment of inmocent per- sons, and charged the government with winking at these malpracticls in order to obtain justification for its policy of coer- clon. T. P. O'Connor (nationalist) declared that, politically speaking, the real crim- Inal was the attorney general for Ireland (the Rt. Hon. J. Atkinson) because he practiced jury packing. Sir Robert T. Reid (liberal) sald he con- sidered the action of the Irtsh volice to be dastardly. He further asserted that mat- ters would mever be remedied until self- government for Ireland put an end to jury packing. This orought Attorney General Atkinson to his feet with a hot retort that Sir Rob- ert, who now professed such lofty and noble sentiments, had remained for three years a member of the administration and had indulged in jury packing to an extent “unknown to the present governmen! The chief secretary for Ireland, George Wyndham, admitted that there much truth in what Mr. Dillon had said in re- gard to specific cases, but the charges were not applicable to the whole police torc After further debate Mr. Dillon’s motion to reduce the estimates was defeated by 195 to 102 votes. OPENS CORONATION BAZAAR Queen Purchases a Copy of Roosevelt's Book, 4o on the Irish sons today ey , 2PPOT- “The Stremunous Lite. (Copyright, 1902, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, July 10.—(New York World Cablegram — Special Telegram.) — Queen Alexandra opened today the mammoth Im- perial coronation bazaar, organized chiefly through the exertions of Mrs. . Cornellus Adalr, Mrs. Joseph H. Choate, the wife of the United States ambassador, and other prominent women. One of the first pur- chases the queen made was & copy of Pres- 1dent Roosevelt's book entitled “The Stren- uous Life.” She made many purchases in her tour of the forty stalls, but that book was the only one she took away with her own hands, GERMANY MAKES AN OFFER Wi & to Pure Portion Macao in China for Five Million Dollars. { LISBON, July 10.—A rumor is in eircula. tion that Germany has offered to purchase from Portugal a portion of the dependency of Maceo, -in China, for £1,000,000 ($5,000,~ 000). The Portuguese dependency of Macao is situated on an island at the mouth of the Canton river. It is thirty-elght miles from Hong Kong. Macao is two and one-half miles in length by less than a mile in breadth. FIVE FIREMEN ARE KILLED Buried by a Brick Wall in Toronto and D When Ex- tricated. TORONTO, Ont., July 10.—Five firemen were killed in a disastrous fire which started in the bullding oceupied by P. Mc- Intosh & Sons and spread to the wholesale bay and straw warehouse of Gadsby & Me- Cann. These establishments were de- stroyed. David Bee, Harry Clarke, Adam Kerr, ‘Walter Collard and — Russell, firemen, were burled by a brick wall which fell upon them. They were dead when extri- cated. CANADIAN WOMAN ~ KILLED COnught in the Debris of Wet LONDON, July 10.—Shortly after Queen Alexgndra passed on her way to open the coronation bazaar the decorations acros Langham place, heavy and sodden with rain, were caught 'n & squall of wind and fell, dragging down a mass of coping from the top of All Souls' church. Miss Streathy, belleved to be & Canadian, was killed and everal persons were injured. CONDITION IS SATISFACTORY Doctors Have No Fault te Find with ™ by King Edward. LONDON, July 10.—The bulletin on King | Edward's condition, posted at Buckingham | palace at 10 o'clock this morning, says: The king's condition continues to'be sat- tsfactory. LAKING, TREVES, BARLOW. CORONATION DATE IS FIXED With the Approval of the Dectors Ceremony is to Ocow August 9. LONDON, July 10.—It is sald on good authority that, subject to the approval of King Edward's physiciaus, the coronation will occur August 9. Crop Conditions im Mexico, MEXICO CITY, July 10.—Advices from Progresso show that there are now in warehouses 25,000 bales of Henequin fiber, worth $2,000,000 at current prices. The tobaceo crop on the gulf slope is not as abundant as last y but is of an ex- cellent quality. Cattle shipments to Cuba keep up the price of beef here and, for the present, there appears not to be any possibility of a decrease in this trade. | During the last month 2,256 head of cattle, valued at $127,680, have been shipped from Victorla to Cubs, via Tam- pico. Recently several American concerns bave bought land in Tamaulpas, with the avowed intention of converting it inte stock ranches. * To Lay British Cable. LONDON, July 10.—The cable steamer Colonia sailed today for Vancouver to lay the Brittsh Pacific cable trom British Co- lumbla o Fanning island. Another steamer FINALLY ARBITRATE STRIKE Railroads and Freight Handlers Agree to Bubmit Differences. WHOLESALE HOUSES WORST SUFFERERS Strikers Refuse to Ablde by First ‘mderstanding Between President and the Ral ron CHICAGO, July 10.—Business men of the city took an active part in attempting to settle the strike of the frelght handlers to- day and at midnight, although nothing had been definitely settled, some little progress had been made. An agreement was secured from the treight handlers' union, that the organizh- tion would abide by the decision of the Chicago board of arbitration if that organ- ization could arrange meetings with the general managers of the railroads and se- cure their consent also to arbitration. At midnight the request for arbitration had been submitted to the railroads and it is not likely that such action will be taken before tomorrow morning. There are grave doubts that the proposition will be re- celved by the raliroads. General Manager Hitt, of the Rock Island, and General Man- ager Barrett, of the Alton, sald tonight that | they had not been requested to arbitrate, and did not see what there was to arbi- trate. The general manager of another large western road sald that, while he did not care to be quoted personally, he was confident that no proposition for arbitration would be entertained by his road. “Our men left us,” he said, “without even presenting their grievances, and we have rever received a request from them directly. Under the circumstances there is nothing for us to arbitrate and if the Chicago board of arbitration atks to submit our cause to them we will reply to that effeat.”” Hope for Sympathetic Strike. Strikers are basing their hopes of success on a sympathetic strike of the teamsters. It Is generally conceded that the freight handlers have but a small chance to win unless they have the support of the teams- ters' unlon. If they secure this, and the members of that organization walk out, there Is every probabllity of serlous trouble before the matter is settled. The officers of the teamsters’ unlon pro- fess to be opposed to any strike, but they say that the desire to strike is strong among the teamsters. The officers are fear- ful that they will not be able to hold the men in line. It was thought last night that the worst danger of the strike was over, but the meetings of the freight hand- lers today developed an almost unanimous desire to continue the fight, with or with- out the ald of other organizations. These meetings were held in various parts ot the city, and while they were in progress large crowds of the strikers thered around thelr headquarters. When it had been determined that the freight handlers would continue the fight President Curran of the Freight Handlers, accompanied by Organizer John J. Fitzpat- rick of the Chicago Federation of Labor, went to meet the members of the Oblrngo Board of Arbitration. Secretary Driscoll of the Team Owners' assoclation, in Wwhose offices the meeting occurred, stated to Mr. Curran that he had called in some of the members of the arbitration committee to meet him to settle the strike. Mr. Curran appealed to the members of the Board of Arbitration to use thelr best endeavors to settle the strike. Mr. Setfirdge of the com- mitteo asked him if the members of the executive council of the freight handlers would sign an agreement to abide by the decision of the arbitration. Mr. Curran #ald that he would not do this until he had conferred with the members of the com- mittee. The meeting-then adjourned until 4 o'clock pending the consultation between Mr. Curran and his advisers, Arbitration Document Signed. At the appointed time President Curran and all the members of the executive coun- cfl of the freight handlers went to the office of the Team Owners' assoclation. He found awaiting him there wven members of the Team Owners' assoclation and an equal number of the members of the Chicago Board of Arbitration. Presldent Curran an- nounced the willingness of the freight hand- lers to sign an agreement to accept what- ever recommendation the arbitration com- mittee might submit. The document was submitted and signed. The meeting then ad- Journed to allow the members of the Board of Arbitration to consult with the general managers of. the roads and ascertain whether or not they will arbitrat The determination of the busine Chicago to endeavor to secure a séttlement of the strike was taken today when It was certain that the freight handlers would not agree to the terms of the roads submitted and when symptoms of unrest appeared among the members of the Teamsters' union. g0 on with their work when they heard that the freight handlers had decided to con- tinue the fight. A refusal of these men to carry out their contracts made but a few weeks ago at the termination of their strike would mean heavy lose to the business in terests of the city and it was determined at once to enlist the services of the Chicago Board of Arbitration, an organization which has among its members some of the most preminent business men in Chicago. It was evident to the business men that unless some truce could be made almost complete stagnation of the business inter- ests of the city would follow and the Board of Arbitration at once offered its services to the freight handlers, with the result given abov MESSAGES THROUGH WATER Wireless Telegraphy to B Upon_ All French marine Boa Installed NEW YORK, July 10.—A telegram from Cherbourg states that Rear Admiral Fournier was present at experiments in wireless telegraphy used on the submarine boat Tritine. Messages were recelved without any diM- culty when under water. It is understood to be the intention to install apparatus on board all French submarines. BURNED BY MOLTEN METAL Fiftcen Men Injur: Aceldent at Pitt Works. One Fatally, ® Steel PITTSBURG, July 10.—Fifteen men were burned, one fatally and eight seriously, at the Homestead steel works-shortly after noon today. Fatally injured MICHAEL LAVIN, burned all over body. A ladle filled with molten metal wi will sail in & few days to lay the section | trom Panning talasd to the Fijt tslands. being lowerd into the pit, when the drum of the erane broke and the seething metal was throwa over the unfortunate wmea, | dismounted, readjusted the girth, and the | theater, the feature of the final session be- Nearly 4,000 of the latter refused to| CLAIMS TO BE A ROUGH RIDER Unidentified Man with Pre False Seeks Interview ent Undbr Pretenwe, OYSTER BAY, N. Y., July 10.—President Roosevelt passed a comparatively quiet day at Sagamore Hill today. After the rain of the morning, the president and Mrs. Roose- velt took a brisk gallop of several miles over the fine roads in the vicinity of their home, returning in time for luncheon. Miss Ethel and Master Archibald Roosevelt, ac- companied by a daughter of J. West Roose- velt, who resides near the president's country home, also went horseback riding during the morning. At a point near Saga- more Hill the saddle girth on Miss Ethel's horse loosened and she was thrown. For- tunately the horse was not golug at a rapid pace, and Miss Ethel, quite unin- jured, readily stopped the horse. Archie party proceeded. The most extravagant ru- mors were afloat regarding the in- cident, but as Miss Ethel herself said: “It amounted to little."” A man who eald he had served in the Rough Riders when the president was colonel of the regiment arrived here from New York early in the afternoon. As he announced his intention of calling upon the president the socret service officers were soon on his trail. A few minutes' exami- nation of the man by one of the officers and George Pollock, who saw service as a | Rough Rider with the president, convinced them he was not what he represented him- self to be. He then admitted that he had not seen service in Cuba, dnd that he had posed as & rough rider merely as a means of getting an audience with the president. The officers saw to it that he left the vil- lage on the next train. Judge Spencer B. Adams of Greenville, §. C, had by appointment an Interview with the president tonight. Judge Adams recently was appointed chief justice of the Choctaw and Chickasaw citizenship court of the Indian Territory and came here to. discuss with Mr. Roosevelt the frauds on the citizenship of the two tribes. It 1s thought likely that Secretary Root may be here the last of the week. One of the subjects he will take up with the president is the record in the court-martial cgse of General Jucob Smith. The record has been briefed for the president, and as he 18 the final Teviewing officer he will g0 over the case carefully before render- ing his decision. The endorsement which the president will make on the report will probably be given to the public soon after it is made, because of the Interest in and importance of the case. MAY DYNAMITE COURT HOUSE of St. Joseph Prisoners Threaten to Demolish Structure. Friends ST. JOSEPH, Mo., July 10.—(Special Tele- gram.)—A large quantity of dynamite was stolen last night from one ofithe rock quar- ries near the city and the officers were told early fn the day that the court house, which stands within a few feet of the jail, where the terrific explosion took place yesterday, is to be blown to atoms today. Friends of Leck Aller ~nd Jim Biades, who cansad the ~xpli‘y 3irenk. of-tbe | two bufldings yesterday, e the threats. | They are known to be desperate and the po- Iice do not know the extent of their power. The court house is almost deserted today and a strong guard stands about the build- ing. Every man not personally known to the officers is searched and then allowed to enter. The circuit courts have adjourned and the criminal court in the wing farthest from the jail 1s in session 'for the trial of Willlam Coates, who is alleged to have killed his mother. The dynamite stolen last night has not been located, although all the police are searching for it. Crowds have gathered at a safe distance from the court house and are awalting the explosion that is expected to take place. The alarm has spread all over the city. Judge Casteel of the criminal court has made an order for Allen and Blades to be taken to the penitentiary as quickly as possible. He thinks that will end the trouble. Allen’s friends says he shall not go. A brother of Allen committed sulcide in the jall three years ago while under sef- tence for highway robbery, after attempting to dynamite the jail. CATHOLICS FINISH WORK National Conference Concludes with Striking Address by Bishop Conaty. CHICAGO, July 10.—The national confer- ence of representatives of Catholic colleges concluded its session tonight at Power ing a setriking address by Bishop Conaty, rector of the Catholic university, Washing- ton, D. C. As the officlal head of the Cath- olic educational system in America, as well as because of his polished eloquence, Dr. Conaty was given eager attention. During today's sesson the conference heard an address on “The Methods of Teaching History in College: by Rev. Boniface Verveyen of St. Benedict's Col- lege, Atchison, Kan Considerable discus- slon followed, after which Prof. John M. Reiner of St. Thomas' college, Villanov: Pa., read a paper on “The Teaching of So- clal and Political Science In Colleges. The delegates entered upon & general con- | ference of Catholic high schools, introduced | by a statement from the chairman, Bishop Conaty, to the effect that the conference of last year having discussed the question of high schools he had presented the matter before the annual meeting of archbishops and it was their desire that this conference make some suggestions relative to a plan of incorporating high schoel work in the Cath- olic system of education. The discussion then opened by Rev. James A. Burns, president of Holy Cross college, Washing- tom, D. C. It wae the general sentiment of the delegates that there was a necessity for the establishment of such high schools as the complementary link in the chain of Catholic educational institutions, and a lengthy discussion of the methods to be pursued in e-(nblhhm( and malntaloiog such institutions followed. FATAL RUNAWAY ACCIDENT Horse Frightens at Burst of Fire and Several Prominent St People Are Hurt, ST. LOUIS, July 10.—As the result of a runaway accident late tonight, Mrs. Sebas- tian Tucker was perhaps fatally burt; Se- bastian W. Tucker; Mrs. Pearson sustained serious Internal injurles and “Tootle" Tucker, W. H. Pearson, F. H. Doyle, Mrs. Doyle and W. F. Doyle, jr., el were bad- Iy shocked and bruised. A burst of fire trom Pain's “Last Days of Pompeil,” ex- hibition frightened a horse drawing the Tucker vehicle and it dashed down the street, colliding with the vehicle bearing the Doyles. & ARGUMENT 1N TAX CASE Olosing of the Hearing Before Nebraska Bupreme Oourt, ATTORNEYS PRESENT THEIR VIEWS Court Intimates that Decision Will Be Handed Down at Early Sitting in September After Summer Vacatio; (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, July 10.—(Special.)—The man- { damus cases of the Bee Bullding company against the State Board of Equalization was submitted to the supreme court on final argument this afternoon. At the conclu- | slon of the presentation Chief Justice Sul- livan gave an intimation that the decision in the suit would be delixered at an early session of the September term of court, probably at the first one. The argument was opemed this morning by John N. Baldwin, who began at §:30 and spoke until 10 o'clock. He pald par- ticular attention to the o it tnvolved the one railroad, the Union Pacific, though | he insisted that the general contemtion of the relators as to the assessment of the franchise was not eupported by law. He appealed for a decision upholding the as- sessment as made by the defendant board. Mr. Baldwin maintained that the capital stock and bonds of a rallroad should not | be considered in determining the value of | its property. Mr. Baldwin was followed by J. E. Kelby of the Burlington, whose Argument Was slong similar lines, except that he used the figures and statistics of the Burlington for his text. Frank Ransom appeared for the Pullman company. He insisted, in the course of a briet argument, that this company was a manufacturing concern and not engaged in the transportation busines Replies to Ransom. At the conclusion of Mr. Ransom's ar- gument the court expressed a willingness to hear the closing argument of the relator in the afternoon session. This order Wwas agreeable to all attorneys, but as Mr. Ran- som wished to leave the city on an early afternoon train Mr. Howe replied to that portion of the argument relating to the Pullman company before the session was ended. His words were few but emphatic. As to the contention that the Pullman is not engaged in the transportation business, Mr. Howe read from “Poor's Manual, which declared, among other things, that the company manufactures and operates rallway and sleeping cars. The word “‘op- erating,” it was held, showed conclusively that the company was engaged in the trans- portation business. The closing argument of Mr. Howe was a clear and convincing exposition of the en- tire subject. He treated the matter in a dignified way, appealing for justice on be- half of the taxpaying people of the state. He took up the various briets of the re- spondents and rallroad attorneys and re- plied to the various arguments advanced therelin. Decistons in Other States. Ho cnlled siimtten (o the fact that.yher- ever questions simllar to those involved in this case had been brought before high le- gal tribunals, as they had been in the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinols, Pennsylvania, New York and other states, the result in- variably was that the assessment of the great public service corporations was doubled. A particular instance was cited where, in Kentucky, the court gave a judg- ment raising the valuation of the property of one corporation from $30,000,000 to $60,000,000. He devoted some attenton to the wide Qifference between the two answers filed by the board, one of which, he sald, was the answer of the board, while the authorship of the other is unknown. He told of the executive session or conference of the rallroad tax commissioners, attorneys and members ot the Board of Equalization, and ventured the opinion that this was an in- dlcation of fraud. Referring to the argu- ment of Edward Rosewater and E. W. Sim- eral before the Board of Equalization, he insisted that the board had utterly disre- garded the information given by these gen- tlemen. “The truth s, sald he “the mem- bers of the board simply followed along in the old rut. They straddled duty.” Mr. Howe treated the statistical part of the testimony and the law as well, though Mr. Harrington, at the closing of the arguments, also spoke for a few minutes regarding the figures offered by the railroad attorneys. UPHOLDS THE PURE FOOD LAW Supreme Court Holds Law is Consti- tutional and Was Re| rly Passed. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, July 10.—(Special Telegram.) ~—The supreme court this afternoon de- livered an opinion sustaining the pure food law. The case is entitled Merrill against the state and was appealed from Clay county, where the decision was in favor of the law. The opinion is by Judge Hol- comb. The law was attacked on the ground that it was unconstitutional, it be- ing also alleged that it was frregularly passed and that there were errors in its title. The act is the one creating and pro- viding for the pure food department of the state and prescribing the duties of its offi- cers and attaches. NEGROES RAISE A STORM Proce g% of Afro-American Coun- eil Do Not Run Smoothly at Election Hour. ST. PAUL, Mion, July 10—A storm | broke in the Afro-American council today as the result of the election of officers for the coming year. For a time pandemopium relgned and quiet was only restored when the protests against an unfair election of officers was laid over until tomorrow by the carrying of a motion to adjourn, One faction of the council clalmed that the present ruling faction had elected its own ticket by rushing it through before the other faction had gathered in the conven- tion hall before the foremcon adjournment. CASUALTIES OF BOER WAR Reports of Red Cross Identity Depot Show that 3,700 Boers Met Death. PRETORIA, Transvaal, July 10.—Accord- fng to an estimate of the Red Cros: identity depot, which fulfilled the func- tions of & casualty bureau for the Boer forces, the total losses of the latter during the war were 3,700 men killed or died of wounds and 32,000 made prisoners of war, of whom 700 died. The Boer forces in the feld numbered about 76,000, CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska—Falr and Warmer Friday; Baturday Increasing Cloudiness. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday: Ho Deg. Dex. [ (2] 87 7™ 60 76 63 7 . 63 7™ . o8 74 70 ks 10 k3 o ARE STILL AFTER TRACY Forces Man to Purchase Revolvers and Ammunition and Then Disappears, 10 1 12 KENT, Wash., July 10.—Harry Tracy the Oregan convict, was at the home of E. M. Johnson, two miles southeast of | place, Wednesday night. house he was armed with a new revolver and his 30-30 Winchester, and had a plenti tul supply of both Ammunition and provis- fons. Tracy sent Johnson to Tacoma to pur- chase the revolver and ammunition. Ho threatened to exterminate Johnson's family {on the least sign of treachery. The mur- derer seemed fagged out and talked very the house he spent nearly all the watching for his pureuers. He left the house after dark, taking Johnson's horse, headed either for Seattle or the Palmer cutoff. Not only did Tracy force Johnson to buy the revolver, but he made him borrow the necessary money in Kent. Johnson went to | Tacoma and secured the weapon without sounding any kind of warning to the au- thorities. He was badly frightened. Tracy arrived at the home of Johnson at 6 o'clock Wedneeday morning and at the point of a revolver forced Johnson to cook him breakfast. After finishing the meal he told Johnson to go to Tacoma and purchase two 45-caliber Colt's revolyers and 100 rounds of cartridges, with the threat that if he gave information to the authorities of that place he would murder the entire fam- 1ly. Jobnson left Kent on the 7 o'clock train, returning at 4 o'clock. While he was vicinity of the home and appeared to be un- casy, as it expecting a visit from the off cers. Several times he went to the top of a emall hill in the rear of the Johnson home and viewed the surrounding country. Upon the return of Johnson from Tacoma Tracy ordered Mrs. Johnson to cook him enough provisions to last a week. She bolled two dozen eggs, frled bacon and gave him 3 large supply of sugar and flour. Tracy compelled the members of the fam- fly to remain on the premises until the re- turn of Johnson from Tacoma. TURNS DOWN CALL FOR HELP Governor Stone Refuses to Send Mil- itary Ald to Preserve Order in Carbon County. HARRISBURG, Pa., July 10.—In reply to a request from Sherift Gombert, of Carbon county, asking that troops be sent to Lans- ford and Summit Hill to preserve order, Governor Stone thls afternoon sent the sherift the following telegram: Jour telegram of today stating that strikers are gathering in large mobs at Langstord and .Summit Hill, {n_Carbon county, and citizens are attacked and beat- en, and fn danger of their lives, and that you find that you are unable to preserve order and protect the citizens and there- fore must call on me for troops, recefved. The law under which the national guard 18 called out does not fustify action under the circumstances. ose conditions are entirely within your own province and with the ald at your hand you ought to over- come the difficulty without the use of state troops. 1f there 18 a condition of riot, mobs or in- surrection which the civil authorities are unable to suppress, the governor will not hesitate to secure troops, but under no cir- cumstances will troops go unless the civil authority is exhausted after reasonable ef- fort on the part of the sherff and the pro- tection of life lnd‘sru rty demands it. ILLIAM A. STONE. BODIES PARTIALLY IDENTIFIED Family Murdered {h Oklahoma Prob- ably A. C. Stone, Wife and Chil- ren of Kan JOPLIN, Mo., July 10.—The bodies of the four persons found murdered near Pru- dence, Okl., on Monday, are belleved to be those of A. C. Stone, wife and two chil- dren of Baxter Springs, Kan. J. W. Stone, a brother of the dead man, in Joplin, expresses this opinion after being in telegraphic communication with the sheriff at Enid. Mr. Stone states that his brother left Baxter Springs on June 6, for Oklahoma, going overland, and that he was in the vicinity of Prudence at the time the murders are supposed to have been com- mitted, Ho had been in the hay business at Bax- ter Springs and had gone to Oklahoma seeking employment as & harvest hand. He carried but little money, but had & valu- able outfit. Stone was 30 years of age and his wife 23. The children were a girl aged 8 and a boy of 3. These descriptions fit those sent from Prudence. CALIFORNIA LUMBER COMBINE Iowa and Wisconsin Men Conwolidate Vast Timber Interests in Siskiyou County, PORTLAND, Ore., July 10.—A special to the Oregonian from Ashland say; Negotiations for the sale of the Scott and Van Arsdale Lumber company's property in the McCloud region in Siskiyou county, California, which have been in progress for several months have been reported com- pleted, the purchase,price being $3,000,000. The purchasers are the Carpenter Land company of Dubuque, Ia., the Hixton Sash and Door company of Merrill, Wis., Curtls Bros. of Clinton, Ia., Walter W. Alexander and Stewart Bros. of Wausau, Wis. The property includes besides 115,000 acres of timber land the McCloud River raflroad, the McCloud River Lumber company, Sis- kiyou Lumber company and the Siskiyou Lumber and Mercantile company. The mills connected with the enterpri cut about 400,000 feet of lumber per day. Movements of Ocean Vessels July 10, At Lizard—Passed: Graf Waldersee, from New York, for.Plymouth, Cherbourg and Hamburg; La Bretagne, from New York, for Havre, At Southampton—Arrived: from New Yorl a8t Nagalre—Salled: Kalsow, for Lon- on. At Plymouth—Arrived: Columbla, from New York, for Cherbourg and Hamburg At Cherbourg—8alled: Bremen, from Bre- men, for New York At' Liverpool—Arrived: New from Boston via Queenstown; from New York. ~Balled: Merion, Boston via Queenstown; Pretorian, for Quebec and Montreal; Turcoman, for Port- land, Me. At London—Satled: couver. At Queenstown—Salled: Oceanle. for New York: Rhyniand, for Philadelphia, from Liverpool. At New York—Arrived Liverpool. At Southampton—Arrived: St. Louls, from New York. At York Kensington, Colonta, for Van- Teutonie, from this | When he left the | 1ittle about himeelf or his plans. While at time | absent from Kent Tracy remained in the Naples—Arrived: AVer, from Newl ENTOMBED IN A MINE Explosion in Workings of Oambria Bteel Oompany in Johnstown Distriot, HUNDREDS MAY HAVE MET AWFUL DEATH Impossible te Get Definite Estimate on the Total Loes of Life. . MINERS COME OUT AT DISTANT OPENING Fearful Btory is Told of the Disaster by Some Who Escape, RESCUING PARTY NOW HARD AT WORK | All of Mines of the District Close Down | and Al Possible Assistance is at Hand, but After Damp Stays the Work. JOHNSTOWN, Pa., July 11.—At 2 o'clock this moraing Mayor Hendry stated that the first of the bodies of the dead miners would be brought from the mine at 3 o'clock. He stated that General Manager Price told him that the number of bodies in sight at 1 o'clock was sixty-five. | JOHNSTOWN, Pa., July 10.—Two hundred miners entombed by an explosion In & mine [ whose maln shaft opens within the limits of this city was news to check with terror the pedestrians on the streets here today. At first the rumor sald that all in the | “Rolling Mill" mine of the Cambria Steel | company were dead or In danger. But later | reports showed that the lower figure was correct and that 400 were safe. The wmine Is one of the largest In the coun« try and today 600 men were at work ther When the news of the disaster reached here |1t spread like wildfire and in less than a | Quarter of hour the Point, an open epace t the junction of the Conemaugh and Stony creek was crowded with weeping women and children. Dufing the afternoon it became known that many men had escaped and that drift No. 6, known as the KlondTke, was prac- tically the only one effected, but here 200 men were at work, and still the women watched and waited for the end. From 1:30 In the afternoon until 6 p. m. the work of the searching parties was in vain, but then the first faint ray of hope came when the bodies of a man and a boy were brought out fnto the daylight, unconscious, but alive, Then at 11:20 tonight four more men, un- consclous, were brought to the surface, but a doctor who came with the men reported passing twenty-five dead bodies on the way. President Powell Stackhouse, in a state- ment issued at midnight, sald the dead would number 125 men. It was nearly an hour after the ex- plosion before any gemeral knowledge of what had happened got abroad. Men wha came from the mines, escaping with their lives, told the terrible news and soon it spread like wildfire all over the city. In ecores of homes there was the most pathetic scenes. Mothers, wives, daugh- ters, sons and relatives were frantic with grief and hundreds rushed.to the scene. At the opening, across the river from the point, the Cambria Iron company's po- lice, with several assistants, stood guard, permitting no one to enter the mine, from which noxlous gases were coming. It was nearly 4 o'clock when all hope of sending rescue parties from the West- mont opening was abandoned. Driven Back by Damp. Two men who had escaped from the mine, Richard Bennett and John Meyers, went back two miles to see what assis ance could be rendered, but the frightful damp drove them back and they feil pros- trate when they finally, after a desperate struggle, reached the outside. Two doo- tors gave them assistance and after work- ing with them half an hour restored them. Their story of the situation in the m! made it clear that the rescue work could not proceed from the Westmont opening, and then hasty preparations were made to begin that ead mission at the Mill creek entrance. Soon after news of the explo- slon reached the Cambria officials, Mining Engineer Moore and one of his assistants, A. G. Prosser, made an attempt to enter the mine. They were followed by Mine Superintendent Robinson, but the deadly gases stopped their progress and they were compelled to return to the surface. Mine Foreman Rodgers, his assistant, Willlam Blanch, and Fire Bosses John Whitney, John Retallick and John Thomas, were overcome by the gases and it Is feared they perished in a heroie effort to rescue the miners. A son of Harry Rodgers then tried to reach his father, but he was quickly overcome by the deadly gases and was carried out unconsclous. Willlam Stibich spent several hours at the MIll creek opening. He sald he be- lleved as many as 450 men were in the mine. In his opinion, from all he could glean, that not more than 150 men had come out. Statement of Ofocials. The mining officlals of the Cambria com- pany stated the explosion was onme of fire- damp. The few survivors who have escaped from the depths of the mine describe the condition to be frightful in their nature. Outside of the Klondike the miners are safe and uninjured. Within the fatal Mmits of the mine the effects of the explosion beg- gar description. Solid walls thirty feet through were torn down as If they were barriers of paper. The roof was torn dowm and not & door remains standin herolc efforts toward rescue seem hopeless. The stories of the men who escaped are miraculous. Tom Foster, foreman of the *Klondik was the first to emerge from the mine. shortly after Powell Grifith, a fire boss, came up. Foster was in his office when the explosion éame. His first thought was for the safety of the men under his charge. With the help of Foreman Roberts an ef- fort was made to replace a few of the shat- tered doors. All the while the fire-damp was closing around them. Through galleries into bheadings, warning and helping, ‘the two men went. Roberts fell, but Foster staggered on, whither, he hardly knew. In the midst of the danger he met Powell Grimth, o fireboss. He had faced what seemed certain death in an effort to save his men. Forward they went dragging a comrade into & possible place of safety, here, giving & word of warning there until human endurance could stand the strain no longer. Exhausted they staggered into a heading where the fire-damp had not reached. They rested there for & moment, and plunged forward, where they did not kuow, until. finally they wandered into a water level and through It reached a place of safety Storles of Survivors. Sald Tom Foster: “How I escaped I do not kmow. It seems like a terrible nightmare. Hundreds of times 1 gave up bope, but from sheer io-