The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 1, 1897, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 1897, SPREAD OF THE |: 0L STRIKE, Moral Suasion Having| Effect in West Vir- ginia. Unions Being Formed and More Delvers Promise to Quit Work. At Last Two of De Armitt’s Mines Have Practically Been Compelled to Shut Down. | | WHEELING, W. Vi, July 31.—The | programme of moral suasion mapped out | for West Virginia by leaders of the coal strike seems to be having effect. Ata | number of points unions were orgahized | to-day, and the men decided to cease work and await Judge Mason’s injunction now | in effect in Marion County. The miners | are crossing the line and holding confer- | |, ences in Harrison County. At Clarksburg | a meeting was held this afternoon result- ing in sixty men deciding to strike at the | Despard mines. The Pinnickinnic miners ! in the same field organized, and 200 of | them will not return to work. | At the Wilsonburg m nes, near the Marion County line, a meeting will be | Leld Sunday. Two hundred diggers are | expected to join the union. . In the Nor- | folk and’ Western fieid, bave been quiet several weeks, organizers | are doing effective work. A meeting will | be held to-morrow near Malden, where | 300 men have ‘signified their intention of | coming out of the small mines.” At Eim | Grove, in the Wheeling district, a union | was organized to-day. One hundred will strike there. The State is being assailed on all sides | by organizers. In spite of appearances of steady work at most of the mines the sup- | ply of cosl for home purposes is becoming | very short. The big mines are too busy loi fill domestic orders. | Meetings were h:ld in many towns to- | o arrange for miners’ day, Auzust | unions of various organiza- | ibuting to the strikers’ | tions are fund. PITTSBURG, Pa., July 31. —Better luck | than they had yesterday fell to the lot of | the str iners to-day. None of De Armitt’s mines closed down Friday. To- day two of them practically shut down. Patrick Dolan got in to-night from the | seat of trouble. He said: *Not a miner | went to work at the Oak Hill or Turtle | Creek mines. The company got out one | car of coal, but this was leavings gathered up by day men. The Sandy Creek mine is closed down entirely.” ‘. ikers were outwitted by De Ar- | mitt’s men at Plum Creek this morning, | the miners having gone to work at 2 A. M., | two hours earlier than usual. When the | strikers arrived tkey had no chance to in- | tercept the men going to work. Sam de | Armitt, brother of W. P. de Armitt, | talked to the strikers this morning. They had been intercepted by deputies, who | forbade them to go the tipple. De Armitt | told them they might go if they wanted | to, and then they decided they were too tired to go any further. Sam brought out tobacco and clay pipes and distributed them to the strikers, who sank exhausted to the ground and smoked in peace. La- ter a Deputy Sheriff fainted, and the strikers ran for waterand did all they | could to restore him. ALTOONA, Pa., July 3L.—The situation | among the striking mill-workers at the | Scottdale Iron and BSteel Company at Scottdale has become very serious and riots are apprehended. Two hundred non- union men imported to work in the mill Thursday were attacked by strikers last evening and penned in the mill over night. Deputies were summoned hastily end guarded by them the non-union ‘men siept in the pattern-shop overnight. The company last night applied to Burgess Porter for protection. Burgess swore in special officers, but a mob of 1500 | men surrounded the works and rendered | his efforts futile. George Hitt, oneof the men imprisoned, managed to escape, but was discovered at | the railway. station. Fearing violence | from the mob which surrounded him, he | emptied a revolver into the mass of riot- ers, and in the confusion which ensued managed to escape. Burgess Porter made a spesch to the mob, promising to have Hitt arrested and dealt with according to law. The crowd left the hotel, but paraded the streets howling and cheering. Hitt and a fellow | workman named Wolf were arrested to- day and escorted to the pborough jail by a mob of howiing strikers. Manager Wemp | of the steel works paid their fines, and | they were released od condition that they leave town. Although the " testimony showed the shots were fired at the crowd, no one was struck by the balls. e OF THE BSTRIKE, TRAGEDY Non- Union Miner Shot Dead im & Riot at Ncottdale. SCOTTDALE, Pa., July 3L—William Cuommings was shot ana instantly killed to-night in a riot between union and non- union men. Cummings and four other non-union workmen visited saloons and drank freely. At the Commercial Hotel a crowd gathered, the non-union workmen were insulted, and Cummings began shoot- ing. The crowd fired back, and Cum- mings was hit above the right temple. His friends retreated to a mill which is guarded by aeputy sheriffs. Noone seems to know the person who fired the fatal shot. The Sheriff and fifty’ adaitional deputies have been ordered to Scoitdale from Greensburg. EDWIN FLsNAGaN 10 HANG. Perpetrator of Une of the Most Dastardly Crimes on Itecord. ATLANTA, GA., July 3L.—Edwin Flana- gan, murderer of Mrs. Nancy Allenand Miss Ruth Slack, was this morning found guilty and sentenced . to hang August 25. Flanagan’s crime is regarded as one of the most heinous and diabolical in the history of De Kalb County. Itwas committed in the vicinity ‘of Popular Springs, on the Consolidated Street Rail- way line running beiween Atlanta ard Decatur, at the home of George Allen. In Ociober, 1896, he met little Leila Allen, a child of 13 years. He at once be- came attached to her and learning where she lived went immediately to her father and asked for board at his house. Mr. Alien agreed to board him, as Flanagan represented himself to be a prosperous contractor in the emyploy of the Standard Oil Company. On the night of December 31, 1896, while the family were at the supper table, Flan- 8gan went to his room, took a drink of hisky, secured his pistol and returned to | | where it has been demonstrated beyond donbt s where matters | { it will run a third more. | ing C. O. Brown without a trial and after the dining-room. As he entered the door ke began to fire proml-cuously at those in e room. Atthe first fire George Allen feil on the floor unconscious, having been shot in the neck. Mrs. Allen was the next victim, She was instantly Kkilled. Miss Ruth Slack was struck by a ball and died about a week later. George Allen recovered, Flanagan emptied his pistol and re- mained on the scene. He made no effort o escape. The neighbors soon arrived, caught and held him until Sherift Austin of De Kalb County arrived, and he was carried to the Fulton County jail. On February 14, 1897, he was placed on trial in Decatur. ~His attorneys entered a plea of insanity at the time of the trial. This trial continued for six days and the jury brought in a verdictof samty. A new trial was d for and granted and resulted in conviciion. S egalenss BEET-SUGAR FACTORY Interesting Suggestions Sent to the State Department From a Con- sul in Germany. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 20.—Consul Muth of Magdeburg, Germany, has sent a report Lo the State Department concern- ing sites for beet-sugar factories. The re- port is considered especially interesting at this time, on accourt of the prospects of the increased beet-sugar product in this The Consul says: ries should be erected only in localities 1 SITES. Fac that sugar beets can be grown successfully. pericuce has shown that thesugar beet & in almost any soil, provided the proper er 15 applied. A rich deep soil, with & well-drained subsoil, should be se- It is not necessary to plant large rees; small patches here and there will an- wer for experimental purposes, and in_this way a lerge district can be covered without ob- taining an accumulation of beets. The tactory must be handy as possible, and therefore shontd be situated in the heart of district from which it araws its beets. es beets the principal products used to Tun a Sugar factory are waler to wash the beets and limestone for purification of the beet juice. All used in the manufacture of sugar should either be close or easily acces- sugar manufactories principally manu- Te sugar to be sold to the refineries. From the nature of the sugar industry in the Unitea States the beet-sugar factories probably will find it more advantageous to manufscture granulated sugar and sell it for direct con- sumption. g SECRETARY WILSON'S FACATION. Will Spend It in Travel Among Farmers of the West. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 31.—Secre- tary Wilson of the Department of Agri- culture will spend his vacation, which he will take in August, in traveling through Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, the Dakotas and Montana, with the object of studying the resources of these States for rearing horses suitable for the European armies. The Secretary has written to United States Ministers and has requested some Americans traveling abroad to give him information regarding the actual qualifi- cations demanded for the army horses of Europe, and when this in ormation is re- ceived a farmers’ bulletin will be issued with a view to having this country do more in supplying the demand than it has in the past. The only objection to horses raised on the plains of the West as army horses for Europe lies in the fact that the animals are not largze. The Sioux pony possess all the qualities of health and hardness that could be desired, and it is believed by proper feeding and by tbe introduction of heavier stock on the sire’s side it can be brought up to the required size. Mr. Wiison believes that if stockmen and farmers can grow the horses needed to recruit the cavalry of European coun- tries they will get a good price for them. He also will look over the States in which he will spend his vacation with a view to seeing what can be done for the develop- ‘ment of this indust ———— BOTTEST OF THE YEAR. Men Overcome and Animals Killed by the Sun’s Kays. OMAHA, NEepr, July 3L—To-day marked the hottest weather of the year. At 5 o’clock this morning the mercury stood at 90 and at 5 this afternoon it marked 102. During the day it reached 105 in Omaha, at North Piatte 110 and at Lincoln 112. A fierce wind blew nearly all day, but it was like a blast from a fur- nace. There were several prostrations in Omaha and a large number of laborers and some office men were forced to quit work. In the interior of the State where the heat was most excessive all work was suspended, even the harvest laborers be- ing forced to suspend. extreme heat bas ripened the small graiu very rapidly and the farmers are crying for aid to gather it. Corn 13 making most extraordinary progress and the prospect could not be better. Many grain men now insist that the earlier estimate of 350,000,000 for the Nebraska corn corp was too low and that Many animals perished in different parts of the State from the great heat to-day. In Omaha a number of horses dropped on the streets. ST. JOSEPH, Mo, July 3L ~With the mercury registering 100 degrees in the shade and 120 1n the sun the heat was al- most unbearable to-day. The air is very dry'and the crops need rain. A number of persons were overcome by the heat. Charles Gates and Frank White are in a critical condition. Many horses died in the streets. SPRINGF1ELD, IrL., July 31.—Twelve men were overcome by the heat at the Seventh Regiment camp to-day. The thermometer registerea 100 degrees in the shade, Many e DE. BROWN ONCE MORE, Denies a San Francisco Keport That His Case Is to Be Retried. CHICAGO, IrL., July 3L.—“My case is not to be retried, as I saw stated in a dis- patch from San Francisco,” said C. O. Brown to- , referring to the statement to the effect that he had applied for a re- opening of his case before the Bay Confer- ence of the Congregational Church. “The charges against me were exhaust- ively tried by a council which sat five weeks,” continued Brown. *“The council declared the charges not sustained, and invoked for me greater success in the future than in the past. *July 24 I addressed a letter to the Bay Conference, inviung its members to join in a mutual conncil to meet in this city September 14 to consider the question. ‘Was Bay Conference justified in suspend- the finding of a council which declared the charges against him not sustained?’”’ Brown states ihat his proposition, if ac- cepted, will put the Bay Conference on trial. He further states ihat the Chicago Associatior, which on June 7 received Dr. | }¥'W TO-DAY—CLOTHING. THE FRISKY FRISCO BOYS HURL ANOTHER BOMB INTO THE ENEMY’S CAMP! Not content with the great triumphs achieved by ws during the month of July, not wishing to rest upon the laurels already earned, we inaudurate Monday DEFIANGE SALE! We are in the commercial battle to show supremacy. Supremacy we will show atall hazards. We disturbed and upset the Clothing business in this city during the month of July to such an extent that we made those who desired to compete with us feel rather shaky in their boots. There was a rustling of dry bones. Monday morning we inaudurate a sale in Men’s Clothing, brand new fall styles, most of ’em not in the house 2 hours, from the fashion centers of the world, from the master minds of artist tailors, clothes that do yow credit in wearing, that do us credit in selling. Of course this sale is not upon the boards for any particular lendth of time; we reserve the right to call it off at short notice. It’s a Defiance Sale. We have reasons for holding it. Above you see the new fall fashion of the Single- breasted Sack, quite a clever darment, very styl- ishly eut and in very styl- ish colorings, all brand new styles, all brand new fashions. What theywould usually sell at we won't say. Wedefy the world to equal them at the price. This is a defiance sale. These will be on sale in our Mern'’s Suit Depart- ment at $3.50. Brown, is not likely to heed any request of the Bay Conference to change its position. S Eecording the Decroe. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Juiy 3L—Judge Banborn, United States Circuit ‘Judge, reached here this evening and held a ses- sion of court, at whick the decree of fore- closure of the mortgage held by the United States against that portion of the main line' of the Union g‘ncific road in Wyoming was filed. DENVER, Coro., July 3L.—Judge San- born arrived in Denver this afternoon and recorded the decree for the sale of the Union Pacific Railroad made by the United Btates Court in this disirict. £ United States ingineer Found Dead. CINCINNATI, Osmro, July 3L.—Major James F. Gregory, an engineer in the ser- vice of the United States, was found dead in bis room in the Seminary Hotel this morning. He was at work yesterday and seemingly well. Death was probably aue to natural causes, l Men’s Trousers, fine hair line stripe Cheviot Trow- sers, fashionably cut, fash- ionably tailored and per- fect fitting, all brand new fall fashions. A pretty as- sortment to select from. Defiance price, 95c¢. Mingle With The Swellest Bedinning Monday morning you will see styles as shown in picture on side, some of the richest and swellest swits that have ever been shown in San Francisco, dems of fine tailoring, all brand new fall and winter fashions, the loveliest of blwe and black twill cheviots among ’em, cutaways, single-breasted sacks, double-breasted sacks. We defy the world to produce their like under $15. It's a beautiful assortment,but we say $15, and we defy the world to equal ’emv under that price. These at -7 .50. And what a lot of pretty Tan Covert Cloth Coats with satin sleeve lining, beawtiful sarments, swell sarments, new fall gar- ments ; some pretty Kerseys among em in blues and blacks. Defiance price, 57 .50.--- The picture on the side here shows these garments, and o prettier Lot has never been assembled together, and the feature of it all is they’re all brand new. P PR LR X T T T TR Klondyke Nuggets! Yes, it’s just like picking them up in the strect—easier than Setting gold at the Klondyke—for those, of course, that are going to remain here and dress fashionably. Ouwr big corner window shows wp owr §18 and $20 Suwits, it shows up our $18 and $20 Overcoats. A richer lot of handsome Sarments never assembled under one roof, and the feature of it all is that they’re all brand new darments, all brand new styles, all new fall fashions, sarments to grace the drawing-room, ¢ar- ments for the office, darments for the promenade, for any occa- sion, be it state or otherwise. These garments will do yow credit. The values of these dar- ments stand, owt in bold relief in this big corner window of ours. $18 and $20 are proclaimed on every garment. The Defiance Price is THE CLOTHING OPPORTUNITY OF THE P : AGE IS RIGHT WITH Y0U NOW. WILL YOU SEIZE IT? El ) i L }0 <X fiuy.mwmm NG TEOR, “ SAN FRANCISCO'S LARGEST AND MOST POPULAR CLOTHIEG ESTABLISHMENT, 9,11, 18 and 15 Eearnv Street-2 ki BILDNG—S FLORS