The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 25, 1904, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JULY 25, 1904. RUSSIA RECALLS RED SEA CRUISERS AND ORDERS THE PRIZES RELEASED —— No More Seizures of Liaotuné Forts Are|Japan Is Transferring Neutral Vessels Will Be Made. Validity of Protest by Great Britain Ad- i mitted. | £T. PETERSBURG, Juiy 24.—Grand I Alexis presided at yesterday's « I, which Lamsdorff, the tary Count Avellan, chief of the Admiralty De- pertmentg and other high naval officers sttended. The result of the conference removes all doubts concerning the present atti- tude of Russia with regard to the vol- validity of the view and Vice Admiral | Bombarded by Warships. Kuropatkin Now at Liaoyang With 40,000 Men. LONDON, July 25.—Specials to the | London morning papers confirm the| news of active operations at the seat| | of war. | The Telegraph’s Chefu correspondent, | under date of July 23, says: “A junk from Dalny reports that {last night a Japanese tleet of twenty | warships and twenty torpedo-boats bombarded Hwangshin for three hours and the forts replied.” The same correspondent learns that the Japanese first army is being large- expre , the British note regarding | 1y reinforced by veterans from the re- the ir arity of the position of the | serves. o far admitted that thel The Standard’s correspondent with! eed to waive the right of [ the Japanese army under date of July | present status was ording to render advisable, and , in the interests 1 defined, in- law, to seizures yns with the powers, the authority given t in this respect. been sent to the St. d Smolensk to refrain r with foreign ship- expected these steamships ally join the Baltic fleet and ed by ordinary warships. sslan and British Govern- s have agreed on a mutually sat- C basis for a settlement of the of the status of Russian vol- steamships in the Red Sea seizures by them of British few mi points still remain »ut these will be cleared up and it is not expected that tions will arise. | for the satisfactory | of this incident Is due*to retary Lamsdorff, who, it} cted in the calm and con- | worthy of a great! e attitude of Sir Charles British Embassador, ation and dignity, also nces the negotlations throughout were conducted in a most rit on both sides and the there was a stormy scene ign Office on July 20, when es “presented the British pro- not the slightest foundation. lations between the Foreign and the British Embassador ¥ cordial. Count Lams- ugh he rarely goes any- led at the British Embassy and remained an hour in in- at with Sir Charles Hardinge. now reported that the libera- NOT AMERICA'S CONCERN. izure of British Vessel Sailing From New York No Cause for Action. SHINGTH be taken regarding the of the British ship Ardova by an volunteer steamship is a matter for the British it. It is not a matter which t concerns the United States. view taken in official cir- e decision of the Russian withdraw the authority volunteer fleet to make seizures simplifies the sit- saterially. Presumably. in new attitude of the Rus- the Ardova will be the seizure dis- ident will be closed 3 ts or stores or other sup- the army or the navy nes are carried in other sttoms. Congress by nt at its last session ex. ibited such shipments i As a consequence, al the army or navy in the ippines are carried either in army where these are mnot in American bottoms. A to this, however, may pre- which case the means of nt are at the risk and option of ontractor. TSI ST. PETERSBURG ALARMED. Red Sea Crulsers May Precipitate Re- prisals by British Warships. ST. PETERSBURG, July 25, 3:15 2. m.—The report that the Russian volunteer fleet steamship Smolensk fired shells at the British steamship Ardova is not considered likely to en- danger the Anglo-Russian agreement It is pointed out that the Ardova had no right to refuse to stop when or- dered. At the same time it is full)‘i rezlized that the captain of the Smol- | ensk shouid not have fired a shell over the decks of the Ardova. There is considerable annoyance in naval ci over the failure of the vessels rolunteer fieet to keep in { touch St. Petersburg by cable. | Sever 's ago orders were cabled | to the Petersburg and Smolensk | instructing them to abstain from the further stoppage of vessels. These or- ders were su imperative a say that they took the form of a recall of both vessels. There is some anxiety lest the St. Petersburg and the Solensk may pre- cipitate reprisais by British warships now in the Red Sea. it RUSSIA LOSING NO TIME. Will Charter Steamship to Convey New Orders to Cruisers.” SUEZ, July 24.—1It is rumored here that the Russian Consul is about to charter an Egyptian steamship to convey orders to vessels of the Rus- sian volunteer fleet to quit the Red Sea forthwith. On her arrival here Saturday under the Russian flag the steamer Scandia asked to be supplied with provisions and coal, which were refused her. The vessel had no ammunition on board, but carried a general cargo end rails for Japan. —_— RELEASE OF THE SCANDIA. Russian Prize Crew Lands From the Captured Steamship. PORT SAID, July 24.—The Ham- burg-American line steamship Scan- dia has been released. The Russian crew which manned her has landed here and will proceed to Odessa by not suffi- | further | | “SWar ON, July 24.—Any action | goods are furnished by con- | { 24 says long discussion, in which | -1t js difficult to understand the in- | sdorfl took a leading part, | tentions of the Russians. Kuropatkin is evidently bent on a retreat north- ward, yet he lingers in the south, at-| | tracted apparently by Port Arthur.” The correspondent of the Times with | | General Kuroki's army says: | *Chinese report that General Kuro- | patkin, with 40,000 troops, is at Liao- | vang, while his second in command, | with many men, is still at Haicheng. | I still adhere to the opinion that the | Russians are not able to seriously op- | pose the Japanese advance.” | < Py Bulletins. CHEFU, July man steamship chwang, reports 25, noon.—The Ger- Chefu, from New- that at 2 o’clock this morning, when she was fifty miles from this port, she was stopped by four Japanese torpedo-boats and searched. After being released she | was fired upon with rapid-fire guns. | LONDON, July 25.—The Tokio cor- respondent of the Times, in a dispatch dated July 24, says he belleves that the | object of the Viadivostok squadron is to interrupt trade between the United States and Japan and that steamers on the way from Canada and San Francisco are in serious danger. He says that another aim of the squadron | is apparently to seal Tokio Bay. ST. PETERSBURG, July 24.—In- | ability to reach the cruisers operating |in the Red Sea, with orders that they desist and return home, is placing the | Russian Government in a serious pre- | dicament. For forty-eight hours ef- forts have been made to get into com- | | munication with the vessels, without avail. Meanwhile new seizures of neu- | tral ships are occurring, each adding |to the burden of trouble with which the Foreign Office is struggling. NAGASAKI, Japan, July 24.—Dis. | patches from Omura state that th | stronz Russian position at Shimou, ten | miles east of Liaoyang, was captured by the Japanese on July 19. The Jap- anese lost 280 men in the attack. | LONDON, July 25—The Gibraltar correspondent of the Mail asserts that the British torpedo craft there have | been ordered to mobilize, e e the next mail boat. The Scandia is| awaiting orders from her owners. | Advices received here say that the |Russian volunteer fleet steamship Smolensk fired two blank shots| | across the bow of the British steam- | ship Ardova, the cargo of which con- | sists of coal and explosives, and, the | | vessel not stopping, the Smolensk sent two loaded shots at her, one of them | passing over her amidships and the | other over her stern. The Ardova was then seized and her crew transferred to the Smolensk | The vessel will be brought to Suez. | The Ardova, Captain Smith, sailed from New York on June 15%for Ma- | nila. She arrived at Port Said on uly 11. Gt | ; CAPTAIN'S PROTEST FUTILE. | | Scandia’s Manifest Showed No Con- traband of War Was Aboard. BERLIN, July 24.—A dispatch from St. Petersburg says that Russia, in response to Germany's protest, sent a dispatch to Port Baid to-day, ordering | the immediate release of the Hamburg- American line steamship Scandia, which had arrived there and was awaiting instructions. The official report of the seizure of the Scandia, received from the German Consul at Suez, says that the Russian volunteer fleet stegmship Smolensk | encountered the vessel at the island of | | Perim, in the straits of Bab-el-Mandeb, | and that she was seized, notwithstand- | ing the fact that her captain showed from the manifest that there was no contraband of war. Twenty-five Russian officers and seamen were on board the Scandia when the report was sent and | it was the intention of the Russlans | that the passengers and a portion of the German crew should be landed at, Port Said. e ENGLAND IS SATISFIED. Accepts St. Petersburg’s Solution of | the Red Sea Problem. LONDON, July 25.—The statement that Russia has decided to waive her claim to search the Malacca and to forbid similar seizures in the future is accepted by the morning papers as a fairly satisfactory solution of the sit- uation brought about by the seizure of that vessel. The fact that German vessels have also been seized is held to acquit Russia of any design to em- broil Great Britain with other powers. The Malacca's passengers, ‘who have arrived at Aden, the Morning Post €ays, report that the Russlan offi- cers were civil, but made the strange threat that if other ships were seized with the same quantities of explosives or board they would be sunk, no other prize crews being available. According to the Suez correspondent of the Daily Mail, the Russians ob- tained all the information about ves- sels carrying explosives from the mails tuken off the German steamship Prinz Heinrich. —_— RULING WITH STRONG HAND. SEOUL, Saturday, July 23.—The Japa- nese have posted in Seoul an announce- ment that they will exercise police pow- er in all matters affecting Japanese in- terests. No anti-Japanese meetings will be all 'l'h'l‘lh m;tfion is the result of the gro an anti-Japanese propaganda. Foreigners are not -.flecl-l ed by the new order, & ——— | Antung, on the Yalu. Her Main Base to Korea. ———— Old Men and Boys| Going Forth to the. War. P 1 SINTZINTIN (seventy miles east of | Mukden), July 24.—According to Chi- | nese information, 30,000 Japanese, with | thirty-five field and 200 mountain guns, | have reached matsza from the ' south and have occupied the district covered by Saimatsza, lzvanchan and Salober. Four companies of Russian cavalry and one company of infantry, | with two guns, came into contact with the Japanese advance at 7 o'clock on the morning of July 22 and discovered that the Japanese, 1000 strong, Wwere advancing a mile and a half from Izy- anchan. The Russian guns checked the advance, but, heavy reserves com- ! ing up, the Russians retired to a side road near Uitzintzin to save them- selves from being cut off. The Japan- ese, however, did not continue to ad- vance. The Chinese say that the Japanese troops numbered 8000. The Russian | losses were one officer and four Cos- sacks wounded and a few horses killed. Chinese scouts state that the Japan- ese are apparently establishing a base in Korea, near the Yalu River, and that there have been large movements during the last few days from the armies of Generals Kuroki and Oku to They say that considerable camp equipment and pro- visions are being brought by steam- ships, and it looks as though the Jap- | main | base from Japan to Korea. The Chi- | | under the burning sun is indicated by ! anese were transferring their nese also state that the latest Japan- ese troops consist of old men and boys, apparently the last line of reserves. ? s A wiih MAY NOT ISSUE PROCLAMATION. State Department Ofiicials Doubt Its Advisability at This Time. WASHINGTON, July 24.—Sdme an- | nouncement is expected to-morrow as to whether the United States Govern- ment will restate its position on the questions of the searching of neutral ships by belligerent powers and of con- traband of war. The final decision rests with Secretary Hay. Loomis, first assistant Secretary of State, was out of the city to-night and no one at | the department would say just where he was. The supposition was that he had gone to hold a consultation with the Secretary of State. There is some question in the de-| partment as to the advisability of! for the purpose of giving information | to American owners. It is thought by PERISHES ALOYE 0N THE DESERT Lad Dies in Agony ~ Almost in Sight of Home, Spectal Dispatch to The Call. | MECCA, July 2¢—Lying on his back under a tree, the face and hands blis- tered by the torrid sun until recog- nition was possible only by the cloth- ing he wore and what they contained, the body of Robert Roach, aged 13, son of F. F. Roagh, a Southern Pacific bridge carpenter, who resides two miles from Mecca, was found this morning. He had dicd of thirst after the most agonizing suffering, within a mile of plenty of water and almost within sight of his home. The body was discovered by J. P. Reed, a grizzled old prospector, who has a camp in the foothills of Torres Mountain, twelve miles south of this place. Reed was coming to Mecca from his camp this morning, when he found the body. Monday and the boy learned that he was going to return to camp the next morning and asked permission to ac- company him. Consent was given and | the next morning Reed started, think- ing the boy had either given up the | idea of going or would catch up with him. It is now known that he missed Reed at Mecca and started along his trail toward his camp. That for days he wandered along !the fact that Reed found to-day the | boy’s tracke within half a mile of his | camp. | right road and thinking he had missed |trip he wandered almost to his home 'and again turned back toward the | camp. He had no canteen and through- |out the long journey he was without water. B | On Thursday his burro, unsaddled, ! returned to its corral, but the boy's | mother thought nothing of its appear- | ance, supposing her son had reached ! Reed’s camp and that the burro had strayed from there. Within three miles of the lad were | the trickling streams from artesian wells and only one mile from where he threw himself down to die was his home. His blackened corpse indicates | that he had been dead at least two | days when found. The temperature Tuesday and Wednesday was 108, both days being normal, which made the heat more in- tense than even that high tempera- some Government officials to be wiser | tUTe: for the United States to remain quiet | on this question until some specific case arises. Professor John Bassett Moore's opin- lon is regarded in official circles here as | n able announcement of America’s po- sition on contraband of war and any | proclamation from this Government on | | the question is likely to follow the gen- | eral lines lald down by Professor Moore. o P R CANNOT RETURN TO BIACK SEA Turkey Closes Passage to the Smol- ensk and St. Petersburg. | CONSTANTINOPLE, July 24—Tt fs stated that as the result of proposals made by Sir Nicholas O'Connor, the British Embassador, Tewfik Pasha, the Foreign Minister, has given the neces- sary orders to prevent any attempt which may be made to take the Penin- sular and Oriental steamship Malacca or the Russlan volunteer fleet steam- ships St. Petersburg and Smolensk through the Dardanelles into the Black Sea. e B ST War Costly to Newspapers. VLADIVOSTOK, Saturday, July 23.— The newspapers of the Far East are' dwindling. The disappearance of the Viadivostok Messenger has been fol- | lowed by a reduction in the size of the .3 Amur News, the official organ of the! M Governor General of the province of | Amur. _— % NEWCHWARG POPULACESEES BATILE Continued F‘n}‘m 7Pl‘e 1, Column 7. the seacoast north of Kaichou. They| got within close range and opened fire | on the camp before they were discov- | ered and forced the retirement of the Japanese toward Kaichou. { Here a portion of the dispatch is| missing. Apparently the attackers were enveloped by a counter Japanese movement (probably by troops from some neighboring position, for this whole region is strongly fortified) and | Adams and family, Miss K. Hynes, ! Brigham, ! Bexton, W. | ter, Boulder Creek; J. G. —e————————— CALIFORNIA VISITORS AT THE WORLD'S FAIR Day’s Record of Westerners Who | Registered In the Golden State Building. ST. LOUIS, July 24.—The following California visitors have registered at Ithg California building at the exposi- tion: San Franciseo—C. Mass, T. H. Fwhich, A, Urmson and wite, M. Erb and wite. B. A. Worthington and family, H. Daggy, F. V. Wilson, B. D. LaPrelle, daughter, Navlet, and wite, Miss M. , W. Loewt, ris, J. Kwoke, M. Bristol, H. Van Gelder, W. J. Flynn and family, C. F. Mueller, G. H. Wiese and wife, A. Todd, A. Thane, G. A. Dennlson. Oakland—M. V. Cooley, R. Cooley, Hoesly, 1. C. Boss, K. R. Boss, B. J. L. ‘Wheeier and wite, A. wite, C. C. Lombard. Sacramento—J. J. Gilfillan, E. Welsman and wife, E. Schopel, D. T. Jenkins, C. E. Day. Miscellaneous—D. W. Hampton and wife, Redding; L. S. Beckley, Ventura; L. M. En- right, M. G. Tonney, E. O’Brien, . O'Brien, A. J. Rhein and wife San Jose; W. ler and family, Seima; C. Baum, Alameda; W. E. Melone and family, Saratoga; Mrs, F. Por- Switt, Santa Cruz; H.'P. Hoosly and wife, Martinez; Mre. A. L. Beekley, Ventura; Mrs. H. D. Hall, L. Ornigs, Palo Alto; W. C Hargraded, Red Mrs. D. S. Sennon and son, Placerville; Fresno: W. 8. D M. Far- Miss A. ‘Wachs and Taylor and_wife, Alameda; C. M. Johnson, Colton; C. B. Neely, Palo Alto; D. T. Truitt and wite, Lompoc; Dr. C. Pashenk, Colfax. BODY IS WELL PRESERVED AFTER FIVE YEARS' BURIAL Exhumation of Remains of Illinols Girl Reveals No Change in Na- tural Form and Color. WHITEHALL, Ill, July 24.—The body of an 1l-year-old daughter of Rev. Elijah Mott, who died five years ago at Alsey, Scott County, was ex- humed to-day for removal and found to be in a state of perfect preserva- tlon, though heavy as stone. The re- mains retained their natural form and Reed was last in town on | He had gone that far along the | | his way, turned back. On the return | partly cloudy with humidity far above | Chapman, | F. Chand- | the Russian detachment was in danger | x. | companies of Russian of being cut off and annihilated. The message continues by saying that when the Russians had given themselves up for lost a welcome di- version was created in their rear by Captain Rotovski, in command of three troops, who threw his force into the fight. Cos- lsa('k companies also came up on a gal- op. ABANDON THE POSITION. Here occurs another mutilation. The message continues as follows: “The next day we abandoned our position, leaving the bodies of fifteen Japanese, which we were unable to Sary” v Lieutenant General Sakharoff, in a dispatch to the general staff, ‘dated July 23, reports skirmishes in the vi- cinity of Kalchou on July 22. Lieutenant General Count Keller's reconnaisances on the same day showed that the Japanese had only weak de- tachments at the Siaokao and Wefan kau passes. There ‘was no change i the situation on the high road to Muk den. According to the report, strong Japanese columns with thirty guns were advancing along the left bank of the Taitse, in the direction of Siak- polan. | LIAOYANG, Friday. July 22.—The Japanese ferces to the eastward are grouped at Liaokho, Fenshui and Sigowlin passes. The southern army is at Siuyen, in close touch and appar- ently awaiting developments. Yinkow is quite free from Japanese troops, who have made no attempt to occupy it. e Ex-Senator Vest Is Weaker. SWEET SPRINGS, Mo, July 24.— Ex-Senator Vest to-night was much weaker, the rally of yesterday having been only temporary. ——————— Oflomdfl‘ 144 llllt'n.fl- Music by ln:f'flm- American Quartet, o bt SHUFFLING CAIT AT DISAPPEAR Special Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, July 24.—Chief O'Neiil | believes that in the arrival in Chicago | from San Francisco of “Billy” Man- | ning, professor of physical culture and the world, he can see the dawn of a new era in the police department. Instead of the shambiing, ungainly | shuffles aleng his beat the Chief be- . lieves that soon Chicagoans wiil see the blue coats parading with should- rs erect and the general bearing of vell drilled soldiers. Manning intends to establish physi- | cal culture classes in every station in {the city. His plan is said to have re- ceived already the indorsement of the Chief. { “These men will be without an equal |in the world,” said Manning. “They | have brawn, but have not been proper- {1y trained. Under my teaching they will develop wonderfully. They then ‘will be prepared for strike duty or any other hardships.” Late Shipping | Intelligence. ARRIVED. Sunday, July 24. Stmr Fulton, Panze, 5% hours from San Pe- dro. DOI TIC. ABERDEEN—£ailed July 24—Bktn Wrestler, oy CORRECTION. BAY, Jnls 24.—Stmr Breakwater did not sall July 24. N former lightweight champion boxer of , 'gait with which the patrolman now | will sall to-morrow, .d’lnpwgd at San |GREAT ARMY OF MEN TO QUIT WORK TO-DAY All Unions Employed in the Meat-Packing Industry Throughout the United States Will Join the Striking Butchers ——a CHICAGO, July 24.—The joint council of the Teamsters’ Union, at a meeting to-night, refused to samction the decision of the packing house teamsters to join in a sympathetic strike to-morrow, and, in- stead, appointed a committee to communicate with the packers in an effort to reopen peace negotlations. other unions employed at the yards despite the action of the teamsters. The sympathetic strike of the will be called on schedule time, CHICAGO, July 24.—Determined on a | fight to a finish to enforce the demands | of the Butchers’ Union, a sympatheticl “trlke of all union workmen employed | | in the meat-packing industry through- | | out the country, with the eXception of | | the teamsters, will be inaugurated to. morrow morning at 7 o'clock. The indi- | cations to-night are that the teamsters | will join the other unions on Tuesday | in order to bring the packers to terms. The teamsters employed in the Chi- cago plants at a meeting to-day de- clared in favor of the sympathetic| | strike, their decision being subject to , ratification by the joint council of the | Teamsters’ Union and its sanction by the international officers. No conferences were held to-day, ( either by the packers or the labor lead- | ers, or jointly, in an effort to reach an | adjustment of the controversy. Both sides rested to-day, apparently waiting | for to-morrow’'s developments. ‘Whether or not the packers would make any concessions to the demands | of the labor leaders in order to prevent | a general walkout of the trades at the | stockyards would not be discussed by |any of the packing-house representa- tives to-day, but from the preparations going on at the different plants during | the day it was plainly evident that the | packers intended to fight for their in- dependence. k. STOCKADES ARE ERECTED. | Preparations for the struggle were | being made at the different packing | plants all during the day and far into | the night. Dozens of representatives of | the packing-houses were sent through the country in search of men to fill the places of the strikers. Four trainloads of new employes were taken into the | yards before darkness set in to join the non-union men already established in- side the plants. Clerks were being ini- | tiated into new dutles, and employes who had been promoted from trades were returned to their former work to take the places of the regular workers, who are expected to quit. Stockades have been erected at all the different plants to protect men whose work exposes them to danger from mob violence. In addition to the four trains filled with non-union men brought into the yards. to-day under police protection, many other trains loaded with men who had been secured during the last twenty-four hours were scheduled to arrive before daylight. With the num- ber of men already installed within the stockyards and the addition of clerks and office men to the killing rooms, work will be resumed In all the plants to-morrow morning on as ex- tended a scale as possible. UNDER POLICE PROTECTION These men will all work under po- lice protection and it is not beileved |any trouble will be experienced until the several firms begin distributing meats to the local trade with non- union drivers. It is on this apparent predicament of the packers that the labor leaders are depending on success in the struggle. The situation makes the teamsters the most important body of men in the whole controversy. With these men on strike the union forces expect to pre- vent any non-union men who take their places from leaving the yards and cenes similar to those during the caravan™ days of the 1902 strike un- | ioubtedly will be the result if the strike is prolonged. Teamsters outside | the yards are to be asked to refuse to | handle meat from any of the branch | houses, and if non-union men are en- | gaged to perform this work riots lre' certain to result. Another handicap the packers wiil meet with in the morning s a scareity | of Illvestock. An estimate of the| amount of livestock in the pens of th: packers to-night was 5000 cattle, 4000 | hogs and 5000 sheep. The packers claim to have nearly 5000 men with which to start operations to- morrow morning. gl L WOUNDS FIVE PICKETS. | Negro Strike-Breaker at St. Joseph | Fires Into Crowd of Assailants. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., July 24—Abe Kruse, a negro strike-breaker, was as- | saulted by pickets near the packing plant of Swift & Co. to-day and fired into a crowd of assallants, wounding five. They are: Joseph Weigle, shot in abdomen, may die; John Jetta, shot | in body and legs; Joseph Sanger, ‘wounded in thigh and legs; August Newmeyer, shot In leg; Steve Finne gan, shot in legs. was arrested by the police and 1s in the county jail. He fired but | one shot. The weapon was of a maga- | z;’na type, and was loaded with buck- | shot The strikers say the negro passed In- side the lines near the pickets who at | the time were discussing some alleged | shooting by negro strike-breakers at another part of the yards last night. | The negro is sald to have heard a part | of the discussion as he passed the pick- | ets and to have turned to them with a warning of “Don’t you talk to me.” The witnesses stated that he then/ passed fifty yards farther inside the lines, mounted some steps at the re- celving station, took aim at the group | of pickets and fired, wounding the five | men. | The terrible execution of the single shot is attributed to the fact that at the distance of the shot the charge scattered. | HARMONY IN NEW YORK. | ot iy | Relations Between Packers and Em- ployes in Metropolis Peaceful. NEW YORK, July 34.—To all out- ward appearances there is perfect har- | mony betw: the big packers and their emplo: in this city. The kill- ing of cattle went on as usual during | the five Sunday work hours in the Schwarzschild & Sulsberger plant and that of the United Dressed Beef Com- pany. The leaders were busy holding conferences, however, and the situa- | tion in this city depends on the out- come of the conference at Chicago. | TOUTHS APING ~CARBANDITS | CHICAGO, July 24{—Emulators of | the exploits of the car barn bandits, | four youths arrested yesterday con-| fessed killing one man in a saloon hold-up and robbing a score of others at different times, The murder was | that of John Lane, stage carpenter of the Illinols Theater, who was shot in | an attempt to hold up Gustave Rie- | gel's saloon on the morning of July | 4. The proprietor also was shot. The prisoners are Peter Dulfer, James and Willlam Farmby and David Kelly. All declare they are less than 20 years old. The police belleve the young men have not confessed to all their crimes and expect at least two other murders will be admitted by them. ——————— MRS. CROCKER SINKING AND DEATH IS IMMINENT Patient Has Been Ui ous Since Last Thursday and Relatives Have Lost Hope. NEWPORT, R. 1, July 24—Mrs. Crocker, wife of George Crocker of New York, is very feeble to-night and her death is expected at any time. It was learned that she had been unconscious since Thursday, when she was last able to recognize members of her family, all of whom are at her bedside this evening awaiting the end. Mrs. Crocker brightened up consider- ably upon her arrival, but on Thursday she began to sink, and then it was that all hope for her recovery was aban- doned. It was said late in the evening that Mrs. Crocker was dying. : ———— WILL FLOAT ON A LOG . TO THE ST. LOUIS FAIR Jowa Man to Make a Novel Two Hun- dred-Mile Voyage on the Mississippi. WEBSTER CITY, Iowa, July 24.— John McCaffrey, a logger of Keokuk, ! has originated a unique plan for a tour to the Louisiana Purchase Ex- position. His proposition is to float from Keokuk on a log down the Mis- sissippi, more than 200 miles by the river route. About the only equip- ment he will take will be a long pike, to be used as a ballasting pole. At the rate of four miles an hour it will requnire more than fifty-two hours to complete the trip. HIS NAME IS DROPPED FROM ARMY REGIST! Second Lieutenant Victor Lewis, ‘Who Disappeared From City, Is Now Classed as Deserter. WASHINGTON, July 24.—The name of Victor E. Lewis, second lieu- tenant of the Twenty-eighth Comrnany of Coast Artillery, has be: dropped by the War Department” from the army register on account of absence without leave for three months. He had been ordered to Honolulu and Franclsco, k: | successful ——— FOUNG CADETS RETURN HOME | The Léague of the Cross Cadets, | numbering several hundred, arrived in the city last night at 7:30 o’clock on a special train from the encampment at | Santa Cruz. At camp all the morning, prior and subsequent to worship, every one was astir and at 2 o'clock p. m. {the generale was sounded and the tented city fell In a moment. This brought to a close one of the most and delightful encam ments ever undertaken by the organ- ization. By gentlemanly like behavior and | discipline the cadets won the esteem of the people of Santa Cruz, thousands | of whom were at the railway station to bid them good-by on their departure. | The day opened with a grand mili- tary mass in the Casino. The regi- | ment was drawn up in hollow square | with the officers in the center. The regimental band rendered a programme | of sacred music, including *“Gloria,” | (Beethoven); hymn, Ghost;” ‘“‘Rosary,” (Grey) (Fauvre); “the Lost Chord,” (Sul van); hymn, “Te Deum;” “Coronation” (Meyerbeer). The Rev. Father Philip O'Ryan was | celebrant and Cadets William Green | and Harvey Stevens were the acolytes. | The drum was beaten at consecration 1 | | South st. HOPE OF PEACE 1S ABANDONED Both Sides in Cotton Mill Controversy Are Prepared for First Test of Strength OBJECT TO LOWER WAGE Twenty-Five Thousand Men Opposing Manufacturers Representing $25,000,000 FALL RIVER, Mass.. July 24 —With hope of a peaceful settlement aban- doned, both sides in the impending in- dustrial trouble here awalt with dogged | determination the coming of to-mor- row and the first test of strength be- tween a little group of manufacturers representing a combined capital of $25,000,000 on one side and more than 25,000 cotton mill operatives on the other. The mill gates will be opened at the sual time to-morrow morning and the peratives will be given an opportunity to go to work under a wage reduction | of 12% per cent. If an insufficlent num- ber responds the mills will be closed for an indefinite period. The strike leaders were of the opinion to-night that there would not be enough opera- tives applying for work throughout the entire city to run even one mill. to say nothing of the eighty or more that are affected by the strike order. The manufacturers claim that the two thousand union men who voted to strike do not represent the gentiment of the great body of cotton mill em* ployes. They give the total number of operatives on their payroll as 25,630. This, of course, does not include the employes at the independent mills of M. C. D. Borden, which are not in- olved. The talk on the streets, however, in- dicates that the feeling against the manufacturers is quite as bitter among the non-union operatives as it is among those who are affiliated with the labor organizations. John Golden, president of the United Textile Workers of America, the leader of the strike, has cautioned the opera- tives not to go near the mills to-mor- row. Many wild threats have been made by an uninfluential class of workers, but viclence is not expected. e vt COMPLAIN OF POSTMASTER. Miners Accuse Federal Office-Holder at Victor of Aiding Deportations. DENVER, Colo., July 24.—Secre- tary Haywood of the Western Federa- tion of Miners has forwarded a tele- gram to President Roosevelt stating that Postmaster F. M. Reardon of Vic- tor is one of the members of the com- mittee which he says is responsible for deporting miners from the Cripple Creek district and asking that steps be taken to prevent Federal office- holders from taking part in such demonstrations. Complaints have also been made to the President against Postmaster Reardon and Postmaster Sullivan of Cripple Creek, alleging that they have permitted mail sent to union sym- pathizers to be opened and mutilated. it SOLDIER HAS OLOSE CALL. Unknown Person Fires Six Shots at General Bell’s Orderly. CRIPPLE CREEK, Cole., July 24.— Sergeant Baldwin, General Bell's or- derly, had a very narrow escape from assassination last night at Cameron. He had gone there to make an arrest and while riding through the town an unknown person fired six shots at him. The first shot passed through the sergeant’s hat and the second came so close as to throw dirt in his face. After these two shots there was a lull in the firing and then four shots were fired in quick succession. The sergeant believes he will be able to lo- cate the weuld-be assassin and ar- rest him. SRS WOULD QUARANTINE SWIFT'S. South St. Paul Strikers Say There Is Diphtheria in the Plant. ST. PAUL, Minn.,, July 24.—During the day a committee of strikers sought to make trouble for Swift & Co. by ap- pearing before the Chief of Police in Paul and demanding that the Swift packing plant be quaran- tined. They claimed that four of the strike breakers hired by Swift's had come from homes in St. Paul Park, which were under diphtheria quaran- tine, and that during the respite on Thursday they had gone back to their homes for a short visit. The Chief of Police refused to take action. b sl AWAIT WORD FROM CHICAGO. KANSAS CITY, July 24—No action was taken by the union packing-house employes to-day relative to the ulti- matum of the allied trades unionists to the packers at Chicago last night. The labor leaders here are not in faver of acting until they know exactly what by Sergeant James Keane. Father O’'Ryan In addressing the cadets thanked Colonel James Power and all | the officers for the great work done during the encampment and congratu- lated the members of the regiment for their exemplary conduct. On arriving in San Francisco the regiment marched to the armory a 1139 Market street, where it was dis- missed. All the boys are in excellent health and Father O'Ryan paid a high compliment last night to Major Mor- | risey, the regimental surgeon, for his care and watchfulness of the youths during the encampment. —_——— USE OF FRENCH LANGUAGE GROWING IN UNITED STATES PARIS, July 24.—The Alliance Francaise held its annual banquet last night. Goffleet, secretary of the American section, reported an exten- sion in the use of the French lan- guage in the United States. Jules Lamplova, San Francisco branch, has received the decoration of officer of the academy. e ————— Found Dead in a’ Chair. John Quinn, a retired bricklayer, was found dead yesterday in his home at 411 Dolores street by John Lavoie. Quinn was seated in a chair and death resuited from natural causes. Hiq leaves a sister, who is at present visit- ing at a ranch in Butte County. Quinn was a man of considerable means. —————— Big Distillery Selzed. SACRAMENTO, July 24.—The Red | the Chicago unionists intend to do. It is certain, however, that the employes here will fellow the lead of the Chicago unionists, and if the threatened strike is declared in the morning they will be loyal to the orders from Chicago. P i — . ‘Well Known Lecturer May Die. BLOOMINGTON, I, July 24— Colonel L. F. Copeland of Harrisburg., Pa., a widely known lecturer, who was engaged as one of the speakers at the Chautauqua which has just here, has been taken suddenly ill and his physicians have announced that he cannot live. 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