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/ WHATHER—RAIN ‘TO-NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. NIGHT EDITION “PRICE, ONE CEN _“ Circulation Books Open to All.”’ | NEW YORK, TUES! DAY, WEATHER—RAIN ota ‘AND ‘WRDNRODAY, [ “ Circulation Books Open to All, »| AUGUS —— BASEBALL # RACIN PRICE ONE CENT. : STRIKE ORDERED! PITTSBURG, Pa , Aug. 6.---President Shaffer this afternoon an- $ nounced that the general strike order will be out to-day. Every Amal= gsamated and Federation of Labor man employed by United States § . ¢ Steel Corporation must come out. ) Sg WT VE PY PN eS OE tO WS ie OBBERS STOLE $340,000 IN GOLD SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 6.—Three ; hundred and forty thousand dollars’! worth of gold bullion was stolen from | the Selby Smeiting Works at Vallejo | during the night. Access to the strong-room, where the bullion was stored, was secured through a tunnel whizh the thieves had bored from the edge of San Francisco Bay to the building, some distance from the water's edge. It is supposed that the thieves took their plunder away by boat. *< The Selby smolter is the largest on the Pacific coast. Ores are sent there from all parts of the western slope! for reduction. The works are located near the bay shore, about thirty miles from San Francisco, and through the clever device of tunnel- ling through the sand the robbers se- cured a princely sum. The loss was not discovered until after the works resumed operations to-day. A. J. Ralston, president of the company, stated that the thieves ex- cavated a tunnel between three and four hundred feet long, from a point near the railroad tunnel and under the stron; room connected with the —— without having it remelted and mize! with other metals. He 1s of the opin- 'Tunnelled Into Vault of}ion that they will bury the gold or sink it in the bay, awa...ng a conve- See Se nates for ts removal, a there ’ a} are few smelters on this coast where Secured a Fortune. _| the gold can be remelted. Worked for Mon The robbers evidently had been work- ing on the job for two or three months. They hud dug a tunnel from outside the house, beginning with a shaft about three feet deep. Thence they worked underneath the vault and, etriking up ward, bored a hole in the strong-room floor. The hole was shaped like the mi hole of a holler. were bored two months ago, it is thoug'it, and the last one was completed during the night. Through that hole they took the gold bricks and carried them to a bank near the mouth of the tunnel east of the works, where they were evidently placed in a boat, In thelr hurry the robbers left two of the bricks on the bank. Following 1s a list of the property stolen: Four fine gold bricks, all nufnbered and containing as follows. 1,236—1,19) ounces and a fraction. . 1,237 3,300 ounces. 1,231,125 ounces and a fraction. 1,229-1,137 ounces and a fraction. Sprinkled Red Pepper in Their Tracks so Bloodhounds Gould Not Aid in Attempt to Capture Them. works and had secured bars of bull- jon aggregating In value $340,000. They transported the gold to a boat in waiting near the company's wharf, but in their hurry to get away left one bar on the beach, The robbers took the unusual pre- caution of strewing their tracks with red pepper, presumably to prevent bloodhounds from taking up the trall, Each bar of bullion was numbered and a deserip.ion is now in the hands ot Ge sietectives: Also 10,00 ounces of gold in various President Ralston stated that the} ssanes and a iittle silver, The gold in robbers cannot dispose of the plunder} the pricks 1s worth $20 an ounce. Part of the holes % Shooter AT HARL $+ 4.__ ——_. SHAFFER WILL ~ FIGHT TRUST. PITTSBURG, dent Shaffer this afternuon convened } Pa., Aug. 6.—Presi- his advisory board at the Amalga- mated Association headquarters and submitted to them the circular which ) 1, Argregoi WALL FALLS, 2 GIRLS HURT. Simpson, Crawford a! Simpson's Big Store in Panic Simpson, Crawford & Simpson, 6fy-goods firm, are having a new bu ing erected for them on the site of portion of their old store, at Twentieth street and Sixth avenue. To-day about noon, when fortunately | there were but few employees or cus-| tomers in the store, « large portion of | the wall of the new building, weighing acveral tons, fell outward from the| tpo of the new structure with al crash onto the glass roof of a one-story extension of the old building. ‘The new bullding is seven atories high, and-the mass of bullding material fell with a report that could be heard for blocks around. Two Girls Hert. ‘The one-story extension, on which the broken wall fell, in-used asa part of the millinery department. At the time of the accident there were ,only two young cash girls there, most of the other employees being out to lunch, and at that hour there are never many cus- tomers in the store. In Its descent the broken wall en: countered tho skylights of the exten- gion, threes in number, and crashed through them Ike so much paper, car- rying with it a heavy beam which fell near the two girls, pinning them down. ‘The names of the girls are Ada Reld, fourteen years old, of No. 101 West One | Hundred and Eighth street, and Lizzie Beinich, fourteen yeare old, of No, 3% Kast Thirty-ftth street, As f00n ns the nolse of the smash was heard by the other employees on the sume floor and by the customers there MISS DRESSLER BIC YACHTS | the | I discharged from was a scene of panic. Panic, in the Store. Every one rushed for the door, put by ® fortunate chance no one was in- Jured In the mad scramble. The manager and his asslstant did all thes ‘could to allay the fears of those AGAIN SOLVENT. IN A CRASH. Actress ores) ischarged Morgan's AG Rams from Bankruptcy by | the Saghaya and Nor- Judge Thomas. | man in East River. Marie Dressler, the popular and tu-| J. Plerpont Morgan's y mianacunieene who teat presen, Corsalr, Howard ©. Smith's Saghaya and Frank Tilford's Norman, all an- playing in St. Louis, wax this afternoon) Chored at the New York Yacht Club bankruptey by Judge ‘Thomas in the United States Court. manuel Friend, her lawyer, at telegraphed her: Dare 1 mean rendezvous off the foot of East Twenty- alxth street, were in collision this noon, Saghaya being b jy damaged and having to be towed, to « Brooklyn dry- dock yard by two tugs, ‘The Corsair hit her twice, tearing away her rigging, knocking over her foremant and smashing w lot of deck top hemper, Then she swung around and bumped the Norman, dragging away some gu; The Corsair wan not dam- aged much, but the Saghaya will have to be repaired at the cog: of a ‘good deal When laat season closed Miss Dreanler, |of money. The tide wa revponaible for who flashed an she star @f “Miss Printt,”| the collisions. No one ts reported in- found that she owed 812,00 and owned | Jtred. 12 cents and abundant good humor. |) The Corsair's anchor dragged because Nearly two months azo she was de.|0f the atrong de and ehé awung around clared a bankrupt. Hut now xhe can {8nd her boweprit went over the bulwarks begin acquiring debts anew, but she {Of the Saghaya. It tore the ringing solemnly asauren her lawyer that ahe|!# And played havoc with all the guy won't. ropes and trimmings, i Meantime the engineers of the Cor- sair were trying t got her under con- trol, and they managed to back her off, But the tide caught her again, and the one: from youg debts. Whereupon the ready Marie respond- od: “Does this wipe ont your bill? I know -it will be a bird of a bill, or the bill of a bird, which amounts to, the same thing. Am nevertheless tearful with Joy. frightened, and two of the antesmen went and removed the beam which con- fined the two girls, releasing them, An ambulance wan called from the erat emashed Mice preecoret OF New York Moapital_ and Dr, Cornet! Down went the mart on. the deck, who came In responxe to the call, drese-| with rigging. and. pulleys and, blocks ad the wounds of the two injured girls} while some of the crew who were {n and they were then sent to thelr homes. ! the fore part af the yacht fed aft refurlng to be taken to the hospital. |" "me Norman waa iying near by. and Several other of the women employees | tore geemad to be no danger of her and customers were prostrated by the | heing struck. shock and exeltement and these were| Corsair round so sharply that. her bow alxo attended to by the hospital doctor | hit that of the man. The blow was mia railo hor aebtens teoniche not a heavy one, but it scraped a lot aml by other doctors from the neighbor. | or maint off the Norman and aliook her hood who had beea attracted by the rue it ttle, besides bringing away some mor that several persons had been killed, rope, William Miller, foreman of the work for P. G. Wills, the contractor, w: taken to the West Thirtleth street sta- tlon by the police. ———_— Little World Wants make mighty big profits, but the tude bmught the | ff BOA POISONED BY RATTLER. Giant Snake in Carne- gie Laboratory Meets Sad End. ‘There was a nad time at the Carnegie Laboratory in East Twenty-sixth street to-day, for the pride of the menagerie, the fifteen foot boa constrictor, ts dead. And the manner of his taking off Is 0 cause of lamentation tov, fer he waa killed by another snake, The manner of his death was this: In the room at the tap of the tabora, tory, which adjoins Bellevue, Is kept a collection of animals, birds, reptiles, &e. which are used In experiments con ducted by the tearned “sawhbone: Tacre are guinea pigs, rabbits, chick- ene, white mice, cats, dogs and animals and reptiles of a larger growth such as rattlesnakes and a python which ts elghteen feet long. The deceased boa constrictor was one of the number. it was decided to re- move some rattlesnakes that occupied constrictor was confined. . The rattlera did’ not Ike to be disturbed in thelr com- for atts) quarters, and objected vio- lent jo the removing was reptiles darted hither thiuner, around the cag mwoimg on the ene and even tore the wire netting. agth they were all transferred to their new guarters and the altendants had almost forgotten the Incident, F mo! lay or two agp it was necessary t aimturb the bos. conatticlon, het he, to ot wrathful, Jashed around and it ‘the Yesterday it was noticed that he waa aick, and this morning it wan dis- ered that he was dead. AU firat it wan not understood what the cause of hia death wax, but then it waa remembered about the rattlers bit- Inc the Iron bara of the cage, and it was decided that some of the polaon from thelr tanga sunt have. heen le on (theron “which (the boa absorbed into Its system, dso died from the yenom of one of its own kind. ~ IMUSIC TEACHER the cage adjoining that in which tbe boa |t he had prepared notifying the manu- facturers that he proposed to order | out the workmen employed at the|- plants of the United States Steel Corporation now operating with men who were members of the organiza- tion. This circular, together with the one notifying the men to cease work, was approved by the board, and the work of sending the notices to their destination was begun with a rush. ——— SHAFFER’S ORDER IS SWEEPING. PITTSRURG, Aug. 0.—The circ 1S A SUICIDE. Alice Buxberry Feared that She Would Be Blind. Despondent over the bellef that ehe was soon to lose her eyereht, Misa Alice Buxberry, a muste teacher of WIll- fameburg, killed herself this afternoon by drinking ° acd. Mian Busberry had a large music class and had supported herself for eeveral years. She wan thirty-nlx years if ed with three slecers at No, 2 First street. About a year ago Fact came on her left eye. She went to mee a doctor for treatment, but he did not appear to give her much rellef, She feared that the other eye would algo be affected and she worried a great deal about the matter. Convinced that she would entirely lowe her eyesight and thus be prevented from earning a livell- hood, she ta:ked of little elae beside her affilction. To-day she was about the house uaual. havin, an At 2 o'clock this afternoon, not come down to luncheon, her nin- Misa uncon- ry went up to call her. garbolle actd by her side, The E Distrlet Hospital ambulance w. lurxeon Delaney: tri vive her She died junt an the ari lance reached tle hospita: BERLIN, Aug. 6.—The mer Gera, with Field Marshal Count von Walder- 408 doard, has arrived off Heltogo- land. Sept 0 | LORS 9HO4 6-0-5: 5-2 Be "|& WEATHER FORECAST. p Forecast for the thirty-sin ending at SN FT, MM, day, Ang. 7, for New nity: Ratn heat winds, eer ae) Ca aed ey RIL ES foe at on eeeners Aman who naid he was a steel striker from the Weat made a violent Rarer Plerpont Morgan's shook hie elincaed id the bik from the steps of J. banking house to-day fist at the windows and crowd which collected that he was in organ and would make search of Mr. him end the big strike or tell the reason why not Accused Morgan, 4 mechanic, ife apron The man looked Itke had a patr of overails and an arm as he trolled slowly slung over Nii down to Wall street from Broadway He stopped in front of Mr. Morgan's office. Policeman Powers, always on duty at that point, wn Broad street, and there was nearly had Just who 1s | gone dot : no other policeman near when the man A the steps and faced the street ancended a-by wan first The attention of parser! attracted when they heard this in a atentorian ¢ Who deprives the poor people of bread and butter? Ask J. Merpont Morgan ewhy are our children without foul NEW “ARMY PRISON. Va ho} NEWS good aut will ortrens Me War Departme tn officially destin an aciny prisot Hmited rogm., Five pe arcilery will mn account wade Germany. to. dincontinie prelt jnary work on (he commercial treath | eebicbititbibiitihiiciciciicier Plans for the Calling Out of All Steel Work-| ers Are Approved by Shaffer's Advisory Board. ‘The board and will be printed a * eventing. ‘The ordér wit) include these compan- tes and men: ctreular wan approved by ta A sent out 20,000 ee DTL00D ‘Total... It is understood that. in addition to calling out the Amalgamated men now at work, { will alao request the men of the American Federation of Labor and other untons to refuse to handle the producta of the Steel Corporation. If obeyed, thla clause would paralyze the steel businera of the United States atop work on thousands of oridges and ES ; industries | the Some doubt is expressed re as to wat action the other trades unions will take, MAY TIE UP THE CARNEGIE MILLS. lal to The Evening World.) PORT, Pa., Aug. 6.—Amal- gamated officials belleve they will Je able to tle up the mills of the Care negie Steel Company at Homestead, Duquesne and Braddock. The men in these mills are being rapidly en- listed Into the?unton. Despite every, endeavor of the company to pfevent organizers from reaching the men Amalgamated Association has built up strong lodges in each of these places. The officials at the mills are:um- easy. They have used every means to prevent the organization, but It has gone on in spite of them, they do not know its strength. The leaders nay it 1s enough to shut dows the mills. The Carnegie mills are the stroag- hold of the Steol Corporation. They. provide 25 per cent. of the steel! of the world. With them in fall opere ation the company could combat the union Indefinitely; with them ehat down the company would be com- New buildings, work In which | plates ete ured. steel-ratlway work ant oth Steel Striker Makes a Violent Speech in Front of the Finan- cier's Banking House. “Mr. Morgan Will Hear} from Me Before |! Leave Town. WE Said. or clothing walking the streets in mis-| ery? Ask J, Plerpont Morgan.” Wild-Eyed Individual. owd of 3) pers man faced Ry thia time a ¢ had r em but not that there was the by Vhureday Will ping Polo they whbesheader 1 He} Must End the Strike,’’! pelled to ask for terms of peace. ANGRY CRANK IS | AFTER J. P. MORGAN “I have come here from the West,” man went “to see J. Plerpont jaa and ask him why these things the Morg \ are Tae why he does net Sond this strike, and when I see him he | witt tell me or I shall know the reason on, propose to find out js at the head of the Steel Trust | the most iniquitous combination: ever i, * Intended for hing but to. rob take bread: and mouths of thelr wives poor we men butter from and ch A Threat for Morgan. and shook ibis fst dows cf the Morgan house, hout anotaer word, he Broad with the s. Turning up Exchange ppeared in the * midday irned ket down street, at his ve town," “OWE $87, 968: ASSETS $540. CYCLONE IN NORFOLK. ch Damage Houses Lureot “A y i: ing in tes wijwur ot rain immediately: