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E FINISH HITTER COXTi:ST IIKTWCKX CAPITAL AND LABOR IS .NOW OX. Forces of tit? In Hod States Steel Corporntion nml the AniRlKRinittr tl Association In Battle Array. NO QUARTER WILL BE GIVEN MORGAN AMI COLLH.Vr.rES DETEIL 3IIM:I) 0. A STRUGGLE. WHI Spend All the Time and Money Necessary to Wipe Unionism Out of Their Mill. PAILTJEE OF IKE CONFERENCE Ninnir.n smr: was willing to CONCEDE A POINT IX DISPUTE. First Pence Proposition Withdrawn by the Steel Corporation Olilclal nml Another OfTeretl. UNSATISFACTORY TO SHAFFER ami other members or tiii: HOARD WHO VISITED NEW YORK. Mntfiuenl Issued Giving Their Side of the Case Mills to Br- Filled with Imported Workmen. PITTSBURG, Ta.. Aug. 3. "It will be a light to the finish. No quarter will be given. We are prepared to spend all the money and tim:? necessary to wipe out the Amalgamated Association in all of our mills." This was the message that came over the wires from New York to local officials of the United States Steel Corporation this afterr.ccn. Ofikials were waiting long after the usual Saturday afternoon closing time to pet word from, the conference In New Y'oik between the executive beard of the Amalgamated Association and the general 0fliccrs of the bis trust. Two messages came. Tho first stated that the conference between the worker." and Mr. Morgan had adjourned, after receiving: his ultimate decision in the matter in dispute. An hour nfter this time a second me5sage came to Pittsburg, announcing to the steel officials hern that the executive Eoard had decided that it would no: accept Mr. Morgan's terms. The second message contained the statement that alo appears above. Some of the ofT.eials heard the message with misgivings. Others with unconcealed satisfaction. One of the officials left his office declaring tht he was glad of it. The tight won! J surely be carried to a finish, and the corporation . would onco and for all bo freed from the influence of the union men. At the headquarters of the Amalgamated Association there was no one about. All the executive officers being: in Now York at this time, no one was presnt to look r.fter the interest of the strikers here pending thtir return. Organizer Flynn. of the Arrerican Federation of Labor, was about the headquarters during the morning, and one or two of the striking ft eel workers, but they only remained u short time. Till: MUX ARU FOR WAR. Intense interest was shown in the New York conference by the men here. The cnly ugrct heard amon? the strikers who were about was that President Shaffer had temporised with the trust officials so long. Wnlle the workers are themselves ignorant of the general plans of the organization regarding the extension of the strike throughout the union mills of the trust, they are confident, however, that the genra! itrikc order will be issued in a short t:n:e. That officials of the United States Steel Corporation have been preparing for this 1 tttle was made apparent during the afteri on. It was learned on the best authority that an attempt is to be made at once to I roak the strike by the importation of noni :.ion men into all the idle mills. One of the :'.-. ia Is of the company's now involved said that so far as furnishing skilled men for t'..e Idle plants was concerned, it is only r'wsary to distribute the skilled workers 1:-. the present nonunion mills in all the I-.r.t:; and make them general instructors c f crt.-Ti hands to soon develop more of this c'ass of tradesmen. The American Sheet S :-- 1 Company, which decided to start the li Par', mill last week, but postponed i" t; on pending the result of the conference In New York has Issued orders to prepare to s:.irt this mill early next week. It was t n a!o that some of the skilled men from V.. S -.ttdale mills will be sent Into the etv. r plants of the company now rendered i::e by the strike and by their aid and ti.at t f the men taken from the Vandergrift nulls, it is expected that the Sheet Steel C znpany will he able to make a good showing b'.-fore long. The officials realize, however, that tht-y have a difficult problem on Ctir hands and express fear of the outcome when they try to start up these Idle rniüs. They declare, however, that they will make the attempt and with Just as mach hast as 1 possible. No plans are known concerning the American Tin Plate Company. If that comS"ay intend to utilize nonunion men. it U

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not known where they will get them.' It is said that fancy prices are being offered to a few really skilled laborers to tako a hand with the trust in getting the plants in operation. In some Instances, at least, it is aid that offers have been refused because the men fear personal violence from the strikers.

the new yohic conference. Statement Given Out by the AmnlRnmated Association Hoard. NEW YORK, Aug. C.-Another effort Jo perfect a permanent truce between the great army of steel workers and the giant corporation which employs it has failed, and to-night the conflicting sides are as sharply and widely divided as ever. The leaders on either side met here again this morning, and, after a day cf fruitless conference and discussion, parted in a spirit that shows no tinge of conciliation. Neither side would surrender a position or concede a point in the dispute in which they are involved, and present Indications point to a renewal with vigor of the struggle. The first conference of the day was between President Shaffer and twelve of his associates on the executive board of the Amalgamated Association and a group of officials of the United States Steel Corporation, headed by J. Pierpont Morgan and President Charles M. Schwab. At the end of an hour the conferees parted, having failed to reach an agreement. The second conference was participated in only by the officials of the Amalgamated Association. It was a secret session lasting for over two hours, at the close of which the following statement was given to the press: "We, the members of the executive board of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, considering it incumbent upon us to enlighten the public through the press with reference to the present relations between our association and the United States Steel Corporation, present this statement: "The officials of the United States Steel Corporation, instead of resuming negotiations where they were suspended at the conference held on July 11, 12 and 13, have withdrawn the propositions made at that time .and are now offering much less than they agreed to sign for then. TWO PROPOSITIONS. "Following is the proposition which the United States Steel Corporation gave us today a3 its ultimatum. It will bj observed that the preamble states simply that the United States Steel Corporation will advise settlement by the underlined companies: " 'Preamble Conditions under which we are willing to advise a settlement of the labor difficulties: " 'Tin Plate Company Should proceed under the contract signed with the Amalgamated Association as of July 1, 1901. " 'American Steel Hoop Company Company should sign the scale for all the mills owned by the American Steel Hoop Company that were signed for last year. " 'American Sheet Steel Company Company should sign the scale for all the mills of this company that were signed for last year, except the old Meadow mill and the Saltsburg mills. -The Strikers' Proposition. "We desire to preface our proposition by directing attention to the fact that it is a modification of that which was offered originally. At the last conference, as at those preceding it, we required the signature of the scales for all the mills owned and operated by the United States Steel Corporation, while in the proposition given (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4, COLUMN 6.) DEPLORES THE LYNCHING GOVERNOR LONG1NO WOULD FINISH THE MISSISSIPPI MOD. Intimation thnt the Sheriff Foiled to Do Hin Duty at Carrollton 31 11 It la Wns Ready'. JACKSON, Miss., Aug. Z In an official statement to-day Governor Longino deplores the Carrollton lynching and says every effort will be made to bring the members of the mob to justice. The Governor says he wired the sheriff of Carroll county to protect the prisoners at all hazards and ordered one company of militia at Greenwood held In readiness to move on short notice. Although the Governor told the sheriff to call for troops if he was unable to protect his prisoners, he says the sheriff did not reply to his telegram. The Governor contini-cs: "Failing to hear from the sheriff, I communicated with Judge Stevens over the telephone, and he informed me that the situation was hourly growing more serious, but that the sheriff declined to call for troops because he feared that when the mob became apprised of such request it would become more hasty and precipitate in its work of lynching, and that the sheriff feared also that there would be trouble between the soldiers and the lynchers should the militia appear on the scene. In the absence, therefore, of a request by the sheriff for troops, and being without authority to send them to Carrollton unless called for by the civil authorities, I notified Captain Keesler and the railroad company at Greenwood that I would have no need for thelc further services. I made inquiries for the sheriff, but did not ascertain his whereabouts during my stay in Carrollton. I was informed that neither he nor his deputies nor posse or guard summoned by him made or offered any resistance to the mob. I further learned that the mob was in possession of the keys to the jail and took the prisoners without Injury in any way to the prison, but did not ascertain how the lynchers came In possession of the keys. "Those actually participating In the crime could perhaps be identified by the testimony of two or three hundred citizens present and not participating. Including the circuit judge, the district attorney, sheriff and countv offictrs and members of the bar resident In Carrollton. and I cannot, therefore, think that public sentiment in favor of the enforcement of law has become so dead as to tolerate such an outrage upon the law, such an insult to the court and such barbarity to humanity. Having confidence in the courage and honesty of purpose of Judge Stevens. District Attorney Hill and other good citizens who witnessed the affair, I believe the perpetrators thereof will be made to feel the force of the law. If the ends of justice require that the judge and district attorney should become witnesses in order to procure the indictment and prosecution of the lynchers, there is little doubt that these fearless officials would substitute others during said prosecution to take their respective official places, and that they wouid become witnesses against those who have offered to them andto their court such defiance and effrontery." TWO YOUNG MEN SHOT. Deliberately Killed with rt Winchester by a Deranged Texan. GRAHAM, Tex., Aug. 3. A deplorable tragedy occurred here late this evening. Oland W. King and Roger Davenport, two well-known young men, were shot and killed by William Ilothwell. Rothwell, it Is said, had been suffering from mental derangement for several weeks, but his condition had never been regarded as serious. Late to-day he walked Into a furniture store where young King worked, armed with a Winchester ride, and without a word f warning shot the young man dead. Rothwell next encountered Davenport and killed him In the street, RotUell wa axreste

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THREATEN" TO TEAR DOWN A JAIL AND RELEASE PRISONERS. Twenty-Seven Members of the AmnlRamntcd Association at Wellsvllle Charged with Rioting. WANTED "STRIKE BREAKERS" AND BOMBARDED THEIR, BOARDING HOUSE WITH STONES. N'onnnlonists Defended by a Woman, Who Escorted Them to the Mill with a Revolver in Her Hand. RIOT AT KNOXVILLE, TENN. EFFORT TO PREVENT RINNING OF CARS IIV IMPORTED MEN. Attempt to lie Made to Tie L'p the Whole Business of San Francisco Glass Rottle Scale Signed. PITTSBURG, Aug. 3. Wellsvllle. O., reports this the most exciting day since the strike began. A riot at an ear hour this morning around the boarding-house kept by a mill worker named Phillips, in which nonunion men are quartered, was followed shortly after noon by the proprietor of the house swearing out warrants, charging twenty-seven of the members of the Amalgamated Association with riot. Organizer Evans'3 name is included in the affidavit. Of the men named In the affidavit and on the list handed by Phillips to the mayor, Edward Price, Richard Rumbaugh, William and Elmer Moore, Charles Teth, Frank Adams, Jay Davis and District Orgalzer George Evans have been placed under arrest. Adams and Evans were released on $500 bond for preliminary hearing to be held Aug. 11. The remainder are still in jail. Amalgamated leaders are working hard to secure bail for them, but so far without success. The informations were made by Phillips at the request of the American Sheet Steel Company. Sheriff Morgan, of this county, has two deputies on the ground to-night to assist the local police in maintaining order. Mrs. Phillips was seen by a reporter and told a very disconnected story of the affair. She mentioned that the yard was full of men armed with clubs, knives and revolvers and contradicted herself several times In her story of the men under arrest. She says none of the men is stopping at her house, but only have lunches packed there. The Amalgamate! Association leaders say they will employ the best legal talent obtainable to defend the men. The majority of the strikers have not yet returned from the picnic, which was attended by a large number, but telephone advices say that if the men are not released by midnight the men at the picnic say they will tear down the jail and release them. A correspondent at Wellsvllle gives this account of the trouble this morning: "Deeply enraged by being outwitted by the mill officials, who yesterday succeed in running nine nonunion mill workers Into the mill, the strikers became desperate last night and asserted that no more accessions must be made to the mill workers. Accordingly, more than a hundred of them guarded both entrances to the mill all night. They made extra effort to be vigilant when the midnight train from Tittsburg came to town, but were unable to locate any more strike breakers. About 2 o'clock this morning they went to the house of a mill worker named Harry Phillips. Phillips's wife boards three of the men who came here a few days ago to work at the mill. The strikers pelted the house with stones, breaking nearly all the windows, and deraandid that mill men who were boarding there come out. Several shots were fired with revolvers by the men, but no one was hurt. Mrs. Fhillips is a plucky woman and. armed with a gun, she went out into the crowd of strikers and dared them to touch her. She then took the men who were boarding with her, including her husband, to the mill, she walking beside them with a loaded revolver in her hand, and at the same time daring the strikers to interfere. She got the four men inside the mill and then turned and put the mob, as she calls them, to rout." A late dispatch from Wellsvllle says: "Harry Phillips, around whose house the riot occurred this morning, notified the police late to-night that an effort would be made to blow up his home to-night. The entire police force Is guarding the Phillips home to-night." e . LIVELY DAY AT KNOXVILLE. Mobs Tried to Prevent Running of Street Cam-Molorinnii Hurt. KNOXVILLE. Tenn., Aug. 3. The liveliest Saturday Knoxville has had in many a day growing out of the street-car strike ended without any serious trouble, although at times it seemed as if mob violence would gain the upper hand. What few cars the traction company operated were run on schedule time, although they were lightly patronized by the public, who feared they would be subjected to insult if not to open attack. Sympathizers with the strikers grew bolder. Switches were Interfered with and trolley poles pulled off the wires, one striker being arrested for that offense. The last cars came in about 6 o'clock and were almost mobbed. Trolleys were pulled off, torpedoes placed on the tracks and in one instance the trolley wire was torn loose. In front of the Imperial Hotel, Conductor Tripp, a new man from North Carolina, is said to have kicked a boy, who had boarded his car." Tripp was jerked off his car by the mob, and so badly mistreated that tonight he is suffering from concussion of the brain. Soon after an officer followed by a howling mob went to the traction company headquarters to serve a warrant on a motorman. The doors were shut to keep the crowd out and the officer believing he was being resisted pushed In the door. The mob followed him. General Maniger Howell ordered them out and the officer struck at him. Howell retaliated by trying to brain him with a walking cane. A warrant was sworn out for the general manager and he later gave bond for assault. Both sides are still firm. Street-Railway Strike Settled. NEWARK. O.. Aug. 3. At a conference between the street-railway striker a and

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mis arte moon, an agreement was- signed with the union granting conductors and rr.otormen 15 cents an hour. The question as to wnetner or not. they wre to work tn or twelve hours a day was left for the men to decide among themselves. The agreement Is to be in force for one year. GLASS BOTTLE SCALE SIGNED. All Differences Jletween Blowers and Manufacturers Adjusted. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.', Aug. 3.-The conference between the wage committees of the National Green Glass Bottle Company and the Green Glass Bottle Blowers' Union came to an end to-day with an amicable settlement of both the wage and apprentice questions. These matters were settled on last year's basis. The manufacturers committee came instructed to decrease wages lij per cent, and the blowers asked for u 10 per cent, increase. The latter, however, did not Insist on the increase when the manufacturers signified their willingness to avoid Increasing the number of apprentices. It was agreed that there would be no increase in the prire of blown jars, as was demanded yesterday by the blowers. The schedule for the coming blast was signed by both parties to the conference. Next week President Hayes, of the Glass Blowers' Union, will meet the manufacturers to arrange a schedule for the flint glass blowers, who recently joined the Green Glass Blowers' Union. MAY CALL ALL FN' I ON" .MEN". San Francisco Water Front Federation .May Tie l'p the City. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 3.-A settlement of the labor troubles in this city seems very remote to-nisht. The efforts of Mayor Phtlan to bring the I-imployers' Association and the City Front Federation together have been thus far without result. The labor council has placed Itself in a position to extend the strike, and if no peace basis is established befcre Monday that body will assume control, with the power of calling out every unljn man in the citv. involving nearly 40.000 men. The Employers' Association Is firm in its determination to deal with employee directly and not through the unions, and the employes insist on a full recognition of their unions. The diiTerence over the question of unionism sterns irreconcilable, and the Indications are tonisht that the controversy will be extended and prolonged, settling down at length to a question of physical endurance. Socfnlfntn Adopt it Resolution. CLEVELAND, Aug. 3.-At a meeting of the Central Labor Union, held on the public square to-night, speeches were made by Max Hayes, Robert Randlow, Dr. L. R. Tackerman and Thomas G. Fitzslmmons. The remarks were along the line of socialism. The following resolutions were passed: "Whereas, the tendency of modern adjudication seems to be almost without ex(CONTIN LED ON PAGE 2. COLUMN 2.) GREAT RAILWAY SCHEME ONE THAT INVOLVES EXPENDITURE OF AHOI T $200,000,000. Plan to Fit it e Siberia i?ml the United States Iy Way of Alnskn Promoted by n Frenchman. ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 3. The Pioneer Press to-morrow will say: "M. BarBarb'er. ma.agr of the Russo-China Bank of Feking.. representative of the Russian government and manager of the Manchurian Railway, who Is at present in St. Paul, is said to be connected with a tremendous scheme of railway construction designed to unite Alaska and Siberia and furnish rail and water connections between Circle City and Vladivostock. the eastern terminus of the Transsiberian Railway, at a cost of $200.000" i. The enterprise, it is stated, has the backing cf the Bank of France and powerful money Interests in the United States. It is to be essentially a French-American undertaking, for which capital is already in sight should it prove feasible, and in which event, it is talked in railway circles to-day, James J. Hill is to become Interested. "The length of the proposed road from Circle City to Bering 1 ta will be about two thousand miles and from the coast of Siberia to Vladvostock l.SOO miles. If the concessions nro secured from the United States and the protection afforded the property of the company is adequate, the primary survey will commence shortly. M. Barbier, it Is stated. Is in the United States for the purpose of obtaining" information as to the probable attitude of the government toward the proposed line." JUMPED FROM A STEAMER. Suicide of Warren Lewi a WidelyKnown Sporting? Mnn. NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-A well-known sporting man. Warren Lewis, of New York, jumped from the steamer Rhode Island on her trip from New York to Providence last night and was drowned. A boat was sent out, but after half an hour it returned from a fruitless search. Lewis was one of the most widely known sportingmen in America. Besides being associated with John L. Sullivan, he backed Jack Dempsey, Brooklyn Jimmy Carroll. Jack MoAuliffe and Kid McCoy. He also handled "Jim" Hall, the Australian, when be fought Pritchard. of England. Of late Lewis had been having a streak of hard luck and several hotels and cafes which he had started were financial failures. This made him despondent and before leaving New York on the Rhode Island he wrote a note saying that he was gcing to commit suicide. This note was found by his son to-day shortly before the news of the suicide reached this city. TOR ELECTION PRAUDS. TTrenty-Five Judicew and Clerks Indicted by Chicago Grand Jury. CHICAGO, Aug. 3. Indictments against twenty-five Judges and clerks of election, for making false canvass and return of the votes cast last fall for county commissioner, were returned by the grand Jury to-day. The charges were brought at the direction of Judge Carter, who has caused to be instituted an investigation into the conduct of 2vV1 other election officials. Gross fraud is suspected in certain sections of the citv and the judges and clerks will be summoned before the election commissioners for examination. In every instance the charge is the same that of making false and fraudulent canvass and return of the votes cast at the; last November election. The indicted men are about equally divided between the Democratic and Republican parties. REED NOT TO RULE NEW YORK. Ex-Speaker Has Xo Inclination to Be Car of Tammany Town. . PORTLAND, Me., Aug. 3. When exSpeaker Reed, at his summer home here, was informed that he had been mentioned by a member of the Committee of Fifteen as a possible candidate for mayor of New York, he smiled at what he called "the absurdity of the proposition." 'When a man becomes mayor of New York." eaid Mr. Reed, "he make many enemies. It will be all right to say that I have never heard of this matter before and that apparently 1 have no Inclination in that Ilae."-

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ISLE OF WIGHT NOW THE MECCA OF ENGLISH FASHIONABLES. King Edward and Qu r en Alexandra on Hand Heady for the Opening; of the Annual Regatta. AMERICANS ALSO ARE THERE VANDEIiniLT PARTY AND OTHEIl WEALTHY GLOBE Til OTTERS. English Girls Conrtinjf Inspection of Ankles by Wearing Sandals Without Stockings. WHEREABOUTS OF SINGERS NORDICA IN THE BLACIC FOREST AND PATTI AT STOCKHOLM. Llberian Officials In England Trouble Probnble When Americans Open Shoe Stores In Vienna. LONDON, Aug. 3. Among the numerous Americans now in London are Senator Chauncey M. Depew, who expects to remain for some time; General Grosvenor and Ministers Snowden and Newell. At Cowes, in addition to King Edward and Queen Alexandra, are the Vanderbilt party and other wealthy Americans. Mr. Vanderbilt's yacht, the Valiant, and Col. O. P. Halne's Aphrodite attract admiration even among the host of palatial British and continental pleasure craft. Other American yachts at Cowes are the Marguerite, Calanthe and Margaret. The houses In the neighborhood are all let, and what society is left in England flocked to the Isle of Wight immediately after Goodwood, which was as fashionable as ever. To-day London poured hundreds of thousands of excursionists into the country and to the sea, where they will remain over the bank holiday. x x The latest seaside fad is the wearing of sandals by grown persons. Many girls seem to bo especially taken with the new idea. The sandal:? are generally worn without stockings. The craze has spread even to London, where well-dressed women can be seen sandaled in the park. xxx In great contrast with the favorable comments elicited here by the contribution of $5,000 to the Quene Victoria memorial fund by the delegates of the New York Chamber of Commerce, who recently visited London, is; the anjrer with which the Duke of Orleans's contribution of 100 has been received. The St. James Gazette terms the duke's action "astounding impudence," and, in common with the Dally Chronicle, urges the lord mayor to reject this contribution on account of the part which the Duke of Orleans took in the caricatures of Queen Victoria, which appeared in the Paris newspapers. The same paper says the New Yorkers' gift "emphasizes in a dignified and graceful manner the feelings which, we are sure. Is general in the United States." xxx Madame Nevada is going to America with a concert company, Including Pablo, the young 'cellolst, who was recently commanded to appear before King Edward, and who was the last artist to appear before Queen Victoria, going to Osborne and playing for her alone. The company will open in Boston, Nov. 15. Adelina Patti has arrived at Stockholm. She has rented a summer palace at Salts jo Baden. Homer Lind sailed to-day on the Ameri can line steamer St. Louis from Southamp ton. He has arranged to produce "Gringoire" in London and Berlin during the coming season. XXX The widespread interest manifested In the opening of the great new Wagner theater at Munich, Bavaria, September next, in-, creases and the attendance of notables from the musical world is expected to bo immense. Mme. Nordlca is preparing in the Black Forest. The lir.al rehearsal of the opening opera, "Triestan und Isolde," will be given privately before the Prince Regent, and the fact Mine. Nordlca filled the role of Isolde will be recorded on tablets in the new theater. During her four weeks' season in Munich the American songstress will appear each week in the role of Isolde and as Lisa in "Lohengrin." At the conclusion of the season the will go to Lucerne to rest before sailing for America, at the end of October. Mme. Nordica has decided not to appear next season in epera or concert in New York or Philadelphia, but she is booked for upwards of eighty recitals throughout the United States. Owing to her engagements she has been obliged to refuse an offer to appear with the Nikisch orchestra at the Gewandhaus, Leipsie. ANGRY AT AMERICAN'S. Viennese Resent Efttnhlishment of Yankee Shoe Stores. NEW YORK, Aug. 3. The news cf the establishment of American shoe depots in Vienna has caused great uneasiness among the master shoemakers and in the councils of the Shoemakers' Guild says the Vienna correspondent of the Herald. Herr Bitsea, president of the guild, says: The establishment of American shoe depots in Vienna will be attended with absolutely tragic consequences so far as the Vienna shoemaking industry is concerned. Agents of the American syndicate are al ready in Vienna engaged In hiring commodious premises in each ward to estab lish shoe stores therein. What renders the matter more naru on tne lenna shoe makers is that Americans will not send shoddy shoes to Vienna. The leather which they employ is already well known to the Viennese, being used by local shoemakers. Tt is fine, thin and sort, but a thorouehlv durable leather, and has been worn in Vi enna for years past by people of the upper classes. It is only the workmanship that can be better In Viennese shoes, because Viennese shoemakers employ hand labor, while the Americans use machinery. The American syndicate owns a big shoe factory in Philadelphia in which a pair of shoes can be made in from thirty to thirtyfive minutes. A customer needs only to go to the factory to give measurements and while he is reading a newspaper the shoes are made and he can take them away, spick and span, in half an hour. The cost of labor amounts to 27 kreuser a pair, consequently American shoes are cheaper than those produced by Viennese shoemakers." The guild has approached Dr. Von Koerber, the prime minister. Baron Von Call, the minister of commerce, and Count Klllmannsegg, the Statthalter, with a view of stemming American competition. These officials declared that nothing could be done and the shoemakers must help themselves. In the middle of September a monster meeting will be held in the Volks' Hall. Already 6,000 shoemakers have announced their determination to be there. The d&y on whicn tho American &hoi

depots are opened will be a very stormy one. for the shoemakers are determined to prevent by force their establishment. WILLING TO I1LY PEACE.

Kruger Says the Doers Wonld Purchase Independence If Possible. PARIS, Aug. 3. In the course of an Interview with Mr. Kruger. published in the Figaro to-day, the ex-President of the Transvaal said: "We have already once proposed reace directly to Great Britain and we will not renew the propositions. All we are willing to give for peace is money, if Great Britain asks it. No price Is too dear to obtain independence and the right to live as a free nation." More Roers Landed at ncrmndn. HAMILTON, Eermudi, Aug. 3. The British hired transport Manila, from Port Natal and Table bay, which arrived here Thursday with Boer prisoners of war, today landed six hundred of the prisoners on Tucker's island. Two deuks from pneumonia occrrred on the voyage. Six ofricers and sixty-tour men of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment came on the Manila to act as guards on the guard ship Hotspur, stationed here. The United States cruiser Montgomery called for orders to-day and sailed again. Train Wrecked by Roers. LONDON. Aug. 3. A letter from a soldier in South Africa, dated Nylstroom. Transvaal colony, July 6, says the Boers wrecked a train near Naboomsprult. July 4. One hundred and fifty Boers attacked the train guard and twenty-eight Gordon Highlanders were killed, eighteen wounded and ten captured. The conductor, engineer and firemen of the train were subsequently shot. Steyn's Cousin Killed. BLOEMFONTEIN, Aug. 3. Commandant Haermanus Steyn, a cousin of President Steyn. was killed Aug. 1, while fighting at Ficksburg. Boers and rebels are re-entering the Barkley West district of Cane Colony. LIIIEKIANS AT LONDON. Seeking n Concession for the Navigation of Mniinn River. LONDON. Aug. 3. A number of ofilcials of Liberia have arrived in England for the purpose of endeavoring to procure from Great Britain the light to navigate the Manna river, which separates Liberia from Sierra de Leone. The delegation, which consists of Secretary of the Treasury Barclay, Chief Justice Roberts and Senator King, who was the Liberian commissioner to the world's fair, have had an interview with Colonial Secretary Chamberlain, and negotiations to secure the desired right are now in progress. Mr. Barclay, who has held office for about twenty years, said: "Liberia is progressing well. Thanks to the firm stand of the United States and Great Britain, we are untroubled with European aggression, though, to tell the truth, we are rather afraid of Germany, as she is so patently on the lookout for colonies. However, I do not think she will get a chance to appropriate our country. I rCX)NtiNUKD ON PAGE 2, CULoM.N 3.) TRANSPORT LENNOX SAFE DISABLED STEAMSHIP TOWED INTO SAN FRANCISCO HARBOR. Picked Fp by n Coasting Steamer After Having Drifted Over One Hundred 31iles Supplies Not Short. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3. The disabled transport Lennox was towed to port this morning by the steamer Iaqua, which picked her up Thursday night, nine miles west of Piedras Biancas. At that time the Lennox was still drifting down the coast and met the Iaqua as the latter vessel was on her way up from San Diego to. Eureka. From the time she broke down until picked up by the Iaqua the Lennox drifted and sailed under a jury rig over one hundred miles. Nothing was seen of the transport tug Slocum, which went out Thursday afternoon to the rescue of the transport. The passengers on the Lennox were: Capt. William Yates, Fourteenth Infantry; Lieut. B. H. D. Dorcey, Fourteenth Cavalry; Surgeon C. G. G. Scaparoni, Lieut. Samuel Riggs, (late Forty-seventh Infantry); Lieut. E. E. Thilbrook, (late Fortysixth Infantry); thirteen clerks of the uuartermaster's and commissary departments; four privates of the hospital corps; seven discharged teamsters and blacksmiths and nine stowaways from Nagasaki. Lieut. Dorcey says there Is no truth in the report that the transport ran short of supplies and that the men were on the verge of starvation. He fed them on half rations as a matter of precaution and kept the horses in reserve to kill, in case they were pushed to the last extremity. But they had enough provisions to hold out lor three months. TWO SHIPS WHECKEI1. . The Vera and the Aein Ashore on the Coast of Newfoundland. ST. JOHNS, N. F.. Aug. 3. The Norwegian steamer Vera, from London for Quebec, having water ballast on board, struck on the rocks near Renews last night, about fifty yards south of the spot whore the Delmar went ashore, and within sight of the wreck of the steamer Lusitania. The Vera Is in an upright position and stands well above the water. All her fires are out. Her captain and crew got ashore at midnight and camped on the bank. They have provisions with them. Some of the crewboarded the Wra acain this morning. The chances of retloating her are good. The steamer Acts, Captain Tate, from Galveston, for Hamburg, with a cargo of cotton and grain, has been wrecked nine miles west of Cape Race. She is in a dangerous position and has been abandoned by her crew. The crew had great trouble in reaching shore, owing to the heavy surf which swept the vessel, but there were bo fatalities. The steamer Grand Lake sailed from here at midnight to salvage the cargo and bring back the crew. Exploring Ships Crushed. CHRISTIANA, Aug. 3. Arctic fishermen have arrived at Vardo, bringing eight survivors of the exploring ships Stroemmare and Familien, both of which were crushed In the ice near Nova Zembla. Their crews managed to reach a small island, and with the exception of six men. who attempted to escape to the southward and have nor since been heard of, were rescued after fourteen aays. New Morgan Liner Launched. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Aug. 3. The new Morgan-line steamship El Siglo was successfully launched at the shipyard this morning. Miss Susan S. Usher, sister of Lieutenant Commander Ushtr, U. S. N., christened the vessel. HORROR AT CRAWFISH. Sinn Kills Ills Wife and Self in Presence of Children. FINDLAY. O., Aug. 3. Without a word of warning and, seemingly, without provocation, Alexander McCullough, a prominent citizen of Crawfish, twelve miles west of here, this morning shot and killed his wife and then blew his own braln3 out. The supposition Is that he was insanely drunk when the tragedy occurred. The affair took place in slht of the nv children of the couple.

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LIST Or IRON AND STEEL MILLS THAT MAY BECOME INVOLVED. Not All Will lie Closed liy the Amal gumnted Awsncintioii but Most of Them Will Be Crippled. MEETING OF THE BOARD TO'DAY WHEN A GENERAL STRIKE ORDER WILL BE CONSIDERED. Union 3Ien in All Plants of the ton stitiient Co 111 pa nie of the Steel Trust 31uy Be Called Out. NO E2JD TO POSSIBILITIES IF OTHER LABOR ORGANIZATIONS ASSIST THE STEEL WORKERS. Whole Country May Feel Effects of the Struggle If I 11 ion I in Determine to Show lis Power. RAILWAYS AND COAL MINES tlLAST FJ IlNAC'i:?. COKE OVENS AND 31 AN V OTHER INDUSTRIES, In Fact, All Branche of Dualnc that Suppl' the Trust or Handle Its Products May Be' Affected. PITTSBURG, Aug. 3. It is learned- tonight that no time will be lost by the Amalgamated Association in completing its plans for a continuation of the struggle and a meeting of the executive board will be held at headquarters to-morrow for this purpose. It is considered probable by all interested that the strike order will become general, calling out the union men In the National Sttcl Company, the Federal Steel Company, and the National Tube Company. Nothing definite, however, can be known until after the meeting to-morrow.. All tho workers seen to-night are confident that the order will be issued at once and expect the response to be general and hearty. Following i.s a complete list of the companies now on Mrike and those likely to be involved: American Sheet Steel Company. Union Mills. Cambridge works. Cambridge, O. Canton works. Canton, O. Chartiers works, Carnegie. Pa. Corning works. Hammond, lnd. Dennison works, Dennlson. O. Dresden works. Dresden, O. Falcon works. Niks. it. Hyde Park works. Hyde park. Pa. liufman works, Paulton. Pa. Midland works. Muncie. Ind. New Philadelphia works, New Philadelphia, Ü. 1'iqua works, Piqua, O. Reeves works. Canal Dover. O. Scottdale works. Seottdale, Pa. Struthers works. Struthers, O. Aetna-Standard works. Bridgeport, O. W. D. Woods works, McXeesport, Pa. These mills employ lC.wO men. Nonunion Mills. Plants. Mills. Apollo woiks. Vandergrift 'Z7 K.rkpatrick, Leechburg ti Old Meadow. Scuttdalc 6 Salts burg works & In the nonunion mills, C,0i men are workIn; American Tin Plate Company.

Union Works. Plants. Mills. American w orks. El wood. Ind 21 Anderson woiks, Anderson, lnd T Atlanta works, Atlanta, Ind 0 Banüeld works, Iroiidale. U 4 Beaver woiks, Lisbon. i Canonsburg works. Canonsbuig. Pa 3 Champion works. Masktpon. Mich 8 Chester works, Chester, W". Va 4 Cincinnati works, Cincinnati, O., (being dismantled) 4 Crescent works, Cie-v land, () ti Cumberland works. Cumberland, Md S Cambridge works. Ciii. bridge, O ti Ellwood works, Ellwood City, Pa ti Falcon work.', Niies. 0 6 Great Western works. Jolb t, HI 4 Humbert works, Conn ilsviile. I'.i t Iron.Iale works. Mid. lb town, lnd t Johnstown works. Johnstown, lt 2 La lUHe works, Wheeling. V. Va l'j Laughlin works. Murtli.'B Ferry, O., (ad-ling S more) now II Monongaheia works. Pius-burg, Pa II Morewood works. Gas City, lnd X New Castle works, New Castle. Pa L'J Pittsburg works. New Ken&it.gton. Pa.. 7 Pennsylvania works. New Keiiington, Pa 2 Reeves works. Canal Dover, 0 6 Shenar.go works. New ".ihtl Pa Z) Star works. Pitis-burg. Pa & Cr!;ted States works, McKet sport. P.i II In these mills 22 .c') irn are on strike. The only nonunion tin plute rr.lll is the one r.t Monessen, empljyms ' men. American Steel Hoop Company. -Union Mills. Painter mills. Pittsburg. Clark mills. Pittsburg. Lindsay & McCutc h on rr.HK Pittfbunr. Upper and Lower Union mills, Younsrtown, O. Warren and GIrard mills. Moressen plant. Kinibcrly works, Sharon and Greenville. Pomeroy Iron ani Steel Company, Pomeroy. O. Bar mill plants at Mingo Junction ani Bridgeport. The foregoing employ ") men. The only nonunion mill Is the small one at Duncansville, employing ) men. National Steel Company. -Ur.ion Mills. Shnango Steel Company. New Castle. Pa. Btllaire Ftel works. Bel la I re. O. Aetna-Standard steel works, Mingo Junction, o. These employ about O.r-'O men. Nonunion Plants. Ohio steel works, Voungstown. O. King, Gilbert & Warner works. Columbus. O. Buhl steel woiks. Sharon. Pa, These employ 6.0 men. Federal Steel Company. Included in this company are the Illinois Steel Company, the Lorain Steel Company, of Ohio, and the Lorain Steel Company, of Pennsylvania. The following plants of the Illinois Steel Company arc organized: Plants. Men. South Chicago works 3,00 Bridgeport woiks. Chicago r,jio Joliet works 2m) Bayvlew works, Milwaukee z The plants of the two Lorain companies At Lorain O.. and Johnstown, Pu "am