Pike County Democrat, Volume 31, Number 22, Petersburg, Pike County, 5 October 1900 — Page 2

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PETERSBURG, INDIANA. As reported bj R G. Dun A Co., failures, for the week ended on the 28th, were 204 in the United States, against 15? last year, and 18 in Canada, against 21 last year. Mexico’s congress has declared the result of the late presidential election. Gen. Porflrio Dias was unanimously elected, and will be inaugurated ’ext December. Fifty per cent, of the 5,000 coke ovens in McDowell and Mercer counties, in West Virginia, have been put out of blast recently, throwing out of employment 1,500 men. The statement of the treasury balanoes in the general fund, exclusive of the $150,000,000 gold reserve in the division of redemption, issued on the 28th, showed: Available cash balance. $187,245,052; gold, $80,901,604. A dispatch from Pekin, dated the 81st, says: “All the foreign ministers have addressed notes to Prince Ching, suggesting the return to Pekin of the emperor and the court. The notes were informal and the writers do not consider them binding upon their respective governments.” At Frankfort, Ky., on the 26th, the jury in the case of James Howard, on trial for alleged complicity in the Goebel assassination, returned a verdict of guilty. Howard did not display the least agitation in the court room, but later, when writing to his wife, broke down and wept bitterly. . The steamer Farallon sailed from Vancouver, B. C., on the 37th, for the north with one of the largest and costliest single shipments of mining machinery ever shipped to the Klondike. Almost six hundred tons of all kinds of hydraulic plants and other gold mining machinery made up the cargo. - Capt. Frederick Dent Sharp, U. 8. A., retired, nephew of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, died in Kansas City, Mo., on the 27th, from an overdose of bromide, taken for the purpose of relieving nervousness and pain. Capt. Sharp was totally blind, and it is supposed that he was unable to properly guage the quantity of the drug taken. Dispatches from various points in the Rocky mountains, on the 25th, showed that there had been a heavy snowfall. At Red mountain, hear Ouray, snow was reported three feet deep. At Leadville there was about two inches on the level. The snow was accompanied by a high wind which made the weather decidedly disagreeable. In a letter to friends in Santo Domingo, Gen. Maximo Gomez says, among other good things: ‘‘In the'national convention will originate two political parties, which will focus the views of all good Cubans. I have /longed eagerly for the moment now about to arrive. With the convention, the work of revolution will terminate.” The national convention of the Young People’s Christian Temperance union opened in Kansas City on the evening pf the 28th. Delegates from all parts of the country were present. A choir of 200 voices sang rally songs. The 28th was the anniversary of the birth of Miss Frances E. Willard, and the meeting was in commemoration of the day. I The socialist - congress in Paris adopted a proposition to establish an International secretaryship and a permanent committee intrusted with the work of preparing the execution of the decisions of the congresses. This committee will sit at Brussels. This decision will probably do away with the congresses, the permanent committee replacing them. Gov. Roosevelt was assaulted by hoodlums at Victor, Col., where he apoke on the 26th. In spite of the Rough Riders and other friends who escorted him to the rai^oad station, he was struck on the breast with a dub, but not seriously injured. The man who hit him was promptly knocked down by Daniel W. Sullivan, postmaster at Cripple Creek.

A special from Valley City, N. D., on the 28th, said: “Judge J. M. Dennett has just returned from the Cascade mountain district of Washington, bringing samples and news of the lo* cation of vast fields of pure anthra* cite coal. The veins located by him are 19 feet thick and underlie a square mile of ground. He estimates the quantity of coal in sight at 25,000,000 tons.” Lieut.*Gen. Miles, on the 28th, issued a general order to the army intended to secure improvement in the morale and physical condition of the foroe. The order particularly directs the in* culcation of patriotic principles, the oelebration of national holidays by patriotie readings, striot attention to salutes, respect for the flag and attention to good martial music, espe* dally vocal music. The Ventura, the third and last of the big freight steamers that are be* ing built at Philadelphia for the Oceanic Steamship Co., was launched, on the 26th, at Cramps’ shipyard. Miss Elsie Cronsmiller, niece of John D. Spreckles, president of the company, christened the vessel. The Sierra and Sonoma are the Ventura’s sister ships, and all three will ply between 8aa Francisco and Australian ports.

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NEWS IN BRIEF. Compiled from Various Sources. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Zenas L. Martin, of Iowa, has been chosen to have charge of the Friends’ mission work in Cuba, The Quakers will establish many missions there. Felix Marehand, premier of Quebec, died at Montreal, on the 35th. Earl Howe (Richard William Penn Curzon-Howe) died in London on the 26th. • Tom Donner was killed and Harry Coffin wounded and euptured in a running fight with deputy sheriffs near Addy, Wash., on the 25th, Donner and Coffin were young men fr<^m Spokane, and were charged with highway robbery. The Fiji islands are taking steps to federate with New Zealand. The jewelry store of R. S. Thornton, at Oozad, Neb., was entered by burglars on the night of the 26th. They blew up the safe and secured jewelry and cash of the value of $2,000. The post office being in the store, part of the money was government funds. A dispatch to the Austrian admiralty gives the strength of the forces landed at Taku by the allied powers as follows : Austrian, 494; German, 8,178} British, 8,353; American, 5,608; French, 6,576; Italian, 2,541; Russian, 20,934; Japanese, 15,570. Total, 68,253. The town of Sharps, la., was nearly destroyed by a tornado on The 27th. The depot, two churches and half a dozen dwellings were blown down. The storm also struck Newmarket, a larger town, and demolished a few small houses. The Irish-Americans lately serving with the Boers have been removed from their barracks in Lorenzo Marquez, to the Portuguese transport India, to prevent disturbances in the town. At the0meeting of the Rapid Transit commissioners of New York, on the 87th, a resolution was passed for a tunnel to Brooklyn, to follow a route favored by Comptroller Coler, who estimates that the cost of construction will be aboxit six million dollars. A New York dispatch of the 87th said that negotiations were under way for the settlement of the anthracite coal miners’ strike, Cardinal Gibbons having consented to act as mediator between the miners and the operators. Every day’s^abor at Galveston only shows that the first estimates of the loss of life during the great storm were far below the actual count. Beneath the debris at the Garden Yerein it is estimated that fully 500 bodies are confined in a pile of driftwood which is twenty feet high at some points.

Frank Devereaux, property man of a theatrical company, who lost everything he had in the Galveston hurricane, while trying to beat his way north, was arrested by the sheriff at Evergreen, Ala., and sentenced by a magistrate at Greenville to the Pratt City mines until December 15, as a vagrant, in default of $5 fine and $23 costs. The health of Secretary of State Hay has improved rapidly of late, and it is expectea that he will return to Washington in a few days and resume the duties of his office, relieving Dr. Hill, the acting secretary, who has been suffering from a malarial attack. Twenty-three men and women, pledging themselves to eat no food that has been cooked, have organised the Chicago Haw Food society with B. Tyler as president. It was decided to try to bring about the organisation of kindred societies throughout the United States. The Russian naval staff announces that it is proposed to blockade all Chinese naval ports, in consequence of the hostile attitude of the Chinese fleet at Shanghai, and to send fast cruisers from the allied squadrons to protect their transports. The determination of the United States to withdraw her troops from China, while at the same time increasing the strength of her fleet in Chinese waters, is rather disconcerting to the European powers. But the interpretation put on it in official circles is that the United States is resolved to protect the policy of the open door to the extremity. The American line steamship New York arrived at Southampton, on the evening of the 27th, 17% hours late. Her delay was caused by the fracture of her starboard thrust shaft, which was, fortunately, discovered before an actual break occurred. While a woman was engaged in cleaning a suit of clothes in Pittsburgh, Psm on the 38th, a blaze, generated by the brisk rubbing of gasoline, communicated to a tub of the liquid standing near by, causing an explosion and fire that resulted in the death of two persons and serious injury to two others. . The census bureau announces that the population of Spokane, Wash., is 36,848, as against 19,922 in 1%90.. This Is an increase of 16,920, or 84.96 per cent.

1 One customs inspector is unde.- suspension in New York and a deputy surveyor of the port has been accused of collusion with smugglers In pass* ing dutiable goods into this country. The accusation is based on an auto* graph confession mad* by Mrs. If. Shanahan, a dressmaker. ! Reports received, on the night oI the *Tth, indicated that the Trinity and Colorado rivers in Texas wars again rapidly rising and compelling people on the bottom lands to seek safety on higher ground. Much ootton and live stock is reported lost. Randes Abrahamson. the 19-year-old boy who was accused of setting 13 tires in Duluth. Minn., last spring, was sentenced, on the S8th, to ten years at hard labor in the state penitentiary. He was convicted of setting fire to a stable in which a human life was lost. On that same night, accordi ing to his own confession, he set four other fires. It is reported in Shanghai that Russia has offered to advance money to China to repay the liritish loan. LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Got. Sayers of Texas, on the SOth, gave out the following statement; “The amount of money received by me up to noon, September 30, for the benefit of the Storm sufferers, is $672,476.29. This sum includes $3,833.59 that remained in my hands of the fund contributed for the relief of the Brazos river valley sufferers last year. It also includes all drafts and authorizations to draw and which are in transit and are yet uncollected.” The quarterly statement of the commissioner of navigation shows that 308 sailing vessels, of 88,790 gross tons, were built in the United States, and officially numbered during the quarter ended September 30, 1900. Of the whole number 190 were built on the Atlantic and gulf coasts, 28 on the Pacific, 32 on the great lakes, and 3S on the western rivers. An interesting report comes from Koomaport to the effect that Mr. Kruger, in a letter to his wife, announcing that he was going on a six months’ holiday, said in substance that after the capture of Maehadodorp he knew the straggle was hopeless, and counselled moderation, but that Mr. Steyn’s “arbitrary behavior” overruled his counsels. The Filipinos in the vicinity of Manila have been more quiet of late, although there have been brisk attacks at Las Pinas and Paranaque, south of Manila, as well as outpost firing at Imus, Bacoora and Muntin Lupa. The American officers are satisfied that the alleged amigos living around the towns in question participated in these attacks. — * Capt. Samuel E. Smiley, of the Fifteenth infantry, formerly attached to the staff of Gen. Bates, in the Philippines, who proceeded to China to join his regiment, but broke down there, owing to the climate and hard work, is returning to the United States on the supply ship Celtic. Sexto Lopez, formerly secretary and confidante of Gen. Aguinaldo, arrived at New York, on the 30th, on the Campania. Lopez is said to have come et the invitation of Fisk Warren, and he expects to explain to the people the Filipinos' side of their fight with this country. At every colliery in the anthracite region a notice was posted, on the 2d, announcing a ten-per-cent, increase in wages based oh the present scale, effective October t, and that the operators will arbitrate any grievance »heir employes may present.

CURRENT NEWS NOTES. An audience in the coliseum of the St. Louis exposition that had paid its money to be entertained, refused to listen to a long-winded political speech, Friday evening, and became so demonstratively discourteous that the speaker was Anally compelled to quit. Gen. MacArthur has severely reprimanded Capt.G. W. Brandle and Lieut. A. S. Perkins, of the Twenty-seventh volunteer infantry, found guilty by court martial of torturing Filipino prisoners. It is said that Richard Croker now has $100,000 wagered on the success of William J. Bryan, at good odds. It is reported that Russia has offered to advance money to China to pay off the British loan. Frank Shepherd, the well-known publisher, died in Chicago, Friday night, of apoplexy. According to London advices, Germany has been induced to modify her views concerning the policy to be pursued in China. Twenty-five blocks of Parsons, Kas., were under water, Friday, as a result of the extraordinary rise of Labette creek. A temporary order has been issued to prevent President Hawes of the St. Louis police board from carrying out his order to burn the condemned slot gambling machines. ‘ Porter Thomas, a farm hand, was run over and instantly killed; by a freight train on the 'Illinois Central, just south of Grayville, 111. Avalon college, at Trenton, Mo., is to be known henceforth as Buskin college, and will be conducted an the .plan of Buskin hall, at Oxford, 111. William E. Niveson, a wealthy farmer living four and a half miles from Coldwater, Mich., was bunkoed, assaulted and robbed of $5,000 by sharpers. According to private advices received from Nankin, China, the southern viceroys expect Great Britain and Germany to declare war on Chinav The post offices at Cherryvale, Fredonia and Soldier, Kas.; Caddo, I. Tn and Newkirk, Okla., will become international money order offices on October 1. Safe robbers entered H. L. McCorkies’ store near Elizabethtown, Tenn., and took from the safe $600, but dropped $500 while getting away.

WITHIN OUR LIMITS.1 News by Telegraph from Vartans Town* la Indiana. tawhl at Life Sulnw. NobleariHe, lnd.. Sept. 28.—The Fred Kettle hake murder case, venued from Indianapolis to the court here, end which has been on trial during the past three weeks, ended by the Jury finding the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree and he was sentenced to imprisonment for life. On April 4 he killed Fred Simon and wounded George Herrtnan, all members of an I. O. O. F. lodge, for some fancied wrongs. The murderer ti sated his sentence as ft Joke and said his time was short anyway.

Telegram at Sympathy. Indianapolis. IndM Sept. 28.—A telegram expressing sorrow on account of the death of Gen. John M. Palmer was sent to the'widow from national gold democratic headquarters In this eity. The telegram was signed by Charles Tracey, chairman of the national commttee; L. M. Martin, chairman of the campaign committee; John R. Wilson, member of the national committee from Indiana, and John P. Frenael, secretary. Fatally Shot. Jeffersonville. Ind., Sept. 28,—There was a quarrel between Charles Fogarty and Tony Ryan,I in which Ryan was knocked down. Soon after the men met and the quarrel was! renewed, ending with Fogarty drawing bis revolver and attempting toshoot Ryan.The bullet. however, was deflected, striking Ralph Rader. 16 years old. in the back and going through his body. The wounded man is not likely to recover. Tell Their Needs. Indianapolis, Ind.. Sept. 28.—A memorial setting Forth the needs of the state board of agriculture is being sent out “by the members of thenext general assembly. The memorial asks the legislature to purchase the 134 acres of land which the board now has leased and constitutes a large part of the fair grounds. The board) also asks for authority to issue additional bonds in the sum of $120,000. Died la Nebraaka. Worthington^ Ind.. Sept. 28.—The news has just reached- this place of the death of Mrs. Willis Pool, which occurred at Lincoln, Neb. Mrs. Pool was formerly Miss Agnes Ferris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ferris, of this place, and at one time one of the most ! popular teachers ini the public schools of Worthington. Her husband and two children survive. The remains were interred here. Decrease of ladebtedaea*. Goshen, Ind., Sept 28.—The mortgage indebtedness on real estate in Elkhart county for the year shows a j decrease, as compared with 1899, of j $306,094. The decrease on farms is: $120,405. On the realty in towns and cities the decrease is still more apparent, footing up $185,599. Sine Company Falla. Anderson, Ind., Sept 28.—The Ingalls Zinc company has gone into the hands of a receiver. Attorney F. A. Walker, of this city, being appointed as such to reorganize the company. The creditors agreed to accept stock in the new company for their claims. Fell from a Train. Scottsburg, Ind.. Sept, 28.—Benjamin F. Lewis, aged 52, trustee of Gregory Fork township, Jackson county, fell j or stepped off the fast Pennsylvania train while it was running at a high rate of speed five miles south of this place and was Instantly killed.

Died In HU Chair. Geneva, Ind., Sept. 28.—Adolphus j Knoelke, aged 44 years, a prominent and prosperous farmer, living four miles southeast, of here, was found dead in his chair. He had suffered a stroke of paralysis a few days before, but seemed to have recovered. A Milking Machine. Wabash, Ind„ Sept. 28. — Georg© Swart*, for some time a stenographer in a loan agency here, has invented a machine for milking cows which will do the work of two or three maids and do it perfectly. He is now enlisting capital in his scheme. Holda the Prlae. Kent land, Ind., Sept. 28.—The Tote on the proposedrelocation of the county seat at Brooks was „ surprisingly small, and Kent land* retains the coveted honor by a majority larger than ever received before. Badly Used Up. Alexandria. Ind., Sept, 28.—Shine Russell, of this city, and Tommy Cavanaugh. of Elwood, fought a 15-round draw here. The fight was fierce throughout, and at the finish both men were badly used up. Doable Wedding. Richmond, Ind., Sept. 28.—Therewa* a double wedding* at St. Mary’s Catholic church. The principals were James Maher, of Middletown, 0., and Miss Theresa O’Neil, and John Maher and Miss Nora O’Neil. Chosen Mayor. Marion, Ind., Sept, 28.—The deadlock in the city council over the mayoralty succession has been broken by the election of Jacob Jones, ex-chief of the fire department. He was a dark hcrse. Compromised. Richmond, Ind.. Sept, 28.—The suit of Mrs. Cornelius W. Ellis, of this city, against the Pennsylvania Railroad company for $10,000 damages ha* been compromised for $2,750. Cranberry Harvest. Wabash, Ind., Sept. 28.—Gathering the cranberry crop in this part of the state has begun. The yield this season it a Dove the average.

The Alignment of the Powers the German 'Proposition Definitely Stated. i

Washington, Sept. 30.—The . ligament of the powers on the German proposition to make the punish Jient of the Chinese ringleaders a condition precedent to negotiations, may now be stated as follows: Great Britain, Russia and France stand with the United States in regarding this proposition as inexpedient. Jap»n occupies a middle attitude; she it. willing to follow the German lead if all, the other powers are agree abl s, but j only for the sake of preserviu f har- 1 mony among the potters, am, not from a belief in the wisdom «»f the German proposition, Drelbnnd Shorn a Solid Ftiist, Austria ond Italy stand shou der to ahouider with Germany, making the dreibund a solid front. The firstnamed two powers do not attempt to argue the German proposi tic i, and their answers make it appare: t that they have accepted it. without much consideration. Nothing is known here officially of the alternative proposition w lich is reported to be preparing in Europe. If it contains the same feat ure as to prior punishment as the criginal proposition, it is not likely to receive approval here. Will Not Change Thine; *. The fact that Secretary Ha;' is expected to return to Washington next week will not change in any vay the policy of the state department. The secretary has been in the closest sympathetic touch with all that bis been done respecting China, and the stories printed in Germany to thi effect that he is coming back to reverse those policies is pronounced at the ■ state department to be absurd* The i officials are impressed, and have been j from th.e beginning, with the couvictiOn that any attempt made t» punish Prince Tuan before negotiations are undertaken will absolutely di feat ail efforts to obtain a peaceable ind satisfactory settlement. C»u«e of Prince Tuan’s Promotion. Indeed, it is believed that the attempt of Germany to appr&knd such Chinese officials at this stage has actually been the cause of Prince Tuan’s promotion, rather than anything contained in the Ametican refusal of the German proposl ion. It is pointed out that an inevitable result of such an effort wou'id be to cause the Chinese officials against whom it was directed to s rike by every means in their power to secure the support of the throne, just as Tuan has in this case. A NEW~CENSUS FEATURE. Analysis to be Made of Census Statistics by tbe Division? of Methods and Results.

Washington, Sept. 30.—On< of the most interesting feature of the census bureau, as well as a new one in such work, will be the analyss is that is to be made of census statistics by the division of methods arid results, of which Prof. Walter F. W. cox, oi Cornell university, is in ck urge. It is to be the duty of Mr. Wilcox to show what the cold figui-es o: the census means, for, though “ft fures do not lie,” a failure to properly interpret them often causes them to give false impressions. With a view of securing expert comment on ail the statistics of the census, return, on variou subjects will be sent to experts who have * national refutations Health statistics will be interpreted by men who have for yearn made a special study of such matters, and mortality statistics will probably be placed in the hands of" nsurance experts for their explanation and comment. So it will be in a .1 lines of census work. The result ©:.» this explanation of the figures is expected to be one of the most popular of all the census bureau’s accomplishments. THE RISE IN TRINITY RIVER. It IS Unprecedented ami Mt jy Farms In the Valley are T*»tally Ruin'd. Fort Worth, Tex., Sept. 30,—The unprecedented rise in the Trinity river continues with no immediate prospects of receding. Thi waters have Inundated the entire bottoms in the valley and many valuable arms are totally ruined. The Rock Island bridge over West Fork, near Newark, was washed away Friday night. A Historic Flap, New York, Sept. 30.—A hist oric flag, which will recall the ea rly life of Admiral Sampson, has been orwarded to him by E. W. Hill of Rochester. This flag floated on the Pucapsco, of which Admiral Sampson was commander at the time when h was sunk In the Dutch Gap canal in ,362. Order of the ReJ Eta jle. St. Petersburg, Sept. 30.—Emperor William of Germany has be.lowed the order of the Red Eagle or, Maj.-Gen. Stoessel, “commander of tl a international forces at Taku and ' en Tain.*

AN INCREASE OFFERED. Ifc* CmI «on>|Mul*a Pod N«tMOfwlat u hcrMN of Tmi Pm C«aU to Minor*. Philadelphia, Oct. 1.—An offer of U Increase of ten per cent In miners* wages was inaugurated! by the Philadelphia A Reading Coal and Iron Co* and this more, it is stated, will he followed, on Tuesday, by similar notice* at every colliery in the anthracite region. It is said by the operators that this increase in wages will be satisfactory to the men, and they believe many of the strikers will lake advantage of the offer and return to work. Mining operations will in this event be given an impetus, and the operators expect there will then be a gradual resumption until the col*0 lieries will again have their full complement of employes. The Philadel* ^ phia A Reading company operates 31 collieries, and of these ST have been shut down owing to insufficient working force. Whether the miners will accept th« proffer of the company and return in sufficient numbers to operate thi mines can not be foretold. Report received from several point* in the Schuylkill region, where th« Reading collieries are located, rathe: indicate that the min© workers will follow* the instructions of their or* ganizing officials and remain away. President Mitchell! of the Min* Workers received not tee of the intention of the operators to offer the increase in wages, and the only inthna tion is thus given that the miners* or ganization will receive no recognitiot from the operators.

NOTICE OP AN INCREASE. CMBter Nottre Aaklts !W Strlkwi f Par No Attoa'lloa to C#apooy’a Otter. - Philadelphia. Oct. 1.—The following notice, bearing date of October 1, wa* posted yesterday in the vicinity of all the collieries of the Philidelphia & Beading Coal and Iron Co., in the an* thracite region: f Philadelphia & Beading Coal and Iron Co., Oct. 1, 1900.—This company will pay an advance of ten per cent on the wages of all men and boys employed at its collieries. This advance takes effect to-day. [Signed] B. C. LUTHER, General Superintendent. Beneath this notice another wa* posted, which read as follows: Fellow-Mine-Workers, United Mine 0 Workers of America: Do not pay any attention to this notice, posted by Mr. Luther, of the Philadelphia & Beading Coal and Iron Co., but wait until you hear from President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers o! America, or until you have decided by your own locals what is right for you to do. [Signed] C, B. POTTER. The regular Beading company advance for the last half of September and the first hall* of October had previously been fixed at six per cent, above the $2.30 basis. The scale fot the preceding oQ days was at the $2.5C basis. The advance of ten per cent offered in the posted notice by the Beading company is separate and distinct from the natural scale increase, and hence the total increase to th« miners would be 16 per cent.

NO CONDITION ATTACHED. Teat Per Cent, mud Arlttratloa ot Different*! Offered. Scranton, Pa., Oct. 1.—At every colliery in the anthracite region a notice vtill be posted Tuesday morning announcing a ten-per-cent, increase is wages based on the present scale, effective October 1, and that the operators will arbitrate any grievance the!) employes may present. There is nt condition to be attached as to the met returning to work before tlie arbitration shall begin, so it is to be inferred that the men are privileged to meet is convention add adopt any plan of action they may deem advisable before entering upon arbitration. It is supposed the miners will come | together as members of the union, fix the minimum of the concessions they will be content with, and then go forth as individauls to treat with their employers through committees of employes. The arbitrations being concluded satisfactorily, if they will be, the committees of employes will report back to the convention of United Mine Workers that they have come to a settlement, and the strike will then be declared off. This would avoid the recognition of the union by the operators, and at the same time permit the union to regulate the terms of settlement. MUST WAIT FOR ORDERS. Mitchell Will Hold Oat for Rei-ofai-ttom from the Operators. Shenandoah, Pa., Oct. 1.—The no- - tices of the Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Co., offering miners aa increase of ten per cent, in wages were to-day posted in this town, at Mahanoy City and other places. Upon reading the notice Organizer Harris, whose headquarters are at Mahanoy City, issued instructions to the presidents of local branches of the United Mine Workers to warn the miners against returning to work until so ordered by the officials of the union, A QUIET SABBATH. Strike Leaders Remain at Haase— Taklasc the Pledsre. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 1.—The mine superintendents who attended the conference in this city Saturday night declined to say anything further yesterday as to the proceedings. The day was very quiet at strike headquarters. The leaders remained at home. Those who visited the meeting place said they had heard nothing from the national executive officers about the holding of a convention,