COAL MINEIIS’ STRIKE. Its Scope Is Not So Great as Was Gen- orally Supposed. THE MEN IN WEST VIRGINIA They Are Reported to Have Absolutely Disregarded the Call—Some Other Gaps, but the Lenders Are Satis- fied With the Outlook. Pittsburg," July 7.—Reports from all the fields affected by the coal strike show that the scope of the conflict is quite as great as the miners’ leaders expected. President Ratchford, at the ’Columbus headquarters, has received some news encouraging to him. The reports that the men of' the Jackson county and Massillon fields in Ohio would not strike were incorrect. Messages from the leaders in both those sections to President Ratchford say that the rumor is untrue, that the men in both fields will maintain their previous records, which are character- ized by a readiness to strike. The reports sent out by the local strike leaders are favorable to the min- ers’ side. The reports in Columbus drom this section spy that the miners employed by the Ner York and Cleve- land company, M. A. Hanna & Co. and the Pittsburg and Chicago Gas Coal company will strike before the Week is out. The strike, as seen from the na- tional office of the United Mine Work- ers, will be short and decisive, and the chances of success are, it is said, over- whelmingly in the miners’ favor. There is a scarcity of coal every- where. The shortage is nowhere so keenly feit as in Ohio. President Ratch- ford was busy refusing permission for men to work for companies that are willing to pay the price asked. One of the biggest concerns in the Hocking valley district telephoned to Ratchford that it had not coal enough on hand to fire its boilers. None of the closed pits will be allowed to start at the scale rate just yet. The miners’ leaders will ‘wait until a sufficient number of oper- ators are willing to accept the terms of the miners to influence the others to «comply with the terms. A meeting of all the operators of the states affected by the strike order has been called at Detroit tomorrow to dis- cuss the situation. It is given out that a large majority of the operators be— lieve that this demand of the strikers is just, and attribute the condition of af- fairs to the competition. The meeting has been called for the; purpose of devising means to remove this-trouble and not for the purpose of arranging to fight the strike. The con- ference will,be a most important one, and the result of the meeting is await- ed with great interest by the miners and the public generally. West Virginians May Join. Columbus, 0., July 7.—The big strike of coal miners is on in the Pittsburg and Ohio districts. The officers of the United Mine Workers express confi- dence that the miners of West Virginia would join the strike in a few days. The men in that district have thus far ignored the strike order, and have not even met to consider it. All who have work are keeping at it, and others are looking for employment in the mines. It is reported from Bellaire, 0., that the miners of the Shick mines, on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, who went to work yesterday morning, will refuse to join in the strike. The management of the Shick mines granted the demands of the United Mine Workers. This ac- tion was unexpected, and has done much to break the effect of the strike in eastern Ohio. The 3,000 miners along the Cleveland, Lorain and IVheeling railroad voted yesterday not to strike, and efforts made last night by representatives of the state organizations to induce the men to go out were not successful. Miners in the Illinois, Indiana and Iowa coalfields are about equally di- vided as to indorsing or ignoring the strike order. The men in the VVilming- ton coalfields in Illinois, those at Gloucester, 0., and those at Brazil, Ind., have indorsed the strike, while at many collieries in Iowa and Illinois the men have continued at work. It is reported from Chattanooga that the miners’in that district are all at work, but that a general strike through- out the district may begin at an; time. Apathy In Some Quarters. Wheeling, July 7.—The officers of the Mine Workers’ union are utterly aston- ished at the lack of support accorded the strike movement by the West Vir- ,ginia diggers. Thus far it seems safe to say that of the 25,000 or 30,000 miners in the state less than one-tenth have struck; Those who went out are scat- tered through the New river and Poca— hontas districts, in the southern part of the state. To them it was about as profitable to strike as to disobey the order which went out from Cblumbus. They were making practically nothing in the mines. and the condition of' those depending upon them is said to be de- plorable. In the northern part of the state, and in the Panhandle districts especully, hardly a. mine is idle. . Many of these mines are small pits ‘ that supply simply the local demand. 'The diggers in many of them make more money than is risked by the or- ganized miners. Today it was an- nounced by union miners that fitempts would be made at Once to induce all West Virginia diggers to strike. They are disorganized, and 10,000 or more are classed 'as not of good standing because they have long ceased payment of dues to the union. A meeting of district ofli~ cers may be called soon, and an urgent appeal will be made to all miners to aid the strike. Coal Supply Very Short. J oliet, 1115., July 7.-—-Coa1 dealers are at a. loss to know how they are going to take care of their big customers. The mills have only enough coal to last a fortnight. The rolling mills, the Lam- bert wire mills, the electric light plant, the waterworks and other concerns on the canal cannot secure water power enough to Operate their plants and have to rely on coal. Rubber Manufacturers Fail. . Chicago, July 7.—Roberts Bros, man- ufacturers of mackintoshes and rubber goods, made an assignment today; as; sets, $35, 000; liabilities, $50, 000. Business depression is given as the cause. MAdvertise in THE GAZETTE. son of Illinois and Mrs. LT'HE E v EN ING GAZETTE "Schultze’s. ____Mar|1eI.. SALE OF A BIG PLANT. trench Syndicate Buys the Cleveland MID chine’ Screw Comp-In. Cleveland, July 7.—A deal has‘ been consummated in this city within the past few days which involves $1, 000, 000 and the transfer of one of Cleveland’s leading manufacturing plants to a French syndicate. crecy about the deal, and at this time both bankeISoand counsel in the case positively refuse to reveal the name of the French syndicate, but both admit the transaction. The plant the sale of which has about been consummated is the Cleveland Machine Screw company. It is to be sold at a figure between $950, 000 and $1, 000, 000, and the first installment, amounting to $50, 000, was paid through the Cleveland Trust company a week ago. The particulars of the transac- tion were to have been kept from the public for two or three weeks yet, when the deal Would have been completed and all the money paid into the Cleve- land bank. Garfield & Garfield, sons of the late President Garfield, are the attorneys for the foreign syndicate. Capitalists in this city who have a thorough knowledge of the extent of the plant of the sc1ew company and the amount of business the company does say that the big end of the deal is in the hands of. the Frenchmen, S1, 000, 000, though a profitable price, being too small a figure for the immense plant. OifiQers of the company say that the last‘ year has been the moSt profitable period of production in the history of the plant and that the indications for the next six months are for an immense increase in the output, giving the im— pression that the sale is not a forced one on account of business depression. J UBILEB AI'TERMATH. Colonel Hay to Give a Dinner In Honor of the Monetary Commission. London, July 7.——It has been erro- neously reported that the expenses of the United States special embassy at the queen’s jubilee were £8,000. The United States state department only allowed £2,000 for the expenses, and probably not a quarter of this amount has been used, as Mr. Whitelaw Reid and his secretaries are paying their own expenses. Mr. Reid went to Windsor this after- noon at the queen’s invitation, and is to dine and sleep at Windsor castle. Embassador Hay gave a dinner to- night at his residence on Carlton House terrace in honor of the United States monetary commission. In addition to Mr. and Mrs. Hay the following guests were present: Senator Edward 0. W01- cott of Colorado and Mrs. Wolcott, former ViCe President Adlai E. Steven- Stevenson, General Charles Jackson Paine of Mes— sachusetts,Sir Michael Hicks—Beach, the chancellor of the exchequer, and Lady Hicks-Beach; Mr. George J. Goschen, the first lord of the admiralty, and Mrs. Goschen; Lord and Lady Rothschild, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Grenfell, Mr. and Mrs. George N. Curzon, Lord and Lady Tweedmouth, the Earl and Countess of Erroll, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Foster and Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British embassador to the United States, and Lady Pauncefote. Fatal Accident to Aeronauts. Eureka, Cal., July 7.—ProfesSor George Weston, the aeronaut, and his assistant, H. S. Colton, were fearfully crushed here. When the balloon was inflated, it shot up 60 feet with Colton tangled in the ropes. He was dropped to earth and will die. Weston clung to the parachute and was carried with terrific force through some trees, and he, too, dropped mangled in a horrible manner. Congress of Naval'Aro itects. London, July 7.——The gternational congress of naval architects and marine engineers opened today in the Imperial institute with full attendance, the for- eign delegates including a number of Americans. The Prince of Wales, who was accompanied by the Duke of Saxe- Coburg and Gotha and the Duke of York; welcomed the delegates in the name of the queen and in lads own name. The Philadelphia. Museum. Washington, July 7. —The board of trustees of the Philadelphia museum have appointed as their secreta; y Henry >L. Bryan, an attorney at law of this city, who recently terminated many. years’ service in various capacities at the capitol and department of state. Mr. Bryan has been successively clerk to the senate committees on finance, commerce and judiciary. Senator Harris’ Illness. Washington, July 7.—Senator Harris of Tennessee was resting more easily today, but was still considered in a serious condition. The senator is very old, and some months ago was pros- trated by a very severe attack of the grip, complicated by stomach trouble. He subsequently rallied, but never fully regained his strength. _Hon. A.’ B. Colvin Resigns. Albany, July 7.———State Treasurer Ad- dison B. Colvin has forwarded his res- ignation as president of the State League of Republican Clubs to Vice President John W. Totten of New York city. The executive committee has is- sued a call for the holding ofa. state convention of the league in August in New York city. . Massachusetts Benefit Life. ‘ - Boston, July 7.——Assistant District 'Attorney M. J. Sughrue of Suffolk 'county is engaged in an‘ investigation or the affairs of the Massachusetts Ben~ efit Life association with a view of in— stituting a criminal prosecution against the former officers of the company if he finds sufficient grounds to warrant such a course. Bur-nu! the Portuguese Flag. Monterey, Cal., July 7,—A disturbance was created here over the display of a Portuguese flag beside the American ensign instead of below it over Ortin’s grocery store. Patriotic citizens took down the Portuguese flag, but finding it there again removed it and burned it. Ortin has complained to the Portuguese government. A Volcano In Eruption. Tacoma, July 7.—A1aska papers of June‘26 state that the volcano on Doug- lass island, opposite Juneau, is in a state of eruption. The entire town of Juneau was watching with interest the immense clouds emitted from the cra— ter. L1 There is much se- ' —Advertiso in THE GAZETTE. d A FULL LINE OF FRESH AHII CURED MEATS. Shoulder Steak ...................... 8c Rib Roast ...... ......... ‘ ............ 10 Fresh Pork ...... , ~ . g ................. 10 Veal Roast .......................... 14 rnrsu'risn 11111 . .. 1 . 111111111. PBICE 11111 oulun . . . .smsmronv. PRCHPT AHU EFFICIENT . . . . srnwcr. ' Paul Schultze, Jr so. NORWAL‘K. COLUMBXA‘ SURETY . . . SPOKESi A11 spokes may break—the spokes that break the least are the spokes you want— the Columbia. bicycle direct spokes can’t. easily break—they are almost spokes oi certainty—over 100,000 [mileageLwiihout a broken spoke. _ Cotolocuo free if you oollJ ET'STAMBLER CYCLE 00., 29 Wall Street. W That you can save money by buying youI Meats and Fish at . F. W. SMITH’S 55 Main Street. Everything First Class. 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Cousins. J R . Blscouni Bay, Saturdav. Mrs. 1111111154... ; Atil-iillside -:- STOW OPEST. ALL . APPLICATIONS For admission 'shc:1 .521 and Summer goods must go. I E ~111111,: ousi- " I ‘ HESS . LL 111: nus. 1111 311:1 11111. 111031011 5 ’-x . . CONN. AFTER THE FOURTH WHAT THEN CLEAR THE COUNTERS FOR THE FALL SEASON Everything in the Shape of Spring For the next thirty. days, we shall watch every stock and things that are moving SloWIy will be made to go quickly by cutting them. We don’t let any goods sleep on Everything must be active. ~ Shirt Vlaists, 25c Io SLCB Buck skirts, 98c Io SLZS Linen Crash skirts, Sl.2o Bicycle skirts, Sl.49 Separate skirts, 98c to $1.50 SUMMER NECESIIIES; Hammocks —— Mexican Crass, Palmer’s Beat ligmmoc‘liisl,l Children’s Hammocks. . . . in ow an oor Screens Fruit Ja LISILCI' Made Suds, S5.CC?IoSI5 quarls and pints, Cil stoves: Jardinergz I VlhIIo Huslm Brawors, 25 to 15c Lawn Howors, Satchels, Dress Suit cases, I While Cambric Corset Covers, 12% lo 49 lland Bags, Vaseline, Talcom Powder, Coma “While HuSIin skirts, 49c to $2. 50 fort Powder, Negligee shirts, Colf Stock- éflighi Dresses, 39c lo 2.00 ings, Hisses’ Bathing Suits, Ladies’ 3th- Silk Vlaisis, l. 98 to S6. 00 log Suits, Hen’ s Bathing Suits, Stationery, Children Summer Dresses, 50 to SI 15 Veranda Screens. ‘ Everything in the line of Summer goods to make life easy during the hot months. Profits will have no consider- ation during the next thirty days. Eve cryihing will be kept down in order to be ready for the Fall Goods. BOSTIN STORE. NORWALII, 1:1. made at: Hillside. INSURE‘ YOUR PLAT E GLASS ’ IN THE Mutual Plate. Glass Insurance Company» At HALF (1:: R311: Chdged;:;::cf;ompanies ‘ W. H EYmremon, ROOM '1, GAZETTE, non. ' "111G Nocturnal:
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