‘with a great many diggers.
TILE EVENING GAZETTE
BLOODS 1N STRINF.‘
Deadly Valleys Exchanged, vby Strik-
. ers and Cblored Miners.
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3101‘s FEARED ELSEWHERE.
Trouble Is Expected When Operators Im-
port Men to Take the Place of the
Old Workmen — Springfield
District Tied Up Tight.
Danville, 1115., July 15.—First blood in
the big mine strike which is now in full
swing 'in half a dozen states has been
shed in this district.
Several volleys of shotS‘ were ex-
changed by foreign miners on strike
and the colored nonunion men who had
been imported here to take the places
of the idle men.
The trouble occurred at the Pawnee
mine. About 500 Belgian strikers gath-
ered about 'the shaft at knocking off
time. A cage packed with the colored
miners reached the open, when the
strikers, with _yells and fierce cries,
rushed in on the new men in a body.
They Were armed with staves and
knives, which were freely brandished
and used. The colored“ miners were
armed with' . volvers and fired into
their assailan , wounding several of
the strikers.
A volley'of shots was returned by the
strikers, who retreated slowly to the
woods, firing as they went.
Later on the strikers piled ties on
the Chicago and Eastern Illinois tracks
and tried to break a switch. They suc-
ceeded in so blocking the tracks that
the train carrying working miners to
the city-was stalled. Then a storm of
bricks and stones demolished the ‘car
windows and left the train a sorry
wreck. '
The miners inside opened fire on the
crowd of angry strikers. Here fully
50 shots were exchanged, and one miner
was killed, while several were wounded.
A Threatened Storm.
Pittsburg, July 15.—A storm is likely
to burst in the miners’ strike. It de-
velops that a number of the operators
have been quietly planning a coup
which is expected to bring dismay to
the miners.
It is the intention to at once equip
the mines with machines and do away
When the
mines are ready to start, miners will be
imported and put to work under heavy
guard and the premises barricaded.
With the co-operation of the other
operators, J. A. Beidler of the Webster
Gas Coal company, located on the Mo-
nongahela river, will take the initiative.
The operators claim this plan be-
comes necessary because the West Vir-
ginia. people are gobbling all of their
contracts. It goes Without saying'that
the diggers will resort to every possible
means to prevent the carrying out of
the proposed scheme.
From present appearances the
Stickle hollow tragedy of 1894, when
seven striking miners were killed, is
likely to be repeated soon.
The mine is in the Washington run
district and was reported as closed.
The managers deny that it has closed
for an hour.
Strikers to March on the Mine.
They are determined to continue
work, and have made preparations for
trouble. It was reported at the miners’
headquarters here that 2,000 miners in
that district _were getting ready to
march on the mine and bring out the
400 men working there.
The attempt is to be made on Fri-
day or Saturday. This mine is ship-
ping daily 100 cars and is a menace to
the success of the strike.
A movement is also on foot: among the
strikers along the Panhandle to march
to the Boon and Allison mines and
compel the miners there to quit work.
If these threats are carried out there
will probably be a repetition. of the
bloody scenes that characterized the
closing days of the strike of 1894. It is
probable that Eugene V. Debs will
spend a few days in this district,
The local officials are making an ef-
fort to have him address several meet-
ings here before he goes to West Vir-
ginia.
Springfield District Tied Up.
Springfield, Ills, July 15.—Not a shaft
in Sangamon county is in operation to-
day and about 3,000 miners are idle,
and the tie up in the Springfield mining
districts is complete. The same is true
in every mine operated in the sur-
rounding counties, and no less than 30
mines are closed.
NoArbitratIon Now.
Pittsburg, July 15.—The members of
the arbitration boards of Ohio, Illinois.
and Indiana have practically abandon-
ed the arbitration. scheme and taken a
new tack. After listening for two
hours to W. P. De Armitt’s recital of
the troubles among the coal operators
and miners and hearing him make the
positive declaration that he would nev-
er consent to arbitrate or discuss the
situation with Messrs. Ratchford, Do-
lan and Warner they concluded' that
arbitration is out of the question. '
Instead of bringing the operators and
miners together in the hope of com-
pro ing the strike they'will now take
up t ' old question of true uniformity.
They think they can accomplish what
the operators and miners’ oflicials he-
roically labored for months to do—get
97 per cent of the operators to agree to
uniform mining conditions. They will
take up the old agreement of February,
1896, and will try to get the operators to
sign it.
American Rifles For Russia.
London, July 15.—A special dispatch
from Odessa says that the Russian au-
thorities greatly like the American ri-
fies and have ordered or are about to
order 50,000, following a pattern which
.has an unusually heavy stock and a
shorter barrel than the ordinary.
Alleged Bank Robber Caught.
Hot Springs, Ark., July 15.—The‘po-
lice have arrested a man believed to be
- John B. Meixell, wanted at South Beth-
lehem, Pa., on a charge of robbing the
First National bank of that city of
$10, 000.
Death Follows Installation.
Long Branch, July 15. —Philip Cline,
son of the Rev. Philip Cline, died today
in the Knights of Pythias hall. He
was stricken with paralysis while being
installed into office last night.
‘—Advertise in THE Gm '
.I did not know.
THOFN DIDN T CONFFSS
Denies the Story That He HosAdmit- '
ted Himself :1 Murderer. '
TOMBS WARDEN SEEPTIOAL.
Mrs. Nack Goes. Thorn One Better by
Declaring That Guldensuppe Is Still
Alive and Will Appear In Court
. During Her Trial.
New York, July 15.—A story to the ef-
fect that Martin Thorn had made an-
other confession of the murder of Wil-
liam Guldensuppe, this time to a fellow
prisoner in the Tombs, was going the
rounds today.
The story came originally from the
district attorney’s office, one of the em-
ployees of which insisted on the truth
of the alleged confession. Warden
O’Shea of the Tombs was informed of it,
and the rumor quickly spread through-
out the prison.
“Such a claim has been made,” "the
warden said today, “but Thorn has not
made any confession to me nor do I be-
lieve he has confessed to any one. As I
understand the story, Thorn is alleged
to have taken another prisoner, an 016'
many. who occupies the 'hospital ward
with him, into his confidence and told
him a‘yarn about the murder similar
to that which he told Gartha,‘ the bar-
ber. I asked Thorn about it, and he de-
nied having done so.
“In spite of that fact, however, I be-
lieve the prosecution insists that he did
so. I cannot give you the name of the
other prisoner, but I know that he is‘
given to romancing.”
Just as Thorn’s spirits seem to be
growing moredepressed those of Mrs.
Nack are on the rise. For the first few
days after her arrival at the Tombs she
seemed to become despondent. The pris-
on diet disagreed with her, and she ex-
pressed the fear that she would die in
the Tombs. She got away from the pris-
on diet, however, last night, ordering
and paying for her first meal at supper,
and she ordered and paid for her break-
fast this morning.
The change was caused by the fact
that the money found in her possession
when arrested was turned over to her
,by the police, as well as the keys of her
"flat in Ninth avenue.
Says Guldensuppe Is Alive. '
The moment Mrs. Nack received the
keys she asked Matron Smith to go to
the flat and bring her clothing. Matron
Smith did so, and on entering the place
was surprised at what she found.
There were four big trunks filled to
the topwith expensive dresses and an
assortment of underclothing that ac-
tually dazzled the matron’s eyes.
Mrs. Nack’s clothing was taken to
the Tombs by the'matron, and Mrs.
Nack lostno time‘ in changing her ap—
parel. It made a great change in her
appearance, and from that moment her
drooping spirits began to revive.
She still insists that Guldensuppe is
alive and that he will be in the court-
room when the day of her trial arrives.
The household goods and other effects
of Mrs. Nack were moved fromher flat
today. This will relieve Sergeant James
Reilly, who has been in charge of the
flat ever Since the arrest of Mrs. Nack.
The goods will be stored.
Acting Inspector O’Brien said today
that it was a 13-year-old girl, not a
boy, who figured so prominently in the
alleged finding of Guldensuppe’s head
yesterday.
“I am still investigating the Branch-
port story,” said O’ Brien. “The others
seem to offer no reason for investigat-
ing.
“I sent Detectives Stransky and
Schindler to locate the girl, whose name
Information reached
me that she was employed in an east
side cigar factory. My instructions to
Stransky were to see the girl and get
from her the story, and if it appeared
worthy of belief to take her to Branch.-
port and endeavor to find the head.
“I.understand.that Stransky did find
the girl and that he thought there was
sufficient in her story to warrant in—
vestigation.
“I have not heard a. word from Stran-
sky since he left the city, and I can
only account for. his silence by his hav-
ing been storm bound along the Jersey
coast.”
' Still Another Head.
After hearing the story of James Ce-
par, a ragpicker, the Brooklyn police
were led to believe today than they
knew where to find the head of William
Guldensuppe.
The head of Guldensuppe, they be-
lieve, is now at the bottom of Newtown
creek. It was tossed into the creek by
a German who found it.
Cepar, who 'told the police of the
story, said that he and the German
were at work on a. dump at Scott ave-
nue and Newtown creeknearly today. In
searching through the pile of refuse,
Cepar said, he dug up a package. Upon
opening it, the two discovered a human
head. It was that of a man With a
dark mustache.
Cepar was so excited that he couldn’t
remember much about the head or the
covering. He saw, however, a. cut in
one cheek. The German, he said, was
frightened too. He wrapped a newspa-
per around the head and tossed it into
the creek.
Cepar lives at 112 Richardson street,
Williamsburg. He did. not know the
German’s name. He described him as
about 50 years old, 5 feet 0% inches in
height and dressed in old dark clothing.
The German left the dump a. half hour
after the finding of the head. Then
Cepar went to the Stagg Street police
station and told the story.
John Hoe'v’s Place Leased.
Long Branch, July 15.—Mrs. O'Don‘o~
hue, widow of Joseph J. O’Donohue,
ex-chamberlain of New York city, has
leased the large John Hoey house at
Hollywood for the remainder of the
season. She took possession of it to-
day.
Ranch Manager Murdered.
El Paso, Tex., ‘Juiy 15. — Christian
'Schught, a ranch manager, was mur-
dered on the Corralitos ranch, Chihua-
hua, Mexico, by twa Mexicans. The
ranch belongs to Solon Humphreys and
others of New York city.
Hawaiian Treaty to Stand.
Washington,’ July 15. —The‘ senate
committee on foreign relations agreed
today to report a resolution for the ‘
ratification of the Hawaiian annexa-
tion treaty without amendment.
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Ladies’ White and Egyptian ribbedl
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HATS.
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$1.00 Children’s Dresses, 500.
TAILOR MADE SUITS
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Duck Skirts, 98¢
$2.25 Linen Crash Skirts,-$1.5o.
White Lawn shirt waists trimmed
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Hammocks, 98s to $5.00.
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19c Royal Tooth Powder, 10c.
69c Colored Taffeta Gloves, 35c.
Bicycle Skirts, $ 1 .25.
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