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I I war- each being led by a painted MK YIELDS TO PUHCB. rlor. The general and the trapper Imme Castro W ill M ake Cash Kay man! and Uivc diately recognised the men as four of Guarantee for A w a rd. the cowboys who had been sent out on the trail o f the Indians from the Caracas, Jan. 10 — After taro stormy GENERAL 00BIN TELLS COMMISSION Htone House. This Is the first that meetings of the cabinet, all condition* OF STRENUOUS TIMES. cither had known of their fate. Gen By P A U L it LA N E Y . eral Crook, a« well as the trapper, set forth in tbe replies of tbe power« to had supposed that all of the men were President Castro'» last proj>o»al in tbe i L ^ safe. The latter had not seen these matter of settling tbe Yen»zneian dis .Soldiers Were Boycotted on All 5idca — men since two days before, but he Could Not Get Trams to Haul Supplies Itako up Kollett's caso lalor. | supposed that they had either lost pute through arbitration have been ac C IIA 1 T K B X X I I —Continued. to Camp — Never Had to "Shoot to Hainmorsley, al thè head o f tho the trail or were loitering somewhere cepted by tho Venezuelan government. Dar. Kollett rod»* to hls feet In sitr Kill," aa the Famous Order Did Away prist. Hut tlie* chief remained calm hand of eowhoya, had followod tho «•lose at hand among the rlmrocks. The government considers tbe condi am! «'«intlnuad hi« conversation. Ho • risii of Ilio Indiana all day and kopt Hut they had acted Indiscreetly and With the Necessity. The latter had been entrapped hy the Indians, tions unjust, but declared it is obliged told hitn the fact« o f her escape, and General Odook posted. and were now about to pay their last out wlth hi» eomiiiaml from inoved to yield to lorce. The Venezuelan an th«* fraud In the ««nip ho had k I voii Philadelphia, Jan. 12.— After occu hlui| at the «ante time repeating that thè Htono House at sunsot, Intomllnit • arthly penalty. The mode of the American savage’s' swer »a s delivered at the United 'tales ho and tho Canadiun were friend« lo travel hy night so as lo keep tho pying eight days, during which time Indiami off Ihelr guard. Ilo si art ed torture of hls prisoners Is well known. legation here at noon today. now. they presented about 150 witnesses, out on ono of hls dotormlnod «-baso«, It has been described often enough, Tbe londitmns oi the powers cover "Hut. where 1« she?" Inquired tho novor Intondlng lo return unti! ho with Its harrowing variations. The tbe nonunion men have closed their Canadian. A hundred thing« entered had punlshud thoso bandita, tho rnost Hnake Indian was the most cruel, and cash payments to tbe allies and guar hi« mind. With Bertha Kyle In hla troublesomn and Iduodthlrsty at that In this ease hls Incentive was great. antees for tbe payment of tbe balance esse tielore tbe coal strike commission. possession, ho could got revenge on timo nnm lng thè American pialli». Many o f hls companions hail fallen of their claims. It can be said on Tbe coal companies w ill open their case Ilammersley, on the Ixrrd of the i before tho loopholes at the Htone next, and, according to tbe plana of Desert, on everybody! With her House. These men had fired the fatal good authority that tbe question of C H A P T E R X X III.' tbe operators, the companies will pre tinder hi« control, ho could demand 1 shots In many instances. It was now raising the existing blockade will not .»t Hell s Trap. a ransom Ho could make term« with the Indians’ turn. sent their case in the order of the geo I*) considered. General Crook, ho could possibly Rot Ilammersley had located the In Hlndlng the prisoners, hands and graphical location of their mines. The It was learned at a late hour tonight possession of that f 10.000. Plans dians at "H e ll’s Trap." Upon being feet, and tying them to short stakes came on «o thick and fast that they notified of this. General Crook had driven deeply Into the ground, their that, hy the terms of the notes of the Delaware Ac Hudson company, whose clouded hi« hraln, and he «nw u come In advance of hls command, prostrated oodles were m ale the sub foreign powers handed to President collieries are further north, will first thousand advantage» In the possos- which was to march hy night, to ject of every Indignity, every cruelty Castro by Minister Bowen yesterday present its «itnesses, and the Philadel- «Ion of. Hertha Kyle a« a prisoner In view the situation. nnd every torture that the depraved and of the Venezuelan answer to them phia Coal At Iron company, whose an Indian vtllaico It was about 4 o’clock In the after [‘ lutes and their allies could Invent. delivered at the A me r i o n legation to "W here 1« »he?" he demanded noon when he and the trapper It was well even for the Iron nerves day, a compromise in the matter of mines are in the southern part of tbe attain. stealthily climbed to the top of the of the Intrepid general and the desert coal fields, w ill be heard last. "Hut w a if!" «aid the chief "Yon rlmrockH overlooking this remarkable trapper that the position of the men arbitation ha« Ijeen reached. Foreign business bouses in Venezuela are too Impatient to make a Rood place, and lying flat on the capstone partially obscured them from The principal witness before the com view, from tbe mission for the nonunion men was brave for Kean'« band. I »old you «he of the rlmrocks. they looked Into Jhe and that they could not see all that are suffering exceedingly effe«t8 of tbe continued blockade. escaped. The trapper «till ha« h e r '" Indian camp below. There was noth was done. "Hut I have been to hla home In ing about the place to Indicate a trap Tbe revolutionary movement under Lieutenant General J. P. 8. Gobin, The torture was kept up almost un h i» absence." said Kollett, "and «he or place for a harsh name. It was til sunset, when the last, life suc General Matos is losing [icpularitydaily, »enior brigadier general of the national was not th ere!" a beautiful natural meadow Ip th<- cumbed, and the savages were even la-cause of tbe assistance, it is alleged guard of Pennsylvania. Gobin yas in "H e hide her when he (to away." hend o f a mountain stream, stir- then desecrating their mutilated tbe German blockading vessels are giv command of the third brigade while the replied the chief. "H e fear someone i rounded on three sides by towering bodies when Interrupted hy a chorus ing it in permitting rtie landing of arms »teal her! Now. me and my men will rlmrocks. the river forming a dis of yells from the renter of the bend troops were on duty in the hard coal for tbe revolutionists near Higuerote. hurry away tnnlKht. Wo will go to tinct peninsula, almost creating an In the river. hours, Tbe leader of the revolutionists is fields. He was questioned hell trap, whore soldiers never find Island, so close did Turning their glasses In this direc the entrance «•ailed ‘ ‘ Matos, the German,’ ’ by tbe and during most of this time was en us: and If they And us they can point o f the stream come (o the point tion. the two white men saw another ; press. never get us. You take two. four. ten of exit after making the circuit of ¡sight that startled th en Rtiil more. gaged in a recital of conditions as be braves, go to trapper's home while the- little valley. A mounted party had Just parsed found them in the territory he «overed. VEILED BY SNOW STORM. he away and (tel itlrj and bring her Through this narrow neck the In through an opening In the rlmrocks. from bis observation, and from reports with you! Hoe! make trapper mad. dians had entered, and while their and was fording the stream and head you get even, and you have white animals grazed on the luxuriant grass ing toward the Indian camp. Trains Collide, Killing Three and Injuring made to btrn by tbe officers, it was his” squaw. Egon a g'x>«l friend as well they hail pitched their teriti among In front rode an Indian warrior, Fourteen Persons. opinion, he said, ‘ ‘ that an excited as bad enemy." the willows bordering the stream and next came a white man hound to his Within another hour l>an Kollett prepared for a few days' re t after horse, then came a white woman, her Ada, 0 ., Jan 10. — Three men are state of lawlessness" existed in the and four of Egan's most stealthy their long siege at the Htone Honae. feet hound by a rone which encircled dead and 14 or more other persons were legions; that disturbances were num tira ve» were ■ riding across the plains Here game and flsh were1 plentiful, the horse upon which she rode; then injured, one fatally, as a result of a erous; that the presence of the troope trapper's abode, and and th<* haunches of deer and ante followed two warriors mounted on collision between two trains on tbe was absolutely necessary to preserve toward the Kgnn and a majority of the chiefs lope. and fl**h frys alternating the one animal and bringing up the rear Penm-yl vania system on the main street law and order, and that it was difficult and warriors had quitted the vicinity feasts on the I«ord of the Desert’s was Dan Kollett! of th i« city at 5 o’ clock this evening. to maintain the law, even alter ail the o f the Htone House as silently as the fatted bullocks, made a garden "Hertha Kyle, as sure as I liv e !" of Train No. 35, we-tbound for Port troops in the state had been placed in breeze Only a small desert night Kden for the braves. Instead of a gasped the trapper. Wayne, started out of the station, but the disturbed territory. ■routing party remained behind, “ And that cursed half-breed!” ex- "H ell's Trap ” He told in detail ol the condition of at the Main street crossing was com The cowboys stood at their posts. Here they felt safe. In this am ¡claimed General Crook. and the Ixird of tho Itcsort kept wsti !i phitheater they were Isolated from The trapper started to rise and pelled to stop on account of some acci affairs in the coal region during bis over all with the vigilance of a the world, and there were numerous rush to the rescue, but the cool- dent to the ait brake. A flagman was stay there, and of. the stoning of his trained general, waiting to see what outlets through the rlmrocks where headed general restrained him. "Cool, sent hack to notify No. 19, a fast train troops, insults to his men, frequent tho e»rlv morning would bring. they could make their escape If at , my boy! C o o l"’ he advised. “ Care going in the same direction, winch was cases of dynamiting, and other acts of “ The birds have flown,” was the tacked, and they had as prisoners ful work requires careful action, and several minutes late. He said that Ibe sheriff On account of lawlessness. first expression of General Crook four cowboys, the nnlv persons they I see now that we have a lot of both a driving snow storm the engineer of of Carbon county refueed to tall on the when he arrived In the vicinity of had discovered on their trail from the on hand'” governor for troops. The general said the Btmie House. "There are no In Htone House and they now felt ns The trapper had already Informed No. 19 was unable to see the signal in he had been asked by the coal com time to slacken bis speed, and his en dians about ihe place." he s*l<J "hut safe In this retrest as If among the | General Crook o f the entire situation, panies to protect nonunion men, but be they tnav be clo se at, band. Wo will Hava beds or the Klamath country. so far as he knew it, hut both were gine crat-hed into the rear couch of No. ; re used because lie had not sufficient 35 while running at the rate of 40 wntt un?f I /ay light before * • ep- I They regnrdert a eastisl lookout a « 'a t loss to *u hr.v Follett troops. H e -said • she situafiU»- ka* proa eh tVerer.” being sufficient for their safety from t had escaped and how he had succeed- miles an hour. He fear»1) «lie railroad He s crHisI his men In a grove of ■tin»rise. In v ie » at the fact that ed In enticing B erha and her corn- No 35 consisted of two coaches, tbe most serious. Ju nius on tne mountainside, some hunting parties were continually cov-U'snlon from the secret caverns of rear one being a combination baggage men would be intimidated and he dlabnce from the premises, and wait- erlng the territory in the Immediate the trapper’s borne and passenger car, with another pas would he unable to move troops. 'W e will solve these mysterious senger car in front. eU' developments. vicinity of the camp. Both weie tele Threatening letters were also sent to As soon ns the morning light be It was a continuous feast and holi problems later, young man.” said ‘ he scoped and barely a passenger escaped him. gan lo break, the general, accom day for the hunted bandits. general. "W e have practical ones During the cross examination. Gene injury of some sort. The engineer and panied hy Hatnmersley. began to "1 cannot understand why thev call ahead of us n ow !” ral Gobin had several tilts with Charles fireman of No. 19 were also slightly in reeonnolter. "T h e whites are vlgl- this H ell’s Trap." said General Crook, Old Eean greeted Kollett with full lnnt,” he remarked, as he pointed to as he looked down upon tho placid fellowship as a chief, and cast a vin jured, but not enough to prevent them L. Darrow, counsel for the miners, but the rifles In the loopholes In the scene. dictive glance at hls fair captive. The from tendering immediate assistance to they never readied a serious point. The witness said that when he first wall. "Th ey are evidently expecting “ There Is no renson for It now It party was soon dismounted, and while those who were in distress. The engine the Indiana, but I see no cover be Is true.” replied the trapper, "hut I Metzker. the cowboy captive, was led of No. 19 was almost demolished, but went into the coal region with his men, hind which the redskins could con have seen It when *he name of H ell’s away and hound to a stake where hls tbe cars behind it were not damages! in a« a result of a riot at Shenandoah, he ceal themselves from our view. I am Trap was not too ^nrsh for It. The late friends had been confined. Ber the least and none of tbe passengers was unable for a time to get vehicles to of the opinion that the red rascals river, now fordable at most any point, tha was given a tepee all to herself carry bis supplies, teamsters refusing were bruised. have 'smelt a mouse’ and left during rises from the snowheds of the great among the willows, and two lithe to furnish them. In Hhenandoah and the night. W e must communicate mountains yonder. The warm south some braves were placed as guards in the Panther creek valley, he said, CRACK SHOT WITH BIO QLN. with the whites as quickly ns possi winds at times start the snow to melt over her. there was no civil authority at times. ble and get on tbe trail Can't you ing. and the water comes dashing "This complicates matters." said Committees of the union called upon creep up near that guard and man down from every point. Ailing the rn- General Crook. “ I intended opening Eight-Foot Object, Three Miles Distant, him and assured him that the striking a g e to communicate with him?" vine's and gulches, and these flow Into the campaign at daybreak tomorrow Hit With 12-Inch Rifle. miners would give him all the assist "That will be easy." replied the the river, making It a rolling sea of and not leaving one o f the red devils San Francisco, Jan. 10.— Extraordi ance they could, but, as far as tiie w it trapper, and he started In a stooping water as suddenly as a cloudburst. It to tell the tale, after witnessing the posture, keeping himself well hidden Is on these occasions that the place butchery of those poor fellows a nary accuracy iu marksmanship cut ness could remember, they never gave behind the runty Junipers. I hears the appearance of a ‘hell’s while ago, but now that cannot he short the heavy gun practice at the him any help, no did he ask for any. "H ello, th ere!” spoke the trapper trap.’ done, for It would hazard the girl's Presidio reservation today. The 12 Alter his entire brigade had been called In a low tone, at a short distance "It has alwavs been a great grazing safety and life. It will never do to inch guns were to !>e brought into play, out, General Gobin said the situation from the man at the loophole. place for wild animals of all kinds, shoot Into the place while she is in and the target was a wooden structure, lie«.ame extremely serious in several The astonished guard looked In a and the rise often comes down upon It." pyramidal in shape, about 12 feet long parts of the territory, and he feared dozen different directions In an In them suddenly and Alls the banks “ I’ll rescue her before morning. at each base line and about eight feet he could not cope with the situation if General." said the trapper. stant. all around them and breaks across He so informed the " I am the trapper, returned from the narrow neck yonder. Imprisoning “ It's a ticklish job. young man. but , high. It was towed oceanward by r it grew worse. the fort with aid. Tell the I-ord of them completely before they have If vou succeed, my men w ill do the tug with a long towline, and, while governor. moving at seven miles an hour, was to The now famous “ shoot to k ill” the Desert I wish to speak with him." time to escape. No living thing can | rest’ " be tired upon. When the target was order issued by him after his soldiers Night was now coming on. and they him." ford the river during the rises. In a few moments this personage "The Indians make It a point to returned to the temporary quarters of about three miles Ircm shore and under had been attacked by stones was was at the loophole and Hammeralev take advantage of these rises. They the great Indian fighter. In a secret tow it appeared to be about the size of touched upon by Mr. Darrow. The walked to the place. being well stand guard outside, and as soon ns nook among the rlmrocks. there to a man’ s hand. It was then that Copor* general said it meant every word it shielded from the main points of the the water Is at Its highest they rush | plan the rescue of the woman, and ral Regan tired a 12 inch gun. The shot said, and that the issuance of the order plain. through the current overflowing the the early morning attack. struck about eight yards astern of the had a most salutary effect upon tbe Daylight was rapidly coming on. neck and slaughter the animals by moving murk. Carefully Regan aimed «■«immunities which his soldiers covered. (To be continuali.) and the Ixtrd o f tho Desert, upon the wholesale. In this manner they the second missile, and scarcely had the It had such a good effi-et that it was not consulting hls men. soon concluded long ago secured their winter meat ! roar of the discharge ceased, when the nwessary to tire one shot. The order, No Kquashes. that the Indians had made their es food. This has given It the name of One woman, according to the New target disappeared. The shot had hit he further said, did not include the cape. The guards, however. were •Hell’s Trnp.’ ” After n few minutes In silence Gen York Press, has rebelled against the ‘ ‘ the enemy” amidships and shattered shooting of women and children. certain that some of the Indians had remarked that there prevailing style of remained until a late hour in tho eral Crook millinery. She it into splinters. Murdered and Robbed. morning ,ns they had been soon seem- cl to he four canyons, or ouf-, went the other day to buy a simple hat. Expense of Diplomatic Service. skulking about tho place Just before lets from the place, through the walls, n|uj looked over a large variety, all Pittsburg, Jan. 12.— Andrew Overick, o f the rlmrocks. besides the main decorated with cherries, grapes, straw dawn. Washington, Jan. 1ft. — The house proprietor of a Polish boarding house, A short reconnoitre was made nnd entrance through the “ Rtralt.” or berries. hazelnuts, apples and heana. committee on foreign affairs today con a broker and a money lender, was found General Crook was Informed of the neck. But the trapper showed him "No, I don’t want any o f these,” said cluded the diplomatic and consular ap unconscious in Mulberry alley last result. Hls men were niarehed In tho fifth. propriation bill, which w ill be report night, with his skull fractured. she. putting them aside. He “ To make a wholesale capture.” re side the stone wall surrounding the It carries approxi never regaine«! consciousness and died "Perhaps you would prefer this clus ed to the house. Stone House and were ordered to marked the general, “ I will have to mately ¡¡| 1,900,000, which is less than today at the West Penn hospital. prepare their breakfast and to take station me nat all of those points and ter of currants!” suggested the mil the estimates and less than the appro Overick always carried a latge sum of charge In over the ’neck.’ My men liner. a few hours’ rest. I "No, nor squashes nor cucumbers. priation of last year. Bulgaria is in money, and as his pockets were rifled, ' In tho meantime, the general held will arrive about midnight, and (he will then require your assistance !n These things are very necessary on the cluded in the territory of the minister the police are inclined to think his an Interview with the Lord of to stationing the men for an early mom dljjner-tahle, hut I object to them on to Greece and a secretary is added to murderer made a rich haul. A former Desert and began preparations ns Ing attack," he continued. the legation in Switzerland at a salary „ itoarder is sus(iected and the police are my head.” pursue the Indians as soon of $1,500 a vear. The consulate at looking for him. Overick was 32 years hls men were refreshed. Scouts Before the trapper had time to r«v “ Hut they are so fashionable!” were sent out upon their trail, under ¡»pond, If he had Intended to reply, a "N ever mind. I draw the line at fruit Canton is raised to a consulate general of age ami married. the leadership of the never-sleeping sight caught the eyes of both men | and vegetables.” and the salary advance«! trom to $4,000 but over-fresh Ilammersley, and they that riveted their attention In the Arrested at Seattle. soon struck the trail and sent word same direction. Huge Swindle Alleged. D airying in Russia. Seattle, Wash., Jan. 12.— John hack to the Stone House accordingly. They placed their field glasses to The dairy schools o f Russia havs Houston, Tex., Jan. 10.— A. Wetter- oyle, John Murphy, William Carter their eyes and a groan escaped simul When General Crook Informed brought that country to the front a* mark, head of the Naccigdoches hanking anil Torn Kenne«ly are under arrest in Martin Kyle of the episode with Dan taneously from each. The sight that one of the foremost producers of but firm, which was fo im l into liquidation this city, suspected of holding np a Kollett, the I*»rd of the Desert went greeted them has often been seen on by alleged extensive forgeries, was to N rthern Pacific train in Western ter, cheese and milk In tb*‘ world. the American border. Human beings to his treasury and found a large day arrested on his arrival at Houston Montana October 24. Engineer O ’ N eill sum of hls money missing. He be put to torture by savages. In full When a visiting girl Bays to a young on a warrant charging him with having was killed and the safe in the baggage came frantic. He wanted to go to view of friends who were unable to man to whom she Is Introduced, "You received deposits after he knew the car was wrecked. Depletives claim the the fort and lynch tho half-breed: rende*- them aid! The savages marched forth Into nn look Just like a friend o^ mine," tlu bank to lie insolvent. It is claime«l at gang was tracke«! to Beattie, and here but General Crook Informed him that they had "whole” hreeda to deal opening four white men In single file other young mru might us well get utp Nacogdoches that the forgeries w ill ex for a time disappeared from sight. with Just now, and that he would | their) arms bound to their aides, and, « f tbe race. ceed $500,000. Descriptions are said to tally cloeely. • LORD OF T H E DES ERT f _1 COAL MINERS’ WAR ____ J 0 I