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THE MORNING OEEGONIAN, TUESDAY, JULY Z 1E01. 'N THE GREAT IRON STRIKE FIGHT OX FOR RECOGNITION UNIONISM. OF Amalgamated Association Lined Up Asralnsl the Billion Dollar Steel Trost-Breaks In the Ranlcs. PITTSBURG, July L The end of the first day of strike trouble between the Amalgamated Association of Iron. Steel and Tin Workers, on one side, and the American Sheet Steel Company and American Steel Hoop Company, constit uent companies of the United States Steel Corporation, on the o'her, finds all Of the union plants idle and many workers from open mills, who are members of the Amalgamated Association, on strike. The association ofiicials say they are satisfied with the situation, and claim they control between 35,000 and 40,000 men in the two companies. No move was made today on the part of either side of the con troversy, and It is doubtful if any decis ive movement will be made for at least a. week. Both men and manufacturers agree that a shut down for about two weeks is necessary, whether a settlement Is reached or not In the meantime, the association officials will make every prep aration to be fully equipped for a pro longed struggle, should it become nec essary. "While officials of neither side will venture a prediction, there is much quiet talk, the trend of which leads to the belief that before the usual Summer shut down of the mills has expired a settlement will have been reached. The Amalgamated officials do not con sider the negotiations with the Steel Hoop Company as broken off. I. W. Jenks, manager of the company, Is of the same mind, and today intimated that the matter might be taken up any day, and gave inference that a setlement would be arrived at. Reports at the gen eral office of the Amalgamated Asso ciation tonight show that nearly all the independent mills have signed the new wage scale. The American Steel Hoop Company s main officers are in this city. The com pany has three nonunion plants In this city and a nonunion plant in Monessen and one at Duncansvllle, although the em ployes of the latter are ready for organ ization as soon as the Amalgamated peo ple will take them in. Other plants of the company are claimed by the Amalgamated Association as union. For the first few weeks the situation will not show the strength of the associa tion. Almost all the plants of the com pany, union and nonunion, will be com pelled to shut down during the early part of July to give the men a rest Union and nonunion men alike are demanding a short vacation, and the prediction is that the companies will be unable to keep any one at work for two or three weeks after tomorrow. The heat Is Intense and the men. the president said today, are almost tn a state of revolt. It will be after, per haps, August 1 when the combine makes a serious attempt to start up In full, that the real batttle will begin if no settle ment has been reachefld at that time. The company cannot well delay operat ing longer than that, on account of the present flood of orders. In fact, the ur gent orders now on the books can scarce ly wait through July. Thus the associa tion has almost a month more to prepare for the coming struggle. It is the boast of the Amalgamated Association officials that by that time they will control 80 per cent of the capacity of the combination's plants. In accordance with President Shaffer's orders the crew of 1C furnaces in the Lind say and McCutcheon mills, Allegheny, are out on strike. A telegram from Muncie, Ind., reports the plant closed down. Five hundred men are out. Signatures tb the amalgamated scale of following companies were received at the headquarters this morning: Lockhart Iron & Steel Company, McKee's Rock, Pa.; Sharon Tin Plate Company, South Sharon, Pa.; Stewart Iron Company, Limited, Sharon. Pa.: N. & G. Taylor Tin Plate Company, Cumberland, Md.; American Rolling Mill Company, Muskegon, Mich.; Southern Car & Foundry Company, An derson, Ala.; Bessemer Rolling Mill Com pany, Bessemer, Ala. A telegram from Canton, O., reports the Canton Rolling Mill, of the American Sheet Steel Company, closed down. Two hundred men are idle. The plant usually shuts down at this time for repairs. At Scottsdale, Pa., the Old Meadows plant is idle on account of repairs to the engine, but the Scottdale plant of the same company Is working full time. So far as can be learned no orders have been received to stop work and union and nonunion men are working side by side. At Leechburg, Pa., the mills of the American Sheet Steel Company are run ning full. The mills have been running nonunion for a number of years, and the order of President Shaffer does not affect them. Zug & Co., of this city, announced to day that they would eign the scale. The mill Is closed down. The sheet mill will reopen July 12 and the bar mill July 15. No trouble is anticipated. Gradually the plans of President Shaf fer, of the Amalgamated Association, are being uncovered. Since the trouble In the W. Dewees Wood Mills, In McKe;s- port, a few months ago, the Amalgamated Association has been actively engaged in breaking up the present arrangement of the combine in operating parts of their plants with nonunion men and the others with union men. Mr. Shaffer says that if this is not checked the life of the Amal gamated Association is threatened, for the combine will always work Its union mills last and the union men will be suf ferers by this discrimination. It was believed by the Amalgamated Association' that the" promptness with which the sheet teel combine came to terms in the McKeesport trouble and al lowed the union to exist in that plant, would prove a boon to further aggressive action on the part of the organized work men. Taking advantage of the new United States Steel Corporation, as the parent head of all the other combines with which the Amalgamated Associa tion had to deal, It was felt that a threat ened strike of all the union men in all branches of the steel business would so frighten the combine officials that they would give In and allow every one of the nonunion plants to be unionized. The' strike order against the American Sheet Steel Company has been ordered because this portion of the United States Steel Corporation has thus far stood against the Increase In union mills. The American Steel Hoop Company stands in the. same position. Thus eyre arrayed against the union organization the two branches of the United States Steel Cor poration. The scale for the American Tin Plate Company, also a part of the greater corporation, has been signed. It Is said, however, that in case the struggle con tinues, the Amalgamated officials have he power to call out these tin plate workers -as a means of defense against the parent corporation, which they hold responsible for. all disagreements. The strike now threatened in the bar mills, following so closely upon that of the sheet mills, has, therefore,, a most serious .aspect, and may spread to enor mous proportions. Indeed, in some cir cles, It Is predicted that the gigantic struggle that has been talk'ed of since the organization of the United States Steel Corporation was formed is on the eve of breaking out. The position that the greater combine is placed in practi cally frees the Independent plants from complicity In the battle. The fight is not for wages, but for or ganization. Either the Amalgamated As sociation must bow to the will of the greater combine, or else the greater com. bine will have to give up its nonunion mills. Members of the advisory board of the Amalgamated Association declare that the association has a surprise in store for the combine. Added Interest was given to the strike situation when it became .known that the two mills which were the cause of disa greement Between the Amalgamated As sociation and the American Sheet 'Steel Company are claimed by both parties These mills are tne Old Meadows at Scottsdale find the Saltsburg mill. The officials who refused to sign the union scale seem much surprised at the claims of President Shaffer that the mills are union. The Sheet Steel officials appeared to have a trifle the better of the argu ment today, When Word came from Scotts dale that the men now working there Refused to quit. Speaking of conditions at Scottsdale,, John Jarrett, secretary of the labor bureau of the Sheet Steel Company, said today: "The Amalgamated people have no claim to the Meadows and Saltsburg mills. The men, principally in Scotts dale, are working under personal agree ments with us. These agreements have been extended to January 1, 1S03. I under stand that the workers there do not de sire any change. They left the Amalga mated Association of their own volition. They came to us many months ago and pleaded to have the mills started. They agreed to cut the Amalgamated for all time if we would but start the mills. They are making money now, something which they did not do when quarreling all the time with the association. Presi dent Shaffer can order out his men, but the question is, Can he stop the mill? The whole thing In a nutshell is that the Amalgamated Association seems anxious to have us force these men at Scottsdale and Saltsburg to come into their fold again. This we will not do." A well-known independent sheet steel manufacturer stated today that-lndioa-tions pointed to a peaceful settlement of the trouble. He said: "President Shaffer, of the Amalgamated Association, knows that the men at Scottsdale and Saltsburg voluntarily asked the steel management to give them a share of the work being done at the other mills of the company at the terms of the company, or at any terms. The workers also proposed an Individual contract, which, in the case of one of the mills at Scottsdale, runs for two years and at a rate lower than Is paid in the organized mills. The difference In the wage agree ment is that the mill committee Is done away with and that the wage rate doe not advance until the wage rate with the Amalgamated agreement has advanced 10 per cent above the base. In other words, should the price of sheets entitle the organized mills to a 5 per cent in crease in wages, the mills working under the individual contract system will re ceive no advance." At the office of the American Steel Hoop Company it was stated that cer tain plants of the company were closed this week for needed repairs and the Na tional holiday. The others were at work as usual but none of the officials would allow themselves to be quoted on the present wage complication. President Shaffer said tonight that he had nothing to say further than has al ready been published. His determination to carry the interests of the Amalgamated Association to a successful finish is un abated. Steel Company's Side of It. NEW YORK, July 1. The following, statement In regard to the labor trouble was given to the Associated Press today at the offices of the executive committee of the United States Steel Corporation: "The United States Steel Corporation is simply a stockholding company, and does not In any respect direct management of any company in whose stock the former Is interested. Information has been re ceived from the officers of the American Steel Hoop Company and the American Sheet Steel Company, respectively, that the questions which have been discussed by them and representatives of the,Amal gamated Association grow, out of the re quested by the latter to extend union labor Into mills In which union labor has not heretofore existed: that the officers of the two companies above named have ex pressed a willingness promptly to sign the Amalgamated Association scales formllls In which their unions have heretofore ex isted, but not for other mills. No ques tion of amount of wages is involved." CHICAGO IRON MOLDERS. Trying: to Get a Raise In Wages Without a Strike. CHICAGO. July 1. Martin Fox, presi dent of the Ironmolders' International Union; M. J. Keough, vice-president; John Campbell and David Black, members of the International Executive Board, have arrived In the city and will meet In con ference with the officers of the Na- conference Is being eagerly awaited, tional Founders' Asosclatlon. As all at tempts to reach a satisfactory agreement between the local officials of the Iron molders' Union and the manufacturers failed, it was decided as a last resort to pass the matter up to the national officers of both associations and the result of the Not only will the peace of the molders in Chicago depend on the outcome of the conference, but it is expected to estab lish a precedent for the other manufactur ing centers throughout the country. The conditions in Cleveland, Cincinnati and other cities are similar to those pre vailing here, and it a satisfactory settle ment Is reached here, it will pave the way for a similar arrangement In other cities, it? is believed. The Ironmolders are asking for a mini mum wage scale of $3 a day. Their pres ent scale Is $2 75 for floor men and $2 50 for bqnch molders. This distinction be tween the two classes of workmen Is said to have grown out of the hard times dur ing the panic of 1S93, and the men are now anxious to have It abolished. Should they fall to reach an agreement and a sttrike is ordered, if will affect about 2000 Ironmolders in Chicago and vicinity. The situation is said to be more complicated as a result of the machinists' strike, but the national officers are hopeful that their mission will be successful. Settling? Cincinnati Strike. CINCINNATI, July 1. A conference was held here today between the repre sentatives of the Laidlaw-Dunn-Gordon Company and the striking machinists, in an endeavor to reach a settlement of the trouble at that plant. President August Herrman, of the board of new water works commissioners, was a party In the conference as an arbitrator. A proposi tion vfOB submitted by the manufacturers and after several hours' session It was amended that the representatives of the strikers agree to submit It to their ex ecutive board for approval. The nature of the proposition was not made public. About 350 machinist are employed at this plant. It is expected that should the trouble at this point be satisfactorily settled, other settlements will speedily follow. No Break at Newport Ncw. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., July 1. The striking machinists at the shipyard are adherlnc to their determination to hold out for their demands. The strike Is now in Its fifth week, and seems no nearer a settlement than on the day of Its in auguration. The machinists claim they have 98 per cent of the number solid for a continuance of the strike. The ship yard employed 7500 men before the pres ent trouble Now about 8000 are em ployed. General Superintendent Post states that no concessions will be made. Striking: Boiler-Makers Won, BINGHAMTONx N. Y., July l.-The strike of Erie boiler-makers at Susque hanna, which has lasted six months, has been settled. The men. who number about 500, will return to work July 8. All the demands of the strikers, with the exception of abolition of the piece work system, have -been granted. Builders' Strike at Easton. EASTON, Pa., July 1. The carpenters, painters-, tinsmiths. Dlumbers and elec tricians of this city quit work today in sympathy with the bricklayers and plas terers who went on strike May 1 for shorter hnuro. RULER OF PHILIPPINES COMMISSION OB GOVERNOR TAFT SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT. The Civil Administration Will Be Inaugurated at Manila Thursday Moving of Henununrtcrs. WASHINGTON, July 1. The Pres ident today signed the commission of William H. Ta'ft of Ohio to be Civil Gov ernor of the Philippine Islands. Judge Taft was notified some time ago, when instructions were sent him. relative to the Inauguration of civil government in the islands, July 4, that he would be ap pointed Civil Governor. While the appointment of the civil gov ernor is credited to the War Denartment, this does not mean necessarily that the President is proceeding entirely upon his FIRST CIVIL GOVERNOR mwj-' aR &wjfjfl JUDGE WILLIAM H. TAFTc -o--ofr- wr power In setting up civil government In the Philippines. He Is acting, so It is authoritatively stated, under all the pow ers he-has in the premises. PHILIPPINE INAUGURATION DAY. Civil Government Will Be Estab lished Thursday. MANILA, July ' 1. Thursday next, July 4, will, be ,the Inauguration day for the civil government arid moving' day for the military headquarters which will be transferred to the former Spanish headquarters outside the walled city. The palace will be occupied exclusively by the civil government. General Chaf fee, who will assume command Thurs- day, will occupy Judge Taft's residence, and Judge Taft will remove to the Mal acanan Palace. General Chaffee is preparing to push Malvar, the Insurgent chief, in South ern Luzon. He has ordered the transfer of the Fifth Infantry from Northern Luzon to Batangas Province. The Gen eral has been Informed that Malvar's principal headquarters are In moun tain town in Northern Tayabas, whose inhabitants ar contributing to his sup port. General Chaffee has not formulated plans for the occupation of the Island of Mlndoro. General Hughes, at his request, will be permitted to continue in command of the Vlsayas until the Samar campaign is completed. Subse quently, General Davis will continue temporarily to be Provost Marshal at Manila. General Chaffee's staff appointees are as follows: Adjutant-General, polonel W. P. Hall; Quartermaster, Brigadier General Charles F,. Humphrey; Inspector-General, Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph P. Sanger, and Military Secretary, Cap tain Grote Hutchenson, Sixth Cavalry. Four American prisoners who escaped from Calapan, Mlndoro, are reported to be in Southern Mlndoro. Bills have been passed establishing a board of health for the Philippines and providing for laboratories in connection therewith. The salary of the health commissioner will be 4G000. The United States cruiser Albany sailed today for the Mediterranean. Several insurgent officers and 350 Bolo. men have voluntarily taken the oath of allegiance at Culno, Province of Ba- taan. Captain Adams, with 10 men, scouting in Albay Province, have killed j 10 Insurgents and captured a Filipino Captain and three men. A detachment of the Fourth Infantry, scouting on a volcano Island In Lake Taal, has cap tured Gonzales, an Insurgent leader, hla Adjutant and several others. Another detachment of the same regiment has had a running engagement at Baneas and destroyed a Filipino stronghold. Sergeant Brown and Privates Rigsby and Gatfield, of the Coast Artillery, were wounded. The English Club will give a reception to General MacArthur tonight. Curbing: the Spanish Priests. ROME, July 1. According to Vatican circles, one of the principal subjects of the recent conferences between Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop Chapellc and Card inal Ramoolla was how to devise means for counteracting the Spanish sympathies of the. priests In Cuba and the Philip pines. It is said that the United States, through Cardinal Gibbons, requested that the necessary measures be taken to se cure immigration of Dutch, Belgian, French and American clergymen to Cuba and the Philippines in order gradually to dilute the pro-Spanish principles of the priesthood. It is added that the sugges tion was favorably received at the Vat ican. Lndinston Will Go to Manila. WASHINGTON, July 1. Quarter master Ludington will leaye here In a day or two for Manila. During his ab sence, Colonel Amos S. Kimball will be In charge of the office. General 'Ludington will join the other bureau chiefs In their tour of the Islands. The Oilcloth Trust. NEW YORK. July 1. The Press says: In the near future, possibly this week, a combination which is to embrace at least seven out of the ten concerns in the United States which manufacture oilcloth, Is to be incorporated under the laws of New Jersey, with a " capitalization of 510.000,000. The three concerns which may not become members of the combination at the start make a different kind of goods from those turned out by the other manufactories. The companies in the com bination are In Newark, New York,. Pas saic, Norrlstown, Akron, O., Youngstown, O., and Montrose, N. Y. All make light weight and enameled cloth exclusively. On all these plants the promoters of the combination have obtained, ootlons which extend until July IS, and the -deal is to be consummated before that date. As yet r a-name has been decided on for the big company. Only 10,000 shares of stock are to be Issued, 5000 preferred and 5000 common. Western men, nearly all of them residents of Youngstown, are the originators of the deal, and will attend to the financing of the combination. t RUSSIA IN MANCHURIA. Lieutenant-Colonel Simpson's Report on Operations. NEW YORK. July 1. A complete re port on Russian operations in Manchuria will be published In a few days by Lieutenant-Colonel W. A. Simpson, chief of the military information division of the War Department, says a Washington dis patch to the Herald. This report, which gives the first detailed account of Rus sian military operations, shows that Rus sia had great cause for declaring war on China. Its frontier was invaded. Its peo ple were killed, Its railway in Manchuria was destroyed, and, sharing the common -- to3 OF THE FHILIPPINE3. ---- injury of other powers, its subjects in Northern China were expelled or slain. Imperial troops, acting under Instructions from the Imperial Government, Inaug urated hostilities against the Russians. Yet Russia, desirous of a common accord among the powers, did not declare war against China. The report concludes .by showing that Russia has gieatly reduced Its military force In Manchuria, and contemplates the withdrawal of all the troops when condi tions permit such action. The casualties suffered by Russia's troops in Manchuria and Pe Chi Li included 23 officers and 257 mpn killed "and C7 officers and 1305 men wounded. The report gives in deta.il tho history of the Boxer movement In Man churia; the mobilization of Russian troops in the Amoor military district; the Chinese attacks on the Russian Man churlan Railroad; the fighting at Khar bin, Blagovestchensk, Algun, Slnchan, Nlu Chwang and Mukden. STILL UNSOLVED. Question of Guarantees to Secure Chinese Indemnity. BERLIN, July 1. Nothing is known in German official circles regarding the news from Shanghai to the effect that Kal Fong Fu, In the province of Ho Nan, is to become the Chinese capital. The latest reports received here from Pekln reiter ate the statement that It is the court's intention to return to Pekin. The German Government has not been informed touching the plans of Prince Chuan, further than that he Is coming to Berlin to apologize for Baron von Ket teler's murder. If Prince Chuan means also to visit other European countries and Washington the Berlin authorities have not been informed. In relation to the present status of Pe kln diplomatic negotiations the represent ative of the Associated Press learns upon reliable authority that the question of guarantees securing the Indemnities is still unsolved, a difference of opinion between Great Britain and Russia still ex isting. Russia's proposition is to raise the sea tolls from G to 10 per cent, but only If the junk and salt taxes with 5 per cent of sea tolls shall not yield sufficient results. Great Britain's objections to the Russian proposi i;n are be leved to be di: tated less by practical reasons, since the taxes would most probably suffice, than by the popular sentiment in Great Britain and by Parliament. Tho Berlin authorities helleve also like the other powers that Russia's proposi tion Is not likely to go Into effect. 'Hence Germany confidently expects a final agreement upon the above question. The matter of the renewal and modification of commercial treaties with China is meanwhile being taken up Jointly by the Pekin diplomatists, since this, like the indemnity matter. Is expected to be set tled in unison, at least in its general features, Germany, with the other China sea-trading powers, advocates the prin ciple of the "open door,1' the opening of additional harbors and the greatest possible commercial liberty. Well- informed circles here believe Russia docs not oppose the principle, though she may object to certain details when the treaty negotiations are more advanced. Americans Cnoglit Looting-. PEKIN, July 1. Five men calling themselves Americans were captured by Chinese troops In a town 50 miles from Pekln and were today turned over to Major Robertson, commander of the United States Legation guard here. The men, who were armed, had demanded 5000 taels from the keeper of a pawnshop and got 500. They filled five carts with plunder and then began shooting, net knowing that the town was occupied by 100 Chinese troops. The United States Legation was notified and the quintet was brought in. All parts of Pelcln occupied by the Brit ish for police purposes were turned over today to the Chinese authorities. The foreign Ministers will meet July 3. Barker's Case Appealed. TRENTON, N. J., July 1. Counsel for Thomas Barker, who was sentenced to five years' Imprisonment at the state prison' for assaulting Rev. D. E. Keller, toddy took" out a writ of error which will carry it to the Court of Errors and Appeals. In the meantime Barker will I not be sent to the state prison to serve his sentence. If the Court pf Errors and Appeals grants the writ. Barker may again be released on ball. Cubans Coming to Summer School. HAVANA, July 1. Eighty-five Cuban schoolteachers will sail tomorrow for the United States to attend, at the invitation of President Eliot, the Harvard Summer school. DOMINION DAY DINNER CHAMBERLAIN TALKED OF GREAT. BRITAIN'S' ISOLATION. Thirty Years Ago, He Said, Aimex ntlon Might Have Been Consid ered Ambassador's Letter. LONDON, July L Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal presided tonight at the Do minion -day dinner given at the Hotel Cecil, London, and attended by 300, the company including Mr. Chamberlain, Lord Aberdeen and other ex-Canadtan Governors-General; General Louis Davies, David Mills and Sydney Fisher and the other -Canadian Ministers now in London, General Ian Hamilton, Rear-Admiral Douglas. Gilbert Parker and other well known men. Mr. Choate, In the course of a letterex presslng his regret at being unable to be present, uttered sentiments of hearty good will, adding: "We are neighbors and mus always be good friends." ' Mr. Chamberlain, speaking of Canada's material progress, said: "Thirty years ago your thoughts might have turned to the question of absorption with your powerful but friendly neighbor to the south." This was received with cries of "No, no," from Mr. Dobell and the other Cana dian Ministers. "Yes, you may say 'no, no,' but you would not have said It CO years ago," said Mr. Chamberlain. "Of one thing I am convinced. If our colonies desire closer connection and will assist us with their counsel and advice In addition to their arms, there Is nothing this coun try would more readily welcome." Referring to Great Britain's isolation, the Colonial Secretary said: "I do not think the opinion of civilized Europe today is likely to be the verdict of posterity. Of muclumore value Is the opinion of our colonies than the unln structed opinion of Eprope, which Is based upon lies foisted upon Europe by our en emies abroad and traitors among us at nome. We may be isolated among the na tions of the world, but so long as our children rally around us, we are not alone." SITUATION AT THE CAPE. People Deprived of the Protection of the Law. LONDON, July 1. The Dally News pub lishes an article by Its parliamentary cor respondent &on the political situation in Cape Colony in view of the prorogation of the Cape Parliament, the writer saying that an issue of the gravest moment, namely the suspension of the constitu tion of Cape Colony, Is involved. He adds: 'From the night of June 30, for an In definite period the King's subjects in Cape Colony will be deprived of the pro tection of law and will be governed con trary to Its express provisions. Taxes will be applied under warrant of the Governor without appropriation by Parliament, which has been prorogued until August 27 and Is not likely to sit even then. This illegal method has been resorted to by tho Governor and the Ministry doubtless at the instigation of Lord Mllner and Colon ial Secretary Chamberlain. In a word the Imperial Government has abrogated every article of the, compact under which a free people owes allegiance to Its rulers. Lib erty is dead so far as our Dutch subjects are concerned. "The crisis calls for the authoritative in tervention of the Liberal party In which there is a feeling In favor of summoning a great popular conference to consider the situation." EXPENSE OF CHINA EXPEDITION. French Chamber of Deputies Votes Eighty Million Francs. PARIS, July 1. The Chamber of Depu ties today voted supplementary credits amounting to 80,000,000 francs to defray the expense of France's Chinese expedlt'on. In the course of the discussion of this subject, M. Selball, Socialist, protested against the Chinese expedition, and de clared the war in China was due to mis sionaries and capitalists. He spoke of the brutality of the European troops In China, and demanded that an inquiry into their conduct be made. M. Delcasse, Minister of Foreign Af fairs, repudiated the allegation that the French Government had acted concerning China without consulting Parliament. M. de Lanessan, Minister of Marine, also denied that atrocities had been committed by Frenchmen. Business Before Parliament. NEW YORK, July 1. For the remain der of the Parliamentary session the House of Commons will be entirely de voted to government business, says the London correspondent of the Tribune. It is understood that Sir John Gorst will introduce a new education bill today, but he is not likely to make a long state ment, as the bill merely embodies the chief working clause of the measure which has already been introduced, jv special meeting of the Liberal education committee will be held immediately after the introduction of the bill, to consider what steps shall be taken in regard to it. The leader of the opposition may ap peal to the government to delay the progress of the bill until the school boards throughout the country have had time to consider Its proposals and communi cate their opinions to the House of Com mons. Retired on Pensions. CHICAGO, July 1. About 200 employes of the Illinois Central Railroad were re tired today on pension under the sys tem approved by President Fish und General Manager Harahan early in May, and which became effective at midnight last night- Their pensions will be based or their average monthly pays during the last 10 years of their service, they being allowed a certain per cent of this amount for each year of their total serv ice. To carry out the pension scheme the company has provided a fund of $250 000, und each year a sum of not to exceed $100,000 will be set apart for the payment of the pension allowances for the year. Trial of the Pyx. NEW YORK. July 1. The trial of the Pyx, or the testing of the money of tho United Kingdom, wllL take place in Lon don at Goldsmith's Hall on Wednesday, says the Tribune's correspondent. The ceremony is a very ancient one. The first known trial for which a writ was issued took place In 1281. Edward III in 1345 formally established the ceremony, which down to 1870 took place at uncertain intervals. An act was passed in 1870 however, stipulating that the trial of the Pyx, which is a box or chest in which are deposited specimen coins, shall be held at least once In every year In which coins have been issued. Persia Not Exporting Grain. WASHINGTON, JJly 1 The State De partment has received from Vice-Consul-Gcneral Tyler, at Teheran, a copy of a note from the Persian Minister of Foreign Affairs.remindlng Mr. Tyler that an order of the Persian Government issued last Fall, which prohibited the export of grain from Persia, is still In force, and request ing him to give strict Instruction to Am ericans to abstain from exporting grain from that country. Persia, especially the southern portion, has suffered from drought and other crop damaging conditions, and this order. It is stated, was issued to preserve the en tire crop for home consumption. Trial of Earl Russell. LONDON, July 1. The Earl of Morley, chairman of the committee in the House of Lords, announced today that the trial of Earl Russell by the House of Lords on the charge of bigamy will begin July IS In the royal gallery, under the presi dency of the Lord High Steward the Earl jpl Pembroke. Storms, and Heat in Europe. LONDON, July 2. Special dispatches from the Continent report further ravages by storms and prostrations due to heat. In Florence six persons were djiven mad and committed suicide in consequence of sunstrokes. According to the Lisbon correspondent of the Dally Express, the death roll due to storms amounts to 22. Will Open Wagrncr Theater. NEW YORK, July 1. A cablegram an nounces that Lillian Nordlca has been en gaged to open the new Wngner Theater and the season at Munich in September, when she will sing Isolde in Wagner's music-drama, "Tristan and Isolde." Storms on New South Wales Const. MELBOURNE, July 1. Disastrous hurrl rlcanes on the coast of New South Wales have paralyzed shipping. Two vessels have been wrecked and ten persons drowned. The Ophir In Taaninnln. HOBART, Tasmania, July 2. The steam er Ophir, with the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York on board, has ar rfved here. White Entertained the Emperor. BERLIN. July 1. Emperor William was entertained at dinner tonight by the Amer ican Ambassador, Andrew D. White, and Mrs. White. NO RELIEF IN SIGHT. (Continued from First Page.) the Pennsylvania car wheel works were forced to suspend operations. In the lat ter plant ,400 men and boys were thrown outiof work. The Pittsburg Forge & Iron Works, Allegheny, also closed down, throwing" 500 men out of employment. Fourteen Deaths at Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, July 1. Philadelphia and vicinity today experienced the high est temperature ever recorded in this city, the Government thermometer on the top of the Postoffice building, 170 feet from the street, registering 102 degrees. All records regarding the number of deaths and prostrations duo to the hot blast were broken Every one of Phlladeipnia s many hospitals was taxed to its capacity. The extreme heat had a most demoralizing ef fect on the manufacturing establishments of the city, many of tho establishments having to close down. At Cramp's ship yard the prostrations were so numerous that the 5000 men employed there wero re lieved from duty at noon. Up to midnight 14 deaths were reported and more than 100 prostrations. Throughout New England. BOSTON. July 1. The sigh for a cool breeze again went UP in many parts of New England today, for the thermome ter Indicated that the hot wave was still present with no sign of a .breakdown. Tonight the atmosphere In Boston was more oppressive and the thermometer higher 85 at 11 o'clock than during the hot spell of a week ago. Heat casualties In Boston were numerous with three deaths at the hospitals and six critical cases. Elsewhere there were deaths at Concord, N. H., Andover and Lowell. T;he worst feature Is the great Increase in infant mortality in the cities. Storm Cooled Cincinnati. CINCINNATI, July 1. The spell of tor rid heat which has held sway here dur ing the past week was broken this aft ernoon by a squall. The storm came suddenly from the Sdutheast. and for a time the wind blew at a rate of GO miles an hour. This was followed by a thun der shower, and the temperature dropped to 75 degrees. The maximum temperature today was 9G at the Government obser vation station, and 99 on the street. There were five deaths from heat today, making 12 since the hot spell began a week ago. Twelve persons are now at the City Hos pital in a serious condition. Baltimore the Hottest City. BALTIMORE, July 1. According to Weather Bureau reports Baltimore was the hottest city In the! UnltcTJ States today. The Weather Bureau thermometer recorded SO degrees at 5 A. M.t and from that hour the mercury steadily mounted upward until 102 was reached at noon. At 1 P. M. It dropped to 97, but started up ward again and reached the maximum temperature of 103 degrees at 3 o'clock. From that hour there vtas a drop to 92 degrees at 8 P. M. Up to midnight 14 deaths and 23 prostrations had been re ported. Six Deaths at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, July 1. Jqly was ushered In foday with scarcely any abatement of the heat which marked the closing days of June. Starting at 5 o'clock at 81 de grees", the mercury In the thermometer at the Weather Bureau rose steadily, reaching 100 at 8 o'clock. It did not re main long at this point, however, and an hour after the highest point had been reached, dropped two degrees. As night drew near a breeze cooled the atmos phere. Six deaths and four prostrations from heat were recorded. Dropped Dead on Chicago's Streets. CHICAGO, July 1. Five persons dropped dead on the streets in Chicago today from the excessive heat, and 15 others were so badly overcome that they had to be removed to hospitals. A num ber of the prostrated are. In a serious condition and may die. At noon the tem perature in the Weather Bureau In the Auditorium tower was 93 and on the streets over 100. A severe thunder storm fct 1 o'clock brought relief, and the mercury- dropped 20 degrees. Heavy Wind tJoolcd Cleveland. CLEVELAND. July 1. The highest temperature recorded by the weather bu reau today was 92. About ? o'clock to night a heavy wind came from the West iind cooked the atmosphere considerably. Three deaths occurred from the heat and 18 prostrations. The dead are: William Reidel, of Cleveland; James Kracke, a farmer of Orange township, and Owen Mcdloane, .of "Buffalo, found dead on tho lake dock?" tonlghtl Missouri Dronsht Broken. ST. JOSEPH, Mo.. JUly 1. The long drought and heated spell was broken to night by a heavy rain and a rapid drop in temperature. There were many heat prostrations here today, only one of which 'proved fatal Ex-Policeman T. J. Dowdon was overcome on the street, and before he had recovered he drank a glass of ice -water. Within five minutes he "was dead. The thermometer registered 105. Cooler at Omahn. OMAHA, Neb., July 1. The thermome ter at -the Weather Bureau at 1 o'clock reached 93, four degrees" below yesterday's record. No prostrations are reported. The hot winds prevalent In the state for the past three days have about abated. At 2 P. M. a heavy thunder shower cooled the atmpsphere and relieved the suffering from the intense heat. The temperature dropped to 79 degrees. Kansas' Hottest June. LAWRENCE, Kan., July 1. The weath er report issued today by the State Uni versity shows that the month of June was hotter by two degrees than any pre ceding June in Kansas for the 32 years that a record has been kept. The mean temperature for the month was 79.14 de grees, nearly 6 degrees above the June average for the state. Thunder Storm, hut No Rain. KANSAS CITY, July 1. At 4 P. M. the temperature was 98 degrees. Early to- night a thunder storm brought relief, bul no rain has fallen, and continued hot weather Is looked for. Five Cases at Milwaukee. MILWAUKEE. July 1. Five persons were prostrated by the intense heat to day. The maximum temperature was 96JA degrees. Sunstrokes at Louisville. LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 1. With a maximum temperature of 97, there were two heat prostrations at Louisville to day. Up to 105 at Lancaster. LANCASTER, Pa., July 1. At 3 o'clock the thermometer registered 105. UNDER OWE HEAD. Combination .of AH the Big- Soft Coal Companies. CLEVELAND, July 1. The Leader to morrow will say: "Before September 1 all of the big com panies producing bituminous coal will have been gathered Into one organization, similar to the United States Steel Cor poration. The capitalization will be enor mous, probably second only to that of the big steel trust. From what can bo learned, work upon tho big coal trust has been under way for a greater length of time than any of the other Industrial combinations. J. P. Morgan, the advo cate of coalition, first started In with his coal combinations three years ago, making the flr3t movements along the line of controllng the products of tho Ohio and West Virginia fields. At that time, he obtained complete control of the mining property in the Hocking and Shawnee Valleys. In order to give an outlet for the coal, he purchased certain railroad properties, and this started tho combination mania along the line of rail road ownership. The procedlngs In tho present combination are similar to those In tho formation of the steel trust. "Along with this organization will go the coal docks and fast-loading plants that are now owned by the various coal com panies. The aim of all this is to effect a complete monopoly of the bituminous coal production in the territory east of tho Mississippi and north of the Ohio and the Potomac. To the accomplishment of this end, Mr. Morgan Is said to have given himself without reserve, and will take it up as soon as ho returns from Europe." SUNDAY RECREATION. Dr. Mlnot J. Savage Favors Amuse ments On That Day. NEW YORK, July 1. The Rev. Dr. Ml not J. Savage made "Vacation Religion" the theme of his sermon at the Church of the Messiah. He said: "I have not a word to say against Sun day amusements. There i3 no reason whatever in the Bible or ecclesiastical history or anywhere else for the exist ence of tho Puritanical or an ordinary American Sunday. It Is absurd and child ish to think that there is anybody up in Heaven who is going to be angry with you for doing Sunday anything that It Is right to do on any other day In the week. S"t apart Sunday morning for communion with God. 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