ASICidjuuLiiOUMAlil ASSuCtlhlN.
N0Ll1" ASTOKIA. OKEGOX. fKIDAY, JULY 19. 1901. ,Q4 7Q
ECLjPSE HARDWARE CO.
Plumbers and
Steamfitters
HOLI- AOIJINTH I'Oll
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FlgmNGJTACKLE
Tennis, Croquet, H.iscl;ill, Ciolf,
and all Kind- of SjM.rtin (ioodx
GRIFFIN 6c REED
Fancy and Staple Groceries
FLOUR. FEED. PROVISIONS.
TOBACCO AND CIGARS
Supiplict of nil kind nt lowest rutrs, for iinlicrtiuii,
Funner tuxl Iaikltvpi.
A. V ALLB1N Tenth wad Commercial Streets
u .
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W. J. Scully,
We Rent New
Krfl11 SELLINQ
Or fjr
F W. M KKtilMK, Iocs! Aawnt.
Of New Zealand
W. p. THOMAS, Mgr., 5an Francisco.
UNLIMITED LIABILITY
Subscribed Capital,
Paid-up Capital,
Assets, ....
AssoU in United States,
Surplus to Policy Holders,
Mas been Underwriting on tho Pacific Coast ovei twenty-two yearn
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Resident Agents, Astoria, Or.
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ior.
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CARLOAD JUST RECEIVED
AS BOND STRUCT.
Between Ninth and Tenth
Typewriters.
Many new iinnrovetiii'iita added.
Se our latest
No. 2 Smith Premier Typewriter
Now Art Catalogue Kne . . .
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r.ichuive Pacific CoHt LWlera
UI5 Htark St., Portland, Ore.
OF SHAREHOLDERS
$5,000,000
1,000,000
2,545,114
300,000
1,718,792
Custom Homh Broki,
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Atnl W. r. AOo. and PacUe Express Oo'l.
HOSTS GATHERED
IN CONVENTION
Meeting of Hpworth Leaguers in
San Francisco.
MESSAGE FROM M'KIN'LEY
PruMtil ni kt Pruldiat StU Heart?
Orelloi-Otr Tilj-fln Tim.
4 Dltf,ilea It AlltifcKt -lb
Prvfria.
HAN KIUN'l'i, July lvThe
gnul Kpw-.rth 1,-u(ii.- iiivm!kn mei
It:: flrrnxn :i Miliaiilu pavilion.
"iii-ia Hn-n-tary J,. K. lt-rty rid a
iiiliiilwr nf i-..iiKr;ulit.iry message
fr-im prom ik-iii mm, iv'tud.-nt M. Kin
ley mud.
"I have mm-It pleasure in sending to
Ihe IiiHTiMllDti il Epw.irln Ungue con-v.-ii
1 1. .ii my li.Mi-ty congratulation u;-i
I In- K't work llu- gnat y ,,f i'hri.
Man linn an .1 w-iiiifn nlcm It repn'iH-lil.
ha , itiivllMi-M in tin; lMt. tiii.l my
-'nnt l)i U Ilia: even greater u. -cvm
will crow ii hi- ruhir.- flirt of
the league."
Vice-President Him --Ht w inli-J till
lllellg. II full own
'Il.-wn-wi gre"Uiig, nn-l may g-I
luck atlen, id,. Kpworth league In ll
effort f.r social iinJ chic righti-ous-
A1X WAS READY.
lJlaborule Preparations Wore Made to
Ro.'lve tit Visitors.
HAN FIlA.Nt'lH'H July lS.-The Bp
worth Loague cioivnition of was
form illy opened at .MivhunU- I'ftvllkn
Mliiy. K.ir the (nit work the 'Me f
tiavt-l liim tje.-ii tuwiirj ttt KrtncUco
uiii;l ill.- K)wurth Ii .(, JS.'JW aini.it,
hiut Wn i ,uia t;, i , ...y ri.ijy f. r
the ik' ling a.-rvn -a,
Arrivaia imiliiiu -U ,i: ull Imuri of 'vJi
nlKlit aii.l in ihc tarly h ur i.f i!.li
iioitiilig bul the lu.H l.-l.i -! train urn
In oil.l the Uiitt tlrej iimv l-r ll.nl tven
irHo-.l n ttiiim weli-iiiii- by .he rm-ji-il.p.i
iT.iiiiiinht,-,- tie.' ir; nim iium-l-r
mi l-.l.iv r.tiiii it it nil, J.
Tin- tiinu r w.i.1 ri'hi j eml
nil ly. Thv I .i.,i l. V li.nl :.iv:i ilr.M-n
iiiM the liml bit y. .-.ili.r li.it Ii in ,uKU-.l
III k.h illlli.
Tlir .it ,iu M ii -u in. ttl.h w,iii f.ir
H.tKi mill a M.ti in i fj.-iluu-. f,.r a
ii-ii u.t iif I'O Hi wli'cli Hiil uive Cl-M.il
i-niK i-r.n. .r.- ir. si a . -.m i,; silit. Tht.
nUre nu-lll flii,it ,v 14 i.i'inii.l by
Aiii'tKmii iIiii;ji. while ai-'uihl tlie piil
Iriy riilli:i.,n r.il .in, lute bunting- was
ili.i,v inu-efui:-, i!h .r. .mi t!ii re
HtiirlJs of Anieib-a ;utj -ina! liiliain
lit tli-'lr rmiiiH-il llait-i i-njed alu vt
thnn. The utage vii hung with g !il
-nlore.l bunilng the iate' j i-ir.
The lhrmig bcir-t I niblinj early
f.ir-tlte .)n'tilng i-ereiii,inle whlolt lx1
giin a: 2:30 p. nt., every one eiithu-'l.iMK-anil
tmniy. Krum :1k' ,i-rl teniixrj
Hire of the Kaal to lite , iii : .-.'c.v.-t nf
ihe iMeihv anJ u !'-ntleralur of 60 naa
a iveU-.itne uit-l exhlllratlng ilmnge to
the iillgrim., If their look a ml aotlona
of today may be tak-'it i evldenrf.
At 11 o'eln-k thlji morning three tK
bratloiia of the Iml'ii Sutvr were held
In the Flrot Ire9b.vti-rlan. IVntrol M.
I-:, and the Howard Street Method!,!
i-hiin-lies. Thee ttteeilnga were jntrely
di-votlixial In i-lt.irao-.er, inn were at
(endei by crow da that taxed Ihe ca-nui-lty
of Ihe buildings.
At 1:30 p. in., "a inl.nl mary confer-eih-e
waa held at l:ie ' e.i biuarters on
Ijtrkln street. At the jtunie time a
huslnon iinetliiK of elders mid league
ortk-lnla anenible!! at the pavilion In r
der to pn-lMre for the day'g m-tlvltlea.
When Clmlnnan Fllkln imeonded ihe
pUitfnrni and mnsl for onl-r :ii 2:3o
very a.-al In the bulliloing had
an occupant, w hile many other aotight
alandlnit room. Tho iast audience greet,
ed 'the chairman with the Chataqua
aalule and then listened to the onenlng
song service.
This evening three meetings will he
held, t the main pavilion, at the Al
bainbrn theater and At Metropolitan
TiMttple. Tlie prlncial Lhemf of all
these meetings will be "The Young Peo
ple's Movement In the Twentieth Cen
tury," discussed by Hov. Charles 13ay
ard Mktchell of Minneapolis; Rev. Alon
to Monk, of Niurttvvllle. and Rev. C. W.
Wlllard of Yonkers, N ,Y., respectively.
LIEUT. BBHTHOLF REPORTS.
In No Danger of Stan'atlon and Can
Sjoure Reindeer In Numbers.
WASHINGTON. July lS.-The Interi
or department has received a long let
ter rrom Lleutenint a P. Bertbolf, the
revenue cutter officer detaled to go to
Siberia to purahase reindeer for Alaska.
The letter Is dated Okhotsk, Siberia,
April 21, and Lieutenant Bertholt tells
of his Journey though snow-bound re
gions to that place.
There ha been some talk of the possi
bility of Lieutenant Bertholf being des-
(Hule and Um letter from him u a r
11, f to ullkixl .-iiUi.l. The lieuteiiam
a), thai lila llan at tho llm was to
buy what mnJi-.f be could and (o lu
VUllviMUck, litre bo would ttiarl'T
i au-jiii'-r to tuk him to 1'ort Gareiive.
on .he Alaaka cujuiI. Ttii.ro U Is (rv
uinea the int.Tlor Jkiarunuii( will ad
viae tiliu wtim t 1 'IU 'he n-lndi-er.
Tlut Derilnilf wriU- lliat a ltualn w.tb
whom be talked U wllllii(f tv OMko
ivntract Ij furniah this fc-oVvrnment W)
or I'm i cln deer ui b dvllvrcd f rum
x point in BilKrU In mi.
Mr iii-rtliolf tlilnk this wuuld b. Ui
Ut way to BMcurt any large number
of animal. When Lieutenant Bifih'(
left hero the uudersuodltts; witfl blm
was the revenue cutter litar Would meet
him at a point on Ut MibvriaA coast
If iaialblo and If the vcH did not
reach there. Lieutenant Uertholf wa to
fin I the way out the lx-t way pos
sible. The IWr left Beattlt only a few
daya ago for Uehrlng seav and will i.ji
! able, owing to the late atirt, to go to
the Siberian coast at all.
I'ltuVlNCIAL OOVKHNMKNT
HAS I'HOVKU A FAILURE.
I'Mvln, t-, In tha Philippine ,
Tur.'i.-d Over to the Military
Aulhorllles.
MANILA. July IS -The I'nltci Slates
civil c.mimlHKlon bMay announced lhat
after three m-niha' trttU of the nvln
c.'al form of gvernmnt In the Island
of IVbu mid Hfliol, and the provlni-e
Katanga. Luion. the runlnd of those
districts, owing to their Incomplete pa
rllb -atloii has be-.ii returned to the mil
itary authorities. It having been Prwed
thai ihe eominu:il:lc are Ha. kwar 1 and
undeserving of civil admlnbtrutlon.
Itcsldenls of the Island of Cebu have
protested, but with-ut uccifi, against
the return of military control. Several
towns In Cebu are still besieged by the
Insurgents. The Insurrection on the
island of Bohot 1ms been renewed and
the Insurgent sentiment In the province
of Hatangis la strong.
General Chaffee has ordered a halat
ion of the Thirtieth Infantry o beg'.n
the ivcupttion of the Island of Mlndoro.
The province of Itatangtva will be ov-
cuplej by the entire Twentieth Infan
try. VIOLATKD NKl'TRALITY.
Itraii!' Minister of War .enure,l for
IVj-Hht t'tterances.
NEW YORK. July h-A dia,.atch to!
the ll-raKI from Ki.i Janeiro says:
The cha.nber of d -iuties has d.stn.si"- j
-d the i-hiirges .r-.f.rr-"d by A-ln.ir.tl
M.-II.i ngainst Pi:es.l.-ni Caini'os-S.illcs I
The adntu-al nccused the presi l-:it of
hav.ng ciii.ii" I D.s hit st with, nit r-a-;
s i:; and of cruel treatment. He was'
i
arrested In connection wtth the alleg -d 1
monarchical plot.
In the chamber of d-put,-s. Si-nh r de
Hii.-no critlciied Uraiil's miniver of
war for cxpnwlim of opinions on the
Siith African war. Tlie deputy ol
J vte l to part of tin othVlal report made
bv the nilnwter as being hoBtile to Ureal
Hilt.un and as a violation of the neu
trality which ltnixil should obsene.
VICTIMS tp K.ILROAD WRECK.
Euworth leaguers Will Re Askej to
Furnish Cut Me for Grafting.
KANSAS CITY. July IS. Epvortn
Leaguer over the country will be ap
pealed to to furnish enough cuticle for
grafting over the burns of two victims
of the recent Chicago and Alton wreck.
Mis Julia M. Hayslip, of Ctieno.t. 111.,
and Miss Zola Harry, of Hoopston, III.,
were on their way to the Hp-worth
Leagje conv.Httlon and were badly
ivitliled. Thflr burns do not yiSd to
treatment. An oiwratlon of grafting
must be performed witl.ln a week, and
It has been divided to appeal to the
Leaguers vho will return home through
Kansits City rrom the Pacific coast
about that time to furnlJh the required
cuticle.
CONSERVATIVES 1KXVTED.
Recent Orange Demonstrations Idlcate
a Lack of Sympathy.
NEW YORK, July .-Conservative
officials In London admit, says a dis
patch to the Tribune from London, that
the Orange demonstrations this year
revealed little sympathy for the govern
ment at Liverpool. The names of Sa
lisbury and Balfour were hooted, and on
another occasion at the same place It
was declared, amid loud cheers, that
the conservative government had for
feited the confidence of the Orangemen.
CRESCEUS A FAST TROTT12R.
DETROIT, July 18.-Cresceus, th
chestnut stallion owned and driven by
George H. Kelacham, of Toledo, Ohio,
win the free for all trot this afternoon
and Incldintally trotted a faster heat
and won the fastest race record ever
mad.?. Charlie Herr was the only ajr
ponent. Cresceua won the first heat In
2:06, breaking he record for this year
on any track. The second heat he won
In 2:05 flat, breaking the world's rac
ing record.
SILVER MARKET.
NEW YORK, July W.-SUver, 6814.
TERRIBLE FLOOD
IN FISH RIVER
Council City Utterly Demolished
Causing Great Loss.
BATTLING WITH ICE FLOES
Sitaaw KoaaoU Mm Hmw Euipt Ii
Nsrtkcra Witen ll Drllilsf With
let FltU-lc Bil Ii
Norti Bt;.
SKATTLE. July 18.-The steamer
Roan-ike rrlvel t.lay with sixty pa-ai-r.if
-.n an I over Jl.O00.Wi0 In gold duit.
Th- majority of the j-asa-.-ng-rs tame
fr.-m Nvme.
Tli- ltrjn He brought full pariicutar
of the terilble flol on Fish river,
which oi curro.J June 15. lauding a loss
of over f.'d.OiiO. Tile tl.jod swept down
F.h r1v.r. lemollshlng bull lings, and
sw.-.-p iig -away stores and houses, and
currying g-ri.-ral devasuiilon in Its
wak- Th- damiges -re aim; en
tirely cdtln-i ft Council City and
wl'i i. thi- Ruanolfn d-part;d fr tm Nome
that pla-.- w.ia said to be la ruins. On
ly o :, house !n the whole town was
left standing. On June 17, at mlin'ght,
:he k- br-.ke anJ the s-ame evening the
river ,.v-rll i.v--1 at Cou.tcil City, and
u:terly demolished and destroyed every
bull ling but one the Dauniless Hotel.
All the Afterno.t and evening of
June 11 the vc.-e did battle with float
ing ice. aid at 10:30 p. m., a hole wjs
stove in the port bo. Fortunately tlie
leak was slight and temporary repairs
were spe-dlly made, the vessel proceed
ing on her way.
June i: was spent in drifting wfch
Ice fields and seldom did the spjed t
tpin two knots an hour. Nome w-as
reached June 16 and from that date un
til July 3 the steamer was Icebound in
Njrt.m hay.
r-KSiONS FOR BATTLESHIP.
Majority Report
Mal-
of Naval
Public.
Board Is
WASHINGTON. July l.-S?or.':ary
I.onu has given out the majority report I
of :!i- n.tval b-arl on construction on
the l-sign of the sea-going battlesitip '
of which plans are to 1 submitted to:
I t-.ngr ::ext t'tei.-1-mier.
i The b 'ail ha.s leen unable to reach a !
' i
i u i : ail i in 'lis agreement concernlna the .
anna-iu-it nnj its di-;o.ition and it I
n nv
i-'-'.l-
:n ik -a the preliminary report 'n i
:ha; prog-ivss may be maJe u;x'n
s -ii- definite d-sij-nes. The plan of the !
bat ties 11,1 as submitted follows:
Length. -CO feet; beam, T6 feet; main
draft, ill feet, six Inches; d'.simcemeni,
lj. .v..' ton. This displacement will give
a sh.p considerably larger than any.
thing i:i the present navy. The Lull
alone will weigh about TiWO tons, while
the protective armor will be obout 370U
totis. The coal capacity will be about
2'.K tons; total load displacement, 16,
iH: deep load drart at 26 feet, 4 inches:
l knots speed and an indicated horse
Power of 20,000.
The battery recommended by the ma
jority is to consist of four 12-Inch guns.
l wo 10-inch armored turrets, twenty
inch guns In armorej casements and 20
three-inch guns. Eight of the 7-Inch
guns are inclosed In individual armor,
four on the upper deck and four on
the gun deck, firing afceal and astern,
The remaining twelve guns are heated
on the gun deck in a central casement
battery. .
The michmery is protected by a 10-
inch armor belt, tapering to four insbea
fore and aft beyond the machinery
space and the other protection consists
of armor seven and six inched thick
except on the 12-Inch turrets, where it
is te:t inces thick.
FINNS PROTEST IN VAIN.
Ciar Issues 1'k.ise Holding Them for
Foreign Military Service,
lir.LSI.NGFORD. Finland, July 13.
The appeal of the Finlanders against
tho new military law abolishing the dis
tinctive Finnish military force h9 teen
only partially successful.
The cur has IssuevJ an ukase to the
effA-t .hat the Finnish guards and a
batalllon of dragoon regiment shall be
niain-ralned In Finland while eight ba
tallons of Finnish sharpshooters are to
be disbanded when the new law becomes
effective 1n 1903.
Both the Finnish regiments to be
maintained are liable to service outside
of Finland in times of peace as well as
In war timo. The ukase of the cxar
has cauajd great excitement here,
ALASKAN GOLD IMPORTS.
Canadian Bank Official Says Total Will
Be 115,000,000.
NEW YORK, July IsThe Journal
of Commerce says:
While It Is impossible to estimate ac
curately the extent of the Alaskan gold
Imports this year. It is bl!evd that
they will exceed those of last year an !
thu th-y will hive a material Influence
tjrx lo..-al tar.k reserves.
William Gray, wi of the ag-nts hre
for th Canadian Bank of Commerce,
w hich has a brinch In Dawson said yes.
terday that lam year his bank received
WJM.W frvn Alaska.
A conservative estimate of last yeirs
total receipts would be JI2.M0.0OQ. This
year the receipts ought to be 115.000,000
and perhaps more.
"The whole AJasks. production will
come to New York," said he. Thus far
we have received 11,240,069 In sub-treasury
drafts agalist deposits of gold In
8-Ht:ie and Stan Francisco. We have
advices of 1SO0.000 more In transit and
I personally knoir of over 11,000.000
more which will soon come to us. The
other Canadian banks reprerent-id here
will also brink in Alaskan gold."
RAIN CONTINUES TO
FALL, IN MISSOURI.
Several Sections of Diugrh-8!r:rkn
District Yet Untouched Deaths
From Sunstroke In London.
KANSAS CITY. July lS.-Futber
good rams following those of yesterday
fell after midnight last night and dur
Ir.g today In many points In the south
west. 8;l!l more ig predicted for torlgbt
The area coveted was principally In
Southwestern Missouri. Central and
Southern Kansas and the central part
of Indian and Oklahoma territories.
In th-se countries rains have Increased
the prospects of half a corn cnp.
GREAT HEAT IN LONDON.
repie Dismayed at Prospect of An
other Roasting Day.
LONDON. July It-Great Britain has
had no such weather as this before in
eleven years. The number of deaths
and sunstrokes has not been reckoned
up, but those and attempts a: suicide
consequenceof the beat ar described
as "numerous."
There are no signs of a change and
Londoners are dtssaayed at the pros
pect of another roasting day.
VERY NEAR THE RECORD.
feALT LAKE. July IS. The weather
bureau thermometer register?.! 101 de
grees th.s afternoon. This is within cce
degree of the highest record for twenty-
five years.
BROKE THE RECORD.
Adolph Strecker Makes Score Never
Equaled in Unlt.M Sut.-s.
f"AN FR.VNCrsco. July R-Adolph
Streckr. a baroer of this city, at lo
day shooting at the third rational
Uundesfest, AtmpletAl a score which
ha? nev?r been ioualled In the Uritel
States
on thi King targe; and which
will dcubtwj ,xive Stre.-ker the King
Miie. Ou; of 200 shots he ha3 made
the record score of 5S3 points, breaking
the high-s: n-ore jf "King" H.tye
made three years agu, by 22 points.
CHINESE DECREASING.
WASHINGTON. July 1S.-A bulle
tin Issued by the census office today
shows there has been a decrease of the
Chinese population in rhe United States
since 1S90 of 17.6w, the .-.umber now be
ing S9.600 in the UnltM States. The
Japan ses increased during tlie pas; ten
years from 203 to 24,300.
HAS BUSY SESSION.
CRIPPLE CREEK. Col. July IS.
The Trana-nississlppi Commercial Con
gress todiy adopted .-esolution3 cover
ing a multitude of subjects of inU-trest
to the great West and selecting the
Twla Cities. St. Paul and Minneapolis,
as the next place of meeting.
SHOT BRITISH WOUNDr'D,
JOHANNESBURG, July 13.-I.1 the
course of inquiry conducted under oath
here today various non-comiissioned
officers and men of the British urmy
confirm d the statement that the B.iers
shot the British wounded at Vlakfo.n
tein. MILITARY COMPANIES ASSIGNED.
WASHINGTON, July IS. Orders 1s-
ssued by the war department assigns)
the Thirty-second and Thirty-third
companies of artillery to the department
of the Columbia. Those troops have
Just arrived at S-an Francisco from the
Philippines.
STEAMER DESTROYED BY FIRE.
NEW YORK, July IS. The steam
ship Thallen, with a cargo of coal for
Hong Kong, took fire today off Sandy
Hook. Late tonight she sank in seven
fathoms of water.
LIVE BIRD SHOOT.
NEW YORK. July 18. Eugene C.
Griffiths, of Pasooag, R, I., today won
the grand American hanvdlcap at live
birds, breaking 95 out of 100 targets.
, COUNT TOLSTOI IMPROVING.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 1S.-U '.s
now said that Count Tolstoi is beyond
immediate danger.
ANOTHER PLANT
TO CLOSE DOWN
Steel Workers at Duncansvilk
Ready to Go Out.
iMEN WILL BE ORGANIZED
VIcc-Preslfett Plert Sat Fsr Tlat PirssM
-Urjt Reams Fill I Fljlt tfes
Slriker-TrBl Asms
Strlklif Flrtsvi.
PITTSBURG. July 18. The most Im
portant of all news regarding the steel
workers' mr;ke today was the acti.m
of the men employed in the Duncanivllle
p!nt of the American Steel Hoop Com
pany. A telegram was received by President
SharTer fr-rn the men this morn'ng ask
ing if they should strike. The message
was a surprise for the Amalgamated
P-Jop'e, as they were cot looking for
this news so soon. President Shaffer
answ ered telling the men not to come out
unless they were organiied. If organ
iied they should strike, for they are
needed. In the afternoon a telegram
w-as received from Dune. eville asking
that the organlier be sent to them at
once. In compliance w-ith this request
Vice-President John Pierce started for
Duncansville this evening to complete
organiiation.
The Duncansville plant is -the last of
the Hoop plants to remain at work and
Amalgamated officials say If they are
successf'U in closing this plant they
will be masters of the situation as far
as the Steel Hoop Company is con
cerned, at least.
At Wiilsvllle. President Shaffer ad
dressing a large number of men said:
"Just before the lat conference we
had with the employers In Pittsburg
we were plainly told that we did not
understand the magnitude of tb wcrk
we were about to undertake. We were
told tbe United States Steel corporation
had in reserve a fighting fund of 1200,-
I Oi.'i...i, or! as it was put to use to bolster
up the stocks of that corporation should
there be trouble with the workers.
"This was no idle boast, it now seems,
for at least a week the stocks of the
ste-l corporation went down and now
they have been shot up again showing
the wor! 1 that at leas; a part of the
j;... ij.i:0 has been put la circulation
to upho'd the stock."
OPPOSITE VIEWS TAKEN.
United Minew-orksr3 Advise Sinking
Firemen to Return to Work.
WILKESBARRE. Pa.. July lS.-The
coal operator and striking stationary
firemer. take opposite views (f t tie ac
tion of, the Ugislative committee of the
United Mine Workers, which met in
Scranton today. The committee de-'
elded that all firemen who are members
of the United Mine-workers' organiia
tion must return to work.
The operators think this is a severe
blow- to the men on strike and one from
which they cannot tecover. The
strikers claim that it will not affect
:hem much as only comparatively few
firemen belong to the United Mine
Workers.
COAL FAMINE THREATENED. .
Strike Caught Dealers With a. Short.
Fortnight's Supply.
NEW YORK, July IS. Should the
strike of the mine firemen continue It
is feared that a coal famine In this city
will result. The strike has found the
railroads and the dealers unprepared,
with scant provision against the future
and Drices are expected to mount with
in a week if no settlement Is reached
before that time.
Inquiry in the coal trade shows that
railroads and dealers are carrying not
more than twj weeks' supply of coal. -
THROWN INTO BANKRUPTCY.
Order of Judge Bellinger in the Case
of Gilbert Brothers.
PORTLAND, July 13. Judge Bellin
ger made an order of adjuddolation In, .
the case of Gilbert Bros., bankers ot'
SiU'in, which will result In throwing
the-m into involuntary bankruptcy.
By this order of Judge Bellinger, It U
likely that the receiver will be removed
and the property turned over to a trus
tee to be appointed by the court, Which,
will give all theeredltors an equil snare
of the money remaining.
BOTTLE MAKERS' TRUST.
CHICAGO, July 18. The tetest com
bination to be formed is of the Flint
Glass Boitle Makers. The capitalization
is 130,000,000. .
BASEBALL BCORES.
SEATTLE, July 18.-Seattle, 5; Spo
kane. 4.
PORTLAND, July 18. Portland, 4;
Tacoma, 2.