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GREAT LABOR
BATTLE NOW ON
President Shaffer Issues Strike
Order for August 10.
RESULT HARD TO FORETELL
Muii S.lfcrlni Looked (or i.a Bloji.t4
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- C.tl l.clidcs All Anal
f.a.ir. Meo.
PITTSBURG, Auk -Afirr weeks ir
pMllnln try okl r mlnti In .1 li"t the great
battle li.-: .-.ii On- Kltf jullc steel trust
nn I th- th uin.nM. of nirii marshall-1
llti Ji-r the Ixiuilrr. of h Amalgamate)
Aio. liiU'ii ,,f Iron, ;-! and Tin
Workers In fairly on. The long talked
of general strike was Issued by 1'rm,
Ji-nt HIiuftiT till i-vmlng to lake effect
uf.T I In la.! turn of (he mill, on Au
di nt 1U.
vtnn me result win be no nun ran
foretell, nut Judging by the expressed
d- termination of both turtle, to the con-
lr 'V.iy, in- battle will b wgJ to lh
very U: iliirh. Much nionfy will 1
loi!, thou.an.U upon th 'U.niil. of ni' ii
will lie lille. area: iurTerliiK I lookeil
for an) even lilool.hej hii.I J.-tli are
pon,. nit fearel.
The trlke cull iiiclulea practically all
AinttliniiteJ men III he I'hl'.eJ SUtej
Hteel l' oriioritl oii' employ not n on
tnke. It Han lu.t from the Aiiul
atiimel Akii.h lutlon heaJiurtrr ttvi
nmllej to .1) amaliam itej loJ.- oDIcUU
who are mwctej to call their mn to
trlke.
The orJ'r of I're.Uent Slmffer 1 ex
i-ecte.t to .well the numbT of uv.v men
t.) over l'm.OoO at the end of thc wk
HAN' ntANVISl'O llOX
MAKKltS WALK OfT
Four HunlreJ Join th Kori-e. of the
I IU Sh 'in KxchanK'J Betw-n
Teamiter.
HAN KltANVISiM, Aujr. 6 -The only
Jeveiopmeiu of Importune? In the labor
ltua:lon toJay, .o far an (he extension
f the !rlke I. concerned, wu. the
wilkout of more than 4t0 union box
maker. Th m-ii claim that they were
often mgnl to iun an aKrvmeni which
meant Ih.-lr r'-nlimiitlon from the union
that they ilfcMctl to no longer brook the
al'.ltu le of their rmpl yer. unJ lo Join
the force of Hie lille.
Mayor 1'helan Jec'.are thut a far a
he U concerned, peace n Roila:l ns are
at an end. he having done a'.l that h
could to bring about a conference.
Tomorrow morning the mind team
mem, om? too In number, will refuse io
work.
S.mue I'ole, a striking teamster, wa.i
stliot In the breat and badly Injured by
Henry Davis, a non-union teamster.
Aivonllug to Cole's story he was argu
ing with Pavl. who drew a revolver
and shot him. J. Watt, n-'ii-unlon
teamster when going in work wa. me:
by a union man who tried to dissuade
him. On Watt's n'fusal the union man
struck him In the neck with a rock.
Watt drew . pistol and shot at his ns
sallant. While Watt was watching the
man run, two shots were fired by some
one In the crowd at Watt.
HECUIU) FOH LIFE-SAVING.
Chicago JUi J Twice Saves a Man Mont
on Committing Suicide.
i-HICAao. Aug. 6. Having to his
credit fourteen lives saved from drown
ing Arthur K.ign:i. who Is aged but IT
years, Inst evening sived A. J. H.ikor.
a would-be suicide, twice although the
man struggled to be nllo.vod to die.
After the first rescue Vl.ikr fought mv-
iig-ly and llnallv threw Ills rescuer off
and Jumped Into the hike a secMi.l lime.
Kag.m ag.iln spring .iftor him and
nicctvdod In finally drugging him to
safety.
Kagun Is an oxpert swimmer. Ills
aim Is to become u neiiibcr of Ilfe
?ivlng crew md he nccmllng took up
his liondiiuaitern this year at the Harry
Hench, wh"r, all 'tis rescues have been
made.
GOltMAN'S ILITK'AL FAT 10
SOON TO 1113 DI'X'IIUCD
Republicans Appeal to All Ooo.l Citizens
to Defeat His Re-election to the
U. S. Senate.
RALTIMOnR. Aug. 6. Issues In the
campaign which will determine whether
or not Arthur P. liormin will ugaln
occupy a seat in the United States sen
ate and become a factor In national pol
itics were fully made up today by the
action of the Republicans at their state
convention. The following ticket was
nominated:
State controller S, Piatt.
Clerk of the court of appeals Thomas
Parran.
The plank which especially refers to
Mr. Gorman Is as follow.:
"We appeal to all good cltliens to
unit In defeating eflh (l . l 1 1 1 r al '.
in tlilr ooii'plracy, lo gun with the n
tr floti, tu frpetual- theiriH'-: v-
and their m1 thods, by nl J-1 e. ...
tloiis. Th-lr victory would a tin faJ.
ttn uhiii yur mate a n- gn nf r rrup
tlon an) vlil-tue overthrown In IW'.
anl enable them to entrench them
selves fir generations behlnl a far
worn disfranchising election law than
the uri-AiiiTlcin law we r 1k-'1 fi
repeal. If We (ucceed w will defeat
the election to the United Ht.te. m
ate of . mm whose views on the tar
iff and finance fluctuate with political
exigencies .nd who Is stable only In
the unvarying control of (he Democratic
party machine."
LOUKH FOH COMPLETE
EXONERATION OK HCHLKV
Kx-H-n!or Pettlgrew Hei-ve Decision
Will lie In the AJmlral's Favor.
HKATTLE. Aug. . Ex-S.-n.tor P t
tigrrw, of South I'akot.i, r- urn-d la.t
evening fnm Aluska en rout- turn.
When asked concerning the Sampson
Schley l:i(ulry he said It u!d dubt
le result In completely exomritlng
Admiral Schley, If th- tension was baa
ed ol.!y on the navy r-.orls In the
case entirely free from outsile Influ
ences. "Hut," he said, "tht-re is a cl!iue In
the navy which Samimon butlt up unl
fostered during his nine years n-si -nce
in Washing-on, D. C, that so far has
used Its Influence In h:i b-ha!f and will
rintlnue to Ji an .s I ng as 1; lasts.
As a member of the senate It came .to
my notice that Sampn ha ) supprvss.-d
r-cord which male It apj-ear that
S h!ev was disobeying ord-rs when In
fuct he was ol--ing or 1-rs UueJ by
Samp. n, but afterward In some mys
terious manner suppressed."
' MRS. ALLIEN WINS.
LorllhrJ ExTu'in Tum Over the Fa
mous Rancocaa 8ti.n-k Farm to Her.
NEW YORK. Aug. .-Mr. Pierre Lo
rlllrd denes' emphatically that hn fam
ily I. now In po.-M n of the celebrat
ed stock farm R.ncocis. beipjeathej to
Mr. Allien. Mr. Lorlllard Is quoted as
saying In a special to the Herald from
Tuxedo:
"The executors have put the property
In Mrs. Allan's hands, a. directed by
tlie will, and there their obligations
.-ease. No: only the farm, but the
home, thereon as well and the now
training In both Englind a:id America
are hers."
THE DEAD EMPRESS.
President McKlnley Sends Message of
Condolence to Emperor Wlllam.
WASHINGTON, Aug. (.-President
McKlnley has sent the following mes
sage to Emperor William, of Germany.
on the dtath of his mother, the Dow
ager Empress Fred -rick:
I learn with deep sorrow of the death
of your majesty's beloved mother, the
Dowager Empress Frederick. Her nobie
equalities have endeared her memory to
American people In whose name and In
mv own I tender to your majesty heart
felt can 1 le.ice."
APPLAl'D ENGLAND'S POLICY.
Proposed Treatment of Roers Who Shot
Na'ives Approved In Cape Town.
CAPE TOWN. Aug. (.-The Cape
Times welcomes the change of policy
announced In the house of commons by
Colonial 8eer;tary Chamberlain In re
g.ird to the treatment of the Boers who
shot natives, saying that close associa
tion with the Boers, with the dally con-
seuuencf. of the career of brigandage,
had already Impressed the colonists w ith
the necessity of a change of policy.
ADIEIT Til yl'EUES.
Chinese Reform Association Orders All
Members to Re Shorn.
NEW YORK, Aug. (.-An order is
sued by :tv .lead of the Chinese Reform
Assocli'lon calls upon all Chinamen In
this country to remove their queues. It
s said that u i thc members of the as-
?oclitlon It will be nore binding than
n Imperii! edict from 'the hand of the
-mp'ior of China. It will affect several
uindivd Chinese in this city.
FINANCED RY MORGAN.
Proposed M00.Chi0.00D Co.il Trus: Will R
Completed First of Nex: Year.
CHICAGO, Aug. (.-As tile result of
a secret meeting of the finance commit
tee of the proposed 1300.000,000 coal trust
held here today It Is suld the combina
tion will be completed by the first of
next year, and will be Hnanc 1 ty J. P.
Morgan.
CROPS LOOKING WELL.
NEW YORK. Aug. (.James J. Hill,
president of the Great Northern rail
way, who has returned from the North
west, said today that wheit, barley.
flax, hay and most of the crops along
the Great Northern and Northern Pa
cific roads are looking extremely well
and promise to be much ahead of last
year.
ROBBERS CARRY
OFF A FORTUNE
Selby Smelting Works Robbed
at Vallejo.
$340,000 IN GOLD WAS STOLEN
Vi.lt Wii Eittrcd Fra Oitilit
Foir l.oii .1 Rcll.ee dole Were
Tikee-N. Clue to tbe
Sobben.
VALLICJO, .!., Aug (.-The Selby
Smelting Works was robbed of 7:344,049
last night In gold bricks. The .obbtrs
bad i-vMvnily be-n working cn the cae
f- r two or three months. They had dug
a tumel from m s.de the hous-?, Jigging
a shift first ab-u: thr-e fet 'eip. They
then tunn-led in under the vault and
striking upward, bored a Vole In th
strongroom floor. The hole was !n the
shape of a manhole of a boiler. Part of
the tnle had be-ti bor-?d two months ag.
It Is thought, aid -he last one was bored
las: nlg'i. Through that hole they
took th'.- gold brtcks ani carried them
to the shore Dear the tunnel eii: of
the works, where they were evidently
placed m a boat. In the hurry they left
two of 'he bricks on the bank.
During the night one of the workmen
reported to bis fellow's that he heard a
noise In the strongroom, and he thought
it must be a ghost. The other, ridiculed
him for his superstition, but an Investi
gation w as made to see w hat caused the
nols.
The entrance to the tunnel wa. cov
ertd with a frame, over which the em
ploye, of the smelter passM repeatedly
every day, but no one seemed to notice
anything out of the way.
Th; police of San Francisco and all
the bay cities are at work on the case,
but so far there is not the slightest clew
to the robbers. The work wa. that of
skilled men. and evidently elaborate
plans had been carried out without a
hitch. The thieves got all the bullloa
In the vault, leaving behind only t'o
bricks, which they dropped on the shore
in their haste. Only one day", accu
mulation of refined gold wa. kept at the
works. Testerday's run was unusually
heavy, and the gold was to have Van
shipped back to San Francisco today.
The tunnel that the robbers excavated
was about three feet In diameter, end
gave them plenty of room In which to
work. I: Is supposed that the uir: from
the tunnel was taken out at night tnd
dropped in the bay. The first report
stated that the tunnel was 200 or 3000
feet long, but according to late advices.
It is on'.y about ten feet In length. The
shaf: was started close to the ".vail,
which was sunk below the foundation.
From there I: was only a rhort distance
under the floor of the vault.
It is thought that the men who com
mitted the robbery took their t.lunder
away in a launch and made direct for
San Francisco. There re plenty of oth
er places, however, where they could
have gone either up the Sacramento
river or to the shore of any of the num
erous bays.
Following is the list of the property
stolen: Four fine gold bricks all num
bered and containing the following: No.
K3(. 1190 ounces and a fraction; No.
1237, 330 ounces; No. 1238, 1123 ounces
and a fraction; No. 1239, 1037 ounces and
a fraction, also 10.000 ounces of gold In
various shapes and a little silver.
The gold In the bricks is worth $20 an
ounce.
ABSOLUTELY NO CLEW.
Nothing Known Regarding Identity or
Number of Robbers
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. (.-"It Is the
boldest robbery In the history of the
state," said Chief of Detectives Seymour
this afternoon, "and from all informa
tion that can be obtained at this time
'here Is absolutely no clew to the tob
bors. In fact, we do not know whether
the crime was committed by one man or
five. The probabilities are, however,
tint more than one man was concerned
in It.
"We have taken all precautions to
capture the robin rs. Telegrams rave
been sent to every sheriff In the central
Part of the state ordering lim ,o search
for the missing gold, to overhaul every
boat and steamer within his Jurisdic
tion, to search every railroad train and
stage coach passing through his county
and to examine every one taking pas
sage at different railroad stations
throughout the state. On the whole, I
believe the chances are good for captur
ing the robbers."
GOLD WEIGHED 12.000 POUNDS.
Several Trips Required to Carry Bullion
to Boat.
VALLEJO, Cal., Aug. (.An official
of the Selby Smelting Works made the
following statement to a representative
of the Aaoclated Press regarding the
robbery:
The robbers must have succeeded In
entering the vault some time between
the hours of midnight ani 3 o'clock thi
morning. They nti-rI the vault
through a hole about th? size of a m m
iiole In a ooller, and tV- In Ilcatlons point
to the fict that th- r'Ahers have b-e.i
working on th-; s h'-me for lorn time.
Over 1J0 hol? were bored Into the bot
tom of the vault and th workmanihtp
Indleihi that mechanics of more than
i ual .tblll: v superintend 1 :h Jb. The
link-. wer bored to w.thln a hair's
breadth of the surface and when the
proper time came the plate was force 1
up, thus giving the rbbars a'cess to
the vault. The plotters firs: excavated
a hole alongside the building, directly
in line with 'he viuit. The work of ex
cavating must have :ake.i some lime,
and at the enl of each night's work
for th? work must have oeen done a:
night a cov?r of laths, rubber :heet
irg and sacks was made, the whol- be
ing covered over with a layer of dir..
thus hiding any signs of what was going
on. What b-cime of the excavated -','r;
we have been unable to find out. I:
must have br:-n remove! in sacks. Th
covering we have aseer:al.iel was rot
strong enough to hold the weigh: of a
man, but the excavation was :iale so
close 'o the bull ling ;ba: the men nv
r walked over it. We ar satisfied
that the p!o:ters were aid-d by some
one thoroughly fimiliar with 'he syr.em
employed at the works, and one fully
inf ::ined as :o the const.-action of the
vault.
"The weight of the gold carried cut of
the vault aggr.-gat.ng j200 pounds and I;
must have taken several trips for one
man or several men must have been
employed in carrying :he tnetal to the
boa: which wis In wa :Ing for them.
"Inside the vault were several sacks
containing IllO.O'iO. but this was not
touched. It nay have be-n that the men
became alarmed. That they were alarm
ed Is also Indicated by the fac: that
two bars of gold f grat value were left
on the beach In their haste to encbark.
"I: Is Impossible for us to say nt this
time what direction the men took. If
they used a steam launch to leave the
scene of the robbery they could have
gone In any direction, but if they es
caped in a rowboa: they wouli doubtksa
have taken the direction In which the
tide was running.
"Several broken drills and an oil i&n,
such as la used by cyclists have been
found 'n the hole.
"Every possible clw Is being followed.
but I am unible ;o fay that we tave
been at an successful thus far. but we
hope later to make the announcement
that the robbers have been apprehended.
I believe that they secure 1 about 2S0,
000."
HELD FOR CONTEMPT.
Friend of the Late Henry George Must
Explain Queer Mining Deals.
NEW YORK, Aug. (.Tomorrow be
fore Judge Fitisimmons will be heard
the case of Dr. Richard S. Law, who
is now held upon a charge of contempt
of court. According to the Herald he
failed to answer in supplementary pro
ceedings growing out of the litigation of
the Golden Scep:re Gold Mine of Colo
rado. The charges were preferred by Mrs.
Elixibeth Walling, wife of the Rev. W.
A. Walling, until recently pastor of the
Delaware Avenue Baptist Church of
Wilmington, Del. Dr. Law. who is 73
years of age, was a friend of the late
Henry George and acted as a pail bear
er a: the funeral of the distinguished
single taxer. He claims tha: he acted in
good faith In his mining transactions.
NEW WIRELESS TELEGRAPH.
Boston Man Designs a Relay System
Which Will Be Tried Soon.
BOSTON, Aug. (.Wireless telegra
phy by a relay system is to be tried In
the vicinity of Boston. The sys.em is
the Invention of Edgar S. Gray and it
was tried In Vermont a short while ago.
The apparatus consists, generally speak
ing, of two kites. One transmits the
message and the other charges 1: with
more force and sends ;: on.
The inventor says he is able to send
a message 50 miles over land and then
pass It through the relay apparatus,
which he cm manipulate from the start
ing point. He beltevts that such sta
tion, could be established a: intervals
of 50 miles repeating atil for.varling
the message almost i:i ! li.'.iiely.
DR. FIELD A SUICIDE.
Ex-Army Su:
;eo.i Inhales
nu-da, Cal.
Ala-
ALAMEDA. Cal.. Aug. (.-Dr. Chas.
Hampden Field c 'liimitte l suicide today
by Inhaling iliumin.ititii: gas. He was
formerly a surgeon in : ie Unite J States
army at For; Wayne. He vas also an
ex-surgeon of the pension bureau, an.l
at one time sur-j-.-o i for th - Unl . n Pa
cific railroad.
TRANSPORTS TO SAIL .
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug (.-It is of
ficially announced that the transport
Meade will sail for Manila, August (.
and th Sheridan w ill sail September 1
It 1. probable that the Warren will sail
for Manila on September IS and the Lo
gan on October 1.
WILL HAVE A .
NEW GOVERNMENT
Civil Authorities to Manage Ma
nila Municipal Affairs.
CLERKS ARE IP IN ARMS
Tbe Oraer .1 Secretary Root Catting Off
Coumlislary Sippllti Cites Cor
tterulloi Mtar Resign
(lost Eipwtt.
MANILA. Aug. (The military gov
ernment of Manila ceased tomorrow and
municipal affair, will be tiken over by
three commissioners, similar to the gov
ernment In the district of Columbia. The
president Is a Filipino, Colonel Herrera.
CLERKS UP IN ARMS.
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Their Expense Doubled Since Commis
sary Supplies Were Cut Off.
MANILA, Aug. u secretary Root'.
order cutting off the use of the com
missary supplies by civilian employes is
causing consternation among tbe minor
clerks whose expense, are thus doubled.
Many of them claim they had aa abso
lute understanding before leaving the
United States that they would be enti
tled to us; the commissary stores. The
order became effective August 1. Un
less the salaries of junior employe, are
raised many resignations are likely to
be tendered.
HEADS THE LIST.
Imports at Manila Larger Since Ameri
can Occupation.
WASHINGTON. Aug. (.The division
of Insular affairs of the war department
I; in receipt of. Its regular monthly re-;
port from the collector of custom, at
Manila, which .how. that Import, at
that port for the month of May, 190L
amounted :o 12,4(0,431,
A noticeable feature of tbe report is
the fact that for 'he first time during
American occupation, the United State.
heads 'he llet of Imports with a total
of J549.323.
VICTORIAN MEETS ACCIDENT.
PORT TOWNSBXD, Wash., Aug. (.
The steamer Victorian, sailing from here
Sunday morning with ninety-four pas
sengers for Skagway. returned this
evening, having met with an accident -to
her machinery, the steamplpe giving
way la the Narrows, this side of Van
couver. She will transfer her passen
gers to the City of Seattle.
FOREST FIRE RAGING.
BAKER CITY. Aug. (.-A fore3t fire
broke out in the mountains back of
the North Pole mine near Bourne this
afternoon, which is now burning fierce
ly, and threatens the mine property and
a large body of fine timber. It Is sup
posed to be the result of carelessness
on the par: of campers.
CRICKET TEAM COMING.
NEW YORK, Aug. (.-The Tribune
says:
I: U practicilly assured that an Eng
lish cricket team will visit the United
States next month. Captain John P.
Green Is now in England and a dispatch,
from him says that all arrangements
for the trip has been made.
CUMMINS' CHANCES GOOD.
CEDAR RAPIDS. Ia.. Aug. (.-The
combination against Cummins was
broken tonight by leading a number of
H.'rriott delegates, who abandoned
their man and went over to the Des
Moines candidate. The deflection f
Hcrriott's men Is considered to practi
cally settle the nomination In favor of
Cummins.
BOYCE MUST HANG.
TACOMA, Aug. (.The state supreme
court has refused a writ of habeas cor
pus to Eben Boyce, the wife murderer,
and he will probably be hanged Friday.
The cur; held tha; :ho Rand act was
never in effect and that Boyce was
properly sentenced under the old law.
CRISIS IS SPREADING.
BERLIN, Aug. (.Today's dispatches
from various parts of Germany show
.ha: the financial and Industrial crisis
s spreidi.ig.
BASEBALL SCORES.
TACOMA,
eima, 3.
Aug. (.Portland. (; Ta-
SPOKANE, Aug. 6. Seattle, 13; Spo
kane, 4.
SILVER MARKET.
NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-8ilver, 58.