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ON THE INCREASE Break the Ranks of the Working Miners in Kanawha Valley. DIGGERS IN El'GHT MINES OUT They Number 1,345 Men, and It Is Thought Many More Will Quit. OPERATORS GETTING ANXIOUS. It In Expected tlmt All the Conl In the Stntc Will Strike by Monday. (Special lo The World.) WHEELING, July break In the ranks of the working miners in the Kanawha Valley came with a vengeance to-day.

It looks as though to-morrow will bring the avalanche In the shape of a Irftnl cessation of work. Reports from along the line of the Chesapeake and Ohio road show that 1,350 men brought Sylvester Scovel Talks to West Virginia Mine Owners. THEY, TOO, PLEAD' POVERTY, Plants Are Run at a Loss, and Have Been for Years, They Say. FAIRMONT DIGGERS CONTENT. UK Good Wilgren, nml It Will Be Hnrd to Induce Them to Strike.

(Special to The World.) FAIRMONT, W. July The coal miners of this district are mmensely more prosperous than hose of Pennsylvania and Ohio. The Fairmont operators give figures to The World to prove that, compared out their tools to-day and joined the to the mine owners of those States, strike, and by noon to-morrow no one doubts that every one of the 2,200 miners between Charleston and Montgomery will be out. The mines closed down In this district to-day were: Eureka. 220 men; Belmont, 150; Shannon, 200; Chesapeake, 350; Black Cat, 120; 175, and Bast Bank, 100.

These foot up 1,345, and It appears to be but the beginning. The other miners in tho district are (holding meetings to-night, and that they will go out to-morrow appears to be a foregone conclusion. Tho agents of the Pennsylvania and Ohio strikers, led by Delsher. of Pittsburg, are jubilant, and say that within two or three days, probably by Monday night, the West Virginia miners will be lined up solid for the cause of the strike and that success in the whole will be thereby assu they themselves are much less prosperous. Yet these bonanza times for both have not prevented friction, and there is more than money excitement in the air.

The Fairmont district delvers for coal have made living wages for the past six months and now live well in comfortable houses, despite "company stores" and grievances. To-day they are making the highest wages ever known in this district, and will continue to do so until the end of the they join it. Yesterday's tearing down of union (C Residents of Fishkill and teawan Anxiously Watch Beacon Dam. MASONRY SAID TO BE WEAKENED. money on and pay their men fair President FIchinger, of the Slonongah mine, discharged a man to-day for saying at a small meeting yesterday: all yes tore! Tildes ought to be 1))K 1 Company stores and houses should belie not be lost sight of.

Tho miners are izecl." housed in this district, and about I ev 1 MII in iiiuiiitrujiuvvuvfii all the buildings are steadily occupied, since reinstated, not because they are 'h'aveVen they are because they are comfortable and be- I forslvon. One at least owes the com- cnuse the operators here have not, ex-I 1 $5 nl dl y. needed to cept in rush times, encouraged the pres- ry as a pj acar an( he discharge of men The agitators they will who attended a small miners' meet- mcve on the New River country imme- ing are operators' actions not calcu- dlately, with every promise of like sue- lated to improve their men's apprecia- ence of the non-English speaking for- pitfn-born men. These live a dozen to a room. The house for each family, with sometbiies two or three boarders Included.

help mine prices. coal to selU at "famine" The news of tho strike In the Kanawha region has been to every mining region oC the State to-night, and that it will produce a powerful effect on the men even the operators concede. AVith the Chesapeake and Ohio men out, the Norfolk and Western men are almost sure to follow, and the rest is practically certain. COMING KASTFORHGHATDRES. Kfl'orls B.e liy lie Arnilt to EntlKl tin- lEIs CuinpctltorN.

(Special to The World.) P1TTSBURG, July 10. President P. De Armlt, of the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company, will bhow his sincerity in the miners' strike arbitrators' appeal for uniformity by going: East and personally soliciting the co-operation of his nparest competitors, the Pennsylvania Coal Company, the Westmoreland Coal Company and several others whose mines are on the Pennsylvania east of Pittsburg. Mr. De Armit and Gen.

John Little, of Ohio, left to-night for Philadelphia, where tho of the two companies named are located. The miners' officials claim It is questionable If they be successful. The coal operators whose mines are on the Ihie-of the Pennsylvania Railroad refused to sign the other uniformity claiming they were not in what is commonly known as ths Plttsburg district. If the Eastern men to-morrow refuse to sign the agreement, the uniformity scheme will likely fall through. Mr De Armit told The World correspondent to-day that he will insist on at least 9o per cent, of the operators signing the agreement.

He said: "I have not said that I would be satisfied with a majority of the names of the operators. I want to bee 87 per cent, sign, but I told Gen. Little thru one or two per cent, would Jiot stand in the way of our agreeins to the conditions and putting them into iprce. I expect to do all 1 can to secure the signature; to the agreement which I understand, is now about completed. Instead of ta.king about It I intend to act, and we will soon see who.is responsible for the troubles In the district day re at the miners' headquarters were ot an encouraging nature to them.

The Rev. Winston Green, the miner-preacher, who has been in West Virginia, writes from Pocahonlas that e( tln with more success than was anticipated In his work of organlz- iS sa 'hat the miners of the Flat Top region are waiting- for news from Pali mont and will be out soon Is out along the Wheeling the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad A JS' gr P'' esl Ratchford read that the West Virginia strikers are in shape, and that he believes they all be put by the flrst of-next week. bcreenlng, Is a part of the legislation the miners have been working for and a step in the direction of uniformly In response to a telegram from Col. Chl03g0 Distrlct no confidence in De Armlt's proposal. He knows 90 per cent, of the operators will not sign any agreement ther Col.

Hend is expected in Pittsbure Monday or Tuesday. No word has been received from Operator J. w. Ellsworth of Chicago, who 'also been invited to the peace conference. Upon the receipt of the telegram from Senator Mark A.

Hanna requesting him to assist in the peane negotiations, General Manager Thomas B. Young, of trlct Secretary William for lephoned Warner and held a conference with him. Mr. Young said no will do can to procure -tureu to the agreement. KEEPS THE FUNDS.

ra Chnrltl Home" Officer. July upon an of methods of placing out children In this State, the State Board of Charities says: ot the se fs by an indi- Vldual datotae to represent the tlpnal Home of Chf- Soine three years since he ap- Vital tor Incorporation of a branch of the society In this State. The apDll- was refused. This person, 6ow- has conUnnea to solicit funds and out children. is found that as high as 40 per of the subscriptions raised by goJcltlng agent was -by.

agreement Ted by the agent, and onfy Brper of the monoy thug collected cftrry on the worjc of'the society. lion of the present high wages, nor to deafen their ears to the seductive oratory of union officials. Meeting Hi; Important, To morrow's mass meeting may have an important bearing on the strike, although the people of this central town don't expect the surrounding miners to show their sym- to the extent of going out themselves. Gentlemen representing nine-tenths of this district's coal interests met here last night to decide whether or no The World correspondent should be allowed free access to all their miners, at work and at home. An offer to allow World talks with men chosen by the President of the big Monongah mine had been promptly and decidedly refused.

The coal men discussed the matter with animation, and, as a result of their decision, I ha.ve just returned from a day's frank talk with unselected miners in several of the largest mines here. I found no great grievances nor much dissatisfaction over mining affairs from six months ago to the present. At the operators' meeting were former United States Senator J. N. Camden, controlling the Monongah mines and railroad; former Gov.

Fleming; J. E. Watson, representing the New England, Gaston, Montana and Wfist Fairmont mines; J. A. Clark, of the J.

A. Clark Coal and Coke Company; and M. L. Hutchinson, of the Hutchinson mines. After deciding that their mea native-born miners require a yne mine of 420 tons output and 100 men "tTs'ay" employed at G5 The operators greatly object to being the public gaze as grinding jrs by the Plttsburg operators and press.

Snyw It IN a liiiiivo Game. Gov. Fleming characterizes this as a "Plttsburg bunco game upon the miners, the West cents a car, having Virgin.a" operators pay one-half as thirty SGOO houses renting at $7 a month, much for coaj without stating the great would have reduced the cost of its coa, cflflV by Its rent receipts, three men to a cult mines and those of this region. house, just l.S cent a ton during tho The Fairmont owners claim tiiat such as public statements enable tho Pennsyl- conditions obtaining here the months of "hardest" times. cent, reduction is something.

vania men to successfully object to tho per railroads lessening the fifteen cents greater lake freights paid from here; (Continued from First Page). not as fine looking a lot of men as would be found where as many Americans In the same trades might be gathered, but they were much better be- have'd. There were no signs of drunkenness, no hint of disorder. The meeting was enthusiastic, but not boisterous. Tho speakers talked well and adroitly.

There was nothing Incendiary about tho speeches. At the end each one wound up with the statement that the Union had too much at stake, too great need for the admiration and the confidence of the public and withal too much self respect to permit It to consider the possibility of a riot for a' mo- Then there Is the "mmmnv otnro" tnat 'hey bamboozle men Into fear ment. No utterances by the speakers 1 OLUIC. pnmln'r fn fihjitf, nnrl ibsit thnv 3 Prices here In such institutions are an coming to this State and that the.y average of 18 themselves are held up to public ab- cent. higher upon horrence.

They say that other regions of tho It would be hard not to feel sympathy were more enthusiastically cheered than those of this tenor. powder than upon goods of exactly the State partly justify the Pittsburgers' mines here are using Eastern the bulk of their coal In filling unbreakable Eastern and Lake trade contracts at iifi cents at the mine, anfl the amount As one of the biggest operators here being sold at present prices is much less honestly said, "Oh-, no, we're not run-. than generally stated. same trade-marks priced in Ohio by the writer. might be talked to, one said: "If you are after hard-luck stories you'd better interview the men in this room." This was accordingly done, as follows: Hard Luck Slorlex.

Senator Camden We have spent $2,000,000 genuine, hard cash. We have 15,000 acres of coal, a plant and at full capacity would employ 1,000 men. We have never made money. This year not over half the interest has been paid upon our $2,000,000 bonded indebtedness. Our stock and our mine are the only things that have water in them.

Neither has paid a cent's dividend since we started. I had a little Standard Oil stock I thought I'd put in a safe place. It's there yet. Gov. None of the mines I am interested in have ever made money out of their coal.

In fact we have had other Interests to draw upon. We live independent of our mines. Mr. Watson Our interests comprise four mines, 4,000 acres of coal and a plant employing at full output 1,200 men. 5750,000 are invested.

Just one company ever paid a dividend and it has surprised its stockholders in this manner just three times in twenty years. Mr. My company controls the Chlefton mines of 1,000 tons capacity, with 200 men. It cost $30,000. We began operations only a few months ago, but up to the present our receipts have hardly equalled the bare cost of mining rha coal inside the mine.

Mr. Hutchinson We control the Hutehinson mines. They cost $40,000 and have an output of 600 tons by seven- ty-flve men. We have made no money. These that the largest and best district In West Virginia, aggregating 21,000 acres of coal, with a possible output of 11,600 tons dally by 2,875 men, has not yielded much at any rate to Its developers until the present strike.

But they count only the receipts from the coal alone. Otlter of tlevenne. There are other incidentals that have nins our store for fun." Still 11 l-ittlc Ahead. Kven If West Virginia operators have not conn: out oven on their coal, they are still somewhat a little ahead. Even the $30.000 balance o'f yearly Interest which Senator Camden's mine has never been able to pay would be reduced by $12,853 from the rent of his 119 houses, estimating them to bring In the low average of monthly.

At other mines thev bring $10. The llonongha store might also further reduce that unpaid down to a stock dividend. Still, if the operators haven't lost so much money as they think, the miners also have been comparatively prosperous. During the past six months they have averaged a day's work every other day. They have made $1 a day steadily, even at tho rate of 28 cents a ton or 65 cents a car of two and one-third tons capacity.

The niiners In this district are 75 per cent, of the-m native born. Most of these are West Virginians. Perhaps one fifth of them own their own cozy little homes and two-acre gardens. One pretty little valley Is covered with neat, miner-owned houses, each with its four-acre lot, built for them by the Watsons and paid for ot the rate of $10 a month. Th'e men are generally skilful miners, and make the most out of a day's work.

Sober SI enabled the Fairmont operators really tors allow trademunlon Ism rrt flcralti'iuin tatfrav nHth i The "Squire" of Monongah says: "Wo don't he-v much llquor.n' here and the jail ain' never cost the town a cent. Them that gets in It, all pays up." ut cQur.se tne men have grievances, but that of the company store Is atoo-ut the only tena'ble one. At one mine many objections are raised as to the company requiring the men to "top" the mine cars by piling coal as squarely as possible up from the sides to a height of ten inches. They claim they are wronged by having to put two and a half tons on a two- ton car. As a matter of fact, the cars at this mine hold just two and a third tons when "topped" the required ten Inches.

A careful inspection of the company's railroad car weights, a tally of the mine cars and their close measurement by Inches and by Trautwine's formula for the weight and bulk of loose bituminous coal has conclusively proved this. Said He'll Re Frank. The venerable largest mine-owner said; Well. I'll be frank with you, yo'ung man. Our cars do hold a tenth over two made a twice bigger mistake than his men.

"owever, the men are now averaging fully $2.50 a day all over the district, even at the seemingly low price of 34 cents a ton or 78 cents a car. The great demand for coal does not allow the operators to insist on the full extra load, and the cars now are not heavier than 2.2 tons in the largest mine here, Three hundred feet below the surface runs a' magnificent vein of coal. Electric trolley locomotives noiselessly draw fifty cars apiece of glossy carbon. Cut by the pick and mining machine from a thickness twelve solid feet or soft coal, three and a half cars a day go out of the mine, an easy average for an ordinary single miner. At one minp a man and two sons not over sixteen are- making $0 a day.

A good single miner can easily make $3. Mononrah's superintendent, Mr. Buckman, says: "If the men here resist the argument of the money they are mak- Ing an mistak and go ouFthey" will bU as a foreigner In our mine the other day when he hung a horseshoe on the trolley wire and then grabbed It again to hit the man who struck him. The miners' homes are comfortably, often tastefully furnished. Big family bibles and ornate the unfailing: marks pf fair paid American labor- are strongly evident.

Organs abound and the average bedroom furniture Is of oak and costs J20. Not Likely to Strike. With the present, six days a 'week ''at well-paid work, the Fairmont miners bid fair to sflolt at It, unless tp-mor- -row's labor praters be more eloquent The owners call this "cream coal." About 150 cars leave here dally. To-morrow's mass-meeting is being anxiously awaited by the operators. What the miners think of It 4s known.

SYLVESTER SCOV1SL. OPERATORS SIDE WITH MINERS. IJcllM Says that Some Arc Their to Strike to Farce I the Prlc-c of Conl (Special to Tho World.) COLUMBUS, July to the national headquarters of the miners today announce the closing of three large mines In West Grove, Handville and Riverside. President Ratchford is keeping tab on the number of cars -ot coal that are brought over the Ohio River bridges from West Virginia. He said to-day that not over one hundred carloads of coal had been brought over on the three roads.

Baltimore and Ohio; Cleveland, Loraln and Wheeling and the Wheeling and Lake Erie, since last Friday. This Indicates that not a great deal of West Virginia coal is yet coming into this competitive district, probably be- for these' well-behaved, earnest workingmen. They are backed by statistics showing that in the shops where the eight-hour rule has been adopted the production has not been decreased. They are full of the vision of the tens the men striking, who really form the aristocracy of British labor, Is $9.50 a week. There is the discrepancy which must be met some way.

Either the workman must curtail the luxuries, mind you, but he must work more Uian a week in six days. It la the latter method which Is generally adopted. Men work about eleven days In a Is, they do enough overtime when trade is brisk, as it Is at present, to make five days more than a week's pay. This means three days more than a regular week's work, for overtime is paid at a somewhat higher rate than the regular wages. When trade is not brisk they go without explains why 37,263 children were shut out of the board schools lust year because they had no shoes to wear, and an asinine regulation of the board schools provides that no child shall be admitted whose feet are uncovered.

Notwithstanding a poverty which would at once arouse popular subscriptions In the columns of the New York World and public relief committees, the men are not even asking for higher wages; they only ask for one hour's reduction per day of hours in the shop. best of the London firms granted The Sagacious Animal Is Running'Around on Three Legs. IT IS A VALUABLE TRICK Shnnld It Durst, Ilolli Towns Might Another Dos That Docs Stranw Jle Swept I TriokH Had Seventeen No. 1 Shot the Timoney Dl.santi.-r. RcmoTcd from Its Body.

I High up on North Beacon Mountain, that towers above villages of Mat- teawan and Fishkill, is the big auxiliary reservoir of the Matteawan and Fishkill Water Company. It Is known locally as the "Beacon dam" because the company In making the reservoir utilized a natural depression on the mountain top and simply built a wall of masonry iicross the course of a small brook that drained it. The Beacon dam Is a source of great Veterinary Surgeon G. S. Corwlri.

of Jamaica avenue, opposite Wyona street, has probably handled more sick dogs than any other man in Brooklyn, having made a special study of their and he is an expert in performing orations on dogs. Quite recently an Interesting case cairiV into his hands. A dog had been bitten by another dog on one of its hind legs, resulting in the formation of a tumor, and In order to save the dog's life anxiety these days to the residents of doctor amputated the leg above th the two villages in the valley below. Every since tho Melzingah dams gave way Wednesday and brought death and disaster on the little hamlet at Tim- onoy's hardly an hour passses but anxious eyes are turned towards the mountain, in fear of a flood. There Is no reason for alarm if the officials of tho water company are to be believed, but the people of the villages are taking no chances.

There have been rumors that the dam is leaking and unsafe. On Wednesday a self-appointed committee climbed up to the dam and returned with the news that small sprays of water were spouting through the masonry in several places and that Gordon, the superintendent, was trying to stop the leaks with wooden wedges. That night several villagers stood guard until morning ready to give a timely ilarm. Since then fear of immediate danger has been allayed, but tho villagers will not feel safe until something is done strengthen the Beacon dam, which ittle more than a narrow wall of ma without buttresses or a suppor ng "apron" on the western side. If it should break, between fifteen an eighteen million gallons of water wou je hurled down the narrow bed of Flsl kill Brook and sweep through tho thick! settled portions of Fishkill and Mattea wan.

It was learned yesterday that Mr: of thousands of fellow workmen, quite i this without a strike, as able, quite as eager as themselves, it seems Incredible that tho men should who for weary month after weary month not win their fight. The sympathy of walk the streets of London, unable to the British public, and, I must confess, get a chance to use their hands for the the sympathy of one American are with support of their families and themselves, them, suffering from the dreadful fate that Pastor conies to men through London's strange landlord makes residence near the shops possible for a few only and makes the others live so far away cause of the Increase I ilroad rates. Euseno V. Debs said to-day that, in his opinion, the strike could not last Ions If the West Virginia mines we're tightly closed. He returns to Chicago to-night to (111 an engagement, and will return to work for the miners In West Virginia.

"This is the first strike I ever heard of." said he to The World correspondent to-duy, "in which the employees and many of the employers are both out on the same side. I found many mine operators, both In this State and Indiana, who have advised their men to go out and force up the price of coal mining. They are unwilling to pay such low wages, but until other operators are compelled to raise wages these are powerless to pay more." James R. Sovereign, General Master Workman of the Knights of Labor, arrived this afternoon, and after a consultation with President Ratchford, left at P. M.

for the of President R-atohford does not believe De Armit Is sincere In his uniformity scheme for settling the strike. "I know him too wen," said he. "He wants to prolong the strike as long as possible. In the meantime he reaps a Harvest with his cheap mined coal in a for organizing work among of West Virginia. high-priced marke cheap t.

Th mine operators of Pittsburg.have repeatedly conceded everything to him. to get him to agree to a scale, and he has generally out of his agreement in some way. He has now thrown out a plausible scheme for settling the strike, which he will engage the attention of the miners and other operators while he works, his mines at low wage rates. But his'plan will not succeed. We will get the west Virginia miners out next week and then we will turn our attention to Mr.

De Armlt's mines." SENATOR HANNA WILL HELP. WASHINGTON, July 16.f-The following telegram, sent out yesterday, was received by Senator Hanna to-day: "Plttaburg, July 15, 'Hon. M. A. Hanna, Washington: "With earnest co-operation of Cleveland operators In Plttsburg districts strong probability of securing uniformity agreement whicb miners and De Armit say, and we believe, would result In settlement if strike.

Can such assistance be had? vV-ii-N, and BISHOP The following response was wired im' mediately: 'Owen, Little and Bishop, received. coal'Inter- ests at Plttsburg are represented by Mr. Thomas Young, who is there and will co-operate along the line suggested. I will Wire Cleveland, urging other operators to join the Will gladly that nine hours' work means rising at and going to bed at 10 o'clock. This leaves no time for rest, reading or family life, yet these men are content to fight their battle out in a peaceful, orderly manner.

From the hall I went to the works near by, where the strike, so far as London is concerned, centres. I thought of the car- houses of the Brooklyn electric railroads as I approached, and wondered if I should see crowds of sullen-looking men kept at bay by cordons of police. Vis- Ions of rnllitla called out to protect the property of the men against, whom American labor was then struggling rose before my mind. I wondered if I should find files of redcoats around these great works. My disappointment was a happy one.

There was no crowd of strikers, and only one policeman was in sight, with not a sign of a soldier. The only indication that a strike 'was in progress was the presence of two neatly dressed, good-natured looking men some distance down the street away from the works who were Introduced to me by a guide as the "pickets" of tho strikers. The Instructions of these men are to speak any person who approaches tho works as If he might be intending to take-the place of a striker and assure him that while tho top wagas he can get 'within are small, the strike committee will itself relieve his Immediate'wan-ta If he does not take work and see to It that he gets a certain stated allowance until the sufficient to supply him with the necessities of life. but concise argument Is repeated to him. After this if he does not choose to accept the strikers' terms, well and-good; nothing Is done to Mm, no other effort is made to induce him to'keep, out of the works.

A strong commentary, on the cbhesive- of the English working classes Is that not one man has, up to to-day, 1 failed to do what have asked. There was not one at work In this, the largest shop of the tabooed masters to-day. There was a sound of'the whirl of machinery from within, 'however. I asked what It meant. A a me that the machinery at work was entirely operated by apprentices.

An English apprentice cannot be discharged by the roaster, after articles have been signed except (n case of felony, and the 'apprentice has no right under the, law to absent himself from work "except for sickness. A sight 'impressive 'to an -American here was the battle the strongest organization of manufacturers and the. very strongest body of workingmen In all England, yet not a single also of disorder. In company with a near-by" tradesman and with the agent of a block of the County Council's model models- for New York took "the to figure at It THOMAS J. DTJCEY, of St.

Leo's Roman Catholic Church, New York City. BANKERS WAKTURRENCY REFORM. Retirement of Government Paper anil SnliNlltiitioii of Dank -Voles Their Remedy. SARATOGA, July conventlo'n of the State Bankers' Association adopted resolutions to-day suggesting to its duty in the direction of legislation for Better business. The resolutions suggest the retirement of all Government paper and the substitution of a safe bank currency on lines to be settled by a commission, and add: In tilts expression wo speak for the thousands or business men with whoso wishes and conclusions wo familiar by reason of dally inler- courde.

Wo speak also for the. groat multitude of workers who feel the pross'uro or hard times in tho Drilled States, hard times which are prolonged by Inaction' In' the reform of the currency, and ua- Jieoessai-y bocauso simple changes In our laws which would Immediately remedy our concilium) arc ni5t brought about, thus forcing upon our population the evils of a currency created for tho exigencies of war, hut concededly a menace to stability In times pf peace, while other less favored nations arc to-day reaping the rewards of a solid prosperity, We accordingly demand action on the currency question and solemnly warn our countrymen that safe conditions cannot possibly prevail wlthoul It was voted to send a copy of this resolution to President McKinley, all the members of his Cabinet and to each member of Congress. The association elected the following officers: President, B. Hepburn, New York Edward Groesbeek, Albany: Treasurer, F. W.

Barker, Syracuse; Secretary, Walter'K Island 'City. cojt'tlj'e British 1 IrVe dejently, pjrtlfeular-'part' qf TRUST WILL GRAB AGAIN. Stamlnril Oil Comimiiy'n Scheme (or 1'lpivLine In EUiahctli to Itcanpuur Monday. The Standard OiJ" Company's scheme to seize upon the streets of the most thickly settled'part of Elizabeth, N. for a pipe line, so often defeated by The World efforts of citizens, Is scheduled to reappear at a special meetIng: of the Board'of Aldermen next Monday.

Th'e persistency of the trust In this matter Is, only equalled by the audacity of the grab; Though a citizens' In'dlg- natlon mee'tlng a short time ago served to frighten some of the Aldermen into changing their votes granting 'the monopoly the right to the streets for a m'eroly nominal consideration, and so 'Defeating the job, It is now said that the trust has again won over" the weak- kneed among the Aldermen and has the pledge -of enough votes to put the scheme through. It Is even boasted that enough votes nave been secured to pass resolution' bVer the Mayor's veto, If that Is The Oil Company has retained half a leading lawyers to' defenfl the grab, and' It ip -nald that 'a powerful looby IB at.work among city offloials, makms sure of those who might be un, deciaea. Conductor NeoendorU Very 111. Adolph who succeeded Anton Seifll'as'conductor of the Metropolitan Permanent' Orchestra, will for Europe to-day on the steamship. Ann Ferry, who died in the Timonej Hood with her child was to hav )een married this fall to Charles Demp ey who is employed in the brickyards Dempsey by chance slept on the night he flood in tho Timoney House on th ill instead of In his usual place in th which was moored In the rive irectly In the path of the torrent.

A strange coincidence marked th eaths of Mrs. Ferry and Mrs. Conroy oth were living In Johnstown, Pa vhen the great flood from a broken uar wept down the Conemaugh Vailc rownlng thousands. The husbands oth perished In the flood, while they es aped unscathed. Then separately hot ame to the insignificant little settlemen Timoney's only to perish together I le comparatively small torrent llbei ted by the bursting of the Melzlnga.

am. The bodies of the Conroy children wer ound yesterday afternoon in the rive nearly a mile below Timoneyville. completes the list of the missing, wit the exception of John Heinrlch, who, i is believed, was also swept Into the rivei Coroner Bevler and his jury of four teen visited the bursted dam yesterday The party was accompanied by District Attorney Georpre Wood and Benjami Brcvoort, an expert engineer. Mr. Bre voort g-ave It as his opinion that the dis aster was caused by the dirt filling anc.

the insufficient overflow. Engineer John Robertson, who had already expressec the same opinion, said last night: "The masonry of. the dams was con structed of cobblestones and cemen which could not stand alone. To suppor this an embankment of earth was bull on either side. The insufficient overflow caused this embankment to be washec away." The Coroner's Inquest has been ad journed until Tuesday.

WHISKEY FOR SNAKE-BITTEN DOG. Potter's Terrier'Killed a Hie Rattler lid Got the Mciliclne I'ncil In Such Cnneir. MORRISTOWN, July Potter, six years old. the daughter of Stephen Potter, who Is a farmer at Eldenvllle. Morris County, was on her way to call on a neighbor accompanied by two baby brothers, yesterday, when she was confronted by a huge rattlesnake in the path.

A pet terrier, running directly her, saw the danger and, darting forward, intercepted' the which fastened Its fangs In the dog's oar. The reptile and the dog fought it out. Tho dog received many bites on the head, but at-last s-ucceeder in catching the reptile In his mouth and shook It to death. The dog's head was badl swollen, and tho children, who had sit dly ood trembling with fear, led the animal home. Mr.

Potter immediately procured' a quart of corn whiskey and gave it to the gallant terrier. He Is expected to recover. Mr. Potter says he wouldn't part with the dog for a barrel of money. HOGAN LOST HIS OWN LIFE.

He Saved the Drowning Doy, bnt tile Exertion Killed Him. The First Presbyterian Church Sunday-school of Paterson, N. had a picnic at Idlewild Park, four miles west of Paterson, yesterday afternoon. Frank Flnmore, ten years old, was among the merrymakers, In the middle of the there Is a pool of water nine feet deep. The children Were seated on benches along the banks of the pool.

While ice-cream was being served Frank tipped over, rolled down bank and was, soon struggling for his life In the water. James Hogan, a popcorn and two others ran down the bank to the rescue. Hogan seized the boy and brought him ashpre. While the older people at the picnic were attending to Knmore, Hofjan was seized with a hemorrhage and before medical aid arrived he was dead. The.

hemorrhage had been brought on by his run to the pool and by his exertions In the water. lUodern Treatment of CouMumntiou, The Secretary of the State Board of Health of Missouri, Dr. Paul Paquin, a of Pasteur, is getting an international reputation by the gre.at results of the anti-toxin for tuberculosis, or consumption, produced by his laboratories at St. Louis. The matter excited great Interest at the recent ammai meeting of the American Medical Association at Philadelphia because of the large number of recoveries cited and the soundness of the Paquin theory.

It seems that Prof. Kooh developed tuberculin a toxin which, "Injected in. muejuuiiM twAiu wtuuii, ujjumti(2 in, a sick man, makes anti-toxin in his ond 1omt, so that the dog is now run- ning around on three legs. The owner of the animal is George Willis, of No. 10 Barclay street, this city.

When Mr. 'Willis's dog was taken to Dr. Corwin's hospital it was in a bad way and the doctor saw that an! amputation was necessary at onoe. called one of his assistants to hold dog and In about fifteen minutes the was amputated and the stump dressed 1 and bandaged. The dog was not chloroformed and stood the operation' very well.

Another interesting operation was performed on another clog by Dr. Corwln some time ago. This is a pet dog belonging to Mrs. Walsh, a music teacher! living on East New York avenue, oppo- Williams avenue, Brooklyn. The dos Is a great jumper and climber.

He up apple trees and knocks and climbs up lamp-posts and puts out! the gas. He was at his tricks one night recently when dome one fired a charga' of No. 1 shot at him. He limped homa bleeding and evidently suffering great pain. Dr.

Corwln was sent for and he removed from the dog's head, body legs seventeen of the large shot. Mrs. i Walsh's daughter held the dog and kept him quiet while the shot was being removed. The dog is now runntmr around as usual. VICTIMS OF DOGS' BITES.

A thoroughbred St. Bernard dog savagely tacked Mrs. Annie Leskle in Perth Amboy yesterday. The woman had walked four miles from'her home In Weber. N.

to visit tho Rev. Fathor Symanowsky, of St. Stephen's Church, and wnl In tho yard of the. priest's home when the dos leaped upon her. Tho brute tore the flesh ot liar arm and shoulder badly before driven off by neighbors.

Tho physician who dressed woman's wounds says they aro dangerous. Mrs. Losklo will sue the priest for damages, she flays. Father Symonowslty holds the dog blameless, explaining that the woman went to the rear ot the house, where she had no business to bo. Three-year-old Mary Morris was playing In front of her home In Eust New Durham yesterday afternoon, when a large dog attacked Iier, lacerating her face frightfully.

The shrieks of the child summoned men, who beat the animal off with clubs. Paul Untordorfel, a Dftoen-ycar-old hoy, ot No. 13 South street, Holyoke, accompanied by his uncle, Oscar Hupfer. arrived at the Paui tour Institute last night, A mastiff flog, said to bo mad attacked the boy Jime 26 last, bitlnf his left arm; sldo and shouldeK' Tho slclan cauterized the wounds and datcr. advlsotf" the boy to take tho Pasteur treatment; Xot Pastor' Hermans; PEMBROKE, Ont, July detective from Salt Lake City, Utah, arrived here to-day to identify James B.

HamlU -on, who was held on suspicion that he was the Rev, Francis Hermans, who, it alleged, murdered Henr.etta Clausse Salt Lake City in May O'f last year. The officer says Hamilton is not the man wanted. Special Features of the Great SUNDAYWORLD TO-MORROW. (Continued from Page 1.) A. COLLEGE PROFESSOR The Dean and tho Debtors.

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