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Jljrfllllti OL.XXXir. NO i 90. SATUBDAf, JTJLy 14, 1006. SIXTEEN PAGES-ONE CENT MRS. SCVYARZ UNWILLING.

A PANAMA HERO. GOAL MINERS IN BITUMINOUS GIGANTIC PLAN IN RAILWAYS! BLOODY DUEL OVER DREYFUS! CENTRAL DISTRICT TO RESUME They Have Been on Strike Since April 1 of the Present Year. IA PART. Carnegie and Bethlehem Steel Com panies Get In on Ground Floor. Washington, D.

July 13. Secretary Bonaparte announced to-day that the Carnegie and Bethlehem Steel companies will be given the contract for the armor for one of the new battleships at the price named by the MIdvale Steel company. The contract for the armor for the other battleships will go to the Mid-vale company. The Carnegie and Bethlehem companies are to share equally in the contract given to them. In dividing the contract Secretary Bonaparte issued an extended memorandum setting forth the reasons for.

his action. He took the grounds that it would be unwise to award the entire contract to Midvale, as it would result in closing the Bethlehem and Carnegie plants. He also expressed doubt of the ability of the Midvale to make the proper deliveries as at present the Midvale company Is be hind in its work. As Bethlehem and Carnegie are to furnish armor at the price bid by Midvale the government will lose nothing by dividing the contract and the industry will not be disturbed. Philadelphia, July 13 Officers of the Midvale Steel company seen to night appear to be satisfied with the award of the armor plate contract as made to-day by the secretary of the navy.

"The Midvale Steel company has no criticism to make of the action of the navy department in this matter," said Vice President James F. Sullivan when asked concerning the division of the contract. The successful bid of the Midvale company against its competitors gave rise to a rumor to-day that the Car negie and Bethlehem steel interests had made overtures to the Midvale company with a view of the latter con cern being merged with the Bethle hem and Carnegie concerns. When the report was brought to the attention of Mr. Sulivan he declined to discuss it.

TO PROBE GRAIN BUSINESS. The Interstate Commerce Commission Will Conduct Inquiry. Washington, July 13. An investi gation is to be made by the inter state commerce commission by au thority of the United States senate of the elevator, grain buying and for warding business of the country to determine to, what extent special fa vors have been granted to them by railroad companies: the influence which the alleged monopilizing of this branch of business has had upon the market; the injury it has done to grain producers; the extent to which railroads, their officers, direc tors, stockholders and employes own or control the grain buying and grain forwarding companies and the man ner in which such holdings, if any, were secured. Peculiar and Fatal Philadelphia, July 13 An unusual accident in which a nineteen months old child lost its life and Bertha Wab, er, its 12-year-old sister, was seriously injured occurred here tonight.

A baby carriage in which the infant was sleeping was standing close to the curb of a sidewalk when a wheel of a wagon struck the peram bulator and upset it. The child fell under the wagon and the little girl heroically went to the rescue. She, however, was too late, as the baby was killed and she sustained a fracture of a leg and other injuries. Delaware Republicans to Meet. Wilmington, July 13 A call was issued here to-night for a joint republican state convention to be held at Dover on Wednesday, September 6.

This was decided upon at a conference held to-day between Senator Al-lee, chairman of the union republican state committee and ex-Senator Bell, chairman of the regular republican state committee. The purpose Is to unify the republican factions in Delaware. Common primaries will he held throughout the state on September 1, for the election of delegates. The convention will' nominate a candidate for congress and candidates for state treasurer and auditor of ac counts and will select a new and sin gle state committee of twelve members. The Vatican Falling to Pieces.

Rome, July 13 It has long been known that some parts of the Vatican are unsafe; but it has just been dis covered that the palace is practically faling to pieces. Even the corner where the pope's apartment is situat ed needs strengthening, and the pon tiff is moving out. The walls, which are cracked, bulging and leaning out ward, will be temporarily strengthen ed immediately. To make the whole building safe will require more than $100,000. THREE MEN KILLED Yl Explosion Which May Have Been Result of 'a Plot Wrecks Shanty.

Chicago, July 13. Three men were blown to pieces, three others fatally injured, and several others badly hurt by an explosion which early to-day wrecked a shanty In the McLaughlin stone quarries at Bellwood, a short distance northwest of Chicago. There is evidence that the explo sion was the result of a plot on the part of people who are at present unknown to the police. The survivors all declare that there was no dynamite around their shanty when they retired for the night All of the men killed and injured were Greek and Italian laborers. The officials of the McLaughlin Quarry company.

denounced the blow ing up of the shanty as deliberate murder, and said that, in their opin ion, the crime had been actuated by desire to rob the sleeping men. Several of them were known to have considerable money. Louis Papilo is said to have carried $1,000 in a belt which he wore around one leg. Papilo and his brother were killed, and when the bodies were found both had been stripped completely of clothing. WILL a Important Witness in Thaw Case Re-, fuses to See District) Attorney.

New York, July 13. Mrs. M. Y. Schwarz may not be one of the Important witnesses in the trial of Harry K.

Thaw for the murder of Stanford White after all. It had been reported that Mrs. Schwarz could, if she Choose to do so, testify that she had heard Thaw boast that he would "get White." This threat was alleged to have been made at a dinner party with Mrs. Schwarz acting as hostess and Thaw and several others as guests. The district attorney succeeded In serving a subnoena upon Mrs.

Schwarz only after considerable dif ficulty, and even -then she declined to appear before a representative of the district attorney's office in what she termed "star chamber proceed ings." She would give her testimony only before a Jury or in court, she said. When summoned before the grand Jury yesterday Mr. Schwarz sent word that she was ill and detectives from the district attorney's office were at once sent to the apart ment house where Mrs. Schwarz is living and have remained on guard constantly since that time. Again to-day the witness sent word that she is still ill and confined to her bed.

At the same time information reached the district attorney's office to the effect that Mrs. Schwarz does not know Thaw and has never seen him. According to the latest information, she does know William Sturgis, one of Thaw's friends, and also Thaw's wife and through them sue has heard much regarding Thaw, All that she knows concerning him. however, is from hearsay, It Is said. How much credence is given this latest Intelligence at the district attorney's office is not known, but the detectives are still on duty at the apartment house where Mrs Schwarz is ill.

BELIEVE GIRL WAS MURDERED Police Looking for Man Who Went Boating With Grace Brown. Utica, N. July 13 Suspicion that a young woman supposed to be Grace Brown, of Otselic, N. was murdered was aroused by the discov ery of her body yesterday in a lake in the Adirondack mountains, near Big Moose. There were several bruises on her head.

The young woman came to tne lake in company with a young man wao registered at a hotel as Carl Gra ham, of Albany. They went rowing together and later their boat was found overturned. Graham has not been found. Grace Brown was the daughter of a farmer residing near Otselic, in Chenango county. For the last three years she had been working in a skirt factory at Cortland, and four weeks ago she went to her home to spend her vacation.

Last Monday she started to return to Cortland and left De Ruyter in company with Mr. Root and a man who is not known. Her father says that he had heard his daughter speak of a Mr. Graham, but that he does not know tne man. Prisoners Were Beaten.

Yelisavetgrad, July 13 Trcuble broke out here last night when a con voy of political prisoners hlch had arrived during the day refused to go turtuer. The guards beat the prison ers with the butts of their guns. One of the prisoners, a soldier who had served in a vnna regiment, seized a gun from the hands of a guard, whose companions immediately shot the pris oner dead. A peasant for remonstrat ing with the guards was killed on the spot. me political prisoners niea in a body to the station cells, from which they fired at the guards; one of whom was wounded.

Order was finally re stored. THAW WITHOUT FUNDS, SO IT IS REPORTED Defense Has Elaborate Plans Which Cannot Be Put Into Ex-ecution Till Mother Arrives. New York, July 13. Harry K. Thaw, in the Tombs for the murder of Stanford White, is reported to be without funds and it is stated that the elaborate plans which have been made for his defense cannot be put into execution until the prisoner's mother, Mrs.

William Thaw, of Pittsburg, arrived from Europe and approves the necessary expenditures. What money the young man has had since he has been in jail has been supplied personally by his counsel pend ing the arrival of Mrs. William Thaw. In prosecuting his inquiry into the past life of Thaw in all the phases that may have a bearing upon his trial. Assistant District Attorney Garvan had an interview to-day with Joseph Shea, a lawyer of 309 Broadway, and obtained papers in a case in which Shea is counsel for a Miss Eethel Thomas, who has sev eral suits pending against the prisoner.

The suits grew out of alleged former relations existing between Thaw and Miss Thomas- One specific charge is that of assault, for which the plaintiff asks $20,000 damage. Whiles the suits have been pending some time, it is Bald, the subject matter is of such an iptlmate character that it has never been published. For the next few days there will be a lull in the prosecution of the Thaw inquiry as District Attorney Jerome, accompanied by Assistant Gar-van and Van Diver, leave to-morrow for a short trip to the south. Mr. Jerome will visit Warm Springs, and make an address before the Geor gia Bar association.

On his way south he will make addresses at sev eral other points. It was reported to-day that Thaw's counsel have decided to abandon the insanity plea, although no verification of the statement could be obtained. It was said that thi3 was the "good news" Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw took to her husband in the Tombs yesterday. Thaw is reported to have said that he preferred death in the electric hair to life in an insane asylum.

He prefers to have his acts judged as those of a sane man and is confident that he will not be convicted. Alcalde Was in Thickest of StlckS-and Brickbats at Elections. Washington, July 13. The recent election In Panama brought a new, hero to the attention of the isthmus and advanced Alcaide Don Francis co De La Ossa to a position scarcely less distinguished than that of ernor Magoon, who was a co-worker with the Alcalde of Panama in checking the election riots. Alcalde De La Ossa's conduct la described by a' Panama paper thus: the ceaseless efforts of tlJeT alcalde prevented serious- riQtiig.

With great courage and presence of mind he rode In among the surging, struggling pack, clearing a path by aid of his riding crop, and when everything else failed to separate two desperate fighters he would be sure to get them apart by the simple but, most effective device of riding be-i tween them, with perhaps a compll-j ment from his riding whip to combatant It was noticed that wherever the sticks and brickbats I were thickest he was present, and) his timely intervention nipped many, a serious fight In the bud." Dr. Pablo Arosemena, vice presl-j dent of the republic, who is opposed! to the constitution party, now InJ power, is credited bv the Panama Star and Herald with having made violent speeches which inflamed the liberals and were responsible for riots which resulted In three deaths- and the serious injury of eleven He charged that the names of 1,500 liberals had been erased from the voting lists and the duplicate votes were cast by the nollce. When. these charges were laid before Gov- ernor Magoon he went immediately to Don Ricardo Arias, the secretary of state, and the two officials immediately called the entire police force together and questioned the officers without finding and evidence of fraud. All day Governor Magoon moved among the crowds, according to tha newspaper accounts, and was greet-i ea everywnere by cries of "Viva' from the liberals.

Late in the after noon, after the voting was ended, charges were made upon voting booths by mobs which tried to seize the ballot boxes and invalidate the elections but were baffled, and according to reports of -the riots, adont- ed the motto, "if you see a head, Utl uubs and knives figured in tha riots, which the policemen were uni able to quell until after 6 o'clock the evening. GIRLKILLED chouknin. First Attempt on Russian Admiral's" Life Was Made by Woman. Sevastopol, Russia, July 13. It is, credibly stated that the assassin of Admiral Chouknin, commander, of the Black Sea fleet, was a girl disguised in the uniform of a sailor.

No arrest has yet been made. Admiral Chouknin had lo.ig been under sentence of death by--the Ter rorists. On February 9 last a woman attempted to take his She obtained admittance to his. official residence by a ruse and as soon as she entered the room where he was she drew a revolver and fired four shots at him. She was killet on tha spot by an orderly.

Our New Citizens Commit Murder. La Crosse, July 13. DeDutv Sheriff Hammil, of Pierce county. was killed and City Marshall Isaacs, of. Prescott, was serious ly injured by Italian laborers near Prescott late this afternoon.

Hammil and Isaacs went among fifty Italians" employed in track work on the Burl-i ington railroad and served warrants on several men wanted for violations of the Wisconsin game laws. Six the Italians attacked the officers with! shovels, beating Hammil to death and' wounding Isaacs so badly that he wa left for dead. The assailants of the officers escaped. Posses are in pur-i suit. Marshall Isaacs is expected tox recover.

A $5,000 Fire at Conneaut Lake. Conneaut Lake, July 13 Fire: was discovered about 4:30 this after noon in a barn at the rear of Thomas Inn in this place and for a time It wasi thought the volunteer fire fighters i would be unable to manage it Assist-i ance was summoned from Meadvillaj but before the firemen arrived the' general store nearby was ablaze. The! fire was extinguished by 6:30 however I with a loss of -about $5,000. The orl-l gin is unknown. Reformed Hungarian Church.

Phoenixille, July 13 The sum of $15,000 was appropriated at the sec ond annual conference of the reform-. ed Hungarian church here to-day, with, which to erect a monument to George1 Washington at Buda Pest, HungaryJ 'liie conference also took steps- to4 establish a Hungarian harbor mission for immigrants arriving at island, N. and voted financial aid to churches in Alpha, N. and New arunswicK, N. and one in RARE FOUND UNHURT BETWEEN THE TIES Its Father and One Sister Killed and Its Mother and Three Other Children Injured.

Clarksburg, W. July 13. After a Baltimore and Ohio railroad train had hurled its father and one sister to death from a trestle near here tonight and fearfully injured the mother and three other children, a nine months' old baby of Elijah Norrls, of Uniontown, was found between the ties unhurt Norrls, his wife and five children, had been visiting at Jacksonburg, near here, and were on their way home. While walking on a Baltimore and Ohio trestle they were run down by a train about half way across. Norrls and one little girl, 5 years old, were almost instantly killed.

Mrs. Norris was carrying the baby and when she saw that she could not reach the end of the trestle in time to escape the train she placed the baby between two ties and tha next Instant was thrown to the ground below by the engine. Every member of the family except tha baby was either killed or injured. The mother and three of the children were brought to the hospital here. It is believed they will recover.

Pittsburg Is Reported to Soon Have Five New Systems of Road. I Scheme Includes a $3,000,000 Union Station and is an Entirely New One. NAMES OF THE ROADS GIVEN Pittsburg, July 13. Pittsburg is to have five new and important railroad systems, with passenger and freight terminals, in a short time. Every one of them will come from the east, 'and through them the distance between Pittsburg and the seaboard will be reduced; so will the distance between Pittsburg and Buffalo, and in each case the new roads will be entirely independent and free fro.m entangle ments with existing roads in this ter ritory.

Such is the news given out from sources that leave no possible cause of doubt The project for bringing these five roads Into the Smoky City has been carefully worked out in de tail. The financial organization has been completed through the floating of a bond issue of $55,000,000 jointly by E. H. Gay of Boston, and Fisk of New York, and official announcement of this fact will be forthcoming from Boston by Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. The five new railroads to enter the city are The Erie railroad, main line from New York to Chicago.

Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg, now entering by trackage rentals, but which will come on its own line and extending from Pittsburg to Buffalo and Rochester, N. Y. The Pittsburg, Shawmut and North ern railroad, main line from Pitts burg to Buffalo. The Buffalo and Susquehanna rail road line from Pittsburg to Buf falo and through Central Pennsylva nia oil field. The Pittsburg, Binghamton and Eastern railroad, now building from Binghamton westward to DuBois and with main line to be extended from Pittsburg to Albany, N.

where di rect connection will be made to Bos ton. All these roads will enter Pittsburg, touch all of her great freight produc ing districts, establish a $3,000,000 union passenger terminal In the East End on a site already protected from encroachments, and by a joint owner ship of a single road with four tracks as main line less than fifty miles long. This joint road will be none other than the Pittsburg and Northeastern railroad, which has been chartered and is surveyed and the right of way practically protected from Hazelwood northeast to South Bend, in Indiana county. Leaving South Bend the main line will be run over the Buffalo, Roches ter and Pittsburg through Indiana and Punxsutawney to DuBois, and from that point over the Clearfield branch of the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg to Clearfield, where it will con nect with the Pittsburg, Binghamton and Eastern. This road when com pleted will extend to Binghamton, N.

Y. From there a traffic agreement will be made with one of the roads entering New York city, while the main line will continue to Boston and other points in the New Eugland states. The estimated cost of the new lines is about $260,000 per mile. One of the many interesting features of the gigantic scheme is the fact that connections can be made at South Bend, Indiana county, by building a comparatively few miles of new track. By following plans of the different railroads in extending their lines toward Pittsburg one would imagine that all the roads have been working for several years with view to centreing in the southern end of Indiana county and from there building one main branch to this city.

Officials of the various lines, however, deny that this is true, saying that thi3 scheme was never mentioned un til a few months ago, when it was suggested by Plttsburgers. The lat ter, it was said, were principally shippers and financial men who are disgusted with the action of existing lines. Electrocuted While Playing Ball. Latrobe, July 13. Benjamin Ackerman, the 12-year-old son of Samuel Ackerman, of Baggaley, was electrocuted while playing ball this evening.

The boy was running to catch batted ball when, he became entangled in a telephone wire that had fallen across a trolley He was instantly killed. George Martin, mo- torman of a car that came along a few minutes after the accident was se verely shocked in rescuing the boy's body. More Statements Filed. Harrisburg, July 13 This was the last day under the new corrupt practices law for candidates nominated at the democratic state convention to file, a statement of the expenses. Jere S.

Black, for lieutenant governor, sent a statement that his expenses were under Lewi3 Emery, for governor; William T. Creasy, for au ditor general, and J. H. Greene, for secretary or internal affairs, failed to file their statements. Big Wind Storm at Toledo.

Toledo, July 13 A severe storm pased over Toledo this afternoon, blowing down shade trees and un roofing buildings. Lightning killed Nelson Buck in his rear yard in the city and a young boy was also killed on a farm near the city. Buck was a musical composer of considerable note. Under Secretary of State Sarraut Seriously Wound ed in Consequence. WAS A GREAT COMBAT Fight Followed One Which Took Place on the Floor of the Chamber of Deputies.

THIS ALMOST CAUSED RIOT Paris, July 13. The scene of tumultous disorder which marked the enactment to-day of the law restor ing Alfred Dreyfus to the army was followed by a bloody duel to-night in which Under Secretary of State Sarraut was dangerously wounded by the sword of M. Pugliesi-Conti. The duel assumed the aspect of a verita ble combat between the government and the opposition M. Sarraut's seconds were Minister Clemenceau and Thomson, while M.

Pugliesi-Con- ti's were M. Millevoye and General Jacquet, who were drawn from the elements which bitterly resist the government's rehabilitation of Dreyfus. The meeting followed a fight on the floor of the chamber of deputies in which M. Sarraut sprang from be side Minister of the Interior Clemenceau, sitting on the ministerial benches, on M. Pugliesi-Conti, who had been heaping denunciation on the members of the government as scoundrels.

Sarraut struck Pugliesi-Conti a stunning blow in the face, A scene of the wildest confusion en sued, compelling the suspension otf the session. It was after the close of the ses sion that the duel occurred. Late reports show that M. Sarraut is suf fering from a deep wound In the right breast, penetrating the lung. While the wound is considered to be serious it is not necessarily dangerous.

Despite the sanguinary conflict laws were finally enacted to-day by the -chamber of deputies reinstating Dreyfus, who obtains the 'rank of a chief of squadron of artillery, and Picquart, who is made a brigadier general. Both houses were over-welmingly favorable to Dreyfus and Picquart. Throughout the day feel ing was stirred intensely between the Dreyfus and anti-Dreyfus elements. This was heightened by fierce attacks by Dreyfusists against General Mercier and other promi nent officers who were responsible for Dreyfus' condemnation. Early in the day Minister of War Etienne pre sented the government bills restoring Dreyfus and Picquart to the army.

THE DEVIL MUST GO. Bill Posters Will Not Advertise His Satanic Majesty. Chicago, July 13 The National Bill Posters' association, at its meeting held here yesterday, decided to eliminate devils In all form from advert ising matter distributed by the asso ciation. The principal reason given for the action taken was that such pictures "suggest evil." H. G.

Sanders, of Pittsburg, made tne only objection, saying that his interest lay entirely in his desire to oppose the sacrifice of so large a fund of artistic material as that made available by pictures of his satanic majesty. Charles Bernard, of Chicago, secre tary-elect of the association, speaking in a psychological vein, dwelt upon the power of suggestion in the minds of youths. "Sugestion and unconscious Imita tion are the strongest factors in forming the child mind," he said, "and the accumulated influence of constantly seeing hideous pictures of devils, carrying every suggestion of evil, cannot be estimated." TRAINING SHIP ASHORE. Another of Uncle Sam's In Trouble. This Time on Spanish Coast.

Gibraltar, July 13. It is rumored that the New York school ship St Mary's is ashore at Spartel. Tugs have gone to her relief. The St. Mary's is a sailing vessel built sixty-two years ago and for the last thirty-one years in the service of the New York city board of education.

She carried about 100 boys and her master Is Commander Gustavus C. Hanus, United States navy. She has made frequent cruises to Eu ropean waters. Her present cruise began the latter part of April, and after several weeks spent in Long Is land sound and along the New Eng land coast she got away for Europe early in June, the understanding being that upon her return she would be put out of commission, her place being taken by a newer craft The St Mary's arrived at Cadiz July 3. Alexander Still Absent.

Augusta, July 13 The only development to-day in the disappearance of Thomas W. Alexander and the failure of the firm of Alexander Alexander for something over was the filing of a petition In bankruptcy in the federal court. Mr. Alexander's whereabouts are still a mystery. It is believed that there will be no criminal action taken by any of the creditors.

The General Escaped. Warsaw, July 13 An attempt was made to-day to assassinate General Schweikowsky, a member of the military tribunal. The general escaped without hurt, but his wife was wounded by two bullets. TERMS Of RESUMPTION Wages Will Vary in Amount of Per Cent, but All In-creased Over 1903. "OPEN SHOP" WILL PREVAIL The Agreement Affects 40,000 Men Who Are Scattered Over Fourteen Counties.

in the collieries of the Central Penn sylvania bituminous coal district who have been 'idle since April 1, when the mines closed down because the operators would not restore the scale of 1903. will resume work on practically the same scale as 1905, The agreement to do this was made to-day in a conference that was attended by prominent operators. President John Mitchell and Secre tary Wilson, of the United Mine Workers of America, and representa tives of the districts in the affected territory. Previous to to-day's meet ing a conference was held in Phlla-delphia on Tuesday at which terms were made and these were submitted to the districts which sent their men here to-day to ratify them. The session lasted six hours at the Hotel Commonwealth, and after much discussion, principally on the "open shop" and the method of collecting the check weighman's fund, the following scale was agreed upon: upon: First.

Pick mining per gross ton 66 cents; per net ton, 58.85 cents; machine loading shall be five ninths of the pick price, plus one-half cent and cutting and scraping, whether by the ton or task, will be advanced 6.45 per cent, above the price paid In 1905. All other day wages and monthly men, both inside and outside the mines, and all dead work and yardage shall be advanced 5.85 percent, above the rates paid during the scale year ending March 31, 1906, except all mechanics and skilled labor, who are to be paid such prices as shall be mutually agreed upon between the undersigned and the mechanic employed. Coke men to receive an advance of 5.85 per cent, over the rates paid during the scale year of 1905. Second. Eight hours of1 actual work at place of work shall constitute a day's work for all labor in side the mines, except pumpmen and monthly men, who shall work the number of hours required.

It is understood and agreed, however, that the trip-riders, motormen, drifers and cagers shall work the extra time required to clean up and deliver outside all coal gathered from working places through the side tracks within the eight hours of actual work, and shall be paid for such extra time work at the rates per hour herein agreed upon. All labor to work the number of hours required and to be paid as per rates specified. Third. There is to be no change of working conditions and oustoms under this scale from such condi tions and customs as have applied at this mine have been in practice thereat during the scale year ending March 31, 1906. In addition to the adoption of the scale the following agreement was entered into for machine loading "That during the term of this agreement it is agreed that the price of machine loading shall be 37.9 cents per gross ton, or 33.6 cents per net ton." The other provisions are: "Any regularly employed miner may, at his option, authorize deduc tions irom coal mined lor use of a checkweighman's fund, such amount of coal as ho may elect to subscribe provided such authority is duly exe cuted in writing by each individual miner, ana sucn autnorization releases the company from all liabili ty from account thereof.

There shall bo no collection from day labor by the companies, from day labor working In mines or outside. The collection of coal for checkweighman's fund shall be collected from sheets on tipples. "The right to hire and discharge, the management of the mine and the direction of the working force are vested exclusively in the operator, and the U. M. W.

of A. shall not abridge that right It is not the intention of this provision to encourage the discharge of employes or the refusal of employment because of personal prejudice or activity ia matters affecting the U. M. W. of A.

"Should any differences arise under this agreement between the employers and the employes touching the proper interpretation of any of Its provisions, there shall be no suspension of work on account thereof but an earnest effort to settle such differences shall be made; first through the local management at the mines and the mine committee, and failing in this the matter shall be presented to the general manager or owner and the district officers of the United Mine, Workers of America, and if settlement is not reached with Bald general manager or owner and district officers, the question shall then be referred to a permanent board of arbitrators consisting of two miners, or their representatives, and two operators or their representatives; they jointly failing to agree shall appoint an umpire, who shall be a miner nor an operator, but whose decision shall be final in the interpretation of the question under this agreement." The conference reassembled to night for the purpose of signing the agreement, all present affixing their names to it, including President and Secretary Wilson. It will affect 40,000 miners who are out in fourteen counties, and is subject to ratification by a district conven tion which will probably be called by President Gllday for Clearfield on Tuesday next. The agreement is regarded as a compromise, the miners getting the wage advance and the operators the open shop, arbitration and check- weighman points. At to-night's conference the agreement and scale were signed by operators and miners and the conference adjourned. National Secretary Wilson when asked to-night regarding the agreement and scale made, said: "The thing that gratifies us is that it gives us the 1903 scale, and that is all we contended for." COURTNEY RESIGNS.

Declines to Longer Serve as Coach for Corneir Crews. Ithaca, N. July 13.Charles B. Courtney has tendered his resignation as coach of the Cornell crews. Mr.

Courtney has held this position with the Cornell navy for twenty-five years. His present contract has three more years to run, but Mr. Courtney has asked for his release from the contract. He gives as his reason for the step continual annoyances which he says the Cornell Athletic management has subjected him to. Mr.

Courtney feels that the management has been niggardly with the navy and discourteous in its treatment of him personally. It is understood that he has several standing offers for larger salaries than the Cornell management is giving him. He feels that he has manifested his loyalty to Cornell by refusing these offers in the past and declares that his patience Is exhausted. Mr. Courtney says he has no plans for the future.

He is 56 years old and thinks he has many years of usefulness still ahead of him. Colonel Hunsiker Resigns. London, July 13. Colonel Millard Hunsiker has resigned the management of the European agency of the United States Steel corporation. It is understood that there has been friction between Colonel Hunsiker and James A.

Farrel, president of the United States Steel Exports com pany, for some time. Once before, it is stated, the col onel handed in his resignation for the same reason, and that W. E. Co rey, president of the United States Steel corporation, persuaded him to withdraw it. But in consequence of a further renewal of the disagree ments, Hunsiker cabled his resigna tion, which this time was accepted.

STAIN WIPED AW FROM DREYFUS'S CHARACTER French Parliament Kept Busy with the Work of His Re-hab Uitation. Paris, July 13 This was the clos ing day of parliament, and it was largely devoted to the rehabilitation of Alfred Dreyfus, so that the national holiday to-morrow may witness his return to the army and the official ef- facement of the stain placed upon his good name. The chamber of deputies met at 9 m. for the purpose of hastening the parliamentary procedure and War Minister Etienne immediately present ed two government bills, one raising Capt. Dreyfus to the rank of major of artillery and the other promoting Col.

Picquart to that of brigadier-general, M. Etienne asked for speedy action, adding that it was the government's intention to inscribe Dreyfus' name on the list of candidates for the cross of the legion of honor. This announce ment brought out a storm of applause. The bills were referred to the army committee, which at once went into session, approved them, and drafted strong favorable reports, which will be debated later. It Is expected that both bills will be completed before tie close of the day.

The more radical supporters of Dreyfus are seeking to force the gov ernment to prosecute the many generals, colonels, and-high functionaries responsible for his condemnation. The amnesty law protects them, but a movement is on foot to repeal this law for the purpose of reaching Gen erals Mercier and Gonset Colonel Du Paty de Clam, and tiers who were prominent In the prosecution of Dreyfus. The government newspapers de clare that the affair is closed, but others, notably the "Figaro" and "Echo de Paris, assert that fierce reprisals are about to begin. The "Figaro," however, appeals to those who were prominent in obtaining revision of Dreyfus' trial not to attempt to obtain ven geance. Capt.

Dreyfus, who says he bears no malice toward his persecutors, was convicted of revealing military sec rets to the German government and was condemned as a traitor, dismiss ed from the army, and imprisoned on Devil's island. He is a Jew and by his case France has been torn for years by the most bitter political and racial agitation. Major Esterhazy, the real author of the bordereau, and tool of the con spirators; died in exile and wretched poverty in London. a.