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ARDS 10498, : way. or 19086 When Mr. Hughesy name was gre- sented every man, woman and _ child arose and cheered. No other nominee was presented wpon the floor of the «onvention. Early this morning _ the leaders of the party got together and «ame to an agreement. _ The friends of Messrs. Black, Bruce, Brackett _ and Woodruff, all aspirants for _ the first honor, conceded that Mr_ Hughes was the _ strongest man available for the nomination and decided to sink their A Saratoga, N. Y., despatch:; The Reâ€" publican State convention this afterâ€" noon nominated Charles E. Hughes for Governor. The nomination was by acâ€" Lovernor,. elamation Mr. Hughes came into the limelight as the chief counsel of the State Life Insurance Investigating Committee. Was Nominated at Saratoga Yesterday for Goverâ€" nor of New York State. CAUSED DOWNFALL OF J.S.CATHER OF. MONTREAL. Defauiting Sank Clerk Lost Three Thouâ€" sand Dollars in One Nightâ€"Eluded Detective and Caught the Train for New York,. quarreried. _ loâ€"day, after a dispute of unuâ€"ual violence, Bingham tried to stab her with the shears, the woman declared, and she defended herself. In the strugâ€" gle her hands were cut badly, as she was forced to grapple with the scissors to save herself from more serious wounds. Eventually the man gave up the struggle. He seized a revolver, pointed the weapon at his head and fired.. He missed his aim, but the second time he pulled the trigger the ball entered his head and pierced his brain. He appeared to have died almost brain. H instant!y. The Pa prof 7 °_ j P â€"IC Gedud! mar‘s wife, Bingham had killed himself while despondent over his lack of money, an! after he had atâ€" tacked ker with a pair of shears. Bingâ€" ham was unsuccessful at finding employâ€" ment _ kere, and the couple frequently quarrelled. Toâ€"day, after a dispute of unuâ€"ual violence, Bingham tried to stab her with the shears, the woman declared, and she defended harself! In Â¥ha chus and tnat the hampton, N. of the woman sie was the dead had killed himself his lack of money tacked ker with a ham was tnsnueces Paterson, N. J., Oct. 1.â€" shots ringing out in quick s a fashionable boarding house street here early toâ€"day, r tragedy of a man lying dea« with a bullet in his hanl 1. wringin Despondent Eloper Tries to Kill the Woman Ran Of With. MURDER WAS ATTEMPTED ~WITH PAIR OF sHEArs. . E. HUGHES REFPUBLICAN NOMINFE. BETTING ON RACFES. 10ntl £ 18¢ /) th ly of a man lying dead in bullet in his head, and a f the cashier who n the head office of North America since poolrooms on hors c cause of his dowi °2 2209 17°05 Ucid in x room, et in his head, and a woman i the ecruer, screaming and ‘v hands, which were bleeding The woman said she was Cora the man was Floyd Bingham, hey had eloped from Bingâ€" . Y. According to the story an, who at first elaimed that e dead man‘s wife, Bingham () woman admitted that she Oct. 1.â€"Two pistol in quick succession in his downfall. Last CHARLES E. HUGHES. revealed the on Summer C ither _ is has been the Bank Monday. races is The platform adopted, among other things, weaffirms belief in the protecâ€" tive tariff, urges legislation for the restoration of the merchant marine, endorses the advanced stand of Rooseâ€" velt on the eightâ€"hour law, and favors a reapportion of representation . in Congress wherever the ballot is supâ€" pressed. _ Mob barbaritiee are _ conâ€" demned and sympathy is expressed for Uw Jews in Poland and Russia. While no definite statement upon this point can be attributed to any of the leaders, it is known that word from President Roosevelt vastly aided in bringing about the nomination of the insurance investigator. f personal differences and _ go on the convention floor prepared to send the name of Mr. Hughes through with a whoop. Patrick Coltert Defeats Contesting Relaâ€" tives. leet up, anda ore continues all the way as rich as the ore on the first level, which astounded the world when the strike was made last December. _ The drift connecting the top of the rise with the main shaft is now being drivâ€" en, in which massive gold was encounâ€" tered, and which machine drills could not penetrate. _ _A single blast broke down over $15,000 _ worth of gold. Threeâ€" fourths of the weight of ore is native gold, valued at over $300,000 per ton. At police headquarters the police say there appears to be no reason to doubt the woman‘s story or to suspect that the man had not died y his own hand. The first bullet went into the ceiling, but the second found its mark and the man fell dead. Mrs. Paige said that when they were about to retire last night Bingham comâ€" meneed to talk about marriage, and urgâ€" ed her to become his wife. She told him that that was impossible, as she was alâ€" ready married. Then he suddenly became enraged and picking up a pair of shears rushed at her and tried to stab her. She held him off, and while warding off the blows aimed _ at her received several slashes on her hands. Bingham suddenâ€" ly desisted from his asasult and pulling a revolver from his pocket, fired twice at himself. gave her age as 26 years. She said that Bingham was about 27 years. _ About ten days ago they came to Paterson and took a room at the Freeman House. They stopped at the hotel only a few days, going about a week ago to the boarding hiuse where the shooting ocâ€" cudred. Amasy oo Om@Ertit? ance. Questioned further by the police, Mrs. Paige told the police that her home was in Greene, Chenango County, N. Y., and was married, and that she her husband, the police aav VALET BECOMES WEALTHY years old receives a iortune unde employer, Dr. Frank as admitted to probat« ‘ounty Court toâ€"day as t A WONDERFUL MINE. and that she had deserted he police say. She is about and of attractive appearâ€" contest. Colbert is the _as the testator eut off er and other blood relaâ€" his trust agreement he »it $500,600. Dr. Freel e under the wili Frank J. Freel, in the ie climax t is the eut off od relaâ€" ch He Tt Mr. Fitzgerald was again on the stand in the afternoon and was questioned at length by Mr. Tilley in reference to the accounts of the order. ‘The totals of the debenture and other accountse as shown by the ledger were not in accord with the returns to the Government. Mr. Tilley asked witness to account for the discrepancy, but after figuring for some time he was unable to reconcile the different statements. He was posiâ€" tive, however, that the discrepancy was only apparent and that both the ledger said, made it a point to keep each one intact in the bank. The expense acâ€" count had an overdraft of $9,542 at presâ€" ent, and a note bearing interest at 5 per cent, had some time ago been given to the bank to cover the overdrait. They were only getting 3 per cent. on their deposits in the bank, of which there might be $25.000 or $30,â€" 000 to the credit of the insurance fund at the time they borrowed to square the expense account. This policy was folâ€" lowed in consequence of the rules of the order requiring the funds to be kept sepâ€" arate. Woodmen of the Worl1. With reference to the various funds, the Executive officers had, Mr. Fitzgerali which should net an acre. through the Union Trust Compans the Great West < Land Compan 200,000 acres of land in the North A condition of the transfer of the from the Union Trust Company t« Great West Land Company |â€" was there should be an advance in wiÂ¥in t d w d? c B2 t 2i P d 00 in his statement was composed of Mir John A. MceGQillivray, Supreme Neeretary of the J. _ Q. F.; Hon. Gieo. K. Fostor Managing Director, and â€" Mr. Matthew Wieon, K. C., Solicitor of the Union Trust Company, who became possessed of a he«ilfâ€"interest in the option obtained by Messrs, Pope and Fowler from â€"the C. P. R. and |transferred by them through the Union Trust Company to the Great West < Land Company, of prpun neur is c o0 0s 022 Oelgats h ds c o tm Sn c ’ "I just mention that in case it be thought there was some misappt }-irm about this $95.000, That givern in that way certainly coul« have been carried out to my mind orly by giving a share of the profi that was representing the price 1 they charged the company to eonr all parties agreeing to that, that s have been the end of it. It seems t an ancmalous thing to put that a _ profitâ€"sharing fund, in compe{ with gontlemen who wore paying, thought all these other gentlemen paying. their proper share. That i explanation I wish to give, as the tezr was in my mind, I thought haps that might simplify it." The syndicate referred to by Sit . in his statement was composed of John A. MeQGillivray, Supreme Seere of the L. O. F :: Hiom cfthk » x un . syndicate‘s i should have and the syn "If they x corn, which my recollect doubt at a on the basis I supplementary statement to that given by him previously. Sir John said: "I would like, with the permission of the board, just to suplemenpt what I said last nightâ€"I am aware 1 am under oath â€"lest there might be any mistaken imâ€" pression or any injustice done to anyâ€" body. 1 have been thinking the matâ€" ter over, _ While I cannot recollect just the details, I may have said to Mr. Wilâ€" son in my interview with him that it was competent for this company and this syndicate to enter into this joint doal and that there might be proper compensation made if the syndicate reâ€" quired that as a condition. They being an independent concern anrd having it in hard might say the terms on which they might come in; if that was satisfactory and accoptable to all parties concerned i Uailerstood Members of Syndicate Were Putting Up Theit Own Moneyâ€" Woodmen of World Now Before Inâ€" surance Commission â€"Discrepancies in Accounts Not Explained. Toronto depatch: The proceedings beâ€" ’ fore the Insurance Commission yesterday were tame, after the striking disclosures ,ot' recent sessions. _ The Woodmen of ’ the World were under investigation, and / little of interest transpired in the eviâ€" Genze of Mr. W. C. Fitzgerald, head clerk ofi the institution. _ Before proceeding with the business of the day, Mr. Shepâ€" ley called attention to the fact that an eroncous impression had been created that the 1. U. F. benefited to the extent of $750,000 from investments in land and lumber. HMe explained that the stateâ€" mert placed on record by Mr. Stevenson was put in simply for the purpose of showing the meritorious nature of the investments from _ a financial standâ€" point, _ The profits from all the investâ€" ments enumerated, however, will not acâ€" erue to the I. 0. F. as they were not inâ€" terested directly in some of the lands, Sir John A. Boyd‘s Statement. I Fir John A. Boyd again went into the box, voluntariiy, in order to make a | THE FORESTERS‘ SIP JOHN A. BOYD AGAIN COMâ€" MENTS UPON TRANSACTION. ihave gone to the trt he syndicate should ha they were going on as which 1 understood w collection is very clear at all about that, > basis of their paying of the coneern, and t! the syndicate 50 cents LAND DFAL. or iie Uni ame possess ption obtain ler from of inds Biscatosing, Oct. 1.â€"Two â€" rangers, Washburn and Campbell, have just arâ€" rived from Green Lake post, and report that they picked up Angus Taylor in a helpless condition on Canoe Lake, his mate, Roy O‘Donnell. of Brechin, Ont.,. having been drowned by the Capsizing of their canoe in a squall. Taylor and (‘Donnell were rangers on the Missisâ€" saugua forest reserve. About 6,000,000 bushels of the néw crop has been inspected. Of this 25 per cent. is N. 1, 40 per cent. No. 1 Northâ€" ern, 15 per cent. No. 2 Northern, and 80 per cent. of the yield to be high grade. The fine weather is facilitating threshâ€" ing, etc. Some damage from frost is reâ€" ported from the Regina country, Ottawa, Ont., Oct,. 1..â€"(Special.)â€" The Trade and Commerce Department has received reports which indicate the wheat yield in Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan,. It is placed at 85,000,000 bushels, from 45,000,000 acres. It is said that the yield would have been considerâ€" ably larger but for the hot wave in Augâ€" ust, which was very severe. THE YIZLD IN MANITOBA, ALBERTA AND SASKATCHEEWAN. Oneâ€"fifth of the members of the Grand Camp form a quorum. The expenses of Ontario delegates are limited to 15 a meoting. The total expense of the last Crand Camp was $1,026. Mr. Tilley: "Is there any other reason for having really only bionnial meetings f the (Grand Camp besides saving of exâ€" ense ?" Mr. Geo. Edwards, acountant for the commission, said that subsidiary books, such as the cash book, were excellent, but there was no general account. _ In order to be able to ascertain the posiâ€" tion of the sociecty he must have an account showing every dollar that was received and every dollar disbursed in the same way. He had understood from statements forwarded to him from time to time that the books were being made up properly, but when he came to exâ€" amine them on the previous day he found that they had been made up in differâ€" ent ways, each of which was entirely inconsistent with the others and, thereâ€" fore, it was impossible to get any satisâ€" #actory results. Owing to the condition of the books there could not have been an effective audit. The bookkeeping had been carried on very well until a certain point, but stopped short of a complete system. The investigation will M o aaliges n m F certain point, but st complete system. The be continued toâ€"day. yuruekt c 1 woo o 0 W Sss | 0 mioe ‘greAcer in‘ proâ€" portion than for $1,000. In reply to Commissioner Kent, Mr. Fitzgerald said that of course, no . soâ€" ciety could continue to give insurance at less than cost. _ When the proposal to increase rates was voted down there was no attempt made to prove that the scale proposed was incorrect. Books Still Unsatisfactory. The members refused to raise rates because they though them as high as they wanted to pay. The amount of the liability of the ‘order had mot been calculated upon an actuarial basis. The institution depended largely upon getâ€" ting in new and young members for sueâ€" cess. The rates for $1,000 were not double that of $500, but the rates for $2,000 and $3,000 were greater in proâ€" portion than for $1,000. sOnmmowh S noet & MNUTEY It was also propesd to increase . the rates for other ages in proportion. Mr. Fitzgerald admitted that if attention were paid to what actuaries say the exâ€" isting rates are not high enough, but declined to express any personal opinion upon the question other than that the society was getting along very well. Members Refused Higher Rates. E iA io o wat iscc s t i a d i c3 Maccabees and came over under that arâ€" rangement. The question of rates was taken up. In 1906 the members refused to sancâ€" tion an increase in _ rates for $1,000 policy from $7.48 to $10.80 at the age of twenty and from $8.16 to $12.48 at the age of 25 as compared with $13.55 at the age of twenty by Hunter‘s table. l Among the loans made by the soâ€" ciety was one of $4,300 to Mr. T. H. lLuaco!nbe. head bauker of the society, | who also represented it before the comâ€" [mission. The property upon which the loan was made was valued at $7,000. ’ A number of members were taken over from the Knights of the Maccaâ€" bees. _ Each member so received was required to pay $11, which went to the insurance fund in return for the priviâ€" lege of being allowed to come in as at the same age at which they joined the Maccabees, paying the regular rates of the Woodmen for that age. â€" In order to obtain this privilege, however, 80 per cent. of the membership of the camp were required to come over. There had . been an increase in the rates of thelw Maccabees, which caused dissatisfaction among their members. _ Nine or ten1 camps, numbering 400 members, left the | Has. there ever been a suggestion ce those meotings triennial?" TAE WHEAT CROP. M) and the report to the Government were correcet. ‘The cash surplus shown in the statement does not correspond either with the cash balance in the bank or in the cash book of the order. _ Witâ€" ness could not explain this discrepancy, as the statement was not prepared by him but by Mr. Eastwood, an acountant, of London. ROY O‘DONNELL DROWNED. M etimes the $100 was not all exâ€" _ on the monument, and any sayâ€" esulting went back to the funds Order. but there was nothing on oks by which this could be traced. CGrand Camp has no authority by arter to delegate powers to an ve, and Mr. Tilley asked if any n had ever been raised about this, s said no question had been Erection of Moruments, Fitzgerald also said that the $100 ent erected on the death of a r was paid out of the $1,000 of the 1ce, If the monument was not reâ€" this meney was not paid to the iary, but remained for the time in the insurance fund. Later it e transferred to the monument acâ€" and monies from this account can isferred to the expense account. Tilley wanted ¢go know if the inâ€" : fund was used for ary other s. Mr. Fitzgerald said that monâ€" re also taken for investigation s, and defended this as being for ke of protectinz the insurance to him from time s were being made n he came to exâ€" ious day he found nade up in differâ€" hich was entirely others and, thereâ€" ONTAKIU AKUHIVE3a TORONTO Congressman William Sulzer was also placed in nomination, his name being greeted by a great outburst of cheering, which continued fourteen minutes. John A. Dix, of Washington county, a manuâ€" facturer, was also named for Governor, The session has been marked by exâ€" treme bitterness, Mr. Hearst being arâ€" raigned and denounced roundly by a number of the speakers. The language indulged in stirred the delegates into wild demonstrations for and against the sentiments of the speakers, A Convention Hall, Buffalo, despatch: In a session which began before eight o‘clock last night and was still sitting at a late hour this morning the Demoâ€" cratic State convention nominated Wilâ€" liam Randolph Hearst for Governor, A test vote on the adoption of the majorâ€" ity report of the Committee on Contestâ€" ed Seats showed the Hearst element to have the necessary strength to win. By 244 to 142 the report was adopted. By this action the Hearst element secured two score additional votes. WM. RANDNCLPH HEARST, Proprietor of the New York Journal, w ho is the Democratic Candidate for Governor o f New York. _Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 1.1â€"The Unitâ€" led Presbyterian Church Synod toâ€"day agreed to sanction one ground for «iâ€" ‘vorce, and severely criticised the newsâ€" papers for printing reports of the diâ€" vorce mills. Is the Democratic Candidate for Governor of New York State. The ministers also frowned on the Sunday newspapers and the Sunday mail service. They adopted a resolution supâ€" porting Anthony Comstock, in which he is likened to a Moses standing between the people and the plague of vile literaâ€" Synod at Rochester Sanctions One Ground G,. T. R. and Yardsmen Adopt New Scheduleâ€"Some Wage Increases. Toronto, Oct. 11â€"A new schedule inâ€" volving some increases in wages _ was agreed upon yesterday by officials of the Grand Hrunk and the committee reâ€" presenting the yardmen on the comâ€" pany‘s lines east of the Detroit River. For some time a conference has been going on between the two bodies in referâ€" ence to several matters, among tham beâ€" ing a request of the yardmen for increasâ€" es in certain instances. Mr. P. H. Morâ€" risey, head of the yardmen‘s organizaâ€" tion, was here from the United States discussing the new schedule and yesterâ€" day an agreement was reached and the committee left the city. Mr. F. H. Mcâ€" Guigan, Fourth Viceâ€"President of the G. T. R., has been representig the comâ€" pany. After vessel got to Quarantine early this morning second cabin pasengers said that they had seen a woman come from the cabin and jump over the side. Othâ€" ers declared that they had seen a ghost. Deck stewards thought that there was really nothing that had gone overboard unless it was a piece of baggage, but the pasengers held to their story of a whiteâ€" clad figure disappearing oer the side and the New York, Oct. 1.â€"Cioconda Flamâ€" mini, a young Nyrian woman, who had been a second cabin passenger on the steamship Kcoenig Albert, which reached Hoboken toâ€"day, was missing when the vessel docked. She had been seen at supâ€" per off Sandy Hook on Wednesday night. Girl Believed to Have Jumped From Ship to Escape a Worse Fate. YOUNG SYRIAN WOMAN PREFERRED DEATH TO A LOVELESS MARRIAGE. PRESBYTERIANS AND DIVORCE. COMPANY AND MEN AGREE. captain ordered a boat lowered. The WM. R. HEARST NOMINATED. ’,9‘/ 1/ 4//’/W< .L/ J / e Public service enterprises are then defined and declared to be a legitimate field for Government control, _ The question of public ownership of such enterprises is treated in an exhaustive manner, with the conclusion that in every instance the gcoplo of each loâ€" cality must settle the question. . The cightâ€"hour law is pledged of enforeeâ€" ment, and its _ extension advocated. Atrocities against the Jews in Russia are deplored and trusts denounced. The election of United States Senators by popular vote is advocated. William Jennings Bryan is hailed as a "great Democratic leader," without reâ€" spect to political party; ? nothing is said as to his candidacy in 1908. The Democratic platform first deâ€" votes several paragraphs to defining Democratic conception of government to prevent any form of favoritism. It then denounces Republican high tariff proâ€" tection; the gross partiality which punâ€" ishes mifior offences, while ignoring enâ€" ormous crimes. _ It advocates placing officers of banks, trust companies, and public service corporations under close and constant scrutiny. | As late as yesterday the cures of the surrounding towns met at Chatâ€" enay and held a funeral service for the colleague whom they thought dead. The inhabitants of Chatenay are very indignant at the revelations, and the + Paris papers are full of details of I the abbe‘s escapade, Pipe Bursts and Saturates Woman With Boiling Tomato Catsup. Cincinnati, _ Ohio, Oct. 1.â€" Betty Honican, a young woman employed at the plant of a catsup company, was fatally scalded yesterday afternoon with boiling catsup. _ While working at a table an overhead pipe, used to carry the hot fluid mass from the large vats, burst, and she was deluged by the stream that issued forth, _ Its foree was such that the was knocked to the floor and saturated with the boiling compound before she could be _ rescued. The unfortunate young woman was taken to the city hospital, where it was stated she could live but a few hours at most. Paris, Oct. 1..â€"Abb@e Delarue, cure of Chatenay, who disappeared about two months ago and who was thought to have been assassinated, was toâ€"day accidentally found to be alive and well, living in Brussels with a teacher, formerly a nun of the same town, with whom, it appears, he eloped. The Paris newspapers made great efforts to discover his body, one of them em|poying a hyena for the purpose,. Two days before she disappeared she became hysterical. _ She h.‘*pt‘ come on board alone, but soon after the ship left Gibraltar she was seen in company of a rather fiereeâ€"looking man, who, the passengers said, scemed to exert some sort of an influence over her. ‘Toâ€"day after the man learned that the girl had disappeared he said that he had known ber only slightly. The girl got on the vessel at Genoa on September 13th. Persons who talked with her said that she was despondent, and was coming here against her will. Rhe was engaged to be married here and there was no way out of it unless she died. second officer and four men rowed about for nearly an hour, but could find no one. Abstract of Platform. NOT DEAD; ELOPED. HORRIBLE DEATH MATE AND FIREMAN MISSINGâ€"BOY FATALLY INJURED. Seattle, Wash., Oct. 11â€"A despatch to the Post Intelligencer from White Horse, Alaska, says that the steamer Columbia, owned by the White Pass Co., had been burned near Five Fingers, on the Yukon River. The chief mate, Jos Welch, and one fireman are missing. WAS WIFE OF MINNEAPOLIS NEWSâ€" PAPER PHOTOGRAPHER. Minneapolis, Oct. 1.â€"Late last night a woman who was found murdered in the Glenwood Hotel was identified as the wife of Marry Sussmar, a newspaper photographer. They had been married about a year, The_v separated two months ago, the woman returning to her parents and the husband leaving town. A few days ago Sussman returned and he and his wife went away t:s-t:;r. The police are looking for the h e A cabin boy, named Murray, was fatâ€" ally injured. Others were badly burned and all on board had narrow escapes. transport the produc approximate‘y 00 cents per ton. / is said to be the third rise withi period of three months, and anothe expected which will place the coma ity upon a price basis equal to the notch figures of last season. The sons given for the latest advance that the shutting down of two of largest producing plants in the 1 district has caused a shortage in the . p‘y, that the demand is unprecedent large, and that difficulty has been perienced in securing care in which New _ l 0rk, Oct, Commerce t0day s The Internationa day raised the pri approximately 60 c is said to hbe th« YOU WILL HAVE TO WORK HARD TO EARN YOUR SALT of many communes have a mal resolutions discarding th of the police and clergy. T lice are resigning in great nu owners are disposing of thei any sacrifice, and Jland v dropped from $80 to 816 pe Details of the uprising at are difficult to obtain, but th of the village of Knagorods armed the police and proc tonomy. St,. Petersburg, Oct. quieting information reg: rian sitmation comes fro of Saratoy and Tambov Volga region, where e« are anticipated when the son opens in October, / RUSSIAN PEASANTRY DISREGARD POLICE AND CLERGY. The contracting states bind themselves to restriect or discourage by discriminatâ€" ing taxation the exporting of coffee of inferior grades and they further bind themselves to pass laws preventing the extension of coffee acreage for two years after Jan. 1st, 1907. New â€" York, Oct. 1.â€"Announcement was made toâ€"day by the Journal of Comâ€" merce that the financing of Brazil‘s cofâ€" fee valorization plan had been arranged. Bankers and merchants, internationally known and all identified with the coffee business, are named who will advance the money needed, about $20,000,000, They are located in New York, London, Havre and Hamburg. The object of the coffee valorization plan is to maintain coffee at a remunerative price to the grower by _ establishing _ a _ minimum _ at which it is to be upheld by purchases of coffee on account of the three coffee States of Brazil, namely, the States of Sao Paulo, Rio and Minas. I2â€" terest ,on the loan made is guaranteed and paid by tax on every bag of coffee shipped. General Manager Lindsey Wants Three Questions Answered Before Resumâ€" ing the Negotiationsâ€"Mr. Biggs Said to Have Exceeded His Authority, Fernie, B. C., Oct. 1.â€"The strike situation here assumed rather a sensaâ€" tional turn toâ€"«day, when R. H. Sherâ€" man, President of the district union, wrote a letter to the company, stating that in order to end the unhappy conâ€" dition of affairs he would order the men back to work if the company would take them back. It is understood that Genâ€" eral {tnnger Lindsey replied by letter that ‘the "unhappy conditions" had been brought on by the men, and that the ecompany at present is not prepared to take them back. He demanded an ansâ€" wer to three questions before the negoâ€" tiations are continued. First, why did they strike and thus violate the agreeâ€" ment which provided for peaceable methods of settling _ disagreements? Second, do they admit that the conferâ€" ence between representatives of the comâ€" pany and the union clearly showed that the discrimination clause was tacitly agreed upon* Third, who is to comâ€" pensate the company for the loss resultâ€" ing from the strike * _ Mr. lindsey, in reply to Mr. Biggs‘ statement of yester. day, issued a cireular letter toâ€"day. charging him with avoiding the issues and challenging him and his associatos to meet him in the presence of the Coal Creek miners. Mr. Sherman claims that Mr. Biggs went beyond his authority in calling the miners out. _ It is now beâ€" lieved that it was all a mistake about President Mitchell endorsing the strike, PLAN TO INCREASE IT Anp STRICT THE OUTPUT FOUND MURDLRED. MEN‘S OFFER VESSEL BURNED. TROUBLOUS TIMES. PRICE OF COFFEE. PRICE GONEF UP. York, Oct MINERS WILLING To RN TO WORK. LV 8 Malt C on The 11 t im« li it n url is to comâ€" loss resultâ€" Lindsey, in M i7 RE