COAL TROUBLES Continued from. First Page. miners’ union if a pound of coal is not mined all winter.” President Nichols Speaks. Scranton Pa., Sept. 21.—Presi- dent Nichols, of district No. 1; states this afternoon that the sus- pension in the Wyoming and the Lackawanna valleys is complete. Determined to Win. Hazleton, Pa., Sept. 21,.—Presi- dent Mitchell at noon gave out the following statement: “Reports received at this office today show that 80 per cent of the mine owners of. the Lehigh region areon a strike. Large numbers are joining the ranks of the strikers daily. Alf who have gone on strike have remained and are determined to'win. The men are peaceable and law abiding citizens.” TODAY'S STOCK SALES. Following is a summary of the sales on the local exchange today. together with the quotations: Rossland Saics. Sales today on the local exchange were as follows: Giant,8000, 10,000, 334, 5000, 2500, 334c; Okanogan, 2000, Kc; Rambler-Cariboo, 2000, 26c. 2000, 2534c; Evening Star, 1000, 8c; Tamarac, 3000, 5/4¢; Sullivan, 2000, 15¢; Deer Trail, 5000, 4; Novelty, 2000, 1c} Giant. 10,000, 3%c. Total sates, 54,590 shares. Athabasce 2 ii “Just Before Dawn,” The above play, which will be anedian Gold f 1% | given by the R. E. French company jariboo | [camp Beata $1 *2, gi 65 | Monday night, is a new, up-to-date Az wi $7 m comedy drama and is full of: ‘inter- 16 esting climaxes. It deals with cap- 38 1 | ital and labor and has a_ beautiful a* 3 3% } love story running all through. The 2 ab comedy is good and includes the 20 Be entire strength of the company—16 sh 8 | people. Special secenery is used Jone Fine Ce ie 7 |through the entire piece. The lonte Christo. 3% 4g | French company will remain all lontreal Gol 338 - 7,, | week and a change of play will be be given nightly. Popular prices—25, 92 {and 50 cents. . a % 50 4 i i MISS SWANSON Berghe, Cousstiaaved % 4 g xOr al © mo. Consolida' . Be Sullivan.... ean apg] THE CLARENDON s Serves the Best Meals in City, Rooms for Bang and Dinner Parties : : To be Buried at Portiand. The body of Albert Westfall, the Sidi tonight. The play was the greatest success of Miss Mathes through the largest cities of the south and is highly spoken of by the southern press. NOTES ABOUT ‘PROPLE. C. J, Bush of Denver arrived in the city yesterday. D. McPhail of Kaslo is among the visitors in Rossland this week. J. E. Poupore came over from Nelson yesterday. J. M. Young of Toronto is in the city. Mr. and Mrs. H. Balfour Shaw of Indian Head arrived in the city, yesterday. a Among the eastern visitors who arrived yesterday are.C. P. F, Mer- West End Park - To Lease and Rent Finest Soil and Ground for 1. Market Gardens, Fruit . Erauire of JAS. LAWLER, Agent, Big Four Mining Co.'s Office, E. Columbia Ave. TIMBER MEN WANTED TO . ». CUT WOOD..... ton of Halifax and R. L. Joh of St. Johns. W. E. McCullough came up from Marcus yesterday. | Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Brucker ar- rived tom Grand Forks yesterday. C. D. Crandall and J. W. Hays of Spokane are in the city today. ‘At the Kootenay George F: Williams, Greenwood, R. Hicking- battom, A. E, Macdownell, Nelson. Mrs. A. Cy ‘Garde, accompanied by her children, left last night for New York, whence they will sail for Europe Sept. 29... They expect to remain abroad a pear. Mr. Garde accompanied them as far aS Spo- kane. m|Le Roi Liverv, Feed & Sale Stables. JOHN F. LINDBURG ... ..- PROPRIETOR , Heavy Transfervine- First-class Saddle & Pack Horses. " BTABLES:. -. Commercial Aliey, "Phone No. 39. Postoftice Box 16. Farms % Chicken Ranches PLENTY OP WATER. A. G, CREELMAN, I Most Everyone Would Smoke, If everyone new the excellent quatity ‘and satisfuction there is found in our ‘The skill in the making of them, the High Grade of Tobacco in them, and the price, 3 for 26c, makes the Needles the popular cigar of the day. wholesale and Retail Tobacconists. Opposite Bank of Montreal, 6:30 P. M. Nits SRO Fan 6, 30 P, M, et t ROSSLAND’S. BIG STORE | Yon shonic examine «Cole's Hot..| Blast Heater eater | Rofore placing your order for the ney . W heat contemplate buying we'll be pleased to sie Maa and explain all the advantages found only in He minke. : ex HUNTER BROS, HARDWARE DEPARTMENT, ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1900 PRICE § CENTS FLY-BACK|” =TIMERS.} “THEY ARE INEXPENSIVE _ oe VET RELIABLE... You cannot Fully Eujoy a _Race + Without One. . . “]|aMoNcTHEMINES Large Construction Work Now Going On. El Padre Needles Gigars. P. BURNS & CO, L. LEVY& GO 7 : Trail, Nelson, Ymir, ...Kaslo;.. Sandon, New FOR RENT. Office on first foor 118 Block. AND BUILDER promptly attended to. tel, P.O. Box CONTRACTOR Estimates fomished on all kinds of work: Job Office and ser conn, gout rear Alham Large Warehouse in center of town. -FOk SALE. Sarnished throughout, good locality. Splendid. bosiness opeeriani ty: Photnix, Midway, Camp McKinney, Revelstoke Rolt & Grogan William Donald, Mer. Rossland Branch, WHOLESALE MARKET Nelson, ‘S: G d,| Grand rots and Vancouver, , _. RETAIL MARKETS - Silverton, Cascade City, Grand Forks, Ferguson, and Vancouver. ween, New. Compressor and Other Ma- chinery—Tramway for eas NOTE PAPERS & ‘-PLAYING CARDS KHAKI ‘Onr selection of ” Boxed Note Papers aud Enve'opes embrace all the newest things in Shape, Color and Quality. Call and see our UP-TO-DATE ST. ATIONERY, ro GOODEVE BROS. Tt looks well and costa War Eagle. The -construction work at the The framing shop -is approaching- completion. The building at the head works is receiving a new coat of paint, and will make a handsome appearance. The new machiné shop EF Centre Star is progressiag rapidly. “ “IT PAYS TO DEAL wiih GOODEVE'S." Office’ and rooms or. secon oor Burne Block. The. ‘Frrlington,« ee ae * Seven-roomed Dwelling house, plastered . « The Leading Hotel at Trail . . Headquarters for Gommercial Men Hotel and Safoon on second avenue.—A J. O. MacLeod, superi dent of the railway mail service, is in the city, having just returned from in- augurating a postal car service on the Crows’ Nest line. HALF-PRICE SLAUGHTER iéing Outof Bitsiiiess Everything ‘at’ One- Halt Regular. Brice, Goods ‘are marked in: figures, and you pay jus half.. Stock consists of, Stationery, Books Blank Books, Pic- tures, FancyGoods Bric-a-brac, Toys China, Dolls, No- tions, Etc., Etc. unfortunate victim of the at the War Eagle mine yesterday, il te magerd this everene (MONTREAL LOAN deceased reside, and the interment will take place in that city. ANOTHER SUCCESS. “Queen of Hearts” at the Opera Homse | Head office, Imperial building, Sta James; Street, jontreal. ‘Tonight. The Clara Mathes company scor- ed another success with ‘‘Was She Capital to Blame.” The play is one of the best of their repertoire and posses- ses every element to win popular * favor. Miss Clara Mathes was a charm- ing Diane. The varying phases of the difficult character were all faith- fully depicted, the winsome girlish- INCORPORATED Subscribed Capital over....$800,000. ‘This Company has opened a b Sih the lollowing Board of Handeement me Emer A. Rolf. Ilon Thos. Mayne Daly.0. AWN. has. RB *temiiton james f Secretary-Treasurer, W. H. Falding. & INVESTMENT Co ALLGOINGAT| HALF - PRICE 1t will pay you to buy your Christ-- mas gifts now and put them away until the holiday time. It will pay you Je lay in your win- ter’s reading 1 It will pay you to buy picture and other things to decorate your home with, It will pay you to buy.enongh writ- ing paper to last you a year or more. In short. if you want gee | HO any of the different lines of this stock, the prices are so low you cannot atlord to pass them by. This 1s no “fukev eale, but is a gen- uine intention to get out of business, and get out quick. Therefore the prices are most tempting ones; and that they sre tempting, inspection will easily prove. An Sppornaliy: i" The Montreal Loan & 1 tC of this Kind may never occur, in ness of the first forming an admira-. pal investment for Sinal gums now can ihe Rossland again. J : mublic, an y ¢ oF mount: ble contrast to her finished and | Fepayable in eae ‘There are a number of nice things forceful interpretation of the strong- er scenes. L. G. Stutz, as Elam, gave a performance that carried one to the Green mountains. His every W. H, FALDING, appearance was the signal for laugh- ter, as was that of his equally fhu- | Bank ef Montreal Chambers. Columbia avenue. morous consort, Martha Ann, Miss D'Este was excellent as the head of the house, Mr. Miller was every inch a lord, Mr. Reid earnest as the Fo tarther information, apply to Secretary-Treasurer. in this stock, and these things always go first; so donot wait, but come at pee to the haltprice sale at Wal- jace’ EVERYTHING CASH ONLY 4 Subscribe for son, Mr. Wansor an ag ible but- ler, the villain a thoroughly possible one, and the.doctor a libel on the profession. In ‘Was She to. Blame” the company have an as- aured success. the Record, 50 Cents per month. “Queen of Hearts is the bill for H.'S. WALLACE Wallace Building, Columbia Avenue. Benn's. ROSSLAND condition, ed. A_bargain, are a few offerings: ment will net ge per cent, about 18 percent per annum. LINCOLN STREET.. have buyers, - » Splendid Sample Rooms .. Unexcelled Table. and bl: ith shop, on the north side ot the hoisting works, will be ready to set up next. week.’ The old carpenter shop has been moved A SEASONABLE: SHIRT STORY... FROM THE SHIRT STORE — We have the Shirt you are looking Itcertainly fs here among the immensé variety_of styles, patterns we have in stock. There are some JOHN HAVERTY, Prop. | ‘CUNLIFFE & McMILLAN, ~ |ENGINEERS AND MACHINISTS: All classes of Repairs and Constedction! Work Undertaken. Bargains— REAL E STATE Ore Gare, heel and Axles, Buckets, ‘Fans, : shattin, _ Hi d Pull PI Z selalty: Norte. Co uns Kent in stock, Be spn Wa inten = tC. 's Malls, Concentrators, ‘whird Avenuo Rossland, BP. O. Hox 186: ~ GLOTHIER, HATTER AND FURNISHER. will be used for a change house . for the men, and the other will be: con- hose carts. THE ALLIES ~ ATTACKING» ‘THE FORTS Movement Against Pei- tang Is Begun at Early Dawn — NO REPLIES ARE MADE Afterward There Is Sharp Firing |* Until the Guns Are THE CENTRE STAR SHOP| 4] = over onthe dump, One end of-it | verted into a fire hall and room for ; The allies were much chagrined, - as The new compressor at the Cen- they believed they. had the place tre Star is going night and day and | ~ Taku, Sept. 20.—Four t it, as well as the other new hi ery, is giving good satisfaction. pected to arrive soon. for ordinary work. After Big Game. '*’ HOTEL PROPERTY, including real estate and good will of busi- its expensive and dangerous, tot 4 Don’t Bu if Ol il =e | five an mre B pl isan gad A ness. = Splendid trade. Cheap. UPRIGHT PIANO, in splendid SEWING “MACHINE; slightly us- Presents the best and most substantial ‘investment one fot reduce Jnsurance: a 8B) e q fe ness place a brighter EI tri t iaemnee Ose Electric Lights Estimates furnished for Wiring and Lighting, Electric Fixtures carried in stock. Electric Power supplied for Mining and Manufacturing purposes. Itis ‘much cheaper than steam." Motors for sale or rent. "In case of trouble with } lights, ieephone Now - 67. B between 8a.m., and 6 p.m. 108, betw: Rossland ‘Water and Light ( Co. and one thousand French troops; with a detachment of Austrian thousand men got away in broad The first step toward the new tramway for the War Eagle has been taken by ordering the machin- ery and equipment, which is oe: The Russian artillery fire proved effective and the forts were badly da: ylight. The attack was answered ~! deputies. briskly, from the forts, the bom- badment continuing until noon,. buf it was noticed that the forts did nok reply after ten o' clog, : : commanders had decided to joiu in The yards at the Centre’ Star are ‘the attack but their troops had not being extended clear out to the ; road, thus. giving a good deal more > tween, Tien Tsin_ and Taku jahows: space for piling lumber, as well. as = a ‘. The allies sent forward ae noon,to discover the reason of the cessation of firing from the forts, and. found them deserted, thers being only four Three members of the allied forces were killed and fifty wound- Mr. Blackstock: and Manager Kir- through explosions of mines J.C. Drewry, for a hunting trip. MORNING, NOON % NIGHT vee. WE ARE AT IT... We are looking for your Diamond Mount- We-do the Finest Class of. this Work in the Kootenays. you don’t want anything in this line just now; retiember us when you do. could wish for. Buy right and | 7 : you will make money. Here CA N AD ry N PACIFIC LOT, 180 feet deep, facing St. Paul street near Columbia ave. Has AND S60'EINES nice dwelling facing new court house, renting at $20 per month, Another dwelling could be erected on St. Paul street and the invest- RENOWNED “IMPERIAL LIMITED” Price - - $2300 HOUSE, LOT AND FURNITURE Es0 on Le Roi avenue for $1200 |. Another lately occupied by Mr. Morkill, - - $1500 First-Class Sleepers on All Trains from ARROWHEAD & KOOTENAY SPLENDID RESIDENCE -LOT, LANDING. good location, corner. This isa snap. - - - $250 Tourist Cars pass Medicine Hat daily for 3 Saturdays for Montreal and Bos- ores Freight, west. Doubte.Daity Trait Service. jaa SN CLL -t North CoastLimited | 7.23 a.m. (0.2 Northce ast Limited | { Fares 9. feat Hound HOTEL AND BUSINESS LOT, on Columbia avenue, good busi- ness property, - $6000 CONNECTIONS: . ROSSLAND. . -ROSSLAND BUSINESS BLOCK AND LOT on Columbia avenue; net income, | Morning train daily for and from Nelson, ~ | from Crows Nest Line, and fur Revelstoke, Main Line and Pacilic Const. Daily (ex- cept Sunday) for Kaslo and (except Mon- Monday) from Sandon and Slocan Points, Price - - -~ $12000 TWO SPLENDID LOTS on Le Roi ave at y $500 each Afternoon train daily for and from Nelson, for Crows Nest Line and from Revelstoke, Main Line, and Pacific Coast, Daily (except Sunday) for and from Bonndars ram Kaslo, and (except Saturday) for Sandon and Slocan Points, LI MITED” 4 hrs-Nelson to Rossland-hrs 4 TWO ACRES, close to town in a desirable location. Can be plat- ted, - - - $400 CHAS. E.BENN Forrates,tickets and fall information ap- . . ply to Depot or City Agt. Rosstand, or . List your properties with us, we ys and T! vs for Toronto, | 2262! Freight: cast 55. FM Same cars pass Revestoke one day earlier. Bio Compete Sanday, all others dally CITY TICKET ontied ‘ . ZEIGLER BLOCK. a Try Our Rlectric Lighted W. F, ANDERSON, gyokane, WH 3 W. HILL,General Agent, Nelson 86. A.D, CHARLTO! NAO. Ae EWERT BROS JEWELERS AND ENGRAVERS. of the landing. ‘The Nickel Plate workmen engaged. Columbia-Kootenay by left yesterday, 1 by laid along their line of march. They will make their, headquarters at Crows Nest landing, ten miles from Elko, on the Crows Nest divis- jon of the C, P. R.,-and expect to remain a week or ten days, as they have the promise of rare sport in both fishing and hunting. Big game b | is said to abound-within: easy reach \CONGRESS OF TRADES. DISASTER IN THE RAPIDS Barge Martin Is Struck and Sunk by the - Steamer. Yuma. Raliph Smith President—Execu- Work has been started on the ‘tive Committee toundation for the new compressor of the Nickel Plate, which is located just north of the bridge. Some of the stone work is already in place atid a large quantity of material is (By Associated Press.) Port Huron,’ Mich., Sept. 22.— TROOPS ARRIVE Martial Law Prevails in the Shenandoah. MANY SPECIAL OFFICERS Citizens Sworn In to Protect the Peace—Almost a Complete . Shut Down, “(By Associated Press) 9 > Hazelton, Pa., Septe 22.—No dis- turbances of any moment are re- ported from any part of the district. There was still a tension on thé pub- lic mind but the sending of troops to Shenandoah, 45 miles away, was lly regarded as bri mat- ters.to a crisis and the situation here has been somewhat relieved. Armed deputies are distributed among most of the. collieries and - along several of the public roads leading to mining property. There was the usual number of strikers out early this morning trying to per- 'suade workers not to go to the mines, but they did not meet with as much success as on previous days o! the week. The strikers were careful not to carry their per- suasion to the point of intimidation, thus avoiding a conflict with the. . wr Shenant Sept. 22.— "| Troops began" arriving soon. after daylight and shortly _ after---aboug. 2500 soldiers Were on. the grown.” Saloons-are all closed and martial © law prevails. | The’ collieries were * idle, having been closed by the Reading company at the request of Sheriff Toole in order'to avoid trouble. Special Policemen. It developed this morning that one person, Mike Yuckavage, was killed outright in last eveniig’s shooting here. Fotlowing the scenes of turmoil and riot yesterday, every- thing was quiet today, The town council appointed over 3cc special policemen. No crowds were per- mitted to congregate in any of the streets. The commander of the third brigade, which arrived early this morning, made the statement that he would distribute the sol-* diers. bstween Shenandoah, St. The barge Martin, in tow af the on the ground, with a good force of | steamer. Maurice T. Grover, was suok in the rapids at the e t a:ce to the St. Clair river last night by the straight back steamer Yuma. Lawless of Loring; Smith, M. P. P., Nanaimo, B. C., The following were elected British Columbia’s executive committee of the congress: Vice- president, James Wilkes, Nelson, A good lot of -work.is ia progress at the Columbia-Kootenay, The Wm. Ross, of Toledo; Mrs. Bacon, |B. C.; John McLaren, Rossland; _NOTARY AND AND TIME CARD OF TRAINS. . eck ° CORPORATION SEALS MANUFACTURED ON SHORT NOTICE - Rubber Stamps Made to Order and mounted on the latest impror ed Air Cushion Mounts, also Daters, Ink an TELEPHONE 20 OR 98. ‘W. H. 8. GAVIN, new for the Pi on the foundation. War Fagte Hotel building and Eusiness, to C. yesterday morning. GEN. METHUEN Carter:Howard and Riverside, ~ A CAREFUL READING WE HAVE EVERYTHING Enuthl ped By ted London, Sept. 22,—The following is from Pretoria, dated Sept. 21: FRESH DRUGS, AND PLENTY “Methuen completely routed a Boer convoy west of Kloilsdorp and recaptured a 15-pounder lost at Co- lenso. He also captured 26 wagons, Points “NORTH coast at hand hut, Thorough have plenty * With New'Observation Cars” OF TIME TO READ YOUR .. ROSSLAND DRUG CO. munition, Guns, Cat- tle and Men. ot ion and 28 pri 123 E, Columbia Ave. [er cattle, 400 sheep, 20,000 rounds cook,, of: Toledo; and. one_ sailor, name unknown are missing. Navization through the channel ts completely blocked. in: Lake Huron notifying down bound boats to anchor. The wrecks of the schooner Fontain and the Martin lie quite close together and one or both will have to be blown up in order to clear the channel. is nearly eompleted, A consider- able extension has been made to the engine house, which is finished except the fishing touches of cement Thomas Twigg, Victoria. SIFTON MURDER TRIAL. The War Eagle hotel, formerly It WIll{Have to Be Postponed Until rununder the management of the mining company, has been feased, (By Associated Preas.) Crittenden, who took charge of it SS Damaged by Lightning ROUTS BOERS ble damage to farm property by aire lightning ‘is reported from New- The case, it is said, will likely ex- cite even greater interest among medical men than the famous Hen- Handed, Loots the © derschott trial at St. Thomas Captures Wagons, Am- Conseervative Nomination. (By Associated Press.) a servatives of Kentville county have nominated Mr. M. Coupel. Fuueral of Anna Limerize. Nicholas, Maloney City and. other points after he had looked over the field. The Deputies. Edwin Clarke, who was shot. be- low the heart, had a remarkable’ es- capa, the bullet having been ex- tracted and he is improving today. He had géne into the street to take his children out of the way when-he received the wound, All the col-, lieries around Shenandoah, Lost Creek and William Penn were closed down. Not a mine in the | region was wo.king today, The deputies who were with Sheriff Toole last evening and did the 2.—Counsel for| shooting were all selected from the the defence in the Sifton muygler trial, which was to have opened in London, September 24, says the trial will have to be put back to the i ii he fail f ven see cues esc} «IS: HELD UP best citizens of Shenandoah. N. P. TRAIN Masked Robber, Siugle- Passengers. (By Associated Press.) ce. Spokane, Sept. 22.—Single-hand- ed a masked robber held up the The remains of Anna Limerize,| New York, Sept. 21.—The large westbound passenger train on the the little daughter of Mr. s-|on the Atlantic dock at Brooklyn jare burning and it is feared that a e from the Cath- ‘loss of at least a half a million dol-| erat watches and a aiuantty of terday i in the Catholic cemetery, the Northern Pacific at 1 o'clock this morning and succeeded in getting away with about Ssoo in cash, sev- jewelry.