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EIGHT HURT IS A CAR CRASH.

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A PATROLMAN'S SON CAUGHT BENEATH

A PILEDRIVER—MOURNING IN-

STEAD OF A FEAST.

Charles H. Pick, eighteen years old. of No.897 East One-hundred-and-forty-third-st.. th*eon of Martin H. Fick. a patrolman attached tothe Morrisanla station, met his death yesterday¦while swimming In the Harlem River.

Late In the afternoon the youth, accompanied

by two companions. Frank Martin and CharlesXorthcliffe. went to Kutherman's float, at One-hundred-and-forty-third-Pt. They wen all RoodBwlmm«r», and were soon enjoying themselvesin the cool water. A large tugboat, the name ofwhich they could not recognize, came down uponthe place where they were bathing at a highspeed, pushing before her a large wave.

After the boat had gone by it was found thatyoung Fick had disappeared. His companionsswam to the point where they liid last seenhim. This was near a piledrlver float, whichwas moored. They saw the body of young Tickbeneath the riledriver. where he had been sentby the swell from the tug.

Twice they dived, but they failed to reachtheir friend. When they dived the third timehe had disappeared. The body was not recov-ered.

'- .Patrolman Fick had a day off duty, J.nd iheic

was to be a reunion of friends at his bom",- l>e

message of the boy's death changed all thl*. andInstead of a feast the house was filled with sor-row.

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EXPOSITION'S SUCCESS.

[720 Yarieftes y^>% **?,

!$£*i£%^'ear* old. of No. 2«3 Na»j«'j

M.. Brooklyn; eoatOßlaa of rllfht eye.CAVAKAGH. WILLIAM, forty years old. of No. 563

\»fMU-M.. rirorklyn:cut on forehead.FINNT.-,AN. MARY, thirtr-three' years old. of No. 07

£urr.mlt-i«t.. Brooklyn: bruis* on forehead.HOCGHTOK. JOHN D twenty-three years old. of No.

407 Pnwiili . Brooklyn; bruise on left eye.MAGES. LIZZIR. thirty-three year* old. of No. ."« Har-

mon M..Outtenburjf. N.J.; Injury to spine.MARK?. OBORGE W.. four yearn old. of No. 244 Hl«h-

Ft.. Brooklyn; contusion of left eye.HITLV ALL-WATER ROUTE TO

CONEY ISLAND.Leave FOOT 221' ST.. least) River. 9.00. ion* Hjy>

a. m.. 12."O m.. 1.00, 1.45. 2.30, 3.15. 4.00. 5.0* t«7.00. 8.00 ».0O p. m.

Leave Pier «\«-w> So. 1. » _\u0084 . .Sorth River. 1 Ha hour ¦"¦*

Leave NEW ironrra. nan ISLAND. 10.40. lt«a. m.. 12.40. 1 *>.2.*'. 3.23, 4.10. 4.53. 5.40. 6.40. T.*>, S.M£>.*>. 10.40 p. m.

Hot TRIP TICKETS. S3 CENTS.

OCEAN ROUTE TOLONG BRANCH,

rALATIAI.*-DECK OCEAN STK.OIER

-COLUMBIA."Time Table fop To-day «

L*itr» L*av« Lear*Foot 22(1 St.. Pier (New> N"->. I. :--?. ?••North River. North River. Lost Bmw.li.

8.30 A. it. 10.00 A. M. 12 35 P.M.ii"i P. M.» 1.80 P. m.» S.« P. *••

30 P. m 4.00 P. M. caa p. m.•Iron .-••¦!>rrV-at "Taurus."

RUINO TRIP TICKETS. 75 CENTS.SIXiLE TRIP TICKETS. SO CEST3,

SWIMMING MATCH IN A MUDDY POOL

BETWEEN A POLICEMAN AND

A YOUNG MAN.

Ittook ten Hoboken policemen an hour yesterdayto catch a youth made Insane, it Is said, by theexcessive emoklng of cigarettes. The greater por-

tion of the time a policeman was swimming aboutin muddy water chasing the young man. A pool

Of water, a result of Saturday's cloudburst, formedIn a lew-lying piece of land at Eleventh-st. It Isabout the size of two city lots, and probably eightfeet deep.

A boy ran into the Second Precinct station houseand Informed Sergeant Ross that a man wasdrowning himself in tne pool. The sergeant sent

Patrolmen Sullivan and Murphy to the scene.They found the young man apparently trying toend his life. Patrolman Murphy weighs something

over three hundred pounds. He waded into thepool up to his waist and tried to get the young

man out, but he refused to be caught. He would

swim out to the middle every time the officer

entered the water. The patrolman, who is a power-

ful swimmer, took off his uniform and plunged in.The officer was not able to get hold of the youth.

The patrolman was handicapped by his weight, andthe youth was the better swimmer. When cor-nered he would dive under the officer and emerge Inthe middle of the pool.

Word was sent for more help, and eight morepolicemen were sent. Then Murphy went in again.The chase continued for forty minutes more. Theofficer was pretty well blown and exhausted whenthe young man was induced to leave the water.He refused to leave while the officers and thecrowd surrounded the pool. The officers then dis-persed the crowd, and when the young man sawthe way open he ran ashore and started up theErie Railroad track. He was run down by nineof the officers. Murphy, when he came out of thewater, bad to be taken to the skating rink near by,and there a hose was turned on him to get the mudoff. The youth who caused the trouble proved tobe John Woods, twenty-one years old. He had nohome. Police Surgeon Arlitz examined him andpronounced him probably insane from cigarettesmoking. He was locked Up pending a formal ex-amination.

MILLS GAINING WORKERS.

CORPORATION REPORTED NOT EAGER TO

END THE FIGHT.

[BT TELEGRAPH TO TUB TRIBUNE.1Pittsburg. Aug. 25.

—number of men in

the steel plants that have been in partial opera-

tion for the last week was materially increasedto-night. The Painter mill In particular bears

the apeparance of full operation, while the

Clark. Lindsay & McCutcheon and the lowerUnion mills are running with forces practicallyfull. The recovery of these mills is depressing

the strikers, in spite of the successes at the Na-

tional. Pennsylvania and Continental TubeWorks, the strongholds of non-unionism foryears.

The Amalgamated officials do not deny thatthey are expecting peace, and under terms that

willbe satisfactory. Itis denied that PrtsldentMitchell of the United Mine Workers and Pro-fessor Jenks. of Cornell, are Interesting them-

selves in the cas». but other sources of In-formation equally authoritative state that thesemen are In the front of the movement to endthe strike.

A representative of the Steal corporation,whose name for obvious reasons cannot be given,

makes the positive statement hero that thesteel corporation docs not want to hunt forterms of settlement; that the corporation doesnot greatly care to oettlo the. strike, us a mat-ter of fact, preferring the fight to go to a finishto determino the relative power of the two Mid--*.

He said bluntly that since the fight la on thesteel corporation proposes to place itself Inthe position from which it will r>« Impossibleto be again attacked by the Amalgamated As-sociation. Th« power of the association is tobe broken, and broken so thoroughly that it willnever again Interfere with the United StatesSte»-1 Corporation. Thin man said he was notauthorized to make public such a statement,but that that was the attitude of the steel cor-poration. Th» Intention la to defeat the Amal-gamated Association so decisively that it willnot hunt for another fight.

The effort to strike the big Duquesr.e plantseems to have failed through the watchfulnessof the management and other Influences thathave been barely hinted at recently. There havebeen rumors that certain of th.- AmalgamatedAssociation members In the Duqueane plant areacting In the Interest of the steel corporation,and are keeping the mill managers closely In-formed of all thai I.* being planned. This mayacount for the postponements in the time ofthe strike at Duquesne. The association leaderscontinue to assert that the Puquesne mill willstrike under orders^ and the moral effect of astrike at Duquesne Is counted upon as a factorof tremendous Importance to the strikers. TheIdleness of th» Homestead plant would follow.

iCCES TWO FROM THE RIVER.

STEEL OWNERS PREPARING TO RUN

WORKS WITH LARGER FORCES

—A QUIET DAY.

Pittsburg, Aug. 25.—Some remarkable changesin the strike ridden mills of the United StatesSteel Corporation are promised for the presentweek, that willchange the aspect of affairs con-siderably ifcarried out. It was stated on goodauthority to-day that before the end of the weekthose of the plants that have been operating onsingle turn would be run with full force, and forthe usual three full turns each day. Men enoughhave been secured for this purpose, the officialspay. in spite of the claims of the strikers thatthe companies could not get enough men tooperate their plants, and the managers of thevarious mills say they will be ready with all theskilled men required to start up the machineryand turn out a heavy tonnage.

The most interesting situation is In the Starmills of the American Tin Plate Company, InTwelfth-**. This plant was until this summerconsidered as doomed. The tlnplate companyhad, it is said, decided to abandon the mill andmove the machinery elsewhere. Since the strikehas come, and It was demonstrated that theoperation of the mill with non-union men waspossible under the protection of a well equippedpolice force, the officials decided to keep thismill,make extensive Improvements in its equip-

ment and make it a permanent fixture of thecompany. The most significant feature of thisplan has been carried out in the last week. Thle

consists of fitting the mill in the same manneras that of the plant in Monessen. Perm. Theformer eight mills have been changed to fourdouble mills. Other improvements have beenadded that willgive the plant a larger capacity,

increase its force of men and make it one of themost modern of allthe tin plants of the company.

STAR MILLSTO OPEN THIS WEEK.

With the completion of these Improvements

the company will be prepared to place a suf-ficient number of men in the plant to work thefour double mills three full turns. This is saidto be expected to take place in the present week.Before Saturday, according to SuperintendentPiper of the Star mills, the plant will be op-

erated to Its full extent.Referring to the present condition of the mills.

Mr. Piper said:We received eight skilled men early this morn-

ing Mr.J. R. Phillips, of the company, accom-panied the men to the mill, f«n'l it was not untilafter they were comfortably settled for thenight that the strikers discovered their presence.These men are of the best In the trade, and willenable us to move the plant on a better basisthan before.

Outside of the Star plant to-day there wns alarge number of strikers on picket duty. Theywere quiet and orderly, but had their -yea and

cars open for any signs of newcomers. Thepeculiar feature of the strike about the Starplant Is the good feeling displayed between th«strikers and the managers of the plant. Thereare no signs of bitterness up to the present time,

and when Superintendent Piper left 'he build-ings early this morning he met the strikers undlaughed good naturedly nt them. He laid to the

anxious pickets: "Ihad more fun In gettingthose last men Into the plant than at a game cfcheckers."

STRIKERS DENY STATEMENTS.

When the strikers were tnld of the statementsof the officials of the Star mills, they deniedthat there were SO many skilled men at work aswhs faid. They all-Red that those who were in the,

plant were s p. m. ixave gllnISLANDll.Ov a. U 5

-Corrludt St. only: li-!A.

*fcrUn 3M SI. «.-wt S. l&St.. :.nnlini 1».>» M. »**100, ¦

*for C. 6-40. 7.40. 9.^0. 11.00 A. M.. 12.10. Ui4o Sat-urdays only). 110. 1.40. 2.10. 2.40. 3.10. 3.40, 440 Mo.4i> BC> 6.40. 7.10. 7.40. 8.10. 8.40, 930 and 10.30 P. M.

Trains ttop at East N*w Voik 25 mlnutea alter 34:S it*'TIIOM WHITEHALL ST- H. V- »ta SSth St.

Pouth Brooklyn. Ferry, connecting with »'•»» train*.Long Island Raltroal- I^av« on we«k days "¦o*_~Ttf0.00. 10.00. 11 t»> A. it.. 12.00 noon. an,A

From Now York. W.st SM st-_rw'-,P4?>^- MLReturning. da« in New Tork * T3.MORNIXO AXD AFTERNOON CONCERTS-^

11 Sundays. l> A. M. only.

BODY EECOVEBED FMMf N'OUTH HIVKJt.The body of Charles Topping, nineteen yeara old.

Who was dromned off Danforth-ave.. Jersey city,on Thunsday, was found yesterday by EdwardMllier, who waa fishing near where Topping wasdrowned. Topping, who lived Jn OM HloomfleldRoad. Newark, went to fSMBf avls. Theeulogies applied frequently to Mr. Davis evi-dently were appreciated by their recipient, whoapplauded vigorously ail compliments to himself.

The absence of the representatives of theJoltet and Bay View plants testify to the solidityof their ranks In those cities, and caused muchcomment. Although a dozen members of theunion were In South Chicago the previousevening, none could be seen In the hull during

the meeting. After adjournment a long, con-sultation between Secretary Tlghe, Mr. Davisand the men was held, which may result InMi. departure of the Amalgamated officers forthose points to-morrow.

The meeting was called to order shortly after2 o'clock, about fivehundred persons being pres-ent. The majority of the attendants were mem-bers of the labor unions of South Chicago, whilemany of the residents had been attractedthrough Curiosity. Six of the steel workers who1,:,,! refused to obey the order of President Shaf-fer occupied seats, and apparently were un-moved b"y the denunciations or appeals of thespeakers. _

FIGHTS ihli) 111.1. l\ll\l >/!/,.

CIVIC FEDERATION TO ACT AS MEDI-

ATOR IN SETTLING THE DISPUTE.

Pittsburg. Aug. 25.—1n furtherance of the"peace" programme which Is said to have beenIn the course of preparation for several days. itwas given out to-day by one on the Inside, andone who should know, that the Amalgamatesexecutive officers have consented to have certainpropositions made to the officials of th»» UnitedStates Steel Corporation, through members ofthe conciliatory committee of the National civicFederation. These proposals are expected tobring about a settlement of the great strike.Those Interested In the matter were waiting allday to-day for word to proceed with the pro-gramme as outlined] nt the conference of theAmalgamated executives and the conciliatorycommittee of the Civic Federation last Friday.

The propositions which are to be taken toNew-York carry certain concessions by theAmalgamated officials which, it Is hoped, willpave the way for the reopening of direct nego-

tiations between the association and the com-pany. The- propositions Include terms underwhich President Shaffer and his advisers standWilling to settle the strike. What the termsare, and Che manner of their presentation arecarefully guarded aecreta. There is only theImplication that they contain concessions ofmien Importance that those Interested expectthe corporation to drop its adverse attitude andreopen negotiations'.

The proposal contains nothing looking to ar-bitration. This mode of settlement was waivedon the advice of the Civic Federation men.

While the conferred: were discussing peaceplans, to the Amalgamated men was shown theimpracticability of sympathetic strikes by theminers and other organised men affiliated Withthe American Federation of Labor.

The action of President Shaffer in abrogatingthe wage contract» with the Federal Steel Com-pany covering its Western mills and In otherinstances was questioned. Messrs. Mitchell,White and Jenks spoke of the importance ofBtrict observance of wage agreements as con-tracts by the labor unions. President Shaffermaintained his position to the satisfaction ofmost of the conferred*.Ithas been reported that the conferrers disap-

proved the move in abrogating the Federal SteelCompany contracts, and told President Sh Uferbo with unmistakable emphasin. Of this, how-ever. Secretary John Williams said to-day thatduring the conference he had heard no adversecriticism by the Civic Federation conferrees onthe attitude of President Shaffer in this matterof contract*.

MACHINISTS STILL PICKETING.Chicago. Aug. 25.—Striking machinists at the Al-

ii*Chalmers and the Gates Iron works continuedpicketing the plants to-day, despite the temporaryinjunction Issued by Judge, Kohlaaat. Picketsabounded at both plants during the day, and It isreported that live Imported machinists employednt the Gates works, who ventured outside theplant, were waylaid and severely beaten by friendsof the strikers. Former Governor John P. Alt-geld has been asked to flcht the Injunction on thepart of the strikers, but. It Is said, has refused to

ernor OM IJiyl*J*%mfSLjK^the members cf tne Nf-W ,\\,,«nd Invitations &-There have be*n twenty

hou*and n.fsued for New- Torn Day. and v ';s;s "'/ tht> fair osas thousand per-.n. wl

".iI,1','/ thc celebratia«

that day. Invitations to a ltenJj lev Senal*have been sent to Prwldent McKiniey^ Cflf>Platt. Senator Depew. "', wi^ature. to *•Bressman nnd members of the

' îs'al" ailSta',8Mayors au.l chief offlcen of»".ccf

I,J^|%'Episcopal-judges, to the bishops of the Methodl" churchyProtestant Episcopal and Roma n Ca««"£,.ciawy«*to other prominent clergymen to

'le^«ns aRd to

to heads of alt- State an.l ***}"£„T{)ontl^the officers at the head of state _and t tr«ctfve jpe

-organizations. There will be 9O«»» ri

ttay

cial features at the fair or New-TorkDay

ST»3*SThis week there willbe Scottish and

*and T«es-

In the Stadium, the Scottl-sh on Monday an^^rtlay and the Irish on \V'ednesd ay. Tlhurs«jr.and Saturday. The West !

¦

|lln,ta» £L*tyVnjoy**

here until Wednesday. They hay*

tothe fair, and they have eontrloatedßiiIts Interest by their exhibition «rw» » waSlast week. One of these drills, at which

I»«*no j,exhibited the Present United States

Army zX>in the handling of field artillery, the P^Saf •itrrv president of th.* exposition com-

pany who nilgiven ip his home for the period ofthe President's stay here t-» his exclusive use.

On September •• th»» President willbe escorted to

the exposition ground! by a body of mountedtroops and will be met at the Lincoln Tarkwaygat» l.v two regiments Of the National Guard, themilitary forces of the I'nlted States Governmenthero and the United States Marine Band. A pro-fession will be formed, and the President will beescorted through the Triumphal Causeway to thewest esplanade bandstand, where the forma! ad-dress of the day will be delivered by him, FromhTre the procession will march to the Stadium.'lr' the President will review the military. ThenPreTlem M. sl'.l.V will SO to the New-York StateHimdlngto attend a luncheon given In his honori\"th New-York State Commissioners. The Presi-y

nt nf.erward will proceed to the United States

rovernnient Building and Inspect Usexhibits from

3 o'clock onward for two or three hours In the3 Jl ~r v,i. .tiivIn the Government Building theIVesldent wH! hold" reception. In the evening hewin be preiVnt on the exposition grounds to witnessthe beautiful illumination.

MAKING REAPY FOR NEW-YORK DAY.

Preparations are already being made by the New-

York Commissioner* for the celebration of New-York Pay. September IS. The tentative programmefor the ration that day has been arranged,

and will soon be Issued. There will be a militaryparad«» of large dimensions from Governor Odell's

hotel to the Temple of Music on the grounds. Themilitary force which will,escort Governor Odell.Ueutenant-Governor Woodruff, the other State of-

flcors. heads of State bureaus, themembers of the

legislature, the United States Senators and Con-Bressmen and the Mayors '.t

cities, to the fair

grounds will consist of the «th and Tit". regiments.«f itnffalo- the ten separate companies which con-.tltutethe 3d Regiment. Squadron A. from New-York- the Fourth Brigade Signal Corps and oneof the National Guard batteries from the easternart of the State. Special ceremonies will be held

nt the Temple of Music at 11 o'clock, at whichGovernor > ¦" will accept the New- York Statebuilding from Daniel N. Lockwood. chairman ofFhe Board «f New-York Commissioners, and In turnPresent it to the Buffalo Historical

Society The\u0084,,,..,, ,s to 1- permanent, and is great I; >Slrtd for its beauty. Ar. address by St. t'lalr Me-Ke^way Editor of 'The Brooklyn Eagle." .will fol-

low that of Governor Odell A reception willbeheld afterward at the New-York building by Gov-

GESERAL GEORGE H. FORD MARRIES,

New-Haven. Conn., Aug. 23 (Special).— lt was an-nounced here last night that the marriage of Oen-,-, 11 George H. Kord, of New-Haven, nnd CountessKuth Leonard Laurenltis had taken place In L.ll-zerne on Thursday. August 22. General Ford Isone of the most prominent men In this city, andMrs. Ford was the widow of a well konwn Italiancount, and comes from a wealthy and prominentMaryland family. She met General Ford whilevisiting his late «rtf« in New-Haven, and Is relatedhere. She la an American by birth, an.! for .1 tunewas a leader in society In Italtlmore. General andMrs. Ford will live In New-Haven.

THE FIRE RECORD YIdtERDAY.1:30 a. m

—No. IMS First-aye.: William Flnegold; $