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Jeraar Cltj and Habakaa.

Traction Strike Near Settlement;Both Sides Vote on Terms To-day

RUSSIANS CUTSERETH LINESBELOW BRODY

Open Way for DirectDrive Against

Lemberg.

AGAIN THREATENBOTHMER'S ARMY

Capture 5.500 Men.Stok¬hod Front Stiffened by

Mindenburg.

Lond-n. Aug. fi,.Following uptheir sharp hlows of yesterday and

Kriday against the Austrian linessouth of Brody, along the riverst,rar, -rrerh. the Russianshave eompletelj broken the Teutons'

pt in six more vil-an entire ridge of command-

ing beifhta and 8,000 more prison-In the two day?' battle, which

hi.? given General Sakharoff'a troops<ucce?ses vitally important to their

.¦ ajramst Lemberg and von

Bothmer'? flank along the Stripa.more than M00 of the enemy's sol-diera have been made prisoner.That the Russian rlaims of marked

p>-o_re-;? in this region are not un-

founded ia proved by the Germanffi.ial admtssion to-night that the

baak of the Sereth has beenBerlin also records "advanced«" before the army of von

nter.

Von Bothmer \n*.in in Panajer

Aithough the chrck which thenr' forces in Galieia received

iarly last week re'.ieved somewhatthe threat which thoir northern ad-\ane_ had brought against von Both¬mer. rhr success of the latest Rus-_g_ effort has again put the Aus-f'an lines on the west bank of theS-npa in danger. If SakharofT's:.rmy ahowa further signs of a

yweeping advance to the south west,where it is aiming at the life linesof the Aust-ian troops, it is not be¬lieved that von Bothmer will hesi-tatr about swift retreating to hisprepared lines behind the Bug andGnila Upa, tn make his last standn lafence of Lemberg.Th* fact that the Russian cavalry

fcflM been extremely activp in the re¬

cent *J -ou»h of Brody 1* an

ind'ration that thc Austrians no longrrhave prepared lines to fa)1 back uponind ar* being rolled back so swiftlythat it h hspessibls for them to con-

stnict MJ ^ort of fortitied *v«! withwhich to opp'.-e the Russian advanceAnd in open fighting, military men

agree. the Cnsnncks are master*. and»'ill pu-h t're enemy's forces to thelimit It was the Cossacka who con-

quered an Austrian infantry battery on

n the recent fighting andcaptured mnrc than I'.OOO prisoner1-.

Hindenhnr_ Stlffen* Line.On the Stokhod line the influence of

»BB Hindenburg is already being felt in'he .tiffenng of the Austro-C,ermanaaa and is ihe _rowm_ fury of their

tounter eharges. Hy winning eommandei the i.nrthern part of the stream,wfcara it eressta tha Piasl flaars-ss.

'.rT hai . Iiminated all danger ofagainst his lines,

»r, and can cor.centrate his atten-'">n on a fiontal attack for the posses--ion

ln the ( arpathians the reorganizedansj of I'flanzer is continuing its har

| of the Ruaaian left wing south't is more of a defen-ive

than an offensive movement and canhave r.n *ffe. . unon the Russian opera-

dlong the Dniester.The official announcement from Ger-

!nan Army Headquarters, recentlyng of the appointment of

'''eld MaraWal von Mindenburg to thechief eommand on the Kastern front, is'. fail

thi rseSBt visit of rhe G< r.tn Krr.per. r to the Kastern front, and*>th the ftjrr.-i men! of Empsror FrancnJoseph (,f Au-tr la-Hungary. a new ar-r*ngemrnt fnr the eommand has been'.tabluhed according with the new

J'tuation created by the Russian of¬fenaive. Sev.-ral allied army groupamet been put under the chief eom¬mand of Ku-ld Marahal von Hinden-°urg for uniform employment."

(apture 5,500 Teutons.rW Ruaaiaa official communication

thia evening reads:"f>n the P.;\cr> Graberki and Sereth

.Bt enemy launched a violent artillery,;r* against the regions we recently''¦mpifd.

'According ro Ute report*, the totalKu-orier*. we captured August 4 and 5»«ount«d to 140 officera, including a.*-im«ntal commander, and over 6,600*- Cssilaaa. oaTage a. essleetm K. _.

Foe Trapped in Vise,Joffre Tells Tribune

Joint Thrust of Allies Crushing Life Out ofGermany and Hastening Final Blow,

Freneh Commander Says.By FRED B. PITNEY.

General Headquarters, France, Aug. 6.."Pestiny is now shaping it-telf, and every one can read what is about to happen. I mean the finaldefeat of Germany."

It was General Joffre who was spcaking at his own headquarters.We had motored out from Paris with Franklin Bouillon chairman of thet ommittee for Politieal Aetion of the Chamber of Peput.ies, and after a

very brief wait were led by a side path to the modest house where Gen¬eral Joffre does the work of war.

It was not in the least a place where one would expect to find the headof the huge organization of a great nation in the midst of war. Thestreets of the little town were bare of population, and quiet with thejrtillness of a cathedral where rare worshippers kneel in the shadow ofancient pillars. Our party made an unwonted irrupii*>n of noise. and we

?"ound ourselves embarrassed by the curious gaze cf men in uniform, towhom civilians are a strange sight in their stronghold.

Into Jnffre's Presence.

It was a relief when a junior officer showed us the way from the

huge, silent hotel where the tremendous organization of the General Staff

works in whispers to the home of the chief. When we arrived at the littlered brick house we waited again in s quiet. darkened hall until the com-

mandant came. Then we advanced again up a short flight of steps to an¬

other hall. and acain waited until still another officer came and conductedus through a sunlit room. where the great general's luncheon was waitingto be served. into the presence of the commander himself.

If we were somewhat nervous. wondering what would be the result

of this meeting we so long had sought and anticipated. Gencral Joffre

seemed frankly frightened nt being thus bearded by a collection of men

bent on seeing and examining for themselves and subjectmg to the final

frmlinneo on paa\- *. eolnmn .1

THIEF CAUGHT AND SHOTON ASTORS ESTATE

Believed to Have Robbed Rhine-beck Homes.

Poughkeepsie, M. Y., Aug. fi. After a

revolver duel lasting fifteen minutes on

the Woods Road in FernclifTe, Vmcent

Astor's Rhinebeck estate, early to-day,:the man believed by the Dutchess Coun-

tv authorities to be responsiblr for the

recent burglanes at the mansions of

wealthy residents of Rhinebeck fellfrom two wounds in the abdomen in-

flicted by Deputy Sheriff Michael T.

Raumbush nnd James Downing, a pn-vate detective

The injured man, who ref'ises to

make any statement. il to -night dyingfrom his wounds in a I'oughkeepsiehospital. He said he was PrltaCramer. thlrty-ail jrcsn old, of theBowery, N'ew York, but Sheriff Conklinbelieves the name ftctitious.The officers had been placed by;

Sheriff Conklin to wateh over some

plunder hidden in a elump of bushes;on the Douglas Merritt estate by rherobber who visited last week the Rhine¬beck rssidsnesi of H. K. Moatfonttrynnd W Starr Miller, of New Vork

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WILSON'S GRANDCHILDESCAPES PLAGUE RULES

Is Moved from Spring lake toSummer White House.

IKrorn Th* Trlbtin* BMM 1

Washington, Aug. 6 To avoid ther.strictions imposed by the infantileparalysis epidemic, the children of See¬

retary of the Treasury McAdoo, includ-mg the Tresident's granddaughter,were moved to-day from Spring Lake,where the Seeretary i.n.i Mra McAdooare spending the summer, to ShadowI.awn, I.ong Rranch. the summer WhiteHouse.

Thi;- wa- not done because of any

danger to the children. it wai atatsdat the Treasury I'epartment, but be¬cause of dir°ctions given bv the physi-cian again?t their playing with ..rhers.

WIMBORNE RENAMEDIRISH LORD LIEUTENANTBaron Rcsigned When Rcvolts

Broke Out.London, Aug. I. Baron Wimborne

has been reappointed Lord Lieutenant

of Ireland.

Baron Wimborne. originally knownhere for his share in the internationalpolo BStehM, BrSI Lord Lieutenant ofIreland when the Sinn Kein revoltsbroke out. and re-igned following thegreat "iitburst of criticismhim. Dvriag the permi whentlement Of thc hom. iul<- ilSBIhoped for il wai un.lei-tood that no

¦vcccsior would bc appointod.-. «.

ARMY MEN HURT IN AUTO

Officers of 14th Victima When (arJumps Kmbankment.

An automohile plunged over a tifty-foot embankment yesterday on theShore Road at the entrance to the FortHamilton ros*r\ation Adjutant Thom¬as K. Alford, of the 14th Regiment.turned the car to the righlto rhe left at a curve.

BeMdes thr adjutant the followingreceived minor injuries: Captain J L.l.ilbreth. Dr. Victor A. Robertson, act-

ing surgeon of the 14th; Henry Ilull.seeretary to the adjuUnt, and JosephBenjamin. a saleaman. They wera'taken to the Norwegiaa Hospital,

BRITISH TRAPTURKS AT SUEZRout and Hurl BackOttoman Drive on

the Canal.

Hv Oat.'* tr. T*>» TMB«M

London, Aug. fi. The second greatTurkish thrust at the Suez Canal, ofwhich so mueh was expected in Con-stantinople and the capitals of the Cen¬tral Powers, has heen smashed t.y theRritish commander. (icneral Sir Archi-bald Murray.The (ierman officcre.l Turkish army

of 14,000 rswept west along th* Medi-terranean coast la>t Thursday, pushedbeyond Katia in the following twenty-four hours and by Saturday had flungthe British troops back to Komani.twenty two mile.* from Port Said ln

thirty-six hour: thry advanced pearlveight mile?

Late Friday the Bntishstiffened The right flank of the Ofto.man eolVB.ni was caught under the fireof Allied warships in the Bay of Tina,and the British land forces took ndvnn-

tage of the confusion in the enemy'sranks. The Turks were checked for thetime being.A strong frontal attack on Ceneral

Murray's army was then made by theTurks, and while the Hnti.-h were en-

gag.-d in rolhng back this wave Turk-i-h detachments worked their wayaround the southern flank. The Bnt¬ish gave way before both frontal andflank assaults. Then the British com¬

mander ordered the mounted Australianand New Zealand troops to give way.

The enemy, interpreting this as a sign

of Bntish dcmoralization, swung for¬ward in hot pursuit.

Before thej eould realii'e the danger/he .ttOIBSB forces along the wholesouthern wing became invr.lved in the

sand dunes GoBOrsI Murray ipraagthe trap. The Britisn forces along the

entire lme jumped to the attack.

The Turkish Imes halted. wsvered,and then broke. The An/acs fell on

their rear and the retreat became a

rout More than £,600 unwoundedTurkish and (.erman prisoners were

iwopl behind the Bntish ranks, lnclud-ing manv Cerman officers. Cuns were

abandoned l>y the score. The pursuitby the British is continuing.The Britiah report on the Suez light

says:"The general officer commandmg in

chief la Egypt rsporta nndet dnt* ..fAagual 6, 11:18 r- "'.. thp follow.ngfurther detsill of the fighting in thevicinity of Romani on Aagvst I;"The enemy made a frontal attack

on the British intrenchments, in con-

junetiofl with a flank attack aroundthe southern flank, employing 14,000men and heavy howitzers for theeperation.

Driven Back by Anzara.

"The frontal attack tll BBBBCeSBS*ful Bef.>re the flank attack our

-, ,i troOfl retire i llowljf DBtil thebeeanM involved m

late in thi evening of the 4-h."A counter attack wa* then made by

all arms, which was completely suc-

essafal, and at dawn on the oth the

pursit of the retreating enemy was

Continue- oo pa*e ». colun. 0 _

BLASTS NEARBLACK TOMCAUSE PANIC

Flames Sweep LehighYards a Half Milefrom Peninsula.

NAPHTHA IGNITES;$200,000 DAMAGE

Grecnville Residents Rushfor Safety, Fearing New

Bombardment.

Burning freirht car* in the erowdedClaremont yard* of the I.ehigh ValleyRailway, less than half a mile fromwhere. Black Tom still smoulders,'threw a glare over lower Manhattanaad the I'pper Bay last night. Therewere numerous expIoaiOBB, nnd whentha flames reached an empty naphthatank car a* 1:10 there was a dctona-tion that struck the Ureenville nectionof Jersey City with panic. The dam-'nge || estimated at from $150,000 to

1200,000.More than 1.000 loaded freight and

taal cars have been shunte1 into theClaremont yards since the Black Tomexplosion cu< otf the yards th*re.Many o' them contained grain. Fort-vo hours, irhfll ¦'. Itf tiremen«ought in vain to get permission toistretch their line* acros*. the maint.-acks of the Centj-al Railroad ofNew Jersey, trainmen of the I.ehighfought the flames.An engine, which has been doing

patrol duty for rhe last week to guardagainst fires, sounde.l the alarm. Amedley of irhiatlei joined, as switchengines and those attached to wayand through trains caught the bla.t.All Lehigh trains within hearingstopped with a jerk. Their crews un-

eoupled tha engines an.l hastoned tothe Claremont yards.

Kngineer Save*. Cars.Within five minutes, a score of en¬

gines were .lodging ahour on -rdings,no.ing itrinSI of loaded car:- to

safety When at last. a space ha.ibeen cleared about the blazing group,Krn.-t SalliVafl backcd his enginestraight at four burning cars thatwere couple.l together.

K. J. Connors, his tireman, ran ahead,guiding the loeomotive with his arms

as calmly as thnugh the heat were notbhstenng h,- faei Ha mide the hitchand baped back into the cab. WhileCeorge Cotimpot, n btakeman. and'Michael Burgc-s, a eonduetor, prayedthe neare^» rnr U|tl> !iv. |t< -.rn fromthe back of th'- tondcr, Sullivaned ahead. Mf dr'-w the four blazing

,r beai '¦ .> erater taak, and, wh<-nthe water vai pourmg fron the ipout,pulled them siowly back and forth be¬neath the itrtan nntil the tire wa? out.

Inccndiari*m 1* Suapeeted.John Hayes, of 4 1 Randolph Street.

Jersey City, was one of the first ro

light the t:re. As he ran to it, he met,two well-dressed men if forci_n ap-poaranCO. They began to run and wer*

qmckly out of sight. Hayes thinksthey were Anst rians.Two of the ean deetrojrod contained

nitric aeid. The report was currentamong railroad etnployei rh.it the tirehad been kindle.l by an ineendiary, whothought the nitric icid was picnc kddintended for the ammunition fa.ronesof the Alliea

Hundreds Klee in Panlc.Only about a quarter of a mile from

where the twenty cars shot a roanngblase inte the sky are the work< of theKagle Dil Company. A* sight of the'glowing heavens and sound of the ex-

ploaiom thal earne thick and fast. withthe tank car tilled with naphtha ga^ as

a elimax, Creenville becan;-another diiaatOT «as npofl it. Witfl-out waiting to lock their .loors, h¦.¦*»>holders M ./..'.1 wha' were

most handy and fle.l to a safe distance.

MAYOR AND OSCAR S. STRAUS THINKMEN WILL RETURN TO WORK TO-DAY

As a result of a day's conferences between MayorMitchel, Oscar S. Straus, chainnan of the Public ServiceConnnission; William D. Mahon and William B. Pitz¬gerald, representing the striking car men of the NewYork Railways Company, and Theodore P. Shonts, presi¬dent of the system, the Mayor and Mr. Straus last nightauthorized the following statement:

"We have aubmitted certain propoaals for a aettlementof the atreet railway atrike to Preaident Shonts of the NewYork Railwaya Company and to the repreaentativea of the

striking employes. After a day of conferences and dis-cussions, a basis of settlement has been found and will berecommended by Preaident Shonts to his board of directorafor ratification and by the representatives of the men to theemployes for ratification by them.

"The meeting of the board of directora and the meet¬

ing of the employea will be held to-morrow (Monday).Upon ratification of the proposed settlement by both sidesthe men will immediately return to work and service willbe resumed on the entire New York Railways system."

Cars Are Run All Day,But Halted at Night

Two Uniformed Patrolmen Guard Each Crew.Policeand Railway Heads, Expecting Violence, Are

Pleasantly Disappointed by Quiet.

Surface car* -ere as searce anrl at

unpopular in New York yesterday as

they had been on Saturday. Two po¬

licemen guarded every ear that left the,barns of the green ear system, but the1uniform and ready nightstiek did not

seem to have a soothing effect on pros¬

pective passenger* About the same

»crvic* was given in all four of the

stnke-stricken boroughs; aa before, the

cars were locked up in the barns at 8

o'clock at night.The green, blue and red cars in Man¬

hattan, the cars of the Union Railway

Company in The Bronx, and the sur¬

face Imes in Queens eeased to operatear the same hour laat night. The

StatSfl Island company attempted to

run only three cars on a shuttle line

between Midland and South Beaches.Evofl these sought safety in the barns

early ia the evening. The only sur¬

face ean operated last night, as on

Saturday night, in the entire city were

the B. R. T. ears, the Queensboro and

Manhattar, Bridge locals and the trol-

leys on the Jamaica line of the Man¬

hattan & Queens Traction Corporationlt was expected yesterday that thi-s

morning's rush hour traffic would bc

nal test of strength between th*

,;ll,or i*ad*rs and the traction compa-

.i. now er.pple.l by stnkes Th.'

Ne-.v York Railway* Companv. operat-

|.- ,he green car*. prepared all dav

MAHON SEES NEW ERAFOR STREET CAR MEN

"Strike Will Not Be Settied Un-

til We Wish." He Says.-I feel we are on the verge of a new

er« for the *tre*t car men of New York.

But don't ge. the idea the strike is set-

tled It ia not. and it will not be until

w- have decided to settle lt CafB BtB

not running and they will not be until

we have reached an agreement.TMe<e words of William I). Mahon,

,,re.dent of the street car men s

!,_,.-, wer* cheered Dy 2.000 strikers n

Central Oper. house, in K.fty-seventh«tr*et near Third Avenue. last night.

The meeting was bn*f. Mahon an-

nounced the result of the Bar Assoc,

a.on conference iB the afternoon but

explained the terms agreed to by both

iidsi eould not be made public.

Climaxes Are ComingThe big league is swinging into the homrstretch.

thr national tennis tournamcnt will be here before. you

know it. the f.eld for national golf honora is narrowing

evety Hay. What a lol of sporting events are approach-ing a rlimax!

You want news about your favorite sport. Yes,but you want more.opinions. And we give them to

you.from the specialists in each sport who writes most

entertainingly. most ably. Turn your paper over to the

back pagr and the next to last page. It's all there.

ilhe UribuneFirar fo __*'.tht Truth:

Neut.EditoriaU.Advertieemenit._>mt*r of th* Audit Bureau of Ctrcula'looa. A.

yesterday t.) maintain thia morningsomething near a normal service on

ali lines. The company spent hourstraining upward of 150 strike-breakingmotormen to run cara, preparatory to

adding them to the regular crews thismorning. Kach company affected bythe strike operated less cars yesterdaythan on Saturday. It is this fact in

spite of the two patrolmen assigned to

each car the service was scarcely more

than 40 per cent of normal that ledto the pressure broujrht upon the trac¬

tion officials of the green ea^s yester¬day to come to terms with the strik-en.

Besides, although two policemen didaeeompany each green car. the companyshut down Its service soon after sun-

down. It waa then especially that NewYork walked of necessity. Since thelabor trouble really hit New York no

e> nip.inv atfecte.l has attempted to op¬erate a car after 8 o'clock at night.The police are pleased with this plan,but the streetcar travelling public is"ot- . .

Thousands of Sunday picnickers whohad the temerity to take a holiday atthe city's nearby pleasure places came

back to town last night to face a jamon the subway and elevated roads thatfar exceeded any rush hour crowds.Kxtra trains and cars were operatedby the Interborough from the Battery,but the added facilities were scarcelymore than a drop in the bucket.Coney Island crowds, Staten Island

rmu-d' erowdl nf river excursionists

t ...ition.-.l on piigr 1. Milumn l

WHITRIDGE SAYS HEMADE NO AGREEMENT

From Scotland Third AvenueLine Head Answers Straus.

London, Aug. B. Frederick W. Whit¬ridge. president of the Third AvenueRailway Cornpany and the Cnion Rail¬

way Company. of New Vork, sent to

the Associated Press, to-day from Pit-lochry, Scotiun.l, a message denying hehad ever agreed to arbitrate dirferenceswith employes of his company.

"It is not a fact," said Mr. Whit¬

ridge, "that I have at any time made

any such agreement as you say thePublic Service Commission charges me

with having violated or forgotten."Oscar S. Straus, chairman of the

Public Service Commission, at a hearing Friday, charged thar the breakingnf an arbitration agreemenr by Mr.Whitridge was directly responsible forthe strike in Yonkers, The Bronx an 1on the Third Avenue railway system,which later spread to four boroughs ofGreater New York."There is no question," Mr. Straus

told representatives of the companiesand itrikers, "that the strike is due to

the attitude and aetion of PresidentWhitridge. It proves that either he in-

tentionally violated the agreement hemade witb hu men to arbitrate. or thathe was so negligent of hia duties as to

forget his agreement to arbitrate."

TRACTION MEN STRIKEIN PHILADELPHIA

Demand Higher Pay and Recog-nition of Union.

Philadelphia, Aug. «..A itrike of mo-

torrnen and conducton on the lines of

the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com¬

pany was ordered by the executive com

mittee of the local division of theAmalgamated Association of Street andKleetric Railway Kmployes at a meetingto-night.Members of the union are demanding

40 .enta an hour, recognition of the

union, abolition of »w:ng runs and theadjustment of grievancei by a uxuoucoonutt««.__......¦¦

BASIS OF AGREEMENTWITHHELD BY HAYOR

Fears Its Publication Might BlockRatification by Directors

and Workers.

MUTUAL CONCESSIONSGAINED AT CONFERENCE

Oscar S. Straus, Who Helped at Meetings,Says Third Avenue Matter Will

Now Be Taken Up.William D. Mahon and William B. Fitzgerald, representin*

the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employes, andTheodore P. Shonts and James L. Quackenbush, representingthe New York Railways, yesterday reached an agreement forthe settlement of the strike of green car employes.

This agreement. based on mutual concessions, will be sub-mitted to the strikers and the directors of the company in specialmeetings for ratification this morning, and it is expected byMayor Mitchel that the strike will be at an end by noon.

Pending ratification, the terms of the settlement, ar-

ranged by the Mayor and Oscar S. Straus, chairman of the Pub¬lic Service Commission. at a series of conferences which beganat midnight Saturday in the Westchester home of Mr. Strausand ended at ti o'eloek last night in the rooms of the Bar Associ¬ation. are withheld.

In announcing that a tentative settlement had been reached,Mr. Mitchel stated to the reporters that the details of the set- >

tlement could not be announced at this time and eamestly re- ylquested that no speculation as to the terms should be in-dulged in.

"As Mayor of this city," said he. "I think I am justified inasking that there be no speculation on this matter. The situ¬ation ii I delicate one, and I do not think that any of the papersof New York wish to do anything that may prolong this trouble.For that reason I think the papers should be content with thestatements of the labor men and of Mr. Straus and myself."

That the situation is satisfaetory io the union as well as

to the employer may be judged from the fact that, speaking toa meeting of strikers last night. Mr. Mahon, president of theAmalgamated Association, declared after saying an agreementhad been reached, "We are on the verge of a new era for thestreetcar men of this city."

Take l'p Third Avenue Line To-day.The settlement does not affect the Third Avenue line, the

New York & Queens and the Staten Island system, but is ex¬

pected to offer a basis on which settlement will be had on these.Chairman Straus is authority for the statement that the ThirdAvenue matter will be taken up to-day.

Meanwhilf, the organiaen <>f the Amalgamated Associationof"sTreet Railway Employes, called here since the beginning ofthe trouble in Yonkers, will remain in New York to continue theorganization of the several systems, more particularly theBrooklyn Rapid Transit Company.

So satistied was Mr. Mitchel that the threatened tie-up ofall the transportation lines of the city was at. an end that he saidlast night he hoped to got away to Plattaburf in a few days.

Tho first intimation that a settlement might be reachedcame at 5 o'eloek, when Mr. Shonts, aecompanied by Mr. Quack¬enbush. his chief counsel. left the rooms of the Bar Association.where they had been in conference with the Mayor, Mr. Strausand Julius Meyer Cohen, special counsel to the Public ServiceCommission and a veteran in labor disputes.

..Better See Mayor.""Is there a settlement?" Mr. Shonts was asked."You had better see the Mayor; let him tell it," replied the

railroad chief. "If I start talking I may tell everything. l>tthe Mayor do the talking."

"Do things look better?" was the next question."I never said they Iooked bad," he answered. "See the

Mayor. He will tell you all."Within an hour Mahon and Fitzgerald, with Louis Fridiger,

counsel to the union, were called from the Hotel Continental,where the executive board of the Amalgamated Association hadbeen in session. They had been going over, it afterward de-veloped, the reply of Mr. Shonts through Mr. Mitchel to theproposition advanced by Messrs. Mahon and Fitzgerald at a

conference which lasted from K> in the morning until after 1o'eloek in the afternoon.

While reporters waited at the main entrance to the Bar As¬sociation the labor men entered by the Forty-third Street en¬

trance. They were in the room only a few minutes when Mr.Straus, who had shed his coat, appeared in the lobby.

"I think it is all right," he said. "Vou will have a statementin a few minutes."

Mahon Has Statements.

Immediately Fitzgerald and Mahon came out, the latterwith a handful of typewritten sheets.

"There is all that there ia to be said by us," he explained,. i