SiouxFalls, S. D., July IS.^Only^thirty members were preaent when the^convention was called to order thia morn^^ing. The only business transacted was the^presentation and reference to a committee^of a design for a seal of the new state. The^convention then adjourned until Monday.
TheDoctor V\ as .lealous.
Boston.July 13.^This afternoon Dr.^William B. White, aged 75, ahot and seri^^ously wounded his wife, Ellen, aged 25,^and then suicided. Thia was the doctor's^second wife. They have been married^about two years, and of late had lived^unhappily, White being very jealoua of hla^wife and his jealously finally terminated in^to-day'i tragedy.
Testingthe Petrel.^Baltimore, July IS.^The gunboat Pet^^rel started on an official trial to-day. To^^morrow, Monday and Tuesday the new^gunboat will be put on a final test.
TheStrike at Carnegie's Woras.
Pittsbibo. July 13 ^The strikers at the^Carnegie steel plant have had lull charge^of the town of Homestead since noon yes^^terday, and no one dares to interfere. Had^not Depu'y Sheriffs Calm and Meekly Bur-^rendered upon their arrival, yeaterday. they^would have been mobbed. They were sur-^rounded by a crowd of 3 000 men and their^badges and clothes were almost torn off^their bodies. A riot was only prevented^by the deputies offering no resistance.^East night the atrikers patrolled the streets^and every stranger was compelled to give^an account of himself or leave town.
Themen employed at the other mills^controlled by Carnegie are considering the^advisability of quitting work if the strike^is not settled. This would increase the^number of strikers by several thousand.
Homestead,Pa., July 13 ^There is an^armistice to-day. The strikers remain^quiet, pending a conference between the^Amalgamated workers and Carnegie offi^^cials looking to a settlement. The strikers^patrolled the river banks and railroad^tracks all night, looking for Pinkerton^guards and new men. The former are^quartered some miles away, ready for an^emergency.
