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HEADQUARTERS FOR TOURISTS AND COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS Special rates aaae te families aa 4 s1mk;1 tantiemes. Tk atui it will b pleased at all times to shew raeBiaa.clra prie.v A m4U mm Tsrldsh bath stabllskusteat im th hotel. . C BOWSU, Maaaswh 5Tt STKEI ferret Sevettb mi l) Library Association of Portland 24,000 volumes and over 200 periodicals $5.00 a year or $150 a quarter Two books allowed on all subscriptions fJOURS from &00 A. M. to 00 P. M. ittadhr. except Sunday nd hoIWam "THRIFT IS A GOOD REVENUE." GSEAT" SAVING RESULTS FROM CLEAN LINESS AND r ft. SAPOLIO Statement From Standpoint of the Owners and Operators End o Strikte Expected Soon. SCRAKTON, Pa., Oct. 14. In response to a request for a statement as to his views on the answer-of the United Mine workers to the opoiators proposition. T. H. "Watklns, president of the Temple Iron Company which company Is largely Inter ested In coal mining, tonight give out a somewhat lengthy statement, in which ho ays in part: "We will give our men reasonable time to return to work, trusting that they will see the mistake of being guided and in fluenced by men who, however honest and sincere they may be in their efforts to benefit the miners of the anthracite region, at unablo to advise them Intelligently and for their best eooa, because of their" ignorance of the conditions controlling the trade. "Mr.- Mitchell apparently thinks that the control' of the mining operations rests In the hands of one or two persons, nota bly Mr. Morgan, or that .there- is a- trust of some sort Which can decide the whole question, when, as a matter of fact, there are only three or four of the transporta tion companies in which any one con cerned has any Influence, and they .do not represent 30 per cent of the whole anthra- Iclto tonnage. 3Iore than 100 different companies And Indlylduals are Interested In mining the total tonnage, and no one man can control or have the slightest in fluence over their action. "One thing the companies are appar ently agreed upon Is that they will not agree. Efforts have been, made for years to get some plan to which all could agree to control the tonnage, so that fair prices could be secured for a product which re- J- quires so large an Investment of money with such a great risk to the labor em ployed, as well as the capital employed, but effort after effort has failed through failure to agree on a plan that would not violate the laws and to which all could agree. "But Mr. Mitchell comes here and says in effect that no mlneworkers shall go to work until every operator does just exactly what the other one does, and that the Lehigh and Schuylkill men must have a new basis before the men in the Lack awanna and Wyoming regions can go to work. "There are some Individual operators and some companies who will lose their last dollar before they will enter any arrangement wltfi, any operator or will Join in an' arranEement to recognize the union by agreelng'to any arrangement Mr.' Mitchell's organization dictates for a sot- tteaeafc'-ofet&eatrike v-Cr-"441' J -"' "The loaders of the organization I trust will soon see their mistake In insisting apori-any furtlier action by t!ho companies, and "order the strike off. ' VTheTJnlted Mlneworkers will-lay them selves open If they have not already done 'so to the charge of being the largest and most dangerous trust to the public welfare that has ever existed, and the organiza tion will make the mistake of all others that of. going too far and using Its power to hurt the public, as well as those di rectly interested.' " ' "Our company will be glad to discuss the matter with our employes when they are.Teady to meet us with a view of going back to work, without regard to what Schuylkill operators may do. The strike has already cost us a great deal of money, and the men much more, as well as loss of trade, which we may not re cover In years. In the meantime soft coal mlnesare working - night and day filling the place of anthracite coal." Before giving the statement, Mr. Wat kins submitted It to the various operators, among them Superintendent Lathrop, of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company, 'at Wllkesbarre, and it received unanimous approval. The fact that J. P. Morgan & Co. are allied with the Templo Iron Com pany, and that Mr. Watklns and Mr. Lathrop are chairmen of the operators' committees in their respective territories gives added .importance to the statement. Another prominent operator, E. L. Ful ler, In an interview tonight Said the op erators are- not called upon to do any thing except continue their patient policy of waiting a reasonable length of time for their men to return to work. "There Is nothing before the operators, either collectively or Individually," said Mr. Fullerl "We, or many of us, offered our men an advance in wages, address ing a notice direct to our respective em ployes. We have heard nothing irom thenv as yet. Of course, we have seen in the newspapers that a convention of miners passed some resolutions. They were not addressed to us,' and, as far as we know, they were not from our employes. It is not up to the operators." President Mitchell would have nothing to say for publication tonight. He spent tho,-day in catching up with his. corre spondence. He also had various informal conferences with his fellow-officials, but what' was done could not be learned. A conference of operators is to take place tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock at the. office of the Temple Iron Company. Its immediate purpose is not declared, but, generally speaking, It is as good as certain that the counter proposition made by the miners is"" to be considered. OPERATORS WON'T DISCUSS IT. A Rumor That tlie Miners' Terms Will Be. Acceded To. HAZLETON, Oct. 14. The individual coal operators who could be seen hero today declined to discuss the action taken by the anthracite miners' convention at Scranton yesterday. Neither -would they say what steps the employers would prob ably' take.- It is evident from their re ticence that the individual mine-owners are waiting to see what the large coal carrying railroads that mine coal will do. It Is reported in the coal region to night that the presidents of these roads will hold -a conference in New York to morrow for the discussion of the action of the convention. There was a story afloat today that the operators will accept the convention's de cision, but nothing has come to the sur face in this region on which- to base the report. The United Mlneworkers officials say they are Jiqw again waiting on the operators, and that they will continue to close the collieries that have been in- op eration since the strike began four weeks ago. - There, are many reports in circulation .that if 'the strike continues much longer -a break in the ranks of the idle men will occur. President Mltciien and his asso ciate officials, however, reassert their con fidence that the men, both union and non union, will remain away from the mines until after tno strike is declared off. There Us a fear prevalent In this region that If some oC'-'the men do return to work trouble would probably arise through, efforts of the strikers to persuada the men. to remain on strike. All of the collieries that ares working still retain heavy guards. " OPPOSITION TO MORE CONCESSIONS. Still Strike Is Expected to Be Ended This "Week. 'WHJEE&BARBE, Pa., Oct. 14. A can Toss of the operators of the Wyoming ,yaUey today shows that there Is" con siderable opposition to granting the min ers -any more concessions than those out lined in the original offer, namely, 10 per cent increase without any conditions. The individual operators especially are op posed to tying themselves up to any agreement. , One operator said the only way the-strjke could be settled -was for the strikers to accept the 10 per cent without any provisions. Superintendent Chase, of the LehigfCoal Company, said: "Not much depeynce can be placed on the men when it comes to arbitration. This was shown In the case of Mr. Mar kle. He favored arbitration, but at the behest of. -Mr. Mitchell his miners repu diated the agreement they made with their employe:1. The "'demand of the strik ers that the operators should agree to pay the Increased wages for a fixed n rlod is too arbitrary, and the operators will hardly agree to it" Despite the views of the operators the impression here is that the strike will be ended this week. Terms Are Not Acceptable. SHAMOKIN, Pa., Oct. 14. The terms of the Scranton convention are not .ac ceptable to operators and representative! of coal-carrying companies in this place and Mount Carmel. The Rjeadlng officials do not think the sliding scale will be abolished by the company, while opera tors are averse to signing a contract binding them to pay the 10 per ent in crease until April. No orders have been received as yet from headquarters of any of the companies -instructing superintend ents to resume work tomorrow. .Miners say they will not go to work until offi cially advised by President Mitchell. Hanna a Little Too Sure. CHICAGO, Oct 14. Senator Hanna, when asked about his statement made last night during a political meeting at Forty-second and Sherman streets, that the Pennsylvania miners' strike would come to an end today, said: "I did not profess prophetic insight Into the strike situation In Pennsylvania, but the last news received from the center of disturbance is to the effect that a settlement Is near. A dispatch received by business men coincides with this state ment, and I am told a compromise of the difficulty is a certainty within a few days at least" 'POPS IN GOOD HEALTH. Filipinos Tried to Negotiate "With Leo, But Failed. GENEVA. Oct 14. Bellamy fitorer. United States Minister to Spain, In -the coqrsa c a convors&Uon heri today-rf-ardbhistof,fltefew"?ith''the Pope, -sajd ai. " - ''Leo appeared to he In mudh"' better health than when I saw him two years ago. He Is full of life' and has lost, none of the Interest he . had from the first in, matters renting to the Church of Rome. "Since Artjihblshop Ireland's visit to the Vatican It is clearly understood there that the best Interest of the Ropiaa Ca:h ollc Church demand American fule In the Philippines. The United States and the Catholic Church have the same alms there and hope to work together for order and peace. v Mr. Storer asserted that the Filipinos had made three attempts to, open nego tiations -with the Vatican .all of which were refused. Chinese Conrt Afraid of Rebels. SHANGHAI, Oct. II. The progress of the' Chinese court towards Slnan Fu, the new capital. Has been delayed In conse quence of the presence of supposed Mo hammedan rebels In the Province of Shen Si. SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT NEWS. Political. Roosevelt states his position with refer ence to the New York1 ice trust In let ter to Don M. Dickinson. Page 1. Bryan's campaign in Ohio is compara tively restful. Page 2. t New York will be the center of activity for the remainder -of this campaign. Page 2. The contest In Idaho is a close one. Page 1. China. Li Hung Chang expresses regret for re cent occurrences and thanks Ameri cans. Page 2. Russians take first step on 'the right bank of the Amur. Page 2. London Times says Germany Is justified in its attitude. Page 2. The rebellion In Southern China is anti dynastic rather than anti-foreign. Page 2. Records that fell into the hands of corre spondents show that Chinese authori ties supported the Boxer movement Page 2. w Field Marshal von Waldersee started yes terday for Pekln. Page 2. Foreign. The Boers are very active in the Kroon-i stadt district Page -2. . Dewet proclaims that burghers who re fuse to fight wilL be, made prisoners of war. Page 2. Mexican troops are having a hard cam paign against Indians. Page 2. Yellow fever is expected to increase in Havana while sewers are being dug. Page 2. Domestic. A statement from the Pennsylvania coal mlneowners' side says the owners have never been able to agree among-themselves and' miners cannot expect them to do so now. Page 1. There is a .rumor that the miners' terms will be accepted and the strike anded this weeki Page 1. Captain Shields and his 51 men were res cued from the Filipinos. Page 2. Government statistics show wages of American workmen to be higher now than ever before. Page 3. Pacific Const. How the cause of good roads might be advanced- In Oregon. Page 3. A Morion County farmer took a" dose of carbolic acid by mistake. Pago 3. An Oregon man finds its impossible to reach Johannesburg now. Page 3. . Commercial. The United' States is the world's greatest producer of Iron and steel. Page' 2. The German money market Is apprehen slvo that gold may be sent to New York. Page & "( . The London stock exchange was upset by the fear that money-will become dearer. Page 6. Local. Rev. J. R. T.-Lathrop installed as pastor of Graoe M. E. Church. Page 8. New crematory will "be situated onthe east bank of the river, below Sell wood.' Page 8. ,. . Several new. enterprises -for Portland are contingent on xne result oi next montu 3 election. 'Paea Iu INDOUBTFULCOLUluN Election In Idaho Promises to Be a Olose Contest. DISSENSION AMONG THE FUS10NI5T5 The Democratic and Populist Tickets , . Are Very Much Mixed Republi cans Have Made Great Gains. BOISE, Idaho, Oct 14. Tho political sit uation in this state is peculiar. Two years ago the Democratic-Silver Repub- to trouble in the Populist executive com mittee, the matter dragged for some time, but finally Mr. Andrews and T. W. Bartley, a member of -the executive com mittee, arranged a fusion agreement with the Democrats, in which it was provided that the Democrats were to put on the names of Thomas L. Glenn, for Congress, M. H. Jacobs for mine inspector and E. W. Jones" for auditor, and that In event of election, tho Populists were to have one-third of all patronage. It was also agreed that Mullen, Populist nominee for presidential elector, was to be left on the ticket, and some Democrat pulled down, preferably Reld, of Lewlston, whom the P.opullsts wished to have off tho ticket: The Populists were to pull down all their other nominees and replace them with the Democratic nominees. . When It came to carrying out tho agreement trouble was experienced at once. A certain element of the PopulUt3 refused to get off the ticket, and the law Is such in this state that they could not be forced off. Some of theso nominees ANDREW JACKSON AS AN IMPERIALIST. FROM A POSTER OF THE CAMPAIGN OF 1S33. In the campaign of 1SS2 Jackson was lampooned under the title of "Kin? Andrew the First." His political opponents pretended to believe that his re-election was a menace to free government and tho liberties of the people. They caricatured him ia tho trappings of royalty. They pictured him In the act of trampllnjr the Federal Constitution and the charter of the Bank of the... United States' under his feet. . ' A poster has been found among the forgotten rellc3 of the Smithsonian, Institution at "Washington. It bears at its top a largo engraving of President Jackson In kingly robes and crown. Under the picture Is .the title, "KInc Andrew the First"; and aboya it Is tho sarcastic sentence, "Born to Command." At tho sides are the lines, "Had I BSa Consulted" and "Df Veto Memory." Below the cartoon jjd tho following Indictment la bij back type: p KING ANDREW Tffl3 FIRST, . "Born. to Command." A KING who, possessing as much power as his Gracious Brother "William IV, makes a worse use of it. A KING who ha3 placed himself above tho laws, as he haa shown by his contempt oi our Judges. A KING who would destroy our currency, and substitute OLD RAGS, payable by no ona knows -nho, and no one knows where. Instead of good SILVER DOLLARS. A KING born to command, as ho has shown himself by appointing men to office contrary to tho will of the people. A KING who. whllo he was feeding his favorites out of the publjtc money, denied & pit tance to the OLD SOLDIERS who fought and bled for. our Independence. A KING whoso PRIME MINISTER and HEIR APPARENT was thought unfltfor the office, of Ambassador by toe people: Shall be reign over us, Or sball the PEOPLE RULE? u .:?.., -t.c J!u lican fusion ticket won by about 5000 plurality, the Populists polling about C4C0 votes, ithus making the anti-Republican majority about 10.-100. This year the three sllver"partles are working together for a' fusion, ticket, and under ordinary condi tions the only question would be of ma jority. But there are several elements entering into the contest this year that make the result uncertain. In tho first place the fusion now ar ranged between the Democrats, Popu lists and Silver Republicans will not com mand the voters who voted with these parties two ytars ago. The Sliver Re publicans are practically extinct, and It is admitted that the larger part of them have gone back to the Republicans. Just what percentage have done so Is largely a matter of guess, but It 13 safe to say that inorethan half have openly Joined the old party. A certain number have also openly Joined the Democrats, and it is probable that there are not to ex ceed 1000 voters in the state at 'this time who still declare themselves Silver Repub licans. The Populists are not supporting the fusion ticket with unanimity. It is a notorious fact that a large number of them voted the Republican ' ticket two years ago, because of a desire to defeat the Democrats In that campaign. Just where this element will vote this year Is problematical, but it Is certain that" a large number will vote;, the Republican state ticket A middle-of-the-road element-also has come to the front, and its strength will work against the fuslon Ists. ' Another thing that is against the fu sion ticket is the fusion, situation. The Pocatello conventions adjourned having arranged fusion between the Democrats and Silver Republicans and the Populists were left out. Not only that, but the Populist Convention passed a resolution authorizing its central committee to fill vacancies, and to put on none of the nominees on the fusion ticket, except electors and state superintendent. It Is contended that a subsequent resolution was adopted providing that the executive committee to the State Central Committee should have power to fill all vacancies that might arise, and-to arrange fusion with Democrats if they should be able. A large number of the delegates contend that .this resolution, did not pass the convention, or was never made in any suoh form,, and that the minutes were "doctored" lafter the convention. Shortly after the conventions adjourned, ex-Senator Dubois and D. H. 'Andrews, the Populist chairman, were called to Chicago for consultation in regard to an effort to patch up a, fusion. Upon their return, negotiations were beirun. Owing I have persisted , in ,'staylng on, and are sun on, and according to the provisions of the law here, they will now have to stay on until the election. Meanwhile the Democrats filed their tlkets with -the names of Glenn, Jacobs and Jones, but early in the game Mullen grew obstinate and refused to allow his name to go on as a Democratic elector unless that of Reld was taken off. The Democrats could not get Reld to resign and so Mullen stayed on the Populist ticket, nnd Bart ley, another Populist nominee for elector, has done likewise, the Democrats falling to pull down-any of their nominees. An drews, who was tho third Populist nom inee, withdrew in, the Interest of Rich, the Democratic nominee, so that tho situation now Is that the Democrats hav RM, Dockery and Rich on their ticket as electors, and the Populists have Mullen and Bartley, Andreys glvtng way to Rich. The same situation exists as to the state ticket. 'The Democratic ticket is the same as nominated at Pocatello, with the exception of Glenn, Jacobs and Jones. But tho Populist ticket Is in very peculiar shape. For example, under the agreement as made, Mr. Andrews, the chairman, ob tained the declination of the Populist nominee for Governor, J. W. Ballantlne, and filed It with the Secretary of State, thus creating a vacancy on the ticket. The law provides that vacancies may be filled by a committee, to which the con vention has previously delegated the power to fill vacancies. Mr. Andrews had his committee act. and then elected Frank Hunt, the Democratic nominee. Mr. Andrew presented his nomination, but the Secretary of State refused to file it, owing -to the fact that the Secretary of the convention had not certified that any resolution passed the Pocatello con vention authorizing tho executive ccm mlttee to fill vacancies. August M. Sln nott, of MountaIn,home. who acted as the secretary of the convention, was rent for, and he made the required certificate. Before Mr. Patrle, the Secretary of State acted on thirc M. F. Eby, the Populist nominee for Secretary of State, and who is one of the men who has refused to get off the ticket, made an affidavit and filed It with Patrle, to the effect that no reso lution passed the Pocatello Convention authorizing the committee to fill vacan cies with Democrats. Patrle then refused to file the nomination unless SInnott would make an 'affidavit, but this SInnott refused point blank to do. Mr. Andrews and the committee there upon adopted the plan of filing declina tions and leaving tho places on the ticket blank. This has been done where decli nations have been obtained and where the (Concluded on Third Paro-i BRYAN KNEW BETTI Efforts Being Made to.Supl ' press the Ice Trust ROOSEVELT WRITES A LETTER Unnecessary to Comment on Bryan's Repetition of Statement He Knows Has No Foundation SPRING STATION. ICy... Oct. 14-Hera sinco early morning, 18 miles from Lex ington, Governor Roosevelt's special train has rested on a Louisville & Nash ville sidetrack. The candidate for Vice President, accompanied by Leslie Coombs, chairman of the Republican State Central Committee Mrs. Coombs, Major Hersey and Curtis Guild, Jr., spent the day at the residence of A. J. Alex ander, situated In the center of a farm comprising 3300 acres. Not 50 persons in Kentucky, save those residing here, know whore Governor Roosevelt is resting. Be foro leaving Louisville word was given out that the train would proceed at once to Lexington, but a secret order directed that It stop over Sunday in the country to enable the Governor to re cover from the fatigue caused by his hard work of the Inst few days. The rest brought about the desired physical bright ening. The Governor's voice haa almost entirely lost Its husklness and ho says he feels as well as on the first day of tho campaign. Early tomorrow morning tho Bpeclal will leave for Lexington, arriv ing there at S A. M. Tonight Governor Roosevelt gave out an open letter to Don M. Dickinson, of Michi gan, in response to the following from Mr. Dickinson: DlcXclnaon to Roosevelt. "Detroit, Mich., Oct. 1L My Dear Strt Yesterday and today Mr. Bryan la speak ing In this state. The pro-Bryan papers publish this morning, among other things, the following report of hi3 utterances: " 'He talked about trusts In every town in which he spoke. In six of theso towns today the question was fired at Bryan by Republicans, who asked him to explain about the ice trust. He had an answer that made the crowd guy tho questioner every time. It was: "There is a Republi can Governor and a Republican Legisla ture in New York, and what have they done to throttle the Ice trust? Answer mo that. But then, you know, tho Republi can Governor of New York has no time to bother with the ice trust, for he is too busy out here telling you about it." "The same charge was made by Mr. Bryan at length In Nebraska, and all the press of the country had your ans wer to It given, I think, in a speech in the same state. Every reader of the pa pers, too, knows of your action as Gover nor In respect to the ice trust, and I am. under the impression, also,, that you rec ommended the legislation undor which such a trust might be reached tn Notf York. Your friend, "DON M. DICKINSON." Governor Roosevelt's reply, dated Evansvllle, Ind., Oct. 13, follows: Bryan Knovrs, or Ought to Know, Better. "I thank you very much for your letter of the 11th Inst. When Mr. Bryan talks as in the quotation contained In your letter he simply says what he either knows or ought to know to be without the slightest foundation in fact. He made a similar statement In Nebraska. I then answered and asked him in return whether he would pay the obligations oC the Government in gold or sliver "tt elected. He never answered my question, but as my statement was printed broad cast he must have seen lt and, there fore, he must know that there Is no war rant in fact for his statement regarding the ice trust. In my message to tho New York Legislature, I suggested cer tain action about trusts. The Legisla ture did not act along the lines suggested, but It did pass a very stringent anti trust bill, introduced by a Democrat, and I signed it. The Attorney-General Is now proceeding against the Ice trust under this bill. Mr. Croker and hl3 fellow stockholders In the Ice trust, through their attorneys, are fighting us on tech nical legal points through evejry stage oC tho proceedings. "Now, a3 I said, Mr. Bryan knows all thl3 from my previous answer He knows perfectly well that I cannot 'suppress the Ice trust,' In any manner aav by duo process of law. and that the Attorney General Is proceeding against It under the law, and is being hampered by the delays inevitable in attacking a corpora tion well defended by able lawyers, re tained as Is natural when the corporation contains stockholders as wealthy as Mr. Croker and his associates. Mr. Bryan knows that where the Attorney-General Is -undertaking these proceedings I havo absolutely nothing to do with them. He, therefore, knows that I have taken every step that can be possibly taken In tho matter. Under these circumstances it Is unnecessary for me to comment upon his continual repetition of a statement which, ha must know has not the slightest foun dation in fact. Ice Trout In the Unrta "Whether the Ice trust can legally be dissolved Is a question which must be settled by the courts, and, similarly. It 13 a question to be decided In accordance with the law, whether or not any of tho Tammany leaders who hold stock In It are amenable under the law. The trust Itself Is certainly one tha? can be said to be a bad trust, dealing, as it does, In an article of necessity for the poor of New York. I have no doubt, however, that most of the stockholders have Invested In It simply as they would Invest In any other corporation. Tho striking point Is that among the heaviest of theso In vestors appear the Tammany Bryanlte leaders, who. In conjunction with Mr. Bryan, are loudest In denouncing trusts. Hypocrisy could bo carried no farther tljan it has been carried by those men and their defenders. In the Tammany state convention In New York they ac tually denounced the Ice trust In their political capacity, while In their private capacity they were stockholders In It, and through their counsel were doing everything to prevent its dissolution br the Attorney-General. Mr. Bryan Is now going to New York to be the political guest of Mr. .Croker, tho ice trust bene ficiary. He is going there to try to help Mr. Croker get control of tho Stato of New York and bring it down to the level of infamy to which tho Tammany gov ernment has reduced the City of New York. Again, it seems to me that this needs no further comment than is im plied In the statement of the facts. Faithfully vours. "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." Governor Roosevelt tonight announced that he would make only six speeches In Ohio. This removes six towns from tho itinerary. He will speak but onco la Maryland, at Baltimore, i !wn
