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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. MONDAY. .TUNE 23, 1902.
ADJOURNMTraR
Congress Will -Quit Before
Fourth of-Juiy. .-
CUBAN ,REG!PBQClXy,A,EAILURE
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Omniboe Statehood, bill Is Also Like-lr-to-Go
Over Mai-JBe -an Extra '
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SWlth. Coba
WASHINGTON". June 22. The sessions
of the Senate during the- present week
will be devoted to odds and ends of legis
lation. It was the purpose of the Re
publican steering committee to make the
Cuban reciprocity bill the order of busi
ness after the disposition of the inter
oceanle canal bill, but the two Republican
conferences "have rendered It evident that
there could be no reciprocity legislation
this session, so the steering committee has
abandoned its purpose.
Some Interest is manifested In the notice
of Senator Quay that tomorrow he would
call up his motion for the discharge of
the committee on territories from fur
ther consideration of the omnibus state
hood bill in order to secure action on it
during the present session, but the under
standing now is that he will not press
his motion and the question will go over
Until the next session of Congress In
obedience to the wish of the Republican
leaders. Senator Bate, however, has
stated that if Senator Quay does not
press his motion, he (Bate) will move
to have the committee discharged and
the bill taken up. This motion would
bring the question up, but coming from"
the minority side of the chamber, it
"would be predestined to defeat, as it is
understood that there are very few, if
any. Republican Senators who will sup
port such a motion if made by a Demo
cratic Senator.
On Tuesday the Senate will take np", -in
obedience to the wish of Senator Burton,
the bill creating a National -forest reserve
In the Southern Appalachian -Mountain
range, and the understanding is that con.
sWeration df the measure will be con
fined to ono day's debate.
Wednesday Senator McCumber will be
heard In support of the pure food bill,
but consideration of this question under
agreement will be confined to a speech
by the Senator and there will be' do ef
fort at that time to pass the bill.
Senator Stewart's -bill confirming the
agreement with the Choctaw and Chicka
saw Indians In the unfinished business,
and it Is understood to be Mr. Stewart's
purpose to press Its consideration when
there is no more highly privileged snatter
to be considered. Senator Penrose on
Monday will report the general immigra
tion bill and It is ' understood that he
will make strenuous efforts to have the
measure considered during the week 'Ot
at least before the final adjournment of
Congress.
The rest of the week will be given over
to conference reports on appropriation
hills and other measures In dispute be
tween the two houses. The conference
report on the naval appropriation bill
will be submitted on Monday and early
consideration will be glvon the report.
There also will be an effort to have the
"dispute over the Army bill adjusted during
the week, with some prospect of success.
The committee on appropriations will
take up the general deficiency tomorrow
and will probably report it the latter
. jiart of the week. This is the last of the
appropriation bills, and with its disposal
there will be little In the way of final
adjournment of Congress.
Senators generally predict that Congress
will disperse between the first and tho
Fourth of July. The session probably
will be extended somewhat by the neces
sity of concluding consideration of the
Philippine government bill, as all tho ap
propriation bills could be finally disposed
of during the present week. The House,
however, will not pass on the Philippine
bill nntll the latter part of tho week and
it is expected that it will be necessary to
devote considerable time in conference
to the differences between the Senate
and House. No Senator now places the
day of adjournment beyond the Fourth.
The conference between the two houses
on the Interoceanic canal bill -has been
arranged and it is expected that an
agreement will be reached during the pres
ent weok.
It is possible that the Cuban 'commit
tee will report tho reciprocity bill be
fore adjournment, hut If it shall do so
there will be no .effort to secure action on
it in view of the weir known opposition
of a large part of the Senate. The f riend3
of the policy of reciprocity aro quite de
termined to bring tho matter up at the
liext session and repeat what they said
in Friday's conference that they will
not desist until they accomplish their
purpose. Whether in the end they will do
this through a bill or through a treaty
they do not now undertake to say. ' It Is
generally understood about the Eenato
that a reciprocity treaty with 'Cuba Is
well under way, but it Is not believed
that there will be any effort to ratify it
during thqrcsent session, even If tho
document'ihould bo sent to the Senate.
The disposition in brief is to go to the
country on tho question in tho hope that
the cause will be strengthened thereby
and that at least somo of the beet-s,ugar
Republicans will bo won over by next
December.
Senators generally do not count on an
extra session Immediately in case q, treaty
should be sent in, but many ot them arc
inclined to believe that if tho treaty bo
completed the Senate will be called to
gether in extraordinary session for its
consideration soon after the November
elections In order to get tho treaty out of
the way if .possible before the beginning
of the regular session in December. In
deed, It may be said that It is the pro
gramme, so far as a programme has been
outlined, though Its execution probably
, will depend somewhat on the result f
the elections and whether they are con
sidered favorable to reciprocity or not.
PHILIPPINE CIVIL GOVERX3IENT.
Will Occupy Time of House Until
Thursday.
WASHINGTON, June 22. Tho opinion
of the Houfce leadors is that this coming
weok will be the last full week of ths
present session of Congress. Although
no resolution for a sine die adjournment
has yet been Introduced, the leaders gen?
orally fix the date of jQnal adjournment i
of Congress at July 3.
The Philippine civil government' bill
will hold the boards In the" House except
for such time as is occupied in disnosihjr
of conference reports, uritll Thursday, a4
possibly Friday. Members generally are
using It as a vehicle for political speeches
to be circulated In the coming campaign,
and its passage by a Solid Republican v6te
is assured.
The remainder of the week will be taken
up with conference reports on appropria
tion bills and other measures in dispute
between tho two houses. Soon-as tne
resolution prqyJdlngor iho final Sdjflurn
rrmnt nhnl! ho.julnntp.3' motions to&uriend
the rules will "bfe lnordejt at anywUmeJwJ;.
this will generally facllltateBu's'Iness dur"
ing ther closing days of the se&slonv
The JLand Question:
One subject to which very little of the
current debate both in- the Senate- and
House ha "been directed, aro' the .ro;tH
sions --concerning nubile -lands -in the Isl
ands. Inenacting a" 'Philippine bill it 19
of the greatest momenta that this matter
shall be 'so regulated'aBvrto permit rapid
expansion" from -the cconoml? sndpolnt,
expansion from tm economic nnponu-
while thoroughly "safeguarding tfieittter -
ests of the inhabitants. At the same time
the steps taken should bo such as will
permit our people to join equally in de
veloping the country. The regulations for
land holding, mining, etc, should not be
such as will necessarily exclude the man
of moderate capital from engaging In pro
ductive enterprise. Much more rapid
growth In civilization can be expected If
American citizens colonize the vacant
lands in large numbers, and at the same
time this advance will be much more solid
than would bo the case were the whole
work of development to be left to corpora
tions sho should take up large tracts and
work them on a tenant basis or by means
Of coolie labor. It is now proposed to
lea? -many of the details of the land laws
to the Philippine Commission.
There are doubtless some advantages In
.this plan. Yet the great importance of
establishing the general principles of the
land policy upon the proper basis is only
increased by the fact that this Is merely
'a basis' which is to be subsequently built
upon by others. It is not too much to
ask. therefore, that the vastly better pro
visions of the House 'bill as regards the
land question should be carefully com
pared with those of the Senate measure.
As the House has taken up the Philip
pine bill, amended It In accordance with
its own measure, and thus given it a bet
ter legislative position than it would have
If It had carried on tho debate simultan
eously with tho Senate, there will bo
abundant opportunity for changing the
provisions of the Senate bill, both as re
gards land and as regards other subjects
as well. But tho sooner the effort Is to be
made the better it will be. If the House
could be Induced to deal with the land
question at once and properly formulate
the legislation on the subject, the hope
of getting a favorable outcome would be
largely Increased.
A lengthy comparison of the two bills
on this point might be Instituted, but
one or two main suggestions must suf
fice. According to the House bill the
Government of the Philippine Islands
"shall make rules and regulations for the
sale or other disposition of the public j
lands of the United States In said Islands,
but such rules and regulations Bhall not
go Into effect or have the force of law
until they have received the approval of
the President: and they shall also be
submitted to Congress and, unless disap
proved or amended by Congress at the
next ensuing session after their submis
sion they shall at the close of such ses
sion have the force and effect of law In
said Islands when they shall have re
ceived the approval of the President as
hereinbefore provided." This regulation,
whatever niay be thought of It, is per
fectly, clear and definite in its terms. Sim
ilar clearness is found in the analagouB
provisions on franchises, where it ap
pears that "no franchise, privilege or con
cession shall be grantod to any corpora
tion, except under condition that it shall
be subject to amendment, alteration or re
peal by the Congress of the United
States." Compared with this are the provisions-
of the Senate bill, whereby the
whole question Is put in a much more ob
scure and debatable form. Although the
Senate plan "provides substantially tho
same1 regulations on the face of things as
appear in the House bill on the subject of
lands, the situation is materially altered
by the fact that it Is necessary by the
terms of that measure that peace shall be
established before the regulations shall
go Into effect. Moreover, ponding the es
tablishment of peace the President of the
United States shall make such regulations
as he may seo fit; while pending his form
ulation of such regulations the Govern
ment of the Philippines shall dispose as
it' pleases or the lands of the country by
lease subject to but little control.
NO KINDNESS TO CHINA.
Appeal for Scaling; Down Indemnity
Not Welcome.
JX3NDON, Juno 23. The Pekln corre
spondent of the Times, commenting la a
dispatch on the question whether the pay
ment of tho Chinese Indemnity to the
foreign powers should be made in gold
or silver, says the American interpretation
of tho protocol meets with no approval
from the other governments concerned
and that a reconsideration would show
the United States that no service is done
to China by listening to her appeal. The
Mandarins, goes on the correspondent,
welcome the indemnity as a means of
squeezing the people, while placing the
odium thereof on the foreigners.
The Times' corrcspondet says that
Russia has withdrawn from the foreign
government of Tien Tsin and that Gen
eral Wokack, her - representative, has
started for home, refusing to be a party
to the imposition upon China of tho new
conditions drawn up by tho allied com
manders. Success for Colombian Troops.
PANAMA, June 22. The fleet of govern
ment gunboats returned here thla after
noon with news that the town of Agua
Dulce had been captured Thursday, June
19. As the government forces approached
the town, over 100 government soldiers
who had previously been captured by
revolutionary forces under General Her
rera and had been incorporated in the
Liberal army, joined the government
troops under General Berti.
Agua Dulce was captured without resist
ance. Tho government gunboats went up
the bay as far as the town Itself. When
the revolutionary forces sighted them
they fled from the town, leaving behind
800 head of cattle, and one sailing vessel
full of produce.
Lonbet Talks to Gymnasts.
LEMANS. France, June 22. President
Loubet, accompanied by Premier and Gen
eral Andre, the Minister of War, arrived
hero to preside over the fete of the Gym
nastic Club. President Loubet received an
ovation. Two thousand gymnasts took
part in the competitions and President
Lonbet presented tho prizes and decora
lions to the winners. In the course of
different speeches in reply to several ad
dresses. President Loubet urged his hear
ers to respect religious beliefs, to have
mutual tolerance, and above all to bo de
voted to the Republic.
Emperor William on ICInfr Albert.
WESSEL, Prussia, June 22. Replying
today to a loyal address from the Burgo
masters of thiB town. Emperor William
referred to the dead King Albert of Sax
ony and said ho was the last of the great
captains o"f great time who had., helped
in tho work of building Up the German
Empire.
"His was," said Emperor William, "a
heart which esteemed that which was
German above all else; he was a very
tnbdel of jail that a ruler should be, and
a father to his country and his people."
Mttner Head of the Transvaal.
FRETORLV. June 22. Lord Mllner. who
1 was -British High Commissioner In South
Africa, took the oath of the government
of the Transvaal here todaj In the pres
ence of-a large assembly of people. He
.was . heartily cheered by those present
and a salute In his honor was fired from
'the fort-
Secrct .Society Candidates Elected.
NAPLES, June 22. Candidates put for
ward by tho Camoora, the notorious secret
society, were elected all along the line
In the municipal elections recently held
horav.:t:Js expected that the government
IJfdlisve tho municipal council.
Lt' Telcjcrapfc, 3Ianafecr Dead.
1? TITA OTTTV'-HVr T.. A& - . -.
reen. Jocal manager of the Western Union
Tolegraph Company, for 20 yeirs, died
tonlgbt,aged about GO, of nervous pros
tration. "' .'.The Best Co a Rh Medicine.
r sell -.more ot Chamberlain's Cough
Remedythnn of all similar nr6nnf.it!Hr.i
I nut together and it elves the bast sat-
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fogu&rantea every bottle of it, F, C,
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HOME FROM PHILIPPINES
GEXERALS WHEATOX AXD SXYTJER,
AXD TWO REGIMENTS.
Lives Saved ly Sanitary Precautions
Makes the Losses by War Seem
Infinitesimal.
SAX FRANCISCO, June. 22. Thp United
States Arm- transport Sherman arrived
from the'Phlllpplnes last evening and went
immediately into quarantine. Among her
passengers were Major-General Lloyd
Wheaton and Brigadier-General Snyder.
On board werje also 1254 men, forming the
Sixth and Nineteenth Infantry Regiments.
The ship also brought back 57 discharged
.soldiers, 197 sick men, three dead and II
insane.
General Wheaton returns In fairly good
health. His long stay in the Islands and
the responsibilities he has had have aged
him greatly. He Is vers' glad to be home
again, and looks .forward with pleasure
to the time when he can leave the vessel
for land
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IXDICTKD OX A CHAR.GK OF OFFERING A BRIBE.
Sensational charges have been made against Mayor C. A, Ames, of
Minneapolis, and tho grand Jury has returned an indictment against him
for offering a bribe. Two. County Commissioners testified before the
grand jury that Mayor Ames had offered them $15,000 to appoint Tom
Brown, the Mayor's private secretary, to the olHce of Sheriff, to replace
Megaarden, who 'was removed by the Governor. Tho Mayor is out on
000 "bond, and will plead today. It is believed that the Indictment Is de
fective, as the offer of the bribe was made before Megaarden was removed.
enviable record In the Philippines. He
left for Manila in January. 1SP9. and has
been in active service ever since. During
the last year he has been In charge of a
district, and has. by great executive abil
ity, enjoined tho natives from revolting.
Ho Is home for a much-needed rest.
VHiHne- thi Yovaco of the Sherman there
were three deaths Private William E. (
Carlisle, of Troop C, First CavaMry; Pri
vate William R. Morris, Company C,
seventh Infantry: Sergeant Georgo W.
Quick, Company G, Sixth Infantry. i
General Slrfion Snyder, who was on the
transport, was retired last (May. General
Snyder was In command ot the Fifth Sep
arate Brigade, Department of South Phil
ippines, with headquarters at Ho Ho.
"The life in. the Philippines did not dis
agree with me," said tho General. "Iam
In splendid condition, physically."
He Is not enthusiastic over the Oriental
possessions, and expressed himself as be
ing glad that he could now wash his hands
ot it alL
Another nasscnger on the Sherman was
Captain Andrew S. Rowan, Nineteenth In
fantry, who carried a message from Pres
ident McKinley to General Garola at the
ouioreax oi xne oyaiusu u.i.
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General Wheaton would not Uttonue
charges of cruelty -made against American
soldiers in the Philippines, but made this
statement as showing what occupation
meant:
"The devastations of war have cost
many lives and the loss among the MS
has no doubt bcen very large, but when
one takes into consideration the hundreds
of thousands of lives that have been saved
by Tcaaon of the sanitary precautions of
the American Army and the civil commls-
slon, the losses by war seem Infinitely
amall. Smallpox became epidemic soon
after the Americans took Manila, and
would have caused frightful mortality
among tho natives as well as among tho
troops but for the regulations and pre-
caution of the medical authorities of our
Army- Compulsory Vaccination was neiu
In every city, province and town tnrougu-
out the country. In that way we saved
thousands of lives. In General Bell's de
partment 300,000 were vaccinated. Lator.
when the bubonic plague eeemod bound
to obtain a foothold In the Philippines,
the Army btampod It out by determined
action. At present cholera Is raging, and
I belicvo tho Health Olllccrs have the dis
ease well under control. These dangers
have been met and overcome by Amcri-
Cnillcs Willing to Testify.
MANILA, JUrte 22. The ex-lnsurgent
General, Callles, who surrendered to the
American authorities In June, 100L has
notified' the board Vsrhlch. is investigating
the eharires of cruelty brought by Ma,-
ior Gardener against American ofiiocrs and
soldiers in Tayabas.- Luzon, that he Is tlon of the ticket is possible The ques
wllllng to testify As to the conditions ' tlon ot whether W. J. Bryan will accept
whioh existed In Tayabas Province prior.
to hfa surrender and after Major Gara
ener had declared the province to bo paci
fied. General -Cantos said that he agrees
with Gbnera! MalVar, another ex-Insurgent
leader, that Tayabas Province was
the best disciplined stronghold the in
surgents had.
Violated Oath of Allegiance.
MANILA, Juiio 2. Scnor Ylllegas, ex
Prcridente of Santo Tomas, has been sen
tenced to 20 years' Imprisonment for vio
lating in several instances his oath of al
legiance to the United States.
Reprimand for Burning: CocJc-Pit.
MANILA, June 22. Captain Frederick S.
Wilde has .bejen sentenced by & court-
I martial to be 'reprimanded for the burnins
of a native cock-pit at Ungayen, Prov
ince of Pangaslnan, LUzon. Approving
the findings of the court-martial, which
sentenced Captain Wilde, General Chaf
fee says the Captain violated a general
order and did not show proper respect
to the civil authorities.
Xlnety Soldiers Died ot Cholera.
MANILA, June 22. Ninety American
soldiers have died of cholera since the
diseaso first broke out. Owing to the In
crease of cholera the health authorities
in the provinces are enforcing stringent
regulations. The total number of cases
and deaths are as follows:
3Ianlla,,1530 cases and 1236 deaths; prov
inces, 7263 cases and 5440 deaths.
FATAL PHILIPPINE FIGHT.
Took Place in Tennessee, When n
Antl Abused a Soldier.
KNOXVTL.1.E, Tenn., June 22. An at
tack upon the American Army in the
Philippines made at a garden party here
last night started a fight that nay coit
four lives. One man 1. dead and three
others probably fatally wounded.
John Kennedy, aged 45, Is dead.
The injured: Alonzo Barber, stabbed
nront-tr t'lTiPs cannot recover; Charles
Hobbs. badly cat about the face, neck and
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breast; Lincoln Monday, Jugular vein al
most severed.
Monday, who served three years In the
arcnlpelago, was a member of the Ninth
Infantry and who is a survivor of tho
massacro of Company C at Batangas,
Samar, gave Barber tho lie. when the lat
ter declared that "two-thirds of the
American soldiers who went to the Philip
pines were hoodlums." In the fight that
followed Hobbs and Kennedy took the
part "of Barber. All fought with pocket
knives until Monday, ,weak from tho loss
of blood, sank to the ground. Then orte
of his friends In the crowd handed him a
revolver and he shot Kennedy dead. Mon
day then shot at Barbar and Hobbs, but
failed to hit either. '
RAMPOLLA'S REPLYTOTAFT
Not Made Public Because MIffht Em
barrnss Negotiations.
"ROME, Juno 22. The reply of Cardinal
Rampolla-, papal secretary of state, to the
presentation by William H. Taft, Civil
Governor of the Philippines, to the VatU
can of his instructions from Secretary of
w Root Mlvw, hv noromnr Taft
,Mt n, hL R has bcen tranfilatcd Into
EngU.,h and after duo consideration ot
the Cardlnar3Tanswcr Jmlge Taft doeg
j nQt decm R pnjpar tQ permlt Jts publ,ca.
t tion at this stoge of the proceedings, be-
cause he fears tnat by so aolng Re mIght
j embarrass the negotiations. Cardinal
Rampoiia nas BUbmlttcd a copy of his
reply to Judge Taft to the committee of
cardinaia -which, was formed to consider the
t matter of tho religious orders and other
, church affairs in tho Philippines, In order
1 to inform them of the precise scope of the
j questions Involved and upon which it Is
hoped that definite results will shortly be
j reached.
it cannot be said that any conclusion
has as yet bcen reached, but the general
tenor of Cardinal Rampolla's reply gives
reason to expect that Governor Taft's ne
gotiations will be entirely successful.
Governor Taft will answer Cardinal Ram
polla's letter next Wednesday.
BRYAN THE KEY.
If He Will Accept Fusion Nomina
tion All Will Be Clear.
GRAND ISLAND, jeb., Juno 22. The
Democratic and Populist State Convene
tlons will be Jield In this city Tuesday,
and already the question of whether fusion
on the state ticket will be accomplished Is
a topic of earnest dlscusrlon on both
sides. Several party leaders hopo to ef
fect a combination of nominations and
platforms that will bo acceptable to tho
fusion forces and argue that such an ar-
rangemenf Is the only one by which elec
tne nomination for Governor is one on
w'hlch perhaps depends the possibility of
a combination ticket- The belief Is ex
pressed that If r Mr. Bryan permits his
name to be used thet rest will be
Accomplished easily. With Mr. Bryan
eliminated from the possibilities. It is hard
to-predict the action of tho conventions,
but many bellevo there will be two full
tickets In the field.
Chlnekc Cruiser Exploded.
LONDON June 22. A dispatch to the
Central Newo from Shanghai says that
the Chinese cruiser Kol Chi was wrecked
today by a torriflCi explosion while lying
in tho Tangtse River. The Kal Chi
sank in 20 seconds and 150 officets and
men on board were killed or drowned.
Only two men ion board tho cruiser es
caped death.
WHY THE MINERS STRIKE
(Continued from First Para.)
productive cipaclty of mineworkers de
teriorated on an average of per cent; in
other words, tho United Mineworkers or
ganization is accused of encouraging poor
workmanship. An examination of the re
ports on coal production complied 'by the
United States Government discloses the
fact that the allegations ot the railroad
presidents aro misleading and untrue, as
the following figures will demonstrate:
"From 1SS0 to 1900, inclusive, the mines
wero In active operation an average of
1S2 days per year, and for oich persdn
employed there were produced 363.58 tons
of coal per year, or for each day tho
mines were in operation 2.1S tons were
produced per employe; whllo in, the year
1901, against which tho operators so bit
terly complain, tho mines were In opera
tion 194 days and there were produced
473.45 tons for each person employed: or
for each day the mines were in operation
2.36 tons were produced per employe, thus
showing conclusively that Instead of a
deterioration there was a decided Im
provement In the productive capacity of
tho men after they became thorodghly
organized. '
V'Can the unprejudiced reflect 'upon
these facts and conclude that the anthra
cite miner Is not a better workman- than
ho was before tho 10 per cent concession
in wages two years ago?
Easy to Advance Selllas; Price.
"The railroad presidents contend that
they cannot Increase wages without mak
ing a corresponding increase in tho sell
ing price of their product to the consum
er, and have accused the mineworkers of
suggesting, a proposition that would im
pose a hardship upon he public, by in
Creasing the market price of coal 10 cents
a ton, the amount that would have been
required to' meet all the demands made
by the miners. However, their solicitude
for the public weal has not deterred them
from advancing tho market price of their
coal more than U per ton since the strike
was inaugurated, without giving any part
of the increase to the mineworkers. In
substantiation of our claim that the coal
companies can afford to pay Increased
wages to the mineworkers without in
creasing the cost of coal to the consum
ers, we submit tho following extracts
from tho Government reports showing
tho selling value of the coal loaded on
cars at the mines for the H years begin
ning -with 1S0O and ending with 1200, as
compared with 1901:
The average home value of all coal
mined and sold during this period wis
tt 4S per ton, while a press hulletln re
cently issued by Charles D. Walcott, di
rector of the United States Geological
J3urvey, Eays that for tho year 1201 'the
increase in the value of the anthracite
product received at the mines showed a
gain of $27,746,169, or more thin 31 per
cent over that of 1900."
"Tho average price of tho marketed an
thracite coal, that Is, the product shipped
to market or sold to local trade, was
$1 87, tho highest figuro obtained since
1SSS.
"In other words, while, according to
President Olyphant, 13 cents per ton rep
resents the operators' Increased cost of
production In 0Q1, 39 cents per ton, as
compared with 1000, represents tho In
creased value of the product to the op
erators. In view of the fact that this
enormous increase in the selling price of
coal has been extorted from the consumer
by the coal trust, can any one siy that
the demands of the miners for a small
portion of the Incrensed wealth their la
bor has produced are unreasonable or un
warranted?" The statement says that further ev
idence of the ability of the coal mine-
owners to pay Increased wages Is
shown In the statement of John Mar
kle, managing partner of the G. R,
Marklo Coal Company, an Independent
firm operating three mines In the Lehigh
region, made in a. suit before the Su
preme Court of Pennsylvania. Mr. Mar
kle Is quoted as saying that the company
in tho five years from 1890 to ISM made
profits of over 51,000,000, and the statement
says the Govftrnment reports show that
the home Value pt con produced by the
anthracite companies during that time
was 5151 a ton. If the G. B. Markle
Company could make a profit of over
$1,000,000 In five years when the selling
price of their coal at the mlnc3 was 51 51,
continues the statement, doe3 it not seem
reasonable to suppose that tho larger
companies, whose, cost of production is
necessarily less, could make a sufficient
profit In 1901, When the home value o their
coal waB 51 87 per ton, to enable them
without detriment to their business to
pay the anthracite mineworkers the small
plttanco asked for by them?
The statement then quotes -President
Truesdalo, of the Delaware, Lackawanna
& Western, who In his annual report to
the directors of his company said that
the year 1901 Would pass Into history as
one of tho most satisfactory to the an
thracite coal Interests' of the country ever
known, and adds the Commercial and Fi
nancial Chronicle's comment on the re
port of President Olyphant, of the Del
aware & Hudson, as follows:
The average of anthracite soiling prices fo
1001 must ha e ben 30 to 40 cents higher than
in 1000. and the Dfoflts of the coal mlnlns
operations ot the Belanaro & Hudson In loot
were 51.407.307.
An Absurd Offer.
The statement ridicules as absurd the
offer 6f President Baer, the recognized
spokesman of the coal trust, to submit
the books of the coal departments to
prove that wages could not be Increased
and says:
"Eighteen or 19 per cent of all coal pro
duced In the anthracite regions is from
mines owned and operated by the various
coal-carrying railroads. The freight
charges for delivering a ton of anthra
cite coal are three times as great as those
of other roads for hauling a ton of bitu
minous coal one mile, and as a conse
quence tho coal departments, which ac
tually are earning enormous profits on a
legitimate business, may and do appear
to be losing money, for the reason that
their railroad departments consume the
profits of the coal departments by charg
ing the coal departments exorbitant rates.
Thus they rob Peter to pay Paul. It can
not be said In extenuation that there Is
any pecuniary necessity for this triple
charge for hard coal, for all other kinds
of freight very much more troublesome
to handle and more perishable arc car
ried at a far lower rate."
Irt this connection the statement calls
attention to the fact that a ton of coal as
the consumer understands It is not a ton
of coal as the miner Is paid for it; that is
to say, that tho ton of coal sold the cus
tomer weighs 2240 pounds, while when the
miner Is belhg paid for his labor he is re
quired to produco and load from 2740 to
2790 pounds for a ton, against which "fla
grant Injustice the anthracite minework
ers so vigorously and Justly protest."
Tho companies assert that the excess
weight is required to compensate them for
impurities and refuse matter that is load
ed with tho coal and cannot bo mar
keted. "If their statement be 'true," says the
statement, "why Is It necessary to con
tinue a system of docking by which at
times they arbitrarily deduct from a min
er's earnings from 10 to 15 per cent of the
total as a penalty for loidlng impurities
for which they have already penalized
him. In excess weight? It must bo obvious
to every intelligent observer that the codl
companies derive a considerable Income
from the continuance of this system of
measuring the earnings of their employes,
as they thus, receive a large amount of
marketable coal for which they return
no compensation to the miners. The
miners, have asked that the coal they pro
duce shall bo honestly weighed and cor
rectly recorded. This recital of facts dis
poses of the operators' claim that thoy
cannot Iffofd to pay living wages for
faithful service and- unceasing toil amid
surroundings constantly fraught With the
gravest danger."
FutnlltlcK in the Mines.
The statement tells of tho fatalities
arnong'mlners and aaysf-
"Eight times as man)" men and boys
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are killed and injured annually in the an
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Trie statement says that according to
tho reports of various chiefs of police,
there has been less Infraction of laws and
fewor arrests during the time the strike
has. been In progress "than for a Ilka
period preceding 1L Concluding, the state
ment says:
"It Is now apparent that the real pur
pos,o of the coal operators Is to destroy
organization among their workmen. Jt
by, any chance they should succeed In
their designs, which Is not at all likely,
another labor organization Will spring
from the ruins of the United Minework
ers of America, and the contest for liv
ing wages, for humane conditions of em
?loyment, for better education, for higher
itlzenshlp, will go oh until the men who
produce the coal, the originating motor
power which drives the wheels of com
merce and industry, the produet that is
so essential to the welfare of society, the
mineral which Is the very foundation of
our National prosperity, shall receive frtr
their labor sufficient compensation to re
lieve them from necessity of sending their
boys and girls of tender years ahd frail
nhvslauo to the mines and mills, there to
destroy their youthful vigor in an effort
to assist their underpaid parents to main
tain their families. Conscious of the great
responsibility resting upon us, apprehen
sive of the danger threatening our com
mercial supremacy should the coalmlners
of tho entire United States become par
ticipants In this struggle, we repeat our
proposal to arbitrate ail questions In dis
pute, and if our premises are wrong. If
our position is untenable, If our demands
cannot be sustained by facts and figures,
we will return to the mines, take up our
tools of Industry ahd await the day when
we shall have a more righteous cause to
claim tho approval of the American peo
ple." TROOPS TO KEEP ORDER,
Civil Authorities ' Unequal to the
Tnsk at Toronto.
TORONTO, June 2. The first attempt
mnde by the Toronto Street railway to
run their cars with men hired to take
the places of striking motormen and
qonductors was met with violence. Only
one effort was made to reopen the traffic
and the temmr shown by the strikers and
their sympathizers convinced the officials
that it would be Impossible to run cars
without strong protection. It was there
fore decided to appeal to the authorities
for troops and to suspend operations un
til their arrival tomorrow- Several of
lhe Imported men wore roughly handled.
This morning cars were started simul
taneously from the barns at King street.
Queens, Yorkvllle, Dundas and Yongo
streets. A crowd had gathered about
the entrance of each barn awaiting de
velopments. The appearance of a car at
the Yonge-street barn wds the signal for
hooting and yelling.,. The crowd called
upon the crew to desert the car. Their
refusal to do sb was followed by a shower
of stones and bricks. Every window In
the car was smashed and the crew left
their posts and ran Into the bam.
Similar scenes were enacted at the other
barns. An attempt was made to run a
car from the-Yorkyllle barns arouhd the
belt line. A big .rock thrown against
the window dashed, the glass Into Jlotor
man Johnson's face, badly lacerating it,
and he was struck Ty a number of stones
and was otherwise maltreated. Johnson
persevered, however, and made the cir
cuit of the line.'
The attempt to run out five cars at the
King-street barns was attended by scenes
of the greatest disorder and violence,
several persons being Injured by flying
missiles. Including W. H. Moore, private
secretary to President McKenzIe. He was
hit In the face, by a brick and severely
hurt. Tho five cars were badly shat
tered in less- than five minutes after they
Jnade their appearance. At the Dundas
street barns another crowd Intercepted
the cars and they were turned back. The
company then 4ec'ded to abandon tho
elTort today. '
Meantime the civil authorities were com
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mounted men from the Niagara camp left
Niagara with their horses tonight and
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at the armories. Several hundred extra
policemen were also sworn In tonight.
Troops Rule Paterson, S. J.
PATERSON, N. J., June 22. There was
no disorder here today, though the streets
were filled with curjous people from other
places, "who came to see the militia. Sev
eral houses In the Italian quarter were
visited by the police today, who searched
them for arms, but the visits brought no
result. The mllltla Is still on guard at the
mills, and some men ot the detail are sta
tioned at the upper windows of each place,
armed with rifles. The weavers are di
vided into two secUons, one portion favor
ing going to work in the morning regard
less of existing conditions. It is pretty
certain that should the decision be for a
general stoppage of work until the troops
depart, the shut-down will bo long and
protracted.
1200 Silk Worker Go Out.
NEW YORK, June 22. Twelve hundred
silk workers in the Hudson County, X. J..
mills, met tonight at HobOken and de
cided not to go to work tomorrow. Thcee
workers represent about SO per cent ot
all the employes in the mills of that sec
tion. The movement Is made to express
sympathy with the Paterson mill workers
who are out. Mayor Groth, of Union Hill.
N. J swore In 300 special policemen today
as a precautionary measure against any
trouble. The same step was taken by tfte
authorities of North Bergen.
Strikers Obtained Rccofrtfltlou.
AL.TOONA. Pa.. June 22. The GOO bitu
minous miners, who since April have been
on strike at the Soanman shaft to force
the operators to recognize the union, have
succeeded in obtaining recognition, and
will return to work.
Meeting of Striking Miners.
ROANOKE, Va., June 22. There was a
miners' meeting at Gilliam, W. Va., today,
at which between 200 and 300 strikers were
present. They left later In the day to
march to Elkhorn. No acts of violence
have bcen reported
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