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THE MORNING ORBGONIAN, IQNPAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1902.
NO CAUSE TO STRIKE
So Answers the Oldest Coal
Company.
MEN WfBE WELL TREATED
Made So-Hncb Money That They Only
Needed to Work Three-Quarters
at Bach. Day to Earn All
They Wanted.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 16. The state
ment of the Lehigh' Coal & Navigation
Company, submitted to the anthracite coal
strike commission, now in session at
Bcranton, in answer to the demands of
the miners, was made public here today,
the answer recites the development of the
Company from the date of Its charter in
1S22, refers to the expense of operation
and to the comparatively small profits,
and declares the demand of the employes
for an increase of 20 per cent is unjusti
fiable, the reasons given In support of the
demand not being founded on fact. Ac
companying the statement are two ex
hibits. One shows tho earnings of the
employes of the company for one year,
based on the time worked during 1901,
the number of the several classes of
workmen and the rates paid according to
the payroll for the first half of May, 1902.
The other Is a catalogue of oyeTt acts
charged to j the striking employes of the
company during the recent contest, the
riots, assaults and disturbances of var
ious kinds, numbered at upwards of GO.
The answer states:
Oldest Coal Company.
"The Lehigh Coal & Navigation Com
pany is the oldest corporation engaged In
the mining of coal in the anthracite re
gion. It was chartered in. 1S22, and was
the successor of the Lehigh Coal Mining
Company, which was organized in Eng
land in 1793. It also acquired certain
rights on the Lehigh .River, which were
granted in 1S18. It owns and controls
about 14,000 acres of coal lands in Carbon'
and Schuylkill Counties, which are esti
mated to contain over 500,000,000 tons of
available unmined coal. Its employee
number 6000, and its capacity of produc
tion Is over 200,000 tons a month. Its cap
ital stock and funded debts amount to
upwards of 573,000,000. All 9i its capital
stock and bonds were Issued for full
value, although its Important coal lands
were purchased at a time when the coun
try was a wilderness, and all Its lands
have been acquired at moderate prices.
The dividends upon its capital stock to
date only average 4.02 per cent. The profit
on coal mined by the company during the
10 years up to December 31, 1901, has av
eraged 11.09 cents per ton, after charging
of taxes on coal lands and depreciation,
but not including any charge for royalty,
which represents the value of the coal in
the ground. Nor were the rates of freight
upon the railroad exorbitant, as is shown
by the fact that the company operated
its own canal and found it advisable to
send the coal to market over tho railroad
rather than by the canaL"
Referring to the claim of the miners
that better wages are paid in the bitumi
nous fields for substantially similar work,
the answer states:
"This company does not know what rate
of wages is paid in the bituminous coal
fields throughout the country, but there Is
nowhere in any fields substantially similar
work to that which is done under con
tract in the mines of this company. It Is
a fact, however, that miners of ordinary
skill and experience have always been
able to go from the mines of this com
pany to any other mining region through
out the country and obtain employment.
"In 1891, for a day of 10 hours, contract
miners earned an average of $3 14 per
day, skilled laborers $2 3L unskilled la
borers $1 83, boys $1 for work under
ground. The rates for, outside labor aver
aged as follows: Skilled labor, $1 69; un
skilled, $1 28; boys, 77 cents. The average
annual earnings of adults were J475 25."
Denial is made of the claim of miners
that their earnings are Insufficient to
maintain the American standard of liv
ing. Concerning the employes of the Le
high Coal & Navigation Company these
figures are given out:
"Out of S063 families, S70 own their own
homes. Pianos will be found In 146, and
house organs In 337. The company owns
and rents to its employe's 671 houses at an
average rental of $4 75 a month. The char
acter of these houses is fully up to the
average In any part of the country occu
pied by "any other class of workmen. It
has been the policy of the company to
Bell surface rights to those of its em
ployes who desire to put up 'their own
houses, and for many years there has
been a steady demand on this account.
The town of Summit Hill has a popula
tion of about 3009, and almost the entire
Burface, with the dwellings. Is now owned
and occupied by the employes of the com
pany. "The families of the employes have am
ple school accommodations, with capable
teachers, and over 1000 children are In at
tendance, while over 75 per cent of the
whole fundxespended in the region is de
rived fronTtaxespald by this company oa
Its coal estate." "
Slate-PlcUInj? Is Easy.
Regarding tho employment of boys, the
statement says:
, "Slate-rPlcklqg is a very easy occupar
tlon, compared to the work done by tho
boy upon a farm, and many of them are
needed to take ' care of the mine mules
and other light work, and In this way the
wages of the household are largely and
legitimately Increased. Since 1887 more
than 250 young men have gone from
Langsford and other pillages In the neigh
borhood to normal schools and colleges
and. become mining engineers, attorneys.
chemists, dentists, architects, ministers
and professors.
"Some of the foreigners prefer to' live In
a very niggardly and squalid manner, so
that they may accumulate the larger part
of their earnings and return to Europe to
live In Idleness; but those who have their
permanent home in the region have at
least 51.000,000 deposited in the banks and
savings funds in the vicinity, saved from
the earnings In the employment of this
company. The annual remittances to
their families and friends abroad, through
agencies in the region and -vicinity.
amounted to 5150,000 or more. In 1SS4 the
company established a beneficial fund, to
which it has contributed the sum of $196,
89, and the employes $154,768.
"During the strike of 1900, In which the
employes of the company declined to par
ticipate, the company, in acknowledge
ment of their loyalty, contributed $25,000
to the beneficial fund. Since then, most
of them have joined the union, and felt
bound to join n the strike when ordered
last May. No complaint was addressed
to this company, and no request for high
er wages Tvas made; but without notice
the men left work in a body, against their
own will and judgment, because required
to do so by the vote of the miners em
ployed In other coal fields. ,
"The claim for a reduction of 20 per cent
In the hours of labor, without any reduc
lion In earnings, for all employes paid by
the, hour, day or week, would be pecu
liarly absurd If enforced against this com'
pany. It is a fact that the breakers of the
company aro able to run only nine hours
a day and not 10.- The miners only work
from five to seven hours a day, and the
real difficulty in the region Is that con
tract labor prices are too high, as the men
get an amount sufficient for their wants
by working less than three-quarters of a
3ey, The men employed by the day work
a maximum only "nine hours, and as
many of them consume from half an hour
to an hour In going to and from their
work at the foot of the shaft, they do
not work even nine hours.
Men Can Make More.'
"As Illustrating the influence of the
excessive rates paid for contract work. It
may be said that during normal condi
tions, in April of this year, the men work
ing by contract earned only an .average of
53 02 a day, but when It became probable
that a strike would be ordered, the same
men earned an average of 54 46 a day."
The company asserts that payment by
weight is impracticable at Its mines, as
each mine constitutes a distinct problem
and the conditions vary from month to
month. The only method which has ever
given satisfaction to the company's work
ings, it Is said, is payment for cutting
coal by the lineal yard. The rate of pay- J
ment can be determined only in each par
ticular case between the superintendent
and the miner.
"Some influence, believed to' be that of
the union, has led the men to reduce the
production, but notwithstanding this dif
ficulty it remains true that the only way
In which wages can be satisfactorily
measured Is by contract for th6 work
done, which necessarily varies from mine
to mine, and sometimes between breasts
upon the same gangway, and even upon
the same breast, from diy to day."
The company emphatically protests
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THE PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS THE WHITE HOUSE, WITH THE NEW EXECUTIVE OFFICES THE
SMALLER BUILDING IN THE FOREGROUND AND THE PORTICOS CONNECTING THE NEW BUILD
ING WITH THE OLD.
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against the miners demand that there
shall be any agreement with the United
Mlneworkers of America, and In this case
the answer says:
"The conditions of mining in the Le
high and Schuylkill regions aro quite dif
ferent from those which exist in the Wyo
ming and Scranton districts. Vfhlle this
company has no objection, therefore, to
Its own employes organizing among them
selves, it has always objected and does
object even to an organization which In
cludes other anthracite fields, working
under a different system of compensa
tion, as a result of which Its men are or
dered out upon strikes by reason of con
troversies in which they, nave no inter
est.
It would be still more Inexcusable that
any outside authority should assume to
Interfere In the discharge of an employe.
Every free man has tho right to work
when and as he chooses, and the employer
must possess and be able to exercise the
right of discharge if he is to maintain dis
cipline." "
COMMISSION RESTED.
Listened to Lecture and Strolled
About Scranton.
SCRANTON," Nov. 16. The members, of
the arbitration commission observed Sun
day today and refrained from doing, any
work whatever. Most of them, as is
their rule, attended services at churches
in the forenoon, and this afternoon they
took either long walks or drives through
the valley. "Tonight they heard Bishop
Spalding deliver a lecture on the subject
of "Success;" at the Lyceum Theater,
for the' benefit of the House of the Good
Shepherd.
President Mitchell, the first witness of
the miners, who was on the stand Friday
and Saturday, will again be in the wit
ness box tomorrow. So far the attorney
of only one company, David Wilcox, gen
eral counsel of the Delaware & Hudson,
has cross-examined him and Wayne Mac
Veagh, who is representing the Pennsyl
vania Coal Company and the Hillside Coal
& Iron Company, is still engaged in car
rying m his examination. Next to Mr.
Mitchell, the most Important witness for
the mlenrs will probably be Thomes D.
Nicolls, president of District No. 1, of
the Miners' Union, which takes In all of
the mining territory around Scranton' and
Wllkesbarre.
BOOK ON PHILIPPINES.
Work Issued by Insular Bureau Big:
Demand for It.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. The Pro
nouncing Gazetteer and Geographcal Dic
tionary of the Philippines, with maps,
charts and Illustrations, which was pre
pared In the Bureau of Insular Affairs of
the War Department, has just been Is
sued, and contains a wealth of informa
tion concerning our .Oriental possessions.
The gazetteer proper contans 264 pages,
including the index, while the geograph
ical dictionary occupies 66S pages, exclu
sive of the maps, charts and Illustra
tions. . '
When Dewey's brilliant victory awoke
National interest in the Philippines, the
obtainable literature in English on the
question was meager, much of it was old
and most out of print, while the Spanish
works were to be found In but lew libra
ries, so that the work of obtaining com
plete and accurate Information of the
Islands, their geographical resources, his
tory, etc., has been a very difficult one.
Requests already received for the edition
exceed the limit ordered by Congress to
be printed.
Philippine Church. Conference.
MANILA, Nov. 15. A conference of the
bishops, priests and leaders of the Phil
ippine Roman Catholic church will be
held in Manila next week. They purpose
to ' address a memorial to Monsignor
Guldl, .the apostolic delegate in the Phil
ippines, setting forth their .position. A
number of native priests, Who sympathize
with the movement but still adhere to tho
Roman Catholic church, will seek an in
tervlew with Monsignor Guidl before re
affirming their allegiance to Rome or join
ing the dissenters."
It is believed that Monsignor Guldl will
deal with the church situation before en
tering upon negotiations with Civil Gov
ernor Taft regarding the friar lands.
Cholera. Increasing in Manila.
MANILA, Nov. 16. The number of chol
era cases is increasing In this city. The
spread of the disease Is causing some
alarm. There are on an average 30 cases
dally. The Funston Preserve Hospital, the
casual camp at Santa Mesa, and Blllbid
Prison are now Included among the places
infected. Should the water supply become
Infected, a general epidemic is considered
inevitable. The reports from the prov
lncs show a decrease in the number of
cases.
Visit of General Miles.
MANILA, Nov. 16. General Miles vis
ited Camp Vicars, in Mindanao, yester
day, and the town of Zamboanga today.
FIRE LOSS OF $900,000
ARMOUR PACKERT AT SIOUX CITY
TOTALLY DESTROYED.
Progress of the Flames Made an Im
pressive Spectacle Explosions
Numerous Will Rebuild.
SIOUX CITY. Ia. Nov. 16. Armour &
Co.'s packing plant, which occupied four
acres of the stockyards, and was valued at
$000,000, was totally destroyed early this
morning by a fire which started on the
second floor of the fertilizer building, and
is thought by Manager Lennon to have
been due either to spontaneous combus
tion or to an imperfect dryer. The loss is
partly covered by $721,000 Insurance. Five
hundred men are thrown out of employ
ment. Within an hour after the fire was
discovered by a watchman six streams of
water were being thrown upon the flames,
which were gutting the fertilizer building,
120 by GO feet, and four stories high, but
the pressure was inadequate. The floors
and contents of the building burned like
WITH THE EXECUTIVE OFFICES ADDITION.
chaff. The roof soon fell, and the fire
hurst through Into the beef-kllllng house.
At the samo time the cattle chute Ignited
und in five minutes fell with a crash.
Once in the beef-kllllng house, .the flames
began to jdance madly. From this house
to the oleomargarine building was only a
step, and when the oils started to burn
the Are presented a most spectacular ap
pearance. The big beefhouse, containing
500 carcasses, next taught Are, and the
whole plant, except the hoghouse, was a
lake of fire.
The roar was terrific. The country for
miles around was lighted. Suddenly there
was a terrific detonation, followed quickly
by another, then another. Twenty-four
drums of 100 pounds of ammonia each ex-,
ploded before the reserve supply in the
ammonia cistern was reached. That ex
plosion almost razed the entire plant. The
flames were blown through the fire wall
which separated the hoghpuse from the
other buildings. The hoghouse contained
3500 dressed hogs and 2.500,000 pounds of
pork products. Steadily the fire crept
against the wind and through tho office
building. Not a scrap of paper was saved.
When the last of the ammonia drums
was going off, a burning chute fell upon a
bunch of live hogs, and their squeals were
added to the appalling chorus. After tho
fire got good headway in the hoghouse, the
shops, chicken-packing plant, lcehouaes
and ice runways and smaller department
houses were consumed in quick succession.
The terrible roaring continue unabated.
The high brick walls crumbled and
crashed one by one, and the conflagration
gradually ate its way through building
after building. The Are department was
helpless, as Its apparatus was Inadequate.
The pressure was hardly strong enougn to
throw water to the roof of the porkhouse.
When the walls of this department burst,
the firemen played their streams on the
buildings until daylight
The fire burned all day, and this after
noon there was another terrific explosion,
which threw bricks and pieces of iron for
hundreds of yards. No one was hurt
Will Rebuild at Once.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 16. C. W.
Armour, of the Armour Packing Company,
stated today that the plant at Sioux City,
destroyed by fire last night, would be re
built at once. The new plant will be much
larger and finer than the one burned. The
company, will, In the meantime, remain in
the market, the cattle purchased to be
distributed between Omaha, Kansas City
and Chicago.
High School Burned.
MARION, O., Nov. 16. The High School
building caught Are from the heating ap
paratus and was destroyed. The loss Is
$60,000, partially covered by insurance.
SOCIALISTS MAY GET IN.
Two Members to Be Added to Federa
tion Council.
NEW ORLEANS, La., Nov. 16. There
Is a strong probability that the executive
council of the Federation of Labor will
be enlarged from 9 to 11 members at the
present convention, and that one of the
additional members will be a representa
tive of the Socialist wing of the labor
unions. The Socialists assert that they
control nearly one-third of the votes cast
in the convention, and feel fairly confi
dent of getting one man on the board.
There is a strong .element opposed to
the Increase In number. The Socialists
say they do not expect to win without a
fight, but they do say they will have won
that much when the fight. 13 over.
Only two cities have so far been men
tioned as the place for the next conven
tion, Buffalo and Milwaukee. The latter
place claims the better right, as it has
been a' candidate three times, and on each
occasion has. withdrawn in favor of the
place in which the convention was held.
However, no energetic work has been
done by the advocates of either city.
W. E. Kennedy, general organizer of the
International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, has prepared a resolution which
he expects will raise something of a
breeze upon the floor of the convention.
It is to the effect that the present local
is antique and obsolete, and that the resi
dents of the district should be allowed
to vote. The resolution Is certain of op
position, as It Is the avowed policy of the
government of the District of Columbia
Federation to refrain from political mat
ters. The visiting delegates of the Federation
were handsomely entertained today by
the local laboring men, .who arranged
several social affairs for them during the
afternoon and secured one of the theaters
for them tonight.
ENGLISHMEN IN CLEVELAND.
Savr Hanna, and Liked His Civic
Federation Scheme.
CLEVELAND, O., Nov. 16. The delega
tion of English worklngmen visiting this
country to study industrial conditions in
the United States spent the day in this,
city sightseeing. Tonight a meeting' was
held In the dining-room of the Pqrest City
House, a't which were present Sir Alfred
Moseley, Senator Hanna, Congressman
Burton, Harvey D. Goulder, president of
the Cleveland Chamber' of Commerce, and
Mayor Johnson. There were Informal dis
cussions of labor topics.
As a result of the meeting between Mr.
Hanna and Sir Alfred Moseley. the latter
makes the announcement that England
will have a National Civic Federation
after the plan of the American organiza
tion of that name. The purpose will be
the same, to bring labor and capital Into
more pleasant' relations.
Prominent local labor leaders were with
the visitors from across the water today,
and did their share in entertaining them.
XBW PLAN OP FEDERATION.
Colorado Labor Organization invites
-Others to Consider.
DENVER, Colo., Nov. 16. Should a
movement Inaugurated by the Colorado
State Federation of Labor be favorably
received hy labor federations of other
states, a National convention of delegates
from these organizations will be called to
meet In Denver to consider and act upon
the "plan of the Colorado Federation,
which has for Its purpose the adoption of
a system of government modeled after
the National Government of this country.
Secretary H. B. Waters, of the Colorado
State Federation, is now busy sending out
letters embodying the proposed system to
the various state federations. Each fed
eration Is urged to appoint delegates to
the proposed convention to be called in
the future.
Tampa Kidnaping Discussed.
NEW YORK, Nov. 16. After a thorough
discussion of the kidnaping of 14 leaders
of the union clgarmaTcers' strike, in Tam
pa, "about a year ago, and the more- recent
abduction of the Mayor of that city, be
cause of his alleged sympathies with the
strikers, the Central Federation of Labor
today unanimously decided to lay the
matter before President Roosevelt, and
request him to call for a report of the
commission which he some time ago ap
pointed to investigate the matter first
mentioned. It was also voted that tho
question be placed before the National
Federation of Labor, now in session in
New Orleans.
.Washington Theatrical Strike.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. Three of the
local theaters have agreed to yield to the
demand of the striking stago. hands, ac
cording to members of the National Alli
ance of Theatrical Stage Employes, but
the managers of the the three other the
aters playing the leading attractions say
they will not give in. They say the real
Issue Is whether they shall control their
own business, and that tho real trouble Is
the discharge of a stage hand. They say
they are paying the full union scale of
wages, and have plenty of help with
which to run their theaters. x
WOMAN LEADS POLITICS.
Adds Interest and Action to British
Government Life.
LONDON, Nov. 16. The dullness of the
atmosphere has been dispelled by the
appearance of a new leader, namely, Lady
Colebrook. Not since Disraeli's time has
a woman taken such an active part in
inner political circles.
Lady Colebrook Is now regarded as tho
"Deus ex Machlna" of Lord Rosebery's
party wherever she goes, and sho goes
almost everywhere, championing the ex
Premier's cause. Society credits this tal
ented and fascinating woman with sev
eral defections which have occurred from
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's section
of the Liberal party. She is exception
ally Interesting to Americans, as she has
two sisters-in-law, who are well known
,on the other side of the Atlantic, her
brother, Arthur Paget, having married
Miss Mary Stevens, and another brother,
Almerlc, having married Pauline, daugh
ter of William C. Whitney; of New York.
Lady Colebrook is gifted with rare In
telligence and a rare voice. She can be
seen at all the principal race meetings
and social gatherings, and the catholicity
of her political friendships can be judged
from the fact that after a recent large
reception to the Liberal League she stayed
at the Duke of Devonshire's for the Derby
races. Lord Rosebery has gained a pow
erful ally, whose leadership Is more open
than his own. t '
Sir Edward Colebrook seldom Is seen
In public, and Is generally known as a
book worm.
Wave of Crime In London.
LONDON, N.qv. 16. The protracted cor
onation rejoicings have been succeeded
by a wave of crime. Accounts of murder
trials and stories of other tragedies fill
the columns of such papers as report
those occurrences, and to the long list of
criminal casesr now proceeding some new
tragedy Is added almost dally. Suicide
Is unusually prevalent. The murders are
mostly confined to tho lower classes.
Much interest has been evoked this week
over the recent stabbing case In which a
young woman most deliberately killed a
member of- the Stock Exchange on the
street In the busiest section of the city.
Another case that has attracted much
public attention Is the alleged murder by
burning and stabbing of a servant girl
by an evangelist at Pearson Hall, County
of Suffolk.
Pretender Said to Be Captured.
TANGIERS, Morocco, Nov. 16. Accord
ing to a report which has reached here
from Fez, the imperial troops have suc
ceeded In capturing the pretender to the
throne. It is said that the Sultan, at the
head of an army of 25.000, will direct in
person the operations to put down the
uprising of the Kabyle tribesmen at Ze
mour. Denver-Salt Lake Bonds Sold.
DENVER, Nov. 16. The- time limit for
the purchase of bonds of the new Denver,
Northwestern & Pacific Railroad Com
pany expired at midnight last, night, and
it was annbunced today that'the entire
Issue of $20,000,000 had been disposed of.
BUSINESS ITEMS.
If Baby Is Cutting Teeth,
Be sure and use tfikt old and well-tried remedy,
Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothinc Syrup, for children
teething It soothes the child, softens the gums,
'allays all pain, cures wind colic and' diarrhoea.
OF THE SOLDIERS
INSPECTOR-GENERAL FINDS MUCH
TO COMMEND. "
Speaks Particularly of the Service
In the Philippines and the Men
Who Were at Front There.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. Tfie annual re
port of General J. C, Breckenridge, . In-spector-Gentral
of. the Army, Is a volu
minous document, and covers every phase
of the military establishment department,
bureau and command in the Army. There
are more than 50 recommandatlons and
suggestions relating to improvements In
the Army, most of which pertain to tech
nical matters and minor conditions. Much
of the report necessarily has been covered
In the reports of bureau chiefs and com
manding officers.
General Breckenridge finds much to com
mend In all branches of tho service, and
reports progress and Improvements every
where. The most serious criticism is In
regard to absenteeism where officers are
on detached duty, leaving the regiments
short of officers. Thus, In, the Philippines
especially, It Is found that many of the
companies are without Captains and the
companies In command of new and untried
officers. He shows that instruction in the
Army is progressing satisfactorily. He
recommends the fortification of Pearl Har
bor, In the Hawaiian Islands, as a strat
egic point. - Ho says water transportation
in the Army, Is rapidly assuming stable
and economical methods. He has the fol
lowing to say regarding his inspection in
the Philippines:
"During my tour in the Philippines, It
wag evident on all sides that the Army
as a whole was laboring patiently and
faithfully to solve the many vexing prob
lems continually presented to it. The dif
ficulties encountered and the hardships en
dured never can be fully appreciated hy
any one who has not been on the ground
and observed the daily life of officers and
men. miles away from home infiuences and
associations," living in communities either
openly or secretly hostile, depending al
most entirely for their subsistence upon
the commissary, wriere one Is always
afraid to take even an ordinary drink of
water without ascertaining first whether
it has been cookeed. . . .
Trying Work In Philippines.
"Critics at home may seareh for epithets
to apply to our general officers, but these
officers are not less kind-hearted than their
critics, and. are anxiously mindful of the
sufferings which necessarily fall upon the
Innocent In warfare as well as the guilty,
and are devising means by which the poor
may bo cared for and fed. There is reason
for gratification that our fellow-countrymen
have confidence in their Army, and
many know what war Is; and the reaction
has not been sluggish.
"That tho Army performed Its duties
well and bore its hardships uncomplain
ingly is well known to. all who have kept
in touch with It since the opening of the
Philippine insurrection. In fact, it has
done only the things which we exnect of
it, and which we will continue to expect
or American soldiers.
"The crying need of the soldiers now In
the Philippines Is quarters, and nothing
will add more to the discipline and effi
ciency of officers .and men serving in that
division than the construction as rapidly
as posible of commodious quarters and
barracks for our troops, on sites which
will afford ample room for proper Instruc
tion of large bodies of men In drill and
target practice."
Discussing the American troops and the
Filipinos, General Breckenridge says:
"There has been a good deal of discus
sion in the public press and elsewhere con
cernlng the treatment of the native Filipi
nos by the American troops, and some
rather serious charges have been brought
against the Army, which charges have not
been substantiated. The conditions of war
In the Philippines have been unusual, per
haps, and from reasons arising from the
conduct of the Filipinos themselves, who,
as the authorities agree, are sometimes ex
tremely cruel and treacherous. In the con
duct of the American Army toward them
the. exercise of unexampled patience Is
claimed, and the humanity of the' troops
engaged has no parallel In the history of
dealing with Asiatics.
On the Roll of Honor.
"With what, novel duties In both civil
and military administration, and in the
character and environment of the war on
the opposite side of the globe have our
soldiers been brought In contact! The
world has felt the current of those distant
affairs, and our Nation may not bo "fully
conscious of the awakening. Who among
us on the day of 'the battle of Manila
Bay was familiar with the names of men
who had faithfully devoted long lives to
our service, not without some dangers by
land and sea, and now the character of
the Nation has been weighed in the bal
ance according to their words and deeds,
Merrltt, with youthful fame in the Shen
andoah and great plains, appears In his
maturity on this last scene; Otis of hon
est judgment, far-reaching insight and a
cormorant for work, bearing his honorable
wounds with all modesty; Bates, the gen
tleman and soldier, the right hand of his
chief in diplomacy or emergency: Wheat-
on, the thunderbolt and embodiment of
military ardor; MacArthur, judicious,
courageous, masterful and broad-minded;
Hughes, acute and resolute amid an at
tempted Moscow, and In tho rugged places
of Samar and the middle Islands; Funston,
who won his fame amid the hardships of
1 the farthest front; Young, forever in the
lead anu seeKing tne vnais oi tne enemy;
Smith, tireless and aggressive; Bell, court
eous and recklessly audacious, the prince
of 'the advance guard; Lawton. 'droit et
loyale,' who baptized that land with his
blood and wrought famously and klnaiy
ton both hemispheres, doing easily and
without undue sacrifice whatever was
most needed or most difficult; Chaffee.
whose sterling worth has been displayed
In the Old and New Worlds, wherever
American arms have brought her prlncl
pies and won success, either In the whirl
of repelling deadly tyranny from the An
tilles or In bringing safety to tho be
leaguered nations from the bloody Man-
chur of the Forbidden City: Davis, whose
omnivorous Industry and knowledge have
wrought memorable monuments In the
form of city government and great memo
rial structures, as well as In his profes
sion; Grant, who carried from Porto Rico
to the Far East a name Americans regard
as the epitome of unpretentious and ad
mirable service, and who has shown un
wearied work and fairness In every scene;
and Baldwin, the last to win a star for
worsting the enemy In fierce fight, in a
career filled with ouch bearing as brought
two medals of honor for soldierly courage
to him alone. When the rewards of serv
ice ko to mqn like him the heart of the
Army is elated.
"These are not half the names, nor are
all of them as well known to their fellow
countrymen as they deserve. But these
are among those whom I met or the re
sults of whose work I witnessed during
the past year. Famous regiments which
fought or endured amidst those scenes
will cherish the occasion In their regi
mental traditions. And young men who
hereafter take the oath to serve their
country will show faithfully how she was
wont to be served when the old regiments
went down to the sea In great ships. The
Army of the past has again proved the
mettle of which It Is made, and the naval
and civil officers have writ their names
In bold characters among the immortals
and the Army of the future is taking
shape, and the spirit will go marching on
still as always, loyal and true and stead
fast to the end.
"The officers of the Inspection corps In
the Philippines substantially agree that
extreme and frequent cruelty has not been
habitually practiced, and that all well
founded complaints cf excesses have led to
trial and punishment of the' tiffendaric"
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PRESIDENT ROUGHING IT
NEVER SO GOOD A TIME SINCE HE
ENTERED WHITE HOUSE.
Sunday Dinner Included 'ttonst Bear
I'mvs, 'Possum and Sfreet Po
tatoes Camp Style.
SMEDES; Miss., Nov. 16. Sunday was a
quiet day at the President's camp on Lit
tle Sunflower. There was no hunt,, but the
President and several members of the
party spent a couple ef hours In the morn
ing rambling over the forest trails on
their horses. Dinner was the chief event
of the day. The menu Included roast bear
paws, and 'possum and sweet potatoes.
Dinner was served In camp style, on a
rough pine board table set up In the open
air. Tin plates and tin cups were used.
There were not enough knives and forks
to go around, and the colored cook an
nounced, to the amusement of everybody,
as the party sat down, that on account
of the scarcity of the articles he had dis
tributed them only to the "Colonel" (as
tho President Is invariably called In camp)
and tho "foreign gentleman."
The President is enjoying his outing
very much. He has not had three days
of such complete freedom and rest slnco
he entered the White House.
The insurgent newspaper men returned
to the assault to'day. Having been re
pulsed on tho land side by Mangum's pick
ets, they resolved today to try to effect
an entrance to the camp by the water
route. A boat was chartered at Vicks
burg, according to the story In circulation
here, and it was reported to have left
that place at 3 o'clock this morning. The
route of the expedition is to be up the
Mississippi to the mouth of the Yazoo,
thence up the Utter river to the Big Sun
flower. The distance, owing to the bend3
In the river. Is over 40 miles, but If tho
party started it did not reach its destina
tion. The river men say there is now a
sandbar at the mouth of the Yazoo which
would stop any craft drawing over 12
Inches.
The Chicago party which Is hunting
with Bob Bobo's pack of hounds, 20 miles
north of here. Is reported to have had bet
ter luck than the President's pirty, ac
cording to a message received here today.
The party during the last week bagged
11 deer and four bears.
Hoke Collier's dander Is up, and he
vows that the "Colonel" will not go home
empty-handed. His dogs had a good rest
today, and 'will be In fine condition to.
resume thechase tomorrow. Tho weath
er tonight, however, Is not fivorable. It
has turned colder and rain Is falling.
A report circulated among the colored
people that the President was coming to
Smedes today attracted about '10CO ne
groes to the station. They waited here
until dark before they would be convinced
that the report was Incorrect.
Ten Per Cent Increase on Lnke Shore
CLEVELAND, Nov. 1G. The Lake Shore
Road will post notices tomorrow announc
ing an average increase of 10 per cent In
the wages of switchmen along the entire
system. 'The wages of the switchmen In
Cherry Pectoral
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the Chicago yards were raised recently,
and the notice tomorrow will apply to all
other switchmen. It will affect about
1000 men.
It Is learned that the same company
now has under advisement a more gen
eral Increase In wages, affecting a great
many employes. It. Is also stated that
the Nickel Plate will' follow with a general
Increase.
KEEPS NORTHWEST FRONT
So Says Jerome, of the New York;
Central Lines.
W. B. Jerome, of Chicago, general agent
of the New York Central lines, left last
night for San Francisco, after having
spent Ave days In the Northwest. He waj
accompanied by 'John A. Gill, of San
Francisco, Pacific Coast freight agent of
the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern,
and W. C. Seachrest, the Vanderbilt agent
In this city.
"We haven't much that Is new for the
papers," said Mr. Jerome. "Business is
good, never better, and we are preparing
for even more of it. Our lines are surely
handling their share of the business of
the Pacific Northwest. We like this coun
try, and aro keeping it to the front in
all our advertising. We And It a good
thing to advertise, and we propose to -keep
it up."
Aurance on Rio Grnnde System;
DENVER, Nov. 16. Under an agreement
which. haa been reached between Manager
Herbert, of the Rio Grande Railroad sys
tem, and the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen, the members of that order who
are employed as switchmen In the var
ious yards of the company are granted an
increase of pay, based on. the Chicago
schedule, which was recently adopted.
Tho Increase amounts to 3 and 4 cents
per hour.
Shot Himself in Front of Train.
DAWSON, Ga., Nov. 16. Lavoysler La
mar, a merchant of this place aged 27,
and related to the Lamar family of Geor
gia, committed suicldo tonight by shoot
ing himself with a pistol on a railroad
track, and allowing a train to run over
his body. During the evening he entered
the Methodist Church and bade the pas
tor good-bye, telling him he hoped no
one would be permitted to speak ill 'of
him.
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