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Strike Commission De
cides for Miners.
REPORT WITH PRESIDENT
Text Is Secret at Present, But
Result Is Known,
UNION IS TO BE RECOGNIZED
Advance of Wages, Weighing of
Coal, ChecU on Dockage, Eight
Hoars and Settlement of Dis
putes by .Committee.
The report of the Anthracite Strike
Commission was filed with the Pres
ident yesterday, and decides every point
tor the miners. It was unanimous.
It gives the miners a 10 per cent in
crease In wages, provides for weighing
coal and tor check Welshmen to repre
sent the miners.
The eight-hour system Is to be estab
lished. Future disputes are. to be settled fay
committees of the parUes dlrecUy con-'
cerned an Indirect recognition of the
union.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. March 18. Members of the Coal
Strike Arbitration Commission, appointed
by President Roosevelt filed with the
President today unanimous recommenda
tions and a final report. Although the
commission's report will not be made pub
lic until Saturday, enough Is known of
its recommendations to permit a review
of the material features.
Not only is an increase of 10 per cent
in wages granted to the miners, but new
regulations In weighing coal. It la said,
will really make the increase much larger.
as they will preclude men from, being
compelled; to, mIne..'.m.orlthan a.ton. of
coal and getting ald only for a ton, as
now prevails.
Another point decided by the commission
Is that the mining operators must fix the
day'jjL work at eight hours for every miner.
The miners also gain another point of
their contention in being recognized with
checkers of their own for coal as mined.
By the system of dockage the miners as
sert the operators heretofore have over
burdened the. workmen with rebates,
which materially reduced their actual In
come.
So the real issue raised by the miners
when they went on strike Is granted by
the commission. Less work, more pay
and less Interference on the part of the
mining operators sums up this feature
of the commission's report.
The report also contains a provision, it
Is said, for the settlement of all future
troubles between miners and operators
by adjudication by a committee of the
two parties to the controversy. By this
provision, it Is understood, the Miners
Union Is Indirectly recognized, and this
again Is regarded as a victory for Preel
dent Mitchell and organized labor. The
commissioners condemn the boycott,
NEARLY ALL MIXES CLOSE.
Strikers Almost Shut or Ore Supply
From Boycotted Mill.
CRIPPLE CREEK. Colo.. March I8.-1
The Western Federation of Miners has
thus far won a signal victory in the bat
tie which It is waging In support of the
striking mlllmen at Colorado City. With
very few exceptions, the mines ap
proached by the executive committee have
agreed not to ship ore to the mills of the
United States Reduction & Refining
company.
A committee representing the miners
met with Manager De la Vergne at the
Elkton mine, at 3 o'clock this afternoon,
and, after presentation of the case of the
Federation. Mr. De la Vergne agreed for
the present not to ship to the Interdicted
mhis. Mr. De la Vergne said:
"I have nothing to say as to a settle
ment, beyond that the Elkton will con
tinue work. If there had been such men
as this committee in charge of things
from the start there would have been no
strike They are eminently fair and
broad-minded men. I am now satisfied
that the trouble will be entirely settled
within ten days."
After a conference, the miners an
nounced that the Elkton had agreed not
to ship to the "unfair" mills. Unless
something unforeseen occurs, the end of
the strike Is close at hand, so far as the
Cripple Creek district is concerned.
The mines which have shut down are
the Independence. 150 men; Isabella, 100
men; Thompson, 50 men. and the Granite.
40 men; a total of 640 men. Adding the
men who have been laid off because of the
cessation of shipments, the total number
of men out of employment is about 1200.
The big Portland mine, and those of the
Woods companies are not affected by the
situation, as their ores are treated at
their own mills. None of the mines have
indicated any intention to fight the Fed
eration. Stratton's Independence has only
the engineers and pumpmen at work, and
the same is true of the Thompson and the
Granite. The Isabella will completely
cease operations.
CLAIMS COMPLETE VICTORY.
Miners' President Makes Statement,
Which Mine Manager Disputes.
COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo., March 18.
President Moyer, of the Western Fed
eration of Miners, passed through Col
orado Springs this evening on his way
from Cripple Creek to Denver. In an In
terview he said: v
"We are in a position to stop the ship
ment of ore to any of the unfair mills,
and. if necessary, the mines at Idaho
Springs will be closed down. We do not
anticipate this action, however."
Regarding the reported, agreement of
the Gold King and Strong Management
to cease' shipping to the Standard or other
mill of the United States Reduction &
Refining Company, William Lennox, pres
ident of the Strong and Gold King Com
panies, this evening announced there was
no truth In the report. Mr. Lennox said:
The ore belongs to the Standard peo
ple under contract. We ship our entire
product to the Standard mill, and we will
continue to ship there. The next ship
ment will be ready in two or three days."
The troops leave for Denver tomorrow
morning.
DENIES THERE ARE GRIEVANCES.
Wabash Say Brotherhood Officials
Started StrlUe Movement.
ST. LOUIS. March 15. Affidavits were
finished and arguments- commenced late
this afternoon in the Wabash injunction
suit Colonel W. H. Blodgett the leading
counsel for the railroad, was the first to
address the court, and after he bad spoken
for an hour an adjournment was taken
until tomorrow morning.
In opening his argument Colonel
Blodgett declared: "Our contention is that
the employes of the Wabash road are not
dissatisfied. We claim that the grievances
said to exist on the Wabash road origi
nated with the defendants in this case
and not with any employes of the com
pany and, as evidence of this, I point.
out that there Is not in the reports of the
meetings of their grievance committee
brought here by the defendants a single
statement to show that any of these so
called grievances were ever discussed by
that committee. These grievances must
have originated somewhere and we claim
that the proceedings of the grievance com
mittee show that they were made in ac
cordance with the demands of the West
ern Association of the general committee
of these two organizations, as a founda
tion for their demand for official recogni
tion of their union."
At this point in Colonel Blodgett's argu
ment court adjourned until tomorrow.
Among the affidavits submitted by the
railroad company were those of John
Schroder, who said that he was a member
of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
and that he was personally acquainted
with Grand Master Morrlssey and declared
that he had heard Grand Master Morrls
sey threaten to bring about a general
tie-up of all the Gould lines unless their
organization was officially recognized by
the Wabash road. Robert J. Roblson and
C. W. Smith gave similar testimony con
cerning Mr. Morrlssey, Grand Master
Hanrahan and Vice-Grand Master Lee,
of the Trainmen, showing that they had
made statements to the effect that they
would tie up the road and cripple its busi
ness If their demands were not granted.
In rebuttal, Messrs, Morrlssey. Hanra
han and Lee offered affidavits of ener
getic denial. They declared the affidavits
charging them with uttering threats to
tie up the road or injure its business were
false In every particular and declared
they had never before heard of the men
who made them.
MORE TROUBLE IX NEW HAVEN.
Freight-Handlers Join, in Railroad
Men's Demand for Advance.
NEW HAVEN. Conn., March 18. The
board of directors of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford Railroad will meet to
morrow afternoon In New York to receive
a report from .the meeting .held here today.
between the grievance committees of the
conductors and trainmen and Piesldent
Hall and a representative of the directors.
me members of the grievance .commit
tee were apparently somewhat surprised
when they learned late in the day that
the freighthandlers had instituted nego
tiations to secure an Increase in pay. The
committee members did not know of the
movement, but point to It in support of
their contention that employes of the
railroad In several branches of the service
are dissatisfied. The firemen also have
sent a committee to the company to re
quest a hearing on the schedules of cer
tain runs.
The Freighthandlers' Union of this city,
numbering about 300 men. has addressed
to the management a request for an In
crease of 15 per cent in pay, "double time"
for Sunday,' and time and a half for over
time work. The request names next Tues
day as the time limit for return of an
answer by the company. It Is said that
If a strike occurs It may involve the en
tire system, as other local unions are ex
pected to make demands also.
NO STRIKE AT SPOKANE.
Trades Conncll Votes It Dotth and
Gas Men Give Up.
SPOKANE, March 18. The. danger of a
general strike Involving all or nearly all
the union workmen In the city on account
of troubles with the gas company has
passed. The trades council at Its session
last night voted down the plan for such
sympathetic strike. It Is also an
nounced that Gasmakers' and Yardmen's
"Union, which was the central figure In
the fight has disbanded and given up its
charter. The members of this union 'were
let out by the gas company last August
since which time the struggle between the
unions and the gas company has been con
tinued. Whether the boycott of the com
pany's gas will be lifted now that the
Gasmakers Union has ceased to exist
cannot be determined at present
NEW MEN UNDER ARMED GUARDS.
Determined Effort to Break Strike in
Railroad Shops.
PITTSBURG, Kae., March IS. The sit
uation In the strike at the Kansas City
Southern shops In th.'n city is assuming a
warlike appearance. Ninety-one machin
ists, bollermakers and blacksmiths were
unloaded from special trains this morning
under an armed guard of 50 men. They
are non-union men and all foreigners.
No attempt was made to molest them by
the strikers. The men went to work
after remaining In tents erected near the
shops by the company.
A stockade is being erected around the
shops and yards, and S00 rifles are stacked
in various places inside the shops.
DEMANDS ARE PRESENTED.
San Francisco Carmen Threaten to
Strike on Saturday.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 18. The em
ployes of the United Railroads, embrac
ing a major portion of the street railway
trackage of this city, have given the com
pany until tomorrow to answer demands
for Increased wages and regulations gov
erning Intercourse between the company
and the Carmen's Union. It is thought
that unless the company makes conces
sions, a strike will be declared next Sat
urday night
Toledo Teamsters End Strike.
TOLEDO. O.. March IS. Through the
efforts of Joseph ,BIshop, secretary of the
unio sscaie xsoaro oi ATDitrauon. xne
strike of the local teamsters has been
settled, and the men have returned to
work. The employers have agreed to rec
ognize the union.
Aged Baptist Preacher Dead.
PIQUA, O.. March 18. The Rev. P. 2i.
WeddelL one of the oldest Baptist min
isters In the West died suddenly last
night at the age of 82. He celebrated bis
50th anniversary In the ministry In
and "retired from the active ministry sev
eral years ago.
LILY WHITE TREK
Money Voices Southern
Race Prejudice.
CONDEMNS THE PRESIDENT
Calls Him President Only of
Black Belt
NO NEGRO OFFICE-HOLDERS
Mississippi Senator Frankly Con
fesses That They Are Not Desired
and Says This Is a White
Man's government.
The policy of President Rooeavelt on
the raca question was fiercely denounced
In the Senate yesterday by Money of
Mississippi, who took for his text the
Indlanola Pcstoffice case.
Money frankly declared that there Is
a prejudice In the South against
negroes holding Federal office.
He declared that this la. white man's
country and a white man's govern
ment. "He la not so much aa American
President" said Money of President
Roosevelt, "as he Is the President of.
the black belt"
WASHINGTON, March 18. The race
question again was discussed in the Sen
ate today. Money spoke for .two hours,
his remarks having direct reference to
the action of the President in closing tho
Indlanola, Miss., postoffice. Money ex
plained at the outset of his Temarks that
If he could secure unanimous consent for
leave to print he would not"take up the
time of the Senate. The sentiment of the
Senate seemed to be that rem irks not
delivered should not be spread on the
reconLHe thereupon proceeded, and de
livered himself of some severe strictures
,c theesident stating in the course- of
his renmrks -that Mr. Roosevelt was not
the President of America, but the Presi
dent of tho "black belt" At times he
was closely Interrogated by Messrs. For
aker and Spooner.
It was the Important and Constitutional
right of a great country, said Mr. Money,
"to have its mail handled regularly." Let
ters, he said, which have been addressed
to Important' county officers residing at
Indlanola have been sent to Greenville,
and this, he declared, was an unwarrant
able. Interference with, the liberty and
rights of the people of Jndianola. If It
was Intended to punish the people of In
dlanola In particular, the punishment has
gone far enough.- The department had
shown the world its authority, and no
body had disputed it He declared . that
the Postmaster-General had done all he
could to heal the breach and not continue
stubborn and vindictive. "The department
has made the people hate he Administra
tion," he said.
Directing his remarks to President
Roosevelt, he said that In the South It
was believed that Mr. Roosevelt, when he
succeeded Mr. McKInley, would make an
American instead of a sectional President
but a change had come over his dream.
"He Is not so much an American Presi
dent" said Mr. Money, "as he is the
President of the black belt" and he add
ed, with some feeling. 'Ve don't consider
him a great American President" '
White Man's Country.
He declared that of all the appointments
made In Mississippi none has given such
general disgust as those made by this
Administration. There had been raised the
question of the social equality of the
negro, but there never could possibly be
and social equality between the two races.
"There is a race prejudice In the South,"
he said, "and I thank God that there Is."
The prejudice against the negro, he as
serted, is not local, but prompted by a
universal, world-wide sentiment.
Answering Foraker, he said that the re
cent appointments had revived the race
question, and, while the people of the
South had heretofore tolerated negro office-holders,
they did not want any more
of them.
"This Is a white man's country and a
white man's Government" said he. "It
has been carved out of the wilderness
and conquered from the Indians, not for
the African, but the white man."
Foraker asked Money if. his objection to
cblored people holding office extended to
all offices of all kinds, and also whether
It would Include the enlistment of colored
men In the Army to defend the flag and
the Constitution. The reply was that he
had not any particular objection to col
ored men serving In the Army, but that
it would be better If no colored man had
any official position -whatever.
"Would you decltizenlze the negro as to
voting?" asked Foraker, "and. If so.
should that be taken Into account In fix
ing the representation in Congress?"
"That Is another question," said Mr.
Money. The participation of the negro In
the affairs of the Government, he thought
was dangerous..
"Is it the demand of the South," inquired
Spooner, "that the President of the
United States shall in no case appoint a
colored man to office in the South?"
No Negro to Hold Office.
Money replied that there was no de
mand made and no authority for It, but It
was the feeling In the South that no col
ored man, no matter what his qualifiea
lions may be. shall hold Federal office.
The whole truth of history, be declared.
shows the utter Incompetence of the col
ored race for self-government;
Spooner remarked that a President of
the United States who would yield to the
demand of any section that- the rights of i
citizenship should be surrendered would
show himself' unfit to bold the office and
quite willing to violate his oath as Presi
dent Money expressed the conviction that the
amendment to the Constitution which
made negroes voters was a tremendous
mistake, and he said a vast number of the
people of the North entertained the same
view. He said there had been no objec
tion in the South to a colored man work
ing, and none had been killed for so doing,
as was the case in Illinois. The feeling
which obtained In the South, he said,, was
that if a white man did not think .himself
socially better than the negro, he was not
half as good.
In the matter of appointments, Money
said, the President should consider the
conditions in the South. Appointing ne
groes to office in the South was-most ob
noxious' and repugnant to that section. It
was Impossible for any one raised north
of Mason and Dixon's line to know any
thing about the negro.
He concluded by saying that there had
been no intention of creating any disturb
ance whatever In Indlanola, but the Idea
of holding a public meeting was that it
would apprise the postmistress of the
wishes of the citizens end that it might
lead to her resigning. The basis of all
the trouble, he said, was the referee sys
tem as it prevailed in the South.
FIGHTS BUT SEEKS PEACE
Urngaay Offers to Change Appoint
ment of Prefects.
MONTEVIDEO. Uruguay. March 18:
.Fighting between the revolutionists and
government forces is reported to have oc
curred near this city, and members of the
Red Cross have started for the scene.
Four delegates have been sent from here
ta treat for peace. The government pro
poses to call out the National Guard and
declare a state of siege. All telegrams
are censored.
The government peace delegates are In
structed to notify Saravanla, the Insti
gator of the revolution, that the govern
ment as the basis of an arrangement
will agree to the appointment under the
direction of the . Nationalist parties of
new prefects in six departments.
WASHINGTON. March IS. United
States Minister Finch has advised the
State Department under the -date of Mon
tevideo, yesterday, of the causes for the
revolution In Uruguay, as follows:
The white party rebelled, dissatisfied
with the new President (Ordonez), who
succeeded President Cuestas, and the re
cent appointments of departmental pre
fects. No disorder In the capital. The
government Is hurrying troops to meet
the revolutionists.
SIERRA'S CASE DESPERATE.
Bonilla Cnptnrcs Another Tovrn and
Sierra's Wife Flees.
Pan ama. MTch IS. According to. ad-
vlces'-recelred here from' -Honduras byi
way of San Salvador, the forces or uen-M-nt
T?nnia. the President-elect of Hon
duras, who Is fighting against General
Sierra, the retiring President, -who re
fused to band over the post to uonma.
have captured the town of Santa Bar
ha -white his Generals are now threat
ening Tegucigalpa, the capital of Hon
duras.
Ronornl Sierra Is evidently In a des
perate situation, as he has sent his wife
on to Nicaragua by land after she had
made 'several Ineffectual attempts to
break through General Bonllla's forces,
and reach the Coast Generals Valilla
iinri Vnlleres. who were subnortlnK Gen
eral Sierra, have been tried by court-mar
tial and shot by the latters oroer. oecause
they did not fulfill bis instructions, ana
thus brought about his defeat several
days ago.
CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER.
National Affairs.
Senator Money denounces President's policy on
race question. Page 1.
Senate will take final vote on Cuban treaty to
day, hut amendments may endanger it.
Page 5. i
Roosevelt recalls Pllmley's appointment and
appoints Fish. Pace 2.
President's personal enemy appointed to office.
Page 2.
Dresser's appointment held up by protests.
Page 2.
Opposition to canal treaty In Colombia. Page 3.
Domestic.
Coal strike commission unanimous for miners
on every point. Page 1.
Argument of merger suit begins. Page 1.
Cripple Creek mlneowners Join boycott on non
union mill. Page 1.
Trains loaded with passengers cut oft by Mis
sissippi River flood. Page 3.
Further revelations about Burdlck murder.
Page 3.
Rot weither In Middle States. Page 1.
Southern Pacific board Issues call for annua!
meeting; stock goes up. Page 10.
Foreign.
Sultan ot Turkey keeps American Minister
waiting. Page 3.
French Chamber decides against religious
schools. Page 3.
Uruguay negotiates for peace with rebels.
Page 1.
German Reichstag passes St. Louis fair appro
priation. Page 3.
SportK.
Jack Grim hard at work on Pacific Northwest
league grounds. Page 11.
Commercial Club bowlers defeated by Mult
nomah. Page 11.
R. S. Macleay; of Portland, wins in Del Monte
golf tournament. Page 11.
Pacific Coatt.
Governor and party wlll pay unofficial visit to
portage railway site. " Page 5.
Vancouver. B. C. miners complain of harsh
treatment. Pace 4.
Golden freight of lost vessel said to have been
recovered. Page 5.
"Deep Creek" Jones appointed on Washington
Board of Control. Page 4.
Commercial and Marine.
Review of the week In the Portland markets.
Page 13.
"Wheat firm at Chicago on predictions of a cold
wave. Page 13.
Hardening tendency of New Tork stock mar
ket. Page 13.
Oranges steady to firm In San Francisco mar
ket. Page 13.
Steamer Newport encounters- an earthquake at
sea. Page It
Portland and Vicinity.
Royal welcome planned for. President Roose
velt Page 14.
Council names Northrop street as route for
"West Side Railway franchise. Page 14.
Democrats to hold First DUtrlcet Convention
. In Albany April 11. -. Page 10.
Portland's record as a granary for the world.
Page 11.
S. H. Harris killed In a fall from a street
bridge. Page S.
Supreme Court to settle fate of Murderer
George Smith. Page 8.
State Board of Barber Examiners, adopts new
rules. Page 10.
MERGER CASE UP
Argument Begins Be
fore Four Judges.
GALAXY OF LEGAL STARS
Beck Opens the Case for the
Government.
MERGER RESTRAINS TRADE
Assistant Attorney-General Shoves
How It Violates Law and. Is
Against Pnbllc Policy Griggs
Defends the Combine.
The argument ot the suit of the Gov
ernment against the Northern Securi
ties Company to prevent the great
Northern-Northern Pacific - Burlington
merger, was begun before four -Circuit
Judges at St. Louis yesterday.
For the Government, Assistant Attorney-General
James M. Beck argued that
the merger was a violation of the Inter
state commerce and Sherman anti-trust
laws.
For the Northern Securities Company.
George B. Young- began by describing
the conditions under which transconti
nental traffic 'and, trana-Paclfle com
merce Is carried on.
Former Attorney-General Griggs will
maxe an argument for the merger, con
tending that it Is legal, only Inci
dentally restrains trade, and, being or
ganized under state law. Is not subject
to Federal law. He denies that the
purpose of the corporation was to effect
the merger.
The argument will be continued to
day. ST. LOUIS, March IS. For the first
time in the history of the United States
and by the authority of a special act of
Congress , passed last February, four
United -States Circuit Judges are sitting,
together to hear arguments In a case, the
cause being the flght of the Government
against the Northern Securities Company,
of New Jersey, In the celebrated merger
suit Under this special act the United
States Circuit Court for tho District of
Minnesota Is holding its session In St
Louis, in the Appellate courtroom, and by
thla arrangement the case can go- immedi
ately from this court to the Supreme
Court of the United States, whereas in the
general court procedure It would neces
sarily go through the Court of Appeals and'
a delay of from two to three years would
probably ensue. The hearing of the case
In St Louis Is mostly for the personal
convenience of the parties concerned.
The four Judges before whom the mer
ger case is being argued are United
States Circuit Judges Caldwell, Sanborn,
Thayer and Van de Vanter, Judge Cald
well presiding. The attorneys for the Gov
ernment are Assistant Attorneys-General
James M. Beck and William H. Day and
Special Counsel D. T. Watson., of Pitts
burg, United States Attoreny D. P. Dyer,
of St Louis, assisting. The attorneys fpr
the Northern Securities Company are
former Attorney-General Griggs, former
Judge George B. Toung, of St. Paul. M. D.
Grover, general attorney for the Great
Northern Railroad, and C. W. Bunn, gen
eral. attorney for the Northern Pacific.
Most of the day's seeslon was taken up
with the presentation of arguments for the
Government by Assistant Attorney-General
Beck. After he had concluded, late
In the afternoon, argument for the North
ern Securities Company was begun by Mr.
Young. Assistant Attorney-General Beck
began speaking soon after court convened
at 10 o'clock and, with the exception of
two hours' of recess, he spoke continuous
ly until 3:52 P. M. The courtroom was
crowded to hear his argument Attorney
Beck referred to . the- Wabash Injunction
case, which Is being tried in the "United
States District Court at the other end of
the building, saying that the laws were,
such that employes of a railroad who did
not own 1 cent of stock or one rail of
the road could be enjoined from striking
and thereby interfering with Interstate
commerce by stopping traffic; but that,
unless this court so rules, the Government
would be powerless to prevent the owners
of the roads themselves from merging,
preventing competition and thereby inter
fering with the points the interstate com
merce act sought to protect Mr. Beck
said:
Agreement Against Merger.
"It would be difficult," Mr. Beck said,
"to exaggerate the Importance of this con,
troversy. Few cases have ever been pre
sented to any court which affected cor
porate Interests of such magnitude, and
still fewer which more vitally concern
the welfare of the American people.
"If competing carriers can form a sta
ble, permanent and controlling' combina
tion with indefinite and perpetual pow
ers, through the simple device of a so
called 'holding corporation.' organized un
der a state charter a form which Is far
more Inimical to the public Interests than
the traffic arrangements or technical
trusts which the law has hitherto con
demnedthen both the Interstate com
merce act of 1SS7, with its inhibition bf
pooling, then the act of July, 1S90, with
its sweeping condemnation of all combi
nations In restraint of trade or attempted
monopolies, will be nullified by the power
of individuals who will thus show the
impotence of the declared will of the
American people."
Mr. Beck contended that the boards of
directors of the Union Pacific, the North
ern Pacific, the Great Northern and
Burlington systems had been so grouped
that all interests were represented in each,
and motive and necessities for competi
tion eliminated; that, in this manner, a
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