VOL. XLVI.-NO. 14,138.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1906.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
MINERS PLAN FOR
GUERRILLA WAR
Will Accept Advanced Scale
Wherever Operators
Concede It,
EXPECT HALF WILL YIELD
Coal Convention Adjourns After
Adopting: Plan of Campaign for
Strike Roosevelt) Defers Ac
tion, on Appeal.
INDIANAPOLIS, March 30. The na
tional convention of the United Mine
warkers of America adjourned sine die
today, after authorizing the national and
district officers to sign a wage-agreement
with any coal operators who would agree
u nay the scalo of 1903 or its equivalent
for a period of two years. This is an
advance of 5.55 per cont in wages in Illi
nois. Indiana, Ohio and "Western Penn
sylvania, and all other districts except
tho Southwest, composed of Missouri.
Kansas, Texas, Arkansas and the Indian
Territory, where an advance of 2 cents
per 'ton is demanded, as the 1903 scale is
practically In force In that district.
The convention declined an offer made
by the operators of Illinois, Indiana and
Ohio to .submit the wage differences to
arbitration. When a. coal operator owns
mines in different districts, the scale must
be signed for all the properties at the
same time before any will be allowed to
ran.
Only West Virginia at Work.
The action of the convontion will bring
oat of the mines of the country 5j9,S00
mtm in the anthracite and bituminous
fields. These will remain on strike until
settlements have been signed by districts
r with Individual operators. The only
Minors at work on Monday will be 23.000
nn In the New River, Pocahontas Fair
mewnt and Central fields of West Vir
gttila, wherr an agreement was made sev
TU days ago to allow the men to con
tinue at work unless the district conven
tion now in session at Charleston rcachos
a disagreement with the operators.
The joint, state conventions of the out
tying districts to be held next week or
nw in session at Charleston", W. Va..
u. !".; Ots ilIncs. Iowa, Saginaw,
tffclu and Clearfield, hi Central Pennsyl
vania, wftre empowered under the action
f tho convontion today to sign agree
ments with tho operators of those states.
If they agree to nay the 1903 wcalc. The
men will roturn to work as soon as tho
wrte Is signed. If there Is a disagree
ment in those joint state conventions, any
f the miners can sign tho scale and
resume work where individual operators
lay the advanced scale.
The joint conforonce of this district
adjourned today, after disagreeing and
after the miners had unanimously de
clined to submit tho differences to a com
mission to bo appointed by President
Roosevelt.
Millions In Treasury.
Tho national executivo board will meet
tomorrow morning to take tip the details
of managing the strike. It was empow
ered to decide as to what employes
would be allowed to continue work at tho
wines to prevent the destruction of the
property during tho suspension. There Is
In tho national, district and local treas
uries of the miners $2,n00,000, of which
is In the national treasury.
Mr. Mitchell expects to leavo Sunday for
Nw York to meet in joint conferonco
with tho Rnthracito operators.
The convention today failed to expel
raxrick Dolan and Uriah BcIIIngham, the
rittsburg district officials, from the or
ganization by a vote of 450 to 353. The
-wtroversy was referred back to the
Pittsburg district.
Mr. Mitchell had absolute control of the
convention throughout Its sessions, and
very act desired by him was done. He
ximlfled today that, if the convention did
net adopt the resolution permitting tho
minors to sign wherever the advance sralo
was paid, he would resign. The vote was
unanimous, although Vice-President Lew
Is took a vigorous position against it.
Appeal to Roosevelt Head.
After Mr. Mitchell had called
twe convention to order Secre
tary Wilson road tho resolution
adopted last night by the operators of
Illinois. Indiana. Ohio and Western Penn
sylvania, asking the President of tho
United States to appoint a commission
to Investigate mining conditions.'
Delegate Williams, of Illinois, asked
what assurance the miners had that tho
operators represented SO per cent of tho
tonnage. Mr. Mitchell replied that
after reading tho resolutions of tho opera
tors, he had sent a telegram to the Presi
dent, telling- him that operators repre
senting BO per cent of the tonnage in
tbe- state mentioned in the resolution
were willing to pay the advance asked.
v "VV. D. Ryan, of Illinois, moved that "the
communication be received and placed on
file among other memoirs for our future
reference.'
This was adopted unanimously..
Motion for Acceptance of Scale.
H. C. Perry, of the Illinois miners, pre
sented the following resolution:
rrnerea. tho operators of the central com
petitive coflJ district have, as r whole, refused
to grattt our demands and restore the 1803
jntlg ana day -wag ncale, and.
Wit, Man- Individual operators have ex
pred their wlJUnrne and desire to grant
the restoration of the above scale; therefore
It
eMT4. That Oils convention now ajfem
Me4. o authorise the National and dtetrict
wfftetats to make agreements with any and all
"v twrUea engaged in the operation of coal mlnw.
Mm mm t previse for tho restoration
. tfc tmit jwtWI In 1WR for mining. day labor
iad yrttrk for a nerlod nf tvn vm.
whsr April 1. If, In the central competitive
im an. equivalent oc u abeve e-
mantis to be the basis In all other bituminous
districts; and be it further
Itesolved, Thut where such agreements are
secured the miners and mine laborer shall
abide thereby and work In accordance with
the same.
Delegate Mooucy wanted to know If the
officials 'could authorize a scale without
consulting the miners.
Mr. Perry replied that the intention of
the resolution is that all scales signed
at any place where an agreement should
be secured must be signed by the district
officials or the National officials, or both
together, lie said it was not the intention
that a district official or any other official
could make aiiy scale with an operator
except so far as has been provided for
by the convention. He said Jocal condi
tions should be settled by all -the parties
interested.
It was explained that where the same
company owned inlnes in two districts
the scale must be signed by the company
for all of its property before the scale
could be slgnod'at one. '
Mr. Perry said the resolution was not
intended to settle conditions, but a
scale.
.Maintenance of Union Rights.
Vice-President Lewis said:
"In the restoration of the scale of
1905, where companies have not
recognized the tinlon scale of
wages, will it place ' certain re
strictions on the check-off and the
rights of tho members of our organ
ization? I ask if this resolution will
carry In effect the same provisions
that existed in the mines in 1903 at
the present time?"
Mr. Perry said any operator who
signed would be compelled to pay the
scale. It referred to union mines and
not to nonunion mines.
Mr. Lewis said within 10 miles of
Pittsburg were minos called nonunion
mines because the miners' rights had
been refused them. He said the mines
were working below the scale rate and
other union conditions were denied.
"If this convention favors the reso
lution, and 1 may favor It myself, whon
1 get more light." he said, "does the
resolution moan that we still acknowl
edge that at these mines our rights
will be denied as they have been in the
past?"
Mr. Perry said the resolution re
ferred to unions' rights as they had
heretofore existod
In reply to a question, Mr. Mitchell
said the Ryan resolution had never
been formally rescinded, but the re
port of the scale committee bad vir
tually nullified it.
W. D. Ryan, author of the resolu
tion, said he did not think It neces
sury to rescind formally. He said:
Guerrilla "War, Says Ilyan.
It has done jts work, and hs made them
1U ui the price. "IV e have the best chance
new that we ever had to right some wrongs
existing In Western Pennsylvania. I bellex-e
thai the best that can bp done la by slenlnc
the scale where It Is offered. I know it wilt
be a guerilla warfarr. bat 1 bellev It l the
best thine to do. I realize thin will -not be
popular in Illinois, but wr Vn take rare of
ounrHvfs, and. J'eu miners of Illinois -iH not
be put in a position whore you will have to
arbitrate, anythlnc 1 don't believe In arbi
trating anything unless I Vnow I am going to
win. My advle to you miners of Illinois la
to adopt the resolution and let us so home and
flrht It out. I will say Illinois will not cox
the National orranlsatlon one ccnu (Ap
plause.) Mr. Mitchell said:
Half Miners Will Yield.
I bellevo that the best Interests of the min
ers would be conserved by flgnlnr the scale
wherever It Is paid. I know how popular It Is
to talk strike, but I also know what a difference-
there Is when passion has cooled. I
know there have been large operators wlio have
opposed an advance who will not wait ten
days before signing the scale. It Is for us to
decide what will be bwt for the interests we
represent, and what Is our duty to the coun
try. My best Judgment Is that we should
make Aettlements with thoe operators who
will pay our scale and employ union men.
In closing. 1 want to say that I have no
doubt one-half tho tonnage, tn the central dis
trict will pay tho advance. One-third of the.
tonnage 5 poke here yesterday and expressed a
wllllngnws to sign. I know of million of
tonnage that will sign the advance In addition
to that which has already openly favored the
advance And some of this tonnage, through
Its representatives, voted against paying the
advance. Some of this is In the Southwest
district. '
The district chairmen of Illinois, In-
(Concluded on Page' 5.)
Francis u nonniNH. AVIIO WILL
RUN HIS COIX1BRIK.S AND
PAY MINERS' SCALE.
-Francis IBaron nobblns, who de
clared at the miners' conference at
Indianapolis that he was willing to
pay the advance sought by the min
ers, and that Irrespective of what tho
other operators shall decide he would
run his mines. Is president of th
rittsburg Coal Company and the Mo
nongahela River Consolidated Coke
and Coal Company, two of the largest
coal-producing corporations in the
world. Mr. Robbing, is famous for
bin fair dealing with th labor unions,
and coaldiggers in Western Pennsyl
vania look upon him as the ideal em
ployer. Though never actlro In poll
tics, be is a stanch Republican, and
In 1&04 waa delegate-at-largo to tho
Republican National convention. Mr.
Robbins was born at Rlpon. Wis., n
1855. He Is director of the rirst Na
tional Bank and of the Colonial Trust
Company of Pittsburg. The cwieerrw
of which he Is head employ 73,899
men.
5
GUILTY OF CRIME?
Judge Hears Argument on the
New York Life Cam
paign Gifts.
CASE WITHOUT PRECEDENT
Jerome Calls Action Immoral, but
Can Find JS'o Authorities for
Opinion Perkins Law
yers. Justify Action.
XKW YORK, March 30. Arguments on
the habeas corpus proceedings in the case
of George W. Perkins, cx-vice-president
of the New York Life Insurance Com
pany, who is charged in a warrant Issued
by Magistrate Moss with the larceny of
?IS.702 belonging to the policy-holders of
the New York Life, which he advanced to
Cornelius X. Bliss, treasurer of the Re
publican National Committee, were made
today before Justice Grccnbaum In the
State Supreme. Court. Decision was re
served. Briefs will be filed Monday by
contending counsel, and then Justice
Grccnbaum will take the matter of the
legality of Mf. Perkins' arrest under
advisement.
District-Attorney Jerome argued for the
prosecution, and ex-Judge William X.
Cohen and Lewis Delaficld appeared for
the defendant. Justice Grccnbaum took
the liveliest interest in the argument and
constantly interrupted the lawyers with
pointed questions. Mr. Jerome said that
criminal intent, according to legal author
ities, was to appear from all the circum
stances of the case.
Contrary to rorallty.
"The question here," he continued, "is
as to the right of Mr. Perkins to pay tho
money of the pollcy-holdors to a political
organization for the purpose of influenc
ing the results of certain political mat
ters at the polls. This Is very far from
being a case where there is an absenco
of moral guilt or turpitude. Shall the of
ficers of a corporation, or a single officer,
say, take the monay of the policy-holders,
take your and my money, and give It to
a political party? J say that such, an act
Is Inherently wrong, whether It Is pror
hlblted by law or cot. I say that It 1
contrary to public policy, contrary to
public morality, and contrary well, to
private morality and common decency.
Half of the policy-holders may have been
Democrats, and to take their money to
assist tho Republican party certainly
goes to the establishment of felonious In
tent." Justice Grcenbaum asked: "If you
maintain that this was an illegal act, in
what classification do you put It?"
Mr. Jerome replied: "I think that the
payment was both illegal and Immoral. I
claim that It was both, and that it was
criminal."
Justifies the Payment.
Drawing a parallel In justification of
the payment of money to the Republican
campaign committee. Judge Cohen said
that President John A. McCall of tho
New York Life Insuranco Company had,
at different times, directed tho payment
of largo sums of money for the relief of
tlie Johnstown flood sufferers, and for use
In a yellow fever epidemic In Xew Or
leans. These payments may have been
outsid the vested authority of tho presi
dent, he said, but surely not illegal; cer
tainly very far from criminal.
"Mr. McCall." he said, "held great
funds In his possession, and he used them
for public benefit. He believed sincerely
that, when he directed the payment of
this money to Mr. Perkins, he was acting
for tho best Interests of the policyholders
of his company; outside of his vested au
thority, perhaps, but not Illegal; certain
ly not criminal."
Judge Cohen argued that non of the
code definitions of larceny applied to Mr.
Perkins cas. When he read th clause
treating of Improper payments by offi
cers of corporations having control of
such payments. Justice Greenbaum asked:
. Judgcs Pertinent Questions.
"Do you mean to claim that a presi
dent of a corporation cannot be said to
be an officer having control of funds
within the meaning of the statutes; that
the only officers so Included are those
who actually draw the checks?"
"I think that Is the meaning of the
Jaw." replied Judge Cohen.
"So -narrow as that?" commented Jus
tice Greenbaum.
"I think the purport of the law Is as
sensible as that." rejoined tho lawyer.
Justice Greenbaum thn asked whether
Judge Cohen thought that his Interpre
tation would shield from conviction of
larceny an officer who accepted money
wrongfully given to him or paid to him
by check by an officer having that au
thority. Justice Cohen said that. If criminal
wrongdoing was charged, it was covered
by other provisions of the penal code, out
he maintained that It would not be lar
ceny under the code.
Justice Greenbaum remarked:
"I merely wished fully to understand
your contention." Later he, said:
"A man's motive may be perfectly good
and yet ho may be guilty of crime."
Judge Cohen replied that there is a dis
tinction between motive and Intent, and
he declared that criminal Intent Is essen
tial In proving the commission ot a
crime.
Immoral to Divert Funds.
During Mr. Jerome's reply to the argu
ments for Mr. Perkias, Justice Green
baum. asked:
"Do ye maintain that It Is alwful te
contribute, the fund of a company fr
sue pvrtm as is cevere Ty tfck eater
1
PERK1N
"The money of the policyholders yes,"
replied the District Attorney.
"But do you say that of contributions
from any sort of company? t
"Oh, as to limited liability companies,
when a father and members of his fam
ily are the only stockholders no." said
Mr. Jerome. "But with any great cor
poration or trust company, I say it is
Immoral In the highest degree to divert
its funds without the consent of every,
party In Interest."
First Instance or Kind.
"Have you any authorities to submit In
support of that" viewany authorities re
lating to any similar acts or gifts to
other than political organizations?"
"I have not. Wc have searched dili
gently, but this appears to be the tirsf
instance of such an Issue having arisen."
:XOT LEGALLY AVKONG.
Jerome Explains Difficulty Hcgardr
Infi: Insurance Grafters.
XEW YORK. March . The Xew York
Times today prints an extended Interview
with District Attorney Jerome, In which
he reviews his course In connection" with
the life insurance cases now In the courts,
and outlines his policy with regard to the
special grand Jury which he asked Justice
Dowllng to appoint.
After Ptatlng that he will present to
this grand Jury every bit of evidence
which he has at his command and which
he hopes to secure between now and the
time the Jury will begin its deliberations,
if appointed, he says:
But I rouA rlterate that. If the evidence
Is of such a character that the grand Jury.
If sitting as a petty Jury, wouki not convict.
I shall advlie It that Its duty under Its oath
and the exprtu and explicit provisions of tho
criminal code, not to indict.
There has been in the wholo Insurance
eltuatlon much mlconceptlon. the major part
of which ha been entirely hone: and natural,
but no small part of which has been willful
and dishonest. It is extremely natural that
laymen, perceiving that one group of trans
actions constitute a criminal offense, should
Infer that all groups ot transactions involving
the same element of moral obliquity were
equally within the criminal law. While it may
be that all groups of transactions involving
sime moral wrong should be within tho
criminal law. It Is not a fact.
The hysteria which ha led to the denunci
ation of certain transactions as crimes Is met
bysome at the other extreme by endeavorlns
to JusUfy the same transactions tn the forum
of morals, but both positions axe equally
unsound. No right-minded man can become
familiar with the great bulic of things shown
by the evidenoe taken before the Armstrong
committee- and for a moment Justify them.
And yet not a few of the things most
severely condemned are absolutely sot within
the range of the- criminal law.
In dealing with the situation, I hare been
placed in a very difficult position. I have
been compelled as a lawyr and under my oath
of office to deal with problems In an official
capacity, purely from a technical legal aland
point, while a a man I have felt the bit
terest condemnation for the very transaction
in which I was unable to detect criminality
within the meaning of the law.
Mr. Jerome . advocates the enactment
by the present legislature of a law mak
ing it larceny for an officer of a corpora-'
tlou to make political contributions from
the funds of tho corporaiiou. Mr. Jerorae
lias before rendered an opinion that such
political contributions do not constitute
larceny under the existing statutes. On
this point he says:
I am of the opinion that It is not possible
in any way to Justify In the forum of morals
the contribution of corporate funds for po
litical purposs. It tbe contributions do
not constitute larceny, the law on the sub
ject ought to be immediately changed by the
present Legislature by the enactment of a
statute so unequivocal In Its terms that any
officer of a corporation vsing it funds for
such a purpose would be subject to punish
ment exactly a If he hsd stolen these funds.
The shortest way to ascertain what the
law on the subject waa In the absence of
unequivocal Instruction from the court to the
grand Jury was by ti? procedure which I
have adopted, because whatever the decision
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CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum tempraturs,s 60
deg.; minimum. 54. Precipitation. 0.53 of
an Inch.
TODATS Showers. Southwesterly winds.
Foreign.
British Cabinet backs down on Natal dispute
and labor bill. Page 2.
Germany satisfied with Moroccan settlement.
Page 4.
Chinese boycott dying out. Page 2. -'.
Wonderful escape of 13. miners from death
In burning Courrirs mine. Page I.
Famine in Siberia causea trabedy of
Spartans and cannibals. Page 1.
Russian police plot maisacre of Jew; 'Liber
als appsal to nation to prevent It. Page 3.
National. .
Route rejects old age limit for civil-cvlce.
Page 3.
Storer still recognized a Ambassador at
Vienna. Page 4.
Fullon to speak on rate bill. Page 4.
Public building appropriations or Northwiit,
1 S -
CoalralnerV Strike.
Miners' convention decides to ccn.S ad
vance wherever It is granted. Patent.
PTldent considers request for Inqijiry by
comm!Ion. Page 1. fcfc ,
Half mines will be operated at advar.crd
'seal. Page 1.
Conference on anthracite scale called. Page 1
Domestic. ,
Sailors Snug Harbor has too much money
and not enough sailors. Page 1.
Argument on Perkins Insurance case shows
strange state of law. Page 1.
Troops called out to suppress rlota at Win
nipeg. Tage 5.
Cincinnati County Treasurers refund large
sum In graft. Tage 4.
Sport.
Vance throws Frank and Jxinnle Austin
knocks out Jack: Walsh. Pag 7.
Commercial and Marine.
Advance Is forecasted In rice market.
Page 15.
Sari Francisco potato market depressed.
Page 15.
Wheat firm and higher at Chicago. Page 15.
Stroug recovery Jn stock prices. Page 15.
General trade reports uneven. Page IS.
Portland's lumber shipments for March ex
ceed all former records. Page 14.
Longshoreman falls Into hatch of Oriental
liner Arabia. Page 14.
French bsrk General Neumayer chartered to
load wheat for the United. Kingdom.
Page 14.
Fortlaad and VWaHj-.
Multnomah County IemocraUc Club passes
resolution aimed at 8herlff Word. Page 10.
Oreron-Idobo Y. M. C A. convention electa
officers. Tage 10.
Officials determine to break up slave traffic
In white girls among Chinese. Page It.
Ordinance recommended to aaiend paving
ordinance so as to admit compeUtion.
Pare 1ft.
Record of the Municipal Court. Page 11.
Dive-rca decrees created by Jsdge Cleland.
Page 9.
Deeatarteed. ale3l.vtuteme e discussion at,
W. C. T. U. imeetlfir. Page 11.
Dr. Madden fined fer. net' repertlxg cen
tagts disease ease.. Page 1.
Actie deferred .O'Reilly fraacMte.'
Pate It.
AFFLICTED WITH
PLAGUE OF MONEY
Sailors' Snug Harbor Vainly
Tries to Find Way of
Spending AH.
TOO FEW DEEP-SEA SAILORS
Strange Bequest or Ilcvolutlonary
Prlvntccr Causes Trouble by Im
mense Income and Short
age of Beneficiaries.
NEW YORK; March 30. iSpecial.) The
Sailors Snug Harbor, one of the most
pretentious of charities, is in deep, dire
trouble because of its income. Almost
Invariably In such cases the difficulty is
that the Income Is not large enough. Tho
trustees of Snug Harbor, however, have
so much Income that they don't know
how to spend it. And under the terms of
the will they must spend- It. While the
cash is pouring In every year In an In
creasing volume, the number of possible
beneficiaries Is steadily decreasing.
"I really don't know what we are going
to do." said one of the trustees today.
"We are trying to figure some way out of
it. and perhaps wc will succeed. At pres
ent, I do not care to discuss details, for
our plan has not been thoroughly worked
out yet."
It was learned from other sources that
the trustees hope to get a legal decision
which will permit them to admit sailors
in the United States Navy. At present,
the beneficiaries are strictly limited to the
merchant marine. "deep-sea sailors.
Americans, who have sailed In deep-water
ships for at least five years."
The Sailors Snug Harbor case demon
strates the marvelous advance of real es
tate In New York. In 1KH. the annual in
come was $4213.07. Today it Is consider
ably over Jl.COO.OCO.
Founder nnd His Bequest.
Captain Robert Richard Randall was a
member of a well-to-do family In Eng
land, but ran away to sea and afterwards
settled in the United States. He owned a
privatCcr during the late days of the Rev
olutionary War, and accumulated a mod
est property. In 1? he returned to Eng
land to greet his relative but they
turned the dogs on him. and he came
back to the United States, declaring he
never wanted to see or hear of any of
them again.
In June. 1501. Captain Randall's will was
drawn up by Alexander Hamilton and
Daniel D. Thompkins. the latter subse
quently Governor and VIco-Presldcnt. Tho
document provided that his property
should be put Into a trust fund, "and the
Income tncrcpf spent annually In main
taining distressed deep-sea sailors. Amer
icans, who had sailed In deep-sea ships at
least five years, and In providing for their
comfprt." As trustees he named the Chan
cellor of tho Stato of New York, the
Mayor and Recorder of the City of New
York, the president of the Chamber of
Commerce, the president and vice-president
of the Marine Society and the senior
ministers of tho Episcopal and Prosbyte
rlan churches of the City of New York,
and their successors 'In such offices. Tn
1S tho office of Chancellor was abolished,
and since then there have been but seven
trustees.
Captain Randall died in 350S and his
heirs fought tho wilt" bitterly for years.
In fact. It was not until 1S31 that the mat
ter was finally adjudicated, and tho old
sea captain's disposition of hla worldly
goods upheld In every particular. "
- Farm Xow Yields Million.
The bulk of the estate wa3 in farm
land then In the suburbs, and of no
great value. It consisted of some 13 or
acres, lying on both sides of Broadway,
aril bounded by what Is now Waverly
Place and Astor Place on the south and
Tenth street on the north. Lnfayettc
place and Fourth avenue orj the east and
Fifth avenue and University Place on
hc W05t. There .were al?o four lots fur
V.V. - . - .1 . l .1.1 T-I ,
ther down town, in the old First Ward,
nnd stock In the Manhattan Bank valued
at 10.XX.
Captain Randall's original Intention had
been to have the "Snug Harbor" located
on hlf old farm, the Broadway property
above alluded to, but the trustees decided
L3t would not be the best location, "owing
to tho rapid encroachment of tho city."
In consequence. ISO acres of land on
Stnten Island, were secured, and the har
bor built nnd dedicated In 1S33. From
time to time the holdings have been In
creased until they now amount to over
29) acres. .
When the building was opened thoro
were 3) Inmates. Now there are nearly
10CO and the trustees are clamoring for
more. The Income of the trust fund in
creased by leaps and bounds. In lS33 It
had passed the 300,COO mark, and" about
that time a number of ground leases ex
pired and were renewed upon a largely
increased valuation. These leases are
ending at Intervals, and each means
more money for the unfortunate trustees
to dispose of.
Old Sailors Ijoll In Ijuxury.
The home of the old sailors Is a mar
vel of architecture, and everything pos
sible has been done to add to thetr com
fort. Their rooms have hardwood floors,
for there a good deal of money could be
expended, and the sailors 'did not object
to any old kind of a floor. A. Catholic
church and a Protestant chapel have been
built by the trustees, and they gladly pay
salaries to the ministers thereof and de
fray all the expenses.
To add to the -comfort of the old
sailors a perfectly equipped theater and
concert hall was built and troupes
brought over from New York at his'
expense to entertain, them. Dtirfn-g iha
..J..pst 'Mr u ctrt kail was ivrMd
down, and although of course the trus
tees would not admit it, they were
overjoyed, because they can go ahead
and build a new one. Last year they
gilded the domes of both the churches
and were glad to do it.
The old sailors have all they want
to eat, tobacco galore, and do not need
for anything; in the world. Visitors
to the Snug; -Harbor are always as
signed an old sailor as a guide around
the grounds.. If you want to make
this man your enemy for life, offer him
a tip. He may not beat you, but he
will certainly scold you and perhaps
swear at you.
Not Enough Bccp-Sca Sailors.
The decay of the United States mer
chant marine has been a sad blow to
the Snug Harbor. Sailors on coasters
are not eligible, and up to date it has
been ruled that navy tars come In the
same class. It Is hoped, however, that
a way will be found to let them In.
The trustees would be glad to take
care of 1000 more sailors, but they can
not find them. There Is not much more
building they can do. and during the
coming year they face a terrible pros
pect of not fulfilling their trust, and
piling up a surplus that they don't
need and cannot use, for there are
J more "surpluses"' due, year after year.
and the income of Captain Randall's
old farm is bound to be greater year
by year.
How to Spend Million Yearly.
How on earth are they going to
spend a million dollars a year? It must
be understood that the trustees arc
high-class men, who would not steal or
waste a cent. They are tied down rig
Idly to the requirement of expending
this enormous sum in promoting the
care and comfort of a certain class of
sailors. And if they keep on getting
more money and fewer sailors all the
time, what will the final outcome be?
Pity the sorrows of these poor trus
tees who are literally burled under the
flood of gold that Is pouring In upon
them. Perhaps they will begin "anti
bankruptcy" proceedings.
SPARTANS H CAilLS
HUNGER BRINGS OUT TWO EX
TREMES IX SIBERIA.
Two Tribes Assemble and Solemnly
Commit Suicide Others Mur
der and Eat One Another.
ST. PETERSBURG. March 30. Horri
ble accounts are reaching St. Petersburg
of cannibalism and starvation among
tribes Inhabiting the Arctic plain of the
Chukchls Peninsula, at the extremity of
Asia Most of the reindeer died of star
vation during the Winter of 1904-05, leav
ing the inhabitants without means of
communication or food.
During the last Winter, whole tribes
have died and members of the Omolons
and Oloiya tribes, when facing starvation,
assembled in council and decided that
nothing remained but death. They agreed
that each head of a family should kill
his wife and children and then commit
suicide. The tribesmen gathered v on a
plateau covered with snow and Ice and
In the darkness of the Arctic Winter the
Spartan decision was reached, not a sin
gle member of the two tribes surviving.
More revolting still Is the story of what
occurred In a family of the Yukahir tribe.
A mother and nine of her children hav
ing died of hunger, the father, a surviv
ing daughter and a nephew lived upon
the remains, and, when they were con
sumed, tho father murdered the nephew.
A Russian name Dolganoff. who went
to the region to buy furs, reported the
situation at Yakutsk. Siberia. Ho entered
a Bnow hut of a Yukahir family while
the latter were eating the head of a mur
dered relative.
MORE FOR FAMINE FUND
Another $25,000 Raises Total From
America to 5125,000.
WASHINGTON, March 30. The Chris
tian Herald today sent In another check
for J25.CCO to the State Department
through the Red Cross for transmittal to
Japan for tho relief of famine sufferers.
This makes the total remittance from
this source $123,000.
princk xoris or battenbeiw;,
WHOSE PROMOTION 'HAS IN
CENSED BRITISH PUBLIC.
Prince Louis of Battcnberg. whoso
promotion to be second sea lord of the
admiralty has caused a storm in Eng
land, Is a Rear-Admiral In the navy
and a Major-General' of artillery in
the German army. His wife, a daugh
ter of the lata. Princess Alice. Grand
Duchess of Hesse. Is a niece of King
Edward, and he Is at the sarao time
a brother-ln-law ot the Czar and of
Prince Henry of Prussia. Prince
Louis Is over six feet tall, and a
striking-looking personage. He stands
blgh la favor with the British mon
arch, who often dispatches him. on
special mlsefona Prince Louis re
cently visited Canada and this coun
try In command, of a. British fleet.
In nfc recent atpetatnient he was
Jtmpedarer the.lseads of many se
ndee officers, IchKth Lord Charles
Bersfrd.
FRENCH MINERS
BACK FROM TOMB
Thirteen Return to Earth After,
Twenty Days Under,
the Ground.
THEIR TALE OF SUFFERING,
t
Lived on Hay, Bark and Decayed
Horseflesh Indignation at Hes
cuqrs' Ineffective "Work.
3Iorc May Survive.
LENS. France. March 30. The disas
ter at the Courrlercs coal mines had a
startling sequel today, when 13 miners
were taken out alive after having en
dured unspeakable horrors during the
20 days of entombment. The. story of
the survivors, so far as it has been told,
discloses that they lived for many days
on putrid horse-meat, amid total dark
ness and the stench of scores of decay
ing corpses. The presence of human
flesh would speedily have forced the
starving men to resort to the last des
perate extremity if they had not been
rescued.
The survivors were sturdy young
miners from 17 to 23 years of age, ex
cept their leader, Henri Nemy, who js
3S years of age. All show the terrible
effects of their experlencesr being
emaciated and blinded. Their rescue
caused a temporary lucidity during
which they greeted their relatives and
related their sufferings. The doc
tors then enforced quiet: upon them,
fearing the results of fever and
poisoning from their having eaten de
cayed horseflesh.
Curses lor Salvage Men.
There were touching scenes as wives
and mothers greeted those whom they
had long given up as dead. Crowds be
sieged the 'hospitals to. which the-me-O-were
taken, cheering the survivors and
imprecating the ineffective nature ot
the salvage work that followed im
mediately after the disaster. -
The rescue of these 13 men revived
hope in many) families that others are
alive and the relatives of those whose
bodies have not been recovered clamor-
ously sdomanded that efforts be redou
bled to bring out any possible surviv
ors. There Is a report that, In addition to
the 13 men who were brought up out
of the mine today, five others came
with them almost to tho bottom of. the
pit, but were unable to come further
on account of exhaustion.
The total number of men missing
after the catastrophe was 1212. The
bodies recovered approximately num
ber 500 and there are still unac
counted for approximately 700.
Excuses of Mine-Owners.
The engineers explained that soma
smoldering fires prevented them from
exploring remote passages of the mine,
where it was thought there could bo
no survivors. The mineowners also
claim that the strike of miners reduced
tho number of rescuers available.
Many engineers and scientists agree
that all men In the mine must have
died long ago. Engineer Laur, how
ever, dissents, asserting that the sal
vage work has been deplorably Ineffi
cient, and he believes that scores died,
of exhaustion owing to the poor work
of the salvage companies.
RETURN LIKE MEN FROM! DEAD
Thirteen Miners Astonish Lens by
Emerging From Earth.
I.BNS. France. March 30,. Thirteen of
the 1200 miners who were- entombed in
tho coal mines at Courrieres 20 days ago
were taken from tho rulno alivo and well
today. They had lived on hay found in
one of the underground stables and tho
morsels of food which they took into tho
mines with them nearly three weeks ago.
All attempts to rpscue tho entombed men
had been abandoned more than two weeks
ago.
The sudden appearance of the impris
oned men caused stupefaction. A gang oC
salvagers had Just completed its night's
work, when It was startled to see a group
of miners, terribly haggard and exhaust
ed and with ej-es sunken, appear from
remote part of pit No. 2. Tho strongest
of the men said they had broken out oX a
distant gallery, whero they had been en
tombed since the disaster of March 10.
The rescued men were taken up the cle-
vator, but were unable to see, owing to
tho dazzling daylight.
"Weep and Talk Feebly.
Tho mine officials were deeply affected
as the weeping survivors were taken to a
hospital. The men were able to talk fee
bly, but audibly. They all asked for newa
of relatives and friends, and wished to go
home Immediately. The doctors, however,
prevented them with difficulty from so
doing.
Later, crowds besieged the mines in the
hope of further escape, necessitating tho
employment of a strong police force and
detachments of troops to maintain order.
It is said that others of the intombctf
miners are alive and about to be brought
out, their signals having been heard.
Ate Bark, Hay and Horseflesh.
One ot the men rescued today, a man
named Nemey. said that for the first eight
days the -oarty ate the bark off the tim
bers ot tho mine. Later, they found the
decomposed body of a horse, which they
cut up and ate with hay. The survivors
brought up portions ot decomposed horse-
meat.
Nemey, who was the most lucid ot tha
miners who escaped, graphically described
their imprisonment as follows:
"After the explosion I groped my way
about, stumbling over bodies and seeking;
refuge. front th. gims. I found some: com
rades sheltered "'1 a reraote niche-. "We
ate earth and bark fr; eight days.
"W continued..' to grope among tha
bodies aeokkig .for an outlet from ar
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