The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930, October 16, 1900, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextNQTIOUl Books, Pertodinnl. .vl',r,lnr fl0 , 're Nor to bo Taken toniTlin ' 1 'AmNiou! J) ;i-i:.;,ioii f,y U ASTORIA, OKKGON, TUESDAY. OCTOBKU 16, 1900. KO. 93 Li is iOA7 WE ARE SELLING AGENTS IN ASTORIA FOR I BRIDGE, Superior Steel Ranges BEACH Sylph Heater 34 CO.'h Olio Heater I COLE Hot Blast Heater for Coal MFG. Dome Top Heater for Wood CO.'h Russia Iron Heater lor Wood Wo nlno infuiufuctu.ro a IliiHsin Iron Queen Ilentt-r fur Wood. T1ho corojiriwe the bent line of toven in the Mate. Wo sell no neconik'lnNB utoves. An in ttjiwtiou of our lino of utoves will pay you. ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. School Boohs and School Supplies Tablets, Pencils, Pens, Slates, Composition Books, Note Books, Sponges and Inks Everything Necessary (or f chool Use ...GRIFFIN1 Sr REED.. JUST ARRIVED . . . I New Mince Meat : New Crop Apple Butter GNi Boiled Cider ? ! Sweet Cider Nuts, Apples, Popcorn, etc. Ross, B3ijins S Co, ASTORIA SOUVENIR CHINA I. JUST FROM AUSTRIA FOARD 8 ST0E1ES CO "The World Owes Every Man a Living" But what iftrt of living in it yon cot with a pool stove or range iu your kitchen? liny a Star Estate Range They iueure ooJ livlncr 431 BOND STREET C. J. TRENCHAR D, NO SETTLEMENT OF STRIKE NEAR REFORMERS WHIP IMPERIAL TROOPS Owners Unwilling to Abolish the Sliding Scale. STRIKERS ARE IN WANT Though EichSldt Coollouei Firm, IbiMli. crt iod Their Fimillti An Bcglo III lo Sutler lor Lack ol Fiudi. PHILADELPHIA. Oct. J6- It li ex pected that th official of the Read Imk Company will tomorrow take up for consideration the irojjltUn of the mine worker' convention. It lit knon that uiiti of the director of the com rony are opposed to th abolishment f the sliding al which ha for year Iwen In operation at the Reading col-lit-rl'i. WANT FOLLOWS THE STRIKE. NEW VOUIC. Oct. 15.-A special to the Herald from Haxleton, I'll.. : Want and ruin have foll.iwed In the wi.U of i he ntrlke In th anthracite r Klon. Fumlll'- who lived In comfort while the mine were In operation now M the pinch of privation, and the tare nrcmnarfea of existence ncem like lux-url-; business men upon whom pros perity hud united have tn brought to the verge of bankruptcy; thriving town have become stagnant, cuiiual traveller have forsaken them. New, paper correspondent and lubor lead fr constitute the moat Important ele ment In the floating population. NO MORE CONCESSIONS. NEW YORK. Oct. 15. Whether or not the demand made by the miner will be granted by the operator wa question upon which definite Infor mation a not obtainable In thla city rt.-rday. Effort were made to aee w. II. Truendiile, president of the Delaware. Lnrkannnna & Western mllroad; t. K. Thoimi. president of the Eric rail road, and Alfred Walter, president of ht, Lehigh Valley, but reporter who visited their home were Informed that nil three of them were away from town. The coincidence of their absence from the city upon the same day led to the i-resumptlon that they had been called away to attend some conference to con- nl Jer the men demands, but other of ficial of the ronifianic who were seen nrofesscd to have no knowledge of the holding of any meeting by the luads of the ccal-carrylng railroads. Tne three companl'a referred to will be largely concerned In any decision that may be reached aa to the acceptance or refusal of the term formulated by tho striken. Another dominant factor In the de liberation of the operator who con trol the situation would be R. M. 011- phant. president of the Delaware & Hudson .'(al Company, out he Is ly ing senouly III at hi home In thl city and can take no part in the con troversy. nine ( f the Individual operators who were sect said that they had no Idea of what attitude the railroads would take, but they agreed that whatever action was determined upon by the cU-rarrylng roads would of necessity receive the acquiescence of the Indi vidual mine owners. More than one of the Independent operator expressed the opinion that the railroad would not agree to arbitration Inasmuch a such an agreement would be one-sided In the face of the readiness which the men had manifested, a Bhown In the Instance of the employe of the Markle mine, to disregard when it ulted their purpose contracts which provide for the settlement of the dis pute by arbitration. Nor do I think." one of the Inde pendent operator said In discussing the Ituatlon, "that the mine owners win onsent to bind themselves to .pay so large an Increase until April 1st when the warm weather arid the fulling on in the dsmand for coal, which always oc curs in the spring, might very great ly reduce prices. 'While I do not think that tne ac- mand to abolish the sliding scale would in Itself be rejected by the operators Commission, Brokerage, Insurance and Shipping:. Custom House Broker. ASTORIA, ORE. Agent W. F. A Co and Paclflo Kxpmt Co l. If that had been the only additional concession akcd for, I am Incllmd to believe that the answer of the railroad to the men will be that they have made their offer and will not go be yond It or, In other words, the miner must either be contented with the pre, etit proffered advance of ten pi r cnt In wage or remain Idle." MANY THINGS YET UNSETTLED. I'OTTSVILLE. Pa.. Oct. 15.-The Hcliuylklll delegate to the Scranton convention have returned and the pre vailing Impression Is that the collieries will soon be at work providing the operator agree to the terms of that body. Among the rank anl file there I an Inclination to accept the decision of the convntlon. It Is generally tak en a a fact here thuf the operators In the upper anthracite belt will agree to the offer of the convention and that the miners thw are eager to go back to worK at the advance which their employer are willing to pay. In the Schuylkill region It will be remembered the men went out large ly on a sympathetic strike and It I be lieved they will follow the miner of the upper belt back to work, though many aw dissatisfied because, accord ing to their reckoning, In accepting the ten per cent advance they are not get ting all they are fighting for. The convention demanded the aboli tion of the lldmg scale by which the Heading Company's 2S.00O miners have always been paid. This scale was fix ed to the price of coal at Port Carbon and was always a small percentage either above or below the $2.50 baals. The lost scale fixed their wage tlx pvr cent above the $2.50 t-asl and aome miner now argue inn in reamy mey will be getting only four per cent ad- vance. In contradiction of thl the leaders nay that they will get ten per cent net or equal to Mxteen per cent above the basis. On the even $2.50 baal outside laborer wer paid $$10 a week, inside laborers $10.60 and miners $12 a week. If the company agrees to the conven tion' offer to do away with the slid ing scale then the men would be paid exactly ten per cent above these amount. There are many things left unset tled that no doubt will lead to fur ther contention while these questions are being arbitrated In the next few days. For Instance, the Heading Com pany has b4n charging $1.50 a keg for powder while In the upper region the price has been $2.75. The convention s.Ud nothing about this and In the Schuylkill region this commodity may be Increased In price to make up for the ten per cent Increase. The Read ing offlclals feci that they have been discriminated against by the settlement proposed by the Scranton convention. CANADIANS ' CLAIM TERRITORY. Think That Two Mile Strip cf Rich Mining District In Whatcom County Is Theirs. NEW WHATCOM. Wash.. Oct. 15. News wa received here today that the Dominion surveyors who have been en gaged In an effort to locate the Inter national boundary line where It passes through the Mount Baker mining dis trict In Whatcom county abandoned their work on October 9th and left the country. According to their field notes the line passes two miles south of where It was always supposed to have run, while their scientific observations place the 49th parallel, which Is the boundary line, within a quarter of a mile of where It Is always supposed to have been. Should the field notes stand In the majority, the finest mining property In the country will be on the Canadian side. The matter will undoubtedly have to be made the subject of nego tiations between the two governments as to whew the line shall be. Battle Near Canton in Which 200 Were Killed. YANG TSE VALLEY UNSAFE Rebels Rcfrali From Pillage Hoplag to Gall Favor if Fortlgiert la Their Fljhl A!it the MiKbs Gov tnsjeil. HONG KONG. Oct. 15.-8un Yat Sen, according to reports from Canton, has taken the town of Klushan on the East river and 1 now Investing the prefec toral city of Hul Chou. A force of im perial troop from Canton was defeat ed by the reformers, 200 being killed. Advices say also that there is great activity In Canton In preparation for dispatching troop to the disturbed dl- trie's. SITUATION SERIOUS. BERLIN. Oct 13.-A dispatch receiv ed here from Shanghai say that the British consul there warn European women against coming north from Hong Kong In hope of Joining their hufcbands, the situation In the Yang Tse valley being very serious. UPRISING IS WIDESPREAD. HONG KONG, Oct. 15. A. column of troops was despatched this morning to the Kowloon frontier, with the object of barring armed refugees, either rebels or Imperial troop from entering Brit ish territory when defeated. The rebel are reported to be 3,000 strong thirty miles north of the British frontier. A thousand of Admiral Ho's troop are In pursuit of them, while 2000 Chinese troops have left Canton overland to Intercept the rebels. Admiral Ho has Informed the govern ment that the rebellion was carefully pianned. The rebels are anxious to conciliate the villagers and gain the respect of foreigner hence the absence of outrage and pillage. All Indica tions point to the rising being wide spread. Outbreaks occurred simultan eously In several centers of Kwang Tung and Kwang SI. Apparently Kang Yu Wei, Sun Yun and the Triads partly beeaue men v Ith large amounts endeavoring to leave have had thelr sliver selzf d by the military power and a demand made as to where they ob tained It. In a campaign like the present,' where the troop of so many nation have m"t and watched one another's peculiar ities and characteristics, the conduct of the troop of any one nation as a whole Is especially Interesting to watch, and America can proudly boast that the men representing her in China have proved themselves the equal if not the superior of any troops In Chi na. The unexampled conduct of the Amer ican has given General Chaffee an Influence at the meetings of generals, which are held every other day, ahead of that of any other general. It i not disparaging either General Chaf. fee' hard commonsense which, accord ing to other generals, has helped them solve many a knotty problem nor his personal popularity both among the diplomats and the generals, but It Is unquestionable that his Influence ha been greatly Increased through being the leader of a body of men who have distinguished themselves not only In the face of the enemy but equally against the temptations that exist In a city like Pekln ind?r existing conditions. It Is also aald among foreign offi cers that thi working of the adjutant general's offi-.e of the Americans Is much quicker and much more satis factory than that of any other nation, and probably the best known and liked officer of the American officers among foreign otllclals, with the exception of General Chaffee. Is his adjutant-gen era!. Captain Hutchinson of the Sixth cavalry- EXPEDITION TO TILUI. (Correspondence of Associated Press.) TIEN TSIN, China, Sept. 13. Beyond the destruction of the city, the expe dition to Tllul. the results of which have already been cabled by the Afsoclated Press, wa profitless. The military commanders believe, however, that It was morally profitable as the force employed was Impressive and the line of march was through a thick ly populated and rich section and one in which It Is said the Boxers have ruled with a high hand. Acting on reliable Information that the Boxers were assembling in con siderable numbers at and near Tilul. General Dorwaxd some weeks since be gan the preparation of an expedition to that point Not a shot was fired during the five days' march and the only casualty was the killing of one Sikh trooper during the looting of Tllul. The expedition was composed of three STEAMERS ARE TO BE SOLD Mohr If Still Coo fide at tai Ssyi Ht Will Reffaaic the Coiitractloi Com jr la Flvi r Six Weeki. PORTLAND, Oct. .-Negotiation for an amicable adjustment of the af fairs of the Central Navigation and Construction Company have failed, and aui f. Mohr' transportation enter rrlse Is again embarrassed. The construction company has falle.l to perform Its contract with the tar.n. corporation. Mr. Mohr says he expect to refinance the c - -.1(.tion comnan. n five or six weeks. Mohr propose to file suDDl(mer.,ar articles Increasing the capitalisation rrom sooo to $450,000. which he say will be ample for all purpose in view. in the meantime the three steamer. of the company wlii be sMd to satl.fr claims. have amalgamated their force In the j columns with a total strength of some MUNICIPAL LIGHTING. Chicago City Council Decides That the City Shall Own Its Gas and Electric Light Plants. CHICAGO. Oct. 15. The city council went on record tonight for municipal ownership of all gas and electric light plants. A commission will be appoint ed by Mayor Harrison to make a law for submission to the general assem bly. The council also adopted a resolution fixing the maximum price of gas after the first of next January at "5 cents per 1000 feet. ..REMOVAL, SALE.. For the next sixty days our entire stock of furniture and carpets will be closed out at less than cost. Call early and avoid the rush. CHARLES I1E1LB0RN & SON common cause the overture"' of Man- chu rule In South China. Some posi tive Indication of the attitude of the foreign powers Is anxiously awaited. A French launch was captured by pirates October 13, near Mong Chow. The pirate secured $32,000 In specie. ANSWERS TO FRANCE. PARIS. Oct. 15. Germany Is the only power which has not replied for mally to France's note on China, though she has verbally accepted its terms. Japan's answer, received today, ac cepts the proposals, retaining only one condition. This refers to the permanent prohibition of the Importation of arms. While agreeing with the principle, Jap an offers suggestions as to how the prohibition can beet be accomplished. A dispatch received at the French foreign office from Hankow, dated Oc tober 13. says the Chinese court ar rived at Sian Fu October 12. CONFERENCE RESTRICTED. PARIS. Oct. 15. It Is officially under stood that If an International confer ence at The Hague, regarding the set tlement of the Chinese indemnity ques tion Is finally decided upon It will not discuss with China the amount of com pensation she must pay, but will con fine Its labors to fixing and distribut ing the proportion of the Indemnity which shall go to the several coun tries Interested. AMERICANS ARE POPULAR. (Correspondence of Associated Press.) PEKIN. Sept. 15. A money changer with a few thousand dollars capital could legitimately make a fortune here In the course of a few weeks under present conditions. Coins and bank notes of all nations float around and are generally accepted by everybody. The Mexican dollar, which Is the coin of commerce in Chlra generally, goes In ordinary times at the rate of two for one American, now, however, for an American five-dollar gold piece you get twelve while on the other hand for an English sovereign, which Is not worth as much aa a five-dollar gold piece, you can get fourteen. The rea son of this Is that the sovereign Is the best known and liked coin in the Orient and the Japanese and Indian soldiers are anxious to convert their silver Into gold. At the prlxa fund sale of loot, which takes place dally at the British lega tion, Colonel Scott Moncrelff, the pre siding officer, takes In coin and bills of almost every civilized power, and has a regular list of exchange based on the value of the Mexican dollar In which coinage the bidding takes place, The price of lump silver Is going down, PORTAGE ROAD SWAMPED AGAIN Negotiations for Adjustment of Its Affairs Have Failed. ,hinr over 4.000 men of all arms. Gen eral Dorward personally commanded the column which followed the right bank cf the canal. This was composed of the First Bengal Lancers. 100 of the Twenty-fourth Punjabs, 100 men of the Beloochistans, 100 of the Madras in fantry. 200 of the Fifteenth united States Infantry under command of Ma Jor Robertson, and U0 Italian Infan try. The center column marched up the left bank of ihe canal about three miles from the right column. It consisted of two Japanese siege guns, 500 Ital ian Infantry and 100 Punjab pioneers, a detachment of British sappers and miners. The left column swept across coun try about five miles from the center column, taking in a number of villages off the canal. This column was com posed of one battery of Royal Horse artillery, the Sixth Bengal Lancer, Third Bombay cavalry, the Bengal sappers and miners, 350 Japanese In fantry, the same number of Italian in fantry. 200 Russian infantry. 50 men of the Wei Hal Wei National Chinese regiment. 100 Sikhs, and a detachment of 100 men of the Seventh Rajputs. The German and French were not repre sented. General Dorward accompanied the canal column because of the opportu nity afforded by its route to inspect a large r.umuer or viuases ami mm with the natives. Leaving Tien Tsin shortly after daybreak on the morning of the eighth, the columns passed through village' after village and a country rich beyond description in gar dens, vineyards and orchards. At many of the villages the general was met by deputations of head men with offerings of great baskets f luscious Chinese grapes, peaches &. pears, while in that of Tang Tul Cheng, where the,. first night's camp was pitched, the villagers furnished firewood and built a bridge of junks over which the col umn paed next morning. Breaking camp at 3 o'clock, the col umn passed over th Junk bridge which had been constructed by the villagers over night and some bad marching ensued. A heavy rnln bad swept over the country during the preceding night, rendering the trains very difficult. The American troops were the wrorst suf ferers, being much hampered by the amount cf Impediments they carried. The other troops were In light march ing order, while the American Infan trymen trudged along with blanket rolls, shelter tents and a day's cooked rations. About 10 o'clock on the morning of the 9th the column debouched Into the road which follows the canal and, al- BRYAN IN OHIO. Made a Brief Speech at Canton and Ad dressed Large Audiences at Cleveland. CLEVELAND. O.. Oct wm. --. .. ...iu, Ervan arrived here at :40 thi evening and later addressed two large audiences In this city, one at the cen tral armory and the other from the bal cony of the Hollenden Hotel. He wa greeted noon hi. into the city by the blowing of whis tles and was met at the tatIon by a number of marching clubs and brass Bryan today Invaded the heart of President McKinley's nrt Spotr. Hanna's country. Leaving; Akron ear ly In the morning, hla flnit .tnn n'tia at Canton, the president's place of resit dence. and later In the day he made a Drier speech at Nlles, the president' native city. At night he spoke In Cleveland, Hanna's home. The tnm nin. and Nlles were Incidental and the crowds were srnaM at both places. RECEPTION FOR BRYAN. New York Is Preparing a Spectacular and Memorable Welcome. 147- NEW YORK. Oct. 15.-Tomorrow night will occur a demonstration In this city in honor of William J. Bryan. Preparations of the most elaborate character have been made with the Idea of making the reception to be ten dered the Democratic presidential nom inee the most spectacular and memor able welcome ever extended to a can didate for political honors in the his tory of America. Mr. Croker received a telegram from Bryan today announcing positively he time of his arrival. The reception com mittee will meet at the Hoffman House at 2 p. m. and will proceed in a body to the station and welcome Bryan. The recsntion committee Is headed by W. R. Hearst. The commltee will escort Bryan end his party to the Hoffman House. Richard Croker will call the meeting to order in Madison Square Garden. PHENOMENAL CYCLING. Young Lady Has Ridden Two Thou sand Miles in 222 Hours, 5'4 Minutes. NEW YORK, Oct. 15. M?g Gast completed her ride of two thousand mile this evening. She covered the dis tance In 222 hours and 5V, minutes. beating the world's record of Will Brown by three hours and one minute. She said tonight that if she should be feeling as well as she exp?ct ?d in the morning she would start on another 1,000 mile ride. (Continued on fourth page.) ANOTHER TRAIN ROBBERY. Passenger Train on Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Held Up Near Marietta. MARIETTA, O., Oct. 15. A passen ger train on the Baltimore ft Ohio railroad was held up and robbed rear here tAnlght. . MARK TWAIN ARRIVES. NEW YORK. Oct. 1!. Among th passengers who arrived tonight on the steamer Minnehaha was S. L. Cle mens (Marie Twain).