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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 26, 1902)
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HEARING WILL BE RESUMED ANNi'rt Tlmt Trenthijr Directly With llm Miner Will Me I'itlimblo (.'oiiIVmnIoii ut Wrong Doing. NEW YOllK. Nov. 25.-A iM-rloun lillrh occurred toduy In the plutm for a u-itlmont of the coal itrlke con'ro vrrny by it conference bft'Cn tho coal oKitorH ml niliifrii' union mid It Ik iwiv iilinoBt rerlnln that Anal uIJut-tru-nt of the point at liwue will be re frrred iiRiiln to the Gray coinmlnHlun. At a nulling iH'twecn the preRldent of th coal twulH imd a Inrgi number of lnUi-nd'nt operators. strong pro IfKt wm entered by the latter against Ir.Mllnrf direct 1 with the miners. II. L. Fleiiilnn. who Is an official -of the anthracite operutors' ssvoclatlon, Hpciikliiif for the delegation, said: "The lndeK.nlent have stood shoul der to shoulder wllh the coal road oer ototn, and their treatment of us at this time Is Incomprehensible. We de sire to uinwiir before iha commission mid will show our liooka If necessary.' This afternoon 8. C. Simpson, repre setitlng the Independent operators, gave out u slutement addressed to .M-HMts. liner. Thomus. Truesdale, Oil nliant. Fowler and Waller, In which they vigorously protest against the pro Himd plan to settle the questions now rrfure the anthracite oal srtlfce iin mlsHlon for the following reasons: "I. We believe that such a settle ment at this time and upon the basis suggested mould forever establish the power and perpetuate the Injustice per letrated by the I'nlted Mlneworkers. "2. That such settlement would be, In the eyes of the public, a confession that we have heretofore been guilty of ull tho offenses charged agulnst us by the said mlneworkers. "S. That we have and believe that you havo such a perfect and complete defnse to the allegations made by the compluliuints before the commission that any money award the commission would render would be far less than the amount we understood that It Is proposed to concede, especially to mln ers nnd their laborers. "4. That aside from any money con liberations this commission, composed as we believe, of men thnt are absolute ly fair, unblused and of unusual ex perience and good Judgment In their tlndlngs, will make such declaration as will for many years put a ban upon unlawful practices, oppression of non union men, unjustifiable demands and other grievances that we have been suffering; under since 1900 when the un ion first took possesion of our prop erty." rnowsEO conff.uknce with MITt llKLI. IS WITIIDUAWN Kesult of Conference In New York Completely Upset Plans for Future Personal Nego tiations. WASHINGTON, tfov. 25. All pros pects fo,- an understanding between the t'nlt'd Mlneworkers and coal opera tors outside of tho anthracite coal strike commission came to a sudden termination this afternoon through the receipt of a dispatch to Wayne Mac- Vemrh notifying him that at Hie meet liyt of anthracite coal road men In New York It had been decided not to grant an Interview to Mitchell nnd his as sociates. Tho announcement coming as It (1I1 niter n day of conference In this city betwen MncVeagh and Mitch ell ami Ins associates, in an endeavor to adjust the details of the proposed agreement between the operators nnd the miners completely surprised every one hero. It Is learned that the proposition that the operators meet Mitchell on Friday next was made at the Instance of Mac Vetigh. From statements made by Mr. Dai-row early In the day, the impres sion had spread that a complete agreement would be effected today but when the meeting broke up, Darrow read to newspaper men a statement which made It clear that no conference was likely. Mitchell when shown the dispatch telllnz of tho action of the operators said he had r.ot asked for a conference. Darrow said It was "Up to the oper ators." and that he would return to Kcranton nnd appear before the com. mission ready to go on with the hear ing. ' MITCH KM. ! COXriDKNT leaves Washington Believing Miners Will Win Out. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 25.-lresl. dent Mllchell of th Unlled Mlnework ers, accompanied by his counsel arriv ed from Washington tonight. Mmfi ell was asked If he considered that the action of the coal road presidents had weakened their caw before the com mission. He said: "I do not nnt to say what they have done, but I have no doubt that we will win our case." MlWbER AND PILLAGE CONTINUE IN MACEIX)NIA. High Officials Disguised as Holdlers Plunder Homes ad Attack De fenseless Women, NEW TOItK, Nov. 15. -In spite of the comforting assurances that the Macedonian insurrection Is ended, nu merous armed bands continue, says a Times dispatch from Salonika, by way of London, t ohold th' Ir ground In the Innreaslble districts and sporadic disturbances are constantly reported. In the last fortnight thre have been four encounters In the Btrumlltz dis trict between Bulgarian bands nnd gendarmes. A few on both side were killed and wounded. In two Instances villagers fled and their homes were nlunJered. in another dispatch brigands captured and pillaged a village. The only re sult of this outrage was that 27 vil lagers werentrested and brought to Salonika. In the Salonika district an attack was made on the house of a heads man of a village. He scaped, but his wife and two sons and two daughters were baysnetted. It to said, hy emis saries of the Macedonia committee, din vuled as gendarmes. A band of 400 attempting to Invade Turkish territory from Bulgaria were re Dtilsed with considerable loss. The In vaders wore Ilulgaiian, uniforms. An other band raided a Bulgarian village In the Petrllch district, which Is ob- flokkiusto lm-rvolutia because it is subject to the Jurisdiction of the pa tranbate. One of the principal pa- habitants was killed and two others were Injur ;d. . ACTED THE PART OF PAUPER FOR 20 YEARS Woman Who Wrote Piteous Letters to Charitable People and Lived a Life of Ease. N1.W YORK, Nov. I5.-After ad mitting that for 20 years she had been sending begging letters to prominent ix-onle Including recent ones to high government officials, Mrs. Annie Mayers has been sentenced to the work house for six months. Agents of the charity organisations liroimht alout the woman's conviction. Thev charge that she has accumulated considerable property through piteous ai'i.euts to well known persons In so cletv; that she lived a life ot ease and stent parts of the season nt the sea- shoreand in the mountains. They claimed to hove about 1000 letters sign ed by the woamn which had been turn ed over to the society ry their recipi ents for the purpose of investigation. NO BHOGINO ALLOWED. Scheme on Foot to Stop Professionals From Plying Trade. NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-In his annual renovt of the central council of the Charity Orjrnilatlon society, President Robert f)e Forest describes a novel method whUih haj Just been adopted for the purpose of detecting and pun ishing professional begging nnd syn dicates of mendicancy. It Is proposed to establish a record bureau similar to the rogues' gallery of the police de partment, where detailed records of legars areuccesslble, the object be ing to deter habitual mendicants from plying their trade In New Yolk and other large cities. CLEVELAND WILL PRESIDE Responds To An Invitation From School for Colored People. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 25.-Grovei Cleveland has accepted nn invitation to preside at a public meeting to be held here December 11, In the interests of tha Barcan Manual Training and In dustrial school for colored people. Cleveland will mnks an address. Among other speakers will be Chas. Emory Smith, Col.' A. K. McClure and Hooker T. Washington. OCHILTREE IS DEAD HOT SPRINGS, Va., Nov. 2J.-Col-onel Thomas CXvhlltree died today ol heart failure. He had been in a sinking condiRy.. since yesterday morning. LATE HERR KRUPP FIERCELY ASSAILED German Paper SeverelyCondcmns Career of Famous Manu facturer of Guns. WAS BOGUS PHILANTHROPIST Fund Devoted to Charity Ex tortcd From EmployesGer man Navy Charged Ex orbitant Prices. BERLIN, Nov. 25.-The Socialist or Ban, Vorwaerts, In a page and -a half today deals with what It calls the "hyiocraey of Idealizing Herr Krupp as a benevolent genius." The paper does not touch on the Immediate char ges which It brought against the de ceased, but analyses the pension sys tem of the Krupp firm, which, It says, Is a "species of refined swindling," ad "The enormous so-called benevolent funds have been built up by compuls ory r.-on'.rlbutlon from the employes who could be arbitrarily deprived of participation In the .dvantages. They rs required to contribute 2 1-2 percent of their wag?s for 20 years before they are eligible to a pension upon disabil ity. In the meantime if an employe Is discharged or resigns he loses all he had contributed, often exceeding $250. The number of. men leaving or dlscharg ed during the past three years aver aged seven to eight thousand yearly. The eni loyes found the system so un satisfactory that !lve great meetings were held this year for the purpose of seeking legal redress." Thepaper also quotes the German budget committee proceedings as tliow Ing that the Krupp works have been charging the nary 1190 per ton above what the United States pays for nickel steel plates, amounting yearly to $750,- 000, 'or Herr Krupp and the works. This has caused a furious political dis. cusslon, the Socialists calling attention to the degrading influence of great wealth and the Conservatives pointing out 'the desperate character of the So cialist attack upon the existing order of society." CORDIAL FEELING EXISTS BETWEEN THE REPUBLICS, Nothing In the Reports of Growing Hostility in Cuba Toward the United States. NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-General Emllio Munes, governor of the prov ince of Havana, Cuba, Is in Washing ton for th purpose of . rest and re cuperation ana to obtain some relief from throat trouble, with which he hes been suffering the last three or four months. In an interview he said: "With the blessing of unalterable peace Cuba Is dally regaining the pros peri v lost by the war and I have no doubt that the republic will overcome all the obstacles and differences that mitrht oppose its consolidation. The nubile sentiment In Cuba towards the United States has not changed. Our deeu and sincere friendship toward this country continues to exist and it can not be otherwise, as there has been no reason that could have caused a change to come about In the relations between Cuba nnd the United States, established by the late war with Snairi. Moreover, President Ropse- velt's generous and persistent cam palcn for reciprocity has found an echo In the hearts of our people, In musing If it were possible, the debt of gratitude that we contracted with the United States." When asked regarding reports that a feeling of hostility against the Unit ed States is spreading in Cuba, he re piled: 'Thom u no more significance in those reports than there is in the hos tile feelings of till or any other po llticnl man, or one or two newspaiiers here against Great Britain when in ,.sii'v th. relations between that f,mnirv and the United States are those ami cordial. In flne.Cuba can never for avt c hat she owes to the United States and I am sure that the Immense majority of its people hope that our friendly relations will daily grow clos er, nlthoup'i this dees not mean that there Is any weakening In the sentl ment for Independence which drove us to war nnd which Is today we nignest Ideal of our peopb." BREAKS RECORD WITH KICK. NEW YOllK. Nov. 25.-The world's records for high kicking have been broken at the semi-annual games of the Twenty-second regiment, N. G. S. N. Y., by Ray C. Ewry of the New York Athletic club; double kic k Ewrr made a mark of 7 feet t Inches. The former record was 7 feet inches. The second record was for the split kkk. He raised the record from 7 feet 5 Inch- to 7 feet 5',4 Inches. HAVE KICK COMINCJ Objsct to Americana Paying Good Wa ges and Encouraging Employes LONDON, Nov. 25. The plan of Americana paying good wages and en couraging employee to Increase the daily output, which vas Introduced by the manager of the American Electric al works at Manchester, has been formally protested against by the em ployers' federation of that district. The latter urer that the labor mar ket Is being demoralized and their works drained of their best men by American officials who pay laborers 12 cents per hour against t cents paid by British employers and get double the amount of work accomplished. Ameri cana intend to ignore the protest. BAR BOUND FOR TWENTY DAYS. Schooner Unable tn Effect Entrance at Coquille Returns to 'Frisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 25.-The schooner Albion, which left here Oc tober 17 for 'Coquillle river, has re turned, battered by wind and wave, leaking and in need of general re pairs and without having managed to reach her original destination. She ar rived off the Coqunie river bar Octo ber 27. but owing to heavy southwest erly gales was unable to make shore. After 20-days of hard fighting to get across the bar it was decided to aban don the attempt' and return - to San Francisco. ACCIDENTAL DEATH French and American Doctors Agree aa to Mrs. Gore's Death. PARIS, Nov. 25. The result of an autopsy conducted by American doc tors on the body of . Mrs. Ellen Gore tends to the acceptance of the theory of accident, thus bringing French and American doctors into ftrt agreement and relieving the cose of any Interna' tional significance. CONDITIONS ARE IMPROVING . Firm Stand Taken By Cuban Govern ment Insures Peace. WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. A cable- gram received at the state department from Minister Squires at Havana re ports that the government is taking a Arm stand and that the strike situ ation Is better. CRUISERS IN TARGET PRACTICE. SANTA BARBARA. Cal., Nov. 25.- The cruiser Boston has arrived here from southern waters. It Is staled that the Boston will remain here two or three weeks for target practice and that the New York and Marolehead are under orders to Join the Boston in Santa Barbara channel as eoon as possible. NAVAL RECRUITS DISTRIBUTED. NEW YORK. Nov. 25. Naval re cruits to ths number of 30 have left the New York navy yard for San Francisco In command of Llentenant Commander Doherty. They are to be ditsrlbuted among the ship? of the Pa cific and Asiatic stations. THE INSIDE The perfection in economical stove construction "SUPERIOR" HOT BLAST For salo in Astoria only by the . ECLIPSE HARDWARE On Sale September 20th. CASTRO HOPEFUL FOR THE FUTURE Revolution Is Dead and Nation's Enemies Are Scattered and Disorganized. WILL FULFILL PROMISES Venezuela Will Meet Threaten ing Front of Colombia With Overtures for Peace z ful Settlement. . CARACAS, Nov. 2S.TPres!dent Ca-' tro, In an Interview today said: "The revolution received Its death Mjw at La Victoria. In spite of su perior numbers the rebels were defeat ed and then principal leader was com pelled to seek refuge In a foreign land. I receive news dally of the disintegra tion of Matos' followers. I "A campaljra has been Inaugurated against Barcelona and Cludad Bolivar ' by a strong and seasoned army, which ' assures Its success. By the 1st of January I am confident 1 shall be able to officially roclalm peace. 1 can not imagine that Matos will continue the revolution. The support which he had six months ago' he cannot com- ' mand today. "The govjrnment is resolved to exe- : cuta in spirit and letter its directions contained in the proclamation of No vember S, and to he liberal and mag nanimous to its opponents, and the lat ter can have no reason to refuse It their loyal assistance. ' "With respect to Colombia, the gov ernment of Venezuela is advised that there has been another Invasion ot our " territory from that country, ' the' seventh 'n threi yearf. It is our earn- ' est desire to avert war with Colombia, and we are prepared to arrange for a settlement when peace is declared and the courts resume their functions." DECORATIVE ARTIST DEAD.. NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-Alfred Clu isher, the artist, is dead at the age of 65, says a Brussels dispatch to the Times, by way of London. He oc cupied a prominent position among Belgian painters. His reputation chief lv rested on his talent as a decorative artist and bis subjects were mainlly mythological. STEAMER QUITO ASHORE 1 LORRAINE, Ohio, Nov. 25.-The steamer Quito ran ashore tonight dur ing a northeast gale. The captain and 13 of her crew were rescued. Two for eigners and one mate ware left In the engine room, and an effort will be made by the life saving crew to rescue them. LATER The thr men have been taken off by :he life Saving crew. HAS SLAVERY RETURNED? , LANCASTER, Ky., Nov. 25. Two negro women and one negro man will be Bold by the sheriff to the highest bidder before the courthouse on Fri day, one for three months, and the others fpr two- and three years re- 1 spectlvely. They were convicted of vagrancy. " AND OUTSIDE COMPANY Plumbers 2nd Steamfltters