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DAILY EAST OIIEUONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, IIH IISDAY, I EBRUAHY 15, too.
?.1CE THREE.
COMING TO A FOCUS
STRIKE OU NO STRIKE
WILL RE DECIDED TODAY.
Operators and Miner Arc Prepared
fur Ernei-geneles and Rotli (SIiIch
Esprfw Confidence and Are ApjNir
cmly Gbduruto One, Hundred
TlHMisaml Men Dlreelly Involved
Oiicrntora IIuvc Immense Store of
- Coal and Miner Have Many New
MenilMTs and a Reserve Fund.
New York, Feb. 15. The all-ab-Borblng
question whether there will be
peace or wur between the anthracite
coal operators and the mine workers
after April 1 of this year, when the
agreement signed two ynrs ago will
expire, in to be decided at a meeting
here this nftornoon between President
Eaer and other representatives of the
anthracite mine Interests and a spec
ial committee of the mine workers,
headed by President John Mitchell, of
the United Mine Workers of America.
Everything hinges upon the demands
which the miners will make. Both,
aides have been preparing for vry
emergency and are fully determined
not to recede from their respective
positions.
The position of the mine operators
Is well known. They are practically
willing to concede every reasonable
demand outright, or submit It to ar
bitration, but they are determined not
to recognlz the union of the mine
workers as a body. If the conference
held today does not result In an ami
cable settlement of all differences be
tween mine operators and workers, It
will be because the representatives of
the miners, headed by John Mitchell,
Insist upon the recognition of theli
union.
Would Involve 100,000 Men.
As the situation stands, the refusal
of the mine operators to accept the
demands of the mine workers would
necessarily lead to a strike, which
would involve more than IOP.O'iO men
and would cause no end of trouble
and Inconvenience to the mlno own
ers, the coal railroads and to the
public In general. There Is a strong
faction among the mine workers,
which Is decidedly opposed to a strike
and would be willing rather to with
draw the demand for the recognition
of the union than precipitate a strike.
It Ib understood, 'however, that John
Mitchell, backed by his supporters.
will Insist upon recognition, hoping,
that the mine operators will rather
give In than face a general strike,
The general opinion, however. Is that
the operators will not give In.
For many months both sides have
been preparing themselvees for the
possibility of a strike. The mine
workers have greatly strengthened
their union by gathering In a large
number of new members, and have
saved up a reserve fund of several
million dollars, which would enable
them to continue the strike for about
. three months without additional help.
The mine operators have accumulat
ed large reserve stores of coal, vari
ously estimated In the aggregate at
13,000,000 tons. They expect to In
crease that reserve to nearly .10,000,
000 tons before April 1. In addition.
It Is stated they have In readiness
about 75.000 non-union mine workers,
distributed through the anthracite
region, hnj-e built stockades and
houses for the strike breakers and
have made arrangements for the
thorough policing of the new districts
to protect them against lawlessness
on the part of the strikers.
Lit of Demands.
Although nothing positive In re
gard to the demands of the miners
will be known until the demands have
been submitted to the representatives
of the mine operators. It Ib understood
by those well informed that the
miners will make the following prin
cipal demands: An eight-hour day;
recognition of the union; uniform
wages for company hands; standard
ton for weighing coal at the breaket ;
and, definite and as far as possible,
uniform scale for dead work.
The mine operators are by no
means hopeful In regard to the fu
ture. They are strongly Inclined to
believe that President Mitchell Is anx
ious 6 brina' th? question of recog
nizing the union lo an Issue and Ilntf,
by his advice, the miners will Insist
upon that demand, even at the risk
of a strike. They are determined to
remain firm In their position and sev
eral of the most prominent mino op
erators have expressed the belief that
It would probably be necessary again
for President Roosevelt to act as me
diator to 'prevent a strike, which
would be a public calamity of appil-,
ling magnitude.
Among the mine, worker there Is n
large faction. Vhlch Is opposed to a
strlket Even among their leaders are
many who are not In favor of any
thing that would necessarily precipi
tate a strike. They are of the opin
ion that the mine owners are too well
prepared for any such emergency anl
that the strikers would surely be de
featcd. They aJso feel that the de
feat of the strikers would almost with
certainty cause the disruption of the
Mine Workers' Union and would de.
stroy for many years the frultB of
their former successes. They still
hope that John Mitchell will not go
to extremes In his demands and be
lleve that he Is fully aware of the
fact that the failure to reach an
agreement at the conference today
would be the signal for widespread
dlpscntinn8 in the ranks of the miners
that would probably lead to a fatal
split In the union. The advocates of
moderation are gaining In strenght
every day and they are awaiting the
news from the front with considerable
anxiety.
IS
Don't deceive yourself. If you have
Indigestion take Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure. It will relieve you. Rev. W.
E. Hocutt, South Mills, N. C, says:
"I was troubled with chronic Indiges
tion for several years; whatever I ate
seemed to cause heartburn, sour
stomach, fluttering of my heart, and
general depression of mind and body.
My druggist recommended Kodol
and It has relieved me. I can now
eat anything and sleep soundly at
night. Dodol digests what you eat
Tallman & Co.
May Ik; Sold In Pendleton.
Hnnd Bros, are making an effort to
secure the sale of the famous Tool
System clothing, made In New York
This celebrated clothing has never
been sold In the smaller towns, but
Bond Bros, hope to be able to secure
the sale for Pendleton, and are anx
iously awaiting the arrival of a letter
from the manufacturers.
The New Cough Syrup the one
that acts as a mild cathartlo on the
bowels Is Kennedy's Laxative Honey
and Tar. It expels all cold from 'he
system, cuts the phlegm out of the
throat, strengthens the mucous mem
branes of the bronchial tubes and re
lieves croup, whooping cough, etc.
Children love It. Sold by Tallman &
Co.
AFTER BETTER L
STOCKMEN GO TO WASH
INGTON this vb:ek.
Committees Front National AkwicIh-
Hon Ixave Denver With a Fund of
HI 2,000 to Pay Exjtenneti of the
Fight for More Favorable IrIhIh-
tlon Will Defend Policy in Favor
of ChaMr Freight Katw, More
Moderate ComiiiIhmIoii Churgc and
Extension of 28-Hour Law,
. t1 "'"
Denver, Feb. 15. During the week
committees appointed by the American-National
Livestock association
Will start for Kansas City and Wash
ington to begin the fight In the Inter
est of the Btockmen of the country.
Next Saturday, February 17, a
committee will be iu Kansas City to
meet the members of the Kansas City j
and St. Joseph livestock exchanges
nd the Meat Producers' association !
and others Interested In the demand
of the western stockmen for lower,
commission charge '
February 20 a committee will be In
Washington, when the battle will be
gin In earneest. Some of the things
the committee will push are:
The Hepburn rate bill, which is ex-.
pected to end railroad freight dlscrim- ,
Inatlons.
Pure food laws. .
A large appioprlatlon for the bu
reau of animal Industry.
Tho extension of the 28-hour law
to 36 hours, so stock may be kept In
transit that length of time without
being unloaded for food and water. I
Secretary T. W. Tomllnson, of the
American-National Livestock assocla-,
tlon, left Denver today to attend the
meeting at Kansas City and from
there he will go to Wushlngton. i
Others who are members of the
committee apolnted to bring out re
forms In the livestock exchanges are
A. E. De Ricqles, Denver; A. L. !
Ames, Buckingham, Iowa; John G. 1
Lytic Fort Worth; F. N. Stewart,,
Buffalo Gup, S. D.; Robert Taylor, '
Abbott, Neb., and Murdo Mackenzie, '
Trinidad, Col.
If the committee Is unable to bring
the commission men to time, the
members of the American-National
association will establish co-operative
exchanges of their own and run the
regular commission men out of busi
ness. ,
"No definite arrangements to es
tablish co-operative exchanges have
been made," said Mr. Tomllnson, "but
we will do so If It Is found necessary."
January 1 the commission charges
were Increased at Kansas City, South
St. Joseph, South Omaha and Sioux
City. On sheeep nnd hogs the In
crease amounts to 12 per car and on
cattle from $2 to M per car.
Besides the high commission
charges, there are other evils that
will be remedied. The method of
handling feeders is being objected to
by stockmen. A farmer rannot pur
chase feeders direct from the com
mission men, but must buy them from
scalpers. This makes the farmer pay
unnecessary commissions.
At the convention of the American
National Livestock association held
In the city a short time ago, more
than $12,000 was appropriated for the
purpose of carrying on a fight for
lrgislatlon favorable to the stockmen
and against the railroads and pack
ers. The committee which haB the
((vVhAT JoyThEY BmNM
I To Every Home
with joyous hearts and smiling faces they romp and play when in health
and how conducive to health the games in which they indulge, the outdoor
life they enjoy, the cleanly, regular habits they should be taught to form and
the wholesome diet of which they should partake. How tenderly their health
should be preserved, not by cbnstant medication, but by careful avoidance of
every medicine of an injurious or objectionable nature and if at any time a
remedial agent is required, to assist nature, only those of known excellence
should be used; remedies which are pure and wholesome and truly beneficial
in effect, like the pleasant laxative remedy, Syrup of Figs, manufactured by
the California Fig Syrup Co. Syrup of Figs has come into general favor in
many millions of well informed families, whose estimate of, its quality and
excellence is based upon personal knowledge and use.
" Syrup of Figs has also met with the approval of physicians generally, be
cause they know it is wholesome, simple and gentle in its action. We inform
all reputable physicians as to the medicinal principles of Syrup of Figs, obtained,
by an original method, from certain plants known to them to act most benefici
ally and presented in an agreeable syrup in which the wholesome Californian
blue figs are used to promote the pleasant taste; therefore it is not a secret rem
edy and hence we are free to refer to all well informed physicians, who do not
approve of patent medicines and never favor indiscriminate self-medication.
Please to remember and teach your children also that the genuine Syrup
of Figs always has the full name of the Company California Fig Syrup Co.
plainly printed on the front of every package and that it is for sale in
bottles of one size only. If any dealer offers any other than the regular Fifty
cent size, or having printed thereon the name of any other company, do net
accept it. ir you ian to get me genuine you win not get us Deneuuai cuccti.
Every family should always have a bottle on hand, as it is equally beneficial
r . i i i! j - : A
Tor tne parents ana tne cnnaren, wnenever a laxative remedy is requueu.
New Dress Gds
75c and 65c
Dress Goods
Our line of 7."p and flSe Dress Goods
Is especially st-ong, Including many
shades of gray and also colors, In the
popular weight materials.
$1 Dress Goods
This line includes some of the nicest
fine Chiffon, Panamas and Serges
shown in Pendleton, In the light
weight for spring wear.
Let us show you these new goods.
WE HAVE received our New Dress Goods
for the Spring Lrade, and we are
showing the very latest shades and
weaves in up -to-date, servicable Dress Goods.
Whites, Grays and delicate shades in the fine
woolen fabrics will take best for early Spring
wear, and these we have in all prices from
40c yard up to $ 1 .75 yard.
We will Please You, and Save You Money
on that New Spring Dress
expending of that fund will be In the
national capital not later than Febru
ary 20. The members of the com
mittee are T. W. TomllnBon, Murdo
Mackenzie, Samuel Cowan. A. E. De
Ricqles. M. V. Parsons, K. S. Boyce,
J. M. Boardmun and Peter McGregor.
The main thing to be looked after
at Washington is railroad legislation.
The Hepburn bill, which was Indors
ed at the convention of the stockmen
is starting on Its perilous journey
through the senate, having passed the
house. The senate expects to slaugh
ter the bill, or so mutilate It that it
will be Ineffective.
Pure food laws to protect the pub
lic and stockmen are being sought by
the association. Several measures are
before congress which are considered
satisfactory.
The bureau of animal Industry Is
doing good work, but needs more
money to carry on the work properly.
The stockmen have been asking for
frequent census of livestock. At the
present time no one knows the quan
tity of stock in the county and It Is
difficult to gauge the supply nnd de
mand. Htimnne societies of the country are
opposed to the extension of the 28
hour law to 36 hours, but the stock
men are a unit on the proposition.
They are backed by Secretary James
llson, of the United States depart
ment of agriculture and It Is believed
that a 36-hour law will be adopted.
have concluded that this Is the only
permanent method of securing good
streets. At no time have we consid
ered the Tacoma paving as a criterion
and the Information given In the tele
gram referred to has been known to
us for fully three months."
Developing tho Buffalo-Monitor.
This week Manager N. Berkeley
let a contract to Tom Donovan and
Walter F. Crone to do considerable
development work. They will drive
the lower cross-cut tunnel till the
Buffalo ledge Is encountered. Their
contract also calls for running the
north drift on the Buffalo vein In the
upper level 60 feet further.
The Buffalo-Monitor mine is one
of the most promising mines of east
ern Oregon, and It is a pleasure to see
operations at the property once mora
progressing. The ore of which a con
siderable has already been blocked
out, Is of a uniform high grade, and .
with anything like reasonable trans
portation and smelter charges, it
can be worked at a profit. Granite
Gem.
Dr. Fastenrach, a Zurich professor,
spent much time the past five months
standing up to his neck In the water
of Lake Luzerne, testing the taming;
of fish. He has succeeded In taming
about 200 fish so that they eat out of
his hand and let him lift them out of
the water.
WHY TIIK ltlTU.ITIIIC FAILED.
.The Fair Dept. Store
Itcsiilts at Tacoma Not 11 Fair Crl
torlon to .Tmluc ii Hy.
Supplementary to the "black eye'
given bltulithlc paving by recent ad
vices from Tacoma, printed In the
B(ilse Statesman, the Boise Capital
News contains the following:
"Most any member of the city coun
cil could have saved the morning pa
per the nmount It paid for the special
telegram irom Tacoma, said n mem
ber of the council today.
"We Investigated the bltulithlc
pavement laid nt that city and found
Hint while the specifications called
for bltulithlc paving, such as the War
ren Construction company proposes to
put down In this city, the sub-contrac
tors failed to follow specifications and
gave that city perhaps the worst piece
of work ever performed. The Warren
company condemns the work ns an
outrage for which It Is In no way re
sponsible. The city engineer of Ta
coma Is probably as much to blame as
the contractors.
"The character of paving to be done
In Boise Is to be the same that has
stood the test of heavy traffic In the
large cities of the east, where they
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