Corvallis gazette., October 10, 1902, Image 1

CORVAI
GAZETTE.
WEEKLY,
S;xS:i:LirL'J.rx7iJConsoUdited Feb., 1899.
COKVAIililS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1902.
VOIi. XXXIX. NO. 42.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OP THE
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Comprehensive Review of the Import.
ant Happenings of the Past Week,
Presented in Condensed Form, Most
Likely to Prove Interesting to Our
Many Readers.
British coal miners have voted
f 5,000 for the aid of strikers in this
country.
The mayor of New Orleans has askd
for troops to subdue street car strikers
in that city.
The crown prince of Siam, who is
now touring, the United States, will
visit Portland.
Fire destroyed the plant of the Pitts
burg Plate Glass company, of Chicago
Loss, $200,000.
A new Colombian gunboat, manned
by Americans, has sailed from San
Francisco for Panama.
A New York man had $18,000 worth
of unset diamonds stolen from under
his pillow while he slept.
Pennsylvania coal miners do not
favorably regard the peace plan of the
president and will not return to work
on those terms.
Troops on their way to the coal
fields wete hissed and hooted by the
people of Pittsburg, and several riots
were narrowly averted.
A trainload of Eastern bankers and
capitalists are in Portland to spend a
week. They have money to invest and
want to personally inspect Portland
and surrounding country.
Twenty-five more steamers have been
chartered to carry Welsh coal to Boston
and New York.
One hundred thousand tons of New
castle. Australia, coal has been shipped
to the United States.
Leading German papers have ex
pressed their sympathy as being with
the American coal miners.
England is experiencing much diffi
culty in supplying employment to her
returned South African soldiers.
Senator Hanna has challenged Tom
Johnson to a debate on the tariff ques
tion and the latter has accepted.
The volcano on tho Island of Hawaii
hows increased activity, being in
al moet constant eruption for the past
week. . . ... ,
The 36th encampment of the G. A.
R. is in session at Washington. It is
one of the best attended and most en
thusiastic ever held.
General Sumner, who is in command
of the forces in Mindanao island, has
sent an ultimatum to those Moros still
on the warpath, warning them against
opposition and threatening worse pun
ishment than was given in the recent
campaign.
Zola's funeral was attended by 60,000
people.
The death list in the Japan typhoon
f September 29 numbers 1,600.
A furious snow storm is raging in
Colorado mountains. It is feared that
many prospectors will suffer.
The president has annonuced that he
will not convene congress in extra ses
sion to discuss the coal situation.
A freight and passenger train col
lided near Milton, Pa., killing two of
the train crew and seriously injuring
another.
President Roosevelt's stand in the
coal strike question is generally en
dorsed by the press throughout kthe
United States.
R. M. Snyder, the St. Louis briber,
was found guilty and sentenced to five
years in the state prison. Motions for
appeal and new trial will be filed.
Stockholders of the New Orleans
street car company affected by the
strike have asked for a receiver, alleg
ing gross mismanagement on the part
of the managers.
A tornado in Tennessee, near Mem
phis, did great damage to property and
cost one life.
It is estimated that there will be ful
ly 500 delegates in attendance at the
irrigation congress.
Steamship companies have raised
freight rates on coal from foreign ports
to the United States.
It is certain that President Roose
velt will make another move towards
settling the coal strike as soon as he
can find a way.
A Southern Pacific through train
was wrecked near San Antonio, Texas.
A number of passengers were injured,
but none fatally.
Another attempt is to be made to
combine the plow manufacturers of the
country into one organization. The
new combine will have a capitalization
of $75,000,000.
The Southern Pacific has sold its
large holdings of coal fields in British
Columbia. This is taken to mean that
it is the company's intention to use oil
for fuel in the future.
Prince Chun, brother of the emperor
of China, is married.
The national debt shows a decrease
of $ 10,000,000 for September.
Bulgarian bandits have murdered 150
Greeks during the past two months.
Retail merchants of New Orleans say
that if the street car strike is not set
tled at once they will close their
a to res. Such a move would throw 5,
000 clerks out of employment.
VETERANS ON PARADE.
Bluejackets of Days done by Entertain
Q. A. R. with a March.
Washington, Oct. 9. The veterans
of the G. A. R. and their friends were
entertained yesterday by a parade
given in honor of the naval veterans,
and by a number of reunions held in
the big assembly tents at Camp Roose
velt. The weather was threatening
during the early morning, but the sun
burst through the clouds about noon,
so that with the mild temperature that
prevailed there was no reason for com
plaint on that score. . The attendance
steadily increased during the day, and
last night the city was crowded as it
has been only on rare occasions.'
The naval parade of the forenoon was
not as large as many that have been
seen in Washington, but it was in every
way interesting. The veterans of the
navy appeared to be an embodiment of
much of the nation s recent history,
and every squad of them was an object
of interested observation. They were
generally old men, and many bore evi
dences of wounds received in battle.
In striking contrast to them were the
oung men of all the branches of the
present service, who marched with
them as an escort of honor, as it were.
This escort included representatives of
both the land and naval forces, and
they "elicited much favorable comment
for their fine appearance as men, as
they did for the excellent discipline
displayed by them.
The parade was undei the command
of General Hey wood, commander of the
marine corps, as marshal of the day,
and consisted of all the regular troops
located in and about Washington, ma
rines and jackies from the warships,
the Distikt of Columbia national
guard, the Spanish war veterans. Sons
of Veterans, high school cadets and the
association of ex-prisoners of war, act
ing as escorts for the naval veterans.
COALMINERS STILL FIRM.
Mitchell Claims Over Half of the 17,000
at Work are Mot Miners.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 8. The be
ginning of the zza week oi the strike
shows no material change in the situa
tion. The operators told President
Roosevelt on Friday that 17,000 men
were at work, and that 15 per cent of
the normal .production was being
rained. President Mitchell today de
nied that such a number of men are
mining coal. He said the operators
were including in the 17,000 all the
engineers, firemen, pumprunners, (of
whom theie are about 9.000), fire
bosses, clerks and other employes. He
also denied that 15 per cent of the
normal production is being sent to the
market, and said : "If this statement
were true, the operators owe.it to the
public to sell coal at the normal price,
instead of charging dealers $15 to
$20 a ton."
While the superintendents hereabouts
will not talk of future plans, there is
an impression among citizens generally
that a strong effort will be made this
week by the coal companies to resume
operations. The officials of these com
panies have all along maintained that
men are ready to return to work, but
fear personal violence.
Mr. Mitchell says he has no appre
hension of the strikers breaking away.
He declares the companies are keeping
a constant pressure on the workers to
return, but without success. At Drif
ton, he said, the coal company officials
had made a canvass of the community,
and found only one boy, the son of a
non-union man, who was willing to
return to work. Mr. Mitchell said he
received this report from there today. '
MILITIA ASKED FOR.
Street Car Strike in New Orleans Has
Assumed Serious Nature.
New Orleans, Oct. 9. The railway
companies tried to obey the order of
the mayor to run passenger ears this
morning, but with almost the entire
force of city police concentrated at the
scene of action, the four cars started
got no farther than five squares from
the Canal street barn, and the attempt
was abandoned for the day. The com
pany informed Mayor Capdeville that
the police protection was inadaquate,
and the mayor issued a call for 1,000
volunteer citizen police. The responses
to the call have been few, and it looks
now as if the militia will be called out.
In a disturbance at Tonti 'street.
where a car was held tap, a nonunion
conductor was hit on the head with a
brick and badly hurt, and he and three
others were bodily taken possession of
by the strikers. Two were kept prison
ers at the union headquarters all after
noon, carefully guarded, and not even
members of the union' were allowed to
talk to them. The other 'two are con
cealed tonight at some other point
known only to the strikers. One
policeman was hit on the foot by a
brick and another of tne nonunion men,
who is a prisoner, was roughly handled,
but not badly ; hurt. The cars were
badly damaged, by bricks and stones,
and all the glass was broken.
Cuban Dry dock to be Returned.
Washington, Oct. 9. Secretary
Moody has decided to have the floating
drydock at Havana transposed to the
Pensacola navy yard as soon as it an
be made ready for the voyage. It has
Deen in contemplation to make the
needed repairs to the dock at Havana,
but the presence of this symbol of
United States authority in the princi
pal ' harbor of the island was annoying
to the Cubans, and the removal was
ordered on that account.
NEWS OF OREGON
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE STATE.
Commercial and Financial Happenings of
the Past Week Brief Review of the
Growth and Development of Various
Industries Throughout Our Common
wealth Latest Market Report.
A number of Polk . county growers
have refused 25 cents per pound for
their hops.
During September the Oregon City
land office received $7,835.71. There
were 54 homestead entries filed.
The assessment rolls of Tillamook
county show an increase in taxable
property of nearly two million dollars
over that of last year.
Multnomah county's taxable prop
erty is valued at $18,962,450. An in
crease of $776,788 is shown over 1901.
Most of the increase is in city property.
With one exception Oregon's legis
lators are in favor of a liberal appro
priation for the Lewis and Clark fair.
Many of them have declared in favor
of granting $500,000. -
Tne good roads convention, to be
held in Portland October 14, promises
to be well attended. ' Chambers of
commerce and other organizations
throughout the state are selecting dele
gates to attend.
The sale of the Baisley-Elkhorn mine
in Baker county is regarded as one of
the most important mining transac
tions that has ever been consummated
in that part of the state. Between
$250,000 and $300,000 will be spent
by the new company on development
work.
The opinion seems general at Salem
that the nop growers who hold their
hops will receive the highest price.
Manager Winstanley, of the hopgrow-
ers association, predicts that within
60 to 90 days the price will go to 30
cents, and most likely 40 cents before
next year's crop is picked.
John W. Titcoaab, assistant in charge
of the division of fish culture of the
United Slates fish commission, has
started for Washington, after inspecting
the hatcheries of this state. He ex
pressed himself well pleased with the
results accomplished in this state. The
hatchery at Little White Salmon is the
largest in the world.
The construction work on the new
barracks building at Fort Columbia
is practically completed.
Extensive preparations are being
made for the dedication of Agricultural
hall at the agricultural college Octo
ber 15.
The medical department of Wil
lamette University opened its 37th an
nual session with an enrollment of 35
students.
The prevalence of smallpox, diph
theria, scarlet fever and measles in
Fugene has awakened the authorities
to the need of more vigilant quarantine
regulations, and in the future the
stricteet caution will be observed.
Burglars entered the Woodburn post-
office but were scared away before they
had opened the safe.
Master Fish Warden VanDusen lias
just returned from a trip to the new
hatchery at Ontario, Eastern Oregon.
He reports that the prospects there are
exceptionally good.
A Chinaman, who has leased the
Salmon Creek placer mines, in Eastern
Oregon, has discovered a nugget worth
$15,000. This is by far the largest
nugget ever found in this state.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla. 63c: bluestem
65c; valley, 64c.
Barley Feed, $20.00 per ton: brew
ing, $21.00.
Flour Best grade, 3.00(33.50: grah
am, $2.853.20.
Millstuffs Bran, $18.50 per ton;
middlings, $23.60; shorts, $19.50;
chop, $17. -
Oats No. 1 white, $11.02K; gray,
95cvS$l per cental.
Hay Timothy, $1011; clover,
$7.50; cheat, $8 per ton.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.504;
per pound, lie; hens, $44.75 per
dozen; per pound, 12c; springs, $2.50
3 per dozen; fryers, $33.25; broil
ers, $22.50; ducks, $4.50(35 per doz
en; turkeys, young, 14 15c; geese,
$6(36.50 per dozen.
Cheese Full creim, twins.. 13
13Kc; Young America, 1314;
factory prices, lle less.
Butter Fancy rcreamery, 2527c
per pound; extras, 27 e; dairy, 17
20c; store, 1215.
Eggs 2225c per dozen.
Potatoes Best Burbanks, 6065c
per sack; ordinary, 5055c per cental,
growers' prices; (Merced sweets, $2
2.25 per cental.
Hops New crop, 2021c per pound.
Wool Valley, 1215c; Eastern
Oregon, 814c; mohair, 2628c.
Beef Gross, cows, 33c per
pound; steers, 4c; dressed, 67c.
Veal 7K8Hc.
Mutton Gross, 3c per pound;
dressed, 6c.
Lambs Gross, 3c per pound;
dressed. 6 c.
Hogs Gross, 62i7c per pound;
dressed. 77c.
The Santiago, a Nicaraguan volcano,
threatens an eruption. It towers above
the town of San Fernando de Massaya,
whose 20,000 people are greatly
larmed.
TOWN ALMOSf DESTROYED.
Blaze of Incendiary Origin Causes $50,000
: Loss at Gervais, Oregon.
Gervais, Or., Oct. 8. The business
district of Gervais was reduced to ashes
in a destructive fire Sunday night that
entailed a loss approximating $50,000.
Veiy little of the property that was de
stroyed was insured. The fire; which
was of incendiary origin, started at
10:30 o'clock Sunday evening, and did
not exhaust itself until 6 o'clock next
morning. Three solid blocks of . busi
ness houses were burned. Two small
residences were also burned, and the
principal residence district bad a nar
row escape'. ' '
The fire was discovered when in an
incipient state, but it spread rapidly.
The old fiame structures, thoroughly
dry and seasoned, proved good fuel, and
the blaze was soon beyond control.
Among the first cf the business houses
to go was Dr. P.-JI. Fitzgerald's drug
store, in which was located the tele
phone exchange. " A Jew minutes later
the local telegraph service was destroyed
by the melting of the wires, and when
the seriousness of the conflagration was
disclosed the people found themselves
cut off from all communication with
neighboring towns, and were practical
ly at the mercy of the flames. An at
tempt to communicate with the Salem
fire department and procure aid in
fighting the fire failed.
For protection from fire the city a
few years ago built a water tower at a
cost of $1,500, and equipped it with a
tank of 12,000 gallons capacity. The
tower took fire at the beginning of the
fire, and was of no assistance to the fire
fighters. An antiquated hand pump
and several street, cisterns were all
that remained .with -.. which to. battle
with the flames. The cisterns finally
gave o :t, and a.' large bucket brigade
being organized, vpater was carried from
wells about the town. Heroically did
the volunteers battle against heavy
odds. The . hotel building, several
times ablaze, waa saved , al though a
woodshed that aajoined it not two feet
distant, was destroyed. Had the hotel
burned, the principal residence part of
the city would haye been burned also.
BOXERISM ON THE INCREASE.
A Woman Is a Prominent Leader-
-1,500
Native Christians Slain.
Victoria, B. C, - Oct. 8. Advices
have been-received from China of the
increase of Boxerin,' both in Szechuan
and Chili."?; In ,; Szechuan the Boxers,
some 10,000 strong, attacked Chengtu,
the provincial capital, aqd- there were
some sagiunajhts in. the stieets.
The Boxers ; were held in check by " the
imperial forces, and a report being
proclaimed' that reinforcements were
coming for the garrison, the Boxers
fled from Chengtu and encamped at
Shippantan, where earthworks had
been thrown up.
The Boxers of Szechuan are .led by a
woman, Liao Euan Yin, who is alleged
to be one of the three sisters who were
arrested at Tientsin during the rebel
lion of 1900, it being said that they
were "the-Boxer goddesses." Letters
from Prince Tuan, Yung La and other
Boxer leaders were found in . their
house. This woman, who is described
by Chinese papers as being very hand
some, had attracted 10,000 Boxers to
her standard. The Chung King corre
spondent of the North China News says:
"She . is the most powerful rebel
chief in Szechuan."
It is estimated that 1,500 native
Christians have been killed in this
province. In Chili Boxers are secretly
drilling every morning before daylight,
even in the vicinity of the capital.
ARMY EXPENSES LOWER.
Much Less Than Last Year Recommend
ations ol Paymaster.
Washington, Oct. 8. According to
the annual " report of the paymaster
general, army expenses decreased dur
ing the past year $918,819, as compared
with the preceding year, partly owing
to the decrease in the pay of the army
and partly to a reduction of claims for
extra pay for .volunteers. The totsl
expenses made by Paymaster General
Bates were $52,523,479. The pay
master general is an earnest advocate
of the creation of a re-enlistment sys
tem for government clerks based upon
the deduction of a small sum monthly
from the salary of each clerk.
The paymaster general says good re
sults are observable from Secretary
Root's plan of detailing line officers
for staff duty. The only improvement
he could suggest would be to permit
the detail of first lieutenants instead of
captains as the lowest grade in the pay
corps, giving the lieutenants, ; however,
captain's pay while doing such work.
A financial statement setting out in
great detail the expenditures of the
paymaster general's office makes it ap
pear that the total approximate cost of
the war with Spain on account of pay
and extra pay to volunteers and regulars
and mileage to officers was $73,668,640.
Brigands Hold a Turk for Ransom.
Salonica, Oct. 8. Brigands have
captured a Turkish landowner named
Shefik Fey, at Orisar, near Vedena, 40
miles from Monastir. He isjaeing held
for a ransom of $15,000.
Stranded Warship Floated.
Yokohama, Oct. 8. The Japanese
battleship Shikishima, which went
ashore during the typhoon September
29, has been floated. She sustanied
only slight damage.
Shut Down for Want of Coal.
Newcastle, Fa., Oct. 8. The Shen
andoah steel mill closed down at mid
night, owing to the failure to secure
coal for the boilers. The plant em
ploys about 1,000 men and is one of the
main industries of the city.
IRRIGATION TALKS
MANY INTERESTING SPEECHES AT THE
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
President Slocum, of Colorado College, In
a Strong Address for the Education of
Youth on Benefits of Irrigation Sen
ator Patterson Declares that Present
Law is Due to Roosevelt.
Colorado Springs, Colo., Oct. 8.
One of the strongest addresses of the
day at the National Irrigation congress
yesterday was that of President Slocum,
of Colorado college, who told of the
need of more extensive education of the
young people of the land in applied
sciences, in order that they may make
the most intelligent use of the irriga
tion law. He said he expected the
time to come, if it were not already at
hand, when irriagtion engineering must
be as important a branch of univei sity
education as mining engineering is
today.
Willis Moore, chief of the weather
bureau at Washington, gave a valuable
address on 'the weather bureau irriga
tion. He paid a high tribute to con
gress for the passage of the act, and
told of the important bearing it would
have on the work of his dpeartment.
tie gave an interesting talk on the flood
bulletin service, the history of attempt
ed rainmaking and kindred subjects.
Senator Patterson, of Colorado, eaid
he believed the irrigation act would
never have become a law without the
co-operation and assistance" of Presi
dent Roosevelt, following this with the
declaration that no one but Roosevelt
could even have overcome the opposi
tion to the bill in the president's own
party.
Representative Reeder, of Kansas,
who was the author of the Reeder bill,
which was the irrigation act in line for
passage when it was superseded by the
bill which became a law, spoke of the
history of the bill.
Last night s session of the congress
was held at Colorado college, where a
Btereopticon lecture on ''Ancient forms
of Irrigation" was followed by a recep
tion. This morning will be " given up to
addresses by visiting representatives
and senators, and - the afternoon to a
discussion of the practical phases of the
present' irrigation situation by Chief
Hydrographer Newell, of Washington,
and by several state engineers of . the
West.
At the opening of the congress yes
terday morning the committee on cre
dentials made its report. The commit
tee on organization, consisting of three
delegates from each of tne 16 states in
cluded in what is termed the arid belt,
making a total of 48 members, elected
John Hall, of Kansas, as chairman and
H. R. Moriow, of Rose well, N. M., as
secretary, Fred L. Alles, of California,
was elected assistant secretary and C.
J; Gavin, of New Mexico, reading clerk
of the congress.
OIL FIELD ON FIRE.
One of the Largest Beaumont Companies
Surfers a Loss of $100,000.
Beaumont, Tex., Oct. 9. Another
destructive fire, the second within a
month, swept over a portion of the oil
field last night, causing one probable
fatality and entailing a property loss
roughly estimated at $100,000. The
fire at 2 o'clock this morning is still
burning, but practical oil men declare
the flames will subside before daylight.
Thomas Rowley, a worker in the field,
was caught in the path of the flames
and sustained burns from which he
will die. This is believed to be the
only casualty.
The fire started in a peculiar manner.
Shortly before midnight a workman
lifted the top of his lantern to blow out
the light. The atmospheie was heavily
laden with gas, and in an instant there
was a flash, followed by a sheet of
name. The blaze was communicated to
a small settling tank near by. In an
instant a derrick: adjoining the tank
was enveloped in fire, and with re
markable rapidity the flames spread to
other derricks. The fire department
and hundreds of citizens rushed to the
scene, but their efforts to check" the
flames were unavailing.
TO TAKE CENSUS OF ISLANDS.
General Sanger, with Two Experts and
Twenty Skilled Assistants.
Washington, Oct. 9. Secretary Root
has designated Brigadier General San
ger to conduct the taking of the census
in the Philippines. He also detailed
to assist General Sanger in the work
two experts in the persons of H. W.
Gannett, of the geological survey, and
Victor H. Olmsted, of the department
of labor. In addition to this, Colonel
Edwards, the chief of the bureau of in
sular affairs, has arranged with Director
Merriam, of the national census, to
have 20 of the most expert census
workers detached from his bureau here
and sent to the Philippines to engage
in the work. The revenues of the
island will be drawn upon to pay for
the actual field work in taking the
census, which it is believed, can be
completed in 10 months. The work
of tabulation will be done here in
Washington. -
Knox After the Coal Trust.
New York, Oct. 9. It was learned
today that United States District At
torney Burnett has been instructed by
the attorney general in Washington to
investigate the working of the coal
trust in his district, that of the south
ern half of New York state. General
Burnett declined, however, to state the
nature of the investigation to be made
! by him, or when it would be com-
! manooil CnvliA, than Tin O'nn 1
not talk.
MOB DEMOLISHES CARS.
Militia Called to Suppress Hudson Valley
Railway Strikers.
Glens Falls, N. Y., Oct. 7. A
mob of fully 5,000 sympathizers of the
Hudson Valley railway strikers paraded
the streets,- stopping all cars as they
came through,, storming the cars and
breaking. the windows and cutting the
trolley ropes. So great did the disturb
ance become that Sheriff Gill ordered
oat company T of the national guard,
stationed here, to disperse the mob.
When the rioters began their work, the
majority of the non-union employes of
the company gave, themselves into the
hands of. the police for protection, bat
some deserted to the strikers. Four
cars were stalled on the switch and all
the windows in them were broken. '
The trouble was precipitated by the
calling of a mass meeting by the Feder
ation of Labor. This brought out an
enormous crowd. No effort is being
made-to run the cars, and, it being evi
dent that the )olice were unable to cope
with the situation, the sheriff was ap
pealed to, and he asked the aid of the
military. It -was thought several of
the strikers would go back to work, but
this demonstration made a change.
One of the non-nnion employes left his
car, aa the stones were -coming too
thick for him. The mob seized him,
and he is now in a serious ' condition
under the care of a physician.
WALSH ON IRR1QATION
President of National Congress Tells What
He Thinks It Should Do.
Denver, Oct. 7. Thomas F. Walsh,
president of the National Irrigation
Congress, has arrived in Denver from
the East, and will preside and delivei
the opening address at (he session of
the congress in Colorado Springs.
Asked for his views as to the attitude
of the congress on. the recent govern
ment action, he said :
'The first duty of the men who are
interested in this movement should be
to try to eliminate sectionalism. The
question of the reclamation of arid
lands should be kept a national
one.
first
The congress should nrge that the
reservoir sites be wisely chosen,
ture success and the future
opinion of the East will depend
upon
the beginning, and we should bend all
our efforts to securing an auspicious
start.
"The congress, 1 think, should take
cognizance of the question of rural im
provement, the beautification of rural
homes; at least start such a movement,
and help create a feeling of pride on
the part of those that open up the pub
lic domain."
WILL NOW APPEAL TO MINERS. .
Resumption of Work to be Urged on Con
dition of National Inquiry.
Washington, Oct. 7. A final effort,
with hopes of success, is to be made to
end the coal strike. It has been dis
cussed by the president and some of his
advisors, and while the idea is still in
an uncompleted state, and the : final
result still uncertain, yet it offers a
method which now seems to be the only
solution of the problem. '
The suggestion is made that Presi
dent Mitchell, of the United Minework
ers, may be able to have his men now
on strike return to worK, in order to
avert the impending disaster which a
fuel famine will cause, and that at as
early a date as possible there shall be a
complete investigation by the national
legislature and by the state legislature
of Pennsylvania into the anthracite coal
situation, witn a view of bringing be
fore the public the facts and conditions
of the miners, with a view of legisla
tion or recommendations for relieving
the condition of the miners in the near
future.
While it is not absolutely possible to
guarantee such an investigation, there
is little doubt that recommendations
by the president and the executive of
Pennsylvania would be promptly acted
upon by congress and the Pennsylvania
legislature.
WILL TRY TO START MORE MINES.
Operators In Wyoming District are More
Determined Than Ever.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 7. It is said
that the coal operators of the Wyoming
region will make a more determined
effort than ever this week to start up
additional collieries. They allege they
can get the men if the military author
ities will protect them and their fami
lies. Vice-President Roscavage, of
District No. 1, United Mineworkers,
says the coal companies are now send
ing into the region large numbers ol
Poles, Slavs and Italians. ' Some of
them, he says, are fresh arrivals rom
Europe. Mr. Roscavage produced two
affidavits from foreign 'laborers, who
said they were brought here by an
agent of the labor bureau in New York.
They were told that they were wanted
to aork in a factory, but -when , they
arrived here they were sent to the
mines.
Coal Trains on Sunday.
Norfolk, Va., Oct. 7. The Norfolk
& Western railroad issued orders to
its employes to run coal trains on Sun
day through the state of Virginia and
elsewhere to expedite the -delivery of
coal. The law of the state prohibits
th& running of freight trains on Sun
day, but, as unusnal conditions exist,
is understood the action of the road will
not be construed as a violence of this
law.
Trains Collide on a Curve.
Helena, Oct. 7. A Builington. west
bound train and the Northern Pacific
east bound express met in a head-on
collision between Columbus and Park
City, Mont., on a curve oh the North
ern Pacific track this morning. Two
men were killed and the engines and
mail cars were wrecked.
MORE TROOPS OUT
ENTIRE NATIONAL GUARD OF PENN
SYLVANIA SENT TO -MINES.
Mon Who Desire to Work In the Mines
. will be Protected No Disorder will be
Allowed Order was a Surprise to the
Miners Mitchell fSays Men Cannot be
Forced Back to Work.
Hanisburg, Pa.,' Oct. 8. Governor
Stone late' last ' night ordered out the
entire division of the National Guard of
Pennsylvania to do duty in the' anthra
cite regions. The soldiers will be in
the field today. The order calling out
the guard is as follows:
"In certain portions of the counties of
Luzerne, Schuylkill, Carbon, Lacka-
wana, Susquehanna, Northumberland
and Cumberland tumults and riots
frequently occur. Men who desire to
work have been beaten and driven
away, and their families threatened.
Railroad trains have been threatened
and stoned, and the tracks torn up.
The 'civil' authorities are unable to
maintain order, and have called upon
the governor, and commander in chief
of the National Guard for troops. The
situation grows more serious each day.
The territory involved is so extensive
that the troops now on duty are in
structed to prevent disorder. The ma
jor general commanding will place the
entire division on duty, distributing
them in such localities as will render
them most effective for preserving the
public peace. .
"As tumults, riots, mobs and dis
order usually occur when men attempt
to work in and about the coal mines.
bo will see that all men who desire to
work and their families have ample
protection. He will protect all trains
and other property from unlawful in
terference, and will arrest all persons
engaging in acts of violence and intim
idation, and hold them under guard
until their release would not endanger
the public peace, and will see that the
threats, intimidations, assaults and all
acts of violence cease at once. ' The
public peace and good order will be
preserved upon all occasions through
out the several counties, and no inter
ference whatever be permitted with
officers and men in . the discharge of
duty under this order. The dignity
and authority of "the. state must be
maintained, and her power to suppress
all lawlessness within her borders be
asserted."
Miners are Much Surprised.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., OcU 8. The news
of the calling out of the entire state
guard caused a nlild sensation among
those gathered at strike headquarters,
but apparently the least perturbed were
President Mitchell and the three dis
trict presidents. There was a crowd in
the lobby of the Hart hotel, and as
soon as the miners' chief came down
the stahs with his traveling bag in
hand, he was asked for an opinion on
the action of Governor Stone. He at
firet declined, but a moment later, as
he pushed his way through the throngs
he exclaimed :
"If they call all the troops out in
the United States, it won't make the
men go to work."
IRRIGATION CONGRESS MEETS.
Attendance Very Large and Much Good
is Expected to Result. ,
Colorado Springs, Oct. 7. The Tenth
ational irrigation congress, opened at
2 o'clock yesterday afternoon under cir
cumstances . especially auspicious.
Great significance is lent to what will
be done this year, through the fact that
the irrigation movement has been taken
out of the sphere of merely a propa
ganda and given a national importance
through the action of the last congress
in passing a bill authorizing the pro
ceeds from the sale of state lands to be
Used for irrigation purposes in the
several states. .
President Thomas F. Walsh, of the
congress, when " he arrived in the city,
found everything in readiness for the
thiee days' convention. Delegates
poured in by every train, and this
year's congress is the most largely at
tended ever held. President Roosevelt
sent a message of congratulation and
cordial sympathy to be read before the
convention. The personnel of this
congress is regarded by all those in at
tendance as decidedly higher in charac
ter than that of any previous irrigation
gathering.
The congress opened with an invoca
tion, followed by addresses of welcome
by Governor Orman; D. B. Fairly,
president of the Colorado Springs
chamber of commerce; John Robin
son, mayor of Colorado Springs; and I.
N. Stevens, editor of the Colorado
Springs Gazette. President Walsh re
sponded. Daniel L. Lawler, of St.
Paul, told of Minnesota's interest in ir
rigation and her desire to co-operate
with the West. Representative Sha
froth, of Colorado, in an address, paid
a glowing tribute to those men who
have done so much for the irrigation
movement.
Big Fire at Fargo.
Fargo, N. D., Oct. 8. The build
ing and stock of William M. Wall &
Co., wholesale dealers in notions and
stationery, were destroyed by fire to
day. Loss, $150,000.
Spain Would Restrict Emigration.
Madrid, Oct. 8. The minister of
marine, the JJuke oi Veragua,' is con
sidering measures for the restriction of
emigration.
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