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COKVALLIS, BENTOH- COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1902.
VOIi. XXXIX. NO. 43.
rfcTA. I ConsoUdited Feb., 1899.
GAZETTE.
CORVALUS
EVENTS OF THE DAY
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF 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.
An incendiary fire at Klamathon,
Cat., caused a Iocs of (500,000.
An American Las been placed in com
mand of the Colombian gunboat Bogota.
A lake steamer bound for Buffalo
foundered during a heavy storm. Ten
of the crew are missing.
President Roosevelt is very anxions
about the reply of the miners to the
proposition of the operators.
It is probable that Roosevelt will
recommend a permanent tariff com
mission in his next message to con
gress. London ia much alarmed at what
they fear is a move onthe part of J. P.
Morgan to secure control of the London
docks.
At a meeting of the stockholders of
the Commercial cable company, Clar
ence Mac kay was elected as president
to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of his father.
- Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, is very
much opposed to the plan of the coal
operators and thinks it should be
turned down by the miners.
A Toledo, Ohio, steel plant has
closed down for want of coal.
' A French aerouant and his compan
ion were dashed to death while experi
menting with an airship at Paris.
Belgium miners have gom on strike,
claiming the trouble in the United
States has raised the pi ice of coal and
they ehould get some benefit.
Sir Michael Herbert, the new British
ambassador to the United States, has
been received by President Roosevelt
and has entered upon his duties.
Ex-Queen Liliuokalani has lef Hon
olulu on her way to visit the United
States. It is believed that she intends
to press her claims to the crown
lands. i
' Dr. William Riddick Whitehead, one
of the most distinguished physicians
and surgeons in the West, died of heart
disease at his home in Denver. He
was 70 years of age. j
Seventeen persons are under arrest
at Indianapolis for robbing graves. It
is believed the remains of at least 100
haon ot.nl pn. The Errand
. r i -
jury is inquiring into the matter.
Mrs. Nation has resumed active op
erations in Oklahoma.
King Edward has returned to Eng
land in better health than for years.
A strike of mallhandlers and baggage
men at the anion depot in St. Louis
has caused considerable delay of the
mails.
The walls of a hotel at Jackson,
Mich., collapsed while 13 men were at
work on the roof, but none were even
seriously injured.
The 'strike of French coafminerB is
assuming a seriousness equalled only
by that in this country
Numerous
clashes between troops
and strikers are
reported.
' 'w.Sooratnrv nf KtAta Olnev. in an
address, scored the coal oeprators. He
says that for years they have defied the
laws of Pennsylvania, which forbid
common carriers to engage in mining.
A report will soon be iasued b) the
bureau of forestry showing the amount
of timber destroyed by forest fires in
the Northwest. By this means it is
hoped to secure more protective legis
lation.
The crown prince of Siam has arrived
in New York.
The Q. A. R. will hold its next en
campment at San Francisco.
Foreign coal will be admitted free of
duty while the miners' trouble con
tinues. President Roosevelt has so far recov
ered that he is able to go about on
crutches.
A Homestead, Pa., inventor, while
tamnorarilv insane, murdered his
mother, one brother and two sisters
The coal operators have demanded of
Roosevelt that he begin action against
ti miners' union under the anti-trust
law.
Strikers at Geneva clashed with the
troops and the hospitals are filled with
wounded men from both sides. Many
arrests have been made.
To meet need of officers for the navy
special midshipmen's examination
will be held in November, fcacn en-
tnr and representative has been asked
to name one principal and five alter
nates.
There is enough coal on hand in the
various public institutions of New York
to run for two montns.
French coal miners have voted
trike. It is estimated that
Ar t 162.000 miners in France,
60,000 of whom belong to the union.
The transport Sherman has arrived
at San Francisco from Manila. She
has been sent to quarantine, as there
wr several cases of cholera on board
Jessie Morrison, who has been twice
convicted of murder in Kansas, and
who ia fighting for a new trial, ia oat
on $10,000 bonds.
ALL DEPENDS ON MITCHELL.
Miners do not Favor. Proposition of Coal
Operators Unfair, They Say.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 16. From a
thorough canvass of the situation as it
exists tonight there is every indication
that the new arbitration plan proposed
by the presidents of the coal compan
ies for ending the miners' strike will
not be accepted in its present form.
There is a division of opinion among
the strikers, but there is no doubt that
a majority feel that the offer to have
the president of the United States
select an arbitration commission along
the lines suggested by the operators is
not fair, and that it unduly limits the
board. The miners, it is safe to Bay,
will abide by the advice of their na
tional president, in whose judgment
they have the utmost confidence.
President Mitchell declines to say
how he personally looks upon the prop
osition, but tonight be gave to the press
the following statement:
"I fully appreciate with what anxiety
the people of our country are awaiting
the end of the coal strike. The coal
operators have not addressed the Min
ers' onion, or its officers, in making
their public statement. It ia therefore
impossible for me to state the attitude
of the miners at this- time. I am now,
as I have always been, deeply solicitous
of the interests of the public and the
welfarre of the mineworkers who have
been on strike for the past five months.
A formal statement defining of position
and intentions will be issued just a?
soon as we are in possession of the full
meaning . of the proposition of the
operators."
The rank and file of the miners view
the new proposition in different lights.
Those who are opposed to accepting the
new offer look upon the operators' lat
est move as a counter proposition to
Mr. Mitchell' offer to arbitrate made in
the temporary White House at Wash
ington. They compare the two offers
and Dick out what tbev all agree to be
I many flaws
I A gnat many of
the strikers think
the proposition should be accepted, and
that the miners should trust to Presi
dent Roosevelt to do the best he can
I under the conditions laid down by the
' coal-road presidents.
There is still a third view held by
miners, and that is to refuse to accept
the plan proposed and make a counter
I pioposition, embodying some of the
suggestions contained in the operators'
offer. One proposition suggested is
that the operators, the miners and the
president each select a numbei of men
to act as a board.- ,Thia was msntioned
by President Mitchell, but' he" would
make no comment on it.
HOT BATTLE WITH ROBBERS.
Aged Men Killed Two Assailants, but were
Badly Injured Themselves.
Cleveland, O., Oct. 16. In a farm
house two miles from the village of
I Rochester, in Loraine county, a terrible
! battle was fought tonight between aged
' brothers named Meach and six desper
' ate robbers. As a result of the battle
two of the robbers were shot to death,
one probably fatally wounded, and two
of the Meach brothers were badly
beaten.
There are three of the Meach broth
ers, Loren, aged nearly 80 years ; John,
about 70, and Jarvis, aged 65. The
old men are said to be rich. While
John was in the barn, he was sur
rounded by three robbers and bound.
Going to the house they knocked Jarvis
Meach into insensibility. John Meach,
worked himself loose from the bonds,
howeer, and seizing a shotgun, cau
tiously stole upon the three burglars
who were working at the safe. He shot
two of them to death and fatally
wounded the third man. The three
companions of the men, who were watch
ing the house, realizing their danger,
imniediatelv cot away. The robbers
secured no money.
The wounded robber refused to make
any statement as to identity.
WILSON fJOES TO GREECE.
Spokane Man Transferred from Chile at a
Loss of $3,500 In Salary.
Washington, Oct. 16. Henry L.
Wilson, of Spokane, minister, to Chile,
has secured a European mission, but at
a great sacrifice of salary. He gets
similar post in Greece at $6,500 a year,
while his present position pays $10,
000. This could not have been brought
about had not the minister to
Greece kindlv consented to retire, in
order to make places for several people.
Minister Francis was not particular
about serving longer in Greece, and
was willing to get out of the way in
order to promote John B. Jackson, now
first secretary of the embassy at iieriin.
The pressure of Wilson's friends to get
him a place in Europe, and tbe induce
ment to Jackson to secure the Chilean
mission, which is worth $3,500 more
than that of Greece, brought about the
change. Again, the Chilean mission
has always been considered more im
portant than Greece, and" Wilson's
change, although brought about by
great pressure, is not considered a pro
motion.
Strong Box Stolen.
Victoria, B. C, Oct. 16. Informa.
tion had bean received here that a box
containing bank notes of the. value of
$50,000 gold has been stolen from the
sti-onc room of the China and Manila
steamer Zafiro, on her last voyage from
Hong Kong to Manila. The consign
ment was signed for by one of the
ship's officers, and prior to the vessel's
arrival at Manila the strong room was
opened only once, and that was to ad
mita consignment of opium.
NEWS OF OREGON
ITFMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE STATE.
Commercial and Financial Happenings of
the Past Week Brief Review of tfaf
Growth and Development of Various
Industrie Throughout Oar Common
wealth Latet Market Report.
The atseesor's roll of
Lincoln county
1136,854 over
shows an increase of
that of last year.
The First National bank
of Baker
a United
City has been designated
States depository.
The fruit fair at Hood River last
week was in every respect the most suc
cessful ever held.
A Liberty, Marion county, hop grow
er was offered 24 cents for his hops
last Saturday, which he refused.
The forest rangers in Southern Ore
gon have been called in from fighting
fire, there being no further need . of
them.
The rush for timber claims in Lake
and Klamath counties continues.
Many of the locators are coming from
Eastern statse.
William Darkis, a Southern Oregon
pioneer, was found dead at his nome
near Waldo last week. He came to
this state in the early, 50s.
The Astoria Fir Lumber Company, of
Astoria, has filed articles of incorpora
tion with a capital of $100,000. The
company will install a sawmill plant at
once.
The hop market at Independence is
practically stationary. There seems to
be a decided opinion among the grow
ers that the price will advance in a few
weeks.
A rich strike has ' been reported in
the I. X. L. mine, in the Greenhorn
district. The owners are confident
that they have the making of a good
paying mine.
Mining by electricity will be put to
thorough test by the Baisley-Elkhorn
company, in eastern uregon. -an
machinery will be run by electric
power. If it should prove profitable,
it is probable that quite - a number of
other companies will put in plants, as
fuel is one of the greatest items of. ex
pense in operating mines in that section
of the state.
Prairie City suffered another severe
firw, j whirf Atofe4 ig,OQO worth; of
property. '"
The Loewenberg-Going company
has paid ite convict labor account for
August, amounting to $1,251.50.
Douglas county prune growers are
beginning to ship the 1902 crop. The
yield is 75 per cent cf the average,
while the quality is first class.
H. E. Brooks, a veteran newspaper
man and editor from Amarillo, Texas,
has bought into the RoseDurg Plain
dealer with W. C. Connor. They will
improve the mechanical equipment of
the paper and a Sunday morning edi
tion will be added.
The crop of Italian prunes in Lane
county is much lighter than for many
years. The petite and silver prunes
were not affected much by tbe bad
weather, however, and are showing a
good crop.
Hon. A. R. Burbank, an honored and
respected citizen of Lafayette, died in
that city October 7. Deceased was
born in 1817, and came to the Pacific
Coast in 1849. but returned again to
the East. In 1853 he came to Oregon
and has since resided here.
Two women tramps passed through
Nevada, Mo., a few days ago, riding on
the iron rods under a box car.
David Auchard, who died in Helena,
Montana, has left his immense estate
to the Masonic fraternity to establish
a Masonic home.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 63c;
stem 66Kc; valley, 65o.
Barley Feed, $20.00 per ton;
blue-
brew-
ing, $21.00.
Flour Best grade, 3.00 3.50; grah
am, $2.853.20.
Millstuffs Bran, $18.50 per ton;
middlings, $23.50; shorts, $19.50;
chop, $17.
Oats No. 1 white, $l1.02K;gry.
95c$l per cental.
Hay Timothy, $10(311; clover,
$7.50; cheat, $8 per ten.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50
25 ; per pound, 10c; hens, $44.75 per
dozen; per ponnd, 11c; springs, $2.50
3 per dozen; fryers, $33.3o; broil
ers, $22.50; ducks, $4.505 per doz
en; turkeys, young, 1012c; geese,
$6(36.50 per dozen.
Cheese Full cream, twins. 13
13c; Young America, UH&U;
factory prices. ll4c less,
Uutter Fancy creamery, 25274c
per pound; extras, 27c; dairy, 17
20c; store, 12K15.
Eggs 22K27Mc per dozen.
Potatoes Best Burbanks, 65 70c
per sack; ordinary, 50(55c per cental,
growers' prices; Merced sweets, $1.75
2 per cental.
Hops New crop, ZKgZdc per pound.
Wool Valley, 12K15c; Eastern
Oregon, 814c; mohair, 2628c
Beef Gross, cows, 336c per
pound; steers, 4c; dressed, 67c
Veal 7SHc.
Mutton Gross, 3c
dressed, 6c.
Lambs Gross, SKc
per
pound
per pound
dressed, 6c.
Hogs Gross, 6?i7c per pound
dressed, 77J$c.
SLOW ON WARSHIPS.
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Behind Contract Time in Construction
This Permits Improvements.
Washington, Oct. ill ""Progress
. .i ! A A.S
upon new vessels unuur ajueirucuua
during the past year baa sot been satis
factory," says Rear Adpiial Bowles,
chief of the naval bureau! ,of. construc
tion, in his annual report! fo the secre
tary of the navy. All tbj larger ves
sels, he says, have been delayed by the
nondelivery of structuraf" steel, while
the vessels building at San Francisco
were set back by the 10 months' strike.
and the holdout of the wqrkmen at Se
attle prevented any actual progress on
the structure of the hull of the battle
ship Nebraska building there. The de
lay in the deliveries of airmor for the
battleships Maine, Missouri, and Ohio
and the monitors Arkansas, Florida,
Nevada and Wyoming has. retaided the
completion of these vessels, concurrent
ly with other causes. The. inability of
shipbuilders to obtain a sufficient force
of skilled workers also , has been in
many cases an important factor in the
slow progress.
The battleship Ohio is shewn to have
been 29 months behind her contract on
the first of July. The battleship Mis
souri is over 20 months behind. The
majority of the battleships and cruisers
are over 10 months behind, and some
of the torpedo craft are more than 40
months behind the date of completion
stipulated in their contracts. How
ever, Admiral1 Bowles says that the ex
tensive delays on the torpedo boats are
being terminated by tbe newly modified
conditions foi their delivery.
The contractors' delay in beginning
construction of the Virginia, Pennsyl
vania and St.Louis, the chief con
structor points out, gave his bureau an
opportunity to make a careful revision
of the general plans of those vessels
which, he says, will result in a con
siderable improvement in their military
value and in their habitability. The
plana for the turrets off the Virginia
class were developed in more detail.
An entire rearrangement of the scheme
for the stowage of ammunition was
made and particular attention was
given to an efficient scheme for coaling.
The ships added to the navy during the
past year the battleship Illinois and the
torpedo craft Decatur, ;Perry, Preble,
Biddle, Thornton and Wilkea- '
Substantial and encouraging progress
is reported in the standardization of
ship fittings, a scheme to secure uni
formity in the innumerable types, of
ship's parts, which has long been fos
tered by the - construction", department.
MUTINY ON A SHIP. .
Murderous Plan to Secure $15,000 and
Wreck the Vessel.
New York, Oct. 15. The little
steamer Dos Hermanos was sent out on
cruise among some of the southern
islands by a trading firm a few days be
fore the transport Sherman left Manila,
cays a dispatch from San Francisco.
The steamer reached Virac and an
chored in the harbor there. Officers
and the few passengers on board were at
dinner in the cabin when about " 30 of
the crew, led by the boatswain, rushed
down the gangway armed with knives
hatchets and clubs, and demanded tbe
money that was on the vessel. The
officers were caught unarmed. The two
women passengers fled to their rooms.
The captain and men passengers gave
the mutineers battle.
The Dos Hermanos was anchored
close to the shore and not far away
from the constabulary barracks. The
noise of the fight was heard at the bar
racks and officers put out to the vessel.
They succeeded in boarding after a
desperate struggle with the mutineers,
several of whom were shot and killed
The others, numbering 34, were arrest
ed, charged with mutiny and piracy
It is supposed the plan of the muti
neers was to kill all the officers, run
away with the steamer, take the
$15,000 which was aboard and then
wreck the ship and declare all were
lost except themselves.
LOOKING FOR A PASS.
Great Central Engineers in the Umpqua
Mountains.
Roseburg, Or., Oct. 15. Engineers
George Lyman Moody and A. A. Linds-
ley are making a reconnoissance of the
North Umpqua route over the Cascade
mountains, east of here, for the proposed
Great Central railroad between Salt
Lake and Coos bay. Engineer Jarrett
and a party cf surveyors are now work
ing this way from Myrtle foint. . worK
was begun today laying on and platting
the depot grounds here on the Bushey
tract, adjoining the city limits. An
office building iB to be erected thereon
for the use of the railioad company as
soon as the material already ordered ar
rives. Definite location of the railway
line eastward will begin when Engineers
Moody and Lindsley ret'irn.
The Great Central townsite company,
composed mainly of local capitalists,
has been incorporated here with a capi
tal of $50,000. They are platting a
tract of several hundred acres adjoining
the city limits and the Great Central
depot grounds.
Storm Killed a Man.
Quincv, 111., Oct. 15. A tornado
which struck this city and passed in a
northeasterly direction destroyed a
number of houses and barns and did
great damage to crops. Wires are
down and details are meager. At
Camp Point, one man was killed and
in the outskirts of Quincy another was
fatally injured. The smokestacks of
the electric light power house were
blown down, and the city is now in
darkness.
MEXICO MUST PAY
UNITED - STATES WINS THE FAMOUS
PIOUS FUND CASE. v
Such is the Decision of The Hague Court
of Arbitration Award for $1,420,682
Mexican Money, and the Decision was
Unanimous Action was in Behalf of
Archbishop of San Francisco.
'The Hague, Oct. 16. The aibitra-
tion court in the pious fund case has
condemned Mexico to pay the United
States $1,420,682 in Mexican currency.
The decision of the court was unani-
mous.
The tribunal finds;
First That the claim of the United
States on behalf of the archbishop of
San Francisco is governed bv the prin
cipal of res judica, in virtue of the ar
bitration decision pronounced by Sir
Edward Thornton, November 11, 1875,
and amended by Sir Ed waid Thornton
October 24, 1876.
Second Tnat in conformity with
this decision, the government of the
United States of Mexico should pay the
government of the United States
1,420,682 in money of the legal cur
rency of Mexico within the period fixed
by article 10 of the protocol of Wash
ington. This sum will cover the total
payment of annuities due from and
unpaid by the government of the Mex
ican republic, namelj, the annual pay
ment of $43,050 in Mexican currency
from February 2, 1869, to" February 2,
1902.
Third That the government of the
United States of Mexico shall pay to
the government of the United States
February 2, 1903, and every following
year on the same date, forever,
an an-
nual payment of $43,050 of money
of
the legal currency of Mexico.
The decision of the tribunal was read
by Secretary General Ruiyssenaers, in
the presence of the members of the
special dipomatic corps, their wires,
and representatives of the litigants.
Dr. Matsen, president of the court, who
declared that a revision of the sentence
was possible only in event of new
facts coming to light, thanked the rep
resentatives of the United States and of
Mexico for their assistance in enlight
ening the' arbitrators. He added that,
while no single judge was infallible,
the unanimity of 'the arbitrators who
question at issue was a guarantee that
no .mistake had been made President
Matsen concluded with expressing the
best wishes for the health of Queen
Wilhelmina and : he prosperity of her
people, who had welcomed the mem
bers of the court so cordially
Mr. Ralston, of Washington, one of
the lawyers in the case, and Senor
Paredo, in behalf of Mexcio, thanked
the court for the care it had taken in
the case. Senor Paredo said that he
was sure that as soon as his government
learned of the court's award it would
accept it. He must, however, reserve
for his government the right to avail
itself of the provisions of the protocol.
ALASKA POSTAL CONTRACTS.
Government Arranges for Two Different
Routes Other Changes.
Washington, Oct. 16. The postoffice
department has made two contracts
with the Alaska steamship company for
carrvinz the mails from Seattle to
Skasrwav. bv different routes. Both
contracts cover the year beginning Oc
tober 15. Under the one the company
will send the mails every five days by
the steamers Dolphin and Humboldt
from March 1 and November 30, and
every 12 days from December 1 to Feb
ruary 28. This route sails from Seat
tle, touching Juneau, Ketchikan and
Douglas on the way to Skagway. The
other contract provides for the sending
of the mails four times a month by the
steamers Faralon and Dirigo, byway of
MetalaRahtla, Ketchikan, Wrangel,
Petersburg, Snettusham, Juneau and
Douglas, and at any other points where
the steamer may touch.
MOL1NEUX AGAIN ON TRIAL.
Court Allows Special Venire of 200 New
Jurymen and Adjourns.
New York, Oct. 16. Ihe second trial
of Roland B. Molineux, accused of the
murder of Mrs. Catherine J. Adams
on December 28. 1898. was called to
day after many delays and adjourn
ments in the criminal branch of the
supreme court. Justice John S. Lam'
bert. of Fredona, presided, oionneux
was not in court when his counsel be
can their argument in objection to the
motion made last wees: for a special
inrv panel. The courtroom was
thronged. A formidable array oi oe
. .... .
fense was at the table devoted to the
defense.
General E. L. Molineux, father of
the accused, was present. Justice
Lambert granted the motion for a spec
ial iurv panel of 200 names, and court
adjourned until tomorrow.
To Rebuild Naval Statlonv , ..
Washington, Oct. 16. The navy de
partment today cabled $15,000 to Ma
nila. P. I., to be sent from there to the
Island of Guam for the rehabilitation
of the naval station property which was
damaged by the recent earthquake
The department received a cablegram
tndav announcing the departure of the
collier Justin from Cavite for Guam
and it is the understanding here that
she- carries the funds for the repair
work.
PUBLIC FUNDS SOLICITED.
Wage Earners Asked to Contribute Their
Earnings for One Hour Each Monday.
Washington, Oct. 14. The American
Federation of Labor, through its exec
utive council, , has issued an address to
the public; appealing for financial, and
moral aid for the strikinirantbracite
iers, and denouncing the attitude of
the mine owners, on whom, the appeal
says, must rest the responsibility for
the hardships resulting from the coal
famine. The address in part is as follows:-
To the Public and Organized Labor:
The strixe of the miners is now in its
23d week. That the strike occurred
was entirely the fault of the presidents
of the coal companies. That the strike
has continued to this day is entirely
due to the contempt which the presi
dents of the coal companies have for the
people of our country, and the untold
sufferings which all may endure. No
offer to settle the strike could be fairer
than that of the miners' representative
at the, conference with President Roose
velt. The operators' haughty ar
rogance, brutal, dominating spirit and
blasphemous assumption of divine
wealth, proprietorship, shook the uni
verse, and aroused the indignation of
all lovers of justice aud fair dealing.
"What more could the miners do and
maintain their self respect 'and not for
feit the respect of their fellow men,
than their willingness to submit all
matters in dispute to a commission ap
pointed by President Roosevelt, and
whei. that was refused, to leave the en-
ire controversy to J. P. Morgan, one of
tbe men largely interested with the
operators. There has never been a
time, either before the strike or since
its inauguration, that the miners have
not been entirely, willing to have the
questions involved in the miners'
claims investigated and adjusted by any
disinterested person.
In behalf of the miners, in behalf
of the cause of freedom, for justice and
ight, the undersigned, representing the
organized wage earners of America,
appeal to all people to contribute gen
erously, promptly, and to continue tbe
same until the termination of this con
test. And to that end the following
suggestions are made :
"First That in each city and town,
business, professional and public men
form relief committees to solicit finan
cial and other contributions.
"Second That the hours between 10
and 11 o'clock of each Monday morning
during the continuance of the strike, is
designated as 'Miners' Hour,' and the
Wgeseafriod -dtnriag-tflai Kour-By the"
working people of our country be ap
propriated to the miners.
'Third That the ministers of tbe
gospel of all . denominations make a
special plea to their respective congre
gations each Sabbath morning in behalf
of the miners, their wives and children,
and that they constitute themselves
into relief committees among their re-
pectivo parishioners. "
"Fourth That the daily, weekly
and' labor press . solicit contributions
from their readers; entertainments be
arranged and contributions from unions
and other organized bodies solicited.
"Fellow citizens, fellow wage earn
ers. come to the aid or the miners in
their heroic contest, and administer a
well aierited rebuke for the arrogant,
oppressive and uniustinaDie attitude
toward the miners , of the operators,
who would trample, under foot and
crush the hearts and spirits of the men
whom theyemploy with equally cal
lous indifference as they outrage digm
tv. the manhood and the interests of
everv man. woman and child in 'our
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land.
"Bend all contribtions to W. B. Wil
son, Secretary united Mineworxers oi
America, Stevens Building, Indianapo
lis, Indiana."
TO INCREASE CUBAN ARMY.
Island Congress Is Now Considering a Bill
for This Purpose.
Washington, Oct. 14. The Cuban
congress is considering a diii to in
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crease the Cuban army to three or
four times its present strength, and
the impression prevails in the island
that the bill will be enacted. Should
Secretary Root heed the appeal of Pres
ident Palma, the legislation would be
looked upon as almost necessary, as the
Cubans are looking forward with much
anxiety to the time when their own
troops can form the sole garrison oi
Havana, and when there win be no
other troops to dispute their title.
The natives of the island, according
to mail advices from the Cuban me
tropolis, have a misconception of the
intention of this government in leaving
a handful of troops in their territory.
Those that remain are in no way acting
as a garrison, and do not assert them
selves, or thrust themselves to tbe
front, as they did prior to May 20.
Officiallv. neither American officers
nor men appear at any functions.
Whenever they are invited, it is in s
personal and not an official capacity,
It is said today that an American unl
form is rarely seen on the streets of
Havana, there beine practically no
evidence of the presence of our troops
in that vicinity.
w Wright to Retire.
Washington. Oct. 14. The statement
is made that Carroll D. Wright, com
missioner of labor, will retire from the
office in two years. For 18 years Mr,
Wright has been the chief of the bureau
of labor. He is now engaged in some
important investigations, the complO'
tion of which will occupy the two years
he expects to remain at the head of the
labor bureau. Mr. Wright a few days
ftffo was installed as president of Clark
college,' at Worcester, Mass.
UP TO THE MINERS
OPERATORS AGREE TO ARBITRATION
OF THE LABOR TROUBLE.
Consent of Strikers Means Work at Once
Five Men are to Inquire' Into AH the
: Conditions In the Mining District and
: Their Decision Is to be Final Great
Victory for Roosevelt.
Washington, Oct. 15. The coal mine
operators have agreed to the appoint
ment of a commission, to be appointed
by the president of the United States,
to whom shall be referred all questions
at issue between the companies and
their own employes, whether they be
long to a union or not, and the decision
of the commission shall be accepted by
the operators. The commission is to
consist of an army or navy engineer
officer, an expert mining engineer not
connected with the coal mining prop
erties, one of the judges of the United
States courts of the eastern district of
Pennsylvania, a man of prominence as
a sosiologist, and a man who, by active
participation in mining and selling
coal, is familiar with the physical and
commercial features of the business.
The operators also make it a part of the
proposition that the miners shall re
turn to work as soon as the commission
is constituted, and cease all interfer
ence with nonunion men. The com
mission is to name a date when its find
ings shall be effective, and to govern
conditions of employment between the
companies and their own employes for
at least three years. The statement
was read to the president as an act of
courtesy before being given to the
press.
The conditions which the operators
attach to tbe proposition for arbitration
are not such as can be refused, although
they couch their statement in language
which has characterized all their state
ments. In spite of the insolent man
ner in which they received the first
overtures of the president they have
been compelled to allow him to name a
commission ot arbitration. liven in
suggesting the character of the men
who will compose the commission, they
are following suggestions coming- from
the president, as the character of the
men described are the kind he would
choose. As first believed by the presi
dent when he took . the initiative, the
men refusing overtures of peace have
been compelled by an overwhelming
public sentiment to reconsider. His
judgment has heen, jfls fiedi.4nd the
result win cause great rejoicing among
liFfose- threatened . by ' a; coal-famine.
The following ia, in part, the state
ment of the operators:
To the public: The managers of
the different coal properties compris
ing the anthracite coal fields wish their
position in the present strike to be un
derstood, and therefore make the fol
lowing statement of facts :
"There are in the anthracite regions
about 75 operating companies and firms
and 147,000 mineis and workmen, of
which 30,000 are under age, compris
ing some 20 nationalities and dialects.
Of these workmen, possibly one-half
belong to the United Mineworkers'
union, of which John Mitchell ia presi
dent. That organization was origin
ally formed in the bituminous coal re
gion, and three-fourths of its members
are miners of bituminous coal, and
bituminous coal is sold in active com
petition with anthracite coal. The re
maining workmen in the anthracite -field
either belong to no union what-'
ever or do not belong to the Minework
ers' union.
"The coal companies believe that the
I wages paid in tbe coal regions are fair
and full, and all that the business in
its normal condition has been able to
stand if the capital invested is to have
any reasonable return. The profits
have been small, several of the com
panies have become bankrupt and hare
been reorganized several times. Seve
ral have never paid dividends, and the
dividends of the others have been a
small return for the capital invested.
It is not. however, the purpose of
this statement to discuss this question.
"We are not nor never have been un
willing to submit all questions between
them and their workmen to any fair
tribunal for decision. We are not will
ing to enter into arbitration with the
union of miners, a union composed of
men in a rival and competitive interest,
and they are not willing to make any
arrangements which will not secure to
the men now working, and all now or
hereafter wishing to work, whether
they belong to the Mineworkers' union
or not, the right and opportunity to
work in safety and without personal
insult or bodily harm to themselves or
to theii families."
The proposition of the coal operators
was a result of a visit of Secretary Root
to New York, and his conference with
Mr. Morgan. Mr. Morgan at that
time expressed a keen interest in the
situation and a desire to bring about
an adjustment, if possible. Following
this talk with Secretary Root, there
was a conference in New York, at
which the proposition of the coal oper
ators was agreed to, and Mr. Morgan
was delegated to bring it to the presi
dent, in the belief that such would be
tbe courteous course, and the best way
of promulgating the offer of settlement.
Hot Battle In Venezuela.
Willemstad, Oct. 15. An import
ant engagement began this morning
near La Victoria between the forces
commanded by President Caetro, of
Venezuela, numbering 4,100 men, with
15 guns, and the revolutionary forces
commanded by Generals Matos, Men
doza, Peraloza and Rivera with about
6,000 men and 22 guns. At Valencia,
two hours' march from La Victoria, the
sound of fierce cannonading can be
heard.
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