The Leader., October 17, 1902, Image 6

Cottage Grove Leader.
SLOW ON WARSHIPS.
p u b l ic
NEWS OF OREGON
fu n d s s o l ic it e d .
W age Earners Asked to Contrihute Their
Earnings for One Hour Each Monday.
Behind Contract Time In C on stru ctlon -
This Permits Improvements.
PEACE IN SIGHT
Washington, Oct. 14.— The American Coal Barons Agree to
Federation ol Labor, through its exec­
Miners’ Grievances.
utive council, has issued an address to
the public, appealing lor financial and
G REAT VICTORY FOR THE
moral aid for the striking anthracite
PRESIDENT
miners, and denouncing the attitude of
the mine owners, on whom, the appeal If M ineworkers Agree, Five Men a
Inquire Into Existing Conditio,,* "
says, must rest the responsibility lor
Their Decision to be Final,
the hardships resulting from the coal
famine. The address In part is as fol­
Washington. O ct. 1 5 ,-T b . « * ,
lows;
“ To the Public and Organized Labor: operators have agreed to the »ppoi
__The striae of the miners is now in its ment of a commission, to be tppoil)
23d week. That the strike occurred by the president of the United bt»w !
was entirely the fault of the presidents to whom shall be referred all q u J Z ’
of the coal companies. That the strike at issue between the comp»,,*,
their own employes, whether the* kJ
has continued to this day is entirely long to a union or not, and the d Z £ i
due to the contempt which the presi­ of the commission shall be accented!»
dents of the coal companies have for the the operators.
The commission ¡T ¡”
people of our country, and the untold consist of an army or navy *n„lnJ
officer, an expert mining engine«,„
sufferings which all may endure.
No
connected with the coal mining J 01
offer to settle the strike could be fairer erties, one ol the judges of the UnZl
than that of the miners' representative States courts of the eastern district i
at the conference with President Roose­ Pennsylvania, a man of prominence!,
velt.
The operators’ haughty
a r­ a sociologist, and a man who, bv actm
rogance, brutal, dominating spirit and participation in mining ami ee|]i'||
blasphemous assumption of divine coal, is lamiliar with the physical aid
wealth, proprietorship, shook the uni­ commercial features of the basin«
verse, and aroused the indignation of The operators also make it a part oh!
all lovers of justice and fair dealing.
proposition that the miners shall !
“ What more could the miners do and turn to work as soon as the commiwb
maintain their self respect jand not for­ is constituted, and cease all interfer I
feit the respect of their fellow men, ence with nonunion men. The „ ' 1
than their willingness to submit all mission is to name a date when its s „ a |
matters in dispute to a commission ap­ ingB shall t>e effective, arid to gu, '
pointed by President Roosevelt, and conditions of employment between the
when that was refused, to leave the en­ companies and their own employes for
tire controversy to J. P. Morgan, one of at least three years.
The Staten*
the men largely interest»! with the was read to the president as an act ^
operators.
There has never been a courtesy before being given to tU
time, either before the strike or since press.
its inauguration, that the miners have
The conditions which the operates
not been entirely willing to hare the attach to the proposition for arbitration
questions involved in the miners’ are not such as can be refus»l, altt.oun
claims investigat»! and adjusted by any they couch their statement in lsngnm
disinterested person.
which has characterized all their state
" I n behalf o l the miners, in behalf oients. In spite of the insolent nisi,
ol the cause of freedom, for justice and ner in which they received the fir*
right, the undersign»l, representing the overtures of the president they hare
organized wage earners of America, been compelled to allow him to names
appeal to all people to contribute gen­ commission of arbitration. Even ia
erously, promptly, and to continue the suggesting the character of the m«
same until the termination of this con­ who will compose the commission, the?
test. And to that end the following are following suggestions coming from
suggestions are made:
the president, as the character ol the
“ First— That in each city and town, men described are the kind he would
business, professional and public men choose. As first believed by the prea.
form relief committees to solicit finan­ dent when he took the initiative tie
cial and other contributions.
men refusing overtures of peace have
“ Second— That the hours between 10 been compelled by an overwhelmin|
and 11 o ’clock of each Monday morning public sentiment to reconsider. Hj
during the continuance of the strike, is judgment has been justified, and Ur
designated as 'M iners’ H our,’ and the result will cause great rejoicing tu q
wages earned daring that hour by the those threatened by a coal Is '
property.
A report will soon be issued b j the
MUTINY ON A SHIP.
working people of our country be ap­ The following is, in part, the
bureau of forestry showing the amount
The
Loewenberg-Going
company propriated to the miners.
of timber destroyed by forest fires in Murderous Plan to Secure $15,000 and
ment of the operators:
has paid its convict labor account for
“ Third— That the ministers of the
the Northwest. By this means it is
“ To the public: The manafmd
W reck the Vessel.
August,
amounting
to
$1,251.50.
gospel
of
all
denominations
make
a
hoped to secure more protective legis­
the different coal properties corny*
New
York,
Oct.
15.
—
The
little
special
plea
to
their
respective
congre­
lation.
ing the anthracite coal fields wishthair
Douglas countv prune growers are
steamer Dos Hermanos was sent out on beginning to ship the 1902 crop.
The gations each Sabbath morning in behalf position in the present strike to bt
The crown prinoe of Siam has arrived
a cruise among some of the southern yield is 75 per cent cf the average, of the miners, their wives and children, derstood, and therefore make th«fol­
in New York.
and .that they constitute themselves lowing statement of facts:
islands by a trading firm a few days be­ while the quality is first class.
into relief committees among their re­
The G. A. R. will hold its next en­
“ There are in the anthracite region*
fore
the
transport
Sherman
left
Manila,
campment at San Francisco.
H. E. Brooks, a veteran newspaper spective parishioners.
about 75 operating companies and Smi
»ays a dispatch from Ban Francisco. man and editor from Amarillo, Texas,
“ Fourth— That the daily, weekly and 147,000 mineis ami workmen,d
Foreign coal will be admitted free of
The steamer reached Virac and an­ has bought into the Roseourg Plain- and labor press solicit contributions which 30,000 are under age, compra-
duty while the miners' trouble con­
chored in the harbor there.
Officers dealer with W. C. Connor. They will from their readers; entertainments be ing some 20 nationalities and diileck
tinues.
and the few passengers on board were at improve the mechanical equipment of arranged and contributions from unions
Of these workmen, possibly one-hilf
President Roosevelt has so far recov­ dinner in the cabin when about 30 of the paper and a Sunday morning edi­ and other organized bodies solicit»!.
belong to the U n it»l Mineworten’
ered that he is able to go about on the crew, led by the boatswain, rushed tion will be added.
“ Fellow citizens, fellow wage earn­ union, of which John Mitchell is pres
crutches.
ers, come to the aid of the miners in dent.
down the gangway armed with knives
That organization was origin­
Two women tramps passed through their heroic contest, and administer a ally formed in the bituminous coal le­
A Homestead, Pa., inventor, while hatchets and clubs, and demanded the
The Nevada, Mo., a few days ago, riding on well m erit»! rebuke for the arrogant, gion, and three-fourths of its tnembtn
temporarily insane,
murdered his money that was on the vessel.
oppressive and unjustifiable attitude are miners of bituminous coal, ml
officers were caught unarmed. The two the iron rods under a box car.
mother, one brother and two sisters.
toward the miners of the operators, bituminous coal is sold in active com­
women passengers fled to their rooms.
David Auchard, who died in Helena,
The coal operators have demanded of
The captain and men passengers gave Montana, has left his immense estate who would trample under foot and petition w ith anthracite coal. The re­
Roosevelt that he begin action against
crush the hearts and spirits of the men maining workmen in the anthracite
the mutineers battle.
to the Masonic fraternity to establish
the miners' union under the anti-trust
whom they employ with equally cal­ field either belong to no U D io n what­
The Dos Hermanos was anchored a Masonic home.
law.
lous indifference as they outrage digni­ ever or do not belong to the M¡newest-
close to the shore and not far away
ty, the manhood and the interests of era' union.
Strikers at Geneva clashed with the from the constabulary barracks.
The
PORTLAND M A RK ETS.
every man, woman and child in our
troops and the hcspitals are filled with noise of the fight was heard at the bar­
“ The coal companies believe that tie
wounded men from both sides.
Many racks and officers put out to the vessel.
Wheat— Walla Walla, 6 3 % c; blue- land.
wages paid in the coal regions are fair
"nend all contribtlons to W. B. W il­ and full, and all that the business is
arrests have been made.
They succeeded in boarding after a stem 6 6 % c; valley, 65%s.
Barley— Feed, $20.00 per ton ; brew­ son, Secretary United Mineworkers of its normal condition has been able»
To meet need of officers for the navy desperate struggle with the mutineers,
America, Stevens Building, Indiana no- stand if the capital invested is to has
a special midshipmen's examination several of whom were shot and killed. ing, $21.00.
lie, Indiana.’ ’
any reasonable return.
The profiti
will be held in November.
Each sen­ The others, numbering 34, were arrest­
Flour— Best grede, 3 .0 0 0 3 .5 0 ; grah­
have been small, several of the cons
ator and representative has been asked ed, charged with mutiny and piracy. am. $2.8503.20.
TO INCREASE CUBAN ARMY.
It
is
supposed
the
plan
of
the
muti­
panies have become bankrupt and has
tq name one principal and five alter­
Millstufls— Bran, $18.60 per ton;
neers was to kill all the officers, run
been reorganized several times. Ses-
nates.
middlings, $23.50; shorts, $19.50;
away with the steamer, take the
Island Congress Is Now Considering a Bill ral have never paid dividends, and tl»
Governor Bliss, of Michigan was $15,000 which was aboard and then l chop, $17.
for
This Purpose.
dividends of the others have beeni
Oats— No. 1 white, $ 1 0 1 .0 2 % ; gray,
thrown from a horse and severely in­ wreck the shin and declare all were
Washington, Oct. 14.— The Cuban small return for the capital invested.
; 9 5 c# $ l per cental.
jured.
lost except themselves.
Hay — Tim othy, $ 1 0 0 1 1 ; clover, congress is considering a bill to in- It is not, however, the purpose d
this statement to discuss this cjueetioo.
There is enough coal on hand in the
$7.60; cheat, $8 per ton.
| crease the Cuban army to three or
LOOKINQ
FOR
A
PASS.
various public institutions of New York
" W e are not nor never have teen a*
Poultry— Chickens, mixed, $3,500 four times its present strength, and
willing to submit all questions betwss
to run for two months.
Oreat Central Engineers In the Umpqua 4.25; per pound, 10c; hens, $404.75 per i the impression prevails in the island them and their workmen to any to
Jessie Morrison, who has been twice
dozen; per pound, 11c; springs, $2.50
Mountains.
Should tribunal for decision. W e are notwill-
convicted of murder in Kansas, and
, 0 3 per dozen; fryers, $ 3 0 3 .2 5 ; broil­ that the bill will be enacted.
ing to enter into arbitration with th
Roseburg,
Or.,
Oct.
15.—
Engineers
who is fighting for a new trial, is out
ers, $ 2 0 2.50; docks, $4.5005 per doz­ | Secretary Root heed the appeal of Pres-
George Lyman Moody and A. A. Linds- en; turkeys, young, 1 0 0 12 c; geese, ' ident Palma, the legislation would be union of miners, a union composed *
on $10,000 bonds.
men in a rival and competitive interest,
$606.50 per dozen.
look ») upon as almost n»-eesary, as the and they are not willing to makestf
French coal miners have voted a lev are making a reconnoissance of the
Cheese—
Full
cream,
twins,
130
Cubans
are
looking
forward
with
much
general strike. It is estimated that North Umpqua route over the Cascade
arrangements which will not seem«®
there are 1B2.000 miners in France, mountains, eas* of here, for the proposed 1 3 % c; Y’ oung America, 1 3 )9 0 1 4 % ; i anxiety to the time when their own the men now working, and all no»*
factory
prices,
101
%
c
less.
j troops can form the sole garrison of
60,000 of whom belong to the union.
Great Central railroad between Balt
Butter— Fancy creamery, 2 5 0 2 7 % c Havana, and when there will be no hereafter wishing to work, whelk*
The transport Sherman has arrived
they belong to the Mineworkers' ns»*
Lake and Coos bay. Engineer Jarrett per pound; extras, 2 7 % c; dairy, 17% other troops to dispute their title.
at San Francisco from Manila. She and a party cf surveyors are now work- 0 2 0 c ; store, 1 2 % 0 1 5 .
or not, the right and opportunity®
The natives of the island, according work in safety and without person*
has been sent to quarantine, as there
Fggs— 22% 0 2 7 % c per dozen.
! ing this way from Myrtle Point. Work
to mail advices from the Cuban me­
were several cases’ if cholera on board.
Potatoes— Best Burbanks, 6 5070c tropolis, have a misconception ol the insult or bodily harm to themselves*
was t>egun today laying off am) platting
to theij fam ilies.”
. J
The Northern Pacific has a corps of the depot grounds here on the Bushey per sack; ordinary, 5 0055c per cental,
intention of this government in leaving
engineers at work on its Coeur d'Alene tract, adjoining the city limits.
The proposition of the coal 0Pen” !
An growers’ price*; Merced sweets, $1,760 j a handful of troops in their territory.
was
a
result
of
a
visit
of
Secretary
W
*
branch.
The company contemplates office building is to be erected thereon 2 per cental.
Those that remain are in no way acting
making this the main line into Spo­ for the use of the railtoad company as
Hope— New crop, 21023c per ponnd. as a garrison, and do not assert them­ to New York, and his conference »
kane, as much time could be saved.
Mr. Morgan at 1
W ool— Valley, 1 2 % 0 1 5 c; Eastern selves, or thrust themselves to the Mr. Morgan.
soon as the material already ordered ar­
time expressed a keen interest ini
Edward S. Bragg, ccnsul general at rives. Definite location of the railway Oregon, 8 0 1 4 % c ; mohair, 2 6 0 28c.
!
89 ***ey d'd prior to Mav 20. sitnation and a desire to bring*«*
Beef— Grose, cows,
3 0 3 % c per
Havana, and W illiam A. Rubles, consul , line eastward will begin when Engineers
j Officially, neither American officers an adjustment, if possible. Folio«*
pound; steers, 4c; dressed, 6 0 7 c.
general at Hong Kong, have been ex­ Moody and Lindsley return.
nor men appear at any functions. this talk with Secretary Root,
Veal— 7 % # 8 % c .
changed on account of lack of judgment
The Great Central townsite company,
Mutton — Gross, 3c per pound; | Whenever they are invited, it is in a was a conference in New Tori
used by General Bragg in a letter.
com posed mainly of local capitalists,
personal and not an official capacity, which the proposition of the coal *F
A trainload of Eastern banxers and has been incorporated here with a capi­ dressed, 6c.
t is said today that an American uni-
a tors w as agreed to, and Mr.
Lambs
—
Gross,
3
%
c
per
pound;
tal
of
$50,000.
They
are
platting
a
capitalists are in Portland to spend a
iorm is rarely seen on the streets of was delegated to bring it to the P
dressed,
6
%
e.
tract
of
several
hundred
acres
adjoining
week. They have money to invest and
Havana, there being practically no
dent, in the belief that such »o®1
Hog*— Grose, 6 % 0 7 c per pound;
want to personallv inspect Portland the city lim its and the Great Central
• ° / th* p,e9enc* of our troops the courteous course, and the hes*
dressed, 7 0 7 %c.
I depot grounds.
and surrounding country.
I in G?
that . vicinity.
of promulgating the offer of settlem*
L . F . W O O L K Y . P u blish er.
Washington, Oct.
15.— “ Progress Items of Interest Gathered from
upon new vessels under construction
COTTAGE GROVE . OREGON.
All Parts of the State.
during the past year has not been satis­
factory,'* says Rear Admiial Bowles,
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL DOINGS
chief of the naval bureau of construc­
_______
tion, in his annual report to the secre­
General Review o f Important Happenings tary of the navy. A ll the larger ves­ A Brief Review of Improvements, Growth
and Development Along All Lines
of the Past Week In Brief and
sels, he ears, have been delayed by the
Throughout Our State.
Comprehensive Form.
j nondelivery of structural steel, while
the vessels building at Ban Francisco
The asssesor’ s roll of Lincoln county
A Toledo, Ohio, steel plant has were set back by the 10 months’ strike,
j shows an increase of $136,854 over
closed down for want of coal.
and the holdout of the workmen at Se­
that of last year.
A French aerouant and his compan­ attle prevented any actual progress on
The First National bank of Baker
ion were dashed to death while experi­ the structure of the hull of the battle­
City has been designated a United
menting with an airship at Paris.
ship Nebraska building there. The de­ States depository.
Belgium miners have gon ' on strike, lay in the deliveries of armor for the
The fruit fair at Hood River last
claiming the trouble in the United battleships Maine, Missouri, and Ohio
week was in every respect the most suc­
States has raised the pi ice of coal and
and the monitors Arkansas, Florida, cessful ever btId.
they should get some benefit.
Nevada and Wyoming has retaided the
A Liberty, Marion county, hop grow­
Sir Michael Herbert, the new British
ambassador to the United States, has completion of these vessels, concurrent­ er was offered 24 cents for his hops
been received by President Roosevelt ly with other causes. The inability of last Saturday, which he refused.
shipbuilders to obtain a sufficient force
and has entered upon hie duties.
The forest rangers in Southern Ore­
of skilled workers also has been in gon have been called in from fighting
Ex-Queen Liliuokalani has leftJHon- many cases an important factor in the
fire, there being no further need of
olulu on her way to visit the United slow progress.
them.
States. It is believed that she intends
The battleship Ohio is shewn to have
to press her claims to the crown been 29 months behind her contract on
The rush for timber claims in Lake
counties
continues.
lands.
the first of July. The battleship Mis­ and Klamath
The Many ol the locators are coming from
Dr. William Riddick Whitehead, one souri is over 20 months behind.
of the most distinguished physicians majority of the battleships and cruisers Eastern statse.
and surgeons in the West, died of heart are over 10 months behind, and some
W illiam Darkis, a Southern Oregon
disease at his home in Denver.
He of the torpedo craft are more than 40 pioneer, was found dead at his home
months
behind
the
date
of
completion
was 70 years of age.
near Waldo last week.
He came to
stipulated in their contracts.
How­
Seventeen persons are under arrest ever, Admiral Bowles says that the e x ­ this state in the early 50s.
at Indianapolis for robbing graves. It tensive delays on the torpedo boats are
The Astoria Fir Lumber Company, of
is believed the remains ol at least 100 being terminated by the newly modified Astoria, has filed articles of incorpora­
people have been stolen.
The grand conditions foi their delivery.
tion with a capital of $100,000.
The
jury iB inquiring into the matter.
The contractors’ delay in beginning company w ill install a sawmill plant at
Mrs. Nation has resumed active op­ construction of the Virginia, Pennsyl­ once.
vania and Bt. Louis, the chief con­
erations in Oklahoma.
The hop market at Independence is
structor points out, gave his bureau an practically stationary. There seems to
King Edward has returned to Eng­
opportunity to make a careful revision be a decided opinion among the grow­
land in better health than for years.
of the general plans of those vessels ers that the price will advance in a few
A strike of mailhandlers and baggage­ which, he says, will result in a con­ weeks.
*
men at the union depot in St. Louis siderable improvement in their military
A rich'strike has been reported in
The
has caused considerable delay of the value and in their habitability.
plans for the turrets of the Virginia the I. X . L. mine, in the Greenhorn
mails.
district.
The owners are confident
The walls of a hotel at Jackson, class were developed in more detail. that they have the making of a good
M ich., collapsed while 13 men were at An entire rearrangement of the scheme paying mine.
work on the roof, but none were even for the stowage of ammunition was
made ami particular attention was
Mining by electricity will 1)« put to
seriously injured.
. |
given to an efficient scheme for coaling. a thorough test by the Baisley-Elkhorn
The strike of French coalminers is The ships added to the navy during the company, in Eastern Oregon.
All
assuming a seriousness equalled only past year the battleship Illinois and the machinery will be ran by electric
by that in this country. Numerous iorpedo craft Decatur, Perry, Preble, power. If it should prove profitable,
clashes between troops and strikers are Biddle, Thornton and Wilkes.
it is probable that quite a number of
reported.
Substantial and encouraging progress other companies will put in plants, as
is
reported
in
the
standardization
of
fuel is one of the greatest items of ex­
Ex-Secretary of State Olney, in an
address, scored the coal oeprators. He ship fittings, a scheme to secure uni­ pense in operating mines in that section
formity
in
the
innumerable
types
of
of the state.
says that for years they have defied the
laws of Pennsylvania, which forbid ship’ s parts, which has long been fos­
Prairie City suffered another severe
tered
by
the
construction
department.
common carriers to engage in mining.
fire, which destroyed $8,000 worth of
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