Eugene Weekly Guard.
CAarilll UROS.. I'roprlaSors.
ANOTHER PELEE DISASTER.
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Little Doubt that Thousands Were Killed
by u Volcano in Guatemala.
NEWS OF OREGON
THANKSGIVINO PROCLAMATION.
Governor McBride, ot Mashington. Asks
People to Observe Nov. 27.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
Olympia, Wash., Nov. 14.—State of
Ran Francisco, Nov. 15. — That
OREGON.
Washington, Executive Department,
EUGENE
thousands of lives have lieen lost as a
OF THE STATE.
result of the outbreak of the Guate
Olympia, Proclamation by the Gover
malan volcano Santa Maria is the be
lief ot coffee merchants of this city, Commercial and Financial Happenings of nor:
"Whereas, the president of the
the Past Week Brief Review of th*
I based on tbe definite news of a terrific
United States, following a time hon-
Comprehcnslvc Review of the Import explosion, brought last evening by the
Orow th and Development of Various
ore«l custom, has designate«! Thursday,
ant Happening» of the Pant Week. steamer Newport. The steamer got the
Industries Throughout Our Common
news
of
the
disaster
at
various
points
Preaanted In Condensed Form, Moat
the 27th day of November, 1902, as a
along the coast, and while exact infor
wealth Latest Market Report.
Likely ta Prove Interesting.
day of festival and national thanks
mation is la« king, all indication« are
giving for the manifold blessings of the
that the catastrophe is of tha most ter
The burglars who blew open the safe past yt»ar, now, therefore, I, Henry
In his report on the army in the rible nature.
Philippines, General Chaffee upholds
While the Newport was at Charnper- at Helix a few days ago have been cap McBride, governor cf the state of
General Bell.
ico, a letteQ was received from the tured and a portion of the stolen money
Washington, in accordance w ith custom
A large furniture fawtory at Beau- factor of that district, a German name«! and goods recovered.
and by virtue of the power vested in
Kauffman,
announcing
that
the
vol
biirned,
entailing
harbois, Quebec, was
Twenty thousand of the 75,000 book-
canic peak of Santa Maria, 40 miles
a loss of (100,000.
(i|tH advertising Ijrne county have been me by law, do heteby appoint Thurs
inland from that port, was in eruption,
day, the 27th day of November, 1902,
The American Federation of Labor, and that all the coff'*e district« on the printed and are Jin the hands of the
now in eesiion, is conside/Apg a plan to eastern slope of the range, in the im advertising department of the Harriman as a day of thanksgiving and prayer
company for distribution in the Eastern throughout the state of Washington,
pension mon of 60 and over.
mediate neighborhood of the mountain,
i states.
and do earnestly recommend that the
had
been
utterly
destroyed,
and
that
A Swedish sailor on the transport
George Smith, colored, who murdered people, in grateful re«»gnition oi the
Sumner jumped overboard to eave the thousands of lives had, in all proba
bility, been lost. The letter continued: his white wife in Portend, has been many blessings we are now enjoying,
ship’s flag and was drowned.
“The towns of Palmar, San Felipe,
the Colombia and Coatepec are all ruined. sentenced to hang on December HI. cease from their usual avocations and
British
Columbia
accuses
Fifteen days’ time has been granted to I
United States of stealing thousands of Ashes are seven feet ileep in the tineas
prepare a bill of exceptions to lie used dedicate this day to deeds of charity
square miles of territory near Portland ami towns. Mud, stones and lava have
and brotherly love,and in their churches
in an apjieal to the supreme court.
canal.
fallen all over the country.
Houses
and their homes render praise and
George L. Dillman, state engineer
The official returns from th«» recent have lau'ii crushed by the weight of the
thanksgiving to the Giver of ail good.
for
the
examination
of
land
applied
for
election in Pennsylvania show that volcanic matter that has fallen u[>on
"In witness whereof I have hereunto
under
the
Carey
arid
laud
act,
expresses
the Republicans elect««! their governor them. Ratalhuleu, Mazatenango and
Quezaltenango have not suffered so the opinion that private (qierations set my hand and caused the seal of the
by a plurality of 156,410.
much, but this calamity is only begin will not prevent government work, as state to be affixed, this 12th day of
A gang of robbers operating in Ely
ning.
We have mud an«l ashes in the amount reclaimed is small com November, A. D. 1902.
ria, N. Y., were interrupted an<l in
Retalhuleu. There ie great loss of life. pared with the total area of arid land
the fight that A>1 lowed one officer was
"HENRY McBRIDE.”
Cattle and horses are dead by the in the state.
fatally wounded and one robber killed.
thousands, famine and jieet are ap
Superintendent of Public Instruction
REFORM PHILIPPINE FINANCES.
Four of the men injured in the furn proaching. God h«Iyl us.”
Ackerman has decided that as soon as
ace explosion at Lebanon, Pa., have
Late in the afternoon of October 25
died, making the death list eight. the people of Santa Maria telegraphod a parent or guaniian moves into a Vice Governor Wright Discusses Situation
and Makes Suggestion«.
Many of the injured are not yet
of to the president of Guatemala, saying school district with the intention of
ma hb.g it iiis 'liona fide residence, a
danger.
that they were groping in total darkness
San Francisco, Nov. 14.—Luke E.
child of sudi parent or guardian is en
Members of the German reichetag that ha«l rushed upon them at noon. titled to free tuition from the time he Wright, of the Philippines, speaking of
Ashes were falling thick. They asked
came to blows in a debate over a bill.
moves into the district.
financial affaire in the islands, said in
the president what was happening.
Genera) Chaffee was tendered a re
an
interview that the money market is
This dispatch was sent, apparently,
Linn county farmers are nreparing a
ception in San Francisco by the busi just ls'(«rre the eruption, and not a w«>rd protest to lie presented to the next leg continually fluctuating.
ness m<|i.
lias been sent since. The wires of the islature against the proposed change of
"A bill to afford the necessary relief
Southern I’Vlfif loodBotive engineers telegraph have b«j«-n destroyed, and the the game law, under which upland was presented to congress, but not
lUt, lUkwd for afl affvajicu of 2(1 per fate of those w ho asktsi that question birds may lie shot from September 15,
"I think that lor
of the president ot Guatemala is a mys instead of from Octolier 1. Open seas passed,” said he.
ig wri/iet
tery profound and ominous.
It ie on befóte October 1 means at a time the benefit of the commerce the matter
FU» W1CT lejWlOtefft bnt an|o|<ce<i thought in Champerico that thero are when the farmers are busy with liar
should again lie taken up at the next
rhilt addUtinmd bur nudo» to hold 416 no survivors in the town of Santa vesting and they desire to have an even
session of congress, It has been sug-
men wlH b* bn'R at Vancouver at once. 5tAria, nor yet in any of the towns chance with hunters from the cities.
gested
that a Fiiipin > doliar of silver
y«n«nd
tuu* «ate to Havana, that lie upon the eastern slo|*e of that
The Three Sisters canal company has should lie introduced into the islands.
wh«r* he w%ii work for tk»«*uHy atljusc- mountain of Is-lching mud ami lavaami
®«>t or -urfervays* m tfe* roCflprocity smothering gases. It may lie a second filed in the office of the state land This dollar should be worth actually
lioard an application for contra,"t for 50 cents of our gold money. 1 think
1’elee.
•jrwity.
o
The area in which these towns are the reclamation of 30,000 acres of arid
Tbaww tepHTtaient will redr.CB the •ituateil covers 30 miles in a half circle, land lying in the western part of Crook such a coin would remedy the present
DLYiGrr town to no awn to the WMp. and it is estimated that the sggregate county. The tract is located between financial situation. Such a monetaiy
At prestW al>«»W 90 «UjItHHMj »180 are population is 3&,V00.
The town of the mountains known as the Three system would be similar to the one now
tn owch ttwep,
Santa Maria «rontains 10,000 inhab Sisters and the Deschutes river. It is in use in Japan.”
A pjrwr ó» a ’(tew T<#d< butei has itants and the other villages are »aid proposed to irrigate the tract with
"It has been suggested that a limite«l
wMer from tributarihs of the Deschutes. numlier of Chinese—say 100,000—be
Ixwn ftaitel gtMlty df robbtng the xcMts to average 6,000.
fox a «nuuiw of yeure. Re U jik about
allow««! to land in the Philippines.
The Tallant-Grant packing company,
(Xb.KMi in. stniPM jHwfr’ry.
BOILER EXPLODED.
Do you think their presence would
of Astoria, lias tiled articles of incor
iWirfeJut GmapirH, if the Aawrh ao
relieve the present labor shortage?”
poration.
PedtnMtion
l.atxw, swye tbjijt Went Four M«t| KlUel, Forty Injured Building
was asked.
«Mid Contexts Wrecked.
mide« inionr* caungw kitefar «SUTse the
“I would not like to see the doors
The Multnomah county lielegation to
Skilled
day is*sot fur diMUMt «hen they will
Lebanon, Pa., Nov. 15. — The ex the legislature, at a meeting held last thrown open to the Chinese.
nil go » pwtes.
plosion of a large lioiler, without week, indorsed a (500,000 appropria labor, yes, if limited, would ceitainly
prove beneficial. Some of the Chinese
Hte trouble i* Mr roots |*S«ÍHee to warning, in Scrap Puddle furnace No. tion for the Lewis and Clark fair.
are
very clever, and they would be able
3,
at
the
west
works
of
the
American
tKMXMXte a at<rwnn afluir Metete s«ttl«*d.
Eugen*» has aske«l for an increase in
Tim o»sn»y 9* without awbiovt. Sev iron and st«*d company’s plant today mail carriers to meet the growing de to teach the Filipinos many of the in
dustries.”
ern! povnem HM* seodiag warship« to caused the death of four workmen, ami mand for free delivery.
Governor Wright, accompanie«! by
alxnit 40 others were more or less seri
protect tbto r «ci
ously injured. The physicians at the
Two million feet of logs were swept his wife, left for the East Thursday
ElaiO- D. 9rvil0. tl>rgierlyof Illinois, hospital express the opinion that sever away in a Lewis river freshet caused.by night.
de<(D ap|H>inted superin tegdent of al of the injured will die.
the recent heavy rains.
«’*tUOltXon tt*r the Philippines.
POLITICS IN HAMAH.
In an instant after the explosion the
The work of installing the new ma
The avOiltor Wyoming, (tearing com entire plac«* was black with debris.
pletion 41
F rancia«», WilLla* turned The wreck of the nine immediate pud chinery at the Mountain View mine, Republicans Mln a Sweeping Victory All
Through the Islands.
dling furnaces was complete.
Physi near Baker City, will s«x>n be com
over to the government November 29.
cians were called from every quarter of pleted.
Honolulu,
Nov 7, via San Francisco,
The secretary of the navy has direct the city, and hospital ambulances and
The 1902 hop crop in this state will Nov. 14.—The elections yesterday re
ed that th«* army tran«|*ort Hancisk other vehicles were hurried into service.
pr<H-«*e«i to New York, where she will The offices of th«* works were at once amount to alxiut 85,000 bales. Of this sulted in a victory for the Republican
amount less than 20,000 bales remain
be us«’d as a receiving ship.
converted into a hospital, ami a corps in the hands of the growers.
ticket. Prine«* Jonah Kuhio Kalani-
All Christman presents entering the of nurses from the Good Samaritan
a^iole, the Republican nominee, is
A bill for the nomination of political
Philippines will lie subject to the same hospital were brought to the scene.
elected
as delegate to congress, and the
hospitui the efttsdidatefl bv the voters baa been pre
duty as other goodn, according to ad Into this temporary
legislatuie
will I m * Republican in both
pared
for
the
Oregon
legislature.
vices issued by the war department.
maimed and scalded wen* carried and
houses,
in
spite
of five home rule sen
given
attenion.
Some
have
their
eyes
An experimental salmon hatchery is
Forty prisoners mi th«» Arizona |>eni-
tentiary overpowered the guards and burntMl out, others their hands blown in operation on the Alsea river, in Ben ators holding over from the last legis
escap«»«!. This is the second delivery off. It is feared the list of d«ad will ton county. Th«- past season has prov lature, to three Republicans.
Is* materially increased when th«» ruins en so successful that it is likely to be
in a month. A new prinon is being
The result of the election, itisthouht
built in the solid r<a k of a mountain of tin* nine wrecked puddle furnaces made a permanent station.
by Republicans, will be the end of the
me
explored.
side.
A custom quartz mill will soon'h«* in home rult* party.
A division ot the
The l*oil«»t, which was a 200-horse
The 28th Annual convention of the power, brokt* squarely in half. The o|*eration in the Quartxburg district voters along the lines of Republicanism
American P>anker«’ a«scx»iation is In roof c«dlaps«*d from the shock, and the Contracts have already been secured for and Democracy, as on the mainland, is
session in New Orleans.
There are flames from the puddle furnaces under reducing ore sufficient to k«-ep a 20- now exfwted. It is also regarded as
dis]*osing largely ot the race issm* and
alsmt 100 dehtgates and 500 visitors the wrecked boiler set tire to thedebris. stamp mill in «-onstant ojieration
present. Seattle wants the next meet The fir«* fore«’ of th« company, however,
Hugh O’Donnell, a pioneer mining the issue of royalism in Hawaiian
ing-
had the Hames extinguished in 15 min man of Baker county, ag«*d 05 years, is politics, for the eampain of the defeat
ed «andidate, Delegate to Congress R.
dead.
General Owen Rummers haa been utes.
The Waldo smelting and mining com W. Wileox, was largely based on his
made cemtnander-in-chtef of the Span
Wants Foreign Soldiers to l eave.
pany will put in a 100-ton smelter at record as a royalist and on race feeling.
ish-American
war veteran«.
Th«*
Shanghai,
Nov.
15.
—
Unusually
once
at its copper mines in the Waldo
National headquarters ¡¡will lie moved
Will Search for Lost Treasure.
to Portland. Colonel R. II. Savage, strong articles are appearing in the district. A smelter at Waldo will I m *
San
Francisco, Nov. 14. — The
eleeleil commander-in-chief, was com Chinese newspapers <le«'laiiiig that by of great lienefit to the vast mineral dis
pelled to resign on ac«'ount of ill health the withdrawal of the British trtsips trict of that section, as, aside from Chronicle says that there is no longer
treating the ores of its own mines, it any doubt that the object of the
and the honor ;fell to the vice com
from Shanhai to Wei Ilai Wei, and th«* would also do a general custom busi schooner Ixiuisa D., alxiut ready to sail
mander, General Summers.
withdrawal of the German fore«'« from ness. A number of good mines of that for the South, is to attempt to recover
The chief of ordance of the navy rec here to Kiao Chou, the independence ,d section will be able to do their smelt a part of the treasure lost in 1862 by
ommends the establishment of wireless the Yangtae valley is still menaced. ing at home ami with much leas expense the burning of the Pacific Mail
telegraphy along the entire Paciffe The Chinese want the British and than heretofore, as the ores had to t>e steamer Golden Gate off Manzanillo, on
coast.
the Mexican coast. The wreck of the
Germans to get out of China altogether, sent to California.
Golden Gat«1 caused the loss of 200 lives
The annual report of Assistant Post instead of merely evacuating Shanghai
and a property loss of (1,750,000.
master General Wynne favor« a greater and withdrawing to their respective
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Much of thia »mount was in the form
appropriation for the rural tmail deliv- garrison stations in China.
Wheat—WallaWalla, 88«69c; blue- of bullion, and a considerable quantity
ery4routea.
of it was never recovered.
stem 73S(S«’4c; valley, 70c.
Engineer Prevents a Hold-Lp.
No trace can lie found of B. F. Egan,
Barley—Feed, (21.00 per ton; brew-
Frankfort, Ind., Nov. 15. — Four men
the Great Northern railroad man who attempted to hold up the soutli-boumi ing, (22.00.
Big Chinese Fire.
was lost in tiie mountains near Bolton, Monon express nt Cyclone today. The
Victoria, B. C., Nov. 14.— Mail ad
Flour—Best grade, 3.50(^3.70; grah
Mont., a week ago.
vices from China report a fire at Kwei
train slackened s|>eed on striking tor am, (3.OOist3 50.
All the monev necessary for irng»- pedoes on the rails, but when the en
Millstuffs—Bran, (19.00 per ton ; lin Kwang Si, causing great )»■» of life
tion week at Portland has l*een raise«I gineer faced four revolvers he threw middlings, (23.50; shorts, 110.50; and property. The the, which origin
and the commith*« has the plans of en open the throttle. The four men fins I chop, (17.
ated in a firecracker shop, spread and
rapidly and often, but all the trainmen
tertainment almost «»mpleted.
Oats—No. 1 white, (1.12',(i»l .15 ;
burned several hnudred houses. Many
and passengers es.a|*d injury. Sheriff gray, (1.10<jA 1.12% per cental.
General Chaffee has reacheti San Corns and deputies afterward caught
Chinsee were burned to death, The
Hay — Timothy, (10«(ll; clover,
Francisco from the l’hilippin«*s.
fire burned houses all around the
the men, w ho gave I he names of I" liar ms (8.00; cheat, (8<jt9 per ton.
The main issue ls‘tw«w*n the n««gotiat- Johnson, James Mo,'k, frank Smith
Potatoes—Best Burl«nks, 60(S80c Christian Alliance mission, which was
ors of the Cuban-United States reefe, and Harry Gray. All claim to live per sack; ordinary, 50(<t55c per cental, unscathed. The result of this freak of
pris'ity treaty is the rate of rebate to in Cincinnati.
growers'prices; Meri-ed sweets, (I. 5(j| the fire is that many Chinese have
come since to the mission building to
be allowed on sugar and tobacco enter
$2 per rental.
be baptized.
Forty Persons Still Missing.
ing the United States.
Poultry—Chickens, mix««d, (3 5(M
Wellington, N. Z., Nov. 15.— Foity 4.25; per pound, 10c; hen«. (4<£4.50 per
Little Hope of Finding Egan.
Wisconsin capitalists have purchate«! pefeons who were on l*oaol the British dosen; per pound, He; springs, (3.00
224,388,000 feet of yellow pine timber steamer Elingamite, which was wrecked 43.50 per dozen ; fryers, (2.5048.CO,
Spokane, Novemlwr 14.— The hopes
in Idaho for 81 cents per thousand. Novenil-er >on one of tX‘ Three Kings broilers, (2.0042.50; ducks, (4.5*W ,4 finding Superintendent Benjamin F.
The timl>er sold is on lands selecte<l by islands r5 tin- north coaM of New Zea- 6.00 per dosen; turkeys, young, 12S Egan, of the Great Nu/thern railway,
the state along the North Fork and it» Ian«!, are still missing, ir. spite of the >«tlSc; grere. /A.0»M6.50 |*er dozen.
continue to diminish.
All the larger
tributaries betwuen Smith’» Ferry and careful -eareh which has Isen made on
Cheeaa—Fml cream, twins, 154 (•-arching parties have «gbtue in without
the upper en«i of the lakes.
The««» the coast and islands wdjmwnt to the Ute;
Young America, 15 >»4161* ; finding trace of him. Some experi
lands cover 32,589 f\res.
enced woodsmen under pay of the rail
scene of the wreck. The wreckage from factory prices, 141 S»* less.
the
Elingainitecfia«
drifted
to
a
great
Hutter—Fancy ersamery, 30432Sc way company are expected to keep up
Trust legn^Mion is almost sure at tie*
distance from the point where the ■hip ;>er pound; extras, 30c; dairy, 20 the seartAr for eight or 10 days more,
short or long Session of congress.
and there rre
individuals who are
was lost.
422Sc; «tore, 15418.
Dr. Naneen, the Arcti^-fxplorer, will
searching in
hope of gaining the
Eggs
—
254
30c
per
dosen.
start on another exj»e«lit£An In 1903. ,
reward
offered,
but
hope is small.
Q5«Kcr«»ful Airship Trial.
Hope—New crop, 22425c per pound.
Major General MacArthur has l»een
Nantes, France, Nov. 15.— The air-
Wool—Valley, 12S415c; Eastern
order»«! to the command of the Impert ship built for the lathers Pierre ami
Pennsylvania Mine on Fire. ©cO
Oregon, 8414Sc; mohair, 26428c.
inent of tbe lakes.
Shan*.*kin, P».. Nov. 14.--The Burn
Paul I^Bandy inaile a vere »uciviwful
Beef—Grom, rows,
343 S» per r
Much anxiety is felt conrerning the,-
side shafTojW hich employs 700 men ami
TCtrial today in this neighnnrbood. Sev ponmt; steers, 4«; dressed. 607c.
• r.lA
A a*k ». ♦ «
». . ■
.1 > I A.
condition of the emperor of Rnssia.' era 1 I free
boys, was discovered on tire today. All
accenta «ft ami
«teucenta . wer«*
Vmi—7S««Se.
He is greatly depreese»! in min«i ami is •ffected, aciompanieii by~evoluti$» in
Mutton — Grom, 3c per poind; . of the employ«*« got out in safety. The
mine is ownewl by the Philadelphia A
melancholy.
all direction« over thè fichi» and aood». dressed, 6c.
Tbe
maehine returned
r
Minister Wn, Chinese representative The flying marhinr
each time
lamb« — Grom, 3S* P*r poind; . Reading coal and iron company.
flame« were extinguished this evening,
at Washington, will not await the ar to ita |»>mt of depart lure nt the rata of draaaad.OHc.
There were four
rival of his smresaur, but will return 25 mil««» an h*>«R.
H <»—Grom, •!<OH' per pón nd, . ami the mine will r«*eume work to
penurie in tbe car.
horn» at one».
drmeed, 7©7S«.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
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THE MINERS’ SIDE
MITCHELL GIVES? EVIDENCE TO THE
ARBITRATION BOARD.
Operators' Attorney Show» That He M m
Attempt to Prove by Mitchell’» Own
Testimony That Organization Is Irre
sponsible Non-Lnlon Miners MAy Be
Given a Hearing.
O
Scranton, Pa., Nov. 15.—The Anth
racite Coal Strike commission appoint-
ed by President Roosevelt to arbitrate
the differences existing between the
mineworkers of the hard coal fields of
Pennsylvania and their employers yes
terday began the hearing of testimony
by which it will determine whether the
workmen are receiving fair ami just
wages for their lalxvr, and whether their
«»ndition should not be improved.
The star witness for the miners, John
Mitchell, president of the Minework
ers’ Association, took the stand in the
forenoon, and when the commission
adjourned at 4 o’clock in the afternoon
he was still under fire of cross-examin
ation by David W. Wilcox, general
counsel for the Delaware A Hudson
company. It was a trying day for the
miners’ leader, but he seemed to stand
the test well.
The heaviest fire of
cross questions was aimed at him late
in the afternoon session, and when the
hour of adjournment was reach«*d Mr.
Wilcox was still propounding questions
ami testing Mr. Mitchell’s memory.
The opening of the session was a
notable day in the annals of the law in
the upper anthracite region.
The
commission’s sessions are being held in
the beautiful room of the Pennsyl
vania superior court, which is now
sitting in Philadelphia.
Ranged
around three tables in front of the seven
commissioners,
who occupied
the
judges’ bench, were no less than 30
lawyers, 24 of whom were looking after
the interests of the mineowners. ;
During the day Mr. Wilcox asked
Mr. Mitchell many questions as to the
policies of the union, the method of
calling strikes, the ability of the union
to maintain discipline and prevent the
members of .the union from violating
the law, and also as to the liability of
the union breaking contracts.
It was
apparent to n.any of those present who
umlerstool the situation, that Mr. Wil
cox’s object was to attempt to prove by
Mr. Mitchell’s own testimony that the
contention of the companies that the
miners’ union was an irresponsible
organization, and that trade agreements,
therefore, could not be safely entered
into, was well founded.
During the hearing the statement
was brought out for the first time since
the late strike was begun that the
union had disbursed (1,500,000 among
the union and nonunion men who wsre
on strike. One of the questions which
came up before the commission was
the advisability of hearing counsel on
behalf of the nonunion men who re
mained at work during the strike. At
torney J. J. Lenaban, one of the at
torneys for the nonunion men, asked
the commission what bi« status before
the arbitrators was. Judge Gray in
formed him that the question would lie
taken under consideration, and that
an answer would probably lie given
him today.
WAGES RAISED.
Pennsylvania Railroad Announces Volun
tary Advance of 10 Per Cent.
Pittsburg, Nov. 17. —Notices signed
by J. M. Walls, gt*neral superintendent
of the West Pennsylvania road, were
posted in the offices of the company at
Alleghany today to the effect that an
advance of 10 per cent would lie made
in wages of all employes permanently
in th«* service of the Pennsylvania sys
tem east of Pittsburg who are now re
ceiving less than (200 a month, to take
effect from November 1, 1902.
Roliert Pitcairn, assistant to Presi
dent Cassat, of the Pennsylvania road,
said that almost the entire working
force of the system east of Pittsburg
would be advanced.
The announce
ment of the advance in wages was en
tirely voluntary.
About 12,000 men
on the Pittsburg divifion will be ben-
efited by the raise.
SWITCHMEN WON'T STAND IN.
They M ill Not Strike, and Trainmen Are
To Be Given No Assistance.
Chicago, Nov. 13.—According to a
statement made today by Grand Master
Hawley, of the Switchmen’s union of
North America, there will be no strike
of switchmen in Chicago, Officials of
the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen,
however, scout the idea that Mr. Haw-
ley’s organization<*gures in the situa-
tion, and say the switchmen who are
members of their organization are
strong enough to enforce demands
made by them upon the railroad <x>m-
panies entering Chicago.
It was
learned today that the Chicago Great
Western, the Chicago Terminal Trans
fer and the Chicago A Eastern Illinois
railroads hail entered into agreements
with the BwitchQieS’e union by which
that organization accepts the increase
of 25í cents an hour for switchmen ai-d
3>í cents an hour for foremen, which
has been offered by the railroad mana
gers. It was also learned that the Illi
nois Central and Rock Island compan
ies were negotiating with the switch
men’s union.
Grand master Ilawley, of the switch
men’s union, declared his organization
had a memberhsip of 1,700 in Chicago,
and asserted that the Brotherh«M*d of
Railway Trainmen could not call a
strike of switchmen if they so desired.
He said his organization had secured an
increase of 10 per eent in the North
west, and that the scalo would be re
cognized by switchmen throughout the
country. He further declared that the
demands made by the brotherhood ha«l
lieen prompted by jealousy and could
not be recognized.
RAILROADS AND MEN AGREE.
Increase of About 12 Per Cent for Labor
at Switching Terminals.
Chicago, Nov. 13. — The wage con
troversy lietween the railroads and the
BrotheHiiMxl of Railroad Trainmen,
which, for a time, threatened to tie up
all the principal switching terminals
in Chicago, was amicably ^djusted to
night at a conference between the rail
road managers and the officials of tiie
brotherhood.
The settlement was
reached on the basis of a compromise.
Seventeen of the railroads signed the
new agreement, and tiie Santa Fe, the
other road involve«!, will sign tomoi'ow
morning. The men will receive an in
crease of about 12 per cent. At to
night’s meeting the railroads submitted
a proposition offering an increase of 3
rents an hour to helpers and 4 cents to
foremen.
The proposition was ac
cepted by the men. The rates agreed
upon are as follows:
Day foremen, 31 cents per hour;
night foremen, 33 cents per hour; day
helpers, 28.cents per hour; night help
ers 30 cents per hour. These rates are
one-half per cent in excess of the St.
Paul-Minneapolis rate for each class.
The effect of the new scale will be
far-reaching. According to the officers
of the Brotherhood of Trainmen, the
rate will go into effect at all large cen
ters weet Of Chicago, where committees
are now in session awaiting the out
come of the Chicago trouble.
The Chicago Beale goes into effect
November 15, and through the signed
agreements with the railroad managers
it cannot be modified without 30 days’
notice.
MOLINEUX FREE.
After Four Years of Suspense and Prison
Life, Jury Acquits Him.
OPERATORS REPLY
COAL BARONS HOLD THAT MINERS'
DEMANDS
are
LNJL st .
Leader of the Mine Operator,
Average Earnings of the Men Are v
L-T»- I»«».,“
se» so» . m . ....... I;„7,.n"2
Day impracticable.
Washington, Nov. 13._preHiJ
Baer, of the Philadelphia 4
coal ami iron company, has fil^j
the anthracite coal strike commit
the reply of that company to the
merit made by John Mikheil, ,.r
dent of the Mineworkers of Atue/*'
concerning the points involved in 't'*'
anthracite coal «trike. Following ,,
the text of Mr. Baer’s statement:
“To the anthracite coal strike Wtn
mission: The Philadelphia & ReB,jin
coa’ and iron company replying to q*
demand« of John Mitchell, repreaatttin,
certain anthracite mineworker«, save*
"That it owns 37 collieries «itUa^
in the counties of Schuylkill, Northum.
lierlaml and Columbia, and that it djj
operate, previous to the strike inaugur-
ated by the United Mineworkers of
America, 33 collieries and four c wa«h-
eries and that at that time it "had
26,829 employes in and about tbe
mines.
"The demand for *20 per cent in-
crease upon the prii-e paid during the
year 1901 to employes [»erlurniing con.
tract or piece work’ is arbitrary, no.
reasonable and unjust. This company
denies there is such similarity bet«cen
the mining of bituminous and of lnth.
racito coal as to make wage« paid jn
one a standard for the other,
"This company denies that the pres-
ent rate of wages is lower than is p,jj
in other mines in the same locality
and controlled by like conditions.
This company is not informed as to the
average annual earnings in the bitum
inous coal fields, but it avers that near
ly all of its former employes W(lo dur
ing the past five months worked in th,
bituminous mines have returned to the
anthracite coal regions, preferring to
work in the anthraiite mines.
"This company denies that ’the rate
of wageB in the anthracite coal field»«
insufficient to compensate the min,,
workers, in view of the dangerous char
acter of the occupation in relation to
accidents, liability to seriouH and perm
anent disease, the high death rate and
the short trade life incident to thia em
ployment.’
"This company further denies that
‘the children of the anthracite mine
workers are prematurely forced into the
breakers and mills instead of being
supported and educated upon the earn
ings of their parents, liecause of the
low wages of such parents,’ or that such
wages are lielow the fair and just earn
ings of mineworkers in this industry.
“No boys are employed in «nd »bout
the mines and breakers in violation ol
the statutes fixing the ages of employ
ment. In addition to provisions for
education, ample hospitals for th«' care
of the sick and injure«! are ir -intained
in the anthracite coa) regiros. Thia
company av«>r« that there is not any
where else in the world a mining region
where the workmen have so many com
forts, facilities for education, general
advantages and such profitable employ
ment.
"In general we deny, in so far as re
lates to anthracite mining, 'that the
10-hour day is detrimental to the
healthy life of the mineworkers; that
shorter hours improve the physical,
moral and mental conditions of the
workers, and that shorter hour« in
crease the intensity and efficiency ol
labor.’ We admit that the tendency
of national and state government« ami
of lalior organizations is toward sliorter
hours, but deny that a working day of
less than 10 hours will be of real mi-
vantage to the workmen engaged in and
about the anthracite mines ami collier
ies. In exhausting work a day of 10
hours is too long, but there is no ex
hausting labor which justifies a redac
tion of hours of work in the anthracite
coal mines.”
New York, Nov. 13. — Roland] B.
Molineux was set at liberty today, after
spending nearly four years in prison
and being once condemneil to death
and twice placed on trial for his life
for the murder of Mrs. Katherine J
Adams. But 13 minutes sufficed for
the jury to reach a veridct of acquittal,
Molineux, who was brought into
court as soon as it was known that the
jury had agreed, was apparently as un
concerned as he had Isen throughout
To Investigate Religious School.
the trial, and gave no evidence of emo
Washington, Nov. 17.—The appeal tion when the words that establish««!
of the Cuban children who recently ar his innocence were pronounced.
His
rived in New York destined for the aged father, General Molineux, was
PORTO RICANS IN HAWAII.
Universal Brcth«*rhood'school at Point d«*eply affected and could with diffi
Ixrma, Cal., but who were detained culty respond to the greetings of
until the character of the school could friends who pressed forward to offer Claim They Are Badly Treated on Plsf
tations Dole Denies IL
be investigated, has reached the treas their'congratulations.
ury department.
Commissioner Gen
Washington. Nov. 13. — Secretory
eral of Immigration Sargent is in San
New Cabinet for Spain.
Hitchcock has received from Governor
Francisco, anti Secretary Taylor lias
Madrid, Nov. 13. — King Alphonso Dole, of Hawaii, a statement denying
telegraphed him to procee«! to Point has instructed Prime Minister Sagasta
Ixima and make an investigation of the with the reconstruction of the cabinet, reports of ill-treatment of several
character of the school. The appeal and given him a free hand in the mat- thousand Porto Ricans. The laborer»
will await Mr. Sargent's report.
I ter. It is believed that General Wey- went to Haw aii at the solicitation oi
ler will not be retained. Se^or Sagasta the Sugar Planters’ association, »n*i
Dishonest Hawaiian Officials.
is endeavoring to embody in the new the <»m plaint was made by Pedro J.
Washington, Nov. 17.—Official re cabinet a more democratic element Agostini, faher of one of the workmen.
porta of defalcations bv two prominent than that which was found in the pre The governor sava» after an invsetii»-
officials of the Hawaiian government vious cabinet. In an interview, Gene tion, that the desire of some of the
were received by the secretary of the ral Weyler said:
“I am at the dis laborers to return to Porto Rico reeulte
interior to«lay from Governor Dole. position of Senor Sagasta; I shall not from homesickness, influenced .’
William H. Wright, treasurer of the form any obstacle if a solution can be imaginative persons, and will subew»
government, admitted that he was found.”
with time, and that the condition n
(17,950 short, and H. B. Wright, chief
the industrious Porto Ricans i» ’•t*
clerk of the departmnet of public works
Postal Receipts Going L'p.
factory and their health improved.
of Hawaii, is charged with the em
Washington, Nov. 13.— Statistics of
bezzlement of (8,272.
The former es- the gro**« postal receipts of the gov
British Naval Station in Pacific.
cajM»d on the steamer Alam«*da, which ernment for last month, as compare«! San FranciBi’o, Nov. 13.—Advice»
sailed from Honolulu September 20 with October, 1901, at 50 of the largest ceived from Fiji state that the ‘'r1’1’,
for San Francisco.
poetofficee in the country, show a total government ie preparing to e«’»'' 1
of (5,580,599, an increase of 13 per a naval coaling station on the ¡»Ist«1
Munklj^I telephone System for Sale.
cent. The increase at New York was Suwarrow, in anticipation of the con
Aew York, Nov. 17. — Tunbridge Il per «-ent, an<l at Chicago 19 per «»ruction ot the isthmian canal,
Well« provide«! on the opening day of cent, the receipts S^ng (1,183,588 and wariow island is to th« east» ar* 1
the prerent century the first municipal (884,884, respectively. The largest in Samoa and north of the Look isl*n*to-
telephone service in this coantry, and crease was 36 per «-ent at Los Angeles,
The government ot Fiji wilKbi» y
now. says the Ixmdon correspondent of with Milwaukee next with 33r
import into these islands «29
the Tribune, it has been decidml to sell
Indians as contract laborers for
the whole system to the National tele
Burned to Death In Pesthouse.
sugar and other industries there. 1*
phone company. This de«'ision gives a
lUiferleston, S. C., Nov. 13.—The plications for that many having
great shoek to the agitator« of <<£iemee P*»t house at the city hospital caught
for breaking the control of the company fire this morning shortly after 2 o’clock, approved.
through municipal owner-©p and com and four negro men were burned to
Working on Cuban Report.
petition.
13 —General
death before they could be rescued.
Washington.
Nov.
L
One negro woman, the only ot®r in W<x»i returne«l »to Wasl ,h teuton t'wlaD
American Colony for Canada.
rk
off ------
hi» r*P
mate of that department, escaped.
an*! at once resumed work oh
- ort , ,
Toronto, Ont., Nov. 17. — The On-
On-
of tbe occupation and governtnen
tario cabinet has accept«*! the proposal«
Jewelry Store Robbed.
Cuba. He says he has be-n abren '
of a syndicate, represented by J, R.
Tonopah, Nev., Nov. 13—Frans longrfo speak with any actual or
Egan, of Rock Island, III., and Judge
Golden's jewelry store was robbed last knowledge of present conditions in
Cntt. of Chicago, to place 12,000 Amer night of watches, diamonds and monev with the prospects of the isi»' J
ican settler» on 2,000,000 acres of agri-
cu.tural crown lands in Ontario, «Ä to the amount of (3,000. This is thi* has not yet seen Minister Q"** *
third robbery that has occurred |recent-
the »agreement «ill be sign.*.! in a few ly, and it is surmised that an organised has he had opportunity to ”,’cur
situation with officials of the
days.
I.tatee wi)o are fully inform*!-
band of thieve« is locatedCiere.
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