The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 17, 1902, Image 1
ffiUMB XIII.
CAMDttN, S. C.. FRIDAY, OOTuBKIl 17, ISM)).
NO. 41.
?Settled at last.
j3?V-7." . ?
feperled That Mine Owners Want to
Arrange Terms
WILL KOW RECCGNIZB THE UNION
? jf ' *
?*' SJ; ?
ee to Submit jji)l Utu??
to h Commission Appointed By the
frtfttttiit.
.^Whlugtcrt, Speclat.-vrhie Opera
tors have Mrfced to ttib 4PJPoln^CDt
frA^mmigBjQh by Uib'FrWldetit of
the Lii|t$d 8tates to Whfaa snail be
. referred all questlfoiifc itS ksue be
tween thfe ccmpanlne and tftelr owh
employs#, whether they belong to ??
union or not, and the decision tot 'tne
? cymmlsBlon shall, be accepted . 'by the
operators. The commission la to eon*
sist of an army or navy engineer of
? ? ller, an expert mining engineer, not
connected with coal ullUlitg proper
ties) one of the Judge* Of th? United
Htatea Courts cf the eaflferil district
of -Pelinsylvanla; a man of proml
hchcc, eminent a* a scloiogist arid
ft man who by actlvo participation iti
mining and selling coal la familiar
v.'lth the physical and commercial
f features of the business. The opera
j tors also make a part of their propo
sition that the miners shall return to
, vvofk a3 soon as thp euro mission Is
c -\\ 'Ay ' cease all inference
? \w.V non union men. The commission
Is to name n date when Itn findings
?l:all be effective and to govern con
ditions of employment botweeh the
companies atid their owft employed for
- At-- l?ast three years-. The statement
was read to tho President as ah Act
of courtesy before being given to the
? preeg; * ?
By authority of J. Plerpont Morgan,
who with his partner, . Robert Ilacon,
? -and - Secretary Root, -were in confer
? enee-.wUh President Rooiov^.lt at the
temporary White House Monday night
for aji hour and a half, a statement
was given out by Secretary Cortelyoc
In which the presidents of the coal
carrying railroads and mine operators
propose a commission of five persona
to adjust the differences and BCttle
the coal strike in the anthracite coal
fields of Pennsylvania. The proposi
tion Is believed by the administration
to b? satisfactory to the miners, aa it
covers the- proposition made by Presi
dent Mitchell, of the United Mine
Workers' Union, with additional con
ditions which it is believed tho miners
will accept.
~ The statement's ffs follows:
"To the Public:
"The managers cf the different coal
properties comprising the anthracite
coal fields, wish their position in the
^present strike to be understood fCiid
therefore make the following state
ment of facts: There are in the an'
fhrnclte regions about ?5 operating
4 companies and firms, and -147,000
^ trilnefa- and workmen (of which 30,003
are under age), ' comprising some
'twenty nationalities and dialects. Of
these workmen possibly one-half be
^ 'long to the United Mine WorkerR'
Union, of which Mr. John Mitchell Is
president. That organization was or
iginally Jformed In the bituminous
region, and threo-fourths of its
ttaarsaro, miners of bjtpmlnous
"sna bituminous coal is sold In
..bTompetlttoiv with^- anthracite
%jj?^the remaining vrOrHirtety in the
-anthracite fields either belong to no
m whatevfr, or ^belong to
]4ine Workers' Union. The present
'"las declared by the Mine
UtfrtXToloft-ou- the 10th -- day . of
1902. Since that time many
workmen not belonging to or not will
- lag to follow that organization were
ti -forking in ami ahout the mines. From
~~1T,000 to 20,000 are now at' work.
Many more have wished to work, but
have been prevented by a course of
? 'violence and intimidation towards
? those working, and toward . their
families, accompanied by' the destruc
tlon of properties and the fear of
death or bodily "harm to every man
who wishes to exercise bio right to
' -"A'schedule is annexed hereto show
' Ing some of the things done to create
this regis of terror, and evtffr instance
? stated can be verified ?by relerence to
' tho officers of the law, civil and mill
tary In the anthracite coal region.
This violence has continued and
steadily increased, notwithstanding
reucated avowals bv Mr. Mitchell, and
rc is clear that he eltiier cannot, or
will not prevent It, and that the
lights, of the other workmen cannot
be. protected under the supremacy of
r" the Wine Workers' Union.
inym Imlitva that
the wages pale) in the coal regions are
fair 'and full. The profits have been
small several of the companies have
? become bankrupt and been reorganized
several times. Several have never paid
dividends, and the dividends of tho
others have been a small return for
tno camiat invested, it is not, however,
the Durpos" of this statement to dls
"r~'!n?? tho orvSV^n. The undersigned arc
and Vver have been, unwilling to
q??tim?? botw?.? thorn and
SIS workmen lo any f?lr Whnnil tor
cr9 Union, an u ^ amJ cQm_
and tlicy aro not wll
J**"'* '?kc any arianwment which
"iLXr ihey h,.onf ?. the
Vjss ~ ttSS?
JSS&tt'-ssVS
-^T..onV& ?rtlt?Uon. h?r?<K
rc~ M
'.ga?afcs
32E&5SSEE3
I^^Umltted to the final ^eclirtiw
tho court of Cotamon
aL.^MOl.Ulc. ..?h'chU.^
toas-ggjaaggg
earnest effort to reach a practical con
elusion wfrllff will 'tffiflitt In an In
crossed supply, and the presidents 01
tho companies deslio to make every
effort to that end, which do<\s not in
volve the abandonment of the IntercB.
committed to their car? ami of the men
who are working and seeking to work
In their mines. This responsibility they
must bear5 and meet as best they can
They therefore re-state their posltUu.
That they are not discriminating
against tho United Mine Workers. l>v.t
they insist that the Miners' Unlorr
shall not dlscrimiiiatl' against or infuse
to work with non-unlop nun; . that
there shall be ho restrictions or deter
toratlon in quantity or quality of worK,
and that owing to the varying physi
cal conditions of the anthracite mines,
each colliery Is a problem by itself.
We suggest that a commission be
appointed by tho President of th$
United States (if he is willing to per -j
form that public sirvlce), to , wbpn\(
shall be r^erred all questions At IS8jj?:
between thd respective pompaplos and'
their own employes, whether they . be
long to a union or not, and the decision
of that comtnis&lon shall be accepted by
us, The commission is to bo constitut
ed as fallows;
first: An officer iH the engineer
Corps 6f fclthcjr inliiiarJr or navy serVic8
of the United States:
Second; An expert mining fengiriebr:
experienced iti the mining of coal, atid
other minerals, and not Irt any way j
conuected with coal mining propertied
either anthracite or bituminous. j
Third. One of the judges of the j
United States courts of the eastern dis- j
trict of Pennsylvania.
Fourth. A man of prominence, emi
nent as a sociologist.
Fifth. A matl, who. by active plirtlo- j
Ipation ih mining afid belling coal, is
familiar with the physical and com- ;
merclal features of the business.
It being the understanding thAt im
mediately upoii the constitution bf ftueti i
commission in Order that idleness and
non-production may ceaso Instantly,
the miners will return to work and
cease all Interference with and perse- j
cution of any non-union m&n who are
working- or shall hereafter work. The j
finding of thi'B c-ommiftstoh shall tlx the j
date when lh<i feamo shall be effective j
and shali govern the conditions of em- ;
ployment between the respective com- j
panics and their ?wn employes for a j
term of at least three yoarsi
(Signed) George F. Haer. President j
Philadelphia tk Reading Coal Com
pany; E. 13; Thomas, Chairman Penn
sylvanla Coal Company, Hillside Coal j
and Iron Company; W? Hi TritesdulC., |
President Delaware, LacUriwattna & j
Western Railroad Company ; R. M. i
Olyphant, .President Delaware &
Hudson Company; .Alfred Walters, ?
Presidrnt Lehigh Valley Coal Com- '
pany. I
A liota appehded to the statement
reads: "The schedule referred to in this
statement was not brought from New
York, as It had pot been completed;"
While no official statement was madg ?
at the White HOuBg after the Operators'
nddreiS was made public by Secretary
Cortelyou, the opinion was expressad
that the^ agreement would settle the
strike.
erger. The Madison Spinning Mills,
controlled by the Dallas Mill, wif.
also continue to operate? la lepon
| tlcntly. vi ' ? '
Mil's Bote? Merger.
Huntavllte, Ala., Special. ? Seven
Huntsvllle cotton mills hove ticuol
the agreement to enter the Southern
Textile Company, which bag beeh re
cen^ly formed in the South. The
Merrlmae Manufacturing Com pa :i . ,
which expects next year to spen 1
more than a million an.l a half dol
lars on new mills here, an1 the Da'.
las that ha3 spent $<300,000 ro
cently^ in additions, have, it is said.
K?
-tm
Sunday Coal Trains.
Durham, N. C., Special. ?Major W. A.
Guthrie left for the western part of
tho State to consult Governor Aycocjc
and bbta'n, i? possible, his .sanction for
Surtday coal trains to bo run in North
Carolina, lie is acting under instruc
tions from the legal department of the
Norfolk & Western read. The sole ob
ject is said to be relief for communities
and business iulerests now suffering on
acocunt pf the coal famine.
Demand Federal Interference.
New York, Special. ? David Wilcox,
vice president and counsel for the Del
aware & Hudson Railroad, has sent to
President Roosevelt a lettor demand
ing that the Federal government pro
ceed against tho miners' organization
ia tho courtsL on the ground that it
is a conspiracy to prevent interstate
commerce. Mr. Wilcox, it is said on
authority, represents all the con!. op
erators in thia notion, and was select
ed as their spokesman.
*\?
Insanity Cured by a Fail.
In London a gentleman of high rank,
whose name has not b<)en revealed,
recently became insane on the subject
of religion. He saw gods and god
desses in all sorts of inanimate things
and spent hours on his knees adoring '
them.
Bminent physicians regarded his
case as hopeless, and he waa placed
in the charge of two attondants, who
were instructed to take him to & luna
tic asylum. --
Jeet aa tiay. were about to start,
however, the unfortunate man jumped
from a high window and fell with a
crash on the pavement. He was ae 1
verely ^bruised. but In a' few weeks
nui. only .were hie wounds healed, bub
hi a, rsHg4ous mania also entirely dis
appeared.
The physicians say that his reason
waa isatocod to him by tho violent
ahock* and ttjey assert that such an
occurrence (a unprecedented1 in tho
aiwh of medicine.
RaHwaya In Mexico.
7out Tatars? Hnea now t? ?ee
MesM With u? UnHH
list) the** waa
ASK 8ETTE# TERMS.
M , , . . , ?
Miners May IfaVe Scmethiiif to Say
About Terms.
MAY ASK FOR SOME COvCtSSIONS.
A Thorough Cahvass of the Situation
Indicates That Pi opO.sitioN of the
Operators May Not Be Accepted.
Wllkesbairre, Pal., Special.-? From n
thorough canvass of the situation as It
exists there Is every Indication for be
lieving that tho now arbitration plan
proposed b^ tiie prertiflc n t of the coal
companies for fcftdiftg th<h rtiiliei ?'
strike will not bo accepted |ti ita pres
ent form. i?>
There Is a division of opinion among
the strikers, but there is no doubt that
a majority feel that the offer to have
thfe President bf Ui?* Ufilted rttales no
lec't oil arbitration Commission aiona
tho lines suggested b^ tho operators in
~n7>r Tatr nitfTTTiin n ?iinnTiiyTi-nrm^? ww.
President in making up the board. The
miners, it iB safe to say. will abide by
the advice of their national president,
in whore judgment they have the ut
moat-conQdenoe. President Mitchell de
clines lo ft ay how he personally looks
upon t iite ilr&i-'jsitiOH but he gave to
the press tiit: followiiigf stateiuefit:
"I fuliy appreciate with what uux
iety tho people bf our country art?
awaiting tlib end of the coal strike. Thd
operators htiVe riot addressed (he miri
ors' union or its officers iti making
their public statement. It is. therefore,
impossible for me to stato the attltu^p
of the minora at tills time. 1 am now,
as I- haVfc iilvVttys been. ttHPply solici
tous of the interests of the puiilib and
the welfare of tho mine workers who
have been on strike for the past live
months; A formal statement pointing
out our position and intentions will be
issued just as soon as we are in pos
session of the full meaning of the prop
osition of ti?f? bpbratbrs;"
This statement was made by him at
8 o'clock, after a silence lasting all day.
lie had no intention of making a state
ment. but marir correspondents repre
senting newspapers all over the United
Stales were aft^r him. After giving it
he was asked many question regarding
tho attitude of the men and the proba
bility fl# the aeeeptattce or rejection of
the new offer, but he had no reply to
nia*e to any of these questions. Ho
'/fenied that he had any knowledge of
what the new offer tif the Operators
,\vas utttll It became puMtt? property.
in n rl nler* 1? ??-? %????. t*.
Vand also denied that ho was jn tele
phonic communication with President
Roosevelt. His attention was called to
the fact that most of the information
from Washington indicated that the
proposition would be accepted and that
tho strike was near ah end. but he
stoutly maintained that neither his, of
ficers, nor the "rank 'ft lid file of-the mert
had done anything to cause such an
Impression to go out.
The district presidents also maintaln
ellence as to their personal opinion on
tho proposition, excepting President
Fahey, who, after he had arrived frc/.n
Boston^gave an inkling as to how he
viewed thg turn ol Btfairs. -iTr -repiy
to inquiry, he said: "The (strike cannot
be settled without the consent of the
men. We are not dealing in gold bricks
of any kind and you can make any de
duction from that you can."
It is exported that the sentiment of
all the strikers will be more and, more
in favor of accepting the terms OCer
od by the operators. When Mr. Mltcfc-N
ell was asked if he and the district of
ficers had power to end the strike, he
said that it is a rule of the organiza
tion that no settlement can bo made
by the officers of the union without tho
consent of a delegate convention. It Iw
practically certain that Mr. Mitchell's
advlco will be followed in the confer
ence. While he has not said a word as
to what he will do, it Is freely predicted
by those who understand tho situation
that ho will advise the acceptance of
the proposition/
T~ -7"
Jackson's. Home Place Bought.
l/oxlngton, Va., Special. ? The Vir
ginia grand ilivlston of the Daughters
of the Confederacy decided to pur
chase the home place of Cloneral
Stonewall Jackson hero, for use as n
Memorial Hospital, and to appeal to
the society asta whole for aid in tho
undertaking. \
Found In Desk of Dead Policeman
New York, Special. ? A fortune of
over $106,000 was found In the desk
of Pollco Captain J. J. Donahue at hia
place in the station house, where he
dropped dead last week. The sum of
$35,000 in cash, watt found in a smullf
iron box In a drawer and diamond
jewelry valued at $11,000. including h
solitaire ring worth $1,500, was found
In another drawer. The rest of the
property, including $15,000 In United
States Steel stock. $1,000 in gold
mining stock, $15,000 in Metropolitan
Ball*i*v stock and five life Insurance
policies of S2.000 each. Hj? discovery
of tho treasure was a complete sur
prise. tby captain, hivlas bfjen worth
abput $?*.OCO in ot^er property.
Islington, Ky.. Special.--Tfco South
ern Synod of the Presbyterian church
of Kontveiy to ti Iwlon horn. W?4*
nesdny for the ftrit tin* ateeo the
avn w*r th^ Morthvrs ??d BonthnHV
8 mods of U? SUi* hold A JBtot **
OUR WONDERFUL CROPS
Production of the I arms This Yea/
lireaks All Records.
v Tho country's grain y ioTtl this ytdt
>\i!l nnt.only break all previous re
cords, but {( :fUfMy bid# fair to estab
llsh a figure that it will h-* <HfmnJt, for
any future year to equal. The vanoifs
crops have now reached a stage where
they are practically safe from th?
vagarlt h of the weither, and where
tho reports of acreage and conditions
may be accepted as accurately Indi
cating th? actual harvest.
The f.rirrt crop will, of course, sur
pass all Others iH its and
value. The most conservative esti
mate places the yield at 2,495.0Sl,000
bushels, or practically 1,000,000.000
bushels lArger than last year. The
fji'Bt year in tfhU'b,. th?V corn crop
reached a total of i,Ooo,ufTe.f?oo IjusholR
was IS70. In only si*, of the 32 ycslr.l 1
since than has the actual corn har
vest been In excesB of 2,000,000.000
b li fin el I. tlie inesent corn crop will
surpas# all of these record-breakings
years by s^nethiog like ti ({lidrtPi' ol
a billion bushels. .....
So much attention has been given
to the enormous corn crop tht**- the
rcr*?nt yield of other cereals has been
largely overlooked. Only one crop will
show a yield smaller than that of last
y cftr. Tht? fcheflt erop i? estimated at
-- 1 ? ??? > ? Hi.
* TfTV t *? - ? ?
4CO.OOO byshela FWrffcste.d last year.
The wheat crop of f.9oL, fitiyl't'pft, was
a record-breaker, The crop this year
is largely in excess of the average
yield. ThO climate of 610.611.000
bushels compares with 522, 230.000
bushels In 1000, 547.304.000 bushels Iti
U99, 530,149,000 bushelH In 1896.
The indications are that the other
ImpOrtitftj cereal erops-r^jats, rye. bar
ley and UiiekwheiU--- W'? 'all he In ex
cess of last yearns figiirejt .ThO estl
mated ylMd of oatjj is 056.277,000 bush
els, as compared with 736.809.000
bushels in 1901; the Estimated yield
of rye is 31,840,000 bushels, as against
30.345.000 biiehets ifl 1901; tn barley
the estimate is 1 20.720. (loo bushels, as
again?! 109.933.000 bushels la.>t yar;
while in buckwheat It Is 15.376,000'
bushels, na against 15,125,000 bushels
in 19(1 1: .
When tii? figures for. ftli Six c( th<so
crops are added together n niosl !rri
prcsslve total Is shown. The total es
timated y.leld for the six is no les3
than 4, j 4.1,911,000 bushels. The high
! <?st totdi evsr shown bfefort? was 3,- j
572,010.000 bushels. *
It li)f difficult to overestimate, as a
. prominent financier stated a few day's
! ago, what ttw*?p oliormou* crops mos(n
as afTectlng the prosperity 6f thia
country. They are the most solid of
the foundations beneath the super
structure of prosperity that the Uni
ted States Is no\V, tfttjoylng# 15very
r'bahncl of tradb Will receive its share
if (he enormous increase In purchas
ing power that has been added to this'
country through thejo immense crop*.
/ Government C op Report.
" Washington, Special. ? Titti monthly
reportoof the statistician at tho De
partment of Agriculture shows the av
arage cohdition of cork on October 1
to have been 79.6 as compared with
:?2.1 a year ago. T'.ie preliminary (esti
mate of the average yield of wheat is
14.4 bushels. The preliminary estl- I
mate of the average ^leld of corn per
acre is 34.5 bushels as compaved with
25.1 bushejs a year ago. The prelltnf-J
ii?lry C&tlfriatb per acre of rye is 17.0
bushels AS Compared Wlih 15.B a year
ago.
The average conditio** of buckwhcai
is SB compared with 80.7 list year.
The Improvement amounts to 4 points
in Kentucky, 5 4n Virginia. In tobacc
as compaied with their respective i
year average North Carolina is 7 an
Virglna 9, and Ohio 2 points above,
Tennesse 3 points below.
The average condition of potato aa
on October 1 was 81.5, against 54 a
year ago. Ab to the condition of
sweet potatoes. Tentiossee reports 1
point and South Carolina and Vir
ginia 5 points above their respective
10-yenr - averages. -While Georgia re
ports' 3 "points, Texas 4. New Jersey
6, Florida t. Louisiana 11. Mississippi
13 and Alabama 19 points below such
nverage. -,
All of tho Important sugar cane pro
ducing States except Texas, report
conditions below their respoctlve 10
year averages. This reduction amounts
to 2 points in Georgia. 5 in South Car
olina. 17 in Florida, 15 in Mississippi,
end 15 in Alabama, wlillo Texas Is 2
points above such average. As to the
condition of rice. Texas reports 11
points above and South Carolina.
North Carolina 0 point sand Louisiana
t points below their respective ave.
a*:cs for the last 10 years, while th?
condition in Georgia is the same a*
such average.
As to the condition of ripples North
Carolina reports 8 points; 'Illinois 9.
TTlarmirltt' 10r Pennsylvanla-ll. Maine
11. Ne'iv York 15. Iowa 10. and Michi
gan 27 points aboyc and Ohio 2. In
liana 3.- Virginia 9. Tennessee 11. Kcu
tucky 19 and Kansas 21 points below
the mean of their averages for tb?
'ast 7 years.
Farmers' CongrtM Adjourns.
Macon, Ga., Special. ? Tho* Farmera'
National Congress held Its fourth and
last session Friday. It was the most
Important day of tho conference. A
persistent al tempt was mri.de to hi
-dwe the 'ongvfBtj to reconsider Its ac
tion of t!)0l and endorse tjie ship sub
Sidy blll.The delegates from the West
re-enforced l?y those from the South,
sustained/ the adverse report of the
committee on resolution* and the
resolution of endorsement was laid
on the tAhle by an overwhelming mu
Jority. Reciprocity, where it will en
large markets for farm products, tvaa
l approved.
TALK WAS RED HOT.
Governor Cdell Clves Coal Operators |
a Well Peser*ad 8oa>l<
NEW TORS I tECUIIVf: HITS HARD, j
He Tells Hr. U<;er I hat I lie Owner* j
of Ihe nines Have Nut Acted With ;
' j
l:airnej;s to the Public.
New ^tfrk; Hpf rial,? ?" What do you
mean by politicians? ( want you and
all the other operators ^o uridoMtond
I that 1 am the uovernor of New York,
representative of 7,000,000
of people, and I him hare 111 tills
matter solely hi that ciip#<m* and to
relievo if possible an intolerable fcltu?
attou. And what is more, 1 intend tfc
ago evor^ frt jwjm- at my command to do
ft." Governor Odell fnarte thin ?tate
fn*m to President Bact,- trl ftio Head
ing Railroad, in the presence of United
States Senators Piatt, ?f New Vor.i,
aud Quay and Penrose, of P?nnsyl- j
vania, It "Wlttr'tire" ctrnnmaTirm?mr- ?
father heated Interview in the ofllw-jof
Senatot Plait ami Ihe rtfiult of the
first mUbiitt ff belweNi Ouveriior Odoll
and President Ba?f. tfU. Ha #>r was not ;
in the best of humor when. ff*c<hwpa- j
ifiM by 10. H. Thomas, chairman of
the board of directors of the Erie Hull- |
road, ho entered Soikft^r Piatt's office, 1
The conference was begun b/ 1* mule- j
ment made by Senator Penrose thtft 1
til* situation was becoming ?o serious !
fha't Soii/6 Solution must be found at !
ODcO. ffo isfu?ge?f?.,1 that operators !
stitfuld lrtrlliie to some coH<7efc#ioiM to
ward St K?ttitmcnt. "if you nteaft by
that," said PreSidfcrtt H.ier. "that we
are to recognize the existence ?f n la- |
bof union i 1 tol 1 you right now tbflt
the operators win aonsldcl' no s.uh
proposition."
Governor Odell was on his iett i ?>
an instant. Holding a half burnt cigar
! ti h!S. $jartd swd white with excitement,
he said:
"Are wo to understand thN( Jio kind
of conciliatory proposition will recclvt'
| fcOf>?lrtnrnt?on at the hands of the Op- j
orators?"
"I did not say Uirtt,'' ftnswared Mr. !
Baer, "but 1 do say, and I reltefth* It,
; that we will not accept political advice
oJ- alld# the IjUerferenee of politicians
in this, our alfalf."
Then it was that GOfroffiOp .Odell
made the statement attributed to hi'frt
at tho beginning of thiB article.
y Preside tit Nanr, evidently appreelat- 1
ir.g that hfe hart gone too Jar. bowed |
to Governor Odell add sardi
"Governor, I beg yapr p'ardofl. No !
personal affront was Intended and we
*111 listen to any suggestion you may
bafe id make; but again I repeat that
must refuse td rQMgn tea the union
as represented by MV, M iitthen/'
"I believe," satd the -Governor, "that
your position from a public view Is ab*
Sblutely untenable, ? If coal operators,
railroad meh and Mthfef business men
can combine for mutual profit and
protection, there Is no reason why la
boring men shouh} not."
'"What Is the proposition?" asked
Mr, Baer, cbldlf?-^
"Just thiB,". said Governor Odell, "1
ota Sure that the labor Organisation, of
Which Mr. Mitchell iebead, deSli'es him
to be fair with the geneial public. If
the operators will consent to give the
men five cents d ton Increase, I will
personally present It to the ifclSers and
I believe they will accept It. It is a
fair proposition.
"Do.ea.JLhls mean, Governor Odell,
that we are to recognize the miners'
union?" Mr. Baer asked*
"It certainly does," answered Oox
ernor-Odell, (piickly, "and there is no
reason why, you should not.",
Mr, Baer on d Mr. Thomas rose to go,
Mr. Thomas remarking that lh? matgp
tef wduld be lllesented to the other op
orators and that an early atlawtfi -would!
be forthcoming. Mr. Baer said: "We
are to moot a committee of the Manu
facturers' Association on Tuesday and
we may have an answer then.*'
The conference broke up, Mr. Baor
and Mr. Thomas withdrawing. Sena
tors Piatt, Penrose and Quay talked
over JL?o matter Tor a short time and
then they, too, separated, the two
Pennsylvar.lans announcing that they
would go hack to llarrlsburg and dis
cuss the situation with Governor Stone.
Killed |}y lixploslou.
Anderson, S. C., ?pdtial.~ As n re
sult of the premature explosion of a
dynamite charge at Pourtman Shoals,
nine miles we*t of (fris plate. Friday
morning. Jamoa White, of " JSJor'.i?!cli:
Conn.. /orwrum of the quarry gang,
was fhslanfly killed, and three negroes,,
injured/ one fatally. White was an em
ploye of a construction -company of
Palmer. Mass.
^ ? . . ?
Trust of Wholmle tirocers.
St. Louis, Special.? The Inter-State
Grocery, of Utr Louis will say
that a /combine, to includo
every wholesaler of groceries In
the United States, is in thy
course of formation, That paper gives*1
the following outlihftof the plan: "ft
is proposed to take dver the business of
the entire line of wholesale groaers iu
the* United States. One great corpora
tlonc,)|NU bo formed, which will buy
outright tho buslnsss and. good will of
all the Arms. A central ofllcw for the
accommodation the oftlccrs of the
?orapany will bo aalntaloed. j>roK3&y
?a York.
? : ? '?. ? ?!.?
N#w MUI ml ttttiiJivlir*.-* "
Boston, Special? The Mer?l?*c Man
( Company was authorised by
LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS.
Mirny A\dtfem of (lenerBl Interest 111
Ahort I'rti agraphs.
The Sunny South.
The strike of strecf mr employes in
Now Orleans I* getfled, and tlie men
arc to return to work at a futll in
Crease.
Illrmlngliam, Ala. ? Special. ? J. B.
Cobhs, who wan appointed receiver of
the Conttnejjtal BocurfCjr Bedqttip*
tion company when the affairs <Jf tlutt
concord wwe first aired in court, harf
been removed and Z. T. Hudulph
named as receiver.
Savannah, (Ja.. . Special.? Kxtensivo
preparations lmv*? been made to 91V
tertatu th? members of the National
Farmers' co/r|ff??? coming to Savan
nah from Macon.
Under the moat favornhle conditions
and promising to surpass all previous
season*. Atlanta's third annual horse
ahow was Opened Wednesday night.
The Hhow will lasf through Thursday.
; Roanoke, Va., Special. ? Ac* notlco
| was posted in the general shops of tho
Norfolk &. Western Hallway hero
Wednesday ftigned by General Man
| agor and Vice President 1/. 10. John
! i.rro-c Of 2
an hour In the wages of the machlu
, ists, uiUClinnlhts' helpers and all la
borers. This Increase which affects
l about 2,000 men was made voluntarily,
i the men having made no request for
an advance. Not long ago the wages
of tlie trackmen of the Norfolk
Wrsttjrto system were materially in
creased.
v At The National Capital.
Postmaster tieneral Payne, in in
Interview nt MHwflCfke*. snld that, tlx?
furthcoming annual messago of Presi
dent Hooswolt to Congress probably
will rmmimeurl a> permanent tariff
commission too appointed.
Attorney General Kiiqk addressed
tho member# of the. Pittsburg chamber
of commerce nl tile Hotel 8chonly
Wednesday night. There were 700
guests jii'efnnt. The subject of lllflf
dress was "The Commerce" Clauso hi
the Constitution of th<i Trusts."
Washington, . Hpi^-Ial. -,--fi^ -Al^'baol
Hci'bcTf, the new Jlrh^li ambassador,
was predated to th* president today.
Secretary Hay ai/fVert ut' the tem
porary white hoafco u few minutes be
fato the corutftony. The ambassador
followed" goort afterward, riding in tho
President's carriage. "H? wua accom
panied by Colonel IMngham, superln
lendftnt of public buildings and
grourfda. and by four. attaches of the
BrKlsh otnb&fSy*.
At The North.
v MftScagtti,.ln Now York, kept a ban
quet in ni.i heflov waiting four hours
before he appeared,
Though a largo number of officers
are engaged in the hunt, no trace hAO
been found of the Nebraska train job
bers.
Senator Ilatj&a; who had a bilious
attack, spent Sunday at home in* Cleve
land.
Near ttarre, Pa,, a fast train lan In
to a freight Wreck and two men were
killed aity on<v Injured.
Los Angeles, ...Calif,, Special.-? Art*
drew Creelman, a well 'kuowri. t6le
graph and electrical engineer, is dead
here of. heart falluro. Creelman came
to Los Angeles from Chicago a few
months ago and was employed by the
Western Union Company. In Chicago
bo held Important positions with the
eamo company.
From Across Tho Sea.
o
Judge ?William L. Penfleld, who Is In
Paris, predicts that The Hague arbi
tration court will decide tho Pious
Fund case in favor of the 'United
States.
It is reported that Turkey -has secret'
ly agreed to the passaso of Russian
warships through the Dardanelles.
Seiious blt.clion riots occurred at
Saint Poelt?r., Austria.
I.ord flosebcry delivered tho oration
at the unveiling of a statue of Glad
stone at Glasgow.
S. de Ulowltz, Paris correspondent of
the London Times, has had to quit
work on account of falllda eveaJaht.
A statistician ofnhe German rail
roads h^s exploded tho superstition
that Friday Is ; u unlucky day. He pre-v
sen ted a table of accidents last year
on Herman railroads, grouping them by
days of .tho .week.. .The auxol;ix..?Wfia..
C.DUTfind they- were pretty
tributcd throughout the week. Monday
leads, with 1.074; Tuesday has 1,561;
?Wednccday 1,(#I; Thursday 1,547; Fri
day 1,63S; Saturday 1,039 and Sunday
268.
The German Reichstag re-assembled
Wednesday. President Von Ballestreitt
conveyed to the -Houqp the thanks or
the French government for Germany's
sympathy with the sufferer# from the
Martinique volanlc disaster.
The Crown Prime of->U4uu wus takr
en for a drive from Washington to
Fort Myer. when? thejroop* gave blm 1
an exhibition cf their skill In cavalry,
tactics, l^ater, accompanied by Assis
tant Secretary of State Pierce and his*
entire sttfte. he boarded the &ytpb and
visited Mount Vernqp. Last night he
was g4ven a dinner by Prof. ~J>. H. <?or?,
of Columbia University; " . > -
KI?r IWwnrtl- - ~ re turned to IjootoB'
from Scotland. /
A big banquet le to be givta by Ger.
mans In Berlia. In ho?yr of An>ba>?a
dor Andrew p. Wljlte
^An ofccUU of_|jM? lt ?
Loan Bank. In Prague, la ?
stolen 11,000.000 from the bank.
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL
Silk Culture and Manufacture.
Tli* Serlrulture Manufacturing Co,,
has applied for incorporation at At
lanta, Oa., plating Us capital stock at
$2,500,000, with Messrs. Lewis B. Ma
Kid of New York and W? E. Sweet of
Atlanta as incorporators. The company,
will he organized to carry out the ex
tensive plans that Mr. Magid has In
progress for silk culture and manufac
turing In tho South. Mr. Mugld has
been mentioned several times In con
nection with extensive plans of this
character. nndJsoveral months ago pur
chasod 2.G0O apves of land at TaaUnlah
Falls, Ga., an^he. has planted about
2.G00 mulberry trees for feeding Bilk
worms. At the'vfalls tho company will
develop two water-powers to furnish
power for transmission hy electricity.
This power will operate tho machinery
for unwinding tho silk cocoons. Mr.
Mngld's plans include thfc establish
ment of colonies of Italian and French
fnrmers. who ?ro thoroughly versed Itt
the olllc industry. >
*
Another Mill at Anderfcon,
It Is announced tliat another large
cotton factory will be built at Ander
son, H. O. Tho company that will build
nml operate it will be organized with
capital stock of $000,000, but It is prob
able the stockholders will not meet
until January to elect officers and de
termine dutails. An equipment of 25,
000 spindles and complement of looma
(about 7?0 will be Installed, an<| a
high grade of cotton goods will", lie
manufacturer. R. S. Hill, president of
Farmers and Merchants' Bank, Is the
promoter of tho new enterprise, and
ban announced positively that the plant
will be established.
Textile Nolo*;
Manufacturers' Record,
liionlmnl (Texas) Cotton
?
%
?HH mmi
which contracted for it? building
textile machinery (B000) ejfingtu
160 looms) last month, will open
Ootobcr 16 for furnishing and 1
fi>K the required steam-power
Rids are to he submitted at prices
on board at . Brenham. This
plant la to include n erosa-COai^
Corliss engine of 250 horse-power,
flywheel to admit of incr?
horBC-pow?r later; also two
power water-tube boilers to t
as fuel and nrranged to he chi
coal when desired, and fcedWfttJ
or, with two WorthlnjjtPO'
pumps, ,
Work progrestie* steMU
Washington Milts at Fr
the company expect#. td.jil
spindles and 1100 lcoms'-Jtt^j
early In 1008. ,Thl* extC
prise was announced about * ;
and the power development;
Hon of 'building* have
progress, The cottpfatfM*
New river is expected to.def#
6300 hortw-power^but
of thia energy WfUW
mill biiildifl# fa four stoi
410 feet, constructed xrf
stock la $2,225,000. ' -
: The efforts ? ? ?
tablish ft cotton inti
have proven
has been applied for.:
known' a* Ringgold
at $1,00,000, half oSH
niahed by "
er wllT brueed to- _
ory, W. H. Odell wfl*
W; McClain, tt
Batterfleld, ?? y.W
Brown of MffiOtieello.
cflitect, builder am
A 1200,000 eompaa
?r^BTd orgmttt**-#*
the purpose of bulidinf i
production of flneY
rens investors have sul
and the remaining
largely taken by New TOfk,
W. K~nuc flw. - president of V
J, ooo
Cotton Mills, is at the bead
i\\ Iwrtfil
announced later.
enterprise. All furtheydetat
Victor" Cotton Mills of
C?? will resume operations J
after an idleness of. seven!
making this decision the atcHSK
also announce that tifc
changing from a spinning to ft
mill will remain open until ti?
meeting in Jiahuary.
was recently noted at conai
ourh a cJianae.
- Messrs. J. H. Parham, J. B.
tt. B. Fothergill, J. A. Carte* and
Wilson have incorpdrai
Cotton Felt Co., with
$10,000.
. Weatherford (Texas) Cotton
Uaa.dci'Ho7rro"UiumlJL a fctifttjag p
and tb^^fie!*aAbifc&"-TOr- ctll IfOte
tfuctlou of yarns. The company
had ite cotton mill under eftqlf
for some months, and the WOO.
are now being Installed
Oxford Knitttng Milia
G a.. Is preparing to
cnt -output- of -Itfl
turing high-grade ribbed
W^iKwaferpowwr hotter. i
er engine. addlU
chintiend finishing 4
iwtfaiiclCTtta^S^W
market for, the equip
Jame^W^
Fa., d?ir < ontero
knitting Tniltat*"
w*t stated laaf
dreeae* ?
lion Of cotton-:
& C., and it is
of "
of Cneccht
h?iw