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.1 6 _BERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17,A WE i A GREAT COAL STRIKE IJAS BEEN SETTLED; VONO4IONs MAIDI BY OrulATORS AND OPIITIVICB. An VhItration PyopOsitIon Came From the Q riat-or I hrough I-rpoot Morgein, a Monday-ette,tent of Strhe Followed Early Thuraday Morn los ,YCommissio, to Adjust DIft:rences. The'great anthracite coal strike is settled at last. A commission of six persons,. with a seventh, Mr. Carroll D. Wright, as recorder, * will adjust differences between . 'operators and miners. President Mitchell of the miners will take the uecessary measures to call the strike off. The president will urge imme diate.:resumption of mining and operations are expected to begin 'next week. Announcement that the great strike was off was made by Secre tary Root with. exuberant good humor at the White House shortly after v o'clock Thursday morning. Organized labor "as a representa tive on the comtmission in the per son of E. E Clark, grand chief of the Order of Railway Conductors, named as a sociologist. The presi dent added Bishop Spalding, of Illinois, to the list of five members suggested by the operators. As named the commission is perfectly satisfactory to both miners and operators. Assent of the miners was given through President Mitch ell and Mr. Sargent, commissioner of i&1migration and of the operators through Messrs. Robert Bacon and George W. Perkins, of the banking firm of J. Pierpont Morgan & Co. The final outcome followed a series of conferences, beginning with two during Wednesday with Mr. Mitch ell and two during Wednesday night with Messrs. Bacon and Per kins. Events moved quickly at the last, the president being deter, mined on a speedy settlement. . The commission will assemble in, a few days and choose a chairman, probably Gen. Wilson. It then will arrange for sessions and testi mony. The following official announce, ment of the close of the strike was issued at the White House at 2:20 a. m. Thursday morning. After - a confe' ce with Mr. Mitchell and some: further confer once with representatives of the o operators, the president has 'ppointed the members of the com ,nIsot to inquire into, consider ai4 pass upon all questions at 14 between -the operators and tlVOe Itn the anthracite coal fields: N*Ig.Geh. John M. W;ilson, U. 84,~ retired (late chief of engi ,M#s U. S. A.), Washington, D. C.. as an officer of the engineer corps of either the military or naval ser vice of the United States. M. E. W. Parker, Washington, D. C.--as an expert mining engi neer. Mr. Parker is chief statis tician of the coal disvision of the United State.s geological survey and the editor of the Engineering and Mining Journal of New York. Hon. George Gray, Wilmington, Del., as a judge of a United States court. Mr. IE. E. Clark, Cedar Rapids, Ia., grand chief of the Order o1 Railroad Conductors-as a sociolo gist, the president assuming that for thd purposes of such a commnis sion the term sociologist means a man who has thought and studied deeply on social questions and has practically applied his knowledge. Mr. Thomas H. Watkins, Scran ton, Pa., as a man practically ac quainted with the mining and sell ing of coal. Bishop John L, Spalding, of Peo ria, Ill. The President has added Bishop Spalding's name to the comn mission. Hon. Carroll D. WVright has been appointed recorder of the com mission. The settlement of the strike fol lowed closely the Proposition of' the Operators. At a conference held at the White House on Monday nigh t ofti week, at which were present J. Pier pont Morgan, Robert S. Bacon, one of Morgan's partrurs, Secretary Root, Secretary Ooetelyou, and President Roosevelt, the following statement, explaining the position of the mine op erators in reference to the Penney1. vania coal strike, and stating the con ditions under which they would agree to arbitration, which had been pre pared by the managers of the dif ferent coal s properties, was laid be fore the President by Mr. Morgan. The statement was then given to the press and the public by Secretary Cortelyou. TIE OFFICIAL STATEMENT. Secetary Cortelyou, by authority of those preent at the' White House, made pubho the following autho rized batement concerning the con. ference: Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan came to Washington with his partner, Mr. Bacon, at the request of the com panies, who desired that as a matter of courtesy their statement should be shown to the president before it was made public. Having been laid uefore the president by Mr. Mor gan, it is now given to the press. To the Public: The managers of the different coal properties comprising the anthracite coal fields, wish their position in the present strike to be understoQd, and therefore make the following state mnent of facts: There are in the anthracite regions about 75 operating companies and [irma and 147,000 miners and work men (of which 30,000 are under age) 30mprising some 20 nationalities and 3ialects. Of these workmen possibly one balf belong to the United Mine Workers' Union, of which Mr. John Kitchell is president. That organ ization was originally formed in the cituminous coal region, and three lourths of its members are miners of bituminous coal, and bituminous coal is sold 'in " active -competijion with rntbracite coal.. The remaining work neu in the anthracite fields either )elong to no union whatever or do :it belong to the Mine Workers' Union. he;present atrike was declared by he Mine Workers' union on the ?Oth lay of, May, 1902.. Since that time nany- workmen not belonging to or iot willing to follow that organiza. ion were working in and about the nines. From 17,000 to 20,000 are iow at work. Many more have wished to work but.have been prevent 3d by a course of violence and intimi lation towards those workmng, and ~oward their families, accompanied by the destruction of properties and the fear of death or bodily harm to avery man who wishesi to exercise bis right to work. A schedule is annexed hereto showing some of the things done to areate this reign of terror, and every instance stated can be verified by reference to the officers of the lawv sivil and military-in the anthracite region. This violence has continued and steadily increased notwithstand ing repeated disavowals by Mr. Mitchell, and it is clear be either can. not or will not prevent it, and that the rights of the o'ber workmen can not be protected under his supre. macy from mine workers' union. wHrY ARBITRtATION WAs DECLINED. The coal companies believe that the wages paid in the coal regions are for and full and all the business in its normal condition has been able to stand if the capital invested is to have any reasonable return. The profits have been small, severa, of the companies have become bank rupt and been reorganized several times. Several have not paid divi dends, and the dividends of the of the others have been a small re turn for the capital invested. It is not however, the patrpose of this state ment to discuss this question. The undersigned are not, and never have b)een, unwilling to snbmit all ques tions between them and their work. men to any fair tribunal for decision. They are not willing to enter Into arbitration with the mine workers' union, an organization chiiefly com posed of men in a rival and compe titive interest, and they na not wil ing to make, any arrangement whiel will not secure to the men now work ing, and all now or hereafter wishing to work, whether they belong to the mice workers' union or not, the righl and opportuinity to work in safet3 and without personal insult or bodil) harm to themselves or their families For these -reasons the arbitrationE heretofore proposed have been de clined. It will be remembered that at the conference in Washington October 8, we made the following offer: That we would take up at each colliery any alleged grievance, and in the event of a failure to make a satisfac tory adjustment of the questions at issue to be submitted to the final decision of the judges of the court of common pleas of the district in which the colliery is located. This offer was made by us in good faith and we desire here to reaflim it. The coal companies realize that the urgent public need of coal, and the apprehension of an inadequate supply for the approaching winter calls for an earnest effort to reach a practical conclusion which will re. sult in an increased supply, and the presidents of the companies desire to make every effort to that end which does not involve the aban donment of the interests committed to their care and of the men who are working and seeking to work in their mines. This responsibility they must bear and meet as best they can. TnE OPERATOHs' PROPORsTION. They therefore restate their posi tion: That they are not discriminat ing against the United Mine Work ers: but they insist that the miners' union shall not disariminate against ar refuse to work with non-union men; that there shall be no restric tion or deterioration in quantity or quality f work, and that owing to the varying physical conditions of the anthracite mines each colliery is a problem by itself. We suggest a commission be ap pointed by the President of theUnited States (if he is willing to perform that public service) to whom shall be referred all questions at issue be tween the respective companies and their own employes, whether they belong to a union or not, and the decision of that commission shall be accepted by us. The commission to be cons'ituted as follows: . 1. An officer in the engineer corps of either the military or naval ser vice of the United States. 2. An export mining engineer, ex perienced in the mining of coal and other minerals, and not in any 'way connected with coal mining proppr ties, either anthracite or bituminous. 3. One of the judges of the United States courts of the eastern district of Pennsylvania. 4. A man of prominence, eminent as a sociologist. 5. A man who, by active partici. pationi in mining and selling coal, is familiar with the physical and com mercial features of the business. WILL BE IMMEDIATELY EFFEcTIvE. It being understood immediately upon the constitution of the com mission in order that idleness and non prodluction may cease instantly, the minrors will return to wvork and cease all interference with and per secution of any non union men wh( are working or shall hereafter work The findings of this commission shal] fix the date when the same shall be exffective, and shaill govern the con ditions of employment between the respective companies and their owr emplos for a termr of at least thrrei years. George F. Baker, president Phila delphia and Reading Coal and Iror company, Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal company and Temrple Iron comn pany. E. B. Thomas, chairman Penn sylvania Coal company, Tillside Con and Iron comrpany. WV. H. TLrues.dale, president Doea ware anid L'ickawarnna and Westte Railroad company. T. P. Fowler, president Scrantoi Coal company, Elk IHill Coal an< iron company. RI. M. Olynhant n)esit 1nt. ware and Hudson company. Alfred Walters, president. Lehigh Valley Coal company. A note appended to the statement reads: "The schedule referred to in this statement was not brought from New York as it had not been completed." PRESIDENT MITCIIHLL, of the mine operators' union, when seen by a representative of the Asso ciated Press on Tuesday, the day following the proposition of the operators given above, gave out the following statement: "I fully appreciate with what anx iety the people of our country are awaiting the end of the coal strike. The coal operators have not ad dressed the' miners' union or its officers in making their public state ment. It is therefore impossible for me to state the attitude of the min ers at this time. I am now, as I have always been, deeply solicitous of the interests of the public and the welfare of the mine workers who have been on a strike for the past five months. A formal statement defining our position and intentions will be issued just as soon as we are in possession of the full meaning of the proposition of the operators." This statement was made by him at 8 o'clock after a silence lasting all day. He had no intention of making it until the correspondents representing newspapers all over the country called on him in a body and informed him that the general pub. lie desired to have an answer to the proposition of the operators. After giving it he was asked many ques tions regarding the attitude of the men and the probability of the no. ceptance or rejection of the new offer, but he had no reply to make to any of these questions. He de nied that he had any knowledge of what the new offer of the operators was until it became public property, and also denied that he was in tele. phonic communication with Presi dent Roosevelt. His attention was called to the fact that most of the information from Washington indi cated that the proposition would be accepted and that the strike was near at an end, but he stoutly main tained that neither his officers nor the rank and file of the men' had done anything to cause such an impres sion to go out. The district presidents also main tain silence as to their personal opinion on the proposition, except. ing President Fahy, who after he arrived from Boston today gave an inkling as to how he viewed thie new turn of affairs. In reply to a query, lie said: "The strike cannot be settled with out the consent of the men. WA are not dealing in gold bricks of any kind, and you can make any deduc tion from that you want." Alexandre Young, corporation counsel of Hudson county, N. Y., has been arrested for kidnapping his own child. After the granting of a divorce to Young and his wife, Mrs. Young was given custody of the child, and this makes the third at tempt of the father to steal it. Only a Penny. "'Only a penny," I heard them say, A penny for Jesus, if given each day, Would send the Go'pel to every soul Now sitting in i arkness, from pole to pole, Only a penny fromt every one. Who bears the name of God's own Son. Only a pennyl How small a sutu, Bly the side of millions that go for rumt, To ruin the bodies and( souls of men, Or the millions that end in smoke- and then, A penny apfece from every one Who is savedl by the death of God's own Only a p)enniy from young anid old, From the little lambs within the fold; Fronm the urphanied and widowed ones who share Wiuth all God's poor, in the Shepherd's care, - Only a penny apiece fronm every one I Who prays in the atnae of God's own Son. Only a peniny to show our love -To im who left his home above r For this very work; and whose last com, mnand L4eft this mission to Christians in every land IOnly a penny from every one To send the Gospel of God's own Son. - Excha,wge. ANYTHINU ANYWHEIC. Urtof P$rag,%phe OtvIlog Nome of the Happ ntnge of the World of Men. Two men were killed, four fatally and others seriously injured in a mine explosion at Pawnee, Illinois, Monday afternoon. The explosi-. was caused by too much powder in a blast, the concussion causivg the coal duHt to explode with great force. Those killed were 4,000 feet away from the point where the shot was fired. Ambassador C toate and Gene. Corbin, Wood and Young were the guests of King Edward at a lunch eon at Buckinghan Palace on Mon day in honor of Lord Kitchener, prior to the latter's departure for India. The health of Roosevelt was proposed. It is thought that at least one hun. dred graves in Indianapolis have been despoiled within the last three months by medical students. Four dead bodies were found tied in sacks in a dry goods box in the rear of the College of Physicians and Surgeons this week. An aerounaut, De Bradsky, and his engineer, Morin, were killed by falling from a dirigible balloon near Paris on Monday. The ropes by which the car was fastened to the balloon broke from some unknown cause, and the occupants were dashed to the ground, meeting instantaneous death. The balloon disappeared in the clouds. Governor Odell opened the New York State Republican campaign in Brooklyn with a number of speeches on Monday night. He asserts the right of the State to intgrvene in the coal strike. A north bound fast mail, running at a speed of forty miles an hour, left the track near Greensboro, N. C., on Tuesday, and went jumping on the cross-ties for more than two hun dred yards, part of the distance in cluding a high embaukinent, steel trestle and sharp curve. The train was loadetl with passengers, and it is almost miraculous that no one was hurt and the train very littlo dam aged. Clarence H. ivlackay has been elected president of the Commercial Cable Company and the Postal Tele graph Cable Company, to succeed his father. Thu,'rime of CIrousn,al EICdenuce. History is full of instances where innocent men have been hung for murder and other,crimes on circum stantial evidence, t,be facts of the case frequently not being known until many years after the tragic mistake has been made, but proba b)ly no circumstance of this kind has ever carried with it a more shocking realization of the.enormity of a man's life being taken b)y the law because ci rcumst,ances are apparently against him than a-case the details of which have recently been published. Ini Richmond, Va , on October the third, John Wesley Hicks, con victed of the murder of Milton Bourne, his son-in law, was hanged at Louisa Courthouse. Just twenty years ago, a man was hanged in Virgiuin because circum starntial evidlence pointed M0 the con clusion that he had murdered for their money an old man and his wife named Massey. So strong was the evidence that everyone believed that the prisoner committed the crime; but the sequel proves that lawyers, judge, jury and public were wrong. The sequel -is this: ,Just before Hicks paid the death penalty last week he publicly confessed that he hail committe'd the crime for which another had paid his life, detailhng the circumstances in such a manner as left no dloubt in L is hearers' minds as to his'own guilt and the martyr. (100 of the man who had dlied assert ing his innocence. A gnood lesson tbis for judge and juiry. -. Fresh - Ogsters! FRIED, STEWED, BROILED OR RAW. Tenderloin Steak, Fish, Game, Ham and Eggs, Etc. COOKED - IN FIRST-GLASS MANNER -| And Served on Short Notice at - S. B. JONES' RESTAURANT. DRINKS! Our Soda Fountain offers so many de licious and whole some Drinks that we know not which to mention first. Our Ginger Ale is in great demand be cause so refreshing. Unfermented Grape Juice Beverages are popular. Of course there is nothing quite takes the place of our Milk Shakes. Come here for your Soda Drinks. Maves' Drug Store. P. S. Order your Cream by the gallon from us. Now Flilitil re Store! When you are ini Newberry don't fail to call at~ the New Furniture Store of - SHELLY aDEAN, back of M imnaugh's, on Friendi street, to buy your Frurniture. Their goods are all new and just from the fac tories, up to date ini tinish, style and workmanship. We carry a full line of suits, Beds, Bureaus, Safes, Ohairs, Rockers, Tables, in fact everything in the house fur nishing line. We are also prepared to do first class repair wvork on Watches, Clocks, .Jewelry, Musical Instruments, Sewing Machines and Furniture of all kinds. Give us a trial and be convinced that we are the cheapest in town. Yours for low priccs, Newberry, 8. 0. I Have Just returned from the North with a beautiful selection of Jewelry, Clocks and Silverware, and invite you all to inspect them. Prices Reasonable, Your Watch and Olook work solic ited, andl( work guaranteed. Thanking you for past favors, and hoping for a continuance, I am yours for the mloney. Jeweler and Or tcn . PARTY'S OPPORTUNITY AS SEEN BY C1EVELAND, EXPBIK5C1)EN r 11tCI 1 s V. THI %T 411E 111MIC 138 ai1'1 For a De"anorwtto Viet orr +te- pubelbana Should Not M Peritlttrd to Ocoopy Our Tariff Retorm Grond-Pight ing 4Ibouein't Cooee. To representative of The New York Evening Post, who asked him his views in tegard to the outlook, for and t he dirty of the Democracy in the approaching congressional elea tions, ex President Grover. Cleveland said: "It seems to me that if the Demo cracy is really in earnest it cannot fail largely to increase its representa tion in the next congress, but in order to do so I think there must be a constant. and stalwart insisteIlce upon the things which are recognized by all to be true Democratic doc trines. Of course, by far the ntost important of these is tariff reform. On this issue, I in satisfied that the Democracy is face to face with a great opportunity. All of the signs of the times point to a recognition, far beyond all party lines, of the benefits which would accrue to the people by a readjustment of the tariff, and it would be worse than folly for the party under the stress of any temptation or yielding to any allurement to permit this to be subordinated to or overshadowed by any other issue. "The present restlessness in ite. publican circles on this subject, often amounting to protests against Re publican protective theories, should warn the Democracy of an impend ing danger. I mean by this the possibility that our opponents may crowd us from our position on this sutsject., if we allow them to do so by our lukewarmness and indiffet ence and to occupy our ground, just as we permitted them to crowd us from the ground that belonged to us on the question of sound money. "1 am very mich' pleased with the deliverance of the New York Democ. racy on the tariff issue, and it wasm fit and proper that the Empire Stat, should souid the right. note. It is my clear conviction that the best assurance of success for the Democ racy in the next nationd caupaign will be found in a sincere and unre mitting insistence upon its old time doatrine of a fair and beneficent tariff adjustment. This insistence should be from now on. It need hardly be said that success will de pond upon the presentation of tariff doctrine not only recognized as truly Democratic by those who may be termed veterans in the party, buit also commending itself to the hosts of the younger men of our land. Thousands of these await the oppor tunity to espouse a cause which must appeal to disinterested love of coun try and which is based upon thought ful,regard of all our people and the safety of the institutions under which we live. To these young men no hope is offered for the realization of their patriotic aspirations except through the conscientious endeavors of the Democratic party. "I am at a loss to understand by what process of reasoning the notion has gained a footing in certain Demo. cratic quarters not only that no im portance attaches to a Democratic ascendency in the next house of representatives, but even that it might be advantageons to party prospects in 1904'for it to continue in its present minority now. Power ful warfare ought to be5 regarded as continuous, and if the results battled for are worth having at all, they are worthy of our best efforts at all times and under all circumstances. Constant vigilance and unrelenting attack are essential to victory, armies are captured by first driving in the outposts. "I cannot believe that the bright prospects of the D)emocracy in the present campaign are to be merred by any lack of hard work and strenu ons fighting.'' The extensive sale of flne liv,. stock at auction dur~g Fair week will give all an opportnl)ity to im