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TH? SUMTES WATCHMAN, KttablUfced April, 1850. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thon Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON. Established Jone, 1S66
C?&oli?ated Aug- 2,1881.
New Series-VoL XXII. No. 10
Pub?si.e? E7?T7 Wednesday,
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SUMTER* S. C.
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SIRO TIMES ?N Will STREET.
Interest Rate Rises to 35 Per
Cent, and Money Scarce
at That.
- . . * >.
New York, Sept 29.-With call
money up to 35 per cent, and other ad?
verse circumstances, today's market
received a very severe shake up, net
losses in many active issues "ranging
from 2 to 10 per cent. The greatest
loss was sustained by Louisville and
Nash vile. Disappointment regarding
the probable disposition of the road as
much as anything else is supposed to
have caused the break.
. - Other features that combined to
unsettle the market. were disquieting
reports concerning the president's con?
dition, the prolongation of the coal
* strike and the indubitable fact that
London and the continent are unload?
ing "Americans" in large blocks.
Practically all the money loaned on
call today came from trust companies
and out of town corporations and
private individuals. The banks of the
clearing house association stood aloof
and made virtually no loans for spe?
culative purposes. Moreover, the so
called susbtantial interests offered no
support to the market, which with
few exceptions, including Atchison
and St Paul, closed at the lowest
level.
The offices of J. P. Morgan & Co.,
and other leading banking houses
were active \during the day. Mr.
Morgan and his associates conferred
with some of the more prominent fin?
anciers, including President Stillman
of the; National City Bank, President
Baker of the First National Bank and
President Hendrix of the National
Bank of Commerce. None of ^hese
gentlemen would discuss the situation
except to say that further liquidation
of stocks would clarify the financial
atmosphere.
The market opened weak and lower,
all around, London's attitude having
a marked effect in that direction.
Call money opened at 15 per cent.,
went off a point or so but. soon rose
to 20. In the second hour o? the af?
ternoon session 25 per cent, was . the
quoted price, and the top figure of the
year-35 per cent,-was reached in the
last hour.
It was on the late trading that
prices melted most, and the decline
was unchecked at the close.
Mr. Morgan was at his office till late
in the afternoon. Asked his opinion
regarding the outlook, he said :
"Things are very much better, in
fact, I think the situation better to?
day. We paid out something like $12, -
000,000 in coupons. I believe the
worst is over, but it may take some
time for things to settle."
"Do you think the stock market
will be stronger tomorrow."
"lam talking about the financial
situation not the stock market"
"To one of his callers Mr. Morgan
is known to have declared that control
of the Louisville and Nashville would
undoubtedly go to interests identified
with the Atlantic Coast Company,
which is the holding company of the
Atlantic Coast Line. This disposition
of the property will be made, so Mr.
Morgan is reported to have said, with?
out consultation with the Gates-Haw
ley interests in Louisville and Nash?
ville, though it was not to be inferred
that the deal would be opposed by Mr.
Gates or Mr. Hawley. The price fixed
for control is 150. Mr. Morgan could
not or would not give further details
except to say that the Louisville and
Nashville minority interests would be
fully protected.
A Result of the High Meat Price.
According to the National Provision?
er the high price of corn, the shortage
of good beef cattle and the unavoid
. able high prices of meats during this
year have stirred many somnolent
ti ons from their comatose sleep. Ir*
the high prices of meat and things
have caused this industrial activity
in the east, south and- west the country
will be amply repaid Jor the strain on
its purse, and the cattle shortage
should be thanked rather than lament?
ed for the condition it has shown and
the lesson it has taught, also for the
thinking and activity it set going.
The net result is that the south and
the east have determined on stock rais?
ing and meat packing; old factory
centers have imbibed life and evolved
plans for their resuscitation ; the feed?
ing of beeves and hogs in the south
and west under new conditions has
been worked out and general activity
in the feed, live stock, meat and pro?
vision world is felt everywhere.
His Life in Peril.
i;I just seemed to have gone all to pieces."
?writes Alfred Bee, of Welfare, Tex., "bili?
ousness and a lame back had made life a
burden. I couldn't eat or sleep and felt
almost too worn out to work when I began
to use Electric Bitters, but they corked
wonders. Now I sleep like a top, ' can eat
anything, have gained in strength and en?
joy hard work.*' They give vigorous
health and new life to weak, sickly, run?
down people. Try them. Only 50c at J.
F. W. DeLonne's drug store.
SOOTH &MER?GA ALARMED.
A Buenos Ayres Newspaper Wants
the Argentine Government To
Inquire Into Uncle Sam's
Intentions.
Buenos Ayres, Sept. 26.-The Prensa
Press, a daily paper of this city, pub?
lishes today a very violent article
calling attention to the alleged tend?
ency of the United States toward im?
perialism,, which, it says, is illustr?t-''
ed by the landing of American marines
in Colombia, and protests energetic?
ally against it.f The paper says the
United States ' ' does not exercise any
political protection over South Amer?
ica, which will never accept Euro?
pean nor North American intervention
in its affairs."
The Prena concludes with saying
that the Argentine Government should
make an inquiry into the- matter and
find out the real character of the aims
of the United States, so as to inaugur?
ate & diplomatic , movement and pre?
pare for. defense-, 'and destroy the idea
of the possibility of any intervention.
INDEMNITY ?OF LONS STANDING.
For Destruction of Merchantmen
in 1834 Spain Sends Payment.
* Washington, Sept. 26.-The treasury
department has begun distribution of.
$28,500, the sum received from the gov?
ernment of Spain, as one of the annual
payments of indemnity due under the
treaty of 1834 The continuation of
these payments is regarded as a
marked evidence of the high sense of
honor cherished by the Spanish peo?
ple in meeting an obligation.
.About 1818 some American mer?
chant ships were seized and destroyed
by Spanish national vessels and when
the matter was brought before a tribu?
nal an award was made in favor of the
United States citizens" for the amount
of their losses. The principal was con?
verted by a curious Spanish method in
perpetual rentes, and the Spanish gov?
ernment has met the interest on these
with gre?t rgularity ever since the
treaty of 1834.
By a rule of international law war
absolutely extinguishes treaties pre?
viously existing between the princi?
pals ; but the Spanish government did
not regard itself as thus relieved by its
recent war with the United States and
the only discomfort to which the scrip
holders were subjected WAS in a slight
deferment of two payments during the
war. .
Beaufort's Tall Men.
f Dr.. Gould, sanitary commissioner
of the United States army, recently
made a statement to the effect that the
tallest men who fought' in the civil
war were from, Indiana.. Out of
118.254 soldiers from the Hoosier
State, on the Federal side, the war re?
cords show 1,547 to have been 5 feet lO
inches in height; 8.706, 5 feet ll in?
ches; 6,729, even 6 feet; 2,614, 6 feet
1 inch ; 1,357, 6 feet 3 inches, and 336
above 6 feet 3 inches. |
These claims; made by Dr. Gould,
according to information obtained
yesterday from Major E. Willis, form?
erly of Gen. Beauregard's staff, go
too far. The Charleston veteran ha3
figures in his possession showing that
the tallest men in the Confederate
army were from Beaufort. If the re?
cords were thoroughly searched it is be?
lieved that the Palmetto State will be
entitled to the palm now claimed by
Indiana. Here are some of the human
sky-pcrapers from Beaufort who fought
for the Southern cause.
Capt. George Cuthbert, 6 feet 1 inch ;
Capt. H. M. Stuart, 6 feet 1 inch;
Capt. Paul Hamilton, 6 feet 2 inches ;
John Rhodes, 6 feet . 3 inches ;
Dr. Benjamin Fishburne, 6 feet 4
inches; William Fickiing, 6 feet 5
inches; J. G. Y. Pope, 6 feet 6
inches ; Capt. Edward Pickling, now
of the Columbia police department, 6
feet 9 inches, and last, but n?t short?
est, Joseph Hasell, who stood even 7
feet in his stockings.
Major Willis stated yesterday that
one day during the war the following
giants from Beaufort, whose names are
not given, spent the day in this city
and all registered at the same hotel :
The lowest in stature 6 feet 3 inches :
the next, 6 feet 5 inches; the third,
6 feet 6 inches, and the last, 6 feet
7 inches.
If the above does not satisfy even a
sceptical imagination that Beaufort is
prolific in tall men, the following
statement by the Major will clinch the
argument he makes that this State,
and especially the Seagull City, is
entitled to any bouquets distributed
for the production of modern Goliaths :
"In 1824 or 1825, when Gen. La
fayete visited the United States, the
Beaufort Artillery paraded in his hon?
or. Capt. Cuthbert, 6 feet 1 inch,
was centre file. Out of the 150 men
in line, 74 were taller than Capt.
Cuthbert. It is claimed that Beaufort
has produced more men of exceptional
height than any town double its num?
ber of inhabitants in the United
States. Beaufort probably had the
tallest men in either the Confederate
or the Union army."-News and Cou?
rier.
A French chemist has succeeded in
making diamond dust with the uso of
electricity. He says that with such
voltage as Niagara would give he could
tum them out in big chunks.
America's Famous Beauties.
Look with horror on Skin Eruption =,
Blotches, Sores, Pimples. They don't have
there, nor will any one, who uses Bucklen's
Arnica Salve. It glorifies the face. Ecze?
ma or Salt Rheum vanish before it. It
cares sore lips, chapped hands, chilblains.
Infallible for Piles. ?6o at J. F. W. De
Lorme's drug store.
THE FAMO?S CROPSE? S?SE.
James Wilcox Has Been Granted
a New Trial by the Su?
preme Court.
Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 30.-The sup?
reme court of North Caroilna today
handed down an opinion in the famous
Nellie Cropsey case in whicb James
Wilcox was charged with the murder
of Nellie Cropsey in Elizabeth City
last November. The court gives Wil?
cox a new trial.
The case is a familiar one to the
public. Nellie 'Cropsey, a beautiful
young girl, disappeared at night from
her home-on Elizabeoh City. She had
last been seen with Wilcox, at one
time her sweetheart. Suspicion fell
on him, but he was not arrested.
Thirty-seven days after her body was
found in Pasquotank river, and Wilcox
was arrested was tried and sentenced
to be hanged. He stoutly declared his
innocence and an appeal to the supreme
court was taken.
In granting a new trial the supreme
court says the evidence was entirely
circumstantial. The jury does not
seem to have given, the necessary cauti?
ous and vigilant attention to4the evi?
dence, or ; the presentation of the pri?
soner's case by counsel, lt says that
the conduct of the spectators in and
about the court was sufficient to pre?
judice the jury. "No such demonstra?
tions," reads the opinion, "were ever
witnessed in dur State before"
Among these demonstrations were
people leaving the court room in a
body and the ringing of a fire alarm.
The court does not find the jury was
influenced by these things, but view?
ing all of this 'disorderly conduct, it
says the trial was not conducted in the
proper form of law, and gives a new
trial to Wilcox, which it says must be
attended by no such demonstrations of
lawlessness and intimidation as were
present on the former ocasi?n. The
next term of the court begins in Pas?
quotank county on November 17, and
thecase will be heard again at that
time. . i
B?RGURS AT FORT MILL.
Bank Dynamited and Six to Ten
Thousand Dollars Stolen.
Charlotte, N. C., Sept. 30.-The
Fort Mill Savings bank of Fort MH1,
S. C., 18 miles from Charlotte, was
dynamited at an early hoar this morn?
ing arid it is estimated that between
six and ten- thousand dollars were
stolen. An entrance 'was effected
through the front door of the bank and
the vault and safe doors successively
drilled and ' dynamited. A clock on
the wall of the banking room had stop?
ped at 3.55 this morning, evidently in?
dicating the time of the explosion.
The bank officials refuse to make a
statement as to the extent of their
loss. A iarge amount of paper money
was found torn to shreds by the force
of the explosion. The robbers are
thought to have been professionals.
There is no clue to the perpetrators
of the -deed.
Duke Becomes King.
London, Sept. 29.-J. B. Duke,
president of the American Tobacco
company, and who is to fill that office
.in the newly formed Bri tish-Ameri?
can Tobacco company, limited, in ari
interview .today denied that the new
tobacco alliance would result in raising
prices above what was necessary for a
reasonable profit. When asked about
the Ogden . bonus, ? matter which
greatly stirs retail tobacco dealers of
this country, Mr. Duke said: "As
Ogdens, limited, has ceased to exist,
so has the bonus. After the payment
of the quarter's installment which is
due today, nothing further will be
paid."
Remarking upon the consumption of
tobacco in England, which is only
two pounds per capita, as against six
pounds in the United States, Mr.
Duke said he believed the small con?
sumption in England was due to the
high duty on tobacco and that the re?
duction of this duty would result in
trebling the revenues from it.
The Birmingham Age-Herald ex?
plains the new plan of "farming" pine
trees for their rosin. It says: "Here?
tofore the trees have been opened until
a mere strip was left. Three or four
boxes were cut in the same tree. This
means the decay of the tree and early
death. Dr. Herty's plan will at least
double the life of the trees. He cuts
no box at all-merely a gutter, at the
end of which is a clay cup. In Irwin
County he worked the two methods
side by* side and the cup method gave
rosin and. turpentine that brought from
20 to 300 per cent more money. In the
end the Herty method increases the
yield from a tree. All operators who
have watched the Herty method in
actual operation do not hesitate to say
?hat it is preferable in every respect.
The earthen cups needed are inexpen?
sive. Dr. Herty claims that his
method will not shorten the life of a
tree in the least, but even if it doub?
les the life of a tree, as all who have
studied it say it will, it will add mil?
lions to the wealth of this section."
The method, it is believed, can be ap?
plied also to the collection of rubber
in the tropics, which will greatly ex?
tend its vlaue.
Goes Like Hot Cakes.
"The fastest selling article I have m my
*tore," writes dru^icist <T. Smith, of,
Duvis, Ky., 'is Dr. King's Now Discovery
for Consumption, Cou^h* and Colds, he
cause it always cures. Jr. my six years of
salfS it has never failed. I have known it
to save sufferers from Throat and Lun^
disease', who could ^et no help from doc?
tors or any other remedy." Mothers relt?
on it, best physicians prescribe it, and J.
F. W. DeLorme guarantees satisfaction or
refunds price. Trial bottles free. Regular
sizes, r>Oc and $1.
? EPiDEMiG OF SUICIDES IN NAVY.
?
! Lreut-Coiffinander Bronaugh B!ov/8
Out His Brains on the Bat?
tleship Kearsarge.
New York, Sept. 30.-Lieut. Com?
mander William V. Bronaugh of the
United States navy, committed suicide
today on .the battleship Kearsarge at
the navy yard by blowing out his
brains with a revolver. Friends of
Commander Bronaugh believe that he
was very much worried over the mani?
fold duties of his position as executive
officer which are considered to be
mote ardous than those of any other
position of rank in the navy.. P. F.
Harrington, captain of the Brooklyn
navy yard, said:
"There is an epidemic of suicides in
the navy as surely as there was ever
an epidemic of fever. Such a thing
may occur, and cannot be explained.
The man probably had been thinking
of other the suicides which are very sad
affairs, and then in an unguarded
moment the desire to try it seized him
and it Was all over in a minute. "
Commander Bronaugh was.born in
Keniucky and entered the naval aca?
demy in
FLORIDA MURDERERS HANGED.
Two White Men Go to Death
With Unshaken Nerve. *
Bronson,. Fla., Sept. 30.-Theodore
Smith and Thomas G. Faircloth, the
young white men who killed the aged
Lewis couple one month ago today
were successfully executed by Sheriff
Sutton this morning. The ti ap was
sprung at 11.12 o'clock and both necks
were broken.
Faircloth was pronounced dead in 15
minutes and Smith in l2^o minutes!
Bot& men had wonderful nerve and
ascended the scaffold with steady step.
They- had their coffins opened and in?
spected and commented on them.
Faircloth remarked that they were all
right, \ and both men addressd the im?
mense crowd with clear and unbroken
voices.
Faircloth w^s, baptized by Rev. J.
B. Holley of Gainesville in the box
whieh was to contain his coffin in jail
this morning. Their nerve was beyond
description and there was no excite?
ment.
The sons and daughters of Lewis
witnessed the execution. The bodies
of the hanged men were turned over to
relatives for interment. Smith had a
young wife and baby. Faircloth was
engaged to be married and just before
the -e?euti?a expreqped a desire to
have the ceremony performed, but the
sheriff would not permit this to be
done.
Highwaymen in New York State.
Middletown, N. Y., Sept. 30.- The
stage coach "Pioneer," which makes
daily trips between Warwick and
Goshen, was held up and robbed by
three masked horsemen late this after?
noon.
The coach was bowling along the
road two miles from Florida, and at
a lonely spot on the road Clinton and
Horatio S. Wisner, who own the coach
and were on it, saw the men on horse?
back suddenly emerge from the dense
woods which line the highway
Clinton was driving. The robbers or?
dered him to pull up his horses.l
This he refused to do and the high?
waymen opened fire with revolvers.
None of the shots took effect, but the
shooting had the effect of compelling
the whip to bring his horses to a stop.
In the coach were Mrs. J. A. Cham
berlin, Mrs. Fred Webster, Mrs.
James Fuller, Mrs. Bart, Mrs. Ed.
Johnson, ail of Florida. While two
of the highwayme? covered the Wisner
brothers with their revolvers, the
third, using many threats, compelled
the passengers to give up all their
money and valuables.
After the robbery had been completed
the robbers spurred up their horses
and escaped.
A western moralist has made a pub?
lic speech in which he compared the
public men of the present with those
of the past and declares that Clay,
Webster and Calhoun were drunkards
and gamblers and thereby caused some
sensation. The legend is that Mr.
Clay did play cards for money at every
opportunity and apparently there is
no doubt that Mr. Webster was given
to brandy far more than was good for
him. Probably they pursuaded them?
selves, as many brilliant and hard
working men do-and many others
?ho are not briMiant but believe
themselve to be-that liquor and the
excitement of.gaming were'neoessary to
develop their best powers. Mr. Cal?
houn, however, was a living and pres?
ent contradiction of that theory. He
had the reputation of a man of pure
personal life and correct habits. A
dim and vague scandal reflecting on
his moral character was sprung in a
strange way about twenty years ago,
thirty odd years after his death, but
the older people in South Carolina
who remembered him most, intimately
and had known him well rejected it
as the freak of a man temporarily
deranged.-Richmond News.
Manila, Oct. 1.-The column under
Capt. Pershing, which went ont
against the Machin Moros in Min?
danao, has attacked the enemy and
captured three of their forts. The
Moros stood but a short time against
the American artillery fire. Twenty
Moros were killed and many were
wounded. There were no American
casualties.
Out of Death's Jaws.
'.When death .?cerned very near from a
severe stomach and liver trouble, that I
had suffered with for years." writes P.
Muse, Durham. N. C., "Dr. King's New
Life Pills saved my life and gave perfect
health." Best pills on earth and only 25c
at J. F. W. DeLorme's drug store.
PRESIDENT SEEKS TO
END IKE GOAL STRIKE.
? Conference Held Tuesday But Ho
Law Found For Federal
Interference.
Washington, Sept. 30.-The presi?
dent took initiative steps to ascertain,
what, if anything, could be done by
federal authorities to settle the coal
strike. The result was a rather gen?
eral expression of opinion by the ad?
visers of the president to the effect
that the federal law or .the constitu?
tion did not afford means of federal
interference to end the strike, but an?
other conference will be? held tomor?
row and the president wifl do all he
can properly and legally to bring about
a settlement.
-At the temporary White House a
conference was held with three cabinet
officers, Attorney General Knox,,Secre?
tary Moody and Posmaster General
Payne. Gov. Crane of Massachusetts
was also present. These gentlemen
met with President Roosevelt?first and
after the subject had been considered
for some time they adjourned to an
other room and conferred together for
an hour. They all returned later in
the day and held another conference
with the president and the strike situa?
tion was discussed further.
President Roosevelt is deeply con?
cerned over the situation. The ap?
proach of winter with a coal famine
imminent and the distress and suffer?
ing that must ensue unless coal be?
comes available presents a situtaion
which he thinks should receive the at?
tention of the administration if there
is anything that can be done by the
government. Many appeals have been
made to him and many suggestions
have been received by him and it was
with a view to ascertaining what
power the federal authority could
evoke that caused the conference to
be held.
During the conference every phase
of the situation was discussed. The
general opinion of the advisers of the
president was that the situation did
not present a case in which there could
be federal interference by any war?
rant of law. There has been no inter?
ference with federal authority in the
mining region, either by stoppage of
the mails or resistance of United
States court process. It was pointed
out that there was no occasion for the
use of federal troops, as Gov. Stone of
Pennsylvania had not called on the
government for assistance nor had
he even exhausted the resources of
the' State by calling out the full
strength of the State militia. The
question of the-.righfc to seek appoint?
ment of receivers for the mines 'in or?
der that they might be operated was
discussed, but neither in the consti?
tution nor in any known law could any
legal warrant be found for such action,
though the discussion on such lines
went so far as the consideration of
how the properties could be relinquish?
ed and control surrendered after the
object of supplying coal had been ac?
complished, assuming the federal
government could intervene through
receivers.
The tenor of the whole discussion was
to the effect that there was a lack of
power in the Jfederaljadrninistration to
take any action at the present stage
of the strike, although the seriousness
of the coal famine now and the much
greater evils soon to follow were con?
sidered at length and with a wish to
discover some method of ending the
industrial deadlock.
Gov. Crane's presence naturally,
brought into prominence the proceed?
ings begun in the Massachusetts
courts to secure the appointment of
receivers for the coal piv^rties, but
the opinion was expressed that the
situation could not be met successfully
with this method.
New York, Sept. 30.-The head of
the coal railroads were in conference
today at one of the weekly meetings
of the Temple Iron company of which
they compose the board of directors.
Before John Markie went into the
meeting he was asked as to the truth
of the report that President Mitchell
had been in conference in Philadelphia
with a representative of the operators
and j. P. Morgan.
"It is not true," said Mr. Markie,
"for if a representative of the opera?
tors and Mr. Morgan had been there I
would be in a position to know it, and
I have heard nothing of the kind."
The coal situation in New i'ork is
today more serious than at any time
since the strike of the anthracite
miners. Instead of 150,000 tons, usual?
ly in stock at this time of the year,
there are about 2,000 tons of hard coal.
In tenement districts the price is 75
cents a bushel, which is at the rate of
S25 a ton.
President Baer was asked today if
there would be enough coal in this
city to supply the demand before win?
ter sets in.
"Oh, certainly," he said, "this idea
that there is going to be a scarcity of
coal this winter is simply a scare.
There will be plenty of coal in New
York before the cold weather."
Trenton, N. J., Oct. 1.-The ship
combine was incorporatd here this af?
ternoon by the filing of papers amend?
ing the certif?cate of incorporation of
the International Navigation company,
which was filed in June, 1893, with an
authorized capital of 815,000,000. The
amended certificate hied today changes
the name from the International to
the Mercantile Marine company with
an authorized capital of 6120,000,000,
of which one-half is to be preferred
stock with (5 per cent, cumulative divi?
dends. Tho company is also author?
ized to issue 375,000,000 of ff o per
cent, bonds.
T?ie excitement incident to traveling and
change of food and water often brings on
diarrhoea, and for this reason no one should
leave home without a bottle of Chamber?
lain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Re?
medy. For sale by Dr". A. J. China.
ROOSEVELT VOLUNTEERS
TO ARBITRATE.
Requests Coal Mine Operators to
j Come to White House to Meet
President Mitchel!.
Washington, Oct. 1.-President
Roosevelt will make an effort to bring
the anthracite coal mine owners and
their striking employes together in
the interest of the public erood. This
conclusion was reached after a series
of conferences with his cabinet ad?
visers covering yesterday and today.
The decision was arrived at when
the lawyers of the cabinet informed
the president that there was no way,
under the constitution and the form
of government of the United States,
for federal intervention to end the
strike. Every phase of the situation
was canvassed and the determination
to have the mine operators and Presi?
dent Mitchell meet the president was
reached when it was found that no
other method was open.
At the conclusion of ;the conference
today, which was attended by Secre?
taries Root, Shaw and Moody, At?
torney General Knox and Postmaster
General Playne, at the temporary
White House, the/following telegrams
were made public :
White House, Washington, Oct. 1.
To Geo. F. Baer, president Reading
railway system, Philadelphia.
W. H. Truesdale,. president Dela?
ware, Lackwanna and Western corn
pan v, No. 26 Exchange Place, New
York
E. B. Thomas, chairman of the
board, Erie Railroad compnay, No.
21 Cortlandt street, New York.
Thomas P. Fowler, president On?
tario^ and Western Railway company,
No. -46 Beaver sreet, New York.
R. M. Olyphant, president Delaware
and Hudson company, New York.
John Marjkle, No. 527 West Thirty
fourth street, New York.
I should like to see you on^Friday
next, Oct.. 3, at ll o'clock a. m.,
here in Washington, in reg*ard to the
failure of the coal supply, which has
become a matter of vital concern to
the whole nation* I have sent a sim?
ilar dispatch to Mr. John Mitchell,
president of the United Mine Work?
ers of America.
Theodore- Roosevelt:
John Mitchell, President United
Mine Workers of America, Wilkes
barre, Pa. :
I should greatly like to see you on
Friday next, Oct. 3, at ll o'clock, a.
m., here in Washington, in regard to
the failure of the coal supply, which
has become of vital concern to he whole
nation. 1 hav* sent a similar dispatch
^tor^"?r-pres?den ts of the anthracite coal
companies. Theodore Roosevelt.
At the meeting Friday the line of
approach toward the settlement of the
strike will be an appeal by President
Roosevelt to both sides to come togeth?
er as men and not to allow false pride
or a feeling of obstinacy to stand in
the way of the termination of the
great strike, which is fraught with
such a threat to the minds of the peo?
ple. Itjs stated by one of the presi?
dent's advisers thar- beyond this the,
president cannot go : he has no powers
of compulsion to bring into place
against either side and he muse rely
upon his persuasive abilities and his
appears to their sense of humanity
if anything tangible is to be accom?
plished.
The president intends to lay before
his hearers the situation as it appears
to him with all the prospective horrors
that will follow a fuel famine, and
will urge them "in the interests of
humanity to.open the mines and sup?
ply the demand for coai. The presi?
dent has taken this action because he
feels it to be his duty to do so as the
executive head of a nation, threaten?
ed with great peril. The president
has, in a sense, taken upon himself the
burdens of an arbitrator in this great
dispute between capital and labor,
and though the arbitration is not com?
pulsory and is not even known under
the name of arbitration in any of the
invitations issued today, it is the hope
of the president and his advisers ^that
it will be effective.
President Roosevelt's proposition for
a gathering here Friday morning oi'
representatives of the coal companies
and coal operators and the miners met
a prompt response from a number of
the gentlemen to whom invitations
were sent. During the afternoon and
evening the president received replies
to his i nvitations from President Mitch?
ell of the United Mine Workers, Presi?
dent George F. Baer of the Reading
Railway system and one or two others.
Mr. Baer's prompt reply to the presi?
dent's suggestion was particularly
gratifying-to Mr. Roosevelt, as it was-,
believed that in all probability his ac?
ceptance will insure favorable replies
from other officials who were invited.
Lieut. Peary says if he had 8200,000
be could capture the N. Pole. Let us
chip in and raise it for him. We ought
to have that old pole by all means be?
fore some blasted foreigner sneaks in
and gets it.-Wilmington Star.
Mrs. Roosevelt has a new set of
china, SOO pieces, for which Uncle San;
pa vs ?30,000.
Caution !
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the civilized world.
G. G. GBEEN, Woodbury, N. J.