INDEPENDENCE IN ALL T MINOS.
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COLUMBUS, N. G., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1902.
NO. 28.
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ICHELL'S POSITION
ffanization in the anthracite field, has
constantly sought to establish. . . -First-
To . be .lust, tn ft
We have never made demands beyond
. ouuibjr... ui tue inaustry to oav
TROUBLE! NOW OVER
SENATOR MORGAN'S VIEWS.
elinvw "v " . hettt. Lirrrr 01 Pront3 e commission Appomiea 10 Make
v w 1 u WA lU &J lu A .. EL 1 III -! 1111 I ' , . - .
to the President
canital
; ocvuuu. AiuicaDie relations ho.
tween ' employers and employes, the
Terms to Settle Coal Strike.
CONFIDENT OF FINAL OUTCOME,
He Does Not Believe the Coal Strike
." Settlement Permanent
Baltimore, Special. Senator John T
Morgan, of Alabam, now yisiting in
this city, was interviewed on the coal
L That the riiners' Convention
111 Agree to Abide By Award of
hmmisslon.
latter speaking through their organ
ization and their
the companies in maintaining dis- MITCHELL NAMED SOME OF THEM- -ft ?? the lstnmian canaLout
cipline, adjusting ,all difficulties by ! ."v look. Speaking of-President Roose-
t 1 ,; - k w 1 "V- I velt Rrfjnpppscr in' hrln o-iti ir ohnnf nVi
kashiagton, bpeciai. The response
0nn Mitcneii, presiaent or. tne uni-
tfine workers to .rresiaent Koose-
s notification mat ne naa appoint
conciliatory methods, averting local
ssirxKe ana; lockouts and aeniirinp-
stable and- satisfactory
the industry.'
"Our organization bv the,
methods which we ''have proposed
here, has secured Just such relations
ana just such results on the coal
fields of the country. Organization,
like an Individual, must Rtanri nnnn
what it has done and the life it has
velt's,' success in, bringing about arbi-
A Meeting pf the Executive Board of I tration,-the Senator said: "I anr very
Mine Workers Called Work May glad that a modus nas appar-
vuvij wcu luiuicu, auu 1 eiiuuiu iniliK
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL
Be Resumed Soon.
ommission, was made, public Hved. We invite scrutiny and Investi-
a C
.. - : 1L. i . A m
liiav. It miux jjus uiu ui me auuun oi
executive Doara oi districts 1, 7
9f in calling a convention r and
rpsuniption or worn ana the sub-
sioa of the differences between the
krators ana iae mine worKers or
mthracite coal neias" to the com-
confl-
agree
Thr rpnlv exnresses
a.v m
fee that the convention will
foe arbitration of the "eminent and
partial men" chosen by the Presi
It and expresses gratitude to the
Wdent for his patriotic effects to
W about an honerable settlement
gauon pi our record and character.
An tne sort coal fields we have joint
conferences with the oneratora and
With them we -have just diferencea.
we sign, joint agreements together
we preserve discipline, settle dis
putes and maintain harmony and sta
bility in the trade. V
'Upon our past record we are will
ing to stand or fall; We have, time
and time again. Invited the anthra
cite operators to adopt these business
methods and to deal with us on this
basis. Despite repeated rebuffs, we
persistea, out tney resentea any at-
Waschington, pecial.-The strike is
settled, v Secretary Root announced at
1 o'clock Thursday morning that a
common ground (of agreement has been
reached. The president has named a
commission of sx persons to settle, the
strike. . - .: . 'yf'
An official statement will announce
the names of the strike settlement
committee, ; It jis believed that the
sixth representative will be chosen
from the ranksj of labor. .The Presi
dent will urge j the immediate resump
itori of work at jthe mines and the ad
ministration believes the. request will
be followed at once. - "
President Mitchell has calledr a meet-,
the Republican situation 'would -be re
lieved considerably. In a matter-where
the comfort and prosperity of the
whole people are concerned, we should
not entertain any question of -party ad
vantages, but should consider the gen-,
era! i welfare. - But the strike question
has only been put to sleep for a time..
You will find much debate and attemp
ted legislation in Congress and in Leg
islatures of States containing mines,
which meet this winter concerning the,
Btatus of mines. The so-called ques
tion of capital and labor is a broad
one. Mr. Hill, In, New York, has taken
.the wrong idea of handling the fuel
question through the exercise of the
right of eminent domain. It is a muni
cipal matter, the regulation of a pub
lic utility such as a ferry, turnpike, or
a street railway. Attorney-General
the strike, me repiy goes at lengtn vouipy upon our pan to organize their t-- hf thp opi hoard and the nox expressea tne right idea when he
o tbe grievances of the miners and employes; they refuse our overtures . 01 v 4 ' T IrS said: 'Let the common law define the
.eludes with the expression of the for amicable discussion -fend possible strike will be called off at once ana wrong and then frame the statute to
mining resumed in two or three days.
Some of the members of the committee
were named by
Mitchell at the
Prsident and la
ter
W and belief that from this arbi- sausiactory adjustment of wage dif-
ition will come a complete, satis- u jwui. wmereuce.
orv ahd permanent solution of the wnen tne inevitable conflict came
iubles which have vexed the anthra- n iney attempted to justify them-
field from time immemorial." The selves upon the; false pleas that ours
sidPTit in his teleerram to Mr. s n irrespuusiDie organization, wnen
" I . . . I 1 1 . .
we aemonstratea our responsibility oraciaiiy representea me mine
tney tnen asserted that we were a leader.
lawless organization which was domi
nated by violence. When society at
tempted to interfere to settle the
strike they declared, their divinely ap
pointed right to be let alone. When
chell,! announced the appointment
tk commission and said: "It is a
tter of vital concern1 to all our peo-
and especially to those In " our
at cities who are least well off
,t the mining of coal should be re
ed without a day 01 -unnecessary
ay. , .
r. Afitchell-s reply recounts ? the ef-
m and goes into af defense, of .the
M and its demands saying: "If
f proffer of arbitration or Impartial
estigition had been accepted six
nths ago, instead of now, there
Id hai-e been no strike. We have
n so eager, Mr. President, to re-
pd td the people's demand for coal,
it during; the progress of the strike
havd more than once offered arbi
tion, but we have invariably been
t wit i the reply that we will not
put Outsiders to dictate to us in
maiaeement of our affairs. We
e nothinz tn arbitrate.'
Now ftnat the managers of the com-
ps have been compelled by you
31 a thoroughly aroused public con-
ence to recede from this position.
are proud that the firmness and
f heroic endurance of our men and
Nen n snnnnrt nf their riehts and
a vitkl American ' Drinciple have
F the victorv.
Ahe boor, under-paid mine workers
tosd coal regions, who toil hard
peajiy morning until late at night
iiyeiinood. nobody. SUDDorted by
amzdd labor in this and other lands.
Ptanght these corporation manag-
(a useful lesson of civic and social
y- exult nvr this tribute to the
f bf labor, because it is the; tri-
jt, mt f
ne $0 not. however, exult over our
rnts: we anneal to them now. as
flavfc frnm tho flvat r turn their
F to thft
111 US In an 0frrf f -tfiMih netter
J0ns between emn1over and em-
m lor
J1, to deal with us, and in this hour
ea t iey arp tnrnmA fn strVnnwledee
fjf aiability to operate 7 tnelr mineis
Messrs. Sargent and
conference with the
meetings Sargent
union
apply the remedy.' The common law;
has defined the right of the State or
municipality; to . make regulations for
the health, comfort, convenience or
protection of the public for hundreds
of years. ' ' -; '
' Touching on politics, the Senator
said: "I do not see that the Democrats
have anything to gain by controlling
the next House of Representatives. 1
do not believe the Democrats of this
country want to constitute themselves
a clog to legislation, yet that result
reports of national and State govern- Geological Survey; Judge George Gray, 1 would naturally follow. With the two
The membersj of the strike settle
ment commission are: Brigadier Gen
eral John M. Wilson, E.'W. Parker, of
Washington, Di C, connected with the
ments tried to mediate, they resented
the meddling by politicians ' But
thanks to you, Mr. President and to
the power of public opinion, they have
been brought to a realization of the
fact that the Interests and welfare of
the American people cannot be ig
nored with impunity. ,
"By the eminent tribunal which .you
have named we have confidence that
of Delaware ; B.-Claikfc,' , of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa; I'homas H. Watkins, of
Scranton, Pa.; bishop John L.Spauld
Ing, of Peoria, hi.; Carroll D. Wright.
branches of Congress or; opposite poll
tical faith, the government will be serir
ously embarrassen. There is nothing
to gain by a consition of this kind. It
would not be any advantage to any
As named the commission is practi- ne-
1
cally satisfactory to both miners and
operators. Assent of the miners
given through! president Mitchell
was
and
justice will be ' done our people. We Mr. Sargent, Qommissioner of Immi
gration, and , of the operators through
Messrs. Robert Bacon and George W.
Perkins, of the banking firm of J. Pier
pont Morgan & Company. The final
outcome followed a series of conferen
ces beginning yith two during the day
with Mr. Mitchell and two during the
night 'With 'Messrs. Bacon and Perkins.
Events moved quickly at the last, the
President being determined on a
speedy settlement. ,
The commission will assemble in a
few days and phoose a chairman. It
then will arrange for sessions and tes-
timortv. ' I
are glad to nave a cnance to appear
before such a court empowered to con
sider and, dispose of all questions at
issue. First among these is the de
mand of the mine workers , for in
creased wages and a reduction In the
hours of labor: second, is the rela
tions which ought to exist ' between
the employers and the organization
which the men have formed and which
they authorize to speak for them."
our consent and co-operation.
I- .
uOld Out ih tv. t,A r!onrt
amicahlw relfttfnn whole-
Qenditinn in tMa 4tiTi Wrt for-
thftm t A-n-T'. tSiiit.
ric thov ..u.j. M- rm,A TCWAi
nM the operators that they were
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Buchanan to Be Tried.
: Nacogodoches, Tex., Specjal. pre-,
limiriary trial will be granted Jim
Buchanan, the self-confessed murderer
of the Hicks family, next Tuesday, and
the negro will be brought . here for
trial. Five, hundred citizens of this
county tave guaranteed a fair trial
and protection: The concensus - of
opinion, however, is that the militia
or State Rangers must be sent here to
prevent his execution by a mob. ;
Synod in Session. .
Mechanicsburg;;Pa.;!; Special.-The
Potomac Synod, of the' eiormea
Church of the United States is meeting1
in annual session here, North Carolina,
Virginia,. Maryland and central; "and
southern Pennsylvania being represen
ted by about 150 "delegates. The Synod
organized by electing Rev. John M.
Schreck, of Washington, pastor oi
President ' f Roosevelt's ' church, x presi-
dent: Rev. iN. Jtl. Kiies, wouustyc,
i10U keTt 1- .u -
1 ijrrv "W1U wui meu wiiu nw
to work, has-been, proven fatso
1.1 .
W to
6 fart v.. i rAl i;ti;
L landed has decreased rather
I. X IIT I C n m J . m .' r -
ninJ asea tae numoer oj, men
tt Ano operators aeciareu
ts i "vuiu uave noLning w w
11 Ilia TTnU.f . wr
7 X out they have found It neces-
of America.
KsW you' Mr- President, and seek
J7n , eir business. of mining and
I'ehAi, Vu Ane recognition of our
rs S st ? forced upon . the opera-
M in ucv;essiry, we exauit uvei,
lievl u ow spirit, but ' because ! we
fteW 1; u"Ks a forward step toward
Nk upon the foundations! laid
Nfin vft: We are ready to join with
4j
M WW m- W -
u7 ?ognize the power of the
y iifle workers
W , lng fr better conditions
rarn mating peace. .The unitea
and the editor iof The Engineering and
Mining Journal, of New York.
Hon. George Gray, Wilmington, Del.,
as a judge of a United States Court. .
Mr. E. E: Clarke, Cet'ar Rapids, Ia.t
erand chief of the Order of , Railway
Va., vice president; Rev. H. N. Bassler, Conductors, as; a sociologist, the Presi-
St. Thomas,-corresponair.g secretary. dent assuming tnat ror tne purpose 01
such a term of -sociologist means a man
who has thoueht and studied deeply on
News Briefs. social aue'stions and has practically ap-
The Livingstone Lumber Co. 01 w plied his knowledge.
Asked what he thought of the pros
pects for the construction of an isth
mian canal, Senator Morgan: said: '
hav always felt confident that when
thejwhole matter has been gone over
the ! Nicaragua route will be accepted
as the only practical location.- The
money .has been appropriated, and
do not believe any commission of meu
or scoundrels will be able to prevent
it and cause the money to be converted
back into the Treasury. Mr. McKin
ley with the wisest policy which was
ever exhibited by any President, was a
firm frierfd of the plan, and Mr. Roose
velt who is unmistakably sincere and
honest, is carrying out his policy. Re
cent railway developments v indicate
that J. P. Morgan and th eother great
financiers have accepted the rf act that
th e isthmian canal must be- construc
ted. He recognizes the fact that the
canal will be built and he wishes to.
control the great tonnage which must
be carried from all over the country
east of the Mississippi and south of the
St. Lawrence to Pehsacola, Mobile,
New Orleans and Galveston.
News in Brief.
Senator Harris, of Kansas, one of the
Democratic leaders of the Senate, who
went to Europe this summer in the in-
terest 01 tne j-ouisiana. rurcuaac :&
nosition. said on his return here today
U. S. A.) Washington, D. C, as an of- that he had on a pair of shoes made in
fleer of the engineer corps of either the rew England, which he had purchased
military or nayal service : v abroad for 20 per cent less than the re-
E. W. Parker Washington, D. C, as tail price in this country, and that he
an expert mining engineer. Mr. Parker knew no better object-lesson for the
is chief statistician of the coal division nponle in the cause of tariff reform. He
of the United States Geological Survey gaia that he would take them off and
An Incentive to the South.'
The Galveston News makes a ood
point when it says that another argu
ment in favor of cotton manufactories
in the' South is found In the Tecent
scheme to grow ' in Africa cotton for
European manufacture.
There seems to be a well organized
movement among the Lancashire cot
ton spinners - with a view to securing
heir; raw material from British territo
ries in order that thly may eventually
become independent of the -American
product. Their recently organized Brit-
sh Cotton Growing association has the . .
endorsement, of Coloniel Secretary
Chamberlain, it is said, and has assur-t
ance of help from all the colonial gov
ernors. Similar movements are being
made in both France and Germany, and
extensive preparations are going on in
Africa, South America and Mexico.1
It is explained that while efforts will
be made by the English association to -improve
! the quality and to increase
the output of Indian cotton, the chief
hopes of its management are apparent
ly centered in West Africa, which ia
said to be capable of supplying 3,000,-
000 bales of cotton annually-rwhica
would be quite sufficient for the Lan-1
cashire spinners' use, and in the Brit
ish Soudan V the , completion of the
Saukim-Berber railway; will, it is
thought;, vastly stimulate cotton cul
ture. - -V - ;'v V -v
It is predicted that in the course of
time and the progress of changes that
are going 'on a comparatively small
amount of raw; cotton may belsent from
the United States to Europe. Two
causes will operate to this end.
One of these is the growing demand .
of our home milts; the. other is the fall
ing off in the demand of the European
mills which have hitherto depended
upon the American cotton producer for f
material. : v '
The South is manufacturing its cot
ton more and more largely into the
finished product, thereby- increasing .
steadily the profits of its crop. -
The prospect of increased cotton pro
duction in Africa, may prove a blessing
in disguise by stimulating the great in
crease of cotton manufacturing in ;the
South. . t"-' L'y": ':'
The time has passed when the Sbhth.
depended mainly upon raw cotton. The r
South realizes that her great future in
pnttnn Hps in thA m art it fa r.tn re nf , thft , .
bulk of that crop. Atlanta Journal.
Washington Special,-The following
official statement announcing the close
of the strike- as issued at the White
House at 2:20 a. m. ' "?,
' After a conference with, Mr. Mitchell
and some further conferences with rep
rentatives of the coal operators, the
President has jappoihted the members
of the commission to inqulre into, and
pass upon all questions at IssUs be
tween the operators and miners in the
anthracite coalfields: v I 1
Brigadier General John M. Wilson,
U. S. A., retired (late chief of engineers
Involnn TftTM. UaS IMJeU CUttJi uc ,
with 'a "capital stock of V
incorporators are Harry H, Monteith
and Isaiah A. Dye of Livingston and
Charles B. Kelly of Chicago.
Messrs Eugene! F Verdery, ; IL G.
Raett Henry . C Perkins and others
Ftctore:Co.with pital stock of s
$6000, Ind privilege of, increase to
lib OOOl VThey will conduct a general
Cotton "ftomge ySW;
ness, etc.; :' r. ,v. - -:x ,
A woman whose vocabulary is Hmit-
irig the sanest success.
j k Vii wnrd a Vet UP
Deen;aajuu6cvxr r i,Wtefi-jxrtonnAVhhm, -win-bemused
tOgetner . express, ti uw, "iTU ?Jf,fpr1 Prate
Mr. Thomai H. Watkins, Scranton,
Pa., as a man, practically, acquainted
with the mining and selling of coal.
Bishop John L. Spaulding, of Peoria..
111. ; The President has added Bishop
Snauldlng's name to the commission.
s Jlon. Carroll D. Wright, has been ap-.
pointed recorder of the commission.
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' ' ' Beauvolr Transferred.
Jackson, Miss., Speeial.-TThe formal I
sale and transfer of , 5eauvoir, tne
home bf Jefferson Davis, by Mrs. Davis
to, the Sons of Confederate .Veterans,
was consummated Wednesday, at the.
opening session of the reunion of the
Mississippi Division, Sons of 'Cbnfeder-
generaliy.deemed. essential tooneseeK 1 Mrs. Davig received n0,0O0
fcr.the boiasi
save them for use in the campaign and
that he proposed to "exhibit them on
the stump as a concrete example of the
way the American consumer is forced
to pay for the same thing more than
the; consumer abroad, through the aid
of the tariff. .
Washington, Special. The annual
report of the commissioner of immi
gration was made public Saturday. It
shows that of the 648,743 immigrants
whb arrived in the United States' dur
ing: the last fiscal year were 466,369
males and 182,374 females. Of the en
tire ' number of arrivals Italy feuppliea
17R 37K; an : increase of 42,379 over the
number for 1901 ; Austria-Hungary
1711989,' an increase of 58f,599; and Rus-
tiDilOT.347 an increase 0x.22.u9u. :
fn the British House, or Commoni
John- O'Donnell defied the Premier,
shaking1 his fist in Mr. Balfour's face.
The Soufriere volcano , is ;agaih r in
eruption. A mass meeting at; KUigs
tori denounced the government -ol, st
Vincent "and opposed enforced ; emi
gration. ;. , : ' .
President Castro is reported to b
making a desperate stand: at La Vie
toria, the battle Twitf insurgents
Through the Indian Territory.
The 1 Muscogee Southern Railroad
has been incorporated in' Oklahoma to
build a railroad from Arkansas City,
Kan., southeast through the Indian
Territory to Shreveport, La., 300
miles. 'The incorporators are C. N.
Haskell, W. T. Hutchings, W. R. Eaton
and Charles H. Roser, all of Muscogee,
and they are said to be backed by
Philadelphia capital; This new , line
might be used by either the St. Louis
& San; Francisco, the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe Company or the Rock
Island system, but the backers of the
pro j ect are not yet disclosed. ; ; .
SA. U. Reaches Birmingham. -
The Seabo.ard Air Line Railway Co.,
and the St. Louis & , Sari Francisco
Railroad Co. have made an agreement
under which they will jointly ruse the
Birmingham Belt Line, and the!. Sea
board also retains its right to lay
tracks in Birmingham under franch
ises granted by the - city council. The
Seaboard .thus gains access to. the
Birmingham district tor its extension
from Atlanta. . : -
"'. v:- Textile Notes. ' ' ' .
Excavation are now being made for
the buildings, for the White Oak Cot
ton Mills near Greensboro, N. C-.The
work is in charge of a builder, and the
owner will do the construction work.
It will be recalled that this plant Was
announced last spring ; as tb bebuilt .
by the Proximity Manufacturing Co.
of Greensboro... It , will, have; 60.0QO:
spindles" andr 2,000 looms for manu
facturing denims, as previously
stated. About $1,250,000 'Will be vln- .
vested. - -' -. ' ' "
"The Weatherford (Texas) V Cotton
Mills will install fifty knitting ma
chines to constitute the knitting plant
reported last week as to -be Installed
by the company. Tiiis company will
then use the product of ' the :' ,3,500
spindles It. Is now installing, instead
of selling yarns in the market.;
contracts have been awarded 1 fori tho
knitting machinery required; 1
. , waco Knitting mis or Waco, Ter;
wants to-'-buy 24s tottpri yarn: .also
Egyptian yarris.;y. '. . , ;s
J. R-..Mar.tin ot Raleigh; Nj Cf, will
establish i a .knitting mill to employ
about sixty operatives. He wtll erect
building 36x90vfeet to accominddate
the machinery; y . - '
- Georgia.' Manufacturing Co., of
Gainesville, Ga,, has put .in operation
its 3,300rring-spindle yarn mill, idle
for three months, fifty-five operatives
ero eiasisyed. - - y
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