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ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 10, 1910.
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UNION
LABOR
IS ENCOURAGED
Labor Leaders of Philadelphia
Quote Figures to Show '
the Faith That Is
in Them.
FIGURES DISPUTED
BY CITY AUTHORITIES
The Proposed Man Meeting at Ball
Park not Held, Police Forcing
Crowd to Return to
the City.
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It Philadelphia. March 10. A ft
It large crowd of ten thousand ft
H persons, led by Strike Leader It
It Pratt, marched through the ft
city to the ball park this after- P
H noon, where they had expected H
It to hold a demonstration. The s
park was closed and guarded It
It by police, who fought the mobs ft
It away forcing them to return to ft
It the central portion of the city, ft
It In general the sympathetic ft
It strike movement appears to be ft
It marking time. y
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New Castle, Pa., Mar. 10. Presi
dent Oreenwall of the State Feder
ation of Labor In convention here,
was authorized today to call upon
President Taft, Governor Stuart and
Senators Penrose and Oliver to urge
them to use efforts to compel arbitra
tion of the Philadelphia strike dis
pute. Philadelphia, March 10. The union
labor leaders continued their light to
day to swell the army of sympathiz
ing strkers. encouraged by their suc
cess yesterday In breaking Into the
ranks of unorganized labor, and per
uadlng several thousand to join the
general strike movement. The Bald
win locomotive works, where 2000
quit, is again the object of attention.
The Central Labor union's commit-
o ten, conducting tn stum, Iran
given out figures to support the claim
that more than 125,000 are on strike.
Following are the approximate figures
given nut: Building trades. 40,000:
metal trades, 20,000; textile trades,
30.009: garment workers. 19,000; mis
cellaneous trades. Including street car
men, cigar makers, luundry workers,
hatters, etc., about 14,000; unaffiliat
ed labor men on strike, 12,000.
The Figures Disputed.
Some of these figures are disputed
1y the city authorities and industrial
concern The transit company oper
ated more cars today than at any time
since the beginning of the strike.
There were few attacks on the crews
of cars during the early morning
hours unff these did not result seri
ously. Trouble is expected today if
the police and labor leaders clash
over the proposed demonstration of
strike sympathizers. The authorities
have declared the meeting will not be
allowed.
l be Merchants Busy.
A campaign to dlss;pa'.e the lm
pression, apparently widely prevalent
throughout the country, that Phila
delphia Is In the grip of strike terror
ism, and that the city la not safe or
h pleasant place to visit at the present
time, was Inaugurated by the Mer
chants' and Manufacturers' associa
tion.
In resolutions adopted it is pointed
out that exaggerated reports of the
seriousness of conditions in this city
have been widely circulated, and the
organization asks the press of the city
to co-operate In making the actual
facts known.
What outbreaks have occurred have
been spasmodic in character, the res
olutlons declare, and these have been
mostly In the outlying districts of the
city and easily handled by the local
police. It Is declared that Philadel
phia Is anything but excited over con
ditions and that except for the print
ed reports "the majority of the cltl
ens would be ignorant that anything
but norma) conditions prevailed.
Giant Mass Meeting.
Determination to stand Us ground
ts expressed by the Philadelphia Bapld
Transit company not only through its
announcement that it has said its last
work on arbitration but through Its
offer, made today, of $60 reward for
Information on which an arrest can
I made for acts tending to Intimidate
or terrorize the families of the motor
men and conductors of Its lines.
For days the strike leaders have
)een planning far a monster out-door
demonstration In aid of the sympa
thetic walk-out. Late yesterday, In
pursuance of this Idea, they announc
ed that this afternoon a giant mass
meeting would be held In the Phila
delphia baseball park at Broad and
Huntington streets.
When Director of Public Safety
'lay heard of this he announced that
the proposed out-door gathering would
not be permitted.
Regarding the walk-out at Bald
win's, Vice President and General
Manager Alba V. Johnson declared
that while more than 1000 men went
out at the plant yesterday, 12.000
men w n still working.
'"We have four months' contracts
en hand,1' said Mr. Johnson, "and In
no rase will the w irks be shut down
The committee of ten dec la' ed that
" proposed to disregard Director
' lays prohibit, on of the proposed
mooting, m the baseball park and
would hold it at anxtonacsd.
iJ,000 Steel Cars;
Cost, $12,000,000
Order Placed with Pittsburg Mills,
Principalis by Southern. U. V.
and Burlington Road.
Pittsburg, March 10. Orders for
10,000 steel railway cars of all classes,
to be built appoxlmately at a cost of
$12,000,000, have placed with various
still plants in this vicinity.
The orders, it Ib announced, come
principally from the Southern rail
way, the Union Pacific and the Burl
ington roads.
PAPER MAKERS' STRIKE
ATTENDED BK RIOTING
Men Quit Work Sunday State Troop
Ordered to Go to
Saratoga.
Schenectady, N. Y., Murch 10.
Companies E and F of the second
regiment have been ordered to pro
ceed to Saratoga Immediately, for
strike duty.
Statement as to laper Mill Strike.
New ork, March 10.- A. N. Bur
bank, president or the International
Paper company, issued the following
statement lust night:
"The strike at the International
Paper company's mill at Corinth
came without any preliminary de
mands of any nature having been
made on the company, nor has any
grievance been alleged since.
"On Tuesday, March 3, a paper mill
worker who had been reported as tak
ing some of the company's property
without authority from its
premises
was discharged therefor. A few pa
per makers refused to continue work
ing unless the offender was taken
back. Their places were filled by
others and nothing further occurred
until Sunday when all the men except
Bremen and carpenters voted to strike.
The company was therefore unable to
start Its plant on Mondas'."
Mr. Burbank goes on ten recite the
details of disturbances that have oc
curred and concludes:
"The International Paper company
has, called upon the sheriff of Sura-
itogtt Count' fof protect! ami has
notified him that It will hold the
county responsible for any dam
age to Its property The sheriff has
accordingly sworn In armed depu
ties, but nevertheless riotous condi
tions prevailed last night and today.
Armed men filled the streets. The
governor has been called on for as
sistance, the sheriff having admitted
his inability to cope with the situa
tion. "The employes of the company's
mill at Glenns Falls without any de
mands or grievances presented to the
company have been ordered out and
at the mill at Niagara Falls a strike
of some of the employes is also ex
pected. No attempts have been made
to communicate with the officers of
the company by the strikers."
SCALE OF PRICES FIXED
FOR BIG FISTIC Mill
Range Is from $10 in the Bleachers
to $100 at Ringside There'll
Be 60,000 Seats.
San Francisco, March 10. The.
promoters of the Jeffries-Johnson
prise-fight, which Is to take place
here July, announce that the prices
of seats will range from 110 In the
bleachers to 1100 dollars at the ring
side. A special arena, seating 0,000 per
sons, will be erected.
At the minimum price, with the
arena filled, the receipts for the oc
casion would be 1800,000.
THREE OF CROWD PLEAD
GUILTY OF CONSPIRACY
They Change Their Minds, and Throw
Themselves on the Mercy of.
the Court.
Council Bluffs, la., March 10.
Pleading guilty of conspiracy to de
fraud In connection with the wide
spread swindling operations charged
against John C Maybray and 80 other
defendants in tne unuea mates Dis
trict court yesterday, Bert R. Shores.
Win 8. Harris and Frank N. Marsh
threw themselves on the mercy of the
court. Sen ten if was deferred. Early
in the day these three men had been
arraigned with the t3 other defend
ants who pleaded not guilty.
Second Brief Filed by standard OH.
Washington, leVcli to second
brief In the Standard Oil appeal to
the United States Supreme court wag
Bled today by others of Its counsel
Is In addition to that filed Tues-
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J. B. GARFIELD
A HEARD
He Resumes His Testimony Be
fore Committee in the
Ballinger Pinchot
Investigation.
HE IS UNABLE TO RECALL
THAT TALK WITH BALLINGER
Does not Believe $30,000,000 Bond
Issue for Western Irrig
ation Projects Is
Necessary.
Washington, March 10. The Bal-lingcr-Plncliot
congressional Inquiry
wus resumed loday with James R.
Garliekl, former secretary of the In
terior, on the witness stand. Gar
field's examination was taken up al
the point where it was left off at the
adjournment Saturday.
Garfield had just begun a detailed
explanation of the four coal land bills
introduced in congress during his term
of office.
Mr. Garfield today testified before
the committee that he did not believe
the 130,000,000 bond issue, recom
mended by President Taft, is neces
sary for forwarding irrigation pro
jects In the west. Mr. Garfield took
Issue with Mr. Ballinger about cer
tain statements mudo in the tatter's
replleB to Mr. Taft regarding various
charges made against him.
Garfield could not recall any con
ference with Bal tings? regarding the
Cunningham coal claims, although
Halllnger bu.1 h- conferred with Gar
field after the receipt of the Glavls
protest against clear listing of Alaska
claims. Garfield's cross-examination
will not be reached until late this af
ternoon. WOMEN OF CONFEDERACY
MONUMENT IS 1INVEHED
First of Its Kind in the United States,
at Rome, Ga, Gen. Evans
Principal Speaker.
Home, Ua., March 10. The flsrl
monument In the United States In
honor of the women of the Confed
eracy was un"elled yesterday after
noon, the principal address being de
livered by Genera) Clement A. F.vnns,
commander-in-chief of the United
Confederate veterans.
The shaft is of Georgia marble, 30
feet high, decorated with two groups
of figures at the base, representing
"News From the Front," und "The
.Ministering Angel." Inscriptions
praising the purity and fidelity of the
southern women appearing on an
other side were written by President
Woodrow Wilson of Princeton uni
versity, formerly a resident of Home,
and Rev. O. A .Nullally, former pres
ident of Mercer . university.
EXCESSIVE JOY KILLED
WOMAN. SAYS CORONER
Mrs. Hendrick Got $5000 for Property
and Sight of the Cash Stopped
Her Heart Action.
South Norwalk, Conn., March 10.
i "Killed by excessive Joy," Is the coro
I ner's verdict In the case of Mrs. Mury
I Hendrick, who dropped dead after re
1 reiving five thousand dollars for her
property.
The coroner says that "excessive
Joy" produced through the woman
receiving so much cash stopped the
I action of her heurt.
TKKNTO. STHKKT CAR MEN
ARB ALSO HAVIXO A STUIKK
Several Minor l)!ntru nances. Many
Arrests Vuwd Drives Crew
from ( nr.
Trenton, N. J., March 10. Several
minor disturbances have occurred In
different parts of the city In connec
tion wllh the motormen and conduc
tors strike
Many arrests have been made. A
crowd attacked a car In the liroad
street section and routed the crew.
ItonwicltN to Meet Monday.
Khartum. Egypt, March 10. Col
onel Roosevelt has left TauHkla ami Is
expected here Monday, when he meets
Mrs. Roosevelt and Ethsl.
Americans Are Safe.
aogota, Columbia. March 10. Antl
Amsrloan rioting ceased last night.
and Amsricans are safe. The ending
of the disorder Is due chiefly to the
firmness of American Minister North-MM
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Is Ready for Its Test Flight
The Inventor Believes It Will Really Practically Solve the Problem of Flight It Is a
Biplane, 44 Feet Wide " Fr om Tip to Tip, " and Weighs 2 20 Pounds Sir Hiram
Believes He Can Mako It Even Lighter.
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London, March; 2. Speculation has
been rife for a tons time regarding
the possibilities of (he aeroplane
which Sir Hiram Maxim has built, and
which he hopes and believes will real
ly practlcallj solve the problem of
nigh I. Now that Interest lias been in
tensified in aeronautic circles by Sir
Hiram's own announcement that the
machine is ready for testing so soon
as weather permits.
There lias beer ii conflict of state
ments as to whether the machine Is
WILL NEVER LI
Mrs. Cudahy Adheres to Statement
Made Following the lillls-Cudahy
Row in Kansas City.
Kansas City, March 10. Jere F.
IJIlis, the niissionalre banker, as
saulted by John R Cudahy, the meat
pucker, when round In the lutter's
home Sunday morning, continues to
show Improvement; according to hos
pital reports. Mrs. Cudahy still ad
heres to the statement that she will
never live with her husband again,
but will stay In the Cudahy home and
tiake care of the children. Cudahy is
living ut a hotel.
IS
BDT NOTJTETSENTENCED
Lorrance, Charged With Criminal As
sault, Gets Prison Term of
Five Years.
Ciueette-News bureau,
Hotel Gates,
Henil rsonville, March 10.
B. Gregory, the hotel porter on
I trial In Superior court here, charged
with larceny, lias been convicted of
i the charge although sentence has not
yet been passed. The case attracted
widespread intru st among the negroes
of the town and us well ax many white
people who lmil known Gregory for a
number of years and who believed him
to be a luw-ubldlstj citizen.
A man named Lorrence. charged
with attempted criminal assault, was
found guilty and sentenced to five
years In prison.
SOI'Tlil llN COAL CASKS.
Argument on Several lnixirtant Alle
gations or liioertmlnalloii Was
Heard Ttnlay.
Washington. March 10. Arguments
were heard today by the Interstate
commerce coinr.nsslsai in several Im
portant southern coal cases, to he
decided several weeks hence. Involving
alleged discriminatory charges by rail
ways In transportation of coal from
Virginia and West Virginia fields to
points In other states.
SKARCH-LIGI1T IXBTALLKR
AT rXHlT KOKECRANK TODAY
San Oiego. Cat. March 10. A sixty
Inch searvhllght. the largest used In
American fortlllcatians, is being In
stalled at Port Rosecrans. The search
light picks out vessels thirty miles at
pea.
WTH
HUSBAND
Maxim's Aeroplane
tsy? his kc1
a biplane or a monoplane. Sir lliramied the minimum in this respect,
now states that it Is a biplane, and j All the work on the aeroplane, with
that between the extreme points of the exception of the engine, which
the planes, or Irom port to Starboard. I
It is 44 feet. The engine which a to
drive the aeroplane, says Sir Hiram,
Is a lour cylinder 80-hnrsepower one.
With circulating pump, oil pump,
magneto and carbureter, it weighs
220 pounds, or a little more than two
and one-half pounds per horse power,
Expert will appreciate from these
figures how light it is. and Sir Hiram
is confident that he has not yet reach-
!ME BURIED BY
FALLING WALLS;
Forty Men, Mostly Foreigners, Victims
of an Accident That Occurred
Today in Pittsburg.
nttsburS, March 10. 1'orly men.
mostly foreigners, employed In rais
ing the ruins of tho Lent I'oundry,
were buried by falling walls early to
day. The bodies of two dead work
men were taken from the ruins and
many are in the hospitals.
WILL ASK FOR MORE PAY
Central of Georgia Willing to Advance
if Another Southern Rail-
way Will.
Savannah. March 10. Promise'
made by the Central of Georgia rail-1
way officials, It is stated here today, to
the trainmen of the system that their
demands for Increased pay within j
reason would be granted, provided any
other large railway system In the j contemplates the use of the flesh of
south will make the same agreement, j the porpoise or the sea horse for sir
means that negotiations will soon be loin. Porpoises are caught In nets off
opened by the trslnmen In the employ tne N'orth Carolina coast,
of the Southern railway looking to an .... ...
. .. . I The name "porpoise" Is a composite
This was tl.e statement made by a
representative of the trainmen of the
Central of Georgia, whose committee
Is here now.
This action of the part of the South
ern railway trainmen and It Is said
will await the outcome of the present
conference between the trainmen and
officials or the Baltimore A Ohio rail
road. Just as soon as the Baltimore
& Ohio dispute is settled a conference
with Southern railway nfflcials will
he asked by the Southern district of
the llrotherbaad of Rullwuy Trainmen
and Order ot Rullway Conductors ut
Washington.
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NOMINATIONS OO TO SEN AT K.
Men Named for These Job Arc l'Yom
the West sod From the State
of Vermont.
Washington, March 10. President
Taft has sent to the senate the fol
lowing nominations for the new cus
toms court of appeals: Robert M.
Montgomery of Michigan, to be pre
siding judge; William H. Hunt of
Montana. James V. Smith of Califor
nia, Orion M. Barker of Vermont,
and Marlon Devres of California. The
nomination of S. Clark Hoge to be
postmaster at lesburg, Vs., Is also
scat In.
ACROPLANC.
was made at Krith, has been done at i
I the works of Vlckers, Sons & Maxim,
j near Dartford, Kent, und the machine
will remain there until the trials to
which Sir Hiram will submit it. on
j an adjoining track which he has
j specially constructed, are completed,
lit is safely housed in a specious shed,
j a hundred yards long, and a challenge
awaits any strnnger who seeks to set
eyes on It by day or night.
H. E. HUTCHENS 15
SUPERINTENDENT
Is Assigned to the Southern District hy
the Southern, Headquarters Be
ing at Greensboro.
Washington, D. (., March 10. The
Southern Railway announced today
the appointment of B. B. Hutchens, ks
general superintendent of the South
ern district with headquurters ut
Greensboro, N. C, vice A. H. Wcst
fcldt, resigned. W. R. Hudson Is
appointed gcnerul superintendent of
the southern district, with head
quarters at Birmingham, Ala., suc
ceeding Hutchens.
PORPOISE AS SIRLOIN"
ic tuc imcTcpucyc
Id MIL Lit I L J I UUI1LH1L
New York Meat Men's Plan to Cheapen
Steak Porpoises a North
Carolina Product.
New York, March 10. The latest
scheme for lessening the cost of living,
according to New York market men.
meaning "swlnc-llsh" and the por
polse, which Is the true dolphin. Is
often called "herring hog" and "puf
fing pig." "Sea horse" Is a very gen
eral term, net specially applicable tu
the porpoise.
HANK ItOIIIIKRS GET g:imm.
Dynamited Safe and KHeaped on Hand
Car, After a Flislladc With
CUasssj.
Edna, Kas., March 10 Robbers
dynamited the safe of the Bank of
Edna today, securing $3000, und es
caped en u hand car, after an ex
change of shots with the cltlsens.
Are Subject to Income Tax.
Washington. March 10. Foreign
steamship companies whose vessels
ply between American and foreign
ports are subject to the law Imposing
a tax of one per cent, on the net In
come of corporations, according to an
opinion 'endered today by Attorney
General WVkersham.
Vte Handreri Miners Walk Oat.
lireenkburg, Pa., March 10 Five
hundred miners of ths Keystone mine
XT
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walked out today, ret using to work
with
THECOMMITTEE
IS ASSEMBLING
Indications That Democratic
Body's Session in Raleigh
Tonight Will Be Quite
a Spirited One.
THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE
READY TO MAKE REPORT
Recommending Many Changes in Pri
mary and Convention Systems
Place Alto to Be
Chosen.
Gazette-News Bureau,
Chamber of Commerce Rooms,
Hollemon Building,
Raleigh, March 10.
Members of the state democratic
executive committee are coming In
from all points of the state, and the
indications are for a spirited ses
sion tonight before the place for hold
ing the convention, as between Char
lotte and Greensboro, is selected and
the differences are settled as to re
vision of plan of organization.
It looks as if attendance will be
(juite full. Quite a number of changes
us to the primary and convention sys
tems for the counties and townships
have been proposed by the special
committee appointed at the last meet
ing of the committee, and the report
of this committee will be submitted
in printed form to the full committee.
Dr. U. F. Dllxon, state auditor, has
returned from an official trip to
Greensboro and cotton manufacturing
points in Gaston county, and says he
found the people In fine spirits every
where he went, except in the case of
the cotton mill men. These, ho says,
are depressed over te situation that
confronts them in the high price of
cotton, tho low prices they are re
1 coivlng for their output of cotton
yarns and the steadily decreasing
market or their products. Dr. Dlxou
i declares that he found the mill men
I regarding the. outlook as qulto gloomy.
young mox gut off"
WITH HUNDRED A MONTH
He Gets That Much Income from a
Legacy of His Maternal
Grandfather's.
Washington, March 10. Philander
C. Knox. Jr., has been cut off with
an allowance of about $100 a month,
which his mother will allow him. it
was learned here on good authority,
although no member of the Knox
family would make any statement In
regard to the matter.
.Many Jobs Offered Knox.
Providence, R. L, March 10. Phi
lander C. Knox, Jr., son of the Sec
retary of State, whose elopement with
Miss Boiler of this city Incurred the
displeasure of Secretary Knox, has
been offered so many positions that
he ts bewildered. Knox is consider
ing a job along mechanical lines.
Young Knox Admits It.
Standing beside the bride that his
rather hus refused to receive, Knox,
Jr.. admitted that as a result of hbi
elopement with Miss May Boler his
family had cut him off, leaving him
dependent upon a legacy and what he
can earn himself.
"Yes, dad told me yesterday In
Washington that he would give me no
more money but would let me shift
for myself," said the youthful husband
"However, 1 have enough Income of
my own to keep us until I get a job.
My grandfather on my mother's side
left me enough to give me an Income
of 1100 a month'
rne attitude assumed by the Knox-
famlly In refusing to receive the bride
wns the subject of sovero strictures by
Mrs. Daniel Oilman, the young wom
an's mother.
"If necessary I shall fco to Washing
ton with Prlncipsl French und my
daughter and her husband to soe Sec
retary Knox about this matter," she
said.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast until s p, m.. Frlda, . , I if j
Asheville and vicinity: Unsettled
weather, with occasional showers to
night and Friday. 1
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hook NOW A LUXURY.
Cleveland. Ohio. March 10 -The
prices of hogs made a new
high record today, with a Jump
of twenty-nve cents from yes
terday's price. Salsa were
made at 110.76 per hundred
weight. Anutlker Jump.
Chicago. March 10. The
prices of hogs are rapidly ap
proaching the own war times
level. There was a fresh ad
vance, carrying pigs up to
110.90 per hundredweight
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