The Weather Today: j Generally Fair. The News and Observer. . ° 'O fjqpj VOL. LII. NO. 147. D=@sii]g sqOD IR!l(s)[pttDQ GBsiTOOoon® QDsißOv IPsipso 0 © odd [©cdHOq ©trod] (Bo[p©Qi]D©ftD®[]n PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IS INJURED 111 A COLLISION The Drag Containing the Chief Executive and his Party Struck by an Electric Car. THE PRESIDENT IS COT AND BRUISED Cortelyou Hurt, Secret Ser vice Agent Craig Killed. DRIVER OF COACH SERIOUSLY INJURED The Motorman and Conductor of the Electric Car Arrested. The Presi dent Resumes His Journey But at Bridgeport Goes on Board the Yacht Sylph aud Departs for Oyster Bay. His Arrival There. 4 *s**s**s**?**s* *♦* *♦*-*♦* *♦* *♦* 4* 4* 4 (By the Associated Press.) 4* *fr Pittsfield, Mass., Sept. 3.—The 4* 4» drag containing President Roosevelt 4* 4* and his party on the way from 4* 4* Pittsfield to Lenox, was struck by 4* 4* an electric car today, and the Presi -4» dent was slightly cut and bruised. 4* 4* Secret Service Agent Craig was 4* 4* killed. Secretary Cortelyou was 4* ♦ slightly injured. The driver of the 4* 4* coach was seriously injured. The 4* 4* motorman and conductor of the car 4* 4* were placed under arrest. The 4* 4. President was able to resume his 4* 4* journey to Lenox, but sent word 4* ■4* ahead that there should be no 4* 4» cheering. 4* * * 4. Bridgeport, Conn., Sept. 3.—The 4» 4'- yacht Sylph with President Roose- 4* 4* velt on board, left here at 5:15 for 4» 4* Oyster Bay. 4» 4. *»« 4» Oyster Bay, Sept. 3.—The Sylph 4» 4* with President Roosevelt on board. 4» 4« anchored off Oyster Bay shortly be- 4» 4* fore 8:30 p. m. 4. 4* ♦4•4‘4 > 4-4-v4*4.4*4* 4* 4* 4- 4. 4* 4* 4.4- 4. »> 44 4* -I-+ STORY OF THB ACCIDENT’ Th« President’s Vehicle Was Ascending a Hill When tho Crash Came, (By the Associated Press.) Pittsfield, Mass., Sept. 3.—A drag con taining the President’s party, bound from Pittsfield to Lenox, was hit by an electric car near the Country Club here this morning. The horses attached to the car riage wore killed and several members of the party were injured. President Roosevelt escaped with a few bruises. His face was badly scratched. The President’s private secretary, Cortelyou, was cut and bruised. Secret Service Agent Craig was in stantly killed. I>. J. Pratt, driver of the President's coach, had his skull fractured. The injured were brought here in am bulances. Governor Crane, of Massachusetts, was in -the Presidential party and a detach ment of the Massachusetts cavalry did the escort duty. Governor Crane was injured slightly. The tally-ho was starting to make the ascent of Howard’s Hill when the Coun try Club electric car, in charge of Motor man Madden, approached at a good speed. The motorman was unable to stop the car before the accident. The carriage containing the President, Governor Crane, Secretary Cortelyou and John Smith, the Governor's secretary, was struck a terrible blow. The President's injuries are so serious that they will interfere with a continua tion of his Now England tour. Physi cians were hastily summoned. S**ret Service Agent Craig died with out speaking a word. T he motorman and conductor have been arrested. u _ Washington. Sept. 3.—Chief of the Secret Service Wilkie received the fol lowing dispatch this morning: “The President’s carriage was struck by an electric car at 9:30 this morning. Craig was killed; the President unhurt. (Signed) "TAYLOR.” Anxiety at Oyster Bay. of fices were soon beseiged by residents anxious to obtain particulars. , When it was learned that President koosev»lt was not seriously hurt, expressions of thankfulness were heard on ail teides. William Craig, who was killed the accident, was well known here. Hij was in charge of the Secret Service meni here during the President's stay. * William Craig’s Record. I (Bv the Associated Press.) \ ( hieago. Sept. 3. —William Craig, Secret Service operative, who met his death /near Lenox, Mass., today, was a Chicago roian. He was at one time connected with Airnour Institute as an instructor in physical culture. As a broad swordsman he had a national reputation. His work as an agent for the government Secret Service was done in this city under Captain Porter. He was appointed Sep tember 22, 1900, was later transferred to Birmingham, Ala., then to Pittsburg, and because of his excellent service was finally sent to Secret Service headquar ters at Washington. He leaves a widowed mother and one sister who now reside at 4334 Calumet avenue in this city. The Kaiser Expresses Regret. (By the Associated Press.) Posen, Prussian Poland. Sept. 3.—Extra editions of the newspapers giving ac counts of the accident to President Roose velt and his party spread the news through this city at 10 o'clock tonight. The correspondent of the Associated Press has been informed that Emperor William expressed great regret upon hearing of the occurrence, but said he was glad to know that President Roose velt had only been slightly injured. Condition of the Czarina. (By the Associated Press.) St. Petersburg, Sept. 3,—The official Journal de St. Petersburg today con tains the following announcement: "Some months ago certain changes oc curred in the condition of the Czarina which indicated pregnancy. Now, owing to a deviation from the normal course of pregnancy, Her Majesty has had a miscarriage. There are no complications. Temperature and pulse normal. (Signed) The Court Accoucher, "PROFESSOR OTT, "The Court Surgeon, "HIRSCH,” Copenhagen, Denmark, Sept. 3.—Mes sages received at the court here today announced that the Czarina was in a se rious condition, but that no further dan ger was anticipated. On the Diamond. National League. (By the Associated Press.) At New York — R. h. E. Cincinnati 00000010 I—2 7 3 New York 0 0000001 o—l 3 0 At Brooklyn— R. H. E. Chicago 000000001) —0 71 Brooklyn 000120 0 1 o—l0 —1 12 0 At Philadelphia— R. H. E. St. Louis 0000 00 0 3 o—3 10 0 Philadelphia 0000 00 0 1 o—l 5 0 At Boston— R. H. E. Boston 100003 100— 5 12 6 Pittsburg 23002050 o—l 20 —12 11 1 American League. (By the Associated Press.) At St. Louis— R. H. E. St. Louis 0001 10 1 3 o—9 13 2 Washington 0 1001000 2—4 7 4 Second game— R. H. E. St. Louis 00200000 o—-2 6 0 Washington 00000040 o—l 71 At Cleveland— R. H. E. Cleveland 4030 10 0 0 x—B 13 0 Baltimore 1010 22 0 0 o—6 14 4 At Detroit— R. H. E. Detroit 0010 00 0 0 2—3 11 4 Philadelphia 0030 00 2 0 o—s 10 2 Southern League., (By the Associated Press.) Birmingham, 1; Little Rock, 3. Nashville. 9; Shreveport. 2. Second game: Nasville, 7; Shreve port 2. Eastern League. (By tjie Associated Press.) Providence, 10; Newark, 2- Buffalo. 11; Toronto. 5. Montreal, 12; Rochester, 11. Jersey City, 13; Worcester, 8. To Invite Roosevelt. (Special to News and Observer.* Greensboro, N. C., Sept. 3.—Business men and the municipal authorities here are beginning to organize to secure a day's visit from President Roosevelt on his return from Chattanooga, via. Ashe ville- The city council tonight appoint ed a committee to co-operate with o f 'iers appointed by business associations and fraternal orders to extend an invitation, aDd if possible, have a function in honor of the President at historic Guilford Court House Battle Ground Park, the scene of Cornwallis' first rebuff. KAUGH. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1902. ZONE OF DESTRUCTION WIDENS. L; 1 . Victims of Mont Pelee Had Just Returned to Their Homes (By the Associated Press.) Castries, Island of St. Lucia, B. W. L., Sept. 3.—The zone of destruction of Sat urday night’s eruption of Mont Pelee, is north of Martinique, and parelleled that which destroyed the town of St. Pierre in May last, but it spread some five miles more eastward. The projection of de structive matter southward from Mont Pelee was almost identical with that of last Mav. The inhabitants were removed from this area, and also from the villages of Lor rain and Basse Pointe, at the base of Mont Pelee, after the May cata,stropc, but they wore sent back by the govern ment last week. The Gendarmarie of Martinique offi cially report that 1,060 persons were killed and 150 injured by the latest show ers of fiery hail. Warships and steamers are taking the inhabitants from the coast villages, whore people from inland places have also gathered for safety. Survivors who have reached Fort De France describe the eruption as being the most violent yet experienced. The detonations were heard at the Island of St. Kitts. The St. Vincent volcano, tTle Soufriere, was in eruption simultaneously. Awful detonations were heard along the south ern Islands of Trinidad. Hanged for Criminal Assault, (By the Associated Press.) Stephens, Ark., Sept. 3.—Hog Wilson, colored, was hanged near here yesterday by a party of men. Wilson attempted a criminal assault on a young lady. He confessed his crime. Edward Eggleston Dead. (By the Associated Press.) New York. Sept. 3.—Edward Eggles ton, the author, died at Jones Lock, Lake George, today. CONDITION OF COTTON CROP THE LOWEST EVER RECORDED The Average on August theTwenty=Sixth Was Sixty - Four. Disastrous Conditions in Texas and Alabama. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Sept. 3. —The monthly re port of the Statistician of the Depart ment of Agriculture, issued at noon to day, shows the average condition of cot ton on August 26 to have been 64, as compared with 81.9 on July 25; 71.4 on August 24. 1901; 68.2 on Sejitember 1, 1900, and a ten year average of 73.7. The present unprecedentedly low' av erage of condition, which is two tenths of a point lower than the condition on September 1, 1896. is due mainly to the reports from Texas and Alabama, in both of which States the prevailing con ditions are nothing less than disastrous. The average for Texas is 3 points lower than at the corresponding date in 1895 and 1901, and is the lowest ever reported for that State. In Alabama, also the crop is the poorest ever known. Georgia reports 9 joints below its ten year aver age, the condition figures being one point below the corresponding averages in 1899 and 1900. The condition in Louisiana ASSAULTED A CIILO Attempt to Deflower a Ihir teen Year Old Girl at Greensboro. (Special to News and Observer ) Greensboro, N. C., Sept. 3.—J. W. Woody, of Lynchburg, Va., iormer brakeman on the Southern Railway train, is being searched for by officers under a warrant sworn out by Robert Haney, a respectable resident here, charging him with criminal assault on his daughter, aged thirteen, in the for est adjoining the park last yesterday. Woody is said to have written the girl a note inviting her to a trip to the park with him, which she accepted. Later parties hearing screams of a woman near the park, went to the res cue, whenthe man and girl both ran, boarding a car from different directions and coming to the city on the same car. The girl says Woody induced her to drink wine almost to intoxication, and she did not fully realize the situation until too late to do anything but scream, ‘and then, when discovered, she followed his directions about running. The age of consent in the State is four teen. and Woody, if caught, will face a charge of capital felony. Woody left supposedly on a freight last night and the officers think will be easily cap tured, some declaring he will not evade arrest, not knowing the gravity of his offense uunder most favorable construc tion. "It may be made very useful,” an swered Senator Sorghum. “Very fre quently, for instance, a good strong speech against monopolies in general may divert suspicion from you and en able you to do a good turn for a corpor ation without risk to embarrassment.” FIS THE STRIKE KHOTTYPROBLEM Result of Carroll D. Wright’s Investigation. ROOSEVELT CANNOT ACT The Commissioner of Labor Makes Suggestions. MUCH IS TO BE SAID ON BOTH SIDEo If His Suggestions Are Followed the Coal Regions May be Governed in Accordance With Higher Moral! Principles Than Now Prevail. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Sept. 3.—Carroll D. Wright, Commissioner of Labor, was designated by the President in June last to investigate and report to him, the causes and conditions accompanying the present controversy between the Penn sylvania anthracite coal operators and their miners. Twelve days later Mr. Wright submitted his findings to the President. After carefully going over the report the President submitted it to the Attor ney-General, who, after giving it full and careful consideration reports that the executive has no power whatever to take action in the matter. Thereport ac cordingly is made public for the infor mation of the people. Mr. Wright con ducted the investigation in New York, j is the same as on September 1, 1900, or ; six points below its ten year average, ! but its condition is still 8 points above i that at the corresponding date in 1900. 1 South Carolina is within one point of its I ten year average, and North Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas arc two points, i 8 points and 1 point above their respec tive ten year averages. There are general complaints of the | premature opening and imperfect de | velopment of bolls, and from South ! Carolina—a State whose reports are far | from beihg among the most unfavorable — | the statement is made on the authority | of ginners that about 14 per cent more ! seed cotton is required for a 500 pound ! bale than in an average one year. The averages of condition in the differ ent States are as follows: Virginia, 80; North Carolina, 80; South Carolina, 74; I Georgia, 68; Florida, 75; Alabama, 54; j Mississippi, 68; Louisiana, 70; Texas, 53; j Arkansas, 75; Tennessee, 82; Missouri, j 73; Oklahoma, 76; Indian Territory, 68. being: represented in the coal regions by an experienced gentleman, who, he states, had studied the conditions in the coal regions many times, and who under took to make the necessary inquiries relative to the present strike. Mr. Wright says that he knows of no strike that has presented so many vary ing conditions, conflicting views and ir ritating complaints. The present strike, lie says, (binds its root in the settlement of the strike of 1900, when the advance demanded by the miners was conceded. Since that time there have been increas ed sensitiveness and more intense irri i tation than during the previous twenty live years- Coal production, profits and transpor tation are some of the Subjects discuss ed in the report. Concerning the control j says: ‘‘Nearly all the operators, so far as learned, have no confidence in the abil j ity of the miners union to control its own | members to any such degree as to assist jin maintaining proper discipline. Here j is a sharp conflict- and one which reaches ! to the very essence of the irritating con j ditions that now attend anthracite coal i mining. “Some of the operators do not hesi tate 1o say, and it is believed that this i statement is favorably regarded by some of the union officers, that no great prog ress will be made towards a more peace ' ful condition in the mining regions until ! the anthracite miners have a union of j their own. its autonomy individualized | and not complicated with that of the bit | uroinous coal miners. ! “All the operators -whom T met dis claimed distinctly that they had any an i tagonism to labor unions as such. They : do object, and most seriously, to some of the methods adopted by the unions, j and they feel that when asked to make | contracts with the unions, the latter : should put themselves in a position to | be pecuniarily responsible for carrying out such contracts.” Mr. Wright concludes his report as i follows: “Much evidence has been offered to show the general condition of miners, their complaints and grievances, and the complaints and grievances of the opera tors. It is very clearly shown by the evidence that the miners have done something in the way of securing dis cipline, although they have disappointed the presidents in such attempts. The miners feel that the corporations, when they refuse to recognize the right of the unions to represent them in adjusting any difference, cannot deny that the of ficers have the power to decide whether or not the employes shall strike. They also state that if the operators will make an agreement with them, they will carry it out as far as it lies in their power to do so, but that without an agreement they are all the time quibbling as to conditions under which miners shall work. “It is reported to me by reputable par ties, who have no interest in the mining business one way or the other, that the chief difficulty lies in the lack of organi zation. This is shown by the existence of marly practices in the management of coal mines which appear to be unwise, unfair and calculated to work hardship. There are very prosperous miners in the coal region, and of course there is also, as in every industry, great destitution. The whole problem is an extremely com plex one, and involves many practices that have been built up through long years. The mine owners too often have regarded the average miner as unreason able and likely to be unruly when occa sion offered The miner has come to re gard the average owner as greedy and ready to do anything which will take ad vantage of him. Long continued condi tions of this basis of suspicion make the question one of great difficulty. "It would seem reasonable that if the men should be sure of steady work, or fairly steady work, they could well afford, perhaps, to take less wages, or even to continue on the present basis of pay ment. It is insisted by many that eight hours a day for six days in the week at less wages than they are now receiving would make the miners as prosperous a class of workmen as can be found in the United States. Mr. Wright makes the following sug gestions which he says seem reasonable and just: "1. That the anthracite employes should organize an anthracite coal miners’ union, in its autonomy to be independent of the United Mine-Workers of America. The new union of course, be af filiated with the United Mine-Workers and the American Federation of Labor, but in the conduct of all the affairs re lating to the anthracite coal regions the new union should preserve its own au tonomy and be immediately responsible for its agreement. "2. That considering all the facts rela tive to production, cost of coal at the mines, profits, freight traffic, etc., etc., it would be reasonable and just for the operators to concede at once a nine hour day: but that this should be done for the period of six months as an experiment, in order to test the influence on produc tion, w ith the guaranty that if production is not materially reduced thereby the agreement shall be made for a more permanent reduction of time. "3. That under a new organization con sisting of anthracite employes there shall be organized a join committee on conciliation, composed of representatives of the operators and of the new union to which all grievances as they arise shall be referred for investigation; and that when two-thirds of the committee reach a decision that decision shall be final and binding upon both parties. “4. That the first duty of such joint board of conciliation shall be to enter upon a thorough examination and in vestigation of all conditions relative to mining anthracite coal, the question of weighing, to discipline, to wage scales, and all matters that now form the burden of the complaints and grievances of both operators and miners: the results of such investigation- not to be considered in the nature of an award of a board of arbi tration, but as verified information on which future contracts can be made. “5. That whenever practical and where mining is paid for by the ton, and until the joint committee referred to shall have made its report, coal shall be paid for by the ton and be weighed by two in spectors, one representing the operators and one representing the men, each sids to pay its own inspector. "6. That there shall be no interference with non-union men. “7. That whenever practicable collec tive bargains shall be made relative to wages, time and other conditions, under rules to be established by the joint com mittee referred to.” These conclusions, Mr. Wright says he lieves, wjjl help to allay irritation and reach the day when the anthracite coal regions shall be governed systematically and in accordance with greater justice and higher moral principles than now generally prevail on either side. Two Fire Bugs Caught. (By the Associated Press.) Charleston, W. Va., Sept. 3- —A de tachment of soldiers on duty at Rush Run last night caught two men in the act of tiring the coal company's houses and arrested both. It is said that both men are non-union. United States Mar shal Summers served injunctions at St. Clair, Eureka and Davis Gordon mines today. Governor White says he has no present intention of withdrawing the military force. Mr. Daniels Improving. In response to the many inquiries rela tive to the condition of Mr. Josephus Daniels, editor of the News and Observer, who, with Josephus, Jr., is in Virginia recuperating, we are glad to state that a letter received from him yesterday states that he is improving rapidly and that he hopes to return to Raleigh next week. His many friends wish for him a full restoration to health and an early re turn. ' „ PRICE FIVE CENTS. THE LAUNCHING OF 1 JOHNSON BOOM Tom L. Looms Up as a Presi dential Possibility. A PARSON IN POLITICS Reverend Herbert Bigelow for Secre tary of State. KANSAS Cl IY PLATFORM ENDORSED Agiinst Government by h junction, for Home Rule in Municipalities. The People A'one Slhould Have the Power to Grant Franchises. (By the Associated Press.) Cedar Point, via Sandusky, Ohio, Sept. 3.—The ticket: Secretary of State—Rev. Herbert S. Bigelow, Cincinnati. Supreme Judge—Michael Donnelly, Na poleon. Food and Dairy Commissioner— Philip H. Bruck. Columbus. Member of State Board of Public Works—Joseph J. Pater, Hamilton. The Democratic State Convention today was principally the occasion of booming its presiding officer, Mayor Tom L. John son, for the Presidency, and of intro ducing into Ohio politics Rev. Herbert S. Bigelow, pastor of Vine Street Congre gational church at Cincinnati. The former has been conspicuously before the public as Congressman and delegate to national and other conventions for years, but the latter was not so well known until he was today made the standard bearer of his party and made a speech of acceptance that was received with unusual enthusiasm. Bigelow is 33 years of age, independent in his creed and has become prominent as a lecturer as well as a popular preacher. The session lasted less than three hours and had only one ballot, most of the time being devoted to speeches, and that of Rev. Bigelow was conceded to be the feature of the occasion. In present ing the names of candidates and in sec onding the same and in accepting nomi nations, over a score of orators were heard, but none of them commanded more attention, not excepting the key note of Chairman Johnson, than the young minister. It was a Johnson convention through out, although Mrr. Johnson, himself was more conciliatory than at the preliminary meetings of the past two days. The plat form was adopted as it came from him throughout the committee. The State central and executive com mittees were both organized as he sug gested and the State ticket, with a single exception, that of Bruck, for Food Com missioner, was nominated by acclamation as slated by the Johnson men. All the proceedings were conducted with dispatch in accordance with what was kno*n as the Johnson program, and the* chairman was made the hero of the day in every possible form o f demonstration. Men passed through the audience and the com modious grounds of the summer resort with valises full of buttons baring the picture of the chairman of the convention, and the inscription, "Tom L. Johnson in 1904.” Mayor Johnson, with his big tent, opens the campaign at Lorrain next Saturday, and the convention voted to have delega tions present from as many counties as possible. Chairman Frey, stated that the State committee already had arranged to have Bigelow speak in every county, and that Johnson and Bigelow would now fill engagements every day and night until after the November election. The platform adopted reaffirms the principles of the Kansas City platform "faithfully and ably represented in the Presidential campaign of 1900 by William Jennings Bryan,” and condemns any effort to repudiate those principles. It then makes a specific statement of prin ciples substantially as follows: 1. That in making assessments for taxation all property should be appraised at not less than its salable value. 2. That the present laws for assessing the property of steam railroads and other public service corporations should be so changed as to compel the assessment of those properties at not less than their salable value as going concerns. 3. That to prevent evasion of State taxes by discriminating valuations, a separation of the sources of State and local revenues should be made. 4. That all public service corporations should be required by law to make sworn public reports, and that the power of visitation and examination over such cor porations should be given to the proper auditing officers, to the end that the true value of the privileges had by such cor porations may be made plain to the peo ple. 5. That the acceptance of free passes or other favors from railroads by public officers or employes should be adequate ground for their removal from office. 6. That the denial of the right of peaceable persuasion in times of labor disturbance is a denial of the right or free speech, and that government by in junction, if persisted in, will wreck the liberties of the people. 7. That we demand the enactment of a Code, which provides absolute home rule for municipalities, which shall in clude the right to establish the merit system. 8. That we condemn (he vicious and (Continued on Fifth Page.)