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The Weather Today: I™*™?™! Partly Cloudy. The News and Obfe yer. VOL. LIII. NO. 10. Q=®ffl<iDs aiDD KteipftDD ©ffiTOOESona THE COALMAGIAIES COIO WASHINGTOH (-resident Mitchell is Also on the Way- HOPE IS MORE BUOYANT It is Based Largely Upon Roosevelt's Determination. MITCHELL WILL EXPRESS NO OPINION __ « Morgan Talks With Some Leading Operators- It is Understood That They Have Pre pared a Statement to Submit to the President. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Oct. 22.—"1t is expected that all the men to whom invitations were sent yesterday will be at the con ference tomorrow. Mr. Baer and Mr. Mitchell have accepted.” This was the only statement that could be obtained at the White House today regarding the conference, which will be held tomorrow on the coal situation. Senator Quay, of Pennsylvania, was in conference with the President an hour to day, and it is understood he came at the request of the President to discuss the situation. The President and Senator were not interrupted, and two Cabinet officers who called did not see the Presi dent while the conference was in prog ress. Senator Quay, after he left the President, would not discuss the situa tion or express an opinion as to the probable effect of the coming conference. During the day Secretary Root, At torney General Knox and Secretary Shaw were in conference with the President. Secretary Wilson was at the White House for a short time, but the first three re mained with the President for nearly an hour. It is understood that the Presi dent discussed the subject of the confer ence tomorrow, the abinet officers making a number of suggestions as to what the President should say to those who w'ill participate in it. It has been decided that Attorney Gen eral Knox shall attend the conference to morrow between the President, the coal operators and Mr. Mitchell of the Miners’ Union. He will be the only member of the Cabinet who will be present. Car roll D. Wright, Commissioner of Labor, who recently made an investigation of the strike situation, also will attend upon the invitation of the President. While every one connected with the ad ministration is extremely reticent con cerning the coming conference, there is a feeling of hope among those close to the President that it is going to result in a settlement of the strike. This is based upon the acuteness of the situa tion and the necessity that exists for a settlement. The determination of the President to bring about a settlement, if possible, is largely responsible for the confidence which is felt in the outcome. Off for the Conference, (By the Associated Press.) New York, Oct. 2. —The coal presidents left for Washington at 4:11 o’clock on a special train. The party consisted of E. . K. Thomas, of the Erie; President Fow ler. of the New York, Ontario and Wes tern, David Willcox, Vice-president and General Counsel of the Delaware and Hudson, who wen; as the personal rep resentative of President Olyphant; Presi dent Truesdale, of the Delaware, I-acka wanna and Western, and John Markle, the independent operator. President Cassatt, of the Pennsylvania Railroad, who received a special invita tion from President Roosevelt to attend tomorrow’s coal conference, was a visi tor at J. P. Morgan’s office today. "I have not yet decided to accept the Presi dent’s invitation,” said Mr. Cassatt, "but j expect to make up my mind later in the day.” Mr. Morgan and his representatives talked Adth some of the leading opera tors today. It is understood that certain memoranda have been prepared and will be submitted to the President at tomor row’s conference. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 2. —The coal presidents arrived here at 6:20 p. m. President Baer, of the Phila delphia and Reading Company, joined the party here. To this point the train con sisted of a passenger coach and the pri • vate Jar Atlas. Here the coach was taken off and President Baer’s private ear Philadelphia, was attached. The special train left here at 6:26, running as the second section of the Royal Limited Ex press over lie Baltimore and Ohio road, under orders to run slow. MIICaSLL EN BOUIE Disorders in Plymouth, Troops Called Oat- Several Arrests Made, (By the Associated Press.) Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 2.—President Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers, accompanied by District President Nich ols, Duffy and Faly, left here this even ing for Washington via Philadelphia. Mr. Mitchell conferred with the district presidents through the day. It is known what policy the executive board of the miner’s union will pursue at the confer ence. Mr. Mitchell declined to express any opinion. All he would say' was that he hoped for the best. The general feeling is, however, that President Roosevelt will succeed in bringing both parties to gether. The mining town of Plymouth, which has been free from any disturbance since the strike began, was the scene of much disorder today. Mobs surrounded the Sterling and North American washeries and Sheriff Jacobs being unable to dis perse them, summoned the military. Colonel Dougherty sent three companies of the Ninth regiment to the scene and they arrested eleven men charged with rioting. They were brought before Mag istrate Pollock of this city, who, after a hearing, held them in SI,OOO bail each for trial at court. A strong guard was placed over the washeries tonight. They are expected to resume operations tomorrow. The washery of the Hollenbeck mine started up work this afternoon. This was a surprise to the strikers. Despite the conference called to meet at Wash ington, the operators in the Wyoming Valley are very aggressive. OPERATORS MUBT APPEAR- And Chow Cause Why Proceedings Should Not be Begun Under Donelly (By the Associated Press.) Albany, N. Y., Oct. 2.--Attorney Gen eral Davies announced today that he had granted the application of the New York Amufcican and Journal that the coal op erators be summoned to appear before him and show cause why' proceedings should not be instituted against them under the Donnelly Anti-Trust Law. A hearing will be given in this city Oc tober Bth. THAT INDE PUBPOPLICAN POW-WOW IN JONES COUNTY All Bnt Two of the Twenty-one That Mat and Nominated a Partial Ticket Were Re publicans or Populists. (Special to News and Observer.) Trenton. N. C., Oct. 2.—After much ad vertising and other effort the "Independ ents” again met in mass meeting here I onday, 29th. Twenty-one all told. Os that number, all but possibly' two were Republicans or Populists of long stand ing. The affair was maanged by Frank Brown, Pop-Rep., ex-clerk in aMrshall a office at Raleigh: Frank Green, Populist postmaster at Trenton, and M- M. Col lins, Republican. These were all that had any say so in it. They concussed long anu then put out part of a ticket. I am quite sure if they had known of the force in store for them the "mass meet ■ ing” would never have been called. We have not yet forgotten the negro magistrates and Fusion mismanagement these same "Independents" leaders help ed to put on us, and our good people are letting them alcne. They tried to get several Democrats who were candidates before the Democratic convention to let them nominate them, but were refused every time. Jones is allright and will give in No vember the largest Democratic majority in its history. CABTRO AWAITING ATTACK. Mates and Mendoza Unite Their Revolutionary Forces- Desertions From Castro’s Army. (By the Associated Press.) Willemstad, Island of Curacoa, Oct. 2. — News has reached here from Venezuela that the Venezuelan revolutionary forces under General Matos have effected a junction with the command of the revolu tionary general, Mendoza, near Carna tagua, in the State of Miranda, fifty miles south of Caracas. The combined forces of Generals Matos and Mendoza now total 6,G00 men. !aist Wednesday the revolutionists were at San Juan de los Moros, near Villa de Cura. At this point the govern ment forces under President Castro, amounting to 4,000 men, retreated pre cipitately before..the vanguard of the rev olutionists. There have been many de sertions from President Castro’s army. President Castro is now at Los Toques, a very strong strategical position, but a few hours’ ride from Caracas and which is considered nearly impregnable. He is awaiting attack by the revolutionists. Cresceus Tries Again and Fails. (By the Associated Press.) Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 2.—Cresceus, George H. Ketcham’s champion trotter, made an attempt to lower the world’s record at the opening of the Grand Cir suit meeting in this city today, but failed on account of a bad track. He covered the mile in 2:08, which is the fastest ever hung out on the Oakley track, where the races were held. Two Homicides in Virginia. (By the Associated Press.) Alexandria, La., Oct. 2.—Specials to the Record say that George Dorman, Jr., shot and instantly killed Jacob Pirit at Rich land, near here. At Tioga, a lumber town near here. Marshal Moore, aged 12 years, was shot and killed by John Stallings, aged 11 | years. Stallings has been arrested and ; jailed. The Strike at Tracey City. (By the Associated Press.) Tracy City, Tenn., Oct. 2.—The strike situation here seems to be growing worse. All the private mine operators have been asked to stop shipping coal and as ; some failed to do so their mines were wrecked and rendered useless. The miners at Clause Hill are out and no coal is being shipped over llie Tracy City branch road. A woman’s idea of a bargain is some- ( thing she can’t afford when she needs it and which is offered at a reduction when she has no use for it. RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA, IKIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 3. 1902. A GREATER TDBACCD COMBINE Mr, Ryan Explains the Agree ment Between American- British interests. (By the Associated Press.) New ork, Oct. 2. —An authorized state ment regarding the agreement between the American and British Tobacco Com panies was made known today by Thos. F. Ryan, who returned on Tuesday from London. Mr. Ryan said the state ments made in several of the papers on the morning after his arrival,, purport ing to quote his interpretation of the agreement in London were inaccurate, and in some instances misleading. As to the conditions under which the new agrement was formed he said today: "The agreement made between the rep resentatives of the Imperial Tobacco Company, of England on the one hand and the Consolidated Tobacco Company on the other, was mutual in its charac ter, but entirely satisfactory to both sides. It was accomplished by friendly conference after full consideration of the interests of all parties affected. The agreement was of an international char acter which has not belonged, I think to any previous trade arrangement. It means the reunion of the representatives of an important business in Great Brit ain and America for the purpose of seek ing trade hand in hand throughout the world. My visit to London grew out of PRITCHARD INSULTS THE BEST PEOPLE OF THE STATE Such Charges Though Sugar Coated With Political Argument Are Enough to Provoke Hisses, Savs One Promi nent Gentleman. (Special to News and Observer.) Greensboro, N. €., Oct. 2.—Speaking to day ot Pritchard being hissed here last night, a prominent gentleman said he deprecated that form of rebuke. "But,” said he, “when a man who represents a great State as its Senator stands up and repeatedly insults its best white men and women by not only excusing the aw ful reign of terror just passed in this State, but actually declares that these white people (who faced death and en dured worse than that to bring about a change in spite of his moving heaven and earth and invoking aid from the Fed eral government to have such horrible conditions continue) are themselves po litical lovers of the negro, and their pre tended love of Anglo-Saxon supremacy a sham, I think it is time for self-re specting people to resent it.’ "Mr. Craig begged them not to leave and they had no other resort but to hiss. And, too,” he continued, "the of fense was intensified by the fact that every time Pritchard praised Russell and vilified Democrats as being real negro lovers the whole revenue contingent would raise the roof oft with howls of delight. When respect for Mr. Craig In duces ladies and gentlemen to attend these meetings, respect for himself should prompt Mr. Pritchard to at least be de ♦ an invitation extended to me in July last by the directors of the British Com pany, after several of the directors had visited the United States, and while here had conferred with Mr. Duke, Pres ident of the Consolidated Tobacco Com pany and myself regarding the respective interests of the companies we represent ed. The agreement made to transfer to the Imperial Tobacco Company the bus iness of the Consolidated Tobacco Com pany in England was made for full and satisfactory consideration. The Ameri can Company becomes shareholder in the English Company with three repre sentatives on its board of directors, one of whom is Mr. Duke. "The Consolidated Tobacco Company will pursue its business in the American field, including not only the United States, but Cuba. Porto Rico, the Ha waiian Islands and the Philippine Is lands without competition from the Eng lish Company- The Imperial Company will not encounter the competition of the American Company in the business of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, including Scotland and Wales in the new British-American Company, the Bditish Company has one-third of the stock and the American Company has two-thirds. The Baord of Directors consists of six representatives ot the British Company and twelve of the Amer ican, with Mr. Duke as its president, who remains abroad to perfect the or ganization. This British-American Com pany will take over the entire business of the Imperial Company and of the Con solidated Company in all foreign coun tries and in the colonies of Great Britain, ; including India, Canada and Australia, j The agreement made is satisfactory to both sides and equitable to all interests ; represented.” Manila, Oct. 2. —General Chaffee and Vice Governor Wright sailed for San Francisco today on the transport Sum- I ncr. They were accorded a general and popular farewell demonstration. TWELVE KILLED BV FIREDAMP The Lawson Mine in Wash ington Badly Wrecked by an Explosion. (By the Associated Press.) Black Diamond, Wash., Oct. 2. —An ex plosion of fire damp occurred 1 last night between nine and half past nine o’clock in the south end of the fourth level of the Lawson mine, badly wrecking the minYe and killing twelve miners. Fortunately no fire was started. Three bodies have been taken out. There are supposed to be nine more bodies in the mine. Three miners were injured, one badly. The dead are: JOE JACK. FRANK FLINDER. FRANK ROCHELLE. ROBERT LUNDBERG. JOHN SWANSON. JOHN CREGNINO. SIMON TERSUAVIOH. EDWARD ACTLENAT. ERICCO. JOHN LETER. HUGH LEVANDER. LOUIS BERK MAN. 'The Pacific Coast Company is the owner of the mine. Everything possible is being done to cent, and if such infamous aspersions are made justifiable from a politician’s standpoint in joint debate, the sooner self-respecting white people cease attend ing, the better for them. "It was all well enough for Mr. Pritch | ard,” said he, "to talk about pitching 1 hissers of Craig out of the window in h!s j country, but suppose Craig was to go there and accuse every Confederate sold ier of being at heart a vile traitor and deserter in spite of the fact that they fought four long years for Southern homos and honor, he would himself be pitched out a window deservedly, and his ; offence against the truth and the com monest sort of decency would be exactly I parallel to Pritchard’s offence here yes- I terday. "It is shameful to have to tacitly en dorse such slander and be helpless to resent it properly, and have no one else do it. "You may call these old fogy ideas and raking up the past if you will, but neith er my manhood nor my sense of honor have yet been sapped by commercial or twentieth century ideas of everything being legitimate in political discussion, sufficient to swallow the base charges Pritchard makes because they are sugar coated with justifiable, strong and legitl ! mate political arguments.” + I recover the bodies. The fourth level is I 1,600 feet below the surface. The fans are now working in the mine and the deadly air is being cleared'out. OET WILCOX OOT OF IHISJaIL Trouble Threatened in a Scrawl Nailed on the Wall at Night. (Special to News and Observer.) Elizabeth City, N. C„ Oct. 2.—“ Get Wil cox out of this jail by Saturday night, if you don’t want trouble. "VOX POPULI.” These words were scratched upon a piece of paper and nailed upon the outef walls of the county jail some tiipe dur ing the dead hours of last night. Some one saw it early this morning and be fore hundreds had flocked thitherwards, read and questioned its import. This created no little excitement, and many thought it was a warning from some organizing mob. Others believe with the authorities that it is some plot of Tom Wilcox, to leave the impression upon the outside world that Jim was be ing hounded. DIDST NEED THE REWARD. Colored Physician Met Green McAdo Looked at Ria "Heels” and Wilted. (Special to News and Observer.) High Point, N. C.. Oct. 2.—Chair man ufacturers of Kentuek will establish a large chair factory heer for finishing purposes. The prospective superintend ent is Mr. Jno. Petty, of Winston. The buildings will be erectedat an early date. One day last week Dr- Gerran, a color ed physician of this place, was on the train between Greensboro and Raleigh and ran up against a proposition that tried his nerves. He has known Green McAdoo, the Greensboro negro who mur dered his wife sometinieago, and who has been laying out in the woods since. When the train stopped at a small sta tion, Greer: entered the car. shaking the rain from his coat, looked around the car. He spoke to Dr. Gerran and eyed him with suspicion. He then took of his coat, brought to view two guns and laid them under his coat. He told Dr. Ger ran he was going to Selma. In the mean time the poster came along, and be and Dr. Gerran agreed that the man was Green McAdoo, for whom a reward of S3OO was outstanding. The officers at Raleigh were wired to be at the train. When the train pulled up Green slipped out of the car with. his. guns and was lost to sight, although ’diligent search was made. Dr. Gerran said he would like to have won the money, but con cluded at this time he didn’t need the money. It is understood that workmen will in a few' days commence to break ground for the new depot for High Point. Hoo ray I WATSON AT WADESBORO A Strong and Convincing Argument for Straight Democracy (Special to News and Observer.) Wadesboro, N. C., Oct. 2.—Hon. Wat son spoke in the court house today with his usual force and power. The crowd, while not large was very appreciative. Hh etpianation of the difference between trusts and legitimate corporations was so plain that all understood. His argu ment and proof that the Republican party fostered and protected by National legis lation these trusts, was powerful, con vincing and unanswerable. He clearly proved that independentism in the State was nothing but an aid to put Republican ism back in powejr. He spoke of Pritch ard voting in the State Legislature against pensioning loyal Confederate sol diers, and voting in Congress to pension deserters. He spoke forcibly of the in justice and cruelty of prosecuting the Philippine war. | The speech from beginning to finish is considered by all who heard it to be the strongest and most convincing for straight Democracy that has been de livered here for many years. AUGUSTA RAILWAY BOUGHT. By Interests Identified With the Railway and Light Company of America (By the Associated Press.) Baltimore, Md., Oct. 2.—lnterests iden tified with the railways and Lignt Com pany of America, who are also the con trolling owners in the North Augusta Electric and Improvement Company of Augusta Ga., and the Augusta-Aiken Electric Railway, consummated the pur chase in this city today of a majority of the stock of the Augusta Railway and Electric Company of Augusta, Ga. The purchasers are as follows: J. W. Middendorf & Company, of Balti more; John L. Williams & Sons, of Rich mond, Va.; John Blair Macafee, of Phila delphia; Adfred S. Elliott, of Wilmington, Del.; James W. Jackson, of Augusta, Ga. The Augusta Railway and Electric Company owns the entire Street Railway and Electrict Lighting properties of the city of Augusta, Ga. The control of the company was bought from Messrs. Jarvis & Conklin, of New York, and Colonel L. B. Dyer, of New York. Its capital stock is $1,000,060, and it has $1,000,000 of bonds outstanding. HE SHOT HIMSELF- J. B- Makepeace Wai Driven to Suicide by Melancholy (Special to News and Observer.) Sanford, N. C., Oet. 2.—Mr. J. B. Makepeace, a prominent business man here, committed suicide at his home ai noon today by shooting - himself through the head with a 32-calibre Winchester rifie. Death followed instaneously. The cause of the rash act is said to have been melancholy. The deceased was interested in several cotton mill ventures and was wealthy. Negroes Prosperous in Mississippi. (Special to News and Observer.) Greensboro, N. C., Oct- 2.—An intelli gent eoloreciman named Madkins, who has lived in azoo City, Miss., for over thirty years, was in the city yesterday on a return from a visit to his former own ers in Caswell county, where he’was most kindly received. Madkins says the negroes of Mississippi are in better shape financially than they have ever been be fore. They are rapidly acquiring prop erty in the State and live in perfect har mony with the white people. Os course he referred to the bettel class of ne groes, and not the “low-fiung niggers,” as he termed the dthers. Negro labor in Mississippi is contented, he says, very few' people having left the State in recent years to seek their fortunes in the North. Some have found It a costly experiment. Mr. Joseph W. Kates, of Richmond, Superintendent of the Southern division of the Postal Telegraph Company, is here to direct the work of the removal of the Postal to a new' office just across from its old place. Mr. Robert Alison, a Richmond lineman, is also here to aid in the work. The Postal is going into the office vacated by Peacock and Gold It hopes to be in the new place by this evening or certainly tomorrow morning. Rev. G. Green, a promising young Methodist Fpiscopal minister, is dead at Graham- He has been in the ministry about three years. National League. (By the Associated Press.) At Philadelphia— R. H. E. Brooklyn 000000 00 o—o0 —0 2 2 Philadelphia 0 0002002 *—4 71 At Boston — R. H. E. Boston ....0 000 1 0000000 0 I—2 10 0 New York.O 000100000000 o—l 11 1 Pittsburg 0 3100000 o—40 —4 6 2 Cincinnati 1001 10 0 3 o—60 —6 15 3 PRICK FIVE CENTS. PRITCHARD-CRftiG DEBATE ftT LENOIR They Will Meet no More Until v the Eighth. THEN AT • STATESVILLE Craig Hammers the Trusts in an Impersonal Speech. PRITCHARD MAS hO RiMEDY TOR LVIL He Classes Mr, Craie as an Ambitious Yoing' lire and the Latt r. IThen Makes a Brief Impassioned and Patriotic Ri joinder. (Special to News and Observer.) Lenoir, N. C., Oct. 2. —Senator Pritchard and Locke Craig spoke here today to a crowd of about three hundred and fifiy people, almost equally divided between the parties. Neither of the gentlemen were in the best of condition. Mr. Craig had a bad sore throat and Senator Prit chard a severe headache. Craig led off for one hour and five minutes, followed by the Senator in a speech of one hour and ten minutes with a ten minutes re joinder by the first speaker. Mr. Craig devoted fifty-five minutes to the trusts, denouncing them in strong and eloquent language, and charging that the Republican party was not only re sponsible for them, but that it was owned body and soul by the trusts, and that they were fostered and fed by a high tariff imposed upon the consumer for the benefit of their masters and owners, who in return supplied it with campaign funds to corrupt and control the election. He read the Richardson resolution to leave it with the President and Secretary of the Treasury to put trust made ar ticles on the free list, and made a pow erful appeal for its fairness and justice and begged Senator Pritchard to support It, not to save the life of its author as he had declared he would not do, but to save the life and liberties of the people. Coming down to State matters, Mr. Craig made an excellent defense of the last Legislature in making liberal ap propriations for schools, asylums and Confederate pensions, and contrasted in vivid colors the record of the two part ies along these lines. He congratulated the people that to the Democratic party they owed it that for the first time in thirty-five years a discussion on living issues was possible in North Carolina. The speech was entirely impersonal and in excellent temper. Mr. Pritchard in his reply took ground against any revision of the tariff what ever and denied that the tariff was re sponsible for the existence of the trusts, citing as evidence of his position the Standard Oil Company and the AntWra cite Coal trust, neither of which he claimed had any protection for their pro ducts. He further declared that free trade England had more trusts than America; that only twelve per cent, of manufactured articles were made by trusts and declared that we had better ‘‘endure the ills we have than fly to others w r e knew nothing of.” He offered no remedy for the evil, but claimed that the Republican party had suppressed and broken up several unlawful combi nations failing, however, to say what they w'ere. He further charged that J. Pierpont Morgan was helping the Demo crats because they W'ere more favorable to bis schemes than the Republicans on State matters. He attempted to sustain his charge of extravagance, charged that the Democratic machine had foreordain ed that Craig should be his successor and classed him as a youngling, whoso ambition was pushing aside the Confed erate veteran for his own advancement. The burden of his speech was “prosper ity” and he argued strongly for the pro tection of raw material, and especially lumber. Mr- Craig made an impassioned rejoin der. He declared that he was a tariff for revenue man only and gave notice that the Democratic party would con tinue to care for the old soldiers, cost what it might. Both gentlemen were liberally applaud ed by their parties. The crowd was good natured and accorded to both a respect ful and attentive hearing. There will be no more debates between Senator Pritchard and Mr. Craig until they meet in Statesville on the Bth. Sen ator Pritchard will go to Washington to attend to some business matters and w ill return oil the 7th. The debators will then speak as follows; Statesville, October 8. Charlotte, October 9. Hickory, October 10. j * Asheville. October 11. ‘ P Grand Army Men Arrive. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Oct., 2.—The first of the veterans from the outside, who are to attend the Grand Array Encampment, .ar rived here today, and It is expected that from this time on the beginning of the encampment exercises, the arrivals will continue. General Torrance and his staff are ex pected tomorrow. The commander-in-chief will find the city quite prepared to receive himself and his comrades. Within the last twen- I ty-four hours hundreds of flags, big and little have been unfurled along the prin cipal streets.