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Y COLLAPSE
Great Pier in Baltimore Harbor
Tumbles In
THREE DEAD AND 16 MISSING
General Superintendent Edson, of
Baltimore Bridge Company,
Among the Injured, Being. Caught
While Warning Workmen off the
Pier. -
Baltimore, Special. A section of
tie new pier being erected at the im
migration station at Locust Point,
South Baltimore, for the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad for the use of the
North German Lloyd Steamship Com
pany, collapsed-Saturday, carrying
clown between 20 and 25 men of whom
throe are known to be dead, 16 missing-
and 15 iujured, most of them la
borers. Among the last named is W.
,X. Edson, general superintendent of
ihe Baltimore Bridge Company,
which had charge of the steel con
struction. He was caught while
warning the .workmen off the pier.
The dead so far as known are:
Howard L. Ellender, Baltimore,
Engineer.
Tony Wolf, Baltimore.
Robert Sweetman, Woodberry.
Ellender lost his life trying to save
the men on the outer end of the pier.
Superintendent Edson, who was in
jured in the performance of the same
vessel, was not seriously hurt.
All the victims were employes of
the Baltimore Bridge Company. This
was a two-story building 1,000 feet
long- and its estimated cost was $400,
000. About 4S0 feet of it sank.
Warning of the disaster was heard
several days ago when the piles to
ward the end of the pier began set
tling and vigorous efforts were being
matte to save the struetufj. -
Saturday shortly before the disas
ter occurred the piles began settling
in such an alarming manner that ci
ders to leave the place were circulat
ed among the fifty odd workmen and
it is due to this fact that the casual
ties were not greater. Those caught
were on the end of the pier on the
roof.
The falling of the pier into the
water created a tremendous wave in
the harbor and. led many persons io
believe there had been an earthquake.
At Speddens ship yard, directly
across the harbor from Locust Point,
the water suddenly dropped eight
feet, throwing two men overboard
from a marine railway. They were
rescued with difficulty
Two Die in 40-Foot Plunge.
Pittsburg, Pa., Special Two men
were killed an 100 passengers had
a thrilling escape from a like fate in
a wreck Sunday of a passenger train
on the Wabash Railroad when the
engine and one coach left the track
half a mile west of Bridgeville sta
tion, near here, and plunged into the
Chartiers creek, 40 feet below. S-iores
of people missed death or injury
through a circumstance which is now
regarded as providentah
The dead:
Marion Boyd, engineman, of Rook
Station.
Frank Mclsaacs, fireman of Bar
berton, O.
Former Gov. Bullock Dead.
Buffalo, N. Y., Special. A des
patch to The News from Albion says
Rufus B. Bullock, former Governor
of Georgia, died Saturday at the fam
ily homestead at Albion, where he
had resided since the death of his
wife two years ago. He was 73 years
of age and leaves a daughter, 'Mrs.
Leonard Kendall, of Glenn Ridge, N.
J-, and two sojis Freeman Bullock, of
Omaha, and V. V. Bullock, of At
lanta. The cause of death was loco
motor ataxia.
Harrisonburg Homes Burned,
Harrisburg, Special. Fire here
Thursday afternoon destroyed two
residences on Depot Hill, resulting in
A loss of over $3,000, The fire start
ed from a spark from a traction en
gine, which ignited the roof of a
house owned by the heirs of Gusta
vius Gay. The second house burned
was owned by Lewis Poynes.
Child Labor Bill Passed.
Tallahassee, Fla., Special. The
Senate passed the child labor bill by
a majority of two and the measure
is now to go before the House,.
Sentiment against child labor has
been carefully nurtured in Florida by
the labor unions, for in no city ex
cept Tampa is child labor employed
to any degree. A strong lobby, has
worked against the measure on the
ground that it wonld legalize the idle
ness of the negro youth, which is
profitably employed in the fish and
oyster factories along the coast. It
is likely that the measure will pass
the House.
Bitten 'by Mad Dog.
Springfield, Special Pete Duncan,
of the Tenth District of this coun'.y,
was attacked and severely bitten by
a mad dog last week. The dog attacked-
Duncan and bit him on the
arms and legs, until Charley Reynolds
came to his rescue by killing the dog
with a chair. Young Duncan is the
son of Frank Duncan, a prominent
farmer of this county, and he was
brought to the city for treatment.
DEATH b
VOL, XXIX. PJTTSBORQ. CHATHAM
PRES. FINLEY SPEAKS
Southern's Executive Delivers Ad
dress Before Number of Represen
tative Business Men Under Aus
pices of Mobile Commercial Qlub.
Mobile, Ala,, Special. President
W. W. Findley, of the Southern
Railway delivered an address before
a large number of representative busi
ness men under the auspices of the
Mobile Commercial Club. He was
introduced by Vice President E. L.
Russell, of the Mobile & Ohio Rail
road. President Finlay said in part:
' ' The commerce , of the United
States with the Latin-American-countries
is now growing more rapidly
than that with anyother part of the
world and the completion of the
Panama canal wil give a great im
petus to the development of all the
countries south of the Rio Grande.
"There are only two ways of read
ing markets rail and water. Neith
er is sufficient alone. Water trans
portation is not adequate for interior
commerce, nor by itself for eoaswise
or for foreign commerce. Rail trans
portation must stop at the shores of
the sea.
"It would be just as logical for the
people to array themselves against
water transportation or to Undertake
to hamper and cripple it as it is for
them to array themselves against rail
roads and to favor success which will
hamper and cripple them.
"I think it is apparent that any
public policy toward the railroads
which limits their power to increase
their facilities and their carrying ca
pacity to keep pace with, or to even
anticipate the active -production of
the Southern people, is destructive of
he best interests of the vital inter
ests of the people themselves.
"It is unnecessary to point out to
intelligent business men that the pow
er of railroads to increase their fa
cilities is dependent upon their earn
ing capacity and their credit or that
their credit is dependent upon sus
tained earning capacity. The. roads
cannot expect to earn enough from
fbeir current operations . to provide
themselves Avith the facilities "abso
lutely essential in the interest of our
people.. The money must be borrow
ed. "I do not believe, that, with a full
knowledge f the facts and with a
full appreciation of the destructive
consequences to the railroads, to their
revenues, and to their capacity ;o
serve the public, either the Govern
or the Leeislature would have favor
ed the legislation in question and
when the true facts are known, I have
supreme confidence that the course
ofthis company and of other Alabama
carriers will be uphold bv the conser
vative and by the sense of justice and
riaht."
Young Estes Buried.
Charlottesville, Special. The fun
eral of Theodore Estes, who was shot
to death by former Judge W. C. Lov
ing in a boxcar at Oak Ride:e, Mon
day afteinoon, took place from the
home of his father, Sheriff M. K.
Estes, in the' village of Lovingston.
It was conducted by the pastor of the
Lovingston Methodist church, Rev.
H. F. B. Martin. The burial services
were in charge of Lovingston Lodge,
No. 265. of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, of which the young man
was a member.
Drugging Story Questioned.
At "Erst the drugging story was ac
cepted without question, but now
there are persons who hold that the
only drug used in accomplishing Miss
Loving's downfall was whiskey. The
Esfes and those in sympathy with
them deny that there was an assault,
md point to yotimr Estes' behaviour
after his return as inconsistent with
my other view. He himself procured
the physician for-the young lady; and
4ie next dayjwent about his business
with entire unconcern. General re
gret h expressed that Judge Loving
did not allow young Estes an oppor
tunity to explain, and some say that
he shot too goon. Criticism has been
made of the smallness of the bail
bond. The case bids fair to excite
as much interest in this section as the
Strother-Bywaters tragedy.
Salaries of Rural Carriers.
Washington, Special. Postmaster
General,. Meyer has approved the de
tailed adjustment of salaries of rural
free delivery cariers, as submitted
by Assistant Postmaster General De
Graw, and the new schedule which
will become effective July 1 next will
make a graded increase in the com
pensation of carriers of from 9 . to
25 per cent.,' based upon the number
of miles traversed by carriers as
shown by the records of the Depart
ment. Held For Action of Grand Jury With
v out Bail.
Danville, Va., Speeial. Tom Walk
er, Job Baugh, Oscar Keatherly and
Jno. B. Talbott 4 white boys charged
with the murder of Ellen Elliott, a
negro woman,, who was beat and cut
to "death on the outskirts of the city
last Saturday night were given a pre
liminary hearing in the mayor's court
and held for action by the grand jury.
Application for bail was refused. -
IN flNTCONDIllON
Manufacturers Highly Pleased
With Outlook
BANQUET AT HOTEL BRUNSWICK
Many Important Papers on the Cot
ton Industry President Maccoll,
of the Association Presides, De
livering Address on Production
Manufacture and Export of the
.Staple.
Boston, Special. The 82d annual
meeting of the National Association
of Cotton Manufacturers opened in
Huntington Hall, Mass., Institute of
Technology. Many important" pa
pers on the cotton industry have been
prepared and for the chief social
event of the gathering a banquet Avas
arranged for the evening at the Hotel
Brunswick.
The first session was called to or
der by President James R. Maccoll,
of Providence, R. L
President Maccoll 's address fol
lowed, and among the other speakers
were Everett W. Burdett, of this
city, who spoke on "Corporation and
the Public Welfare;" Harvey Stuart
Chase, Boston, on "The Cost cf
Maintenance and Depreciation in Cot
ton Mills,' ' and Henry K. Rowell,
also of this city, whose topic was
"Taxation and Valuation With Ref
erence to Industrial Plants."
Condition Seems World-Wide.
In his address, Present Maccoll
said :
"I am glad to congratulate you up
on the continued activity and pros
perity of our industry. This condi
tion seems to be world-wide. There
is adequate consumption or at least
demand to employ every spindle and
loom. A year ago we recorded Eng
land's increase of 6,250,000 spindles.
The latest reports show 10,000,000
spindles added or projected within
five years, which equals the growth
of the previous 30 years. In our ewn
country there has been a normal ad
dition of spindles; imports of cotton
manufacturers have increased during
1906 as compared in 1905, $14,-500,-000,
or 26 per cent. ; exports have
diminished $13,500,000, or 24 per
cent. ; yet there is no evidence of
over-supply or glutted markets. Ex
tension of foreign trade is for the
moment ignored, on account of the
home demand absorbing all the out
put. "Everything that enters into the
cost of production is getting on to an
excessively high level. It is hardly
to be expected that the present tariff
can prevent large importations of
foreign goods unless we can maintain
our lead in the use of labor-saving
methods and devices. But the fact
is that our foreign competitors are
keenly alive to the situation and are
rapidly adopting American improve
ments, and there are already many
mills aboad that are fuly aquipped
with every American device. As
soon, therefore, as there is a reaction
abroad, we may expect a reaction
here."
Grieved. Over Dowie's Death.
New York, Special. Grieving, it is
thought, because of the death of
"Prophet Elijah III" Dowie, Mrs.
Lydia Staley, threw herself from the
front window of her home on the
fifth floor of an apartment house in
East one seventy-fourth street and
died later in a hospital from a frac
ture of the skull. The Staley's were
leaoins member of the Dowie Cult
in this city. Staley told how his wife
had grieved after the "Prophet's"
death andl said she had worn herself
almost to a shacVw through enforced
fasting.
Big Packing Plant Burned.
Pittsburg, Pa., Special Zoeller
Packing Company, occupying two
acres of ground on Spring Garden
avenue, Allegheny, was destroyed by
fire, causing: an estimated loss of
$300,000. The origin of the fire has
not been ascertained. It burned rap
idly and for a while adjacent prop
erty was threatened.
Stack Crashes Through Roof.
Millville, N. J., Special Three
young women employed at T. C.
Wheaton & Co.'s glass factory in this
city were killed Wednesday by ihe
collapse of a smoke stack which
crashed through a room in which they
were working. The del:
Lena Doughty. -Lydia
Thurston.
Sylvia Galligher.
The accident occurred ; during a
wind storm.
Metcalf Approves Sentence.
Washington, Speeial. Twenty-five
years imprisonment, 20 of which shall
the court- martial which recently tried
Maurice Burke, a seaman attached tu
the cruiser Tennessee, for murdering
James A. -Douglas, chief master-at-arms
and assaulting and attempting
to kill William McCool, master- at
arms, both of that vessel. The sen
tence was approved by Secretary Met
calf. -
COUNTY. N. C, THURSDAY. MAY 2. 1907
NORTH STATE NEWS
Items of Interest Gleaned From
Various Sections
FROM MOUNTAIN TO SEASHORE
Minor Occurrences of the Week of
Interest to Tar Heels Told in Para
graphs. Peace Institute Kept Within the
Presbyterian Church.
Goldsboro, Special The Presby
tery of Albemarle, in session here,
adopted the articles of agreement by
a vote of nearly three to one. . The
Presbytery was addressed by Gover
nor Glenn and Hon. J. R. Young, of
Raleigh, on the matter of the Pres
bytery's endorsing the purchase of
Peace Institute by a committee of the
First Church, Raleigh. The enter
prise was approved by the Presbytery
and warmly commended to the min
isters and churches within its bounds.
The price paid was $45,000. The ili
stitution is thus kept within the Pres
byterian church.
Four Men Are Swept Over Cape Fear
River Falls.
Raleigh, Special. Swept over the
falls, four men were drowned in Cape
Fear River at Buckhorn Falls, Chat
ham county, thirty miles from Raleigh
The dead Hans Thorson, of St. Paul,
Minn., general foreman of a construc
tion company erecting a power plant;
E. B. Brady, of Moncure, assistant
foreman, and two negro laborers.
The men were coming down the river
in a naphtha launch which Avas caught
in the current and carried over 'he
falls. The bodies have not yet been
recovered. Thorson was to have been
married here Sunday, and his" finance
Miss Thelma Lindgren, w-as to have
left St. Paul to join him in Ralei?h.
A Horrible Find.
Wilson, Special. Between Wilson
and Tarboro a porter on the Coast
Line train observed a package behind
a stove. Picking same up and notic
ing the bad order, the porter threw
same out of the window withtmt ex
amination. A man on the country
road picked up the package and on
unwrapping it discovered a dead in
fant negro baby, presumably placed
on the train at Wilmington.
Gibsonville 's First Bank.
Gibsonville, Special. The Bank of
Gibsonville has just been opened, the
only bank here, with W. H. Menden
hall, president, and John W. Boring,
cashier. The capital stock is $10,000
and the directors are: W. H. Menden
hall. F. M. Smith, J. L. Whitsell, W.
C. Nichols, Dr. G. E. Jordan, Dr. H.
P. Bowman, S. L. Murray, John W.
Boring and W. B. Cobb.
Hertford Hurt by Cyclone.
Elizabeth City, Special. A. cyclone
struck Hertford last week doing con
siderable damage to builings, etc. A
number of houses were unroofed and
several outbuildings were destroyed
When the cyclone crosed the river it
produced a water spouce 30 or 40 feet
high. No loss of human lives was
sustained.
Negro Fatally, Crushed.
Spencer, Special. Walter Massey,
colored, was seriously and perhaps fa
tally mashed between two freight cars
on the Spencer yards. He attempted
to pass between two cars standing
about four feet apart and was caught
by a shifter jamming the cars togeth
er. Massey , was caught about the
middle of the body and mashed almost
into pulp.
New Bank For Asheville,
Asheville, Special, Another nat
ional bank will be organized and
opened for business in Asheville. The
capital stock is to be $300,000. J. H.
Carter and others have forwarded to
Waahinton application for a charter
to organize a national bank. The
new bank will be known as the "Am
erican .National Bank," with head
quarters in Asheville.
North State Notes.
A charter has been granted Alex
ander & Co., Charlotte, capital stock
$100,000; F. D. Alexander and others
stockholders.
The conference between the text
book agents and State Superintend
ent Joyner resulted in excellent ar
rangements for more depositories and
better locations. A list of these will
be made public in a few days.
The amount of capital stock of the
Waecamaw Lumber Company dissolv
ed recently was $1,000,000. The com
pany is said to own nearly 250,000
acres of timber. -
The State Christian Endeavor Con
vention was held last week in Greens
boro. Many prominent workers were
present and great interest was shown
by the large crowds who attended the
sessions. General Secretary William
Shaw, of Boston, Massachusetts, was
among the visitors. " -
Steel Creek township, in Mecklen
burg county, is suffering an-epidem-ec
of "barn burning. At least dix
barns have been burned ; since new
year in a radious of a few miles,
i - - s
II II
Late jyebvj
In "Brief
MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST
Miss Pendleton and Stuart C. Gay
the Clifton Forge "Romeo and Ju
liet," were buried together in on
grave. ,
Judge Loving, manager of Thomas
F. Ryan's estate is reported to have
shot and killed Theodore A. Estes al
Oakridge.
Four white toys were held by a cor.
oner's jury at Danville for the mur
der of a negress.
Chesterfield county farmer and -bis
sister were killed by, a Seaboard Aii
Line train. .
-Benedict Gimbel, the Philadelphia
department store proprietor, who cut
his throat after being charged in New
York, died of his injuries.
The Rhode Island Republican ma
chine has takea a hand in the Sena
torial deadlock.
The trial of more than a scof of al
leged members of the " Blackhand ' !
began at Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Four eminent educators are to re
ceive Carnegie retiring allowances,
though they are connected with State
universities.
New York Republicans are averse
to allowing the next President to come
from ' any other State and rely on
Hughes.
A combination of naval-stores op
erators is to be formed, with a capi
tal of from $20,000,000 to $25,000,000.
Terrorists who desired to rob a car
riage with Government funds at Lodz
Russian Poland, threw a bomb which
wrecked the vehicle, killed three ol
the soldier escort and fatally wound
ed seven persons.
Thirty-nine' persons were drowned
when the Neva ferry steamer Arehan
gelie founded near St. Petersburg.
The steamship Manchuria is again
fast on a Japanese reef.
The. Federal Government's part in
the Jamestown Exposition will be an
imposing one.
President Roosevelt was asked to
intervene to settle the international
troubles in Central America.
Secretary Taft reached Washington
after his extensive trip to the West
Indian Islands.
Benedict Gimble, of the Phidelphia
firm of Gimbel Bros., was arrested in
New York on two charges.
San Francisco celebrated the first
anniversary of the earthquake and
fire.
More startling testimony of Capi
tol' graft at Harrisburg was taken.
A severe shortage in the peanut
market is reported in Norfolk.
The evacuation of Manchuria by
the Russians and Japanese troops has
been completed.
A number of persons were killed
and many injured by an earthquake
in Mexico, whici was felt as far north
as Washington.
Pope Pius X appointed seven nen
cardinals and in an allecution alsc
spoke of the church troubles in France
President Roosevelt, writing to the
peace congress in New York, advised
the delegates not to expect' too much
from the second Hague conference
and warned of the danger that would
attend disarmament.
A fanner's wife, aged 65 years, was
assaulted by a negro in Boone town
ship, N. C.
Mrs. Donald McLean will be sup
ported for re-election as Presideut
General by the Maryland delegates
to the Daughters of the American
Revolution Congress which convened
in Washington.
A lone robber held up a stage k
Montana and secured $28,000.
William Jennings Bryan told the
Presbyterian Foreign Mission Board
that he is actively interested in, the
work.
It is estimated that the bubonic
plague is killing 75,000 people a week
in India.
A pretty Eiehornnd girl is said tc
be in love with George Creekmore, a
dashing New Yorker, in jail there,:
charged with the Fifth "avenue jewel
robberies.
President Bonilla, the deposed rul
er of Honduras, is reported to be tvn
his way to Washington to demand ''a
square deal" of Mr. Roosevelt.
The Atlantic fleet, comprising 14
battleships and 3 crusiers, under the
command of Rear-Admiral Robley D.
Evans, is now anchored in Hampton
RoacY., ready ,to receive the fleets ol
foreign powers which will attend the
opening of the Jamestown Expositios
Pope Pius bestowed the red hat ot
six of the seven cardinals appointed
at the secret consistory.
The Seminole Indians have gone
on the warpath because they allege
a dead chief's tomb was desecrated.
A big warehouse will be built ' at
Ashland, Va., with a view of concen
trating there the sun-cured . tobaccc
trade.
Governor Swanson announced thai
he would appoint Judge William F
Rhea, of Bristol, to succeed Judge
Beverly T. Crump as chairman of the
State Corporation Commission.
Mexico's earthquake caused more
than 100 deaths and great daamge
and the "shocks still continue at intervals.
NO. 38
Chicago policemen testified that il
has been" customary for years to in
duce members of the force to make
campaign fund contributions. -
The -United States Supreme Court
decided the contempt case of ex-Senator
Thomas M. Paterson against th
appellant.
Mrs. Donald McLean has a large
majority for President-General of the
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion. "
. A severe snowstorm raged in sev
tral Western States.
Kills Supposed Highwayman.
Birmingham, Ala., Special. E. K.
Body, a "switchman for the St. Louis
& San Francisco Railroad, shot and
killed " a well-dressed White man,
about 20 years.. of age. Bodey is in
jail. Recently two murders and sev
eral robberies have occurred in the
railroad yards and Bodey said he was
about to be hed up when he fired.
The body was identified later as that
of W. A. Kennedy, a moulder. He
was on his way to work when he :a?
killed. '
Two-Cent Passenger Rate.
Richmond, Va., Special. The State
corporation commission has handed
down a decision in the rate cases by
which after July 1, passenger rates
on trunk lines are reduced to .two
cents per mile, on their feeders
2 1-2 cents, on certain minor roads
they will be three and on one or two
lines 3 1-2 cents. On freight a uni
form schedule is established thereby
latins a slight reduction.
Requisition Not Properly Executed.
Middletown, N. Y., Special. Sher
iff C. J. Lyon, of Abbeville counfy,
South Carolina, who came here with
requisition papers for E. G. Reune.
who is wanted in South Carolina for
alleged forgery and larceny, has re
turned "South without Rennen. Er
nest W. Hufcutt,N legal aiviser to
Governor Hughes, refused to honor
the requisition, sayjng it was not
properly executed. Renne will be
held in the Goshen jail until Sheriff
Lyon returns with corrected papers.
A Severe Snow Storm.
Pueblo, Cel., Speeial. The snow
storm that began at noon Sunday
continued throughout the night. With
six inches of snow on the ground,
there was no immediate prospect of
cessation. The storm extended east
to Dodge City, Kan., and south into
Texas. .The snow drifted badly,
crippeled railroad and street car traf
fic. The thermometer registered 25
degrees above zero. Fruit and vege
Vibles are badly damaged.
Sucide in Warren. .
McMinnville, Special! Joe Wo
mack, about' 22 years of age, commit
ted suicide at an early hour Friday
morning at the home of his uncle,
Abner Womack, two miles south of
town. He shot himself in the head
and died instantly. No cause -s
known for the act. He was in Mc
Minnville the day before, and nothing
out of the ordinary was noticed in
-iis demeanor. .
Kinston Wants Training School.
Kinston, Speeial. The board of
aldermen pased an ordinance author
izing an election June 3d on the ques
tion of issuing bonds not exceeding
$35,000 to secure the location of the
Eastern Carolina Teacheis' Training
School established by the last Gener
al Assembly. Kinston is making
every effort to secure the location of
this school here.
Brothers Meet Tragic Death.
Asheville, Special. A message
from Hot Springs, Madison county,
told of the tragic death -there Friday
morning of Jack and ' Yuck" Stines.
The Stine3 were run over and kiljed
by train .No. 101, while on the tracks
within the yard at Hot Springe. The
victims of the morning's accident
were residents' of Hot bprings, and
were well known both at that place
and in.Madison county.
Bond Issue Carries.
High Point, Special. In the elec
tion here for bonds to the amount of
$125,000, the measure carried by a
goocli majority, less than twenty-five
votes being cast against it. Seventy
five thousand of the amount is for
city improvements and fifty thousand
for the Ranc'tolph and Cumberland
railroad. It required 305 votes to
carry the election, and by three
o 'clock the necessary unmber had been
secured. . - '
Bloody Blind Tiger.
Hamlet, Special. Love Knight, a,
Croataja, shot and killed John Davis,
colored, on the State line six miles
south of here early Thursday morning
The killing, it is said, was the out
growth of a quarrel begun in a blind
tiger Davis was instantly killed.
Knight fled and has not yet been cap
tured. This is the sixth murder near
"that place within 12 months.
f)e Chatham ftecorb
RATES OF ADVERTISING,
On squire, one intertlea 1.00
On square, two insertion 1.69
On square, one month 2.50
For Larger Advertise
ments Liberal Con
tracts will be made.
ARE 'UD-OIipS
President Expresses Opinion
of Moycr and Haywood
ROOSEVELT REPLIES TO MINERS
Condemns What He Calls Flagrant
Impropriety of Western Federation .
of Labor in Criticism of His Re
cent Letter Referring to Moyer
and Haywood, Accused of "Murder
of Former Governot Stcunenberg,
of Idaho, as "Undesirable Citi
zens," and Declares That They,
Not He, are Trying to Influence
Justice.
Washington, Special. In a letter
addressed to HonoreJaxon of Chica
go, chairman of the "Cock county
Moyer-IIaywood conference," made
public, President Roosevelt replied
to the criticism of his recent letter
in which he referred to Moyer and
Haywood, officials of the Western
Federation of Miners, charged with"
implication in'the murder-of former (
Governor Steunenberg, of Idaho, as
"undesirable citizens." The Presi
dent says he regrets any body of men
should so far forget their duty to
their country as to, by formation of
societies and in other ways, endeavor
to influence justice and coerce court
or jury; that they, not he, are trying
to influence justice and he condemns
what he calls their flagrant impropri
ety in the matter. He, says, that he
indicated no opinion "as to their guilt
of the Steunenberg murder, but that
it was a simple absurdity to suppose
that because a man is on trial he is
free from criticism as to his manner
of life. He said he might as well be
accused of trying to influence the
suits against Harriman, some of
whose friends had also criticised
bim. He said that Moyer and Hay
wood stand as representatives of
those who habitually appear as guilty
of. incitement to, or apology for,
bloodshed and violence. He added:
"You would of course be entirely
within your rights if yen merely an
nmiiced that you thought Messrs.
Moyer and Hrywood were 'desirable
citizens' though in such case I
should take frank issue with you and
should say that, wholly without re
gard to whether or not they arc
guilty of the crime for which they
are - now being tried, they represent
as thoroughly undesirable a type of
citizenship as can be found in this
country; a type which, in the letter
to which you so unreasonably take
exception, I showed not to be con
fined to . any one class, but to exist
among some representatives of great
capitalists as well as among some
representatives of wage-workers.
"In that letter I condemn both
types. Certain representatives of the
great capitalists in turn condemned
me for including Mr. Harriman in my
condemnation of Messrs. Moyer and
Haywood. , Certain of the represen
tatives of labor in their turn con
demned me because I included Messrs.
Moyer and Haywood as undesirable
citizens together with Mr. Harriman.
I am as profoundly indifferent to
condemnation' in one case as another.
I challenge as a right the support of
all good Americans, whether wage
workers of capitalists, whatever their
occupation, or creed, or in whatever
portion of the country they live,
when I condemn both types of bad
titizenship which I have held up lo
reprobation. It seem3 to me a mark
of utter insincerity to fail thii3 to
condemn both ; and to apologize foi
either robs the man thus apologizing
of all right to condemn any .wrongdo
ing in any man, rich or poor, in pub
lic or in priyate life.
"You say yon ask for a 'square
deal' for Mersivs. Moyer and Haywood
So do I. When I say 'square deal'
I mean square deal to everybody; it is
equally a violation of the policy of
the square de:sl for a capitalist to
protest against denunciation of a car
italist who is guilty cf 'rongdoing
as for a labor leader to protest
against the denunciation of a labor
leader who has been guilty of wrong,
doing, J stard for equal justice to,
both; and 60 far as in my power lies,
I shall uphold justieo whether the
man accused of. guilt has behind hirq
the wealthiest corporation tho greati
est aggregation of riches in tho com
try, or whether he has behind him
the most influential labor organiza
tion in the country." ,
Serious Tragedy in Virginia.
Lynchburg, Va., Special. At Oak
Ridge the Virginia estate of Thomas
F. Ryan, Judge W. G. Loving, super
intendent of the estate, shot and al
most instantly kiilod Theodore I.
Estes, son of the sheriff cf Nelson
county. Charging Nelson with drug
ging his daughter, Elizabeth, aged 10, ;
and assaulting her while in a drug
ged condition, after learning of the
alleged incident from the lips of his
daughter, Judge Loving drove some
eight or ten miles before- locating
the young man and he shot him down
with a double barreled shotgun with
out waiting for the victim to explain
Former Congressman , Trigg Dead.
Roanoke, Va., Special A special
from Abingdon, Va., says Connelly
F. Trigg, former Congressman from
the ninth Virginia district, died
there, of pneumonia, aged 60 years.
He was nominated by the Democrats
in 1884 and served in the Forty
ninth Congress. Since retiring from.
Congress he had practiced law aty
Abingdon, f