RALEIGH, N. G.; SUNDAY,!! MAY 12, 1901
No. 146
ID IIP
'Senators Again Defeat New
port News
WON GAME IN A WALK
Fast Work by Senatorial Out
: field Sechrist's Sensa
tionai Catch a Feature of
the Game
Standing of the Clubs
Won. Lost.
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Xiirfolk
. Wilmin.-t"u
wii.n-i New:
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14
In n listless game that was devoid of
hp,irt n-n.lingr situations toe Senators
foiiv.l a second victory over Ashenback's
Shipbuilders yesterday.
The f;ist work of the Senatorial out-fji-Iil
put the visitors out of the game
fiiinv the start. Lowden put up a stitt
trifle -f twirling, and added another
Ui string of victories, which as yet
h;; botii unbroken since the first day
of the league season. The local playo i
snappy lall, and though there was a
fslijrht ruffle in their work in the fifth
ami ninth, every man acquitted himself
TVl'H. .
Slaslo started in to do the twirling for
the visitors, hut his undoing came be
fore the sisth inning was over, ami
Johnson was substituted. The Red
I!irls already had a cast , iron cinch on
the emu', and Johnson's effective twirl
iiic availed nothing. The visitors hit the
bill hard, but the Raleigh outneld was
lunlcr every drive. A half dozen sensa
tional stops were made by Stanly, Shr
Di.m and Person.-
The feature of the game was a mss
jiitieent catch in left garden by Sechrist,
I wearer of the maroon.
The story of the game, briefly told, is
the superior stick work by the Senators.
A home run. a triple and two iioub!?3
firnre in a total of thirteen hits made off
the opposing pitchers. Bowd?n had
splendid control, and pitched a stwuf.
steady came, which with excellect sup
port, run Xewoort News out of thv cn
test. The Senators piled up four rr.?is
hrfore the Blue and Gray had scra:chcd
thp bo.nril. , Two runs for the visitors in
the fifth were followed by tnllies in tie
sixth aud eighth for the home te;;m.
Newport News made another run in the
ninth, hut it was not necessary for
Kin? Kelly and his colts to take thvir
hnlf of the ninth.
The Senators began business in the
from inuing. Slagle punctured Meade's
aratonvv after Atz had fanned. Sher
man singled, but was caught stealing
second. Meade dashed to third, making
brazen steal, and tallied on a stiff
single by Person.
Joseph Stanley. whose continual
hashing of the hickory for four, bases,
lias given him the sobriquet of "Home
Kn Stanley." sent the baa over the
ravine ;,i right, and circled the bases in
the third inning. Slagle's nerves "were
so badly affected by the performance
that he pm the ball against Hennegar
instead of in Reddy Foster's mit. King
K1 then drove the ball for two bases,
and Hennogar added another run to the
Senators strinc. Atz sent a grounder
big Al Wcddidce at first, which. pi;t
nim out of business. Phil Meade re
'pondi'd with a rattling" single that
mrrd Captain Kelly. '
T,ic f(,irth inning was also productiy
ir the IJed Rirds. Terson hit safely.
Kill "I i." LeGrande and. Bowden were
p'r outs, hut successive singles by Stan
fcy and Hennegar scored Person.
The fifth inning gave Newport News
runs unrl
revived the- spir:t3 ef .
AshenhaeWs fun makers. O'Steen sent a j
"'" one tiown towards third bit Bow
ran out and stopped it an 1 threw
i!d i.y three feet to Kelly. The. ball
Pt ri.ihng.away from the diamond and
Neon tore around the bases like a
Jrdrant nt work. Johnson h5t safely,
ywnpleman fled. Slagle struct out, and
';hnson reached third on IveGraiidtM
throw. A hit by Diesel" scored
2niiv,n. Sechrist retired the side on a
to Atz. 1 . . ; .
Asheuhac-k held a secret session with
nimselr and passe!, a. unaaimoa-i" resofn
n to the effect that he was ifiri in' the
fame i e i .j.
- ...inif; iub irceiy Mil viigiS lnufi
'Be hor onJ .,i,i-:j...!L r----.-"..-1
. iiUMXlltuilll ..J UU ff . . f
eiV easily retired. . Again the locals
FVl r3 """" acrosg tn.e nibler ia the f.ixth.
'" Person made Ris third snccessive
a i.i.1 advanced to second ti a wild
i'"eh. The mighty Bill "D." struck
"t. i little Bowden eansht the ball
n nose and, smashed it for. three
'is(.s. soorinjf Person.'
J he onators made the runs seven in
tne H-hth. Bill D." LaGrande lined
M 'i 'i"iihle and jjfter Stnnley and i'-iw-hurl
i,Pen retired score on a. lvild
hy vmer. .
bleachers broright bad luck in the
v&o after a desperate run sca.pel .jn a il: -jK't--: . V 1 - Vk street was paved with roses and . lilies
low line hnll. that sentHhn a "CTsanin u Jtftj!" h? nd sweet peas. . A-halt was inade.ia
The applause that greeted the pl,y vco lSm S3 1 be at Vie,center f tht toWU' "nd s!-
i, moifen..,. as if it had been, mad., by J gn rSSSL who ll Ul"n? &a.1. lCeiLth
jeut events showed that A,h,nback wo.base hits. .Darby 2; three l!
'-ith wisdom for King Kelly 4 .md ! hita, Bigbie, Weaver. Iwiau. Base on ( Chime8 .(Oliver's entrvT 1(U ,
,,lr' fvMmd Mr. tahwoa ,roughcT ball-Thomas 3 off Lip) 1: Struck out Third race. 3-year-6ld last mile
rmpo.,riou thau hig predecesso-. The by Thomas 1. Stolen bases, Soffit 2, (jlenellie KB, Malster 108, Satire 101,
nr!:t tlirep mn hot i. ,,a Pil!mii 2. Trfl ffpr. Kaiu. . ; ' - ; Alsike "(Daly entrvi 115 'fni 1Aht
ninth by leaving their senfu- Heunega-
made a brilliant'eatch of a high fly over
towards first from Heinircma-V.s bat.
Slagle beat the air. Dies d made his
third " hit and." Sechrist .gained first by
, colliding with the ball. Weddidge Lit
to Meade, 'but he threw low at first and
Diesel scored. Foster brought the game
tpa? conclusion by fann'n ?.
Raleigh; A.B. Il. 'H. P.O. A
E.
0
1
0
0.
1
0
0
1
1
Stanley, c f, . V . 5 - 12 V
Hennager, 2b ... 4 1 2-
Kelly, lb ...... 5 1 1
Atz, 3b ... .... 4 0 0
Meade, s. s. . ; . 3 ' 1 ' 2
Sherman, I f . 4 0 1
Person, r f. . .. . 4 2 ' 3
LeGrande, c - ... I 4 1 1
Bowd-en, p .... 4 1
0
4
0
0
1
0
0
3
1
3
O
4
0
. 37 7 13 27 9 4
N'wp't News A.B. R. H. P.O. A .E.
Diesel, 3b ..... 5 1 3 0 0 0
Sechrist, 1 f ... 4 0 1 2 0 0
Weddidge, lb .. 5 0 1 12 0 0
Foster, c ...... 3 0 0 5 1 1
Ashenback, c f. 3 0 0 1 0 0
O'Steen, s s ... 4 1 2 1 41
olii-son, rf, p.. 4 1 1 0 2 0
Hempleman, 2b. 4 0 0 3 4 0
Single, p, rf ... 4 0 0 0 0 0
30 3 8 24 11 2
The score: 11. H.E.
"
Newp't Xews.O 00020001 3 8 2
llaleigh .....0131-OiOlx 7 13 4
Summary: Home runs, Stanley.
Three badgers, Diesel an J Bowden.
Two base hits, Weddidge, Kelly, Le
Grande. Bases on balls, by Bowden 3.
Hit by pitched ball. Bowden 1, Slagle
2. Struck out by Slagle 1, Johnson 3ju fae maiu street of the town.
lorirn 3. W::,l pitch, Job-. , m 1, Si- other was ia littIe chlu.ch a
len bases, Meade and Johnson
lime i
of game 1.40. Umpire, Mr. Upchurch
Attendance 750.
Notes of tli Gains
The Chamnions. as the fans have,
f termed the Bed Birds since they landed
,iu tirt place, were cheered to the echo
liTjA PZiW !
v i"c uuuu .iuju .j vo-
ent struck np a -popular air.
. . - . "
tourteen victories out of nineteen
games played-is the record of the. locals.
. " '
TNi mmgtoa comes to Raleigh Monday
for three gamesi, and then the Senators
go down to .the City by the Sea for
three games with the same team. It
will be (reek against Greek. The
cranks recognize the fact that A ilmmg-
ton has one of the fastest teams in the
league. It will be a great series and
There ; will ..be several familiar faces
among the visitors next week. Ihere is
Bob Stafford, the captain and manager.
"X I? w i vlk,u?e 5 3- "k-u
rith !he,S& 1reSt h.hTlhl?
team in 18!M. He is one of the greatest
ii. Vr. i. i . x i 'n l. 4 it
liu iaiwo lasi yeui, auu, -txiitru
are both well known here
Norfolk has Portsmouth as her oppo
lieui an iiie Hee, iiuu ivicuuiuuu "uu;nient i beSnf lipid Th Pret i
Newport News 1 try conclusions with fe Lhl Mc
win "r," Tn.n.i K.
game for the Senators this season
" " vi'by the commamler-in-chief of the GaJI-
'other catcher in the league has this rec-
o!!1- .And what is more, Bill '1.' has
tall. the others badly beat,
Hennager had lots of ginger in his
work at second yesterday. So did Meade,
Atz and Jvel.
!......'.'.';
i8thk4Fn wlV r.Jhm,n
and Raleigh will break even on the week
Anna. Eva Fay says the Senators will
take four of the six games. Take your
choice. - :-.
TT-.,4. ff,.; . vj
,.AaUF!ma;" ftLfr0? a bad,
litre: auu 10 11 Lilt trruiu.
..: ':.
The Red Birds keep up their hitting
lick. The home-run record for the week
is Stanley 2 and LeGrande 1.
'Norfolk 9-ltilmlnston
Wilmington, N. C, May 11. Special.
Norfolk won. from Wilmington in a
walk today. l"he visitors sent Fore
man in the air in the third ana scored
six runs. Foreman's Joose" pitching was
responsible for Wilmington's defeat. The
visitors played a perfect fielding game
and' were strong at the bat. The game
was slow. AVilmingtoa lacked spirit.
The score: . - ' It. H. E.
Norfolk ;...0 Ofi 3 0 0 0 0 0-9 12 0
Wilmington 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 05 8 4
Summary: Stolen bases, Norfolk 2,
Wilmington C; two "base hits, Norfolk,
Weeks; Wilmington. Stafford. Warren.
Clayton; three base hits, Norfolk, Gilli
gan, R.. Wilmington. Clayton. Total
bases on hits. Norfolk 15 Wilmington
13. Double- plays. Clayton to Stafford.
Bases on balls, off . Weeks 10, off Fore
wni utm, bases-Norfolk C.
-':,mf -lo .frs. n mp. 9. hours.
Umpire, Mr. taley. '"Attedance .r00.
. 1
Richmond ia-portmomh 4
Richmond, May 11. R'chmond had lit
tle trouble in defeating Portsmouth ;his
fore a crowi of T-2U0
s'and iTpP both dhl fair
e former i-JlH. and IUch-
afternoon before
rle. Thomas '
work, but the
niond. batted ffeely. ;. t ,
The score:- - - ,k. 11. 1
JRichmond 0 0"D4 00 0 4 J 12 IS . a
Pftrtsmonth 00 1 1 2 0 0 0 0- 4 U 7 .
AVashi
the Curr
telegra
that the
Bank
The
formed of the shortage and the teller
was at once arrested. The bank s con-
Hitinn is cood .and the .institution has
dition is good ,and the institution has
- - " .
A O-anb Tpllpr Shnrt Fourth race. so!lin w TPetra II ! 'dnPPn1.are Te. m ne. town, out
n DanK I eilcl OlIUIl hoi L,kT St.,,- VV-r V ' .J most; people believe that she has eloped
' i- - ' . iy.1' , . L,i-l.k-rai ill. Roenampton 108. ,;in. ,S... ' o tin ... .i, i a-.
ngton. May 11. -Comptroller of injun K,la J. 94. Billionaire 1)7. " ' . " Tit. h, w ,,? .
ency IJawes today-- receiveoa iwihto t y ark Twftin l04,JBeau "V, 'hi : V rest har him
m front jww VJ- eaiK aniiomicn. . ''11"u'1'11 -. Inshor KKj. Balloon 'V:Vk , . ;"a n(rny,, tin, th0
teller of the. Hibernian Rational i;. nu m Jit. Council T.hu 50, Semi-. . T'"" " '
was short fin his accounts u,ww.- uuir .o,. v namiiorlain li:j. Nitrate 11 )G. -
Sfatpa . Attorney ' was in- r if tn race. 4.vimn.ni,i., .....i .i i ..?. , lA D'.n. Q,,mm
th teller's hontl, fftKi to oe iroou iorj i ace. Meadow iBrook Hunter
$25,000. The bank has a capital and L .. -V2 miles Touchdown 153, : Vir-'
surplus of $800,000, , , ifimia Dare loS, Jim Lisle 163; Champion?
The President Has a Day of
Comparative Quiet '
MAKES TWO SPEECHES
The Party Kinrfs Opportunity
for Different Diversion's
from Those of the Past
Three Weeks "
Delmonte, Cal., May -11. This V, has j
ibeen the first day of comparative rest
enjoyed since he left Washington, nearly
three weeks ago. ' Nevertheless he made
two speeches and was greeted by two
or three thousand people during the day
His first speech was to the, people of
Monterey, delivered from a stand erected
and the
o . Ilfrlo hnrrth i t lpihn
i . . . -ri
virove, wuere memuers oi me vj. a. it.
of California and Nevada were holding
their annual encampment. Both speeches
were brief.
Tim n,.nci,im,f;ni ai.,.;4 - ni.
nionte about 2 o'clock this morning and
remained on the special train until
time, when all the., members
OI lue partv excepr rne l'resiuent ana
Ujrs. McKinley went to thei Delmonte
.'Hotel. The President ami wife break-
faste(1 iu their j)rivate car, and at 10
0Yi0Ck went to the hotel, where rooms
had been reserveil for them. ' The Presi-
dent aud an tne members of his party
were charmed rwirh their surrouuding,
thti adjoining park with its live oak
and beech trees and abundant dowers
being shut off from the general public
aU(1 affordinj, opportunity for rest and
recreation, jsearly all the menibei-s , of
tnt, 1)arty except
the President' either
drove or played golf or bathed during
thu mni-iiiji Thprn vn. n 'ft!hlll
i,u.k 0f formalitv in the visit. At 1:30,
aftcr private luncheon in the hotel, the
President and members of the cabinet
and others of the party drove out through
Monterey, the old capital
f th republic of California, The mam
tMJUKfc?
thmis.nnrl nonnU usseml.lpH.
Two miles further on the 'procession
of carriages reached the village of. Pa
cific Grove, where the G. A.: R. ehcamp-
The President eu-
omrades
he went in. After being introduced
ilOiUlil iUlU .M'WIU.l VI. -V. IV.. lit; UiltUtr
r l N' 1 11 t l, .....
I a(jj
,MoKill
ress. It is evident that' President
ley was deeply moved by. the
sight of his former comrades .in arms,
and at least a third of his audience were
in tears during his talk. ; . . '
It was expected that the President
would take a long drive after this event,
nnd rest. Mrs. McKinley had remaineil
in tier apartments. me1 rest or tne
party, howej-er, took the seven-mile drive
through the Pacific reservation,, winding
along the shore of the ocean and re-
turning by a circuitous and picturesque
route. After dinner, tonight the Presi-
dent had an' informal reception iu the
ball-room, at which the guests of the
hotel were present. ' . lhe presidential
party will spend Sunday at Delmonte
and leave Monday morning" for Santa
Cruz and San Jose. A
The Ohio delegation,-headed by Gov
ernor Nash, who will attend" the launch
ing of the battleship Ohio' in San Fran
cisco next Saturday, was here for a few
hours this morning, and then proceeded
north on their special train.
MORRIS PARK RACES
New York, May 11. Results at Mor
ris Park:
First race Paul Clifford 6 to 5, Bluff
0 to 1, Mark Twain 6 to . 1. Time.
1:14V-. . - .
Second race Laodice 20 to .1, Friar
Tabor- J to 1, Red Damsel 3 to 1. Time.
1:02V2- .. ' :
Third race Amictia 3 to 2. The Hoy
den 2 to 1, Gunfire 5 to. Time, 1 :5E.
Fourth raceThe Rader ( to 5, Bonni
bert y to 2, Bellario 5 to 1.. Time.
Fifth race-Raffaol 6 to 5. Janice 6
10 Av- rr""di.y lo.r- J line, 1 :ou.
Sixth race Walter Cleary, Even
hardy 30 to 1, Marschan 4 to 1
4:10.
Time,
Entries for Monday
First race May Blossom:-" F.cline
veo-SomTh' Jllsn 113' God"
USJ
andysmash 98 Lsldr 1H'
econtt race, . 2-year-olds, --.-Eclipse
course x euinsiua .iad(in entry) 107
"J - aomee u eninsniai im, LinorarRossig-
"J. "mt !l - 04, uanay
(Daly entry! IIS. Snark,' Mayor Gikoy, f
IXillUIUOl'ft II,,
Btn iking Water-ure im. Matt I
Simpson 1(M., Herbert 113. Hammock, f - L
.Gulden 100. . .. . ..'..
.uimien hh,. ... ..
156, Last! Chord 150 All Smiles 132,
Regular 153, Self -Protection 1G3, Bac
chanal '143, Sachet 1G6, George Keene
103, Strk'kalight. '. s -
.... jj. g . .
A Mining Broker's Joke
, Cripple Creek, Col.; May 11. Mining
stock brokerage offices show an : incli
nation toljniake funo.ver the troubles in
Wall streiet. In one of the offices a sub
scription jilist was . started for the ben
efit! of George' J. Gould, when a story
reached here that he had been made a
bankrupt Jjby-: being on the short side of
Northern jj Pacific. ... This subscription list
was variously signed, the contributions
ranging f jpoiu 30 cents to snares of ,stock
in nearly
one hundred different mining
eonipanie, old hatsr clothing, shoes, min
ing : tools
housekeeping articles, office
furniture,!
Rocky Mountain canaries,"
ponies,- saddles, : political pulls, and in
cluding "la free ticke to Cripple Creek,"
where he
might start life again.
; Found in the River
, New 1prk. May 1 1. Mystery sur
rourfds jhe fate of Prof. John H. B ru
tin , .'whoii went to Chinatown on the
night of April 20 .to collect old coins and
stamps. A body found in the East river
Thursday
hi nipfp
was .today identified as his by
The police are investigating
and there!
was. murdered.
Professor Brudus lived at 427 West
Fiftyrsixtli street. He came to this
country, twenty years asro. At one time
he., was a jj professor in the University of
Stockholm:. He once built a factory for
the manufacture of a patent medicine.
The, nijchti before the factory was to be
; i ' i j x . i " i
opened it
was mini iu lue ruuuu,
. Guns Only for Loyalists
Cape-Tjjwn, May 11. In a speech last
night General Brabant, who commanded
the Cape Jl Town defence force, speaking
of the defence of Cape Colony, said: "It
is not evet-y man in this county who will
be allowed to carry a rifle in the future.
Only theli loyalists will be permitted to
do that. 7
END OF AN ARGUMENT
A Pistol Also ?ut an End to .a
v Disputant
New "itork, May 11. Jaines , Ellicott
was hotjjand instantly killed .this morn
ing imthef apartment of James O'Donnell
at No. laiCanal street, Stapleton, Staten
Island.' ? O'Donnell is locked up at the
Stapletonn . police headquarters. Mrs.
O'Donnell ; is detained as a witness,
though she did not see the shooting.
.O'Donnell' and Ellicott. are laborers,
aud.liavejj been -friends for years. ICach
i$ ,aboiii,iaxty years old. and Mrs. O Don-
nell ;s' a
comely woman . of forty. : The
men, have;! had frequent arguments as to
whjch of llthem would make Mrs. O'Don
nell the better husband. Last night they
visited several stoloons-near the O'Don
nell homeL and about midnight they re
sumed their old argument in O'Donnell's
room. ' .
When tine pistol shot was heard neigh
bors called the police. James King, a
patrolman, found O'Donnell in the room
wiIit.theidead1 man. ; O'Donnell was in
a ririmkep ' stupor and made no effort to
escape'i arrest, and his statements re
garding the cause of the shooting were
b-any ancli maennite. io weapon was
found ' on f Ellicott's body. He was shot
in the head and had apparently "died
without at
struggle.
TRINITY THE WINNER
Athletic and Track Contests
II ..:-....
ith Wake Forest
Durhani, .N. C, May llSpecial. In
the dual Athletic contest herte this at
noon in the field and track events be
tween Trinity and Wake Forest College
the ' first-named Avon in a walk. .The
Methodistis won . first place in every
event andjj scored seventy-eight points out
of the possible ninety. ,
In somA events Trinity won first, sec
ond and tjjiird place. In the pole-valuting
E. C. Pelrrow broke the Southern inter
collegiate! record by making ten feet
three inches. He made the vault at ten
feet tivejj but knocked - the pole down
with his arms. The records heretofore
has beentlten feet two inches, and was
made by .Suwanee University.
A largd crowd was present and con
siderable enthusiasm wras shown.' It was
the first intercollegiate contest in track
and . field f athletics held in the State. -J
Heat from Stars.. Measured
i Willianis Bay, Wis., May .Hi. It is
claimed that it has been definitely de
monstrated here by a long series of ob
gerVatiomjj and experiments that the
stars giv off heat and that this heat
as evenO.een measured
The . credit for solvinsr the nroblem,
Fool-Twhich hal long puzzled astronomers, and
for constructing an instrument sensitive
enough foir the 'purpose belon to Prof.
E. F. Nichols, of Dartmouth College.
The worlii was, however, performed at
the localii Yerkes Observatory of the
University of Chicago. Most of
"vation were- taken by Prof,
ol- during, last summer and the
the ob
. Nich
results of the daft a have just been delivered to
George Hale, the director.
x A Girl Disappears
Chicago!; May 11. The town of Bris
tol, just west of Evanston, was thrown
into excitement yesterday by the dis
appearande of Miss-Charlotte King, the
17-year-old daughter of H. W. AV'a'ker
and an heiress. Stories of abduction
londonl May 11.- .. dispatch from1
:parig to jhe Exchange Telegraph Co-
pany it is persistently rumored 1
there - that the" IT nited . States will buy i
the Panama Canal in a short time.
n I alio . , uiuui .
1S" :
He Tells About the GiantSteel
1 Combine
HOW THE THING WORKS
Experience of . the Carnegie
Company Before the- Mer
ger How Foreign Markets
are Gained and Held
in
Washington, May ill. Charles M.
Schwab, of New York, president of the
United States Steel corporation,, the
gigantic concern which recently ab
sorbed' Jhe Carnegie, Federal, National
and other steel companies, testified be
fore the industrial' commission on the
subject of the steel industry. The in
terest in Mr. Schwab's testimony was
shown by. the. attendance of nearly ah
the members of the commission and
by an audience numbering more than
one hundred who , listened with close
attention to the proceedings.
Mr. Schwab first spoke of the Carne
gie company, of which he said he had
been operator for theiive years preced
ing the formation ofke United States
Steel corporation. TheCarnegie Com
pany mined all of its own orer-about
six million tons a year4 carried "a large
portion of this tonnage in its own boats
on the lakes, and transported practi
cally all of the ore used in its manufac
ture over its own railroads the Pitts
burg, Bessemer and Lake Erie to the
works t at Pittsburg. He said it had
not been the practice . of the Carnegie
Company to sell its ore .to other com
panies, but ito manufacture the differ
ent grades into a great variety of
jMuuutis. ; j.iiui vuuiyauy aiuiie uifu
controlled 25 per cent of the ore of the
country and ,' accounted' for a like per
centage of the financial product. ( On
some specificuuianuf aetures. of steel the
jortion of the -output controlled by the
Carnegie , Company was . greater in
(Structural work about 50 per cent.,
steel rails, 30 per cent, and armor plate
more than 50 per cent. There had
originally been 27 companies ' in the
Carnegie interests, a majority of the
stock in , each company being owned Ky
the Carnegie Company proper.
It was ; found, however, that with
only a controlling interest of the stock,
these numerous 'companies were hard
to control and to keep together along
one general line of policy. They there
fore merged under a centralized man
agement. The resulting concern was
more like a. partnership affair, than a
stock company. . The stock, .he said,
was $1,000 a share, and was never list
ed, which has practically prevented
trading in it. The . success of this con
dition was ; so marked, said Mr.
Schwab.' that it was realized that many
advantages would accrue from consoli
date with the other great -steel com
panies, and the United States Steel
Company was formed. Where there
was formerly po chemist connected wkh
each concern each of whom might have
a different vi process iof manufacture,
there was, no one chief chemist for the
entire company. This had - resulted in
a greater uniformity of process and
consequent betterment of quality.
Mr. Schwab estimated that the
United States Stel Company now-owned
75 or 80 per cent of the ores of the
United States Steel " Company now own
centage of .the finished product.
Mr. Schwab explained . why It was
that prices Obtained abroad were lower
than those obtained -in the, United
States. ' The explanation for this, Mr.
Schwab said, was very simple. It was
the idea of operators to run the work
always full and steadily, and when
times were dull, in order to attain this
end, it was necessary to seek a for
eign market, at reduced prices. In any
case it was necessary; to reduce prices
to obtain a foreign market, and when
the market was attained, which was
generally the work ' of years, it was
sometimes necessary to keep pricea
down in order to retain it. The labor
ing classes in any event were directly
benefitted. The rule worked both ways,
foreign manufacturers v selling their
goods in the United States cheaper
than at home.
Mr. Schwab thought a protective tariff
on some -ciass ui .msuuiatiuiw
steel was ' desirable. In Industrials, in
which labor formed the largest part of
the' cost, it was indespensable. On pig
iron and steel ra ils the tariff was not
necessarv. labor forming a small - por
tion of their cost." If the tariff "was
taken off finished products, however,
such as tin-plate' and structural work, a
reduction in wages would inevitably fol
low. The average wages paid by the Car
negie Company has been greater in
every year since 1892 than in any year
precediug that period. Mr. Schwab con
sidered it significant f hat up to the year
1892, labor., organizations had existed
among the company's employes. Since
that year there had been no organized
labor. - As Mr: Schwab expressed it. no
"aristocracv of labor" existed as it had
prior to j8f2. Then the unions dic
tated the wage of foremen and certain
classes of employes and the company
considered the figures fixed by them as
unjust Now the lower priced men wer
paid more, and also the -high-priced men,
the general average being greater. .No
business could ; prosper, : Mr Schwab
thought, subject to the dictation of , a -labor
organization. ,
Mr, Schwab "refused to discuss J. r.
Mojgan's purchase of the Leyland Line
in its . relation to the carrying .of tne
products of the steel trust.
Mr. Schwab expressed the opinion thai,
the Babcock bill providing for an ex
port tax trust made products would
only result in an injury. to the working
people, for the reasons which he had
given in discussing the lower prices a
which. American products were sold
abroad than , at home. Finished prod
ucts, being largely a question of labor,
should be left . alone , if the laboring
classes were to prosper.
In summing up, Mr. Schwab said he
thought that industrial combinations in
general were of great benefit'to the con
sumer, the public and the working man,
aided iu maintaining labor in a healthy
condition, and supplied the necessities of
life at lower prices than was possible
otherwise. -
The commission was very much inter- .
ested in Mr. Schwab's testimony.
After adjournment, Commissioner
Lichtmann, who is of rather diminu
tive stature; walked up to Mr. Schwab
and, standing tip-toe, patted him on the
shoulders. "Yon are all right, Mr.
Schwab," he said admiringly. "You are
all wool and a yard wide." On leaving
the board room Mr. Schwab was stopped
by Mrs. Charlotte Smith, who asked him
what wages . were paid women by the
company of which he was president. Mr.
Schwab replied that he did not remem
ber. Mrs. Smith then proceeded to lec
ture Mr. Schwab on a variety of snlv
jects, winding up with the assertion' that
"if the trusts continued in their career
women would soon have to carry bricks
and sweep the streets to aid in the sup
port of the household."
$ ' , ,
AS LONDON SEES IT
The Recent Stock. Market
Flurry Calmly Reviewed
London, May 11. With the exrcptiju
of sensational half penny paper.', tlif!
entire press f this city l:ik's a la'uu ,
and sensible view, both or tae ie;ent
American boom and of Thursday's s'o-.-k
exchange panic. In the intelligent port
of the community the genuine prosperity -of
the Unjted States and the great in
trinsic merits of many railway proper
ties were never more heartily recog
nized than .now;; but. it. must rm rd'et
that , the panic has clearly raveal-d it
fqreign eyes the extravagance of th. r
cent gambling . mania - in America. It
has also1-indicated very distinctly. w'.:a; -may
happen to inyestors and syecurSt-'
oris at any moment, when the finau i ll
magnates fall to quarrelling.. (
This second impression will abide rAy
long in the memory of venturesome spec
ulators here. It is, in fact, as all finan
cial IiOiidon is saying today, on'.y-a re
currence in a different form of thn Id
tropble, which has created fh .d pplv
rooted distrust of American investt!en.'s
on .this .market, namely, the knowIeiTg
from experience that the effects of gei
uirie' prosperity in America .mil n 'in1
trinsic merits in, its securities nre-t-f
often offset by the work of politiciar ir
the greed of the financial clique.
A BIG BLAZE
AT WILMINGTON
The Loss Mounts Up Toward
Six Fugures .
Wilmington, N. C. May U. Special.
Wilmington was visited by a tlisns-
trous fire this morning that resin red in
a loss of between $75,000 and $100,000,
which is three-fourths, insured.
The" fire broke out at 1 a. m., undr
the shed on the water froiU forme 'y
owned by the C. F. and Y. V. Railroid.
and recently used as warehouses. It
burned fiercely and the firemen fought
the flames for 12 hours, confining them
to one block, which was almost de
stroyed. The burned district is i-nviicl
on the block between Water street and
the river and , between Chestnut ft ml
Grace streets. It is in the midst of the
wholesale section, and had it not heen
for the heavy rain a few liours before,
probably the greater part of Viusiiios
section of the. town would have been
burned. '
- The losses are: Atlantic. Coast Line
Railroad Company, buildings and wharf
$20,000; North State Improvement Com
pany, buildings and wharf, v$1d,UOv;
S. P. McNair, wholesale grocer., f 21,-
500, insurance $18,500; J. R. Turren
tine Company, brokers, $10,000, insnr-
ance v-.000; J as. I " Metts, provision
dealer. $4.0OV fully insured ; Steamboat
Climax. $4,000, Insnrance $3,000; Roger
Moore's Sons & Co. '$1,500, fnlly in-
snred: C- C. Covington & Co.; $15,000,
fully insured; offices J. H. Sloan & Co..
cotton factors, $1,000, fully insured.
Other. losses are small. , .
The origin of the fire Is onkuown.
Eastman Acquitted
Cambridge, Ma., ' May 11. The
jury in the case of Charles B.' East
man, an instructor in Harvard College,
charged with the murder of Richard II.
Grogan, his brother-in-law, went ' out
at 4.03 p. m. and at 9.30 retnrned with ,
a verdict of not guiky. As soon as the
verdict had been announced Eastman
was given his liberty. His ' parents'
broke down completely and his wife
went info hysterics when trying to
thank each juror. Eastman" received
th verdict in a cool, matter of fact sort
of way-
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