Worn.
OWN-
Vol. X
RALEIGH, N. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4,' 1902.
No. 105
CONFERENCE WAS A1 FAILURE
Settlement of the Coal Strike Apparently
as Far Off as Ever
mm w ireiii
They Refuse to Listen to Any Prop-
osition Originating with Him
age or income from this svstem had
resulted in a class of labor far inferior,
! racially, to that which had once Derated
the mines, and had exhibited itself in the
, brutality ana violence CI the recent
weeks. .
j The mechanical equipment of the
I mines themselves is not up to date, the
commissioner nnaea. There has been too
much of a spirit on the the part of the
opera tors t see how much could be
made out of the property without suffi
cient regard to broader obligations or
ultimate Tesults.
Commissioner Wright was inclined to
believe,' however. that there was not
such a combination among operators as
to brlnz them within the Dale of trust
John Mitchell. President of the United ! proceedings, and that a leeal investiea-
Mln crkers. - i tlon or this point would find the opera-
P. C. Knox. Attorney General of the , tors pretty well intrenched. The obiec-
Unfted States.
George 'B. Cortelyou, Secretary to (the
President.
tions which they had to the "recogni
tion or Mitchells union were not. the
commissioner pointed out, wholly fancl-
APPEALS AU IN VAIN
The President Urges All
Parties to 5ink Pri
vate Advantage for
Public Good
Calamity of a Fuel Famine in
Cold Weather Presented by
the President in Most Ear-1
nest Manner New Infor
mation on the Situation
Given by Carroll D.Wright.
yesterday what course he thought he;
Carroll D. Wrizht. Commissioner of There was danger in the union
Labor. . j hard, coal with soft coal miners, the
The conference marked the second step ier interest being so much greater,
in the resident's efforts to effect n'Xyoper discipline in the mines was
settlement between th anthracite coal .threatened by too much unionism
magnates and the miners. Every person
who had been Invited to participate was
present with tha exception of President
Olyphant of the Delaware & Hudson
road and President Cassatt of the Penn
Inland Wafer-way Project
Receives Official Sanction
Secretary of War Approves a
Survey Judge Douglas,
Senator Pritchard
. and the Court
of-Claims
91 ITCH ELL SPEAKS
He Proposal! a P an and D.f.nli tht
. miners' Organization
A.fter the piesldent 'addressed the con-
SVlrania. Mr. 01vrh ti t cant aa h'i
sLouid pursue in case today's conference ' personal representative Tavld Wilcox.
saoiua ran. as it nas Tailed. t lonigtit vice-presiaent and general counsel of the ferees this morning Mr. Mitchell said
ue rfi-rtt-u a lew Tisuors. inciuuing u, aua xresiaeni wuseatt sent a teie-, j. (President I am much tmixress
one or two members of the cabinet, gram to the president explaining that he , l,; 'iT.l ani mucn impress-
but they expressed themselves as being was unable to be present. ; th what you say I am impresses
th the gravity of the situation, we
next act
ie (rk as to t?ie nrosidenfs I. Unring the conference the nresident wlcn tn gravity
These men knaw what his "was seated in a large invalid chair, his feel that tvc are not responsible for this
opinions on the subject are. for he has ft extended at full length, resting terrible state of affairs. We ere willing
talked with them freely many a time uFn a cusnion. une president greeted to meet the jrentlemen rerw-esratin the
to adjust our dlffer-
ourseives. if we can not
wishes to be consistent h mnsr ,1n ome. liminary way his object in calling them vu
.: tncratScn- Th. .cUnt niv. M.isi-n. Wfij're. wlTIin-ir tjist win kTiuji name a
The president's two leiral adviser in the importance of the ' communication tribunal who shall determdne the issues Mends of Judge Douglas ars badly
all this business Secretary Root and tnat he wns about to make, had pre- that have -resulted in this strike, and if
Attorney General Knox have had noth- rared a carefully worded paper, setting the gentlemen representing the opera-
mg to say since Ills purpose to call to- ' position on me pena- tors ap t$ie award or decision of
taiKed witn tbem freely many a time upon a cusnion. j.ne president greeted to meet the gentlem
within the past fortnight, and while they ost cordially each of the visitors as coal operators to ry
d. not know what he intends to do, e appeared, and when all Te assem- eTUS33 ourseiv
they are firm in the -belief tht if hi J.'led he stated to them in a brief pre- f? ?eil
By THOM1S Ja PENCE
Wa'flhiington, Oct. 3. Speciail. On the
recommendalitco of GremeiraS GMIespie
chief of sngineetre, the seoreftiaxy of war
has approved! a project for a survey
of the teTritory between Noirfolk, Va.,
and Beaufort, 'N. C, in order to d'sfter
mn the meet advantageous route for
the estaiWlkih'melLni by tlhe gavernnient of
an imaiid wUtt route -betweeoi the
places named.
Agalln tho story is abroad tlhat Judge
Douglas is '-desirous of a-eceivfing the
appofiatmnlt to the vacant jud'gee'hip on
tho courk, of cliadms. ) It is sai-d fhat
friends of the judg-e in WasQiington are
backing Mb ' cattdlld'acy. The Star this
evening prints a itory to thie effect thlat
Senaitor Pribohad is suspected1 by Jud'ge
Douglas' Wtashlngton friends of covets
ing. the alppoinitnnent. Thee Washing-
day's conference became known: and now-.inS controversy
they have nothing to say after it has
ended and failed.
Judging from what the members of the
such' a tribunal the miners will willing
ly accept it, even if it is against their
claims.
The president then suggested. Btdjouru-
Th Preaidenfa Rarstoot Appeal
The president said: - r-
"I wish to pall vonr attention tn the
cabinet and other pubhc men who are in fact that thrr an thTPA nTtiP nffotorJl
Washington tonight say. the president by the situation in the anthracite trade : ment to think overjwhat he said. "When
cannot now go further than to convene the operators, the miners and the general , the J conference was resumed in the
Congress in extra session and ask for public. I speak for neither the opera-jafteniooh Mr. Baer asked if the opera
then ecessary authority to operate the tors nor the miners, but for the general :tors worrfd be expected to answer Mitch
anthracite coal mines by the force and nubile. The miotirmi r lsn whieh . 7.1 2.. i.-
rower of the United States government, fed to the situation .affect immediately iTZX, fZ ,Twer he
But the pood lawyers among the prosl- the parties concerned the operators and'ww,ld VleaS4!d f heax anr answer he
dent s advisers are clear in their minds the miners: but th" situation itself vital-1 vra9 willing to make.
CAmU:n D C-IJ ,luo -"nr-is naa no ppwer i,iy atlccts tne public.
oOmeininiT 10 06 oaiO On .send troops of the Initcd -States into, "As long as there seemed to be a
i the state of Pennsylvania unless by the reannble hor that thes mnttern fould
Both Sidf Thft OntratnrS IT1 of the le'ature ,or governor beadjnsted between the parties. It did
w - - -- - - - - " - i erriu ii vjjsj. iv sicr l j 111171. cut: x n - -jvo'
or .Pennsylvania, nas made no request anyway. I disclaim any Tight or dut f ""t r.. .... ' ' . nM
for troops and has never intimated to to intervene in this way, upon legal I llr'' President: At the conference
the government at Washington that a rounds or upon anv official relation that this moraoig, we t!he accredited repre-
I bear to the situation: but the urgency .sentaWves of tine anthracite coal nune
mistakeTi.
Senator PiritdiiSrd is not bote-ring
about 1ihd9 position, wild eh Que could get
if he desilreKJ. His eye are turned! to
ward 1.3ie new clnvuit judgeehiip that is
fo be ewttaibCibed. When, the time comes
ttie will 'have tlhe support of Elkins, Mc
Comas aoiH? others, who are residetnita
'of Ithe fourth oircuit, of which North
Carol ina is a part. This is Tvhat the
Star eaid sadd noiduy:
"Xo decision is expected' from the
Make Demands
Mr. Baer itlhen eubmited a statement,
which w21 be found among others fol
lowing this report.
Olr. 'Mitchell then .rnnQe -bis state-
state of lawlessness exists in the state
of Pennsylvania. To a man up a tree,
therefore, it looks as if the president has
exhausted his power in today's, effort to
bring the coal operators and the miners
together.
But It fs not at all certain that this is
the president's views of the cae. Plain
ly his sympathies are with the striking
miners, aa he makes no concealment of
his belief .that the coal famine is due
in i large measure at least to misman-asT-meut
on the part of the operators
of the mines who, he thinks, have lined
their pockets at the expense of the
people, whatever crimes may 'have been,
committed bv the nnion against those
whom they have prevented from going
to work.
It Is thought that Mr. Roosevelt will
not be long In making up his mind to
take some definite action. All Wash
ington is waiting with bated- breath to
see what the president will do next, and
undoubtedly the whole country is in the
same state of painful spense. In the
opinion of those who know the presi
dent best, the people will not have long
to wait. It is possible tont he may,
after reflection, decide to do nothing.
This Is the orl'lon of some of the mem
bers of his cabinet.
Pres'dert Roosevelt's- dramatic effoclj
t ei the coal strike ami relieve the
ral famine by bringing moral tuuba
t,t boac upon the al operators ami
lac striking nvaers in bAalf of an nm-i.-iMe
ajrrtvrnent came to a tlissstrous
. ia the presitJems sick room at the
temporary wute bouse sCiortly after 3
oV.-k thl evening.
Tia's'Iit the coul operators wfro tot
xt Wiington at the invitation of the
pr- don: are arleep in their privrte cars
ia th railroad yard after fpemlinr ti
ear.'y part of the everting In an ner
v..mc of view as to the reniarkalle
p--Nlinjrs of the 4Tay and ying
thincs about the president of the United
": es wh'ch, while P"wl nature, could
n t br anv stretrti vf inKigiDarion be
r. r .r?.l as flattering. In anothor part
of th town. John Mitchell, the official
representative of Th3 jiriking miners
and the lientcr-.ts who cam to Wah
intrton wi:h h"m. are vylng to tJie-ir
frien-V jnt wh.1t they sr.M before
white Kvt-ae conference raf: This rorrrn
!pc. whh is that fhey have felt all
th time that the president's character- I Prralleto :( at tit roafereaee
itic act a mere fla rn the- pan md Washington, Oct. S.reldent Roose.
wwi..i an en-i in a snarp cracK ana wrs Tel, wt tntf or th carrying
i aKe. m tls o? the anthracite coal field of
The ope: crs wth rhe exception of Pennsylvania. John Markle an opera-
i -K-T5t i aer. mil te rmca in rw tor prejdont Mitchell of the Mlns
"J rrk t.nrotTow morning and Mr. Mitch- Workers' Union. t Attorney General
-:: wir have dopaned for Buffalo, both Knox, Secretary Oorirfyon and Coatmis-
!s, fur is could be leurned from aioner Carroll O. Wright at the tempo-
in'Tn eonint, more titan ever oexer- i nTJ executive mansion 2 Jackson
m.ned to keep tip the figM. place at 11:10 o'clock this morning.
The :x cowl presidents called n Sec- I The first session of the conference did
-rtary Root at llie Arlington ktte m not last half hour, the railroad ores!
tlve evening and bad a long talk with dents leaving the temporary White
Mm ia regard to the situation. They blouse about 11:30. They announced
-nt for the purpose of discussing with that the conference would be resumed
l:n their proposition tlimt the rcsilent at 3 o'clock. A few minutes after the
jV.nid send federal troops to Penrwyl- railway presidents left the building
vnia for the purpose of protecting non- President Mitchell and the members of
cni.ia miners agarrnt tbo attacks of his party also appeared in the street
r.-hs of striking workmen. Secretary ajid wuHked to a car.
K-:ot entered ln:o a full discussion of No plan was submitted at the confer
ti inetion from a eonrftitutlonal tcmnd- ence, IVesIdrnt Roosevelt contenting
r'at. He argued that the federal gov- himself with a rigorous statement urg
err.mcnt had do authority whatever "' ing' an immediate eettlemen- He said
s-tiI its troops rto the cotJ CeM Inas. that he expected co proposals or. plans
it irh as there Is no interruption of the for settlement until te conferees had
Prlt'! States mails as there was dur- discussed the matter.
Jr-s ; strike at Chicago disring Presi- When Mr. Mitchell and District Presl
'nt Cleveland's first administraHicm ! dents Duffy, Nichols nd Fahey left
:! n retneet from Tlie povoxnor of rhe ! the White House after the conference
?t as ia the case of Couer D'Alene they ref.irned to their hotel, where they
t-r.H-j in Idaho. These- two cases "were closeted during the afternoon.. Mr.
and the terrible nature of the catastro
phe Impending over a large proportion
workers, fwere much impressed with, the
views yon expressed and the Bangers to
?Lfnr,-'Pie JfL fif fiTlklie wfare of our country from, a pro-
anxious thought, to believe that my duty
requires me to use whatever influence
I personally can to bring to an end a
situation which has become literally in
tolerable,
longatkxn of the coal strike, wtucli you
so clearly poiaited out. Conscious of
t!he responsibility resting upon us, con
scious oi our. dnty to society, conscious
r u i n. -v . -ws- ' - .
1,. .WA. TnA n ' 5f- I "workers-wlroin we tore the honor- to
the situation and to say that its gravity . o,i
Is such that I am constrained urgently repre ?we hare, after most careful
to insist that each one of you realize f conntdor'ation and witn the -hope of re
the heavy -burden of responsibility upon ( ilevirrg tlhe situation and avoiding the
him. We are upon the threshold of ! sufferings and hairtrs&ipa whacih would
winter, with an already existing coal' ftjerltobly follow in tlie wake of a coal
famine, the future terrors of which vre famine, dwided to propose a res'ump'filoji
can hardly yet appreciate. The evil . . . , ,- d1.roin!1f
possibilities ire so far-reachir-. so ap- . coal .mining upon. the lines terelnaX-.
palling that it seems to me that yon ter sogge&ten: - -
are not only jnstined in sinKins. rutl Jeroxe aomg o, Mr. iti.ku, c
president far iso day regarding flat
vaeaxicy on the court of cflatoiB. Th
friends of Judgo Robert . If, Dougla
of the Supreme Court of Noo-fh. Oaro
lima are sftfll urging hig appolatmsot, &1
tlnough tie 3ias never announced Mmself
as a cantdldiate. While niot: aa applicant
for tCie place, it is eneved b his "
Cnnioj3 th'at if . It came to Mm In the
night "way he would accept, and so a.
mimiber of leading attorneyo bere fh&vs
united in a petition to :he president re
cvflnimending the appointment.
"Considerable sentimental Interest at
taches to the consideratloa of Judge .
Doug-Jas' name, on accourut of this mark,
ed reembJattce to Juis dtstinguiribed fatth
er and fhe fact that !he h3 .been a Hfe
long Republiean. One of the oddest
land most rpecfed Wfthiajsrtios lawyers
told an. interesting etory wtoen Jiidge
Douglas' petition was presented to Wm,
illustrative of "tlhe practi'cts of a gener
ation ago.
"The1 nairrator was then a studemt in
one of the law offices here, and finding
IbEmself unable to keep up his tudries
any longer withbut eome pecuniilairy as
siftanoe went to Stephen A. Douglas,
wlfOi a lettter of totrodncUioia from an
old teaicfeer. The senator at once or
dered his carriage and drove the young
man to one of the departments wttiere a
cleJrical porttron wva d recovered to
wliich the young man was immediately
appointed.
"Plow eneVgettieally Fenaor PrtWh
erd will work for !his' constituent's ap
pifintment can not be, predicted. T2icre
is a sniKpieion among' the Jeupportert) of
Judge Dmigla's that Senator Puitcbard
woiild like "i!he position ' jhimiseltf after
(the November elections have made cer-
itlain' his retirement from, the Senate.
"Judge Douglas was for a short time
the private secretary, of President
Grant."
The Trade jSituatlon
is Generally Favorable
Summing Up for the .Past
Nine Months Indicates
Prosperous Condition ;
in the ; Country
sj at ,,-targe ..
to-
New Tort, Oct. 3. 'Bradstreets
morrow will say: .
In the almost uniformly favorable re
turns of nine months' financial, com
mercial -and industrial opemtions, the
foTe. The quieting down in the cruder
forms is due to scarcity of fuel and of
pig-iron, necessitating shutdowns of steel
-mills, as much as to the flood of foreign
iron, which appears to be steadily . in
creasing. Special - investigation shows
that receipts of foreign iron and steel
in August exceeded 140,000 tons, but it
is -worth noting .that exports of iron
and steel and their products, mostly
machinery are stilt more than-double
the -imports for-that , month.
"Business failures for Tne week ending
Thursday, October 2, number 1C4 as
again 172 last week. 175 In this week
last year, 177 in 1900, 146 In 1899 and
103 in 1898. i
Bank clearings for the week, $2,715,-
uil" vLii.v j uri luru alx riun.iu( uui . , i 1
wnlvo f e.'fil- va U A HmB kAn ' 1 ' Aft.. n.f rTVmmtpk1 II OS 'TXtSSeU OUt
tenacity as to your respective claims In fo guzz this course because of any ' nuance and become of national import
the matter at'i.sue between you. In STthe in-Sce of our cliahn in nce and mterest. Much h,as been ex
my judgment the situation imperatively ,;T,!, tt m-ompt-' P0 of conference cafced.for the
requires that you meet upon the com- i deferring to yonr wished ,we are prompt the-week at Washington
mon plane of the necessities of the pub-.ed ty no rear on our pnxt oa u-u. . and eniUre coimp,unity lias hailed it
only depressing note 19 the growing 19,810. is the heaviest total reported
acuteness of the coal situation which) for a like period since the week ending
or local ana state ' ;nA,.oeA ia
'With all the earnestness
T aal fio Vi At a ri
w - . I wicfl saxrsiac Am a niat?iy lv itui
s there is in issue, thanks to the generoa ast ance ! .
lVWhfdra rCT1red 09 T 'iBattol in whic the industrial w
ln,the..vCOa this ami other lands. Thtanfcs -to a jus- "
me. 1 ask that there be an
resumption of operations
mines in some snr-n way as win. witnout . ijov,ing American pubdie whose sym-
crying needs of the people.
"I do not invite a discussion of your
respective claims and positions. I
peal
sinks
with satisfacxn as likely to result In
sit
world
finds itsel .
The rbums of failures, deiatrings and
we are able to continue the struggle in- ; , r1,.r.-nnnrtftrs of vearv onera-
definitely. But, confident of our ability ...'., conditions havlns
pal:h1e8are always on the side -of rigfht.
ap-
to your patriotism, to the spirit that ft demonstrate to any impartial triDU- , v,Q i,u B,h-
. personal considerations, and make? ; the mvr demands for 3iiher , .T" ' A" I"
iTlli-rif tlttl AHfiAa fn 4hs rra-n
uv4' imiiu uvv.v .Va IUV MUViui w -irrWvr Ai ATI Tr.irTd VT1 (Til O-lluN 1VC ; -
rorvl." wsra uiiu luv.u- v .r, .. iod r en Kleplorawe occur-
When the president concluded the read- I' w., . "i" 7T 'A rences at 'Buffalo had thrown a oamper
last week
year.
and
zb per
cent over last
ROBESON BEREAVED
An Useful Citizen Lostin the
Death of E. K. Prector, Jr.
X.nmberton, N. C, Oct. 3. Special.
Mr. E. K. iProctor, Jr., tlhe most beloyed
man to Rooeson county and one of 'the
most useful, passed away today at 2:15
p. m. Sir. Proctor's death had been ex
pected' for two days, and only excellent
Ing of his statement he said he did not tt.fs stnKe snari oe rererreo. io ) eeneraJ ousinss ac,iviry do not en
exrect that either nartv would he ready ; a tribunal of yonr own selection, and immonca inMo.n-oa ghnwn medical attention and nursinz sustained
to submit propositions at this time, but agree to accept your award upon all or Widely separated 'sections and the him so long.
whU -hi haTsd'and "to SurTatSi ain3; n Jr0"1- ,..rt I only remaining conclusion s that un- A gloom is cast over the wboie town,
okT He1 .3d he hopedha? sVmf ""J lF-lV! .precedented ' fall tmde, -the moving of ! for the dec&ased s . miany-slded
k. He sa-Id he hoped that some! , w rnml n
nMnA(f,Ai vmTKs. 'IIJIU .iUC icui vvi: wvi ar. vr
time which would furnish the basis of , erators wJU in1fy their wiUkngnees to
an adjustment. ibave ywur decision, in eorporated In ao
The conference then terminated. It agreement for not less tihian one year
had lasted just fifteen minutes. Theior moire thian five years as may be
TepTesrntjtives of the roads came down tuaI1. determined between nibem-
llVJn:l i i'i'ielves and the antraclte coa! miine wtrt-
would meet again at 3 o'clock. They ers and wU poy the scale of ages ln ,ten years aJ1d tHe Jiaa.billties heing the
would not say where they were ffoingjwnicn you ana we wjuimai Hwt"i ; lightest with one exception -in twenty
to make their headquarters. When ;by you shJaHl "award w will immediately ia . .; ;
i-1 oal-l a convrmtiom and- reeomimen'd a re- , " iXr.
larger crops at higher prices, imaniense
cattle recipts arid unsurpased indus
trial activity are dh-aracterab-le with he
numerous and heavy gains shown Fail
ure retnrns, too, aTe ladmost entirely fa-
vorabae, the number of embarrassments j
wjio counted his friends by the hundreds.
He was a trustee of Wake 'Forest Col
lege and of Robeson- Imstltate, to the
latter of which he (had of ten poken of.
bequeathing a portion of .'his estate, upon
his death, and to the success oi which
asked where they could be seen. Presi- joai-1 a convcatkwn
, d?nt Paer remarked to the newspaper ! nmptian of work, upon the undertand
jmen: "fientlemen what we want is to j ,fc t es b
get .some place where yon can't find us, , -
'Mthe only ones pnesenred by the coal
ent.Trrs as forming powibJe precedents
f r rhe action which they desired Pres
i'r.t R.wevelt to take. Attorney Gen
eral Knox is alo of the pinion that
x't prri.int ba no authority to dis-?-
h fMeral sol.Cers to the ecene of
tie x;k dLtnrbances.
Tb coal operators do not hesitate to
y thit they Tegard as a grandstand
T-ar the president's intrusion npon a
? :.-'rvn that in no wise concerned him
chf executive of the nation, and
"T !zn'ficantly add that it is now
? to" him to make the next move
it rh M-m. Xh m nrobablr what
and where we will not be Interrupt 1."
Then they drove away. President Mitch
ell and his paTty followed soon after,
refusing to sar nnvthing. A little later
Attorney General Knox left the White
Hose.
Long before the hour fixed for tho
conference a large crowd had assembled
outside the White House. The first
ff i toll fvKl .?WliT1A1 trw stnv nWhi'nff o-Krvn
his mimosa in reirird to n. ertlmnt f "Offlcial caller nt the White House ..was
ins rrpose in regard to a settlement of Hon Carron D. Wright. commiFsioner
iT . ... of labor. He ba, made an investigation
The representatives of the railroads I offnotrtn nn,i ih nresi-
were driven from the White House to'dt a',' tn btnin'from him what
being the smallest with two exceptions, j naj ffecentlly Iven much time and
thought.
The funeral services will 'take place
tomorrow at 11 o'clock, when it is ex
pected ithat a number of distinguished
visitors will be present. ,
'Mr. Proctor was only forty years of
age. IHis- farther to still living. -He
leaves one slster.tne wife of Sheriff Mc-
strikes ailready ded'ared or I ieod. His wife was (Miss L.izzie -Dick,
of the late James Dick of
ed .naralvzed thereeby. fcome of the re- Greensboro. Ills oldest son is student
Except for a few scattered pessimis
tic reports from the south advices from
that section -are generally of a -fuSr to
good trade with improved ; co'lectio s.
!Xew Orleans is an exception owing to
numerous
are to go lnro enrei xae aay upon
w'bSen work Is resumed. .
At ithis ipoint in the proceedings
Mers. lnomas, arKie ana vucox rtllTea,tened and retail 'buslneas Is report- daughter
read statements. Sir. (Fowler asked per- . ,DaralTzed thereeby. Some of the re- Greensbo
nussion to submit at a later day a state
ment of his views in behalf of the Xew
Tork, Ontario and Western Railway
Company.
The president asked (Mr. Miitchefll if
tneir epeciai train, in wnictt tney re
mained at the Baltimore & Ohio station
ontil it was time to leave for tho second
conference. They declined to discuss
the attitude they will take, on the ground
that it would be discourteous to the
president to disclose their intentions or
their statements previous to submitting
It to htm.
President Baer was asked If there was
any prospect of a settlement or the
strike. He replied that he could not
Jn Mitchrjj thinks also; and as for ( tell, as each company wonld submit a
he considered important features of the
condition between the operators and
miners. ,
Iterolatlaa ty Commissioner Wrlfbt
In his talk with the president prior
to ; the conference this morning Mr.
Wright told a number of things which
are not contained in the written report
thlch he made in connection with his
he had anything further to say. Mr.
Mitchell said:
"The charge .made by the gentlemen
sponsibillty -for the rush of cotton to
market . said to be the eaaarcity of
wftieh. is noted at the Mem-phis
market, hut premature ripening is still
claimed to be the mam causee.
Wail street's apprehensions, caused by
the (financial stringency, have been re
lieved by the action o rtne treasury uc-
I - C3 w r-, iigiiu v J - - r - -
.1 Rtrtck Dnces have aevei
ted in the anthracLte coal region during oped generaj sirenwu, ol"Y""
th TO-esent strike is iin,tme If thev money rates continue farm. The activity
the present striKe is " ruey , lessened, and there is little evidence
win name the men and will show that e-sJ0, ' Tfsiv renewal of snecu-
ui 'v-' .v -m -i. t.
will resign my position. That is a fair
proposition. That Is a faiT exam'pi of
how our organ'ization and our people are
maligned. The truth of the matter is,
so far as I know, there .ave been seven
lative operations. Covering of shorts
and heaw purchases of stocks sacrificed
under the influences of financial danger,
served, however, to rally prices, in some
cases materially and particular firmness
P"Mip at larre, so far as its'jef"
jr in lfted bv those who tre In Wasn
thev are also of the pinion
IT..;.1n Ujs.mro nmst BOW tke
-re rjn.ni stfp to put an end to tne
-'v:oji that he describes as intolerable
J ? carrv out the promIe implied in
- t tllie iuterancea on the subject of
t;
a ttr'Va and the private views
.i n- : known ttt hald and to have
separate statement to the-president.
II. dii;,IP?Si it wSnld- h, ! mit, -1 Ttat f them liblT affected by President -Koowwlf.
Ttinu. nricsrl at tSa mnformra irgn ml.t.U 1 - .f .lira nn . t-aA Were CXXnXnitCed tT UlO. COal ATM. iron -fFnr-f tn oTIfl thfi Strike.
Theodore Roosevelt, President of the in such a way as to bring about a com-i police, and no one else has been charged j Bonds have been strong. with renewed
United States. - j plete reoreniiizarion of the anthracite t with them. God knows the miners do purchases of semi-speculative issue. t or-
George F. Baer. President of the ; mining industry from the viewpoint . of ; es.cB.De belmff charired with, everv--ign exchange is very nrm.demana ster-
to members of the csMner
ic and private
fidence.
seems able to
!.'r,th? O-ftln. what will the ptes-
ivif at P-esent, but It is well known
but fe luj mapped out la kis mind
r -
M i other men in pnbli
enjir hl confid
Ir jn Wahington i
,",J"r,r th? o,Te.-t!n. what
Readinr Railway.
W. if. Truesdale, President of the Del
aware, Lackawanna & Western Rail
road. . ' '
E. B. Thomas. Chairman of the Board,
Erie Railroad Company.
Thomas V. Fowler, President of the
Vew York. OntftTio & Western Railroad.
David Wilcox. Vice-President of the
Delaware & Hudson road and personal
representative of R. .31. Olvphant, Presi
dent of the Delaware & Hudson.
John MaTkle, coal operator.
capital and of labor.
It was. he said, little short of an out
rage that the operators had attached to
J their pay-Toll, on the piece basis, almost
i ling advancing to 486y2. - Estimated sup-
staIdI Kills Tenn-rmPTitB of
inare;, twins nnd the' advance of the
was a reward offered for buminas. I.Ttont- nf Rnrisnd rate' from 34 to 4
thi&g done theree.
'Tney eeak about bumdngs.
twice as" many men as they needed from 'can bning affidavits of la hundred peop3e per cent on Thursday accounts for this
among the swarms of eastern European if necessary, "that lightning caused! one j tendency. .
mmlgrants. This redundancy of the burninc that they charged to the Unite! I In the grain markets the feature has
labor market was donM'esa intended to r: , n- , . . . Keen the successful cornering ef bep-
-vert labor troubles: but Instead of that. A lfl ' tember wheat at Chicago, by which the
oy reancine the annual income faT be-."-'" ; ..- t , lces were forced, up xi cents aaai-
low what it might normallv be. and bvbeen fiame lawlessness, : btft I will e7 J tional this week.
its Invitation to idleness, it had brought , - , " . Rather less strength Is noted in some
about existing troubles. Tha lowrver- ; iiContfaned an 2nd page-) i lines of the iron and steel, than liereto-
of Wake Forest College, whence he was
called by the critical Illness of his
father. ' " : 1
Mr. Proctor's own death is not all the
trouble in his home. One of the two
months old twins died- two days ago;
the other is sick, likewise Jittle John. ,
: ;
COAL FROM ENGLAND
, 1 -
Large Orders Received, but
r Freights Are Advancing.
London, Oct. 3. -Inquiries made at
Liverpool show that laTge orders foil
Lancashire and North Wales coal con
tinue to be received from America, but
the exporters have great difficulty in
getting freights, the rates for which hav
been lncreasea .i curing mo pregenx
week". The president of the Miners' Na
tional Union. 3Ir. Burt, 31. P., in his
monthly circular to the Northumberland -
miners, rerers to tne coai striae, in tne
United States, ue says:
"Aonarently the strike of 150.000
Pennsylvania miners is coming to an
unsatisfactory end. because the men are
returning to work In small batches, . prob
ably starved Into accepting tneir em
ployers' terms. They are the poorest
and lowest p&ia laoorers in tne unite j
States." i : ' - ' " - '