Pull Leased Wire Service of the Associated Press.
.Leads all North Carolina Afternoon Papers in Circulation.
VOLUME 27.
WOULD REVOLUTIONIZE
THE MINING INDUSTRY
Operators Declare thai Union
Demands Are Beyond the ''
Question
GREAT ADVANCE IN
WAGES OF EMPLOYES
Statement Issued by thtf Operators'
Committee Today Says That It is
Wrong to Assume That An Kight
Hoar Day and Ten Per Cent. In
crease is All the Miners Seek V ill
form Wage Scale for 14 Separate
Classes of Workmen, Pay of Some
Being 150 Per Cent. Above What
Is Received Now.
(By the Associated rress.)
New York, March 21.-Th? demands of
ihe anthracite mine workers for a read
justment of wages and conditions in
the anthracite Bold would, if granted
by the operators, make a veritable rev
olution in mining conditions, according
to a statement issued by the operators
committee of eeven today. The stater-sent
declares it to be a mistake to as
: sume thai an tight hour day and a ton
per cent. Wage increase represents the
sum total of the demands of the miners.
"The new and uniform Bealo," says
the statement, "would Place every man
on the same basis, increasing the wages
msti a mui'h ns 150 per cent.
Jt'he ttverse increase, under the uni
form -scaliv would, be nearly 30 per cent
for outside ineii, The proposed sched
ule would mean a veritable revolution
in mlnlug comitUbns."
.The statement says that the miners
iiintet noon a .luttfloj-mv.wuse. .scale- for.
Jttparate.-'floU distinct classes of
Workmen abcMtthe mines. 'For years,
tt ntlnues, the, operator and employe
navarrTHvfiiPd the different value ot
labof in djffenmt localities and even in
different sections' of the same colliery.
Yet, now the miners ednlmit tee demand
oquu.1 iy .for the engineer, who runs a
little, ten 'irfrse, power engine, and the
man who hud a giant engine in his
charge. They allow no more for the
men working under great 'difficulties
und dangers than for the same class of
workers at posts of case and simplic
ity.". .
According to the statement masons i:i
the Mahonoy and Shumnkin division
would have their wages increased Hi
per cent under the new rate proposed
by the miners committee. They now
receive 17.4 cents per hour and demand
ed S1'4!. Some screen tenders In the
S(oux mine in the Sumo division who
now receive 12.9 cents per hour would
receive an increase of 117 per cent un
der the rate. The wages of blacksmiths
would be increased 61 per cent., dump
ers would receive 79 per cent, increase
and plato men. would get within one
cent of double the wages they now
command.
The statement adds:
"Other similar instances are numer
ous. Under the new demands, hun
dreds of employes would receive better
than their present pay. There are
watchmen, whose wages now range
from 9.1 to 19.2 cents an hour, some of
whom would have 140 per cent added.
There are screen and picker bosses and
carters who would profit 93 per cent;
track men who would do even four per
cent better than that. There are load
ers who would get within a cent of
12.20 and breaker oilersvho would re
ceive J04,vi and sweepers who would
have gt.79. for every dollar they earrt
now In a given number of hours.,;
"The sweeping demand of the mine
workers would double11 the wages . of
many 'Inside' men. While '"the general
average of increase foiiTTSKleiday lar
bor would approximate i's'' per cent,
and most of thepieri thus, employed
would rqceJve Tinder1 tffe schedule at Is
sue 'advances 6f one-fifth to one-quarter
in their pay, there would be a (treat
many men' and boys working at' the
easier tasks, involving .less responsibil
ity and less danger who would have
their wages doubled., -V .
"There are seven ' pumpmen In the
Haisletou No. 1 mine of the Lehigh di
vision in the Lehigh valley district that
would profit 167 per cent." .
No Mutiny At Hebastopoi.
(By the Associated Press.)
St. Petersburg, ' March 21. The
sensational reports current here last
night to the effect that the execution
ot former Lieutenant Schmidt, leader
of the naval mutiny at Sebastopol 1u
November last, had been followed by
an extensive mutiny of sailors at Se
bastopol yetserday turns out to be
unfounded. : The correspondent ot
Associated Press at Sebastopol "tele
graphs that all Is quiet there.
THE KALEIGrH EVENING
THE SCALE COMMITTEE
Will Report to the Joint
.' Conference
Any AgreemUt Must He Ratified.
; Ott Committee Are President
' Mitchell and Secretary Wilson of
f Mliie'olriers, Four Operators and
' Four MlaWs From Each of the
Four States.
(By the Associated Press.)
Indianapolis, Ind., March 21.--The
Joint scale Committee named yester
day by the Joint conference of the
coal operators and miners of western
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Il
linois, known as the central compet
itive field, went into session today at
the Claypool Hotel. President
Mitchell and Secretary-Treasurer
Wilson of the United Mine Workers
of 'America are ex-officlo members of
the scale committee. In addition to
these two the committee is composed
of four operators and four miners
from each of the four states.
As soon as an agreement is reached
by the committee,'. or if it decides to
disagree,, a report will be made by
it to the Joint conference which will
be called to receive the report. Should
! an agreement be reached by the com
mittee it must be ratified by the Joint
conference.
A joint conference' of the opera
tors and miners of the southwestern
j district went into session today at. the
I Claypool Hotel. This conference has
for its' object the adoption of a wage
scnlo'for the southwest coal field.
The joint conference of the south
western , district re-elected the offi
cers who served at the January con
ference.''. .
George Richardson, president of
the Kansas district, moved that the
scale presented by the -miners at thD
January joint conference be adopted.
On this proposition the miners
voted "aye" and the operators "no"
and tho motion was lost, the rules Df
the conference requiring that upon
any matter of vital importance a mo
tion to adopt can only carry. by a
unanimous vote.
HOUSE ADJOURNS
FOR DEAD MEMBER
(By Ihe Associated Preys.)
-Washington, March 21.-The house
adjourned immediately after it was
i called to older today out of respec t for
j'lhe late George U. Patterson, the Penn
sylvania' member, -of the house, who
Idled.--in'-' Washington this '.morning.
Usual resolutions expressing sorrow of
the house were offered by Mr. Sramuei
(Pa.), end adopted. .
Speaker Cannon appointed a commit
tee to attend Hie funeral.
Tho house committee on judiciary and
a number of other committees also ad
journed for the day as a mark of re
spect for Mr. Patterson.
The statehood bill which was to have
been considered today will be taken up
by the house immediately after it con
venes tomorrow. As soon as the death
ot Representative Patterson was made
Jcnown to Speaker Cannon he decided
the house should adjourn without tak
ing up any business and announced the
postponement of the statehood bill con
sideration one day.
SEN: BAItEY'S FATHER
DIED THIS -MORNING
:l.
Bl.
(By the Associated Press.) -New
Orleans, March 21s After u
month''1 Illness Jossph "'W,.' Bailey,
fothrii'Sciiri'tor 3. V. Bailey hf Texa
died In a. sanitarium early today in his
seventy-second year. The funeral
will tike place at Crystal Springs,
Miss. The body of Mr. Balloy was
taken to thai city oil an early train
today.
Mis. Bailey and two daughters and
other relatives , were at the bedside
when the end came. Mr. Bniloy was
a r.ativo of New York. He went to
sea at nn early ag?, and then locatod
at Vlcksburg. Ho entered the con
federate army at ihe outbreak of th?
civil war and seived until tha' surren
der. Virginia Postmaster.
(By the Associated Press.)
.Warhlngton. March 21. The presl
j dent today eent to the senate the noml-
nation of J. H. Furr as postmaster" nt
' Waynesboro, Va. '
LABOR
j SEE
LEADERS
SPEAKER
Submit Grievances Workmen
Feel
CONGRESS INDIFFERENT
1 Say the Just, Reasonable and Neves-j
I ury Measures Affect inn Interests
of Working People Have Been
Treated With Indifference By Con
gress in the Past Several Years.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, March 21.- President
Gompers ot the American Federation
of Labor and the executive council of
that organization, with about 100
presidents and representatives of in
ternational trades unions, were ' re
ceived by Speaker Cannon in the
nouse lobby today,
They presented a document con
cerning pending labor legislation,
which later was presented to Sena
tor Frye and President Roosevelt.
The document says:
"The undersigned executive coun
cil of the American Federation of
Labor, and those accompanying us in
the presentation of this document,
submit to you the subject matter of
the grievances which the workmen of
our country feel by reason of the in
different position which the congress
of the United States has manifested
towards the just, reasonable and
necessary measures-which have beet'
before it these past several years, and
which particularly affect the Inter
ests of the working people, as well
as by reason of the administrative
acts of the executive branches of the
government and the legislation of the
congress relating to these interests."
19 PERISHED IN A
' STORM AT VERA CRUZ
; (By the Associated Press.)
i Mexico City, March 21. Nineteen per
sons perished ,. in a terrific norther
; which swept the coast of Vol a Cruz
Monday. Two of the 'storm victims were
I pleasure seekers from this city, B.
i Strittmatter, nephew of J. C. Striltmat
Jter, president of the American Club, and
.Francisco Pena, a member of a prom
' inent family here. The other seventeen
I were fislv-rmen.
j J. C. Bush. C. H. Bush and R. Bark
i ley, who were in a boat with Stritt
i matter and. Pena, were rescued. It. 'is
! believed that - there-has.- been fu -the'r
ilossof life. As yei no reports have
been made of vessels lost.
SEVEN ITALIANS
WERE NOT HILLE
, Asheville, X. C, March 21. There
- is no truth iii the rumor sent out
j from Bristol, Tenn., that seven Ital
' lans had been killed by a man at rail
j road construction camp near Marion.
' A message from Marion this morning
: says that one day last, week a Mitch
ell county man had a fight with Ital
! inns on t'he South and Western con
struction line and that several of the
Italians were injured, but none se
Iriottsly. It is supposed that this
! caused the rumor of seven deaths.
SUDDEN DEATH OF
A
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington.-' March 21. Representa
tive George R, .Patterson of the twelfth
Pennsylvania district, died suddenly
here today.
Mr. Patterson returned to Wash
ington last night from a visit to his
home in Ashland, Pa., and apparently
was in the best of health. He was
with his secretary until midnight
when he retired, but about 4 o'clock
this morning was taken ill and died
an hour later. Heart failure is as
cribed 88 the cause of death.
No arrangements of any kind have
been made for the funeral, and none
will be until the widow who is In
Ashland is heard from.
Heading Dividend.
Philadelphia, Pa., March 21. The
board of directors of the Reading
Company toddy declared the regular
semi-annual dividend of 2 per cent
011 the second preferred stock.
RALEIGH, N. WEDNESDAY,
NEGRO WAS SHOT
T!
Law and Dp1 Won in IM
' ... .IO
ia. Last Niqlit
RIOTERS, IN CONTROL
White Man Xinncd Rogers Shot a
Negro Workman nt Ro.ss-Meelian
Foundry Xo Trouble Reported
Other Tnrfn That Today I' nited
States Supreme Court May Take
Case I" p.
j (By the Associated Press.)
I Chattanooga, Tenn., March 21.
I At the Ross-Msehan Iron, Foundry,
! where white operatives are employed
jwlth negro moulders and helpers, a
i white man named Rogers shot and
! wounded a negro today.
The cause of the shooting is not
known, but it is thought, to be an
outcropping of - yesterday's troubles
between the races resulting from the
lynching of tho negro Johnson. The
business section of the city is quiet,
'and there are no groups of negroes
!on the streets as was the case yester
jday. I Guard details from three compa
nies of stale militia remained at the
i armory all nignt, and a squad from
the battery of artillery with a Catling
gun kept at ' police headquarters un
it! this morning.
! It was said this morning that the
ifuneral of the negro Johnson would
!be held this afternoon, but the hour
iwas not announced.. as it was the de
ls! re to have the services conducted
'without the presence of a crowd.
iMost of the factories resumed opera
lions today, but some of them were
short of he!o. It js believed there
'will be no further trouble'
' Law and order won a .-ignal vic
itory in- Chattanooga hist night, when
!a squad of less than 100 policemen
I backed by four companies of militia,
held a large crowd of negroes vari
ously estimated from 2,000 to 4.000
I in 'number in check, preserved peace,
and pievented it riot which might
:have resulted in ii great loss of life,
j With the exception of a small
; fusillade of shols on . East Ninth
jatrcet near the Intersection of A, in
j which two.-white men were shot, and
j the burning of a house on west Ninth
! street, there was no further disorder.
! I'p io midnight the following in
'jur?d had. been reported:
; John Curtis, a railway man, shot,
in shoulders by unknown negro: Dick
liight, a de puty sheriff, shot in hand
by unknown negroes. . ::.
. The funeial of Ed. Johnson, the
'ssegro who was lynched,-, will occur
'without trouble, but it is feared that
sonic outbreak may occur after that.
The night opened with every evi
dence of trouble. During the day
al lthe matnifactuiing plants in the
city Were closed because; of the re
fusal of the negroes to work, and by
night they were forming into parties
I which the officers broke up as fast
as possible. A report from Wash
ington says that the United States
supreme court, in whose custody the
! Johnson case had been placed, will
take the matter up and that secret
service men will be sent here to ar
rest the members of the mob. t'on
isiuerablo apprehension is felt.
NO FLIES FOR '
ASHEVILLE CITY.
-". (Special to The Evening Times.) .
Asheville, N. C., March'21. Tho
board of aldermen has passed on first
reading an ordinance looking to the
eliminating of flies from Asheville
this summer.. ".'The ordinance was
drafted under the supervision ''of I..
M. McCormick, known as the "fly
man," - who proposes to remove the
pests from the city. He will under
take the work at his own risk, though
if successful the amount of $ 1,600
will be appropriated by the city to
defray the fly man's expenses.
! Wilmington's Water Works.
t (Special to The Kvenlmr Times.)
' Wilmington. N. CI, March 21. Last
' night the board of audit and finance.
which board has to pass on all mutters
: affecting the city's credit, turned dywn
!a proposition to vote $225,000 in bonds
j for Watflr works. .
An effort was being made to get the
bonds Issued without vote of the peo
ple on the ground that tt was a neces
sity. The board held that they had no
legal right to issue the bonds without
an act of the legislature.
IS MORNING
MARCH 21, 1906.
DISCUSS BAILEY
Texas Senator Copied Lan
guage of Constitution
NOT ON DISCRIMINATION
Authorizes ' Parties -Aggrieved By
Ordci-s of ' Commission to Take
Their Cases Into United States
Courts, but Prohibits Suspension
of Orders by Interlocutory Decrees.
... . . ; . ' I
(By tne Asso-tateu yrcas.)
Washington, March 21. In the
senate today Mr. Culberson intro
duced an amendment to the railroad
rate bill pioniDtting railroads from
, subscribing to political campaign
funds and imposing fine and impris
onment for its violation.
Mr. Bailey took tho floor to present
his amendment to the railroad rate
bill, but before introducing it said
he had not hoped that the resolution
would he accepted without change.
He also stated that the provision had
been circulated among the friends of
rate regulation on both sides of the
chamber. He had, he said, not given
the amendment to the public, and
would not. now do so but for the fact
that Mr. Dolliver had discussed the
provision in a published interview.
He relieved the Iowa senator from the
imputation of intentional divulgence
of another's private papers, but said
he was confident the criticism had
been made without due consideration.
Mr. Bailey referred especially to
Mr. Dolliver's declaration thau the
Bnilev provision would deny a just
! compensation and replied to the crit
icism by saying that he had copied
the language of the constitution in
his proposed amendment. Replying
to another feature of the interview
Mr. Bailey said that the amendment
did not. affect the Hepburn bill on Ihe
question of discrimination. He said
that he had prepared two amend
ments both 'of .-them tentative.
One of Mr. Bailey's amendments
authorizes parties aggrieved by or
ders or the interstate commerce com
mission to take their cases into the
United States courts hut prohibits tho
suspension of the commission's orders
by interlocutory decrees .
Replying to Mr. Bailey. Mr. Dolliver
disavowed any intention to reveal the
secrets of the senate, saying that, the
Texas senator's amendment had been so
much talked about in and out of the
senate that be did not know that it was
a confidential matter.
Discussing the' merits -of .the provis
ion he expressed the opinion that it was
Impracticable, and he added that it was
impossible for any 'maker "of rates to
determine in advance whether a given
rate was reasonably compensatory. He
would admit that Ihe language of the
constitution was persuasive but he be
lieved that all would admit the impos
sibility of making it applicable to a
given case.
He did not believe it was necessary
that every railroad rate should be re
' nuinerative, but that the object to be
' sought was the preservation of the In
tegrity of an entire road. He puld a
high tribute to Mr, Bailey's ability and
begged him not to saddle the commls-
sion with a duty impossible of perform
ance. He would not have him ask the
commission to solve problems Incapable
of solution.
I So far Mr. Dolliver said, no proposi
i tion had been presented here that could
not be defended, "but there is a prop
osition hovering here that cannot be
defended. That proposition is to create
a great commission with : a large body
of able men and then have all the prob
lems before the commission taken to the
United States circuit courts for read
justment.". .
Advocates'of such a provision should
' in his opinion join with Mr, Foraker In
his efforts to have the interstate com
merce commission entirely dispensed
within the regulation of railroad rates.
Mr. Bailey would not admit that tfte
question of railroad rates was .an un
solvable problem. He contended that It
was possible for the roads to he so man
aged as to afford just compensation and
at the same time be so conducted as not
to deal unjustly with their putrons.
Told of Father's Death.
. Senator Bailey did not know any
thing of his father's death while he
was speaking on the rate bill. After
he had concluded ho was called into
the cloak room and told by Senator
Foster. He immediately left for his
rooms in the senate amies.
Mr. Tillman then announced on
the floor of the senate that news had
been received of thp elder Mr. Bai
ley's death. Mr. Tillman said that
Mr. Bailey could not continue the
debate. The Texas senator had nearly
'concluded his remarks, but a number
of senators had shown a disposition
(Concluded on Second Page.)
AMENDMENT
Til
AN AFFIDAVIT READ
FROM JAMES B. DUKE
MOBBS AND REVOLVERS
Details of Big Bank Robbery
? at Moscow
Leader Announced They : Came Ii
Nanie of Revolutionary Committee,
'''Which uNeedod Money. Member
of Bund Stood With Lighted Fuse
Xear Bomb On a Table.
(By the Associated Press.) .
St. Petersburg, March 21. The
Novoe Vremya's account of the rob
bery by masked men at dusk yester
day of tho Credit Mutual, one of the
largest banks in Moscow, the robbers
securing $432,500,says that the vaults
were still open, and that several em
ployes were present, when the bandits
entered. The latter, numbring twen
ty men, were armed with bombs as
well as with revolvers. Their leader
announced that he came in the name
of the revolutionary committee,
which needed money, promising that
the employes of the bank would not
be harmed unless they raised an out
cry, in which event, he would blow up
the establishment with bombs.
"We are desperate and not afraid
to die," said the bandit leader.
Throughout the operation a mem
ber of the band stood with a lighted
fuse near a powerful bomb which had
been placed on a table, ready to be
exploded if such a step became neces
sary. In additiou to lowering the window
shades the telephone was disconnect
ed, and when the bandits had com
pleted their work the employes of the
bank were warned that if they gave
an alarm within fifteen minutes after
the departure of the band a bomb
would be thrown through y the. win
dows. . 1
The bandits withdrew through the
rear entrance of the bank.
DR. MORGAN'S CASE
Goes to Jury Late This
Afternoon
Defense Today Introduced Dr. Lee,
a Dentist from Kli.Hbeth City,
Who Testified Mis. Davis Had
Threatened Him With Suit Be
cause of Alleged Injury to Jaw
Ilolie.
(By the Associated !'''-' )
Norfolk, Va.. March 21.-Tlic case of
Dr. Francis M. Morgan, on trial for
.u...u,i nvlminiil malpractice on "Mrs-
, , t,.. v. - -
Josephine Davis, goes to the jury laic
this 'afternoon. ,'
The defense today introduced Dr. Lee.
a dentist from Elizabeth City. N. C.
who tcstilied that the prosecutrix had
threatened -o sue him because of alleg
ed injuries to her jaw bone while cx
tiacting a tooth. This was tor the pur
pose of substantiating the point raised
yesterday when the defense introduced
a letter showing that Hie prosecutrix
had threatened to sue Dr. Morgan for
$10,000 and expose him unless he paid
her $2,!i0.
The other witnesses were mostly phy
slcians Jntroduccd by the state to show
that Dr. Morgan, while having his arm
in u sling as the result of a broken
collar bone on. the date of the alleged
operation, might , have performed the
operation , without assistance.
The defendant did net take the wit
ness stand.
The instructions were long, and cited
positively that the defendant must be
found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt
before the jury can convict him.
Argument is now in progress.
SMOKING CAR
FOR WOMEN.
(By the Associated Press.)
London, March 22. The iirst
smoking car eve. reserved for women
in Great Britain left a big London
terminus today for Liverpool. The
windows bore a label reading:
"Ladies Smoking." The innovation
attests the spread of smoking among
cngllsh women during recent years.
Silver Service for Virginia.
(By the Associated Press.)
Norfolk, Va., March 21. The Virginia
commission appointed to purchase a
silver service for the battleship Vir
ginia met today, but did nothing be
yond call for designs to be submitted
on April 21.
LAST EDITION.
ALL THE MARKETS.
PRICE 5c.
His Suspicions Were Aroused
by Finding a Telegrsm
Signed "John"
DENIES WIFE'S GHARGES
AS TO MARY SMITH
Admits His Fortune Amounts to
$10,000,000, but Says it is Not
$50,000,000 Declares His Wife Is
Defending the Suit Only in ihe
Hope of Securing a Good Finan
cial Settlement.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, March 21. An affidavit
made by James B. Duke, the president
of the American Tobacco Company, in
support of his suit for divorce from his
wife, Lillian M. Duke, was read by Mr.
Duke's counsel today. In a hearing on
the case before Vice Chancellor Pitney
in Jersey City. Mr. Duke's counsel ap
peared In opposition to Mrs. Duke's ap
plication for counsel fees.
Mr. Duke in his affidavit declared
that he did not leave his wife until he
became suspicious of her fidelity. He
denied that his fortune amounts to $50,
000,000, but admitted it was 10,000,000.
He asserted that he gave Mrs. Duke a
house In West Sixty-eighth street, this
city, securities worth 175,000, valuuble
I jewelry and funds to pay the interest
Ion a mortgage on her house. -He
declared that his suspicions were
aroused by finding a telegram signed,
I "John," and that he had his wife
I watched by detectives. He denied tho
j charges made by his wife regarding'
j Mary Smith, an employee of Mr. Duke's
New Jersey residence, and declared that
bis wife is defending tho suit only In ;
the hope of. securing' a good 'financial
settlement. ...
Vice Chancellor Pitney allowed Mrs.
Duke counsel fees amounting to 13,000.
r
BEACHED OFF HATTERAS
Lumber Schooner Sprang a
Leak
Crew of Seven Men Safely Landed iu
Surf Boats. Vessel Lies Head On
About 300 Yards From Shore, Full
of Water.
(By: the Associated Press.)
Norfolk, Va., March 21. The
t luce masted schooner Raymond T.
Maull, Captain Higbie, from Satilla
River, (!a., for Philadelphia, lumber
laden, was beached on the North Car
olina coast 25 miles north of Capo
Hatteras at 2 o'clock this morning.
Captain Higbie reports that ou Sat
urday while off Cape Lookout, N. C,
during a heavy 'northerly gale, his
vessel sprank a leak, and that the
water gradually gained on them de
spite all efforts of the, crew to keep
her free. Last night the leak becamo
worse, and the water gained so rap
idly it was decided to beach the ves
sel. She now lies head-on tho beach,
about five hundred yards from the
shore, and is full of water.
The Maull carried a crew of seven
men, all ot whom were safely landed
in surf boats.
BIG REVIVAL
IN WILMINGTON.
(Special to The Evening Times.)
Wilmington. N. C, March 21. The
spring series of evangelistic meetings,
under the direction of the Ministerial
Union which' Is composed of the Prot
estant and Baptist churches of the
city, was inaugurated last night. The
meeting was conducted by the Rsv.
John K. White of Atlanta at the First
Baptist church. Beginning next Sun
day special services will be held in all
the churches, to be continued nightly
for two weeks or longer. Several out-of-town
ministers will assist in these
meetings.
Oregon Needs Repairs.
(By the Associated Press.)
Honolulu. March 21. The battleship
Oregon, which is returning to Bremer
ton for repairs, hao arrived horo from
tho orient. It Is reported that a struc
tural w-eakness has developed under th
use of her heavy guns. For some time,
If Is understood, there has been an or
der not to use the thlrteen-tnch guns
except In case of dire necessity.
The Oregon will probably sail for Ban
Francisco on the 25th.