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VOL. 21. SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1(), 1902. NO. ill.
THE GREAT COAf STRIKE.
A Review of the Situation tor
the Past Week.
ROOSEVELT TAKES A HAND.
Mitchell Proposes to Abide,'by
Decision of Arbitration
Tribunal Appointed
by President.
THE MINE OPERATORS REFUSE.
Governor Stone Calls Out Troops to
Protect the Mines?The Situa
tion Serious with the Re
sponsibility on Presi
dent Roosevelt.
The coal strike which lias been
on since early last Summer is one |
of the greatest problems before
the people of the United States
at this present time. Unless a ?
settlement is reached soon a
great deal of suffering will result;
especially in the northern cities.
Since this strike is attracting so
much attention we give the fol
lowing review of the situation:
President Roosevelt will make'
a personal appeal to the coal op
erators and the leader of the
striking miners to settle the strike
in the anthracite coalfields of
Pennsylvania.
Yesterday the President sent
telegrams to the presidents of
the coal railroads and to .John
Mitchell, the president of thej
United Mine Workers, inviting
them to a conference with him in
Washington on Friday morning.
This action was taken by Mr.
Roosevelt afterconsultation with
members of the Cabinet.
It is believed that President I
Roosevelt may convene Congress |
in extra session if the parties to
the strike do not settle their dif
ferences and resume mining at an
early day. It is thought that an
intimation to this effect has been
conveyed to the coal operators
and the strike leaders.
The conference, it is thought, is
the outcome of Secretary Root's
visit to New York. Mr. Root, it
is said, was told by representa
tives of financial interests that
the action which the President
has decided to take might not be
fruitless.
President Mitchell and all the
coal corporation presidents will
accept Mr. Roosevelt's invita
tion. Mr. Mitchell will take along
the district presidents of the
United Mine Workers?Messrs.
Nicholls, Fahy and Duffy. Presi
dent Baer, of the Reading, said
that Mr. Roosevelt's request was
a command. J.P.Morgan pro
nounced the plan "admirable."?
Baltimore Sun. 2d.
THE CONFERENCE RESULTS IN A
FIASCO.
The conference with presidents
of coal-carrying railroads, indi
vidual operators and President
Mitchell, of the Mine Workers'
Union, called bv President Itoose
velt, with a liew to settling the
strike of authraeite mines, ended
in a failure to reach an agree
ment. There will be no renewal
of the conference at the tempora
ry White House. At the end of
the day's proceedings President
Roosevelt said he nad no com
ment to make.
President Poosevelt told the
conferees that the Government
could take no legal steps to end
the strike, but he appealed to
them to reach a solution in the
name of humanity and patriot
ism.
In behalf oi the mine workers,
President Mitchell proposed re
ferring the controversy to a
board of arbitration selected by
the President, and offered to
send the miners to work pending
a decision, which would lie accept
ed bv the miners as tinal.
The railroad presidents and
operators refused absolutely to
recognize or transact any busi
ness with Mr. Mitchell as presi
dent of the miners' organization,
and suggested that should any
differences arise between employ
es, as individuals, and employers,
such differences should be referred
to the Judge of the (lommon
Pleas Court located ip the district
wliei* the trouble originated.
Each submitted a separate ans
wer, in which it was generally
suggested: "Give us Federal
troops, and we will give you all
the coal you need.'J
Neither side accepted the prop
osition of the other.?Baltimore
Sun, 4th.
T It OOPS CALLED OCT.
Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. (5.?Gov
ernor Stone tonight, after a long
conference with the general offi
cers of the Pennsylvania State
Militia, ordered out for duty in
the strike region the entire divi
sion of the Pennsylvania National
Guard.
Mobilization began at once.
The order will put into the an
thracite fields an army of 10,000
men, about 8,000 of whom are
already on guard duty there.
Governor Stone's action, it is
declared, means that he has de
cided to accept the challenge laid
down by the coal operators in
their conference with President
Roosevelt. They have said:
"Give us sufficient military pro
tection to -suppress lawlessness
and enough men will voluntarily
return to the mineH to avert all
clanger of continued famine." To
this the Governor responds by
ordering under arms every sol
dier in the State Guard.
So such complete mobilization
of the Keystone State soldiers
for riot service has occurred since
1H92, when the steel strike atj
Homestead called the entire divi
sion into the Held.
When asked whether his action
had been suggested directly or;
indirectly by the Federal author
ities in Washington Governor
Stone said that it had not been
and that he had issued his order
without any consultation with
President Roosevelt. It is known
that the Governor is skeptical of
an absolute fulhllment of the;
pledge made by the operators to !
the President. He is not san
guine that a majority, or even a
large proportion, of the striking;
miners need only the encourag-j
ing presence of a large military
force to persuade tbem to go j
back to work. Hut he felt that i
the shape which the controversy I
has now taken left him no alter
native but to take the coal-road
presidents at their word and give
them the opportunity they seek
to demonstrate the soundness or
unsoundness of their prediction.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 6.?Bear
ing a message from President
Roosevelt, Labor Commissioner
Carroll I). Wright secretly met
President John Mitchell, of the
Mine Workers, in Philadelphia
this morning. What the confer
ence was about Mr. Mitchell will
not say. He returned here at 9
o'clock p. m.
President Mitchell and the dis
trict president went into confer
ence soon after his return and at
11.20 lelt with them for Buffalo.
The conference between Mr.
Mitchell and his district presi
dents continued until 11.15p.m.,
and before the national president
left Buffalo he gave out the fol
lowing statement:
?'To District Secretaries and all
Mine workers iu the Anthracite
Field:
"You have, no doubt, read in
the daily papers the proceedings
of the conference at the White
House lust Friday in which your
officers proposed an immediate
resumption of work if the opera
tors would agree with us to refer
j the questions a,t issueiu thestrike
; to the decision of the President
of the United States and a tribu
nal named by him. You have
aoted the reply of the presidents
of the coal-carrying roads, in
which they responded to our
overtures bv denouncing your
union, its members and officers
in the most vehement and mali
cious manner possible. They
also declared that a large major
ity of the strikers would return
to work if given military protec
tion and they demanded that the
President send United States
troops to the coal fields.
"In order to demonstrate to
the people of our country that
the statements of the operators
are unfounded and that the mine
workers are lawabidiug, the offi
cers of all local unions should call
(mass-meetings of all men on
strike, union and non-union,such
meetings to be held in each min
ing town at 'J o'clock Wednesday
afternoon, October 8. We know
that the nnneworkers are not re
: strained from going to work by
fear of bodily barm, and if this is
the sentiment prevailing at the
meetings resolutions should be
adopted emphatically declaring
; the statements of the operators
to be untrue.
"We also advise that acts of
lawlessness by the coal and iron
police and by strikers be denounc
ed and the services of members
of the union tendered the local
authorities to preserve law and
order.
"Great care should be exercised
that those on strike do not per
mit themselves to be provoked
by the Coal and Iron Police into
the commission of other acts.
The operators failing to break
the strike and deprive you of
your well-earned victory, are now
attempting to array public y^en
timent against you by making
false claims that a reign ot terror
exists in the coal fields. Bestead
fast and true while this struggle
for living wages and American
conditions of employment is go-,
ing on, and we have no hesitancy
in savin?' that victory will be1
achieved in the not distant fu
ture. The heart of the nation
beats in sympathy with you and
all good citizens favor your
cause.
"Do not fail to have resolutions
drafted in plain, temperate lan
guage; telegraph them at our ex
pense to President Mitchell's
headquarters immediately on the
adjournment of meetings." '
ROOSEVELT MAKES ANOTHER !
PROPOSITION.
When Labor Commissioner;
Carrol 1). Wright conferred with!
President Mitchell, of the Miners'
Union, in Philadelphia Monday
he submitted . nother proposi
tion from President Roosevelt
with a view to ending the strike.
Mr. Roosevelt proposed that if
the miners be requested to return
to work he will appoint a com
mission to investigate all mat- j
ters between the operators and
miners, and do all in his power
to obtain a settlement of those
questions in accordance with the
report of the commission.
Unofficial reports from Buffalo
say Mr. Mitchell views the propo
sition unfavorably.
The conference .between manu
facturers and President Mitchell
at Buffalo did not result in the
development of any definite plan
for a partial resumption of work,
but the members of the commit
tee say they are pleased with the
I progress made. The committee
will confer with representatives
of the operators in Philadelphia
i today.
There was a rush of Pennsyl
vania regiments, many on special
trains, to the strike region. Dis
patches from the scene state that
the strikers are standing firmer
? than before and that no gains
for the operators can be predict
ed.
Some disorder was reported.
It was#tated that a n ai-union
minor was severely beaten while
returning from work, and that a
irob threw stones at non-union
ists in a coal breaker. The dy
namiting of a woman's house
was also charged to strikers.
United States District Attorney
Burnett, of New York, was in
structed by Attorney-General
Knox to investigate the coal
combine.
The leading opera tors conferred
at a meeting in New York of the
Temple Iron Company, their cor
poration which controls the coal
trade. Afterward George F.
Baer visited .1. P. Morgan.
A New York Alderman proposes
to close the public schools and
use their fuel supply for the relief
of the poor.
The strike assessments of the
United Mine Workers are yielding
$1188,SOU a month, which sum is
swelled to contributionc from
i many other sources.?Baltimore
Sun, 8th.
i VOTE TO CONTINUE STRIKE.
Philadelphia, Oct. 8.?The en
G tire National G"uard of I'ennsyl
vaniais camped tonight in the
authraeite coal regions, the I tint
regiment from the western part
: of the State having' arrived late
this afternoon.
Contrary to expectations the
troops were well received and
.there was no disposition 011 the
! part of the strikers to annoy t he
soldiers. There was only one in
stance during the day of any
show of feeling and this was
manifested at Itethlehem, when
some boys stoned the second sec
tion of the train bearing the sol
diers from Philadelphia. Briga
dier General Schall, who arrived
in Tamaqua this afternoon, tele
graphed .Major General Miller
that there was 110 disturbance of
any kind in thedistrict. Thesol
diers who arrived today were all
scattered throughout Schuylkill,
Luzerne, Carbon and Northum
berland counties.
The fact that all of the locals
throughout the anthracite region
have voted unanimously to con
tinue the strike would indicate
that the presence of t he troops
will have but little effect in forc
ing the men to return, and from '
the present indications it woidd
seem the strike is no nearer a so
lutin than it has been for many
weeks.
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS OF TI1E
STRUGGLE.
President John Mitchell, of the
United Mine Workers, accom
panied by District Presidents
Nichols, Fahey and Duffy, went
from Wilkesbarre to New York
late yesterday afternoon to con
fer about the ituation.
Mr. Mitchell, before leaving
Wilkesbarre, mailed to President
Roosevelt his answer to the Presi
dent's proposition that thp
miners return to work pending
the report of a commission toi
consider thequestions in dispute.
It is believed the proposition was
de 'lined.
President Roosevelt is etui
hopeful that Mr. Mitchell will ac
cept his proposal. .He disap-j
proves Governor Stone's action
in calling out the entire Pennsyl
vania militia, his opinion being
that it has complicated the situa
tion.
Under instructions from Mr.
Mitchell every local union of
mineworkers in the anthracite
field voted on the question of re
turning to work in view of the
ordering out of the additional
troops. The vote was unani
mous to continue the strike.
Many of the resolutions adopted
declare that even if the entire
United States Army were sent to
the coal region the workers would
remain out.
All tne militiamenunuer oruer*
are now on the scene. Thestrikers
revived them respectfully and
there was not a sign of disorder'
during the day.
The committee of the National
Association of Manufacturers
which met Mr. Mitchell in Buffalo
arrived in Philadelphia and-ur
gently invited the operators to a
conference, but not one of them
came.
Frank H. Thompson, of Phila
delphia, begau proceedings in the
United States Circuit Court there
to have the coal combine declared
illegal.
There was a further increase in
the price of bread in New York.?
Baltimore Sun, 9th.
Buildings belonging to the
Moore A Hand ley Hardware Co.,
Birmingham, Ala., were destroy
ed by tire Wednesday entailing a
loss of. $200,000, seventy-five
per cent, of which is covered by
insurance.
Goes Like Hot Cakes.
"The fastest selling article I
have in my store," writes drug
gist C. T. Smith, of Davis, Ky.,
"is Dr. King's New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds,
because it alwavs cures. In my
six years of sales it has never
failed. 1 have known it to save
sufferers from Throat and Lung
diseases, who could get no help
from the doctors or any otlnr
remedy." Mothers rely on it,
1 best physicians prescribe, and
Hood Bros, guarantee satisfac
tion or refund price. Trial bot
tles free. Regular sizes, 50c and
.1*1.
STATE NEWS.
Newsy Items Clipped, Cu'.led
and Condensed from North
Carolina Newspapers.
There are 415 student* at the
Agricultural ami Much mica I Col
lege iu ltaleigb.
The Supremo Court has grant
ed a new trial to Jim Wilcox, the
Elizabeth City young man con
demned for the murder of Nell
Cropsy.
Giles W. Crowder, a Person
county farmer, last week lost by
tire a pack house containing four
teen barns of tobacco, valued at
$3,000.
Mr. E. K. Proctor, Jr., a promi
nent citizen of Lumberton, died
Friday after a severe illness. A
wife and eight children survive.
One child died the day before her
father.
The Christian Scientists have
established a church at New llern
with 21 members. This is the
fourth of the kind in the State,
the others being at Asbeville,
Wilmington and Kiuston.
Henry Huggins, coloTed,charg
ed with house robbery, who was
shot by Constable (ioddard at
Fayetteville a few days ago while
attempting to escape arrest, died
from his wound last week.
Mr. Wesley Quick, of Union
county, got his hand caught in a
cotton gin Saturday. The hand j
was torn off and the arm so bad-1
ly lacerated that it was amputat
ed three inches from the shoulder.
Rev. J. William Jones, pastor!
of the baptist church at Chapel
Hill, and well known as a histo
rian and lecturer 011 Lee and j
Jackson, has resigned his charge
and will become secretary of the
Confederate Museum at Rich
mond, Va.
The board of aldermen of Ral- j
eigh voted down, with only three1
dissenting votes, an ordinance to i
prohibit the sale of tobacco and |
soft drinks on Sunday. The or- j
dinance was presented by thej
Raleigh ministers who had re
cently made a campaign for a
better observanceof theSabbath.
President Kilgo, of Trinity Col
lege, stated in an address on
Benefactor's Pay, last Friday,
that the many gifts to his insti-;
tut ion the past year aggregated
$130,000. Nearly all of tnis
came from Messrs. W., J. B. and
B. N. Duke, who havegiven Trin
ity altogether about $1,000,000.
Lester Butler, a brother of ex
Senator Butler, has been appoint
ed to an 9t*X) clerkship in the in
ternal revenue office in Raleigh to
succeed J. E. Shepherd, colored,
resigned. Geo. E. Butler, another
brother of the ex-Senator, has
been asked to run for Congress in
the third district as the Republi
can candidate, but he has not
yet stated whether he will run.
Jo. Cole, the negro who mur
dered ItoadmasterStevers on the
Seaboard Air Line passenger
train two months ago, was con
victed at Henderson Thursday
of murder in the first degree and
sentenced' to be hanged Novem
ber 19. Jo. Cole, Jr., and John
Jones, both implicated in the
murder, were found guilty in the
, second degree and sentenced to
thirty years in the State prison.
InsurauceCommissioner Young
has granted license to the relief
department of the AtlanticCoast
Line to do business iu North
Carolina. Coram ssioner Young
says his collections-during Sep
tember were something like $10,
000. He says there are now 42
life and 80 fire insurance compa
nies licensed' to do business in
this State, about the same num
ber there were four years ago.
He finds that the Newport News
Beneficial Association is trying
to do business in this State. It
is unlicensed. He notittes all
sheriffs and constables to call for
j the license of all persons who say
they are agents of any insurance
company. There is a $10 fine,
half going to the officer, for fail
ure to have in possession a license
| to do business as agent.
Misses Alice and Callie Kistler,
t lie charming and popular daugh
ters of Mr. J. J. Kistler, of Cleve
' land Mills, are the champion cot
! ton pa kern of upper Cleveland.
.One day last week Miss Alice
' gathered 202 pounds of the fleecy
? tuple, while her younger -sister,
Miss Callie, .followed with 2+0
pounds. How many young la
dies can beat this??Cleveland
Star.
There was a lady jn this citv
yesterday who was nearly 30
years old ami had lived within IK
miles of Raleigh all her life and
had never been here before. She
found the city quite a curiosity
and her brothers, who accompa
nied her, showed her many points
oi interest. She had ueverbefore
visited any town and her*know
ledge of the business tforhl was
the country cross roads store.?
Raleigh Times.
The celebrated Amos Oweus
Cherry Tree Cotnapny cases were
disposed of in the Cnited States
court at Greensboro Tuesday.
E. J. Justice, counsel for the cou
victed defendants, C. I). W'ilkie,
Rev. T. Bright, Dr. Frank Bright,
C. F. Geer, G. VV. Rollins and
M. C. I'adget, plead that their
clients could not refund the ten
thousand dollars to the victims as
ordered at the last term of court
to avoid penitentiary, but could
pay five thousand now. Judge
Bynum consented to the five thou
sand, ordering that the defend
ants give that amount of bond
for payment of the five thousand
more at the next term of Federal
court to be held in Charlotte.
LAST OF THE MERRIMAC CREW.
William E. Tetterton, ot Beaufort
County, Said To Be The Sole
Survivor.
In a village of barely .TO people,
down in Beaufort countv, lives
Win. It. Tetterton, the last living
su.vivor of the crew of the fa
mous Confederate States war
ship the Merrimac, formerly the
old Virginia. He is 07 years old,
and in many ways the same old
unreconstructed rebel that he
was in the days from '01 to '05.
The first war duty Tetterton
ever did was in the army of the
Confedracy. He enlisted in a
company of Martin countv mili
tia, commanded by Capt. Kieves.
The company went to Richmond
and for six months Tetterton's
duties were only those that make
up the daily routine of the army
private.
In llichmond, Lieutenant
Woods lia(3 a recruiting station
and he was signing men for ser
vice on the Merrimac. The idea
of a naval life appealed to young
Tetterton and he enlisted for ser
vice. The war vessel had not
been out as yet on any expedi
tions and the new recruit found
himself one of the first among a
rather scanty crew. The boat
was then at brook's station,nine
miles below Frederickburg, and
here he joined her, taking a berth
as a landsman. He served on
the boat from the first day she
went into service until the older
came from the Secretary of the
Confederate States navy to put
her out of commission.
Few men who see Tetterton at
the present time would think that
he went through the dark days
of the inter-State strife and j ;ir
ticipated in the tight with the
Monitor, newly come out of
Northern shipyards to contest
with the Sonthern victor. All
th'ougb the battle he was strip
ped to the waist working behind
the plating ot railroad iron,
.igainst which the shells from the
tin box on the shingle were pelt
ing and sliding off into the water.
The fight with the Cumberland,
in which this war vessel was
rammed and run on the beach
was the scene he witnessed prior
to the ironclad battle.
The old mail is still hale and
hearty and looks as though he
were good for many more years
of tire. He accounts interesting
ly the deeds of daring of the crew
of the famous ram and tells of
their hardships anil also of the
victories and how they were cele
brated on board ship?Charlotte
Observer.
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