nPEX&jzzxu; in ali. things.
VOL. VIII.
COLUMBUS, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1903.
NO. 50.
IS MADE.
Findings On Investigation of the
Coal Strike
SHORTER HOURS AND BETTER PAY
A Lencthy Document in Which the
Union is Not Recognized The Text
of the Report. ;
Washington, Special.- The report of
the commission appointed by the Presi
dent 3ast October to .investigate the
anthracite coal strike, was made pub
lie Saturday. The report is dated
March IS, and is, signed by all the
member? of the commission. In brief
the commission recommends an in-,
eras oi wags amounting in most in
stancet. 'to 10 per cent,; some decrease
of time; the settlement of. all disputes
by arbitration, fixes a minimum wage
and h sliding scale, provides against
nisi luniuiiuu ui ijciauus uy cinici tut;
mine owners, or the miners on account
of membership or non-membership in
a labor union, and provides that the
awards made shall continue in force
until 1906. To some extent the matter
of recognition or non-recognition of
the miners union is touched on, but
the commission declined to make any
award on this matter. Following is
the commission's .own summary of the
awards made:
1. That an increase of 10 per cent.
over ajid above the rates paid in the
month of April, 1902,. be paid. to all
contract miners for cutting coal, vard-ag-p,
aufi other work for which stand
ard rates or allowances existed at that
time from and after November 1, ,1902,
and during the life of this award. The
amount of increase under the award
due for work done between November
1, 1902, and April 1, 1903, to be paid
on or before June 1, 1903.
2. That engineers who are employed
in hoisting water shall have an in
crease of 10 per cent, on their earnings
ijetween November 1, 1902, and April
1, 1903. to be paid on or before June 1
1903; and on and after April, 1, 1903,
and during the life of the award they
- shall have 8-hour shifts, with the
, sane pay which was effective. in April,
1902; and where they are now work
ing eight-hour shifts, the eight-hour
shifts shall be continued and these en-
gineers shall be. continued and these
engineers shall have an increase of 10
per cent, on the wages which were ef
fective in the several positions, April
1, 1902.- Hoisting engineers and other
engineers and .pumpmen, other' than
those employed in positions which are
manned continuously, shall have an
Increase of 10 per . cent, on their earn
ings between Ndyernber 1, 1902, and
-April f; 1 1903, to be paid on or ' before
-June5!, 1903, and from and after April
1, 1903, and during: the life of the
award, they shall have an: increase of
3 per cent on the rates of wages which
were effective in the -'several positions
in April, 1902; and in addition they
shall be relieved from duty on Sun
days, without loss of pay by a man
provided by the employer to relieve
Them rlnr!nr thp hnnrfl rvf th ' ilftv
-shift Firemen shall have an increase
of 10 per cent, on their earnings be
tween November 1, 1902, and April 1,
1903, to be paid on or before June 1,
1903; and from and after April 1, 1903;
and during the life of -the award; they
shall have; eight-hour shifts, with the
same wages per day, week or month
as were paid in . each position in April ,
1902. All employes or company men,
other than those for whom the com
mission makes special awards, shall be
paid an increase of 10 per cent, on '
their earnings between November 1,
1902, and April 1. 1903, to be pail on or
"before June 1, 1903, and from and after
April 1, ,1903, and during the life of
this award, they shall be paid on the
"basis of a 9-hour, day, receiving there
for the same wages as were paid in
April, 1902, for a 10-hour day. Over-;
time in excess of 9 hours in. any day
: to be paid at . a ' proportional ""rate per
"hour. ' ;,': .-..-o- '-y,"': ivVr
8. During the life of this award, the
-present methods of payment for ? coal
mined shair be adhered ' to.; unless
'- -changed 1 by mutual agreement. In alV
-of the abov awards it is nrovided that
allowances inuae - iuue - bdbii. uc
"paid to the legal v; representatives of
-such employes as may , have died since
; November 1, 1902. :"
, 4. Any , difficulty, , or disagreement
" arising under this award., as. to. its in
terpretation; or;; application,; or in any
"way r gtp.wing out ;of the relations 1 of
theHemployers and employed, : which
-cannotbe settledpftjadjusted by con
sultation ; between ' the superintendent
or manager of the mine or mines and
the miner or miners directly interested
or Is of a scope too large to be so set
tled or adjusted shall be referred to a
permanent joint committee to be call
ed a board or conciliation, to consist
of six persons, appointed as hereinaf
ter provided. That is to say, if there
sh all be a division of tha whole region
REPORT
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Into threer districts, in; each of which
there shall exist an organization rep
resenting a majority of the mine work
ers of such district, One of board of
conciliation shall be appointed by each
of said organizations and three other
persons shall-be appointed by the ope
rators,, the operators in each of said
districts appointing one person. The
board of conciliation thus constituted,
shall take up and consider any ques
tion referred to it as aforesaid, hear
ing both parties to the controversy,
and such evidence as may Tie laid be
fore it by either party; and any. award
made by. a majority of such board of
conciliation, shall be final and? binding
on; all parties, ; if, ; however, the said
board is unable to decide any question
submitted, or point related thereto,'
that question or pomt shall be referred
to an umpire, to be appointed at the
request of said, board, by one of the
circuit judges of the third judicial cir
cuit of 'the United States, .whose decis
ion shall be final and binding, in the
premises. The membership of said
board shall at all times be kept com
plete, either the operators or miners
organizations having the 'right at any
time when the controversy is not pend
ing to change their representation
thereon At all hearings before said
board the parties may be represented
by such person or persons as they may
respectively select. No suspension of
work shall take place. by lockout or
strike, pending the adjudication of any
matter so taken up for adjustment.
5. Whenever requested by a majority
of those contract miners of any com
pany .check weighman or Check dock
ing bosses, or both, shall be enrmloved.
. w r - - k. gm
The wages of said check weighman"i
and check docking bosses shall be fix
ed, collected, and paid by the miners
in such . manner as the said - miners
shall by majority vote, elect and when
requested by a majority of said miners
the check weigher and deductions
made proprotionately from the earn
ings of the said miners on such basis
as the majority of sard miners shall'
determine.
C; Minersshall be distributed among
miners, who are at work, as uniformly
and as equitably as possible,. and there
shall be ho concerted effort on the part
of the miners or mine workers of any
colliery or colleries, to limit the output
of the mines, or to detract from the
quality of the work performed, unless
such limitation of output be in con
formity to an agreement between an
operator or operators and an organiza
tion, renresentine a maiority of said
miners in his or their employ.
7. In all cases where miners are paid
by the car, the increase awarded to the
contract miners is based upon the cars
in use, the topping required and ? the
rates paid per car which were in, force
on April 1, 1902. Any, increase in the
size of car, or in the topping required,
shall be accompanied by a proportion
ate increase in the rate paid per - car.
8. TtieV following sliding scale of
wages shall become effective April 1,
1903, and shall affect all miners and
mine workers included in the award of
the" commission: The wages fixed in
the awards shall be the basis of, and
the minimum under, the sliding scale.
For increase of 5 cents in the average"
price of white ash coal or sizes above
pea coal, sold at or near New York be
tween Perth Amboy and Edgewater
and reported to the bureau of anthra
cite coal statistics, above $4.50 per ton
f. ,o. b. the employee shall have an in
crease of 1 per cent in their compensa
tion which shall continue until change
in the average price of said coal works
a reduction or on ' increase in said ad
ditional compensation hereunder; but
the rate of ' compensation shall in no
case be less than T : that fixed in the
award. That is, when the price, of said
coal reaches $4.55 per ton, the compen
sation -will be increased 1 per, cent.,, to
continue until the price falls below
$4.55 per son, when the 1 per cent, in
crease will' cease, or until the ; prices
reaches $4.0 per ton, when an addi
tional 1 per cent.' will be added, and so
on. These average prices shall be
computed monthly, by an accountant
or commissioner, named by one of the
circuit judges tf the third judicial cir
cuit of the United and" naid br
the coal 'operators, such : compensation
as the appointing judge may fix, which
compensation shall be distributed
among the; operators in proportion to
the; tonnage of each mine. In order to
secure the successful working of the
eliding scale provided herein, it is also
adjudged and awarded: That all coal
operating companies file at once with
the United States Commissioner ot Laf
.-bar,' a certified statement of the rates
of compensation paid, in -;eaeh:Occupa
tlon known in their ? employment, as
-they-existed ;Aj?riM.-1902. ;
; 9;-No person" shall; be" refused em
ployment,' or in any way discriminated;
against, on . account of membership
or4 ndn-mexnjSershlp in any ; labor or-,
ganizatlon, and there shall be no dis
criminating against or interference
with, any employe who is not a mem
ber of any labor organization by rnern-
bers of such organization.
10. All contract miners shall be re-
quired to furnish within a reanabje . g e pecp!c unt chickens be
eTl&X I 'ore the' are soe before,
before each pay day, a statement .o the eggs have hen laid.. J .
the amount of money due from them
to their laborers, and such sums shall
be deducted from, the amount due the
contract miner, and; paid, directly to
each laborer by the company. All em
ployes when ipaid shall be furnished
with an itemized statement of account
11. The awards herein made shall
continue in force until March 31, 1906;
and any employe, or group of employes
violating any of the provisions' thereof,
shall be subject to reasonable discip
line by the employer; and, further,
that the violation of any provision of
these awards; either by employer or
employes, shall not invalidate any of
the provisions thereof. ; v
The commission also made a number
of recommendations ? which ! may be
summarized as follows: The discontin
uance of the s system of employing "the
coal and iron police," because this
force is believed to have had an 'irrita
ting effect, and; a resort to the regular
ly constituted peace authorities in case
of necessity; a stricter enforcement of
the laws in relation to the employment
of children; that the State and Federal
governments; should- provide machin
ery for the j making of a compulsory
investigation of difficulties, similar to
the investigation which this commis
sion has made. ... vj v .
The commission expresses the opin
ion that with a few modifications the
Federal act of October, 1888, authoriz
ing a commission to settle controver
sies between railroad corporations and
other common carriers could be made
the basis of a lawr for. arbitration in
the. anthracite coal mining business.
The commission, however, takes a de
cided position;, against compulsory ar
bitration, ;.- v '.i-, :...v
' On the subject of the recognition of
the Mine Workers' Union; the commis
sion says itl does not consider that this
subject is within the scope of jurisdixj-
tion conferred on it. It does say, how
ever, that 'the suggestion of a work
ing agreement between employers aid
employes embodying the doctrine of
collective bargaining, is one which the
commission believes contains ; many
hopeful elements for the adjustment of
relations in the mining region."
Further on it says: "The present
constitution of the United MineWork
ersV. of . AmerlradoVs not fpreseht the
most inviting inducements to the oper
ators to enter into contractual rela-;
lions withiit." i :
A VICTORY FOR THE MINERS,
SAYS MITCHELL.
Detroit, i Special. "The decision of
the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
Is on the whole a victory for the min
ers, and I am pleased; with it," said
President John Mitchell, of the United
Mine Workers of America; in. an inter
view with! an Associated Press reprer
sentative. I "The anthracite miners pi
Pennsylvania have reason to be much
pleased with the commissions' awards
and I am sure that the are' he said
Tried to Kill Herself.
London,! By Cable. Th . correspon-
i.nf of Tbe nany unronicie. at
Keneva, learns on reliable authority
that the former Crown Princess of
Saxony is? lying seriously illv in ; her
mother's chateau, at; Lyndau, ; oh an
island in r Lake Constance, from the
effects of; an attempt to commit sui
cide by taking poison.
Chicago's Biggest flan Dead.
Chicago, ' Special. James H. Mah
ler the largest man in Chicago, if not
in thp United States, is dead. He
weiehed? I 480 pounds, although ; his
height was only; 5 feet 10 inches. Mah
ler was proprietor of a medical con
cern and a descendant of a noble Ger
man family.
AII Quiet at Ouajtemaia. v
' Washington; Special. The follow
ing cablegram .was received Monday,
at the Navy .Department from Rear
Admiral i Coghlan, commanding the
Carribbean Sea squadron; at Guate
mala, yesterday: "All quiet here. The
report with reference to Ceiba states
it- is in the hands of revolutionists. I
shall proceed with the Olympia and
Panthe'r 1 to Ceiba, on the' 22nd. Only
cable communications are via Bocas
through the minister at; Guatemala
City. Will communicate at Puerto Bar
rios as often as practicable."
Sudden Death of Dr. Chlcesttr.
Atlanta, Special. Rev, Dr. . Wm. , J.,
Chichester, pastor of the First Pres
byterian ' church of Chicago, " died - at
the! Piedmont Hotel here ? from"; blood
poisoning, resulting , from nephritis..
Dr. Chichester; accompanied, oy nis
wife on his way to Augusta, Ga.r, where
he intended lo spend some, time for the.
benefit or his health. He was takepi
ill very suddenly ; and died at mid
night ' Dr. Chichester was 50 years y
old. Before7 coming to Chicago he was n
pastor of a Presbyterian churcn at
Los Angeles, Cal. -
WILL BE RELEASED. I
The End of the Famous Maybrick
Case in Sight j ,
SHE WILL BE RELEASED NEXT YEAR
The Efforts to Release tier Due
tirely to Hef Friends on the Other
Side of the Atlantic. "
London, By Cable. Miss Florence
Maybrick, the American woman who!
was convicted at Liverpool in 1889 on!
the charge of poisoning her husband j
James Maybrick, at Aigburst, by ar-!
senic, and whose sentence of death
was commuted to penal servitude for
life, will be released in 1904. The an
nouncement comes from the Home
Office, which now authorizes her Wash
ington lawyers to use the fact of her
release "next year as a reason for se
curing the postponement of the trial
of the law suits bearing on the prison
er's interest in land in Kentucky; Vir-
ginia and West Virginia; until she is -
' j. I
able to personally testify. Those who
are in a, position to know, sav that.
Home Secretary ' Akers-Dougglas has
shown great courtesy in connection
with the suits now pending in America,
ho Mdor, rn rfliMOO ivtU ht v
. M.-iM- V. U. I , II I t 1 I .1 111! I , .1 T 1 .- III!
this side of the Atlantic and that Am
bassador Herbert has never been call
ed upon to act on this matter. 1
Mrs. Maybrick who was Miss Flor
ence Elizabeth Chandler, and a mem
ber of a well-known and prosperous
Southern family, was married July 27,
1881, -in St. James' church, v Picadilly,?
to James Maybrick, of Liverpool. She
was then 18 years of- age, vivacious
and beautiful, and a social.': fa twite.
Her husband was over 40 years old; In
the spring- of 1889, Mr. Maybrick be
came ill and in a few - days died. His
brothers investigated his death and
charged Mrs; Maybrick with the mur
der of her husband. A long trial fol
lowed and a number of .. doctors swore
Mr. Maybrick died of arsenical pois- A
oning. The defense proved thaV for 20
years Mr. Maybrick had been j a con
firmed arsenic eater and that he daily
took doses that would have killed a
dozen ordinary men. ' Mrs. Maybrick
eventually was sentenced to death . by
the judge. Sir Fitzjames Stephen, -who
"spoke for two days in chatging the jury
and who , said it was : impossible ior
the demical evidence, v ; ; f -
Her T mother. ; the Baroness E. von
EauiVes. has been 'unremitting in her
attempts to obtain the prisoners re-
lease ill 'Which she, has been aiaea ; py
influential friends on.bothsides of the
Atlantic. In 1900, V afterr the death of
Licn-d Russell, of Killowen; Chief. Jus
tice of England, a letter . which he had
written to Mrs. Maybrick in 1895 -was
discovered!. It showed that the emi
nent lawyer w;as convinced j that - she
ought never Jto khave been convicted
and it has been generally understood
that all the recent American ambas
sadors to the ccmrt of St. Janies -have
Afirio. vArvthin2r4 nossible to obtain
Mrs. Maybrick's pardon. The failure of
Mrs. Maybrick to testify in j the suits
pending in the United States - would
cause the loss to her and her mother
of all title and interenst in large tracts
of land situated in Kentucky and Vir
ginia nd West Virginia, v !
" Secretary Shaw in Atlanta, i ,
Atlanta, Special A-Secretaijof ; the.
Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, accompanied
by his wife and 'daughter, reached. At
lanta from New Orleans: The Secre
tary will visit the 'proposed sites tor
the new - Atlanta Federal building and
will , leave' for Washington at noon
over the Southern: -' j t "
Secretary Shaw is being entertained
while' here by Col.' Robert! J. Lowry.
An elaborate banquet at the Capitol
City Club was tendered by the 4 At-.J
lanta Clearing. House . Assoclatron,
Secretary Shaw responding, to the;
toast "Our - Country." The . other
speakers- were. Governor. Terrell,-
Mayor Even F. woweii, lars nuw,
James R. r Gray; HOKe smiui,
Temple Graves ahS Cot Lwry.
Treasurer Robbed.
Milwaukee. Special. Treasurer Har
ry Enerlinger, of the Marguerlta Sylva
Opera Company, was robbed of cash
and " notes amounting in all to about
$3,000 here' early Monday the money
having been taken from beneath his
pillow while he slept It Is asserted
that he was drugged. A. member of the
company who roomed with Enerlinger
is missing. ' . .
southern industrial
TO MAKE CANE SRYUP.
An Opportunity In the. South for Ma
chinery Dealers.
In a letter to the Manufacturers"
Record Mr D. G. Purse, chairman of
the committee of arrangements for the
Interstate SugarCane j Growers' " Con
vention, which , is "".to m.eet at Macon,
Ga.; on, May 6 and' to continue in ses
sion for three days; announces that
ample provision will be made to bring
manufacturers of syrup and sugar ma
chinery into close touch there with
delegates to the " convention from
South Carolina Georgia,, Florida,' Ala
bama, Mississippi,,; Louisiana, Texas
and Arkansas. He adds: v "
: "In South Carolina, . Georgia and.
Florida' the growing of sugar-cane and
its mnufacture has already reached a
point where crude methods must give
way - to more complete machinery, but
the evolution is not ready yet and may
not be for several years, -foj the very
heavy, machinery now' in use in strict
ly sugar-manufacturing sections. As
the areas planted increase from acre
plots to ten, twenty-five and fifty acres
and upward, as is going on now
through these three States,-especially
the present season, will ' compel the
Jwe. ui mucn newinacuiaeiy; au:
rha nnoaalnn will ' nffnml on tinoTiallaN
opportunitv for adapting 'the new ma
situation, I hope this opportunity will
be freely availed of by the.manufac-
urers oi syrup ana sugar maenmery
uirougnout uxe country convenient ol
I . r. . I . M - V . . . - .
The division of chemistry 'of the
Department of ? Agriculture will soon
be in the marketv for the "full equip
ment of a cane mill and syrup factory,
at Waycross, Ga." , i ' :y . ;
. Referring fto the same subject in a
letter to the Manufacturers' Record,
President E. L. Mdrtin' of the Cham
ber of Commerce of Macon writes that
the ' governors of all the cane-growing
States have appointed five delegates
from, each county, and .that.it is -expected
Jthat between .1,000, and 1,500
delegates will be present, a half-fare
rate- having -befen granted from all
i points east of the Mississippi , and
south of the Potomac river. President
Martin also notes the Opportunities at
the convention for manufacturers of
machinery, f ; :4 1 v
, A $50,000 Addition. J---
It Js announced that the Pee Dee
Manufacturing Co., Rockingham, N;
C., will expend about f 50,p00 to ex
tend its ; plant. A two-story .aijlition
will be erected to mill, No. 2 and; Quip
ped wiih 2,500 spindles and 200 "looms.
J. A. Williams . of Hamlet, Np; Ht5. his
contract to erect the. faddlti6n.l Tne
company now; has, 12,784 spindles ahd
602 looms, manufacturing :pUid do-
mets ana ;mcKory snirung.
Lumber Notes. ;.
Among the. shipments last week
f mm Pnoflhola wptp S flSft 000 -HiinAr- -.
ficial feet of ; lumber, .1,597,640 super
ficial feet of sawn timber and 11,731
cubic cfeet of hewn timber. ; ,0
The Asheville Lumber Co. of Ashe
ville, N. C., ; with a capital - stock' of
$25,000, has been "chartered.. The in
corporators are.T. J. Perkinson, J. Wr
xiuuieriura ana j. Hi. uicKerson.
The Mingo Land & Lumber Co.1 of
Greenville, Mo.,- has beenincbrporat
ed, with a capital stock of . $30,000.
The", incorporators are John D. Fllley,
L. J. Jones, Henry P. Murray md
oiaers.v ; -
J ; The present logging tide in the Ten
nessee river is said to be the best that
lumbermen have enjoyed for some
time; It is estimated that over 3,000,
000 feet :ofv logs were, floated In last
weeK ror unattanooga. mills. ,
The J.h6: Wessen" LumbeivCo. of
ed, with a capital stock of . $20,000. The
incorporators are Walter S. Denning,
Marshal Long, George Mertle 'J. F..
Peters and others?
i The wholesale grocery business : ot"
J. S.'Giddings & Co. 'of ;Tampa,,Fla.,
has been purchased by the Consoli
dated' Naval Stores Cd, ct Jackson
ville, Fla. It will operate- it through
the Consolidated Grocery Co; ?
The Julius Sedel Lumberi Co? of St.
I"is. 'Mo..- has .neen ? incorporated,
with a capital stock.f $25,000. The in-
'.c6iuoratbrs aretfTIUar SeideL' Frank
Seldel, John A. Michel, - Otto -Mcser
and William E. Beckman. . - l ,
Textile Notca.-
4 It is. proposed to build a knitting mill
at Kingston, Tan., and J. M. Alien i
'Endeavors, are being made to estab
lish a knitting mill at Aberdeen,' Misa.,
to be capitalized at $40,000.' The inten
sion is to manufacture men's half-hose
and ladles' and 1 misses' stockings.
Charles U. Welch, is said to be Inter
est'ed. - "1