Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, October 13, 1902, Image 1
Uflantix StfiWWl. VOL. V FEDERATION OF LABOR TO RAISE STRIKE FUND American Federation of Labor Sends Out Ap peal to Public Ask ing Funds. WASHINGTON. Oct. 11.—The executive Council of the American Federation of Labor late this afternoon issued an appeal to the public aoUciting funds on behalf of the striking miners of the anthracite ccal regions The appeal is as follows: To the Public and Organised Labor: ‘“The strike of the miners is now tn its 23d week. That the -strike has continued to this day is entirely due to the contempt which the presidents of the coal compa nies have for the people of our country and the untold sufferings which all may endure. ••No offer to settle a strike could be fair er than that made by the miners’ repre sentatives at the conference with Presi dent Roosevelt. The operators, haughty, arrogant, brutal dominating spirit, blas phemous assumption of divine wealth-pro prietorship. shocked the civilised world, and aroused the honest indignation of all lovers of justice and fair dealing. "What more could the miners do in their self-respect and not forfeit the favor of their fellow-men. than their willingness to submit all matters in dispute to a com mission appointed by President Roosevelt, and when that was refused, to leave the entire controversy to Mr. J.- P. Morgan, one of the moat largely interested with the operators. "There has never been a time, either before the strike or since its inauguration that the miners have not been entirely willing to have the questions Involved in the. miners’ claims investigated and ad justed by any disinterested person. Where Responsibility Belong*. "These circumstances, in connection with the strike are recounted, so that people of our country may place, where it properly belongs, the responsibility for all the suffering which the people may have to bear by reason of the impending coal famine. The cold blasts of winter confront us. the chattering teeth of young and Innocent children; the shivering of the week, poorly clad men and women; the stoppage of the wheels of industry and commerce; the health undermined and the thousands driven to untimely graves: the calamity threatening our entire social life and tranquility with all the dire consequences which may follow, are all upon the heads of the mine opera tors. "The principles, the cause for which J the miners are bearing the greatest sacri ; flees and burdens, are a* dear to the hearts of all as to the miners. "The miners must be maintained in ' their rightous and holy struggle. “The miners must at least have bread for themselves, their wives and their tit tles ones. In behalf of the miners, in ibehaL of the cause of freedom, for jus tice and right, the undersigned, repre . senUpx the or ffaaU«i wage earners o£. ’ America, appeal to all people to contri bute generously, promptly and to con tinue the same until the termination of ! this contest. And to that end it is sug gested that: Public Subscription* Asked. "First—ln each city and town, business, Iprofesisonal and public men form relief committees to solicit financial and other contributions. "Second—That hour between 10 and 11 o’clock of each Monday morning during the continuance of the strike be designat ed as ’misers' hour.’ and the wagee earn ed during that hour by the working peo ple of our country be contributed to the i strikers. "Third—Ministers of the gospel of all denominations make a special request to their respective congregations each Sab bath morning in behalf of the miners, their wives and children and that they constitute themselves into relief commit tees among their respective parishion ers "Fourth—The daily, weekly and labor press solicit contributions from their read ers. "Fifth—Entertainments be arranged and contributions from unions and other or ganised bodies be solicited. "Fellow citizens. fellow wage earners, come to the aid of the miner* tn their heroine contest, administer a well merit , ed rebuke to the mine operators in their | arrogant, oppressive and unjustifiable at . titude toward the miners—the operator* who would trample under foot and crush the hearts and spirit of the men whom they employ with equally callous indif ference and they outrage the dignity, the . manhood and the interests of every man, woman and child in our land. "Send all contribution* to W. B. Wil son, secretary I’-nited Mine Workers of America. Stevenson building. Indianap olis. Ind. "Respectively and fraternally, , (Signed.) "SAMUEL GOMPERS. President. "JAMES DUNCAN, Asst. Vice Prest. "JOHN MITCHELL. See. Vice Prest. "JAMES O’CONNEL. 3rd Vice Prest. "MAX MORRIS. 4th Vice Prest. "THOMAS I. KIDD. sth Vice Prest. T) A. HAYES. Sth Vice Prest "JOHN B. LENNAR. Treasurer. "FRANK MORRISON. Sec. Ex. Coun. "America! Federation of Labor." RELIEF FOR STRIKERS PLANNED BY COMMITTEE NEW YORK, Oct. 11.—The plans of the defense of the committee of the Central Federated union, for the relief of the striking miners, were made public today. The committee anticipated the raising of SM.fiN a week for this purpose. Their plan follows: L To appoint at once a committee to visit all the factories and there lay the matter before the working people; to go on pay days to these factories and to re ceive voluntary contributions. 3. To asses* each member of organised labor 5 per cent of his wages. 3. To appoint another committee which is to visit the various bureaus of the city administration and to collect funds from the public office holders. A To send committees to the small ad joining cities and towns where members of organized labor and others not affiliated with labor organisation* will be requested to help to contribute. ROOT IN WASHINGTON! DECLINES INTERVIEWERS WASHINGTON. Oct. 11—Secretary Root arrived here at 11:15 tonight from New York and went at once to his home. He refused to make any statement concern ing the conference with Mr. Morgan. There were no callers at the white house tonight and it was stated that no re port of any kind hau been received from i Secretary Root regarding the outcome of his talk with Mr. Morgan. Secretary Root will probably confer with the president tomorrow though it is sta ted by Secretary Cortelyou that no con ference of any kind has been arranged. MAYOR IN MASSACHUSETTS SUGGESTS USE OF HEMP LYNN. Mass., Oct. 11—At a mass meet ing here today, called for the purpose of aiding the striking coal miners. Mayor John F. Hurley, of Salem, created a sen sation when he said that if he had his way he would hang President Barr and the other operators on the nearest tree. He said he did not mean to kill them, but he would use them as he would use a dog by putting a collar around their necks and raising them on a limb of a tree two or three times or until they would be willing to arbitrate. Mayor Hurley said he be lieved in extreme measures and that they should be used now. STONE WILL NOT CALL AN EXTRA LEGISLATURE PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 11.—Senators Quay and Penrose were reticent today concerning their efforts to settle the an lhacite-miners' strike. When shown the statement of Chairman Thomas, of the Erie railroad that there would be no fur ther conference between the operators and Senators Platt. Quay and Penrose, next Tuesday, Mr. Quay said: “There never was any Intention of hold ing such a conference." When pressed for a statement Senator Quay sato: "I am anxious to see the strike settled. The situation is not one which will be settled by talking.” It was stated on excellent authority that Governor Stone will not call an extra session o. the legislature. PRESENCE OF SOLDIERS HAS HAD GOOD EFFECT WILKESBARRE. Pa.. Oct. 11.—Another week of the mine workers’ strike closes today without any incident worthy of note. It was extremely quiet throughout this valley and the troop* had little work to do. Some of the coal companies' su perintendent* assert they have made a slight gain in the number of men em ployed since last week, but also admit there have been a few desertion*. The shipment of coal is still going on in a small way. How much cannot «.e learn ed, as the company officials keep this a secret. The small stockade built on the camp grounds of the Ninth regiment was com pleted today. It Is the purpose of the military officer* to hold without ball all persen* who are arrested by the soldiers until such time as the authorities feel justified in releasing them providing they have committed no serious crime. The decision of the military officers not to turn prisoners over to the civil authorities ha* stirred up a hornet's nest among the striker*. It is claimed by their attor neys that to arrest a man and hold him without bail and not permit him to insti tute habeas corpus proceedings is illegal. It is the intention of tne miners' local un ions to test the matter in the courts. There is a considerable amount of gos sip heard through the region that the coal companies will not attempt a gen eral resumption of mining until they have made an effort to have federal troops brought into the anthracite territory. It is reported they will make a request to the national government on the ground that there are enough stats militiamen to properly patrol the coal fields. Na “tlonal guard officers say the state troops are able to cope with any situation that may arise. President Mitehell arrived from New York early in the day and had nothing to say regarding his trip. Interest in the New York conferences continues to be lively and the strikers and citizens gen erally expect some settlement in a short time. THEY BEG STRIKERS TO SAVE REPUBLICAN PARTY NEW YORK. Oct. 10.—Another effort to bring about a settlement of the' anthra cite coal strike has proven futile, accord ing to the statements of those who par ticipated in a. conference held in Sena tor Platt’s office here today between Senators Quay and Penrose, of Pennsyl vania, and Platt and Governor Odell, of New York, on the one hand, and President Baer, of the Reading Railroad company, and Chairman Thomas, of the Erie road, on the other. The conference came to an end just after 1 o’clock. Governor Odell was the first to come out, and in reply to questions said: ••There is not a word to be said." Senator Platt said, later: "Everything has been put over until Tuesday.” Senators Quay and Penrose left the building carrying a hand bag and only said they were going to Philadelphia. It is the understanding that the conference was unproductive of any definite results. Chairman Thomas, of the Erie road board, when seen after the meeting, hand ed to the Associated Press the following statement: "It was impracticable to reach any con clusion of the strike situation on the basis suggested this morning." President Baer, of the Reading Rail road company, came over froip Philadel phia during the forenoon and shortly af ter his arrival here went to J. P. Mor gan's office. Later Chairman Thomas, of the Erie railroad, also called and the three remained in close consultation for some time. At 12:30 Mr. Baer and Mr. Thoma* left the Morgan office and went around to Senator Platt’s office, where Senator Platt and his conferees were in session. They were ushered quickly into the room where they remained in confer ence with the senator* and Governor Odell until 1 o’clock, when the meeting adjourned. Labor Shunned Conference. The absence of any representative of any operators' side of the dispute at the beginning of today's conference was re garded at first as indicative that this morning's meeting between the politicians would be devoted to an effort to discover some means of forcing the strike to an end. As was pointed out tn the Asso ciated Press account* of last even ing’s joint session, it broke up in a deadlock, with considerable display of feeling on both sides. It is known that during two long conferences held yester day, which were participated in by Messrs. Platt. Quay, Penrose and Odell on one side, and a number of leading coat , road presidents on the other, that the < last named party firmly declined to recog i nlze the assertion that politics could tn I any way enter a possible strike settle ment. Republican* In Peril. The operators assured the political rep resentatives that they regarded the dis pute as embodying questions solely and entirely between themselves and their employes and in the business manage ment of their properties. These statements were elicited by the assertion from the other side that a con tinuance of the strike for two weeks would imperil the success of the Republi can party in the two great states of Pennsylvania and New York. The operators, however, were not moved by this presentation and reiterated that politics could not enter into their busi ness. Their reply was'a re-statement of their unalterable determination to stand their ground as at first outlined to the confer ence, trusting to the integrity of the ju dicial system to protect from adverse leg islation. ATLANTA, GEORGIA; MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1902. RECOGNITION DEMANDED ODELL NEW YORK GOVERNOR GROWS WHITE WITH ANGER AT THE INJUSTICE OF THE COAL OP ERATORS. NEW YORK, Oct. 11.—" What do you mean by politicians? I want you and all the other operators to understand that I am the governor of New York, the chosen representative of seven mil lion people, and that I am here in this matter solely in that capacity and to relieve if possible an intolerable situa tion. And what is more, I intend to use every power at my command to do it.” Governor Odell made this statement to President Baer, of the Reading road, in the presence of United States Senators Platt, of New York, and Quay and Penrose, of Pennsylvania. It was the culmination of a rather heated in terview in the office of Senator Platt and the result of the meeting between Governor Odell and President Baer. Good Humor Absent. Mr. Baer was not in the best of humor, when accompanied by E. B. Thomas, chairman of the board of directors of the Erie railroad, he entered Senator Platt’s office. The conference was begun by a statement made by Senator Penrose that the situation was becoming so serious that some solution must be found at once. He suggested that the operators should Incline to some concessions to ward a settlement. "If you mean by that," said President Baer, "that we are to recognise the ex istence of a labor union, I tell you right now that the operators will consider no such proposition.” Odell Was Furious. Governor Odell was on his feet In an instant. Holding a half burnt cigar in his hand and white with excitement, he said: "Are we to understand that no kind of conciliatory proposition will receive con sideration at the hands of the opera tors?” "I did not say that,” answered Mr. Baer, “but I do say, and I reiterate, that we will not accept political advice or al low the Interference of politicians in this, our affair.” Then it was that Governor Odell made the statement attributed to him at the beginning of this article. President Baer, evidently appreciating that he had gone too far, bowed to Gov ernor ouell and said: Baer Begs Pardon. "Governor, I beg your pardon. No personal affront was Intended, and we will listen to any suggestions you saav have to make; but again I repeat that I must refuse to recognize the union as rep resented by Mr. Mitchell.” “I believe,” said the governor, "that your position, from a public view, is ab solutely untenable. If coal operators, railroad men and other business men can combine for mutual profit and protection, there Is no reason why laboring men should not.” Odell's Proposition. "What is the proposition?” said Mr. Baer, coldly. •'Just this,” said Governor Odell. “I am sure that tfee labor organization of wnich Mr. Mitchell Is head desires him to be fair with the general public. If the operators will consent to give the men 5 cents a ton increase I will per sonally presen. it to the miners, and 1 believe they will accept it. It is a fair proposition.” "Does this mean. Governor Odell, that we arc to recognize the miners' union?" A* -. Baer asked. Governor Uses Lash. "It certainly does,” answered Governor Odell quickly, “and there is no reason way you should not.” Mr. Baer and Mr. Thomas rose to go. Mr. Thomas remarking that the matter would be presented to the other opera tors and that an early answer would be forthcoming. Mr. Baer said: "We are to meet a committee of the manufacturers’ association on Tuesday and we will have an answer then." The conference broke up. Mr. Baer and Mr. Thomas withdrawing. Senators Platt, Penrose and Quay talked over the matter for a snort time and then they, too, separated, the two Pennsyl vania renators announcing that they would go back to Harrisburg and dis cuss tne Situation with Governor Stone. LOBDWEfWIIIS THE IRISH . HEftRJ THOUGH RECEPTION AT FIRST WAS NONE TOO CORDIAL, HE HAS WARNED IRELAND BY HIS CONDUCT. LONDON, Oct. 11.—Though the recep tion of Lord Lieutenant and Lady Dudley when they first entered Dublin was not too cordial for reasons before mentioned, one of these being their inability to put in an appearance during the great society week or the horse show and races, they are now, I hear, winning all hearts by their kindness and interest in things Irish, while their lavish hospitality since taking up their residence in the capital of Ire land is gaining them great popularity. Their dinners have been quite gorgeous affairs, made more magnificent by the beautiful family plate which Lord Dud ley took over from his English home. This, when spread out among the glass and flowers, makes a brilliant show. Several Americans have been among their guests, among them being Lady Barrymore, with Lord Barrymore, Mrs. Yznaga and Consuelo, Duchess of Man chester. Lord Dudley is nothing if not a sports man, devoted to all outdoor pursuits. He goes out regularly playing golf. Mr*. William Garrard Dead. SAVANNAH, Ga„ Oct. 11.—Mrs. William Garrard, wife of Colonel Garrard, the city attorney, died this morning at the Sa vannah hospital She was the sister of Colonel A. R. Lawton, of Savannah. JOBBERS GET HO.OOO IN CISH EFFORT TO HAfE SHIP SUB SIDY BILL ENDORSED IS DE FEATED.- MACON THANKED, AND CONGRESS ADJOURNS. LINCOLN, N*b., 0 t. U.—The Pacific coast express on the 1 blcago, Burlington and Quincy road, wa held up by thrw masked men early to< ly four miles west of Lincoln. The robbers used ei doslves on the ex press car, shattering t badly, and after wrecking the safe, rifi 1 it of its contents. The lo** in the rol >ery given out by official* of Burlington I* placed at $50,000. They have offered a reward of SI,OOO for the captift-e of the gang. The train, which wai a few minutes late this morning, had reached the crest of a hill midway between tie city and the town of Woodlawn, when fre engineer saw a red light waved across the track and brought the train to al standstill. Two men sprang qiflckly into the cab, covering Engineer Clajrbume and his fire men with revolvers. Tgie express car was cut from the balance of the train and ran ahead a short distance. The men found the door locked and after commanding Messenger William Lupton to open it and getting no response, fired two or three shots into the car. The door was then opened. Dynamite Wa* Used. A heavy charge of dynamite on the safe literally tore it to pieces. Fourteen pack ages. said to contain a hundred dollars each, were taken, together with other val uables. The two men who were in the car polite ly bade the trainmen good morning. Jump ed from the car and disappeared in the darkness. The passengers were not mo lested. nor were the trainmen asked for their belongings. While the robbery In the express car was going on, a third robber walked alongside the track by the nassenger coaches, firing his revolver occasionally to keep inquisitive passengers quiet. Brakeman Moore, who alighted from the rear coach to go ahead, found a revolver pushed In his face with a warning to go back where he belonged. He ran the four miles to the Lincoln yards and was the first to give the alarm. Posse on the Trail. A posse composed of Chief of Police Hoagland. Detective Malone and his two bloodhounds and three police officers im mediately set out in pursutt. At the scene of the hffid W the took the scent and the trail of the robbers was actively begun. , Every town and village marshal and ev ery county sheriff In southeastern Nebras ka has been notified of the robbery and told to be on the watch. The Adams Express company says its loss is not large. The booty of the robbers consisted prin cipally of gold coin. This made the bur den of the robbers exceedingly heavy and accounts for the broad trail discovered by Chief Hoagland. The robbery was origi nally planned to take place at St. Joseph, and the railroad men were on the look out. One of the men in the plot "tipped” the deal off to the company, and this prob ably accounts for the shifting of the hold up to Lincoln. TEN MILLION COMMISSION WAS PAID TO MORGAN TRENTON, N. J., Oct. 11.—Justice Van Sickle this afternoon filed tn the court of errors his written opinion in the case of Myriam Berger against the United States Steel corporation that was decided a short time ago in favor of the corporation. The opinion is an elaborate one. covering thirty-six pages and gives exhaustively the court reasons for its decision. Justice Van Sickles says the general act concerning corloratlons authorizes corpo rations to retire shares of preferred stock purchased with the bonds or the proceeds of bonds; that the directors may declare how many shares are to be retired, and that the failure to retire that number will not defeat the plan. Tfte company, he says, has power to sell books on the mar ket or to sell them to stock holder* at the same value. Talking on the point raised by Mrs. Ber ger that J. P. Morgan & company, who received 310,000,000 commission, were being over paid, the opinion says: "Individual stockholders cannot question in judicial proceedings corporate acts of directors if the same are within the power of the corporation and not unlawful or against good morals and are done in good faith in the exercise of an honest judg ment. "The court cannot substitute its judg ment for that of the director and a major ity of the stockholders and say that a less expensive plan could have been success fully adopted." PLAN FAILS TO MERGE SOUTHERN COTTON MILLS NEW YORK, Oct. 11.—After repeated at tempts to form a $60,000,000 combination of southern cotton mills, by promoters of this city, letters have been sent out announc ing the abandonment of the scheme. It was stated that less than 25 per cent of the mill owners expressed a desire to en ter the combine. FRIES SCHEME SEEMS TO BE A FAIRULE, TOO CHARLOTTE, N. C., Oct. 11.—An Ob server special from Greensboro, N. C., says: The committee of cotton mill men charg ed with the duty of selecting the mills to be controlled by the southern textile com pany under the Fries merger adjourned tonight after a two days’ session without having finished their work. Some of the members of the committee had business engagements for Monday that they were obliged to fill and for that reason could not continue their work here at this time. They will meet again at a time and place to be selected later and complete the list of mills. JEWELRY WORTH FORTUNE IS TAKEN BY THIEVES SHORT HILLS, N. J., Oct. 11.—Fifteen thousand dollars worth of jewelry and S7OO in money were stolen last night from the country residence of Arthur Coppell, a banker of New York. The thieves con ducted their operations so quietly that none of the household wa* awakened. HJNNA IS ILL (ILLS OFF GANIPAISN OHIO SENATOR RETURNS HOME AFTER CANCELLING ALL HIS DATES FOR SPEECHES IN HIS STATE. COLUMBUS, O„ Oct. 11.—Owing to Ill ness, Senator M. A. Hanna was compell ed tonight to abandon his speaking trip and return to his home in Cleveland. Senator Hanna was taken ill- last night at Ironton and was in the care of a phy sician all day. He has considerable fever, occasional chill* and his stomach Is un able to retain a particle of food. The senator spoke here tonight In vio lation of positive orders of his physicians. He had to be assisted to the platform. KENTUCKY BURGLARS SHOOT DOWN TWO MEN LEXINGTON. Ky., Oct. 11.—A. B. Chinn, of the firm of Chinn & Todd, dry goods merchants in this city, one of the moat prominent business men and ex-Confede rate soldiers in Kentucky, was shot to death by two masked burglars at 3:30 o’clock this morning In his bedroom at his home at the south end of the city. His son, Asa, who heard the noise, rush ed to his father's rescue and opened fire on the burglars through a closed door with a rifle. The burglars returned the fire, and Asa was perhaps mortally wounded. Citi zens and police are searching for the mur derers, but no clew is yet found. The battle In the hall was a teriffic one. So elose were the burglars to Asa Chinn, that there were powder burns on his face, and he is lucky to have escaped with his life. His room is directly in front of that of his parents and he had scarcely gone to sleep when his mother’s screams aroused him. The two burglars stood at the bed side of Mr. and Mrs. Chinn and, striking a match, covered them with their revolvers, demanding money. It was by the light of this match that Mrs. Chinn saw their green masks. Her impressions of the personal appearance of the men is very hazy. When young Chinn heard his mother’s screams ajid the voices of the burglars, he jumped from his bed and grasped a pistol and an old rifle and went through the hall to the door of his parents’ room The door was partially open, but not so that he could alm at the burglars, whose voices indicated that they were directly behind the panel. Chinn attempted to fire through the panel, but his bullet was deflected. This caused one of the men who had his re volver pressed against the elder Chtnn's breast to discharge it through his heart The two then made a break to escape, but encountered young Chinn in the hall, where he attempted to fight them in the dark. The elder Chinn, in the meantime, al though fatally wounded, made his way tp the hall, thinking to aid his son, but staggered and fell dead. Young Chinn received three wounds One bullet grazed the tip of his nose and ploughed through the cheek. Another inflicted a wound in the neck and shattered the left jaw, while a third struck him In the left arm, causing him to drop the rifle, which he had in that hand. ( A. B. Chinn, the murdered man, was a deacon tn the Central Christian church. He was sixty-eight years old. miIWOM . ROOSEVELT’S IB ' POWER BEHIND THE THRONE IN THE GREAT COAL STRIKE HAS LONG CONFERENCE WITH ROOT. NEW YORK, Oct. 11.—Although It was given out by the commercial operators yesterday that no more conferences would be held toward a settlement of the coal strike. It was evident today that meet ings were held which may pave the way for an early resumption of the work by the miners in the anthracite regions of Pennsylvania. Secretary of War Boot and J. P. Morgan had a five hour con ference today on board the financier's yacht, the Corsair, anchored in North river, off West Thirty-fifth street. It is believed that Secretary Root gave Mr. Morgan a message from President Roose velt which was In effect that the presi dent was extremely anxious that the coal strike be ended at once and that he look ed to Mr. Morgan to end It. At the end of the conference, Mr. Morgan and Sec retary Root were taken in a launch from the Corsair and landed at the Forty second street pier. Both gentlemen were then driven to the Union club. Chairman Thomas, of the Erie railroad; J. Markle, the largest Independent coal operator, and D. H. Bacon, of the Ten nessee Cqal and Iron company, where 3,000 men struck recently because the company refused to allow an assess ment for the strike, were at the Union club and a conference was begun imme diately upon the arrival of Secretary Root and. Mr. Morgan. Nothing can be learned as to the exact nature of the conference. Secretary Root did not remain long at the club. When he came out he was driven to the Twenty-third street ferry, where he sent three telegrams, one of them it is be lieved, to the president, putting him in possession of the result of the confer ence with Mr. Morgan. Secretary Root tnen took a ferry boat for Jersey City, where he boarded the Southern limited for Washington. All parties refused to dis cuss what had taken place at the confer ence and no one save the president and the operators know what occurred at the meeting. TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE WITNESS EXECUTION MACON, Mississippi. Oct. 10.—Gus Bush, colored, was hanged here today for the murder of Ernest Dismuth, white. Two thousand persons witnessed the execu tion. NEW ORLEANS STRIKE SETTLED YESTERDAY COIL PUNK URGED BY HILL IN spm LET THE GOVERNMENT OPERATE THE COAL MINES IN THE IN TEREST OF ALL THE PEOPLE. NEW YORK, Oct. 11.—Hon. D. B. Hill opened the state Democratic campaign this evening at the Academy of Music. The weather was inclement but despite this the auditorium was filled. Senator Hill spoke on the Issues of the campaign and defended the coal plank in the plat form as follows: "The Democrats of New York tn con vention assembled, have ventured to sug gest a solution which is contained in its proposition for the requirement by the general government through the right of eminent domain, after just compensation secured to private owners of the owner ship and operation of the anthracite coal mines in the Interest of the whole people. "The proposition is neither startling, revolutionary, socialistic nor paternal, but is constitutional, necessary. expedient and above all It is right. It is simply a reasonable and necessary extension of the general policy of public ownership al ready largely prevailing in the municipal ities of the country. This proposition dees not commit the party to any other projects of public ownership, whatever their means, if any, may be. There is nothing peculiar or unusual about gov ernmental ownership of valuable mines; on the contrary it is in accordance with the traditional policy of the government. "The revised statutes of the United States regulating the sale of public lands expressly provides as follows: " ‘Section 2318. In all cases lands val uable for minerals shall be reserved from sale except as otherwise expressly di rected by law. "Section 2346 says: ‘No act passed at the first session of the thirty-eighth con gress. granting lands to states or cor porations to aid in the construction of roads or for other purposes, or to extend the time of grants made prior to the 30th day of January, 18®, shall be construed as to embrace mineral lands, which in all cases are reserved exclusively to the United States unless otherwise specially provided In the act or acts making the grant.’ ” Continuing the speaker said: “The Democratic party is opposed to the policy of creating fortunes for. a few relying upon their generosity to return them to the people In the shape of munificent pri vate benefactions." Mr. Hill spoke on the subject of the trusts and said: “The Democratic party wages no war upon capital. Neither is it inimical to corporations lawfully engaged In legiti mate enterprises. It respects vested rights and does not regard the possession of wealth, honestly acquired, as a crime, nor does It consider poverty as a virtue nor as a disgrace. Under Republican leg islation, both state and national, they are practically unrestricted and uncontrolled.” PRESIDENT JOHN MITCHELL DENIES UNION IS ILLEGAL WILKESBARRE, Pa., Oct. 11.—Presi dent Mitchell arrived at strike headquar ters from New York, shortly before 10 o'clock this morning. He was immedi ately taken in hand by interviewers, but he steadfastly declined to talk of his New York trip for publication. In answer to a question why he should maintain such extreme reticence regarding his visit he said: "I think the best Interests of the oper ators, the miners and the public will be subserved by my remaining silent.” Mr. Mitchell's attention was called to the letter of Vice President Wilcox, of the Delaware and Hudson company, to President Roosevelt, In which he main tains that the miners’ union is an illegal organization. The strike leader hesita ted to say anything for a moment, and then replied: . "The miners’ union Is organized along the same line* as all the labor unions in the country. If the miners’ organization is illegal, so are all the others, and I say our union is not Illegal.” This is the extent of Mr. Mitchell’s talk to the press representstives this morn ing. All efforts to draw him out on any other question was a failure. Mr. Mitchell had an engagement In Boston tomorrow, but he was compelled today to cancel it, owing to a pressure of business here. There was a rumor that President Mitchell would go to Washing ton, but he denied It. The leaders of the strikers are now looking to ths American Federation of Labor to help them In their fight. The federation has a membership of nearly 2,000,000 and Its purpose Is to assist organ ized labor generally. The miners’ union is the strongest trade union in that or ganization and they now feel that the federation should 'come out and take an open active interest In the struggle. There Is a report here that this will be done In the form of an appeal for assistance to all the labor organizations in the coun try. . strikeThas tied up MAILS IN ST. LOUIS ST. LOUIS, Oct. 11. —The postoffice de partment of the United States government was compelled to send a force of expert mail handlers to union station today in order to get the mails out on time. The walk out of the mail handlers and bag gagemen has placed the St. Louis post office in a bad plight and very few of the mails are being received or sent out on schedule time. Last night few of the trains were able to leave union station os scheduled, for they weer destined to await the arrival of the mall cars haring the outgoing mails. A worse condition of affairs prerailed today when the city division of the postoTfice has received the consignment from only two important trains, whereas the mails from about sixteen should have been already distributed. Another Election Ordered in Decatur. Governor Candler has ordered another election to be held in Decatur county to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative Ben Nussbaum, who died suddenly in Bainbridge Friday, Mr. Nussbaum had Just teen elected one of the representatives in the legislature from Decatur county, and his death will cause a vacancyin the house. I ■ Ultimatum Submitted By Governor Accepted By Union and Car Company. NEW PRLEANS, Oct. 12. 12.—The street | car strike was settled tonight at* 6 o’clock the union almost unamimously accepting the governor’s ultimatum on a secret bal lot. Negotiations went on until 7 o’clock this morning, when the executive board finally decided to submit the matter to a general meeting of the union, which be gan at 4 o’clock and ended at 6 o'clock. The basis of settlement is that the men • will go back to work in the morning at 20 cents and ten hours, with a minimum of seven and one-half hours a day, no dis crimination to be made against any of the men under charges, and so many to be taken back as are needed for the opera tion of the company's lines. The hitch this morning was on the taking back of the men under charges, but the railways company finally conceded this, allowing the courts to decide the guilt of the men. NEW ORLEANS, La., Oct. 11.—While martial law has not been declared and will not be until conditions demand such ex treme measures, the city is to all intents and purposes under military rule and it ■ has had a wholesome effect. The ex pression of firmness and determination in the governor’s proclamation has re stored a feeling of confidence In the au thorities and made the strikers more sul len than ever. Under order* Issued just after mid night, two country companies of militia arrived here tonight, one fronf St. Fran-. clsrille, forty-eight strong, and another from Apelousas, sixty-three strong. As they marched through the streets en route to their armories, they were cheered by many people and given rous ing greetings by the commands whose ar mories were on the line of march. Each company was met at the depot <by a de tachment from the First troop of cavalry. The Ouachita Guards from Monroe, GO strong, and the Mansfield Guards, from the northwestern part of the state, 50 strong, will arrive in the morning. The Jefferson Guards are under, arms in Gretna, across the river from this city. Fourteen Hundred Strong. With all the local commands under arms concentrates here the entire military force of the state. Counting only the men who have reported for duty, it makes a total of about 1,400 men. All are well armed anu under splendid discipline. At 3 o’clock this morning a report reached Adjutant General Jumel that an ■ attempt would be made to rush the ar mory of the First Regiment on Girod street, because of the supposed sympathy of many members o. . tat command with the strikers and take possession of the arms and ammunition. Picket lines were thrown out on St. Charles and Carendolet I streets by the First regiment, the Wash ington ArtHTery and the naval bsfttahon, whose armories are tn the immediate vi cinity, and no one was allowed to pass unless he could give a good account of himself. Every wagon passing was searched. These picket lines were re sumed tonight. There has been less jeering at the mili tary squads as they went about the streets. A member of a squad of-three taught a crowd of strike sympathizers a lesson this afternoon. They jeered them and said they could not fight. One of the soldier* stepped back and knocked the leader of the crowd down with his fist, then went on about his business, cheered by a few people who saw the Incident. This afternoon at 4 o’clock a sub-com mittee of eleven of the car men’s execu tive committee called on Governor Heard at the St. Charles Hotel and remained cuss the situation In detail, claiming that the governor’s peremptory manner with them yesterday, when he presented his ultimatum, bad precluded going into de tails. The main difference at present seems to have been the absence in the ultimatum of provision for the pitmen,. dopers and others who are in the union. The governor told them that that was something they could arrange with ths company afterwards. Foster Take* a Hand. United States Senator Murphy Foster, who settled the general strike In 1892 in' three days, when he was governor, ar rived here this morning, and w£h W. 8. Parkerson, who gained national promi nence in 1891 when he led the crowd which lynched eleven Italians in the parish pris-, on, has been endeavoring to bring about an amicable understanding. They have made but little progress so far. In the meantime plans are being laid to start the cars on Monday and the gov ernor says when they are started they will continue to run. centubyMThibo WAS LIFE'S SPAN OF J MIN DEATH IS REPORTED OF WOMAS WHO WAS 132 YEARS OLD AND ATTENDED BOSTON TEA PARTY. CHICAGO, Oct. 11.—A woman who, ac cording to her own report, was living at the time of the Bogton tea party and the meeting of the first continental congress, is aead at the home for aged and infirm, colored people. If the reports of her age should be correct, she was the oldest person In Illinois, and possibly in the United States. The woman was Ei.en Stewart, a slave before the civil war, three times married, and mother of four children, the last ot whom died several years ago of old age. According to her story, she was born in 1770. and consequently was 132 years old. The officials of the institution. In which sb' died, after an investigation as thor ough as could be made, credited her state ment. Until within a few months of her death the woman was in complete control of her senses and told many stories of men and women distinguished in the earlier days of Virginia and Kentucky, tone was born in Virginia. GOVERNOR GENERAL NORD, DEFEATED, MAKES RETREAT CAPE HAYTIEN, Hayti, Oct. 11.—Gov ernor General Nord, war minister of the provisional government, has been defeat ed and Is in retreat. NO. 9.