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The Jones County News.
M. 0. GREENE, PUBLISHER.
CONFERENCE FLAT FAILURE!
Coal Mine Owners Refuse to Accept
Mediation of the President.
MINERS’ UNION OBSTACLE
Barons Emphatic in Their Contention
that Miners Must Return to WorK
Without Concessions—Sit¬
uation is Left Un¬
changed.
A Washington special says: The
great coal conference between the
president and representatives of the
operators and miners came to an end
at the temporary white house facing
Dafayctte square at A .55 o’clock Fri¬
day afternoon, with a failure to reach
an agreement. the
Apparently the rock upon which
conference split was recognition of
the miners’ union. The president had
urged the contending parties to cease
strife in the interest of the public
welfare; the miners, through the pres¬
ident of their union, had expressed a
willingness to submit differences to
arbitration of a tribunal to be named
by the president and to enter into an
agreement to abide by terms fixed bv
the arbitration for a period of from
one to five years, and the employers.
through the presidents of the railroad
and coal companies and leading inde
pendent mine operators had squarely
refused arbitration, had denounced the
miners’ labor organization as a law¬
less and anarchistic body with which
they could and would have no deal¬
ings, had demanded federal troops to
insure complete protection to workers
and their families in the mining Te
gion and court proceedings againsi
miners’ union and had offered, if the
men returned to work, to submit griev¬
ances at individual collieries to the de¬
cision of the judges of the court of
common pleas for the district of Penn¬
sylvania in which the colliery was lo¬
cated. There the matter closed.
Remarkable Chapter Written.
It was a remarkable chapter in the
economic history of the country that
was written during the day. For the
first time the president of the republic
had intervened directly between the
great forces of capital and labor in an
effort to avert what he himself re¬
garded as a great national calamity.
The result was to bring the principals
in the great controversy face to face
with the whole country, eagerly intent
upon and watchful of their doings.
Technically the issues beetween the
two great forces stand as they did
before the president summoned the
representatives of the contending
forces to the national capital, and
forgetting bis own acute suffering, be¬
sought them for love of the great
counary wherein they dwelt and out of
pity for the countless throng of suffer-
ing poor, to adjust their differences
and work together in peace for the
commonwealth. What, if anything,
will result from the conference is for
the indefinite future.
The views of the contenders in the
great industrial struggle were so ex¬
treme and wide apart that there was
no middle ground possible, and so the
conference came to an end without
any agreement for its continuation,
The conference had lasted six hours,
including a recess of three hours be-
tween the morning and afternoon ses-
sions, taken to enable the miners and
operators to prepare written responses
to the president’s appeal.
The immediate : arties to the strike
say they will continue as heretofore,
What course the administration will
take next no one is prepared to say.
One of the operators, ns he left the
white house, with closely set jaw, was
asked regarding this, and replied:
"If any one knows what the presi-
dent will do next, that is more than I
know.”
Fourteen Men Present.
Fourteen men, including the presi-
dent, were in th e second story front
room at the temporary white house
LAUGHTER TURNS TO GLOOM.
Collapse of Circus Seats Injures Two
Hundred People.
At Maryville, Mo., 1,500 people were
thrown several feet to the ground by
the collapse of the seats in a tent
where a show was in progress. Two
hundred were injured, some seriously,
J. C. Donnelly, ex-maqor of Mary-
ville, was badly Injured. Miss Rose
Montgomery received injuries in the
back which will probably prove fatal.
The collapse occurred while the peo¬
ple were roaring at the jokes of the
clowns.
BAY STATE REPUBLICANS.
Name Ticket With John L. Bates at
Its Head.
Massachusetts republicans, at their
state convention in Boston Friday,
named the following ticket:
Governor—John L Bates, Boston.
Lieutenant Governor—General Cur¬
tis Guild, Jr.
Secretary of State—William Olin.
Treasurer— Edward S. Bradford.
Attorney General—Herbert Parker.
during the momentous conference.
President Mitchell and three of his
district leaders represented the min¬
ers, and five railroad men and one in¬
dependent mine operator the employ¬
ers. With the president were Attor-
ney General Knox, Commissioner of
Labor Wright and Secretary Cortel-
you. All the cabinet save the attor-
ney general kept aloof during the con¬
ference, but between the two meet¬
ings and afterwards several of the
president's advisers called upon him
to talk over the situation, What took
place at. the meeting is set out in am¬
ple statements made by each side and
given out to the press by themselves
and also officially at the white house.
During the conference the president
listened to both sides with the great¬
est eagerness. Immediately after Its
adjournment hls physlcans, Surgeon
General Rixey and Dr. Lung, insisted
on making an examination of his
wound and redressing it. Apparently
no ill-effects had resulted from the
excitement of the day, and after a
later call at 8 o’clock Dr. Lung an¬
nounced that the president’s condition
was satisfactory.
President Roosevelt’s Plea.
At the opening of the conference,
President Roosevelt made the follow-
ing statement:
"I wish to call your attention to the
fact that there are three parties af¬
fected by the situation in the anthra¬
cite trade—the operators, the miners
and the general public. I speak for
neither the operators nor the miners,
but for the general public. The ques
tions at issue which led to the situa¬
tion affect immediately the parties
concerned, the operators and the min¬
ers; but the situation itself vitally af¬
fects the public.
"As long as there seemed to be a
reasonable hope that these matters
could be adjusted between the ilartics
it did not seem proper to mo to inter
vene in any way. I disclaim any right
or duty to intervene in this way upon
legal grounds or upon any official re¬
lation that I bear to the situation; )«it
the urgency and the terrible nature of
the catastrophe impending over a
large portion of our people in the
shape of a winter fuel famine im^el
me, after much anxious thought, to
believe that my duty requires me to
use whatever influence I personally
can bring to an end a situation which
has become literally intolerable.
“I wish to emphasize the character
of the situation and to say that its
gravity is such that I am oonstr.-Jned
urgently to insist that each one of you
realize the heavy burden of responsi¬
bility upon him. We arc upon the
threshold of winter, with an aliroady
existing coal famine, the future ter-
rots of which we can hardly yet an
predate. The evil possibilities are sc
far-reaching, so appalling, that it
se ems to me that you are not only
justified in sinking, but required to
sink, for the time being, any tenacity
as to your respective claims in the
ma t ter a t issue between you.
“In my judgment, the situs .tion im-
peratively requires that y»m meet.
upon tho common plane of. the nc-ees
cities of the public. Witt ail the ear-
nestness there is in me. I ask that
there be an Immediately resumption
0 f operations in the coal niines in
some such way as will, without a day’s
unnecessary delay, meet the crying
needs of the people,
"I do not invite a discussion of your
respective claims and position-;. I ap-
peal to your patriotism, to the right
spirit that sinks persona! considera-
tions and makes individual sacrifices
for the general good.”
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Train Plunges Into Washout,
The Southern Pacific through Caii-
fornia passenger train due in San An¬
tonio, Teaas, Friday morning .plunged
into a waohout near Harwood at 5 a.
m. The engine, mail car, baggage
car and two passenger coaches were
turned over, but no one was injured.
FATAL ELEVATR ACCIDENT.
Cable Breaks Causing Death of Two
Occupants and Injury of Others.
In an elevator accident at the shoe
factory of A. E. Little & Co., at Lynn,
Mass., Friday two persons were killed
and eleven others mor or less serious-
ly injured. A cable parted and not
only did the car, which contained thir-
teen persons, fall four storiks, but a
600-pound weight descended with great
f orce on the top of it, breaking
through and crushing two of the oc-
cupante.
COUNTERACT TOBACCO TRUST.
Independent Cigar Manufacturers Ef¬
fect an Organization.
To prevent the alleged tobacco
trust from monopelizing the raw mate¬
rial, the independent cigar manufac¬
turers of the country have organized
a $3,000,000 stock company to fight the
combination. The new concern is be¬
ing underwritten by the Union Trust
Company of Chicago.
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GRAY. JONES CO.. GA.. THURSPA Y. OCTOBER 9, 1902
SIATEMENT OF OPERMDRS.
President Baer Voices the Unanimous
Sentiment of Coat Baron* at
Washington Conference
The statement by George F. Baer,
president of the Reading railway,
made at the conference held in W asli-
ington, was in part as follows:
"To the President of the United
States: We understand your anxiety
ns forcibly expressed in the statement
you read to us this morning to bring
about an immediate resumption of
operations In the coal mines in some
such way as will, without a day’s un-
necessary “dclay, meet tho crying
needs of the people.
"You distinctly say that you ‘do not
invite a discussion of your respective
claims and positions.’ But we aisume
a statement of what is going on in the
coal regions will not bo irrelevant. We
represent the owners of coal mines in
Pennsylvania. There are from fifteen
to twenty thousand men at work, min¬
ing and preparing coal. They are
abused, assaulted, injured and mal¬
treated by the United Mine Workers.
They can work only under the protec¬
tion of armed guards. Thousands of
other workmen are deterred from
working by the intimidation, violence
and crimes inaugurated by the United
Mine Workers, over whom John Mitch¬
ell, whom you invited to meet you,
is chief.
Roign of Lawlessness.
“I need not picture the daily
crimes committed by the members of
this organization. The ‘domestic tran¬
quility’ which every constitution de¬
clares is the chief object of govern¬
ment does not exist in the coal re¬
gions. There is a terrible reign of
lawlessness and crime there. Every
effort is made to prevent the mining
of coal, and when mined Mitchell’s
men dynamite bridges and tracks, mob
trainmen and by all major violence
try to prevent its shipment to relieve
the public.
“The constitution of Pennsylvania
guarantees protection to life and prop¬
erty. In express terms it declares the
right of acquiring, possessing and de¬
fending property ‘to be inalienable.’
“When riot and anarcry too great
to be appeased by the civil power oc¬
cur, the governor of Pennsylvania is
bound to call out the state troops to
suppress it. He must fearlessly use
the whole power of the state to pro¬
tect life and property, and to estab
lish peace-—not an armed truce, but
the peace of the law, which protects
every man at work, anti going to and
from work. He has sent troops to the
coal regions. Gradually the power of
the law is asserting itself. Unless en¬
couraged by false hopes, order will
soon be restored, and then we can
mine coal to meet the public wants.
“The duty of the hour is not (o
waste time negotiating with the fo
menters of this anarchy and insolent
defiance of law, but to do as was done
in the war of the rebellion—restore
the majesty of law, the only guardian
of a free people, and to re-establish or¬
der and peace at any cost.
Government a Failure.
“The government is a contemptible
failure if it can protect the lives and
property and secure the comfort of
the people by only compromising with
the violators of law and the Instiga¬
tors of violence and crime.
“Just now it is more important to
teach ignorant men dwelling among
ns, misled and used as tools by citi
zeris of other states, that, at whatever
cost and inconvenience to the public,
Pennsylvania will use the whole pow¬
er of government to protect not only
the man who wants to work, but his
wife and children while he is at work,
and to punish every man who, by in¬
stigation or by overt acts, attempts to
deprive any man of his liberty to
work.
Under these conditions we decline
to accept Mr. Mitchell’s considerate
offer to let our men work on terms
he names.
“He has no right to come from Illi¬
nois to dictate terms on the accept¬
ance >of which anarchy and crime
shall cease in Pennsylvania. He must
stop his people from killing, maiming
and abusing Pennsylvania citizens,
and from destroying property. He
must stop it because it is unlawful
and not because of any bargain with
us.
“We will add to our offer ‘to con¬
tinue the wages existing at the time
of the strike and to take up at each
colliery and adjust any grievance’ this
further condition: If the employers
and employes at any particular col¬
liery cannot reach a satisfactory ad¬
justment of any alleged grievances, it
shall be referred to the judges of the
court of common picas of the district
in which the colliery is situated for
final determination.
“GEORGE F. BAER.”
Moor e Heads the League.
J. Hampton Moore, of Philadelphia,
has been elected president of the Na¬
tional League of Republican Clubs by
acclamation.
WILL FIGHT TO A FINISH.
New Orleans Strikers Refuse All Over-
tubes and Stand Pat.
A New Orleans special says: After
four days wasted in useless parleying
between the street car men and street ;
railway company, through the mayor
as intermediary, all negotiations came j j
to a positive end Thursday night and
a determined effort will be made to j
run the cars and the usual conse- j
qeunces are expected.
COAL BARONS CALLED
President Will Try H s Hand at
Settling the Coal Strike.
ARBITRATION ONLY REMEDY
Telegrams ar* Sent Operators and to
Mitchell Asking Their Pres¬
encc at Conference to be
Held in Washington.
A Washington special says: I’rest-
dent Roosevelt will make an effort to
bring the anthracite coal mine owners
and their striking employes together
in the interest of the public good.
This conclusion was reached after
a series of conferences with his cabi¬
net advisers covering Tuesday and
Wednesday. The decision was arriv¬
ed at when ihe lawyers of the cabinet
informed the president that there was
no way, under the constitution and the
form of government of the United
.States, for federal intervention to end
the strike.
Every phase of the situation was
canvassed and the determination to
have the mine operators and Presi¬
dent Mitchell meet the president was
reached when It was found that no
other method was open.
Call for Coal Baron*.
At the conclusion of the conference
Wednesday, which was attended by
Secretaries Root, Shaw and Moody,
Attorney General Knox and Postmas¬
ter General Payne, at the temporary
white house, the following telegrams
were made public:
“White House, Washington, Octo¬
ber 1.—To George F. Baer, president
Reading railway system, Philadelphia.
“W. H. Truesdale, president Dela¬
ware, Lackawanna and Western Rail¬
road Company, No. 26 Exchange place,
New York.
"E. B. Thomas, chairman of the
board, Erie Railroad Company, No. 21
Cortiandt street, New York.
“Thomas P. Fowler, president New
York, Ontario and Western Railway
Company, No. 56 Beaver street, New
York.
“It. M. Olyphant, president Delaware
and Hudson Company, Now York.
“John Marble, No. 527 West Thirty-
fourth street. New York.
"I should greatly like to sec yon on
Friday next, October 3, at 11 o’clock
a. in., here in Washington, in regard
to the failure of the foal supply, which
has become a matter of vital concern
to the whole nation. 1 have sent a
similar dispatch to John Mitchell,
president of the United Mine Workers
of America.
“THEODORE ROOSEVELT.”
Arbitration Will be Urged.'
At the meeting the line of approach
toward the settlement of the strike
will be an appeal by President Roose¬
velt to both sides to come together as
men and not allow false pride or a
feeling of obstinacy to stand in the
way of the termination of the great
strike, which is fraught with such
threat of misery to thousands of peo¬
ple, It Is stated by one of the presi¬
dent’s advisers that beyond this the
president cannot go; he lias no power
of compulsion to bring into play
against either side, and he must rely
upon Ills persuasive abilities and his
appeals to their sense of humanity if
anything tangible is ito be accom¬
plished.
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS ACT.
Nam e State Ticket With Bird S. Coler
at It* Hoad.
New York democrats at their con¬
vention in Saratoga named the fol¬
lowing state ticket:
Bird S. Color, for governor; Charles
N. Bulger, for lieutenant governor;
Frank Mott, secretary of state; Chas.
M. Preston, comptroller; John Cun-
neen, attorney general; Richard W.
Sherman, state engineer and survey¬
or; George R. Finch, state treasurer;
John C. Gray, associate Judge of tho
court of appeals.
Tho principal feature of the conven¬
tion was tho turning down of “Big
Bill” Devery, who was barred from
participation in th« proceedings.
WEALTHY COMPANY IN TROUBLE
Temporary Receiver Appointed for
Concern In Cherokee County, Ga.
Upon the petition of John M. Pat¬
terson, of Pittsburg, Pa., who holds
$175,000 of the stock, the Creighton
Mining and Milling company, with a
paid in capital stock of half million
dollars, was Thursday morning placed
in the hands of a temporary receiver
by Judge William T. Newman, of the
federal court in Atlanta The prop¬
erty of the mining company is situ¬
ated in Cherokee county, ft embraces
several gold mines, a stamping mill,
a number of stores and is thought to
be very valuable.
NEGROES FORCED TO VACATE.
Steel Company in Pennsylvania Sends
Colored Workers Back South.
American * ron an<1 Steel „ Com-
Pany, at Lebanon, Pa., Tuesday night
sent away ip a special train the 300
negroes who had been employed in its
works under guard of two companies
of the Twelfth regiment. The depart-
ure of the negroes was not expected,
and there was no demonstration.
GEORGIANS BALLOT
State Ticket Named in Primary
is Quietly Ratified.
C\NDLEU SECURES JUDGESHIP
Only Interesting Feature Was Contett
for Sent on State Supreme Court
Bench—Populists Cast
Few Votes.
Iu the regular Georgia state election
held on Wednesday the full democrat
lc ticket was overwhelmingly elected
and Judge John S. Candler named for
the supreme court judgeship.
In Gordon county a few votes wen-
cast tor Hines for governor, despi e
the fact that be had positively de¬
clined to be a nominee. If any more
populist votes were east for others be¬
sides the regular nominee they were
so few and scattering as •- ot to have-
been considered worthy of mention in
the returns. The vote cast was an un¬
precedentedly light one, owing to the
fact that there was no opposition to
any of the democratic nominees to
draw out anything like the voting
strength of the party.
The principal interest of the day
centered lit the contest, for the ur.ex
pired term of Judge Hal T. Lewis, cf
the supreme court, and the returns In
dlrate that Judge John S. Candler re
celved a splendid majority ovrr his
only opponent, Judge John V. Robs, of
Bibb.
Judge Candler’s friends throughout
the state had little doubt of the sue
cess of his campaign, which was care
fully planned and had been waged
with vigor during the past few weeks.
Upon the retirement of Judge It B.
Russell recently they declared there
could be no possible doubt of his elec
tion. Judge Russell had announced
as a candidate for re-election as judge
of the superior court of tho western
circuit, and retired from the contest
for the supreme court judgeship to de¬
vote hls attention to tho contest for
judge of the circuit court.
8ketch of Judge Ca.idler.
John Slaughter Candler, the newly
elected supreme court judge, was born
in Carroll county, Georgia, October 21,
1861, being the youngest child of Sam
uel Charles and Martha Beall Can
dk-r, He resided In Carroll county
until lie was 1.4 years of age. receiving
hls ehrlier education in the rural
schools of that county and at Carters
ville, Ga., under tht tutorage of his
sister, Mrs. Florence Harris.
November, 1870, he entered the
Boys’ High School, of Atlanta, and
was graduated therefrom in June of
the following year. He attended Em
ory college, at Oxford, Ga , for three
years, und was graduated from that in
Stltution, with tile degree of bachelor
of arts, in 1890.
After his graduation front Emory
he taught school for several y< ars.
and at the same time studied law. He
was admitted to the liar in Decatur,
Ga., in 1882. In the following year he
moved to Atlanta and shorlly after
that event he was admitted to prac¬
tice in the state supreme court, and,
In 1892, he was admitted to practice
in the United States supreme court.
On November 26, 1887, Judge Can
dler was appointed Dy Governor John
B, Gordon, solicitor general of the
Stone Mountain circuit, to fill an unex
pired term, and in November, 1888, he
was elected by the state legislature to
the same position for the full term of
four years, and in November, 1892, re¬
elected without opposition by the
same body. He was later elected
judge of the same circuit and has held
this position up to the present time.
Judge Candler has also been promi¬
nent In military circles. He was at
one time colonel of the Fifth Georgia
regiment, and during the Spanish-
Ameriean war was colonel of the
Third Georgia volunteers.
He Is an able lawyer, quick of per¬
ception, profound In the knowledge of
the law, a thorough master of the
science of jurisprudence, and a judge
who uniformly commands the ronfi
dence and respect of the counsel ap¬
pearing before him.
BIDS FOR BATTLESHIP.
Newport News Company Offers to
Build Louisiana for $3,990,000.
Bids for tlie construction of the bat¬
tleship Louisiana were opened at the
navy department Wedmsday. A num¬
ber of representatives of the gr'at
shipbuilding firms of the country were
present.
The lowest bid was that of the New¬
port News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock
Company, of Newport News, Va.,
which offered to build tho battle ship
within forty-one months from date of
contract for $3,990,000.
New Yorkers are Pleased.
Wall street is satisfied that the coal
strike is ended. The street regards the
conference with president as ratifi¬
cation of the agreement already
reached.
Chaffee Gives Up Command.
In Manila, Tuesday, General Chaf¬
fee relinquished the command of the
division to Brigadier General Davis.
Tb» ceremony was brief.
VOL. VIII. NO. 46.
CAS RO FORCtD TO RETREAT.
Revolutionary Forcos Seem to Have
Things All Their Own Way Down
In Venezuela.
News comes from Venezuela that
tho Venezuelan revolutionary forces
under General Matos have effected a
junction with the command of the rev¬
olutionary general Mendoza near Cama-
tagua, in the state of Miranda, 50
miles south of Caraeas. Tho combined
forces total (>,500 men.
Last Wednesday the revolutionists
were at San Juan do Los Moros, near
Villa de Cura. At this point the gov¬
ernment forces under PreshUnt Cas¬
tro, amounting to 4,000 men, retreated
precipitately before the vanguard of
tho revolutionists. There have been
many desertions from President Cas-
tro's army.
President Castro Is now nt Los
Toques, a very strong strategical posi¬
tion but a few hours’ ride from Cnra-
cas aud which is considered nearly im-
pregnable. He Is uwaitlng attack by
tho revolutionists, During the past
three days the government has bceu
forcibly recruiting for the army day
ami night on the streets of Caracas.
When Borne of tho men thus gathered
In attempted to escape, the recruiting
parties fired on them.
Provisions in Caracas are scarce,
and meal is worth 30 cents a pound.
Tho govemfent Intends to attack the
revolutionists at Barcelona. Another
revolutionary army under General Ro¬
lando is now located at Cua, in the
state of Miranda, 25 miles south of
Caracas.
BRIBERY IS UNCOVERED.
Startling Evidence Givon at Trial of
a St. Louis Boodler.
In the trial at St. Louis Thursday
of Robert M. Snyder, the banker and
promoter, charged with bribery In con¬
nection with tho passage of the Con
tral traction Dill the state's case was
practically submitted in full. Start¬
ling testimony was elicited to the ef¬
fect that large sums of money had
been freely distributed In securing
Votes for the bill.
Probably the most startling testi¬
mony of the day wns from George J.
Kobusch, president of the if. Louis
Car Company. Ho said that he was
the man who Interested Snyder In the
Central traction bill; that ho dealt
with the councilman through Edgar A.
Mcphan, and that Mephan was to he
paid $25,000 for ills services.
He 1ms named some of the men who
got the money—Carroll, $17,250; Gaus,
$10,000; Oast, $ 10 , 000 , or at the gener¬
al rate of $10,000 a head.
COOCHEE-COOCHEE BARRED.
Immoral Dances Will Not be Allovved
at St. Louis Fair.
A St. Louis dispatch, says: At the
meeting of the board of lady managers
of the world's fair Thursday the reso¬
lution presented Dy Miss Helen M.
Gould expressing the sentiment that
ihe Louisiana Purchase exposition
would favor a high moral tone through¬
out and eliminate from the concessions
any that savors of the dances perform¬
ed on the Midway of (lie Chicago fair,
wns adopted.
BIG 8TREET RAILWAY DEAL.
Baltimore Company Buys Augusta
Electric Line.
One of the most Important trolley
and lighting deals In the country was
Consummated at Baltimore Thursday
at the headquarters of the Railways
and Light Company of America. In¬
terests Identified with that company
consummated tho purchase of a major¬
ity of the stock of the Augusta Rail¬
way and Electric Company, of Au¬
gusta, Ga.
FIVE ROBBERS PUT TO ROUT.
Single-Handed, Engineer Bly Whips
Gang of Desperate Burglars.
Five masked and desperate burglar's
made a hold attempt to rob tho safe
of the Montoursvllle, Pa., Passenger
Railway Company Thursday morning.
In a terrific battle with revolvers,
which followed the attempt, one of
the desperadoes was killed and two
otlK-rs slightly wounded by Engineer
Ak x iily, who was shet twice by the
robbers.
JUDGE CANDLER’S MAJORITY.
Consolidated Returns of Georgia Elec¬
tion Gives Him About 18,000.
According to The Atlanta Constitu-
tlon the consolidated returns received
from over the state do not materially
affect the standing of the two contest-
ants In the judgeship race as previous-| j
ly announced.
Tiic later reports are about equ a !ly
favorable to both candidates, and will
not change the general result. The
majority for Judge Candler will prob-
ably amount to 18,000 votes in the
COLLISION IN TUNNEL.
Five Persons Killed and Others Hurt
in Underground Wreck.
Five persons were killed and three
Injured in a head-on collision between
two freight trains in a tunnel near
Cornwallis, W. Va., on the Baltimore
and Ohio road Thursday.
One train carried several cars of
cattle, all of which were killed or in¬
jured. Twenty cars were wrecked
and the tunnel was filled with debris.
ON ^DOLLAR STRIKE
Alabama Miners Cause Trouble
Over Collection of Assessment.
IHREE THOUSAND QUIT WORK
Issue is Refusal of Coal Company to
Deduct On e Dollar from Wage*
of Miners to Help Penn¬
sylvania Striker*. 'V,
A Birmingham, Ala., special says:
Twenty five hundred miners In the. e in¬
ploy of tho Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railway Company went out on strike
Thursday.
This action is in obedience to the
order of the executive board of the
United Mine Workers of America, dis¬
trict of Alabama. The board detorm-
hied that where tho operators refused
to collect for the union the ono dollar
per week assessment, made on ail un¬
ion miners for the benefit of the an¬
thracite strikers in Pennsylvania, a
suspension of work would be ordered.
It is thought that all that company’s
mines will be involved, it an adjust¬
ment is not soon reached.
About two weeks ago Ihe Tennessee
com pany declined to withhold the as-
scssment money from certain miners
at West Pratt, who objected to Its
payment, and five hundred men at that
mine wore ordered out. Thursday's
suspension makes the total number
now out 3,000.
The question nt Issue is the discus¬
sion of a $1 assessment from the min¬
ers’ wages for tho benefit of the an¬
thracite strikers, the Tennessee com¬
pany refusing to make the reduction
without a signed warrant from each
man.
A mass meeting of the Sloss Shef¬
field Company's men was held Thurs¬
day, and addresses w< re made by Na¬
tional Board Member Farley and Dis¬
trict President Flynn. Out of 1,800
miners employed by this company
about 000 were present, and it is
said a large majority voted in favor
of deducting the assessment. A com¬
mittee was appointed to see (lie mem¬
bers who have declined to pay the as¬
sessment with the object of whipping
them into line.
As soon as the ranvass is made tho
matter will be laid before President
Maben, and if lie refuses to deduct
the assessment from all the miners’
wages a strike at that company will
be precipitated.
WISE TAKES CARGE. >
Affairs of Pensacola Navy Yard
Turned Over to Rear Admiral.
Rear Admiral William Wise arrived
at Pensacola, Fla , and assumed rom-
mand of the navy yard. The place
was turned over to him with great
naval formality Thursday.
The navy department has ordered
the cruiser Wasp tn Pensacola for use
by Admiral Wise in visiting fortifica¬
tions on gulf coast. Assignment of a
rear admiral is regarded as a matter
of much Importance to Pensacola nav¬
al station. J
CUBA 13 MAKING MONEY. l
Flattering Report of Customs Receipts
for Month of September.
Scnor Montes, secretary of the Cu¬
ban treasury, reports that the customs
receipts for the entire island during
the month of September amounted to
$1,307,102. The receipts from the
postofflcc, money order department, In¬
ternal revenue and sundries and re¬
imbursements, etc., bring the total re¬
ceipts for the fonth up to $1,596,401.
Cash on hand is now $2,635,648.
TWELVE MINERS SUFFOCATED.
Explosion of Fire Damp in a Washing-
ton Coa | M | ne was Fatal,
An explosion of tiro damp occurred
Wednesday night between !) and 9:30
o’clock in the south end of the fourth
level of tho Lawson mine, nt Black
Diamond, Wash., badly wrecking the
mine an <l killing twelve miners.
Fortunately no fire was started and
the bodies were boob recovered.
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HOWELL MAYOR OF ATLANTA.
Voters Roll Up Handsome Majority
For Him in Primary.
Captain Evan P. Howell was nomi-
natC(1 {or ma yor of the city of Atlanta
at a jrrimary held Wednesday, His
total votes in tho seven wards of the
city was 3,231. His main opponent,
James G. Woodward, who ran second,
received 2,300 votes. Harvey .Johnson,
the third man in the race, got a total
of 394 votes,
Captain Howell led in five wards,
James G. Woodward carried two
wards, while Harvey Johnson did not
carry a ward In the city.
COAL FAMINE IS EXTENDING.
Trouble Apprehended in New York
and Anxiety Prevails.
The coal famine in New York city
Is making rapid headway. Hard coal
cannot be bought at any price and
great anxiety prevails among all
clsses of customers.
It is now believed that many city
schools will be forced to close, as
coal cannot be secured for heating
purposes.