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the MACON TELEGRAPH
ESTABLISHED -IN 1820
FAIR Till RSDAY. COLDER IS EAST POIlTIOVi FRIDAY ISCREA«SG aOl WSEJS, t?ROBADI.V RAIS IS TJIE INTERIOR, VARIABLE WINDS.
MACON, GA„ THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 12, 1003
DAILY—#7.00 A YBAB
MACON WINS THE FAIR
OVER ATLANTA’S BID
CARNEGIE TO VISIT TDSKECEE.
TUSKEJOEB. Ala.. Feb. 11.—Hooker T
-inington. principal of the
Splendid Success of the Committee of Citi=
zens Who Went After the Wze^-Re.feSWS®S
port of the Contest Before Executive
Committee of the State Agricultural So=
ciety s = s Comniittee Returns at Midnight and
is Welcomed at the Depot by Fellow
Citizens, Headed by a Brass Band-Parade
ATHENS PRINTERS
MAKE A PROTEST
'omplnln That the University Prose
la Taking: Ontstde Job*—Attention
of Chamber of Commerce Called.
It 1* up to Macon. The committee mm. A , , h . „ throughou ,
pent to Atlanta to eecure the co-opera- the city there .n> general relolrlng
tlon of the Slate Agricultural Society | Everywhere the State Fair, under the
with a Macon Fair Association, In the auspices of a Macon Fair Association
folding of a Great Fair at Macon In
October next, got what they went af
ter. They had Atlanta men to fight—
and in a’struggle to a finish, Macon’s
representatives won, *
The men who stood for the Central
City yesterday represent the purponei
and the spirit of the force that la mak
ing this city leap aheadt The commit
tee consisted of Robert Hazlehursf, Col.
Sam Altmayer, Morris Waterman, Jo
seph Bloch, John @hinholser. j. a.
Newcomb. Julian Lane and E. L. Mar
tin. They left for Atlanta via the Cen
tral at 4 o’clock yesterday morning.
The executive committee met at 11
o'clock, and the Macon committee pre
sented the offer it had been instructed
to .make. The Atlanta representatives
bid higher, but there was a string to It.
When it was discovered that the string
would not be allowed, Atlanta wanted
to apply the scissors, but the Macon
delegation protested and as a result,
after a long contest the executive com
mittee, by a vote of 14 to 9, decided in
favor of Macon as the place for hold
ing the State Fair.
Immediately upon the vote being an
nounced. members of the Macon dele
gation wired to Tly? Telegraph and bul
letins were posted announcing tho re
ruary 27th. af Tuf-k.-co 0 n Ills way from
Florida en route homo.
WOMEN WHO CLIMB
SIDES OF VESSELS
Recently Appointed Inspectors I’n-
dcr the Imiurntlnn Bureau — How
NE WYORK. Feb 11.—
young women rc »ntly apj
or* under the (migration
their firs: trip down the
climbed the ladder from, tl
to the brig CU
•\ li
ra th.
rder Iv
the
ork
was much easier than they thought it
would b«:
Mi^s Helen A. Taylor, formerly assist-
ant matron on Ellis Island; Mbs Matilda
Wlchmann of llqboken nnd Mis.-' Sarah
Harrison of Washington. D. C., wore the
vho 1
id* the
As the Iverola came up one of the po
like the Celtic the <
The only visible badg<
Teases’ authority Is a sh
wear divided skirts gsth
and over these rainy da
was discussed, and business men said
the work has just commenced. We
must build for a fair this year, and for
the years to follow.
Mr. Morris Waterman, of the com- __
mittee, said: “We won after a hard#transferred to the
fight, and now we must go to # work “W* 0 ™ !*»• P°»nt to which the
and raise the money. It can he* done,
must be done, but we have got to givs,
time to it. We must organize this fair: JJjjWjJ' wlnd h| h
on a business basis, and than we will perltnced custom '
make a success of it.” j-to mske the
The committee were met at the union
station last night on their return by
an enthusiastic delegation of fair mak
ers, headed by Ben Jones’ Pickaninny
band and escorted to The Telegraph of
fice. Every member of the committee
was congratulated on the plucky fight
made In behalf of Macon.
A meeting of all subscribers for Ma
con Fair Affoctstlon stock and all cit
izens generally, will be held at the Ho
tel Lanier tonight at 8 o’clock, to hear
the report of the committee sent to At
lanta. It is short stories and long ears
of corn.
It is proposed at the meeting tonight
to name more committees to aid In the
work of securing subscriptions. Th<
work for the fair will be pushed with
out cessation from now on.
ATHENS. Fefe. 11.—The printers of
Athens do not like the way in which
the University Press is taking work
from parties outside the University,
and* have brought the matter to the at
tention of the Athens Chamber of
Commerce with the request that that
body take the proper steps to induce
the University Press to coniine their
work purely to the Job printing work
arising from the different branches of
the University of Georgia.
The printers say that, the University
Tress is a corporation of private indi
viduals, university professors, and th
the object of the corporation is the co
ducting of business for private gain.
They point djut that the
university holdings gives
vantage ov#p the printers out in town
and that tht state, is not in the busi
ness of putting tho professors of IP
'university In competition with Jol:
printing offices. They ask that the
University Press take no work Other
than university work, or else come off
the campus and out from under tho
wing of th# University of Georgia.
The University Press, on the other
hand while admitting that it is a pri
vate corporation, says that its object
is to do the work of the University and
to give employment to students who
may thereby help make the money
necessary to send themselves through
college. They deny that they soil -it
work outside, but say that of course
they will take whatever Jobs come to
them. They deny underbidding the oth
er printers, and say that they pay the
the university for the use of the room
they occupy in the college building, and
thnt tin- university in no way contrlh-
tes to their expenses
WILD CARS STRIKE
ENGINE ON TRESTLE
Terrible Accident at Little River on the South Geor
gia and West Coast Road—Fireman and Brake-
man Killed; Engineer Injured—Cars and Engine in
I
the Stream.
TIFTON, Feb. 11.—News has be<
celved of a wreck occurring this :
ing at 8.30 on the South Georgia
and
trea-
Wcst Coast road, at Little riv
tie, between Greggs and Barney.
The wreck was caused by the cars
which had been sided on the hill on the
other side of a trestle slipping and run
ning Into the engine, which had gone
across the trestle after wood and *va-
ter, and was returning. The cars and
engine met, and seven cars were do-
railed and went overboard with the en
gine through tho trestle.
A brakeriian, engineer and fireman
were aboard the engine, and the re
sult of the wreck was:
Killed: Joe Niles, brakeman, and
Baxter Dixon, fireman.
Injured: S. K. Niles, engineer, hip
broken and half of foot cut off. He will
recover. The remains of tho fireman
s found pinned to the boiler and
cooked to death by the debris from the
tender, while the remains of a brake-
man have not yet been found, but is
known to be horribly mangled bet worn
the seven cars and engine that crashed
through the trestle.
The train
mixed
pus-
passenger aboard,
raping injury.
freight cars were not derailed. The
conductor of the train was not aboara,
having got off the train to look after
sumo cars on the side track.
The
utter In
fer
oral
BALKAN SITUATION
IS NOW VERY GRAVE
ilulnarla
(Conti nuril 1
IMPORTANT ACTION
INSURANCE FRAUD
BY JOINT DELEGATES
ON A LARGE SCALE
Hereafter the Farmers, Dairymen,
Horticulturists and Glnners Will
Hold Conventions at Same Place
A ‘•wIndie That Has Ileen Worked
for Ten ears—Companies Sustained
Immense Losses.
snd Time.
ATLANTA. Feb. 11.—Delegatee repre-
NEW YORK. Feb. ll.-An expoaur* at
the rr.ethoda of tho lonaplrator* In the re
cently discovered Ilellan lit# Ineurance
8OFIA, Bu
ment li con
army lUrJalor
risking one
Turkish troo
Is given as th
filiation.
About to Tall
Iona — Austria
1 F*b. 11. Th* gnvern-
l-itlng calling out two
fi t arid Philipplpolls fur-
11.—Tha news that the
mrnt la contemplating
t.n causes grave tini-asi-
-till hotted that Austria
born the subject of
l, which bus at 1:
** petition to the <
rce. This body has
to Its committee c
nil the parties w
fe then the matter
Justed. If ouch an agreement r
be reached, the printers hint in
petition at the Idea of making It
lit leal issue by bringing it to tl
tentton of the Printers’ Union. It Is be
lleved. however, that the whole troll-
ble ran bo straightened out by th-
Chamber of Commerce.
•d the mnt-
[ration, and
••• to nrbl-
• easily nd-
ent cannot
their
\ po-
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
STILL SPREADING
Company ffaa Absorbed a Ron!
Prom Meridian. Miss., to New Or
leans—Otbor Lines Acquired.
• CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.. Feb. It.—It
is authoritatively announced that the
Sou the 1 n Railway him acquired the New
I OrWn» £t* NorthwututR
- —mmln« alarming pro-1 wM „,, ,„„ m „to preferential-
nt regarding tin-
the
Hortlcultuial Society, the Dairy- 0 ( the npe of the men concerned. It *P
... Association ami the Cotton pear, thatthe frauds have been In oper’
Growers’ Arsoclatlon held a Joint meet-
Ing here today for the purpoic of or
ganizing If poulble upon eome plan by
which their respective aeaoclatlons esn
hold their meetings at the tame time
and pine#, without holding them Jointly#
the idea being that reduced rate* could
he secured in this way from the rail-
* President P. J. Berckmans of the
State Horticultural Association presi
ded, with Mr. Duggan of JIancock as
secretary. „ ,
quite apparent to
delegate
that It would be
have the member*
tlon for ten r«*re. during which time the
Insurance comnanlee have been defrauded,
by hundred* of thounand* of dollar*. In
one balance a company paid out JM.OO) on
on* fraudulent rlik. Th# heed of the con-
•plracy. Ur. Krotel eay*. wae Barolomeo
drlno. who wa* recently trreited and
released under ROW 1*11. Clrlno to jald
to have dlMOPeared and hla bond will bo
ordered forfeited.
. The uaual Plan of operation* wae to
make en application for Inauranc* In th*
nama of aome oeraon In a dying condition,
a healthy aubetltute being preeented for
medical examination. Jn caeca where the
original rlak llnxered too long to aatlafy
.h» rnnenlraton. a aubatRute body wa*
aWTSST. collect the amount of
HuMilan foreign mtnlst*
rhowskl. the
criticism) In i
fell that the
longer delay
benefit.
<’ount .Lsmadorff, th<>
‘no
which
Now G
This r<
and Cr
Honthe
•l>. 11. —According to a
I’hlllpplpolls. publish*'!
I this morning, the sul-
itHy resolved to
LONDON,
dlspktch fro
In the Btam
tan of Turkey I
fight rather th:
<ulated to diminish his authority in
Macedonia. The .Macedonian*. howev
er. says the eoiicspondcnt, will not wi.lt
and Turkey w III almost inevitably b*t
drawn Into war with Bulgaria.
VIENNA. Feb 11 Dispatches from
Sofia report that martini law will he
proclaimed In several districts with a
view to |M> rv:iw the agitation among
the Maccdi
The
i of (
id the
inflict
olutio
GERMANY IGNORES
HER AMBASSADORS
Agreement Made With Hr. Bowen, Venezuelan Rep
resentative, Ignored—Demand Made for the Im
mediate Payment of $340,000 or the Control of a
Port—Britain and Italy Express Regret.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—Germany 1
ih ignored her previous agreement
lade with Mr. Bowen by Count A. von
Quadt, her charge d'affaires, and ha a
Insisted on u cash payment of $319,-
000 or u Hen on the customs receipt a
of the of the Venezuelan ports uni'.l
this amount is paid. This information
was communicated to Mr. Bowen to
night by Huron Spec von titurnburg,
the German minister.
Mr. Bowen Immediately informed the
German minister that he refused Co
yield the receipts of any port prior to
decision, saying that
id to be gaining
THU. Hollis \N FORGF.HIF.fi
> Hills of *147.000 Ksrh-Tlif Fln-
would
to give a low rate,
esoluth
ee’meet ht the samei “^ d p ^5 , c , wh TheMbodl*a are «W to have
time :>n<l pl.ue. for in-iuy reeaona. on* !*,„ (urntohed t>TEwslifi irtal I nncler'. I .r.i Kti.n.ivelr
of which uns that many of the repre- | LTnunP«r uk , (naunce# fetou LONDON Feb. 11. Inquiries at the
f.-nioUve ngrtculturtots Of theatntet*; to(the T«m£ « »■»; ’ pr « n u4. »I4 Morgan bgnklrm house here ,nU„y ro„-
tStiSf v^SrZr the sssoctotlons. and|^-^.fLLs.tonwf try Clrlno»r h? t»?|flm,‘l the m.,in points of the .t.,ry
another \^;is that this bringing together . doctors who ere now under heavy print* .i li ■ :» lly Chronbin this
cople at one time anu at ltl , ...me that morning to the eff. -1 Ihut the bills imr-
d Induce the rail-| ^ well ® r «4j' , jJ , r |71tp!.mtJirb!uird nf porting to* have b..■„ by J. p.
rate. .. there wax x regularly ppom ( ^ (Hk l0 jjorgan In payment for purchase of ple
na adopted *h*t tjj , dlrecterx lh« J7p nm iunu falling . lures and brlr-n-brae * —
reafter meet annually ! h i^J r 0 n the matter of the aub-, turned here with an In
nt the same time, but that each orgstd- j ofbogue bod tea In the ca« of *| C nature» were f..rg
xatlon retain Ita Idently by meeting on did not dto until the payment j for „ w h . r _urpo
separate day.. . of premium, bec.me mo heavy.
The place of meeting snd time”* w ,'^'ml’MTIONS BlIlbED,
left to the heads of the four organ xa- tt.ill MtsiT.u.
tlons. Hon. Dudley Hughes of the State
Agricultural Society. H°n. P. J-J*®
mans of the Horticultural gt
W. L. Williams of the Dairymen * A*
soclation and W. D. Hamrick or t« e
Cotton Growers’ Association. M A,” w* BStr;
At the request of Mr. Berckmsns. the the Rock Islam
first Tuesday in August wa* owned SJ, by fire tonight,
the time and the place will be fixed by utt er included
the members of the committee. ~*i.»nments o.
The meeting then adjourned to•
way fur th- meeting of the director*
of the State Agricultural Society.
from MoriflIn
hum, a distance - of 198 miles
hHS been us>d by the cjuevr
(•lit, which Is controlled by the
for years, as Its entrant
New Orleans, but has been owned
operated by an entirely Indepen
management. By acquiring tills lln<
Queen and Crescent will now have a
direct air line from Cincinnati to New
Orleans. The deal has been cloned
within the past two or three days, arid
the management of the Houtiiern has
sent General Manager W. J. Murphy
to Inspect the New Orleans and North-
cuHtern. He passed through here to
night en route to New. Orleans on that
mission, being accompanied by General
(Superintendent Maguire, General
senger Agent YV. C. Hlner/ion and other
prominent ofriciuls of the Queen and
Crescent. It Is also understood that in
connection with the New Orleans and
Northeastern deal the Houthern has ac
quired the Alabama and Vicksburg and
the Vicksburg, Hhreveport and Pacific
railways.
HMOOT 19 CONFIflKNT.
>oe« Not Think He Will Be Hefaseil
Adiiilaitlon to the Senate.
HALT I.AKK, Utah, Feb. 11.—Hona-
or-elect Heed Hmoot of Utah, It Is mi
imincefl, will go to Washington nex
veek. His credentluls as senator t'
tawllris wifi tlien la
ash payment of $340,000 demanded
Mr. Bowen left thut matter to the Ghr-
mun minister to determine, Buying to
him that if Germany cun ufford to
make u public confession that It doe.x
not sfand i»y agreements signed by its
duly accredited diplomats he (Mr.
Bowen) is willing thut they shall re
ceive on the duy the protocol is signed
the totul amount usked In the origi
nal ultimatum. The response hut be* n
cabled to tho German foreign office.
Great Britain and Itnly have re
nounced any responsibility for tho ac
tion of Germany, und expressed their
regret. Through their representatives
here they have informed Minister Bow
en that they will stand by all agree
ments they have made with him and
will not bo Influenced by the action of
Germany. Both the British and (tuliun
protocols provide for a cash payment
of five thousand five hundred pounds,
and for submission of the question of
preferential treatment to The Iiugue.
They contuln recommendations for the
renewal of all previous treaties of am
ity and commerce and the Italian con
vention has an article providing for the
payment of the Italian claims which
already have been ndjudged without
further arbitration, after her commis
sion has arbitrated th** others claims.
With the exception of the demand for
an increased cash payment the proto-
London hank.
I Morgan, Jr., w
held payment
* cabled i
ie slgnnt
bought
Intimation that the
rgerles. Two hills
rtJng to be drawn
1th J. P. Morgan's
nted here by a
plclons of J. P.
*d. and he with-
following dny.
his father, who
■es. J Pierpont
ne picture from
nail
In
dented.
Tin* protests ngalnst my being i
vill i
;ike i
dlffe
col of Germany In all essential re
spects will conform to that of Great
Britain, but will be somewhat moro
concise. All three protocols, it Is un
derstood, will provide for the immedi-*
ate return of all vessels seized by tho
blockading ships.
Both Baron Hternburg and Count
Quudt feel greatly embarrassed ’be
cause of the previous understand,ing
and the present orders which ’/hey
must rxeout?.~4t In expected thu^t an
answer i^ll arrive here tomorrow <frotn
Oermuny to 'the final representations
made akd upon the receipt of Uxnt an
swer the signing of the protocols will
probably occur. A* s°° n ** they aro
signed orders will be despatched to tho
Mr. Bowen tonight gave out & signed
'statement with reference tp published
statements that Venezuela ‘or people In
that country were paying for his ser
vices here. He said:
“I absolutely refused to. take any fee
for my services as representative of
Venezuela In her pending controversy
with the allied powers; but I agreed, ns
I cabled to tho department of state
fmm Venezuela and announced on tho
first day of my arrival here, to accept
five thousand dollars, to defray my ex
penses. In the same way, If by chance
I go to The Hague, I shall accept a
reasonable amount for my expenses
there. I see no reason why my ex
penses should not be paid, and I have
very good reason for not paying them
myself, and that Is I cannot afford to
do so.”
BERLIN, Feb. ll.-The foreign ofTlce
continues to affirm that point of differ
ence between Minister Bowen and
Germany 1| only of secondary Import
ance, and that this Is no new thing,
but was Included from the beginning:,
though It was perhaps not emphasized
during the Intermediate period of the
negotiations. The three protocols will
be signed at tho same sitting, it Is
said; hence the British protocol 'will
not be signed until Germany’s Is ac
cepted by Mr. Bowen.
polio'
COTTON STATISTCS.
Providing
Favorable Report on Bill
for Collection by Census » ,,rr "
Washington, Feb. iL-Tb« .
committee on ways and me *f f t he
authorized a favorable repftt «*> “.
bill Introduced by R*pr***nU_'i™
1<
Island. III. I r
M W i -
■ cavalry and Inramry , Th „ vwk. IM s here found that similar
every d— cri Pj k)! l’—*”:? and exi-nslv forgeries have been dls-
founds of K ?«; j0 JSSS of In L .ndom The signatures are
lawless ammunition. I pronoun' .-d to h excellent Imitations ol
| r
giOd.OOO. —
ascigntYlaim Tl-nSED DOW*.
^1,0 Gnt.red CenKre.. »»
Tone of Reconstmctlon.
Time o_ ^ ^ ||.—Chairman
TRXTII.K COMPANY.
Ineorporati
In my plans,” said Mr. Hmoot. “I ex
pert to take my seut, and I do not an
ti* I pate any serious interference. I see
no reason why there should be. Noth
ing can be brought against me, except
that I urn a member of the Mormon
church.”
EIGHT FIHEH IN TAMPA.
TAMPA. Fla., Feb. 11.—Eight fires
broke out here and were raging at the
same time this morning ill different sec
tion of the city. A block of wholesale
houses on Whitney street, including the
Cudahy Packing Company, Tampa Fer
tilizer Company, Caruthers Produce
Company, K. A. Edwards. W. H. Os
borne, J. K. Parrlsn and Walter Wills
Company, was burned. The entire loss
was about $20.<s>0 Labor hall was gut
ted by fire, and the Ti ~~
oyed, with i
ttress factory
allcr fires.
des-
In New Jersey With
Capital of 814,000.000.
TRENTON,’ N. J.. Feb. 11.—Th
Southern Textile Company, capital $14
im11m*, wan Incorporat 'd here today to «.•* i *
'iutVflTON. Feb. ll.-Chatrm . , :Mftt t „ r ,. Norton, wool. hemp. ere. Lo«it«
th* senate cpmatty * n j Th ,. incorporators are I.erlle J Mont- receive
and *I«H°"«. hae been *u- . ,. ry n , rPnr( . ,. M „ s ,. r . T b«max p..,lior,
prlxIleP* rt advereel* upm> IJe ...
thorlxed pre „ n ted by the . M
claims b>r JW ,, s-natora fro“ •
:.l introduced by K-pr.--n«'“ 0 *
r-son of Texas, providing f‘ ,r
tionof cotton statistic?, but a!; , v .
it so ns to the collection
SSSSf* “f.S: P Tux'i.rVe’Sm on ^ , .Ty .' ."I.u! Jl.mw'LVX*, ncT-I
tray the expcn F o of K atherln* ■■■
th?°cerfaus ‘al tS-
<i'.r»rt, the number of <*■*• 5*It
finned during a l ,r " cr '^ t^Tnfor-
If I.nteinrlate.l by the bill that
motion will be furnished “Jj
quency as to show the amount oi
tun that Is belnn produced.
SH AItKBV Ot T-W UKST' tj” ^
CI.KVr-i.AND. O.. Feb. lL Jm'*;,!,.
Tom Sharkey was not »N* » BP »
I tv re.tier Dan McLeod**'- , n
!"'t »’ him three t >"'*,* l i„cee**-
u ...night, and " I -* #4 22ftx**#
ful In fifty-six minutes. The . too g
* M the b.ngeFt nf the three. the
' I hull the hour to do ^Sotef.
> il'nr. After a rest of UK**",nd
• 8* •»»- mat in
it on
third
ROOK MAKING COMPANY'S FAILL’RK.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Feb. 11.—It 1
tlmated that between $30,000 and $40,000 t»
Invented t»y people. i n thin vicinity tn th
” *“ td Bo'ikrnaklng Company of Hi
usual dividend checks wer
2 per cent, being paid de-
VIGOROUS ATTACK
ON MINERS’ UNION
Lawyers for the Operators Maintain That President
Mitchell Cannot Control His Own Men—They In
sist That the Union Should Be incorporated in
Order to Do Business. *
PHILADELPHIA
for the coal operatr
to arraign the min
nrtfumcnla bef»
Feb. 11.—Counsel
s today continued
s' union In their
i anthracite strike
f l had Shark* >
f”*** 10 rhe r ume h 'thTr n *«« ' ald
Feb. H-Tff
WA8HIN w gjrg snd means I !•!
mittee on . vsnortel wbi* h
borlxed » 1
■yjdff that
smoking **shall
ISIw ci«arett» or anun ^ fo or
Sytbln* ••'SlnSrtS With « "’her
In as* ^'Lnufartarera* wrapper f '
th^ -.hlns J.b.1.
UR. hl'ERItY'l CONDITION.
••bows Some ImgroTcment — H« I*
Heating Easily.
CHAR’/iTTE N C. Feb 11 -Dr r U r
r La . a fairly good day and at mtdnieh
days.
GREAT FIRE IN SALT LAKE.
«ALT LAKE, Utah Feb. 11 —The Atlas
intbofU* 0 .*.^ tmeksge of msnut c - t y a l*r*- flve-atory building, w
rr. vide* that no IRCS-li obacco . . I- . . destroyed by rtr<
^ rov i -mokins or «v. a
^.d the
BIG TOBACCO SHIPMENT.
RICHMOND Vo.. Feb 11 - If |s state
Amertean Tobacco Compi'ij hi
■ t • ii i- d five million pounds of toba-
• iaran from Wilson. Rocky Moun
j Wire ion. N. C., and Richmond, Va.
he local hanks
xtockholdera cuuaed wlth-
he full amount of *he deposit
bookmaking firm In one of
CITY SECXRITIBt GOOD.
WASHINGTON, F«b. 11.—The senate
committee on finance today authorized
a favorable report on tl\e bill recently
introduced by Senator Aldrich to per
mit the secretary of ihe treasury to
loan money to national banks on other
Kccurttleg than government bonds.
The bill wa* so amended as to make
the securities of cities of 60,000 people
good for loans. The limit of the orig
inal bill was fixed at 100,000.
HOOPER TOL'Np VERY SICK.
NEW TORIC Feb. 11.—William Hoop
er Ynung. ronvlcted of the murder of
Mr*. Pulitzer, wa* a very sick man In th*
He took a little br<
ttemoted to exercise along h
a* "murderer** row." but w,
nd til that he had *to retu:
»nd li* down. Warden Vend*
at Young was undoubtedly v*
t from a general nervo
auff<
mission. The Independent operators
of the Lehigh, the Wyoming and the
Lackawanna region* held the attention
of the commissioners the great part of
the day, the proceedings concluding
with the reading of th* company’s ar
gument by tilrnon 1‘. Wolverton, the
company's chief counsel.
In nearly every case the attorneys
harged President Mitchell with r*-
iponslbllity for the alleged lawlessness
In the coal region* during the strike,
und the union was characterized as an
Irresponsible organization whose mem
bers were beyond the cdntrol of the
leaders. Mr. Wolverton strongly urged
the incorporation of the union and
charged that it was unfit to control the
anthracite industry because boys ar*
numbered among Its members.
Hamuel Dickson argued the case of
the Izehlgh Coal and Navigation Com
pany, G. U. Markle 4k Co. and other In
dependent operators In the Lehigh re
gion. He defended the attitude of the
Markle company, claiming the firm waa
Justlbed in the sfknd it took against
Its men when the ntrlke waa decla
off because It had not been a porty
to the correapondence resulting In the
apfxdntment of the commission.
Franci* I.* Go wen, for the Lehigh Val
ley Coal Company, suggested thnt ta<
commission recommend the establish
m*nt of a shift consisting of fi certan
j number of cars to constitute a day’s
work, the men able to do the amount
of work required to receive an Increase
In wagee.
Mr. Gowen criticised the demand for
a 20 per cent. Increase In wages, saying
that the union had no theory regarding
the method of the desired Incxeose. He
asserted that Mr. Mitchell had no theo
ry as to the wages of contract miner*
on which the Increase was to be based.
Mr. Gowen here quoted a witness who
had testified that the average earnings
of miners were between $400 and $150
a year.
‘Take the average or medium be
tween those figures. $425. Add 10 per
cent, and add to that the 20 per cent,
which Is now asked and you will find
that that would bring the miners’ earn
ings up to $500 a year. And yet. takfn.;
the figures which the Lehigh Vall«*v
Coal Company has filed with the com
mission. you will find that the average
of all the miners who work continuous
ly throughout the year was $568.”
Ira H. Bums of Scranton, counsel for
the Independent operators In the Lack-
awanna and Wyom!r\g regions ttrguc^
principally on the point of the right of
the Individual to control his own labor.
He said:
”In reality the contest Is between the
American people on one side and the
union miners on the other, and the is
sue Is to determine whether the people
may have coal, except upon such terms
as the union may prescribe.”
Attorney tl. Reynold# presented
further argument for the operators ’.n
the upper region He dwelt upon th«
dangers attending coal mining and ask
ed the commission to make a finding
that contract miner* be required U>
remain In their working places until all
their cars are loaded.
Samuel Dickson, in presenting tgg