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THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGBAPH
r TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1907.
Secretary Taffs Dictum on
Jr
of Pay af the
Ra fes'E’a ST03ES HAD
Canal * WEEK
€a £ £ 4r2 5 j sava v\-ah. May 5.—Notr.-lthstand-
WAS KING TON, May .'.—A
reaching decision by Secretary
nffecting rates of pay, hours of labor,
etc. on the Isthmus of Panama, fol*
lowing hi*
tlon of th
>cd here from tlm
far- with pay as a vacation, so that he re-
Taft celves twelve months’ pay for ten and
labor, * one-half months’ werk.
Third, steam shovel men on the
scent personal Invest!ga- ; Isthmus work but eight hours a day,
various complaints re* I whereas many, though not all. of the
steam shovel men in the United States
SAVANNAH. May 5.—Notwithstanil-
I lnjr the fact that the net receipts at S-p-
i vannah. so far this season show a fall-
j ir.? off of fully 20 per cent as compared
.. . *v- •• ' with those of last season, the Savannah
their continuance In the service, sajs . „, 3rket for sp i r i* s 0 f turpentine, princi-
Secretarj- Tait. will give stability to pally because of manipulation and a
the organization and will moderate the large jack of demand from Rurope. proved
tendency to frequently recurring do- j greatly _ unsettle throughout the week
mends "far increases in the class rates
Roosevelt’s Letter Read To
Centra! Federated Union
NEW YORK, May 5.—In a letter I r It
read today before the •Central Feder- ) |V|
ated Union, President Rooseveit states . *•*
taht If evidence Is submitted to him
—u.a.o to time, was i -
public at the White House to* I for ten hours a day.
which closed yesterday.
which the peculiar conditions of work j rafter J sterp£- > because*ortbe'aceuraula- showing thatt here has been a mlscnr-
**" fV, “ tathmn® develop. I tions and subsequent sales of supplies at ‘ rlage of justice for or against Moyer
Jacksonville, self-styled an ’’open mar- I . „t„i „*
for naval stores, and a quite n&tur- ; and Havwood. awaiting trial at Boise,
and life on the Isthmus develop.
Construction Engineers.
The petition of the construction lo- i *1 depression followed here as the result j Idaho, charged with the murder of for-
* . . . Of mfhni. lioirv cq'f>6 ino * nvio haltmt
ntitled t
sick leave.
“Sixth, every married man Is entitled
to furnished quarters for himself and
family free, with modern plumbing
convergence*. with water, fuel end
light free: and a commissary which
aim® to sell all necessaries at cost to
commission employes. T'-a married
quarters aro generally in sens rate
houses. Every bachelor Is entitled to
hla furnished (room free, together with
light and board at a reasonable rate at
....... - . . : a mess house or hotel. The cost of
KnL, g ^?., th# totbTOUJS and enter . f00d nrd n e ce .«arles Is about what It
^Ln 7 w-L tb ;«i 0 ^ ,S *i 0 ";u ,0 . t ?w t ln Eastern cities, or slightly higher.
every_ man who has come to the Isthr- | p ree ph vs ic
“Seventlj. every employe Is entitled
part of his "contract of ! to free medical attendance and hos-
i pltal service. The medical visits of the
omen and fire
men : second construction locomotive ,
engineers, and third, construction train 1
conductor. One grievance of the men :
waa the putting into operat’on April ]
3 of new* regulations restricting leave
of absence or leave on account of sick- i
n On this question, the Secretary j
Leave of Absence.
“The old regulations were advertised I
ln the printed announcements sent out
by the commission’s agents to induce •
an additianal thirty days about the sam.g % rates of pay. the sai
IOU. tae . arri' ra es 1 TO. toe .a.- ; Gor. at which turpentine was quoted at r .. lt . -u. President to the commit
! e5 « *!L° i »•**&!. «*«««* *?. *?«? dropped to recent,ITane,
the amount asked. Secretary’ Taft says
the subject of overtime was the onl"
point upon which an agreement could
not be reached between the locomotive,
engineers. Mr. Stevens and Col. Geo-
thals. The basis of an operating day
on the Isthmus, says Secretary Taft, Is
eight hours, the operation of the steam
shovel fixes thin and steam shovel men
are not required to work more than this
time. But, says he, the construction
locomotive engineers who work In con-
63o. tiu* low Ft value recorded. From this
level, the domestic demand, always re-
tee of the union which recently called
upon the President in Washington and
liable, ar.d to a certain extent assisted by i requested him to set forth in genera
manipulation forced the article back to
SHvc. at which the market dosed quiet
yesterday. In the late trading, however,
tiie best bid on the market was fuiiy a
cent below board quotations, and it is
rather expected that lower values wiil be
recorded during the coming seven days
session.
Itoeifis took several “bad turns" dur
ing the week, but as a whole the losses
sustained were practically all recovered.
mus has come there with the under- |
standing that the old regulations were I
to apply a.'
ervice.
starting from the yard and be engaged
one hour In shifting his train to the
place of work In the morning and re
turning it In the evening to the yard.”
The Secretary maintains that this was
: the view of the locomotive engineers
and "shaYi remain'as "port of the con- I thl " is to be dispensed with. j one year ago when by tbeir agreement
tract of service of tho«« now on the ! "Mr. Dolan says that If quarters are J they contracted that, including their
Isthmus, and that while there are ! of the contractors In the reporting for duty, their day should be
nectfon with the steam shovel men The total business transacted way pood,
“must, necessarily, as do all engineers. Yesterday’s closing quotations follow:
rpnnr* fnr rfntv one-half hour before Water white. $o.6o-7o; window glass,
report tor duty one-nair nour oerore $5.40; N. $5.35: M, 55.20; K, $5.15; I,
oe enerasre.i ti «n. u •« ©a. /-» t- •< w.
• It seems to me that good faith re- I coramiasUn physlcan. after the fir?t.
quires that the old regulations as to 1 have involved a charge of one dollar
leave shall not be materially changed j e ’, ch ; but Col. Goethals advises me that
rights and more certainly avoid possl
bio fraud, they would not bo made ap
plicable to men who came to the isth
mus under the old regulations.”
Summary Dismissals.
Taking up the subject of summary
dismissal without bearing or giving!
reasons, which was complained of by j
the canal employes. Secretary Taft
says that he has given his approval of
the plan of Col. Goethals whereby It Is !
proposed to dispose of such cases
through a committee consisting of one •
representative of the craft of the em- }
plove proposed for dismissal, one rep.
pare with the really comfortable homes
which are furnished to shovel men and
their families on the Isthmus, and none
of the other advantages furnished free
by contractors, so far as the testimony
of the contractor goes.
“It may be that service on the Isth
mus Is attended with greater discom
fort and greater ri'k of illness than
that In the States, due to the climatic
conditions: and that the distances from
home, the difficulty of securing usual
and rational amusements, and the nat
ural depressing effect of continued high
temperatures makes the service on the
$4.90; H. $4.80; G. $4.75; F. $4.70: E,
$4.00; D, $4.45; CBA. $4.30.
resenting the foreman or higher offl- j I'thnius less desirable than that In the
dal proposing discharge, and one ren-
resenting the committee, final action
to be taken by the commission. Much
attention Is then given to the question
of wages to the steam shovel men who
on March 1 last applied for Increases
as follows: Engineers, from $210 to
$300 per month: cranesmen from $185
United States. But it is to be remark-
crease of $30 a month.
I Does Not Seem Fair.
“The equality of wages between the
! locomotive engineers and the steam
j shovel engineers.” he says, "is predi-
■ cated on this necessary difference in
the time required of the" two classes of
employes. For this reason it does not
seem fair to me that the additional
hour of the locomotivte engineers should
he regarded as a basis for any addi
tional compensation over that of the
steam shovel engineers. The difference
ln the time Is the difference in the
functions performed by the locomotive
engineer and the steam shovel engineer j
! cd that the original conditions of un- 1 ln furthering the same construction
hoilthfulness which existed 1 when the ! wor5i and making the same construc-
origlnnj rnte for shovel men was fixed tion <3oy e 5sht hours.”
in l!,ri4 have been greatly bettered that i As to the application of the clght-
the yellow fever has been stamped out. ; hour law t0 these men the Secretary
that the rate, of death and sickness i
among Americans is exceedingly low, j
siy?
Tn pressing their petition for over
to *251 per monih; firemen from *83.33 j and that life on the Isthmus Is becom-" I W 'or the additional hour they
to $110 per month. >ng more and more like that in the 1 are engaged over the eight hours, the
p r ™ t R,tes Liberal * United States and this improvement la j construction locomotive engineers seem
Present Hates i-iDeral. I ., - to invoke tne standard fixed by
PHiSM FISH!
IS MJJMSU
VALDOSTA, Ga., May 5.—The prohi
bition campaign here is about to over
shadow al! other questions for the pres
ent time. The prohibitionists have been
organizing their forces for the past six
months and are working all kinds of
schemes to carry their point. Each
month, when the council meets, the
question ccmes up before that body
and usually ends in a fiasco. The an
tis claim that the council was not
elected upon the issue and they say
that it would be fair for the present
members to resign and let the matter
be tested before the people in another
election.
In the meantime, the forces for a
fight in the county at the polls con
tinue their work of getting names to
the petition to call the election. Sun
day afternoons have been set apart i by the lawlessness of others. The sole
his attitude toward the accused men
and specifically why he had referred to
Moyer and Haywood as ’’undesirable
citizens."
In making his report today the chair
man. John S. Henry, said that the com
mittee had spent more than an hour
with the President, at which time the
matter in hand was thoroughly dis
cussed. The President signified his in
tention of formally replying in the let
ter which the chairman then read. Fol
lowing the reading there was an ani
mated discussion, during which the
chairman and William Coakley, anoth
er member of the committee, setoutly
championed the'attitude of the chief
executive. It was finally voted to send
a copy of the letter to counsel for
Moyer and Haywood. In his reply the
President quotes at length from a let
ter written by him more than a year
ago to the Attorney General in which
he said that “our duty is (if it should
ever happen that we had any power
in the matter), to see that exact justice
is done these men.” The President’s
letter follows:
"The White House. Washington, D.
C., May 2, 1S07.
“MV Dear Mr. Henry:
“When you in company with Messrs.
Coakley and Brown called upon me this
morning I read you the letter I had
written to the Attorney General on
March 25. 1906. At your request I glad
ly send you the following extract from
that letter:
“Our duty Is (if .it should ever hap
pen that we had any power ln the
matter), to see that exact justice is
done these men. There must be no
condonation of lawlessness on our part,
even if the lawlessness takes the form
of efforts to avenge the wrongs done
improvement is j
, . . .. . certain to continue. The opportunity
Tn reaching the conclusion that the : to vJsl ,. the united States each year, if
as rally days and each Sunday speak
ers are on hand to tell of the evils of
the liquor traffic and the blessings that
will come when liquor is prohibited by
legal statute. Mr. W. D. Upshaw, bet
ter known as “Ernest Willie,” was the
the j speaker at today’s rally. Judge Park-
present rates of pay are liberal ones, i improved. Is a great aid in maintaning
Secretary Tnrt says: health. It has been urged that service
"A careful examination Into the - -
rates of pay prevailing throughout the
United States shows that some four
years ago the rates of rnv for steam
shovel engineers were $125 a month
and for cranesmen $9h. hut that in the
Intervnl since, the enormous demand
fop new construction has Increased tho
wages of both, so that* the average
throughout the country may be said to
vary from *1b0 to *110 for cranesmen
and from $150 to $160 for engineers.
Mr. Shonts and Mr. Stevens have pre
pared tables of the waves paid by va
rious firms in the United States nnd
these rotes do not differ essentially
from those submitted by Mr. Dolan,
the chairman of the Brotherhood of
Steam Shovelmeji. The average of
wages paid hv four of the largest firms’
pf the United States. Including
fVRourke & Co.. White & Co., Oliver &
Co., stated by themselves show a rate
of $150 for engineers $98 for cranes
men nnd *57 for firemen. The aver
age of eleven large firms of the United
States submitted hv Mr. Dolan, from
San Francisco to Xew York and from
New Orleans to Chicago, shows a rate
of *110 for cranesmen. 1163 for engi
neers, nnd $71 for firemen.
Fair Average of Wages.
“Taking the figures submitted by Mr.
Dolan an average of wages paid by
elgbtv-ore firms throughout tho Uni
ted States would bo $102 for cranes
men, and for engineers $152. In Xew
York, where the rate of living Is high
er. there are engineers who receive
$175. nnd cranesmen proportionately
less. Tn work on the Mississippi pay
ns high as $200 a month Is paid an
engineer nnd the employment agent of
the commission at Pittsburg reported
early this year that the demand was
so great tliat the wages of engineers
were tending toward $200 per month
In Alaska the rnte for engineers Is re
ported to be $S00 and for cranesmen
$250.
“It Is a little difficult to fix a uni
form rnte. because In many eases the
contractor was able to compare tho
efficiency of hi
noer’s dallv yardage produced by each
nnd Is Hnhle therefore ir. his own in
terest to increase the pav of the more
efficient so that the rates mentioned
nre frequently not class or average
rates, but rates for special Individuals.
Upon the isthmus, the conditions un
der which the different men work In
respect to the character of the mate
rial nnd the distance of the dumps are
different that It has bean lmpossl
they can only bo engaged eight hours.
That law cannot be evaded or avoid
ed when It has application by treating
part of the regular time taken as over
time and paying a regular wage and
x llc I,™,in 5la - I then a wasre for overtime. That'law is
tlstics atm the general conditions of: an abs °l ute limit upon the regular
the Americans on the isthmus refute ' bollrs of employment and the only le-
federnl eight-hour law. If the federal * er, of the Brunswick circuit, was the
eight-hour law applies to them, then orator last Sunday and Judge Coving-
on the isthmus so undermines the
health of tbe steam shovel men that he
Is utterly unfitted for work in the Uni
ted States when he returns. I cannot
agree witl^/this view. The health Sta
ton, of Moultrie, was the speaker on
the Sunday before.
The women have organized their
auxiliary and are .j distributing and
wearing white badges with the word
"prohibition" printed upon them. They
have also made arrangements to have
the Methodist church bell to ring at 11
the claim.
Damage Suits Barred.
“It is also said with truth that ser
vice under the commission is attend
ed With a possible risk of personal in-
gitimate overtime which can be allowed i o’clock each day as a signal for gen-
and paid for when the eight-hour law i eral prayer for a prohibition victory.
4 m 1 ino 1\1 r. 4 r— f— 4 V— a. 4 t — — A _ .s 1 4 i. 41, —- -■ X. 41 — 4L — n • — — — A — —
is applicable is for the time consumed
in meeting an emergency which could
not be reasonably anticipated. Such is
not the additional hour during which
Jury, due to the negligence of supe- j the locomotive engineers are necessar
rior officers, damages for which are
not recoverable under the law from the
commission, which such injuries as are
due to the negligence of contractors
in the United States entitles employes
of the contractors to compensation.
“It is. of course, difficult to weigh
the money measure which should be
allowed for the disadvantage which
American laborers and employes on
the Isthmus have to bear, but one
must be arrived at: and, after giving
full effect to all the considerations
stated I am strongly , of opinion that
the rate of wages on tho isthmus,
taken with the advantages which are
enjoyed by the shovelmen on the
isthmus under their terms of employ
ment, are sufficiently in excess of the
annual rates of wages in the United
States fully to make up for the greater
ily and regularly engaged in running
their engines and trains to the steam
shovel in the morning and in taking
At the present time the women seem
to be doing most of the work, as the
men have turned the petitions over to
them for signatures. The canvass Is
being made daily and strong pressure
is being brought' to bear upon the men
to sign it.
The antis, in the meantime, are not
them hack to the yard at night. There- ! entirely inactive. They declare that
fore, the eight-hour law lends them no
support for contention here.”
Secretary Taft approves as “a wise
compromise” a suggestion by Col.
Goethals that the overtime should he
added to the six weeks leave with pay
to which each employe Is entitled each
year. “In this way,” says Secretary
Taft, “the overtime could be enjoved
in the United States.”
The proposition of Mr. Stevens and
Col. Goethals to increase the pay of
construction train conductors from S170
to $190 per month. Secretary Taft
thinks reasonable. They have asked
for the same wages as the engineers,
to-wlt. $200. He holds that there is no’
strain and risk_.upon the employes on ! ground, in the way of preparation for
fitness for the work, responsibility or
duties, for maintaining an equality be
tween the wages of the two.
The various changes by order of the
President, become effective May J.
tho isthmus. There is a difference in
favor of the isthmian flat rate of
wages from 25 to 35 per cent, while
the certainty of twelve months em
ployment out of the year, the six
weeks’ leave with pay, together with
free quarters, free fuel and free light
and free medical attendance, carry the
advantage of the isthmian rates of
wages expressed in percentage easily
to 75 per cent. Mr. Shonts and Mr.
Stevens make the percentage consid
erably over this.
Would Mean General Raise.
"There are not more than seventy
steam shovel engineers and not more
Columbus’ Delegates to General Conven
tion.
COLUMBUS, May 5.—The Ladles’
Memorial Association, of Coiumbus. the
mother of all organizations of this char
acter in the South, has appointed Mrs.
Joseph C. Harrison and Mrs. Richard P.’
Spencer as delegates to the genera! con
vention of the Confederated
,, ... Southern
I- --I — Memorial Association which will be held
than seventy cranesmen on the isth- I *" Richmond at the same time the reunion
mus nnd the additional expenditure ! T£ e alternates
to which the Government wou.d be ^.&^ a ^‘r
put m increasing their wages might be I
comparatively small, but the truth i* I LENDER’S NOVEL METHOD
that the rates of wages paid to the I
steam shovel engineers is regarded on j
the isthmus and properly regarded, as
the basis for fixing the rates of all the
OF COLLECTING A DEBT
blr to graduate the' pay or_offer bo- , men withdraw from the service of the
‘ commission and that injury would be
greater to the commission than to an
. VALDOSTA. Ga., May 5.—Dr. D A.
8r.ir3svas'ss T’asljr* ■•<
realize the embarrassment and inter- i Pe -- iain -_ ®a.. wa.- arraigned here yes-
ference with the pressing of the work
which would arise if the steam shove)
puses for hish yardage. The only
method Is to fix a flat rate for the
Tvholc claw*.
Ought Not to Be Increased.
“After giving the matter the con
sideration which its importance de
serves and after weighing the com
parative advantages which the isthmian
shovel men enjoy over their brother
in the States with the disadvantages
which they have to bear In going to
and living on the Isthmus, I haye
reached the conclusion that the ex
isting standard of pay for the shovel i the work than the embarrassment that
terday before United States Commis
sioner Powell on a charge of forgin;
the name of Madison Fitzgerald to i
check for mileage for services as ;
employer, whose source of labor sup- j ^ r 'f deraI . 5’ 0urt -
ply is nearer at hand, but 1t seems to . Accord tp , th . e ^dence, Fltzger-
. . . _ . . nl.-i’c mnit w*nt in TO- Cn.-n-c.’-
question as regards Haywood and
Moyer must be the question whether or
not they can be shown to bo guilty of
this particular act, and their le.gil
rights must be as carefully safeguard
ed as those of any other men. It is al
leged that they were extradited’ from
Colorado in a manner that amounted
to a betrayal of their legal rights. I
should like to have the district attor
ney of Colorado, and if necessary the
district attorney of Idaho, give me such
information as they can on this point.
I should like to get from the district
attorney of Idaho any information that
he can obtain as to whether or not
there has been tho slightest disposition
shown by the authorities in Idaho to
act toward these men In an unfair or
improper manner, or to deny them their
legal rights. On the other hand. I
should like to know whether there is
any symptom of a miscarriage 'of jus
tice in their favor.
“The intemperate violence with which
the Socialistic or labor papers like that
of Debs and I am sorry to say some
labor organizations, have Insisted with
out any knowledge of the facts upon
treating these men as martyrs to the
cause of labor has unquestionably, re
sulted in tremendous pressure being
brought to bear upon the authorities of
Idaho to discharge or acquit them
whether guilty or innocent.
“So far as the unions are anxious
only to see that exact justice is done
these men: that they are given thefr
full legal rights and not condemned
unless proved guilty of this specific act,
they are entitled to the cordial co-op
eration of all just and fair-minded cit
izens. So far as by an action, or by
murderous and treasonable language
NEW YORK. May 5.—Much sporting
history promises to be made during the
coming week, nearly every day having a
scheduled event of uncommon Interest.
On Wednesday Jock O'Brien and Tommy
Burns will clash at Los Angeles for 20
rounds or less for the light heavyweight
pugilistic championship pf the world; on
Thursday. Metropolitan Tacing will move
to the course of the Westehegter racing
association at Belmont Park, nyhere tho
opening feature struggle will be for the
Metropolitan handicap, worth $10,000 to
the winner, and on Friday night at Los
Angeles. Jack “Twin'' Sullivan and Hum
Kelly will settle the dispute as to who Is
entitled to wear tho pugilistic middle
weight oliampionship laurel wreath. Tho
week will close Saturdav with the strug
gle between the Harvard and Columbia
crews for aquatic honors of the Charles
river.
Reports from Los Angeles say that both
O’Brien end Burns have trained hard and
are physically fit for any sort of contest.
O’Brien is always in fine fettle when he
strips for action, and Burns who hopes
to conquer the Philadelphian and thus
make stronger his claim to consideration
as a possibility for the championship hon
ors laid asido by Jeffries, has carefully
conditioned himself at Long Beach for a
rushing, punching fight.
The Metropolitan handicap is tho next
big race in the Immediate future nnd fol
lowers of the best In racing look to see a
great contest. Former Congressman
Timothy D. Sullivan’s horse. Dr. Gard
ner. is entered for this event nnd hfs race
on last Saturday, which he won in a gal-
Iod, makes him tho most fancied in the
lot of entries. Because of community of
interest arrangements between the own
ers of Dr. Gardner and Roseben. it Is un
likely that the latter horse will start in
tho big race. Should Roseben become a
contender, a great contest is looked for
between these two. not to mention tho
other high class contenders.
In the big baseball leagues the New
York and the Chicago teams continue to
play winning ball. It is a battle roval
between them. Last week in the National
league Chicago lost one game and post
poned another because of bad weather
which permitted the Giants, who played
and won all their games, to creep into the
lead for the pennant. The Chicago Amer
icans are one game nhoad of the New
York’s. In both leagues, all other clubs
except tbe two leaders are far down in
the percentage columns, the Brooklyn
Nationals being worst off of all. with a
record of but one game won and 14 lost.
CHARLESTON’S SCHUETZENFEST
ATTRACTS MANY RIFLEMEN
ties and
the courts
difficult to convict the men if guilty
they are equally without stint to be
condemned: and anything that the
Federal authorities can do, in either
event, to further the cause of justice
is to be done.”
me that the figures I have given above i Spence’s box
■ and Fitzgerald owed the doctor for
some borrowed money. Dr. Spence
•claimed that Fitzgerald had author
ized him to open the letter and cash
»<°r;u; j«» i * ^sstsstuss;
“£dff!SE’.SaTS!””" » »"S. C™ - T »« S ro„»d, Her-
count
engineers end a fortiori for the cranes- | might arise
men Is a liberal one and ought not to ! drawal.”
be Increased except under some pro- j
vision ff reasonable Increase appll- |
cable to all veteran skilled employes |
of tho commission who arc paid by ■
cios? rates. The rates paid to the
l--'v'’nn shovel engineers ore certainly
from 25 to 35 per cer.t higher than the
average of those paid in tbe State*,
..a ! this by no means ?:a;e? all tho
( 1 g.-rence In favor f the isthmian
terms of employment.
-A si-'am .'bovelman on the Isthmus
can count on twelve months' constant
cr,ploym'nt ir. a year. tr.d steam
stove! men In the United States can-
show that the ‘request of the steam j a " d Fitzgerald owed the doctor for
shovel men that their wages be In - omp borrowed monev. Dr *»»»>
creased over the present liberal stan
dard is not reasonable: and that If
•d to for fear j
luim „i,.v , H nesses on the two sides
end would work much more Injury to j a P d , Dl \ S F e J lc ^, sb0 ' ve<3 P re ttv conclu-
- - • - J ■ - slvely that he had acted in good faith.
The commissioner dismissed the
they are willing to meet any argu
ment that may be advanced. They are
said to be getting their forces in line
and will make a hard fight against
prohibition. They say that the action
which the prohibitionists have taken
before the council has helped them In
the county.
To show the intense interest that
has been stirred up by the prohis, it
Is but necessary to state that one of
i the churches was closed during a re-
| cent prohi meeting and notice nailed
on the door stating why it was closed.
| The congregation was invited to at-
j tend the prohi meeting at the court
house in lieu of the church services.
BIG SHOW m IRELAND
OPENED UP YESTERDAY
DUBLIN, May 4.—The Jamestown
Exposition is not the only affair of its
kind to attract world tourists this
summer. The Irish International Ex
hibition, Irish in much of its spirit, but
truly international in its scope, was
formally opened today with ceremonies
suitable to the occasion. The Marquis
of Ormonde presided. over the opening
exercises and all toe dignitaries of
state and church took part.
Tho scope of the exhibition is Irish
and international in the widest sense.
There are sections for the display of
Irish industries: history and education:
fine arts, including photograph and
engraving: arts and crafts; liberal;
manufactures, textiles and various al
lied industries: engineering and ship
building: civil engineering and trans
portation: electricity: motors, gas
lighting, heating and cooking: agricul
tural implements and chemical indus
tries; .horticulture and arborculture:
sport and fishing; mining and metal
lurgy: hygiene: women’s section; cot
tage industries.
Outside of the purely business as
pects of the exhibition, the amusements
of the visitors will be amply catered
to. Musical entertainments, vocal and
instrumental, of a high class, will be l
provided. Special concerts devoted to j SOCIALISTS CONDEMN
Irish music will be given, and the best
CHARLESTON, S. C., .May 5.—Tho
fifth tri-enniai fest of the National
Schuetzenbund of America will be
opened here tomorrow by President
Roosevelt, who will fire the first shot
at the targets by wire. Several thous
and riflemen from all over the United
States will be here and prizes to the
value of $35 000 will be contested for.
HUB INTERESTS
STILL I MICE
SAVANNAH, May 5—In the absence
of the answer of the Central Railroad
and the Merchants and Miners Trans
portation Company to the practical
ultimatum issued by the lumber com
mittee of the Board of Trade, nothing
further was done by the interests
named during the past week and tha
entire matter is still In abeyance.
The first fall, however in tho mud
dle, appears to have been gained by
tho Central Railroad. Formerly lum
bermen wore allowed three days of
’’grace - ’ on cars of lumber which had
been placed on the terminals of the
railroad, but since the agitation was
started by the lumbermen, the railroad
Is holding the lumber interests strictly
down to their bare legal rights, and a
party Interested said yesterday to tha
correspondent of The Telegraph that
the "affairs were now so mixed that
the lumbermen did not actually know
where they were at."
From tho scant developments of th®
past seven days. It appears that there
Is slight probability of the Merchants
and Miners Transportation Company
placing additional vessel.® on the Bal
timore and Philadelphia schedules.
They are continuing <o prorate ship
ments to suit their own convenience,
and to do this company strict Justice,
it is rather obvious that they could
not, at this time use the additional
vessels because of the strike and con
tentions of the mates of the coastwis®
carriers which is now a matter of first
concern to the steamship companies.
Mr. William B. Stillwell, president
of the Southern Pine Company and of
the Board of Trade, said several day®
ago in discussing the matter that the
common carriers must make tho con
cessions asked to relieve the situation,
and that if they refused or failed for
any reason to do so, then It would ba
“up” to the lumbermen to force them
to act on tho question, and as both
parties appear to bo very much in
earnest, it is rather probable that
thcro will be “some hot doings" when
the demands of the lumbermen are an
swered.
YALE CREW ORDERED
BACK TO NEW HAVEN
ANNAPOLIS. Md., May 5.—After tbs
weather hart forcert a postponement until
Monday and the visitor^ had consented to
stay over until then, word was received
from the university faculty toay ordering
the Yale crew to return to New Haven
this afternoon without rowing the annual
race with the midshipmen on the Severn
river. Universal regret was expressed
over the inability of tho crews to get
together for a tryout before their meeting
at Poughkeepsie in June.
PRICE’S MOVE AGAINST
N. Y. COTTON EXCHYNGE
NEW YORK, May 5.—As a result of
a conference between counsel. I have
consented to withdraw my applica
tion for an injunction against the
classification committee and the New
York Cotton Exchange on condition
that the defendants consent to go to
immediate trial of all the issues before
a referee, to be appointed by the Su
preme Court, and proceed from day to
day in taking testimony in proof of
the facts. This will result in a
thorough inquiry into present and
past conditions governing the cotton
busings of New York city and will,
if such a legal remedy existed, and
there is no justification whatever for
tho widely disseminated statements
that I have endeavored to spring a
surprise upon the exchange. I be
lieve cotton is destined to sell much
higher. I believe this because the
stocks of available cotton even the
cotton tenderable under the by-laws
of the New York Cotton Exchange,
are practically exhausted in America
and because, while the world needs an
American cotton crop of at least
13,500,000 bales next year, the prns-
sudh as that quoted above from Debt, j my opinion, effectively stop the de- j pect 1S that the yield will be much Jess
(end others) thev tend to bring pres- ' ivery of cotton on contract here that i th an this. I believe that as a result
sure to bear upon the State author!- j| s not. properly ^endcrable^and check | pf the reforms now almost certain to
unon the counts ' to obstruct 1 any disposition to violate the rules of I be established in New York the
s of iustice a^ei ’ to render It ^ ew Cotton Exchange. . j jsjew York Cotton Exchange will enjoy
to copvfct the men If guilty now on I believe we shall a very large a hd legitimate business.
have a contract that really represents J and tbat those who nre llkelv to re-
merOhantable cotton nnd bears some | qu i re cottpn In the future can with
just relation to the value of the arti- j confidence protect themselves against
cle. The trial before the referee will
be conducted with all possible expedi
such requirements through tho pur
chase of a contract on the New York
Cotton Exchange, the integrity of
which, in the face of considerable
opprobrium, I have done my best to
rehabilitate and shall do my best to
maintain.
THEODORE H. PRICE!
Tn response to your question it is. j Jion and I invite any who may have
Itrust. needless for me to say that if ! evidence to give on .he subject to
at any time you or any .one else can j Place the same at mv disposal to the
submit to me any evidence showing end that the New York- Cotton Ex-
that there has been a miscarriage of ! change may be rehabilitated tn tne
justice for or against Messrs. Moyer f eyes of the world, and may properly j
or Haywood, which you believe it is in " perform its important function toward < —
mv powe** to remedy, T will at once j the trade and cease to be the object of < j_os Anqdes th« Mecca For Shriner*.
bring such evidence to the attention of . antagonistic legislation throughout tho j uos ANGELES. Cal.. May 4.—Mystic
the Attorney -General to have him give j South. I believe that under the im- ghriners throughout the United States,
it the fullest consideration and to take I proved conditions which will result ■ Canada and Mexico have turned their
thereon such action, if any. as it may | from rnv action the New York Cotton : f aces toward Los Angeles and during
be in the power of the Federal author- Exchange has a brighter future before | t he coming week this city will be the
(ties to take. [ it and that it will not be long before I Mecca for at least 30.000 members of
“Sincerely vnurs. * the contract here will be a legitimate
“THEODORE ROOSEVELT.” I exponent of the real value of spinna-
Delegate Coakley said the commit- i bio cotton and as such again availa-
tee considered the Interview satisfac- { ble to producers and consumers as a
tory. It was decided to forward a copy j means of properly protecting them-
of the letter to counsel for the indict- i selves against the risk of a decline or
ed Idaho labor leaders and let them ; advance in the market. It has been
submit to President Roosevelt any I widely charged by my enemies and
evidence they might have that there ? some of my .former friends that my
had been a miscarriage of justice in I action was taken with a view of
the extradition of Mover, Ha’ r wood and j springing a surprise upon the market
Pettibone from Colorado to Idaho. - —> *—hv iniimcnm.
instrumental bands cf Great Britain
have ben engaged. Other amusements
j of a novel character—water chutes,
now from their with-
Joins Issue With Shovel Men.
Secretary Taft takes issue with the
team shovel men in their contention
they were told that they could
case against him, upon the grounds
that while he might have been techni
cally guilty of a violation of the law,
still the evidence was not sufficient to
convict him in a trial. Quite a num
ber of prominent people from Pelham
and that
radual increase in their ! and Camilla attended the trial.
:e one increase they j Dr. Spence is said to be a nephew of
had re ?ived was equivalent to a bonus ! Judge Spence and a cousin of Maj.
and therefore was no increase at all. I Spence of the United States Armv.
BOY DRAGGED TO DEATH
BY A RUNAWAY MULE
be
He says that the increase granted was
greater than any possible bonus and
that, moreover, there was nothing in
the contract or printed announcement
which assured these employes a grad
ual increase of pay. He adds, how
ever. tha r the Government may
afford, in its own interes
PRESIDENT’S CRITICISMS.
i and forcing a "corner” by injunction.
J Such is not the case, and the best
I possible proof of it is my willingness , for the
i to abandon the injunction pending a ; nothing
trial, if the trial proceed forthwith.
,, “— . „. „ , , I I am unalterably opposed to corners.
MOBILE. Ala., May ».—The Social- \ j ne -- cr participated in but one. when
Ists of Mobile and surrounding places i t the i nv itation of Messrs. S. Gruncr
held a largely attended meeting at
bert Park, about a mile and a quarter I Fair Hope, the single tax colony, on j in ’corner
from the business section of Dublin \ the Eastern shore of Mobile bay, today. I c
on the line to Dalkey. The land was W. Williams and T. N. Freeman, of . iJP.y’? ' 1WI c „ „„
recently presented to the Pembroke ur- Chicago, made addresses, tbe former : , • . _ rpat commodity like cot-
ban district by the Earl of Pembroke, j bitterly denouncing the_ President’s i “ on by man i pu iative methods. My in-
& Co. of this city. I joined with them
August cotton. The
experience convinced me of the utter
futility of attempting to advance the
VALDOSTA. Ga . May 5.—News was
•ought here from Hahira today of the
s well as j awful death of a negro boy. a son of
line of j j
^ v , q", ; .s arises anora. .a its own mwrest. as wen as ; aw:ui aeain oi a negro ooy. a
'tb-. ’ in re—v-t»r. with contract ; in !b -e Interest of the employes to pay | Gus Newsom, who lives on the
. r ' : V. .v.' f j-7 .. 7 states* by win: r 3 prem.um for length of service, such j Berrien and Lowndes County.
" v "ar. l ’.’.’J bv the necessary as obtains in the army. His recoin- ! negro had been plowing 1n th
fr.pet ween ehnnee o? mendutlon on this subject has been ; and when the day’s work was d.
Mr P'.-ver.
team shovel
before st att-u. 1® sa:
month, hut we are '
i^-.e eimim-Trnces ?ur
nhv ‘ me ‘that t
there "• e.i’d hardly c
er. months.
“Second, evert sh
Isthmus is entitled tr
everv
s'' :uld
mend-i
approved ar.d
directed by th
plan into effee
yearlv Increase
to be $300 a
>t advls, ,1 as to
ias
ba
tochanlc
t.ates.
It will be
have sorved
this subject ha:
h" commission will bo
President to put th
at or.ce. It provides a
use of three per cent of the
?:V rate paid to all skilled
engineers, conductors and
who are from the United
Til.
the field
and when the day’s work was done he
unhooked the mule, tied the hames and
one of the vibe-presidents of the exhi
bition. in commemoration of his son.
Lord Herbert. Altogether the grounds
of the exposition cover about fifty-two
acres.
The buildings are large and ornate, J
and strictly consonant with the natu- i
rat beauty of the park and of the beau
ties of Dublin and of Ireland in gen
eral. A lake, fountains and a wealth
of shrubs and flowers form a beautiful j
setting for the magnificent structures. I
The main entrance to the exhibition 1
i is at Bal'shridge. with other entrances
‘ on the South side of the park, in the
j vicinity of Donnybrook.
Directly opposite tbe main entrance
the principal building, with a cen
tral octagonal court, 215 feat in diam
eter. surrounded by a corridor opening
into four radial wings, each 164 feet
long and ?a f et wide. At: octagonal
.. , , , , ton nv manipuiam e meinous. .uy in- “
statements as to the undesirability of ; junction was simply a demand that hi
Mover, Haywood and Pettihnne a- cit- | the by-laws of the cotton exchange it- rs
izens and the latter criticizing it ln
milder tores. Resolutions were passed
by acclamation, declaring that the
rights of the citizens have been meh- j
aeed in the proceedings against the ’■
■Western miners and condemning the :
President’s criticism.. A collection was !
taken up for tbe benefit of the miners. I
Visit From Mi'lionaire Choir.
NEW YORK, May 5.—Former sub
jects of Emperor Francis Joseph r.usi- j
dent in this city, are on the tiptoe of •!
xr-ectation in anticipation of th
self be observed. It had not seemed
to me that such a demand would ef
fect a corner.
Mr. Henry W. Taft, counsel for the ■
New York Cotton Exchange, ln the
New York Sun of May 4. is quoted as I
follows: 1
"Although Mr. Price’s injunction will j
i do little except enjoin the classifica- j
i Lion committee from doing things that ;
are already technical violations of the |
by-laws of the exchange, the terms are j
so general that the committee could
j the order. The occasion will be the
: annual meeting of the Irnperl il Coun-
I cil. The advance guard of visitors has
j aiready reached the city and there is
I an unprecedented demand for accom-
I modations.
} Al Malaikah Temple of Los Angeles,
j the host of the occasion, has arranged
• a program for the entertainment of the
i visitors that will eclipse anything of
j the kind ever before prepared for a
I meeting of the Imperial Council. A
sum of nearly $100,000 will be exncnded
pleasure of the visitors, and
will be left undone to contri
bute to their comfort and entertain
ment. The meetings of the Shrlners
will require less than three days, but
the entertainment program will cover
the entire week.
.An electrical parade, consisting of a
score of Illuminated floats, will he
thrice presented, and on the first occa
sion there will be In line 10.000 Shriners
in evening dress. A floral parade with
hundreds of floats and vehicles elabo-
itely decorated will close the week of
festivity.
THEO. H. PRICE’S SUIT AGAIN8T
EXCHANGE GOES TO REFEREE.
harness to the animal and mounted It dome towers over the" center of thi
NEW YORK. May 5.—Henry W. Taft
and William M. Ivins, counsel respec
tively for the New York Cotton Ex
change and Theodore H. Price. In the
suit Mr. Price has brough* against the
exchange seeking to overthrow the ex-
i istfng system of classification of cot-
, . . , .. . . .. i ton grades, announced tonight that it
rival here tomorrow of Vienna's world- f not continue its work, ajld wunout tne i been agreed to have the oueotions
famed Male Singing Society. The or- j classification of the cotion trading ra jc ed j n Price's -suit determined
cannot .go on. ! by a referee. The referee is to be
I submit that if it be necessary that ; aTreed UIlotl by the counsel. It wa»
by-laws o± the fsew York Cotton | als0 a g rf , pd tp a t * a e pending motion
of Mr. Price for .an injunction against
tn
salaries
six week?
i the
leave
lecessary, howev
one year in a certain
111 add three per cent to j beaten
f some of the steam
shovel men ar.d other employes now
and will ir.ur
employes whs
ln the i
period. “It will furnish a motive for
ride home.
: As he red-' up to his home, his fath-
j er was feeding some hogs and the
i mule became frightened at these and
• ran away. The boy’s feet were caught
| in the harness and he was dragged
: for a distance of four miles, his cloth
ing being torn off of him and his body
a pulp against trees and
stumps. Many of the negro's bones
-re protruding from the flesh and he
when the
mule came to a stop at Hahira a dis
tance of four miies from where the
animal started.
ganization. which Is the most famous •
of its kind in the world, is coming to t
serenade President Roosevelt, and on j
arrival in New York the singers will i Exchange t
depart at once for* Washington. Aft-r • continue its
meeting the President the choir will
make a tour of the large cities of the
East.
be violated to enable it to
present methods, then is
it not time that those who are invited
to trade upon the New York Cotton
Exchange be put upon notice of such
building to the height of 150 feet. Pa
vilions for the British, foreign and col
onial exhibits are grouped around this
building, and teen logically and art
istically come the buildings for the mo- i wives and daughters and fifteen news
tpr cars, electricity, Irish Industries, : pappr corre-’pondents. Their visit to I New York Gotten Ex -hange I insist
machinery and power houses and din- ' America will cost them in the nigh- : upon the enforcement of those rulei
borhood of $200,000. But this fact is
not surmising when the fact is home i th<
Tae party numbers 150 singers, their ; condition, and am I to blame If having
~ — ' bought cotton under the rules of the
the benefit of the ! presented a ghastly sight
ten them length of servlc
s reaches tile require
ing and tea rooms.
Indications are already abundant that
the exhibition will draw hundreds of
thousands of visitors to Ireland for the
first time this summer. It is expected,
too. that th” fair will form am
protect my. rights thereunder fn
consumatlon of my contracts. By
in mind that r.o less than fifteen mil- j every means available to me I endoav-
lloraires are members of the society.
Mendelssohn, Liszt, Richard Wagne
which will draw thousands of Irish- • orary members of the society, and each
Americans back to their old homes. I of them has dedicated works to it.
ored to bring the abuses of which I
complain to the attention of the ex-
Johann Strauss an ! Brahms were hon- . change administration. I publicly an-
. nounce.d nearly ft month ago that I
i should avail myself of legal remedy,
the exchange restraining it from car
rying out its classification schema
should be withdrawn.
O'lie Freeman Killed His Chum.
GROVETON. Tex., May 5.—Follow
ing a dispute at a dance last night Ol-
lle Freeman shot and killed his cousin
and former chum John Ashworth.
Freeman surrendered.
One hundred years ago the West In
dies supplied about one-half of th®
■world’s sugar, but the Industry is on
the decline. The world's crop of be*t
sugar is now about 6.300,000 ton®.