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5 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®.