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Vast Hordes of Repeaters are voted
in Philadelphin without Sem-
blance of Restraint.
Thousands of Fraudulent Ballots Cast by the
Brazen Hirelings of the Gang which Rules
that City with an Iron Hand, and only one
Arrest is the Result.
As if by magic gangs of repeaters sprung
up in every section of Philadelphia Tues-
day morning. Hardly were the polls
opened when the raid upon the rights of
voters by the Gang, which long ago be-
came a distinguishing feature of Philadel-
phia elections, began, and it was contin:
ued until darkness closed over the voting
places. Home talent and imported talent
vied with each other in the work of rolling
up ‘‘a rousing Republican majority.’’
Aided by police and election workers,
the horde of criminals, many brought hun-
dreds of miles, a small 1egiment of them
from across the Canadian line, poured
thousands upon thousands of fraudulent
votes into the ballot boxes.
There may have been a time when re-
peaters iu Philadelphia took some degree
of precaution in plying their nefarious
work. That there is now a general feeling
among election-law breakers that there is
no need of caution under Ashbridge-Dar-
bam-MoNichol rule wae plainly shown by
the brazen openness with which the hired
thugs of the machine worked Tuesday.
Even in wards where repeating is more
or less of a novelty squads of sixes and
eights went about facing election officers,
who knew every voter in their divisions by
name, and knew, too, when so many
strange faces came in a group that agents
of the Gang were at work. Never before
was there manifested so great a sense of
secnrity among the criminals; 80 absolute
a contempt for all decency.
. PROTESTS WERE FEW.
In scores of polling places repeating was
done with knowledge on the part of elec:
tion officers that it wae being done, and
yet even those few officers who would have
protested indignantly, if any good could
have come from such a protest, stood by
and witnessed with scarcely a word the
crime against the ballot. In afew cases
election officers were content to stop the
work of repeaters, making no effective ef-
fort to bring the criminals to justice.
Unprecedented in the history of the
Gang’s criminal raids against a clean bal-
los was the army of repeaters. The Ten-
derloin gave up its choicest spirits for the
work, and these were swelled in numbers
by gangs from adjoining cities and by the
Cauadian regiment of new-made voters,
who to-day are safely back across the line.
Distributed in squads from numerons
rendezvous presided over by Republican
ward bosses and division heelers, they
were, at 7 o'clock Tuesday morning, scat-
tered to the ends of the city. As usual,
the greater numbers of the repeaters were
massed in ‘the river wards, where were
assigned the raw recruits. The old stagers
in tlie business were sent, as a class, ‘to the
decent wards, where, il anywhere, there
was a chance of arrest. ‘
POLICEMEN GUIDE REPEATERS.
In many of the election divisions police-
men personally conducted repeaters to the
polls. The law providing that policemen
shall not enter polling places unless need-
ed to quell disturbances was openly vio-
lated. Intimidation aided the repeaters in
their work. The conditions were ideal for
crimes against the ballot, and very few of
the names placed illegally on the assessors’
lists but were voted on.
TWENTY-FOURTH WARD CRIMES.
A desperate effort was made by repeat-
ers in the Twenty-fourth ward to over-
come the majority against the Republican
ticket. Two years ago the Twenty-fourth
and the Thirty-fourth wards, were carried
for Rothermel for District Attorney. Gangs
of repeaters were busy throughout the day,
and hundreds of illegal votes were rolled
up,
William Brumsteiner, 916 Winter street,
who is-familiarly known among Republi-
can workers in the Tenth ward, was arrest-
ed in. the Thirty-third division of the
Twenty-fourth ward early in the morning
on the charge of attempting to repeat.
Brumsteiner was the last of a gang that
went into the polling place at 9:30 in the
morning.
% ONE AFTER ANOTHER.
The first man to come to the rail voted
* the nate of L. Culver, whose residence is
' place..
given an the assessor’s list as 937 Belmont
avenué. The second voted the name of
‘Samuel Peden,” of 1019 Pallas street.
A. I. Hayden, the Democratic clerk,
says that if he had not been busy at the
time he doubtless would bave detected the
frand,:as he knows Samuel Peden, a form-
er policemen, who used to live. atthe ad-
dress given, but who long agomoved from
the division. He says that as the repeater
spelled; the name Petden, whereas the
name ig properly spelled Peden, the case
did nat attract his notice at the time.
Following this repeater came five. one of
whom, voted on the name of John Mitchell,
who formerly lived on Mantua avenue,
and the others on the names of William
Selby,:C. L. Terry, C. J. Richards and C.
Hincel, all registered as residing at 937
Belmont avenue.
These ballot-box stuffers had voted in
succession, and bad passed from the poll-
ing pldce, when the name of Edward Shin-
del, wlhiose address on the assessor’s list is
given-as 1021 Belmont avenue. He had
given the name, when John Boylan, Jr.,
the Democratic window man exclaimed:
‘Why, Shindel has just voted.”’
‘Ol, bas he,’’ said Brumsteiner, in af-
feotedy astonishment; ‘‘then that’s all
right,’ and he turned to leave the polling
. BRUMSTEINER ARRESTED.
Bat it was far from right for Brumstein-
er. My. Shindel, who is a clothing sales-
man, and who is generally away from the
city at election time, had left the booth but
a moment before, and was standing on the
sidewalk outside of the polling place. Be-
fore Brumsteiner could reach the door he
had been called in. He declared that he
had never seen Brumsteiner before.
The.man was taken before Magistrate
Kochersperger at the Central Police Court.
As the_election officers could not be pres-
ens, he was held in $800 bail for a hear-
ing to-morrow afternoon at 2 o’clock.
‘John Henry,”” whose address was given
as 554 Brooklyn street, gave bail far Brom-
steiner. There is no such number asthe
address given. Li
UN-OFFICIAL
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VOTE OF CENTRE COUNTY, 1902.
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Bellefonte, < South ward 165, 180, 10) 172] 210 7 2| 206! g 185 196} | 116! 269! | 151] 149 212; 202| | 187 202 182! 197! 184)
West ward 105] 61] 5|| 86 74 2 86! 7211 64] 97/| 79! 71| "80 87|| #5 76 84) 80 7|
Centre Hall borough 41} 108} 1 34] orc Md, 38) oul | a7) 91 | 36/ 43] od ss8|| 36] 95 36 96] Of
Howard borough...... 106, 41 1 97; 49 4 106; 42] 95 52| | 100 102} 47] 45 97| 49, 99! 46 45!
Milesburg borough.. 101; 26 T wl 34] 2 79) 28 71} .39 75) 68) 331 40 65 47 76] 3 33!
Millheim borough....... og! 1271 5] | 3311300 2 L...lllld fe idee. 35 120] | 30| 120] | 34] 35! 128] 123} | 33] 132 33) 128) 129
First ward ........ 151; 36/ 8 99 TI 8 121} 52} | 120] 57 109} 106 61! 64l | 99 75 120, 56) 55
Philipsburg borough,{ Second ward.....| 165 102| 12 156 143{ 7 174] 127| | 171] 127] | 187] 152] 126! 126] | 169| 133! 177] 126 118
{Third ward.....| i66| 61] 7 |124 87 7 11) ool | 143) 67) | 177 125 51) 62 | 130] 84 130, 820 74
South Philipsburg boro. {53 Al... 46 28; 3 50/ 24] | s0| 23|| 56] 51] 20 21]| 49] 28 19 26] 22
State College Borough 105/ 64] 5] 78 119] 1 113] 8o0| | 100] 95| | 104] 112| 80| 88 | 109] 8§ 132! SL 63
Unionville borough, Costannts 44| 19) 13 i 32 8 3 2 41) 35|| 47) 49] 28 211| 56] 26 35 200 27
5 : : ._ { Northe 46) 76] 2 57) 69 sii 8 56 73] 56/ BT 66, 67 69 61 631 67] 67
Benner township { Southern precinct, 54] 69] 21 81 64 Bf |i) [3 Eon 54 63 | 1] oe | 52 53 65 64] | 61] 59 57 61 62
Northern precinct... 55 34] 2|| 42| 22 ogo A Sh agi 40| 24|| 35 20[| 39 40| 25 e3]| 36] 29 40! 25 of
Boggs township,< Eastern preciunet.. ...| 59| 41} 1 49) 37 Yi 49| 37 48) 38{| 49! 49] a7 37 | 45] 41 47] 881 38
Western precinet.....| 158) 67 8] | 124 74 4 127) 69} | 118} 76] | 119] 116] 78 74 | 118 82 124 721 175
Burnside township..... 54] . 27...... 43] 21}..--- 43 21 41| 23 3] 43] 21] 21)| 43] 21 42; 191 27
College township . g3l 13) | 145] 90] 7 152| 82{ | 146{ 90! | 145 139] 90| 93] | 149] 91 142) 114] 83
Curtin tOWnNShip......coceseescrsrassassaiomsssnss f 51| 1f| 60f 38j-:--- 62 36 53| 44| | 60| 60] 39; 37| | 45| 53] 54 391 36
Ferguson township { Witton precinct. To) 157 2 | 81/135 4 83] 135] | 75 143) | 58| 58] 136 176) 84| 134 128) 135| 97
g SHIP Western precin 90, 39] 1|| 79 BL. 82| 49| | s3| 41|| 75] 74] 51) 60j| 85 46 102{ 45 32
Northern precinct. 8 Ti... 5 T6je-- 5 176 4] TT 8 6 T4 73 6! 75 7 13. 75
Gregg township< Eastern precinct. 33| 108] 2|| 29{ 102| 2 28| 105 | 29! 104; | 28 30] 105 102 | 25| 108 30 107] 1o3]
Western precinct. 64) 144! 3 = 136) 4 i 13 56) 137| | 57] 63] 132| 127] | 53] 141 69) 126) 130
3 : astern precinet....| 41} 105 1 it 99]...... 9 37] _98| | 36] 36] 99| 99 36| 99 36 93) 97
Haines township J i: 70! 1281 | 61] 119] 2 65 117) | 6o0| 120|.| 65| 65] 116] 116| | 63] 117 66| 116] 116
Halfmoon township wil os] #1 all on 32). 3 105{ 26 | 102] _30| | 105| 106] 25 27| | 106] 26 110{ 30] 23
Harris township...... sol 125] 6|| 72) 124 1 75) 116 | 73] 119] | 64] 75] 116] 123 | 92| 103 60 153] 79
Howard township... ot] 68] 2| 81 74 1} 82] 71 | 93] 57 82| 82| 71] 68! | 75 81 79] G4 67
Huston township... 02! 55 6 | 87] 61} 94] 541 | 96] 54 | 95] 91] 56] 56] | 95] 57 93| 57i 54
Liberty township .. 151] 69] 8 | 142 66 8 143) 63] | 133) 77) | 142 141] 63] 67 | 143] 65 4o| 65) 63
Marton township............. 51] 75] 11 42] 74] 2 430 73(| 42| 74 | 41 45) | 712 | 40] 45{ T6| 71
| Eastern pre 22| 66] 1] | 18 6T|-ee 18] e7|| 14] 70{| 15] 16{ 68) 65 | 15] 69 16 08] 66
Miles township< Middle precinct. 41} 149] 3|| 43] 149 44 116] | 45| 146 | 43| 46] 147) 145 | 43] 148 14| 149] 145
{ Western precine 17| 68) 1}| 14 63 14 62|| 12| 65 | 13] 14| 63] 63] | 17| 60 15 61 61
Patton township... 142) 48... 130, 75 138] e7i | 127) _78| | 135] 130 67| 75 | 137| 69 132| 74 69
Penn township....... a nn) MY 210 4 | 341.198 36 192 46| 10 | 36] 36| 191] 192 35| 191 45| 179] 192
Northern precinct...| 27| 122! 1] | 20| 110 22} 108! | 22| los | 23| 30| 105 102] | 22| 108 24] W7| lo7
Potter township < Southern precinct...| 78! 186| 3} | 47) 99 50 99| 51{ lo1{ | 49 581 97| 91 | 50| 99 48| 103; 96)
Western precinct... oo... ..c. | 15} 107 16 108 | 17] 107} | 17| 20] 107/104] | 21} 102 19} 107} log
Rush townshi { Northern precinct.....| 115} 79} 11 123] 80|.c:-: 1m 71] | 1100 70! | 108] 121] 65 m1} | 100] 84 1 71] 7
P| Southern precinct......| 147| 60] 2 144 T1 149 66! | 149] _67| | 130] 142] 84] 72! | 141] 78 135 81] 64
Snow. Shoe Tw Eastern precinct.....| 170| 108] 4] | 139) 115 149} 106] | 127] 123] | 138] 142| 106} 108] | 137| 118 82| 100] 174
P- {Western precinct...| 71) 55] 3 | 43 55) 45| 53) | 44] 54] 49] 43] 49 531 | 39] 58 31] 53) 72
orthern precinct...| 89| 63...... 92l 79 98] 73{| 82| 90 | 82| 86| 90| 83} | 100] 72 89| 81 72
Spring township< Southern precinct...| 134] 130) 2 i 125 120 130] 117{ | 106| 143] | 119! 126] 131] 120] | 138} 111 120| 111} Loo
Western precinct..... 104} 51}... 118) 59 127) 53{ | 104{ 75] | 111] 117] 64 64 | 1171 63 115) 67] 59
Taylor tOWnShiP....oeeeseesusssneee 98! 23...... 78] 21. si| 19) 71) 230} 77] Ti| 21] 23{| 73) 21 75) 24 18
Union township... o7, 42 17|| 92{ 45] 1 93| 45 1 93| 45 | 93| 93 46{ 44|| 96 44 93 43| 47 :
. Ps 30] 68{. 1{| 35] 61. 371 59 | 35 61] | 36] 35 61] 58] | 38 58 3g| 58| 57 :
Walker Twp.< M. P... 29| 8ll..... 25| 80 26) 79] | 24! 81 | 25 29| 80.76 | 27 78 26 77 74
AW. P. 28) al... 34] 76!...... 36) 71] | 34| 7A | 36] 38] 74{ 72[| 34] 76 43| 61] 70 ol 38
Worth township. ....ceovueiseeneiniisiinnns 114] 481... | 110{ 53] 7 i 114] 49| | 111} 55| | 111] 112] 50{ 52 | 111] B58 112] 59) 52[ | 110] 113] 48
ee | en | een] {frm} rr {om | sn] i | en reer ree ence | ime | ce
Total | 4684|4330|2158! |4181(4574| 155] |4274(4449] [432543671 14156 4203] [4043 4718) [4215 421314467 4350) 4275 4684 4339 4134 4272) 14469/43; 4252] (441143:
Majority... oie MBI neat... 165 ..... 40" Tyagi Srl HY eral I... Sid) 252 2441 i...... [314 57! 162 ...... 217 Jie on m in Ni Ti
Above is the un-official vote, by precincts, as received by telephone.
The footings are official.
Early in the morning a negro repeater ed that Kelly had not lived at the Eigh-
was taken to the polling place of the Tenth | teenth street house long enough to entitle
division by one of the negro Republican
ward leaders, and attempted to vote on the
name of ‘‘H. Henry.”” His vote was chal-
lenged, and on his producing his tax re-
ceipt it was found to be made out in the
name of ‘‘Andrew Henry.”” When it was
seen that he was detected, the leader made
an effective bluff. He declared that he
would get an order that would compel the
election officers to accept the vote. He was
allowed to go, and did not come back with
the promised order fram the court.
IN THE “BLOODY FIFTH.”
The ‘‘bloody Fifth” ward kept up its
reputation for election frauds in at least
one division yesterday, and three police-
men of the De Lancey street station assist-
ed materially in the work. They made
frequent trips into all surrounding high-
ways and byways and escorted ‘‘voters’’ to
the polls, which were located at 227 San-
som street, in the rear of F. G. Thurn’s
saloon. ~~ The “‘voters’’ were mostly negro
repeaters.
The policemen followed them into the
polls and even into the booths. to see ‘that
the ballots were marked ‘‘right.”’ -
In returning to the street many of the
repeaters were seen to pocket the price of
their votes. One dropped a coin ou the
pavement. It was half a dollar.
PoLICE AND FIREMEN AS VOUCHERS.
Police and firemen in the Twenty-first
ward rendered excellent service to the
machine in the capacity of vouchers. By
5 o'clock the friends of G. Von Paul Jones
were confident thas he had enough votes of
one kind. or another to re-elect him to the
Legislature, but, in order to make a good
showing, Lieutenant Lush was ordered to
take a hand. Every policeman in the dis-
trict who was not absolntely necessary for
the street was released for election duty.
Inthe Fifteenth division Sergeants Bow-
en and Hornby and Policemen Martin,
Knittle, Levering and Marshall, together
with George A. Martin, a special police-
man, were the official vouchers. They
mustered up an inpromptu acquaintance
with some forty Polesand Huns and voted
the crowd shortly after 6 o‘clock. Not one
of these ‘‘citizens’’ could speak English.
All they could do was to ask for a ‘‘public
ticket,’ but they answered the purpose as
well as though they had college educations.
Sergeant Ames hag charge of the Penny-
packer interests in the Twenty-third divis-
jon. He saw to it that there was no want
of hospitality to Republican strangers
there. : :
The Polish and negro vote was scattered
all over the ward, “for the sake of appear-
ances,’’ and in almost every case it was a
policeman or a fireman who stood sponsor
for the repeater. :
Edward Nash, a negro laborer ab the
Pencoyd Iron Works, was in command. of
the negro repeaters. He declares that he
received’ $50 for his day’s work.
‘AN UNPRINCIPLED PERSON.
‘We can’t take your ballot. You have
voted already,” said the judge of the
Second division, Fourteenth ward, when
William Burne walked in last evening to
exercise his rights as an elector. a
Burns looked surprised.
“What do yon mean?’’ he asked. ‘‘I did
not leave my place of employment until
twenty minutes after 6 o’clock, and I cer-
tainly haven't been here before to-day.
You muss have the wrong Burns. I'm
William Barns, of 311 North Thirteenth
street. Here's my poll tax receips,’’ and
he produced: the acknowledgment, duly
signed by the representatives of the
ceiver of Taxes,
“I’m sorry, Mr. Burns,” said the judge,
bus he didn’t look is. *‘If you really are
William Burps, I have a strong suspicion
that some unprincipled person has voted on
your name, but, of course, it is too late to.
rectify it now, so far as your vote is con-
cerned. I would advise you to try tosoothe
your wounded feelings by capturing the
man who impersonated you.”
In as much as there was nothing else to
do, Burns left the polling place,. while the
members of the election board smiled and
winked. : :
A VIGILANT JUDGE.
Charged with having attempted to vote
illegally In the Eighteenth divieion of the
Fifteenth ward, Francis Kelly, who lives
at 326 North Eighteenth street, was ar-
raigned before Magistrate Kockersperger
yesterday and was held in $500 bail for a
farther hearing.
K.ily was arrested at the instance of
Ja eo Molnernyj the judge of election in
the ‘“ighteenth division of the Fil-
teen ward, Kelly attempted to vote,
and +...» challenged by Molnerny, who alleg-
Re-.
secrecy has been: observed that little or
They will vary but little if any from the official figures that will be given in the next issue of the WATCHMAN,
him to a vote in the division. The prisoner
said that he hadlived in the division for
ten months, andinsisted on casting his
vote.
Hugh Matthews, who said he lived at
1802 Hamilton, was also arrested for illegal
voting in the Thirty-fifth ward. He was
locked up at City Hall and will have a
hearing this morning before Magistrate
Kockersperger. North American.
Guarding Forest Lands.
Timber Depredations cease Native trees are Repro-
ducing Themselves and many a Waste Place is
Becoming a Wilderness of Verdure.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 3.—The an-
nual report of Binger Hermann,Commisson-
er of the General Land Office, shows that
the public land disposed of by the Govern-
ment during the year aggregated 19, 488,535
acres, an increase of 3,925,739 acres over |
the previous year.
Commissioner. Hermann recommends a
large appropriation for surveys in Alaska
and an increased number of special agents
to prevent timber depredations. - i
On October 1st lust theré were 54 forest
reserves, embracing 60,175,765 acres, an
increase of almost 14,000,000 acres since
the last report. During the fiscal year
there were 1663 foress fires discovered, which
burned over 87,799 acres.
The constantly decreasing area burned
over is said to demonstrate the efficiency of
the government forestry force. The Com-
missioner says that the withdrawal and
proper policing of the forested lands of the
Government during the year has shown
that the work has proved self-supporting
and has brought in a revenue to the Gov-
ernment. Needed timber supplies have
been placed within lawful reach of the pub-
lio, and timber depredations within the
reserve limits have practically ceased. Con-
cerning reforestation the report says:
“Assuming that the reforestation of the
dennded areas in the forest reserves, where
sufficient moisture prevails to make the
germination of seeds of the native trees
possible, might be expected to result in
good time, the forest force has been requir-
ed to make extra exertion to prevent
damage by fire and to keep the office fully
informed relative to the effects of stock
grazing and to keep out stock not licensed
to enter the reserves, and all the evidences
point to almost unvarying success.
““The forest trees are coming back, not
only where there is a plentiful rainfall, and
not a little hope is found in the fact that
the native trees are reproducing themselves
in the dryer portions of the country, where
the fires are kept out, and where grazing is
restrained within reasonable limits, and
many a waste place is becoming a wilder-
ness of verdure.’’
A ————————————
made of a Steerable
Balloon.
Secret Tests
PARIS, Nov. 3:—It has been known for
some time past that the brothers Lebaudy
and an engineer named Julliot have been
constructing a steerable balloon, but such
nothing has been published about the new
flying machine.
A newspaper reporter now claims to have
witnessed the first experiment with the
new balloon, which he says occurred yes-
terday at Robert Lebaudy’s country house,
near Bonnieres, where the airship was con-
structed. The balloon ascended to a height
of about twenty yards, with two persons in
the ear. It was held down by ropes, and
the motor drove the airship against a stiff
breeze. After manceuvres lasting half an
hour, during which several circuits of the.
park where the experiment was conducted,
were made, the airship was replaced in its
shed. Engineer Julliot, who had chaige of
the motor, said he was conpletely satisfied
eh the test, but declined to be interview-
The reporter describes the Lebaudy bal-
loon as similar in appearance to, but twice
the size of those of M. Santos-Dumont. It
is 64} yards long and 12 yards in diameter.
The car is 5} yards long and can hold three
persons. The propeller is driven by a
motor of forty horse power. :
The owners of the new airship are
anxious to avoid publicity concerning it
until it has made a trip to Paris and return.
Tennessee,
NASHVILLE, Tenn., November 5.—To-
night chairman Thompson, of the state
Democratic executive committee, gave oub
a statement in which he. estimates the ma-
jority of James B. Frazier, Democratic can-
didate for Governor at 50,000 votes.
1 had.
er get ahead.
ed in the afternoon.
irators.
MrT. CARMEL, Pa., Nov. 4.—Poverty and
distress were brought to the attention of
the Anthracite Strike Commission to-dav
when it visited the villages surrounding the
. Philadelphia and Reading mine at Hickory
Ridge.
TWO-ROOM HOUSES.
JOHN MITCHELL'S STATEMENT.
President Mitchell’s statement of the
miners’ case, which was made public today
"is as follows :
To the Anthracite Coal Strike Commis-
gion :
The mine workers make of the operators
the following demands, which were formu-
lated by the Shamokin convention, held
March 18 to 24, and for the enforcement of
which the strike was inaugurated :
An increase of 20 per cent. upon
the prices paid during the year 1901 to em-
ployes performing contract or piece work.
This demand is made on account of the
following reasons :
1. 'The present rate of wages is much
lower than the rate of wages paid in the bi-
tuminous coal fields for substantially simi-
lar work. *
2. The present rate of wages is lower
than is paid in other occupations requiring
equal skill and training.
3. The average annual earnings in the
anthracite coal fields are much less than the
average annual earnings in the bituminous
coal field for substantially similar work.
4. The average annual earnings in the
anthracite . coal fields are much less than
the average annual earnings for occupations
requiring equal skill and training.
5. The rate of wages in the anthracite
fields is insufficient to compensate the mine
workers, in view of the dangerous charao-
ter of the occupation in relation to acci-
dents, the liability to serious and perma- |,
nent disease, the high death rate and the
short grade hfe incident to this :
First.
CANNOT LIVE PROPERLY.
6. The annual earnings of the mine
workers are insufficient to maintain the
American standard of living.
7. The increased cost of living has made
it impossible to maintain a fair standard of
life upon the basis of present wages, and
has not only prevented the mine workers
from. securing any benefit from increased
prosperity, hut has made their condition
poorer on account of it.
8., The wages of the anthracite mine
workers are so low that their children are
prematurely forced into the breakers and
mills. instead of being supported and edu-
cated upon the earnings of their paren
9. Wages are below the fair and just
earnings of mine workers in this industry.
A reduction of 20 per cent. in
hours of labor without any reduction of
earnings for all employees paid by the hour,
day or week. : ii
The second demand is similar to the first
in that it is designed to increase the hourly
rate of wages of mine workers employed by
the hour, day or week, and all the reasons
applicable to the first demand are asked to
be applied to the second with repetition.
In addition thereto we submit the follow-
mg:
parents.
Second.
10.
Misery Among Miners impresses Arbi-
Commissioners Suffer Much Discomfort While In-'
specting Bear Valley Mine. Demands Made Known. |
Some boys were found who said ,
they were only 10 years old and worked in
the breaker.
When the inhabitants learned the iden-
tity of the visitors they surrounded the
commissioners and told their stories of op-
pression and destitution.
an old German, wept as he spoke.
*‘I have been here thirty five years,” he
said, “‘and have worked hard every chance
I never drank and tried to save
every penny. Try as I would I could nev-
My two children died in the
poverty in which they lived, and now wife
Bs, Iare living on my weekly wages of
7.’
Michael Heck,
Many - of the houses were of two rooms,
aud their furnishings ‘and surroundings of!
the most primitive type.
The members of the commission were
plainly impressed with the destitution of
the place.
Bear Valley mine and breaker were visit-
The mine is so web
that the members of the party wore rubber
coats and overshoes.
inches deep in places.
The veins pitched from 30 to 72 degrees.
While the arbitrators were in the mine
they were hauled about in a train of cars
drawn by a mine mule.
jumped the track twice.
The water was Six
One of the cars
The ten honor day is detrimental to
the health, life, safety and w
ell being of the
mine workers. eh nie f
11. Shorter hours improve the physical,
mental and moral conditions of the workers.
12. Shorter hours increase the intensity
and efficiency of labor.
13. The tendency of national and State
government of organized trade and of pro-
duction generally is toward shorter hous.
14. A working day of eight hours issuf-
ficiently long for the best interests of the
_workingmen and of the community.
WISH COAL TO BE WEIGHED.
Third. The adoption of a system by
which the coal should be weighed and paid
for by weight whenever practicable ; the
minimum rate per ton to be 60 cents for a
legal ton of 2240 pounds ; the differentials
now existing at the various mines to be
maintained. ’
This demand is made on: account of the
following reasons:
1. Measurement hy the legal ton when-
ever practicable is the only honest and just
system of measuring the earniugs of mine
workers.
coal it is on the basis of a legal ton of 2240
pounds.
© 3. The excessive ton was originally in-
‘tended to compensate the operator for the
weight of the small sizes of coal which were
then discarded, but which are now utilized
and sold, and therefore there is no present
necessity for the use of any other than the
legal ton.
4. The adoption of this ‘system would
remove an incentive, both to the operators
and the worker, to cheating and dishonesty,
and would allay jealousy among the miners
and prevent unjust discrimination and fa-
voritism. 3 ;
5. The change of the present system to
the one asked for would prove a strong fac-
tor in allying suspicion and discontent
among the mine workers.
A CAREFUL AGREEMENT.
6. The incorporation in an agreement be-
tween the United Mine Workers of Ameri-
oa and the anthracite coal companies of the
wages which shall be paid and the condi-
tions of employmient which shall obtain, to-
gether with satisfactory methods for the ad-
justment of grievances which may arise
from time to time, to the end’ that strikes
and lockouts may be unnecessary.
In support of this demand we submit the
following reasons : ne
1. The anthracite mine workers should
not be compelled to make or sign individual
agreements, but should have the rights to
form . such organization and cheose such
agents and officers as they desire to act col-
lectiveiy, instead of individually, when they
deem that their best interests are suhserved
thereby. i : HEH
2. Agreements between employers and
employes throngh workingmen’s organiza-
ting production and wages in the bitumin-
ous coal fields and in other large industries,
and are beneficial, successful and in keep
ing with the spirit of the times. :
3. Unions'of workingmen tend to the
provement of their ‘physical, ‘moral and
mental condition, and to the preservation
of friendly relations between employer and
employed.
4. Experience shows that the trade
agreement is the only effective method by
which it is possible to regulate questions
arising between employere and employed
in large industries, and that a trade agree-
ment is the only possible way ‘to establish
the relations betweeen employers and the
wageworkers in the anthracite fields. on a
just and permanent basis, and as far as
possible to do away with any causes for.
the recurrence of such difficulties as those
you (the Anthracite Coal Strike Commis-
sion) have been called on to settle.”
Respectfully submitted. Te
: JOHN MITCHELL,
Representative of the Anthracite Mine Workers.
‘No Overcrowding Here.
‘the finest arable land in the world in Man-
itoba, says a Winnipeg dispatch in the
London ‘‘Express.’’ There are perhaps
20,000,000 acres more of prairie grass,
which needs little or uo cultivation to
feed cattle on. In .Assiniboia, Saskatche-
wan, Alberta, and Athabasca there are im-
mense tracts of agricultural country suf-
ficient to supply the United Kingdom
with the corn and cattle required. In-
cluding Manitoba, they are estimated to
comprise over 80,000,000 acres of farm
13,000,000 or 14,000,000 acres are occupied.
Manitoba and Assiniboia have already
done much to justify Canada’s title to be
“he granary of the empire. =
2. When the operators sell or transport
tions are the ordinary method of regula- |.
better discipline of the men and ‘to the im- | Wayne
There are more than 20,000,000 acres of |
land. Of this vast territory not more than |
The Result in Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA, November 5.—Com-
plete returns from all but ten counties in
Pennsylvania show a Republican plurality
for Governor of 93,255. Of the ten mias-
ing counties eight are Republican and two
Democratic. The eight Republican coun-
ties show an estimated plurality for Penny-
packer of 43,000, while the Democratic
counties give an estimated plurality for
Pattison of 2,600, a net Republican plural-
ity in the missing counties of 41,200, or a
total plurality for Pennypacker in the
State of 134,455.
Penny packer ran abead of both William
M. and Isaac B. Brown more than 40,000:
votes while Pattison also led the Demo-
cratic ticket by several thousand votes.
The following is the complete vote of
Pennsylvania with the exception of the
missing counties of Armstrong. Allegheny,
Cameron, Chester, Clarion, Columbia,
Delaware; Mercer, Somerset and Washing-
on. *
PeNNY- Parri-
County. PACKER. SON.
Adams. 3,116 4,138
5,136 3,574
4,021 3,796
9,585 16,5692
6,591 5,065
4,985 3,645
7,460 8,512
: 5,990 5,005
Cambria.. 8,908 8,504
Cameron. i. io ai nan a, J
Carbon. 2,737 3,309
Centre. 4,197 4,574
Chester... i... anil id BH Gl ES Uy
Clarion,... Sesied rapaes
Clearfield... 6,412 5,772
Clinton....... 2,602 3,148
Columbia... niin, 2H 0 TE ee
Crawford.... 6,469 6,194
Cumberland,. 4,739 5,799
Dauphin. 10,201 8,441
Dalaware.... crap ssatvon 03 hairs 00 Siived bese
1,741 3,800
8,089 6,281
8,694 8,835
1,043 813
5,608 5,347
811 1,117
1 1,861 3,531
Huntingdon. 3,465 2,440
Indiana........ 4,053 2,500
Jefferson 3,081 3,413
Juniata 1,557 1,671
Lackawann 10,670 16,293
Laneaster 17,932 7,587
Lawrence 4,043 2,184
Lebanon. 4,623 2,952
Lehigh... 8,396 10,376
Luzerne. 11,461 14,267
Lycoming.. 5,771 7,472
cKean. 3,008 3,603
Mercer... citi vnnnsnnmsinisiensis een ees
Mifflin... 1,043 1,996.
Monroe...... 843 3,042
Montgomer 12,105 12,675
Montour....... 943 2,008
Northampton... 6,516 9,635
Northumberlan b 7,435
ill, 2,461
73,685
752
2,124
13,313
1,245
1,350
3,590
L508
37550
2,305
2,080
12,392
2,046
12,875
Totals. iat, friivheseted 465.057 371,802
Loose Brick Prevents Virginia Jail
Delivery.
~ RIcEMOND, Nov. 3.—* Indian Bill’? Jef-
ferson, ‘‘ Wash’ Fields and ‘‘Mose’’ Den-
nis, three long termed negro convicts, and
each with a reputation as a desperite man,
attempted last night to escape rom the
State Penitentiary here. With a screw
driver, slipped from the workshop of the
institution, these men cut a hole 24 by 19
inches through morc than two feet of wall,
under the window sill of their cell, and
but for the falling of one brick upon a
workman’ tool box beneath the’ window a
stream of convicts wonld have been pour-
ing down the front of the big building to
make a break for liberty. He
The noise of the fall of the brick, how-
ever, gave warning to the guards, the at-
tempt was discovered, and the escape was
prevented. ?
In she cell with Jefferson, Fields and
Dennis were nineteen other men. There
was found in the cell a rope made of blank-
ets, strips of apron, old pieces of cord, ete.,
which was long enough to carry every man
of the twenty-two in the cell to freedom.
— Jessie James’’ will be seen ut Gar-
man’s next Wednesday night. .
yi
— Habsoribe for the WATCHMAN.
BRE