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CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER iB, 1902.
VENEZUELANFLEET
It Is Seized by British and Ger
man Cutters.
Three Steamer* Are Sunk Ca*tro A*k«
ifllnlNter Itoueu to Act a* Arbi
trator Adult Venezuelan*
IHu*t Join Army or He
Declared Traitor*.
La fiuaira, Venezuela, Dec. 11. —
Ten German and four British cutters
captured the Venezuelan fleet on
Tuesday. They went alongside the
Venezuelan vessels and ordered them
♦ o surrender, and without a shot be
ing fired the British and German
forces seized the fleet in the name of
the German emperor and the king of
England. Two of the vessels which
were undergoing repairs were broken
up. The German cruiser Panther
steamed into the harbor during 'these
proceedings with decks cleared for ac
tion. The Venezuelan steamers were
taken outside the harbor and the
General Crespo, Tutumo and Mar
garita were sunk.
Willemstad, Curacoa, Dec. 11. —
There was a great patriotic demon
stration in Caracas when flic news
arrived that the British and German
warships had seized the Venezuelan
war vessels at La Guaira.
London, Dec. 11.—Great Britain is
practically a t war with Venezuela, but
there is no disposition here to regard
the situation as particularly serious.
Washington, Dec. 11. The state de
partment has been advised that a
"peaceful blockade" exists at La
Guaira.
Washington, Dec. 12. —Minister
Bowen, at Caracas, in a cablegram to
the state department confirms tha
press reports that all the German
and British prisoners have been re
leased.
London, Dee. 13. —A dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Willemstad, Curacoa,
sa.ts that the foreign residents of
Puerto Cabello are taking refuge oil
board the German cruiser Vineta anil
the Rritish cruiser Ariadne and that
these vessels are threatening to bom
bard the port.
Washington, Dec. 13.—A cablegram
received at the state department from
Minister Bowen at Caracas states
that Ihe Venezuelan government has
requested him to propose to (ireat
Britain and Germany that the difficul
ties arising out of the claims for al
leged damages and injuries to Brit
ish and German subjects during the
civil war be submitted to arbitration.
In conformity with the understand
ing* already reached with the repre
sentatives of the British and German
governments here this proposition
from Presilent Castro rvill be laid be
fore those governments, the state de<
partment acting merely as a channel
of communication.
Secretary Hay replied to Mr. Bow
en's cablegram, authorizing him to
use his good offices to secure arbitra
tion. He was, however, made to un
derstand that in the arbitration, if
one should follow, he would represent
not the government of the United
States, but of Venezuela.
If there is an attempt to possess
themselves of all the customs re
ceipts on the part of Great Britain
and Germany, protests naturally
might, be expected to follow from
France, which holds claims aggregat
ing more than the combined claims
of England and Germany, and which,
it is understood, already has arranged
for their payment on an instalment
plan out of Venezuelan customs re
ceipts, an arrangement that might be
disturbed by the British and German
prt igra in.
Berlin, Dec. 13. —As the result of
fresh inquiries made regarding the
reported sinking of Venezuelan ves
sels off La Guaira the press is in
formed that the orders given to the
German and British commanders
were to capture the vessels before
beginning the blockade. No orders
were given to sink them. If, however,
any vessel has been sunk, Ihis was a
military measure necessary in cai#y
ing out the foregoing orders. No re
port has yet been received from Com
modore Scheder, the German com
mander. A report was received from
Ilerr Von l'ilgrim-Baltazzi which is
as follows: ,
"Four Venezuelan vessels captured.
One of them disabled. Two German
vessels, the Vineta and Panther, and
one English participated in the seiz
ure."
Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 13.—The
government has taken preservative
measures at La Guaira. All the de
posits of coal at the navy yard and
all the British cars on the La Guaira
railroad have been brought here, ren
dering impossible the transportation
of the allied troops by rail. Gen. Fer
rer, the minister of war, spent Thurs
day in choosing spots in the moun
tains where trenches arc to be dug.
The governor of Caracas has issued
the following decree: "All Venezue
lans living in the federal district, be
tween the ages of is and 50 years
must enroll themselves in the mili
tia; any such persons refusing to en
roll voluntarily, as patriotism de
mands, will be declared traitors and
sent before the tribunals."
Port of Spain, island of Trinidad,
Dec. 13. —The captured Venezuelan
gunboats are now manned by British
sailors and are doing British work.
There is one British cruiser at this
port. The other men-of-war continue
to blockade the Venezuelan coast.
The navigation <*f the Orinoco river
has been reopened.
A Schooner l» Wrecked,
Atlantic City, N. .1., Dec. 11.—The
two-masted schooner A. L. Lee, from
llaverstraw, X. V., for Atlantic City,
was wrecked yesterday off this city.
The crew was rescued by the Atlan
tic City life savers. The Lee exper
ienced rough weather all of Tuesday,
but battled successfully with the
heavy seas and high winds until she
was in sight of her destination, when
she was struck I>V a lyonsteY sea and
capsized. The crew sought safety in
the rigging and after being almost
frozen the men were finally rescued
by flic life savers. The vessel will be
it total 10«,.5.
ROOSEVELT'S POLICY.
Il In 4 <>Mim<<ii<li<<l by tliA Civil Sorvlce
Itelorm LI'HKIIII Tliry tlie l're*l»
drill < red It for IClcvulliitf the n«rul
Tone of the Public Service.
Philadelphia, Dec. 12.—The annual
meeting* of Itlie Civil Serviee Re
form league began here yesterday.
The annual report of the executive
council, which was read at the after
noon session, commends the policy
of President Jtnosevelt in making 1 fed
eral appointments and calls attention
to the persistent hostility of profes
sional politicians in both the great
national parties to civil service re
form. The report in part is as fol
lows:
"President Roosevelt has done more
for the practical enforcement of the
civil service law, the elevation' of tlie
moral tone of the public service and
the general advancement of improved
methods of government than it has
fallen to Ithe lot of any other presi
dent to do so soon after assuming of
fice. Nevertheless it is not surprising
that, in this respect, his course has
been subjected to a closer scrutiny
than has usually befallen a new ad
ministration; this fact after all eon'
stitutes but a just tribute to tue mer
its of Mr. Roosevelt's past services to
the cause of good government. As a
result of this exacting attitude of
public opinion (in itself a thoroughly
wholesome symptom of progress) the
president and his official advisors have
encountered some criticism.
"President Roosevelt has been ac
cused of exhibiting too little regard
for the salutary restrictions of the
civil service rules by excepting from
their operations without evident ne
cessity a certain number of minor
positions and individual appoint
ments. With very few exceptions, the
positions affected are unimportant.
"The council is obliged to record
its regret that the results of the great
victory for good government and pure
politics in New York City, on which
the league congratulated the country
at its last annual meeting, lfave not,
as yet, met all the hopes of friends
of civil service reform."
THREE MINERS KILLED.
<'»nl Digger* are Hun Down by a
Train of .Tllne Car*.
Wilkesba rre, Pa., Dec. 12. —Three
men loslt their lives and one was ser
iously injured in No. 3 slope of the
Kingston Co. at Ed wardsville, a small
mining town near this city, last even
ing. The men who had just finished
their shift were walking up the slope
behind a train of loaded cars. The
slope runner desired to shift, the cars
and he notified the men to step aside.
They did not heed the warning and
In shifting the cars a coupling broke
and the cars dashed down the steep
Incline, plowing into the men and
hurling them with great force against
the roof and sides of tne slope.
When picked up it was found tliat
three of the men were dead and one
badly injured. The dead are:
Benjamin Davis.
John Washki.
Pi'ter Pedo.
Injured: Anthony Zucke.
The bodies of the dead were horri
bly mangled.
Counterfeiter*' IMant IN Raided.
Chicago, Dec. 12.- —In a raid by con
stables and labor leaders Thursday
morning it is believed the greatest
plant, in the country for counterfeit
ing union cigar labels was discovered.
The printing establishment of ilvman
L. Meites, 380 Hals ted street, was en
tered and the ten counterfeit plates
captured from which it is believed all
the counterfeit labels in the United
States have been printed. One hun
dred thousand counterfeit labels were
also confiscated. Officers of the Ci
garinakers' International union as
sert that the plates are the only ones
in existence. Meites shipped Ihe
counterfeit blue slips, in lots varying
from 1,000 to 100,000, to all parts of
the United States.
Three Killed, 71any Injured.
Mexico City, Dec. 12.—At Tepa, on
the llidalgo railway, a special train
bearing 1,000 pilgrims returning from
this city, was wrecked yesterday, kill
ing three persons and injuring many
more. The train was backing from
a switch to the main line, when the
rear car was derailed. It rolled
down an embankinenlt, drawing five
other coaches with it. Six hundred
persons, chiefly women, occupied the
coaches and the scene was sickening
in its horror. Twelve thousand pil
grims thus far have visited this city
to worship at the shrine of Guade
loupe.
Say* Fat Will Surrender.
Chicago, Dec. 12. —Steven A. Crowe,
a hotel proprietor in this city and
brother of Pat Crowe, asserted posi
tively yesterday that the latter is in
Johannesburg, South Africa. He said
further that within the next few
weeks his brother may surrender
himself to the authorities, according
to an agreement with Cudahy when
the $25,000 reward for his arrest was
withdrawn.
Another Itooillrr In Convicted.
St. Louis, Dec. 12.—John 11. Schndtt
ler, former member of the house of
delegates, was convicted yesterday
of bribery in connection with the
Suburban franchise deal, and was
given four years in the penitentiary.
This is the ninth'boodle case disposed
of thus far.
Child Froze to Death.
Auburn, N. Y., Dec. 12. —Last Sun
day afternoon Willie Ilinger, aged 5
years, was sent on an errand by his
parents. He did not return and yes
terday his dead body was found on
the piazza of a laundry man's house
outside the city limits. It is sup
posed he arrived at the house early
Sunday evening and was overcome l>y
the cold before he could arouse the
household. The door leading to the
piazza where the body was found is
liititle used and the discovcrv was
only made Thursday. Tears had fro
zen upon the little sufferer's face.
PATHETIC STOIUES
Are Related by Witnesses to
Coul Commission.
Startling Tale* of Circcd and Hrutal
lly Docking Syntem Intolerable
Alleged Attempt to Hrlbe
I nlon Olltcer*.
Scranton, Pa., Dec. 10.—Tales of
evictions from houses owned by G. B.
Markle & Co., of the death of a wife
as a result of the enforced removal
from her home, and the story of a
mother whose,husband was killed in
the Markle mines, of how she and her
two boys struggled for years to pay
the Markles the Inuck rent and coal
bill she owed them, were the princi
pal features of Tuesday's sessions
of the coal strike commission. I
Mrs. Kate Burns, of <ieddo, told a
story of how she and her two boys
worked 13 years to pay off an accum
ulated house rent and coal bill due to
the Markle Co., (the narration of
which deeply interested the commis
sioners. She said her husihand was
an engineer inside the Markle mines.
The husband was killed underground,
leaving her with four children, the
oldest of which was a boy of 8 years,
j The company never offered her a
penny, but the employes gave lier
! about SIBO to defray the funeral ex
penses. i
After closing the Markle case, the
representatives of the miners called
witnesses who had formerly been em
ployed in several companies to show
that a black list exists.
Scranton, Pa., Dee. 11. —The most
interesting, if not important testi
mony brought out at Wednesday's
I sessions of the coal strike commis
sion was to the effect that an alleged
; attempt was made by a former mine
foreman to bribe two presidents of
local unions of the miners to have ten
; men in each local use their influence
to have a resolution passed sending
j the men to work, thus making a ser
ious break in the solid ranks of the
strikers. Each of the presidents
were to receive $2,500 and a good po
sition as mine foreman, and each of
the ten men were to get from SIOO to
S2OO each.
A large amount of technical testi
mony was heard on various phases of
the questions at issue. Two check
weighmen produced figures which
tended to show that at two Deiawart
& Hudson collieries the miners pro
duced 110,83!) tons of coal more than
they were paid for.
The Delaware & Hudson Co. pre
sented its figures to the commission
they being the first certified statistics
to be handed in. They show the inv
erage earnings of the miner in ltlOl tr
have been $022.68 and his laborei
$419.47.
Scranton, Pa.. Dec. 12.The repre
sentatives of the inine:rs during the
course of Thursday's proceedings be
fore the anthracite coal strike com
mission, called one of the independ
ent operators to the witness stand to
tell of the price he received for his
coal, and the mine owner refused,
giving, after much questioning, an
average on the price he received.
The operator was W. .1. Crawford,
president of the People's Coal Co.,
which operates the Oxford colliery, in
Scranton. Tha request for him
to take the stand came as a surprise.
The Oxford colliery, during the strike
managed to get enough men to oper
ate the plant and for one month, ac
cording to Mr. Crawford, his com
pany received S2O a ton for its coal.
Patrick O'Boyle, a miner, gave the
history of the increase in the size of
the miners' ton from 2,240 pounds fo
3,13f>. He said 2.) years ago sizes un
der pea coal were not used and there
fore it was dumped on refuse piles,
nnd the ton raised to 3,130 in order
that the companies could get out
2,240 pounds of marketable coal. At
present the companies are using coal
three or four sizes under pea and the
men are not being paid for it.
Scranton, Pa., Dec. 13.—Friday's
sessions of the anthracite coal strike
commission were taken up in present
ing cumulative testimony on matters
tr, at have already been heard by the
commission. This testimony tended
to show that there has been excessive
docking; that many men were dis
criminated against because they went
on strike rather than do the work of
strikers; that- they are paid one price
for mine cars of all sizes; that they
do not get. paid for all the coal j
mined; that they should have the
eight-hour day because the mines are
unhealthy and dangerous and that
they ought to receive higher wages.
August Baker, a miner employed
by J. S. Wentz & Co.. at Hazlebrook,
near Hazleton, proved an interest iafc;
witness, lie said he lived in a com
pany house for which he paid $4.70
per month.
He testified that the houses are very
poorly built. When it rains the occu
pants are compelled to place tubs and
dish pans in the bedrooms on the sec
ond story floor to catch the water
which ran in from the roof. On the
first floor the floor boards were so far
apart, that every time the wind blew
it lifted the carpet in the houses built j
on stumps. He said there was no |
road into Hazlebrook and that under- I
takers refused togo there and trades- |
men refuse tto send goods into the
town because of there being no road, j
Some have tried it and their vehicles !
broke down. The only way to get j
into the place is by railroad.
Two Illsj Hank* Coimolldate.
New ork. Dec. 13.—A banking con
solidation was announced Fridav
which will bring into harmony the
large insurance and financial interests
of the Mutual Life Insurance Co., the
Equitable Life Assurance Society and
the Morton Trust Co. The directors
of the Bank of the United States
voted to amalgamate with the West
ern National and to make (lie com
bined capital $10,000,000. The new
>bnnk "ill continue under the man
agement of V. P. Snyder, and will be
known as the Western National Bank
of the United States.
THEY LIVE LIKE HOGS.
ImnilKrulloii i'ommlMftloiirr Surjiriiiit
Sn>» Our Frontier Should be Keller
TIN it riled AI;IIIIIM( Tli'ilcuu IVniik mill
JupilllCMC (oollca.
Washington, Dec. 13.—The hearings
011 the immigration hill by the senate
committee on immigration were con
cluded Friday. A willingness was
manifested to submit to the elimina
tion of the provision J ox. ftn educa
tional test, should .sifch action prove
necessary to secure the success of the
bill. Commissioner General of Immi
gration Frank Sargent said that while
lie would prefer the retention of the
educational requirement, he recog
nized that feature could be sacrificed
wit.hout destroying the efficacy of the
bill. With the other portions of tho
bill unimpaired he believed that most
oft.lie undesirable illiterates could be
kept out under other restrictions.
Mr. Sargent made an urgent plea,
for retention of the $3 head tax, say
ing that with the increased vigilance
necessary more money would he re
quired to meet the expenses of the
service. He spoke especially of the
necessity for increased vigilance <>a
the Mexican frontier and said that
he recently had secured information
by personal observation of the smug
gling into this country of a large
number of the most undesirable ele
ment of Mexico, peons who were will
ing to work at from 25 cents to 35
cents a day. These people, he said,
were fed from troughs, as hogs
might be, and were treated just as
slaves.
They were finding employment in
the mines of Colorado and New Mex
ico. We did not want such labor as
that and the Mexican frontier is long
and hard to guard, rendering the
work expensive. Mr. Sargent declared
there is now in this country plenty of
labor at the proper remuneration, lie
declared that the plea for unlimited
immigration is from the transporta
tion companies alone and not from
the manufacturers and farmers.
Commissioner llealv, with head
quarters at Victoria, it. ('., gave tes
timony concerning the necessity for
guarding the northwest frontier. He
spoke especially of the danger from
an invasion of Japanese coolies.
HOLIDAY GOODS.
A (iroat IIKTOUMC Over Prevloua Yearn
IM lieported.
NHw York, Dec. 13. —K. G. Dun &
C'o's Weekly lleview of Trade says:
Lower temperature and holiday de
mands have combined to accelerate
retail trade, sales largely exceeding
the corresponding week in preceding
years. Much postponed business is
being made up, and shipping depart
ments are crowded with work, but
wholesale trade has ruled quiet. Uail
! road earnings for November exeeed-
I ed last year's by 7 per cent., and
j 'those of 1900 by 20.5 per cent.
At first glance the sudden rise in
furnace stocks of pig iron to 94,2U5
tons compared with 71.*58 on Novein
i ber 1, might suggest that consump
j tion was below production, but ob
-1 viously any aceuimilation x that occurs
is due to inadequate transporting fa
; cilities, since needs are urgent, as e'v
-1 idenced by the imports of eastern
I steel works. The pressure is still
I greatest for railway supplies, with
I structural material next as to urg
| ency of demand.
Failures this week in the United
I States are 2<i9, against 273 for the cor
i responding week last year, and in
! Canada 30, against 17 last year.
BANK ROBBERY.
New !llosl an ItuiidllM Succeed In <;et
linu Away «ltl« 53.000.
Santa Fe, N. M., Dec. 13.—A report
i reached here late Friday afternoon
| that the private bank of Ilillsboro,
I Sierra county, was held up Wednes
| day afternoon by robbers who es
| caped with considerable booty, as but
j a short time before cattlemen had de
] posited some $3,000. The deed was
; done in broad daylight. The robbers
I made for the northern part of the
county.
The bank is owned by Pennsyiva*
ilia capitalists, and is doing a large
business. Ilillsboro is off the rail
road line, the nearest railroad point
being Lake Valley, a number of miles
to the north. There is no telegraphic
communication.
Ileclproclly Treaty Slsjnrd. '
Havana, Dec. 13.—A definite treaty
of commercial reciprocity between
Cuba and the United States was
signed Thursday night by Gen. Bliss
and Secretaries Zaldo and Montes.
It only lacks the signature of Sec
retary Hay and Senor Quesada anil
the approval of the United States and
Cuban senates to make it operative.
Although the treaty provides for a
uniform reduction of 20 per cent, from
the present tariff charges on Cuban
products entering the United States,
a parallel list of products has been
drawn up in which is set forth the re
ductions on each item made by Cuba
and the United States respectively.
I'liMiicrcMNt'iil Attempt to l.ny t able,
San Francisco, Dec. 13.—An unsuc
cessful attempt was made yesterday
to lay the shore end of the Pacific
cable. As a result, the big steamer
Silvertown, with the cable in her hold
is still floating idly on the waters of
San Francisco bay, and aboard of her
there is keen disappointment that
adverse conditions made a failure of
j the attempt to lay the first span of
cable toward the new American pos
sessions. A strong tide was tin- chief
cause of the failure.
■liter Spcakn on Liberty.
New York, Dec. 13.—Four hundred
and sixty members of the Pennsylva
nia Society of New York were pres-*
cut at the annual dinner of the so
ciety given at the Waldorf-Astoria
last night. The souvenirs consisted
of miniature coal buckets filled with
anthracite coal. President Haer, of
the Heading railroad, spoke on "Penn
sylvania Theories of Government." lie
declared that the chief theory of
Pennsylvania government was liberty
directly applied to the individual in
his right to work unhampered by
I others.
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