A F. E. & G. P. BIBLE, Proprictors. {EQUAL AND EXACT JUSTICE TO ALL MEN, OF WHATEVER STATE OR PERSUASION, RELIGIOUS OR POLITICAL,''=Jeflersoy TERMS : £L50 per Anvum. iv Adven BELLEFONTE, PA.,, THURSDAY, APRII Ad sr 29, 1 886, NO. 17 VOL 8. The Centre Democrat, Torms81.50 por Annumin Advance FRANK E. BIBLE, Editor, HigsEE won't. IREECE Tarkey, but the great powers refuse to furnish either fire or a frying pan. is endeavoring to - - Gov. CurTtiN said that he was sorry that the powers of his committee were not large enough to permit the investi- gation of railroad building and the watering of stock. for the railroads in The sweet bye and bye. He wants to go -_ Tag letter in the Watchman of last | week signed “Knights of Labor,” reads not unlike the letter of two years aze, asking Democrats to trade their for gressman and which was sigoed, H. BrLAir. i WA— con Ww. county tickét off for votes Ir has been rumored for some time that the Senatorial conferees of Cen~ tre county are to be handed over to 8. W. Caldwell of Clinton, change for the Congressional conferees of that county for Mr. Curtin. Won der if the the Centre county goods ? in ex- (General can deliver Hox. 8. W. CaroweLr. and the Clinton Conferees deny the charges of the Clearfield Democrat that, the Clin. ton'Conferees in the senatorial confer. ence tried to corrupt those from Clear field county. Perhaps the least said about the conference of 1882 would be best. - CuaairMaxy Ry~per, of the Nation- al Greenback Labor party is in Wash- ington urging that the powers of Mr, Curtins committee be enlarged so that the condition of affairs out in Clear- field may be investigated. If the re- lations between the Berwind White | Coal Company and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company were known, some | body might get hurt. We predict that the cemmittee will not make its appearance in that region and for rea, sons well known to many. Gex. Joux Parton is being push. ed for the Republican congressional nomination in this District. Mr. Pat ton will not have & split up democracy to run against the next time, as the day of bolts has gone by. But the General is wealthy and can afford to be knocked down about as well as any Republican in the district. Besides he is a nice courteous old gentleman and makes a very respectable candi- date, Tue Democratic party(?) across the bridge, is considerably befuddled because the DEMOCRAT said thatSena- tor Wallace was out of politics. Now the best evidence in the world of the truth of cur assertion is that for the past four years the party has been de feated in the state by majorities rang’ ing from forty to eighty thousand. Such things never occurred when Wallace was at the helm. Surely the party over the bridge will not try to unload the disasters of the last two campaigns on the broad shoulders of Senator Wallace ! Mr. Gould (good humoredly). “I shall be very glad to read the opinion of the committee when a formal report is arrived at, and [ will keep any invest. ments | may have to make in abeyance until then.” The Chairman, “I hardly think you will do that if you get a fair opportunity to have a shy at Wail street, and | would like to be in partnership with ou. y This closed Gould's examination, The above is taken from the ex. amination of Gould by the committee investigating the cause of the strike on | roads snd shows with what zeal the matter is being pushed. No doubt the chairman would like to be “in partnership” with the great stock waterer. Like Ool. Sellers’ schemes, “ghere's millions in iL” cook i Tur examination of W. O. Me. | Dowell a prominent Knight of Labor before the Committee investigating the causes of the strike on the South | ; fact | the President's special message on the Western railroads developed the i | that one of the grievances complained | of, was the watering of railroad stocks. | | This is an old complaint but it was a | : 36 oN suggestion of national tribunal of ar- rich lead for the committee to have Ollowed out in the examination chair the it Mr. Curtin the made that a hot potato. { man of the committee re markable statement costs $17,000 to build a mile in Pennsylvania,” and yet there is not a road in the state that is not bonded and stocked to three times that amount in some of which our member is a very large stock The . . es . : questions of Mr. Curtin contains val- holder. following uable information, “It is of a settled that railroad ¢ that Pennsylvania over our mountains. not the great evil in all this the f that railroad stock is watered 7" Witness, “That is the great the whole thing."’ Chairman. “And your theory is that the exactions made upon tha men em- ployed on the road are by the attempts to enabl the vilroad com panies to pay dividend ed stock ? Witness, “That is there is a great irritation the country.” The chairman. the mn about £17,000 a mile constructi ia It costs in Is 2 CL evil of caused on walter theory and about it all the ovel | We quite agree with our honorable member that “the great evil in all this” is “the fact that railroad stock is watered.” But why drop such a rich mine of information? Jay Gould could | have thrown farther light on the vex- | ed question of “watered stocks” and the grinding of labor to produce divi- dends on millions of dollars never in. | vested. Mr. Curtin himself is a large | stock holder in the Bald Eagle Valley Railroad whose stock is {a8 to ran water at the pin, 80 dropsical prick of a The great trouble with congress is that too many of the members hold | water rights in railroads, ] i — A] —— Inte’ .State Commerce Bill WasuiNgron, April 26.—The bill introduced by Representative Warner | of inter-state commerce and to arbi- trate the labor difficulties provides | that a board shall be created to con- {gist of five members, at the annual | salary of 86,000 each. The board { shall have power on application to is- | sue licenses to railroads or transpor. | tation companies to engage in business | as common carriers ; | company to carry on business between the states without such license ; it shall be unlawful for a licensed corporation to discriminate in any manner in the performance of its duties, or to charge more for short than long hauls. To obstruct the business of licensed car- riers, to prevent by force, threats or intimidation, any person from serving asa licensed carrier is made punisha- ble by fine and imprisonment. Aggriev- ed employes may make complaint to the inter-state commerce board, and the board has the power to investi gate and order an arbitration and en- force the award. - Hoxie Offers A Reward. New York, April 26.—The following telegram was received at the office of the Missouri Pacific railroad company this morning : 8r, Louis, Mo,, April 26, 1886. Three hundred and four freight trains containing 5,000 loaded cars, run over the system Saturday, an increase of 89 trains and 1883 loads over same day Inst year; 283 freight trains, consisting of 5,548 loaded oars, run over the system yesterday, an increasa of 81 taains and 1,258 cars over same day last year, At 3:30 o'clock this morning freight train No. 38 was ditched east of Wiandot Kansas, by spikes being pulled out o the ties, and fish plates taken off the rails. Fireman Hen Horton and break: man George Carlysle wers instant! killed and Engineer J. H, Fowler po ously injured. Have offered $2,600 re, ward for the parties who caused the wreck, [Signed H. . Hoxie, Iv there is anybody else who wants to be Jav Gould's partner, let him speak out, of | tt like | Suggest something less objectionable | Jay Gould, bat they dropped it like SUES! st something v) y | with any promise of practical results {they are unequal to the task, of railroad | of Ohio, to day, to establish a board | The Labor Inquiry. Fresh interest has been given to the Congressional labor investigation | subject, and it has made men more | practical in their ideas of the labor dispute, Some criticize the President's bitration, but when they are asked to All re. cognize the necessity of aciion by the government, but when they are called upon to define the proper action to be takeu, they The labor question has so long been are generally silenced. the plaything of Congressional dema gogues that they are appalled when the They have delive red they must meet issue in sober earnest, bun combe speeches eulogiziog the horny handed sons of toil, passed loose eight 10 hour laws which were not intended be inforced, and then legislated in the most effectual manner to foster monop- oly and make it 7 omuipotent labor. Now mere oratory about the toiling millions won't meet the case Congress is face to face with the issue and something practical must b ne or Congress will confess its deceit and invite the contempt of both labor and |capital. The investigation now in progress will be potential for good or evil as it shall be searching and hon. est or superficial and dishonest. There he The emergency is too grave; i8 no room for claptrap in business. | the issue too momentous; the interests too vast, and the bottom truth must | be ascertained and told on both sides. | The committee will be compelled the railroads to report that the strikes on Texas and Missouri Pacific were causeless and in violation of the faith of the men who and ordered them, that they were maintained in violence {and the lawless refusal to allow peace. | | able citizens to work when they wish- led to do so. It must be reported as a { fact, also, that no demand for confer. ence or arbitration in any formal way | the | thus | { preceded the strikes, and that continent interrupted, not commerce of a was wantonly by the } | strikes, but by the violent hindrance | its | | of free labor attempting to fulfill own contracts. These are the primary questions which the committee must | consider, and when they shall have | been disposed of, it will be legitimate | and proper to consider any of the | Congress, the law-making power of a government of law, must speak in no uncertain tone in vindication of absolute right of every citizen to work or not to work, without command or this inherent and inalienable right shall be declared, the disputes be- tween employers and employed should be considered and their solution pre sented on the highest plane of states- manship. Any other line of action by the committee of the House or by Congress, would be only heartless mockery of the widespread distress that is now felt by both labor and capital. The Senate may amend the O'Neil bill that has already passed the House, and that is admitted to be a mere tub to the whale, by incorpor- ating the national arbitration tribunal proposed by the Presiient; and, considering the great need of some conserving power, and the limited au. thority of the general government over such disturbances, it is not like- ly that any better solution of the issue in Congress should be reached. AK. M0 ~Fourteen horses and carts belong. ing to Thomas and Philip Collins, pass- od through this place last Wednesday on route for Centre county where the Messrs. Collins have a contract on a branch railroad. The appearance of the horses and carts in town caused a ru. mor to be put in circulation that they were to be used in the construction op the Seaboard and Western railroad, but there were few, if any, people gulled by the ruwor,— Holidaysburg Standard, by | over | 1] | A Special Message hr ——— THE PRESIDENT WRITES ONE CONCERN ING THE LABS TROUBLES April, 22.—~The {LO WasHisaroN President to-day sent a message { congress on the subject of labor trou bles. fol lows : The message in full is as To the Senate and House of The poses on the president the duty OF I'¢ > Rep- resentatives ; constitution 1m- commending to the consideration of Congress from time to time such meas ures as he shall judge necessary and expedient. I am so deeply impressed with the importavce of immediately the events and the and thoughtfully meeting prob lems which recent present condition have thrust upon lement us, involving the sett putes arising between our | men and their employers, that ymmend to cot constrained to rec legislation upon this serious and | r form of government of lab IFAS AD element rosperity should be « ized and the we ing man should be regs dd to legis! country which ally entitle rhest attainmen social the hi political distinction, its workingmen cannot justly or safely be considered as irrevocably consigned to the limits of a class, and entitled to no attention aud allowed no protest against neg- lect. The laboring man, bearing in his hand an indispensable contribution to our growth and progrees, may well insist, with manly courage and as a right, upon the same recognition from those who make our Jaws as is accord ed to any other citizen having valua. ! ble interest in charge, and his reason able demand should be met in such a spirit of appreciation of fairness as to induce a contented and patriotic co- | operation in the achievement of grand national destiny, of are not promoted by a resort to threats While the real interests labor and violent manifestations, and while those who, under the pretext of an advocacy of the claims of labor, want {only to attack the rights | and for a selfish purpose, or love of dis dis- | content, should neither be encouraged lor conciliated, all legislation on the of capital | order, sow seeds of violence and it shall be un- grievances of labor which have been | subject should be calmly and deliber- lawful and punishable by fine for any | presented since the strike was ordered. | ately undertaken, with no purpose of | satisfying unreasonable demands or gaining partisan advantage. The present condition of the relations be. tween labor and capital are far from | satisfactory. The discontent of the hindrance from any others, and when | employed is due in a large degree to | which having but little more than the grasping and needless action of | advisory power have exerted a most employers and alleged discriminations ernmental attention. It must also be conceded that the laboring men are not always careful to avoid causeless and unjustifiable disturbance. Though the importance of better accord between these interests is ap- parent it must be borne in mind that | any effort in that direction by the | federal government must be greatly limited by constitutional restrictions. There are many grievances which leg. islation by congress cannot redress and many conditons which cannot by such means be reformed. I am satis. fied, however, that something may be done under federal authority to pre. vent the disturbances which so often arise from disputes between employers and employed, and which at times ser. iously threaten the busiuess interests of the country, and in my opinion the proper theory upon which to proceed is that of voluntary arbitration as a means of settling these difficulties, But I suggest that instead of arbitra. tors, chosen in the heat of conflicting claims and after each dispute shall arise, there be created a commission of labor, consisting of three members who shall be regular officers of the government, charged, among other in favor of capital as an object of gov" | duties, with the consideration and set- tlement, when possible, of all contro versies between labor and eapital, A commission thus organized would have the advantage of being a stable body aud its members, as they gained experience, would constantly improve in their ability to deal intelligently and usefully ith apy questions that might be submitted to them. Ifarbi trators are chosen for temporary ser vice as each case of dispute arises experience and familiarity with mucl that is involved in the question, will be lacking. Extreme partisanship and biar will be the qualifi ations sought on either side, and complaints of be upon the federal unfairness and partiality will ineviiabie, I'he imposition court of a duty for eign Lo the judicial functions, as selection of an arbitrator in such cases is al least of do hment by ibtful propriety. The establis theFederal authority of such a bureau would be a just sensible recognition of the value » rig} to be represented bor and of its g tence would be justified under pr gives ns which visions of the co titati lo congress the power, “to regu. late commerce with foreign nat ‘and among the several states,” and | the frequent disputes between boring men and their employers of less extent, he consequences limits and threaten domestic violence, the interposition ofsuch a commission might be tendered, tion of the legislature or executive of the state under tha constitutional pro- vision which requires the general gov. | ernment Lo protect each of the states against domestic violence. ar i | ganized, the risk of support a refusal to submit to instrumentality, would constrain both parties to such disputes, to invoke its interference and abide by its decisions. | There would also be good reason to hope that the very existence of such | | an agency would invite application to it for advice and counsel, frequently | | resulting in the avoidance of conten. | If the | usefulness of such a commission is | tion and misunderstanding. | doubted because it might lack the power to enforce its decisions, much | encouragement is derived from the |conceded good accomplished by | the railroad commissions which have | been organized in many of the states, {salutary influence in the settlement of disputes between conflicting interests. In July, 1884, by a law of congress a buresu of labor was established and placed in charge of a commissioner of labor, who is required to “collect in. formation upon the subject of labor, its relations to capital, the hours of labor and the earnings of laboring men and women and the means of promoting their material, social, intel- lectual and moral prosperity.” The commission, which is now suggested, could easily be engrafted upon the bu. reau. thus already organized, by the addition of two more commissioners and supplementing the duties now imposed upon it, by such powers and functions as would permit the commis- sioners to act as arbitrators, when necessary, between the labor and capi. tal under such limitations and upon such occasions as would be deemed proper and useful. Power should al. #0 be distinctly conferred upon this bureau to investigate the cause of all disputes as they ocour, whether sub- mitted for arbitration or not, so that information may always be at hand to aid legislation on the subject when necessary and desirable, {Signed.] Grover CLevELAND, frequent | of | upon the applica- | If such commission were fairly or- | loss of popular and sympathy resulting from | so peaceful an |’ Interesting News. An to Mavuip this April 23, morning attempt wes the placingan ex- made destroy church of San Lurie by plosive in one of the enormous hollow candiesticks on the side of the altar. The edifice two we was badly wrecked, and xtons who were in the building were badly burned, Twov, N, Y., Amil 23 special ran into a The Saratoga the Green Ieland road this afternoon Engi- sight train on neer Bradshaw was probably fatally in- jured. The fireman pass p but no Jumped and escaped injury, The were Cngers persan CLEVELAND, April badly red. little shaken was in Four girls at Lindenville were badly man gl- ed yesterday by three bullde gE BUPPOE ed 1o be rabid. Phys have been 2» fvevr CIang summoned to t adiacent citieg, and there cilement Lag Lharlers wer riment to-day ilding and los ounily | 4 eef Wednes 14% mother flew the rope inte ter caught the child's and was AROe DN i Though and eeth, ip came, bruised had revived, and the thinks il may re , April 21.~ composing the build Une of 'he sent 3 N ng known as Libby Prison, used dur- ing the late war for keeping Feders! from The building is prisoners : overburdened floors oliapsed this evening occupied by ths Southern Fertili ing { Company, and the collapsed tenement | was used for the storage of fort and Re) wi 112078, Be 4 § | | : . | 14% { likely to reach $10 { . re damege to stock building ie Youxasrow ih April 2]. ~Reose Alford, eleven years old, while fishing n Baldwin's dam to-nigh’ at Toclock. #t his balance and was swept over | the dam. The little fellow struggled { bravely with the rapid current, but had to finally succumb, and was drowned. Iwo hours latier the ix wily was found | near where he went under. | The loss by the Lee, Mass. flood | Tuesday last, foot up $157,000. ~ Edward Schaum was instantly kill- ed on Monday at Pittsburg by an eleo- tric shock from an iron awning post, with which an electric wire bad come in contract. Four persons were drowned in the Mohawk river, near Hadley, N, Y., by the capsizing of their boat. The San Francisco Chamber of Com merce has adopted resolutions highly laudatory of Collector Hager, A little girl named Webb was burned to death in the woods near Pottsville, this State, Friday while gathering leaves, The towa hall at Cornwall, Ont., was | destroyed by fire recently, and two prisoners confined in the basement were burned to death Two men were killed and two severe. ly injured by the premature explosion of a blast in the Wiggans colliery st Shenandoah, this State, Tuesduy. The remains of three children, whe mysteriously disappeared from Quincy, I11., last September, have just been dug out of a sand bank in whioh it is snp- posed they were entombed alive. New Yong, April 26.— Eighty stone cutters form Aberdeen, Scotland, were landed here to-dsy. They are sid to have been imported under a contract, and thus against the law, by one Gus Wilke, who has a contract to build the new capital st Austin, Tex. Suit will be brought against Wilke by the stone cutters’ national organization. MoCoxwxissvne, Pa., April 2 —At w meeting of the Fulton county Demo eratic committee to-day Captain George W. Skinner, of Big Cove Tannery, was chosen delegate to the State Conven- tion, He was uninstructed, but the sentiment of the convention was in fa, vor of Hon, Chauncey F. Black for Gov- ornor. The Congressional conferces were appointed, and will support Hon, W. 8. Stenger. The primaries will be held on June 12 and the Convention og. Exxcuznive Massios, April 2386.) the Tuesday following,
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