THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA.,, JANUARY 15, 1903, ‘1 3 TOMMSIONS QUIET DAY Delaware & Hudson Company Tell of Condition at Mines, MOLIDAYS CHARGED TO MEN Strikers’ Counsel Claim Company's Figures of Daily Output is 8000 Tons In Excess of Actual Average—Presi- dent Dettrey Makes Denial. Philadelpnia, Jan. 13 The ceedings before. the anthracite strike commission yesterday consist ed principally of the calling of wit messes by the Delaware and Hudson Company to tell of the conditions i and about its collieries and to refut certain testimony presented again the company when the miners’ sid was being heard. In the Chairman Gray, who is {ll General Wil again ass duties of chairman "George Anderson, of clerk in the department o company, presented tice bearing upon the commission ments showed that pany’'s 13.258 employes have be working in or about the mines frou ten to sixty vears. He produced data showing workings the of pany's relief fund, with which more than 5000 of the company’s employees are connected. The workers pay to the fund one day's pay each year, the company contributing an equal amount. Men who are injured re ceive $6 a week for three months, and in case their heirs receive $50 for funeral expenses. The widows receive $3 a week for one year, and $1 | week year | under 12 y« age fixed $2.18 as miner should pay Mr 1lerson statement s! ies of the OMpany 1801 for which the employes were re sponsible Of account of picnics and other holidays {not including legal holidays), 5¢ oa account of “Mitchell Day’ er union and 194 days count of strikes and suspen The witness he of his information regarding of time for which the men sponsible from the foremen of the com pro coal absence ol Brigadier son med the Seranton coal numerous the One of 2388 fgsues b the of the Lhe of of death for one for each child rs of the The company amount a contribute contract as a day's also I the lost 268 davs ir owing that these 1156 were lost on } ds days sions said procured m the los were re pany, and in answer to a question by | Mr. Darrow, he said he never knew of a foreman turning in a report show ing that he (the foreman) was respon- sible for a colliery being idle Particular attention was directed by Mr. Darrow, of counsel for the Miners’ | Union, to showing that the company ia charging the miners with ha: produced some $5,000 tons less than a mpormal output since the late strike, ha! ing based the charge on a daily output of | 24.000 tons. whereas the company’s act asl dally output for 1901 was tons, David Davis, foreman of the Lang clffe colliery; H. T. Hughes of the Plymouth, No. 5, colliery Frederick Badman, foreman of mouth, No. 3, all testified that the strike of 1900 the miners and borers will not load as many cars as they did prior to that strike. The men were willing, but were afraid of expul sion from the union. Mr. Hughes told of how a portion of the men in his colHery struck because the company wonld not pay for standing props, and that one chamber in the mine was boy cotted because it was hard to work. A certain mark was placed in the cham ber, he sald, and when a union man was asked to work the place and saw this mark he would refuse to do it William H. Dettrey, of Neuremberg the newly elected president of District No. 7, of the Miners” Union, against whom it was testified last week that he said non-union men should have their throats cut or should receive a “good themping.” was summoned to the wit ness stand by the miners. He the charges absolutely. and witnesses were called who ed his statements. President took occasion to say while on the stand that his family was annoyed and his house stoned by enemies of the union while he was away from home on busi ness connected with the union and Ply la- denied ever corroborat Detirey TO ACT ON COAL FAMINE Congress to Pass Bill Removing Duty of Sixty-seven Cents a Ton. Washington, Jan. 13.-It is expected that congress will pass a bill removing the duty of 67 cents a ton on coal im ported Into country This bii may take the form of a rebate or draw back for 50 days, and also will provide for reciprocity, admitting free of duty coal imported into this country from countries granting the privilege to the United States. This means Can ada, and will permit Nova Scotia coa to come into this country free, } coal from the Alleghenies and w ward will go into Canada free of doty The ways and means complirve today and gccording to the present pro gram will report a bill on the above Hanes, which will pass the house It will be taken up in the senate very soon and the intention is to have Ni pass without much delay. Its consid eration in the senate has not been ar. ranged for, but efforts are making to expedite its passage without amend ment and with little discussion. A number of Republicans who hersto. fore have been opposed to changing the duty on coal sald they womld nt oppose the bili provided it did not open up the whole tariff question. There has been some general talk about an agreement to pass such a bill without pening up the tariff question and the leaders expect the house will be passed promptly by the this same wh met —— 16.000 | | at Avoca foreman | | gince | A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED. | ANOTHER AUSTRIAN SCANDAL THITIITYIIY IIIS IY IIYITYIIY ITY IY Wednesday, January 7. Germany will appropriate between $625,000 and $750,000 for an exhibit at the St. Louis Kxposition, Knowles & Gardiner's department store, Buffalo, N. Y., was destroyed by fire last night. Loss, $250,000, Governor T. F. C. Garvin, Rhode Island's first Democratic governor in 10 years, was inaugurated yesterday, The annual exhibition of the New York Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock Association opened in Madison Square Garden yesterday. It is announced that President Roosevelt will appoint Rev. Dr. Lyons, a colored preacher of Baltimore, as United States minister to Liberia. Thursday, January 8. By an explosion of gas at a colliery at Mahanoy City, Pa, iay three miners were fatally burned The Central Hotel building, in Mauch Chunk, Pa. gtroyed by | vesterday $30,000 yest the lar was de Loss gost ire N. J provided the city $100,000 for its will contribute Camden, § 000 a vear for its It is hibited maintenance reported that Jamaica has pro the and importation of cattle United Canada the States on ac ount of the foot and mouth disease Senator rday Quay vests ting person not mem 3 composed of war vet insignia of mem- bers o erans to wear the bers Friday, January 9. william, of Germany, will April 26, on a visi Emperor reach Roms Italian court Ran} Louisville, Neb, robbed of $5 was broken into ¢ 200 early yesterday ) IR The e jon of a gas plant at Ma pleton every pane of in town § A di many w mercial in t The National in Washingt three or Saturday, January The monument Regiment « two men 10. to the Seve Adeutenant Commander Lson of yesterday Richmond Governor Ohlo. fesued a upon January anniversary of William proclamation calling the people « I Ohio to observe 29 as the § McKinley Richard Bi of Baltimore, has accepted an offer from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Dresden Germany, to head irmeister become instructor | in the piano department Monday, January 12. Stepping from his engine, Edward Walsh, a popular Erie engineer run a passing train and was down by Pa Marcon Wire | killed The Company of charter to North America Lack of coal caused the closing of the Glucose and Sugar Refining Com pany s plant at Peoria, ll $00 men out of work Rear. Admiral W. Melville chief of the bureau of steam engineer ing, was retired on Saturday, having reached thegage limit of 62 years Tuesday, January 13. W. J. Balley was inaugurated governor of Kansas yesterday Chief Justice Henry Mclver, of South Carolina, died at his home at Cheraw yesterday The two rail mills of the Maryland Steel company at Sparrows Point was closed on account of lack of coal While skating on a pond near Wha- lays, Del, yesterday 12-year-old Robert Wilson broke through the ice and was drowned For assaulting a crippled white boy at Alken, 85. C., Tom Jefferson was whipped by a ple and driven town John Mitchell will leave Philadelphia next Saturday for indianapolis to open the United Mine Workers national convention which convenes there the following Monday less Telegraph nada will ask for a 10 business all over British throwing George as A Negro crowd of white peo » from the GENERAL MARKETS Philadelphia, Pa., Jan 12 was steady winter superfine 2.50; Pennsylvania roller, clear @3.25; city mills, extra, $2553. Rye flour was quiet, at $3.20@ 3.26 per bbi Wheat was firm; No. 2 Pennsylvania, red, new, 8% @ Tk Corn was firm; No. 2 yellow, local, 53 Oats quiet; No. § white, clipped, 5l¢ i grades, 4l« Hay was steady; No. 1 timothy, $1950@20 for large bales, Beef wns steady, beef hams, $190 20 Pork was firm family, $20. Live poultry, 13¢c. for hens, and 96 9'%¢ old roosters Dressed poultry, 13%%¢ for, choice fowls, and 10« for old roosters. Butter was steady. cream ery, dhe ir pound, Eggs were steady; New York and Pennsylvania per dozen Potatoes were steady. choice, 660 68¢. per bushel oY atl Live Stock Markets. Bast Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 12 were higher. butchers’ steers §; heifers, $350@6: cows $276@ 4.50; bulls, 3304.50 Veals higher tops, $9@ 9.75; common to good, $56.5 @8.15. Hogs active and higher; heavy, ¥20r0 85; mixed, $6.75¢ 6.80; orkers, 36 0; of $6.75. roughs, 5.75@6.10; stags, $4.75056.25. Sheep and lambs were higher; top mixed sheep, $4.26@ 4.50; culls to , $20 4.15; to Jamba, $6.60 nan OD : 50; yearlings, 50, B08 4.76. , Pa, Jan. 18. — Cattle fhe; Cattle L25@ | of $126 . | CArringes Andrew Carnegie has offered to give | Hbrary | from | introduced | | countess cs t to the | ower | for | Count De Lonay Said to Have Dessrt- ed the Countess. Vienna, Jan. 13 -—8erious differ- ences, according to Die Zeit, have aris- en between the Count and Countess de Lonay, formerly the Crown Prin. cess Stephanie, during their stay in the south of France. The count left his wife at Mentone January 7 and his present whereabouts is not known Friends of the count assert that in addition to difficulties in his financial affairs, the count has found his posl- tion in society as the husband of the former crown princess of Austria-Hun- | gary to be exceedingly uncomfortable and unpleasant. That the count will geek to obtain a divorce is regarded as by no means improbable The disagreement between the couple has long been evident, and it is believed that pecuniary troubles un- derlie the affair As a widow the for- mer crown princess enjoyed an income and had free residence at imperial palace and the use of and servants [It is reported that the couple married in the belief that Emperor Joseph and King Leopold together would contrib to their maintenance; they disap- gave the Coun- year only, 000 the Francis ute handsomely however were pointed Fhe en tess de Lonyay $2 while King Leopold stopped her for allowance of $10,000 a year, The nsequently tried to meet all the expenses of maintaining her household with one-fifth of her ormer income, and found the task Impossible in this neror y 000 a mer BLOCKADE MUST BE RAISED Venezuela's Condition Before Adjust ing Allies’ Claims. Jan. } Minister Bow leaving Gualira Sunday dispatched a short Wa en, on the Dolphin, blegram nouncing hi what port he United States hington before La Ca to the state an stating in departu but not ted to make departure I § the received Bowen ommissioner in gettlement of the here indicate as negotia- Later advices that Venezuela tions lookir claims of the has made it ade shall b with for while Minister omes iO a President Castro a condition that the block Mr allies raised re Bowen the preps of the the peaceful adjustement Moreover, It de req quest Venezuela proceeds ration proiocoi of velops that in this is likely to have The United States, tho to the throw the weight of its moral inuence on the same side. The [talian govern ment does not desire to crush Venezu ela, but simply to procure the repay- ment of claims The continuance of the blockade by sapping the very life of the country threatens to make It impossible Venezuela to pay these claims within any reasonable period of time that any judgment rendered against her by private arrangement or by The Hague tribunal would be bhol- jow and almost without results the alms now the support of Italy gh not & party negotiations of course will for 80 Promoted On Mis Death Bed. Washington, Jan The president has selected Colonel Edward M. Hayes of the Thirteenth Infantry, for ap pointment as a brigadier general Ww succeed General John A. Johnston upon resignation of the latter, which follow immediately his confirmation by the senate Colon Haves is lying at the point of dea at Fort Meade, South Dakota He the officer of longest commission in the United States army, which he en tered as a boy of 1¥ years 10 the will upon Congressman Tongue Dead. Washington, Jan Representa tive Thomas H. Tongue, of the first congressional district of Oregon, di.d suddenly at his residence In this Clty at o'clock yesterday afternoon of heart fallure following an stitack of dyspepsia 12 The Age of the Vag onset, BILE odd ening of whole i a ad | 1] vessels cot pasking through 0 Ire td other images. the being by floats fered held yet more ornamental between the hands of 13 Didn't Blame His Wife. Wife Yu don't seem to enjoy the dinner, dear. What's the matter? Husband-—1 was wondering If there weren't some typographical errors In that cookbook of yours. « Chicago News It Was His “Hello” “You can't marry my daughter, young man; she Is already spoken for.” “That's all right; I'm the fellow who telephoned you." New York Herald An Exception. Jinks Most things that are bought £0 to the buyer, Jenks Yes, all except conl; that goes 1 te cellar. 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