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TWO CENTS.
SCRANTON, PA., MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1900.
TWO CENTS.
HESITATION
AMONG MINERS
v ATHAZLETON
Archbishop Ryan Is Ac-
ccptcd as Arbitrator
by the Marklcs.
RENEWED EFFORTS OF
FATHER PHILLIPS
Another Proposition Submitted by
the Heroic Clergyman Has Been
Regarded with Fnvor by Operators.
President Mitchell Urges the Men
to Reconsider Their Action Not to
Strike After a Secret Conference
with Father Phillips, Commit
teeman James Orders Firemen and
Pumprunners to Continue at Work,
but Directs That All Others Must
Strike.
llazleton. Sept. 1C A I. ist ileipei.ite
attempt Is being made tonight to bilnsr
ibout peace between tbe coal opeiators
and their men, the latter nf whom will
nlllrlally begin their stilke tomorrow
morning by not leportlng for wink,
leather Phillips, who lias woikoel haul
lor u settlement of the diffciene'eq 1
tween the employes and the Mine
Wotkeis, has again entered the Held
with a proposition that Aiehbish ip
Ityan, of Philadelphia, be accepted ,i
arbitrator. Father Phillips will ho'd
a confeience with President Mitchell,
of the United Mine Workers, tnnlcht
and ask that tbe organization he lep
lesents stand aside and nllow Aich
bishop Hyan to approach the opeiatois
on behalf of the men and the public
generally, the latter of which he claims
las a material Intel est In what Is
nklng place. Father Phillips took ic
lewod hope today when he read Arch
ilshop Hyan's Intel view, In which he
ald he would do all that lay In hir.
power to avert the strike. Acting on
the archbishop's hint. Father Phillips
sent to the pi elate the following tele
giuiu. Hazleton, Pa Sept. 1G.
To the Most Rev. P. J. Ryan, D. D.,
Archbishop of Philadelphia.
I thank you for offer of your as
sistance and sentiments expressed in
today's papers. I had retired from
the field, believing that nil my re
sources had been exhausted, but now
encouraged by you, will resume ef
forts. Will see Mitchell tonight on
his a nival and suggest further ap
peal by miners to operators through
you as mediator, according to the
public in general. This telegram
made public through the Associated
Press agencies will also suggest to
operators a way out of the difficulties
that will not Include any direct rec
ognition of the union, the chief ob
stacle to settlement. Even this step
may fail, but the situation, now des
perate, demands prompt action on
our part. Will advise you tomorrow
of progress.
(Signed) E. S. Phillips.
Proposition Accepted.
Uiter 1'ather Phillips called on John
Markle, at Jeddo, the managing pait
ner of G. B. Markle & Co.. who con
trol the Jeddo, Highland, Oakdale and
Ebervale collieries, employing about
2,500 men, for a conference. General
Superintendent Smith and Alvln Mar
kle, a partner, weio present. John
Markle, whoso firm has an agreement
with Its men to settle all differences
by arbitration, accepted the proposi
tion of Father Phillips.
If the answer the llrm makes to the
demands of their employes submitted
Friday night are not satisfactory, and
if an arbitrator chosen by the men,
and one selected by the company, In
accordance with their agreement, can
not ngree the firm is willing to accept
Archbishop Ryan ns a third party.
Father Phillips stated tonight that ho
thought G. TJ. Markle & Co. could offer
no fairer proposition to their men
than arbitration, and said their pro
posal was just. He added that If all
other operators followed this example
and submitted their enso to arbitration
the whole labor trouble would be set
tled next week or within three days.
This firm In Its agreement with Its
men stipulates that no differences shall
be settled through the medium of labor
leaders or labor organizations. So tho
acceptance of Archbishop Ityan, In ac
rordance with the proposition of Fath
er Phillips, on the pait of the Mine
Workers, would leave the labor lend
ers out entirely and place tlw whole
matter In the hands of the operators
and their men, directly Involving no
recognition of the union. John Murklo
mid tonight:
"Our men will work tomorrow and
ivory colliery of this flim will be In
tpcration. So the whole situation Is
ip to the Mine Wot ken, whether they
tre In favor of arbitration or want to
itrlke."
The officials of the Mine Workers'
mlon tonight brought all their resour
ies to bear upon the Markle men at
'eddo, Highland, Oakdato and Kber
ale to obey the strike order. The
mlon leaders want them to strike to
norrow and a big meeting was held
it Jeddo for the purpose of inducing
ihem to strike.
President Mitchell nnived tonight
and Immediately after received a tele
Bram from National Committeeman
James, who Is at Jeddo, urging Mitchell
to ccne to Jeddo at once and addiess
the men, which ho did.
Mitchell Will Issue Statement.
President Mitchell In his address at
Jeddo tonight called upon the Marklo
men to reconsider their action not to
strike. He said If they fulled to re
pond to the call to strike it would
work great Injuiy to the cause of the
men. After ho had concluded a viva
voice ote was taken, which resulted
p tho Markle miners deciding to strike.
On his return from tho Jeddo meeting
President Mitchell said he was satisfied
with the situation. He had reports
from the three anthracite districts,
which, he said, indicated that 125,000
men will not start to work tomorrow.
Ho said the first and ninth districts
would be tied up tight, while the sev
enth will be almost so.
At 10.30 o'clock tonight Father Phil
lips held a secret conference with
President Mitchell and National Com
mitteeman Henjnmln James at which
Father Phillips laid before them his
latest proposition to have Archbishop
Ryan act as arbitrator. After the con
ference, Mr. James stated that Presi
dent Mitchell would Issue a statement
on tho matter. Shortly after midnight
Mr. Mitchell left the conference room
nnd Informed the waiting reporters
that ho would Issue no statement nnd
that he would not discuss the subject
tonight. He might have something to
say tomorrow. Mr. James tonight
wired the three district presidents
thnt engineers, firemen nnd pumprun
ners can continue at work, but that
nil others must strike until a confer
ence is called.
GLOOM AT PITTST0N.
The Strike Is on and Probable Re
sults Are Regarded with Appre
hension and Despair.
SHilal ta llic Si rantcn Tribune.
Plttston, Popt. lfi. The ee of the
stilke find" Plttston and vicinity full
of gloom nnd despair. The situation
Is the sole topic of conversation on
the streets, in the business places and
In the homes, and the community at
latge seems to dread the trials which
will suiely accompany tho oboyance
of Piesldent Mitchell's order. Ileyond
the slightest doubt tomorrow morning
will find nil the collieries hereabout
idle, the outlook being that but a small
percentage of the 0,000 employes will
make any attempt to work. The or
ganized or union m'-n appear quite
nuiueiouH nnd during the past week
many new names have been placed on
tbe roll of membership. Especially
can this bo said of the Pennsylvania
Coal company's wotkmen. For some
time past the rumor had prevailed that
only a small percentage of this coin
pair's employes were union men, nnd
while this Is a fact, it Is also a fact
that dining the past week a large
number of them have been organized.
Only Saturday night four meetings
were held here nnd ns many different
union missionaries were In attendance.
On Fridav night a branch of the
union, composed of employes at the
Rarnum collieries of the Pennsylvania
companj, was organized in Granahan's
hall, at Plttston Junction, and 150
names enrolled. Another meeting was
held at tho same place last evening,
and between 100 and 200 men put down
their names, took the obligation and
declared they would obey the strike
order. Another such meeting was held
at Hamtown last night, nnd we were
Informed that 200 employes of shafts
No. 8, 9 and 10 became Identified with
the United Mine Workers. Other meet
ings weie held at Cork Lane and
13iowntown, with the same results. At
all four places the organizers entieated
the men to be peaceable, to remain at
home, keep away from the company's
properly.and use no violence what
ever. On Saturday the majority of the rol
lleiles worked all day, although at a
few of them the men quit at noon. At
the Exeter collier), wheie tho men
went on Filday noon, an effoit was
made to work, but only one miner put
in an appearance nnd about one-half
of tho breaker boys remained at home.
The breaker was operated for an hour
or more and then ceased. The em
ploys at the Mt. Lookout, Wyomng,
numbering 611, quit work at noon, as
also did those at tho Law shaft of the
Pennsylvania company, at Avoca, with
nbout 300 men, Tho workmen at the
Heidelberg No. 2 colliery of tho Lehigh
I Valley, 316 employes, nnd those of Bar-
nuni No. 3 of the Pennsylvania com
I pany, about 100 men, also went out at
noon.
I A meeting of the Pennsylvania Coal
I company employes was held in Cllf
I ford's hall, on North Main street, thl3
afternoon nt 5 o'clock and a branch of
the XTnlted Mine Workers formed, with
a membership of 175. The branch do
i elded to hold a parade Tuesday even
ing.
DIVIDED AT LYKENS.
One-Half of the Miners Will Proba
bly Work Today.
Hnrrlsbuig. Sept 16. The miners in
the Lykcns region are divided on tho
strlbe querllon nnd It Is expected that
nt least half of them wiP go to work
tomorrow. A meeting of the union
m?n nt Lykens was held this after
noon nt which It wis decided not to
work, but it Is thought enough will
stand by the company to operate the
mine Reports fiotn Wyconlsco are
are that the men there will obey the
Mtll-e order ns Ions ns there Is any
hope of n compromise with the opoia
torn. A seciet session of the Lykens and
Wjrnnlsi'o miner was held tonight at
I. kens tn Invite the mine employes
nt Wllllamstown to Join ho stilke.
The men thero do not belong to the
union and are opposed to n stilke be
cause of the lefusal of the mlneis at
Lykens and Wyconlsco to support them
In the stilke of 1SS6. The collieries In
the Lykens region are controlled bv
the Pennsylvania railroad and employ
In the aggregate about 2,300 men and
hoys, 1,210 of whom Jlvo nt Lykens,
SYMPATHY IN NEW YORK.
Centinl Federated Unions Will Keep
nn Eye Out for Contract Labor.
New York, Sept. 16. The strike of
coal miners In the anthiaclte legion
In Pennsylvania was discussed today
at the meeting of the Central Feder
ated union und the Central Labor
union. At tho Central Federated union
meeting It was reported that men were
being shipped to the coal fields in vio
lation of the contract labor law to take
the place of the strikers.
It was decided that a committee
should wait upon the emigration com
missioner, and also that a strict watch
be kept on the steerage passengers of
Incoming vessels. The Central Labor
Union adopted n resolution proffering
sympathy, moral support and money,
should It be needed.
ROOSEVELT'S
'LETTER OF
ACCEPTANCE
Formal Communication to
Committee on Noti
fication. REVIEW OF CONDITIONS
Important Problems Considered.
Great Need That the Nation
Should Do Its Work Abroad as
Well as at Home Parallels as to
tho Consent of tho Governed in
Louislnna and the Philippines As
to Militarism Self-Government.
Oyster Bay, N. Y., Sept. 15. Gover
nor Roosevelt today submitted his for
mal letter of acceptance, as follows:
To Hon. 1'ilvurd O. Wolcott, Chairman Commit.
tre mi Notification of Mte President.
Sir' I aecpt the iHimliiatic.il as vice presi
dent ol the lulled Mates, tcnderul me b) the
Itrpulilican national eonvcrtlou, Willi a a vcly
iImii seise of lie honor conferri-d upon me and
Willi an infinite!) deeper seme of the ital im
portance to the whole countr) of securing lh
iei.lec.tiun ot President McKiiilc). The natloiu-s
welfare is at stake. We mint contiue the work
whiili lias been so well hi (tun during the present
idinini'lintioii. We must show in fashion in
capable of being lulsundcislnod that the Ann it
can people, at the beginning of the twenthth
itntury, faie lliilr ehitics m a alm and seiious
spirit," that liny have no intention of pcrmtltins
follj or lawlessness to mar the eilraorduiarv
material well being which they hue attained at
homi. nor jtt ot permitting their Hag to be
iliihoncrul al road.
I liel that this contest It by no meant oil"
merily between Hipuhlicans and Democrats
hate a ri(.'lit to appeal to all good cltircns who
.ne far sighted enough to see what the honor
nnd the interest of the nation demand. To put
lino practice the principles embodied in tne
Kanvit City platfoim would mean grave disaster
to the nation, for that platform stands for re
actloi and disorder for an upsetting of our
flnareial s)stem which would mean not only
great suffering but the abandonment of the na
tion's good faith; and for a policy abroad which
would imply the dishonor ot the flag and en
unworthy surrender of our national right. Its
success would mean unspeakable humiliation to
men pioud of their country. Jealous of their
country's good name, and desirous oi securing
the welfare of their fellow citizens. Therefore
we have a right to appeal to all good men,
north and FOulh, east and west, whatever their
politics may have been In fhe pat, to stand
with us, because tt stand for the piosperity
of the country and for the lenown of the Amci
lean Rag.
Duty at Home.
The most impoitant of all problems is, nf
course, that of securing good government and
moral and nutcriil well being within our own
borders, Great though the need is th.it the na
tion should do its work well abroad, even this
comet second to the thorough performance of
duty at hou.c. Under the administration of
President McKinley this countr) has been Movul
with a degree nf prosperity absolutely unparal
leled, even in its previous prosperous history.
While it is, of course, true that no legislation
and nn administration can nnnp success to those
who are not stout of heart, cool of head and
ready of hand, yet It is no less true that the
individual capacity of each man to get good le
suits for himself can be absolutely destroved by
bad legislation or bad administration, while un
der the reverse conditions the power of the In
dividual to do good work it assured and stimu
lated This is whit has been done under the
administration of Prtsldent McKinlc.v. Hunks to
lus actions and to the wise legislation of con
gress on the tarifl and finance, the conditions
of our industrial life have been rendeied more
favorable than ever before, and thej have been
tA'e nadvantage of to the full by American
thrift, industry and enterprise. Order has hern
observed, the courts upheld, and the fullest lib.
crtj secured to all cltliens. The merchant and
mnauficturcr, but above all the farmer and the
wage-worker, have profited by this state of
tilings.
Fundamental!) and rrhnarily the present con
tevt Is a contest for the continuance M the ton
ditiins whiili have told in fnvor of our materlil
welfare tnd of our civil and polltle-tl Integrity
If this nation Is to retain either its well-being
or Its self respect, it cannot alford to plunge
Into financial and economic ihao.s; t cannot af
ford to endorse governmental theories vvlinh
would un'ettle the stanlard of natloml hniit
and destroy the Integri" of our s.vsteni of Ju
tice The policy of the free; coinage of silvei at
a ratio of shteen to one is a policy friulu with
destrui tion to eveiy home in the land It meins
untold miser) tn th" head of every household,
Old, above all, to the women and children of ev
ery home When our oponents chimplon free sil
ver at slvteen to one they are either insincere
or sincere In their attitude. If inmreie in th ii
championship they, of course, foifeit all right
to belief or support on anv ground. If ulnieie,
thru they are a menace to the wdfire of the
inuntr) Whether they shout their slnvtcr pur
pise or meielv whlsexr It mikes but little illf
feienee, save as it reflects their own hon"stv Nn
lsue can he paramount tn the Issue Ihev thus
m-ke, for the pinmountey of such an i-rfue Is
to lie ilrtcrmlncd, not by the dictum ot any mm
01 bodv of men. but by the fact tli.it it vitallv
ulTeets the well being of every home in I he land
'Ihe finimial qu.-silon Is always of such fur
reaching ind tremendous 1'iipottanie to the na
tional wclfire that it can never be 1 used In
good fallli un!ea tills tremendous Important e is
not rWielv conceded but insisted on. Men who
aie i.ot will In.- to make such an Isme paramount
have no possible ;ustlflcatlon for raising It at
all, for under such clrrunistajicet their ait can
not under any conceivable circunutani et do
aught but grive him.
Keep the Currency Souud,
The success nf the party representing the prin
clples embodied in the Kansas fit) platform
would bring nbout the destine tlon of all tlu con
ditions necensiiv tn the continuance of on.- pros
pjilt). It would also unsettle our whole govern
mental svstnn, and would therefore dlsierange
all the vast and delicate machinery of our com
plex industrial life. Above all, the eiTeet would
be ruinous to our finances. If we are In pros
per, the currency of this country must bo based
upon the cold dollar vveilh ene bundled ciiils.
The stabilit) cl our currcnev has been greatly
increase el b) the excellent fins n hi a.t passed
by the last cciiai cs. Hut no law sin seiure our
finances against the efleet of unwlc and dis
a.tinis mua.-ement in this hands of unfriend!)
administrator. No pirtv can safely be en
trusted with the management of our national
affairs unless it accepts at automatic the truths
recognized In all progressive countries a es
sentlal to a sound and proper s stein of finance
In their essence these must be the ame for all
great civ Hired peoples, In different stages of
development, different countries face ar)Ing
economic conditions, but at every stage and un.
der all clrcumstnces the most Important element
In tecutln,? their economic well-being is sound
finance, honest morey. Ko intimate Ii the con
nection between indastrlal prosperity and a sound
currency that the former Ii Jeopardlred, not
merely by unsound finance, but by the ver)
fontlnutd on Page 8,
GALVESTON IS AGAIN
AROUSED TO ACTIVIfY
Hopo and Determination Havo Now
Seized tho People The City
Will Be Rebuilt.
Galveston, Sept. 16. Last Sunday
gloom, desolation and despair pre
vailed in this storm-torn city. Today
hope and determination have seized tho
people; they realize that tho task be
fore them Is gigantic, yet, with tho
generous aid that is flowing to them in
broad streams from all parts of the
civilized world, and their own Indomlt
uble person, the sick ami wounded will
be healed, tile destitute relieved, the
recuperation of Galveston will be
speedy, the city will be built and placed
on a more enduring foundation and
her commercial career started anew.
Such is tho spirit displayed today by
these grievously stricken people.
Looting and the desecration of
corpses have ceased since the military
have assumed charge of affairs, and
they are co-operating harmoniously
with the civil authorities. Sheriff
Thomas Is in charge of the isolated
district nnd is directing Interment and
lecovery of property there. United
States Marshal Grant has been given
lull authority by General Scurry and
Is directing nffalrs on the mainland,
aided by a troop of rangers, who are
oidered to make short work of looters
and arrest all suspicion's characters.
The rangers nnd the militia and civil
guards stationed at Texas City and
Virginia Point nre under the direction
of Mnrshal Grant These are the two
points of Ingress into the city. He also
has conttol over all the railways run
ning Into Texas City and nil craft
plying between Virginia Point and
Texas City and no one can embark or
dliembark at these places without his
permission. The destitute wishing to
go to friends In the countiy nre given
free transportation and are being sent
out of the city ns rapidly as the limited
transportation facilities at the disposal
of the committee on transportation will
permit. The owner of any water craft
or railway found guilty of charging
more than the regulation fare will be
arrested and severely dealt with.
The cleaning up and disinfection of
streets nnd stores goes bravely on, and
the sanitary condition of tho down
town portion of the city has been
greatly Improved. Those merchants
whose stocks were but slightly dam
aged havo done a rushing business,
and so have the restaurants, but their
stocks aie very limited nnd fresh meat
difficult to obtain.
Extortions are rare exceptions, al
though the supply of food at hotels
and restaurants is limited. This will
be remedied In a few days.
Since all the railways terminating
here have united upon one bridge nnd
are pushing work night and day with
a Urge force reconstructing It, It Is
confidently asserted that Galveston
will have communication directly by
Wednesday next. If this Is done. It
will relieve the existing situation won
derfully, as all supplies aie now
brought In by boat.
The injured nnd sick ate tecelvlng
every care and attention, and doing
well.
PRESIDENT KRUGEB
MAY GO TO HOLLAND.
His Departure from Lourenzo MCnr
quez Has Been Authorized.
Lisbon, Saturday, Sept. 15. The
Portuguese government has telegraph
ed to tho governor of Mozambique au
thoilzlng tho departure of Mr. Kruger
for Europe. The governor, however,
must satisfy himself that Mr. Kiuger
Is really going to Europe. Meanwhile
he Is instructed to take all precautions
to safeguard the personal security of
Mr. Kruger.
London, Sept. 17. Mrs. Krurer, ac
cording to a elespatch to the Dally Ex
prefs, lias arrived In Lourenzo Mar
ques, Tho Hague, Sept. 1C The govern
ment of the Ncthoi lands has tele
graphed to Lourenzo Marques offering
a nutch war ship to bring Mr. Kruger
to Holland.
ALMOST DROWNED IN A GRAVE
Hypnotist's Experiment at Avoca,
Iowa, Nearly Ends Fatally.
Avoca, Iowa, Sept. 16. One of the
attractions nt the fair the past week
has been n hypnotic i ntertalnment.
The hypnotist attempted thP feat of
buryln a hvpnotized ubjeet for a
period of twenty-tour hours, and at the
end of that time digging him up nllvo
and well. As In all either such cases,
a pipe was run fiotn the surface of the
ground to the bulled juij-on, that he
might secure nir.
The burial had taken place, nnd tho
subject had been under ground for
some time, when It was dl&covpied
that a water barrel had overturned, or
had bin st, nnd that the water had run
Into the grave. When tho dlteovery
was made thero were several Inches of
water nround the subject, and It was
only by desperate digging that ho was
rescued In time to prevent di owning.
ILLEGAL EXPANSION.
Secret Service Officers Arrest Alleged
Counterfeiters.
Chambersburg, Pa., Sept. 10. United
Statei secret service ohicets attested
Dico Ijonebrake, William Fraker and
William Scott, at their homes near
Moyeisbuig, this afternoon. They are
charged with making nnd passing
counterfeit half dollars. Spurious
money had been put In circulation In
Mercetsburg, Fort Loudon and St.
Thomas.
The counterfeit coins bear the data
of 1S93, nnd are easily detected. The
three men are married and havo fam
ilies. -
STEAMSHIP ARRIVALS.
Southampton, Sept. 19 Sailed: Deutschland,
from Hamburg, Cherbourg and N'ew York.
fuienstown Sailed: I'mbrla (from Liverpool),
New York. Moville Sailed: Fumcssia (from
Glasgow), New )ork. (Hbialtir I'usmsI. We
torla, Rrnoa, Palermo and Kaplri, from New
York. Moville Arrived: City of llome, New
York for Glasgow (and proceeded). Antwerp
Arrived: Bouthvvark, New York. New York
Arrived: Statendam, Rotterdam and Boulogne,
THE CAMPAIGN
IS OPENED
BY MR. DAWES
Comptroller of the Cur
rency Speaks at
Joliet.
THE ISSUES CONSIDERED
Discussion of Imperialism as "Para
mount Issue" Subjects for Con
sideration in Case a Democratic
Administration Comes Into Power.
Tho Philippines Question Com
parison of the Plans of Mr. McKin
ley nnd Mr. Bryan.
Joliet, III., Sept. lC.-IIon. Charles G.
Dawes, comptroller of the currency,
spoke here last night at a meeting
which Is regarded as one ot the for
mnl openers of the campaign. Ho
said:
Theie are two great Lssues In this campaign
one relating to the domestic prosperity of our
nation and one Involving the telations which our
nation now unintains towards bur new island
possessions and to the rest of the world. The
Democratic party has claimed that the pira
mount iwte Is "imperialism, " a str.iineel and
inappropriate term which they app!) to the ad
ministration's1 torclrn policy with the purpose
of affecting Vutcrs thereby. I propose to treat
this as the paramount Issue, but before so
doing, wish to speak briefly upon the deelir.i
tlon in the Democratic plitform, pledging that
party tn the free and unlimited coinige of sil
ver at the ratio of sixteen to one.
So far as the argument upon the silver question
is concerned, I believe that its fallacies were
exposed during the last campaign, and that if
they were not completely demonstrated then, the
prosperity and higher range of prices in the
nation since the firm establishment of the gold
standard has completed the argument. Wc heard
much from Ilemocratic orators in 18K3 about the
conspiracy ot the gold men Into which they en
tered with the object of having the rich man's
dollar get too much of the farmer's wheat.
especially did we hear about the conplracy to
make the dollar dearer in order to make the
outstanding mortgages which were paj utile in
dollars more .aluable and harder for the farmer
to pay.
Predictions Unfulfilled.
In the course of human events It Ins transpired
that if our Democratic friends were right about
the conspiracy the conspirators were wrong in
their calculations; for figuring wheat at 55 cents,
which it was much of the lime In 189(5, as
against 75 cents this summer, the man with
$1,000 mortgage can get rid of It for about 1,300
bushels of wheat now, when most of the time
before the conplrators got to work It would
have col him about 1,800 bushels It would
seem that the conspirators at this rate lost about
500 bushels of wheit to the $1,000 mortgage If
thev were In that line of business.
There have been times since ISM when the
farmer could have relieved hlnuclf of the mort
gige for TOO bushels eif wheat
I think that on this question our people have
come to see tint after all it is not so much the
abtratt amount of sliver or the abstract amount
ot gold thar is in circulitlon which alone fixes
the suppl.v of mone.v which determines priee, but
that this supply Is made up not onlv of gold and
silver, but of government notes and bank checks
and drafts, all of which hive an equal purchas
ing power with gold when interchangeihle Into
gold on demind
Our people see that when the silver people
threatened the interchangeability of all our
monev with th best standard they elcstro)ed
confidence and drove money out of circulation
and large lines of credit out of existence. nd
so this administration cine ted a law making gold
the stindird, and assuring the public by this
livv of its safety Then it was that confidence
revived, and monev agun crime Inio circulation
and general pikes rose even though the price
of silver continued to fall.
No Principle.
Put now a portion of the Democratic press, in
spite of the plain and specific declaration of the
Democratic platform, pledging the party, if suc
cessful, to the pis.ige of a free sliver law, is at
tempting to make the people believe that the
partv did not mean what it said, and that Demo
critic success will not endanger the stability and
honesty of our medium of exchange. In order
that there may be no file impressions aliout the
position of the Democratic partv upon this Issue,
let me o ill attention to the fiet that the discus
sion which arose among the Democrats at Kansis
City is to whether the fice silver plank Fliould
go Into tltt Ir platform was mainlv devoted to th
question of the popularity of the plank, not as to
the validity (f Ihe principle It involved.
The in.ijoiltv of those said to be opposed to free
sliver at Kaii'is ( it) nrgunl that it should be
kept out of tho plitlorn I cciiisk it was unpopu
lar, not beiaiie It was wrong. Hut even tills
argument wis nver-rlddin ami the plank was
adopted If Ihe Demoeritie party Is successful,
tin. people- arc going to believe tint thev are
honest in their support of this principle, and If
tin s dn believe this this country will hsve hard
times long before a Democratic senate Is elected
or an iitlempt made to piss a free silver law.
The niin with monc) in the swings bank and
the mm with monev loaned Is timid He i
going to rlghtfullv assume that if the Democratic
party is successful villi free sliver In its plit
fnrni that there Is a reosoni'ile chance of the
enactment of a flee silver law, and he Is in a
position 'to take no chances. Many creditors
will call for their monev, fearing that It may he
deprei latcd by l..w, and will redeem it In gold
at the treasury as fist as possible Gold will
be hoi rebel, and a lapld decieise of the coun
try's available cash circulitlon will draw atten
tion to the increasing dlspioportion between the
cash ami credits of the country. Depositors will
then become frightened, and we will be In clan
ger of a disastrous financial experience.
The temporary protection which a Uepubllcin
semte might give the gold standard would prob
ably have little etleet in preventing the loss of
confidence In the stability of our medium of ex
change which Is. above all things, essential to the
business prosperity of all classes In this country
and in terms of which all business Is done.
I believe tint the continuance of the prosperity
of this eounlrv depends upon the succi-ss of the
Itepublican party, which opposes the fiee coinage
of silver because It believes it unequivocally a
moral and economic wrong.
Questions.
Irft the mm who Is not full) satisfied with
the existing conditions ask himself the following
questions:
1 If a Democratic adniinlsliitloni crmr Into
power, have I anv reason to believe thit I can
improve Industrial conditions bv means of tho
legislation recommended by them J
If a radical Improvement of existing Indus
trial conditions cannot be expected from a Demo
cratic) administration, what risk is there of dis
turbing existing domestic conditions I'vcrsely by
helping to place a Democratic adm'n istlon In
power because I am not satisfied with tli present
foreign policy of the notion!
I think reflection upon these eniestions will
convince such a man that with the Issues pre
sentecl as they are by the Kansas City platform,
the voters of this country cannot stop the na
tion's progress in the world without stopping its
prosperity at home.
The realization of this by the mugwump press
(Continued on rR 2. J
BRYAN HAS A NEW
PARAMOUNT ISSUE
Imperialism Temporarily Shelved
While lie Proceeds to Take a
Fall Out of the Trusts.
St. Louis, Sept. lC.-Colonel W. J.
Dryan last evening addressed a largo
audience here on a new paramount
Issue, trusts. Addressing fathers and
mothers he asked these ttuestlons:
Are )ou satisfied with the possibilities and the
probabilities which now open before your sonf
Is he safe when foreign or domestic financiers
are allowed to determine the monetary system
under which he lives?
Is he safe when national banks control the
volume of money with which ho does business?
Is he safe when the bond holding class deter
mines the sire of the national debt upon which
he must help pay interest?
Is he safe when by means of taxes laid almost
entirely upon consumption he is compelled to
contribute according to his wants rather than
to his possessions?
Is he safe when corporate Interests Influence as
the) do today the selection of those who are to
represent him In the senile of the l'nltcd States?
If he. Is a wage-earner, and )ou do not know
how soon he may be, even if he is not now.
Is he safe when ho is liable to be deprived of
trial by jury, through the s)stem known as
government by Injunction?
Is he safe, If a laboring man, when he Is denied
the protection of arbitration and compelled to
submit to such hours and terms aa a corporate
cmplo)er may propose?
The Reign of Monoply.
Hut, 1 desire lo call special attention to the
growth of the trusts, and to ask .von whether your
sun is safe under the reign of private monopoly?
If )ou cannot leave him a fortune, )ou can leave
him something more valuable than money, vir. :
The freedom to employ his own brain and Ids
own binds for the advancement of his own wel
fare. When there is Industrial independence,
each citizen is stimulated lei earnest endeavor by
the hope of being able to profit by his own
genius, his own energy, his own industry and his
own viitiie. Hut when private monopoly reaches
Its full development each branch of Industry
will be controlled b) one, or a few men, and the
fruits of monoply, like the divine right of rule,
will be kept within the possession of a few
from generation lo generation, while the real
producers of wealth will be condemned to per
petual clerkship or servitude. When private
monoply i caches its full development, )our son
will buy the finished product at the price which
monopoly fixes; he will sell raw miterial at the
price which monopoly fixes; and, If he works
for wages, will work tor such compensation and
upon such conditions as monoply nny determine.
Mr. Bryan cited a number of trusts
lecently organized In this country, put
ting the blame for them on the Repub
lican party and charged that that party
was in sypmathy with the trusts and
therefore not In position to prosecute
them or to protect the public against
monopoly. Ho appealed to parents,
commercial travelers, small merchants
and wage-earners to elect him presi
dent so that ho could get after tho
trusts and put them to rout.
governorIoosevelt
visits bismarck
Meets Many of His Old Cowboy
Friends Gives Illustration of
"Work withy Corporations.
Bismarck, X. D , Sept. lfi. Governor
Roosevelt arrived here last evening
and remained over night. This Is a
place familiar to the governor, nnd ho
met many of his old cowboy friends.
A street demonstration was given in
his honor, consisting of a parade and
flieworks in the evening, together with
a reception by the citizens. He spoke
In the evening at the Athenaem to a.
large crowd. After relating some rem
iniscences of his cowboy days here, he
discussed national ihsues, his rematki
being mainly a repetition of those
mnde earlier on his western trli. In
conclusion, he said.
"Two years ago when I ran for gover
nor of Xew York my opponent was
Judge Van Wyck, who was a special
protege of Mr. Bryan and bosom friend
of Mr. Croker. Now Mr. Croker and
Mr. Van YVyek said they were down on
corporations; that they were against
them. I say I am no more against
corporations than I wns against red
headed men. I am going to do Justice
to read-headed men. If he Is a bad
man 1 will cinch him. If he is a good
man I w 111 stand by him. If a corpora
tion does its duty and acts squarely.
It Is all light, nnd I will stand up for
it. If It elon't do so. I will make it do
Its duty If I hae the power. I mndo
the kind of promises that can be kept.
We cot n law enacted Theie nre de-
I foots In it. of course, but the result so
far Is that we havo put upon the as
sessment roll for taxation something
I like two hundred millions of corporate
pioperty that has prrviouly escaped
taxation. Antic wee.- piiiurimiih n
ble. You never can neconiplHh evety
thlng at once."
MR. M'KINLEY AT CANTON.
CMntrn. O . ept 1. The rest and quiet of
vetirdav hail the eleslcd clTect In restoring
President McKinlev to his uual s; ,nts. lie is
feeling sen well toda) During tile foienoon he
and Mr, lciilnhy and Mr. and Sirs. Will S.
Hawk drove out to the renuter) to Iaee some
flowers on the graves of the Mclvlnley children
nnd other relatives buried there
DEATHS Or A DAY.
Munich, Vpt. 10.- 1'rinco Henr). of Ilese, died
here today.
Atlanta, Oa.. V-pl lei luhii 1'. Shannon, su
preme dictator Knights of Honor of the I'niteil
state's, died ut l.Iheiton. (la., toda). lie was a
past t,rand master rf Masons
TIIK NKWS THIS MOKNI.VU
Weather InJIcatlons Today,
FAIR AND COOL.
1 (Iiiieral-Ornrral lln-l'p Indicated in the Slhv
ing Hcsdon.
(ii'irmrr Iloi.cvclt'n letter of Acceptance.
Senator Divvi Op in Illinois Campaign.
The Maiklcs Aucpt AicbbLhop H)an as At-
bilutor.
2 General- Vortheaslern i'erinsjlvanla News,
rinaiiclal and Commercial.
The Tribune's liducallonal CcntMt.
3 Local- llcv. H. M. Maleer on th Daxer Up
rising."
reinsertion of Carpenters.
4 Editorial.
News and Comment.
5 !,oojl--rir.era Tie-Up Indicated (Concluded),
llepurt of the Grand Jury,
6 Local West Scrantcn and Suburban,
T Pound About the County,
S Live Industrial Newt,
TIE-UP WILL
BE GENERAL
Indications so Far as the
Lackawanna Region
Is Concerned.
STATEMENT OF DILCHER
Advises the Men to Keep Away frord
the Collieries and to Also Keag
Away from tho Saloons He Says
tho Posting of Pickets Will Not
Be Necessary Meetings Hold on
Saturday and Yesterday Effect ofl
tho Strike on tho Railroad Mon.
Local Coal Famine One of tho Pos-s
slbllitles.
Unless the indications of the past fewi
days are misleading, thero will be few.
If nny, olllerles In the Lackawanna
region ii operation today. Tho mine
wotkers make the claim that not
enoutrh men will appear for work at
any one colliery to make It possible to
even wotk a bluff at operating. Tho
operators, who will discuss the pros
pects, frankly admit that tho proba
bility of any large number of collieries
being able to get under way in tho
morning is not very strong.
Tho Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western and Delaware and Hudson
companies appear to bo quite confi
dent of having enough responses to tho
whistles this morning to operate, at all
events, a few of their places.
The strike was practically on beforo
noon on Saturday. Hither by reason
of tho miners finishing up their work
and taking out their tools or by break
er or driver boys growing Impatient
for the lay off nnd deserting their
posts, few nnd far betweerrfwore the
collieries that wero able to extend
their operations Into the afternoon.
The Mine Workers' union claimed that
there wasn't a ton of coal cut Satur
day afternoon.
There is no particular cause to ap
prehend any trouble attending: the In
auguration of the strike, and tho
supreme effort the ofllcers of the Mine
Workers' union are making to Impress
upon the men tho great harm that will
come to their cause from misconduct,
encourages the belief that thero Is no
immediate fear of trouble. In this
region, where tho tie-up threatens to
be so general, the main cause of vio
lence, the efforts of sti liters to stop
men from taking their places, will not
ohtaln as in the lower districts where.
It Is generally believed, many collieries
will continue to work.
Are More Intelligent.
Then again, the mine employes
of tho Lackawanna region are, on
tho whole, a moio Intelligent and
conservative lot of men than
those- of tho Wyoming or Lehigh
regions, and consequently more likely
to reason, as do their leaders, that any
disorder they may occasion will do vast
Injury to their cause. As yet nothing
Is known of anything the operators
have In contemplation that has been
wont, in former occurrences of thlsj
kind, to stir up violence, and unless;
the strike should continue for an un
expectedly long time. It Is understood
these occasions of disturbance will bt
wanting. Uneasiness on this score can
be set at rest, at least for weelts ta
come, It Is safe to say.
The last message to the miners from
the union headquarters previous to the
strike order going into effect was one
counselling the greatest care In avoid
ing the occasions of disorder. It cams
from Organizer Fred Dilchcr last even
lug und was as follows:
"Keep away from the companies!
properties. Thero Is no need of post
ing pickets to dissuade men from go
ing to woik because there aro no mer
Intending to co to work.
No Need of Fences.
"The companlea will havo no need
of putting fences nround their prem
ises. Our men nro not only going to
respect the law but old in its enforce
ment. Fliould thero bo nny disorder,
tho members of tho United MIna Work
ers will bo tho most ycalous In Its
suppression. Wo will furnish the
sherllf 25.000 reliable men free of cost
tn guard pioperty, if he thinks It Ii
noccsssary to have guards. The Uni
ted Aline Workers, however, will nev
er make it necesssnry.
"Wo hae won a great moral victory
already In gaining the confidence and
undivided sympathy of the people. Wo
w 111 win the stilke by the sanw meth
ods which wc pursued In our negotia
tions looking towards a settlement,
thnt Is by doing notblns unreasonabla
(Continued on Page i.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Washington, Sept. IB. Forecast for
- eastern I'eiinsjhanlai Pair, cooler Mon-
- elays Tuesday fair; fresh wind, becoming; -f
4- northwesterly. -sV
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