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GREAT COAL STRIKE
PRACTICALLY ENDED
Philadelphia and Reading and Le
high Coal Companies Meet the
Demands of the Miners.
THE SLIDING SCALE ABOLISHED
Decision the Result of a Conference Be
tween Representatives of Coal Carrying
Railroads and Individual Operators All
Demands of the Miners Acceded to The
Operators Even Grant More Than Has
Been Asked Nothing Remains for the
Men but to Return to Work.
By Exclusive Wire from "Hie Associated Prcta.
Philadelphia, Oct. 17. The great
strike of the anthracite mine workers
of Pennsylvania, which began Sept. 17,
practically ended today when the Phil
adelphia and Reading Coal and Iron
company and the Lehigh Valley Coal
company agreed to abolish the Fliding
scale in their respective regions and
to grant an increase in wages of 10
per cent, net, the advance to remain
In operation until April 1, 1001, or
thereafter. This action meets the de
mands of the Scranton mlneis' conven
tion. The decision was arrived at af
ter a conference between representa
tives of the individual coal operators
and the large coal carrying companies.
The conference begun yesterday. The
participants were President Harris and
Directors John Lowber Welli and
George P. Baer, of the Philadelphia
and Reading company; Vice President
'John B. Garrett, of the Lehigh Vallr-y
Railroad company; Congres sman Wil
liam Connell, of Scranton, who oper
ates several large collieries; Dr. Her
bert M. Howe, representing A. Pardee
& Co.; and M. S. Kemmerer, of Mauch
Chunk, senior partner in the firm of
Kemmerer & Whitney. Others who
participated in an advisory capacity
were General Manager Henderson, of
the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
Iron company, and Geneial Mining
Superintendent Lathrop, df the Lehigh
Valley compiny.
Today's action was the termination
at the recent meeting of the individual
operators at Scranton. Noaily all of
the collieries in the coal resign had,
previous to the mine workers' conven
tion, posted notices granting ni ad
vance of ten per cent. The mine work
ers, In considering this, demanded that
the sliding scale in the Lehigh-Schuvl-klll
district be abolished, the increase
to bo guaranteed until April 1, 1001, and
all other differences be submitted to
arbitration. The individual operators
agreed to everything and the appoint
ment of a committee to induce the
Reading and the Lehigh companies to
abolish the sliding scalp and make the
wage Increase permanent followed.
Victory for the Men.
It is conceded that the result of to
day's conference is a complete victory
for the men. All the demands of their
convention are acceded to, and, as one
of the Individual operators put it after
the confeVence, the operators go a lit
tle further in agreeing to maintain the
wages advance after April 1. This
same operator, who requested his name
not to be used, said in speaking of the
conference:
"It is all up to the miners now. We
have agreed to everything and nothing
remains now but for them to return to
work as soon as the notices are posted
by the colliery managers. The notices
will be practically similar to the Read
ing company's notice, the phraseology
only being changed.
I look for a resumption of operations
by Monday at the latest. The confer
ence was entirely harmonious and
every phase of the strike situation wus
gone over."
Just how soon tho ofllcial order noti
fying the men that the strike Is ended
and to return to work will bo Issued
by President Mitchell can only bo con
jectured, It Is the belief here that no
order to return will be Issued until a
notice Hlmllar to or in line with that
of the Reading and Lehigh companies
is posted at nil mines,
The Reading compuny's notice read3;
Tills company maken llio following on
Douncc-imnt;
It herd'- withdraws tlie notice posted Oe.
tober 3, 10(H), ami, to bring about practloil
uniformity In tho advanco of wanes in the
several coal regions irivos notice tint it
will suspend the opeiatlon of tlu gliding
state, will pay ten pir (cut, uchinc-e on .Sep
tember wagch tilt April 1, Hull, nnJ llii'if
aftti till fuither notice; and will take up
with its mine employe any t;rioaiici ll.cy
may lime.
Lehigh Valley's Statement,
No formal announcement has as yet
oeen made by tho Lehigh Valley Rail
road company reg.rrdlng its lirUnrtiom
but after tho Heading comp.my's state
ment had been mudo public Vleo-Presi-dent
Garrett, of tho Lehigh Valley,
bald;
"Concerning tiiir operations In the
Schuylkill legion you may hy that
the action of our company w ill Ivi (,1ml
lar to that of tho Ilea linvj company.
In other districts, however, certain
conditions rxM, for instance, tho p.-Jee
of nowder, which must be treated sep
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arately and we have not da j'rted defin
itely with regard to them, f hse rnat
teis are now in the hands of General
Superintendent Lathrop, whose head
quarters ate in Wilkes-Barie."
Superintendent Lathrop, who attend
ed the conference, prepared a number
of official notices, but refuse! to make
public their purport.
Calvin Pardee & Company, extensive
individual operators in the Hanleton
region, late this afternoon announced
that they will post tomorrnv notices
at their operations similar tu that Is
sued by the Reading company. This
clearly Indicates what ail tho Individ
ual operators will do.
The Sliding: Scale.
Reading, Oct, 17. The Reading com
pany's sliding scale, which is to be
suspended, has b.-en in operation since
1875. When coal brings $2.."') a ion
when sold to purchasers at Port Car
bon and Schuylklllhaven, near hero,
miners are paid a fixed price for coal.
For every three cents below $2.50 one
per cent, is deducted from that price.
For every three cents a ton aboe, one
per cent, is added. Five collieries are
drawn monthly to tlx the average price
on coal and with that average the per
centage is adjusted. For thve-j years
prior to 1875 the mine worker i had a
representative upon the board to draw
the collieries. After a six months'
strike In 1S75 the miners' association
went to the wail and consequently no
one has since been sent to represent
them when the monthly drawings took
place. Hence the sliding scale became
very unpopular with the miners and a
demand was made for Its abolishment.
At present the wages are six per cent,
above the basis, the month before they
were neither above or below. Some
times the percentage has been as much
below tho basis as 12 to ID per cent.
WHEN STRIKE WILL
BE DECLARED 0PP
It Is Confidently Believed That Or
ders to Go to Work Will Be
Received This Week.
By Wluslve Wire from The swciated Pras.
Hazleton. Oct. 17. The news from
Philadelphia today that tho Philadel
phia and Reading Coal and Iron com
pany, after a conference with officials
of other mining companies had agreed
to the anthracite miners' proposition as
set forth In resolutions adopted In con
vention last Saturday In ought forth
many expressions of surprise that It
should como so soon after tho con
vention, President Mitchell, of the ...United
Mine Workers, when Informed of the
Reading company's action by a repre
sentative of tho Associated Press, was
pressed for a statement on this accept
ance of the minors' proposition. All
ho would venture to say, however, was
that he would bo glad Indeed to know
that the anthracite operators had de
cided to chunge the notices previously
posted so as to comply with the pro
visions of tho resolutions adopted at
the Scranton convention. Mr. Mitchell
declined to say whether the union
would lot the men return to work at
those collieries where the operators
had accepted tho miners' proposition
before all the companies had fallen Into
line. It is generally believed that tho
big coal carrying railroads that mine
coal will quickly follow the Reading
company and grant acceptance of the
proposition and that all other opera
tors will do thu same, ,
The first company in tho Hazleton
region to take similar action to that
or the Reading company wero C.tlvin
Pardee & Co,, operating the Lattlmer
collieries, uitd A. Pardee & Co., owners
of tho Cranberry mines, both of them
Individual concerns. Tho notices an
nouncing their acceptance, which will
bo posted tomorrow morning, are as
follows;
We hereby withdraw our otTer of Oetobei 0 .mil
mike the rollowinij announcement to cur mine
lllip)03
Tho eliding Kale under ulik.li wo line been
vv-orklrirf Is hi rely siiipended ami ne will udjiift
the rcte of vvaecs m m tu pay to our mine cm.
)'oC ficm OilbUr 1, liM) to April 1, llvl, ami
thereafter and until further notfeo a net Increase!
of 10 per nut. our tho wages paid for Septem
ber, IfW.
These companies will reduce thfc
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SCRANTON, PA., THURSDAY MORNING,
price of powder from $2.75 to $1,150,
which reduction Is to be considered In
arriving nt a net Increase In wages.
The news from Philadelphia spread
through the entire region with al
most lighting rapidity. Everywhere
satisfaction was expressed by the
sti Iking miners and others. It ,1s
confidently believed that the strike
will be officially declared off this
week and that all tho men will have
a chance to return to work by Man
day. A rumor that the &trlko had been
officially declared off spread almost
as quickly thiough the coal fields as
did the Philadelphia news and many
telegraph and telephone messages
wero received at national headquar
ters unking If the rumor was true.
President Mitchell Informed all In
quirers that the strike would be de
clared off by no olio but the United
Mine Workers' officials and added
that no mine worker should return to
tho collieries until notified of the
conceptions made by the comoanloj
only through tho medium of the no
tices posted by tho operators at their
mines. It Is not expected that he
will receive any communication di
rect from the operttor3 as such ac
tion would be a recognition of the
union.
All local branches of t'te Halted
Mine Workers have committees whose
duty is to report developments to tho
local presidents. They in turn re
port to the district presidents, who
hurry the news to President Mitchell.
This will be tho method of procedure
in the present instance.
LAST MEETING
OP STRIKERS
National Organizer Fred Dilcher Ad
vises the Ken to Refrain from
Working TJntll Ordered to
Return by Mitchell.
By KtcIihIvp Wire from The Associated Press.
Wilkes-Barre, Oct. 17. What was
probably the last meeting of striking
miners In this region wus held at Pitts
ton this afternoon on the river common.
The weather was favorable and a large
crowd was In attendance. The princi
pal speaker was National Organizer
Fred Dilcher. He advised the men to
remain firm, that the struggle could
not last much longer and that the men
were destined the win tho battle.
While the meeting was In progress
Mr. Dilcher Fald:
"I have just received a despatch that
the operators in conference In Phila
delphia have granted the demands of
the strikers. I do not know how true
the report is, but I request you not to
go back until you see a statement
signed by John Mitchell. You. -came
out together and you must go back
together. There is to be no one dis
charged because of the part he played
in this struggle. If one man is dis
charged we will Issue another order
and go out again."
LACKAWANNA'S POSITION.
President Truesdale Says It Is Not
Affected by Action of Beading.
By Inclusive Wire from The Associated Crow
New York, Oct. 17. President Trues
dale, of the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western Coal company, wh n
asked about the agreement hetween
the Lehigh and Reading Coal compan
ies and their respective employes, made
the following statement:
"The settlement between the Read
ing and Lehigh companies and their
respective employes does not affect us.
The slldinjr scale of wages which has
been In force in those collieries has
not been used by us. We stand on tho
ten per cent. Increase basis which we
made public In our former notices. If
the action of tho Reading and Lehigh
companies will create new conditions in
this matter we have as yet not taken
any step to meet those. I am not pre
pared to say what wo may do,"
REJOICING AT SHENANDOAH.
Boys Parade the Streets with Ban
nersTroops Still Remain.
By Kiclusite Wire from Tho Associated Pre).
Shenandoah, Pa Oct. 17. Tho
one topic of conversation hero since
an Associated Press dispatch an
nounced tho result of the coal upsrnt
ors' conference at Philadelphia Is the
great victory gained by tho minors
union.
The advance of ten per cent,
means an Increased ilsburwment of
$JO,000 every month in Shenandoah.
Tn tught about 100 limit r buy. with
miners lamps on their heads t.i.l
carrying banners bearing triumphant
InMriptlons paraded, the streets
sh'iullng and cheering Tor Mitchell,
Tho governor's troop relumed from
Oneida this evening and will camp
here to-night and leave early in tho
morning to join the balance of Gen.
Oobln's forces at Tamaqua. Com
jnnies 13 and IC of tho Fourth regi
ment left for Tamaqua at 7 o'clock
this evening.
YOUNG GIRLS ASSAULTED.
Two Negroes at York Are in Danger
of Being Lynched.
Dy Kxdmive Wile from Tho Associated Press.
Vorlt, Pa., Oct. 17. Norr. Holllngir mid Mamie
Rtoner, two young girls while on their way heme
from York llnven to Falls, this county, were
ourtal.cn and brutally assaulted liy two ncTcca
Inst night. I'l.o screams of the glrU liroiieht
help. The neioes. (led to this city where they
wire captmed and arc oovr In tho coui.ty Jill.
'1 he Kirli this afternoon lilentlflej their assail,
ants. Ono Is Walter Jonca, fiom tho Itoiks of
Piir Creek, and tho other Oeorgft liiown, from
llaltinoio county, Md. There is talk of Ijnth
Ins here loiilfht.
DEATHS OF A DAY,
By Exclude Who from The Associated l'rtu.
I'hllaiklplili, Oil, 17.-Iaao W, Kahn, lor fifty,
the years mauae.-r of German Dcmokrat, of this
tlty, died today, afed !i3 jcars. Ho w-js clojjl)
iMoiIatcd with the late Joseph MonvlU, founder
of thi IUmoknt und other Germ in papers and
was well knotvn in newspaper circles all oer tl.e
coirdry.
I'anibrldt'e, .Mass., Oit. 17. Charles C. Kverctt,
l.iclLsnr and (Iran of the llarvaid Divinity bchool,
(ltd at hi home here today. Ho was ?l yuu of.
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TRIUMPH OF
ROOSEVELT
Greatest Demonstration of the floe
in His Honor at Cleveland, 0.
Ablaze with Enthusiasm.
IMMENSE STREET PARADE
Tho Governor Hides from Union
Station in a Gorgeously Decorated
Carriage Drawn by Tour White
Holies Along the Course Thous
ands of Rockets and Flambeaux
Flared The Speeches Made Pres
entation of a Full Dinner Fail.
By i:chi3lve Wire from The Associated Prpss.
Cleveland, O., Oct. 17. This has been
a day of triumph for Governor Roose
velt In Ohio. Tonight the city of
Cleveland gave him a reception rivaling
any similar demonstration ever made
here. There was an Immense parade,
consisting of half a score of brass
bands, dozens of political organiza
tions, including many which had come
hither from other places to do honor
to the candidate for vice-president.
Superior street, the chief thoroughfare
through which tho parade passed, was
ablaze with electric lights suspended
in loops crosswise and lengthwise from
tall pillars surmounted by flaming
globes and decorated with evergreen.
Along this brilliant course thousands
of rockets and flambeaux flared. The
walks were thronged with men, women
and children, who drew so npar that
the horses of the various mounted sec
tions almost trampled on them.
From the Union station, riding in a
gorgeously decorated carriage drawn
by four white horses, In company with
Governor Nash and Senator Foraker,
Governor Roosevelt was escorted,
while bands played and cannon boomed
salutes, along the line of the parade
to a largo tent on Marcolla avenue,
Newburg, the iron working district,
where he addressed a largo audience
on the subject of prosperity. His
speech was very brief, consisting of
part of that delivered by him an hour
later at Central armory. In Bond
street. At the tent the governor was
followed by Colonel Curtis Guild, Jr.,
who made an exhaustive address. Sen
ator Foraker opened the meeting at
me armory, making a strong appe'al in
behalf of the Republican national
ticket and at the close of his address
Governor Roosevelt was introduced.
Tho governor said, in part:
Boosevelt's Speech.
It seems to ino that I come here not to try to
teaili jou nn. thiij, hut rather to bear a good
mo-.-i.ac fiom jmi, for 1 shall go lui'c to Now
York and tell tliim that 1 want New York to
try to do as well as Ohio is doing. Ohio s
fcoing to make the riflle. Xvw, I come to jou to.
iky to speak to you less as Jtipublkans than as
American citizens, for 1 feci that in this con
tet we liac tlje risht to talc the suppoit of all
good citizens, Republicans or Domocrata, to
stand with us on nioic than one ground. In the
first plaic, the mound of material piosperity. 1
want jou to look back for jourselcs. Six jears
ago we had Coxej's army and the free toup
I kllthen. Now if jou want freu boup of the tbin
i variety jou can hac it by voting for free siUer.
They will go together just as sure as fate. (Ap
plause). In discussing trusts Governor Hooseelt again
charged Senator Jones with intcicst in the cotton
bale trust and Crokei with concctlon with the ice
I trust.
"No ono with common sense," continued the
governor, "is '.o foolish to desire the destruction
of capital. Every reasonable man unaerstands
and believes that overgrown corporations should
he subject to ligid supervision and when neces
sary to restriction. Mr. Brjan's declared remedy
for the evils which clst In such corporations is
the destruction of the industries concerned, bear.
in' down in one cunimou ruin employer and cm.
plovcd.
We are opposed to correcting an evil by the
utter destruction of the industry in which that
evil exists. If n diain pipe is out of order, it
Is very poor economy to get rid of the ilifllculty
by burning down the house. (Apphusc). Our'
method of dealing with these evils is to correct
the cotporatlcn laws wtiiili permit such evils
tO PXlbt.
Again on the prcperity Issue: You business
men and wage workers of Cleveland just compare
conditions four jiars ago and now. I was speak
ing with n railroad man this morning, He told
mu that four jears agu he was lucky if lie could
get .10 a month. Now lie can't keep his job im
Uss he makes $(15. (Applause). A little while
ago Mr. Hr.im said that he put the nrin before
thu dollar and not the dollar before the man.
Four yean ago ho lml the man to far In front
of the dollar that he could not get hold of it.
(Applause). Wli.it we have been doing Is to put
the man and tho dollar together and let the man
decide whether the dollar should he In front or
behind. (Applause),
Now, gentlemen, you can compue wlnt Mr.
Itrjan prophesied four jrars ago with what
has happened since, lie raid If we did not have
free silver wo would liavp four jears more of
hard tlmrsj the wage worker would stand idle
ami the budness nun fail In business; that mort.
gages would go up, and (lis other day when lie
was asked how lie rxplalned mir prosperity h
said It was not due to the ltcpuhllcau party but
to Providence, Well, gentbmen. I nm p-rfectly
willing to admit that there has been a union be
tween ProUdence and the Republican part). (Ap
plati'e), Tho Democracy has fused with about
everj tiling else, (Applause), It has not con
nee ted with Provide nee because it is not headed
that vvav. (Applause). I don't wonder tint now,
in the dajs of the flrjanism Democracy that tho
Pemociats who stood for tho principles of Jeffer
son and Jackson should ttand with us, for Jef
ferson said that Democracy tncint hard moi",
cvpanvton and tho honor of the flig, (pplauic),
Old Hickory had his talllnr". but I fill jou the
man would hnvo hid n hard timo with him who
tried to get Idm to lie down before Agulnaldo.
(Applatwe),
I appeal to jou who sent so many of your
rous in the dajs of the civil wur, 1 appeal to
the joung men in the name of memories of thote
veterans who proved their worth in the dajs
that tried men's poiiV. Let us Fee to It tint wo
do not disgrace this rccoid. ) call ut'ii ou to
do your part now at tho threshold of the new
centurj-, to proclaim once for all in the face of
the nations of mankind, that where onco the
American Hag his been hoisted in honor It shall
not bo hauled down in dishenor, (Cheers),
This was tho fourteenth speech which
Governor Roosevelt made In Ohio to
day, beginning nt HMnwaro, which
city, Marlon, Upper Sandusky, Carey,
Fostorla and Pembertoir gave him
roublng receptions, The first big dem
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OCTOBER 18, 1900.
onstration, however, was m.ido nt To
ledo, where tho governor nddressed a
crowd that almost filled the gioat cir
cus lot. An hour and a half wits spent
here In parade and speochei. Leaving
Toledo at 2.45 p. in,, the train made
brief stops at Clytle, llellovue und
Klyrln, at nil of which places Governor
Nash also spoke, as did Colonel Guild,
At Clyde the employes of a granite1
and marble company presented the
governor with a oucltet filled with
sandwiches, pie, cake and coffee, and
bearing the legend, "eight houis and
a full dinner pall."
Tonight Dr. Curtii, the governor's
physician, who will leave the train at
Canton tomorrow, said:
"Governor Roosowlt's voice depends
upon tho avoidance of ovor-fatlgue. If
he exercises a little more car'.' than ho
has in the past, I think ho muy be
able to fulfill his engagements, but
I could not guarantee uny voice where
twenty-five speoshes are made on two
consecutive days, with interrupted rest
and under great nervous strain. Oth
erwise Colonel Roo3vclt Is In superb
physical condition."
Since leaving Chicago last Wednes
day morning Gdvcnnr Roosevelt's
train has traveled 1,777 miles and has
been handled over twenty separate
lines of road.
Cleveland, O., Oct. 17. Only one in
cident marred the evening, notwith
standing reports circulated early In
the day that an attempt would be
made to break up the proposed meet
ing in Newburg. It was here that a
boy standing some distance away,
threw a rock at the governor, as the
latter was leaving the tent in com
pany with National Committeeman,
Herrlck of Ohio and others. The
rock struck the governor on tho
head. Quickly tne governor's com
panions closed around him and
hustled him to a passing car on
which he was borne away. The gov
ernor was not hurt by the missile.
LUZERNE DEMOCRATS
LACK A CANDIDATE
Courts Declare Congressional Nomi
nations Irregular Other Objec
tions Over-ruled in Cases.
By Kxcliuive Wire from The Associated Press
Harrlsburg, Oct. 17. The Dauphin
county court today overruled the ob
jections to the nomination papers of
the following candidates and declared
their papers valid:
Lewis J. Emory, jr., candidate for
congress In the Twentv-seventh d's
trict, under the title of Lincoln prty.
W. W. Crittenden, candidate for sen
ator In the Tvventy-ftfth dlsrict, under
the title of Lincoln party.
R. N. Brush and F. 13. Jewett, inde
pendent candidates for the assembly
in Susquehanna county.
D. W. Hunt, People's candidate for
senator in Erie county.
John B. Brooks, People's candidate
for assembly In First Erie district.
The court also over-ruled the counter
objections to the nomination papers of
the presidential electors of the Social
ist Labor und Socialist parties and
declared both papers valid. The ob
jections to the nomination papers of
Edwin B. Willis, People's candidate
for senator in Erie county, and Timo
thy J. Quinn, People's candidate for
representative In the First Erie dis
trict, wero sustained and the papers
declared Invalid.
The court heard argument In the
Lebanon county contested election
case and reserved Its decision.
Judge Weiss flltfd an opinion tonight
sustaining the objections to the certi
ficates of nomination of Judge Stnni
Woodward and T. S. Martin, candidates
of tho rival Democratic factions for
judge In Luzerne county, and Con
gressman Stanley W. Davenport ana
Asa K. De Witt, rival Democratic can
didates for congress In the Twelfth
district. This leaves the Democrats
without a regular candidate 'or either
of these offices.
Judge Weiss says the conventions
which nominated both sets of candi
dates wero irregular.
EX-SECRETARY SHERMAN ILL,
The Former Cabinet Officer in a
Critical Condition.
1y Exclusive Wire from The Associated Prcs
Washington, Oct. 17, Former Cabinet
Officer John Sherman is dangerously 111
at his residence In this city, Tho at
tack has taken the form of a general
collapse, In part duo to the geno-al de
bility Incident to old ngc and to tho
effects of tho serious Illness which he
sufforod while on a trip to the West
Indies two years ago.
He never fully recovered from that
Illness, For tho past week, he has been
gradually growing weaker and yes
terday and today his condition grow
worse and relatives In various parts
of the country were notified of tho
change. Tho ex-secretary Is in h's
seventy-eighth year and has been a '
hard worker all his life.
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.
fly r-ccluslve Wire from The Aasoclatcd Press.
Washington, Oct. 17. The French chirtse d'of
fr.lri'S, M. Thlcbaut, called at the stale depart
ment today and had a confeirnce with Nfre
tarv Ili) It Is understood that Im presented a
memorandum proposing that the peace iie'ol.i
(loin with China hefn iimivdlalcly in accord
ance with the favorublo action of the pouvrs (n
the recint note l the Knmli government.
M. Thlcbaut aUo mule known the sulafaetory
tbnrarttr of the aiawers received fiuni the several
governments and pointed out the desirability of
lia!nK action taken at once to carrv cut the
several polnu on which the powers have been
brought into agreement.
FAILED TO BEAT HIS TIME,
Dy Inclusive Wire from Tho Associated rre3s.
Tcrre Haute, IncI,, Oct. 17. Creiceu? todav
failed to beat Ids btallion trottini; record rf 2.01
crt account of Usht wind Mow Ids down the
blrctch. The mllo was mada iu 2.05',1. Time by
fjuailirs, ,S0?i, l.OJVi, L33J4.
PRICE OP COAL ADVANCED.
Dy Kxclujive Wire from The Associated Press.
Philadelphia, Oct. 17. The Heading company
today announced an advance in the price of
lino and city coil of 25 cents a ton over the clr.
cular of September 13. Hits makes an inareno
of (0 cents a ton sln'.e the July circular.
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TIM NUNS THIS MOKNiWU
Weather Indication Today,
FAIHl WARMCIt,
1 General Agreement of SHno Owners Is Gen
eral.
Strike Practically at an Did.
ltosevelt Captures Clevehnd.
2 (iincmt Northeastern 1'cntnyhanla News,
rinnntlal and Commcrilal,
3 local Republican Rally at Tajlor.
Sun ti Inn Archdeaconry Discusses Home Mis
sion''. 4 Editorial.
News and Comment,
5 Local Scrond Pay of the Grlcr Prlborj Trial.
0 Local West Scranton and Suburban.
7 Round About the County.
8 Local Criminal Court Doings.
WILLIAM L. WILSON
PASSES AWAY
Author of the Famous Wilson Tariff
Bill Dies at Lexington, Va.
Funeral Tomorrow.
Dy Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press.
Lexington, Va., Oct. 17. William L.
Wilson, president of Washington and
Leo university and formerly postmas
ter general of the United States, died
suddenly at 9.20 o'clock this morning
of congestion of the lungs. He had
been falling In health since his return
from Arizona. Hi3 son, Dr. Arthur
Wilson, of Lynchburg, visited him on
Sunday and left on Monday. Then
came the sudden change. Mr. Wilson's
attendant physician did not give up
hope that his patient would rally until
late last night.
Mr. Wilson had been confined to the
house since Tuesday week, but it was
believed that he was improving when
his son left him. He was conscious
until tho last. By his bedside were his
wife, his daughters, Misses Mary and
Bettie Wilson, and one son, William
H. Wilson.
Ex-Postmastor General William
Lyne Wilson, author of the Wilson tar
iff bill and a prominent figure in na
tional politics during the administra
tions of President Cleveland, was born
near Charlestown, W. Va., on May 3,
1S13. His father was a school-master.
He was a pupil at the Charlestown
academy and In 1S0 was graduated
from the Columbian university, in
Washington. When the Civil war
broke out he left the University of
Virginia and enlisted as a private in
the Confederate army. At the close
of the rebellion he became an assistant
professorTrrXatin and Greek at Colum
bian university, but in 1S71 he began
the practice of law at Charlestown,
,W. Va.
Mr. Wilson's funeral will occur at
Charleston, Jefferson county, W. Va.,
Friday morning at 10 o'clock. The re
mains will leave Lexington t"U morn
ing over the Baltimore and Ohio at
4 o'clock, accompanied by the family,
Harry St. George Tucker, chairman of
tho faculty of professors; A. L. NeUon
and H. P. Willis, a committee of the
faculty; Hon.Wllllam A. Anderson and
A. T. Barclay, of the board of trustee,
and a committee of twelve students.
Services will 'be held tomorrow after
noon In Leo Memorial chapel at the
university, conducted by Rev. T. A.
Hall, of the Lexington Baptist church,
and Rev. Dr. James A. Quarles, of
the university. All duties were sus
pended today in the university. The
remains are now lying In state at tho
president's house.
HANNrTllTDAKOTA.
Special Train Dashes Through the
Wheat Districts Spice in
His Speeches.
Dy Exclusive Wire fiom lhe Associated Prew.
Huron, S. P., Oct. 17. The special
train bearing Senators Hunna and
Frye travelled up nnd down through
tho counties of Central South Dakota
to-day. In the districts whorie t)e
vote as a rule Is close ond where
tanners compose a greater part of
tho population. Fourteen stops wero
made during the day, Senator Hanua
making speeches at Kedfleld, North
vlllo. Groton. Anilover. nrlHtnl nrml.
lev, Klrod, Bryant, Lake Preston, ,
Desmet, Iroquois, Huron, Aberdj en
and Webster. Senator Frye also '
spoke at some length at tho more i
Important plnces. A good deal of
spice was put Into tho speeches at
times by sharp questioning on tha
part of tho audiences, who desired to
hear about trusts and Imperialism, i
This was true especially at Abordesn,
whore Senator Hanna was constantly
Interrupted during his speech by
viuestlons regarding vatious phases
of the trust Issue.
Senator Hanna apparently enjoyed
mtfe iii i i,'iiuii?i turn uiviinuuiy i
answered them,
At Webster ho was vldted In his
car by n delegation of Sioux Indians
from the Sisseton reservation. These
tl.nu Inlnmiti.flniia n n I I .. ..n ..ln 1. I ..
Indians nro nil voters. The most Im
portant meeting of the day was hold
to-night at Huron, where thu train
stopped for the night nnd where both
Senators Hanna and Fryo nnd Vic
tor Dolllver made addresses of con
siderable length.
STEAMSHIP ARRIVALS.
Hy Ilxclushe Wire from The Asioclated Prea
New York, Oct. 17. Arrived! Majestic, fiom
Liverpool, Cleared) la r,oraIne, Havre; I'mi-it
HNinarek, Hamburg via Plymouth and C'herbnur;,
Pallcilt !t, Paul, Southampton! (Isrmaulc, I.hci.
I1; WestcrulanJ, Antwerp; Michigan, Loudon
I Uerpool Arrived! Teutonic, New- Veil; ond
Queemloevn. Plymouth Arrived; Pemivyhanla,
New- YuiK for Cliciliourc and lUmbuitr. youth,
iimpten rriecd! New Vork, N'ew York, billed!
Kaiser Wilhclm De Orossu (fiom llremen, IvW
York via Cherbcurg), Toiy Island Paited;
Ktliiopla, New York for Movlllo and Glasgow.
EJLVER REPUBLICANS.
Dy Inclusive Wire from The Associated Press.
Lincoln, Kcb., Oct. 17. The letter notifying
William J. Ilryan of his nomination by the Ni
ticnal Silver Republican convention has been In
his possession for somo time aud hU answer Is
expected this week.
.AJwfeJfcil .fedjg. , jAvVtoof i .. IsAa" Wie.1, s&BfkW-
TWO CENTS.
SAYS IT IS
ALL SETTLED
Gheerlno News Broualit from Phil
adelphin Conference bu Gon-
arcssman William Connell.
AGREEMENT IS GENERAL
Representatives of Every Mining In
terest in the Region Attended ths
Meeting and Decided to Amend the
Ten Per Cent. Offer So as to Make
It Acceptable Mr. Connell Worked
Assiduously to Bring About Peace
Though It Cost Him a Great
Physical Effort Soma of the Local
Operators Express Chagrin at the
Failure of the Effort to Get Rid ofl
the Powder Question.
"I know of no reason why thH
minors should not be at work nexi
Monday morning."
Such was the declaration of Con
gressman William Connell on his re
turn last night, from the conference
of operators in Philadelphia, which!
he attended as chairman of the com
mlttee of Independent operators ap
pointed to deal with the strike ques
tion.
Mr. Connell had been actively en
caged for four days In trying to
bring about a settlement of the
strike, and having deserted the care
of a physician to undertake the task
ws, as may be believed, greatly fa
tigued, but when seen at his homo
soon after his return, consented to
a short Interview.
He declined to dlscusp ony part he
had taken In the affair further than
to say his whole influence had been
thrown to bringing about peace. The
press dispatches tell of his having
had a confeionoo with President Mc
Klnley regarding the strike, but ths
details of this Mr. Connell did not
care to dlscu-s. He contented him
self with saying that the president
evlnaed a great desire? to see the
strike speedily settled and stated
that ho was actuated In this desire
solely by humane motives.
The coniieronce of operators, Mr.
Connell says, was attended by rep
resentatives of all the parties con
cerned. The big corporations having
their headquarters in New York wero
lepresented by President W. H.
Truesdale, of the D., L. & W., and
President Thomas, of the Erie. Gen
eral Superintendent Lathrope, of tho
Lehigh Valley was present to repre
sent the superintendents of the big
companies In an advisory capacity.
It was agreed by the big companies
that tho modification of the offer
necessary to make It acceptable to
their men should be made. Tho
Philadelphia & Reading and Lehigh
Valley companies, conceding the)
abolishment of the sliding scale aa
a first step towards that end. Tho
other amendment was agreed to and
the independent operators, through
Mr. Connell's committee, then gavei
their concurrence in what tho big
fellows had done.
Held in Abeyance.
As to whether or not tho carrying
companies agreed to grant the de
mand of tho Independent operators
for a bettor freight rate, Mr. Connell
would not say. Ho contented himself
with "That matter, you can state,
Is in abeyance,"
Mr. Connell further announced that
there would bo a m'eotlng of tho
Independent operators in this city to
day, to take up the matter of putting
out tho notices. They will likely be
posted to-morrow.
In this region tho only additional ac
tion called for by the convention reso
lutions Is the issuing of a guarantee
that tho 10 per cent, offer will con
tinue till April 1, nnd that the offer
will bo a straight one.wlth no reference)
to tho matter of computing a decrease
In the prlco of powder as a part of
tho 10 per cent. Increase In wages,
where contract minors are concerned.
The first of these demands Is of no
importance leaving aside tho rnattet
of recognition of tho union. The oper
ators, It Is fe.tfo to say from the gen
eral trend of their remarks would be
willing to extend tho iriiarantru a year
or even longer, Hut to accede to tho
mlneis' demands for a straight 10 per
cent, advanco Is a soro disappoint
nrent to the operators or this realon.
They wanted thut tho powder ciue.sti&n
should bo onco and for nil settled and
had built confidently on getting rid
u( It by means of the codicil which so
many of tho companies attached to the
offer, Now, that it Is as good us cer
tain, it will bob up again and possrbly
' Continued on pjgc 5.
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WEATHER POKECAST,
f Warhlngtcn, Oct. 17. Forecast !or )
Eastern Pennsylvania) Fair Thursiay
f ami Friday; warmer in nortlyrn portion
f Thursday; light to fresh southwesterly -f
f winds. 4.
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