PMvn..,, i -a' vv.a'w "v -" p-"- v r? ''3fe"5 Vf 1 r S":HA -. . vi J V f T M H ,1 ribtme. atrittmt T.M Y SCRANTON PAPER RECEIVING THE COMPLETE NEWS SERVICE OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE GREATEST NEWS AGENCY IN THE WORLD. -rl '1:1 TWO ClfTgjS .-rSfSf TWO CENTS. TEN PAGES. SCRANTON, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 20, 1900. TEN PAGES. , Bgm V- rr MR. BEVERIDGE TO YOUNG MEN Conclusion ot a Masterly Appeal to the Intelligence of First Voters. NO RETREAT HIS SLOGAN ffho Policy of Expansion Considered trom the Standpoint of National Necessity and Individual Oppor tunityWhat Openings It Offers to Young Men Fake Cry of Mili tarism Punctured Obstruction the Chronic Democratic Attitude. By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Presj. Indianapolis, Oct. 19. The concluding portion of Senator Boveiidgc's remark able appeal to ilrst voters, delivered last night In Tomllnson hall, was an exposition of the policy of expansion In Its relationship toward young men. The ecnator said: Fully as Important to young men as the in acrnal development of our country arc the as peels of thU campaign respect lm? llio toivlgii advance of the American flag, tliu laclnl prog ress of the American people, the rapture for the republic of points of power on the ocean high ways of the future, the t.oicn.'ignty of the seas iy American ships, and the mestery of the world, lu the glorious end, by Hie American nation. On this great issue of national proRrcw, whoso lines go out to every ocean, touch every port of every coast of every countiy in the world, the Republican party Is the party of advance, and the Democratic party is the p-iity of retreat. The question for the young- men of this nation to determine is whether they will now enlist under the banner of a national policy of ad vance or under the flag of a national policy of retreat. For these are the two forces that hence forward will dnidc the American people, .so far as our foreign policy is concerned. In which camp will the young American be able in Ills lifetime to take the greatest part in the glory, power and progress which the future will bring the American people? Young men of America, In which party do you think, when your hair hall have become gray, jou will be able best to say, "My efforts helped to advance American interests all around the world; my efloita helped to make the American people the sovereign power among the nations; my efforts aidid the advance of the American flag; T hao had a part, and I have been a part of the glory won for the American people by a constructive and advancing statesmanship?" Air; more than thlsl Under which policy will jou. be best' able, Individually, not only to prosper, but cvou to survive? w '---- Prom the Dollar Standpoint. Let us consider this last phase of the sub ject, because It is immediate and material. Even now American factories and farms arc produc ing mote than the American people can con mime. More than this, wo are pioducing more than we can consume and more than we can tell to Europe. Each year witness an in creasing suiplus of American products. There, fore each 3 car must witness an Increasing mar ket for American products, And this incieasc of our products will be greater in the :ict ten years than in the last ten yeais. just as it was greater in the last ten jears than in the ten years prtcedinar. Every day we are giowlnj: nbler. Every diy our cnoriry is more abuudiut. Each day the methods of using our meigy aie multiplied. Each day addi to the labor-savins machinery In aerieultuie as well as in nunufic ture. Each day adds to the facilities and (-need of transportation. Therefore, each day adds to the increasing productiveness of the America people not in the latio of yestirday, but in a ratio of its own. Each diy mid eich .tear seta a different standard. We cannot stop thU pro ductiveness. We ought not to ttoi this pto ductivencs. And yet if this prodiictiirncs con tinues, as it will, what will become i tl.e jnimic men of today when they shall reach middle life and old age, unless we secure nuikts not only for what we produce today, but for whit we will be producing ten yean, from now, titty years from now, one hundred years fiom now Whit will become of the young men of Ainciica with each advancing jear, unless we look ahead and sccuro in the present day commercial advantages ho.vond our borders which will iilloid and con trol markets for our increasing production? Providing for the Future. How are wc to get markets for our increasing surplus now and in the future? lly the same methods adopted by the instinct of evciy vital people and approved by the judgment of all their statesmen even by the same, method we, our. selves, have heretofore sle.ulily followed. Ily securing control of new tnltory ivhosj inhabi tants will consume our pioducts: by suurllig control of new territory which command markets 5n neighboring lands; by making our name, our flag and our goods known among the peopled whom we want to consume our products. Where are such territiics to be found? llio lrrcat islands that join tliu shoulder of Suiitli Africa to Florida's peninsula, ami stand like sentinels over the Gulf of Mexico and the American-made entrance to the Pat Me: these are such territory. The pioup of material wealth ami military and naval power called the Hawaiian Islands, stationed us thouu.li by some great strategist in the most impoitant ocean ol the future the ocean which the great scientist Hum bold declared would soon be the M-eno of the greatest commercial activity of nil the globe niul f all history; tlisn aro such turiltoriei. The island empire of the Eo.t, richer In itself In egetable and mineral resources, than any ec.u.il treu on an t lie suriace 01 me earui, locuicu at l point through which the lines of the world's greatest commeicial navigation in the future must 01 necessity pa.s ai.11 even pass louay, lo cated with reference to the numberless millions of Asiatic consumers as a meichant would luc.ito Ills salesrooms with reference to his customers; this islam! rmpire constitutes the U'l'V ideality of such tcrrltoiy. These tenltorlcs whleli thus secure our commeicial tolvenry In the future, as England has similarly secured her commercial solvency in (he past, as Germany ami France are seeking to secure their commcreiil solvency in the future, the ticpuhHr.ni pally sjjs ou'ht to belong, do belong, and shall continue to belong, to the American poplc. And these territories, thus securing the commercial solvency of tbo American people for the present and for the fit tine, the Democratic pirty asks yuu, jofing mm , of America, to help them surrender, In which proposition lies jour greatest personal and nu terial safety? In which proposition resides the most prosperous future of the American people? An Appeal to Young Men, Wit your eyes now fiom the balance sheet of profit and loss involved in tills proposition up in the skies where thine the star of American glory ami Ameiltan power in the womlciful in ture which Is dawning as your young manhood (lawns1, and tell me, jenny nun of America, in which of these propositions rcsldis t lie surest realization of the true grandeur of (lie Nation? Is tho gieatest gloiy of this nation to be m. cured by cutting ourselves off tioiu (ho world' activities? Is it 1111 older destiny to keep our institutions to oiueic.s or to cMeud their blessings over other lauds? 'the gieut move, nitnt of today Is to nue.id civilization through tho aggressive, commcreiil mid adniiiiistiatlve activity of the woild's most poweitul peoples mrr the dominions of baibarisiu, tho uUmliiUli'i. Hon of ordcily government where savaiceiy nigus, the development of the rcsouucs of lauds whose Inhabitants have failed to develon them. Is It a truer grandeur for our nation to lake pirl ujc, and to lead in that great movement- or In lay to tho world, "Heboid me, 1 sin the cjmple ou should follow," What U tho fate of a plan who a.ssmms that attitude ol egotUilij righteousness? It Is the contempt of his (allows, Ind not their repaid: mid it is the' defeneration cf himself and not his improvement, ru with ll.'ontinued on I'J.e J.) SENATOR SCOTT IS READY TO GUESS Predicts That MoKinley Will Have 884 Electoral Votes and Classes Kentucky and Nebraska as Doubtful. Dy Inclusive Wire from The Assoelaltd fieu. New York, Oct. 19. At Republican National headquarters Senator Na than II. Scott gave out his first oill eliil estimate of the electoral vote next month. Senator Scott'B prediction la as follows: StinU RHPUDMOAK STATES California 0 New York 38 Connecticut fi North Dakota 3 Delaware a Ohio a Illinois 1 Oregon 4 Indiana 15 Pennsylvania Si I0-..1 l:l llhodo Island 4 Kansas in nth Dakota 4 Maine n Utah 8 Maijlaiid K Veimont 4 M.i'saehusctU i Washington 4 .Michigan 14 West Virginia C Minnesota 0 Wisconsin 12 New Hampshire .... t Wyoming 3 N"w Jersey 10 Total 2S1 DEMOCKATIC. Alabama It Ninth Caiollna 11 Aikansas ...' S Sutlli Caiollna 0 l'loriila 4 Tennessee U Georgia lit Ten's ii lamWana S Virginia 12 Mi.sMppl Ol Total 112 DOlJllTFUf,, WITH ItEPUIlMCAN 1'OSsilBIMTY. Id llio :: I Kentucky VI Montana oj Nebraska S Total 27 DOL'IITI-UI., WITH DEMOCRATIC TENDENCIES. Colorado 4Micsouri IT Nevada -'ll -r Total 1 THREATENED LIFE OF JOHN W. GATES S. I. Morris, a Former Employe, Ar rested and Found to Have Two Hevolvers Also Had De signs on Another Man. By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press. Chicago. Oct. 19.-S. I. Morris was arrested this evening for an alleged attempt upon the llfojjf John TV. Gates, ex-presldentofthe American Steel and JVire company. "When searched dt the police station two large revolvers were found concealed in his pockets. It Is asserted that Morris had also had designs on tho life ot W. B. Brimson, general mana ger of the Kansas City ana Southern railroad, whom Morris, it is alleged, had enticed to this city by means of a telegram, purporting to have been signed by Gates, but which he him self had sent. Manager Brimson arrived at the Grand Pacific hotel today, in accord ance with tho appointment made in tho telegram. Falling to find Mr. Gatjs he called upon him in his office in the Rookery building. After a hasty consultation, the two men de cided that Morris originated the scheme, both having received threat ening letters from him. Morris was captured near the offices of the Illinois Steel company In tho Rookery building. Ho was formerly in the employ of Gates and maintains that tho latter owes him $30,000. Ten ants of the Rookery are said to have ovei heard the prisoner make threats to kill Mr. Gates. When taken, Mor ris could give no Intelligible explana tion of tho affair. INVALID NOMINATION PAPERS. Republican in Schuylkill and Two Luzerne Democrats Suffer. By E.telushc Who from The Associated Press. Ilanlsburg, Oct. 19. llio Dauphin county court today decland invalid the lertllleate of nomina tion of Dr. II. (1. Hritrcl, Republican candidate for assembly in the Pirst Hhujlkill district, and declined to miKiid the document by Insert ing the name of 1). ,1. Thomas, who contested Reitzd's certitleate, for the reason that the court has no power to amend except when the ceititlcate or paper is defective. The court also declared invalid tho certificates of Hepresentailvo John P. McAudrews anil John 1. McCounlck, rival Democratic nominees In the Shth Luzerne disttlct. m STEAMSHIP ARRIVALS. By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press. New York, Oct. 10. Airived; Patricia, Ham. lurg; Kaiser Frledilch, Hamburg. Cleaied; An ehorla, filasgow; Amsterdim, Rotterdam via lloulcgnc; I.uc.inla, Liverpool; Georgian, Liver pool. Hauc Arrived: Ln Loraine, New York. NaplesArrived' Ems, New York, i.t Gibraltar for Genoa (and proceeded). Cherbourg Sailed; Columbia from Hamburg end Southampton, for New York. Hrowhii.d Possid; Etruila, New Yoik for Qiieeiistcvvii and Livripool; Georfclc, New Yoik for Liverpool. Llatd Passed; L,i Toiiralnc, New Yo.k for Havre. YOTJTSEY CASE GOES TO JUBY. Dy Inclusive Wite fiom Tho Associated Press. . Georgetown, Ivy., Oct. IP, There will lie no verdict In the Ynutsey case tonight. When court met at 8.30 'uiuht tho case was formally .ub mltteil to the juiy. The judge told them they could use their own pleasvio about considering the ia.-o touluht or tomorrow- morning, 'fhey decided to take (ho pipers to their hones to night ami teport at i) o'clock tomoriovv mom. Hi!,-. - - - FAILS TO LOWER RECORD, Dy Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press. Tciro Haute, Inch, Oct. 10. The gieat Cieseeus nic.iin today failed in his attempt tn lower his own retold for trotting stallions, of 2.01, but he made a full second better time than in his trial on Wcdnesdiy, nuklui,- the mile today jn 2.0M. m " JAMES BURNS A FREE MAN. My Exclusive Wire from The Associated Pi ess, Philadelphia, Oct. 19. .lamei Burns, who was convicted of complicity in the Jacobs-Kendlg revenue stamp counterfeiting conspiracy and sen temed to pilson fur one year and six 'mouths, wji ulcaseil today, having served his term. GANS DEFEATS KELLY. By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press. Diiivir, (let. Il. doe Dans won from "Snider' Kelly tonight in the eighth round SPELLBINDERS HARD AT WORK Roosevelt's Reception In West Vir ginia Makes a New Record in That State. HANNA'S TELLING BLOWS Bryan Continues His Tour of the Enemy'B Country and at Ithaca Runs Afoul of High Spirited Stu dents of Cornell Who Have Fun with Him but He Calina Them Down Young Women Display Por traits of McKinley Near the Bryan Meeting General Joe Wheeler Cor rects the Statement That He Had Declared for McKinley Other Po litical News of a Day. By Exclusivo Wire from The Associated Press. Hinton, W. Va., Oct. 19. Governor Roosevelt and his party closed their tour of West Virginia tonight, aftep one of the longest Journeys In the western trip. Starting from Parkers burg, on the upper Ohio, in the morn ing, he made speeches at different polnti along tho Ohio river, notably at Point Pletisa-.m and Huntington, from the latter place he started up the great Kanawha valley, making speeches along the way and going acioss the river at Charlestown to witness a great demonstration at the state capital and to make an address of some length at the wigwam. Ho was accompanied from Huntington, through the Kanawha, valley, by Governor Atkinson and staff and the stale officers and a largo reception committee. From Charlestown, tho special train proc;jded directly across the mountains. The two days that Governor Roose velt spent in touring this state have been among the most eventful in tho hlstgry of the campaign. Governor Roosevelt passes next into Maryland, and thence into his own stave, after having crossed the continent along the) lakes and westward and returning by a circuitous route through the middle states and the Ohio valley. The governor and party arrived in this city at 7.30 this evening. They were met at the station by a crowd of 3,000, while that many more were seated about the speaker's stand, which had beeen erected in the park, awaiting his arrival. Great prepara tions had been made by the Republi cans of this place for the Roosevelt meeting and a reception committee of about one hundred of the local Repub licans met the party at the train and an ovation was given the governor. Governor Roosevelt and Colonel Guild made addresses. 1'he party left here at 0.43 tonight by special train, for Maryland, where Governor Roosevelt will speak at Bal timore and other points in that state tomorrow. HANNA'S WELCOME IN BRYAN'S HONE Tho Republican National Chairman Makes Four Speeches in Lincoln and Is Well Received Whirl wind Tour of Nebraska. Ry Inclusive Wire from The Associated Press. Lincoln. Neb., Oct. 19. With pros perity ns hid principal topic of dis cussion, Senator Hanna traveled through the eastern counties of Ne braska today, making speeches ln more than a dozen cities and towns, winding up tonight at Lincoln, tho home of Mr. Bryan, where an im mense demonstration had been ar ranged in his honor. Most of the dis trict covered today is distinctly ag ricultural, and ln speaking to the far mers, who made up a largo propor tion of the crowds, Senator Hanna took present and past industrial con ditions as his topic. Ho did the greater purt of the speaking Senu tor Prye speaking but twice, includ ing a brief address at Madison, Sena tor Allen's home. Ab'out 6 o'clock the special train ar rived In Lincoln, where tho party spent the night, and whero three meetings were held. "A man who knowingly or un knowingly will circulate Blander about another man, is not fit to be constable," said Senator Hanna In his speech at tho opera house in Lincoln tonight, referring to William J. Bryan. ln tho speech, which was fine of the longest delivered on his present tour, Senator Hanna bitterly denounced Mr. Bryun for what he termed "his attempts to slander iuo In my own fctate." This Is Mr, Bryan's homo town and tho speech of Senator Han na was received with mingled cheers tind hisses. Only two meetings hud been planned, but Senator Hanna was Induced to ad dress an ovortlow meeting front tho balcony of the hotel, Excursion trains were run front many points In the state, and tho parade which took place this evening Included a dozen uni formed marching clubs, among them ceveral women's organizations. Escorted by tho Lincoln Traveling Men's Marching club and several uni formed matching organizations, Sena tor Hanna und Senator Frye weio es rorted from their train. Shortly after S o'clock tho parade formed and amid a blaze of fireworks Senator Hanna was escorted to the opera house, Sena tor Frye going to tho Auditorium. The crowd at the opera house was Im patient to hear Senator Hanna, and when the latter was introduced he was received with a roar of applause. Sena- J tor Hanna spoke at some length, taking up the silver and anti-imperialist Issues and Anally referred to tho charge which Mr. llanuti said had been recently made by Mr. Bryun that tho Republlcnn campaign managers hod entered upon extensive systems of bribery In order to secure the election of the Republican ticket. "In regard to the statement," said Senator Hantui, "before an audience at Lincoln, I want to hurl it back ln his teeth and tell him it Is art falsa as hell. When It comes down to personalities 1 am willing to stand before the Ameri can people on my record as a business ninn and let him stand on his. I have been In business for forty years; I am employing six thousand men, paying tho highest wages, treating them like men and they nil respect me, and when Mr. Bryan or any other man charges upon me and I am willing to appropriate ll all, as I am chairman of tho board of managers of this Re publican campaign any such methods as those, I propose, as I said, to hurl It back and denounce him as a dema gogue, in his town." BRYAN ENCOUNTERS CORNELL STUDENTS Young Women Pupils Display Pic tures of McKinley but There Is No Serious Discourtesy. Day's Tour in New York. By Exclusive Wira from The Associated Press. Syracuse, N. Y., Oct. 19. Hon. W. J. Bryan, the Democratic standard-bearer, today experienced his second encounter of the campaign with college students. It occurred at Ithaca and the students were from the Cornell university. Tho Incident was not so exciting as that at Ann Arbor, Mich., but there was one feature of Interest which was not noticeable at Ann Arbor. This was tho participation of young women In the affair. A hundred or more members of the opposite sex were stationed at windows in the high school, just back and over the stage from which Mr. Bryan spoke, and they disturbed the proceedings to as great an extent as they could by lowering posters bearlr.g a picture of President McKinley, so as to attract tho attention of the crowd. Tho young men who were below responded to those signals with cries and yells, and they also asked numerous questions while tho speech was in progress. Evi dently, too, a quite large percentage of the students were In sympathy with Mr. Brvan and some of them shouted lustily for him, when his replies to the questions of their fellowai were es pecially to their liking. Mr. Bryan' was generally voted to have met the oc casion successfully and that he did so was evidenced by the fact that the in tertuptlons grew fewer and farther apart as the speech proceeded, and at last ceased altogether. Speeches were also made during tho day at Cortland and Binghamton and at several other smaller points. The meetings of the day were generally well attended and those at Ithaca and Binghamton were especially large. At Auburn Mr. Bryan addressed sev eral thousand people in Seward square. During his' speech ho drew a contrast between William H. Seward, whoso statue adorns the square,. and a resi dent of tho city named Metcalf, who is at the head of a largo agricultural implement manufacturing company lncutcd at Auburn. Mr. Bryan said Mr. Motcnlf had been reported In the local Republican paper as saying that in the event of Mr. Bryan's election the plant would be closed. Mr. Bryan characterized the throat of the firm to close Its factory as an old trick. Ho said there will bo just as many farm ers under a Democratic administration as there are under a Republican ad ministration. They will have to usu agricultural implements and some one will have to make them. "If these men tell you they are going to cioso down," ho continued, "they simply toll you that they are going to lot others make implements for the farmer lie cause they won't do work under a Democratic administration." Entering upon a general dlscussIonof the trust question, Mr. Bryan said: I want you who labor to understand that when you work jou ttlvc to tl.e man who emplojs jou lull recompense for what he pays ou. Then why should not you have jour citizenship as your own, and why don't you resent this damnable Insult that is bceomtrB too common in American politics!" At Binghamton.where Mr. Bryan had the largest und most enthusiastic audi ence ot tho day, ho took special notice of the fact that some of tho manufac turing plants of that town wore closed, Buying: It is stranire to me that It is necessary fur you people to have an empty and tJlcnt tan rery and match factoiy In .1 town in order to lnov what a tru-t m'ans and will do. It tecnn to ine that every man who has the pu'.ni to think, that cvoijone capable of reason ouirht to l.uow that industry monopoly means the cloilnjr of factories, by throwing men t of empby nient and the unking of slaves ot those who are employed." JOE WHEELER A DEMOCRAT. Corrects the Assertion That He Is to Vote for McKinley. By Exclusive Wile from The Associated Press. .Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 19, Regard ing the statement made In a icicnut speech by Governor Roosevelt that he was glad to see such men as Uenoral Wheeler supporting President McKin ley in tho present campaign, General Wheeler said today: Governor Itooscult Is honestly mistaken. He made the btatciuuit 011 the btriwlh of a publica tion made by n man in my district. 1111(1 ic wily to 111c, that I had delivered a llcpublican speech at rioreiice. In consuls there is only oi.e mini, bcr who has vo Ions and n consistently as I have, supported the Ileiuocratlo measuies. There is no need for mo to deny these statement;. The people of Ahilunu do not doubt my fealty to the Democratic) party, , . i. m ' JOHN SHERMAN'S CONDITION. By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Jru. Washington, Oct. 13. Ex-Socretary Sherrnin was more, comfortable today and tonlaht he is repoited to be resting easily. There has not been any tpprccltble chingc in bis condition exoept perhaps that he I a trifle weaker than en e tcrday. Ihe bronchial cough from which the patient sutlers, was lew severe today, giving Mm a ohancc to slop more than usual. NO SETTLEMENT IS YET VISIBLE President Mitchell Refuses to Talk hut Lieutenants Declare Tor a Flat Advance. NOW TALK OF A BREAK Belief Is Reported to Be Prevalent at Hazleton That if an Agreement Is Not Reached Soon the Men Will Oo Back to Work Strike Leaders at Wilkes-Barre Reported to Be Suspicious of a Plot to Burst the Union Dr. Howe Gives Out a Statement Other News from Strike Centers. By Exclusive Wire from The Associated I'rcsJ. Hazleton, Oct. 19. As far as tho United Mine Workers of this place are concerned, matters arc at a standstill. There was nothing new In the situa tion today, and President Mitchell still refuses to talk. Much disappointment was expressed ln this region today because an early ending of the strike was prevented by reason of tho powder grievance. What will be done with this question Is dllll cult to forecast, and U4 believed thi United Mine Workers' oillclnls have not yet definitely decided what they will do. Some of the strike leaders say the union oflicials are not authorized by the Scranton convention to decide the powder grievance and that another convention of miners will be necessary to dispose of the question. A promi nent official of the United Mine Work ers said tonight that the men through out the anthracite coal fields are in sistent on a flat ten per cent, increase without the powder reduction belns considered In figuring out (the percent age of advance. When he wus asked what the United Mine Workers would do if the operators refused to recede from their stand, he said the contest would continue until they were forced to make the concession. Thought Men Could Hold Out. This official further stated that he felt confident that the men could af ford to stand idle longer than the min ing companies could. He said that in certain parts of the region several mines are showing signs of caving in because there are not men on hand to keep them properly timbered. He add ed that the cost of maintaining the properties while in Idleness and other monetary losses incurred during the strike would have it tendency to Influ ence the operators in favor of making concessions. When it was suggested to him that there might ba a brenk in tho ranks ot the strikers before the operators would weaken, ho expressed the ut most confidence In the loyally of tho men In the entire region. Notwithstanding the confidence of tho labor leaders in their ability to hold the men together, there Is a be lief prevalent hero that a break will come sooner or later. Strikers seek ing relbf from the United Mine Work ers aro becoming more restless with each succeeding day. Coal Production Low. The production of coal, judged by the shipments made from this region, is growing smaller. Yesterday tho Hazleton division of the Lehigh Valley Cool company, which taps nearly all tho collieries In this region, hauled only ninety-six cars of coal, against an average daily shipment of about SOi) cars before the strike. This Is tho lowest shipment made In one clay since tho strike began. A labor demonstration will be held at Pottsvllle next Tuesday, in which President Mitchell will participate. The ten collieries of tho Lehigh Coal nnd Navigation company situated In the Panther Creek valley are still In operation. The state troops aro lo cated there and matters remain quiet. STATEMENT BY DR. HOWE. Operators Willing to Give 10 hut Not 16 Per Cent. Increase. By Exclustvo Wiro from The Associated Press. Philadelphia, Oot. 19. Dr. H. M. Howe, who represent A. Pardee & Co. at the conference In this city be tween tho Individual operators and the oflicials of the Philadelphia and Read ing and Lehigh Valley railroads, in speaking today about tho powder ques tion, which seems to have halted tho settlement or the mine workers' strike, said: Tho Independent mine owners will, not reduce the price ot powder fiom if-J.iJ to $..7) and in addition grant a 10 per cent, increaso In wjcs, neither will the Lehigh Valley, bo their oitlciali tell rue. Suppose wo should cut off 'jl.l'i from the cost of powder, that vouhl uprcM'li, about 0 per cent, cf tho mlnero' wages. If then wo should give the miners ID per cent, more in wage, the real advance to thiiu would he 10 per rent. This no ran never allow. The plan is to llx one prito for powder, tfl.SO, nr.d also pay tho ten per cent, advar.co in wages, but the leductlcn In povulei' must bo conshlerrd as a part ol the ten per cent, increase. ARE GROWING SUSPICIOUS, Strike Leaders Profess to Pear a Plot Against the Union, By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press. Wilkes-Barre. Oct. VI Tho strlko loaders hero tiro growing suspicious that' there Is somo kind r an agree ment between tho coal companies by which they expect to break up Iho Miners' union. The offer of tho Read ing company and the opposition to the same upon the part of tha other com panies Is something the labor leaders cannot understand, The way things now look, the companies who were represented at tho conference on Thursday will have to be. more explicit 1 on the pvwder question proviso before Till; NEWS THIS MOKNINU Weither Indication Todiy, FAIItJ WARMER. 1 Grr.eralKo Visible Signs ot Settlement of itrlkc. Aerator Ueveridge to the Young Mm. Movements of the Spellbinders. Opeiators Become H.ilJcy. 2 Ccneral Northeastern l'cnnvlvanli N'eui. riti.uicl.it and Commeicial. 3 Local Sunday School Lesion for Tomorrow, Religious News of the Week. 4 Editorial. Weekly Letter on .Municipal AtfilM. 0 Local Social and Personal. One Woman. Views. 0 Local Republican Itall.v in North Scranton. lloltfes of Criminal Court. 7 Local Ciller Defense Denies Slateineils Mai'e by Detective Harris. Parade of the Fire Department. 8 Local West Scranton nnd S-ubuiban. 0 Hound About the County. 10 Ucneral (,'osslp for Sport' Lovers. the men of the Wyoming valley return to work. At least that Is tho way the strikers talk tonight. The operators say they aro acting in good faith; that the offer they have mado the men Is the best that can bo made ut this time. It grants a 10 per cent. Increase and the miners may as well understand now as lotor that) there will bo no further concessions. JOINED THE ORGANIZATION. Local Branch of Mine Workers Pormed at Uniontown. Cy Exclusive Wire from The Associated Pre. Shamokin, Oct. 19. A mass meeting of miners was held at Uniontown this evening to form a local branch of the United Mine Workers, with tho view of inducing the men of that village to cease working the Cameron colliery separators, which propartwlally forty tons of pea and buckwheat coal for market. A majority of the men joined the organization. The strikers are de termined on stopping tho colliery en tirely, und as a number of deputies are at the mine, night and day, serious trouble is liable to occur any time if the Mineral company continues to work the; separators. George Hartleln, secretary of District No. 9, United Mine Workers, said to night that notwithstanding the trouble over the powder question tho operators and President Mitchell will effect an amicable settlement in a few days. COAL PRICES ADVANCED. Lehigh Valley Adda Fifty Centa to Its July Circular. By Ecluslvo Wire from The Associate 1'iew Philadelphia, Oct. 19. The Lehigh Valley Coal company today sent out circulars to the trade, quoting city coal prices free on board at the mines. Tho price of nil sizes Is advanced 50 cents over tho July circular. The figures announced are as follows: Lump, $2.i0; broken, $2.7.".; egg, W; stove, $a.25; chestnut, ?J.2r.; pea, $1.75; buckwheat, $1.23. THE DAUGHTERS OF THE REVOLUTION Celebrate Comwallis Day by Unveil ing a Monument at Forty Port. Business of State Conference Completed Meet Next at Harisburg. By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press. Wilkes-Barre, Oct. 19 The state con ference of tho Daughter of the Ameri can Revolution came to a close today. This was Comwallis day and exercises commemorative of tho event were held no Forty Fort, where a stone which marks the spot whero tho early set tlers met tn battle the Indians and Tories over a century ago was un veiled. There were addresses by Ttev. H. H. Welles, Mrs. William II. MacCartm-y, regent of the Wyoming chapter, and Dr. Everett Tomllnson, of Elizabeth, N, J, The exercises were hold lu the old Forty Fort church which Is one hundred years old. A hcIoii of tliu charter oak was planted by Charles Walker, aged 13, of this city. Young Walker is a grandson of the late United States Senator Charles H. Buckalow, nnd a direct' descendant of one of' the participants In tho battle and massucro ut Wyoming In 1778, After returning to this city tho dcte gffates held a short business session and then adjourned sine die. The con vention next1 year will be held at Har rlsburg. JUG'S CONTENTS WERE DRUGGED Strangers Invite Two Men to Take a Drink They Poll Unconscious and Aro Robbed One Dies. By Exclusive Wire fiom The Associated I'icii. Wllllnmsport, ln., Oct. 19. Wllllum Airgood died today as the Jesuit of be ing drugged by two unknown men. Ac eomptmlt'd by Thomas Boetman ho was going from Jersey Shore to SalluiUs burg last nlght.whou tho two straugets slopped and conversed with them. Air good and Boetman were Induced to drink from a jug the men weie carry ing und they Immediately became un conscious. They remained In the road nil nlaht, and when they recovered consciousness found mey hud been robbed. Airgood died shortly utter, Boetman will recover. i -- GETTING THE DOCKS READY. By Exclusive Wire from The AuocUted. Pls New York, Oct. 13. What Is taken lu Wee liawl.cn as a sign that the great coal ttrtkt it ttttled Is the fact that the Delaware and Hudson CUual company today put to work 100 ma wheeling coal from the company's docks t htrges alongside. Men ire also at work on tkt Erie docks. SOME OF THEM ARE BALKING Operators Do Not Make Modification ot Their Oiler and Will Not Sau That Tlieu Intend to Do So. WILL NOT COAX MITCHELL Very Pew of the Mine Owners Hava as Yet Taken Any Steps to Mak Their Ten Per Cent. Offer Conform to the Demands of the Miners', and Some of them Intimate That They Do Not Propose to Make Any Mod ificationThey Say It Would Serve No Purpose Other Than the Grati fication of a Whim of the Mine Workers' Offlcinls How the Pow der Dccrense Is to Be Figured la the Wage Increase. Just whom It Is up to now to settle the strike Is not plain to those In front, to use a theatrical term, but it would seem from the boxes, whero one can get nn occasional peep behind the scenes that it is up to the operator? to coux the strikers to come up and take what's offered, and that the oper ators don't propose to do any such thing. Thursday found them inclined to wards going to this extreme as they characterized it but yesterday the as pect of things was somewhat changed. Some of the operators sent out t'10 amendment to the original, notice, ex tending tho offer till April 1, 1001. some others said they probably would send thorn out, and some others would not commit themselves as to whether or not they would make the amendment. The impression was given out at the conference of Thursday afternoon that all the operators would post the "ex planatory" amendment and that they would do It right away. In fact, it wai so given out In tho statement prepared at and issued from the conference. Xow. however, there Is a very evident tendency on the part of tho most rep resentative of the operators to hesi tateputting it mildly about comply ing with the dictum of the conference. Hard to Answer. Why this hesitancy? Is a question dlilicult to answer. From a close out side view It would seem that tho oper ators judge that even if they posted the amendment it would have tno effect in biinging about a settlement of tho strike and that the only purpose It would serve would bo to gratify :i whim of the mine workers' officials. In brief, they would appear to bo ln the position of saying: "Why should we come out in a public declaration that we did not Intend to overreach our men; that the original offer did not have a string to It? Wo can't bo ex pected to make aflldavit that what wo did was done lu good faith. We have done our share towards bringing about a settlement of this strike and wo don't propose to do any more. If they don't want to work well, wo don't procoto to coax them." This, it will be borne in mind, is only what It seems they are saying. It may not bo tho right conjecture, at all, but It Is a reasonable one. As to tho powder question, the oper ators' ultimatum has gone forth and everyone now waits to hear front President Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers. The resolutions of tho Scranton con- vention, tho operators will say, must be taken for what they state and not for what this one or that one tries to make them state. "We accept the leu per cent, advance" Is tho substance ot what tho resolutions declare. There aro no Ifs anil unds to tho acceptance, and If they wero Intended to mean something more than they sold, that's of no concern to thoso to whom thev wero addressed. Reasoning thus, the operators contend It Ih up to John Mitchell to call off tho strike. Will Not Consent. Come what may the operators of tliln rcRlon will not consent) to any modi fication of their offer. Tho decreuso in tho cost of powder must bo figured ns part of tho Increaso In wages. It Is the height of nonsense, they say, for any mluo worker to doubt that ho will Keu what Is promised, Tho companies even If disposed to be dishonest lu tliu matter, would bo constrained, tho oper ators point out, to llvo up to thalr agreement to tho very letter or court uiiother aggravating and expensive strike, und If the minor only stops to think of this he ought to become satisfied that theie Is to be no double dealing and that ho will got every penny that N coming to htm, Rut, tho miners say, the plan of mak- 1 ' ' ' Coiitir.uccl oil Page V. I 4 - f -f t " t WEATHER FORECAST. Washington, Oct. 19. forecast for Sat' -f- 4- urday and 6unay Eastern 1'emnyl.srUa f- 4- fair Saturday and Sunday; wanntr in -f- western and northern portions Saturday; 4- fresh north to cut winds, ihiftlna; to - loitbwtUtrly, 4 '''''t tt xi. -. ' I i-Mjt-Jifa --w, dftjjL.t A-'
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