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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.
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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!,-.
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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-
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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 -
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