J SAYRE, PA., FRICE ONE CENT WIRE PRESIDENT Miners and Operators Ap- peal to Washington. ————— Roosevelt and Cabinet Discuss Means fo Stop Strike. MINERS MAY WORK ON 1903 SCALE ——— Government Anziens te Aveld Great Laker Straggle, but Executive Is as Yet Undetermined ns to What Ae- tien Would De Justice te Beth Sides In Coal War — Mitchell and Robbins Dispute Facets ns Siated In Winder's Telegram te Washing- ten — Western Feansylvania Men May Not Strike, WASHINGTON, March 31.—The cab inet al its session had under covsider- ation the coal situation, snd the tele grams from ludianapolls of John H. Winder, John Mitchell and Francis L. Robbins were discussed. The president said that be Is anxious that a strike be averted and is ready to all in his power to prevent a clash ween the miners and operitars, but E. E. Reynolds, REAL ESTATE Formle in Athens, Ssyre and Waverly, tomas INSURANCE Property Bought, Sold sod ~—Exchanged — Loans Negotiated HI? Packer Ave., Valley Phone 230, Sayre, Pa. .CLAREY COAL CO. - Lehigh Valley Coal ARD AND BOFT WOOD a. {Juaranteed Strest Yard "Phone, 155d “ELMER FA WILBER, “ Wholesaler of Wines, Beer and Ales. - OUR SPECIALTIES § GLUB WHISKEY, DOTTER- ~ WEICH BEER AND ALES, NOR- WICH BREWING (0S. ALES. Packer Avense, SAYRE, PA It ia a[PURE of malt and hops. nouri 8 hi nig, 8 tonic does good but opportune for government (nterfer- ence. What be may do in the near fu- ture is not disclosed. ln fact, no deci sion regarding action by the presideat bas been determined upon. At the conclusion of the meeting the president made the announcement through Secretary Loeb that there was nothing to say at this time. It was added that he had not as yet replied to either of the telegrams The telegram from Mr. Winder pro poses that the president appoint a cotn- mission to investigate all matters which in the judgment of such a com- mission bad an important bearing up- on the scale of wages which should be paid all classes of labor in coal mines of the territory Involved. He proposes that the commission report to the pres- ident its findings of faets, together with its recommendations, and sug- goats that the commission have power te administer oaths and compel the at- tandance of wituesses. The telegram signed by Measra Mitchell and Robbins sent to President Hoesavelt says: “Responding to your suggestion. we bave fulfilled our highest duties as citl- sens of our country by advocating a bituminous coal scale ou a reasonable compromise. We understand that a tel- egram bas been sent to you purporting te speak for SO per cent of the bitumi- neous tonnage. That telegram does not represent the real facts. Ai Jeast one- bailf of the tonnage in eastern Penn- sylvania, Oblo, Indiana and llliools 1s produced by operators whe are willing to pay the compromise scale.” It Is evident that an optimistic view is held at the White House regarding the impending struggle. It is regard- od as doubtful that a strike declared at this time will prove as serioud. as that of three years ago. It is pointed out that-the operators themselves are divided on the question and that there tre indications that the serious aspect of the situation may be resolved with. out government luterventiou, The telegram signed by Messrs Alitchell and Robbins takes issue with the statement made in the telegram sigued Ly Mr. Winder, saying that it does uot represent the real facts. They assert that ome half of the total tou page Io western Penusylvania, Ohlo, Indiana and Illinois is produced by operators who are willing to pay the compromise scale: The president bas taken no action in the matter as yet. A Wilkesbarre dispatch says that some of the coal companies in that re- gion bave issued orders to take the mules out of the mines and put the collieries ln condition for an idle spell At the beadquarters of the United Mine Workers there the statement Is made that the order to quit work will be cheyed hy the men. It is not be lleved that the operators will attempt te work any of their mines. The belief prevails In the business community that the miners aud operators will reach an agreement aud that the sus pension will be of short duration. A report from ludlauapolis says that the Mine Workers national couvention has adopted the Perry resolution. Under it there will be no bituminous strike at any place except where a Jo cal mine refused to sign the 1903 scale The national convention of the Uult- ed Mine Workers of America Las ad- Journad sine die. The anthracite mine operators have decided to meet the miners’ committee in New York on Tuesday, April 3, ad requested by John Mitchell, of the miners, for a further conference on the wage scale in the anthracite coal field. It bad been reported that the operators wottld refuse because the miners were ordersd to strike, bot a telegram from President George F. Baer, the chair: man of the operators’ committee, to President Mitchell accepting the offer Mr. Baer's inquired of Mr. Mitchell whether the miners would quit work on Monday and after be received word from Mr. Mitchell that it was true agreed to meet the miners’ committee on Tues day. General sentiment in the Pittsburg district of the bituminous coal fields, based upon the news of the action of the miners’ convention at [udianapolts, i= that while 5 strike is now lnevitalile that iu western Peunsylvania at least It will be of short duration. By the adoption of the resolution permitting miners to sign the 1903 wage scale wherever it is offered Ly the operators the way is opened for the operation of the western Pe ivanly mines, 53 per cent of which are coutrolied by the Pittsburg Coal cawapany The national miners’ convention by a vote of 400 to 353 bas referred the question of the expulsion of Patrick Dolan and Uriah Bellingham of Pitls burg to the district board of western Pennsylvania. The strike probably will bring out of the mines of the country on Monday some 500.000 miners froin the anthra- cite and the bituminous felds. These will remain on strike, it is said, until settlemuents have been signed by dis- trict or with individual operators. The ouly miners, it is sald, that will go to work on Mouday will be 25,000 In the New river, Pocahontas, Falrmount and central fields of West Virginia, where a truce has Leen signed temporarily. The national executive board met this morning and took up the detalls of managing the strike. It is empowered to decide as te what employees will be allowed to continue work at the mines to prevent the destruction of the prop- erty during the suspension The couvention cost the miners’ or- ganization $105,000 for expenses of del- sgates. There is in the national district and local treasuries of the miners $2.- 500,000, of which $400,000 is in the ma- tional treasury. President Mitchell had control of the convention throughout its sessions. He has signified that If the convention bad pot adopted the resolution permitting the miners to sign wherever the ad- vance scale was pald be would resign. The vole was slmost unanimous, al- though Vice President Lewis took a vigorous position against it Coal Goes Up at New Yeorbh. NEW YORK. March 31.—-Although the operators 8re unanimous in saying that the price of coal at tidewater will not be Increased until the present sup- ply gives out, local coal dealers iu- creased the price by $1 = tou, One Dollar Advance In Coal. BOSTON, March 31. Coal dealers in Lynn and Providence, R. 1, advanced prices §1 a ton in anticipation of the strike. MRS. HOWARD ACQUITTED. Not Oulity of Having Aided Husband to Break Jalil. BOSTON, March SL~<Mrs. May How- ard was acquitted of the charge of baving alded ber husband, Charles Howard, to whom she was married In the Charles street jall last December, and bis cell wate, Edward H. Carr, In escaplug from the jall When the acquittal was announced a large number of womes In the oeurt- room applauded the jury by hand clap- ping. The judge ordered the court offi- cials to pick out the persons who made the disturbance and place them under arrest. The officials were unable to tell who made the demonstration, and no arrests were made. Howard, who was arrested Io New York after his escape, Is serving a sen- tence In state prisou for larceny. Carr bas not been captured. Antedated Declargtion of July 4, 1776 WABHINGTON, arch 31 — Mayor 8. 8. McNinch of Charlotte, N. 0, ae companied by Walter G. Coleman of the Seaboard Air Line rallroad, dis- cussed with the president the celebra- tion of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, to be held at Char lotte on May 21, 22 and 23 next. They told the president that the celebration bad been an annual affair at Charlotte for many years and that the Mecklen« burg declaration antedated tbe declar- ation of the Fourth of July, 1778, by several weeks. They asked the presi- dent that official recognition of the celebration be given by the govern ment. Sully Wants His Children, BOSTON, March 31--J. H. Sally, father of the two Bully children who, be charges, were kidnaped recently and taken to Denver by Mrs Belle Fenwick, has appealed to the British consul here to ald Lim In recovering his children. Sully is an Euglishman. Mrs. Fenwick was indicted for the kid- paping some thme ago, but Governor McDonald of Colorado refused to honor the requisition papers Issued by Gav- ernor Guill Governor Jef! Davis Wins, LITTLE ROCK, Ark. March 381. With practically complete returns from sixty-two out of seventy five counties, Governor Jefferson Davis has a ns ator James H. Berry for the Democrat. ic pomination for United States sena- tor. Senator Berry at his howe In Bentonville ngaln decliced to express an opinion as te the probable result, saying that he preferred to walt fur ther returns, Meriwether Leaves Naval Academy, ANNAPOLIS, Md, March 31.—-The Naval academy aulborities were off- notified by roa RY the Nt Banparie that the reoiguation of Ad. WITTE INILL HEALTH Russian Premisr Overcome by Strain of Office. SMOLENSK OFFICIAL ASSASSINATED Prince Paul Delgorcukel on Trial at Masceow For Hebeliion In Inciting Peasantry te Riots and Hev- elutionary Tauellcs. ST. PETERSBURG, March 31 —The Constitutional Democrats at the sec- otid degree elections here carried both Tsarskoe-Selo and Peterhof. Since the sitting of the council of the empire on March 19, at which Premier Witte made an enizmnatical statement which was interpreted hy many members of the council as a virtual declaration that his career as premiér was ended and that he would be succeeded by Privy Councilor Kokovsoff, former mlulster of finance, the premier has vot attend ed the sessions of the council, and his continued absence adds color to the ru- mors of his retirement at an early date. It is positively stated on good author ity that the premiers resignation, based on the grounds of ill health, Is before the emperor The general belief in high quarters is that if Count Witte retires it wili not be M Kokovsoff. but M. Goremykin, COUNT WITTE. former minister of the interior, or Geu- eral Count Iguatiell, leader of the Ile actionary party, who will succeed him In Moderate circles the fall of Count Witte at the present juncture would be regarded as a catastrophe. At Moscow thé provincial adminis- tration bas deelded to try Prince Paul Dolgoroukoff, a high Russian noble, who was accused by the marshals of the nobllity of the province of Moscow of having incited the peasantry lu that province to riots and of having fostered the revolutinary movement. To these charges be nuswered that they were false and that Lis only crime consisted of belong a member of the Constitution- al Democratic party. A Smolensk special dispalth says that M. Gladisheff, asalstant chief of the gendarwerie, has been murdered while on the street there by revolu- tionists. HONOR ANDY HAMILTON. Albany Clab Elects Him Prealdent and Presents Loviag Cup. ALBANY, N. XY, March 81.—"Judge” Andrew Hamilton was the guest of honor at a digner tendered Lim by mewbers of the Albany club, of which be was elected president by the mem- bers for a sixth term. During the evening a loving cup was presented to bim, Ino acknowledgment of which he sald in part: “You have smbraced this manner of assuriog me of your coufidence in me, and I heartily appreciate it, for it comes at a time that tries men's souls. You know perfectly well that IT will wake good for everything that I bave sald. “Perhaps when you know that distin guished officers of the Ttompany Lad been with we in the same bullding In Paris and did not seek me and urge we to return, it will be easier for you to guess why I did not return. You, who I am glad to call my friends, know that I Lave pot ventured an as- sertion that I do not stand ready to back with proofs as stroug as the rock of Glbraltar. | bave found so much deceit and lying in bigh fOuance that I am fearful to speak at all unless | have irrefutable evidence.” Whitelaw Held Guest of Honor. BRISTOL. Eugland, March 31. — Whitelaw Reld, the American umbas sador to Great Hritalu, and Augustine Birrell, president of the board of edu- cation, were the chief guests ut the anunal dinner last night of the Univer. sity College Colston soclety, at which it was announced that a scheme had been taken up for the establishment of a university at Bristol, for which $150,000 of the required $1.000.000 had been subscribed. Mr. Reld delivered an interesting address ou “Education lu America” Mrs. Roosevelt Salles From Verusadins FERNANDINA, Fla, March 231. Mra. Hoosevelt, ncvompanied Ly ler chikiren - Ethel, Arclile and Quentin- on arrival here was met hy Captain Loug of the United Stutes slip May flower, who escorted ber on board The Mayflower salled soon after for West [udian waters oun 6 cruise of ten days. MOSCOW, Ida. Marvels 31. The unl- vorsity here was badly damiged by fire. Only a portion of the contents of the museums aud the chemical labora- BIVOUAC WON IN DRIVE. Paverite, Hocus Pocus, Beaten In Feature Event at Besnlags. WASHINGTON, March 31. -A card that promised excellent sport attracted a large crowd to the races at Beuuings despite the Inclement weather. Tlree beavlly played favorites aud three out siders won, and all of the latter had plenty of supporters The best race of the day w the third. Hocus Pocus was made the fa vorite partly vu account of Ler One race on Tuesday and partly on account of ber jockey, Miller. Tickle wus a stroug secoud favorite. Bivouac, never better than 8 to 1, wade all the rum- ning and in a drive won the race frum Tickle 1a 1:15 for the six furlongs. It was a rather startling reversal of form, as Bivouac was beaten by Tickle on Tuesday in the same kind of going In 1:19 for the same distance. Hocus Pocus was pot a factor, and Miller was hissed for his ride when be rode back to the stand. Chieftain won the first In a hard drive froma Brush Up. Bloe Coat show- ed in frout first, led to the big turn and wis beaten at the turn into the stretch Chieftain and Brush Up fought it out to the finish, but the former lasted the longest. Belmonts scarlet and maroon was in front practically all the way In the second, Woodwitch belug easily the best of the Lunch. This, too, tells the story of the third, as Optical, ab ways u bot favorite, won as he pleas ed. In a stirring drive High Brush nipped the place from Radical, which tired io the stretch. Reidmoore had little difficulty in accounting for the firth, Delphie being able to do no bet- ter than second. with the strongly touted Workman in the ruck. Bill Curtls gave the old Dinke of Ken- dall a beating in the sixth, the weight being too much for the old horse. Pa Daly got into the money with Sallor Boy. Summaries First Race Chieftain, first; Up, second; Blue Coat, third Secoud Race. —Woodwitch, first; Bath Maria, second; Havana, third, Third Race —Bivouuac, first; second; Society Bud, third Fourth Race —Optical, first; Brush, second; Radical, third, Fifth Race -—Reldmoore, first: phie, second; Jack McKeon, third Sixth Race Bill Curtis, first; Duke of Kendal, second; Sailor Boy, third Brush Tickle, High Del- Miss Dutton Beaten by Her Aunt. PINEHURST, N. C, March 31. Miss Julia R. Mix of the Englewood G8lf club and Mrs. Myra D. Patterson of Baltustol will meet in the final ronnd of the women's eveut In the sixth an nual united worth and south chaw plonship tournament. The surprise of the match was the defeat of Miss Mary C. Dutton of the Oakley club, Massachusetts, the title holder, by her aunt, Mrs. George C. Dutton, of the same club, Miners Will Quit Monday, WILKESBARRE, Pa, March 31.— In compliance with the order of the scale committee from Indianapolis, all anthracite miners aud laborers In this region will obey and quit work on Monday next. At uearly every mine in the valley coal Is being rushed to the surface as fast as It can be brought up Railroad Storing Coal MIDDLETOWN, N. YY. March 31.— Over 00,000 tous of hard and 10.000 tons of soft coal have Leen stored here by the Ontario and Western railroad, with over 100 loaded cars still on the sidings. The road also has large quan- tities stored at other poluts Globe Runner and John McBride, NEW ORLEANS, March 31. — The track at the Fair grounds showed great improvement and was good up to the fifth race, when there was a heavy shower. Globe Runuer and Johu Mc Bride were the oaly winning favoer- ites Kisber Handicap 4 at Cakland, SAN FRANCISCO, March 31. — Dr. Garduer made his farewell appearance at Oakland in the Klisber handicap At 2 to 5 he raced out with Princess Titania aud bad uo trouble In winulpg as be pleased Three Favorites Beaten, NEW ORLEANS, March 31.—Ezra, Gold Ice and Blucher were the beaten favorites at City park. Flamboyant rau away golug to the post in the third race, aud the fleld was sent off without him. Miss Martha at Oaklawn. HOT SPRINGS, Ark, March 31. Miss Martha was the only winnlug fa- vorite at Oaklawu. The other events were won by second choices or out- sliders Mrs. Ledoux Held For Trunk Marder. STOCKTON, Cal, March 31.At the Inquest ou the body of Albert N. Me Vicar bere the Jury brought lu the fol- lowing vendict: “We believe that the deceased csmie to Lis death from the cotmublusd effects of having been drug ged with morphine and chloral and lo a dazed coudition having been forced Iuto a closed trunk where there was not sufficient oxygen to sustalu what life there was present. We belleve that one Mm. Ledoux was responsible for the death of Albert N, McVicar and ux far as we have been able to deter: mine from the evidence sabmitted that she was unaided” Collision at Dighton, Mass. TAUNTON, Mass, March 31.—-Two passengers received Injuries and others on the train were severely shaken up when a Fall River and Boston express train on the Taunton division of the New York, New Haven and Hartford ralirond collided with a freight train at Dighton, six inlles south of this city. Both and the smoking car on and N. J. Clark of Fall River, ‘a CAME FROM THETOMB Thirteen Miners at Courrieres Walk Forth Alive. Seven Hundred Missing After Great- sat of French Colliery Disasters Were tilven Lp For Dead. Five Others Alive. LENS, France, March 31. -Thirteen of the 1.220 winers who were entombed in the coal nines at Courrferes twenty days 8go worked their way out and aj» peared at one of the pit shafts as so many ghosts to their friends and reia tives. They were starving, Lut able to walk, They had Jived on hay found In one of the underground stables and the morsels of food which they took Inte the miue with thew nearly three weeks ago. All attempts to rescue the entombed men bad been abandoned more than two weeks ago The sudden appearance of the im- prisoned wen caused stupefaction. A gang of salvagers had just completed their night's work when they were startled to see a group of miners, ter ribly haggard and exhausted and with eyes sunken, appear from a remote part of pit No. 2. The strongest of the party stated that they had broken out of s distant gallery where they had been entombed since the disaster of March 10. Later crowds besieged the mines in the hope of hearing of fly ther escapes, necessitating the employ- ment of a strong police force and de tachments of troops to maintain order It is said that others of the éntombed miners are allve and about to he brought out, their siguals having been heard. One of the men rescued. a man pamed Nemy, sald that for the first sight days the party ate the bark off the Hmberiug of the mine. Later they found the decomposed body of a Lorse which they cut up aud ate with hay. Tle survivors brought up portions of the aecowmposed horse weat Newmy, who was the most lucid of the miners who escaped, graphically described their imprisonment as fol lows “After the explosion 1 groped my way about, stumbling over bodies and secking refuge from the gases. I found some comrades sheltered in a remote niche. We ate earth and bark for eight days aud then those provisions gave out. “We continued to grope among the bodles, seeking for an outlet from our prison, but were forced back time and time again. We found “Sowe bay, which we ate, and two days after we found a desd horse, which we cut up and ate with the bay and bark. We suffered most from want of water. Finally we became desperate and sep- arated into three parties and communi- cated with cach other by shouts “Last night we felt a draft of fresh air, which foally guided us to an open- ing.” The survivors were sturdy young miners from seventeen to twenty-five years of age, except thelr leader, Henrl Nemy, who Is thirty-eight. All show the terrible effects of thelr experiences, being emaciated, exhausted and blind- ed There is a report that there are five others alive in the mine who came al- most to the bottom of the pit, but were unable to come farther oun account of exhaustion. The total number of men wissing aft er the catastrophe was 1.212. The bod- les recovered approximately numbered 500, and there are still unaccounted for approximately 700 Mrs. Storer Demles. VIENNA, March 8h —1u spite of the late Ambassador Storer's illness, which Is sald to be serious, wany friends of Mr. and Mrs. Storer assembled at the ambassador's residence and took tea with Mrs. Storer. Amoug those pres- ent were the papal nuncio, Mgr, di Belmonte; Duke de Ballen, the Spanish awbassador, M. Rouvray, the French ambassader; Duke d'Avarna, the Ital- {an ambassador, and many others. It ia stated Ly persons on Intimate terms with Mr. and Mrs. Storer that the lat. ter inteuds to take up her busband's cause as her own. She Is quoted as empbatically denying having used a private letter from President Roosevelt for the purpose of helping Archbishop Ireland. Mrs, Storer will not discuss the matter “Faith Curista” Held For Murder. PHILADELPHIA, March 31 — J. Wesley Aukins, pastor of Faith Taber uacle, was held ln $2,000 ball as an ac cessory before the fact in the death of Grace Bates, a child who died of ty phoid fever. David Bates, the chikl's father, nud Ambrose Clark, an assis tant of Pastor Ankins, were held at a previous hearing. When Grace Bates was stricken she was not given med. feal attention, her parents being fol lowers of Ankins, who is a “faith cor Ist.” Miller Killed at Gayanoga. PENN YAN, N, Y.. March 31 George Andrews, who ran a grist mill and cooper shop at Guyanoga, near Pean Yan, met with a fatal accident While attempting to oll a runing belt his foot or part of his clothing caught in the pulley and he was crushed to death Ly the whirling shart Carnegie Organ Damaged, PITTSBURG. March 31. Fire, for which two alarms were seut in, last night damaged the Mount Zion Evan gelical Lutheran church here to the ex. tent of $1,000. The $35.0 pipe organ, Was A gift of Andrew ras “slightly damaged Ly SATURDAY SPECIAL I — Hill's Bleached Muslin Another case of Hill's 38 in. “semper idem,” sold gre from Olc to 10c. Special at “The Globe Ww arehouse Be, Dress Goods 52 in. Panama in Tan, Red, Alice Plue, Navy, Grey and Reseda Strictly all wool, mark the width and price, 52 in. Saturday and Monday 59¢ Buttons, Buttons, An immense purchase at head- quarters in Scranton enables us to offer buttons worth up to 50c per dozen for the ridiculous price of 15c. Buttons of many descriptions and sizes (sce window.) Bear in mind this sale is for ogo" week and all unsold buttons will be returned to the Scranton store at the close of sale. 50c¢ buttons for 15¢ New Things at “The Globe" Dress Goods, full line of colors including the popular greys. Silks in bair lines, checks and steals Nippons, a new weave in sheer material. Jacquard, figured fancies in pop- ular shades Lawns, printed and plain, prices right 2 Satin Tissues, works of artistic gauzy beauty. Satin stripes, beautifully, printed in the newest designs and colorings. White Goods, Batistes, Printed Diminity, Ducks, Ginghams, Beer suckers, Chambrays, Beppo, Belfast Linen, Handkerchief Linen, Shrunk Cetton, Round Thread Linen, French Batistes, Persian Long Cloth, New Madras and Snow Flakes, Nottingham Nets and Swiss- es for curtains. New Spring Curtains Ready for housecleaning time with a full line Irish Point, Brus- sels, Net, Arabian, Nottingham, Wire Backs, etc. It costs you nothing to ses them, Come in and inspect our line Goods cheerfully shown. Price from 35¢ the pai up. Globe Warehouse Talmadge Block, Elmer Ave. : VALLEY PHONE W. T. CAREY, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Office Maney & Page Block, Rooms formerly occupied by the late John R. Murray, Ofice hours: —9 1010 a. m.; 8:30 to 8 p,m. At other times during day at Valley Record office. 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