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TIM CITIZHN, Fill DAY, MAIICH IB, 1012.
RAPS TEGISON
GUINEA PIGS
Dr. Doyen Asserts Tiiey Do Not
Advance Science's Cause,
FRENCH SURGEON'S VIEWS.
Ho Declares That tho Effect of Strums
on the Little Animals Docs Not
Provo Results In the Case of Human
Beings His Exporlancos.
Dr. Doyen, the noted French sur
geon, has caused surprise by taking
Uio stand that the yearly slaughter in
tho laboratories of thousands of guinea.
Iiss, rabbits, cats, nileo and dogs pro
duecs practically no advance In tho
science of treating human disease. His
statement was caused by tho present
lack of guinea pigs, about which tho
Parisian scientists hare been complain
ing. Some departments of tho Tas
tcur Institute are almost at n standstill
because they cannot get animals for
experimental purposes.
Dr. Doyen has discovered many heal
ing scrums and antitoxins and is not
lullnonced by antlvlvlsectlon opinions.
His position, ho says, Is based entirely
on the belief that the way diseases
net on the lower animals is no certain
criterion as to how they will affect
man.
Opposes Use of Pigs.
"Guinea pigs!" ho exclaimed when
approached on the subject. "Why.
their scarcity docs not bother me at
all. I haven't the slightest use for
them in researches. I consider it n
grave error to study human therapeu
tics through little animals. The tuber
culosis of guinea pigs is no more that
of man than Is the cancer in mice tho
same as cancer in a human being.
"It is Just because such masses of
animals are killed uselessly in tho
laboratories that therapeutic researches
of late have been sterile. I, like the
others, have made hecatombs of guinea
pigs and have ascertained positively
that the results In animals are inap
plicable to man.
"For example, I can inject twenty
doses of atropine Into a guinea pig,
but the same amount would kill a man.
Studies the Patient.
"My discoveries in cancer were made
purely because my laboratory was con
nected directly with tho operating
room. I always try my antitoxins on
myself. Diseases must be studied un
der natural conditions so that their
natural evolution can be followed.
This was Pasteur's theory, and con
formably thereto it was on man that
I studied and discovered a treatment
for pneumonia, grip, erysipelas infec
tion, measles and spinal meningitis. I
applied the method to a certain num
ber of superior animals and hence wus
enabled to cure numerous maladies of
dogs and horses.
"Let fewer guinea pigs be Immolat
ed. The sterility of laboratory re
searches since the discovery of sero
therapy by Retiring and Roux 6hows
that Ave are on the wrong track."
ILLINOIS RAILROADS "DRY."
Eleven Cease Sale of Liquor on Trains
Running In State.
Eleven railroads operating in Illinois
have ceased the sale of liquor on din
ing and buffet cars or any other part
tf flinlr trnlna
The roads voluntarily took this ac-'
Hon Iipmiiso nf Mm niiPstlnTi nn tn
whether they had the right to sell
liquor In certain territory. .
The roads are the Monon, "Wabash, ;
Hock Island, Illinois Central, Chicago ,
and Alton, Chicago Great Western. 1
"Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Chicago
and Northwestern, Chicago, Burling
ton and Quincy, Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fo nnd Chicago, Milwaukee and
St Paul.
The railroad officials explained that ,
while tho law permitted the sale of
liquor while the trains wcro in motion
they passed through much local. option
territory, nnd thero wns doubt ns to
the propriety of selling intoxicating
drinks In this territory.
CLOWN TO BECOME PREACHER
Circus Performer Is Turned to Ministry
by Mistake of Methodist Elder.
After making thousands of persons
laugh In the ten years ho has been a
clown with one of tho big circuses,
Raleigh J. Wilson of Lincoln, Neb.,
has resigned to devote his time to tho
saving of souls.
Wilson got his 6tart toward the min
istry in nn odd way. Last summer In
Minnesota ho took a walk and entered
out of curiosity a church' on tho out
skirts of the town, no was greeted by
ono of the Methodist cldors and intro
duced as "Brother Pope."
IIo thought it was n good joho and
decided to go through with it. IIo wns
called on to speak, and after ho had
concluded, ho says, tho church mem
bers complimented him on his sermon.
Mr. Wilson Makes Cabinet Record.
JnmQS Wilson, secretary of agricul
ture, on March 4 mado a record for
continuous cabinet service, no now
has nerved fifteen years. Tho longest
previous term of any cabinet officer
was credited to Albert Gallatin, who
wns secretary of tho treasury from
lfiOl tn 1513. Mr. Wilson wna flrnfr nn.
pointed by President McKlnley in 1807 , " wou,d not order na ngreoment be
and successively by Presidents Roose- weea tho oporato" nd the United
velt and Taft I M,no Workers of America tho commis-
POSSIBILITY OF
I
Present Situation the Most
Serious in the Industry
In This Country.
IIILE England has on its
hands a gigantic strike of
coal miners, in which more
than 1,000,000 men nro Idle,
the United States faces tho most seri
ous situation in tho coal industry that
it has yet had to consider. Although It
is by no means certain that a great
strike will take placo in nny one of the
coal fields in this country, the danger
is sufficiently great, to cause appre
hension on tho part of the operators
and workers alike.
.lust how serious a strike In any Held
would bo can be soon e?slly enough
from u simple statement of tho number
of men Involved. A call from the la
bor leaders for the anthracite miners
to walk out would in tho event of a
protracted strike bring out from 150,
000 to 17o,000. A general strike in the
bituminous fields might even take 300,
000 men out of the mines In several
states.
In the Anthracite Field.
The consequences of a protracted
strike in the anthracite field are tre
mendous and come homo Immediate
lysometimes tragically to the poor
and to the rich. Coal nt $C..i0 a
ton and more perhaps $10 n ton
if bought in sr.iall quantities and
from unscrupulous retailers Is prob
lem enough for tho mnn of small
wages and large family, but coal nt
$15 and $20 n ton and hard to get Is
apt to mean suffering and loss of life.
Other results of a walkout which
lasts for a long time are the great loss
es to other industries, affecting ns it
does the volume of business in a half
dozen different businesses. Official es
timates of the losses to the miners in
wages between May 12, 1002, to Oct.
23 of the same year placo the figure
nt 25,000,000. The decrease in re
ceipts of the coal companies indicated
a loss to them of 50,100,000. Because
of the decrease In shipments from the
mines the railroads lost some $28,000,
000 gross in freight revenues. The sum
of $2,000,000 wns expended by the
miners' union in relief work among
the strikers.
In case a strike appears to be immi
nent following the conference of the
mine workers' and operators' represent
atives the immediate steps to bo tak
en will bo added efforts by tho com
panies for the further storing of coal
before April 1 and perhaps tho erec
tion of stockades around tho collieries.
The state of Pennsylvania will Fee to
It that the present troop districts for
the assignment of the Pennsylvania
mounted constabulary will bo rear
ranged Into smaller patrols for the bet
ter protection of life and property.
The mine workers for their part will
commence the collection of n strike
fund, or rather the augmentation of
the fund already in hand, and will
work desperately to strengthen their
organization in tho anthracite fields in
preparation for the struggle.
To understand tho present status of
affairs it is necessary to review briefly
the history of the anthracite field since
the strike of 1002.
The immediate issue is whether the
award of the anthracite strike commis
8,on "PPolnted by President Roosevelt
" &uiue iue iuuH oninc .
ago is to bo continued for another
three year period. Twico since the
first nwnrd the ngrecment has come up
between tho operators and tho miners
in 1000 nnd again in 1000. Tho agree
ment was extended, although there
was n suspension of work for a period
of several weeks in 1000. In 1000 the
Anthracite Miners' union receded from
its position nnd abandoned Its demands
ul,on lbo operators,
Now the agree
mailt r.nmau nn nrrnln nfini Hll-no VpnrH.
I II I 1 1 . 1 "f.. M.w . - w . . .
Strike Commission of 1902,
Appointment of the nnthraclte coal
strike commission was made by Pros!
dent Roosevelt after the labor troubles
In the anthracito fields had gone from
bad to worse, tho state of Pcnnsyl
vania had 10,000 militia in tho field
and violence und disorder wcro fre
quent Tho members of tho commis
sion were Judge George Grey, chair
man; Brlgndler General John M. Wil
son, E. W. Parker, E. E. Clark, Thorn
as A. Watkins, Colonol Carroll D
Wright nnd Bishop John L. Spnldlng.
Demands made upon tho operators
by tho miners put before tho board
wero four in number (1) an ndvanco
of 20 per cent upon the prices paid in
1901 to employees performing contract
or pleco work, (2) a reduction of 20 per
cent In hours of labor without any re
ductlon In wages for all employees
working by tho hour, day or week, (3)
tho payment of contract miners by
weight and (4) agreement between the
compnnlcs and tho United MIno Work
ers of America.
Investigation carried on by the com
mission covered four months' time, nnd
examination was mado of all tho fac
tors entering into the labor situation
In the anthracito coal industry. Tho
award on tho first demand was a 10
per cent adranco In wages, on tho sec
ond a 10 per cent reduction In tho
hours of labor; the third demand of
the miners was refused and tho fourth
was virtually refused. In saying that
CASES
w
A COAL STRIKE
APPREHENS10
What a Strike Would Mean.
Demands of the Miners.
Trouble of 1902 Recalled.
sion remarked that "tho present con-1
stltutlon of tho United MIno Workers
of America does not present tho most
inviting inducements to the operators
to enter into contractual relations with
It"
Results of Sliding Wage Scale.
A board of conciliation was created,
consisting of three representatives of
the miners and three of the operators,
to continue as long ns the commission's
nwnrd wns in force three years and
to settle all grievances presented by
cither side. Any case that couid not
be decided by the board, it was pro
vided, wns to be referred to nn um
pire appointed by n United States cir
cuit court Judge. Among tho minor
rulings was one which figures In this
year's demands namely, the right of
tho miners In nny colliery to employ a
check wclghman or check docking boss
to make sure that the weighing of conl
nt tho pit mouth was fairly done.
An important decree of the commis
sion was tho establishment of the slid
ing scnle. The operators in subsequent
disputes have based much of their con
tentions upon this instrument of ad
justment of wnges. Under its pro
visions mine workers rcceivo part of
tho benefits of advances in coal price
above a certain point. Tho minimum
wngo rate Was fixed so that n fnll In
coal prices could not affect the work
ers' earnings. The sliding scale pro
vides that for every 5 cents increase
above $4.50 a ton in the prices of do
mestic sizes of nnthraclte at tidewater
tho earnings of nil clnsses of mine
workers shall be Increased 1 per cent.
An advance to $4.75 n ton, for Instance,
would mean a general increase of 5
per cent in the wages.
In 1000, about two months before tho
nwnrd of the strike commission was to
expire, John Mitchell, representing the
mine workers, sent to George P. Bacr,
representing tho operators, a proposi
tion for n now agreement. One de
mand wns thnt the nwnrd should be
for u period of ono year only. Other
demands wero for the same increases
asked for in 1002 nnd for the abolition
of the conciliation board. After a
"suspension" in tho nnthraclte fields
for severnl weeks the proposition of
the operator's to continue the award
of tho strike commission for three
years moro wns agreed upon, and tho
miners returned to work. In 1000
there were rumors of n strike nnd of
n rcfusnl on tho part of the mine work
ers to enter into tho ngrcement for an
other period of three years, but an null
cnble settlement was reached and sign
ed in Philadelphia on April 20, 1000.
The covenant there fixed upon is th
agreement under which work is now
being carried on and reads:
First. The rates which shall be paid
for new work shall not bo less than tho
rates paid under tho strike commission'
award for old work of a similar kind or
character.
Second. Tho arrangement and decisions
of the conciliation board permitting the
collection of dues on company property
and the poBtlng of notices thereon shall
continue.
Third. An employee discharged for be
ing a member of a union shall have a right
to appeal his case to the conciliation
board for final adjustment.
Fourth. Any dispute arising at a col
liery under the terms of this agreement
must first be taken up with the mino fore
man and superintendent by the employee
or committee of employees directly Inter
ested before It can be taken up with the
conciliation board for final adjustment.
The employees shall issue pay state
ments designating the name of the com
pany, the name of employee, tho colliery
where employed, tho half month, the
amount of wages and the class of work
performed.
The New Demands.
This continued the old rates and the
sliding scale. All agreements, It must
bo clearly remembered, nro eutcred
Into by representatives of tho mine
workers of three districts, Nos. 1, 7
and .0, and not by tho United Mino
Workers as nn organization. Now,
after thrco years tho miners present
their new demands and assert that the
rejection of them will mean a strike
of all tho anthracito mine workers, be
ginning April 1. Power Is given to the
Joint scalo committee, which Is to con
fer with tho operators, to call for a
suspension of work In the event of the
demands being refused.
Tho demands, nine In number, are
all Important. They are:
That tho next contract be for a period
of ono year, commencing April 1, 1912, and
l-ndlng March SI, 1913.
A work day of not more than eight
hours for all Inside and outside day labor
with no reduction In wages.
Recognition of the United Mine Work
ers of Districts 1. 7 and 9 as a party to
negotiate a wage contract and the right
to provide a method for the collection of
revenue for the organization.
A more convenient and uniform system
of adjusting local grievances within a
reasonable time limit
An advance of 0 per cent on the rates
of wages for all employees over and above
the rates awarded In 1903.
A minimum rate of (3.50 per day for
miners and 12.75 for laborers for consid
eration work.
That the system whereby a contract
miner has more than one working place
or employs more than two laborers shall
be abolished.
That the rights of the check welghman
and check docking bosses shall be recog
nized and that they shall not be Inter-
I tered with In the proper performance of
I their work.
I That all .coal shall be mined and paid
. for by the ton of fcXtt pounds whsrevtr
practicable.
NEW TALES
THAT ARE TOLD
Secretary Fisher's Evasion.
Those discussing prohibition aro re
sponsible for the circulation of a story
on Secretary Fisher of tho department
of the Interior. He wns onco counsel
for people In Chicago who desired to
close tho saloons thero on Sundny,
and ns ho was making nn argument to
effect this end nt court tho counsel for
tho liquor Interests, Levy Mnycr, asked
tho court for permission to nsk Attor
ney Fisher n question, and, on this bo
Inrr irrnntpfl Mnvnr nsked:
"I would like to nsk If counsel for
the opposition over took n drink?"
Mr. Fisher looked ns If he did not un
derstand, and the question was put to
ASK TIIK QUESTION AT TIIB ritOI'EB
T1MK," SAID Mil. FI8HE1L
him severnl times by the persistent
Mnyer. Finally Mnycr became embar
rassed, but ugnln put his question, nnd
this time Fisher said:
"If counsel for the opposition will put
that question In proper form nnd tense
nnd nsk It nt tho proper time, say after
court shall have been adjourned. I will
be pleased to give him n demonstrative
answer." i
Tho story concludes with the ac
knowledgment thnt nt the proper time
Mayer bought Boston Advertiser.
vtOTICE OF UNIFORM PRIMAR
JM 1ES. In compliance with Sec-,
tion 3. of tho Uniform Primary Act, i
liage 37, P. L., 1D0G, notice is here -
by given to tho electors of wayne
county of tho number of delegates
to the Stato Convention which each
narty is entitled to elect, names of
party officers to be filled and for
what offices nominations are to be
made at the Spring Primaries to bo
held on
SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1012.
REPUBLICAN.
1 person for Representative In
Congress. t
1 person for Representative In
General Assembly.
2 persons for Delegates to the
Stato Convention.
2 persons for Delegates to the Re
publican National Convention.
2 persons for alternates to the
Republican National Convention.
1 person for Party Committeeman
in each district in tho county.
DEMOCRATIC.
1 person for Representative In
Congress. 1
1 person for Representative In
General Assembly.
1 person for Delegate to the State
Convention.
2 persons for Delegates to the
National Convention.
2 persons for alternates to tho Na
tional Convention.
1 person for Party Committeeman
In each election district In tho coun
ty. PROHIBITION.
3 persons for Delegates to the
Stato Prohibition Convention.
7 persons for Delegates to tho
National Prohibitive Convention.
7 persons for alternates to the
National Prohibitive Convention.
KEYSTONE.
1 person for Dolegato to the Key
stone Stato Convention.
Petition forms may ho obtained at
tho Commissioners office.
PROHIBITION.
1 person for Representative In
Congress.
1 person for Representative in
General Assembly.
3 persons for delegates to the !
State Prohibition Convention. i
7 persons for Delegates to , the
Nntional Prohibition Convention. 1
7 persons for alternates to tho 1
National Prohibition Convention. 1
3 persons for alternates to the
stato convention.
KEYSTONE.
1 person for Representative. In
Congress.
1 person for Representative In
General Assembly.
1 person for dologato to tho Key
stono Stato Convention.
Petitions for Congress and Repre
sentative must be led with the Sec
retary of the Commonwealth on or
hoforo Saturday, March 10. 1912.
Petitions for Party officers, Com
mitteemen and Delegates to the
Stato Conventions must be filed at
the Commissioners' offlco on or bo
foro Saturday, March 23, 1912.
JOHN MALE.
EARL ROCKWELL.
NEVILLE HOLGATE.
Commissioners.
Attest: Thos. Y. Boyd, Clerk.
Commissioners' Office, llonesdale,
Pa., Feb. 26, 1912.
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