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The Coal Barons Are Responsible.
From the Pennsylvania Methodist.
The coal barons of the anthracite
region have for years been Hying in the
face of the constitution and the law.
in that they have not only been the
owners of the mines, hut have organized
themselves into carrying companies,
and as a result control the market, over
ride the law of supply and demand, and |
fix prices of coal at tidewater, Philadei- !
phia, New York, Boston, indeed at all i
points. They have driven out all small j
companies, have reduced the wages of
employes until the American miners
have been crowded out, and thon im
ported and employed foreign cheap
laborers. These men have finally been
educated as to higher prices for their
labor, and in turn they have had to give
away to others at still lower rates. The
barons have filled the whole anthracite
region with four times as many men as
can bo employed even in the best of ;
times.
What is the result? A terrible slaugh
ter of human beings takes place at Latti
mer, in Luzerne county, on Friday of
last week. A largo body of men were
marching on the highway, as they had
an undoubted right to do, and there is
no evidence that they were disorderly or
were interfering witli other people. The j
sheriff of Luzerne county, a man by the
name of Martin, with 102 deputies, arm
ed with Winchester rifles and other
deadly weapons, fired upon these men.
killing over twenty and desperately i
wounding more than forty others. It is
charged that a number of the deputies
were drunk, that many of the wounded
men were shot in the back while running
away from the bullets. The Third
Brigade, N. (1. P., was immediately
ordered to the scene of trouble, and a
state of martial law has really been in
existence ever since.
The coal barons have been autocratic,
overbearing and invariably have ignored
the rights of others; they have no respect
whatever fur law; especially if it is not
on their side of the case. With their
company stores, intimidation and terror
izing, they, and they alone, arc respon
sible for nearly every outbreak which
has taken place in the coal region. And
every time they engage in this species
of deviltry they have the full support of
the militia of the state to carry out their
murderous purposes.
We are no advocate of rioting, etc.
Wo do not bcliove laboring men have
any right to do violence to tins property
of their employers nor violently assail
other men for working for those witli
whom they are in conflict. There
should l)e no difficulty between capital
and labor. Both should work hand in
hand. But so long as the coal barons
are permitted to override the constitu
tion and the law so long will the scenes
at Lattimor be of frequent recurrence.
They, with the Luzerne sheriff and his
deputies, are responsible for the mur
ders perpetrated on Friday last.
II Ih Name Will Be IteiiieiulieriMl.
From the Wilkesburre Newsdealer.
Jack Turner, of Ilazleton, who boasts
of having killed four men in that fatal
Friday shooting, besides wounding sev
eral others, is about a fair sample of
the men who were picked up as dep
uties. No man of brains or judgment
would make such boasts in the present
state of public feeling and if anything
should happen to Turner ho will only
have his wabbly tongue to blame for it.
We dare say the name of Turner will
Be remembered by the friends of the
victims, without public attention being
attracted to it by himself.
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STRIKE IS NOW OYER.
Continued from First Page,
the charge of felon ous wound ng. The
bondsman who qualified the previous
lay furnished security for all. Twelve
deputies are still missing and the county
detective was instructed to locate them
and arrest them.
The prosecution of the murderers is
now in the hands of the district attorney
and the coroner. Already it lias assum
ed a farcical aspect, and the trials of
| the thugs may not be looked for for
many a day. There is every indication
that corporate and political influence
; will be exerted in tills case to defeat
| justice as it lias never been exerted be
fore in Luzerne county. The deputies
are now in the hands of their friends
and every means will be used to save
their necks.
COPY OF THE INFORMATION.
The information, of which this is an
exact copy, is as follows:
The information of Isaac G. E:kert, j
of the city of Wilkcsbarro, county of
Luzerne and state of Pennsylvania,
taken upon his oath before lions. L. 11.
Bennett, and John Lynch, judges of the
court of oyer and terminer and general I
jail delivery of the county of Luzerne
and state of Pennsylvania, the twentieth ,
lav of September, A. I)., HUT: The [
said Isaac G. Eckert saith, that on or :
about the tenth day of September, A. ,
I)., 1897,
James Martin, Willard Young,
Robert Tinner, Harry Deabl,
A. E. lloss, "Pinkey" Ferry,
A. M. Eby. George Troible,
Leonard Babcock, Isaac Itavort,
Charles iiouck, Thomas Harris, j
Vistus Piatt, A. W. Drake,
A. P. Piatt, Conrad Ziegler,
T. Milnor Norris, Wallace Roth,
Frank Clark, William Borryinan,
Potter Clark, Edward Baiiiet,
Alonzo Bodson, Louis Long,
Harry Zierdt, Woslej Hall,
Charles Beisel, William Ilill.
John Zierdt, Henry PfaiT,
Wallace Drum, T. J. Williams,
W. J. Douglass. William Kulp,
lacob Dougherty, T. A. Harris,
ioliu Gallagher. C. Doud,
William Mulhall, J. W. Stevens,
(Jeorge E. Ruble, W. Underwood,
Roger McShca, It. 11. Kak.
Samuel Gundry, J. E. Anderson,
Fred Schlcppy, John Salem,
John Cook, J. Ferry,
William Costello, J. S. Nichols,
William Itaught, C. J. Hacn,
William Seiwell, F. Mummy,
John Turner, S. Ermould,
Calvin Pardee, Jr., 11. Polgroan,
Edward Barton. Anthony Moylo,
Roy Bartholomew, Thomas Brown,
John Crooks, Jr., W. 11. Brown,
Edward Turnback, J. W. Borncison.
Thomas Hall, X. Michael,
Thomas Marsden, P. 11. James.
Schuyler Ridgoway, James Osborne,
Samuel Price, Joseph Sobers,
It. C. Warincrr. 11. L. Manlev,
lid then and there at the village of
Lattimer, Luzerne county, state of '
Pennsylvania, and within the jurisdie- 1
tion of this court, feloniously, willfully
and of their malice aforethought, kill
and murder,
Clemens Platch, Adalbert Ziotnbu,
Jacob Tomoshonas. F. Chozesgewski,
John Forta, Stephen Jurec,
S. Broztowski, Andrew Jarncck,
Rafael Itczewiez, Mike Ceslak,
Adelbort Czaja, George Culiclc.
Stanley Zagorski, Casper Diilass,
Andrew Grekcs, John Bonko,
Andrew Miczowski, John Kuleck.
John Skrep, George Casperick, I
Andrew Monikaski, John Slabonick,
Adam Ziouiinskl, Andrew Sabonik,
contrary to the form of the act of the
general assembly in such cases made
and provided, and against the peace and i
dignity of the commonwealth of Hennsyl- 1
vania. I. <;. Eckert.
Sworn and subscribed before us this
twentieth day of September, A. 1).. 1897. |
John Lynch. A. L. J.
L. 11. Bennett, A. L. J.
COPY OF THE WARRANT.
The following is a copy of the war
rant issued.
To the coroner, Frank L. McKee, in
said county, greeting.
Whereas, information hath this da>
been made before us, the Honorable Jo! n
Lynch and Honorable L. 11. Bennett, j
judges of the court of oyer and terminer j
and general jail delivery and ox-ollii i ■
justices of the peace, in and for said
county of Luzerne, upon the oath of
Isaac G. Eckert, of Wilkcsbarro, that
James Martin, et. al. (names of depu
ties), did on the tenth day of September
inst., at the said village of Lattimor. ia
the county of Luzerne, state of JVIIIISN I
vania. and within jurisdiction of this
court, feloniously, willfully and of their
malice aforethought, kill and murder
Clemens Platch, (here follows names of
twenty-four victims), contrary to the
form of the act of general assembly in
sucli cases made and provided, and
against the peace and dignity of the
commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
These are therefore to command you.
Frank L. McKee, coroner of Luzerne
county, forthwith to take the said James
Martin, ot al..and bring them before the
said Honorable John Lynch and L. H
Bennett, judges of the court of oyer and
terminer and the general jail delivery
and ex-officfo justices of the peace, to
answer the said charge, and further to
be dealt with according to law.
Witness the said John Lynch and L.
11. Bennett, judges, the twentieth da} of
September, A. I)., 1897.
John Lynch, A. L. J.
L. H. Bennett, A. L. J.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Wednesday, Sept. 18.
The Brooklyn Republican county
committee passed resolutions by an
overwhelming vote favoring the nomi
nation ol* Seth Low for mayor of Great
er New York. A resolution was also
passed by a large majority deposing
Jacob Worth as leader of the organiza
tion, who will be superseded by Theo
clore L. Willis, a supporter of Senatoi
Piatt Senator Wellington resigned
the chairmanship of the Maryland Re
publican state committee Two mani
acs. in the absence of their keepers,
fought in the "violent" ward of the
Essex County (N. Y.) insane asylum
until one was dead Gustav Pabst.
son of the great Milwaukee brewer
was married In the isle of Wight to a
daughter of Brewer Lemp of St. Louis
Three tramps, each wearing a ball
and chain, were set at work on the
streets in New Brunswick, N. J.. undei
the ordinance recently passed Joseph
L. Harris, an alleged incendiary, foi
whose capture a reward of $2,500 had
been offered in New York, was arrested
lat Copenhagen A meeting of the em-
I bassadors of the powers was held in
' Constantinople and an understanding
: reached on the preliminaries of the
Turco-Greek treaty of peace. Tewflk
; Pasha has been requested to resume
I the negotiations A board of engineei
| officers has been appointed by the sec
| retary of war to investigate a charge
| against Captain Oberlin M. Carter oi
deviating from department plans in the
j construction of river and harbor im- i
provements at Savannah Judge Cos
| of the District o? Columbia yesterday
| dismissed the suit of John G. Wood i
[ superintendent of mails at Louisville, j
for an injunction to prevent his remov- j
al from office. The case had been con- I
I sldered in the nature of a test of the
' power of removal The fast racing
; catboat Edwina, belonging to J. Nelson j
Gould, was stolon from her moorings j
in front of the Huguenot Yacht club at j
i New Rochelle President Andrews ol |
: Brown university has written a lettei j
withdrawing his resignation.
Thursday, Sept. 1(1.
| The Now York Democratic staite cen- !
i trid committee exielbd Henry D. Pur- I
1 roy, a committeeman from New York .
; city, on the charge of disloyalty to the -
party. Committees from the free silver
organizations were hoard, but no action
j was taken in response to their demands,
I and no declaration of principles was !
adopted. Alton B. Parker of Kingston
was nominated for chief judge of the
court of appeals Martin Thorn and
Mrs. Nack were indicted by the Queens
county grand jury for the murder of ,
William Guldensuppe The excursion ;
steamboat St. Johns collided with and
j sunk the steamer Catskill on the Hud- j
son river opposite West Fifty-eighth
j street, New York. Two people were re
| ported drowned and several injured
Pennsylvania state troops still remain
<>n guard at Hazleton, Pa., but no dis- |
turbance has been caused by j
ing miners, and there is no change in !
1 the situation Evidence produced in
1 the Luetgert murder trial in Chicago !
was of a startling nature and regarded |
as damaging to the defense. ProfessorG. i
A. Dorsey and Professor N. H. Pierce ■
identified certain bones as human and
as having belonged to a woman Five j
prisoners suspected of numerous rob- J
beries were taken from jail and lynched j
by a mob of 400 men at Versailles, Ind. i
Governor Mount has ordered the arrest I
of the lynchers It was reported that '
Matthew S. Borden, son of a Fall River 1
i (Mass.) millionaire, who has Just at- \
; tained his majority, had married Miss I
! Mildred Negbaur, daughter of a New !
, Haven tailor. The elder Borden was j
alleged to have paid Miss Negbaur sls.- j
000 to break the engagement four years
j ago, and has since kept his son abroad
1 Argentina's wheat crop, according
to a Mexican cable dispatch, is expected
I to he so great that that country will be
i able to expert 1,500,000 to 2,000,000 bush
| els A railway collision near Newark,
I N. Y., resulted in the burning of three |
i sleeping cars and the blocking of the
! New York Central tracks for several
! hours Miss Ethel Golding won a 140
yard swimming race at Bath Beach, N.
Y. Miss Leo Hultgren, one of the con
testants, fainted.
Friday, Sept. 17.
An attempt was made to stab Presi
dent Diaz of Mexico by a man believed
to be un anarchist; the would be assas- j
sin was arrested before he did any :
, harm to the president Catholic mis- j
i sionaries in China are being subjected
; to fresh persecutions at the hands of
the natives- Serious lighting contin
ued on the Afghan frontier, two British
officers of General Geffreys' punitive
force being among the killed The
governor of the Bank of England an
nounced at its semiannual meeting that
the institution had signified its willing
ness, in response to the proposals of the
United Stales and France, to hold one
flflli of its bullion reserve in silver, as
permissible under the act of 1844. It
was also announced, though unofficial
ly. that the Indian mints would be
opened to sliver at a ratio of to I
Women caused more miners to
strike at Hazleton. Troops will be
withdrawn when Sheriff Martin, who
fired on the strikers, thinks it safe
From 15,000 to 18,000 coal miners re
turned to work in the Pittsburg district
Several persons were killed in a
windstorm in Indiana Two men were
seriously injured by the collision of the
Montreal night train to Boston with a
local on the Central Vermont railroad
at Essex Junction, Vt. Senators Can
rion and Pettigrew and ex-Senator Du
bois have reached Tokyo and will have
un interview with the emperor of Ja
pan on the silver qqostion— Archduke
Franz Ferdinand, presumptive heir td
the throne of Austria-Hungary, is said
to have wedded a former housekeeper
of Krupp, the German maker of guns.
The report is stoutly denied in Vienna
court circles The receiver of the
United Life Insurance association has
begun a suit in New York to recover
$20,000 on a note discounted by the
Tradesmen's National hank by former
Sheriff Peter Howe, formerly president
of the association, and a suit to recover
$250,000 from the National Life associa
tion. which now has the policies of the
defunct association Mrs. Augusta
Nack and Martin Tlinrn, the alleged
slayers of William Guldensuppe, were
moved from the Tombs in New York to
(he Queens County jail.
.Saturday, Sept. 18,
New York statu Republican commit*
tee met in New York city and nom
inated Judge William J. Wallace of AL
bany for chief judge of the court of ap
peal^-—Silas <\ Croft was appointed
surveyor of customs for the port of
New York A man named Hamilton
was arrested at New Philadelphia, Ills.,
charged with forging $1,200 worth of
express money orders President Mc-
Kinley and his cabinet decided to send
a detachment of troops to preserve or
der at St. Michael's, Alaska The
Lloyd of Manchester, Mass., won the
open golf championship In the national
tournament at Wheaton, Ills. Au
gustus Cook, a well known actor, was
arrested in New York on a charge of
trying to kill his wife and baby Sec
retary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage
went to Chicago for a three weeks' va
cation. In an interview he expressed
r ; atis faction with the business condi
tions, but said the silver question was
not settled Alanson Cary, inventor
of the Cn-* process for tempering
springs and widely known among wire
makers of this country, died of apo
plexy at his home, 14 West Seventy
seventh street. New York An Italian
sailor, said by his captain to be insane,
was taken from the bark Rpeme by the
| harbor police in New York. He was
| chained in the forecastle and was much
! emaciated. He declared that he was
j sane and had been maltreated by the
i officers of the crew of the vessel arfd
| partly starved The female sympa
thizers with the striking coal miners at
Hazlcton, Pa., who are leading the raids
! upon men who attempt to work in the
; mines, are giving the troops much trou
ble. General Gobin has instructed the
cavalry to use only the flats of their
; sabers upon the wrtmen if compelled to
i employ force. There was no ma'i.ed
change in the strike situation John
i Keller, who some time ago attempted
j to throw Judge Morrow under a train
at Belvidere, N. J., died in Trenton
prison Lewis Kaul, a well known
farmer of Smithfleld, Pa., has been ar
rested op a charge of attempting to
cause the murder of Sherman Coss,
his son-in-law Harry Kimball of
Brooklyn left his wife and tried to
I "beat" his way to the Klondike. It
proved too hard a struggle, and at Se
attle he turned back.
Monday, Sept. 20.
President McKinley, after a long con
i sultation with Consul General Fitz-
Hugh Lee, asked that official to retain
i his office and return to Havana, which
he consented to do Queen Victoria
cent her congratulations to the Duke
and Duchess (Miss Consuelo Vander
bilt) of Marlborough upon the birth of
a son. The Prince of Wales offered to
be sponsor for the young Marlborough
I heir Elmer Hardy, a salesman, was
I attacked and shot by highwaymen near
New Brunswick, N. J., but escaped se
rious injury. A sheriff's posse sent in
pursuit of the robbers could find no
trace of them The body of M. W.
von Vcltheim, a naturalized American,
! who had hcn murdered, was found in
the Thames in London Dr. Jose Ruiz
y Munoa, physician of the steamer San
to Domingo, dangerously stabbed him
self with his own lancet in a religious
frenzy An angry crowd at Dillon,
S. 0., with dfawn pistols, prevented the
train carrying a circus from leaving
j that town Saturday night until money
people claimed to have been robbed of
was repaid There are fears of a duel
1 between Captain D. G. Purse, a prom
inent railroad lawyer of Savannah, and
Colonel J. D. Massey, secretary of the
Georgia state railroad commission. The
trouble arose over business differences
; The village of Imlaystown, N. J.,
was almost wiped out by a tire which is
1 supposed to have been started by bur-,
glars. The loss was $75,000, with light
insurance The supposed remains of
1 the plaster cast in which the head of
: William Guldensuppe, who is supposed
, to have been murdered, was inclosed
were found in a swamp at Woodside,
N. Y. There is dissatisfaction In
| Greece over the terms of the treaty of
peace with Turkey The Duke of Te
luan, Spanish minister for foreign af
! fairs, is likely to be made embassador
: to France The excommunication of
! Senor Reverter, the Spanish minister
i of finance, may lead to a cabinet crisis
i It is now reported that Ferrouh
j Bey will be the next Turkish minister
jto the United States The treaty of
peace was signed between the govern
ment and the insurgents in Uruguay
Earthquake shocks are reported in
two of the Swiss cantons and in Tur
kestan. Prices of all kinds of food are
rising in Spain on account of the de
preciation of paper currency.
Tuemlny, Kept. 21.
According to the Paris Temps, Min
ister Woodford informed the Duke of
Tctuan. at Madrid, that the war in Cu
lm must cease by the end of October, or
this country would Intervene. The
story was denied by the state depart
ment officials In Washington A dis
astrous lire occurred in the Belle Ellen
mines at Blocton, Ala. Five miners are
known to have been killed The Uni
versity of Illinois, which had $294,000 on
deposit in the defunct Globe Savings
bank of Chicago, began proceedings in
the courts to establish a preferred claim
on the assets of the bank Senor Cuea
tas, who assumed the presidency of
Uruguay on the assassination of Borda,
issued a declaration of his policy A
revolution is reported to have broken
out In Nicaragua The Republican or
ganization carried the primaries in New
York city without opposition, assuring
a solid delegation against Seth Low for
mayor Eighteen new cases of yellow
fever were reported in New Orleans,
but no deaths. Eleven new cases were
reported in Edwards and one death at
Biloxi.both in Mississippi. The situation
in the other infected localities was im
proved General Benjamin Butter
worth. while visiting at Atlantic City,
was knocked down by footpads, who
unsuccessfully sought to rob him An
earthquake occurred at Lima, Peru,
causing a panic, but doing no consider
able damage Adam Schubert per
ished in a fire that destroyed the Mor
ton stables, in Washington and Morton
streets, Npw York The frigate Con
stitution left Portsmouth, N. H., In tow
for Boston, where she will be kept as a
national relic William Viet, an edu
cated man. homeless, was found dying
of disease and starvation under an Ice
wagon in Rutgers street, New York
The steam sealing bark Hope, with
Lieutenant Peary and his party on
board, reached Sydney, C. 8., from the
arctic. She will proceed to New York
Dr. Frederick Cook started for
Hip do Janeiro, where he is to join the
Belgian expedition which is to seek for
the south pole Secretary of War Al
ger held a conference with Messrs.
Weare and Cudahy of the Alaska Trap*,
portaffon and Trading company in
Washington. They propose to send
three more steamers tip the Yukon be
fore the river closes to navigation. The
United States troops for Alaska will
sail Thursday from Seattle, Wash., on
the steamer Ilumboidt
THE CHESAPEAKE MILL.
Building Mnde front the Timbers of a
Famous Hnttle Ship.
In St. Nicholas there is an article
an "The Chesapeake Mill," by William
Abbatt, accompanied by a picture of
the interesting- old building-, probably
Ihe first one ever printed. Mr. Abbatt
says:
If there is a naval fight in our history
about which every schoolboy ought to
know—to use an expression of which
historians are rather fond—it is the sea
light between the man of war Chesa
peake and the British Shannon, off?
Boston harbor, on the Ist of June, 1813.
It has been so often told that I will not
tell it over again except in the brief
est way. The Chesapeake was cap
tured, chiefly or altogether through
the mutinous conduct of part of her
crew, who refused to work the cannon
on her lower deck at all. Capt. Law
rence and Lieut. Ludlow were killed,
or. to be exact, the captain died of his
wounds four days after the loss of his
ship, and the Shannon took her prize
into the harbor of Halifax, where her
arrival caused the greatest, rejoicing.
The dying \*ords of Lawrence, as he
was carried from the deck, "Don't give
up the ship!" have been familiar to our
boys and girls for more than 80 years.
It is those words that make the com
bat most, memorable. They are a good
motto in every trouble of life. Don't
give up the ship—don't despair, lose
heart, surrender, but take courage, and,
like (Jen. Grant, "Fight it out on this
line if it takes all summer."
With the Chesapeake's entrance into
Halifax harbor all trace of her disap
pears from our smaller histories. Some
years after the war of 1812 was over,
the English naval authorities decided
that the Shannon was useless, and had
her broken up. I think, if they realized
OLD CHESAPEAKE MILL.
how much romance was in after years
to attach to the story of the light, they
might have kept the old ship in re
pair, as Admiral Nelson's old Victory
has r oeen preserved. The Chesapeake
was sent to England, where she must
have been the object of great interest;
but in 1820 she, too, was taken to
pieces. This was probably done in the
harbor of Southampton, for her tim
bers were sold to one John Prior, the
owner of a flour mill in the little town
of Wickhnin, near Southampton. He
pulled down his mill, and used* the great
beams of the American frigate in build
ing a new one. The great deck tim
bers, 02 feet long and 18 inches square,
served for floor beams in the mill, and
the smaller ones for uprights, all with
out being cut or altered in any way.
Of course many of them were full of
the shot fired by the Shannon in the
fight, and the shot arc there still.
THE SNAIL'S TONGUE.
It 1* One of tlic Most Wonderful
Thing* of Mature.
A snail's tongtie is really one of the
most wonderful things in nature, and
if larger animals were endowed with as
destructive an apparatus in the way
of a tongue, in comparison to their size,
it would be a dreadful thing.
A snail's tongue is literally a saw, and
a handsaw at that. It is long and cov
ered over the entire surface with teeth
so minute that 30,000 of them havt
been counted on a tongue. The tongue
is kept coiled up and only about a
sixth of the length used at a time.
When the teeth of this section become
dull another section is uncoiled and
used. This is kept up until the entire
tongue has been used, when it is coiled
tip again, and a fresh start made, for
the teeth on the unused part have in
the meantime growu to be as sharp as
ever.
The roof of the mouth is as hard as
a bone, and any substance that is to be
cut is drawn between the tongue and
this hard roof and literally sawed or
rasped off.
A man with a knife could hardly trim
oIY a leaf and leave cleaner or
strnighter edge than the snail leaves,
and there is nothing of the proverbial
slowness of the snail in its work.—Cin
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The Strength of ShellflMk,
If the human being possessed strength
as great in proportion as that of shell
fish the average man wcultl be able
to lift the enormous weight of 2.970,000
pounds, pulling in the name degree ns
a limpet: and if the man puffed in the
same proportionate degree as the cockle
ho would sustain a weight of no less
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carried l/ 3 miles to a surgeon.
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