Freeland tribune., September 14, 1900, Image 4

CAUSE OF THE STRIKE.
President Mitchell Issues a
Manifesto.
MINERS' DEPLORABLE CONDITION.
Heaunie of the Wronifi to Which
They Are Said to He Subjected.
Sit nation at Hasleton—Moat of the
Men Will Probably Go Out.
Indianapolis. Sept. 14.—1n order to
place before the public the conditions ex
isting in the anthracite fields of Pennsyl
vania President John Mitchell and Sec
retary-Treasurer \V. B. Wilson of the
llnitqd Mine Workers of America have
issued to the public a statement giving
in detuil the causes that have led up to
the strike.
The statement is as follows:
"The members of the national execu
tive board of the United Mine Workers
of America, realising that the material
welfare of a large number of the Ameri
can people will be injuriously affected by
a prolonged suspension of work in the
coalfields of Pennsylvania, knowing the
irresistible power of a concentrated pub
lic opinion and having a profound respect
for the opinions of their fellow men, have
decided to make a general statement for
the information of the public. No one
can have a greater appreciation of the
fnrreachtng effect of a strike of the an
thracite coal miners. The coal miners
and their families, the coal companies
and coal carrying railwuys are but a
small portion of the vast multitude whose
interests are so directly and indirectly
connected with the coal trade that a con
flict of such magnitude will affect their
welfare.
"The domestic fuel supply of the west,
the great manufacturing industries of the
east, the wholesale and retail business
establishments, the greut ocean, lake, ca
nal and railroad transportation interests,
Ipboring men and capitalists will all be
affected by such a gigantic struggle. That
the world may know that we have done
all that honorable men can do to avoid
the conflict we herewith submit a few
facts for careful consideration.
"The uverage wages of the anthracite
miner for many years has beeu less than
$250 annually. During that period of
time the cost of many of the necessaries
of life has been increased over 20 per
cent. An increase in the coat of living
without a corresponding increase of
wages is equivalent to a reduction in
wages.
I'nfnlr Methods.
"The laws of the state of Pennsylvania
make 2,400 pounds a ton of anthracite
coal, yet anthracite coul miners are com
pelled to mine from 2.700 to 4,000 pounds
for a ton and in addition to that are dock
ed exorbitant amounts, often reaching 12
per cent of their daily earnings, for any
impurities which may be sent out with
their coal. Where they are paid by the
car instead of being required to furnish a
well rounded heap oil the car at the
breakers, as was originally agreed to,
they have gradually been compelled to in
crease the amount of cool in each car by
building the same perpendicularly from
6 to 18 inches above the edge. They are
compelled to purchase the powder used in
mining from their employers, paying
$2.75 per keg for u grade of powder that
can be purchased elsewhere for $1.50 per
keg which wholesales for about $1 per
keg. They are required by many of the
companies to deal in 'pluck me' stores or
leave their employment. They must pay
to the company $1 per month for a doc
tor, whether they need him or not, and
have no voice in saying who the doctor
shall be. The sniallness of their earnings,
together with the great cost of living, has
compelled them to take their children
from school before they have reached the
age prescribed by law and place them at
work in the breakers in order to keep the
family from starvation.
"Having exhausted all other means of
adjustment we have reached the point
where we most either advise the miners
of the anthracite region to continue work
ing under these unjust ami tyrannical
conditions or counsel a strike. We have
chosen the latter, and having done so we
Invite a thorough, impartial and public
Investigation of the conditions existing in
the anthracite coalfields. We believe that
the great American heart throbs in sym
pathy for the downtrodden and oppress
ed, whether in this or any other land.
"We know the great power of the pub
lic press in molding public sentiment.
With an abiding faith in the justice of
our cause and a consciousness of the
knowledge that whosoever else may vilify
and abuse us the Great Jehovah knows
and understands the rectitude of our pur-.
po9e we appeal to the American people
and to the American press as the greatest
arbiters on earth to assist us and sustain
us in our hour of trial."
SITUATION AT HAZLETON.
ProllgbU That Mont of the Miners
Will Go Out.
Hazleton, Pa., Sept. 14. —There are
four facts of vital importance in the an
thracite coal strike situation.
First.—Although not a very large pro
portion of the miners are members of
the Mine Workers' union, the strike will
probably be general because the non
union men say they are not averse to go
ing out in sympathy.
Second.—The union lias already won a
victory, Morgan & Co., individual op
erators near Ha/.leton, having announc
ed that they would grant the demands of
the union, and all other individual op
erators are expected to follow.
Third.—There is such a widespread
dread of violence thnt it is not probable
that there will be many disturbances or
any rioting. The bloody lesson of Lutti
mer has not been forgotten.
Fourth.—l. I'. Pardee, one of the lar
gest operators in the field, announces
thnt if his men go out he will abandon
collieries that now employ nearly 3,000
men.
Thnt is the situation. The men went
into the mines yesterday in full force and
will go dowu today, and then tliey will
have Sunday to think it over. Monday
morning will tell the tale.
Shnmnkin Miners Will Unit.
Shamokin, Pa., Sept. 14.—There was a
great stir among the miners ami mine
workers at the different collieries near
this place because of President Mitchell's
strike order. Those who were iu favor of
obeying the command enthusiastically ap
plauded his action, while others kept si
lent beyond declaring that they would
cease work rather than be called hard
names. A careful canvass since last
night indicates thnt despite the claim of
the operators that enough men will report
for work to keep the collieries in opera
tiyu utter Monday, all or nearly all
| of fhe operators between Traverton Tina
Mount Carmel, employing over 14,000
| men and boys in a district embracing 14
miles, with Shamokin as the center, will
likely be idle before seven days have
' elapsed.
Otoe Mine Owner Yields.
Hazleton, Pa., Sept. 14.—William Mor
gan, owner of an independent colliery at
Audenried which employs about 20 men,
has agreed to yield to the demands f
the mine workers, and the men will not
go out on strike. On the Hazleton divi
sion of the Lehigh Valley railroad there
are 72 coal crews of six men to the crew,
making a total of 432, and the strike will
throw nearly all of this number out.of
employment.
law ton mo nun/Tent.
Colonel Ilryttii Chief Speaker nf the
Dedication.
j Fort Wayne, Sept. 14.—The people of
this city dedicated to the memory of
General Henry W. Lawton u monument
crowned by a cannon captured by him
! and christened the principal city park in
houor of the dead hero. The ceremony
j occurred under the auspices of the Un-
I ion Veteran legion, and Colonel William
J. Bryan was the principal orator of the
| occasion. Ilis address was nonpartisan,
i After the annual parade of the Union
Veteran legion had taken place the cere-
I monies at the park were begun. The
j meeting was presided over \>y K. B. Han
' ua. Republican candidate for congress
from this district. After prayer by the
! Rev. J. A. P. McGraw addresses were
i made by Major W. W. Harnett, who par
ticipated iu the Spanish war; by Mayor
Henry P. Scherer and by Governor
Mount.
At the conclusion of the governor's ad
dress Mr. Bryan was introduced. He
j suid:
"I was invited to participate in this
reunion not as a candidate for office,
but as a citizen of this republic, and I am
here to speak to you not as u candidate
for office, but as a citizen."
I Mr. Bryan then referred to his own
| record as a soldier and said that his mil
l itary service, brief as it was, had beeu
i sufficient to make liiin realize something
of the risk that the soldier takes.
Mr. Bryan then paid a high tribute to
the character of the volunteer soldier.
He suid that there were victories of
I peace as well as of war and that he
j longed for "the time to come when 110
i hostile arm will be raised against a fel
! low man." In this connection he quoted
I Lincoln's Hnrrisburg speech while on his
I way to the inauguration before the be
| ginning of the civil war.
Mr. Bryan declared that there could
I lie no greater mistake than to assume
| that the people of any political party
i are unpatriotic and recalled the partisan
j rancor of the campaign of 1806. He nl
] so argued that the Spanish war had had
the effect of destroying the prejudice
which naturally grew out of the civil
I war.
The Buffalo Batchers' Strike.
! Buffalo, Sept. 14.—The strike of butch-
I era, which originated in the packing house
j of the Jacob Dold Packing company, lias
i spread to the establishments of Suhlem
Bros., Michael Danahuy, Christian Klin
! ick, Klinck Bros, and the Buffalo Pack
| iug company. The aggregate number of
; men out is variously estimated at be
tween 800 and 1,200. A large meeting
of the strikers was held last night, and it
j was intimated at its conclusion that the
; engineers, coopers, carpenters and other
employees of the packing houses might go
out today as an act of sympathy for the
butchers. The cause of the strike is said
! to be because the I)old company refused
to discharge two men who failed to pay
their dues to the union.
ChlneMe Protect MINMIOIIH rIen.
I Paris, Sept. 14.—The French consul
at Shanghai telegraphs that at his re
| quest Earl Li Hung Chang wired the
j governor of the province of Shansi to
take measures to protect the Belgian
missionaries, who were in great trouble.
The governor replied thut measures had
i been taken and a detachment of cavalry
: dispatched for their defense. Earl Li,
: the consul says, informed him that he
had given urgent orders for the protec
j tion of the missionaries at Cheng-ting-fu,
southwest of I'oo-ting-fu, and Iliu-hin,
; in the province of Chi-li.
Killed In a Iliinuvvay.
New York, Sept. 14.—1n saving the life
of her little nephew in a runaway Miss
Mary Havey. a sister-in-law of Mayor
Michael J. Dillon of Mount Vernon, N.
I Y., was instantly killed at Round Hill,
j six miles from Greenwich, Conn. A
pony behind which the mayor's youngest
son, Philip, 8 years old, was taking his
aunt for a drive bolted down a steep hill
into a stone fence. Miss Havey's neck
was broken, while the boy, whom she
, had caught in her arms just before the
crash effme, escaped with severe cuts
; and bruises. __ _ _
Mr. ltoot UnderjpocN an Operation.
New York, Sept. 14.—Secretary of War
j Root is confined to bis summer residence
' at Southampton, L. 1., as the result of an
j operation for the removal of a carbuncle
i and will not be able to leave his room
for ten days or two weeks. The opera
tion was performed last Sunday.
Overtndulwence In Coffee.
Coffee is a powerful irritant of the
cerebro spinal nervous system. Re
cent tests have shown that it increases
mental and bodily waste rather than
retards it, as has been claimed. Cof
fee poisoning Is sometimes mistaken
for the troubles engendered by the use
of alcohol. In both cases the stomach
and nervous system are the sufferers.
| Caffeic and alcoholic gastritis are
nearly Identical as to their symptoms.
The use of coffee by children has in
several cases caused an arrest of de
velopment. Cases have been reported
of delirium tremens brought on by the
excessive use of coffee. It is related
in a foreign medical journal that a
man, in the alwence of his wife, un
dertook to ifciake his own coffee. Not
knowing the correct proportions for
use, he took about one-quarter of a
pound* of fresh roasted coffee for two
■ cups. Two hours afterward he com
plained of vertigo, headache and, at
first, trembling of the legs only, which
! soon became general, followed by sev
! eral other distressing symptoms, some
of which continued a day or two
I longer.
j By a busy physician It is stated that
|at least two-thirds of his practice
conies from the excessive use of coffee.
I The excessive use of tea and coffee,
j as well as the use of alcoholic liquors,
I often almost wholly obliterates the
aenfle of tqste.—llealUi Culture.
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IXG SOIL.
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Pure Iron and gold can be extracted
from sand. Immense tracts of hereto
fore worthless territory previously giv
en over to sand heaps have hidden in
their shifting soil, the sport of every
passing breeze, hundreds of tons of
gold and thousands on thousands of
tons of iron. But while this has been
known the cost of extracting the metal
has precluded any use being made of
this information.
Professor Elmer Gates hag, however,
just perfected an invention which
makes it profitable to "mine" these
sand heaps, and it is exploited in Pear
son's Magazine.
The process by which iron and gold
are taken from sand by Professor
NEW MIXING MACHINE.
Gates is an extremely simple one. A
child could do the work. If the reader
will go outside his house and get a
handful of sand, not the white stuff
that forms the Atlantic coast, hut the
sand so common along certain beaches
and inland rivers, called "magnetic
sand," and look at the sand very close
ly in the direct sunlight, he will notice
that it contains tiny black grains and
tinier yellow specks. It is no secret
among people who know anything
about minerals that the specks that
shine so brightly are gold and that the
black specks are iron oxide. Ask any
geologist, and lie will tell you that
"magnetic sand" is what today is left
of what w*re once greut mountains of
stone that had an abundance of iron
and gold strewn throughout them. The
rains of a million or two centuries have
washed the lofty mountains of rocks
down to level plains of sand, but with
the splitting of the mountains into
fragments the particles of iron, gold
and rock of which the niouutains were
originally composed have continued to
hold themselves together in the form of
grains which we call sand. The miner
alogist will also tell you that the Iron
in the sand is the best iron that can be
found anywhere in the world.
This iron is separated from the sand
by a magnet. Professor Gates has
made a machine consisting of an elec
tric magnet to the end of which is fas
tened a piece of steel shaped like the
whiskers of Trilby's friend Taffy.
Really there is nothing that this piece
of steel resembles more strikingly, so
that even among the humdrum engi
neers in Professor Gates' workshop it
is referred to as "Taffy's whiskers."
The face of these whiskers is not
smooth. It is composed of a series of
cells like a honeycomb. Over the face
of these whiskers, under it, behind it
and above it runs a belt of rubber cloth
on four rollers so arranged that when a
handle is turned the rubber belt moves
ami keeps moving continually down
over the face of the "whiskers."
When a current of electricity is turn
ed into the magnet, the attraction of
"Taffy's whiskers" is so strong that if
you hold a penknife in front of it the
whiskers will snatch it out of your
hand in a wink. Hold a handful of
gold ore dust in the same place, and
they will not be at all affected. Now,
it is according to a natural law that
those parts of the "whiskers" which cor
respond to the walls of the honeycomb,
the walls of the cells, have many thou
sand times more magnetic attraction
than have those parts of the "whis
kers" which correspond to the vacant
cells in the honeycomb. So when a
handful of sand is thrown against the
belt the iron sticks and the sand falls
away. The attraction of the gold par
ticles to the iron particles is so great
that the gold goes with the iron parti
cles, although the magnet does not at
tract the gold of its own accord.
The rush of the metal particles from
the sand to the embrace of the "whis
kers" is so rapid that particles of sand
adhere to the iron. But the belt below
the sand and "whiskers," which is all
the time moving, releases and grips the
iron continually, while the sand is thus
shaken loose.
In another machine enlled a magnet
entangler the iron and gold particles
are mixed together when they leave
the machine. They do not remain to
gether very long, however. Professor
Gates lias only to pass them through a
third sort of separator, which he calls
a "diamagnetic separator" (the first
one is called simply "magnetic separa
tor"), and these gold and iron specks
part company absolutely. Both metals
are then ready for smelting.
A Candle Device.
A disk Is made of n special metal in
the shape of a star to place on the top
of a candle, the wick passing through
a hole in the middle of. the star. It
prevents the candle from dripping and
thus avoids the nuisance of having the
house, enrpets, clothes nnd other arti
cles covered with candle grease.—Pop
ular Science.
Ileal of IncnmlcMcetit Lamp*.
It is said that an ordinary 10 candle
power lamp immersed in a quart of
water will heat it to the boiling point
In un hour.
PERSONAL.
Peter O'Donneli, of Kidge street, has
entered St. Charles' seminary at Over
brook, Montgomery county, where he
will continue his studies for the priest
hood.
Hon. James A. Sweeney, of Hazleton,
Democratic candidate for the legis
lature, called upon Freeland friends
yesterday.
Buy your ice cream at Helper's.
Miss Pearl Mowerv, of Upper Lehigh,
has accepted a position in Philadelphia
and left for that city yesterday.
Miss Elizabeth Kunkle, of Lehighton,
is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. 11. S. Keck.
Try Helper's ice cream soda.
Charles J. Robins, of New York city,
is spending his vacation in town.
Misses Bessie and Sarah McCarthy, of
Ridge street, will attend the hop given
by the Irving Club, of Mahanoy City,
this evening.
Gentlemen, for hats and caps go to A.
(Oswald's. lie has a nice variety.
Miss Catherine Stumpf, of Iluzleton,
is visiting friends in town.
James S. McDonald, of New York
city, is visiting his parents hero.
You can spell it cough, colT, caugh, knuf,
kHff, kough. or kuugh, but the only harmless
j remedy that quickly cures it is One Minute
Cough Cure. Grover's City drug store.
Deadlock Closes School.
The school at Port Griffith Is not yet
opened, although the term should have
commenced on Monday. This Is owing
to the fact that the school board of
Jenkins township is in a deadlock over
the election of a teacher.
A number of the parents of these pu
pils feel indignant at the apparent In
difference of the board and they have
invoked the aid of the court.
The emergency bugs sent by a church society
to Kansas soldiers in the Philippines contained
among the necessities a box of DoWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve, the well known cure for piles, in
juries and skiu deseases. The ladles took cure
to obtain the original DeWitt's Witch Huzlc
Salve knowing that all the counterfeits are
worthless. Grover's City drug store.
Ensllnh Ited Tape.
At the present time, when the system
of red tape is being attacked and rid
iculed, the following somewhat amus
ing methods of dealing with matters
are still adopted in oue of the great
government departments.
For instance, a hairbrush and comb
must be purchased under the bead of
service "clothing," whereas a tooth
brush is under "fuel" and spectacles
under "medicines." A clotliesbasket
is "clothing," but clothes pegs are "in
cidentals." The funniest of all, how
ever, are guano and straw, they being
purchased uuder "victualing."
A good instance of red tape is told in
connection with the excise. An officer
had entered in the inquiry column of
ids return: "March 13. Dog dead."
Tlds did not satisfy his superior, who
told him to inquire again, which the
obedient officer did, recording: "April
10. Dog still dead."—London Stand
ard.
Speoliil Oiler in Mimic.
We are in receipt of a copy of E. T.
Fault's latest march, entitled "Dawn of
the Century March." The publishers
agree to furnish any of our readers with
a complete copy of the piece for 25c in
postage stamps or silver, provided this
notice and this paper is mentioned,
otherwise the regular price 5()o. will be
charged. Address E. T. Panll Music
Co., 44 W 20th st., New York.
Large sun spots, astronomers say. caused the
extreme heat this summer, and doctors declare
nearly all the prost rations were induced by dis
orders of the stomah. Good health follows good
digestion. Kodol Dyspensie Cure digests what
you eat. If you have indigestion or dyspepsia
it will quickly relieve ami permanently cure
you. Grover's City drug store.
One Fare to Philadelphia and Return
Via the Lehigh Valley Railroad, ac
count .State League Republican Club's
meeting, September 17 and lrt. Tickets
on sale September 15, lf> and 17 for all
trains except the Black Diamond ex
press, good for return to September 22
inclusive. For further' formation con
sult Lehigh Valley ticket agents.
Poisonous toadstools resembling mushrooms
have caused frequent deaths this year. Bosurc
to use only the genuine. Observe the same cure
when you ask for DeWitt's Witch Hazel Halve.
There uro poisonous counterfeits. HeWitt's is
the only original Witch Ha/le Halve. It. is a
safe and certain cure for piles and all skiu
diseases. Grover's City drugstore.
To Richmond, Va., and Return.
For ono faro via Lehigh Valley Rail
road, account of the sovereign grand
lodge, I. O. O. F. Tickets will be on
sale September 14, 15 and 10, good to
return to and including September 25.
Consult Lehigh Valley ticket agents for
further particulars.
DeWitt's Little Early Risers are prompt, pal
atable, pleasant, powerful, purifying little
pills. Graver's City drug store.
Kbdol
Dyspepsia Cure
Digests what you eat.
If. artificially digests the food and aids
Nature lu strengthening and recon
structing the exhausted digestive or
gans. It lsthe latest discovered digest
ant and tonic. No other preparation
can approach It in efficiency. It in
stantly relievesand permanently cures
Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn,
Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea,
Sick Headache, Gastralgla.Crampsand
all other results of imperfect digestion.
Pricesoc. and 11. Large Blzncontatns 2H times
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The finest brands of Domestic and Imported
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Latest Hats and Caps.
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