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FREE LAN D, PA., AUGUST 0, 1902.
The Strike Situation.
A company of soldiers entered tho
Lithuanian settlement in Shenandoah
yesterday for tho purpose of assisting In
the arrest of three men, chargod with
complicity in last Wednesday's rioting.
They accompanied several constables
and found two of the men in bed, with
bandaged wounds of the feet. They
are Anthony Palimoutz and Stanislaus
Zukowski. An express wagon which
had been pressed into service carried
the men to the borough jail. It went
at a double-quick pace, with its escort
of running soldiers, carrying their rifles,
ready for instant use. Not the slightest
resistance was offered by any one to the
arrest of the men nor to the progress of
the cavalcade.
The third man was reported to have
gone to the Miners hospital at Ashland
for treatment of his wounds. It was
said at the hospital that ho had left
there. Search is still being made for
him.
At the hearing of the men before
Magistrate Shoemaker both denied par
ticipating in the rioting. Each of the
accused was held in §2.000 bail. They
were taken to Pottsville later In the
afternoon. Two companies, with fixed
bayonets, kept back a largo crowd at
the station until the train came.
It is thought that bail will be secured
for the prisoners within a woek.
James Capparell, of llazleton, a night
watchman at Tyler McTurk's wash
ery, at Girardville, was shot through
both legs from ambush while roturning
from work yesterday morning. The
Girardville local has appointed a com
mittee to aid in the apprehension of the
one who did the shooting.
The presidents of the coal-carrying
companies held an unusually long con
ference yesterday and the strike situa
tion was fully discussed. George F.
Baer, president of the Reading Railroad,
prosided.
They discussed the opening of collier
ies In the mining districts. Since the
strike a few washeries have boe open
ed, but no more collieries. The ques
tion of starting the colllerios was fully
discussed, but it was learned that noth
ing would be done in this respect until
a further report of the condition of the
mines isreceived.
At the close of the conference the
presidents wore very uncommunicative.
One of them said: "Nothing has been
done to change the situation. Some
thing may be done later."
"Did you discuss the question of the
opening of collieries?" was asked.
The president declined to reply.
Others spoken to also refused to answer
the question whether collieries would be
opened.
The Reading Company's ofiicers hold
a consultation at headquarters in Potts
villo yesterday and decided not to at
tempt to start the Indian Ridge colliery
at Shenandoah, although there are 1,400
soldiers and fifty policemen stationed
within a stone's throw of the colliery.
Strike leaders say that this is evidence
that the company cannot resume work,
no matter how much protection is af
forded non-union men.
A chock amounting to 86,500 was'ro
ceivod at the headquarters of District
No. 7, of the United Mine Workers, yes
terday from Indianapolis. This is the
socoud Installment of relief from the
union headquarters.
judging from its severity, those out
side of Pennsylvania would say of the
Democratic platform: "Here is partisan
recklessness." It is nothing of the
kind. It is the plain, unvarnished
truth, stated without exaggeration.
There is not an assertion in it but is
sustained by Republican authority. The
Democrats did not exaggerate, sim
ply because the facts in the case defy
exaggreation. The politics of Pennsyl
vania is the plague spot of the nation,
and it has debauched the state govern
ment to a degree that it is impossible
to overstate. This is all confessed by
Republicans of the highest possible
character, and who have occupied tho
highest place in Republican councils. —
Boston Herald (Ind.).
Watch the date ou your paper
CHINESE BUNKO BILL
SO CALLED "EXCLUSION" ACT DE
CEPTIVE AND INEFFICIENT.
CrltlclHiu by the O fllclul Orßnn of
the American Federation of Labor.
Where the ReNponHibillty For the
STll utile Rents.
The United States congress has
passed und the president has signed a
bill enacting into law what purports
to be a measure for the exclusion of
Chinese laborers from the mainland of
the United States and its possessions.
In point of fact the entire measure is
as defective, deceptive and Inefficient
to accomplish the desired purpose as
such a piece of patchwork of which
the present law is composed well can
be.
Realizing that the exclusion law of
the past ten years, just terminated and
which is now superseded by the law
just enacted, was spread over a series
of acts, treaty stipulations, court de
cisions and treasury regulations which
required vast research in order to as
certain the exact status of any tangi
ble features, the American Federation
of Labor representatives, together with
the representatives of the California
Chinese exclusion convention, drafted
a bill which was a codilleation of all
these various laws, treaties, decisions
and treasury regulations into a com
prehensive measure so that if it had
been enacted it would have presented
to the government officials as well as
any student or ordinary citizen of this
or any other country a comprehensive
law that any one might run and read,
but the wise solons of our congress
decreed otherwise, and, whether out
of pure antagonism or crass ignorance,
they have imposed upon the country a
law which, unless remedied soon by
further legislation rectifying the
wrong and the shortcomings or by the
voluntary acquiescence of China as
well aa other foreign countries or the
interpretation nnd administration of
its provisions by the judicial and ad
ministrative officers of the country,
will open the mainland of the United
States to the dangers of an overwhelm
ing horde of Chinese coolies.
Under the old law Chinese or per
sons of Chinese descent were excluded
from the United States no matter from
whence they came. Under the law just
passed they can bo excluded only when
such exclusion shall be "consistent
with treaty obligations."
In 110 way does the law designate
that the exclusion shall be consistent
with treaty obligations with China,
and hence, while the provision is made
that they shall be excluded if they
come from China to the United States
or from China to the Philippine Is
lands, there is no provision of law
against Chinese going to Hongkong,
which is under British government, or
from China to Mexico and coming
from either of these places Into the
United States.
In view of the treaties between the
United States and the governments of
Great Britutn and Mexico providing
for free and unlimited coining and go
ing of their citizens and subjects to
und from the United States and with
the well known desire on the part of
Chinese laborers to come to our coun
try and compete with American work
men, and this desire fostered and en
couraged by the shipping and trans
portation companies as well as the
purpose of the Chinese Six Companies
and a large number of American em
ployers who constantly harp upon the
idea of Introducing into the United
States u horde of cheap laborers, it is
not dillicult to understand the danger
which threatens and confronts the
workers of our country.
Then, again, there is a direct invita
tion to China to give notice six months
before Dec. 7, 1904, that the treaty be
tween it and the government of the
United States shall terminate on the
date named, and inasmuch as the pres
ent luw pretends to exclude Chinese
only when it shall be "consistent with
treaty obligations" and upon termina
tion of the treaty there will be neither
statute law nor treaty provision which
in any way will deny Chinese coolies
and laborers coming direct from China
into the mainland of the United States.
It is admitted by all that the treaty
of 18G8 granting free and unrestricted
Immigration of Chinese, whether la
borers or others, into the United States
was not abrogated but simply suspend
ed by subsequent treaty stipulations
and that it will come into full force
and effect upon the termination of the
present treaty unless another spoclllc
ully providing otherwise shall be nego
tiated and ratified in the meantime.
Scarcely was the ink dry exacting
the present law when it was inciden
tally attacked in the interest of the Chi
nese. A Chinaman sought admission
Into the United States, claiming alle
giance to Mexico, and offered to place
bond for his return. Our government
officials evaded rendering a decision
upon the Chinaman's right to enter the
United States from Mexico by declar
ing that he bad no right to come in un
der bond. Thus the main question is
undecided, but that it soon will have
to be decided no one seriously dis
putes.
Taking the entire law as It now
stands, it presents one of the most
conspicuous pieces of bungling or vi
cious legislation, or both, ever enacted
by congress.
It Is a menace to not only the work
ers of the United States, but to our
republic and to our civilization, and
unless rectified by timely legislation
the entire responsibility for the Injury
to our people will rest upon the heads
of the managers of the legislation In
our congress—a responsibility which
the workmen and the people generally
of our country will not fall to appre
ciate and repay In every lawful and
honorable way wltldn the power of
American manhood and American citi
zenship.— Ain erica 11 Federa t ion Ist.
NEW SHORT STORIES
"A. Half our, Milliliter."
The Hon. Arthur J. Balfour, who has
just succeeded to the British premier
ship, is at present thesubject of u merry
and amusing story which is going the
rounds in England. During the recent
assigning of ministers—or, as it is term
ed in England, the "sorting" of minis
ters—a parson of the Free kirk ar
rived in London and, establishing him
self at an east end hotel, recorded him
self in the visitors' book as "A. Balfour,
Minister." To his great surprise he was
treated as one of the elect of the world.
The canny Scotchman never realized
the situation until he got his bill.
"Ma certle, inon!" he exclaimed when
he had perused the bill. "Ye'd fancy 1
was Lord Salisbury."
"Well, sir," responded the hotel
clerk, "we ull know you're next door
to him."
The parson, it is needless to say, was
delighted to have been mistaken for
such a great man as the leader of the
house of commons. lie not only never
said a word, but gave handsomely to
the waiting folk, who nre now lauding
the generosity of Mr. Balfour, whom it
would be lfard to convince them was
other than the then English parlia
mentary leader and now succesor of
Lord Salisbury.
It WAN a Strange Flower.
Clara Morris says that one niglit
when she was playing Camille during
the scene with Arm and she discovered
that the flower, the camellia, on the
giving of which the whole plot turned,
was missing from her breast, where it
should have been pinned. "I tried to
warn Arniand," she related, "but he
was making love und did not hear. In
despair I went across the room. There
was the supper table and 011 It a beau
tiful bunch of celery. It was the work
of a minute to wrench off some of the
greenest leaves. The poor man did not
know anything of what was coming.
You should have seen his mien when
I handed him the celery, saying, as my
part required, T-t is a strange flower.'
"IT IS A STRANGE FLOWER."
'I agree with you,' he whispered hack.
That was smart, but unkind. When I
said, 'Cherish it,' lie gasped, Wlieu I
ended up with my last, 'Keep It,' ho
nearly threw a fit. He did not help
me out at all. llut I got even with
him. I might have Hid his exit, but
instead I swept away from him, leav
ing him alone In the center of the stage,
and then In fell view of the audience
he had to kiss the celery. Nowadays
he cannot smell that vegetable without
thinking of me." Miss Morris did not
reveal the actor's name, but It was
probably Stuart Itobson, remarks the
Chicago News.
Mrs. Henderson's Ilnslinnd.
In the Gramorcy park boarding house
It was generally recognized that Mrs.
Henderson was -the head of the Hen
derson family, but it remained for
Bridget to voice the opinion.
"Is Mr. Henderson In?" a caller In
quired one evening when ull were gath
ered in the front parlor.
"I'll see," said Bridget.
A minute later she returned.
"Mrfc. Henderson's husband isn't in,
sir," she said loud enough for all to
hear.
And ever since the boarding house
Ims called him "Mrs. Henderson's hus
band."
"The Original Gray Jackals,"
Before the battle of Waterloo thero
was an Inn at that village called the
Gray Jackass. After the downfall of
Napoleon as the result of that battle
the Innkeeper changed Ills sign to the
Duke of Wellington, to his own dis
comfiture. A rival took advantage of
the change und set up the Gray Jack
ass, whereby ho took away the busi
ness from the Duke of Wellington.
The result was the substitution of the
title "This Is the original Gray Jack
ass" for the inscription beneath the
Duke of Wellington's portrait.
An Excellent Arrangement.
l'ltt, while sitting 011 the treasury
bench In parliament, habitually car
ried so much liquor that it gave on
anxious clerk at the table n headache
to watch him. "Excellent arrange
ment," said Pitt. "I have the wine,
and he has the headache."
THREE EYED ANIMALS.
New Zeuland I'onneanew Some of
TbeNC Hemiirkable Creatures.
Tliore is no more Interesting country
In the world to a biologist than New
Zealand, and to Professor Dendy is
due the credit of having made some
very valuable original researches in
regard to some of the more character
istic fauna of the country.
Nearly every one has heard of the
tuatara, the curious, iguanalike look
ing creature now found on only one or
two islands off the coast of New Zea
land and supposinl to be the oldest liv
ing type of animal on the face of the
globe. One of the most curious fea
tures is an organ on the head which
at one time was sioken of as the
pineal glund, but which Dr. Dendy dis
covered to bo in reality a third eye.
Ills paper on the subject caused the
greatest interest in scientliic circles,
and, as an illustration of the way in
which research is specialized nowa
days, it may be mentioned that while
Dr. Dendy devoted himself to the
study of the third eye one distinguish
ed English biologist is "working out"
the skeleton, another the kidneys, etc.
More recently Dr. Dendy has discov
ered another New Zealand creature
possessing a third eye. This is the New
Zealand lamprey, a favorite article of
food among-the Maoris. The third eye
is situated right on top of the head
and is covered with a thin coating of
skin. It is doubtful whether it is now
of any practical use for seeing, but Dr.
Dendy believes that at one time, far
back in the world's history, there were
two eyes on the back of the lamprey's
head. He is further of the opinion that
at one time the tuatara also had two
eyes where now only one remains. In
the tuatara it Is the left eye which has
survived, while in the lamprey it is the
right one.
The English lamprey has only two
eyes and is to that extent inferior to
its New Zealand congener, but it has
Its compensations, for was it not re
corded in our history books at school
that an English king died from eating
too many lampreys?— Melbourne (Aus
tralia) Argus.
Arliflolal I.obHter Culture.
For miuiy years, ljotli in Europe nnil
this country, the artificial propagation
of lobsters lias presented an unsolved
problem. Now, at last, Professor 11.
C. Iluinpus of the American Museum
of Natural History lias discovered the
secret of success. Ills discovery conies
at an opportune moment, because for
fivo years past the supply of lobsters
has been decreasing. The method of
Professor Bumpus depends upon keep
ing the water In which the lobster fry
are pluced after hatching In constant
motion, for, if allowed to settle, the
fry smother or devour one another. By
this device the young lobsters ure suc
cessfully reared until at the age of
from nine to sixteen days they are
able to take care of themselves. The
United States Fish commission Is plan
ning to restock the depleted waters
along our coast with lobsters hatched
and reared In the manner described.
Ware. In Sollil Metal.
I'rofessor lloberts-Austen, In talking
before the institution of civil engi
neers In London übout advances In
metallurgy and engineering, demon
strated that solid metals might reveal
by their structure the vibrations to
which they had been subjected. In ex
plaining tills phenomenon experiments
were shown proving that a beautiful
wave structure can be Imparted to the
surface of mercury by the vibrations
of a tuning fork and that even the sur
face of solid lend which lias been sub
jected to similar vibrations possesses
a structure resembling that of a vi
brating surface of mercury. Mild steel
was defined by I'rofessor ltoberts-
Austen as a "solid solution" of iron
and carbon, free from .cinders. Metal
lurgists have doubled the. strength of
steel us It was known In Its curly days.
New York's Sky I.lne.
Veresehngin, the artist who is paint
ing a large picture of the battle of San
Juan Hill, with President Itoosevelt as
the central figure, wus very much de
pressed over New York's sky line when
he visited the metropolis fifteen years
ago. He snhl that the occasional sky
scraper was a painful blot on the land
scape; that it made the sky line one
terrible thing to behold. The other
day after long contemplation of It and
the scores of lilg buildings which load
down the Island of Manhattan he is
said to have turned to a friend anil
remarked, "Iteally [a pause] it begins
to he grand."
Snndwlcll Islamls.
The term "Sandwich Islands" recurs
In news Items, scientific addresses and
In lectures with a frequency which
suggests some other cause than igno
rance of the fact that the early name
of the group bus long been obsolete.
One cause of this survival, especially
where these islands are mentioned 111
public speech, is the inability of the
mnlnlnnder to pronounce "Hawaiian."
Ho usually says "Haywnylan" and
knows that he Is wrong; so to protcet
himself from a lingual Infelicity ho
snj-s "Sandwich Islands" and lets them
go at that.
The Pennypnokers.
There are not many Pennypnekers
In the slate of Pennsylvania, and the
name of the Philadelphia Jurist who
has been nominated for governor has
aroused considerable dlscusßion. There
Is only one Pennypacker family in
Pittsburg and one In Allegheny. Alle
gheny has a Punubnker. That Is really
the nearest thing in the directory to
Pennypacker, for l'ennypacker origi
nally had no suggestion of coin about
it and Is a corruption from the old
Dutch or Pennsylvania German Pun
j nuheeker, or Panabaker, which merely
meuus u man who bukes In a pun. i
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May 18, lUO2.
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LEAVE FHBELAND.
6 12 a in for Weatherly, Munch Chunk
Allentown, Hethlchom, Kaston, Phila
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7 29 a in lor Sandy Hun, While Haven,
Wilkes-llano, I'ittstnii and Scranton.
8 15 a m lor Hazleton, Weallierly, Munch
Chunk, Allentown, llethleheiu, Easton,
Philadelphia, New York, Delano and
Pottsvillc.
9 58 a in for Hazleton, Delano. Mahanoy
City, Shenandoah and Mt. ('ariiiel.
1 1 45 u in for Weatherly, Muueli Chunk, Al
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Maluinoy City, Shenundoah and Mt.
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Seranton and the West.
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Maluinoy City, Shenandoah, Mt. Curiae
and Pottsvillc.
6 35 p in for Sandy Hun, White Haven,
Wilkes-liarre, Scranton and all points
West.
7 29 P in for Hazleton.
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White Haven.
1141 am from Pottsvillc, Mt. C'nrnn l, Shen
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Hazleton.
12 35 P in from New York, Philadelphia,*
lMtrton, Bt'Mlluhulu, Allulituwn, Muuch
( hunk and Weatherly.
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\N hitc Haven.
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Easton, Hethlehein Allentown, Mauch
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DKI.AWARK. SUSQUEHANNA AND
A HCHUYLKILL RAILROAD.
Time table in effect May 10. 11101.
Trains leave Drifton forJeddo, Eckley,Hazlo
I.rook Stockton, Heaver Meadow Hoad, Roan
and Hazleton Junction at is (X) u ui, daily
except Sunday; and 707a m, 2 pm, Sunday.
Trains leave Drifton for Oneida .Junction,
Harwood Hoad, Humboldt Hoad, Oneida and
Sheppton at tl (10 a m, daily except Sun
day: and 7 07 a m, 2 iIH p m, Sunday.
Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Oneida
Junction, Harwood Hoad, Humboldt Hoad. •
Oneida and Sheppton at 6 32. 11 10 a m, 4 41 p m
daily except Sunday; and 737 a m, 311 nm'
Sunday. '
Trains leave Derinper for Tomhicken, Cran-
HI wood, Hazleton Junction and Hoan
at Bill n tr, daily except Sunday; ana 'J 37
a m, 5 07 p ra, Bunday.
Trains leave sheppton for Beaver Meadow
u t Stockton. Hazle lirook ' Jed do
and Drifton at 5 26 p m, daily, except Sunday;
and H 11 a m, 3 44 p m, Sunday.
Trnins leave Hazleton Junction for Roaver
Meadow Hoad, Stockton, Hazle IJrook, Eckley,
Jeddo and Drifton at G 41) p m, daily,
except Sunday: and 1010 am,6 40 p in, Sunday.
All trains connect at Hazleton Junction with
electric oars for Hazleton, Jeauesville, Auden
ried and other points on the Traction Com
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