.VOLUME XCHr-^O. .181.
PRIOE- FIVE- 0ENTS.
SAN FRANCISCO, HFRIDAYvr^OyEMBER^28 r -1002^
Postmaster General j Payne's Annual Re
porttShows Many Millions Expended
. in Handling the Mails.
WONDERFUL GROWTH
OF POSTAL SERVICE
IN UNITED STATES
Causing j^aiaiiiies^^
Charge ot iDjsfegaiul oi 'Orders/^;;; 'v j lQ :
TRAIN CRASHES INTO TRAIN
AND ENGINEER AND FIREMAN
LOSE LIFE UNDER WRECKAGE
TRAINMEN -WHO WERE IN THE yBENICLV COLLISION. - FOSTER AND
|Sj , CDAyiS WEREVKILLED AND CUTE: WAS INJURED. • THE PICTURE
•¦ OF: DAVIS IS FROM AN OLD PHOTOGRAPH.
Football Player May, Die.
COSHOCtON,' Ohi6. ; Nov. 27. — Webster
Tingling; captain and ' halfback of tlie
Newcbmeritown'' Athletic j Club,"- was fatal
ly injured '¦ In a- football gariie ' here to-day
with ¦ the^ Coshocton team, w He . Is , un
conscious ' arid riot . expected . to recover. '
Archbishop . Biofdan' in • New York.
; NEW.YORK, Nov. 27.— Archbishop Rlor
dari of Sari Francisco is" a. passenger from
Liverpool :h on ¦ • the -. White .• Star r - steamer
Celtic, whlch r arrlved r to-night.
NEW ; YORK,; Nov. 27.— William, Lan
dau, said to be a wealthy /cotton exporter
of Texas; was -arrested here - to-day on
suspicion '.of 'being connected^with ;a
swindle ¦ involving,"' it ; is said, the sum of
$200^000 ; or more. '- _The . firm ; alleged I to 'I be
¦ swindled 'is that . of ¦ Ladenburg, Thalman
&', Co., ; bankers ¦ of this city. v The idetec
tives took every, precaution to prevent the
news ot I the \ arrest . becoming public, : and
It : wa's ; admitted at midnight only, ; when
an "Assistant ¦ i)lstrict^Attorney, stated 'that
the] prisoner ¦¦ was 'at' police headquarters/
The . arrest, . according;': to :¦ the I Assistant
District r Attorney, \was ; made , in' the r bffice"
'of I the • banking , firm this ;af ternooif. Mem
bers ; of ;,the, firm .will ¦ nat ; talk; about* the
case /arid v furtrier ' are" lacklrig.H The
charge against'. Landau' ; is "suspicion of a
felony."^;' \V'-.%" :,;.;.: \-< : ;l'*i?ty-4l'\;
He Is Suspected ¦ of Being Connected
'.' :t-'i -.'.With >a ; Gigantic '¦; Bank '
:_- : -. v " ; ;. : .".. ; Swindle. :'., . • . " ; './',
WEALTHY : TEXAN "UNDEB J / '
- ABBEST IN, NEWi YOBK
EPARTANBURG. 6.; C, Nov. 27.—Bur
glars this morning blew open: the safe of
the Enoree - Manufacturing * Company at
Enoree Mills and secured $3000, a part of
which belonged to the local postofflce.
Bloodhounds have been put upon the trail
of the robbers. >
Safe Blowers Make Big Haul.
MANILA. >.'ov. 27.— The constabulary
are carrying out an aggressive campaign
against the ladrones in the northern part
of the island of Leyte an<J : in the island of
Biliran. . . Inspector Crockett /with a force
of constabulary engaged the ladrones six
timers "near^the village' of ,brmoc, on the
south coast of Leyte, ana killed'thirty
nine of 'them.' Corporal Montague, at the
head of another detachment of constabu
lary, defeated a band of ladrones near
TfcUbacg, on Biliran Island, killing thir
teen of them and 'capturing thirty-six.
Inspector/ Crockett and a Force of
Constables Engage and Xill
; Thirty-Nine 'Baiders. <
AGGBESSIVE CAMPAIGN
-'AGAINST THE LADBONES
- LOS Al^GEL.ES,-Nov.27.^As Mrs. Hen
ry .Foster,.\vras;ab6ut{t^ sit: down to, her
Thanksgiving; dirinery to-day she was
handed \f itelegrani -lif istip. ; * Oakland ¦ in
forming;, her -that )hm husband had been
killed iii " a ; - freight Wreck -near Benicia;
Foster : was, 1 a Southern? Pacific engineer
• and : was I- the- son" of --Detective ¦ Charles
Foster', of this^city.yFor'years it had been
his custom to icbmeVefe for Thanksgiving
.and -this year he sent .his: wife arid baby
and_j ammunltioniV which V must - have bern
delivered; from- some schdorier.VHe tarthfr
states 'that ''¦ the* cholera has b<>en inc'rea3
ing' in* the '-"lstands, : arid that, the death
rate In' the city, of Manila since the" with
drawal ; of ; -j the "military forces arid", the
turning ' "over for "the; Health
to the';Civir Government, composed.main
ly... of natives," has : increased fully ; 50 per
cent.-" .•"••.: ' -'•: .v . •-.-- ' • >.>»•
Mrs. "Fostar ; Hears ; of Her Husband's
; " i. Death. While Awaiting ' Him;
SAD I NEWS , FOB WITE.
Victoria,- B.C.: . Nov: s.^-c a ptain e.
Ferguson of San Francisco, who. repre
sented Mohun.& Co. of San Francisco at
Cape : Nome, and was receiver at Nome
uni3 ?r ''Judge .Noyes ; and more recently
United. States Commissioner, 'was held by
th* : local ' police/ to-night, together with
E. C. . Blackett qf Nome, his attorney, on
instructions from, Mohun & Co. of San
Francisco.^ who^allege that Ferguson em
bezaled'. '.of their ; funds, which was
appropriated to his^bwn use.-
Ferguson** went north" in .1839 with $8000
to $10,000 worth of merchandise belonging
to. the San Franctsco firm, of which ha
was' axent." i yi'f,^
Captain . Ferguson of ; San ; Francisco
Ia;Arrested,by the Police
of .Victoria.' •;!'.-•.:-
FIIIM. ACCUSES HIM.-.
V- 9* i STEALING MONEY
•' STOCKTON,'; Nay. : s 27.-i-fhJs mornlns
" h P r « tl a *ter 7^ o'clock; a passenger train
on . the ' Southern Pacific collided I Vlth a
srayel -.train .near ¦ Castle switch," about
five' miles' north of : Stockton. The engine*
were/so. badly; damaged that they were
useless, and a delay of almost three hours
tobk ' place* before-, another locomotive
could be secured to: move -^ the' passenger
train.- While the passengers ,-were shaken
up, ; none of them were , seriously Injured,
as ; the train was slowing down to pas3
the switch when -the accident occurred
The blame : f0r. thercollislon" has uot been
fixed as syef, . ¦• . . - -. '- -. . .- 1 * j
Passengers on a Train Are' Shaken Up
, : ;. » - ¦ Near t Stockton: "V ":
GRAVEL CABS , IN > THE WAY.
Porter Is Injured^but tie Other Per
. ; .. ., soils Aboard Escape.
j SACRAMENTO, 'Nov. 27.— About noon
ta-day^the west-bou\jd : "passenger train.
Rnowri'as^Ndl 5, 'met | with v ah;accident at
Crystal 'Lake,'' three; : mllesjwest'of Cisco.
Four. ' passengers cars i,were ; derailed. A
Pullman car porter, 'whose name " could
not : be learned, -was injured; wrecking
train was ' dispatched 'vfroia, 'this city to
the., scene of ' T ttie- accident to clear tha
track. / A ¦ special was • made up to bring
the. passengers to N SacramentoV
PASSENGEB jCABS -DEBAILED.
south . several days ahead of time to visit
his parents. .. He telegraphed yesterday
that he hoped to leave Oakland last night
and would reach Eos Angeles about noon
to-day. ' His. wife and parents spent more
than an hour waiting for him, expecting
him on every street car that passed. Just
as they were about to enter the house to
go to dinner a messenger boy.rode up on
a wheel ' and handed Mrs. Foster the tele
gram which .announced the death of her
husband. The news prostrated her for a
time, but- she was able to leave for Oak
land bn ; the "• Qwl 1 tp-rilght, 'accompanied
by. her husband's m6th"er. \ "
;'^J.;. ' J. » Cute.^the^injured . brakeman/ Is .21
years : pid ? afad;' a, ; riative of; Stockton. . He
lives ,wlth ; his parents at -865 Center street.
He ; < has j y been' i.wlth " the \ . railroad five
months; -" v ¦;'"..¦'>• ;-•'.* "¦ ;• ¦'--'- \ ' '¦ ' '" v '
' DavIs.HheVfireman who lest his life, was
born;*ih Oakland ..nineteen years ago" and
had;.been^In" the': railrbia's ;employ three
years. ; -A/, tragic . fate • has, pursued all the
male meniWrs, of ! his family. Of^ his two
grandfathers.iorie Was- Policeman" Cashln,
anidt .was killed" by. a burglar," and, his fath
er ' andl stepfather * met violent ' deaths.
¦ Superintendent Palmer said that the
damage was -comparatively small.' «Only
one of, the englrtfes "was badly damaged
and* the damage to -the cars is only nomi
nal.;- There ; being '.four t"raok3 within
Benicia yard traffic was .not-delayed. ¦ : . -. ¦
-Henr jr. Foster, the dead engineer, . was .28
years^old/and-a native of Sap Francisco."
He^has beeh in* the Southern Pacific Coni
panX'k'employ ten years,* and five months
ago!. became'. an' engineer. He had made
arrangettients,to,spend ; Thanksg;iving with
his wife, and: child; at Los Angeles, their
formfef vhome7-but- at. the -last minute 'the
pressure/ \;pf. .'business forced hhn to aban
don- his' plan: •¦' ; ¦"' • ~ ' ' ' ' -¦",*• ' . -¦ rr. ¦ • ;
tehtion . might:. have ; ; been distracted _-, by
something, on^.the* engine, which he was
fixing.^'. Even to- that -case , the fireman
would have' been on' the lookout. : . Alto
gether.; it.. : is 'rather., mysterious." ¦" : :. ".:
. ¦ . TBAFFIC \ NOT 3 BELAYED. \ - \
' /There can be no doubt that it is sound
public ' policy to continue the ' present
cheap u 'rates of postage on second-class
matter \ for the "benefit 'of all : boria; fide
daily - and weekly newspapers ; devoted 5 to
I the.i dissemination ' of ; news :. to ( the -.public.
They, assuredly r come -within the purpose
, o t'. the j la w ; covering the 1-cent per [ pouml
fate, - and this alone is the ; matter which
should be mailed at 'such; rate.',' '';- '<:;[¦
: :Ini" conclusion 1 the . Postmaster ; General
testifies .to 'the , zealous, efficient ":- service
rendered^ by' his ¦ assistants and the | chiefs
of ''divisions ' In ,the - : arduous - : duties \ de
volving'upon-them.:: , v '. •
¦/^ " There y*™ casualties to mail cars
last. year,, in^which either mail or clerks
w«ire injured.; Nine clerks were killed
aud S8 j seriously and 302 ."slightly, injured,
vr ."Temporary-, contracts for mail trans
portation ia -Hawaii made after the ser
vice in' the Hawaiian Islands . was assum
ed ' by' the .United States expired June 30
last; and.- the,' first general' letting for a
four-year : -term occurred\ last . year. F Un
der.'the^new;: contracts effective July; i
1902, . thew ; were 1 in - Hawaii 94 routes ag
gregating : 14,798 miles | in - length,-: with ' an
annual -travel: of 764,373 miles, the cost of
which /Was : . $97,456 38 per annum.' ¦.. *
''At the .close] of the year, there Vwere
1350;lines of. traveling postofHces, covering
17S.796 smiles /In ; length. The -number of
clerks .; employed was 9731, annual travel
by them i in -cars 221,589,999 miles. To ac
complish>thlsl3785 cars and; apartments
were' usedionrthe steam roads, besides 24
cars' on; the.^electrlc lines -under the su
peryislon' of -the ; Railway Service,
an'd:S3 apartments on steamboats. '.It is
estimated, that these clerks handled 15.
062,830,640 pieces of ordinary mail arid\2i,
17f,174 packages ¦ and cases of^registered
mail. .The -errors;; by clerks in handling
the mair as reported indicate but 1 error
mede- for every 11,502 pieces correctly dis
tributed;" - . ,
were in -operation on June 30
last- 327 electric car routes, aggregating
3508 miles in length, 7,534 ,757. miles in" an
nual, travel,' and " costing $414,348 75. -The
Increase in - length was 551 miles, in > an
nual", travel -945,348 miles, and in annual
expenditure; $51,734 58.";','
, : ' 4 At the' close of the year there were 210
E.teamboat' routes; ; th&: total length of
which was'. 34,338 miles, 1 with an annual
travel v of.;5,416,297; miles.'i.costing $598,251 05
per annum. with the previous
y, e ?j*^ thj.s . w a.9..an .increase, cif ( ." 367 miles in
length of routes, 764,139 mile's \ in annual
travel,, and '$55,265. 73 in annual cost. The
service in the. fourth contract section was
relet last year^ for the term of four years
beginning^July'.l, 1902, and the increase In
cost • undeV . the. . new contracts was $62,-
SCT 41 ¦; per* annum. ¦;
length; of which was 259,539 miles, the an
hual; travel;130,0S7,224; miles, and ; the • cost
Jo.fMfiOT 59. ITh'e contracts for all the star
routes in t.he^fpurth contract section^ em
•jbrticing/'a'Ui- the States 'and Territories
f(three excepted) west' of the Mississippi
.River,- expired "June 'SO,* 1902^- arid new'con
itracts; were, made for all 'star service in
those -Stafesatlrf Territories for the- term
of four" years; beginning July 1 last." These
new contracts : covered ; 6037 routes, aggre
gating 110,563. miles'" in. lerigth'and 48,686,-
S4C; miles } of .annukr travel', the' latter be
ing an .increase, of 2,007,838 miles. . or. 4.30
per cent,^ over; the Annual travel: under
the. old • contracts. ¦> ; ''¦;'•' ,- '
"Rural free deilvery .service has become
an established "fact! £ It' Is ' no '.ignfei^ ln : : the
experimental stage and undoubtedly Con
gress will continue^ tojncreaae the '¦ appro
priation for this service "until all the 7 'peo
ple of the country; are reached, where i It
Is thickly enough settled to warrant It.
The estimates ; oX the department ; are . to
the effect that: the available territory. for
this service embraces-- about > 1,090,000
square miles, or one-third of ; the "country's
area, exclusive: of -Alaska. |^f The \ \ ll|C50
routes now in operation <»ver about lOne
third of the available, territory.,? From
this it will. be: seen* that: It '• will "require
27,000 employes, additional; to* those"; now
In the service to .coyer'this, territory. r' If
Congress, shall make the necessary.' ap
propriations, it is- believed that !withiii\the
next three years the extension of. the "ser
vice will have been completed.' ¦ -v '.
-"On June 30,'-1902, there fwere '2844'. rail
road routes, the total length 'of which was
187,129 miles, with an annual" travel- of 312,
521,478 miles, costing $35.049,211:22.' ! ; The in
crease In the lensrth of routes , was 3771
mUes, In annual 'travel 9.908,153 miles, and
In • annual'; expenditure' $1,167,820^98.- 'A'
weighing of the; malls was had' on" all 'of
the' railroad lines> in*; the ; fourth" contract
section, including all the States and Terri
tories (three exceptcd) west \ of \ the j Mis
sissippi River>- and; thetresult, of. the)reg
ular quadrennIal',readJttstment T of'pay'for
railroad transportation ln : those* States
and Territories -for'/ four : years
July 1 last was an' Increase In annual cost
of U.374,010 65, l>eInsr[l'|:9*C'per; cent.*' ' ..: > : V
"There were 4 ' 21,767*/ star} routes, -the
"In 1860, three ye,ars before" thfejCJty fre^
delivery was establlahedr the^gros's postal
receipts were $8,51ff,067 and the 'expenditure"
519.HD.610, leaving fe ;, of ;?10,p4 4 ?v
The magnitude Of '-postal' development* is
Indicated by the. fact .that for- the^fls<5al
year 1902 the postal: receipts -were, $121,848,
047 and. the Increase of. recfiiptS/durliig^the,
past fiscal year.-over.vthe- preceding : year
was $1,698,786 .greater. .'-than*:; the igross.Vre-.
ceipts for the .rear. I860; , - " ; ;'- jfe . i': ~ :/. '
- "The increase" 1 { in ¦; postal. revenues; not
only attests the; wonderful. prosperity- of
the people and ; the^a<:tivity^of , feusiness
interests thrpugh'out'the- country, but also
indicates that-^the 't : extension 5 pi^Tpostal
facilities carefully.dlfected' results. "sooner
or later in increased' receipts I and^dlmln-.
lshed deficits. ";;~ : With ';¦ phenomenal growth
of population andjother^favoring-.condj
tions, the mall matter Doured' Into 'the
postoffices - has rapidly I helped to.' lessen
the percentages of deficiencies. ¦ -
largely ..increased t . expenditures,^ the
revenues gradually 'appro*xiniate the ¦ ex
penses aftec' each \ 'added', outlay, % has
marked a new 'sta'ndard. \'.*j ' ¦'.- •-. -. " ¦ it
system, are given[in the annual
report of Postmaster General H. C. Paynis.
The revenue for' 1902 was .J121;848,047 and
the revenuefor ,1903 is estimated'at 5132,-'
814,371. The 'estimateM deficit for' 1903 is
$5,602,227, although the appropriation made
by Congress for the year, is 4138,416,598.. •
Reviewing the work of the. depaHment,
Payne says: : :"" : . f ';-"' ¦•'¦¦>, ' '¦' ¦'
,^ ' • ' BUREAU, ' 1406 f*G
f *' STREET, N." W.', ; WASHING-
B )¦ TON, Noy.^27Alnt'ercstlng fig-
I|L -> ures, showing the '-wonderful
grtAv'th of Uncle Sam's postal
I . ¦ ;;.•'.¦, •;*¦;•• ;'*,, ¦¦: jiy./v .; ¦..¦¦;.¦/:,•¦.•¦/.' Wv.^-.^-'.'. ¦,'?.• • ' ,^, .":.'¦>¦>.¦
I POSTMASTER GENERAL.' OF cTHE UNITED STATES, WHOSE REPORT
1 GIVES -FIGURES INDICATING GIGANTIC GROWTH; OF POSTAL
. AND VAST SUMS REQUIRED TO KEEP UP EFFICIENCY.,
SEATTLE,?>Nov. , ' 27.— Natives '. of /the
Philippine -urged 1 ; on by "newly,
formed ; secret- societies/are arming* them
selves,; and; muni tiphs ; of- war .arc
furnished^ them / from Vsorne 'source • Tun
known toUhe Government, of the /United
States^ : ,V •.:'.;• ;";•';, 2': ';",;' -•-'¦.".', .¦',: ':'¦ ' :
»,i,This is •¦ the statement : of '^I4eut enant ¦ H. -
Newton \ Kierulff ~i of V the" > tra asiport " : ' Dlx^
[which .^arrived Iif the 'harbor -to-day load-,
'ed iwith * lumber ? and { forage '-i or. the Isl
ands. 'As . an" evidence that this is the
true -state /of /affairs - in *the" - Phlilppines,"
.Lieutenant; Kierulff .tells i-'bf ;the;flnding of
a j wrecked : barge : on 'ithe" coast {of ; Luzon
a I eWjWeeks ago. ¦ It was loaded' wl th guns
Secret | Societies iix ' Philippines \ Strive
' : Make ¦ Trouble for Uncle : '* ¦¦•'¦
NATIVES .OBTAIN ; AEMS- ;7 • ./; ; L -.
:" TO^riGHT^AMERICANS
• "\Vhat Foster, was doing at the; time. Is
a mystery.; to me, vHIs;,traln: was. a: little
behind time and in vhls; haste to catch . up
he ; may >. have . temporarily •¦ forgotten -"the"
approaching -eastbound .".train. ', He,." may
not have realized that he was so ' near the
switch, as he was still -half a mile -from
Benicia. / (However^- had he f followed : the
rules ,he .would have slowed; upland. taken
the side*i track. .. It is possible that_ his" at-
.'.'We may learn something, when Brake
man Cute is in , a'cohditlpn" to be interro
gated. ; As 'Foster .and Fireman Davis . are
both : dead ¦ we; must > rely ,i upon ¦ the ¦ state
ments of Hopper, ' the engineer; McCarth'y,
his fireman, "and • Plane, the conductor j of
the train. .... -.:'.; V .
.."Of course," he said.'"^'^.^^^ only .sur
mise the conditions in the. cab of .Foster's
engine just .before , the '. crash- came,*.;but
it would ¦ appear" that the 'blame*' lies with*
Fosterin not fpllowing i theVrules.bf fthe
tinie card.' , He '.was {' coming '.I west ' on :a
clear, ', straight track, and ought -: to .' have
seen Engineer Hoppers . train at least : a
half-mile- off. It was. a bright* morning
and J everj'thlng • was in , plain -¦ sight. ' ' . -
Superintendent Palmer said this morn-:
ing that the. disaster,' seemed'.to due\to
a mistake on" the part* of Foster! 'Jt j . • • .¦
."'.;' ' collision 'between two -freight
trains at the mail dock, three-quarters of
a • mile : from "heTe;* at%5 "o'clock'thls "md^h
!"»•; • - i --'v - :V : •:., ': >^V- V -J\./-
The • trains . crashed ,ihto : each other in
the. yards, ;No. 221, the • westbound Oregon
freight, .-.running. Into .•No.,'-.292y:the "east
bound Sacramento freight. . jfp^.- .202-, was
due : to . leave Benicia at 3 , a. m. and* .had
just eoU under way/when No. .,221$ loomed"
up-in-. front :of It.':. Engineer Frank iHpp-:
per and Fireman 'John 1 McCarthy, of * No. v
202 jumped ,: and saved/t themselves, . : but
Engineer;, Foster, «• Foreman f. Davis j and
Brakeman Cute of/ No. 221 were caught in
:ttie wreckage."'" ¦'-• < ¦' r •\\::\ '/^f-'i \ "
. The blame for the accident, is! alleged to
lie with" Engineer Foster, in' disobeying the
' rules of :the; yard'^by notvha\ing "his train
undpr, control. /.He. had a^clear ;.tf ack but
did not slow upl '. Conductor. Plane of .the
eastbound -train j danger,- and ran
ahead, in a^frantic. effort ;to "switchCthe
westbound -to : ranother7 track/. but' it' was
too late.'. WhenXhe .was" 'within' ten feet
of ' the - switch fcj the h engine - thundered
over, it. ' , -v , ¦'-..'"..'' ' T '•"—'' ~ . "
» . \ '¦ HEAPS I, OP
j The, wreckage covered* the yard, butlit
was soon cleafea.'^The Injured- were^re-;
moved to- the" railroad hospital 'for treat
ment - and j the '¦ dead were taken to ' their
relatives^:'' :'•'¦'¦ Y--t, '' "¦' ; t '\ "¦ : . ¦' "
__ -^^ENICIA. Nov. ... 27.-^Englneer
-^ «fr^Wt Hairy -Foster.- ' arM -*» Flrenjaii
Vm ('&?"**• w Davis; were" killed?a6d"
» :^*« • , Brakeman? j;j J; ; Cute was; se]-
J&^*^r\' riously:- • injured ] .in» a headon
• When MacVeagh submitted this plan ;of
agreement* to the operators last week .they
were unanimous In • approving it,: but . had
no hope that Mitchell would sign it. Baer
was among' those who approved when he
thought Mitchell would reject It. * * -; - : ' ;
After the first conference between Mac-
Veagh and Mitchell* last Friday MacVeagh
reported ? to 'the , operators that : Mitchell
was ready.; to sign. Then Baer. repudiated
the whole business and refused to agree
to the plan submitted by .the attorney .'for
the bperators.!,:Baer, and not .. the inde
pendent coal operators, is responsible for
the failure. .The independent operators
were never; a party, to the Investigation or
plan of 8 arbitration. MacVedgh repre
sented the- six! railroads that operate sev
eral mine's. r They '¦ agreed with . his plan!
All but Baer^ were . ready to .sign , after
Mitchell had .agreed /to accept: the plan.
Baer: is the one? who defeated ;thls last
effort to settle" tlie coal strike.'
MOST IMPORTANT OF/ ALL. V
This last item in the agreement /Mac-
Veagh regarded as the most important of
all. It provided for a series of arbitra
tions, from the foremen of the mines up
through the various officials and finally
named Judge George Gray of the United
States Circuit Court as arbiter whenever
an agreement was impossibly between the
direct representatives of the operators and
the miners. There was to*, be' no strike or
dered without 1 six months', notice.
•J .ORIGINATES; THE IDEA. '¦/'
tletneABtrike .independent of th(ifcomml3
'ston.'sajftdyhe'; sigried^a telegram to ' the
cpmmlssioh' requesting the. suspension" of
'its meetings 'for -a week to give the '.op
erators: and miners an opportunity" to *get
together. Wayne MacVeagh, attorney for
the Erie Railroad, was selected to act for
the operators and confer with Mitchell. '.». .
.¦The operators' considered the tentative
plan of settlement drawn up by; Mac-
Veagh and approved it; but doubted_tho
ability of the attorney to reach an agree
ment with Mitchell. : : .
" ¦-.' MaeVeagh Invited -• Mitchell to come to
Washington last Friday and they held an
all-day conference at the Willard. They
reached ah'agreement on every important
point: This agreement provided for all
per cent increase^in- wages, an : eight-hour
.day. checlc j welgjhing at the ¦ mine to be
paid for by , the miners, no recognition of
the union and no discrimination against
cither, union or non-union men, each rail
road company! to -settle, with 'Its own em
ployes,.a contract for three .years and a
plan of arbitration for the settlement -of
difficulties in the future.
.Copies of ,- the ; agreement drawn'/up, by
MacVeagh as attorneyifor; the -operators
and acceptable to Mitchell; have b'een-s'ubr
mitted\to:the|Presidfrnt^WthVa:-fWirhisf
tory'of the -most' reeentfefforts 1 to. reach
a- settlement of the- strike. "-/These'', papers
show that Mitchell was ready to agree
to the^ plans i submitted: by. the attorney
for -the v operators, \ and that the «trlke
would I have been settled . and provision
made for; future settlements' of .like con
troversies a had inot\. Baer, "again 1 broken
faith • and i defeated; both ,*tKe opera tors' r
and miners' efforts.- ; ; I',-. ??'>.;¦/ V{ '¦'.¦'
' When.thc full' history of! the strike and
the failures to settle it, is* made public it
will c appear ,that Baer ha$ l been t tbe oho
man -more ; responsible than any other for,
the condition bordering dn anarchy ; 'in the
anthracite > regions. •*. s ' .'= ¦ . {+"• - -. >• '^)%. ¦'.
; CAI)L*BUREAU,- ; 1406^iVSTREET, ; N.
W^^iWASHINGTONi^Noy.^ 27.--George
Baer, president; of the Railroad
and ".self-constituted Ambassador,' in all
matters ¦ pertaining ¦ to": anthracite *coal, \ is
the man . who defeated * the' agreement of
theTcoal operators and" miners j as \ the ; re •
suit of the - conference^ between John
Mitchell and Wayne MacVeagh 'in' this city
last' Friday. :¦¦;'.' ; : /\v";: '¦- :C-V V - V^-" : ¦ ' 'S
Special; Dispatch Ho'rThe Call.
Knox has reported that the. title is
'•good, sound and unincumberedV' Cer
tain Senators take the ground that this
does not mean "satisfactory." and argu
ments will be made on this line. Only in
Its bearing on the ratification of the
treaty can the Senate pass on the ques
tion of the validity of the title. Should
it decide that there is still a question of
Panama rights. It would, of course, have
Influence on any vote on the treaty.
It is held by Senator Morgan and others
Interested in canal legislation that the
agreement made by Costa Rica and Nic
aragua, in 1300 to grant perpetual control
of the strip Is In force any time the
United States sees fit Mo begin negotia
tions for a treaty. «No question of com
pensation was mentioned in this agree
ment. It is furthermore known to lead-
Ing Senators and the State Department
that both Costa Rica and Nicaragua
stand ready to agree to a treaty drawn
up In the wording . of Secretary . Hay.
Another. important matter to be brought
up In the discussion of the question in
the renate early in the session Is the
contention of leading Senators that the
Colombian Government has no authority
to begin negotiations of a treaty for. the
cession . of territory .without first being
authorized, by the Colombian Congress.
No such authority has been granted and
no such Congress is. in existence at the
present time. ¦'¦.?. . j. .
HAS NO AUTHORITY.
Senator Morgan of Alabama, either on
the first or second day of the session, will
move that this report be referred to the
Committee on Interoceanic Canals, of
which he is chairman. This will give an
opportunity for discussion of the canal
cubjcct, and first of all Knox's report will
be brought in question. >The Senate, how
ever, has nothing to do with this report
es regards a decision. The President
alone, according to the terms of the canal
act, must decide whether or not the title
is "satisfactory." **
Thus spoke to-day a United States
Senator, who has been 'identified with
canal legislation 'and interested deeply Jn
the subject for many years: He is not
bound to any particular rdute. " His only
desire is an isthmian -canal from? the At
lantic to' tbe : Pacific by the- best route
aiiti In the quickest --posllbfo time. *
• U developed to-day that the question of
cs.na.1 legislation will be opened, up .imme
diately on. the assembling of. Congress
for the short session. Whatever the
President may report in his message,
questions will be asked as to the'negotia
tions with Colombia. Costa Rica and
Nicaragua. The subject of Attorney Gen
eral Knox's report on the .Panama title
will at once be brought up and its sound
ness Questioned.
. "It is too late now. Colombia has lost
her chance and the Instability of her
Government has been exposed. Lack of
authority to negotiate a treaty is ln
cubitably In evidence. All of this appears
under cover of a grasping disposition and
an evident attempt to drive a' hard bar
gain. No itreaty Would ever be ratified by
the United States Senate. Once rejected,
the President is compelled by the terms
of the canal act to turn to Nicaragua. I
think a, Nlcaraguan canal will ty built"
QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED.
Even should, the patience of President
Roosevelt and Secretary Hay overcome
Colombia's undignified haggling and re
sult In ' the treaty, ¦ the final and fatal
obstacle to the building of a Panama
canal will be found In the United States
Senate. . . ....
CALL BUREAU. 1406 G STREET, N.
W.. WASHINGTON. Nov. 27.— Nicaragua,
not Panama. It lookV, and more so as
the session of Congress approaches, like
«a American canal by. a route unincum
bered, *nd •which in more ways than one
has won the popular approval of the peo
ple of the United States. .
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Opposition Th&t Prevents
Operators- "¦From:- Sigh-
ing^Agreiment. " ;
It Is Now Declared Colombia
Has No Authority to
Make Treaty.
Nicaragua Waterway
Is Decidedly in
Favor.
President o| Reading
lltbM Stiii||fls;
Sole to
Flan. r
Such Is Sentiment
of American
Senators.
BAER BLOCKS
COAL STRIKE
SETTLEMENT
FOR A CANAL
BY ROUTE NOT
INCUMBERED
The San Francisco Call.