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THE bKMI-WEEKLY MESSKNUEK: FRIDAY, JTJAE 30, tS&8. i . it 1 r ! i I ! t- X. V Entered at the Postofflce at WUminjr- N. C, as second class mall matter. OK aUBSOiUi'i'iU.. TI a DAILY MESSENGER, by man, &e ear, 37.00; bIx months, U3.50; three aaoi.chs, $1.75; -one month, 50 cents. TJ iE SEMI-WEEKLY MESSENGER tw page papers), by mall, one year, -5L00: six months. 60 cents. In advance. WILMINGTON. X. C. FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1899. TUri QUESTION OF LA II Oil FOR THE SOUTH. It is indeed) noticeable and signifl- cant that both agriculturists and man ufacturers in. the south are discussing the labor question. While some who have spoken prefer the negro as a la borer to any whites that are available, there are others who complain heavily o the unsatisfactory character of the negro labor now. It is less efficient than a quarter of a century ago. Bad politics have had no little to do with negro demorilization and ineffective nese. The Messenger has given the opinion of an intelligent resident in oar state from New Jersey, who is amazed at the inefficiency of the ne groes as a class. It has also told how four white men in Nova Scotia load in less time a bark of coal than eight negroes here will load. It gave recent ay what was said in a meeting of man ufacturers at Louisville, Ky., which -was to the discredit of negro labor in factories. Quite lately the Messenger .published opinions for and against in 3l meeting held in Washington. The question of negro efficiency and in--fluence upon southern industrial enter prises is becoming uppermost. It will -continue to attract more and more at tention with the years. We have seen enough for forty years to convince us hat they can be made and are capable aa laborers in to bacco factories. There are ten thousand workman to prove this. As to cotton factories that is iuite another question. Lt is very certain, we hold and be lieve, that the south will become more and more a manufacturing country. There is development on many lines of industry, andi cotton milling particu larly attracts attention and elicits much discussion in New England and other sections in the north. All efforts .on the part of designing, selfish and -mious critics fail here. The business is steadily enlarging, and large profits are being realized. The serious trouble -in the south is the very low price of .-. cotton and the extremely unsatisfactory condition of farming in tobacco, corn, cotton, etc. 'The Atlanta Dixie is a progressive, - wide-awake, well edited monthly in v rinsirial rjublication. While not shar- ingfe some of its views in the past, -jre were impressed with an editorial 1 in its June number concerning labor In the south. It particularly considers j ' .1. A .'11 TTPirrn labor, and It neneves tnat it win i :be a good thing for the south instead -of a drawback in the long run. It : bases its opinion upon the dangers at tending organized labor, as now oper ; ating, and the indifference of the negro :io such unions or combinations. Upon general principles we incline to the opinion that Dixie is at fault here. In Ubxth Carolina and other states the ne groes have rushed into political unions, cliques, organizations, and did so im mediately after the war. They believ ,5d all that was told them too by the white manipulators whom they follow . ed with blind eyes and intense infatua tion. We cannot see why the negroes cannot be controlled by labor unions in Lihat way. Not necessarily northern -onions that are inimical to negro labor. The Dixie holds that the "negro stands as a permanent and positive barrier against labor organization in the south, j JThls declaration is not carelessly j nade. It is based upon a painstaking : investigation wnicn nas eneuueu .through many years of intimate ac quaintance with southern conditions, both industrial and sociological." You caa accept or not this dictum, but we confess to much skepticism at this . point. It says it is no enemy "to or ganized labor or organized power of ;any character whatsoever, so long as .the 6trength gained through organiza tion is used for public or private benefit without hurt or danger to individual rights or public welfare." That is well and cautiously stated. Any com bination that strikes at either the rights and prosperity of ' individual en terprise or the public welfare is dan gerous and in the end hurts all con cerned, both those who combine and those at whom they deliver a blow. The law of God, of the New Testament, Ls the right rule for all corporations as of all individuals to always do unto others as you would be done by. Any i departure from this golden rule is im . moral and oppressive. We think Dixie precisely correct when it declares it "is i an enemy to that character of organi sation 'which is effected merely for the '.sake of power, -without regard to indi vidual or public tights. It worthy ar tisans (band together fox protection against the drones and deadbeaU who adopt the badge of labor in order that they may profit from the Industry of others, or if capitalists Join purees to promote some worthy enterprise that is beyond the resources of a single inves tor, surely such organization is a ben efit and a blessing to mankind. But organization is an absolute menace when capital unites merely to defeat competition, or when labor unites merely to say, 'You shall not " If that is not precisely right then we are precisely wrong. If justice, right eousness and humanity are not all in volved in that statement then wo suffer from intellectual torpor and wrong ap pears right. But what well organized brain presided over by a conscience not dead from abuse will hesitate to accept that clear presentation of the subject? It Is clear almost as a math ematical demonstration and appeals to every fair-minded man's consciousness. There are some excellent labor or ganizations that are controlled by right principles, are actuated by proper mo tives, and aim at accomplishing good and not harm. Dixie recognizes this and says correctly of one organization. We quote: "There is one such organ ization in existence today the Broth erhood of Locomotive Engineers. Mem bership in this order is a diploma of merit. The railroads have the highest possible appreciation of its character." We cannot today pursue the discus sion farther, but we shall probably recur to it and with more reference to negro labor. THE IllITC IIAKD.UA IHCAL SC'IIKITIK UNCOVKUEO. There is a new turn on the wheel of politics in North Carolina. It is the Ignorant white man who must be made to suffer at the hands of the republi cans. We do not see the Asheville Register, reported the special organ of Jeter Pritchard, the Tennessee adven turer who so unfortunately misrepre sents 'North Carolina in the United (States senate where Badger and Gra ham and Bragg and Haywood1 and Strange and Vance once sat. The fol lowing is copied from the republican negro organ into the Raleigh Post: "But why does the desire to elimi nate ignorance extend only to the ne gro? If Ignorance is a constant men ace to the state, certainly it ought to be wholly eradicated, and not stop at the least offensive part. The ignor ance which disturbs the peace in this state is found among the whites in the democratic party, and not among the negroes. If the negro Is unfit for the ballot by reason of his lack of learning, certainly the white man who is equally as ignorant is also unfit for the ballot Nta amount of sophistry can destroy the force of this argument." So it is not the ignorant negro but the ignorant white man who is actually "more offensive" of the two. It is the poor white 'man's "ignorance which disturbs the peace in this state" they are the law breakers and of course fill the jails and penitentiaries, and not the sable race. The Messenger has of ten mentioned that prior to the war the white illiterates were very often among the best of citizens and voted as wise ly, discreetly and patriotically as the educated whites. We have known such men of the highest character for honesty, common sense, uprightness and virtue. But when did any one ever know an ignorant negro who was a man of virtue, of truth, of honor, of intelligence, and who voted like a free man instead of a slave lashed by his political boss and master? The amend ment must be defeated because it falls short because it does not relegate the good and true white citizens who hap pen to be unlettered to the company of ignorant, stupid blacks who vote with out any proper responsibility of citi zenship and always as they are per suaded or commanded by white lead ers who use them for their own par ticular and selfish purposes. If the amendlment would only "disfranchise" all of the. best of white voters who are classed as illiterates it would make Jeter and his gang of implacables so very happy. The Post, edited by a man who lived for a decade or two in western Carolina, writes this: "In western North Carolina there are as many 'ignorant whites we will say relatively, in the senator's, as in the democratic party. We know some of them, and we will also say we know them to be honest, well meaning citi zens. And yet the Register and its as sociates in opposition o the amend ment, would disfranchise these white men along with the ignorant negroes, the latter being, it says, the 'least of fensive part.' Contrast the ignorant negroes of Asheville, who constitute several hundred of the voters of that city, with the ignorant white members of the Register's party in western North Carolina; and ask those white republicans if they consider themselves more 'offensive' as voters than those negroes." You may expect to see a great deal of such stuff as that of the Register for campaign purposes, and to hear the demagogue vociferate and reiterate through the months the same blarney, meant to bamboozle, and "rot" uttered to fill out the appeal to prejudice, but all will fail we must believe. We must believe that the true white men of North Carolina true to their lineage, their blood, their race, their families, their state will stand together and vote for the adoption of the amend ment that will alone satisfy the de mands of the White Race, meet the necessities engendered of the past, and restore fully the public peace, the pub- . lie prosperity and general confidence. The Post well puts In the following: "The democrats make no such, charge. It comes from the republican organ, the mouthpiece of the organization which opposes the amendment which, does not propose to disfranchise any of these white republicans, but does propose to eliminate from the privilege of the ballot and therefore the power to continue to do harm, that class of ignorant colored people who have shown, no less to the republican white citizens who are not office-holders or office-seekers than to democrats, their unfitness to exercise the electoral fran chise. "The Register knows for the above is a tacit admission of the fact that the proposed amendment will not dis franchise any white people." The fiat has gone forth this is a White Man's state. It does not mean injustice, oppression, hostility to the negroes. I tmeans law, order, the su premacy of the governing race, the pro gress of industry, the education of the masses of both races, the restoration of peace and good will. If the amend ment shall be defeated by any sort of combination, and the return of negro rule, through corrupt and viciou3 white bossing, shall become an accomplish ed fact, then the prospect will be that the whole excitement of race supre macy will begin anew with intensified passion as a product of disappointment and threatened danger to civilization, to society, to the reigln of law. HOW THE 1 AW OPERATES. Much objection was raised to the t Louisiana law regulating suffrage. It I was severely criticised and denounced, i But thus far it has stood !the Are well, and no high tribunal off justice has in ( iterfered in any way with its operations or undertaken to damn it as unconsti- tutional. In fact it has been a composer of race troubles to a great extent in ' Louisiana, and all classes have accept- , ed it. State Senator Cordill has been j in New York and was interviewed by I the Tribune. He talked straight out : about the suffrage law and said it was ' no longer an issue among the people in j his state. We quote: "There is not much politices in Louis iana at present. Everybody is content ; ed with the conditions as they now ex ; ist, and there aren't any fights on hand. : The suffrage question will be a dead ; issue in our state for at least a quarter of a century. Louisiana, yoU know, is one of the three states which have at tempted to deal with it. Mississippi took it up first. Then South Carolina and then Louisiana. The Constitution al Convention, of which I was a mem ber, met last year in New Orleans, and we endeavored to profit by the exper ience of the other states. To show that we did, and to show the confidence that the people had in the new order of things, New Orleans last week voted $14,000,000 for water supply and er age purposes." If that law works so well in Louis iana, brings so much quiet and secures so much confidence in the stability of things, why shall it not do so in other states? Unrest, a feverish condition as to race troubles, an army of idlers neither safe for a community nor a state,, and that brings no revenues and helps to build up no improvements or institutions, are very much worse than any law that disqualifies only the vi cious and incompetent. HO.UK FOLK". We learn from the Richmond Dis patch 'that two contrbutions have been sent from North Carolina to the con federate museum at Richmond, Va. Mrs. John Allison, -of Concord, sends a picture of her father, the lafie Hon. Burton Craige who served four terms in the U. S. House. He was also in the confederate congress, and was a man of influence and ability. Mrs. Ella B. Brodnax, of Greensboro, N. C, sends a canteen and a scarf, which belonged to Colonel William L. Rankin, who died this year at his home, in Greensboro, N. C, in the 62d year of his age, with a large picture of that officer. Governor Russell is in profound doubt as to the possibility of good resulting from a conference of governors as to trusts. He doubts "any practical or successful effort can ever 'be made to secure the adoption by any considerable number of states of a steady and uni form policy looking to the suppression of such combinations." It will strike most "practical" men, the Messenger apprehends, that at least an effort to deal with the trusts should be made. Surely under our supposed form of government the states are not altogether powerless to deal with pub lic enemies who are conspiring to op press and wrong the people. We must hope that many governors will attend the proposed anti-trust conference in September and that from a "multitude of counsellors," wisdom and benefit may come to the public at large. The Oxford Orphan Asylum recent memorial celebration was a fine success. A big crowd was present, counting by thousands, and pleasant, happy speech es were made by Gen. W. R. Cox, Rev. Dr. Huffham, Prof. Hobgood, Adj.-Gen. Royster, Frank Winston, and N. B. Broughton. The memorial exercises to the late John H. Mills, a native of Vir ginia, but a great worker in North Car olina, who was the originator, the foun der of the most benevolent and useful asylum, were impressive and appropri ate. Many .Masons were in attendance. Dr. Hufham declared that the "chief glory of Masonry in North Carolina" is the asylum, and so it is. The report in the Raleigh News and Observer eays that "Rev. J. D. Newton, son-in-law of the late Mr. Mills, and their two bright little boys, and Prof. L. R. 'Mills, of Wake Forest College, were here to wit ness these services." Since 'Mr. Mills was in charge the "Masonic Fraternity have made important additions, in many buildings, until now it is a benevolent tam recall that some twelve or fourteen years ago. perhaps it was, we were present at another very Interest ing: celebratioJ1 on St John's Day. At least 1.500 peopU (some .said 500) were present and a nice pinner was g1v"en. Gov. Scales was present and made a capitally good address. The other speakers wen? Capt. Octaviut Coke and one or two others. There were several prominent visitors among them Dr. Eugene Grissom, CoL Tom Kenan, Charles P. Jones, of the Charlotte Observer. VIRGINIA .HOV1XG. There is much talk in Virginia, where the great war was waged so long and so many tens of thousands of soldiers perished in the strife, of the need of a school history of the United States. Virginia has two or three already. One by Mrs. Pendleton is regarded as con servative, truthful and acceptable. But the newspapers are urging, and old sol diers also, that still another history is needed. It is urged that Prof. Dabney, of the university of Virginia be detailed to prepare it. We suppose from his be ing so earnestly urged for the place that he has really special qualifications and can excel all other writers who have undertaken the work. The south really stands in need of help now. We see it announced, that Prof. McMaster, who has nearly completed a large work on the United States beginning, we believe, with the end of the "war of the rebel lion" in 1783, and filling some five or six volumes, has been employed by the northern army unions to write a book for them and from their standing:point. It is to be a partisan, northern work strictly. We read McMaster's first vol ume years ago of his ambitious at tempt. It was so one-sided, so unfair to southern statesmen, that we conclud ed not to spend time. and money upon subsequent volumes. He will be a good man to do the work for the northern soldiers. Of Prof. Dabney's selection, the Richmond Times says: "All right; if that can be arranged, we say let it be. We have pointed out some of the difficulties in the way of preparing a history which will be pop ular with the people of all the southern states, but we would not discourage any new undertaking. It may be that Pro fessor Dabney will have greater success than any other writer has had. At any rate, let him try his hand. We cannot have too many histories presenting the southern view of the causes and results of the civil war, and the fittest will sur vive, we trust." IIKEVITIF.S The factions in Kentucky united enough to nominate William Goebel for governor, and indorseed Bryan on bi metallic platform. Watterson wiii be more than ever on the ragged, edge. He and Buckner and Bill Bynum must form a new party. Rioting in Alabama between whites and negroes has broken out with three negroes dead, one dying and one wound ed. The negroes began the fight to pro tect a black rapist. It they try that on much race wars will become fre quent and will spread. There is a chance for a riot in Kentucky also. The new Yale University president, Hadley, has spoken. He is an expan sionist, an imperialist. Sorry for Tale. The Baltimore American, Rep., is hopeless of success- next year if the war continues. It is hard to determine which would be the greatest calamity, the countenance of the war or the elec tion of little McKinley for a second term. The Baltimore Sun - puts it well in saying that "the war for 'humanity is apparently developing Into a w if the trusts, which are fast sapping the vitality of the people of the country." There will be elections this year in eleven states and governors- are t'u be elected in six. Mrs. Cornelia Street has succeeded in bringing her brother, Alexander Jester, to the gallows. He murdered her lover twenty-eight years ago, and compelled her to marry another man. He Is eighty. She says he murdered his com panion in cold blood and robbed him, and that he was always a villain. She is a very unnatural woman and sister. War talk increases in London. The government is pushing war prepara tions. In France there is a crisis, and it begins to look as it a revolution would yet come. France has not had a big time since 1870-71, which is very long for that excitable, mercurial people. The new ministry but just chosen an nounces that its sole purpose is to de fend the republic against revolution ary movements. In the 'chamber the factions apposed to the government have served notice that they will over throw the ministry so soon as it is possible to do so. How military men covet a "strong government" General Wood favors openly a strong "military" government for the Cubans, and opposes a republic. There is a lesson there of pretence, hypocrisy, and militarism. If the peo ple are not awake the "Man on Horse back" will appear in this country much sooner than any prophets have named or thought. The beginning of milita rism is the beginning of an empire. Imperialism is the death-knell of a re public, or what is left of it, for al ready no little is gone. What was war begun for against the Spaniards -to punish: Cuba and set up a military gov ernment, like Wood desires? The great slugging match, that came oft In New York city is discussed sharply in the religious papers of both sections. It ought to be discussed for It was a positive disgrace to the city that allowed it and to the 9,000, who witnessed the brutalities. It It unques tionable "a relic of barbarism0 as the northern Presbyterian Banner clrtac terixeait. It says: "The Roman arena, red with th blood of mortal combat, survives in the pugilistic ring. .Nine thousand Amer icans look on with frenzied excitement while two men under a white blaxe of electric light fight like beasts, and one with blood streaming down his face beats the other into Insensibility. The brute In us is not yet dead. This time it is the father of the victor that draws attention to himself and he Is a clergyman. He sent his 'blessings to his son oa the eve of the conflict. Chief of Police Devery also made an exhibition of himself.- Teddy, the Governor seems to have been "off duty." The North Carolina Presbyterian Standard is correct, we doubt cot, when it declares that such brutality "under the protection of the police could not have been fought in several of the southern states, barbar ous as they are. It is a good thing for reform also to begin at home." The tin plate monoDolv in this coun try has been many times exposed. I From the start it was a fraud and after being taken in hand by the republican party and given a big bounty it be- ' came an oppressor of the country, j Professor McVey, of the University of ; Minnesota, has published an article on , Trusts and the Tariff. He thinks that " some of the combinations would soon perish if the protection given them by the monstrous tariff was withdrawn. The New York Evening Post gives this, and it instructs: "He instances the Tin-Plate combine as one of this sort, and gives figures to show how the tariff works in this ; case. The Tin-Plate Trust was formed last December with a capital of $50, 000,000. The selling price of tin-plate . in Liverpool Is $2.30 per box. The cost of production in this country is $2.75 and the tariff is $1.62 per box, or 70 per cent, ad valorem. Since the for mation of the trust the price has been raised to $3.80 per box, which Is about . the Liverpool price with the duty ad ded. In other words, the trust pre vents the consumer from getting the benefit of domestic competition In the manufacture of tin-plate, and the tariff enables the trust to accomplish this . object" The eolck question, is vexing public : men in London latterly. There ds aax- ; iety as toj the gold reserve in the Bank ' of England. It is telegraphed to the goldbug New York Tribune that the : rise in the discount rate of the Reich- : bank, the efforts of Germany to attract gold, the expectation that money will be dear in the United States before the '; end of September and the determina- : tion of the Bank of France to protect its gold reserve have all accentuated. ' the situation. "The Statist" Is evl- ' dently viewing the situation with some : anxiety, and says that under certain ' conditions that may happen America "will wthdxaw gold from Europe In- stead of sending it hither, a9 now." ; After considering, the matter it con- ; eludes "that "London will be most for- tunate if a 4 per cent bank rate tides over the autumn, and suggests, in the event of the reserves-being seriously threatened that the London bank. 11 , , , . follow th example of the Clearing house association of New York in is- suing certificates." We have heard it prophesied that although money is low , xrv anta now In New York and other centers, that it will be high before a year ex pires. FayeUeville Newi Note (Correspondence, of The Messenger.) Fayetteville, N. C, June 28. rTi 11 - M A Y 111. t ine wans jl ine Asniey sk spinning: factory have now reached the second story, and a handsome and thoroughly equipped mill will soon be added to the I industrial enterprises of the city. Work.1 on the Tolar, Holt and Hart cotton fac tory Is also rapidly progressing. The colored people will soon have fin ished their lodge building on the corner of Donaldson and Mumford streets a Jarge building, which will probably be utilized for the sessions of two or three secret orders. The board of aldermen have had an important conference with the mana ger of the Fajjftteviire Gas and Electrics: Light Company, looking to the pur chase of the plant by the city. A board of experts, representing the interests of both parties, will be appointed to as sess the valui of the plant. Manager Kenly, of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, was here yes terday in his private car, and visited Hope Mills, with a view to the building of a new stationhouse there for both branches of the road that going to Bennettsvjile and the line to, Rowland. No Agreement About Wage m II In mlusbam Birmingham, Ala., June 28. The coal miners and operators have again failed to reach an agreement on a wage scale. The miners met In convention today and presented another scale. Th ators refused it and snt in a countei proposition which the miners decline-' liotn siaes are strictlv maintoinu. that they will make no concessions. The scale prepared by the miners provides for a minimum of 45 cents whsn iron Is Belling at 8J.00 per ton and a maximum of &5 cents, the wages advancing at the ratio of 2 cents on every 50 cent raise in iron until the miners are receiving 50 cents. Then it advances the rate of 2 cents on every dollar raise in the price of pig. The operators presented a counter scale providing a minimum of 45 cents and a maximum of 52 cents. The scale advances as provided in the min ers scale. Another disagreement is over the wages of the drivers. They are now receiving JL26 per day. The miners want wages Increased to U.47. Another conference will be held to morrow. Conrleted of Harder Philadelphia, June 27. William Epps, better known, as William Turner, alias "Face," colored, charged with the mur der of Mrs. Mary Ann Lawter, on Jan uary 30th, of this year, was tonight convicted of murder in the first degree. Epps and Samuel Dodson, another col ored man. were arrested shortly after the murder, in Richmond. Va. Dodson will also be tried for murder. COTTON is and vrl .l' (ly tinuo to be the i:u:y crop of the South. The planter who gets the most cot ton from a given area at the least cost, is the one who makes the most money. Good culti vation, suitable rotation, and liberal use of fertilizers con taining at least $ actual Potastti will insure the largest yield We will send Fr. upon application, pamphlets that will interest vrry cotton planter in the South. QEROA.V KALI WCBKS. 9 j rMiM St., New YorH WOOD'S TURNIP SEEDS! not only grow the Ixst turnips, but jr" they make m Urge yield tuanttty a.i $ aualky Lv. Our aim is to crow and 6 supply seeds that arc adapted in kind, ) variety ami growtn to me sou ana climate of the South, and taat we are succeeding is evidenced by the large Wood's Seeds enjoy. 9 If your mctchant does not sell V Wood '5 Seeds, send (or out special Turnip Seed Price-List, Small pack ages- can he sent by mail, and large ones cheaply and quickly by Irernt. 4. T. W. Wood & Sons,, Seedsmen, Richmond, Va. i WOOD'S FA IX CAT A LOGUF. tc)t all about Seeds for fail plamin : Crimson Clover, nalry or Sandvrtch. Kane. Winter Tui irf or Grazing Oat. tct Seed Wheats, Qrasseftaiul Clovers, Tur nip and VecrtaMe Seeds, Hya cinth and other Flowering Bulbs, &c Catalogue roaucd free write fur it. and rice of any aeedi required. All corrctixsndem e cheerful ly answered. 0 daily, wed pat, 4w; wk, 4tr A.THmiCA WITHOUT IIKDIIKKS For 111 Treatment and Murder lu n tral American Males 'New Orleans, Jane 27. B. B. Pear&, brother of Frank Peart, who was kill ed by a sentry in San. Pedro, Spanish Honduras, on January 31st, and whose killing was made (the subject of offi cial Inquiry hy the United States, reached! New Orleans last night. Mr. Pears alleges United States Minister Hunter has done nothing; in the matter. Pears will again press ttho . case at Washington. Pears was. refused per mission by the Hunduran authorities to disinter the body of. his brother. John B. Richards, and W. H. Har ris, American citizens, havo also reached this city, having been ejected from Guatemala by the gjovernment of .that country. The men claim they 1 discovered' a gold mine in the province JP Je; wb t 117 ? worth of gold in an hour. They went nto zacapa to have their claim record- ; ed, and were immediately warned by !, the authorities that they must leave ae,hnjft- Intoad ;,to their claim. On June ISth, they al lege, troops were &ent after them. Richards was arrested, he eaye, and. taken to Zacapa, where he was thrown into a filthy prison. He notified Min ister Hunter, but two days later, he al leges, he was taken to the train" at the f end of a rope and carried to Port Bar- I rios. At Port Barrios. Richard a f a . . r 1 np was lmnrmnntvli fnr- twn Hi vo 4k out food. Then he was put aboard a. steampr and hl fr tmAL ms tl tta rT xTlZJtl AT Ho found Harris on the same ship. It is stated at the state department that the criticisms pse& upon Min ister Hunter in connection, with the Pears case are entirely . unwarranted by the facts. It is said that eo far from Mr. Hunter's being responsible for any delay In the prosecution of the claim, against Honduras the state depart ment has simply, delayed further ac tion on representations to it that the man Pears who had Just arrived in New Orleans briigs important facts that the department thould have before: preceding. Already a claim for Indem nity in the amount of $10,000 on ac count of the killing of Pears, has been lodged, and the-department has stead ily Tefused to entertain any offer to ar bitrage it The amount of the indem nity is regarded as ample, and the caso Is said to be In good sbi?. Can't Agree on tne Wage Question Pittsburg, June 27. Secretary John WDliams, of the Amalgmated Associ ation, has notified all lodges of ttui fail ure to agre? on the tin plate wager scale. The lodges are. asked to mL Jand again consider tho scale. Mx. WH- iiauia uwa nui expeci 10 receive re plies from the various lodges bofore next week. Special meetings win have to be held in order to decide upon what action shall be taken. It win be at least two weeks before another con- rerence can be arranged. The delay in i 1 in ik in k me tine pi ate scale will re sult in serious loss to the workers A low estimate as to the lois In wages if a settlement is reached within two weeks is over $1,000,009. fully three fifts of which would be paid workers JSJST1. Pennsy1,vanla. If the plants continued in operation. A .TIercenary Po.tma.ter Arretted Key West; Fla., June 27. As a result of an examination of the postoffice af ialrs here today Louis Otto, the post- 5fi!r arTesti oa charges pre ferred by Postmaster Inspector J. R. Rosson and taken before United States commissioner Craine. who placed Otto under $2,000 bond to appear before mm tomorrow for a hearing. Otto is charged with appropriating to his, own use portions of the salaries of the va rious clerks employed in the postoffice. John SM. Warden, who until recently waa Otto's assistant, will probably be appointed postmaster.