Rescuers Land
19 Survivors
Of Sea Tragedy
Sailor*. Dazed and Weak,
Tell of 2 Boats Swallowed,
in Sea With Captain and
38 of Manxman's Crew
Aid Quarter of Mile Away
Steamer Answered Distress
Call, but Cale Prevented
Launching of Lifeboats
N'ineteon snilormen. still weak and
dazed from exposure in a lifeboat on
?he Atlantic, were brought to port yes?
terday en the British steamship British
Isles. Tl ev are the s?>le survivors o:'
the crew of fifty-nine officers and men
of the British freighter Manxman
which foundered in a pare off the coast
of Nova Scotia December IS.
Thoy saw Captain Burgess, master
r tb' lost vessel, hurled into the sea
?>on? s lifeboat and swallowed up in n
wave. Theirs ?as ho only one of
three boats that lived long: enough in i
-r sale to reach the steam
,hjp Brit sh Isles, which steamed about
?n search o: the foundering Manxman
s quarter of a mile away. Chilled by
?he icy ?T-"1'"'- ;-u> survivors were unable
?o handle tl e oars. Five wore hurled I
nto the ?-cri at different times, but
managed to ?irrr-j; to a small raft which
served as a sea anchor to their life?
boat.
In vain they looked for a boat to
come ou: f:om the big freighter stand
ing by. bu* none was lowered to help
them. Every time the tr.?>n of tire
British Isles attempted to lower a boat
. waa h..r against the ship's sides
and smashed.
By degrees the same nitiiess gale
that wrecked their vessel worked them
'.earer the rescuing freighter and after '
early two hours o? waiting they i
fitted clos? enough to take a une. h :
was then that the crew of the British
isles went o\ 7 tir? ;ide in lifeboats
and one by one hauled the "naif frozen
?urvivors t< t ie deck. Once aboard,'
? hey ?ere sti pped .?: their wet clotii
rng and put into warm bunks, but de?
spite this cai one of the twenty sur- ;
:-.ors dice..
When the Manxman left Newport
News for Portland, Mo., to load grain
or Gibraltar, :?: master, Captain Al
.?n Brook?, was too ill to sail. The
essel was then turned over to the
?'?mmand of Mr. Burgess, the chief of
? jer. who perished when he left her |
in a lifeboat.
When some forty hours on her way '
?n Gibraltar the Manxman got into a
;';gh and confused sea and her cargo of
grain shifted, giving her a big list to '
?)ort. ?She hud been it: this plight for
ten hourr the British Isles sight-1
?d her, on December 17, and signalled
?mat .-:.?. wou ? stand by. Several
times the rescuing v,-^sel tried to lower
noats, but ?as ui able to get one off to
the founderii g Mai xman.
She stood by fr? m early morning ;
inti: - the light of day ;
vas fadi ? ? - , :? boats put out from
the do :.???: steamship. Two were
quickly swamp? ; the thirty-nine :
men who occupied them were swallowed ?
up in the sea. The third boat, which '
kept afloat, contained the twenty men .
who were, saved.
Hoping that he might be able to ?
rescue others. Captain J. H. Gore, of i
the British isles, steamed about in the
tl roughout the night, and at
dawn, when there was no sign of life
? e 'derelict or in the waters
around it, he resumed his voyage to
"?-?rk.
The rescued men are Andreas Poma,
,1. S. Boxall, Frank MeC'oud, Edgar,
Hanson, \V. S. Mandur. William S.
Leigh, Paul Keenan, Herbert Nathan,
James Fairweather, Thomas W. Hem
ing, E W Mitchell, Sydney Thomas,
William Russell, Angel Batiologo, Will- ;
iam ,1. Bates, John M. Montgomery,
George Dimitrios and Gricos Goylialas.
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Palmer Coal
Plan Refused
By Operators
Oontlnn-Ml from pnK?" I
tial commission they expect to have a
representative meeting in Washington.
Only a few of them are here at present,
but others have been summoned and are
expected in a few days. In advance of
this conference it is not known what
action will be taken, but it was under?
stood today that objection!, may be
found to the proposal of the President
that there be ?n arbitration of the
question of hours if that is likely to
bring about the six-hour day and'the
five-day week originally demanded by
the miners. The operators are said to
feel that Tresident Wilson himself in
an early communication to the miners
declared these demands to be more than
could be granted at present, with indus?
trial conditions such as they are. They
rely also upon the fact that "the interna?
tional labor conference approved a for?
ty-eight-hour week.
They do not wish the commission to
be one which can fix wages and prices
on coal, and are standing by the 14
per cent advance in wages proposed by
Dr. Garfield, under which the miners
are now working.
Senator Townsend, of Michigan, a
member of the Senate committee in?
vestigating cobI, said to-night:
"1 know nothing offthe members of
the commission sa\c Mr. White, who
was. I believe, regarded as quite influ?
ential in some Administration circles
by Dr. Garfield when he was with the
fuel administration.
"I think the operators are telling the
truth when they say they knew nothing
of the present agreement. All they
knew was the agreement announced by
Dr. Garfield. I don't think it was a
square deal. There was a compromise,
and I now can see lots of trouble ahead
for both the miners and the operators.
Of course, every one is in favor of a
permane U commission to settle dis?
putes i?i the coal industry, but to have
a commission appointe?! the majority
of which is against the public is not
a proper way to settle the matter."
White House Door
Open to Gompers
Coal Man Asserts Union
Leader Walks In at Will
and Without Knocking
Special Corrr?<pondenre
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 21.?"I know
that the president of the American
Federation of Labor is so powerful in
Washington that, unbidden, unexpected
and unannounced, he has walked
through the back door of the Presi?
dent's private office and, without being i
rebuked, has listened while the heads
of great business organizations had
their conferences with the Executive."
This declaration by George H. Cush- !
ing. of Washington, managing director,
of the American Wholesale Coal Associa- ,
tion, startled the audience that had
assembled last evening to hear his ad?
dress on "Coal and Labor" at the ;
PubHc Forum held by the Civic Club ?
of Allegheny County.
Mr. Cushing spoke in justification of
Dr. Harry A. Garfield'? resignation as
head of the Federal fuel administra?
tion, criticised former Secretary Mc
Adoo for his statement in the coal
strike controversy that coal operators
had realized 2,000 per cent profit in
1917, and gave his own plan for han?
dling the mining situation in the
future.
"Dr. Garfield was justified in resign?
ing," said Mr. Gushing, "because At?
torney General Palmer and Secretary
Tumulty, with the evident sanction of
President Wilson, made an agreement
with the striking miners' officials ab?
solutely without consulting Dr. Gar?
field and entirely in opposition to Dr.
Garficld'B plan for ending the strike."
Mr. Gushing said he did not bolieve
the commission appointed by President
Wilson ever will get through with its
task and make a report, unless the re?
port should be a patched, one, prepared
for political purposes.
"The task cut out for the commission
is too vast to be completed In six weeks
or six years," said Mr, Gushing, "if it
is gone about honestly and with the in?
tention of giving justice to all parties
concerned."
Mr. Cushing declared, in denial of
Secretary McAdoo's assertion, that not
one local operator in three, taking the
country at large, is making a success
of the business.
"My plan," said Mr. C?shing, "is a co?
operative one, or, rather, a partnership \
affair, to conduct the coal mining busi- :
ness successfully. Employer and em?
ployee should share in the profits of
all industries, especially the coal in?
dustry."
Coal Board Is Declared
Not a "Public Tribunal" j
The commission appointed by Presi- j
dent Wilson to settle the bituminous \
coal strike is not "either in puppose j
or effect a public tribunal" and can- ?
not effect a permanent solution of the
difficulty, Thomas H, Watkins, chair?
man of the Central Pennsylvania Bi?
tuminous Coal Operators' Association,
declared in a statement here lnat
night, in which he protested against
the limitation of the commission to
three men.
Mr. Watkins said his association
takes the position that a "public trib?
unal" consisting of the "nine ablest
men available, five representing the
public, two the operators and two tho
miners," Is the only competent com?
mission to handle the difficulty.
Miners9 Leaders Approve
Make-Up of Commission
Action of Operators in Op?
posing Survey Is Denounced
as Evidence of Insincerity
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 21-Full con- |
I fidence in the commission appointed by
j President Wilson to investigate the
bituminous coal industry and determine
wages and working conditions was ex?
pressed at headquarters of the United
Mine Workers of American here to?
day. Ellis Scarlcs, editor of "The Mine
Workers' Journal." said the miners feel
they will be treated fairly by the com- j
: mission.
"The commission is composed of j
men of the highest integrity and ,
honor," Mr. Searles said. "Mr. White,
representing the mine workers, and ?
Mr. Peale, the operators, know coal (
mining as thoroughly as any two men :
in America. Mr. Robinson is a high j
grade business man. and there is no
doubt that he will be a valiant repre
sentative of the public."
Referring to the statement issued by
the operators last night, to tho effect
i that as yet they had not agreed to tho
strike settlement terms, Mr. Searles
said:
"While the miners patriotically ac
i cepted the plan of President Wilson for
j settlement of the recent strike and now
; place their case in the hands of the
, commission, it is interesting to note
that the operators are balking as if
I they do not desire a settlement. Be
j fore tho strike began the operators pro
| posed arbitration and shouted fran
! tically for it, They demanded that the
i controversy be submitted to a board to
j be named by the President. The miners
rejected this proposition, as it came
! from the operators. Now, however, the
i miners have accepted arbitration when
: proposed by the President, and the
operators are fighting against it. Were
' the operators sincere in demanding ar
j bitration then, or are they sincere in
? opposing it now that they have got it?"
Puts "Jazz in Boycott"
Makes Bonfire of Japanese Silks
as Shantung Profest
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21.?Quong
| Chung, a Chinese merchant, made a
I bonfire to-night in the main street in
Chinatown of Japanse silks, ebony fur?
niture and other merchandise valued at
$1,000, which he had just received from
the Custom House. He did this, he
said, as a protest against Japanese
occupation of Shantung and in an effort
to extend the Chinese boycott of Jap?
anese goods to America. "A stunt to
put. jazz in the boycott," he said.
Several thousand Chinese who wit?
nessed the fire were addressed by two
students, who called on their country?
men to take a determined stand against
what they termed encroachment on
Chinese rights.
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