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THE DAILY PRESS
Is the only newspaper
In Newport News thitt
receives full Associated
Press report.
vol. xl, no. m
COAL MINERS STRIKE
NOT COMPLETE TIE-UP
New York Sends Out Report That
Operators (Ire Hopefui for
Early Settlement.
MANY FIRMS SIGN THE SCALE
Workers For Those Companies Will
Gel a Goodly Advance in Wages,
Amounting to More Than Fivo Per ?
Cent.?No Disorders Arc Reported, j
Except One Shooting.
<Hy Associated Press.)
NtJW YORK*. April 2.?Although
Hie gr?ntest suspension of cuul hilu
I tig in the II titled Slates si neu the
production id' fuel attained its pros
cut enormous total, occurred today, |
the fear of a complete tlu up lit lite
Industry has passed nud the situation
Is expected to improve rapidly with ,
each day.
Reports received tonight from the I
hittnnniotis fields show that, iiiiinv of
the lending coal companies have
signed the P.iu:i scale, which gi.es
nearly ion.nun men an advunc? of
ri.r>5 cents over the wages of the la.it!
two years.
"PENNSY" HAS COSSACK ARMY.
These Men Termed Armed Strike
Breakers by John Mitchell.
W ILK KS HA RR P.. PA., April 2.?
During the strike of coal miners,
the men will encounter a new mili?
tary force in Pcnsyl viinia?mounted
bluecouts, who arc the agents of the
Stale.
The miners have dubbed Uiuin
?'Pennsylvania Cossacks." There, are;
lour troops of ihein. Tu) men in each
troop. Two of the troops are station?
ed in the hard cool region. TIjq oth?
ers are in the bituminous field at
Hreensbnrg und Punxsiila-wiioy.
The mounted officers of l.'.tc law are
equipped with short pocket cltiUs and
(.'oil's navy revolvers.
Nothing But Strike Breakers.
That .lohn Mitchell is not. wrong in
really Stale si ri lie-broil kcrs was
shown, recently during' a small strike
al Hie Lobalion iron mines. Half of
the troop located at Reading was has
lily despatched In the scene und a doz?
en arrests made. This action fright?
ened Hu* strikers and resulted in
breaking their campaign
Ruch troop of "Cossacks" lias been
supplied ? with maps of the territory
In which if is I oca tod, and Ihn map
in possession of Troop R, stationed
here, has marked upon it very plainly
every collier)' from Seranton to Nun
tlcokc.
The mounted police is u picked
body of men, and out. of tho 200 com*
posing the force 7S per cunt have
seen service in the regular army,
while the remainder have served in
the National Guard.
Operators Depend Upon Them
In the last strike Mio min? officials
tnesscd into a force a largo number
of strike breakers, under the guise of
cool anil iron police. President Mit?
chell charged that these men wcro
hoodlums picked up in tho slums of
largo Eastern cities.
Whilo Mtoy were supposed lo guard
the mine property, their business
was to provoke -violence, which they
dltl successfully in many Instances.
Most of the far-horalded "rioting" of
the last strike was Induced by those
men, tho press agents for the opera?
tors sending broadcast over the point
try exaggerating reports of violence
and anarchy.
These reports finally caused suffi?
cient, .public sentiment, ?against the
strikers to warrant Governor Stono
lit catling out 10.000, military troops,
nnd the operators gave out statements
Ih'at l.he strike would bo hrokoti In
two weeks. The strikers, ;howevcr,
refused to lie awed by the display of
amis.
The new "Pennsylvania- Cossacks"
worn really created by l.he State for
the operators to .aid in strike-break?
ing.
Miners Are Sanguine.
INDIANAPOMS. IND.. April 2.?Al
thotiRh half a million members of Hie
United Mine Workers of America
ceased work today. awaiting tho
granting of their wage demands.
N1
tr.erc Is nothing at the iititionul head?
quarters of the union here to Indi?
cate thiit. anything unusual has hau
pencil. All the officials are out of
the city and a corps of clerks and
stenographers is in charge of the of?
fices.
President John Mitchell is in New
York to meet I lie anthracite operators
tomorrow in a final attempt to arrive
at. an agroemeiit in the anthracite re?
gion. Vicc-ITesldent Lewis is in
Ohio directing the strike in that
State Secretary-Treasurer Wilson Is
at Clcarfleld, Pa., attending the joint
conference of the central Pennsylva?
nia district.
Independents to Sign.
The feeling at. the miners' national
headquarters concern I tig tin? situation
in the bituminous fields is sanguine.
It Is known that in the Western
Pcuhsylvnnn district, p. I.. Kotibiii?.
president of the Pittsburg Coal Com?
pany, will at once sign the scale, not
only for the Company'? mines, but for
bis own well. II. is expected the
Independent operators who will meet
tomorrow will agree to sgn tho scale
lo protect, their markets.
In West Virginia and Iowa, the dis?
trict Joint conventions between the
operators and minors are In session
at Charleston and Des Meines, and it
is hoped at. national headquarters tint,
the operators will meet, tho demand
for mi advance. The Michigan miners
and operators will meet, tomorrow at.
Sagluaw, Tin- central Pennsylvania
meet big will be held at Clearfiehl.
and the Kentucky meeting III Louis?
ville tomorrow.
Southwest to Grant Terms.
Ii is anticipated that few operators
in the Southwestern district, composed
of Missouri. Kansas. ArKausns. Texas.
Indian Territory and Oklahoma, will
grant tho scale for the present and a
prolonged strike may follow. In Ohio.
Indiana and Illinois the same ques?
tion is anticipated. I
Wellington U'coiinur. president of
Hie Indiana miners' organization, an?
nounced' today thai with two exeep-l
lions all the operators in Indiana
south of the Haiti more ami Ohio rail?
road, and several In the central part,
of Hie Stale, have signified I heir wil?
lingness to sign the scale.
Conducting Revival.
Rev. .1. W. Porter. I). 1).. pastor
of the Newport News Rapt ist church
went lo Richmond Sunday evening
and begun a series of revival meet?
ings at Hie Grove Avenue Haptist
church. He will be in Richmond ill
week.
HE HAD NARROW ESCAPE
Aeronaut's Parachute Struck by
? Illinois Central Train.
CROWD WATCH FIGHT FOB LIFE
Balloonist Descends 5,000 Feet and
Adverse Air Currents Drop him Di?
rectly Upon Railway Track?Threw
Himself Out of the way.
(Hy Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, II.I... April 2.?IJattling
with ad verso euren is Of air, which
were blowing him directly In front
of an Illinois Central express train,
as he descended ?.uon rent, ?front a
balloon to the oralh In a llitnsy para?
chute, iWilliam .Mattery, a French
aeronaut, yesterday fought for bis
life, while 5,000 people watched the
struggle.
The engineer of Hid train saw lite
aeronaut, loss than 201) feet In the air
above hint; descending directly before
bis train. Hi.- .applied I be air brakes,
but knew that unless Mint lory con?
quered the air currents he was |K>w
crloss to save ,biin from death. The
aeronaut fought with every muscle in
bis body. Ho swung himself back
and forth oil his little trapeze, kicked,
ond made every effort possible lo
swerve bis parachute away from the
path of tho' train.
Sank in Front of Train.
Suddenly the parachute sank quick?
ly to the ground just as the train
rushed by.
Thousands of persons inn.to the
scene, expecting to lind Hie mangled
body of the balloonist. The parachute
was crushed, but Mattery, by dinging
himself from it at the last moment,
hat escaped death under the engine
by two feet. He rolled down an em?
bankment and arose unhurt physical?
ly, but suffering from the strain
through which be had passed.
Mattery and VV. IT. McKlnney, all?
ot her aeronaut, had entered into n
balloon race at Sixty-seven Hi st reet
and SUmoy Island avenue. The win?
ner of tho novel contest was to lie
Hie one who- remained in the air
longest. AI $1.500. ?purse, the contri?
bution of Chicago aeronauts, w.ns the
reward lo Jmttory, the winner.
BWrORT NEWS, MA.
DQWIE KICKED OUT
DY HIS FOLLOWERS
Head of the Zioniles Summarily
Dismissed for Cause Which
Includes Many Crimes.
"PROFIT" A BAY OLD REPROBATE
Anvr tj the Many Different Accusa?
tions Against the Old Man Is That
He Taught Polygamy and That
Money Which Did Not Belong to
Him Has Been Misappropr'atcd.
(Hy Associated Prosa.) '
CHICAGO. H.I.S.. April i *--.li)liu
Alexander IJowie. head of ibd "Christ
inn Catholic Church of Zion.'' was iii
i day deposodd as a religious loader,
suspended from membership In ihe
church he founded, shorn of Lla tent*
poral possessions as far as they nie
located in SSIori City, the home of hir.
church, and warned to e?'!i>t the sit
union quietly lest worse things befall
Iii111 .
! The following message wat soul to
Howie rroni SSidii City:
"Howie. Oeollnn, Jalisco. Mexic >:
?'Telegram received hero ami Chi?
cago. Practically all. including Cm
cinnatl representatives endorse Vtv
livia's admiiilstratlon, Spcicher's ro',
Instatcment and Granger's raiontioii.
emphatically protesting against: your,
extravagance, hypocrisy, misrepie
sCutatlon, exaggerations, tyranny and
injustice.
"Von are hereby suspended front of?
fice and membership for polygamous
leaching and other grave charge;. See,
letter. Quietly retire.
?T'Tirtber I tit eric rente will - p-eoljr''
' t?te complete exposure, rebellion. ",e
gal proceedings. Your statement of
stupendously magnificent financial
outlook is extromelyy foolish, in view
of thousands suffering through your
shameful mismanagement. Zion and
creditors will be protected rt. Bit
costs."
The message was signed by W. G.
? Volivln, general overseer, tintl others.
GRANGER SUCCEEDS OOWIE.
Takes Possession of All the Prop?
erty of City of Zion as Trustee.
(Special to Ilm Dally Press.)
CHICAGO. ll.U, April ".?Follow
Ing the seusai ioiinl action of Sunday,
in which John Alexander Howie,
''First Apostle of the Christian Catho?
lic Church In Zion." was deposed
from active leadership of the im?
mense institution lie established In
IXS.x. deeds of transfer were tiled'a!
Waukegnn, III., this morning, legally
anticipating any move that Or. Howie
might make.
The documents turned over to Dea?
con Alexander Granger, as trustee
for the people of Zion, all of the prop?
erly and interests of the city of Zion,
aggregating millions. Overseer Voliy.t
(lied Hie deeds.
HO?5TONlffllTS"Fi"
BEAF AND RUB BILL
Hampton Assemblyman Would Inves?
tigate the Alleged Crooked Work
in Richmond.
(Special to the Daily Press.)
RICHMOND. VA.. April 2.?Ilo.i.
S. Gordon Gumming and former
Judge Sidney J. Dudley, of Hampton,
counsel for Harry R. Houston, mem?
ber of the house from Acc.omac and
ESIiahelh City counties today began an
action in the City Client Court, to
compel the payment of the sum of
95,000 in accordance with the provi?
sions of a bill which passed the last
General Assembly, looking to the fs
tnbllshment of a school for the negro
deaf, dumb and blind of the S*.ate .
NEGRO ANO WHITE SAILBR
AAVE A HOI FIST FIGHT
Negro Arrested on the Charge of At?
tacking White Boy in the Streota.
of Hampton.
fSi.oelnl to the Dally Press.)
hampton; vA..Aprii 3.?wm, Fee,
negro, from the two-masted schoon?
er Bllllo Franks was arrested shortly
after midnight Hits morning .in com?
plaint of Clayton Johnson, white, who
is from the two masted scheme Al?
berta.
The white boy snys the negro inoi.
him In King street, near the wharf
and beat hint. Johnson war. badly
handled.
T?l.SDAY, tfl'ML 3,
PERSONAL LIABILITY
BILL HITS RAILROADS
Congress Proposes to Hold the
Companies Responsible for
I Acts of Sleepy Men.
VIRGINIANS FOR THE MEASURE
Doth Employe and Employer Arc
Now Held Responsible for Acci?
dents Instead of tlic Employer
Alone as in the Past?Spanish
Amciican War Claims Discussed.
(ByAssociated Press !
1 W?SHtNHT?N. I). C. April :!.?
Chief among the measures passed by
ihe In use today was Ihr soenllod "per?
sonal llahillly hill." which his been
favored by the ariny of railway em
ploycs throughout tin; country tin.I
which had practically a unanimous
? report from the committee.
I The Naval Academy report was
adopted.
The personal liability bill, .so-called
j Was (ailed up, Mr. Sterling (III.)
stilling its Tent tires. Mr. Parker (N.
. J.I mill .Mr. Kiefer (Ohio) opposed
?the Ml.
Way to Protect the Public.
Mr. Mann (III.) said: "There wen
( 9i\ railroad out ploycs killed last year
and 13,360 injured on the railroads of
( the United Stales. The best way to
} protect ihe public is to make Ihr
railroad pay for the sleepy etigiiioci
I .who has wo'rkcvl for twenty hours
? .when \iy reason of this overwork. In
' jury results."
The bill was supported by, Mr.
j Henry iTex.i. Mr. Williams (Miss.),
and Mr. Ha it let I Kin.).
I Mr. Kloocl (Vn.) said 1,1ml in ItU
statu they had placed the thought
iu legislation and believed it a most
wise and just nicasur-'.
Changes Common Law Liability.
Mr. Sterling (III.) said flic hill was
to change the (-0111111011 law liability
of employers of labor in this Rue ol
employment, for personal injuries re?
ceived by employes in tin: service
and makes belli parlies responsible
lor their own negligence.
The biil was passed without, di
vision.
Mr. Need hum (C11I.1 then called up
the bill uiuuniling existing laws re?
lating to the fori I lien I ion of pure
sweul wines.
Mr. Nceilhaiu said Ihe hill would
permit the tl Rut ion of graph juice
used in the manufacture of brandy;
define the producL comiitonly known
as grape brandy; permit, the use of
small ntiatiLitics of water not. in ex?
cess of 10 per cent., of Ihe weight
of the wine to bo forlillcd.
It also places a lax of three mutts
on every gallon of wine thus forth
lied.
The bill was supported by Mr. Wil?
liams (Miss.) und Mr. Ptiyiio (N. Y.I
nnd passed 184 lo It;!.
Okltcr bills passe.i were: To make
the law governing the nppoiutinonl
of cadols at A n 11 a 1.. * Ii s conform to
that of appointments to West Point.
A bill to incorporate the national
education association of the United
Slates led to nulte a spirited debate.
Messrs. South wick N. Y.), Walsh (N.
' C). Tnwney (Minn.), and Roytl (Ark.)
j supported 1 ho measure and Mr. Snlli
vail (Mass. I, opposed il.
The hill was passed 1 in to ;!7.
A Call for Information.
A resolution (-ailing upon the at?
torney general for Information us
to the number ami amount of chtinu
nllowed in favor of claimants 'and
agniiiKi tin- United States and the
number and amount of claims dutor
mined in favor of United Stoics and
the number anil amount of claims
ti'ow ponding, growing out of the
treaty with Spain, also a. revolution
requesting flic attorney general to
Inform the house of the name and
date of appointment of every person
appointed under the act of Congress
growing out of the treaty with Spain
and the total amount paid for sala?
ries, compensation and expenses
from the 2d of March, I?i?I, to the
I present lime wore passed
Clerk Gets Tine Office,
j WASHINGTON, P. C, April 2 -
1906>
The President today sent to the son
ale the nomination of Benjamin K.
flames, who lias boon his private
Bo'cri'lnry to bo postmaster at Wash?
ington to succeed .1. M. Morrltt. hdni
inatiil Loilay tor collector of customs
at Niagara Kails. Oilier nominations
sent to thu senate today arc as fol?
lows:
Commissioner of Hie District of Co
llillibia, Henry II. MaeParlaud.
Consul at Birmingham, Knglaml:
Albeit Itiil?tf.nl. District of Colum?
bia.
Nominations Confirmed.
WASHINGTON. I). C. April 2.
Thu Senate in executive session to?
day continued Hie nomination of .1.
II. Purr as postmaster al Waynes
boro, Va.
RICHMOND INTERESTS ALARMED.
Certain Manufacturers Oppo: : Taking
Tax Off AlCOKal.
(My Assoeialcd Press.)
WASHINGTON. D. C. April 2.
Thu opposition of certain Itlchmond
Interests will have the off net of di?
viding the Virginia delegation on the
bill to lake the tux off of alcohol used
in lite arts and sciences.
Representative I :imb said today
thai, be should vole against file bill
as Ilm Inking of Ute la.x off of alco?
hol would kill the Richmond ether '
works. The product of this concern |
is obtained through a secret process j
und much more cheaply than ether
made from alcohol I txod. Mul if the
lax is taken off of alcohol, ilo- Rich?
mond concern could compete with
these making ether from alcohol. The
plant, cannot, be adapted so as to
tr. ike ether from alcohol.
Held For Grand Jury.
James Korbes, alias Joint Kuller,
alias John Jenkins, n white carpenter,
was held for the grand jury by Just?
ice Browii in the police court yester?
day on the charge of houschrcaklug.
Tbc prisoner is alleged to have-stolen
a lot of lools from n bouse on Eight?
eenth street. , , , ?
LEGAL WIFE WINS 5?IT
Half Breed Who Sues for Share
in Estate loses Out.
ROMANCE OF WESI DISCLOSED
Son of Alleged Common Law Wife
Fails to Get a Share of His Father's
Property?Case decided by United
States Supreme Court.
(Hy Associated Press. I
WASHING TON. D. C. April 2.?Alt
i pinion of tlin Supreme Court, ren?
dered today developed a romance.
The case was that of Kills Keen
against. Sophroula Koeue.
The suit grew out of a controversy
over a small tract of land in SI.
Charles county. .Mo., to a half inter?
est in which '.Mrs. Keen claims as tin
widow and to nil of which Kills Keen
made claim as it son of P.Ii Keen,
by a common law wife, who was a
n egress.
II arpoaretl fioiu the record in the
case thai us far back as 1851 ICR
Keen bail begun to live with a negro
woman as IT she were bis wife and
although no marriage ceremony was
porfoiine.l the relation was continued
um 11 I SSI! The won i a ii was livery
wltrce recognized as bis wife, and
children, among them Ullis, were
born lo (hem and were recognized
by holli of them and by the com III II II
ity as lihclr offspring.
In IMS,", ivli Keen was married in
West Virginia lo Sophroula Keen,
claiming that be had never before
been married. When he died Mrs.
Keen mtido clulm to one-half of his
estate as his widow and the Mis?
souri courts recognized the claim, de?
ciding against, the contention of a
common law marriage to the negro
went.in. The writ of error Was dis?
missed. The effect, is to affirm the
decision of the Missouri courts.
Pension Bills Passed.
WASHINGTON. O. 0.. April 2.?
When the senate convened today M.
Hale ro;:or-l.od the urgent dctlcloncy
fdll ami gave notice that be wxntl I
call It up tomorrow.
After passing a Inge number of
private pension bills the senate at
5:12 adjourned,
fair
THE WEATHER
Fair Tuesday;
and warmer Wednes?
day; variable winde.
PRICE TWO CENTS
RESCUED SAILORS
IN BLOODY FIGHT
None of Them Are Killed But One
of the Men is Expected to
Die From Wounds.
BAD LIQUOR CAUSED THE ROW
Seamen Taken Off the Wrecked Bark
Antonio, Turn the Life Saving Sta?
tion Into an Amphitheatre?Before
Deputy United States Marshal Ar
rved Quiet Was Restored.
(Fly Associated Picks.)
NORFOLK. VA.. April 2.? Crazod
by drink, fieovn Kalians, three Amcrt
cans and one Herman, survivors of
the wrecked Italian hark Antonio,
which stranded lit. Cape Henry Satur?
day night, engaged In a wild Tight at
the life saving station lltcro to^
night.
Before the melee ended four of tho
men were hadly Injure*!, one fatally.
The life savors endeavored to stop
the fighting, lint seeing tho serious?
ness of the situation, telephoned to
the Norfolk police for aid. A special
car. with deputy United States mar?
shals, was hurried to the scene, but
when It arrived tho trouble was over
and ipicl had been restored.
No arrests were made. One of tho
Kalians Is said to have sustained a
fractured skull and others are badly
cut.
I OPERATORS ARE HOPEFUL.
Mitchell Meets the Coal Barons Today
to Discuss Peace Terms.
NEW YORK, Ainll, 2^?The eve uf
j tho second i>eeUog o'tJ |lie?<s>mmiU.ees
' representing ' tho iinthra'c'ilu" mine
I workers and their employers find tho
situation, so far as the hard coal
fluids arc concerned, unchanged from
(hat disclosed In the communications
I that have passed heteweon the con
j lending forces and which have been
' made public ^
I Itolh sides arc. hopeful. This feel?
ing Is based on tho fact that each
I side has only played Us first, card
and the real negotiations have nut
yet begun.
President Mitchell arrived huro tu
night from Indianapolis.
NO STRIKE IN WEST VIRGINIA.
Shut Down in Soft Coal District Will
Not Be Long.
(By Associated Press.)
INDIANAPOLIS. IND.. April 2.?
Information received so far ut tho na?
tional headquarters of tho United
Mine Workers of America tonight in?
dicate that the strike of soft coal min?
ers will not be extensive for any
length of time, many operators al?
ready having expressed a wlllingnosa
to grant the increased wages asked
by the miners' union.
There Is no strike iu West Virginia.
Missouri Leases Coal Mine.
JEFFERSON CITY. MO.. April 2. ? .
Governor Folk, through Warden Matt
Hall, of the State penitentiary here,
has leased a mine near Wavorly. from
which coal will be mined during the
present si l ike in sufficient quanttUsa
to supply the Statu Institutions with
i fuel.
The miners ut Wnverley are paid
more than the regular scale and do
not. want to strike. If they should
he forced to go out Warden Hall said
today that there would bo no diffi?
culty In operating the mine if the
Slate Is forcotl to resort to that, ux
trumity.
PRICE OF ILLUMINATING
GAS REDUCED TWENTY CENTS
Rate of $1.'iU Per Thousand Cubic
Feet Put Into Effect
"Yesterday.
AI a. recent meeting of the city
council Mr. W. J. Payne, president
of the Newport News Cots Company,
announced that his company had de?
cided to iiuike a cut in the price of
illuminating gas, wnich would bo <o
tlticed to $1.-10 per thousand cubic
feet?twenty cents less than the price
at which it has been sohl since the
plain was established hero several
years ago.
The new price went into effect jii
yesterday and will mean a material
saving in the gns bills of those mer?
chants who use gas for lighting pur
poses, as well us to those household?
ers who depend upon the convenient
fluid to light their homes.
Iu speaking of the reduction Iu price
and of tho development of the uso of
gas lor Illuminating and fuel pur?
poses. Mr. V. II. Barclay, spoke en?
couragingly of the outlook ami salil
that ii was not at. all unlikely that a
further cut would be made iu illu?
minating gas at uu distant, date.