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VOLUME 24, NUMBER 11.
LOGAN, HOCKING COUNTY. OHIO. THURSDAY. MARCH 15, 1906.
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.
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THOUSAND -'
DOLLARS.
-That Is a Large Sum, But
They Must Pay.
LIQUOR TAX BOOSTED.
Legislature Deals a Solar
Plexus to the Saloons. ,
The house handily passed Represen
tative Ailcen'.s bill to Increase the Dow
tax from $3Gtf to $1,000. A spirited do-
-, bate preceded the yote, which was:
For the bill, 47 Republicans, 19 Demo-
t qrats? against the bill, 10 Republicans,
2 independents, 34 Democrats. 'A
compromise at $500 had been offered,
but neither the advocates of temper
,. ance nor their opponents would touch
It. Both sides joined In defeating this
amendment, theBupporters of the bill
because they believed a $500 tax would
bo merely a'revomio measure and
would not put any saloons nut of busi
ness; the opponents of the bill bo
cause they were confident they cujd
beat it In its most radical form,
while they were afraid it would pass
If cut to S300. The race ilots at
Springfield were used as arguments
for a tax high enough to stump out
low dives.
The houso passed the bill of Repre
sentative Frelner,-giving the attoineyJ
general full power to enforce and ro
qulrjng him to enforce ,the long and
short haul section" of railroad statutes.
Bills passed by the- house: H. B.,
Mr. Braun, to conform the Ohio phar-
macy laws to those of surrounding
states; H. B Mr. McGlnnls, authoilz
Ing the employment of a library or
ganizer; H. B., Mr. Stockwell, to estab,
llsh a legislative reference department,
h where bills may be drafted .for mem
bers by experts; If. B., Mr. Shanklnnd,
authorizing one mill levy by township
- trustees for township hospital main
tained by private, association not for
profit; H. B., Mr. Hill of Columbiana,
to prevent explosion of dust-charged
air inooal mlnesby sprinkling the en
trances with water; H. B., Mr. Ash
brook, fixing the standaid weight of
crushed stone at 3,000 pounds a yard;
H. JJ., Mr, Crawford, -io require one
year's oxperieneffbefore a coal miner
may have control of a 'mine room; II.
-B., Mr. EIsou, requiring a crew of six
... for through freight trains of over 50
cars.
Columbus, O., March 14. The senate-
defeated the measure of Represen
tative Roberts prohibiting the sale of
liquors In dance halls or skating rinks
or in close proximity thereto; nnd the
senate bill of Mr. Howe creating state
civil service commission and provld
r lng for classification of minor em
ployes in all departments and -institutions
and coupty offices.
Two' bills by Senator Harper passed
the senate. One piovldes penalties for
refusal of insurance company to pro
duce books In casw wjisre violation of
the law Is charged, and the other pro
yldes for tho appointment of insur
ance warden, whose duty It shall be
to investigate infractions of the insur
4. ance Inws.
Bills passed by the senate: II. B,
Mr. Minteer, providing that railroads
shall equip their cars with automatic
couplers; H. B., Mr, Wilson, to provide
for the better- collection of the per
capita tax on dogs; S. B., Mr. Hypes,
so amending the law relating to the
collection of Information relative to ac
cidents as to forbid the use of such
reports as evidence In suits .for dam
ages; S. B., Mr. Berry, creating the
jjeveral townships In the state Into
-.Teparate road districts for improving
and epalring the roadways, and auth
orizing the levying of a tax fpr that
purpose; S. B., Mr. Duvall, fixing a
minimum salary of $40 a month for
country school teachers.
Bills Introduced In the senate: Mr.
Williams, toJUike from corporations
i, ine power to own stocics in otner cor
porations; Mr. Atwell, authorizing thev
voters or a township on a petition of 2j
per cent, to decide whother they shall
continue a levy for that purpose; Mr.
Ward, ghing Insurance companies) the
rlnht toloan money on leaseholds:
"Jip Mr. Howo, amending the state" deposl
tory law so as to compel competitive
bidding by banks for funds of the
state, confining security tor funds to
United States, .county and city bonds
to full amount of money borrowed .and
cutting off per cent, allowed state
treasurer.
Minnesota Elections.
St, Paul, March 14. Village elec
tions were held throughout Minnesota
and genorally passed off quietly. Par
ty linos were not drawn arid in many
cases no offices wero contested for. A
peculiar situation resulted from the
election in South Stillwater., For the
office of trustee, one candidate receiv
ed" 103 votes and his opponent 101. As
the records showed only 202' voters
and the extra, ballot could not be ac
counted for the candldato elected aas
cot yet been determined.
Reynolds May Surrender.
Cleveland, O., March 13. That Har
ry J. Reynolds will surrender to tho
police toduy and at onccy go to Nor
walk to give bond on tho charge of
bigamy, Is more thun llkoly, IHs do
fense has all been arranged and his
mental condition at the time of tho"
midnight coremony at Norwalk last
Monday will play a prominent part In
the proceeding.. William II. Boyd, tho
attorney for Reynolds, was again in
communication with him during tho
day.
Arrest Follows Bomb Explosion.
Cleveland, O., March 13 An explo
sion ecurred shortly before mldnlgui
on the root of the Frankfort hotel at
tho corner of Prospect und Ontario
streets In the heart of tho business
section of tho city. An Immense holo
was torn In the "roof and tho explosion
shook adjacent buildings. A largo
Mimber of Hie gueats of tho hotel aro
non-union structural Iron worlfqrs, Im
ported hero from Louie vllle, Ky., and.
other southern cities, working on the
Taylor arcade on which a stilko of the
international structural iron and
bridge workers has been In progress
against the contractors, tho American
Bridge compnny. The hole torn In the
roof Is almost directly over a room oc
cupied by several of the strike break
ers. The explosion was made from a
dynamlto bomb set off by a slow fuse.
The police arrested' a man seen run
ning through an alley following tho
explosion, and he is alleged to have
said; "Did I do any danmge?" His
name has not been given out. Tho
hotel Is. a five story building. Tho ex
plosion caused groat excitement In the
hotel and vicinity, but so far as
learned no one was hurt.
Cleveland Man Chosen.
Boston, March 13. Stratton D.
Brooks, who has been at tho head of
tho Cleveland schools for several
months, was chosen superintendent of
schools of this city at a meeting of
the school commission. Mr, Brooku
is 37 years old and was graduated
from tho University of Michigan in
1S9U.
Disappointed Lover.
Ashland, O., March 13. Thomas
Forguson commlttod'"sulclde by shoot
ing himself through-the head. "His
parents gave a party ThujBdny in hon
or of his twenty-first anniversary, but
ho became meluncholy afterwards. It
is stated that he had a disappointment
in, love.
SB TO
THE TEXT.
Governor Pattisoh Gives
a Straight Talk.
THE PEOPLE DEMANDED
And the Governor Will
Heed the Voice.
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Columbus, O., March 14. Governor
Pattlson Issued a statement-concerning
his attitude toward the Jones bill,
providing for residence local option by
petition. The governor says: "The
rumor that I am opposed to the Jones
local option bill is entirely unfounded.
I think the bill Is n good one and I
hope the senate will pnss It. The peo
ple of Olifo-have certainly expressedIn
no uncertain tones their wishes to pro
tect resldnuje districts."
Twu Lads Fatally Burned'
Steubenvllle, O., March 14. Charles
Harness nud William Patterson, boys
ff Whce'fug Junction, were fatally
burned l' natural gas flame from a
break in the main beside the road. A
man who was passing while the boys
were near the leak tossed a lighted
match Into the escaping gas, which ig
'Ulted and cat'oloped the boys.
Killed Himself.
Washington C. H., O., March 14. it.
S. Glasscock, sr., a wealthy citizen,
committed suicide In the office of a
local physician. He sent a bullet
through his brnin. Mr, Glasscock was
CO and had been In 111 healtlrT"
Actors Fined.
Toledo, O,, March 14. Fifty actors
and actresses arrested Sunday for
playing at local theateis In violation
of the state law have had their trials.
In n Justice court from which war
rants were issued on complaint of the
theater managers themselves, a flue
of one dollar was assessed on each ac
tor and actress. Immediately after
the defendants appeared before tho
city court, from which warrants were
secured by the law and order league
of the federation of churches, and all
were bound over to the probato court.
All the performer playing at four
theaters were made defendants.
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Tho prize is to the one who (altos it,
velab.
THE fill
. RDLLS'DOWN
On the Distinguished Life
of Susan B. Anthony.
r 'JD N
A WORLD CHARACTER
Passes to "Her Reward at
an Advanced- Age.
Rochester, N. Y., March 1(1. The
long and evqnttul llfc"ot Susan 11. An
thony closed at 12:40 o'clock this
morning. Tho end came peacefully.
Miss Anthony had been unconscious
practically for 24 hours and her death
hall been momentailly expected sinco
Sunday nighc Only her wonderfuf
constitution kept her allvo. Dr. M. S.
Rlcjtcr, her attending physician, said
Miss Anthony died of heart failure in
duced by double pneumonia. She had
had serious valvular heart trouble for
thb last six or seven years. Her lungs
were practically clear of pneumonia
and yielded to treatment, but tho
weakness of her hoait preventedher
recovery.
Miss Anthony was greatly beloved In
this city, which hud been her home
since 1845. She lived tosee a decided
chimge in sentiment from the time in
the winter of 1801, when she was
HU&AN 1!. ANTHONY.
hissed and hooted when she attempted
to give a lerturo on abolition in Corin
thian hall. That lecture tour which
started in Buffalo was a series of
riots, but .Miss Anthony never flinched.
Tho insults heapud upon her culminat
ed in Syracuse, whero she was egged
and binned In effigy. Her life for the
past few years had been strongly In
contrast to thqse stormy times. She
lived with her sister, Miss Mary An
thony, whose devotion to"Susan B" as
she Invariably called her, was touch
ing. Their cosy home was the mecca
of all suffragists. The last important
function held there was last fall, when'
the folate suffrage convention met
here. "
Feeling (hat her life could not long
continue. Miss Anthony eveilcntly wa3
disturbed by a desiro to express some
wish with icgnrd to her will, and on
Wednesday last she said to her sister:
"Write to Anna Shaw immediately and
tell her thai" I desiie overy cent I leave
when I pass out of this life shall be
given to tlie fund which Miss Thomas
and Miss Uanct aie raising for tho
cause. I have given my life and all I
um to It, nnd now I want my last act
to bo to give all I have the last cent.
-Tell Anna Shaw to see that this Is
done."
In compliance with Miss Anthony's
request, Miss Mnry Anthony wrote
lmnedlately, and within an hour after.
we leuer was seni .wss suaw unex
pectedly arrived at Miss Anthony's
home. On tho following day, when sho
was permitted to see Miss Anthony for
a few moments, Miss Anthony re
peated her request, and with evident
emotion told of her giVat- love and
longing for the success of "the gieat
cause that underlies all reforms, the
greatest boon of all freedom."
She urged Miss Shaw and her sister
to see that her wish was carried out
at onco. Sho had no thought but for
her life's work and tho workers, de
claring that both wero, as ever, dearer
to her than her life.
Strength of the Ant.
If a man had the strength of tho
ant he could lift 500 limes his own
weight. Thus if the standard weight
of man were 150 pounds, he could
lift without "undue exertion 750,000
founds. Think how such a condi
ioiMi'ouM nlTcct the labor problem
or how it would express itself in
prowess of peace nnd war beyond
the wildest dreams!-And if an ordi
nary man yns so strong how ni&r
Yelously more able would be a Saa
dow of that race of Samsons!
!
Mayor Todd's Denli I.
Springfield, O., March 14. Mayor
Todd denies emphatically the charges
in tie? Castle divorce petition llled In
Cincinnati nnd In which, ho Is named
as co-respondent. I to Issued n state
ment saying annul; tlhpr things: "I
have positive Inclination ' that tho
saloonkeepers cf i),) infield have a
fund of $1,900 to ine io t.y to get
somelhlu coacfinin.5 my" chuinclor
whlch would Iu.1ittii.'.o r.10 to lalso tho
'lid.'" '
lea Men Advance Prices.
Toledo, 0., Murch 14. Toledo Ice
dealers have notl.led their consumers
that because uf I'm scat city of Ice,
prices will be advanced for tho season
from 7G to 100 per cent, over Inst
year's pilcjs. Tho Ice handlers to
the number of 400 asked for a watte
Increase of two dollars a week nnd
threaten to go out If the demand is not
gi anted. Dealers aro firm ngalnst the
increase. -
Seek Pardon For Loro.iz.
Toledo, 0., Match 1 1. Letters aro
being prepared by citizens, of Tolult
amron organized effort will bo mado
to Induce PresK-mt Roosevelt to par
don George K. Lorenz, now In Mounds
vllle prison for conspiracy to defraud
tho government in the postolflce cases.
Lorenz was sentenced to two years
and has served one year.
Why tho Bread Came Back.
A boy who hud been working in n
baker shopfor some time was just
about to lini-h lite tn-do. One night
when the boss was gone lie broke
the marble slab ho molded his lonvcs
on, bo he went Io the mnrhlc yard
to secure another, but could not
find one, says J.ippincott'a Maga
zine. rOn his way back he passed n
graveyard, and as it was -very dark
he jumped over and pulled up a
small headstone about the right size
and look- it back nnd finished his
job. The next day after the bread
had been delivered nearly nil of it
was feojitljaek. The baker looked at
it nnd broke several loaves open, but
found nothing wrong. Then ho hap
pened to turn one of the loave3 over
and found on tho underside of, every
loaf the inscription: "Here lies tha
body of Mrs. . Born A. D.
lG$3;dicd A",D. 17-10."
Several Democrats Alter
Garber's Toga.
ONLY SURE DISTRICT
In
Ohio for Democratic
Success. '
Wapakoneta, O., March 14. W. E.
Touvelle, an attornoyof Ccllna, has
entered the race for Harvey Garber's
seat in congress from the Fourth con
gressional district. Tho announce
ment was made by the presentation of
his name to the Democratic central
committee of Mercer county as a can
didate for; congressional honors In
tho county primaries. This makes four
active candidates now In the field,
Charles Adklus of Allen county, J. H.
Goeko of Auglaize, Dr. J. W. Costello
of Shelby, and Mr. Touvelle of Mercer.
Strike Close "Plant.
Youngstown, O., .March II. Be
cause one man was lefuscd admission
to tho works of tho Valley plant of the
Republic lion and Steel company,
after u hi let absence, CO puddlers and
helpers are on strike. As a result the
entire concern was closed down,
thi owing 1,000 menout of employ
ment. The' company abSeits that It Is
0 violation of their agreement with
tho Amalgamated Association for em
ployes to leave the plant between
heats.
Ouster Suits Likely.
Columbus, O., March 14. Tho canal
commission has discovered that the
Cleveland, Akron nnd Columbus rail-v
road and thelt'ennsjivanla lines, as
well as the Akron and Harberton belt
line, at Rarberton, are all encroaching
upon state pioperty, and demand will
be mado soon upon the attorney gen
eral to In Ing action to oust them. The
companies have lilted In a part of an
old canal basin owned by (he state
and appropriated It for track use.
Ohloan Appointed Consul
Washington, March 14. Frederick I. '
Bright, of Logan, O., was appointed
SEEKING
CONGRESS.
United States consul at Huddersfleld, Lange, a playwright, whose home Is In
England, to succeed Benjamin F. Philadelphia, was found dead in his
Btone of Chllltcothe. The appoint- room here, with hjs tin oat cut Sam
joent was made at the special request uei Kerban, 17, a newsboy, Is held on
f Representative Grosvenor, who also jusplclon.
'commsnded Stone. I -.
TRACTON
MR
City of Chicago Wins Her
Famous Case.
MAYOR DUNNE DELIGHTED
Over the Victory for the
People,
Chicago, March 13. By the sup;
reme
nutst
court decision Chicago gains aim
complete contiol of the local traction
situation. The decision sustains th
acts of the state legislature extondlm?
the life of the charters of the street
railway companies to 99 years, but
does not sustain tho contention of tho
companies that contract lights which
are limited to fewer years than remain
to the charter life of tho companies
are also extended. Contracts or ordi
nances of the city limiting the uso of
the streets by the companies arc up
held, aiid the rights of the companies
in the streets are held to explie ac
cording to tho expressed terms of tho
ordinances. In its effect the decision
leaves the Union Traction company
I without any right whatever other than
by sufferance In tho streets of tho
north division of tho city. """
It leaves the Union Traction com
pany In tho west division without
rights excepting where the ordinances
contain a purchase cladse.
It leaves the Chicago City Railway
company, which opotatcs all the street
car lines on tho south side of the city,
without right excepting where the or
dinances contain a purchase clause.
The original franchises granted to
tho street car companies wete for 99
years inside the city limits as they ex
isted iu18f!r. The companies have
extended their tracks as the bounda
ries of the city have been enlarged and
havo claimed that the extended linos
which were built under franchises
from the city wero also operative un
der the 99-year act. The court also de
nies tho claim cf the companies that
they Havo been vested with the exclu
sive lights for 99 years to enter into
contracts with the city for the .occu
pancy of Chicago's stieots for stieet
railway purposes. The decision also
holds that the street car companies
could receive only such grants as tho
city might give and upon such terms
and such conditions. Including tho
time of the grant, as that city might
prescribe.
Tho city has all along admitted that
the 99-year act Is valid, but claimed
that. It did not extend the ordinances
under which (he street car companies
aie operating at present.
"It Is n sweeping victory for tha
,clty," said Mayor Dunne. "There are
no 99-year franchises in tho city ot
Chicago, according to this decision,"
and no Indefinite or perpetual grants
In the outlying territory,. "We 'Havo.
tho ti action companies now In a posi
tion whero we can negotiate for tho
purchase of lines. If they do not want
to sell at a fair price, we can declare
our rights under the decision."
Girl Wife Declared Insane.
Marysvllle, O., Match 14. Mrs.
Ethel Uornbeck, 10-year-old wife of
Frank Hornbook, a business man of
York, this county, was adjudged in
Bane iu the probate court by Judge
Thornton and was committed to the
state eplloptlc hospital at Galllpolls.
The young woman 'is the mother of a
babe.
Boy Commits Suicide.
FIndlny, O., Maich 14. Lelaud Zig
ler, Vi, shot and Killed himself an his
father's farm near McCutchlnsville,
Wyandot county, asr the result of a
quarrel with his father. The lifeless
body of tho child was found about an
hour after the shooting In the barn,
by a member of the family.
LOVE AFFAIR.
Actor Commits Suicide While
the
Play Is In Progress.
Wabhlngton, March 14. William
Thimas, 22, of Saginaw, Mich., a mem
ber of the "Wondeiland" company,
performing at tho Columbia theater,
committed suicide by drinking car
bolic acid while tho play was In pro
gress. Thomas was an admirer of
Idra Gordon, a lG-year-old gill, also a
member of the company, and who Is
said to live la New York. The suicide
was caused by disappointment be
cause she would not leclprocate his at
tentions. After the show was over
Miss Goidou went to the hospital to
which Thomas had been removed and
on seeing his body said: "I did not
know he thought so much of me. I
did not mean to break bis heart. He
nil1iulp-Pil mp."
, a mvCJS '
Playwright's Throat Cut.
New York, Match 14. Louis Do
"J. N." Seriously 111.
Upper Sandusky, O., March 13. Tho
"Immortal J. N." Fiee Is seriously III
at tho homo of his sister, Mis. John W.
Cooloy at McCiitchenvlllo. Ho ar
rived there about n month ago and hns
spent most of the time since visiting
neighboring cities.
Sent Up For Horse Stealing,
Fremont, 0 March Rl.K. 10. King,
a traveling salesman from Detiolt,
who, while Intoxicated, hired u livery
rig hero and drove to Dotrolt and sold
tho outfit, was sentenced to the peni
tentiary for Ifi months.
The coming of the llrit wintry bifisti
U the signal for thousand of people
living In the middle temperate zone to
seek a plaeo where old Jack Frost N
denied entrance. Some go south (o
Floilda or New Mexico; others seek
the ever popular I'aullle const and
California, the land of largo tree-? aud
fruits, beautiful -Mowers and Chinese
cooks. Yet with the coming of spring
such travelers for the nint part re
turn once more to their native states,
which have parsed through the wintry
siege only to emerge freshened and re
juvenated to spring f 01 ih In bloom nnd
fruit. As adversity lends Io bring out
the best there is In most men, so the
.winter season .seems to bring out
ilngs entirely lacking In u warm
country.
- Actor Tries to Drown Himself.
Toledo, O., March 13. Roland TJSttlc-
er, an actor, attempted suicide by
jumping from a bildge over tho Man-
nice liver. He was rescued and taken
to a hospital,
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Would Restrict Jap. Immigration.
Washington, March 11. The houso
devoted Itself to general deTuite on the
legislative npprnpilntinu bill. First
they discussed the question of elimin
ating aged clerks from the employ of
the government, then came u discus
sion of free nlcr&ol, for the nits, the
restriction of Japanese immigration,
and finally a defense of Xew Yoik city.
Mr. Hays of I'allfornla spoke in behalf
of restilctim; Japanese and Korean
immtgintiun
Though there are two sides to a
question, llinl does not prove that there
is any mmi-b to either.
Everybody knows what to do wllli a
complaint.
Roosevelt and Taft
Reform Club.
Join
SEND CONGRATULATIONS
In the Turning Down of
Boss Cox.
Cincinnati, O., Match 11. President
Roosevelt and Secretary of War Taft
wero unanimously elected inembeis of
tho Roosevelt Republican club of this
city. The club is a now organization,
formed after the recent election as an
Instrument for the muintaluance of a
Republican organization, "opposed to
bosstsm nud machine politics." In n
long letter of acknowledgement and
acceptance of the honor for himself
and for President Roosevelt, Secie-
tary Taft makes some striking state
ments. Referring to tho lecent defeat
of George U. Cox, as a political leader
In this city, the secretary says that
this is a great step towards good muni
cipal government, "but Its benefit
may be largely lost if tho people pat
themselves on the back with the pleas
ant idea that the machine is biokeu
up and that the future wlU tako care
of itself. The truth Is thafthe victory
will be worse than fruitless unless
some means ate devised to make Its
effects permanent. It Is Idle to hope
that people may be aroused at every
political contest to defeat machine
slates, unless theie mo counter organ-
SUING
SWEiNT.
, Izntlons made up of young men actuat
ed by the p.itilntic iKisiie to select only
good candidates."
I Mr, Taft adds; "The members of
such a club as the Roosevelt club, al
, thoughan orthodox Republican oigan
! lzatlon, may very well decline to sup
port the candidate of Its own party. If
such candidates aro plainly lacking In
the qualifications according to tho
standard which thoy may propeily se.
for their sulecllou of public olllcois.
Still It Is well to use a wise discretion
In bolting. The Important question
I will always bo In what you can secure
' and exercise the greatest inlluence for
good, and you cannot affotd In practic
al politics (and there are no other
politics) to ignoro tho strength whtch
adherenco to regularity gives you as a
club" in working reforms within the
party.'"
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MINI N It
SITUATION.
National Convention Opens
To-day.
ROOSEVELT CONSULTED.
The President Will Try to
Arbitrate Matters.
Indianapolis, Ind., March 14. The
special national convention of the
United Mine Workers of Amerlca,
called by I'lesident John Mitchell In
response to the lequest of President
Roosevelt to make, an effort to avert
a stilke of all coal miners In tile Uni
ted States, opens Thursday. The re
scinding of tho Ryan resolution will bo
the most Important business to come
before the convention. Until this is
done theie can be no joint conference
with the operators who will come to
Indianapolis next week.
This Is the effect of the announce
ment by the anthracite operators that
they will not accede to tho demands
of their employes. The lefusal of the
anthracite operators to treat further
with the mlneis makes a setleinent
with the union in districts one, seven
and nine out of the question. The
Ryan resolution, adopted by tho
miners just before the adjournment of
their regular national convention, pro
vides that contracts must be signed in
all districts under the control of the
organization at the same time or that
no agieements shall bo entered into.
Tho national executive board are
holding an all-day meeting at their
rooms in the Stato Life building at
which they will map out a line of work
to be submitted to the delegates who
will assemble Thursday moinlng.
Patrick Dolan, the deposed president
of t'TTe Pittsburg district, will be pres
ent to claim his seat as a delegate.
Ills following In Pittsburg has de
veloped unexpected strength as evi
denced by tho defeat of Delegate
Watchorn, who bus been especially
bitter In his denunciation of Dolan's
actions at the last convention.
Dolan's attempt to justify himself at
the convention Is expected to raise a,
storm.
There is n glimmer ""of satisfaction
on the faces of the members of the
miners' national executive board which
indicates that they believe thero Is y,eC
hope for a settlement with their em
ployers and that at least thnt part of
their demand which relates to a "sub
stantial iucieube in wages" will b
granted. None of them will niscuss
the subject o any grent oxtcnt, but It
is easy to see that they are in a bet
ter frame of mind than when they left
Indianapolis six weeks ago.
Vice Piesldont Lewis, who has been
confined to his home nt Bridgeport,
Ohio, for tho past two weeks by a se
vere attack of grip, is much improved
and says that ho will be able to tako
his full part of the woik of the con
vention. He declined to talk of tho
outlook, further than to say that ho
expects the hottest fight tho United
Mine Woikers havo over known.
To Succeed Dolan.
Pittsburg, Mai oh 14. Twenty-three
thousand members of district 5, United
Mine Workers of Ameilca, are ballot
ing for officers of the district in tho
special election ordered by tho recent
district convention. Only one caiiil'i
dato hr 1 no opposition ni)d that is Wil
liam Little, who Is a candidate for re
election as national executive board
member. Theie are but two asjdrants
for the pre Mency to succeed Patrick"
Dolan, They aro Udwnrd McKay of
Versailles and Frank Feehan of Castle
Shannon. The general sentiment ap
pears to be In favor of tlu election of
Mr. McKay.
Stand of Operators.
Terre Haute. Ind, March 14. The
Indiana bituminous coal operators' as
sociation by iPf.olutlon adopted at tho
annual meeting tonight opposed niuk
ing any change In the scale of wages
for mining coal that will increase tho
cost of pi eduction above the scale
made two years ago. The action
menns, according to tho operators,
that unless tho inlneis baekdown
from their demands for Increased
wages, there will be a blrlke Apill 1.
Tho operators of Indiana, Ohio,
Pennsylvania and Illinois aio a unit In
this matter
Iowa Child Labor Law.
Des Moines, Iowa, March 14. With
tho passago by the senate of the child
labor bill, the measuro will become a
law, us Governor Cummins will sign
It at onco, Tho now law prohibits the
emplojmcnt of children under 18 in
any gainful occupation which would in
jure his health. The law Is also aimed
at department stores, prohibiting em
ployment 1 of children in position!
which compel them to remain stand
inj; for any length of time.
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