The evening Republican., June 23, 1902, Image 2

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THE DAILY REPUBLICAN.
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MONDAY. JUNE 23. 100a.
The people at large do not ap
pear to be much concerned as to
who will be the two next United
States Senators. The pencil push
ers thus far are doing all the talk
ing. The voters will be heard from
some time later on. The people
are told that this man and that
man will uot do. That he made u
bad reeord because he voted for
two United States Senators, but
which unfortnnotely resulted in uo
election. Several of the members
of the last Legisture are candidates
for re-nomination this year. What
their chances are we do not know.
The voters will decide that in No
vember. But who ever the Repub
lican candidates are they should be
elected. There is considerable skir
mishing being done to head off this
or that candidate by certain men.
It remains to be seen what influ
ence they wield and what the re
Bult will be on election day. It will
require as much money to be circu
lated during the nomination elec
tion as on election day to get up an
interest in the several candidates.
We don't think any candidates will
refuse all the help he can get and
all the votes procurable. From the
present outlook the coming cam
paign will be as warm and exciting
a one as ever has taken place in
Delaware. The voter's assistant is
expected to cut quite a figure and in
fact big results are' expected by
their help. The Governor appoints
the inspectors uud assistants which
should be something iu favor of
the Republican party. Hundreds
of votes have l>oeu thrown out by
rascally inspectors in the past which
this time will be prevented by hav
ing a majority of Republican in
spectors.
But the people are the ones who
should be appealed to and their
sentiments found out. Whether
they want two vacancies in the
United States Senate or two Repub
lican Senators. Both factions will
have to make up their mimls to
give and take. The Regulars should
have one man of their choice and
the Union Republicans the right to
the same privilege,
has a right to say who the other
faction should offer as the candidate
of their choice.
Neit her faction
Buucjlars appear for the time
being to be devoting their attention
to the residents
several attempts were made last
week to enter houses in that village.
Fortunately the thieves were scared
off before they were able to secure
any plunder,
the bold burglars will be caught and
made to serve a term in tlie Work
house. Several houses on the out
if Newport,
ml
It is to be hoped that
ekirts of the city have l>een brokeu
into and only money taken, the
thieves evidently not being after
anything hut money. Of five
dwellings entered, nothing was tak
en but what loose change could he
found lying
pears to be that «»f amateurs and
not professh
far puzzled the police, wl
been unable to catch them and stop
their depredations.
The
round.
■oik ap
Tliev have thus
lmve
A good shot
liamlv thing to have around
*,111 IS
the house to give tliet
ception if they lmppe
warm re
to break ii
ts> your lioui
H. G. Rkttkiv. Rocciver of Tuxes
for the county, sold several pro])
ties on Siituri'
er
He advertises son
county.
twelve more propertie?
hidi lie
(* ten or
the Kis
ill He 11 in July
ML KAN.
if the taxes due on tie*
an* not
paid before day of sail*. The Levy
Court is determined to
•ollect all
tnd those in
County ta:
arrears
the Tax
list by fulling'
wil
Rcffivfi
p their in
debtedness.
lias
The Receiver of Taxes
but ti
-11 the proper
>opti
ties upon which tiie buck taxes
re
due.
He has to
the
Levy
Court and is not to blame for tlie
steps be has taken to force the pay
ment of county taxes.
It is now proposed to drive the
anarchists from Patterson, N. J.
The State militia has put an end to
all rioting and order is
restored. An organization has been
completed, composed of 50 business
men who have employed detectives
to run the anarchists out <>f Patter
don. No anarchists will he able to
get employment iu the city and if
this means does not rid the city of
their presence, then more effective
means will be adopted. The anar
chists have to go. quietly if they
will, but force will be used if nec
essary.
Mayor Tom Johnson, of Cleve
land. (Hiio, is back of a company
that propose to give the Cleveland
people a 51 cent trolley fare. The
circuit court on Saturday perpetually
enjoined the company from laying
its tracks in the city. The court
also declared against municipal own
ership of trolley roads. What a nice
lot of prizes the municipal owner
ship of trolley roads would menu.
It would be a cinch for the party in
power. But where would the tax
payers come in?
Don't forget to vote for your fa
vorite base ball player. The votes
are beginning to come in faster and
the contest is beginning to be inter
esting. Cut coupons from the Hi:
publican. You can vote as often
•s you please. _
A man residing a quarter of a
mile away from Bridgeton. N. J..
watching the pyrotechnic display of
fireworks was hit with a sky rocket
which severely injured his leg.
re more
Du. Cam;i» Hah can remembered
ji'in School with a
mi *'i 1 atiou.
tho i'<
g. a .
This refreshing shower of rain on
Saturday made vegetation faiHy
' was worth thousanda of
jump
dollars to the farmers and tillers of
the soil. The min was general
throughout this seotion of the
country. In Jersey the hay crop
will uot be up to anything like the
average, falling off more than a
half. The farmers hope for a sec
ond crop that will help out consider
ably. Hay will be high this winter
and those who have been fortunate
in raising anything like a crop will
be well repaid and realize a good
price.
rn __ ........
The Broome Street residents Will
give on* of the finest display of
nreworks IU our City on July 4tll,
on the lot tit Fourth and Broome
. . .. ., ,, _
streets. More than oue thousand
dollars worth of fireworks will go
up m smoke which Will be Wit
nessed by several thousand resi
deuts of our city. All public spirit
ed citizens are asked to contribute
what they think they can-afford to
make the occasion one long to be
remembered in our city.
ViruUnt Cancer Cured.
Startiiug proof of u wonderful advance
iu medicine :s given by druggist, G. W.
Roberts, of Klizuboth. W. Vn. An old
muu there had long suffered with what
good doc
cer. They believed hi i case hopeless till
he used Kloctric Bitters and applied
Bucklen's Arnica Salve, which treatment
prunouuotol Incurable can
pl.lely cured him. When Klectrlo
>el blltour, ktilu.y
ISiU.rs ere u.ed to
uud microbe pollen at tho lame lime this
S»'7d
blood diieiiiMU, skill
fores vanish. Ihuars. Sue., (Salve, 95c, at
N. IS, lianrorth's drug store.
■ts Its matchless UealiDg power,
up:
, ulcer* end
PUTNAM LEAVES
THIS CITY.
The Pnsey & Jones Company lias
completed another fine craft which
left the yards on Saturday.
The cruft is the steamboat Gener
al Putnam, built for Captain C. H.
Holmes to ply between New York
and Greenwich.
Tlie Putnam was in command of
Captain James Hattrick of Philadel
phia. Captain Holmes, to-gether
with a number of guests from Green
wicli, Conn., also was on board.
The builder's trial took place on
the Delaware river on Thursday last
and was eminently satisfactory,
leaving nothing to he done except
tlie final finishing touches of paint
ing and transfer and clearing for
malities.
Captain Holmes on Saturday free
ly expressed himself as being high
ly pleased with his boat iu every
particular.
The Putnam will at once lie plac
ed on her route, carrying passeng
ers and freight between Now York
City and Greenwich,
The boat is from the design of H.
nival architect, of
The boat is 130
C. Wintriugliam.
New York city.
feet long. 30 foot beam and has a
depth offeet. The hull is of steel
angle bars with outside plating of
mild steel.
She is fitted with three
water-tight steel bulk heads and has
a coal bunker
each side of tho
Tlie main deck is of 2 jxfi
weil seasoned,
boiler.
inch yellow pine,
while the railing and staunehious
are ot white oak.
The engine is of the inverted di
rect-acting compound pattern with
cylinders 11 and and 2(5 inches in
diameter and 22-inch stroke. The
propel lor wheel is of cast iron with
four blades. The boiler is of Scotch
type, built of steel for a pressure of
140 pounds per square inch accord
ing to requirements of the L T . S.
Steamboat law.
i . The main house extends al(
whole wide of the main deck,
upper saloon is r»0 feet long and 12
wide. The interior
finely fitted.
K til"
Tho
>f the boat is
I retched To The K of P.
The Rev. II. S. Dulaney, pastor
of As bury M. 10. Church, preached
a special sermon to the Knights of
Pythias yesterday morning on the
subject "Friendship, Charity and
Benevolence. "
The text of Mr. Dulaney, which
from .St. John 15, 15 was:
"But I have called you friends.''
la the beginning ot his address
Mr. Dulaney referred to the fact
that while it was our pleasure to
call ourselves servants or slaves, it
was God's pleasure to call us
friends. Frieudshin. he said, be
gan on Christ's side, and Christ
trusted his disciples as he would
have them trust him.
Mr. Dulaney dwelt at length
upon the friendship ot Christ and
the characters by which it is dis
played. These characters, he said,
were exalted purity and confiden
tial intercourse, and said they
might be acquired by affectionate
obediance and faithful service,
ln speaking of the friendship' of
high and sanctified persons, Mr.
Dulaney said it lost nothing by
death and that the virtues of those
whose faces we shall beboid no
more appear greater when beheld
through the shades ot the sepul
chre.
The world would be more happy,
he said, if it gave up more time to
the iucreasc of happiness, but
money eugrosses all our deference
and some scarce enjoy an hour. He
referred to false friendship
spoke of it being like the ivy which
decays and ruins the wall it em
braces, but added that true friend
ship gives new life and animation
to the object It supports.
was lake
a 11 d
Country C ub Oroundn,
The Wilmington Country
Clubs
cw grounds will be opened
unlay.,
Tl
Imisliimr 1
dies and
tlie furniture and draperies are Dei
On the opening day golf
urr;
and tennis will lie played and there
. Tlie house
ittec of Lite club is composed of
coin 1
t, Andre
Alfred I du I
Joseph Bancroft, F. Ii. Thomas
J. Chester Gibson. Tlie games
d
the opening day are being arranged
by Arthur ii. G. Garrett.
DR. FENNER'S
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KIDNEY -
Backache
All diseases of Kidneys,
Bladder, Urinary Organs.
Also Rheumatism, Back
ache.hbartDisease. Gravel.
Dropsy, Female Troubles.
CURE
Don t heeoms discouraged. There Is a
cure for you. If decennary write Dr. rentier,
lit* has spout a life t ime curing Just such
cases aayours. All eo»iHiiltHtlon« Free.
"A gravel lodged In my bladder. Aftei
large as a marble. The medicine prevented
further formation*. I was cured.
W. T. OAKES. Orrix, Va. *
Drug gists. Me., tl. Ask f or< 1 00k Book- Free,
CT VlfHCiluuncsur, «m,!,,n,
OI-lllUO UftllbC I'cuncr, Fredonlii.N.V
TO CELEBRATE
THE FOURTH.
The firm of K. I. dul'ont deNe
mours & Company is arranging Tor a
big picnic, to winch all the employes
of the powder making plants are to
be invited, along with every member
of tlicir families. It is expected that
tilt workmen from the Carney's Point
powder mills will come to this city to
participate in the glorious picnic,
which will lie attended by more than
5,000 persons, all of whom will be
guests of the firm.
When the festivities and frivolities
of the day are over the dual celebra
tion of Independence Day and of the
century of business of this world re
nowned firm will be appropriately
celebrated The pyroteclinical dis
play will be made on the grounds of
the Wilmington Country Club, with
their broad expanse or velvety green,
situated on one of the highest points
in Delaware. Not a better place for
such a display could be selected, and
one of the ollicials of the couipativati
nounces that all tlicir friends will lie
welcome to view the fireworks.
Tile opening number of the pro
gramme for the evening will he the
tiring
bombs, fittingly to symbolize the one
hundredth anniversary of the estab
lishment of the powder making busi
ness at i Is present, location along tile
here hundreds of tons
p'ayed sucli
the History mak
countries hare :
f one hundred ininnnotl
J! randy wi
of explosives that have
portantpart i
an ; i
iug of tins and other
bee n in;
ufuclmed during the cei
tury.
Located as the powder works are,
not many miles from the scene of tlie
battle ol the Brandywine, and amid
Hilary scenes from 17 70
to 1779, and considering the fact that
the duPont; powder has been such an
important factor iu the achievements
of the army and navy during the past
century, the officials of the firm deem
the elaborate fireworks display as a
the Stirling
most appropriate method of celebrat
ing the anniversary.
DEFEATED
WILKESRARRE.
Wilmington defeated Wilkes
■re on Saturday afternoon by the
re of 2 to The game not
withstanding the fact that the
grounds were muddy,
the most interesting !
miugtou this
pitcher who Wilmingti
was in the box and held the visitors
down to three hits. They was hut
one error during the game and that
was made by Wilkes!
DIAMOND nr ST.
llil
one of
i Wil -
■ecu i
Fersh the
has signe
Dover will be at South Side Park
this afternoon.
Roxborongh at Front and Union.
"Chic?" Hartley will
Wilmingt
Philippi who jiitehedfor Pittsburg
against Wilmingt<m last Wednesday
a nineteen
tilt*
V)01ll
team again to-day.
pitched
against ('hmag
day. The game m
Hilling game
at Chicago y ester
won by Chi
cago in the nineteenth inning, the
score being 3 to 2.
Jack Talor was in the box for Chi
'•ago.
There
'ill probably be ashake-up
on the Wilmington A. A. team this
week.
No game over the bridge Satur
day on account of rain.
Clarks Close Cell.
M. J. Clark of Philadelphia, a
brakeman on the Philadelphia Wil
mington and Baltimore Railroad
was knocked from a moving freight
train last night but eacaped with
trivial injuries considering his un
pleasant experience.
Clark was climbing down the
ladder on the aide of a car while
the train was moviug at a lair rate
of sp-ed northward. As h • passed
tlie Pullman Car Shops, Clark waa
struck by a carson a siding, and
was swiped Ironi the ladder to the
ground below. Fortunately iu fall
ing he rolled away from the mov
ing wheels of the cars instead of
toward them.
The, Pbeonix
ambulance
was
summoned and Clark was removed
to the Delaware Hospital. He
jarred by the shock ol beini^ struck
and bis back was bruised, but out
side oitbis he was uuiujured.
as
.Slait-ld of Honor.
Grain! Master B. \V. Etvlestnn,
Gram! Secretary E. IL Ni
East .Master Juse]ih B. Trip)) of
Philadelphia, will vihit Delaware
Lcalge. Shield of Honor tliia ov
111(4'. Grand .Master F. A. fuel of
this city, hits announced the follow
ing dates for installation of tlie ofii
eers-eleet of the subordinate lodpeH
iu this city: Corinthian Lodge. No.
1. July J: Amerie
and
Lodge. iSio, (!,
July 2:
Wononali Lodge. No. 3,
July 5; Delaware Lodge. No. 2,
July 7; Brandy wine Louge. No. 4,
July II. Junior (fraud Master A.
H. tikiutier of Clayton, will install
tho otfic *rs-eloet of Clayton Lodge,
No. 5, at ('lay ton.
WRONGS OF MINERS.
President Mitchell Makes a
Statement to the Publio.
MOTIVES FOR THE STRIKE EXPLAINED
AMNortlofiN of Anthracite Operators
Proved Fal«e by Their Own Re
port*—Average Wave otnMlner
1* Lea* Than IjCttW a Year.
WILKESBARUK, Pa.. June 23.
Pvesldent John Mitchell of the United
Mine Workers of Ameriea has issued
an address to the public. It Is partly
u reply to the letters of the operators
declining to accede to the demands of
the union which were published sboutt
ten days ago. The address is as fol
lows:
To the Public:
If (he contest now in progress in the
anthracite coal regions of Pennsylva
nia affected only the welfare of the
railroad and mining corporations on
the one haml and the coal mine work
ers on the other, the public would have
no vital Interests at stake and would
consequently l>e U-ss concerned than it
now is in the continuance, the exten
sion or the termination of the conflict.
but inasmuch as there is a third and
important interest involved which, al
though in nowise responsible for the
present strike, is nevertheless an iuno*
cent victim thereof it is but fair and
proper that the general public should
be fully and accurately informed upon
the merits of the question iu contro-^j
▼er»y. If it shall be asked why we
have waited until the close of the sixth
week of the strike to issue n statement
of this nature, sufficient answer may
be found in the fact that we have besl
tated to utter any word or to take any
position that would impede or embar*
rass eusy reconciliation with the coal
operators. Every delay and precan*
lion, every conceivable conciliatory ef
fort (hut honorable and conservative
men could take to avert a rupture and
every means that thought could sug
gest to bring the matter in dispute to
arbitration was resorted to by the un
Ion both before the strike order was
issued and since it went into effect
bnt without avail, the coal magnates
replying to all our overtures with the
declaration tlmt there was nothing to
arbitrate. This statement on their part
is >'<1 niVi!lent to saying that Ilia coal
mini, workers lmve 'made unreasonable
demand* mid have strueu without real
or sufficient cause To this let plain
unvarnished fuels and flg, ires reply '
For more than twentv-tive venrs the
' y.nis the
anthnirito (.'on! mine
sylvunia lmve chafed nud groaned un
dor the most intolerable .*
i inhumane
conditions of employment imaginable.
Tlicir average annual earnings have
been less than these of any other eh
»f workmen i
he
lilted States not
withstanding the fact that their
is more hazardous and tlie cost of liv
•ork
y oIIiit impor
big Rival
than ii
A niericn
Industry.
The total
number of peri
h employed iu and
iithraeite coal mines is
>00. They are employed never to
(l 200 days in nnv
around the
1-17
1 year, and
oxe
s compensation for their
the
rs an average of $1.42 for a ten
cs j
u |
j
hour
•orkdny. It
ill Him be noted
that they cur
imuHlIy less than $31)0.
Such pay may supply
ving
a par
with s
* classes of E
TS. Imt who will suy that it is Kuril,
■iaut lo support A III:Tiro a cl! izr
hip
or enable parents to educate
nd prop
erly maintain tlicir families
that a 10 per cent inereui
True it b
ted by the coal operators as i
gn
strike concession
ago, I
is also
rue that a bug/' portion of this |
j
10 per cent vv
1 palil hack to llic c
panics to buy the suppressi
of an old
lug to reliable commercial agencies, the !
!
t lie purchase of foodstuffs, j
30 to 40 per cent, so that the pur- •
miner's earnings is j
before the strike of 1900. I
powder grievance. Mon
. accord* j
lady i
hss
V III
The presidents of the
arious coal
carrying railroads have given publicity
i
3901 tho prodi
in
eriornted
<• or 1 12 * j
ids. ilu* I'nitect
dion Is accused
Mine Workers* orgni
unship. An
•aging poor
illation of the reports
•oal pro
duct if
•ompited by the United States
cut disci
fact that the
negations o£ the railroad presidents
art* misleading
lowing figures will deiuonstrat
1900, i
nd untrue.
s the i'ol
Fr
1890 9
the
cltisi
il
mi
•perati
r. and for each
were produced
if 1H2 lia
age
per yen
tl there
p.'l'son .'l.ipl
3(53.5,S tons of
1 per y
r. or for each
day the
•ere in operation 2. Hi
tons were produced per employee, while
in tin* year 1901.
liieh the op
bitterly complained, the
mines were in operation 194'it days, and
there were produced 475.43 tons for
each person employed, or for each day
the mines were in operation 2.3(1 tons
were produced per employee, thus
showing conclusively that instead of a
deterioration there was a decided ini
erators
provement in the productive canaclty
of Hu
•n after they been
thorough
ly organized.
The railroad presidents contend that
they cannot increase wages without
•responding Increase in the
making a c
-Uing price of tlicir product to the c
t and have
censed the mine
sin
workers of suggesting a proposition
that would impose a hardship upon the
public by increasing the market price
of coal 10 cents u ton. the amount that
would have been required to meet all
the demands made by the miners.
However, their solicitude for the public
weal has not deterred them from ad
vancing the mark'd price of their coal
more thnn $1 per ton since the strike
was Inaugurated without giving any
part of this increase to the mine work
crs. In substantiation of our claim
11 afford to
that (lie coni c
1 pa uics
pay increased
iigcs to the mine work
'll hout increasing Hie cost of coal
to consumers we submit the following
he gover
showing tlie selling value of e
•xtrncts froi
u-nt reports
1 load
lues for I lie eleven
ed
Vlth 1890
ending
Villi 1999
The ave
s compared «tifb 1991.
rage home value of all coal
fninod and sold during (Ids period wus
•51.48 per ton, while u press bulletin
recently issued by Charles D. Walcott,
director of the United States geological
'ey, says that for the year 1901
'•flit. Inn
WullIB Of
, thraclte product received at the mine*
f showed a gain of $27,740,100, or moca
, ihau 31 per cent, over that of 1900. The
; average price foi 1 the marketed anthra
cite coal—that la, the product shipped
to market or sold to local trade—waa
$1.87, the highest figure obtained since
1888." In other words, while, accord
ing to President Olyphant. 13 cents per
ton represents the operators' increased
cost of production In 1901, 30 cents per
ton ns compared with 1900 represents
the Increased value of the product to
the operators. In view of the fact that
this enormous Increase In the selling
price of coal has been extorted from
the consumer by the coal trust can
any one say that the demands of the
miners for a small portion of the in
creased wealth their labor has pro
duced are unreasonable or unwarrant
ed 7
Further evidence of the ability of the
coal mine operators to pay increased
wages is found in the sworn testimony
of Mr. John Markle. managing partner
of the^G. B. Markle Coal company.
This firm operates three mines in the
Lehigh region and is known as an in*
dependent operator. In the supreme
court of Pennsylvania Jn re Markle
versus Wilbur (Pennsylvania State Re
P 01 * 8, P- "John Markle was sworn
an< * during Yils testimony sw
h * wus "Planted superintendent or
manager by the articles of copartner*
8 ^P llt a $15,000 per year and
tbat under hi * management from 1890
to lm< Inchlsive ' the partnership made
I ar *c profits of over $1,000,000."
During the five years referred to by
Mr * *J ark,e the government reports
8 ^ low that the home vulue of coal pro
dnced by tlie an thraclte coal compa*
nies wa# P er tou - If th * G * B -
company could make a profit
over $1,000,000 iu five years when
the 8eII,n * P r ]£ e ot * beir °° al at tho
mines was $1.5l, does It not seem rea
8ona ble to suppose thut the larger com
pauie8, who8e 0081 of production is
necessarily less, could make a suffl
c * en * profit in 1901, when the home
value of their rout was $1.87 per tou,
aI,,, ble them without detriment to
their bushiest! to pay the anthracite
mine workers the small pittance asked
tur *'- v ,llcln ■ ]
ln *'' s !,nmln * rtport to the directors |
conl P Hn F President Truesdale of !
tbe Delu "' flre - Lnckewnnno "»>1 West- '
era says Ini substance: "The year 1901
will pass into history us one of the I
lm,st HI ' tl *f'»ctoi\v if not the banner
. vo " 1 ' for anthracite coni iiitcrcsts
of 1hi,i oowntiy. The tonnage mined,
purchased a ml handled was much
greater thnn any previous year In tho
history of the eompnny. The rate per .
ton P*' r luil< ' earned on eeul hauled was
g iu1Ub . Thc prcgent 01ltl(M)k iH
vorablo for an indefinite continuance
of these favorable conditions."
The Conn
that
and Financial
com m on ting upon the re
port of President Olyphant of the Dela
ware and Buds
Clin
s Unit "the i
vor
age of anthracite selling prices for 1901
must have bee
higher tin
30 to 40 cent« I
In 1900, and tin* profits of j
•oal mining operuti
* and Hudson in 1!
mij^f the Dela- |
hoRvas $1,407,- |
tin
var
307.'
|
In connection
tent ion is respectfully diroe
fact that a tou nf coal as tlie c
understands it is not
the mi
when the c
ith this subject
it
ted to the i
onsumor
tou of coal as
i r is paid for it—that is to say,
suiner purchases a ton of
2.240 pounds, a legal ;
railroad companies i
• I
'41 pounds, a legal ton, i
hen the iffiner is being paid for j
his labor he is required to produce and
J ond from -*T40 to 3.190 pounds for a ,
ton, and it is against this flagrant in
justice that the anthracite mine work- :
lid justly protest. I
. that tlie !
coal he receives
ton. When the
transport coal t
tariff upon
arket. they receiv
but
igorously
e, ' H
Tho operators say, of cour
vijtlit Is required t
emuprn
' matter
sale for impurities mid rofu
that is loaded with the coal am
not be marketed. But if their stnto
m< * nt he true why is it necessary to
<'onthiue a system of (locking by which
al Hines they arbitrarily deduct from
a "dnoFs earuings from 10 to 15 per
cent of tin* total as a penalty for load- I
ing impurities for which they have al
:
ready penalized him in excess
-eight /
It must he obviom? to every intelligent
companies de- !
* from the
observer Hud the coul
sidernhle ine
eontimiHiiee of this syste
big the earnings of tlicir employee
they thus receive i
marketable coal for
. aa
mount of
liieli they return
The
large
compensation 1
the
Iner.
mil
ts have
sked Unit the coul they
produce shall ho honestly
correctly recorded. I
This recital of facts disposes of tlie j
operator*' claim that they cannot af- \
ford to pay living wages for faithful i
sing toll amid Sur
roundings constantly fraught with the
gravest danger.
The reports of the mine inspectors'
bureau of the state of Pennsylvania
show that during the past decade the
average yearly fatalities in the anthra
cite coni mines were 437 and that for
the year 1991 there were 4S4 fatal and
3.256 uonfntal accidents.
•eigltcd and
service and line
This means
that for every 119.900 tons of coul
brought to the surface one person in
killed and more than two seriously in- I
Jured; it
ns that for each day the
mines are in operation more than two ,
persons' lives arc sacrificed and ruor» !
tfcffn five persona nrr injured. Indeed
it is a matter of record that eight times !
as many men and boys are killed and !
injured annually in tlie anthracite coal i
mines of Pennsylvania as were killed
and wounded iu tlie American ranks iu
the Spanish-American war in Cuba.
As we said in the opening paragraph
of tills statement, we have done all
that honorable men could do both te I
avert and to end tills strike. It Is now
apparent that tlie re
coal operators is to destroy
tion among their workmen. If by
cluinco they should succeed in tlicir de
sign, which is uot at ail likely, another
labor organization will spring fr
ruins of the United Mine Workers of
America, nud the contest for living
wages, for humane conditions of em
ployment, for better
higher citizenship, 1
men who produce c
1
purpose of tiie
•gnniza
!
ny
the
•dueutlou, for
111 go on until the
>al, the originating
motor power which drives the wheels
of commerce and industry, the product
that is so essential to tiie welfare of
society, tiie mineral
foundation of C,
0
vhleli la the very
national prosperity,
shall receive for their labor suttielent
compensation to relieve them of the
necessity of sending their boys and
Kiris of tender years and frail physique
lo tlie mines uud mitts, there to ilu
Jo
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A Qreat Sale %
ZuZtr Ginger Snaps have hit
die popular fancy. It is almost im
possible to make them fast enough.
And no wonder! Just think
of an In-er-seal Package full
of the best ginger snaps you
ever tasted, for 5 cts. That's
the reason everybody wants to
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NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
f.uuj
to assist their underpaid parents to
maintain their families,
Conscious of the great responsibility
resting upon us, apprehensive of the
danger threatening our commercial nu
premacy should the coal miners of the
entire United States become partici
pants in this struggle, we repeat our
proposition to arbitrate all questions in
dispute, and if our premises are wrong,
if our position is untenable. If our de
inanda cannot be sustained by facta
and figurea, we will again return to the
mines, take up our tools of industry
and await the day when we shall have
a more righteous cause to claim the
approval of the American people.
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Strusk uy Lightning
the lightning struck the loot of
tllH llo,IHe of Lewis Cloud lit Green
In'l avenue near seventeenth street.
Highlands, on Saturday knocking a
hole in the roof.
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with West excursion, *1.50
entire
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Take Peoples i'ailway Direct to Grounds
Adjoining brandywine Springs
CLOSING
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THE CEDARS Land and Improvement Co.,
Wilmington, Del.
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* ae Harlan a: Hollingsworth Co.
I'* *xi a It i n gf a shipment of twenty
lve P'l s *cnger coaches to the Nor
folic and Western Railroad Corn
,
T he coacnes wil 1 be So Icet long
and the special equipment consists
of sleel axles, Westingliouse brakes
Gold
lights. Edward's
platforms, French springs and
Norfolk and Western standard
trucks.
least iron.
Wheat Crop. Disappoint oisnt
Dover, Del., June 22.—Wheat har
vest iu on in Lower Delaware,and the
farmers aro working day and night.
There is some rich looking wheat near
Dover, but a really fine wheat field
cannot be found this year. Poor seed
and exceptionally dry weather last
fall are lesponsible for the falling off.
The wheat crop is one of the disap
pointments of file year to Peninsula
farmers.
Shipping Passenger Coaches.
heating system, Pintsch
wide vestibule
The wheels will be of
Changed Poiltton.,
Clarence Thompson formerly night *
caller at the office of yard mister C.
N. Cantwell, has been transferre d to
the day superintendent. The posi
tion of night caller will be filled h*
Allison Blizzard, formerly in charge
of the telephone exchange at the
French street station. James Lowe,
who lias been acting as day caller,
will resume his duties as brakeman.
The changes went into effect yastef. ,
day.
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Found a Dollar
.Two young men who were walking
on Market street this morning meb
with good luck atSeventh street.They
had been discussing the pleasure of a
ride on tiie river tonight with the
Young Men's Republican Club onr
their moonlight excursion to Washing
ton Park when one of them noticed a>
dollar'lying in the gutter. That dol
lar will buy two tickets for them to*
the excursion.