Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-25
A11Es CONTRACT LAW.

they have discovered evidence of a
wholesale violation Of the law In
the mines su rounding Scranton.
Nine-tenths of the miners at pres
ent employed are Hungarians or
Slavs. Five years ago the miners
there were nearly all Americans.
AT the Arian mine, in Western
Pennsylvania, Hungarians and Ital-
ian immigrants came in squads, OF
200 at time, direct from the barge
office in this city, under the charge
of padrones. At the mines az
Carbondale in 1888, there We're 500
miners all Americans. While the
miners strike was on in 1889 and
1890, large numbers of Slavs and
Hungarians were brought TO the
mines from Castle Garden, under
the protection of the Pinkerton
detectives. At the last election,
out Of 7S7 miners employed there,
just sixty-eight were entitled TO vote.
The inspectors found the immi-
grants were brought over from Eu
rope i'm droves, and passed through
the barge office by the agent and
taken to the mines to supercede
American miners. There are sew
eral men employed by the mine
ow ners, whose sole duty it is to visit
the barge office aud get immigra-
tion contract laborers passed
through. One man in particular
was nickuamed "Much Cousinman"
as he would visit the barge office
and secure the release of immi-
grants, claiming them as cousins,
brothers, or other relatives.
WILL REPLY TODAY.
SANTIAGO, Chilli, Jan. 25.-The
excitement over the embroglio with
the United States is growing rap
idly. The Valparaiso incident is
the prevailing topic of conversation,
aud the probable results of war are
eagerly discussed. While it cannot
be said the excitement has reached
the stage known as war fever"
yet the natural martial instincts of
the Chilian people are greatly
aroused. 1t was definitely ascer-
tanned to lay that Senor Perreira,
IF 70 irrfl
affairs, has sent United States Min
lister Egan formal notification that
that the Chilian government will
rep,y tomorrow to the note conain-
ing the ultimatum of the United
States government 1t is also
learned hat the British minister
to Chill has received Instructions
from his government TO offer Il Q
services of his government as III, d.
ator to prevent war between
Chill and the United States.
RUNNING NIGHT AND DAY.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan, 25.-At the
Midvale steel works, where forg-
ings are being made for the guns
for the new warships, orders haye
been received from the navy depart
ment to rush the completion of the
forgings. AS consequence, extra
men have been put on, and the
works are running night and day.
The same is true of the castings for
the harbor defense ram now being
built at Bath, Me.
THE DAY OBSERVED.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-Yester-
day was Sunday, but notwithstand-
ing the generally peaceful character
of the day, there was any amount
of talk over the prospects of trouble
with Chill in view of the dispatch
of an ultimatum by this govern
ment to the South American repub-
lie. The departments were closed,
and, of course, there was no official |
public manifestation in connection |
with the matter. Inquiries at the
departments were answered in most |
cases by the messenger and watch
men on duty, and there was no in
dication on the surface that any
excitement existed in official circles.
AS has been stated, the navy de-
partment does not expect to hear
officially from Valparaiso until the
Yorktown returns. The vessel
should have reached Callao yester-
day under ordinary conditions of
going. There is an extraordinary
degree of mystery surrounding the
movements of Admiral Gherhardi
and the squadron under him. No
information was to be had at the
state department yesterday, none Of
the officials, through whom COM
reach the public, having
visited the building during the day.
CORRESPONDENT MAKES TROUBLE.
New YORK, Jan. .25.-The Herald's
special says: / understand
British Minister Kennedy has made
representations TO his government
relative to Thomson, the correspon-
dent of the London Times, to the
effect that he has endeavored to in-
iuence public feeling through the
Times and the local papers against
United States Minister Egan, re-
lAting to matters entirely foreign 10
questions at issue between the
United States and Chill, and drag
ZiDg into the controversy the Briti'h
minister and the English Cover
ment. There are strong and well