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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-07-23

low Goes IL auecb the SUrlhe Dy
their coal being sent to the Vest
If they would all come out there
would be a coal famine, in that
case the operators would have q
greater advantage of the striking
miners, and not only that, but
every industry which is depend
ing upon coal for its motive pow
er, would be compelled to shut
down and all of their employees
would be thrown into enforced
idleness, and suffering would ex-
tend to them also. On the other
hand if our men continue to
work and supply the markets
with coal, those operators who
now, as it appears to us. are re-
fusing the just demands of their
men, would see that the markets
which they once regarded as
their own, taken by other coal,
will the sooner come to terms.
Looking at at it from a com
nonsense point of view, it seems
to us that the best thing our men
could do to continue the strike
would be to come out and pro.
duce coal famine, and Mr..
Debs will have to produce some.
thing more logical to convince
our men that they should at this
time stop work and impoverish
themselves, when by SO doing
they would not help their strik-
ing brethren in other sections.
The speech as a presentation OF
the great labor question was a
mastery effort, and the situation
between capital and labor were
presented as clearly and as forci-
bly, as we have ever heard it, but
nothing was said that proved that
our men were under obligation to
| quit work at this time to aid the
| strikers, nor was it shown that
they would benefit the strikers
by SO doing. The report this
morning shows that itsWas moi
effective. Fifty men returned to
work at Monongah, and unusu-
ally early this morning number
of men went to work at mines
near town.
A prominent citizen after hear
ing the speech said to US, well,
/ understand the situation now
better than before. thought he
came here because the miners
here are worse off than anywhere
else, and to get them to strike in
order to better their condition,
But he did not have one word to
say about the poor condition OF
our miners, indeed it is to be in
ferred from his speech that they
have no cause of their own to
strike. He said in substance
I came here to ask you to give.up
your occupations temporarily for
the benefit of others From his
speech we learn two things
| first. that the striking miners in
Pennsylvania and elsewhere are
poor and in a suffering condition
second, that the miners here are
in SO much better condition that
they should injure themselves for
the benefit of their rivals and
competitors"
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-07-23

After all. the mines on the
Monongahela produce more
wealth in a year than those on
the Nondyke will produce in a
MISUNDERSTANDING Times.
This being the case, the miners
at Monongah and all along the
valley seem determined not to
strike. They know q good thing
when they see it.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-07-23
ANDREE's VOYAGE.

The Swedish @ronaut ard his
two companions departed in their
airship sooner than they ex-
pected, the wind having reached
a favorable stage on the after.
noon Of July II. Two of the in.
Vulnerable perils of ballooning
were experienced at the start.
One was q threatened collision
with q rocky crag, says the St.
Louis Globe Democrat, and the
other a descent until the basket
skinned the water. But the
balloon finally got well into the
air, and when last seen was NOV
ing northeasterly at a speed Of
twenty-five miles an hour. In
that direction, about 400 miles
from Danes Island, the point Of
parture. is the archipelago of
Franz Josef Land. Of to the
westward and northwestward
about 400 miles is Greenland.
On the opposite side Of the pole
is Alaska, which the balloon
could not reach in a direct flight
of less than 1900 miles. Beyond
Franz Josef Land to the north.
east is Siberia. 1t has been as.
serted that Andree will reach
Alaska il he can, thus sraversing
the whole unknown polar waste,
but he must strike exceptionally
steady winds in order to accom-
plish it.
Prevailing polar winds were
closely observed for two years
by the Greedy party at Fort Con-
ger, whichis / degree north of
Danes Island. The record, made
in the years 1892 and 1893, shows
that the breeze in summer is light
and variable, usually from the
south, with az average Of only
four or five miles an houi. The
hope Of Andree that he will strike
a current to carry him straight
to the vicinity of the pole. 700
miles away. is not likely to be
realized. Only once intwo years
Greedy noted a southerly wind Of
fifty consecutive hours, and that
would have swept a balloon 675
miles. AS far as ascertained
facts go. a southerly wind near
the pole. when it occurs. is not
good for q run of more than 200
or 300 miles, and it is subject to
variations in directions. Andree
expects to steer his balloon As
degrees away from the wind by
means of drag ropes. The idea
that he can do 1T is merely q
theory.
No forecast can be made of
what is likely to happen to these
three intrepid if not reckless ex-
plorers in balloon. They may
not get away entirely from the
Spitzbergen group. but if they do
they must take all the risks Of q
desperate venture. They are in
"a region where inhabitants are
few, and might land In innumer-
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NO 81. CLARKsBURG. W. VA. JULY %. 1897.

from any of the miners of the
Fairmont district.
Monday morning the men at
Monongah came out, as did the
eighteen men at Prichard. The
men are very quiet at Monongah
and were addressed yesterday by
Debs. AS it is improbable that
the men at the other collieries in
this section will come out, it is
the general opinion that these
men will go back to work.
The town during the last week
has been filled with newspaper
correspondents from the various
city papers, and very sensational
articles have appeared in their
columns.
Fully three hundred miners at
tended theDebs Malone meeting
at Monongah yesterday and a
branch of the United Mine Work
.ers of America was organized
with Davy Grace as secretary.
Each day at 10 o'clock a. m.
meetings will be held.
Debs made an interesting talk,
but was not met with the enthu.
siam that he expected. Often
when telling points. were touched
a single voice would cry, "Good !"
or "Go on"
Probably hundred miners and
a large number of Fairmont peo-
pie heard his address at the court
house square last night, and
everyone speaks of it as a master
full effort from an oratorical
standpoint. He spoke from the
foundation of the new court
house, getting back SO the crowd
would not be on the street.
Last night reports were sent to
the Wheeling Ne,us that Col. ]. A.
Fickinger offered the men the
fifty cents a ton rate if they
would not go out. The report is
untrue and without foundation.
The report that so men at Prich-
ard are out is of the same nature.
Forty. one men are employed
there and 90 of them were not at
work yesterday, although they
were expected to be on hand to-
day.
In other regions there is little
new. Down along the Norfolk
and Western the men came out,
but many of them are going back
each day. In the Kanawha re-
gion proper the men have not yet
left their tools.
This morning fifty of the men
went back into the Monongah
mines and ten into the Prichard
mine. The Watson miners this
morning went to work earlier
than usual. and all in all the
chances for a general strike are
not very favorable
SOVEREIGN LEAVES IN DISGUST.
A dispatch to Ex-Governor A.
B. Fleming this afternoon from
L. E. Tierney, from Eckney W.
Va. reads: Every operator in
the Pocahontas region is working
full. Sovereign left in disgust.
How is Fairmont!"
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miners in any part of the coun-
try, by reason of the superior
natural advantages pointed out
by DR.. Myers.
Miners elsewhere who are urg,
ing the West Virginia miners,
who have steady work at good
pay, to join the strike, are fully
aware Of these conditions, and
realize what a task they have be-
fore them. Should the men in
this state go out through sym.
pathy for their brethren in other
states, whoare not SO well treated
as they are, they would make a
very great sacrifice. and it would
remain to be seen whether they
would profit by it in the end. It
is this consideration which will
probably govern their movements.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-07-23

E. b. Fitch. Of Huntington,
just appointed special attorney
under the department of justice,
has been assigned to field work.
his nrst work being in North
Dakota. He is now receiving in
structton in the cases which he
will have to consider but will with
in a few days start for the porth-
west. stopping for a brief stay at
his home while en- route. The
salary attached to his position is
50, 400 annually, and there is an
allowance for expenses.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-07-23
Crisis Over ]
[iIling Frost and a Cold
Given to DeDs
the Agitator.

;houIder Given toDeoS
the Agitator.
,e.ent indications are that the
strike will not be a success
Nest Virginia. and that the
ars Of this section will con-
! TO supply the great demand
al created by the strikers
refuse TO work. The great
interest centers in the Monon-
region, and the action of the
b. al that place will prob
determine the course of
d. in many other parts of the
=. Ii is there that the labor
.,ors nave been concentrat
their forces, and all parties
serned have been anxiously
Ting the outcome. We are
4 TO state that at present it
|. very much as If the strik-
80 &c Inst 80 far as West
pinia is concerned, and that
reue V. Debs is FAR from SAN
Ne of obtaining any practical
antages from his efforts in
section.
he Fairmont 1nden probably
{ the best account of the stu
n. and is certainly in a posi-
to accurately portray the
condition of affairs. For
1t follows we are indebted to
/ publication.
Eugene V. Debs, whose work
expected to bring the miners
the Fairmont district out on a
Ike. is quoted as saying to-day
I he had no hopes of success.
says this is the first place he
/ went where the miners
bid not turn out to hear him
/, and his work will not have
effect if they wont hear him.
other Of his reported state
nts will be a surprise. He
IS: IF we lose in this strike
5 the last one l will ever en-
asst Friday morning the re-
It that a meeting had been
Ia bv the miners at Monongah
ached here and it was also stat
that several men there were
|. The reports were looked
o and it was found out that a
Eeting had been held, but not a
IN had left the mine. The
eeting had been conducted by
D. Malone. the noted street
agitator from Detroit, Mich,
It was attended by only thirty
liners. Saturday morning all
nds of reports were going the
unds about men being dis
arged for meeting, but were
|thout foundation.
Friday night the bills were
tinted announcing that speak
would be here Saturday,
E people who got up the bills
lew could not be present. Such
action was expected to knock
e work of the organizers in the
.ad, but failed to do SO. Satur.
" neither Debs, Ratchford,
nor Sovereign were
esent and Mahoue addressed
) people, only 81 of them min
5, near the Baptist church in
llatine. His speech was a very
If one, and he asked the mento
nothing only lay down their
cks and better their condition,
ID at the same time better the
hulllon OF the miners oil EeIH'
lyania and Ohio.
The next meeting was called
! the Willow Tree school house
Monongah, and there was 1924
rsons present and about 175 of
em miners.
Early yesterday morning Eu-
ne V .Debs arrived in town from
icaso and at once called on
ayor Kendall in regard to
eaking on the public square.
ne Mayor said he had not the
ast objection to his making his
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-07-23

A beautiful line of infants bon
nets at Miss Elizabeth Coffman's
Fourth street. 1885,.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-07-23

HILE in Milwau-
Ikee recently DIR.
John A. Myers,
late director of
Ii e experiment.
station at the
University, was
interviewed by a
reporter of the
Milwaukee Send-
mel, and gave a
practical, c 9 M.
mon sense view
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-07-23

The BLACKBERRY is on the
market.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-13
THEY DEMAND PIE
MKINLEY WILL FIND HE CANNOT
IGNORE THE PARTY WIRE
PULLERS.
CIVIL SERVICE IN DANGER.
TO HOLD THE PARTY TOGETHER
A RETURN TO SPoILS SYs-
TEN is HINTED AT.
SOME OF THE MINNESOTA pLUMs.
List of the Presidential Postoffices
and Time When Commissions
Expire.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Feb '12.-Maj. Nc
Kinley has announced that he will dis
pense no patronage until passage Of the
Dingley tariff bill. Maj. Mckinley can
not carry out this plan. He will dis
pense patronage, and he will dispense
much more than he intends to dispense,
at the present time; and he will do it
long before the Dingley bill can be
passed. One of the politicians of the
senate, q man Of thek type of Quay,
Platt and Chandler. this evening said
to the Clio b e Representatives: NC
Kinley proposed to fill the Land with
Populists; but he will not be permitted
to do so. He proposes to sit back in
his presidential chair and dictate and
dominate; but he is not a Cleveland.
There are tens Of thousands of work.
ing Republicans throughout the land
who expect something. They spent
their time. and some of them spent
their money, to achieve success.
When they find that Mckinley is dis.
posed to reward their party service
with cold indifference, they will be-
come Populists, and dangerous Popu,
lists, too. No, Mckinley must suspen 4
Cleveland's last civil service order, and
make room for some of the men who
worked for his election. He must give
UP patronage, and give up literally, OF
there will be no Dingley bill. He is
elected. That's all right. But we must
be reelected, and we cannot succeed
without doing something for the men
who can help us. That is simply com
mon sense politics. 1 do not mean to
advocate a repeal of the civil service
law; unless the Republican workers
are given some recognition, there will
be trouble all along the line"
The senator is not primarily a spoils-
man; but he is good politician; and
MS. remarks mean trouble for McKin-
ley, and lots of it, unless he grants
recognition to party workers. The
president-elect will find the congress
deciedly balky. Nobody is so anxious
for new tariff bilE as himself. He
will have to yield This is notice to the
office-seekers, that they are not all
to be left out in the cold.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-13
REAR WHEEL BURST.
Eight People Injured by II Wreck
in West Virginia.

WASHINGTON, Feb. ia special to the
Post from Cumberland, Nd, says: North
bound Passenger Train No. 2 on the West
Virginia Central & Pittsburg railroad was
wrecked shortly before noon today at Bar
mum, W. Va. about thirty-1ve miles south
Of Cumberland by a. wheel on the rear
truck of the last coach bursting. TIE train
was moving at the rate of eighteen miles an
hour, and the coach was thrown violently
over an elnbankment. The injured are
Daniel Lecklider Of Elkins, w. Va. con-
ductor bruised about the hips shoulder and
back and hurt internally. W. d. Holmes Of
Elkins W. Va, brakeman; bruised and cut
by glass. d. W. Aycox, coored Of Thomas
w. Va, seriously cut on the throat and head
by glass. Blakeley Parsons, a one-armed law
yer, of Bayard, w. Va; cut about face and
head. Sidney Murphy of Schell. W. va !;
shoulder bruised. p. j. Rafferty,, of Shaw W.
Va; cut and bruised. G. w. Houscknecht
OF Wiliamsport Pa; cut on the head; he
was compelled to remain at Barnunl. The
name OF tho eighth person could not be as
certained. All the passengers were badly
shaken up.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-13
HANsON'S CLAIMS URGED.
Georgia Man Suggested to Mckinley
for n Portfolio.

CANTON, O.. Feb. 12.-Gen. A. E. Buck,
prominent in Georgia politics, held a con-
sultation with President-elect Mckinley this
afternoon. When by the Associated
Press representative, Gen. Buck did not feel
at liberty to discuss the subject matter of
his interview. He said they had not talked a
great deal about the cabinet and that nothing
of definite nature on that subject was ar
rived at during the interview. Gen. Buck,
it is understood favors Maj Hanson, promi-
nent cotton manufacturer of Macon, for a
portfolio. He said today that Maj. Hanson
would be the most popular appointment that
could be made in that territory. Gen. Nc
Nulta, of Illinois, took dinner with the major
and spent the evening with him. 1t is gen.
orally supposed that a good commissioner
ship will fall to the lot of Gen. McNulta. Gen.
NJ. D. Wickerstrom, Of Mobile, and William
Vaughn, of Birmingham, Ala, came here
this evening for a consultation on affairs in
their state under the incoming administra-
ton.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-13
WHEN PLUMS RIPEN.
Limit on Presidential P0stofice Conn.,
missions in Minnesota.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-Postmaster
General Wilson has issued an order
forb1dding his clerks to give any in
formation concerning the salaries Of
presidential postmasters, or the dates
when the commissions of incumbents
will expire. It is claimed by the post
master general that unless this infor-
nation can be withheld from the gen
eral public the incoming postmaster
general will be overwhelmed with
correspondence, and the clerks Of the
department be overworked, by the i'm
pcrtunities of the oftieeseekers. He
says that it Is customary for the de-
partment to carefully withhold all in
formation Of this nature.
That is all right for the postmaster
general, but it is rather hard on the
politicians throughout the land. Moth
ing could be more gratefully received
by the Republican sena tors, representa-
t1Yes, state committeeman, county
chairmen, and the aspirants for the
postoffices, than Just this class of in
formation. Therefore, the G | o rep
resentative proceeded, in his own way
to obtain the list for Minnesota, and
here 1t is. Keep it, and paste it in
your hat or in some other equally con-
venient place:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-13
FINANCIAL HYSTERIA.
Discussed by Mr.. Gage at Farewell
Dinner.

Dinner.
- CHICAGO Feb. 12-The Commercial club
last night gave farewell dinner to Lyman
]. Gage, the new secretary of the treasury.
The banquet was held at the Auditorium, and
about 100 men, prominent in business and
commercial circles were present. In the
course Of his speech, MIR. Gage said:
Wisely or unwise1y, l have pleaded for
liberation, for patience wi misund r. tan ding,
for broad citizenship, not limited to local
surroundings, a citizenship which welcomes
business success, because it lends power and
influence in the large social life, to which
duty and true happiness stand in close re-
lations.'' Mr.. Gage said that the most ad-
vanced scientists now recognize that very
large number Of so-caled diseases find their
existing cause in that part of the physical
organization known as the emotional center.
These diseases cannot be reached by ordi-
nary means but must be addressed through
mental impressions and suggestions. This,
Mr.. Gage intimated. was the source of trou-
BILE with the social state, and he continued:
''It is unwse to be blind to the dangers
in such a situation. Hysteria. though tunc-
tional in it's operation. may induce organic
disease. Men of steady minds and strong
hearts must, with temperance and charity in
the exercise of right reason, find the true
path which leads to peace and safety. There
arc real mistakes to be corrected. We have
violated the natural laws which govern in
the realm of economics with the same force
and power that they do in the physical realm. "
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-13
HIGH-HANDED RULE.
Pops Running Things to Suit Them
selves i'm Kansas

TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. 12.-Speaker Street
caused CONSERVATION the Republican side
Of the house today by repeatedly refusing to
recognize members of that party who arose
to present bills. Populists, on the other hand
were readily recognized, and bill after bill
introduced by their members were passed
by strict party vote without comment or
debate. This state of affairs came about
through the Republicans having adopted fill
clustering tactics and blockading work for
the past week. The Populists last night held
an indignation meeting, and threatened to kill
every Republican bill that should come up.
The Populists are more firm this morning,
and the chaplain. recognizing the close prox-
should prevail" Berkeley Pop.) the first
thing after the body met, moved to defer
the reading of the journal to expedite busi-
ness Lobdell Rep.) quickly arose and vain
ly sought the speakers ear. Speaker Street
wheeled in his chair, faced the Populst side
and deliberately put the motion without rec
ognizing Lobdell. He followed the same course
throu qhOut the day.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-13


During the banquet the band played
a programme of selections suitable to
the occasion. After the singing of
America" prayer was offered by Rev.
DIR. Adams, of Minneapolis Gen.
Brooke, commander, then made a brief
address of welcome, as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen: 1t is meet that on
the birthday of the greatest of Americans
that we should be here to testify to his i'm
mortality. 1t is with great pleasure l well
come you here tonight, with the hope that
the words we shall hear shall give us new
thoughts, and lead us into new channels of
views of the immortal Lincoln. On behalf of
the Commandery of the Loyal Legion of Min
nesota l welcome you as our guests"
The banqueters then sang 'AThe
Battle Hymn Of the Republic" with
hearty unison, after which George
Brooke introduced Gen. John c. Black,
commander Of the Loyal Legion of
Illinois, the chief orator and honered
guest of the occasion, saying:
1T is now my pleasure to introduce to you
one who can give you that which few men
can give. He has a theme on which many
men have spoken during the last genera
ton. From his own state has come one who
will tell you much which you will be glad
to treasure"
Gen. Black was received with burst
of applause. He caid:
Within this century curious archaeologist3
nave uncovered the ruins OF Asia Minor and
brought TO light monuments and inscriptions
of vast nations who once dwelt there and
filled the earth with pageants of power and
pomp.
On the walls thus rescued were found the IN
scriptions aid records by which the vanish.
ed sought to tell their highest claims to human
remembrance and regard, chapter after chap.
ter of woe and ruin; captives in chains awful
lists of the dead; on the elimination of which
rose the ghastly ghosts that plead with us FOL
remembrance. Thank God that they perished
before the whole earth was desolate; thai
their bloody days died ere we were born, and
that the cycling ages have brought US to the
higher planes whereon he who pleads for re-
collection must show himself in peace or wal
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-13
ALGER. HONORED.
rendered a Reception by the Detroit
Fellow Craft Club.

DETROIT, Mich, Feb. 12.-Gen. Russell AL
ger the new appointee to the Office of Sec
retary of war was honored in happy man
ner tonight by reception rendered. the gen
eral at the Fellow Craft clubs handsome new
club house The Fellow Craft club was or
ganized by the newspaper men of the city
and now also includes in it's membership
hundreds Of the professional and business men
of the city. Invitations to the reception had
been issued to about all the leading gentle
men of Detroit and the club house was
thronged throughout the evening" a steady
stream of visitors pressing through the par
lors to grasp the generals hand and offer
congratulations.