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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-22
FOR WANT OF FOOD.
One Woman Dies of Starvation-An
Appeal.

Pttsburg, Pa. July 21.-Miners Secre-
tary Warren issued an appeal for aid
today in which he stated that the miners
were in starving condition. "One woman
of foreign birth" the appeal says.
actually dIe1 of starvation and the men
at Toms Run, Shire Oaks, have applied
to Headquarters for assistance.
The men, il concludes, ARE just as
determined and VIII not go back 10 work
without securing living wages
Some small fortunes are being made
during this strike, and one of them viii
be by the Mononaghela Gas Coal COM
pany For a year almost all of their
slack has been dumped into immense
banks md there It has remained while
other operators throughout the district
were selling it at from 10 TO 25c. per ton
neignborhood of $3.50 per ton and the
company has an almost eXhaustless sup
ply in front of their mines at Wilcox
station.
Trouble, and much Of it, seems ITO be
in store at the Allison mine, three miles
west. of Canonsburg. The men want 10
go 10 work but are afraid. They fear
an invasion OF the strikers and 90 not
want to be made a target for a mob
that is liable at any moment to lose
control of itself.
The miners who went to work today
are stricken with fear and anticipate
trouble The Allison mines had 20 men
at work until noon today, when the
plant was shut down, in apparent an
of trouble.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-22
TRUE UNIFORMITY.
Some Miners Want 1t, and Others
Do Not.

Cleveland. O.. July 21.-Secretary
Bishop. Of the Ohio state board OF ar5i-
tration, continued his canvass among
the coal operators today.
Some of them he found willing to
sign the true uniformity scale or 10
agree 10 almost anything that is not
marifestly unfair 10 the operators.
Others were less traetable. and several
lengthy discussions which he had with
this class in the morning threatened to
prolong his stay in Cleveland beyond
his calculations Mr.. Bishop said this
morning that he believed he would
leave Cleveland with the consent of
nine local operators having mines in
the Pittsburg district. With but one
or two exceptions, perhaps. local oper-
ators have no confidence that the uni
fromity scale viii ever be introduced
in the Pittsburg district, and they be-
lieve II is only a waste OF time TO try
10 introduce it. They are of the opinion
that the best way to settle the strike
IS for the operators to remain silent and
inactive This absence of action. they
argue. VIII make the miners uneasy.
and viii discourage them.
j. 3. Zef-be. Of The Ohio and Pennsvl-
vania company. said this morning:
This strike is just where we said ii
would come to. The miners do not
stand a ghost OF a show CT forcing the
operators 10 come to their terms. They
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-22
Miners Go Back to Work.

St. Louis. July 2L-The delegations
of marching striking miners who visited
the mines about Belleville, Ills, early
today. returned at noon. They found
the men out at Cartsides No. 3. Rose
hill, Schuremans, Crown No. ., Crown
No. 4. Oak Hill and Hartmans No. l.
The first three belong 10 the st. Louis
Consolidated Coal company. A few of
the other mines are not working today.
but the men have not struck yet. Only
six mines are in operation. The strike
leaders believe not a man will be at
work on Thursday.
There was an encounter today be-
tween General Bradley, who is leading
the marching miners, and William Pat
terson. a local labor leader. They charg-
ed each other with treachery. The
Belleville men are split in two factions.
one being led by Patterson, who is a
friend Of President Carson. the state
president. There seems to be some
prospect OF a contest at the meeting
tonight. which will be largely attended.
delegations having come in during last
night and today from Troy. Alma. Alt
man, Bennett and Mention, TO join those
already here
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Fairmount. w. Va, July PIE. V.
Debs addressed several miners meet
ings at Watson this evening, many
miners reaching there from Mononk
a distance of four miles. He denounced
the reports sent TO various papers to
the effect that he is discoursg ed. The
100 men from the New England district
who attended, expect to lose their jobs
in the morning. Most of them were
warned by the superintendent not to
attend, but they would rather lose
their jobs. they say, than to be COM
plete slaves of the company. Debs'
speech was a soeialistic one. and his
trip was described to the men. Debs
denounced the refusal of the mayor Of
Pocohontas to let Sovereign speak. as
follows:
If il is true, we are no better off
in the United States than in Russia
Free speech is denounced in West Vir-
GINA, as it is in Russia 1t shows the
desperation on the part of the oper-
ators. 1t is like other schemes of the
money power. The end is near. 1t is
cupidity, and cupidity commits suicide.
They cannot force US down now, but ii
is like damming a stream. You can
build the dam higher and higher, but
finally the dam must break Pent power
will at last destroy. Sovereign's fate
viii strengthen the social democracy"
The meeting at Worthington this at
ternoon was a successful one. the or
organizers were present and union
will De formed there tomorrow.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-22
NEWS OF ANCIENT TIMES.
Recent Important Discoveries By
Anthrorologists In Africa.

Recent Important Discoveries By
Anthropologists In Africa.
Harper's Weekly: Considering the in
quisjtiveness of modern humans, and how
long they have ransacked the earth for
traces of their remote predecessors, it
seems surprising how much there is left
to discover and what treasures of very
ancient history continue to come to light
Two very notable finds have recently been
reported from North Africa. One OF them,
which does not go back of historical
times, was lately made by Grenfell and
Hunt, who are working for the Egyptian
Exploration fund. They report the recov-
cry of papyri OF great interest and i'm
near Behneser. in Egypt. These old docu-
mentS range from the Roman conquest
to early Arab times, are written in Greek,
with Sprankhng OF Latin, Coptic and
Arabic, and are thought to include early
Christian documents Of special value.
Another and slightly earlier Egyptian
find Is the discovery by Mr.. Seton-Karr
Of the great INIT mines IN S3msHiand,
from which the very beginners on the
earth may have got Their weapons and
tools. Mr.. karr has been telling the
Royal institution about II, and makes a
story which Will be worth reading in de-
tail. He suspected that there We're paleo-
lithic remains of immense antiquity in the
Upper Nile valley. ana getting all the in
for them. He discovered them last No
vember, stretching for twenty miles
across the desert, IKE ruined cities among
the cliff plateaus of Wady-Sheik. near the
center of Somaliland. One day, while
tracking lion, he made a great ind of
stone implements which had been buried
for conceaimend, but had come TO the sur
face Prof. Petrie, the Psychologist. finds
evidence IN these and the otner relics that
men lived in Upper EGYPT $4,000 years
ago.
Another interesting discovery is that of
the Chinese Inscriptions al Hermosillo. in
Mexico, which seem 10 prove the presence
OF Chinese on this continent 1000 years
ago. lniS find is supp-emenfsd with cur
ious tsme-snes by the report Of r. W.
Christian. Of the POiynesian society. who
has discovered such traces Of Chinese and
japanese N the islands Of the Pacific as
serve 10 indicate a civilization in existence
2.0O0 years ago. and probably associated
with the Central American civilization of
that day. One probable result OF these
cations and discoveries is that we
shall finally get a credible theory of the
origin OF the Aztecs.
iuere is Z cnance of learning something
else that is interesting Srom Prof. Lib
Dey s Princeton expedition wnicn is about
starting for New Mexico to look for the
homes OF ciiff jewellers on the UNEMPLOYED
-ablelands near Albuquerque.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-22
Strikers Seize a Freight Train.

Peoria, Ills. July 21-Fifty striking
miners at Pennington seized a Bur-
lington freight train at II O'Clock this
morning. demanding that it carry them
70 Dunfermline. where they intended to
call out the go miners at work, their
wages having been increased per cent.
They refused TO pay or get off and held
the train till ) o'clock, when the con-
ductor cut off the engine and ran 10
Canton, returning with the sheriff and
the states attorney. They argued with
the men and the latter finally aban-
doned the train, after holding it five
hours. The Pike county miners are
threatening to march across country to
Dunfermline to force the men out.
The managers of the mine say the
men want to keep at work and are
preparing for trouble.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-22
Not Materiallv CHANGED.

Wheeling. w Va. July 2l.-This morn
ing opened with the coal strike situation
not materially changed in West Virginia
The Watson mines with 1000 men hold
the key to the Fiarmont region for
MonOgah cannot be kept closed unless
Watson's men cult work. Debs' failure
TO do anything with Watson's men at
Riversville last night was disheartening
but the organizers have regained their
nerve ana early this morning general
conference was held 20 devise new plans.
The Kanawha Valley miners committee
are today presenting their demand for an
advance of 13 cents Il ton TO last through
out the year. This may cause a strike
were sympathy was imporent. At the Nor
folk < Western, the organizers find little
encouragement and there is no better
outlook for the strike. The strike in the
state as a whole is regarded as lost. I'M
less the local issues can be made TO
figure sufficiently to interest where
SymDathN is lacking
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-22

are making no Roadway in West Vir-
sinla. In fact, they are losing ground,
and It viii not be long before they will
al be clamoring for work again. There
is one important fact the strikers over
look A labor leader may shut down a
mine by calling out the men. but he
cannot open it again. The men who
have the power to open the mine are the
real masters Of the shtucticn AS TO
opening the mines with new men,
should say there is little probability of
that One or two operators may at
tempt il. but there is no reason for it,
The operators are not worrying; they
have the situation in hand"
All the railroads from the coal fields
running into Cleveland continue TO haul
a large amount of fuel. Considerable
goes straight up on the lakes. and a
large amount is consigned here for
distribution
The situation is daily becoming more
easier. and il would not be surprising
If prices took tumble in a few days.
The Cleveland Rolling Mill company
shut down at noon today for want of
fuel, the company refusing to pay the
advanced price
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-22


ships upon painted ocean,
1 have heard tire chatter OF fantastic apes
and many-coio-ed parross-
1 am the South Wind,
All the four Winds:
Most gracious and well-loved Utah,
We. tiny servants, greet thee
In this thy year OF Jubilee.
We bring you health and make your land
That weary man amid the giant hills
And upon the shores of this silent sleep
ing lake.
Drinks from the fountain of eternal youth
And breathes forth praises
TO the creator of ali things.
Neptune and Poseidon land Being met
are escorted before Utah. the band as
they approach. plays America They
bow before Utzh.)
Neptune. handing the water from the
DEAD Sea. says:
Weter from the Dead Sea,
Pose-ton. handing the water from the
River Jordan to Utah, says:
Water from the River Jordan.
Oh, thou dead sea of America.
Or. thou silent one,
On, thy mystery of naturei
Within whose breast are buried the Sc
crets of the ages,
To thee we render homage.
w hat hast thou seen?
Whet stories couia st thou tell If thy
waves had tonguesi
Thou has rppled past oars piled by men
and maidens,
Whose history is buried in the dust of
aforementioned ages.
With thee, cons are but years.
And centuries seem like feeHing hours
Once upon time tiny hands reached out
and traced a shore line
one thousand feet above, upon the noun
tair's side.
Then thou vast young
And yet. kingdoms mad risen and king
doms had passed into history.
w hist thou enjoyed tly childhood.
Thy waters. gathered from the giant hills.
Rest for a time within the shores of Utah
lake,
A reproduction here of the Sea Of GaIilee.
Thy crystal r5vuiess watch dance with
laughter 10 thy embrace,
Are fed by living springs beneath the
brow of NebO,
Even as the Dead Sea gathers to itself a
tribute
From tae sparkling fountains of Mount
Herman
The valleys. lakes and mountains.
With busting cities clustering round,
western world
The outlines of Holy Palestine.
Here came the pioneers full fifty years
ago,
Here. Their children celebrate their com
| now mingle with thy waters. which.
In their journey hither. kissed the death
mask from the desert
And brought forth fruit and flowers
And grassy meadows, 10 give life 70 man.
The waters which gushed from holy hills
And rolled along historic Jordan,
Even as thine own Jordan
hath held thy peariy drops within its
arms.
And now, wedding the old world to the
new,
SVeth sparkling crystals Of the Dead SEA
l baptiZe theei
Pence be with the silent onei
Utah saiutes thee.
Gland plays Hail Columbia and exer-
Uses ci0se.)
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-22
LONGEST coHNET NOTE.
4 Brooklyn Bandmaster Sustained a
Triu For 125 Seconds.

Triu For 125 Seconds.
New York World: Ten thousand peo-
pie gathered in Prospect park yescer-
day afternoon. and heard a unique
musical feat performed.
When the ninth number on the pro-
sramme Of the Thirteenth regiment
bands concert was reached. there was
general movement towards watch
foDs. and before Bandmaster w. S. Ny
grant had begun his concert solo that
STOOD over his name a. that number.
nearly half the people held time
-ieces in their hands.
II had been announced that Mr.. Ny
grant would attempt to hold a note
for more than two minutes during his
rendering of the concert waltz of
Thomas Short.
When the trill. which was played on
the second space of the staff. r sharp.
was reached, the clear. vibrant note
foated out in penetrating distinctness
echoes from the high ground beyond
crowd and awakened sympathetic
to the uttermost borders of the big
Apart from the wonderful length. the
note was a marvel of sweetness.
For Us seconds il came in delicate
sound waves, floating like q zeDhys
e.4LCAs7 liz i4otCAi@As5s " vi people
When at last it ceased there was a
roar of applause, and the hand clap
PIN did not cease until the master had
again raised his silver instrument. and
the ever welcome notes of Nearer NY
God. TO Thee" were heard. Still again
he had to respond before the people
were satisfied. and some even then were
heard to express disappointment that
the trill had not been repeated. Such
persons had little conception of the ex-
hausting nature of the performance. or
that only many years training enabled
Mr.. Migrant to accomplish it at all.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-22
CHAMPION SNAKE STORY.
How a Glass Snake Managed to Get
His Sundered Parts Together.

New Orleans Times Democrat: Dur
ing my early boyhood 1 heard a great
mank stories about the glass snake, -
said Traffic Manager J. @. Schriever
of the Southern Pacific company a day
or two ago. but it was a good many
years before I placed any credence in
o.le TACT ulat the glass snake ever ex-
listed. 1t happened in an odd sort of
a way (my belief in the faCO and the
existence of the creature was made
manlIcS. during most delightful out
ing spent some years ago in western
Teas. In company with a number of
friends l was camping on the banks
of a small stream in the hill section
and it was during jaunt along the
banks of the stream that we came
across a peculiar looking snake about
IS inches long lying in the sun UPON
the top of a smooth rock by the creek.
l took up a stick TO kill the snake, bur
before the stick reached it it suddenly
y en0 inEo pieces, Just tor all the world
as If ii had been in sections, the several
joints remaining upon the rock, the
head excepted. which dropped over the
side Of the rock into the grass. There
was no HOOD spilled and the joints
looked as if they had been smeared OH
the ends with sealing wax. To say L
was surprised would express it mildly
l had never seen anything like it be-
fore.
Il concluded to take away a section
of the glass snake, for sucn my COM
panions termed it, for a memenfo.
,,Isr-ed joint in a piece of paper
and took it to the camp. That evening
l unIOlled il and aI5er a coed look tied
it about the middle with a stout piece
of string and suspended it from a low
branch near the tent. Then we all went
TO sleep. In the morning before we had
drunk our coffee / thought TO take a
look at the section. and, to my un-
J. unded astonisnmenG, instead N
joint l had a whole snake 1 was
LaralyZed with astOnishment. / did not
see how in the deuce a snake could
grow from single section, even If it
was a glass snake, but the solution to
the problem was even more remarkable
than my first conjecture. The head and
and tail of the snake had set out on a
still hunt for the missing joint and,
having found it. had managed to reach
it as ii swung at the end of the string.
And not caring to again become sepa- |
rated from SO important a portion of |
its bone and sinew had preferred TO |
dangle in nidair possibly hoping by
some unlooked-for circumstance to re- I
gnin its liberty. Touched bv SO re-
an exhibition of snake sa- |
3 Lcity, we united the string and the
glass snake glided into the vertianf |
lastness OF the forest. I have never
seen another rep-,s Of the sort"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-22
NOT ENOUGH YET.
But Miners, as a Whole, Are Seri-
ousely Divided.

St. Louis, July M.-About 125 of the $50
miners VINO are on strike at Collinsville,
ia, held a meeting at that place this
afternoon TO determine whether they
should continue the strike or accept the
advance offered them by the operators
and return TO work.
They decided, by vote of 50 to 43, TO
continue the strike. TIE situation. how
ever, remains practically unaltered. The
miners as a whole are seriously divided
as was shown by the meeting. only I26
out of a total of $50 being present TIE
married men wish to resume labor. but
The single men favor the strike. Under
the action Of 1ne meeting the COllinsVille
zinc works VIII have To shut down to-
morrow. This will throw 200 men our ii
work WHO have been idle for six months
featuring establishments Will also be com
peeled to close.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-22
His word For It.

New York World: A middle aged wo-
man entered a crowded elevated train the
other night. and after looking about in
vain for seat, gave deep sigh. grasped
a strap and est tired. very pleading
look a a number of young men who were
seated on either side of the car. Not one
of them moved. Finally rough look
ing man. who wore a blue shirt without
a collar. dropped the paper ne had been
reading and seeing the woman and he~
weary expression. arise and noddine to
her. said: Here's a seat. lady,
Witha grateful look she seated herself
gentleman.
You can just gamble your tintvDe I
am" ne muttered gently, and then re-
sumed his reading.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-22
Races at Anaconda.


Anaconda, Mont, July 21.-One of the
closest races of the meeting was the
2:15 trot today. which resulted in Car
lyle Carne winning by a nose. The
result was in doubt until announced.
Summary:
First race. pacing, 2:SO class. purse
S6O0-ArgoIine won. King Aitamont
second, Nalendoa Wilkes third. Time
SISSY and 2:S1.
Second race. trotting, Sis class, two
in three. purse SS00-Carlule Carne won,
H. W. L. second. Chris Peterson third.
Time-2:154, 2:16.
Third race, running. handicap, 2
year-olds. five-eighths mle-Amazonian
won, Salmera second, Ray Heath third.
Time :03s4.
Fourth race, running. one mile, sell
ing, purse S35O-Lena won, Cherry Leaf
second. Daylight third. Time-1:4S19.
Fifth race, running. FIVE and half
furlongs, purse $500. H. B. Won,
Annahoim second, Three o. third
Tlme-1:12$z.
Sixth race, running, five and half
furlongs, selling. purse s250-Emma
Nc won, Glen Campbell second, Alder
man c. third. Time-1:12iz.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-22
VIII Aid the Miners.

st. Louis, July PA special to the
Republic from Mount Olive, Ills, says:
The business men of this city are 6ak-
ing steps TO aid the miners in their eff
forts TO secure better wages. Funds
nave been raised and a committee ap-
pointed by Mayor Fuchs will distribute
the money where most needed. A dele
cation of 100 miners left here tonight
tor Ccffeen, where they viii assist other
delegations in getting the miners to
join the movement.
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Soft Coal Agreement.

New York. July 21.-The Evening Post
says: Plans are now approved by leading
interests for an agreement among the soft
coal roads. and ii was said today 1t mere
y awaited the action of one or two par
ties before formal adoption. The nature
of the agreement is not yet made public.
but in a general way IL may be stated
TO be one for keeping the traffic within
reasonable bounds and making it yield
fair returns. The plan has no direct bear
ing on the strike situation; in fact, il is
quite independent of it. So far as its
propositions and its details are known. it
reflects conditions similar TO those now
known 10 govern in the anthracite trade.
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Thev Are wanting work.

Houghton. Mich. July 21.-Several
hundred miners from Ohio and Penn
sylvania bituminous coal fields have
reached here in search of work and
report that thousands more are COM
ing, drawn by reports of prosperity in
the copper country. 1t is true that the
local mines are working more men than
ever before at the highest wages paid
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-22
Nov want to Arbitrate.

Springfield H., July 2l.-The employees
and employers of the Springfield Coal
company. operating the Old Worth shaft
of the Springfield Coal company. the
Springfield Cooperative company and the
Black Diamond COal company filed a pc
tition today with Edward Rsdgisy, of the
state board Of arbitration, 10 arbitraee
their differences in regard TO wages and
the fuifillment of the contract existing
between employees and employers The
board Of arbitration meets on Friday
BY chat time several other mines in the
Springfield district viii have filed petit
tions. Meetings are being held in all the
mines in regard 10 fling petitions for ar
bitration. Coal is very scarce here.
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Thev Are Wanting work.

Columbus. O.. July 21.-President
Ratchford, of the United Mine Work
ers. and John Costlett. will start this
evening for Fairmount, W. Va, TO par
ticipate tomorrow with Mr.. Mahon. the
stree5 railway president, and Mr.. DefOs,
in q big miners meeting.
President Farms. OF the Ohio Miners
organization, and President Knight of
Indiana, viii go 10 CoOpers. WA, TO
work.
AT national headquarters it is claimed
that the outlook in West Virginia is
more encoura ging than ever.