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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16
MAMMA CUTTING WAGES.



Just 70 show that prosperity has real
~ come a Pennsylvania mine of which
Senator Hanna is one Of the chief own,
ers has reduced the wages OF its miners
from 60 to 81 cents. This is for coal 90.
ing over one and one-fourth inch
screen and is the lowest rate ever paid
70 these miserable workrnen. II is re-
ported that the miners have struck. but
the report has not yet been confirmed
and is not likely TO be. for the men are
In no condition TO quit work even in
face of this cut. The mine operators
say that the cut was made because other
mines were only paying 81 cents. al
though all acknowledge that the rate
is GO cents.
An officer of the Mine Workers
union is said 10 have remarked that the
miners are not amazed. They were not
Mckinley men. The times were get
ting harder every day. There seemed
TO be no end TO the mems sufferings and
the sun oftheir prosperity had sci. Yet.
he added. there must come an end. The
men must live. and. although he dread
ed to say II, they would put an end TO
their sufferings with the musket and
torch. One does not like 10 hear such
things even when the sympathies are
with the oppressed people. but what can
you expect from a class so downtrod-
den? There is not in this country to-
day class Of workmen so oppressed as
the miners Of Pennsylvania. Between
the power Of the mine owners TO limit
the years output and their ability to
depress wages at will the miserable
workman is having all his self-respect
and manliness crushed out The reveal
tdons made last winter and this spring
by legislative committees which inves-
tigated the miners condition in Penn
sylvania. Ohio and other states were Of
the most shocking character. Not only
were wages pitifully low. but the men |
were cheated in the most shameless |
manner by means of false weights and |
unfair screens. The injustice Of the |
mine owners in arbitrarily limiting the
output for the year resulted in the idle
less OF thousands of men and the in
crease of the cost of the coal 10 the con-
sumner.
Ahe toHultlOH Vi 1HdlrS mas Sre1Clly
grown worse. although such seems al
most impossible. sT'he miner has been
forced into the last ditch by his EN-
ployers. who not only grind him and the
coal consumers. but further enrich
themselves from both by manipulating
the tariff through such men as Hanna.
II cannot be wondered. then. that this
crushed class is at that desperate point
Indicated by the words of the union .
member. It Is no wonder that its men,
oers feel that they could not be much
worst off il. with musket and torch.
hey outlawed themselves by actual war ,
lpon their oppressors. This is still
urther borne in upon them when they
enlize that. depleted in purse and body,
hey are no longer in condition TO make
lse OF their usual weapon. the strike
'hicago Chronicle
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16
PRESS COMMENTS.

The tariff bill is a failure. omen
and confessed Why not substitute a
revenue bill?-N. Y. World
Under Tom Reeds rulings a con-
gresham must die to call attention 10
the fact that he is on duty.-Chicaru
Record Qnd).
Hanna says business is improv-
ing As Hanna's business is procuring
senatorial votes. the next perfinent
question Is. are prices going up?-St.
Paul Globe.
-tongTess is plugging away at tar
IN, Cuba and Hawaii, and now the pres
ident proposes TO toss another arbitra-
ton treaty into the hopper. Yet last
years campaign is alleged to have been
conducted on the financial question
Washington Post.
Mr.. McKinley'snew treaty with
England might appropriately be an Of
fensive and defensive land-grabbing
alliance. To talk arbitration and at the
same time begin a policy of conquest
that must result in wars is the height
OF absurthty.-Kansas City Times.
II Is not too early in the canvass
Of 1897 for democrats to beware Of roor-
bachs- Early as IL is. the republican
machine is employing the services OF
some very able newspaper talent in its
effort to disrupt and distract the de-
mocracy.-Albany Argus
The tariff iAsfill "bobbir9 up" as
a localissue- Protection New England
rrs do not want duty on hides be-
cause II interferes with their inanufac-
turing business II will be found now,
ls IL always has been found. that Il il
not an easy thing 10 carry an abstract
principle all the way through . tariff
Enquirer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16
CONSTANTLY SHIFTING.
Instability of nepublscan ConvS<
tioma On the Enri2


Many Of our valued republican con
temporaries are deriving considerable,
fun from the change in tariff theorie,
now alleged TO be going on in the demo.
cratic party. They seem TO forget that
within the last few years a change. al.
most revolutionary. on the same CUES.
ton took place in the republican party
When the Mckinley bill passed both
houses OF congress and received the
signature of President Harrison all the
republicans In the land whooped with
glee and sung the praise of William Nc
kiniey until they were hoarse. With a
tax on everything used by human be-
ing from the time he was laid In the crib
until he was lowered into six feet Of
earth the republicans glorified and saw
the millennium sticking above the
horizon.
That was in 1890. Two years later the
democrats mopped the earth with the
republican party. 1t required several
days of shoveling TO get the snow of
its PROSTATE. frozen remains. And no
sooner did the republican heads appear
above drifts than their mouths opened
in denunciation of William Mckinley
and his law. There was not a republic
an from the Moosehead lake 10 the Cliff
rocks who would cot take oath that his
party was defeated by the Mckinley
law and that William Mckinley was as
dead, politically. as a mackerel. This
country. the republicans declared. no
longer needed high protective tariff:
our industries were no longer infantile
10 be nursed on the bottle OF protection;
protection. indeed. was an issue which
would no longer separate the republic
an and democratic parties.
That was in 1892 and 1893. Then the
panic. which was the natural result OF
fool economic and financial systems
struck the country and keeled IL over
on its beam ends. And 1t is not right /
ing itself very rapidly yet. With the
panic came the republican clamor for a
protective tariff for our industries.
which in year had become infants
n gain As Mr. Mckinley was the great
est living apostle Of the protection the
Dry his name was caught by the repub-
lican wind and the first the country
knew Mr.. Mckinley was exhumed from
his political creed and hailed as the new
Moses Incidentally the Mr. Mckinley
who was politically dead a few years
go is the liveliest man in this country
.o-day.
Thus we see the grand old republican
'arty shifting its political convictions
With all the ease and grace Of a light
! rnn-nH n " t~s n {
pitt up the back or the Dingiey bill
Therefore. 90 far as the republican par
Y is concerned. the north star is more
ons'ant by several points--Chicago
'ews Ind).
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16
REPENTANCE SHOULD COME
The Republican Party should See In q
Folly of It, Course


1t is now absolutely certain that th,
Jones-Aidrich tariff bill. even fit couIs
become law to-day, would not provid.
revenue enough to meet expenses fol
the next two years at the least.
Why. then, should il become law al
all?
The present extra session was con.
vened avowedly for the purpose of pass
ing a tariff or other bill which should
provide adequate revenues. Why should
it persist in passing one that viii GER
tainly leave q deficit?
And If IL does so. how is the deficit
to be made good? Is there any other
way than by bond sales and the in
crease of the interest-bearing debt in
time Of peace?
VIII this policy be more acceptable
10 the people under Mckinley than il
was under Cleveland?
Can the republican party afford at
such q cost TO persist in a project of
rewardilg and repaying Mark Hanna's
cornpagn contributors by repeating the
blunders which led TO the defeat of
democracy?
What shall II profit political party
to reward men for buying one eleetior
for it, If in doing so it must lose the
next election?
Why should not congress now re
pent itself Of the folly Of the last six
months? Why should il not even now
use the simple and obvious means open
to II Of giving the country revenue and
rest and permitting 1t TO secure re-
cuperat.oa for itself?-N. Y. World.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16
CLUBS AND PICKHANDLES


>Vsf
WHEELING, W. Va. July This
morning. armed with pickhandles and
clubs, the Wheeling and Lake Erie
miners at Long Run. over the river.
proceeded to Dlllonville. a short dis
lance away on the same road. and
forced the working miners at the lat
ter place to go out on strike. The
deputy marshals had not arrived.
At Wheeling creek. opposite Wheel.
ing, in Ohio the miners union met
yesterday afternoon and decided to 90
Z on strike in obedience to the request Of
the United mine workers.
Back of Bellaire, on the baltimore
a Ohio. two railroad mines are work
ing at the rate demanded by the min
ers. o. cents, but the striking miners
elsewhere are determined that the men
shall not work at these mines until
the strike is settled There NAV be
trouble at these two points.
Strikes were inaugurated to-day Mt
the non-union mills Of Anderson. On
puy x Co. and the Wayne iron works.
The employees OF Anderson, Dupuy 4
20 struck against a 20 per cent reduc-
ton About 400 men are affected.
The Wayne Iron Co.'S employees
want the $3.50 per ton pudding rate.
Painter 4 Sn's mill. which has been
operated by the amalgamated men.
VIII be started non-union a. soon as
enough men can be secured.
Yesterday morning the firm adver-
used Tor workmen TO take the places of
the old men.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16
ARRIVED AT TANGIER.
fhe Cruiser SAN Francisco to be Follow I'd
by the Raleigh.

IANGIER, Morocco, July 9.-The
United States cruiser San Francisco
mas arrived here, and the United States
cruiser Raleigh Is expected Friday.
The san Francisco and Rcleigh have
been sent to Tangier to support the
protest OF United States Consul-Gcn-
eral Burke against the discriminate,
OF the authorities OF Morocco aga r It
americans in refusing to permit them
70 employ native help, a privilege
which Is allowed Europeans. American
ei,i1ens, In consequence Of this dis.
crimination, nave had their business
'nterfcrred with.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16
AT HEADQUARTERS.
The Leaders Claim that Success IL Al
ready Assured

COLUMBUS, o., July I'm speaking
of the strike to-day. President Ratch.
ford said: There is no longer any
doubt that an ultimate victory for the
miners is assured"
Mr.. Ratchford would not give fig
ures, but said the reports were favor
able. The Cincinnati Central labor
council, IN the matter of relief. has
recommended that the entire member
ship Of the American Federation of
Labor be assessedten cents per man pc =
week. This will amount to 500. 900.
Assurances of supper; from Mr.. Com
pers, of the American Federation of
Labor, justifies the belief. Mr.. Ratch-
ford said that he will be glad to carry
out their wishes.
indications point to the fact that
railroad employees are taking deem
interest in the trouble, and that may
lead 10 their refusal TO handle non.
union coal. The shipment of coal from
West Virginia fields to the lake mar.
ket has never exceeded six per cent. of
the whole stock in any one season.
We recognize that it is a difficult mat.
ter to displace any coal to which con-
sumers become accustomed. The rem
edy for this lies in the hands of
some of those who complain
most bitterly. 1t is deplorable spec
tacle to witness coal from West vir-
ginia finding its way TO the lake, while
the mines between it and the West
Virginia fields are idle. The managers
OF the railroads are giving a rate to
West Virginia shippers which enables
them to enter the market at less
price than their own mines
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16

-Protectionists seem to avoid the
topic OF distribution. In fact. they
have practically left u untouched. No
one prtends that there IL any real
trouble about production. On IL
months nos re the United States can
raise twice rs much wheat. corn and
cotton as we ever raised. On a notice
OF 80 days we can have bigger output
o. manufactured goods than the cx-
IRENE point Of any past period. Give us
customer. and we will have the goods
rAdy~Minneapolis Times.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16

This scramble for the fruits of
robbery Is the inevitable consequence
OF the policy of comforting benefits upon
certain interests or classes Of people by
legislation. The power of legislation to
concentrate the wealth of the people
on the favored few by discriminating
taxation is SO great that vast corrup-
ton follows in the wake OF its exercise
Tor that purpose. For this reason the
protective tariff and the slush fund are
inseparable and we are treated 10 the
spectacle of great trusts bargaining for
and buying tariff privileges.-St. Louis
Republic.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16

CHABLEsToN. w. Va. July s.-Chief
Mine Inspector j. W. Paul. who re-
turned Yesterday evening from trip
through the kanawha and New Rive,
coai regions, says there are no signs OF
strike anywhere among the miners.
They are all at work, and the mine
operators are receiving new orders for
coal and increasing their OUTPUT.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16
SENATOR QUAY.
Thinks Of Retiring mt the End of His Pres
ent Term.

WASHINGTON, July 9.--Senator QUAY.
OF Pennsylvania, when asked concern
ing the statement that he would retire
from public life at the close of his term
said he was making no official an
nouncement that he would not be a
candidate for reelection. but, unless
he changed his mind, he would not re-
main longer in the senate.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16
ONE WAS KILLED.


LITTLE Rock. Ark, July s.-Three
state convicts working on the worthe n
place at SCOTS station, southeast OF
shis city, made desperate break for
liberty Tuesday night They were
nred upon by the guards and one was
kiiied, another fatally wounded, while
ne third escaped. The convicts were
ON Rafferty,, OF Sebastian county.
'glar; Harry Lawrence, of Garland
", burglar, aud Dan Cantrell, Of
ttcountv. murderer,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16
CREATED A SENSATION.
shortages Due by County Dispensers to the
state OF south CaroItna

COLUMBIA, ). c.. July Shortage,
amounting tosl5,ooo of the moneys due
oy county dispensers to the state were
wrought to light by the dispensary
board o. control yesterday.
For the period between March ~.
1870, and November 20, 1896, the short
sge ssi3.'Oa. Examination reveals the
TACT that the bonds given by the dis
pensers who have fallen behind a.
neir accounts are in each case worth.
'esA ~ has crsAted q sensation.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16
DIED OF HIS INJURIES.
Sad Fate of . Christian Endeayorer In m.
Garden Of the Coda

Garden of the Gods.
CoIoRADo'SPRINos. Col, July 9.-Fred
W. Everson, of Abingdon, Mass. who
was thrown from a coach while going
through the Garden of the Gods. about
Tour miles west of this place, last Fri
day. is dead. A heavily laden coach
was passing the famous Balancing
Rock in the gardens when the vehicle
overturned and dozen passenger,
were injured. Everson received in
ternal injuries. lie was conveyed q
Nauitou. where death ensued.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16

First Summer Resorter-Isn't that CboL
he BOWED Just horrid. hadn't known b,rs
Tor day when he tired to kiss me.
Second Summer Resorter-And me. too
hut 1t Is only business with him. His fatbe,
owns the aundry.-Ind:anapo Journal
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16
OVER NORTH AMERICA

sieSican railway advertisers.
year. ~ mo
Mexico's government has been Al, =,
10 rid the country districts OF bors.
thieves ''s .
heart trouble. brought on by the
citement Ct going for a phvsician
TWO a. m for his wife. killed s.xa,,.
marian of Beaman. No.
In Sumner county. Kan which
. load OF wheat for the India fa,oi,.
sufferers. man died OF starvation ~
lore the wheat reached the Indians
Factories at Pedregal. Mexico
suburb of Mexico City, are put,inr -
American machinery. andhave pIannad
feast for the operatives when ~.
pants are in working order.
In Montreal park on SUNDAY 4 "a
sner was compelled To order his fon--
year-old boy to cease throwing a TO-.
Dali 10 him. and was Obliged To put ~
pail IN his pocket under pain of arrest
Effects OF the queens jubilee are FOL.
In Mexico. where display ADVERTISING ~
the newspapers draws attention IN the
TACT that 1.-THE nations cards 90 con-
graduation TO their queen" are on sale
The perpetualmotion enthusiast ana
ms invention are lowering about m.
tennessee Centennial exhibition r,
TINS instance he has the signifcan,
name Gladish. and he halls from Chat.
tanooga.
One hundred and eight French Cana
dams, In % families. have left Michioan
Tor the Lake St John region of Canada
where the colonization department.
gives 100 acres of land 10 each family.
Near Alachua. Fla. man who had
Just put some tools into a chest at an
proach Of a storm was struck by light
ming and killed as he stood under an
pax tree. which was photographed PEP
fectly in his body by the fluid.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16

Plenty of Coal and the Miners at Work
BALTIMORE, Nd, July 9.--The Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad Co announces
that it has plenty of coal in sight. as
none of the miners at Cumberland, the
mines of the Consolidation Coal Co. or
Black. Sheridan a Wilson are out nor
do they intend to cease work.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16
THE MINERS STRIKE

Situation NJ the End Of the Third Day The
leaders Claiming Everything Wheeling
Lake Erie Railroad Mines in Full Oper-
alton. ANA Pears Felt that They May
Break the strike.
PITTSBURGH. Pa, July 9-The close
OF the third day of the miners strike
found the diggers gaining strength
rapidly in the Pittsburgh district, Ella
ting the OH cials and men correspond
ingly.
The net result of the struggle up 70
date, rs CLEANED from unbiased as well
as from partisan sources, is about as
follows:
Nineteen thousand men idle. an al.
most total suspension of work in the
mines along the Monongahela river;
suspension practically total ON the
wheeling division of the Baltimore &
ONO railroad, only about SO men work.
ing there; all of the railroad mines
closed down with the exception of the
~. A. Hanna x Co. S mines in the Pan
handle. the New York 4 Cleveland Gas
Coal Co. and a few individual mines
which can have but little effect on the
situation.
The Hanna mines have about one-
third of their usual number OF men at
work and this slight increase over
Wednesday appears to be the only ad-
vantage the operators have gained.
The coming out Of the men along the
Baltimore * Ohio is decided victory
for the miners, because these men were
working under an iron-clad agreement
and by their loyalty to their brethren
forfeit $4,000 in wages which the com.
pany holds out.
The situation as to the supply of |
coal cannot be called serious as vet. |
because there are from IL. 900, 900 to
100000 bushels of the black dia-
monds in stock at the various pools
along the river which can be placed
In this city at short notice and, il need
be, portion of it could be shipped to
the lakes.
Up to the present time no sign of un-
iawfulness has developed among the
strikers and no evidence whatever that
there will be.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16
Fears the Operation of a single Mine Ma,
Break the Strike.

CLEVELAND, o.. July 9.-The Morri.
Coal Co., the Albright Coal Co.. and NJ
A. Hanna & Co.. report that their min
ers are still out and that no negotia
lions have been made as vet Cleve.
land manufacturers are much con.
cerned over the situation and are be.
ginning 10 dread coal famine. The
railways are continuing to confiscate
coal consigned to factories, and a mum
Der OF the concerns are seriously
cramped for fuel.
An effort was made TO find Col.
Myron I. Herrick. receiver of the
wheeling 4 Lake Erie railroad, yester-
day, to ascertain what he had to say
regarding President Ratchford's charge
that he is promise-brealSer. but the
colonel could not be found. Ratchford
says that Herrick has 1900 aliens
working in the Dillonvale mines and
that he may overawe them into hold.
ing out against the present movement.
Col. Herrick is determined to operate
the mines and Ratchford fears that he
may break the strike.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16
ScrofuIa

In its thousands of forms is the most ter
role aftiietion Of the human race. Salt
rneurn, sores. eruptions, bofls. all humors,
swellngs etc, originate In its foul faint.
and are cured BY the great and only True
Blood Purifier, Hoods SarsapariIIa The
advanced theory Of today that tuber-
cuiosis, or consumption, Is durable by
proper nutrition, care and purifying the
blood. finds confirmation in the experiences
Of many who have been curei oy
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-11-10
After the Wolves.

DR.. II. V. Gortshins, well known in
this city makes some statements in
Duluth to an Evening Herald man
which in part are true and should be
adopted as far as it leads to a wolf
bounty. In saying that wolves are
killing horses cattle and hogs, we do
not know what the DR.. knows about
it, but so far we have heard of very
few cases of such havoc on the part
of the wolves. In regard to the
destroying of game, the DR., is right.
He says: that the wolves in Northern
Minnesota destroy ten times as .much
game every year as is killed by men.
He believes that the countries in this
part of the state could mot make a
more profitable expenditure of money
than by offering bounty of $40 each
for every full-grown wolf killed, the
entire hide of the animal being con-
siered sufficient to warrant the pay
ment of the bounty thus making it
unnecessary to bring in the whole
carcass.
DR., Goetehius says that the wolves
are not only destroying the game of
the country, but that they are killing
cattle, horses and hogs of farmers.
1t is known that there are eight or
ten packs of wolves prowling about
the forests of ST. Louis county, and
in this and neighboring counties it is
estimated that there are fully forty
packs and their number is steadily
increasing. Unless some encourage
ment is given to destroy them they
will soon ruin the country for the
sport Of the hunter. DR.. GoetchiuS
says that the game preserves Of
Northern Minnesota will provide
splendid hunting grounds for. many
years to come if the wolves are killed
off. but if they are permitted to in
crease and multiply as they are now
doing, the time is not far distant
when they will be the only animals
left. He says that they are now well
fed, and hunters frequently find the
partially devoured carcases Of deer
that have been killed by them. but
which they did not require for food.
Wolves when hungry will not leave
any portion of their prey, but eat it
all flesh and hide alike.