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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-07-24
AGAINST THE STRIKE.
t. B. McCiregor, of Pittsburg. Kansas, Will
Not Order Western Miners Out.

t. b. Mctiregor, of Pittsburg. Kansas, Will
Not Order Western Miners Out.
Kansas City, July 2S.-T B. McGreg-
or, Of Pittsburg, Kas,, national organ
izer of the Knights of Labor, and Pres
ident Of the United Mine Warkers for
Missouri and Kansas, said in an inter
view to-day:
"Ratchford will order the western
coal miners to come out. l am sure
of it, but they will never do it if I can
help it. I'll lose my official head in
this fight before they do"
McGregor returned recently from Co.
lumbus, Ohio, where he had been in
consultation with President Ratchford,
of the United Mine Workers.
1T is my firm conviction" contin-
ued Mr.. McGregor, that the best thing
to do is to let the western miners con-
tinue at work and ask them to contrib
ute 25 cents week to the eastern men
who arg out. But that is not Ratch-
ford's, fdea. 1 know just as well as if 1
had Eeceived my instructions what they
willy be. They will be to call the west
egn miners out at the Saturday conven-
Ton at Pittsburg. Kansas"
Z McGregor gives several reasons why.
in his mind, the western men should
not go out now. In company with Will
liam Crawford of Springfield, Ind, and
]. w. Wilson, of West Virginia, both
members of the executive council of
the United Mine Workers of America,
McGregor will attend the Pittsburg,
Kas., convention tomorrow.
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6ecial 70 the Register.

S6ecial 10 the Register.
Fairmont, W. Va, July 2S.-Ratch-
ford Debs. Miller and all the organizers
and organized miners here agree in the
statement tonight that all the miners
in the Fairmont region will be out by
Monday. Saturday is pay day at the
Watson mines and the strikers and or
gapizers base their hopes largely upon
this fact. They say that last Saturday
was pay day at MOnOngah, and on Mon
day the men were out; on the same
basis they argue for a strike at the
Watson mines on Monday.
Senator Camden came here tonight,
and a meeting is now in progress at
Monongah, attended by all the opera
tors, at which the situation is being
discussed.
Tonight. the men at Monongah are
all out. as they are at Pritchard, Au-
rora. and ODonnell. At New England,
Hites and West FairmOnt, about half
the men are out. The Hite miners or
ganized to the number Of 100 last night.
Ratchford leaves at 3 o'clock in the
morning, and T. w. Rea comes to take
his place. Rea is Vice President Of the
Painters and Decorators.
Chris. Evans, formerly Secretary OF
fbe American Federation Of Labor, will
be here on Monday.
Debs and Mahon will go to Clarks-
burg to hold meetings, returning on
Sunday.
l1fe. e.neeting S9sdaTEn miners. nj Ratchford
AEnade a good speech, and was presented
Nth several bouquets. Debs also spoke
Monongah.
Tonight, Ratchford spoke here from
80 till 1880 Debs then talked till
has. Three hundred miners Earched
om Monongah to attend
Sheriff Cunningham has sworn in a
lot of deputies, but hopes there will be
no need to use them.
A warrant was swOrh out to-day for
Rolfe Hite. and he was held under
300 bond for a hearing Friday next.
Ratchford says the meeting of the
heads of the national labor organiza-
tions to be held in Wheeling on Tues
day next will be the most Important
and the biggest gathering Of national
labor leaders ever held.
The Sheriff visited West Fairmont
to-day. but he found no trouble.
Ratchford telegraphed the following
letter to Samuel GOmpers, President Of
the American Federation of Labor to-
light at Washington, d. c.:
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on the fair soil Of West Virginia
aaeable assemblage has been forbid
and free speech suppressed. A
is upon us which must be met if
ould escape total slavery. The
mining strike now extends over
tates; one hundred and fifty thou
miners and their families, almost
illion souls are involved. Public
lnent is Overwhelmingly with us,
the hollow heartless sentiment of
rate capital, echoed by its vulgar
{, the subsidized press, is opposed
The acute stage has been reach
This is no longer a strike for jus
but a struggle against starvation.
atom of nobility in human na-
impels us to rise to the emergency
Dy performing our duty as becomes
rescue the miners Of the country
the cruel grasp of bondage a2d
wives and children from the tor
Of famine.
vest Virginia is the held Of action
mere our forces must be cOnverged.
miners here are eager. anxious to
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striking miners are still encamped near
the Allisan and Boone mines to per-
suade workers from going to work, but
as the hearing in the injunction case
was postponed from this afternoon un-
til Monday, there is little danger Of
any conflict at present, because the
mine owners have announced that their
mines would remain closed down until
after the hearing.
As far as the injunction is concerned,
the strikers claim that it will have no
effect, as it reStrains them from VIII
they have no intention of doing. II y
say that they will molest no one.A Il
they are content to wage a ba Of
peace and order. and that, as Il ave
public sentiment on their 81 tbev
are bound to win. Should th& &ninnc-
tion be made perpetual, the elevators
il is surmised, viii make an aSeOnt m
resume work. II they do theHa tm he
trouble as long as there are an riters
in the vicinity Of the mine.
There are vague rumors d march
on II. pines OF the New brk and
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CHRIS. EVANS WILL COME.

Columbus, Ohio, July 23.-President
Gompers, of the American Federation
of Labor, has wired the United Mine
Workers Of America, that he will send
Chris. Evans to help in the West Vir-
ginia field. He was formerly Secretary
of the Federation, and in 1889 was Pres
ident of the Ohio miners.
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pEMANp Observation-Disclosures.

Altoona, Pa, July 2S.-All the coal
mines but one in the northern Cambria
region, which includes the openings
along the Susquehanna extension of the
Cresson and Clearfeld railroad, closed
down this morning, the men, about
1000 number, going out on strike for
checkweighmen.
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WILL REr1rRN TO WORK.

SHARON, Pa, July 2S-Mercer county
miners have gained victory in their
strike and the operators have conceded TO
their demands. The men were out about
three weeks and will now return to work
at once. The operators will pay them AZ
cents for the run of the mine coal. About
twelve hundred miners are affected.
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FELL FROM A BOAT.

Willis Anderson Believed TO Have Fallen
From the II. n. Bedford Near East Liy-
erpool.
EAST LIVERPOOL. O., July 23.-when
the Wheeling packet. H. X. Bedford. ar
rived here late tonight her officers report
ed that a man named Willis Anderson, a
passenger returning from Pittsburg to his
home in Marietta, O., had fallen overheard
at Georgetown. three miles east OF here.
and had been drowned. A hasty search of
the river was made. but in vain. The man
is said to have been wealthy. He has
wife and one child in Marietta.
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INDUCES
IN WILD TONNYROI.
Sends a Decidedly Silly Telegram to
President GOmperS.
Roasts the Newspapers and Says Free
Speech Is Denied

On the Sacred Soil Of West Vir-
oinla-LNot the Sort Of Talk That
Will Win Friends for the Strike
Two Good Meetings Held at Far
mont Yesterday-Debs Going to
CIarksburg and Ratchford to Col
umbias-McRae to Join the Fair
mont Force-Chrls Evans Also
Billed to Appear Monday-Strik-
ers Make No Gains in the Kama
wba Valley Nor on the Norfolk
and Western.
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THE DEPUTIES GONE.

No Further Need Found for Guarding the
Mines at Dollonvale.
Special TO the Register
STEUBENVILLE, o.. July 23.-Marshal
w. T. Harness, who has had charge of the
deputies at Dillonvale and Long Run
mines, is here tonight on his way to Gin
cinnau. He reports that the deputies left
to-day and that matters are quiet at both
mines. He says large number of miners
have left both places and that they would
return to work were it not for quiet intim-
idation.
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AII TpATNS cTrApnrD

CONNELLsvILLE, Pa, July 23.-All
through trains travelling over the Pitts
burg division Of the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
road are guarded by men with Winches-
ters, one guard being on the platform OF
each train This IS done as precaution
against hold-uns BY tramps.
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SITUATION UNCHANGED.

A Few More Strikers Go to Work, and All
Expected to BE in by Monday
Special to the Register.
Charleston, w. Va, July 23.-The
strike situation in the Kanawha Val
ley is practically unchanged from
what it was yesterday. More of the
strikers returned to work to-day
and it is believed that they will all be
at work again by next Monday.
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BIG SALE OF BEER STAMPS.
Brewers Buying Big Lots Before the New
Law Goes Into Effect.

DTcNcTb IOib DoioIO thC w"
Law Goes Into Effect.
Special to the Register.
Parkersburg, ". Va, July 23.-The
largest sale of beer stamps ever made
in a single day in this district was
made to-day. The breweries of Wheel
ing alone purchased $4,000 worth.
This amount will be swelled to 100000.
At present brewers are allowed a
discount of about ~ per cent TO cover
spoiled product, waste, etc. Under the
new law the discount will not be al
lowed and the face value of the stamps
must be paid.
The sales day before yesterday were
SS42-an ordinary good days sales.
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AFFECTING MANUFACTURERS.

Joliet. Ills, July 2S.-The coal strike
has begun to affect the manufacturers
of Joliet. The Consolidated Wire and
Steel Comfany, employing 200 men.
closed do q last night for want Of
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coal. Other concerns, it is said, will
shut down Saturday night.
ALL IS QUIET.

Special TO the Register.
Elkhorn, w. Va, July 23.-There is
no change in the strike situation to-
day. All the mines are working and
the agitators are not heard of.
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OIL MARKETS.

Oil City, Pa, July 2S.-Credit bal
ances 75c; certificates. no bid; ship
ments, 1OO,44S barrels; runs. 1881
barrels.
New YORK. July 2s.-Petroleum.
Pennsylvania Acrude steady; August s5c
bid.
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rHE srRIKE CoMPLETE.

St. Louis, Mo-. July 2S.-The coal
miners strike in St. Clair county is
complete and not a pick was lifted to-
day. The four mines of the Illinois
Central railroad around Freeburg were
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RATCHFORD TO THE REGISTER.

There never has been single moment since the strike
three days old that haven't been confident of winning
it, with the advice the leaders the various unions who
have made this fight THEIR fight and whose members are
taking more interest, in many cases. than the miners
There has been peculiar situation in the FairmOnt field
since opened but with the encouraging number
of union who have already been organized can not
but feel sure OF success.
NJ. D. RATCHFORD.
FAlRMONT, W. VA, July 25.
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visited after midnight last night by
delegation from Belleville. The men
working in the mines were asked to
quit and they did so without delay.
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WILL SPEAK SUNDAY.

Debs win Begin an Assault Upon Clsrks-
burg on That Day.
Special to the Register.
Clarksburg, w. Va, July 23.-Debs
will be here Sunday and the Mayor has
granted him permit to speak to the
miners on that day.
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THE FIGHT A DRAW.
San Francisco, July 23.-The Dixon
Hawkins fight was declared a draw.


Mr.. c. schnepf. the opera House
druggist, made the following cLserva-
tians of the weather yesterday a m.,
%, a. m. so; 70 m, SO. 8 2. m, 30;
Z p. T., ss. Weather :aiF.
Washington, July 2s.-For West
Virginia: Generally fair; warm; west
erly winds.
For Western Pennsylvania and Ohio:,
Partly kpdy weather; brisk westerly
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fraternally
THE CALL SIGNED.

NJ. II. hAIO1r OIND'
President United Mine Workers Of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-05
MRS. sKINNER's VIEW SHINGLES.
The Old Shingles Were worn Some. Having
Been Put on Her Heuse Just lO1 Years Ago.

The Old Shingles Wcre worn Some. Having
Boon Put on Her House Just 1Ol Years Ago.
CocHEcroN, N. Y, Nov. Airs. Mary
Skinner. who lives in Wayne county. Pa,
across tho Delaware River from this village.
has been having her house shingled and re-
paired. There would be nothing strange about
this, but for tho fact that this is the first time
the house has been repaired or reshingled since
1896, when the dwelling was built. 1t is known
in the Skinner family as the new house" be-
cause it took the place of the old house. which
was built in 1885 and was burned by tho Indians
in 1777. The old barn 10 still standing, though.
1t was built in 1777. and needs no repairs.
The locality where ti'ese buildings stand was
one OF the first places where white people settled
in the Delaware Valley, the Skinner family hav-
ing gone thither In 1884. Daniel Skinner, the
pioneer Of tho family. was an old sailor: The
hills apd valleys hereabouts were covered with
value of tho timber for ship spars,. and he
thought he could find n profitable market for it
at Philadelphia. But Philadelphia was $50
miles away, with no means OF communication
but a river. the character OF whose channel
person. Daniel skinner made q raft Of
pine tree stems, and with a hired man started
down the river with it in the spring Of 1765.
He started the raft on a raging Hood and landed
It safely at Philadelphia in forty-elght hours.
twenty of them in the raft. Such pine sticks
would be cheap at $3.50 apiece to-day. That
was the beginning of rafting on the Delaware.
Skinrer and his companion made tho journey
from Philadelphia home on foot, more than 200
They were two weeks on the way. The Skinner
estate has never been in possession of any one
other than q descendant of the pioneer.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-05
GoRMANS CHANCES GONE.
THE REPUBLICANS HAVE BOTH
HOUSES IN MARYLAND.

Thsy viii Have q Majority on yoint Bailet OF
ssvertesn-Tbs rzissinG Csunties Rsturn
Republican Piuralitiea. asa There ns
ne Hope Tor the senntor's Reelection.
B~ALf.MoRE, Nd, Nov. A.-Later returns show
hat the Republicans will control both branches
Of the Legislature. In Talbot county the Off.
cial count to-day developed q decided change
In the makeup Of the Legislature. The Demo.
crnts lose their candidate for Senate and three
members OF the House. who had been reported
elected, by pluralities ranging from 10 to 90.
J. Frank Turner, the silver leader in the county,
who was running for Senator, was beaten by
n. Clay Dodson, Republican, by sixteen votes.
In Carroll county. where It was believed the
makeup of the House depended upon the cleo
ton Of one Democratic candidate, tho Official
count to-day gives the Republican delegate o
In Prince Georges county, where the Demo
publican delegate pulls through by just four
Votes. ST. Mays. and Calvert. counties, which
h hnS .sone heavily iE10 Republican. Based on Safi fs.
turns received up to this time, and which will
made up Of eighteen Republicans and eight
D InS1;Saps ana snd sor the MoT pSn OF saasty rIHins Re- tSs
Republicans seventeen majority on joint ballot.
pa Gns was va the the fact sssd that Senator eSsiere Go pa sni in ' per.
des,.. In every instance where mo ~ was given
out the Senator did It himself, and Il was given
with the. express understanding that It was to
bo used for the benefit Of the Legislative ticket
and the Legislative ticket only. Somes;::of tho
Senators friends are to-day complaining bit
teri of tho fact that the county leaders very gem
and sacrificed tho Legislative candidates.
The average county politician 10 always moro
anxious to SEQ tho election Of his County Com.
missioners,. Clerks, and Sheriff than any others
on the ticket. Consequently 1t 10 not at all
Senate were defeated in several counties whore
the Democrats carried the local ticket through.
Already candidates for the United States Sen.
Major Alexander Shaw. Congressman Sidney
Mudd, Gov. Lowndes, and Robert B. Dixon.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-05
CTS Il FRAUD.
Don't Like the Commissioning to HnvestlEAte-As
to Permanent ORGANIZATION.

Don't Like the Commissioning to TnvestlEate-As
to Permanent Organization.
The Cts Executive Committee held its first
meeting last night since election, and set up a
long, piteous wall of Fraud |" They say that
their watchers at the polls have reported to
them several cases of fragrant frauds. and have
secured good evidence that in several districts
tho ballots wore go grossly miscounted that the
election of various Cit candidates was endan-
gered. Who these guilty officials are and what
districts they were in the Cts won't say, but the
Executive Committee passed a resolution au-
thorizing the employment of special counsel to
prosecute the guilty ones. They did admit.
however, that it was not Republican officials
they were looking after.
No action was taken last night in reference to
making Low the permanent boss of the organi.
cation, although the matter was discussed and
practically decided upon. The nd
journed until next Thursday evening, Nov. IL,
when it will meet for the last time at its pres
ent headquarters. A meeting of the Committee
on Organization will DO called for Nov. II.
Al this meeting the Cts expect to form n per-
manent organization, mako Seth Low their
President, and decide whether or not they will
go into the State to fight Senator Platt. This
last step is not likely, because before they could
do this they would have to eliminate from their
organization the Mugwump element, and that
would mean all of their bosses. Jeems Weynolds
seemed quite clipper and happy last night.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-05
DE ATE AN, SIxT' ON PARADE.
silver DolIar and Dry Dollar Invndo the Partly
CItined Tenderloiu.

silver Dollar and Dry Dollar Invndo the Partly
CItned Tenderloiu.
The Tammany Hall organizations Of the Sixth
and Eighth Assembly districts celebrated the
victory Of last Tuesday by parading through the
Tenderloin last night with q choice assortment
Of Bowery and Tenth ward voters. Dry Dollar
Sullivan's friends led the procession. which was
composed Of about 1000 mon. They had about
twenty bands and drum corps, and displayed
hundreds of brooms and banners. Ono banner
bore this inscription: "Wo Believe in Demo-
cratic Principals"
There were two or three floats in the parade
Illuminated with calcium lights. One of these
bore q stuffed tiger surrounded by dummy
Indians.
Silver Dollar Smith led o cavalry detach-
nent. marching on foot himself. His command
was mounted on dark horses. and was hailed all
along, tho route as "smith's Black Horse Cav
airy"
proudly at the head of his Essex Market bril-
gade. He carried o lantern. the globe of which
had become so obscured with lampblack that 1t
emitted scarcely any light: This fact was noted
."Hey, Martini Got yer dark lantern wit yer.
amt yeri Where's der jimmy,
The column marched up Broadway to For
ty.second street. through Forty-second street
street, and down Sixth avenue to. give tho
lars Cosmopoiitan Club at Thhirty.drst street,
In passing the Broadway Garden, another noted
Tenderloin resort, the 2araders gexe wild cheers
The staid residents Of the -Tenderfoin who
elected Citizens Union candidates for Alder
man and. AssemblXman on lSst Tuesday. were
shocked by this "T'ell wit reform" demonstra-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-05
MR.. HANNA SAID TO BE SAFE
HIS FRIENDS SAY NO REPUBLICAN,
WILL V0TE AGAINST HIN.

the Legislature Has Five Republican Mater
ty en- Soiut naiist-The Talk OF q Coun.
sination AEainst ~Hnnna-Aneu q. Myers
says That Gov. DushneIl VIII 10 Senator.
COLUMBUS, o., Nov. 4.-The unofficial returns
from Ohio complete give Bushnell, Republican,
for Governor q plurality of 2s,55A over Chap
man. his Democratic opponent. Tho entire
State ticket was elected by like pluralitios, with
the execution of 4. 8. Monet, the candidate for
Attorney-Gencral who was bitterly opposed by
the agents OF the insurance trust, which he 10
seeking to shut out of the State. Monott will
probably fall 1000 below Bushnell.
The counties in which William Jennings
Bryan made his twelve speeches during the
four days Immediately preceding the election
show q net Democratic loss of over 1000.
Chairman Nash of the Republican State Com.
mittoe was interested in knowing the effect Of
Bryan's visit to tho State, and comparisons
INSIDE by him with tho vote OF last year show the
loss. There is no change in tho legislative stu
alton.
The Republicans will hnvo a majority of ave
on joint ballot, which insures the return OF
ing combinations to defeat his election 10 ro-
garded here as sheer nonsense. No such q COM
Senator Hanna was indorsed by the State Con.
yention. and the wish of the Republicans of
Ohio, as expressed IN that resolution; viii be
legislative districts shows the election of tho
Republican candidates. The margins are 30
small in most cases that the Democrats have
given notice OF contest. but this will avail them
nothing In the way OF overcoming the Republic
1t was learned to-day that the Republican
alleged frauds IN Van %srt. Hqsfips, Vinton,
Knox counties. and that information is being
received for charges on which contests will be
carried into the Legislature. The Republicans
charge that gross frauds have already been
committed in these counties. and that addi-
tional frauds were being attempted to-day.
CINCINNATI, o.. Nov. 1.-The Hon. Allen o.
Myers, John r. McLean's chief lieutenant in the
campaign just closed, arrived at his homo here
to-day. He said:
Mr., Hanna will not go back to the Senate.
no reasons certainly for refusing TO stand on
ceremony with Hanna, who peremptorily denied
him representation on tho State Committee,
turning down his man Kurtz. There are seven
Republican Legislators that Hanna cannot land.
They are Foraker's friends, whom Hanna tried
hard to defeat before the nominating conven'
tions."