New-York tribune., 1899-06-15
THE PASSING THRONG.

The strike Of the employees in the smelters OF
Colorado IA likely to develop into serious en-
barassment 10 the business OF the State. according
10 s. L. Selden, OF Denver. MI
STRIKE OF Selden Is the attorney for the
SHELTER Cripple Creek Railroad. and is also
WORKERS IN interested in a small stamp mill
COLORADO. He at the Hotel Imperial yes
terday. In exTlaining the trouble
between the smelter owners and smeiter employees
he said
1T all caused by the eghthour labor law,
recently passed by the Legislature and signed by
the Governor. Under It's provisions no laborer EN-
ployed in the production OF ore can be compelled
been working ten and, in some places. twelve
hours, but then the work was not hard and they
worked two shifts Of men twelve hours each. Now
the eight-hour law compells 10 hire another
TO receive the same wages they got before. The
in1asHee s Il apparent especially as the ore we are
In my, opinion 1t may be all summer before the
strong combination and are hard to down. At the
the head Of skilled labor and It viii be difcuit
MI Their places. The railroads will feel the re-
until all branches Of Business ss begin S to oos suer
hope the trouble may be amcaby settled soon
but at present there is every indication of a long
and stubborn fight"
S. NJ Combs. a ST. Louis business man. who is
staying for few days at the Hotel Manhattan
said yesterday that the exposition 10 be held in
St Louis in 1893. in celebration Of
THE COMING the centennial anniversary OF the
ST LOUIS Louisiana Purchase would out
EXPOSITION. class the Worlds Fair In Chicago.
I'VE have as much money pledged
now as Chicago had to start with" said Mr..
Combs, "and the committee raise $4,000 or
100000 more without any trouble II will
doubtedy be the greatest exposition the world
has ever seen. Why. in the old days Of the State
fairs. the street decorations in the city exceed the
decorations in Chicago during the Worlds Fair
That was before electric lights were in common
use The street decorations In 1903 will be a sight
worth going 10 see.
The committee in charge of the arrangements
for the exposition have been wonderfully indh-
ferent about the selection OF a site. but I think
credit for AS il Is the people who live near For
pie around oFaen PARK think they are the IA
vored ones. Consequently everybody is working
whereas the definite selection OF a site might dis:
courage large number OF citizens VINO would
imagine that they had been slighted The site VII
be left unsettled. therefore, as long as possible;
but there is no danger OF the committees making
sites would be good one, and fully as large as
the grounds OF Chicago"
Captain L. H. Smith Of Pittsburg. who is promi-
nenty identified with standard oil interests. Is az
the Hotel Imperial II am In favor Of an honest
concentration OF capital for honest
CAPTAIN business purposes" said the captain
L. ii.
ON TRUSTS. trusts in this country to-day are
the sugar ard oil trusts and am
sure that the people have cause for complaint
against either OF them. This cry about squeezing
smaller dealers Of business II all bosh; II is sad
that only about 10 per cent OF business men succes
That is because they haven't the quaiincauons lor
In either case they ought to retire. Compettion Is
the death OF trade. instead OF its life. Trusts 40
tme tSey Sn maintain Prices at reasonable scale
But there will always be a hue and cry against
hC
be envious Of people who successful. and i can.
not be expected that the large element OF 'kckers
in this country will ever die out
Judge Edward Coyne, OF Genessee. IS in the city
on business. When seen last evening at the Hotel
Imperial Judge Coyne said that there had been
comparatively little interest In pol
POLITICS IN itlcs in Livingston County recently.
LIVINGSTON I'VE will elect Assemblyman
COUNTY this fall" he said but everybody
knows that Mr. Kelsey will be re-
elected and there is no excitement about it, be-
leve Mr. Kelsey could have the place for life II
ne wanted it, He has strong hold on the people
OF Livingston County"
w J. White OF Cleveland. who Is attending the
conference Of chewing gum manufacturers being
held In this city when yesterday at the Hol-
land House said:
NO CHEWING There will not be a chewing
GUN TRUST gum trust. That idea is all wrong
HE SAYS. There Will probably be a consoida-
ton OF interests among the manu-
facturers but Il will be entirely different from
trust A trust is a combination which destroys
competition This combination will do nothing OF
the sort It will not lower wages or reduce iaoor'
There will be no trust methods employed In IT,
John Mundell a Philadelphia shoe manufacturer,
who says he suggested to the Government the
russet shoes 10 match the soldiers new khaki uni
forms is at the Hotel Imperial.
SHOES Although made from the same
FOR THE last" said Mr.. MundeH. last even
SOIDIFRS ing the tan shoes much
cooler than the old regulation
black leather shoes besides being perfect match
for the new uniforms I have already turned OUT
90 20 pairs OF them. and there are more 10 come.
I am Informed that the soldiers are Immensely
tickled with them
Albert Bernard OF Boston. senior member OF the
firm Of Bernard Friedman, manufacturers OF
leather and one OF the men concerned In the
organization OF the leather trust.
PROGRESS OF Is staying at the Hotel Imperial.
THE LEATHER He said last evening:
TRUST. The trust VIII De caheo 'he
American Hide and Leather Com
pany. and will practically control the manufacture
OF leather for shoe uppers options have been
given 10 twenty firms Their accounts have been
audited their machinery and real estate have been
appraised and hope to have the trust In opera
ton by July l. II has been estimated that the total
apitalizatOn OF the corporation will be about S0-
900 900"
Mr. Bernard SAYS that he is In favor OF trusts.
But" he added ~ YOU received an offer OF $50
for your necktie. what would you do?