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, 1900-10-01
THE COAL STRIKE
MEN ARE OFFERED AN INCREASE
OF TEN PER
CENT.
President Mitchell Refuses to Give
the Word to Declare the Strike on
indications Are That the Strike
Will End This Week-Haxeltoh
Galleries Reopened Today.


NC" io'A' oet' -t~''iees were
ps.eu yesterday Wy cohpAnies Ii tue
anthracite coal region OF fennsylya.
MA informing the strlKlne miners that
II 'hes ieturheu " "orh 'heir "aseS
"ou'o pe ihcreasea ~ per ceht pesln-
ni"s 'ooas'
Inc onicers vi tne united MINE
"o'Aeis VI america put up other no
''ees requesting Tue s'rihers not u pay
any a''en''oh 10 THESE hotices' u 10
"a' "i'i' 'he' heaiu from rresiueh'
"''''ieii Vi uh'ii II hao peeh oecideo
y. conference u ueciare tne strike
oh'
'ti'Ne 'eaoers were e"pnaeic IN ne-
'iaiihs 'heir oeiiei mat tne companies
offers "ou'u not De accepted although
'neie was lain AMONG the men winch
ihui'a'eu d oreak touay. II ID saia
mat 'ouay COMPANIES VIII post adoi'
'on"' no''ees pieusih themselves 20
any ques'ions 'neir e"pioyss
may pie'en. ine ions 'nreaeeneo M
'"''oh Vi 'he ran'ner Creek Vahey
"eAuoo was oesuh yesesrdaYtA q.
'erhooh. more men may tnere 70.
uay' d..
w. D. Markie q Co'announced that
'' 'o'''eiies "ouiu oe s'ar'eu To-
'"''
"os. oe 'er"a"en."
'Ne'huo"h fa'' Sept "V Inc no
tlees Vi 'he rhi'aoeiphia q Reading
|oai q iron onerins miners
al increase VI ~ per cent III az
"e'e 'ouas pos'eu III LIE 'o"n' at ma
n'ne' wy anu o'her piaces' upon
e'''ns 'he ho'ice organizer Farris'
whose h~eauquarters are al Manoney
C"s' issueu Instructions 10 tne presi.
uen'S Vi local branches OF tne united
"'he "o'Aers " warn 'he s'rikers
against returning 10 WORK unth 80 or
uereu py the omclals OF the union.
iiac"ros were according tacKed up
.ne
'ne
"n" ifueh' mi.cheii
"ofh vi un.i the
VI 'ne un'on Shouid take
a
MI h"rr's sa'o the headine COM
p'ns propos'.lon was not acceptaoie,
as the men insist upon the abolition OF
tne s'iolhg scaie' l. e. the ]z'5o basis
ihes also oemand a that
'ne increase IN wages shai De perma-
hen''
Genera dooin To-Day ordered the
i"e'itn regiment nome and the SOL
a'ers Will leave here on a special train
over the f~hiiadeiphia q Reading rail-
, 1900-10-01

Chicago, Oct. 1.-Forecast for Wyo'
ming: Threatening. with rain or
snow Tuesday, and in north and west
portions tonight; colder Tuesday.
The state herald., 1900-10-12
STRIKE
AT SEATTLE

Seattle. Wash. Oct. S.-From LOO TO
1,30O trade unionlsis idle, work stopped
on over thirty residence buildings and
six large brick business blocks under
process of construction, and threat
ened paralysis of nearly the entire
building industry in the city, is the re-
suit thus far of the fight between the
Trades Council and Builders Exchange
of Seattle. fight that has been brew
ing for several weeks.
A meeting of the Building Trades
Council tonight will doubtless deter
mine whether or not Seattle Is 10 wit
ness general strike of all the skilled
labor in the building industry in the
city. There seems 10 he a determina
tion on both sides to hold out. neither
one being willing to yield Il point.
The main point in the controversy IL
the demand of the present trades
unionists that contractors of the Build
ers' Exchange sign an agreement 10 pay
n certain scale of wages for one year.
Many of the members of the Exchange
are already paying the scale and 9TH
ers have been for some time. but they
object TO tying themselves up to an
agreement reaching so far ahead.
Those contractors who have yielded
and signed the agreement are having
no trouble.
The state herald., 1900-10-12
OPERATORS WAITING
ON INCREASE

Philadelphia. Oct. G-Yesterday's
decision OF the individual coal operat-
ors TO offer ten per cent. increase In
wages TO the striking mine workers Is
regarded throughout the anthracite
mining region ns the beginning OF the
end of the strike II Is fully believed
that the few operators who have not
yet expressed their Intention on the
subject viii fall In line with the 9th.
ers and grant the Increase.
II Is the general opinion that great
majority Of the striking mine workers
Will be satisfied to accept the offer
and return 10 work, but they express
the determination TO await the decision
of President Mitchell OF the United
Mine Workers.
Mr.. Mitchell VIII give no indication
OF his probable action In the matter
beyond his oft-rcpeatcd assertion that
the men themselves must decide In
convention all questions bearing on II
settlement OF the differences with op-
orators.
The opinion prevails that he will
walt until every operator expresses u
willingness TO grant an Increase.
The state herald., 1900-10-12
sixty snidIcr- Cnn,nrcd.

Manila. Oct. s.-Thc report OF the emp.
iurc Of about sixty men Of the Twenty
ninth Infantry ON Mnrlnduluc island
is confirmed through communications
to General Macarthur and Admiral
kcmpf from Martinique island. but
details are lacking. The Yorkiown's
relief column landed nj TorrlJos, on the
Martinique const and marched To san.
In Cruz, which was the proposed routc
OF the captured party. without enconn-
tcrlng the enemy Or learning anything
definite regarding the cnptlvcs except
that they had entirely disappeared.
Martinique Is n small island with
Ing forty miles Of Luzon. II II possl-
BILE that the rebels have conveyed the
cnptlycs TO Luzon.
The state herald., 1900-10-12
Dynamite ExpIo.Ion nt Dulnih.

Duluth, MINI. Oct. IA special
from Eycicth. MINI. tonight reports
n disastrous explosion. Seven thou.
sand Ave hundreds pounds OF dynamite
In the powder magazine nt the Prucc
mine. situnted half mile from town.
blew up about $3.50 o'clock this after.
noon. a hole 100 feet square nnd -
feet deep marks the place where the
mngnzlnc stood.
The force OF the explosion was N
grcnt that II smashed every pane Of
glass within radius Of two miles.
Practically every window nni mirror
In Evoleih was broken. while In sn.
looms NIL bottled goods were dcmollsh.
cd. The mine laboratory aud wnro
houses were totally wrecked.
AZ lcn-t 200 people were hurt from
being thrown down by the shock or
MT by shattered glnss, The explosion
wns plainly felt Mt iilwabk. twelve
miles Distant. The cause Of the cNplo.
sion II unknown.
The state herald., 1900-10-12
Iurr fnr NrIinm Ir,er

New York, Oct. 5.-A special TO the
Herald from the city OF Mexico says:
Dr. Angel Bellinznghl, n young ilal.
ian specialist. clnlms he hns discovered
serum which cures yellow fever.
Several years ago the Mexican gov.
crnmcnt made n standing Offer OF SiJ3.
900 to the dlscoycrcr of remedy FOR
yellow fever.
Part OF the big prize win be paid to
the doctor at once. lie has been asked
10 make further experiments In various
forms of the disease at Vera Cruz. and
II successful he win win the entire
prize.
All the eases which DIR. BcllInznghi
failed TO snve We're those In very nd
vnnccd stages OF the disease. In all
The cases In which injections OF the
serum was made In the first stage OF
shr disease The patient was convnl,-.
cent IN from one 10 four days and the
recovery was completed.
The state herald., 1900-10-12
Labor rn,on M,mhrr. p,.,,,,v,o.

Philadelphia, Oct. s.-formcr Super
lntend'nt Sweignrd Of the Philadelphia
x l,endlng rnilrond wnH nrrnignci to
day before United States Commissioner
Sell, on complaint OF the brotherhood
Of Trnlnmcn. charged with violating
the federal law prohibiting the dis.
charge OF employees Of railroad he.
cause Of their membership In n labor
union. Mr.. Swclgnrd waived hearing
nnd entered nominal ball for his mp.
pcnrnncc IN court.
Mr.. swclgnrd wns until shortly after
the big wreck on the Reading NJ Hat.
field. Pennsylvania. when fourteen per.
sons were killed nnd n large number
injured. general superintendent, OF thni
railway lie resigned after the return
OF President Harris from Europe.
While general superintendent. the
brotherhood claims. he discharged n
number Of employees because OF their
membership In the organization.
The state herald., 1900-10-12
COLORADO HUMANE
SOQETY MEETS

The first state convention of the
agents of the Col,rado Humane So
ciety was held In Denver October Sd.
Resolutions We're adopted requiring
agents to use theirbest efforts to pre-
vent the repeal Of the law against
child insurance at the incoming ses-
sion of the Legislature; scoring the
medical profession for its refusal to
nbate the abuses )f vivisection and
urging upon Congress the passage OF
the bills now pelding for such pur-
pose. Resolutions We're also adopted
urging Congress lot to pass the bill
amending the present. statute requiring
live stock in shipment to be stopped
for food, water aid rest at least once
in twenty-eight Durs so as to make
the time limit fory hours, and declar-
ing the conditions of cattle raising on
the plains to be cuel and inhuman to
the last degree In tespect to starvation
and exposure. Aresolution was pass
ed declaring it to lie the duty of agents
to interfere with sport exhibitions in
which Unnecessary ,uffering was intiict
ed on animals. The convention was
highly successful Representatives
were present iron twenty-one coun-
ties, comprising fiv.-sixths of the popu-
lation of the state
The results of III work will be sub
jects OF discussion at the meeting of
the American Humane Asso.. ..!Gtion, a
national federation of similar socie-
ties, which meets il Pittsburg October
9th to 18th.
The Colorado society has grown rap
idly in the past year or two and now
has over 500 agents SCATTERED through.
out the state. Partly through Its eff
forts state societies haSe been organic
ed in the past few weeks in Wyoming
and Utah; and territorial society in
New Mexico.
The state herald., 1900-10-12
PROSPECT OF
ENDING THE STRIKE

HaZeltOn. Pa. Oct. S.-The issuing of
the call to-day by President Mitchell of
the United Mine Workers. for joint
convention of the anthracite miners to
be held al Scranton next Friday for the
purpose of deciding whether to accept
or 10 reject the ten per cent. net in
crease In wages offered by the oper-
ators. Is n long stride in the direction
Of bringing the great coal miners strike
to close.
1t Is believed the convention will not
be a long one and it is expected that
the strikers will almost unanimously
accept the advance in wages. There is,
however II probability that by the in
PRODUCTION OF II proposition TO abolish
the. sliding scale and another TO have
the operators agree 10 yearly wage
contract, the termination of the strike
may be somewhat delayed.
None OF the operators who could be
seen here to-day would have anything
to say in regard to the convention call,
which Is as follows;
''ln view of the fact that the mine
operators have posted notices offering
an advance In wages formerly paid,
and believing II our plain duty to con-
suit your wishes ms to our future ac-
tion. we deem II advisable to ask you
10 select delegates to represent you In
convention,
You are therefore notified that n
convention viii be held at Scranton,
Pennsylvania. beginning Friday, Octo-
Der 18th. at 10 n. III.
'The basis OF representation will be
one vote for each 100 persons on strike,
or II desired. one delegate may repre-
sent as many as 800 mine workers. hut
no delegate Will he allowed TO cast
more than five votes.
Each delegate should have crcdcn.
tlnls signed by the chairman and Sec
retary of the meeting at which he II
elected. and whenever possible creden-
tials should bear the seal OF the local
union"
President Mitchell refused to say
anything as to what the convention
would probably decide to do In the mat
ter OF the ten per cent. net Increase.
Neither would he anticipate what bus.
lness other ,han that relating to the ad-
vance In wages would he brought be-
fore the delegates. II ls not unlikely
that the adjustment Of the sliding
scale VIII come In for some consldcra-
tlon. None of the labor leaders here
Will publicly say whether the increase
will he accepted or rejected. but there
Is strong belief that the men In con.
ventlon will vote To 20 back to work.
The state herald., 1900-10-12

Georgetown, Ky, Oct. S.-The special
venire of fifteen men from Bourbon
county We're all in the court room to.
day when the trial of Henry Youtsey
for alleged completely In the Goebel as
sassination was called in the Circuit
Court. The first man was accepted on
both sides, and the jury was complete
The jury was sworn and Attorney
Bradley made the statement TO the jury
for the commonwealth.
Colonel Crawford for the defense
filed n demurrer to the Indictment on
the ground that 1t named no one as
firing the shot and that 1t did not sufti-
GENTLY describe the offense charged
against Youtsey.
Judge Cantrill ovcrruled the demur-
rer to the Indictment to which the de-
fendant excepted. The common
wealth's attorney said he preferred the
defense would not make its statement
until after the prosecution concluded
Its direct testimony, and it was so or
dered.
Mckenzie Todd, private secretary to
w. S. Taylor in January. testified:
"On Saturday, January 9th, my at
tention was called to Youtsey by Treas
urer Day In the reception room of the
recretary of state. He was sitting by
the middle window, a gun in his hand.
/ had just entered the room. l had
seen some armed men in the hall, and
they said there was trouble in the
Legislature.
Later in the day | saw him in Caleb
Powers private office with gun, sit
ting by the window. The window was
raised Il little and the curtain pulled
down. | asked him what he was do
Ing with that gun. He said: There is
trouble up there pointing to the legis-
lative building. 4 don't intend to start
any trouble. but If II starts | will be
prepared for it. told him he ought
not to think of shooting out of that
window, and Youtsey said: That's
right; il would never do left Pow
ers and Ioutsey in there when l came
out.
II was in my office, next to the gov
The state herald., 1900-10-12
GOLD IMPORTS
ARE EXPECTED

New York, Oct. S.-1hc expectation
became general early to-day that gold
will he shipped from London this week
for New York. No engagements were
announced. but probably the lack OF
an available steamer from England ac-
counts for this. The heavy inroads
making on New York bank reserves by
the Interior money market and the pie
thora of money offering for the mo-
ment in London. both make an import
ant movement practically certainty.
as the sharp drop In sterling exchange
to-day showed.
The large volume Of cotton hills con
tlnues greater than the demand In the
exchange market New York banks
with Berlin connections do NOT credit
the report from Berlin that gold Is like
ly to move from there to New York for
the present. 4 member Of the syndicate
which Subscribed fo- the German loan
stated that gold would probably come
from London. but he also asserted that
the demand TO remit on subscription To
the German loan would probably not
be factor In the future exchange
market.
He expressed the same opinion re-
gardlng the requirements for the Brit
ish loan subscription. This Is n pretty
broad lniimatlon that the needs for cx.
change on these accounts have been
satisfied. owing 10 the low rate for cx-
change ruling some time past. Without
this demand TO he reckoned with.
there IL no demand In sight likely 10 all
sorb the continued heavy supply of cot
ton bills. Only n sharp rise In dis
count rates In London IL likely to avail
TO put n stop to n considerable import
movement OF gold.
The state herald., 1900-10-12
Moral w,,. strike. .Larr.,.

Tacoma, Wash. Oct b.-rhc moral
wave which has struck Alaska and
threatens To rcsul, In the closing OF the
dnncc hnlls aud variety ihrntcrs NJ,
Nome seems not to have stopped there
but Is now being felt nj skngwny ms
wei. According 10 ndviccs which mr..
rived from the lniicr plncc today the
members OF the W. &, r. u. and kin.
drcd organizations are making n Wig
orons crusade against the rcgrnnilng
OF licenses 10 four OF the lending M.
looms OF TINT city.
In regard 10 the recent order ngninsi
the gamblers md ynfloiy ihcn,cfH nj
Dawson city those most concerned IN
ilnnncinl wny seem not to be nt all
frightened
The state herald., 1900-10-12

something else which owns him. These
four enemies in dangerous garb con-
front the United States today.
Schiller says that the tyrants reach
hands to each other-that they reach
to each other the hands, They stand
together now, These four stand to-
gether now. Wherever there Is one.
the other is, Aristocracy, slavery, mil
itarism and Imperialism. They reach
others hands.
They all have their fair. attractive
side. They are defended sometimes at
the fireside. Slavery was discussed
and defended from many a pulpit in
New England.
Aristocracy has its fair side.
The foundation of a quality is aris-
tocracy; the foundation of our liberty
is rebellion against 1.-THE very thing
we came here for.
There is fair side of slavery and a
fair side of militarism. How clean the
streets can be kept under military dis
cipline and how free from noise! How
easily people can be sent to bed at
dark If 1t be desired.
There is a fair side of Imperialism.
You will find In many places that nine
tenths of the people believe 1t is a
good thing for the world. May be 1t
is, but when we come to read history
from the one side to the other we will
find that the British people have been
debauched by their course in India and
that the Hindoos have been cursed.
You will find that the English people
have been turned from being strong.
freedom-loving people. You will find
also that the hearts blood has gone
out of Great Britain as it has gone out
OF all countries which have engaged
in constant wars.
We know how Napoleon depopulated
France by his wars. We know of the
murders of the nobility the murders
of the peasantry and the result in
France today. In 1880, when the Phil
ippine question was a burning one in
Spain. La Puente. an Augustinian
friar, expressed his opinion of the
whole thing when he said:
Against the aiin of redeemed souls
| place the cost in loss of armies and
of soldiers and friars sent to the Phil
ippines. and these | count the chief
loss. that while mines give silver and
forests give lumber. only Spain gives
Spaniards. and she shall give so many
of them that some day she shall be
left childless. and forced to bring up
strangers children instead of her
own"
The heresy of imperialism is the
most dangerous that has arisen since
the heresy of secession. and 1t must
be fought as vigorously as the heresy
of secession. II we admit as citizens
any number of millions of people that
are not ready for liberty. If we admit
them with all the degradation which
they must bring into our politics, we
must take the consequences.
1t is better that we should be Just
and faithful to our own principles and
to the principles OF God and that we
should in our laws be no respecters of
persons. because II In our laws we are
respecters of persons we must go the
way OF empire. as all empire has gone.
The best way in which the growth of
any man or nation has eyerNbeen pro-
NOTED has been through seif-govern-
ment democratically looking after its
own affairs We do not expect that
self-government will always be good
government. Men learn no, by their
successes, but by mistakes. 1t is alb
solutely impossible for any republic to
conduct any affairs well except its
own
The state herald., 1900-10-12
TRIAL OF YOUTSEY FOR
THE GOEBEL MURDER

ernor's, when the shot was fired. Some
one said n man was shot | looked out
and saw man lying on the pavement
with Colonel Jack Chinn near him.
when l went. into Powers private
office the day Youtsey was in there,
the door was locked and | knocked to
get in. About ten minutes after the
shooting l saw Youtsey in my office,
which is the reception room to the gov
ernor's office. | heard him say nothing
and saw. him have no arms"
Todd was not cross-eXamined by the
defense.
Frank ii. Johnson, who was. deputy
state auditor in January, saifh he ha6
conversation with Youtsey prior to
January Both, and while he recalled
the talk rather indisiinctiy. he remem-
about feeling aggrieved at Senator
Gocbel over some matter about which
he said Goebcl had mistreated him.
The defense declined to cross-exam-
Inc Johnson, who was afterwards re-
called by the prosecution and said that
after the shooting he called up all the
clerks in the auditors office and asked
them their exact whereabouts at the
time of the shooting; that when lie
asked Youtsey where he was Youtscy
said:
~ was in safe place.
Witness said a week or ten days lat
er he asked Youtsey again where he
was when the shot was fired, nnd he
told him that he was in the basement
of the executive building.
Ed. Porter Thompson, Jr., who was
opposite the east entrance to the execri-
tive building when the shot We're fired.
said n minute after the shooting he
saw Youtscy run around the executive
building from the basement entrance
and up the steps and go into the east
entrance.
Wade Watts and Louis Smith. keep
ers of the toilet room in the basement.
told of seeing Youtsey run through
their room a few seconds after the
shooting.
The state herald., 1900-10-12
ATTACKED BY
CHINESE FLEET

London, Oct. Cit Is reported IN ST.
Petersburg, according to the CORE
spondent of the Times at the Russian
capital, that the Chinese fleet in For
mosa strait attempted to engage the
Russian armored cruiser Rurik, but
the latter's speed frustrated the plan.
The correspondent says 1t is probable
the allied squadrons will force the Chi
nese fleet to capltulate or will destroy
1t.
Shanghai kilograms announce that
the imperial edct of September 30th or
dering the court to be removed to Sin
anfu, was issued owing to the famine
at Tai Yuan Flu, capital of the province
Of Shan 81. They also express the
opinion that the object of the recent
edicts regarding the degradation of
Chinese personages of high rank Is
merely to gain time and to enable
China to be in better position TO defy
the powers, as the new capital will be
virtually inaccessible from the coast.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Morning Post. discussing this aspect of
the case. remarks:
The German troops have no means
of transport. and any attempt 10 follow
the Chinese court would be therefore
quite futile"
He says that the Chinese firmly be
lieve In the existence of a Russo-Ger-
man agreement under which Russia
will take all the territory north of the
Great wall and Germany the provinces
of Chi III and Shan Tung
The Times representative at Shang-
hal says:
1t is believed here that highly In
flammatory edicis are being issued Sc
cretly. and that the recent public edlcts
are only intended to hoodwink the
powers"
The state herald., 1900-10-12
A REPUBLICAN TRIBUTE TO
BRYAN.

The Boston Herald is compelled to
pay Mr. Bryan tribute of praise FOR
the mastery speech he delivered last
week at indianapolis and TO remark
that 1t will be thoroughly read. It
says:
The Herald. ms Is well enough
known By this time. does not take the
same view of the subject discussed that
is held by Mr. Bryan. and does not
support his candidacy. But to say OF
this address that II lacks the quality
OF full manliness. intellectual or moral,
would stultify our judgment. 1t Is the
utterance OF robust, earnest. compe-
tent disputant on a high theme Of
statesmanship. We have no motive
TO oyerpraise H.. but our feeling is
that this speech will give Bryan
higher rank among the statesmen OF
the nation than he has had before.
The Significance OF the speech TO
the Republican party Is that II is high
time for Its leaders TO quilt calling
names and get down to business. II
they suppose that II IL In the power OF
money. or party organizations. or art
fully iosterod prejudicos. TO success
fully oppose the effect Of such an ad;
dress on the minds OF the Intelligent
plain people who constitute the over
whelming majority Of the electorate
OF the nation. they will make mis-.
take. Mark Hanna. with all the mil.
lions he can command. and all the un-
scrupulous machine bosses he holds In
leash. Is not q match for a man who
can talk TO the American people as
Bryan does In this speech. His oh.
yious sincerity. frankncsa and direct
ness Will break through and dcmollsh
amy fortress OF material politics or
ehleancry that can be erected In It's
path. II viii prove a more effective
speech thnn Senator Hoar's because Il
has intense devotion and lndomltablo
courage behind H."