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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-22
UTAH'S DINNER Pail
kept EMPTY BY TRUSTS
A Plain, Convincing Demonstration Of the Sort Of
Good Times We Now Have.
What the People Have to Sell stationary in Price, and
All They Must Buy is Higher.

Mark Hanns's famous speech There
are I'D trusts'-is not being repeated
bv any of the imported spell binders in
Tfau. The reason is that they know
that the people would not believe it
THE glitter of the full dinner pail has
mot blinded their eyes to the fact that
there are more trusts than ever, and
that their fixed policy is to buy raw
material and labor as cheaply as posi-
bio and then sell their manufactured
PRODUCTS for al that the people can
stand to pay.
The dinner pail orators VINO go upon
the theory that a man Is AL stomach
and that the only way to reach him is
through his animal appetite. cannot use
even tins argument in Utah, because
.na farmers here know that they are
receiving very little if any more for
what they have to sell, under this
mueh-vatmted prosperity. while they
are forced TO pay very much more for
what they have to buy.
TO ascertain just what portion of this
great wave of prosperity has come 20
the wage workers and the prOduCers of
Utah. The Herald has made some care
fuI INVESTIGATIONS as TO the prices that
prevailed two years ago before this
prosperity began to sweep. over the
mountain tops of the far west and the
prices that prevail now. A study Of
these figures viii be interesting If not
gratifying.
FIRST is given the prices of the farm
products that the farmers of Utah have
% sell compared with the prices that
prevailed one year ago and two years
q, in each case in the month of Oc-
saHaf.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-22
GOLD LEADERS ALARMED
By ELECTION OUTLOOK

Silver will control the house of representatives
Mr. Byan chances of election may be considered
The chances of silver controlling the which
March about But the chances
trolling the house of representatives one
The bitterest fight the Republicans maneseasE
Mississippi river is the silver issue
Here copy of the circular issued by the money
organization under date of indianapolis, Sept
Dear SThere very great danger that the Bryan free
silver advocates will by the November election gain control of
the lower house of the Fify-seventl congress
If they gain representatives from eight districts and keep
what they have they will be in the majority
There little doubt but they will gain three in North Caro-
lima They will probably gain Kentucky, Indiana
one in Missouri and Texas.
IT WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE SOUND
MONEY PEOPLE TO PREVENT THE BRYANITES
GAINING THE DISTRICTS MENTIONED, AND 1T WILL
PIE TO GAIN ANY NEW DISTRICTS IF THE BRYAN
TIES CONTROL THE LOWER HOUSE THEY WILL
CERTAINLY EXPRESS RESENTMENT OF THE GOLD
STANDARD BY PASSAGE OF A FREE SILVER BILL.
In every congressional district the country
sound money should put forth every possible honorable
favorable candidates money
laws
IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO GAIN SOME
NEW DISTRICTS AND A STRUGGLE IS NECESSARY TO
SAVE MANY THAT ARE NOW REPRESENTED BY
SOUND MONEY MEMBERS
The money YOUR district must be SUD-
ported by all possible cooperation You help the
people from the disaster them promoting the
election OF Hon. ]. w, Babcock
Can depend upon you? If please the names
OF ten important county wavering
and whom you believe by personal letters
and oblige H A HANNA, Chairman.
O. 80.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-22
JOHN SHERMAN IS DYING
X-SFCRETARY CANNOT SUR
WYE MANY HOURS.
Man Who Was Snubbed By Mckinley
viii Soon Cross the Dark
River.

Washington. oct. 21.-The condition
Of ex-Secretary Sherman showed a de-
cided change for the worse today and
it is not believed he viii survive the
night. Last night was a very bad one
FOR him and he failed to recover any Of
his strength during the early hours Of
the morning. which was characteristic
of the period OF the critical stage OF his
sickness HIS naturally extremely en-
fecbIed condition refuses 70 yield 20
trea tment and he is sinking gradually
However. he shows extraordinary VI
tality for q man or his age. and be-
cause of this it is possible he may live
through the night. though early in the
evening his physician thought this
hardly likely, Dr. W. Johnston came
to the house early In the evening and
is constantly IN attendance TO relieve
the needs of the dying man. A number
O. relatives gathered at the house on
X street opposite Franklin square, dur
ing the evening. some OF the more IN
innate Of whom remained az the bed
side Of the distinguished patient
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-22

ton on the part Of the public to place
the responsibility for the pr0Iongar io,7
OF the strike on the shoulders of the
mine workers Speaking for them I
want 70 say that when the Scranton
convention accepted the 10 per cent ad-
vance IN wages providing the operator
abOilShed the sliding scale and guaran-
IeeG the payment Of the advance until
Apfil 1, the miners had met the oDera-
tors more than half way. They bad
SHOWN d conciliatOry spirit, and I know
OF no good reason why the Dr0oOsifior,
operators. '--0
Operators to Blame.
AS a consequence, the responsibility
Tor the continuation OF the strike rests
solely upon the failure Of the operators
70 treat the proposition of their en-
pioyees cOnSiderateiy. The D71bIfc.
should understand that unsa tisfsCfor7v
as is the proposition of 4the opera tors
VINO make the reduction in the price Of
powder, part Of the advance of 10 Der
cent, that even this proposition has not
Deen oIered by a very large number Of
the coal producing companies in the
anthracite region, and until all com
panles guarantee the payment Of the
10 per cent advance above the rate OF
wages paid in September until April l
according 70 the decision of the Scran-
ton convention. the miners are power
less to act want TO repeat again that
there can be no partial sectional settle
ment Of this strike
Companies Refuse to Move.
''The large companies in the Lehfgh
region that have refused to move at an
since the Scranton convention was held
are Coke Brothers & Co. the largest
coal producers in the Lehigh region G.
B. Markell & Co, the Lehieh G. Wilkes
barre company, the Lehigh Coal &
Navigation company and a large num-
Der Of smaller companies There is also
a considerable number Of coal com
panleS IN the LackaWanua and WyO-
ming regions that have not guaranteed
the payment of the 10 per cent advance
until April 1. The only district thar mas
accepted the terms of the Scranton
convention IN full is No Q, better
known as the SchUylkiIl district
Companies which produce about 81
per cent of a total production of the
anthracite coal fields have guaranteed
the payment Of the 10 per cent advance.
and have abolished the sliding scale
When Mr.. Mitchell was asked what
ne would do IL all the companies were
to post notices. he said
when all the companies have posted
notices then I viii have something 10
say
When IL was suggested to him Slat
there might be a break in the ranks Of
the strikers If the contest was TO con
tinue much longer, he said that not
one man viii go back to the mines IN
III they are OficiaIIy'notEed 10 return.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-22
insane C0NVICTS BEAT KEEPERS
AND STAMPEDE FOR LIBERTY

Poughkeepsie. y. Y, Oct. 21-There
was a revolt at the Mattewan state
hospital for the criminal insane this
evening, when six or eight keepers
were assaulted and overpowered by
about twenty insane patients. Some
of the patients ESCAPED and seven are
stiIl at large. One or two of the keep
eTs are badly bruised.
After the patients had been given
their supper they were taken back 10
their apartments by their keeDers
Among the number were fifteen or
twenty who slept in one of the large
corridors, where there were six or eight
keepers There We're no suspfci0rs
movements the part of the patients
But suddeni- md without warning
each keeper Nas attacked sirnultane7
ously by two or three patients and
heavy blows were showered upon their
The keys held by the keepers were
taken taken from them quickly and a rush
LOT the door was made. The patients
hrst passed through the dining room,
Where each picked from the table a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-22

neaVy plate or cup or bowl. From
the dining room they went through
the adjoining rooms, the doors of which
We're unlocked. and then into the long
halI leading to the rear exit.
through the yard they ran like dee,
ana crowded around the big gate in
uhe wall. while. one of their nunoba,.
was turning the key in the lock. When
uhe gate was thrown open they r,1sbed
our OF the yard, fairly tumbIing over
freedom. - sam
co IN the meantime the keepers had re-
covered sufficiently to give an alarm
Shase was given across the F1osnifa :
farm ard all but seven of the patienf.
we're captured The recaptured patients
We're taken back to the institlI+ioy7 80
securely locked up in other parts of
ne DulIdlng- The searching parties
started out to Scour the woods in +ho
vicinity of the hospital The keeners
VINO were assaulted We're given noedicaI
attention and We're able to 3oin - 49,
search for the fugitives.
me revolt, it is thought, was caused
directly by the cramped ouartere -
the hospital. a.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-22
WHY REPUBLICAN RALLY At
SC0FIELD FAILED TO COME OFF

nainder Of the statesmen went through
the various saloons with graphing
hooks in quest of an audience How
ever the people of Scofield had not for
gotten what William Livingston did to
them on a recent occasion of the same
kind, and steadfastly refused TO f11rD
out. At O'Clock the audience consisted
OF four dreamy sheep kerders resur-
rected by the band, who had TO sleep
out anyway and didn't mind the frost
ana elght other individuals who request
Jhat their names be not mentioned.
The rally was postponed until Oct
=, but 1t is safe to predict that all of
the gentlemen viii have an appoint
ment in a less chilly altitude for that
date.
4 ne Bryan club, consisting of nearly
300 mem bers, is in a most fIourishinS,
condition, and holds about 80 per cent
of the free silver Republicans of the
last campaign.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-22
UNION PRESIDENTS MEET.
Discuss Taking Steps to Close Wash
cries,


cries.
Scranton, Pa, Oct. 2I.-A meeting of,
the presidents OF the Scranton local
unions of the United Mine Workers was
held this afternoon TO discuss the ad-
visibility of taking aggressive steDs
toward closing up the washeries. After
carefully cOnVasSing the situation il
was decided to let the matter resi- for
while The fact that the end of the
strike is generally believed to he ar
hand impelled the meeting TO refrain
from making this move. which is gen
orally conceded would be attended
with the possibility OF disorder and
winch would have a tendency to do
more harm 10 the cause than to the
operation OF the WaSherieS
Ihe general situation was also dis
cuSSed and one of the presidents at
the conclusion of the meeting. stated
70 the Associated Press that in his
judgment the men would be perfectly
satisfied to accept the 10 per cent offer
with the powder clause included "AlI
that We can expect to enforce is that
we get the 10 per cent" said ne. 1T
IS hardly the thing for US to think
that we can dictate to the conpanies
how they shall pay the advance
Organizer Fred Diicher does not talk
this way, however. He says the con-
ventfOn demanded straight 10 per
cent advance, with the powder uues-
ton left for future adjustment.and that
until this demand is complied with. to
the very letter, the officers have no
authority TO call off the strike
The strikers here believe that the
companies have failed 10 comply with
the agreement OF Thursdays confer
ence to post amendments 10 the orig
inaI offer guaranteeing its continuance
TIL April L, 1901, IS prompted by a de-
sire 70 hold Up the settlement and see
II II is not possible 70 cause a break
in the SChuyIkiII region
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-22
UNION COMPANY STUBBORN.
VIII Not Concede Any of the Strik-
ers' Demands

Shanol1in, Pa, Oct. 21.-COmmfttees
of United Mine Workers canvassed the
Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron
company strikers at this place. Mount
carmel and Locust Gap today to learn
whether any of the men intended Going
70 work tomorrow The strike leaders
this evening stated that no one would
respond TO the blowing of the whistles
excepting engineers and fire bosses.
A prominent local official of the
I MON Coal company says the company
positively refuses to concede TO aav
or the demands made by the Scranton
convention. The company claims that
their busy season has bean ruined by
the strike and they do not care when
the strike IS settled, feeling positive
that they can hold out much longer
than the striking miners. The com
pany controls four large cOllieries in
the Shan ol1in region.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-22

special TO The HeraidJ
.'-'el'' Oct 21--An cf the principal
''-.S and out-houses of Scoheld have
" I-astered over with bills anuounc-
o. q grand Republican rally for oct.
- -t-l last night there appeared upon
l..- scene Judge T.. =. Rhodes. Hanna
y ,,I. ne Ior county attorney. and e
S-rIll. each of whom have baar No.
2-l Democrats unit. about six
INNS ago. They were ACCOMPANIED
- ~ large posse Of less DISTINGUISHED
-.,--t-olans from the rural regions. The
a.. put up $50 as an inducement to
fl,lolleld Democratic brass band to
.-.llon ScofeId and play DoDuIar
No., numerous urchins We're also EN-
-. $50 10 drum up q. crowd: the county
10 lu9ican chairman. Jim Harrison
-OOAed after the fires while the r.,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-22
MINERS NOR TO BLAME. >
Mitchell Charges Operators With
Prolonging Strike.

Hazelton. Pa, Oct. 21.-When Presi-
dent Mitchell of the United Mine Work
ers was asked tonight by a representa-
tive of the Associated Press what he
had to say in regard TO a settlement Of
the miners strike, he said:
There appears to be-some DISPOSE
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-22
THEY ARE AT WORK.
Burlington to Connect Billings With
Salt Lake.
Especial TO The Herald)

Meeteetse, Wyo., Oct. "a large
CORPS of Burlington engineers QUILTED
here during the early part Of last week
and is now looking for a suitable point
on owl creek for the northern terminus
of a line to be built south 10 the pro
posed line from Guernsey 20 SAT- Lake
The engineers say the survey VIII oe
for a line 10 connect me blfilIls OF
Is7lT7r,e-s line with the SAT- Lake road
and VIII run in a north and south d.
reCtion. They have orders % hurrSz
the work with all possible speed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-22
NEED No MONEY.
Russian Treasury Is In Good Con-
dition-

Russian Treasury Is In Good Con-
dition-
St. Petersburg, Oct 2L-The OnciaI
Messenger makes the following an
nOuncement:
..TD view of the reiterated false re-
norris aDDea-fng in foreign newspapers
that Russia is seeking 10 conclude d
foreign loan, the ministry Of finance
considers il necessary to again declare
tat the government is not seeking TO
conclude loans Of any kind, seeing LnaL
the current revenue and the cash re-
serve fully suffice to meet the ordinary
expenditure. as well as the outlay en-
tailed by events in the lar east
.sAH the newspapers reported con-
corning an alleged Russian loan eTna-
nate from Spectators, who peTs1SLenliy
bur unsuccessfUlly endeavOr TO force
their services upon the ministry OF
finance
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-22
GREAT COAL STRIKE
WILL End THIS WEEK
Both Sides in the Long Struggle Are Expected TO
Make Some Concessions.
Agents Write That Unless Settlement is Effected at Once
Trade viii be DemOralzed For ALI Time.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Oct. 21.-The gen
eral belief here is that the coming week
will see the wind-up of the strike. The
strikers do not admit this openly, but
it is the feeling that the lockout can
not be continued much longer Both
sides are expected TO make concessions.
The operators say they have none to
make, but under certain pressure they
are expected to make them neverthe-
less. THE politicians have had their
say in the negotiations looking toward
a settlement, and now the sales agents
for the big coal companies and the re-
tail dealers in the big cities are taking
a hand. They are writing and tele-
graphing every day to local companies
that unless something is done very soon
to bring the strike to an end and an
effort made to get some hard coal on
the market at Saleable figures. the an
thracite trade will be demOralized for
years to come, and some of it will be
lost forever.
Are Using Bituminous Coal.
One sales agent writes
''One of my largest customers tells
me that consumers are getting to like
bituminOus coal, and that they think
they VIII keep on using it"
II IS SuC0 reminders as lneSe Lndl
msl1e the operators just as anxious TO
settle the strike as the miners But the
strikers must make the biggest COnceS-
sions, and there is every reason to be
lieve that they viii do it before the
week is out. Many Of the miners out
on strike argue this way:
Let US accept the latest offer of the
companies and settle the powder ques-
ton later on If we return TO work we
are sure to get an increase over the
wages paid in the past. no matter how
the operators try to figure il out, and
we can afford to bide our time for the
settlement Of the powder issue
Some Favor Holding Out.
OF course there are some strikers who
favor holding out until every demand
is granted, but this class is not in the
majority. They are men who own their
filed for the winter. They can afford
to hold out against the companies, but
the bulk of the strikers caaaet.--
President Mitchell is now thoroughly
acquainted with the condition of af-
fairs in the Wyoming and Lacka,wanna
regions, and as late as today told one
of the Luzerne county. officers of the
United Mine Workers who is in Halle
ton that he would not stand in the way
OF a settlement if the miners of the
Wyoming region wanted to return 10
work under certain conditions. Mr.
Mitchell is expected to take a decided
stand tomorrow or Tuesday on the is
sues that now stand between the Uper-
ators and the miners Of the anthracite
districts.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-22

that fifty Indian families 49, -
and that it is doubtful if s,,ny,l;e uSl Lll
De sent 10 them quickly enoueb - s oe.li
enelr lives. Supplies are being r,,sie5
rom vancouver TO the relief Of ~
.arYing Indians " lle
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-22
Captain Ewing Ends His 80

san Francisco. Oct. 20.-Captain Elmer
r Ewing manager of the Welsbach
- lamp company, committed suicide today
~ i,oEaung gas Business troubles csitts-
ca MIN TO take his life His wife and
daughter reside in Delaware, q.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-22

Meats of all kinds and chickens. fish
and game are a fraction higher now
than they were a year ago or two years
ego. but the increase is not enough to
affect the income of ia )se who have
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-22
Indians Are starvine

Vancouver, B. c.. Oct. IA sneciaI
from Agassiz, B. c., says 200 indians
are are IN starving condition at Humber
ton Meadows. $50 miles north If 49,
slz. An Indian rider brought the news,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-22
Duty Of the People.

We believe it is the first duty of the
american people to stamp with their
dlsapproval doctrines so hostile to lib
erty and dangerous TO constitutional
government If they are to remain
free and their government is to con-
tinue representative, their servants
must not have or exercise any but con-
stitutional powers. Between the claim
or freedom that all men are entitled to
equal political rights and the dogma
or tyranny that might makes might,
there is no middle ground
We have not prior to this year sup
ported the candidacy of Mr.. Bryan. We
do not now concur in certain of his
views on minor issues. Yet his Dosf-
ton on the supreme issue of the Dres-
ent campaign is so sound. and his adj
Vocacy of it has been so able and corr
ageous that we now favor his election
as the most effective way of showing
oisapproYal OF Mr. Mckinley'S course
Without claiming any special DO
hucal influence, we unite, for what our.
example may be worth TO our fellow
citizens. in this statement of proposed
action IN the presence of a greater
Danger than we have encountered since
the pilgrims landed at Plymouth-the
Danger that we are to be Transformed
from republic. founded on the Dec
iarftion of Independence, guided BY
the councils of Washington, into a vllI-
gar, commonplace empire, founded on
physlcal force We invite the co-oDera-
uon or al independent voters to avert
THIS great and impending danger"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-22
Price Level Stationary.

y
To Will be noticed from the figures
given above, which We're obtained from.
some of The most reliable dealers in
this city, that although the prices Of
farm products fluctuate from time to
time. the price level is no higher now
than it was two years ago. if il is now
actually lower; so that as far as the
income of the farmer is concerned the
cry of prosperity is a fraud. Mckinley
prosperity has not increased the price
OF the things the Utah farmer has to
sci. and certainly no one viii claim
THAT 10 makes the soil more productive.
.r that II makes two blades Of grass
grow now where but one grew before
4 few years ago the farmer was told
% build up the home market through
hi@h protection, and that when he had
h.- factories right at his door he would
E'' all he could ask for what he raised
Lately he is being told that through
THIS sane nigh tariff his trade viii ex-
laLd over all the earth and in this
way he viii get rich from the products
Of his labor The Utah farmer has
found one of these promises to be as
h- fraud as the other
Hut the dark side of the picture is
SUI Z" ne presented. The figures PIE
scented above would give no lust ca-Isa
for complaint if they told the story.
iu"T would prove that while this great
l.'-l Hrity does not increase the price
O.. what The farmer has to sell il does
i'' materially reduce the price But
every man who lives by labor has To
uat as Wei as 10 sell. and TO get At
The exact condition of the Utah farm
.. under the now state Of things il will
~. necessary ,' look into the relative
prices OBJ. what he IS compelled to buy.
Extortions of Trusts.
The following table shows briefly and
added
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-22
LEAGUE CALL ISSUED
Anti-ImperialiSts Make Appeal
For Bryan.
FOR GREAT CAUSE
STRONG MEN SIGN AN ABLE
PAPER.

Chicago. Oct. 21.-The American An
ti-InperiaIistic league issued an ad-
dress tonight to ''AII independent voters
in the United States" asking them to
support William ]. Bryan for president
Among the names attached to the
document are those of George S. Bout
we'll, Boston; D. H. Chamberlair, Mas
sachusetts, former governor of South
Carolina; Joseph S. Fowler, Washing
ton. D. q, ex-United States senator;
Edwin L. Godkin, New York; William
Lloyd Garrison, Boston; Judson Har-
mon, Cincinnati. ex-attorney general;
Bishop T. D. Huntington, Syracuse, N.
Y; Thomas Wentworth Higginson,
Boston; ex-Congressman Henry L.
Johnson of Indiana; William r. Lord
Portland, Ore; Charles Eliot Norton,
Harvard university; Franklin Pierce,
New York; Arthur Latham Perry, VII
Iiams college; Edward NJ. Shepard
New York; Morfeld Storey. Boston;
Edwin F. Uhl, Grand Rapids. Mich
John J. Valentine, president WeIls-Far-
go Express company; United States
Senator George l. Wellington, Mary
land, and eX-Congressman John De
witt Warner. New York