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New-York tribune., 1900-09-17
4 GREAT STRUGGLE ANTICIPATED
THE STRIKE DISCUSSED By LABORrya
MEN-A DELEGATE SAYS NM
GRANTS HAVE BEEN SENT TO
TAKE. STRIKERS PLACES

The impending strike Of the coal miners was n.
subject Of considerable discussion dt the meeting
OF the Central Labor Union yesterday Dels-
gate Farrell said that the country the sv.
OF probably one Of the greatest struggles between
caultal and labor which had ever taken placs 7.
was well known he added. that the miners has
many real grievances They worked FOR starva.
ton wages. and even these were "Drs-smpted ~
the coal barOns" The miners never RAJ
money but were paid In orders. which they had =
pass over TO the coal companies stores FOR a,
bare necessaries Of life. Tney were compelled !,
pay exorbltant prices for everything they bouzh,
they had to live in the companies houses. ard
their little children had 20 60 70 work soon
as they were out Of swaddlinE clothes EVER
true workingmsn in the world said the deszats
should sympathize with them.
Secretary Beckmyer declared that all the labor.
ing world was watching the result Of the strugzls
Resolutions we're passed sympatnizinz with n,
miners and rendering them the moral support of
assistance in It's power.
The troubles OF the miners were also brought %
before the meeting Of the Central Federated Unio1
in TnVsrsity sstJSm n! d Hall eegss5 gaie SWssa
coal companies had already begun 20 import rsa
miners who went on strike He nad been informed
he said good authority that the nrst batch o.
bsrra an SatnrCiav The party Consisted 5e 49,
Of three hundred slavs, Poles and Italians vsoss
Passage had been obtained for mem over p'-s ts.
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
ton Commissioners in relation 70 the report
CommlsslonSr 81 ,a- - : lon D
any immigrants engaged az the Barge once % taks
sible 10 engage Immigrants in this way becsgSs
agents are not permitted 20 go among them Wills
they are under the Jurisdiction Of the Imnigratos
An agent from plate glass wo:ks IN -Pit.s6urs
had called on Connissioner Fitehie on Friday 4
search OF help. but the Commisstoler advised In
to go 70 the mission houses After the mat
grants leave the Barge once tne agents haa ~
opportunity 20 engage their services
New-York tribune., 1900-09-17
ACTIVITY IN coal TRADE.

article tomorrow will say that the anthracite coal
trade presents nothing that is excepting that
the strike having been ordered, the situation Is
changed by making what was regarded as proba-
bility now a certainty. The extent and duration Of
the strike have been discussed in the trade with
differing opinions and the working at the mines
during all last week wGs stimulated by the desire
get ready for it, by securing as large output
as possible There been a better movement OF
coal in consequence, and the stocks held by the
companies are generally ample at most Of their
storage yards The prospective conditions have
also enlarged the ordering of coal by dealers, and
the touch Of cooler weather we have had has sug-
gested that the time is coming for filling up bins
for winter. This makes the retail trade brisker
than II has been for a long time. and the an
ticipation of an advance in prices has also had an
effect upOn BUYERS.
New-York tribune., 1900-09-17
FATHER DUCEY on THE STRIKE.

FATHER DUCEY on THE STRIKE
In his sermon az ST. Leo's Roman Catholic Church
yesterday Father Ducey spoke avarice as one
Of the vices OF modern society and referred to the
coal miners strike example of IT, He said
in part:
know men who sit in the chief places OF the
regret 70 say-right under the pupits, and their
hands red with the blood Of their fellow men
a 5 were those OF Cain And these will 20 out
and And fault with their fellow men for trying to
of gaining a livelihood for themselves and their
families.
We need only TO look at the struggle now be-
ginning in the Pennsylvania coal region 1t Is the
greatest crime OF modern society which compels
children Of only eight years OF age work FOR
80 a day in these dark mines. Their educa-
comes as clouded their faces And all this ir
order that their taskmasters may live lives OF lux
ury and refined ease.
few days ago ] read in Of the morning
une). that the operators had threatened TO flood
the mines should their oppressed slaves dare to
pumped every day. and to flood them would mean
that they would be rendered useless for all time
II would be crime and a calamity great the
pumping out of the ocean
glad that a Catholic Bishop OF Pennsylvania
has insisted that justice must be done to these
men and their claims be settled by arbitration
But what do the wealthy mine owners say? Men
the priest from Pennsylvania came down 70 New
York last week 20 discuss the matter with them the
answer he received that they had a perfect
right to manage their own property as they saw
gifts of God according to his pleasure or for
satisfying his desires for luxury his sensuality,
And any man who raises his voice against these
wrongs will be proclaimed demagogue- Jesus
Christ in His day was called a demagogue and an
impoeter because He was the friend OF sinners and
consorted with the common people. But the An
New-York tribune., 1900-09-17
AG1rArnR TALKED POLITICS.

Scranton. Penn Sept 1s CspecaD.-Everything
was quiet here to-day: several mass meeting were
held but the crowds were orderly. The mass
meeting at Laurel Hill Park. Saturday. did not
terminate as successfully as the mine leaders
wished. One of the speakers, F. c. Walz. the
travelling representative for the Carpenters Union,
brought politics largely into his remarks, denounc-
ing the present Administration and urging miners
10 vote for the opposite party This didn't the
approval Of the strikers and the National Organ
izer Frederick Dcher. in his address later. spoke
his mind freely. The who tries TO bring
politics into your organization" said Mr.. Dncher,
lis a traitor to its cause. We want bread ana
h,,,+a
New-York tribune., 1900-09-17

to be paid in each vein, the miners wage scale
containing understanding that powder to be
purchased from the company at 81 rs a keg. At
that time the price meant a small profit. This
scale has remained in force ever since. The selling
price of coal has varied in the time from
that current in 1893 to the Improbable figures of
1895. The cost Of mining has largely increased
through the exhaustion Of upper veins and the ex-
pense Of opening. hoisting and pumping from deep
veins, well the greater cost of machinery
suitable for their ventilation, heavier props. waste
in larger pillars and numerous other The
operators say they willing to lower the price of
powder, but II they do they must in order to
maintain their margin of profit, lower the wages.
The union has demanded the reduction OF powder
TO 81 50 keg and increase Of 20 per cent in the
wages
Shortage Of anthracite coal in the great cities OF
the East is the hope Of the miners. They believe
| that If the tieup be made general for a few
weeks commercial interests in the great cities will
force arbitration some other settlement Of the
| trouble. Efforts are being made persuade the
railroaders' unions not TO handle pound OF non
union coal, that the strike Of the mine workers
| Will probably be only the beginning of a general
strike which will tie up the entire The bring
ing In Of btuminous coal will be resisted. and If
the soft coal men seek market here to the preju-
dice OF the anthracite miner strike in the btu
minous regions will be ordered.
The average weekly output OF the anthracite
mines is more than million tons. a two months
strike which tied up the entire anthracite field
| would mean shortage OF more than eight million
| tons OF coal The operators sell the coal on the
| basis of two thousand pounds for a ton whereas
the miners have to allow from three thousand Ia
| four thousand pounds for a ton owing to the
methods of charging up the product
| INCREASE IN USE OF SOFT COAL
| 1t is well known that within recent years the
| anthracite coal field has been invaded by btu.
minous. and years ago the sight OF train Of bi-
| luminous coal was a novelty in this region The
| great manufacturing establishments OF Eastern
Pennsylvania and elsewhere were then burning an
| thracite almost exclusively, but conditions hav,
changed and to-day thousands OF tons of bitumi
nous coal are consumed in every Industrial centr,
| each week Residents have sent up protests asains
the soft coal nuisance and the business men of ths
anthracite country have been holding meetings Z,
secure better freight for hard coal and m I'm,
prove trade conditions in their towns
The manufacturer, after ALL is the largest con
sumner Oh coal, When ne sees such q corporation al
the Reading Railway Company, the owner Of vas
deposits OF anthracite coal. using soft coal OF
nearly all Of its locomotives he begins to inolir
New-York tribune., 1900-09-17
COAL IS DEARER TODAY
RETAILERS DECIDE TO RAISE THE
80 aHs- PRICE ON ACCOUNT OF
eds 15qsc
.- sz-s THE STRIKE.

New-Yorkers who buy coal to-day from re-
tail dealers Will in many instances he obltpad
to pay more for It than last week The retail
dealers Of Brooklyn have advanced the price
% cents ton, and many of those In Manhattan
have decided to ask an advance Of 35 cents a
ton for white ash anthracite coal and As cents
a ton for red ash. The action of the Brooklvn
dealers was decided upon at meeting on Sat
urday The movement on the part of the Man
haitian dealers is not so general as that. Some
have advanced the price and some have mt
AS far as could be learned yesterday this course
was not decided on at any formal meeting but
has been agreed upon by many dealers among
themselves, through talks over the telephone
or by individual interviews There appears TO
be little uniformity in the advance The figures
already quoted seem sufficient to some while
others have decided to ask 81 a ton extra on
one or two OF the scarcest grades These are
among the smaller dealers. whose stocks on
hand are small, and who fear they may not be
able to buy more except at an advance
While there Is not much unanirnity Of action
yet, all agree in giving the great strike Of the
miners in Pennsylvania as ample reason for an
advance of price. The big wholesale operators
however. say there Is scarcity OF coal and
that the action Of the retailers is founded on
greed only. The wholesalers declare that there
can be no good reason for advancing prices at
this early stage OF the strike because 1t may all
be settled and the men may be back at work
again in ten days. whereas there is enough coal
above ground to supply all demands for thirty
days at least Some of the wholesalers declare
that they will not raise the price to the retailers
long as they have any coal to sell. Tn
fortunately for the public however. the whole
saers seem to be pretty well sold out already,
and have not much coal or have none over and
above what they will need for themselves while
most of the retailers are heavily stocked Some
OF them, it is said cannot find room for all the
coal in their yards, but have 1t stored on barees
and vessels, we'll. If the strike is quickly
settled these men may find themselves oyer-
stocked and may lose money, but If the strike
lasts long they will be in a position to squeeze
the public pretty well by advancing the price of
coal this winter to the point known as "all that
the trade will stand" In the great strike of
1874 coal went to $14 ton in this city.
Coal dealers read with interest yesterday the
news that the Appellate Division of the Su-
preme Court had sustained the State Railroad
Commissioners in their determination to allow
the construction of the Delaware Valley and
Kingston Railway. independent coal road
from tidewater at Kingston, N. Y. along the
abandoned bed OF the Delaware and Hudson
Canal, to the Pennsylvania line. They said that
when this road was built coal would be brought
to New York from the mines at a considerable
reduction in freight from the rates now charged
New-York tribune., 1900-09-17
IN THE sHAMoKIN REGION.
FULLY FIFTY PER CENT OF MEN
PECTED TO GO OUT.

shamokin. Penn. Sept 1s.-This evening the
United Mine Workers leaders said that from re-
ports at hand from Dauphin, Columbia. SchuylklIl
and Northumberland Counties, the indications
pointed to at least 80 per cent Of the men. prin-
cipaly between here and Centralia, going on strike
tomorrow. in which event the coeres cannot be
operated. Before the close of the week the United
Mine Workers expect 20 have most OF the opera
tions in the district at standstill The leaders
say the operators and coal companies underrate
the strength OF the union.
The officials OF the Philadelphia and Reading Coal
and Iron Company in this district announced this
evening that when the colliery whistles are blown
tomorrow 60 per cent OF the employees will be at
tie mines. The oficisls also stated that II enough
New-York tribune., 1900-09-17
RAILROADS STORING COAL

Plainheld. N. j.. Sept. 16 (speciaD.-The Lehigh
Naney railroad Company, in anticipation of the
strike in the Pennsylvania coal regions has hean
storing coal at South Plainheld. where It now has
more than half million tons of anthracite coal
READY Tor shipment 10 the New-York market ar
me increased prices which Il is expected that the
strike VIII bring about. The Central Railroad or
NseW-Jersey also has three hundred thousand tons
V ~ a, Soa, ~ storage at Hampton Junction II is
@ @snought tnht the supply Will be SUFFICIENT 10 last
New-York tribune., 1900-09-17

archistz are not the men who protest Ths 20.
Anarchists in this case are the mine oEnsrs-,ss
men of this class constitute the greatest dansss
20 modern society
In closing Father Ducsy said that the remedy p.
the evils OF modern society lay with the Christ,,
Church
New-York tribune., 1900-09-17
1rH1GH VALLEY coMpANY Coal suPpLY.

Perth Amboy, N j.. Sept 16 (SpeciaD D.-Lehigh
Valley Railroad officials here profess fear little
trouble from the strike of the Pennsylvania coal
miners The Lehigh wharves here have shipping
capacity OF about ten thousand tons day. They
not handling than two-thirds of that
amount now. The amount on hand in the storage
bins here and at South Planfeld is more than
three hundred thousand tons No effort rush
coal here from the mines has been noticeable the
receipts for several weeks having been below the
average. The workmen on the coal wharves are
not organized and are averse to strikes, as the
result OF two which have proved disastrous 10 their
interests within the last fifteen wears.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-02-06

Trains So and SO runs solid betweon Char.
lesion and Greenville, daily.
Trains -. "a, So and daily except Sunday,
between Coumba and Laurens.
Train 3, dni y except Sunday and Monday
between Columbia and Lnurens.
Saturdays only
Close connection at Sumtor for all points
North. f
Close connections at SpRrtnnburg for tho
Mountains H. CAFENAUGH, AKt
Nawherry, g. e.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-02-06
THE FIRST BABY.
Xts Coming Is Looked Forward to
With Both Joy and Fear and It's
Safe Arrival Is Hailed With
Pride and Delight by All.

The arrival OF the frat baby In the
household Is the happiest and most i'm
portant event Of married life. The young
wife who is to become a mother delights
70 think OF the happiness in store for her
when the little one shall nestle upon her
breast and latterly she shall hear It lisu
| the sweet and holy name, "mother.h
But her happy anticipation quickly van.
| ishes when she realizes the terrible pain
and suffering through which she must
pass while bringing the little one into
She world. An indescribable fear of the
danger attendant upon the ordeal soon
dissipates her joyfulness.
|. Ihousands OF women have learned
by experience that there is absolutely
no necessity Tor the sufferings which at-
teno child:birth; they know that by
tiflc liniment--for few weeks before
the trying hour, expectant mothers can
80 prepare themselves for the Anal
hour that the pain ard suffering of the
dreaded event are entirely obviated and
IL 10 safely passed through with COM
paretiyely little discomfort.
Az women are Interested, and es-
gecially expectant mothers who for the
first timo have to undergo this trial. in
such remedy for they know the pain
and suffering, to say nothing Of the dan.
ger, which is In store for them. "Moth.
era Friend is woman's greatest bles.
sing, for 1t takes her safely through the
seyerest ordeal Of her life. Every woman
should be glad to read the little book
s.'Before Baby is Rorn," which contains
iniofnation OF great value to all. Il
VIII be sent free to any one who sends
shatr address to The Bradflel ReRu.
Asor Co, Atlanta, ga.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-02-06

i.4O p IN. train from Augusta mai on cI0se
connection at Calhoun Fails for nil noints on
Seaboard Air Line. ~" Gal PoAhle on
,,o1c GiOse connection at Greenwood for all
~ potnas on .. A. l.. and e. and q. Railway. and
a. "IEEpaI,ambnrg Edm M with Southern Railway.
rotor LOT any Information relative to fickets.
W. j. CRAIG, Gen. Pas. Agt.,
EN- NOpru o., Augusta, Ga.
TN EMERSON, Traffic Maneyer
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-02-06

thread -baro coat.
"WolI, why don't you shed your
coat, Jack, aud wado inter mo-"
asked Dogskin Hooper.
"Why don't you peel off Yourself,
Dogskin? DO you you think kin do
me mp with your coat ony"
wv Wcll, to tell tho truth, mcu," said
Dogskln, looking at each spectator
in turn, 81 nin't got any shirt Oh my
back, and I'm kinder ashamed to
peel"
"Th"ts my holy fix, too" cxcluim =
cd Jack Canyon.
"Shake, old boy" cxcl~imod ID g
skin; "we'ro too near Of strength,
financially spoaliin', to go to war"
PARKWAY Moses
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-02-06
Florida Central G. Peninsular

Time Table In Effect Nov. 70, 49,
Leave New berry co ON
Arrive C0lum .............,......33 20 Dn,
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-02-06

PARKWAY MOSES,
HE WRITES OF THINGS OF GENERAL
INTEREST TO THE PEOPLE AND
RELATES EXPERIENCES
HIS OWN CAREER
pennsylvania Grit.)

With all the pathos, pain and per-
plexities Of poverty, there is vein
OF original humor peeping out from
its rags and hunger and smiling be-
meath the load of want that is press.
ing it to tho oarth with a thorny
crown OF torture and cross Of weary
toll. Originality and rags often 90
hand in hand, and tho laugh that
bubbles up from beneath an empty
stomach very often has more mu-
steal ring in it than the fat, blubbcr
ing guffaw soldering up from tho
overfed paunch Of prosperous glut-
tony and physical oase.
Poor people always 500 tho laugh
able and humorous side of their pow
erty, and their many failures to got
on in the world often create good
deal Of mirth when relatod by tho
individuals who have experienced tho
most HAT failures.
Looking back over my own life
through the cracks of my own cxpe
rience, l fully realize that had
moro genuine fun and spontaneous
pleasure while was master mechanic
on a side hill farm and cultivating
economy and yallor corn, and had
the logs of my blue ovcralls gnawod
OIL half way up to my knees by tho
friction of tho rasp. like dowbc1ry
vines while wading after tho plow
and singing a revival mocting hymn
to drown tho disagrooablo rccollec-
ton that tho calf had eaten tho eau
dal oppondago from my only shirt
while hanging on tho garden fonce
to dry. This incident afforded a
great deal of hilarity among tho
noighbors, and mado mo tho hero of
moro than two weeks; and in those
days it WAS worth something to be n
hero.
You ofton hoar it sad of somo old |
skin flint that "ho doesn't know how
rich he is" and tho samo thing can
be applied to thousands of poor peo-
Plo with creator amount Of truth in
it. In those old days I did not roal-
izo my poverty at all. l fo!t it's |
heavy hand upon mo, to DO sure, but
the hope and tho senso of humor
within mo would como out smiling
through it all, and I accepted every
thing choorfully, just tho samc as a
poor little pig will accept skinned
milk in burst of delight after he |
has forgotten all about the taste of |
cream. l had nevor tasted tho croam
of luxury, and the blue milk of pov-
erty filled up pretty we'll, if it didn't |
fatten, and l was contentcd so long
as the COW of absolute necessity didn't
60 entirely dry.
But ono time even the blue milk
OF tho most common comforts dried
up at critical period, and l was tho |
worst put-out man in seven States,
even including the state of actual de-
spondency. Wampy Bryan came to |
visit mo whom I was keeping bache-
lor's hall in Mildew Hollow, and next
morning when I began to prepare
breakfast l discovered that / didn't
have grain of coffee or a crumb of |
tea in the house. l confessed nv
poverty to Wampy, and he SAID that
made no difference, slnce ho had
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-02-06

lungs from bursting through his dia.
; phragm, and said, just as soon as ho
could control his feelings: "Gosh all
hemlock, my man, you have Just
the dog! l WAS clean out Of meat,
and | was determined you shouldn't
go homo hungry"
"Ilow could you do ?" | asked.
"You thought so much of tho little
felloww
"Ya'"s," ho said slowly, as no so,
bored down; 81 thought hull lot of
Murphy, did; but he was gittiu the
mango awfully bad, and wouldn't
have lived MORN SIX months at best,
and then he'd bin a doad loss to
NO."
Thon Larry looked at mo and I
looked at Harry, aud wo both looked
ut the old man, and when lie explod-
cd again, Larry went off, and SO did
|, and there never was q hcartier
three ply laughter echoed through
dismal looking dugout than the triple
tongued outlaws that bubbled out of
us, all smoothod down with dogs oil
and tho appreciation of tho sublimcly
ridiculous, 80 TO speak.
And it is this sense Of tho humor.
ous and ridiculous that makes pow
clty tolorable. Tho man who can
stand up and look abiect poverty
square in tho eyes, and laugh in his
ugly old face under the most trying
circumstances, is mighticr than he
who conquers a city and runs off
with the silver spoons.
One Of tho greatest arguments
against tho accumulation Of wealth,
is the natural friendship and love
existing between those who arc mu
tuolly and equally poor. Wherc the
ono does not possess an unequal
amount Of wealth and his nejghbors
are not unequally poverty ,stri cken,
there is no cause for envy or malice,
and feeling Of comradcsbip springs
up in each heart. There is even
more good fellowship between two
half starved dogs, than exists bctwce n
a big fat bulldog and a hungry
hound. Equality OF fortune makes
stronger friendship than physical
md mental equality. "All poor to-
5othor," is stronger bond of broth
'rhood than call rich and aristocrat
c." Poverty brings all down nearer
o nature and the first principles of
cal life. We are all born naked,
md our helplessness is what appeals 3
,he strongest to mothers lovo.
l attended dance once in the
Gunnison country, whore tho miner
and the prospector could be seen in
all his glory, and tho mountain girls
were rs lovely and fresh as the mari
posa lily. Long about midnight two
quarroled about whose
turn it was to dance with the belle of
the ball. They went out into the road
to fight it out, where they stood for
more than 10 minutes smacling their
fists and declaring their intention to
"chaw" each other up, but neither
ono made an attempt to pull off his