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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-10
Only One Hope Of Averting Trouble.
What the Demands Of the Mine
Workers Are.

we are after. II that is nor forthcoming
in a very few days the strike viii be or
dered."
Negotiations are undoubtedly on for a
settlement without a strike. So long as
these are pending the miners will not
strike for the reason that the operators
would be left loophole of escape from
the position they now occupy by saying
the men had gone out at time when
there was a chance that an amicabe set
Element might have been brought about.
Under these circumstances the MEM
bers OF the board admit that they must
wait until the last vestige of hope for a
settlement without inviting condition
that may result in the loss of life, the
destruction OF property and the tenn
porary paralysis of fnnumerable indus
tries is exhausted.
TRYING TO AVOID TROUBLE.
Hazelton. Pa, Sept lo.-President Fahy
of District No. 0, Mine Workers. associa-
ton, has given out the following state-
ment:
do not let any man think the anthra-
cite miners intend TO strike-if they do
strike-for the mere fun OF striking. God
forbid. We men OF the coal region have
been through strikes before and know
what they mean.
'"rhey will strike because they have
been unable 10 get a particle of satisfac-
tion from tho operators on any grievance
The operators have refused point blank
to meet us. They have been petitioned
time and again TO hold a conference.
But they have laughed at us.
1T should be understood by the public.
too. that the officers of the Mine Work
ers' Union have been using every en-
deavor to avoid strike We have done
all I'm our power 10 bring about an ami
cable settlement. We are willing TO go
more than half way, have been willing
and still are willing. IL there is any way
to get along without striking We will
seize on II. That is our position.
II cannot express an opinion as 20
whether there will be a strike or not.
our general officers did not call one last
night because there seems to be one
faint ray of hope that some negotiations
pending will bear fruit. They were will
ing 10 go beyond the llmlt-anything for
peace.
THE men throughout the anthracite re-
gion are well organized II they 20 out
they will go out In great strength. The
strike will be n righteous one, and II II
cannot be avoided. ard II we cannot get
some measure Of Justice by conference
then we must resort to the other means
we have at hand and go out. and think
we will win"
THE POLITICAL PHASE.
Allentown. Pa, Sept. 10--An attempt Il
being made to lay the strike at the doo'
| OF the Democratic campaign manager
| Here ~ one version OF this story:
"That the strike agitation In anthracite
| regions OF Pennsylvania was started an,
| f. fostered and backed by conspirator
working In the interest OF Bryan is n
| cato biished fact Full knowiedge OF IN
| entire conspiracy is In possession OF tn
4 governor and other state authorities.
il lCnnfInned on Pare Twol
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Indianapolis, sept. .lV.-fTesluent MitSh-
ell Of the United Mine Workers. now says
that the executive board. before adjourn
ing on Saturday night. gave him full au-
thority to declare a strike, unless certain
conditions. which he will not divulge. are
carried out within few days. He speaks
of "one hope" of averting a strike, and
that hope is pretty well understood to be
a conference arranSed by the operators.
who, the labor leaders say. have refused
so far to hold any communication with
representatives OF the union.
THE MINERS DEMANDS.
These are the demands made by the an
thracite coal miners. on the basis OF
which they will strike:
Company stores shall be abolished.
powder shai be reduced from s275 per
keg to f.50 per keg.
Company doctor and compulsion to pay
one shall be abolished.
Compliance with state law. which says
all Industrial concerns shall pay their en-
pioyes semi-monthly In cash.
That all coal shall be weighed. and that
2240 pounds, uegal weighD shall consti-
tate ton. ff4
No miner shall have at any one time
more than one breast gangway, working
place. and shall not get more than equal
share OF cars or work.
A check weishman shall be hired by
the miners and permitted to represent
them at the head OF each breaker. and see
that the weight Is correct and the dock
age fair.
tho mines shall be advanced In wages
thus:
THOSE receiving less than $3.50 per day.
% rer cent; those receiving from NbO to
Al IL TX per cent. and all receiving more
than 81. .75 to be advanced 10 per cent.
In addition n special scale has been
drawn for mining In different veins OF
different widths. making gangways and
cross-cuts. opening chambers. removing
rock tisnbsring and constructing platform.
chutes and brattices. The prices are
slightly in excess OF those that have pre-
vailed. ..IIr
The operators have either declined "a
enter i,ito negotiations or refuse to COM
ply with the demands.
r'af No POLITICS IN IT.
President Mitchell said:
1--WE have decided to give the anthra-
cite operators a little more time. There
,s no, poiitics in it. and II there is any
underhand. work going on neither my
self nor the board known anything about
Il. a
.r cannot say just how long we VIII
wait. but only few days. Irs all In
my hands and those OF Secretary VIII
son.
II cannot 20 into details and explnin
all 10 you that I would like to. because
there are certain negotiations under way
10 bring about settlement without q
strike. and n were to tell you Just
what they are and they should be pub
ilshed broadcast II might be very de-
structive 10 all OF our schemes.
Honest wages for our men Is all tha
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-10

| insist that the great display of force there
must be due to political causes
They contend the attitude OF the Chi
nese Is peaceable. and does not call for
the taking of extraordinary measures.
They say that there have already been
landed $500 Indians. 50 French and $50
German trops. In addition 10 500 volun-
teers and 1000 naval men. who are avail
able
MANY wARsHIPS THERE.
There are 10 warships at Shanghai in
Guiding the United States gunboat Prince
ton, and IL at Woo Sung. including the
United States cruiser New Orleans.
Today comes the news that the Japan
ese representatives at Shanghai has in
formed his colleagues that Japan is send
ing troops TO participate I'm the occupation
OF Shanghai
Pending their arrival. IL is added. SIX
hundred Japanese sailors will be landed.
A dispatch from Pekin says that after
the allied troops traversed the palace,
August rs, the foreign ministers and gem
erals returned and visited the audience
halls where they found six mandarins,
including an official of the Tsung Ii va
men. The royal apartments and the
rooms set apart for the women were not
entered.
StulTCdSpS.
bronzes and valuable vases were encoun-
tered everywhere. The emperor's throne
situated In small building. is surrounded
by pedestals on which are caskets con-
tanning written wishes, to be opened af-
ter his death.
Ii HUNG CHANGES POWERS.
Washington. Sept. l0.--1he Chinese min
lister has received an imperial edict con-
fCrr an
power for the complete settlement OF the
Chinese trouble.
IL gives him authority 10 make any
terms according to his own discretion
without referring them to the emperor.
This is unusual authority and IL is
claimed. at the Chinese legation, gives Ii
Hung Chang credentials adequate to meet
all the objections heretofore raised as 10
his power TO negotiate for peace The
edict is dated two weeks ago. but is Just
forwarded from II Hung Cnang. Minis
ter Wu delivered Il TO the state depart
ment this morning.
DIVERTED TO MANILA.
New York. Sept. i0.-Suppnes and COM
missary stores which were intended for
the use OF the troops I'm winter cam
paign I'm China have been diverted TO Ma
Mia. says the Washington correspondent
OF the Press. The forwarding OF further
troops TO the Philippines means the relief
OF the volunteers and their return to this
country 10 be mustered out In June of
next year
In the next few weeks there will be a
force Of American troops In the Philip
pines whose number has not been reached
In the previous operations.
Acting under instructions from Wash
ington. there will be unusual activity
against the Tagals. and unless plans now
under contemplation unexpectedly mis-
! carry. there will be complete pacihcation
I'm the islands within six weeks.
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REPLY OF THE CAR.

The Hague. Sept. 1o.-Replying to the
telegraphic message forwarded to the
Gear Sept. 4. on the occasion OF the plac-
ing in the foreign office archives of the
ratihcations of the agreements and treat
les resulting from the peace conference,
his majesty. after expressing his sincere
thanks. concludes:
God grant that the labors In which
these gentlemen have taken such active
part may serve as the basis for the es-
tablishment even though In the distant
future, of universal peace, which Is the
goal of Christian civilization"
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SUIT FOR PERSONAL INJURIES.

Rosanna Thibault has begun suit
against Lafayette Worsted company
through her father. Joseph Thibault. She
wants $400 for personal injuries.
Her claim is that she was not properly
instructed about the dangers OF her work,
and that a machine she was set to work
at was improperly guarded.
II Is alleged that the defendant knew
the machinery was not properly pro.
tected. The plaintiffs hand was badly
lacerated.
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EXCITEMENT ON COTTON EXCHANGE.

Liverpool, Sept. 1o.-There was consd-
erable excitement on the cotton exchanges
here today. business was quite disorsan-
lied and prices were unsettled by the pc
culiar conditions arising from the scar
c,,,, 30 cotton. which was accentlated to-
day bv the news OF terrible destruction
wrought by the tornado at Galveston and
IN the vicinity Of that city.
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The WEATHER.

washington. Sept. 1o.-Fcr New Eng
land. Fair tonight and Tuesday; hf9t
winds. mostly northeast.
wANTEp-A FURNISHED Housug
good location: not less than ~ rooms
suitable for private boarding house ~
dress Il. M. Bond. The Granviiie' NJ
rose, Mass.
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Further down the street a restaurant
whicn had been submerged by water was
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-10
WINDS FURY ABATED.

As soon as daylight came and the fury
OF the wind had abated the work of rescue
and searching for the dead commenced.
In one room the Post reports. were count
ed seven dead bodies.
The fremont Hotel was made q rem
devious for teh living women and child
rem. who slept I'm the dining rooms and
parlors and the men lay on the floors In
the Railways.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-12-21
GOSSIP OF THE CAMPUS.

Open play seems to have almost
wholly superseded the old compact
formations among the university foot
ball teams.
There are many Siamese at Oxford.
as well as East Indians and American
darkies. The color distinction is not
understood or appreciated in England.
The football team of the University
of Iowa has come into the front rank
OF western elevens by scoring recent
ly against the University of Chicago
team II TO 0.
The county superintendent Of
schools in Seattle, Wash, has spent the
greater part of his official term Of two
years at the state university. quail
flying himself for the duties of his DO
sition.
William F. Steward and his wife ~
Scranton township, near Urbana. ILL.,.
have given their 6OO-acre farm. valued
at $4,000, for the founding of an insti-
tuition devoted to the education of col
ored people in the "black belt" of the
south.
In an address delivered in Boston
Prof. James NJ. Crafts said that $780,
100000 was given by private individuals
last year to colleges, universities and
schools in the United States.
and that little of it was the result of
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-12-21
C0NvICTS AND ROADS.
New York State Experiment Which
Contains n Valuable Lesson for
County Officials.

The agitation of the League OF
American Wheelmen to have convicts
used in building public roads is slowly
making Roadway. On this subject the
New York Post recently contained the
following:
THE League for Good Roads in
Oneida county reports favorably on
the experiment of employing convicts
on roadmaking. Under the direction
OF the board of supervisors and the
superintendence of trained engineer
the county prisoners have constructed
a macadam road l $40 miles long
through the village of New York
Mills, near Utica. The county author
tiles made contract with the road
district whereby it was to furnish In
borers at 25 cents a day and allow
the use of its stone crusher. steam
roller, etc, free of charge. The road
district furnished the necessary fuel
and material and paid for supervision.
The cost of the road was about $3.50.
or $4,000 mile, and the total cost
was only three times the amount of
the annual road tax. As it will cost
only $3.50 a year to keep the new road
m repair, the annual saving will
Amount to about 81, $50, and after the
tost has been repaid the taxpayers
will be relieved to this extent. or the
money can be devoted to other i'm
provements. While this road was
building the state authorities were
constructing a similar one of equal
length which was to cost, at the con-
tract price, $4,000"
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GATHERED HERE AND THERE.

A factory for liquid air is being erect.
ed at Los Angeles, Cal, for refrigerat
ing purposes.
Shamoy leather is not, nor ever was,
the hide of the chamois, but the flesh
side of sheep-skins.
Russia leather is tanned in an infusion
OF willow or birch bark, and gains It's
delicious odor from birch oil.
Between the towns of Los Angeles
and Pasadena, in southern California,
there has been constructed an over
head path for the exclusive use OF
cyclists.
Death from hydrophoba followed in
the case Of a cowboy at FL Paso. Tex.
who had been been bitten by a mad
skunk out on range near Wilcox.
Some boys squander every year the
cost OF a coveted trip to some point of
interest. Let them remember that every
five cents saved means a mile and half
of the journey.
II a spray of liquid air is applied TO
the skin, the part is frozen as hard as
ice, but in few minutes circulation re-
turns without injury to the tissues.
providing the part is not at some ex-
tremity.
Potato spirit, or alcohol, adulterated
with pyridine, is coming into favor
as an illuminant in Germany, and
promises to rival acetylene. II is
most economical in lamps of at least
70 candle-power. In the gardens of the
imperial palace Of Sans-Souci, Pots
dam, there are 2sO incandescent lamps
burning this alcohol.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-12-21
HORSES AND ROADS.
owners of High-Brcd Animals Adj
vance a Theory That Appears
Just "a Little selfish.

What is called a new view of the
good roads question appears in q
recent number of the Horse World, in
the form of a statement from DR.. II. IL
Kane, president of the Drivers and
Riders League Of New York. In sup
port of his belief that there should be
a modification of the terms demanded
by the present agitators for good roads.
DR.. Kane says among other things
that farmers and haulers of heavy
loads of merchandise on our roads dc
not own rs per cent. of the horses in
the United States. Hence, the argu.
ment in favor of stone roads for theiI
benefit should not have so niue
weight; that even if we admit tina
stone roads are an excellent thing 70:
the farmer, they are a positive sourc.
Of injury and disease TO the horses o.
others; that in districts where stone
roads prevail shoeing must be done one
third oftener than in the case of horsc
used on dirt roads.
The doctor mentions that the goOd
roads movement was started by the L.
A. W., and that they cannot be blamed
for looking after their own interests,
but that it is not fair to favor one
class and work positive injury to horse
owners when there is a feasible plan
Tor so constructing roads as to equally
benefit all drivers, equestrians, automo-
bilists farmers and bicycists. DR.. |
Kane's plan is to have one road (the |
main artery Of traffic to and from the
principal market) built of stone for the
farmers and those who do heavy truck
ing and having this road and all others
where there is much traffic so bull
that the center Is of stone, a space Of
six or eight feet wide on each side
made into good dirt road with or with
out a cycle path, as the L. A. w. may
deem advisable.
DR.. Kane's argument does not rep.
resent new view Of the road question
so much as a reiteration of the old
plan of owners Of high-bred horses,
who have long held that hard roads
worked havoc with the delicate and
rANPCAg VI COSTLY DtlS. |
There is doubtless some truth In this
but the great majority of the public
who are interested in having good
roads for many other practical pur.
poses than as a speedway for choice
stock, will wonder how such horses
IAN be kept in the city without the in
furious results attributed TO hard coun. I
Try roads. Even though DR.. Kane ex.
plains that he favors the best kind of
brit road, 1t is not probable that his
'lan OF road with a stone center and
Iirt sides could be made serviceable. A
n the first place, not all country roads
re wide enough to permit of
trial of the double plan,
nd it is not likely that those who usC II
UGH road would equalize the traffic
as to prevent it from becoming very -
neven. A good dirt road with
asis of stone is all right in certain dis
nets, but for sections where there is 4,
onsiderable traffic 1t is doubtful If the
lacadam road, with frequent coverings
sand, can be improved upon.
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NOTICE TO All.

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A Health Resort
At Home.

There is something very depress
ing i'm staying at some Saniiarlum or
health resort, where ones companions
are fellow sufferers, and where the con-
versation naturally turns 70 the all
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Avoid this, "a well as the expense Of
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ICL HUUSE WITH TRENCH.
floor should be leveled up and a drain.
consisting Of a trench partly filled in
with stones, dug to carry off meltage
water. Entrance should be through
long passage with several locks to ef-
fectually cut of air currents. All sur
face water must be conducted away
from such a stack and hogs kept out
or they will burrow in and admit air
TO the ice.-Theron L. lilies, in Orange
Judd Farmer.
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Don't use any of the counterfelts Of
DeWitps Witch Hazel Salve. Most of
them are worthless or liable to cause
injury. The original DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve is a certain cure for piles,
eczema, cuts, scads, burns, sores and
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STRAW ICE HOUSE.
A Most Excellent Way of Making Use
of Stacks Found on Almost
Every Farm.

The Illustration shows how to turn
to good account straw stacks some
INES found on farms. The cheapest
sort of a framework which need not
be tightly boarded up will answer. The
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-12-21
FarnVille Graded
AND
High School.
FACULTY..

The Trustees are proud Of the record of this
schOOl under the management OF Principal
y. {. Starke and his cc-workers They de-
sire TO develop IL still more as part OF the
Public School System of the Farmville Dis
trict. IL VIII be continued I'm all grades for
the full session of nine months.
THE HIGH SCHOOL is intended to pre-
pare our boys and girls for College and Uni-
versity, or for life.
The Trustees are glad that IL is a part OF
the public school work OF the district, and
intend that IL shall be so conducted as 10 be
"A credit to the district and a n eat saving of
expense 10 those that avail themselves of
the advantages 10 offers.
owing 10 the fact that the High School Is
a department Of the Public School, instruc-
uon In II can be obtained for the fee of $3.50
per month,
LESS THAN s23 A SESSION.
Sustain IL, and build up what will be a
help and credit to the community.
l.. ]. VERsER,
b. NJ. COX,
:. w. PAULETT
School Trustees Farmville District.
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