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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-16
WEEKLY BANK Statement.
Excess Reserve Decreased Through
Operation of Syndicates.

New York, Tune 1.-THE statement of the
associated banks for the week ending to-
day shows:
Loans, SEQ, s43. 800; increase. &13. 34i, 500.
Deposits, xSA, ly4, j0v; Increase, 81, V75, 500.
Circulation. &V,Yvi, ~: increase. $x9.VVv.
Legal tenders, x7..o1.,JvJ; increase. x35.-
Specie, ST.. LIS, 100: decrease. $l.S7s. 800.
RESERVES. x1Ss.AJv. 100; decrease. x,oio. 200.
Reserve reQ0i;ed. szfe.v,o.a'e: Increase. g.
0ls. So.
The Financier says:
LARGE syndicate operations are reflected in the
New iork panA statement Ga June Ia The ex-
Stands At $500. a. compared Win Ai.zsc.vs,
On may %. a loss VI oses slsvS.vvl In three
have risen no lees tnan sa2. veu.vvo and deposats
ta.sv.e,v. walle the amount OF cash ON nana Is
about-s. .ov.cvo less than On the former date. II
appears. therefore. that the BANKS are not icsins
cash particularly. but that the increased liabiii-
Idle money x t Sp iosaa of reserves against de-
posits. TINS is worthy OF mention only In the
more or less temporary character. and their con-
s s8aiIah,s may set iss1 n.sr r't fut un amount TSs OK
dividend period has already Deem arranged for
Ths particular features which are shown in the
current statement are raceable to the Pennsyi-
and the loss OF 81. 5000 in cash is due to move
ments Of money In the direction Of philadelphia.
to operations with the subtreasuIy at New York.
As a matter of fact. the majority Of the banks
ou not p0FJclp8tS u = an u Changes
noted. the bulk OF the increases in loans and
deposits having been reported by two large in
stitutionx which were concerned In these special
operations. While. however. the declining reserve
In thus easily exrla;ned. II cannot be denied
that the effect will he shown In some nrmness
OF rates. as was indicated at the close Of the
harder conditions. but. with the surplus reserve
reduced over half in two weeks. IL Is not sur
are still about 5000" under the maximum
figures reached March 9 last. and deposits are
SIS. 200. 90 less. but excess reserve at the present
time IL = 00o. 00 less than at the period OF record
breaking deposit and loan totals; 30 that q con-
moves to this center in heavier volume. But. Is
pointed out. there II no reason to expect a con-
tinusnce Of heavy increases In any OF the items.
a small! amount Of gold was taken for export
during the week. This does not figure IN the cur
rent statement. Il is expected that a. the lft
Of July draws near these shipments will increase
in Frequency IN erder TO meet July settlements
Rates are hiehef at Berlin than elsewhere. and
the exports. II any. win probably be to that
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STATEMENT BY ORGANIZER THEIs.

like. and some less fortunate are In sore
heed. They have the commiseration Of each
siGe. and the pecuniary aid Of neither.
thrifty. owned their own homes. and were
paying for them gradually. OF the men out
of work the assemblers. adjusters and al
lied metal mechanics. the shippers and
packers. the inspectors and gaugers. and
the stock handlers get no "strike fund.-
benefits. The married men of the brass
molders and polisherS unions get 81 n week.
and the unmarried ones 8 apiece from their
international strike fund.
The paucity of cash is beginning to be
felt by local trsdespeople. for about $4,000
that would have been put I'm circulation II
the n. c. r. Co. shutdown had rot oc-
Cured. Is missed.
Dayton feels an especial interest in the
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model factory. because It has made the
city noteworthy all over the world.
Foreman James McTaggart. an avowed
antiunion man. Is the dominating force In
the factory. The men would 20 back to-
morrow and not ask for the reinstatement
OF the union men he has discharged II the
Pattersons would let McTaggart go.
Pages could be written of the petty
grievances alleged on either side. and not
exhaust the subject But the crux of the
matter lies In the question: IN the model
factory OF the world to he a full fiedged and
acknowledged union enterprise. or IS 1t
not? The conflict is on. and both sides an
sWer: when asked what the outcome Is to
be. I'VE do not know"
Eut John II Patterson Is beginning to
think o! n new slogan in any event. at
pays must be amended at any rate.
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Says Bursted Oil Pipe Gave Rise
to RumOr of New Gusher.

SPECIAL
Beaumont. Tex. June l5.-John H.. Galley
of the J. NJ. Guffey Petroleum Conpany
this morning solved the mystery OF the
supposed gusher from Spindietop Hill. Ned
erland. Port Arthur and FL Vesta Friday
morning. He says a casket had been blown
out OF a union in the company's six inch
pipe line between Gladys City and Elvesta.
allowing the oil to escape for FIVE minutes
or more in a stream which mounted TO a
height of LOO feet and lasted until the pres
sure was removed at the pumping station.
This explanation is generally accepted. all
though two men who came in from the
field this afternoon declare that IL was an
oil well which spouted and that they To-
Gated it.
ASPHALT SATURATED WITH OIL.
SPECIAL
Georgetown. Tex. June I5-What appears
to be a fine variety of asphalt has been
discovered on a farm about four miles from
this place, and 1t is believed to exist in
paying quantities. 1t is apparently sa.urat-
ed with oil and burns readily with a bright
flame.
Strong evidences of the existence of oil
have been discovered in other sections of
Williamson County. The land is being COW
or minerals will be tested by a company or
ganized for the purpose.
NEW OIL COMPANY AT LOUISVILLE.
SPECIAL.
Louisville. KY. June 15.-Articles Moor
porating the Wayne Oil Company were file
in the County Clerks office to-day. The
capital stock Is SJ.99. Shares are 81 each.
The incorporators are: Frank NJ. Ballinger
OF 81. Louis, Albert p. Crockett of Hopkins
VILE, Jessie B. Bradford of ST. Louis and
Louis P. Pacquet of New Orleans, each of
whom takes 5000 shares.
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TO-DAY'S NEWS IN BRIEF.


Local discount rates were quoted at . 10
\ per cent on call and time loans. the
~elearances were s.. 799. 81: the balances S"s.-
Is. Domestic exchange was quoted as fol-
lows: New York. par bid. loo premium
asked; Chicago. ioc discount bid. par asked:
Cincinnati, loo discount bid. par asked: New
Orleans. CSC discount bid. par asked. Louis
Vile. lee discount bid. par asked.
The LEGAL wheat market closed higher AT
66@sc bid July; 6SisG6si4c Sept; l2ufZi=c No.
. red. Corn closed higher at ilasc bid Juiy:
f5c Sept. il1s4i2c No. > white oats closed
at 27asc July; &c Sept. 2Sa@i=c No
The local spot cotton market closed STEADY
and unrhIncrl
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AMERICAN ENDEAV0R IN ART.
Surprisingly Good Exhibit at Buff.
falO to Be Opened To- Morrow.

Buffalo. n. Y. June 1.-THE exposition
art gallery at the Pan-American has just
been opened for Buffalo and visiting news
paper people. Tho opening TO the public
will not take place until Monday.
The exhibition Is surprisingly good. Amer
lean painters. sculptors. architects and en-
gravers are all shown I'm their best. 1t will
be hard to find a noted artist who Is not
represented at all and hard to find one who
Is not represented by his best work.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-16

London. June 5.-Torpedo boat No. IS.
built for the British Navy. at its trial made
an average speed Of 25.5S knots. exceeding
the contract by SD knots. She is one Of
four boats Of new design in which less but
more reliable speed is aimed at. They are
of 11s tons displacement. c20-hcrse-power.
have three torpedo tubes and carry three
tWelye-pOunders.
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APPEARS TO BE DEMENTED.
Stranger Supposed to BE Nevada,
Mo-, Man, Held at Quincy, III.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Quincy. Ill. June ia well-dressed
stranger. who Is said to be Luther r.
koehler. proprietor or music stores at Ne
vada. Mo. and Fort Scott, Kas.. was taken
into custody this afternoon by the police.
He Is IS years old, single and a man of
good education. He seems to have lost his
mind. and acts like one demented. He Is
unable to tell anything about himself or
when he came to the city. His relatives
have been t~eiegraphed for.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-16

6l5 In the customs revenues Of the Philip
pine Islands for the first quarter of 1901. as
compared with the zane period of 1890. Is
set forth In a statement made public to-day
by the division of insular affairs OF the War
department. The total revenues for the
to s.. 199. 3A.
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KILLED BY FREIGHT TRAIN.
Mrs. John DenhOf's Death Similar
to That of q Son.

Lebanon. Mo-. June I5.-Mrs. John Dem
hof was killed by a Frisco freight train at
the Jefferson avenue crossing about 1:3o
this afternoon. She had started across the
track to visit a friends when she was
struck by a train making a switch. She
was dragged beneath the trucks for ffty
feet. Her skull was crushed. one arm cut
ON At the shoulder and the flesh on the
other arm stripped on.
Her son. G. A.. Denkof was killed near
the eame spot by a Frisco passenger train
In August I8o. and Mrs. Denhof never en-
drely recovered from the shock.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-16
RAILROADS.

Committee of citizens from Fort Worth,
Tex, held a conference Yesterday with
President Yoakum relative to an extension
of the line.
Further developments are given OF the at
tempt Of the Union Pacific to secure control
OF the Chicago. Milwaukee and ST. Paul.
Progress is reported in building the Deni-
son. Bonham and New Orleans extension
from Denison.
st. Louis Railway Club has distributed a
number of handsome badges "a a reminder
OF the coming ST. Louis Worlds Fair.
Wabash will ~inaugurate a new train serv-
ice to the Pan-American Exposition. begin
ming to-day.
A F. Miller has been appointed acting pur-
chasing agent of the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas. vice the late c. y. Stevens,
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Bryan to Speak n Waterfowl, y. =.
watertown, N. T.. Juns 1k-Wl1llam J.
Bryan will speak In WatertoWn June \
coming here at the invitation Of the Rover
end II. N Dunning. pastor Of the Stone
Street Presbyterian Church. and fogmefiy
CT Lincoln, Neb.
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New York.
Queenstown June 15-Arrived: Etruria.
New York. for Liverpool.
New York. June 15.-Arriyed: Cutie. from
Liverpool; Sandman, from Greenock.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-16

Department Of Agriculture. Weather Bureau
1aeteoroiogical observations received al ST. Louis
June -. iSl at $50 p. m. local time and S d. m.
eeventy-nfth meridian time. Observations made
It the same moment at all stations.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-16

Have you ever had any Of our beautiful
Drown tore'' Solo Prints? They make
good prints from poor negattveA II. A.
Hyatt, az n. Broadway.
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Buffalo. June 15.-The Great Council Of The
Improved Order Of Red Men Of the State
Of New York will kindle its council fro In
Buffalo on August L. The council viii con-
tinue for four days, excepting The 1g<h,
when II will adjourn to participate In Red
Mems Day at the Pan-American-
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Local Report.


WeatneI a t:05 a. m. clear: az 6:59 o. m,
Clear. Maximum Temperature. IS degrees: mini
mum temperature. a. degrees. River 10. feet.
K. J. HYATT,
Local Forecast Official
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-16
LOCAL. AND

The exodus of ST. Louisans 10 the sum-
mer resorts has begun.
Patrolman Richard Delaney was shot and
killed last night by William Turner. a ne
gro.
ST. Louisans are interested ir a proposed
consolidation OF the hrake-beam interests
of the country.
ARRANGEMENTS are almost complete for the
celebration of Fourth of July in St Louis.
Bartenders are serving many new sum
mer drinks
the office OF License Commissioner has
been abolished and Joseph p. Whyte is now
License Collector.
Two Washington University corner
stones were laid yesterday.
August Delabar. a saloonkeeper. has sued
Excise Commissioners Seibert for $4,000
damages for revokins his license for fail
ure to close his saloon between ! and )
q m.
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition Com
pany wishes to obtain control OF land adj
Joining the site to be selected for the
Worlds Fair. in order TO save the enter
prise from unpleasant SURROUNDINGS.
Al Benton Park the Turner societies for
mally turned over to the city for the use
of poor children forty-six swings TO be
used in the public parks.
Dryer Bros. Mercantile Company made
an assignment yesterday for the benefit
of its creditors.
Judge Marshall decided that Alfred "
Fleming. Jr.. is the legal heir In the cele-
brated Fleming will contest in
Large deals characterize the real estate
market in ST. Louis in June.
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Leaving St Louis att p. m. daily via Van
dalia-Peumsylvauia lines. are through Pull
lion car. TIcket ofices. 100 N. Fourth e,
corner Chestnut, and Union Station.
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THAT MAY
EXPLAIN THE REASONS.

SAlt1h aA4u 1t
closing devices. A workman scrutinizing
one OF these checks saw that II was made
by 4 nonunion Eastern firm. Straightway 1t
was demanded that these nonunion articles
De banished. This was done. 1t seemed a
"trining matter but 1t meant a principle
to the men.
Again the free towels supplied by the
company to its men, 1t was discovered,
were washed at a "scab" laundry. Prob
ably the company neither knew nor cared
about that. 1t felt 1t was doing its part
In the srand scheme for the emancipa. ion
of the downtrodden in supplying the towels
and having them Numbered without cost TO
the users. There had been trouble in Day
ton over the Pearl Laundry, "a big cstab-
lishment employing 30 women. In May a
courts were invoked TO issue. a permanent
Injunction restraining the strikers from in
terfering with the conduct OF business. At
this time the men In the model factory OF
the world wanted these free towels sent to
a union laundry. and offered to pay for
them themselves.
yielded and quit free towels.
Then came the apron question. Tn COM
pany handed out aprons made by poor wom-
en- OF the guild society. The men declared
that the aprons were made by a "scab"
concern In Chicago. and cost the Patter-
sons 3 cents a piece; though the men were
sighed when the men refused to wear the
"scab" made aprons and substituted union
labeled aprons MADE by the Dayton Gar
apiece.
In furtherance of this idea of unionizing
everybody and everything, the men tried to
induce the women and girls. BINDERS. fold
ers. typevriters and the like workers, to
form trades unions. They made no head
way. though some of the women were sis
tiers or daughters of men who were union
men in the factory. On these girls the shut
down has been a grievous experience. They
averaged. % one Of the forewomen told me.
about III week. This left them little after
paying their board.
MANY EMPLOYEES
SUFFERING.
Nov when q month elapsed and they re-
cetved no weekly stipend. some Of them
GOT 1ooo - Wo1tre0Dent and fha
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DAYTON FEELS SERIOUSLY THE RESULTS OF
THE MODEL FACTORY OF THE WORLD" STF
FORMER EMPLOYEES OF THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER CON-
PANY SHOW NO SIGNS OF GIVING UP THE STRUGGLE.

Men Charge That the Contest Is One Which Is Waged Wholly For
and Against Unicnism- Company Managers Claim They
Are Not Enemies of Organized Labor.
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OIL co

OWNS I'VE tracts OF land surrounding the Beaumont oil field and one tract
necS y IN center OF the Oil Lake on Spindle Top Heights (~e map).
y u Spindle Top land is in the northwest corner o.: lot So and lie in IN
center OF a triangle that has for its angles the three greatest oil vrIls in
n word--the Haywood No 2 the Beatty and the Hogg- Swavue eu,ber
o. l. i ii Norwood gusher IS only 60 yards west from GLADYS lands
> , m no E spoued pa fet on Sunday, June Sd. and a witnessed By over
o'oV peops. IT flows SO,OO barrds per day and is estimated to be vorth
yer si4oW.oVo per year. The Beatty well is only As yards north of 81
IN, ~ wei lows 'oooo barrels per day and is estimated to be worth over
'IIeoV.WW per ear. The Hogg- Swayne gusher is to our east $50 Yards
ana forms the third angle to the triangle. leaving the Gladys land in the
Scn'eI . o see our land Is proven oil .land-we are sure of q . uxher
tnhe gladys Ol lands surrounding the big gushers On Spindle Ton
-e'snts were elected tr their strong oil and gas indications and are "a.
ituated that no matter what direction the oil vein tales fr,r -. 49,
we are sre e hd II; A limited amount only of this stock is Offered for
80 &c a. ~ oeae PSI snare r vaiue, fully paid and worcestershire The
s saHs amour. OF shares sold to one person will be sos worth. Every
u usJ non me ne OF his stock will go into the treasury. and win be
STORAGE ,a al. We u.p neu .! n land. buying tank cars. ships. building
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thhtufiC
Tn State Board of Arbitration has sat
on the case in vain. President Samuel
Eompers has been here and heard the con-
tentions of both sides. and thrown up his
arms. nguratfvely. at the stolid combatants.
we know We are locked in a death strug-
gie.' said one OF the employees. but We
cannot yield independence 10 the most
philanthropic autocrats in the world. We
admit We have made some mistakes In our
dealings with the company. and We think
they have made mistakes, too. The Patter-
sons say they are not opposed to the
unions. except when they Interfere with
the conduct of their affairs. They admit we
nave raised wages and stopped semiannual
cuts since we have formed unions. IL We
accomplished nothing In the way of estab-
fishing wages and fair hours. our unions
might as well be social organizations. II
We are crushed. may heaven pity the
American wo-kingmen and women"
For the other side II must be said there
has been n constant disposition to hear and
treat with the men and their outside la
Dor leaders. and no flank movement look
Ing to the employment of outside help has
been initiated.
President Patterson expressed hts views
on the model factory proposition in these
We try to make labor recreative. II we
can't do that, we try to take away some
of the sting OF labor. In that connection
the recreativc features of the N. c. r. Co.
should be considered"
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PATTERSONS ARE CALLED
'PHILANTHROPIC ACTOCRATs."

threats Of any nature have been made and
no boasts.
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sold quickly. Machinery is now bing placed. and within thirty DAYS We s~,a. o.
VII m linen be worth many times its PRESENT price and possibly adonr a hare stocthoMs.
business men, Individual reeence.a any buk in the city Of GMves.n " o. cav.
and stock cali on OF address o~Vest@. forn t
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MANY EMPLOYEES
II SUFFERING.

csived no weekly stipend, some Of fhen
got Jobs - Mattresses, 0j6sWomon ana ~
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MEN SAY THEY OBJECT To
"BEING SUNDAY-SCHOOLED."

Ask the men the same question. The an
swer one of them made to me was:
You know the allusion to the Dead Sea
appies-fair to the eye. ashes to the tongue.
Well. that's the model factory OF the
world situation summed w. We couldn't
eat the beautiful lowers; we couldn't wear
the fine books; We hated to have II under
stood We were 30 dirty we needed signs
reading This way to the bathrooms in
front OF our work benches. We hated to be
expected to go to religious services, willy
nilly.
We are almost all Of US born and bred
Americans. sober. decent and Industrious,
as our late employers will tell you; but we
are not Inmates OF an Institution, even II il
Is the model one of the sort in the world.
We're sick of cant. We have a right to
quit work when We please. haven't We? No.
when the cash register rings nowadays.
they don't record the amount of your pur-
chase; they make no sale"
All this Is said earnestly. but not defiant
~. Most OF the men agree that the Pat
tersons have done a great deal for their
employees; but under it all is the plain be-
lief that the work Of unionizing SO stead
lastly carried on by the workers In the
model factory was finally resented by those
in authority.
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SURPRISED
AT TEE

This concern. capitalized at $5.eo.0O. has
a plant covering fifteen acres, has 400 pat
erts and 1Of more pending. increases its
working force by about % per cent a year.
was never more prosperous and seemed In
the heydey of its glory when the walkout
OF the molders and metal polishers led to
q shutdown of the whole concern.
The Pattersons could not understand IT
at all. They pointed to the long list OF
concessions they had made to the demands
or requests Of their employees for years
past; in fact. commented gladly upon the
fact that In every instance the company
had yielded: President John II. Patterson
refused to believe that ingratitude had
crowned his best endeavors. He never posed
as a philanthropist. He averred that pleas
ant surrOundings, good wages. the latest
machinery. fair hours. ETC.. meant better
and more product: that cit pays" In other
words. so to conduct a great industry.
To-day he feels c~hagrined. q bit angered.
and he is growing bitter. The grass is
growing rank along the streets laid out by
Landscape Architect Olmstead. Moth and
rust entered Utopia. He feels now that in
the one word. unions was the leaven of
unrest that made Its cheerful slogan. 'it
pays" a testers foolish ackling.
Why did molders and polishers strike
and force us to shut DOWN. he reiterates
to questions. Don't ask me. / am amazed.
FRUSTRATED, nonplussed."
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-18
~EvANeELlsTIc SERVICES.
Crowded Church Greeted Beck Fam.
lily Sunday NIGHT.

A series of meetings were begun
in the Methodist church Sunday night
by Evangelist Burnard and the Beck
family, a colored quartette of jubilee
singers. The church was packed,
many people being compelled to
stand. The usual 15-minute song SER
vice preceded the meeting, after
which the Beck family sang several
selections. This family have been
travelling over the United States for
the past IL years working for the
advancement Of the cause of Christ
ianity. They rely solely upon thhe
generosity Of the people for their
well being, and have been very kind
" received at every place they visit
ed. Mrs. Beck. was the exhorter for
the evening and gave some very in
teresting thoughts, her theme being
Examine yourselves by faith" The
meetings will be continued each even
ing this week commencing at 8
O'Clock @