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The bee., 1901-03-28

be dry one went to investigate
and found only the two powder
kegs of water. The strike went
on for that day. The bank boss
dipped the room dry with u shovel
forthwith.
IL. The Bank Committee or
dered the entries stopped and put
on turn with the rooms. One
entry was stopped near four
weeks so that the turn could
catch up. A strike was threat
ened when we tried to.move the
entries.
II. On March 2, 1900, the bank
boss noticed a mules eye hurt,
and thought it was out. He
asked the driver what was the
matter with the mules eve. The
driver answered him by cursing
and rode away. The bank boss
asked him again, in the mine
this time. He answered by ours
ing again. The boss told him
that if he would not tell him he
would suspend him till he found
out what had been done to the
mule. Therefore the boss put
another driver with the mule.
The driver, Tulley Carr, who was
suspended, went TO the Bank
Committee with his grievance.
The Committee sent for the bank
boss and told him he had to put
Tulley Carr back to work or the
miners would strike. The boss
came to the office and reported
what was up. l asked him if he
thought the Committee and !
could fix it up. He said / could
try. So the bank boss told the
Committee to come and see me,
that l wanted to hear from them.
They rallied and cursed and said
no, that / had nothing to do with
it, that John was the boss and if
he did not put the driver to work
he could tell the "Old MANI he
need not order any fats for to-
morrow, that they would strike.
John reported and / told him to
let them strike, and they call it
striking yet. In o week we found
out how the mule got hurt. Tul-
ley Carr went to his wife's uncle's
and told him that he hit the mule
in the eye with u whip stock,
that he was mad when he did it..
We then put in machinery and
left the union men striking"
The bee., 1901-03-28
HOPKiNSVLLE OLD.TIME
FIDDLERS CONTEST.
An Event Of Great Interest at the Union
Tabernacle April ~.

All the preliminary details Of
the Hopkinsville Old Fiddlers'
Contest which will be given April
10, at Union Tabernacle under
the auspices of the Masons, Elks
and Epworth League, are under
way, and in magnitude and gen.
.eral excellence the entertain
ment bids fair to be the most
attractive performance ever given
in the Pennyrile region of Ken
lucky.
Already about thirty genuine
old-time fddlers have accepted
invitations to participate and
compete for the prizes. There
will be at least fifty contestants,
and it is likely that the list will
be considerably increased.
The bee., 1901-03-28

Rev. John Burden while at work
at the coke works last week met
with painful accident, by having a
thumb nail mashed off entirely.
1t is not often you hear of sudden
attack of the grip. Physicians and
sufferers from the disease generally
agree that one is warned of it's ap-
proach, but in all cases there is an
exception and there was noticeable
exception last Monday morning as
one of the agitators was standing by
looking at large crowd of men work
who had come from another county
to so to work in the Carbondale mine
became suddenly sick, and at once
left for his hotel. This mine was
the first one to pass almost COM
pletely into the hands of the U. NJ.
W., and the managers decided sew
eral months ago that they
would no longer work union labor.
Hence the necessity TO recruit their
force and the very fact that men who
want to work can be found to take
their places sends chill down their
backs and really makes them believe
they are suffering from that disease
said to have originated in the east.
Dan Umstead says he is now
rushed with work, making repairs
and putting in new machinery. The
work in his line seems to be gradu-
ally on the increase ard q new man
is occasionally added to the force.
Hall Harris, relative of Col
Toombs, from Tennessee, is here,
and has gone to work for the st. Ber-
nard Coal Co., as watchman.
What will be the result of the COZ
ference held this week between the
representivesof the L. NJ. w.
and the coal operators, is
hard to predict at this time.
Both ask for relief and whether they
can meet ON IL middle ground re-
mains to be seen. The general con-
, census of opinion seems to be that
strike will take place unless the de-
mands of the L. NJ. w. are mostly
acceded to.
If the outside people only knew
what a fat time the agitators were
having here they would be filled
with envy and rage. Eat and sleep
and be merry seems to be their vo-
cation.
More people are employed today in
the United States than ever before
in our history, and these people are
individually and collectively work
ing more days in the year, and get
ting more pay for each days labor
than in any previous year.
The bee., 1901-03-28
APPEAL TO REPUBLICANS.
Hon. Ben T. Robinson Hsiics an Open
Letter to Hopkins County Voters.

Fellow Republicans of Hopkins
County:
You will soon be called to-
gether for the purpose of nomi-
mating candidates for county Of
fees and a member of the Gen
eral Assembly and as this will be
one of the most, if not the most
important election the people of
Kentucky have participated in
for a generation since all the dis
tricts in Kentucky, Congress
sional, Judicial and Legislative
are to be changed and it is hoped
that they may be in accordance
with the Constitution of. our be-
loved state;
Therefore, all Republicans who
love our state and its institu-
tions should lay aside for the
time being all personal aims and
ambitions TO the end that you
may be enabled to nominate a
ticket that shall appeal at once
to the intelligence Of the masses
and command such an enthus-
iastic following that their eff
forts may be crowned with sue
cess at the coming election.
We demand men of honest con-
victions, not ashamed Of them,
sober, Industrious, intelligent,
qualified and worthy, that the ar
rows of the enemy may fall shat
tered at their feet and then when
you shall have named such q
ticket let us go into the canvas
with a supreme confidence that
our cause is the cause of the peo-
pie and wage a ceaseless warfare
for liberty, justice, law, order
and good government until the
polls close on election day and if
we will do this and all work to-
gether, victory will most assur-
edly crown our efforts. Trust
ing those are your sentiments as
they are mine, am yours,
BEN 7. Robinson,
Mortons Gap, Ky.
The bee., 1901-03-28
HUSTLINC At THE MINES.
Oak Hill Coal Company Incorporated and
Crabtree Coal Company Increases
Capital Stock
ONE OTHER CONCERN CHARTERED.
Confident Of Victory in the Fight With
Visiting AsitatoFs.

From all indications and rec
ords available the coal industry
of Hopkins County continues in
a thriving condition. All the
mines of the county continue OPP
Grating full force and are work
ing full capacity every day. All
the men employed are non-union
men.
The organization of the United
Mine Workers are discouraged at
the lack Of success Of their at
tempt to close the mines Of Hop
kins County, which movement
was vigorously inaugurated in
November when they opened
headquarters at Madisonville.
The Oak Hill Coal Company,
of Nortonville, fled articles of
incorporation Monday morning,
with $4,000 capital stock. This
mine has been operated by indi-
viduals heretofore. The articles
are signed by Will II. Hall, w.
II. Trathen and Jno. H. Trathen
as incorporators.
The Crabtree Coal d Mining
Co., of Ilsley, filed amended ar
ticles of Incorporation Monday
increasing the capital stock to
$75,O 900. The Board of Directors
of that company met Monday at
Ilsley.
At least one more charter for
Il coal mining concern has heen
fled in another state, the pur-
pose of which will be TO operate
in Hopkins County. Particulars
of this will be announced later.
These are unquestionable evil
dences of the confidence the coal
operators feel as to the success
full outcome Of their fight with
the United Mine Workers.
The bee., 1901-03-28
Temperate Congressmen.

The oldest temperance organ
ization in America is known as
the National Congressional Tenn
perance Society. 1t came into
being sixty-eight years ago in
the old Senate chamber of the
Capitol, now the Supreme Court
room. Through all these years
it has lived, because in every
Congress a band of Senators and
Representatives, sometimes rs
few as twelve, again as many as
one hundred. have enrolled
themselves upon the side Of
of temperance and have fear
lessly stood for at and other
moral reformS.
Among its charter members
were Hon. Lewis Cass, its first
President; Edward Everett and
Daniel Webster. Upon its roster
are the names of Rufus Choate,
of Massachusetts; Henry A.
Wise, of Virginia; Millard Fill
more, Of New York; Franklin
Pierce, of New Hampshire;
James A. Garfield, Henry Will
son, William Window, John a.
Logan and Nelson Dingley.
The anual meeting is held in
some large church on the Lords
day nearest February %; the ex-
ercises are full of interest, the
audience equal to the seating ca
pacity of the house. The officers
who have been serving the past
year are: President, Hon. w.
W. Grout, of Vermont; Vice
Presidents, Secretary of the
Navy John ID. Long, Senators
Frye and Kyle, and Representa-
tives Pugh, of Kentucky; Lloyd,
of. Missouri; Littlefield, of Maine
Snodgrass, of Tennessee; Lamb,
of Virginia; Talbert, of South
Carolina; Dahle, of Wisconsin,
and J. T. McCleary, of Mime
sota.-The Congregationalist.
The bee., 1901-03-28
Ordinance.

The city council Of the city of
Darlington do ordain as follows:
That any person. who shall within
the limits Of said city, bear, have or
carry, any deadly weapon, openly,
in such manner and under sach
circumstances, as to excite terror or
alarm, or to disturb the public re-
pose, shall be guilty of q breach of
the peace, and the person or persons
so offending, and each of them shall
be fined, not less than one cent, nor
more than one hundred dollars, or
Imprisonment not less than five nor
more than fifty days, or both so fined
and imprisoned.
WILLIAM +. BURR,
PAUL NJ. MOORE, Mayor.
City Clerk.
Darlington, KY, March l3, 1901.
The bee., 1901-03-28
A Magazine That Grows.

The increasing hold that The
Delineator has upon the affec-
tions of American women is
shown by the fact that growth of
the March issue over February
was $4,000, being 100000 in all.
The first edition of $40, 900 was
exhausted within three days after
publication and $4,000 more
copies were needed to fill out
the requirements. The first edi-
tion of the April number, just on
sale, is $50, 200.
The bee., 1901-03-28
VERSES TO AN AGlTATOR.
Tired Union Man Puts in Rhyme His Rsa-
sons for Dropping Burden.

Among the numerous communica-
tions sent to THE BEE bearing or
the failing efforts of the United Mine
Workers in Hopkins county, the fol-
lowing attempt at versifying has in
some such good "hoss sense" that
we publish it in full. 1t is writteD
by IL man whowas an employe of the
Reinecke Ceal Company:
THE L. 81. ".
Il used to be u unionTnan,
And talked it mighty strong,
But catch me at it now if you can,
1t didn't last me long.
This union with SO many takers.
Running around the street.
The ugly meddelsomc walkers
Haven't half enough to eat.
| was fed by them for little while
On baking powder bread;
l soon forgot just how to smile
In two months wished I was dead.
/ finally quit and went to work
To make an honest living,
'Tis only loafers who try to shirk
And live on peoples giving.
Il do not know what made me Join
Unless for want of sense.
i had not even the smallest coin,
And it made me Jump the fence
When my good and gentle wife
Began to look so pale.
/ thought just once I'd take my life
And then my heart did fail.
$50 let the union go to the
And went to work quite fast
And intend to stick Z, l. Bailey
As long as life shall last.
Now honest man don't be n fool.
Just let this union pass,
And don't you make yourself mule
For your fathers not an ass.
But keep at work and look ahead
For Bailey's money 1 know is good.
Your children must not cry for bread.
Nor dress, nor shoes, nor hood.
Now you know just what think
OF the union and its way;
The money in my pockets clink
That's more than they can say.r
The bee., 1901-03-28
TWO SILVER MEDALS
Presented To Sailors On the Battleship
Kentucky BY the French Republic.

Washington Mar. 25.--Through
NJ. De Lanessan, the Minister Of
Marine of the French Republic,
the Navy Department has just
received two beautiful silver
medals and diplomas awarded to
=. Ausseress and Patrick Mullen,
sailors on the United States bat
tleship Kentucky, in recognition
of courage and devotion exhibited
by them on November IL in the
port of Algiers, in rescuing four
French sailors whose boat had
capsiZed. The two Kentucky
sailors leaped overheard from
their ship and held up the men
in the water until help arrived
and they were taken aboard. A
question having arisen whether
the medals could be accepted in
the absence Of an act of Congress
it was decided they could, mas
much rs the men were not ofIi-
GERS.
The bee., 1901-03-28
The Chicago Concert Club.

Manager McGary has booked the
above named attraction at the Opera
House Friday night, March 90. They
have been at Hopkinsville and other
neighboring towns and have been
the recipients of good press notices
everywhere. The Nashville Ameri-
can has the following to say of Mr..
Justin Thatcher, the tenor, in his
Incompatible song recitals:
"A glorious voice, perfect IN train
ing, yet of that sympathetic quality
that leaves nothing to be desired"
In the United States navy, fifty
tw) per cent of the petty officers and
forty-two per cent Of the seamen are
foreign born.
The bee., 1901-03-28

Mr.. j. Il. Miller and Miss Lille
of Richland, were united In
last Saturday, at the home
of the bride.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-24
DEATH OF COL. CHAs. JAMES.
Was a Prominent Figure in Wash
ingtOn and n Man of Varied
Attachments.

Washington, Oct. 21.-Col. Charles
James, a prominent figure in Wash
ington and a man of varied attain
ments, died at his residence here yes
terday, aged "a years. He was born
in Rochester, n. Y, and was admitted
to the bar in Albany. Early in life
he was an ardent democrat, but he be-
came a republican in 1854, and was
an influential member of the conven-
ton that nominated Fremont for the
presidency.
When Lincoln was elected president
he appointed Col. James collector of
customs at San Francisco. He was
seryiceable in having admitted to the
United States free of duty the cele-
brated Ascot cup, won in England by
James R. Keene's horse, Foxhall in
1884, after it had been ordered sold
by the government.
Col. James was chosen by Arson
Burlingame to be his second in the
prospective duel with Brooks, and
started with his principal for Niagara
Falls, but Brooks failed to appear.
He was a poetic writer of some abil-
'ty.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-24
TO RETRIEVE THEIR LOSSES.
Ama1gamated Association to Take in
Unskilled and La
bOrers i'm the Mills.

Pittsburg, Pa, Oct. 1s.-The Anal.
gamated Association of Iron, Steel
and Tin Workers of America is plan.
ming a general reorganization tend
ing to strengthen itself after the
losses accruing in membership due to
the settlement. The national officera
have come to the conclusion that the
recent strike was lost largely by
reason of the fact that the men of
the inferior positions in the mills
were able to take up the skilled work
and fill the positions of the Amalga-
mated men. The new policy of the
organization will be to take in the
mill workers and make them part and
parcel of the organization, so that
the interests Of all will be identical.
These changes will necessarily have
to be delayed until the meeting OF
the Amalgamated association next
spring. In the meantime, plans will be
perfected for the additional member
ship by the executive board. Changes
will be necessary in the constitution
and bylaws before the unskilled
workers and laborers in the mills are
admitted to the Amalgamated asso-
citation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-24
THE Ellen stone CASE.
NoNewsR Received at Constantinople,
Up to Noon, Saturday, From
the Searchers.
CONSUL DICKINSON REMAINS At SOFIA.
The Handicapped By In
Difficult nature of the Country
and Heavy Rains-DirectOrs OF
the Search More Hopeful Since
Withdrawal Of Troops.

Co~nstantinople, Oct. 20.-Neither w.
w. Peet, treasurer of the American
Bible house, nor Spencer Eddy, Sec
rotary of the United States legation,
had received any news up to noon,
Saturday. from the missionaries who
are searching for the brigands who
kidnapped Miss Ellen NJ. Stone and her
companion, Nine. Tsilka.
Messrs. Peet and Eddy had a long
conference, as to the ACCESSIBILITY of
reinforcing the searchers, but de-
cided that the present arrangements
sufficed.
Consul-General Dickinson remains
at Sofia and will operate from there
until the liberation of Miss Stone is
accomplished. The difficult nature of
the country handicaps the searchers
and heavy rains have increased the
difficulty of ~traversing the paths,
the hiding places of the bandits in
the rugged mountain range.
Thick mists generally envelop the
region in autumn, preventing wen ex-
perienced m~ountaineers from travel
ing. Early in the week one of the
missionary searchers actually located
the band and was approaching their
retreat when the brigands, apparent
ly fearing the approach of troops,
shifted their quarters and track of
them was again lost. Now, however,
that the troops have been called off,
the directors of the search are hope
full of making better progress, though
they point out that ven after. the
brigands are found, the negotiations
may be prolonged, especially in view
of the lack of TELEGRAPH facilities.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-24
AN UNUSUAL INCIDENT.
Join i'm Refinement of Ameri-
cans Who Fell at Lundy's Lane.

Network, Oct. 20.-According to a
Niagara Falls IN. " special to the
World, by a singular coincidence a
celebration unique in history and con-
corning more than any other the
Ninth regiment, is to be carried out
at the moment news is received of
another disaster to this splendid or
g~anization, noted in many wars.
Saturday, in Canada, the bodies of
nine heroes of the regiment, killed in
the wal of 1912, will be reinterred
on Lundy's Lane battlefield, where
they fell. III. W. Brush, United States
consul at Niagara Falls, and chair
man of the committee having charge
of the refinement of the bodies,
which were found a few months ago
on the battlefield and identified as
members of the Ninth, make this an
nouncement:
"A company of the United States
soldiers from Fort Niagara will bemet
at the center of the upper steel arch
bridge, Niagara Falls, at about 3 p. m,
by a company of Canadian soldiers,
who will act as an escort to Lundy's
Lane. 1t will be a strictly military
funeral. In many respects the exer-
cises will be without precedent. The
Canadian government has given the
United States soldiers permission TO
enter Canada with their side arms,
and has extended every courtesy"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-24
THE DEAD AT VALLEY FORGE.
Monument to Their Memory Erected
ny OF the RevoIu-
ton Dedicated.

Philadelphia, Oct. 2O.-The first
monument erected at Valley Forge in
memory of the revolutionary soldiers
who died there during the winter of
1777-7S was unveiled and dedicated by
the Daughters of the Revolution.
The principal speakers were Gov.
Stone, Senator Penrose, Peter Boyd,
of Philadelphia, and Miss Adeline
Wheelock Sterling, president-general
of the Daughters OF the Revolution.
The ceremonies were attended by rep
resentatives of the various patriotic
and historical societies of this and
other states, and by the city troops
of this city. The monument is a hand
some obelisk of granite, so feet high,
and at its base appear two bronze
panels, one containing the seal of
the society and the other represent
ing a scene of camp life at Valley
Forge. About these the original
colonial flag with IS stars has been
carved in the shaft. The inscription
reads:
ITO the soldiers of Washington's
army who slept in Valley Forge, 1777-
7s."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-24
NEW CANAL TREATY.
To be Fina1Iy Drafted and Signed I'm
the City of WashingtOn-An
Important Omission.

Washington, Oct. 19.-Lord Paunce-
fote will sail for the United States
On the 26th inst, before the British
cabinet council has had an opportuni-
ty to review the protocols which en-
body in principle. the proposed new
Hay-Pauncefote canal treaty. It is
thought here, however, that that fact
will not delay sensibly the final nc
gotiations, which will take place here
between Secretary Hay and Lord
Pauncefote, for it is the intention
that the new treaty shall be finally
drafted and signed in the city of
Washington. 1t is said that when the
new document is framed the "fortifi-
cations clause will have bee found
to have dropped out, leaving the Unit
ed States at liberty to fortify the
canal, but it is distinctly stated that
it is not obligated to do SO, and in
fact there is no present intention of
erecting Notifications, which, it is
stated, would be much more expensive
than a feet of battleships Inc less
useful.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-24
MoRE NAVAL ENGINEERS.


Washington, Oct. 1S.-That there
has been retrogression rather than
advance along engineering lines in the
nav during the past two years, is the
most significant statement contained
in the annual report of Admiral
George Melville, engineer-in-chief of
the navy. He says hat this is not the
time to entertain the suggestion fire.
quently made that a separate engineer
corps should again be created. He
quotes an expression of President
Roosevelt, when assistant secretary
of the navy-"Eyery officer on a mod
ern war ship has to be a fighting en-
gineer"-in support of his urgent rec
ommendation that the young candi-
dates of Annapolis be not allowed to
specialize altogether in other direc-
tons, but that they be assigned in fair
proportions to the engineering divi-
sions. He says it must either come
to this or the warrant officers, upon
whom are falling all engineering du-
ties, must receive commissioned rank.
Admiral Melville declares hat the
number of trained and expert naval
engineers is being reduced steadily
and the reduction is certain to be-
come the more rapid as the old Off
GERS take advantage of the retirement
law. He points to the disablement of
torpedo boats as a striking result of
the lack of engineers, for these boats
nave no commissioned engineers.
On the other hand, he proudly calls
attention to the overtaking of the
20-knot Colon by the 16-knot Oregon
as an example of what can be achieved
by trained and educated engineer of
fcers. Therefore, he advises that a
large number of junior officers be sent
to the navy yards for practical engi-
neer training; that a post grade engi-
neering course be established at An
napolis; that stokers be especially
trained; that torpedo boats be used
to train machinists; that naval ma
chinists be given special instructions
on repair work at navy yards; that
deserving naval machinists, after 30
years service be given navy yard
duty; that warrant machinists be
placed on the same footing as other
warrant officers, and that special pay
be allowed water tenders of torpedo
boats.
The engineer-in-chief asks for a new
building at Annapolis, and an appro-
priation of $15O,O00 for experimental
work. He wants to test liquid fuel,
the steam turbine and electricity as a
prime mover, including the storage
battery. The chief engineer declares
that the wonderful strides made by
Germany in the last ten years can be
ascribed in great part to the Chariot
tenherg governmental station.