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The Washington times., 1901-07-19
The Steel Strike.

Steel-strike interest yesterday cen
tired at Wellsville, Ohio, where the
Steel Trust plant was almost in full op-
who had gone out with the Amalgama-
ted Association men were back at work.
This was a decided setback for the
strikers, a fact which they recognized
in the departure of President Shaffer
and some of his licutenants from Pitts
burg yesterday afternoon, bound for
the scene. They believe, or affect to,
that their presence at WeIlsvine will
have the effect of getting the men out
again. Should they fail to accomplish
this. the prospects of the steel strike
will be much poorer than they nave ap-
peared so far. II the trust can manage
to operate even 4 fraction of its con-
Germs with nonunion labor within the
next two weeks, and successfully pro-
tect the new hands from violence or in
reference, the strikers Will see the
handwriting on the wall and doubtless
be in a mood more favorable than at
present to a settlement.
For several days the country has been
fed upon stories describing an alleged
pre- arrangement among the various
national labor organizations, according
to which the strike of the iron, steel,
and tin workers was to be supported by
the other labor orders. Developments
to date are of a nature to cast some
doubt upon this statement The asso-
citation is not on the best possible terms
with the United Mine Workers. for in
stance, and if it were the latter have
troubles of their own. requiring all of
their means 10 handle. Other unions
may be able and willing to help, but the
chief dependence Of the steel strikers is
upon the reserve fund of their order,
said to amount to half a million dollars,
and upon contributions from members
working in plants not yet under the
ban of labor. The reserve would quick
ly disappear were the strike to continue
long, and if it were thought necessary
to call out the steel men generally they.
of course. would be of no further pres
ent use as revenue producers On the
other hand, the means of the trust are
nearly boundless, and If money can Sc
cure non union labor it will be had and
protected. Considering the situation al
farge, we fail to see much probability
that the strike can succeed unless it be
aided by sympathetic strikes of the
railway men and so on. But that can
be better determined after we have had
an opportunity to watch the movement
for q few days longer.
The Washington times., 1901-07-19
The Thrift and the Trusts.

At this time it is quite generally con-
ceded that out-and-out free trade in 'he
United States under existing conditions
is wholly impracticable. Whatever may
be thought of the protective principle
basicalIy considered, it is obvious that
many of our industries have been built
up behind a tariff wall. and the consen-
sus of opinion is that 1t would neither
be wise nor just to break down the
wall until they are fairly able to sus-
tain themselves. No Democratic tariff
has ever been of a sweeping free trade
character. and probably none will be in
the near future.
1t should be clear though. TO anyone
reasonably conyersant with public af-
fairs, that the whole tariff system of
the country is honeycombed with
abuses. In the adjustment of the diff
ferent schedules, the question has not
been how much does a certain industry
require TO equalize the labor cost of
production here and abroad, but practi-
cally each leading industry has been
permitted to fix its own rates. The fact
is notorious that in the framing of the
Mckinley law the Republican majority
simply yielded to the strongest pressure
all along the line, and the same is true
of the Dingley law. AS a matter Of
course. the more powerfully organized
industries can always bring the most
potent influences to bear. thus securing
the lions share of the advantages; but
the demands OF all the different indus
gree, in order to hold them to the sup
port OF the Republican party. This is
the fatal vice of the system when its
maintenance is made fundamental
tenet Of party's creed. The amount
of protection which a certain industry
is to receive is made to depend not
upon its legitimate requirements, but
upon the measure of its contribution,
past and prospective. to the success of
the Republican party. Thus. provisions
which measurably are free from objec-
tion are Jumped in with those that are
simply gigantic schemes Of plunder,
and all go through together
Ii is at the gigantic abuses which per-
wade the system that the aggressive
blows are now being struck There is
general demand for a sharp modifca-
ton OF those provisions behind which
the trusts have reached their present
overgrown proportions, and are threat
ening the very existence of every small
manufacturer in the land. The very
tariff which the smaller concerns look
upon as their protection is feeding the
colossal cormorants which. at their
present rate OF growth, in a few short
years will leave no small manufactur-
ers in the country.
The principal aim now is to reach the
trusts. and no more effective way sug-
gests itself than by depriving them of
tariff protection. This protection gives
them complete control of the American
market. and consequently outrageous
profits on what they sell at home. while
at the same time it leaves them in po-
sition to sell their surplus products at
reduced profits in foreign markets
thus fguratively killing two birds with
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one stone. In all of this the American
consumers who are outside the pale OF
trust protection are the ones upon
whom the burden of the injustice
chiefly falls. These constitute vast
majority of the people, and if they
choose to apply remedy they have 1t
in their power to do So
Straight in line with the views here
expressed is the demand of the Ohio
Democracy for tariff reform. and the
removal of trust products from the / Iro-
tested list. OF course, the Republican
leaders will claim that tariff reform"
means free trade, and they will make
some people believe it. But such is not
a fair Interpretation of the platform.
nor does it mean free trade. The spe-
cific demand that trust products shall
be placed upon the free list excludes the
idea Of the platform being for free
trade generally. 1t means simply that
the tariff should be reformed by the
elimination of actual abuses. Such a
demand is a hard one to meet success
fully, and especially when many Re-
publicans themselves concede the
abuses. Republicans can no more stand
upon the tariff argument of twenty
years ago than the Democrats can safe
ly rest their case upon the monetary
contentious of 1886, for with reference
to both questions the conditions have
radically changed.
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stone. In Place of Bread.

The North German Lloyd Company
erected a granite monument not long
ago in memory Of the one hundred and
seventy-one persons who perished in
the Hoboken steamship fire. The mon
umeut was dedicated on the anniver-
sary of the holocaust. What was left
of one hundred and fifty of the victims
is buried under ii, and the names of all
are inscribed on bronze plate.
This will seem to the casual observer
rather a curious proceeding. When
nearly two hundred persons of the
social status of the people who perished
in the Hoboken disaster are suddenly
and violently killed, they are apt to
leave some helpless relatives dependent
upon them. 1t is to be hoped that the
company, before providing monuments,
provided for these survivors. That was
the least it could do. If it has Leen
done, the monument business. as an ad-
ditional consolation TO the survivors, is
all right. Poor people often deny them
selves bread for the sake of erecting
The Washington times., 1901-07-19
A WELL DRESSED ARMY.

There is n very general agreement
among those who witnessed the opera
tions in China that while none of the
foreign troops eNcelled those of the Uni
ted States on the march or in battle in all
the essential qualities of good soldiers.
the sIouchiness of the Americans made an
unfavorable impression during the occu-
patton of Pekin. That this is not an un-
friendly opinion. nor based on merely
conventional ideas of military precision,
is shown by some remarks to the same
effect made by General Chaffee in talk
to army men at Manila.
This is n matter which evidently con-
Germs the officers of The army more than
anybody else. While the army was chief
" occupied in chasing Indians. the little
nicetieS of the soldiers az pearance and
conduct might be overlooked. But IL we
are to send our army abroad-as an agency
of civilization, it will have to be made
ornamental as well as useful. since
good appearance and good manners have
much to do with the good impression it
Is desirable for 1t to make.-Philadephia
Times.
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The Increased Gold supply.

The Republican press and that por-
ton OF the Democratic press that dur
ing the pendency of the great none
tary contest took ground against BIZ
metallism are laying entirely too much
stress upon the abandonment of the
free silver coinage issue by the Ohio
Democracy. 1t is assumed by both
classes of newspapers that the drop-
ping of the demand for the complete
restoration of silver is an admission of
error. So far as this assumption is ir-
dulged in good faith it rests upon a
misconceptian OF the fundamental prin-
ciple involved in the whole silver ques-
ton. Its error lies in supposing that
the demand for free silver coinage was
made as n mere abstract proposition,
regardless of the monetary conditions
contended that because under certain
circumstances protective tariff in a
just form is desirable, il must be
equally SO under other circumstances
exactly reversed.
The contentious of the silver men
We're based absolutely upon the condi-
tions which existed. Both in Europe
and America the gold standard had
been adopted at q time when the pro-
duction of gold was practically station
airy and its use In the arts rapidly in
creasing. Silver, which furnished
about one-half of the metallic money
supply. had been excluded from the
niints OF TIE principal countries, and
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Another Italian Incident. {.

Again the country has reason to re-
gret that its peculiar institutions render
the General Government powerless to
protect the lives of foreigners domiciled
in the several States, and that when
subjects of friendly Powers are mur-
dered within those local jurisdictions
the Federal authorities are obliged to
trust to State courts and neighborhood
juries to try and to punish the perpe-
traitors of such crimes. 1t is not long
ago that our good relations with Italy
were seriously threatened as a result
Of the Malta massacre in New Orleans,
like case to trouble us.
Recently, as it is reported, there was
an affray in The town CT Erwin, in Mis-
sissippi, at the end OF which two sub
jects of King Victor Emmanuel were
seized by a mob and lynched. In this
case it Is said that no doubt exists re-
garding the political status Of the muir
dered Italians. They had been but a
short time in the country, and certain
ly had not taken out any naturalization
papers. For their unlawful killing the
Italian Government clearly has a claim
against the United States, and its lega-
ton here is quietly investigating the
matter with view TO presenting one.
The upshot of the affair probably will
be that Congress will be asked 70 ap-
propriate a lump sum of money for the
relief of the families of the victims.
The idea that the Erwin lynchers could
be identified, much less convicted, of
the crime of the kind in question by a
jury of their usighbors would be too
ridiculous to consider. 1t strikes US
that il there are many more occur
rences of the kind European nations
may begin to act ugly in consequence.
AS it seems TO be settled that the will
of Congress, acting with the Executive,
is the supreme law OF the land, perhaps
Mr.. Mckinley might induce that body
to enact legislation which would place
offences against resident foreigners
under the jurisdiction of the United
States courts.
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WHY DELAY THE REPORT.

What good reason is there for further
delay in the completion of the report Of
the Walker Isthmian Canal Commission?
The reason assigned is that the experts
employed by .he commission have not yet
furnished all the data relative to the cost
of the various routes. and no one can tell
to certainty when they Will turn in the
estimates. but that is not entirely satis-
factory The commission was appointed
more than two years ago. 1t made pre-
liminary report during the last session of
Congress. 1t has been understood that
the last of the surveying parties returned
from the isthmuS a month or two ago and
that its conclusions were pretty thorough
ly matured-so far. indeed, that estimates
based thereon were given out 1t is not
easy to understand, therefore, what i'm
portant data remain to be supplied by
the experts. The truth seems to be that
the commission is an exceedingly delib-
crate body, which is not unwilling to hold
on to its job until the appropriation gives
out.-ChicagO Chronicle
The Washington times., 1901-07-19
THE MONTH OF STRIKES.

July is the month in which some of the
greatest strikes in American history were
begun. 1t was in July, 1871. the great rail-
way strike in the East began. which ex-
tended over several States and culmi-
mated in ths destruction of railway prop
erty at Pittsburg and desperate conflict
between rioters and troops. The bloody
battle between the strikers and the Car
negie guards at Homestead was in July.
1892 In July. 1891. the strike which start
ed at Pullman extended to Chicago and
was suppressed only by the despatch of
United States troops to that city by order
of the President In the same month i'm
portant strikes in different parts of the
country took place.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer
The Washington times., 1901-07-19
A SPIRIT OF MILITARIsM.

Until the war with Spain this country
was apparently content with its army
and the manner In which it was managed
during times of peace. The imposing mil
itary demonstrations made annually By
other Powers did not seem to excite even
monentary feeling of envy or desire for
emulation. But the war with Spain has
aroused a spirit of militarism that is in
marked contrast with the former senti
ments. One of the latest evidences of this
is to be found in proposition approved
by Secretary Root for the holding of ex-
tensive military maneuvres annually. The
movement has reached point where the
Secretary of War has practically decided
TO select site for the operations. Fort
Riley. Kan, is named as the probable
locality Philadelphia Ledger
The Washington times., 1901-07-19
THINK 1T OVER.

How would 1t do for England to send
over and ask to be admitted as a State
in the Union? We could afford to give
the United Kingdom two Senators and
several Representatives.. first stipulating
that the members from the South of Ire
land should agree to never make a COM
bne with Tammany Hall. Edward VII
could initiate our OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
magazine articles. rail at the world, and
'-go a-hshing' 1t is something which
the old crowd beyond the sea should think
over.-Salt Lake Tribune.
The Washington times., 1901-07-19

Recent mail advices received at the
State department from the Far East
appear to disclose a most reasonable mo-
tive for the determination of Russia to
gain exclusive occupation and control of
Manchuria. 1t is stated that the Rus
slams, in prospecting the mineral deposits
of the province, have discovered that it
is one Of the richest gold regions in the
world. The same reason that actuates
Great Britain in endeavoring to steal
Alaskan territory from US. perhaps. will
account for Russia's ambition to be free
of interference in the new Ell Dorado.
The Washington times., 1901-07-19

The mirth of nations will not be de-
creased by the amusing medieval spec
tacie arranged by the House of Lords
in order to give Earl Russell an oppor-
tunity to admit before his peers that he
has two wives and is bigamst. 1t is
to be hoped that SO ridiculous a per-
formance will be the last of its kind in
the United Kingdom. We feel sure that
King Edward, who is sensible man
with sense of humor, will use his in
huence to have Parliament do away with
such a nOnsensical practice
The Washington times., 1901-07-19

The War Department has advices from
Havana stating that General Woods re-
corery is progressing satisfactorily. His
pulse Is now normal and he may be con-
sidered convalescent. With good luck he
should be able to start north within few
days. His usefulness in a position rem
dered doubly important by the march of
political events in Cuba causes great pub
lie interest in his health. which now, we
are happy TO believe. will soon be fully
restored
The Washington times., 1901-07-19

The report comes from Canton that Sem
ator Hanna, Colonel Dick, and Represen-
tative Tayler, of Ohio. have all been in
consultation with the President over the
great steel strike, and that there is much
fear in Mr.. McKinley's mind lest the dis
turbed condition may jeopardize the Re-
publican chances in Ohio next autumn.
The Republican leaders fully realize the
import to them of a serious break in the
prosperity wave at this time: but their
anxiety is mainly of political character
The Washington times., 1901-07-19

The firemen belonging to the Associa-
ton of United Mine Workers will not be
called out, and. unless they can be in
duced to leave that organization and join
the independent union of the stationary
nremen, the Hazletou district and some
other anthracite fields will be relieved
from the menace of a tie-up. The news
of the decision reached by the national
board Of the mine workers in this mat
ter will be accepted by the public as
good and encouraging
The Washington times., 1901-07-19

what they consider suitable grave
stones for their deceased relatives, and
it would certainly cost less, in this case,
to put uD a monument than to erect
nearly two hundred separate stones.
In any case. however, it seems as If
the perpetuation of such a memory as
the Hoboken horror must be a grue-
some thing. If it serves to remind hotel
Keepers and steamship owners and
other people upon whom the lives of
their employees depend that they are
accountable for these lives if they do
not use every precaution for safety, it
may be of some use. Unfortunately,
people who need this sort of warning
are not likely to wander out to the cem-
etery to get it. The tablet ought TO be
put up in prominent place on Broad
way, if it is to serve as a saIutary ie-
minder to ANYBODY
The Washington times., 1901-07-19


The naval maneuvres, in which the
French Channel and Mediterranean
squadrons have been engaged, continue
to be followed with great interest.
The brief telegram from Alicante, stat
ing that sham fight had taken place off
that port, has been confirmed by tele-
grams received at the Ministry of Marine
The scheme of operations was that the
Northern, or Channel, squadron. under
Admiral Menard, was an enemy's fleet.
1t left Tangier on the morning of July 3,
with the mission to pass through the
Straits of Gibraltar and join second
squadron. also belonging to the same
enemy, which was under the command of
Rear Admiral Aubry de Ia Noe. and
which sailed from Ajaccio on the morn
ing of the Sd. To this force was op-
posed the Mediterranean squadron, under
Vice Admiral Maigret. The Mediterra-
mean squadron was stronger than either
of the two hostile fleets. but inferior to
them If they could unite.
Admiral Maigret'S fleet left AlgierS on
July l, his mission being to oppose the
union of the two hostile fleets, to defeat
them. separately. if possible. and to await
another French squadron coming from the
Atlantic, this being the division of coast
defence vessels under Admiral Mallarme.
According to kilograms received at the
squadron first of all cane into contact
with the light division of the Northern
squadron, which it engaged. destroying
the three cruisers Bruix. Dupuy de LONE,
and DAssas. of which the division was
composed
The Mediterranean fleet then engaged
in the vicinity of Alicante. the main body
of the Northern feet, and though it OBJ
tanned the best of the fight it was I'M
able to prevent the junction of the two
hostile fleets, and, being unable to face
the combined enemies, had to double
back before them. On the other hand,
the Mediterranean squadron has since
Joined the division OF coast defence Ves-
sells, which passed through Gibraltar
Straits and the Temps thinks that,
it is now sufficiently strong. ii may start
in pursuit of the two hostile fleets in the
hope of engaging in a definitive combat.
London has been inspecting a new fly
ing machine, which was lately exhibited
at Crystal Palace. 1t is rather an airship
than a flying machine proper. from the
fact that it depends for its support upon
a cigar-shaped balloon seventeen feet in
length by three feet in diameter. holding
about 100 cubic feet of hydrogen. Be
meath the balloon in question are fixed
platforms certain of these containing a
motor and fan to supply the propulsive
mower the center platform being reserved
for the aeronaut who there controls the
steering gear During the trial the ma
chine behaved very satisfactorily, ascend
ing and descending at any given angle
and answering readily to the rudder on
a windless day the inventors hope to at
tain speed OF thirty miles an hour.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-20
United States Consulate,
Honolulu Sent 81 1879


Sir: The undersigned, American Con-
sui at this port, with the concurrence of
the Commissioners of Health, would re-
specially urge upon the masters of
American vessels coming into the harbor
of Honolulu the strict observance of the
following regulations:
1. On the arrival of your ship, you are
requested to have such of your crew as
have not had the smallpox or varioloid,
vaccinated for kinepox.
2. You are requested to retain on board
your vessel for the period of eight days,
all men not protected by vaccination.
At your request, any resident physician
you may name will visit your vessel and
vaccinate such of your crew as may be
necessary, at the rate of half a dollar
for each person, where the number
amounts to ten. After the fifth day the
same physician will again visit your
ship. and re-vaccinate those whose pus-
tules have not begun to form. After the
eighth day, or when the physician shall
pronounce them protected from conta-
gion, your men may safely come on
shore; and 1t Is believed that an observ-
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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-09
HONORED THE DEAD
National Council of Education Paws
Tribute to Memory of
Departed.

Detroit, July S-The National Coun-
Gil of Education devoted tonight's ses-
sion to eloquent tributes to the mem
ory of Henry Barnard, the first ma
tional commissioner of education and
Professor A. B. Hindesdale, late of
the University of Michigan.
This was the only session held to-
night by any of the departments of
National Educational association, the
general sessions Of which will begin
tomorrow morning. President James
J. Engill of the University of Mich.
gan delivered an address in memory
of his late colleague, Prof. Kinds.
dale.
The tribute to Henry Barnard was
given by Frascis w. Parker Of the
University of Chicago, National Com
missioner of Education w. T. Harris
E. Dram Lyle of Millersville, Penn.
N. G. Dougherty of Peoria, Ills, ant
Chas. H. Keyes of Connecticut.
1t is estimated that there are owe
5000 delegates in the city tonigh'
and from present indications Secre
tary Shepperd predicts that the rec
ord attendance of $4,000 at Los An
geles will be broken.