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The bee., 1901-10-10

was alive with the hum of indus
try night and day, and hundreds
of thousands of tons of coal were
loaded on cars and sent north,
east, south and west in return
for the money of eager purchas-
ers. Some of the great railway
lines we're on the verge of stop
ping traffic for want of fuel for
their engines, and they sent hun
dreds of miles to the Hopkins
county mines for needed sup
plies. 1t was no wonder that In
diana, Illinois, Ohio and Penn
sylvania operators viewed with
green eyes the busy scenes in
Hopkins county, where every
body was doing double duty and
earning double pay to supply the
demands from everywhere.
The bee., 1901-10-10
NEDO NOTES.

Nebo is quite dry town just at
present. Judging from the looks of
the passersby. who have travelled
several miles it is not the only dusty
place on earth.
The protracted meeting is still in
progress at the Christian Church.
Three additions have been made to
the church during the past week.
Bernard Robards returned from
an extended trip to St. Louis last
week. He seemed very glad to get
back and says "There is no place
like home.
Mrs. H. r. Cox and daughter, Mrs.
G. s. Hoffman. went to Hopkinsville
last week to see Miss Mamie Cox
and McNary Hoffman, who are
there at school. They returned
home Saturday.
Miss Stella Ford, of the Silent
Run country, is here attending
preaching and visiting relatives.
The infant of Robt. Walker is still
very sick and not expected to re-
cover.
Eugene Roland, of Slaughters-
Vile, is the guest of his cousin,
Ernest Durham this week.
All the congregations here ex-
press their joy at having Bro. Cur
rie sent back and regret ver7 much
that he is to preach only one Sun
day in each month.
Mrs. X. p. Hobgood returned
home Sunday from a weeks visit to
her mother in Maiisonvilie.
A vote was taken Saturday for
taxing the citizens and continuing
the school eight months. But the
majority of the people said by their
action that five months of the public
school was enough.
Mrs. II. NJ. Townsend, or neal
Stanhope, spent the day with hel
aunt Mrs. r.. S. Hill last Wednes
day.
Miss Lena Williams, of Madison
Vile, spent several days here las
week as the guest of Miss Lillial
Robards.
N. Hobgood and wife of Madison
vile, attended services here Satur
day night.
Mrs. S. n. Adams, who has beel
confined to her room on account O
The bee., 1901-10-10
Miners Own Their Homes.

Some years ago the company
laid out about 200 choice lots,
50x190 feet, and offered to sell
them to their employees at $50
each and to erect on each lot a
home, which the purchaser could
pay for in installments out of his
wages and without any charge
for Interest on the money thus
loaned. All the lots were sold,
and fully 200 of the st. Bernard
miners own their own homes,
while some of the more thrifty
own several houses, which they
rent to others less fortunate.
The bee., 1901-10-10
WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
His Life and Work by General Charles II.
Grosvenor.

Presidents life long Friend, Conn
rade in War and Colleague i'll Con-
gress. Was near his side with other
great men when his eyes were closed
in death. Followed the bier to Wash
ington and to Canton. The General
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Earlinston's Population In n;reasins.

DIR. E. A. Chatten reports that
from August to October hisreco
shows the arrival of sixteen fat and
saucy babies in Earlington-eight
boys and eight girls. The last on
the list to that date was a fine girl
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Pete Herb, Jr.,
on the 9th instant. Since that date
a boy was born to Rev. and Mrs. e.
b. Timmons. This is u healthy re-
port and there are others of course.
Earlingtons population is not in
hdanger of decreasing.
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Pleasures for Employees.

The general offices of the COM
pany are at darlington, which
town was built up by the COM
pany and is to all intents and
purposes the st. Bernard's town.
1t has a population of several
thousand and has a Mayor. The
citizenship consists chiefly of
miners and others in the employ
of the st. Bernard company, and
one of the secrets of President
Atkinson's success in keeping
his men free from outside infu-
ences is that the company has
spent large sums of money in
providing for the pleasure and
general welfare of the employees
and their families. 1t has done
much toward establishing in
darlington probably the best ed.
ucational facilities offered by any
town of its size in Western Ken
lucky. The churches and other
such institutions are fiourishing,
and there are several interesting
ways for the miners and their
families to find recreation. The
company established two public
libraries at darlington. At a
cost of $1,000 the company several
years ago built a lake, known as
Loeb Mary, covering 100 acres Of
ground at the edge of town.
This lake was stocked with game
fish and provided with skiffs and
sail boats. Near by is a park,
beautifully wooded, which has
come to be SO popular that church
and other excursions from other
towns are run there to give
picnics.
The company occasionally has
given excursions for its employees,
chartering enough trains to take
several thousand of them and
their families to distant points
in the State.
The bee., 1901-10-10
UNION BULLIES
FORMED A MOB
At the Hartford fair to Mob Deputy
Sheriff Jno, T. Barnett.
FRIENDS MADE HIM LEAVE.

The Hartford Fair last week
attracted horsemen from many
places, among them our livery
man, Mr.. John T. Barnett, who
is also a deputy sheriff at this
place and has had to deal sew
eral times with union men who
were breaking the law. Satur-
day afternoon Mr.. Barnett won
mule race or two after having
done very well during the week.
The mule race closed the
fair and as Mr.. Barnett was
about to so to the Secretary's
stand to get his prize money, he
was approached by union bully,
well known here, who made a
hostile demonstration then went
aside and gathered a crowd
around him. On his way to the
secretary's Office, Mr.. Barnett
was overtaken by friends who
warned him there was a mob
forming to take him and insisted
that he get his horses and leave
at once as there was a large
number of union men on the
grounds who were gathering and
threatening him. One of them
was heard to say, "There's that
d-nd Barnett who has given us
so much troubled"
John Barnett is a man of in
vinclble courage, a fact well
known, and nothing but the in
sistence of his friends made him
leave the grounds when he did.
A part Of the gang got to the
stables before Mr.. Barnett's men
left with the mules and cursed
them, evidently trying to draw
them into a quarrel. But the
men answered their curses and
epithets civilly and drove out of
the grounds.
The bee., 1901-10-10
QUARTER Century Of Service.

A year or two ago the st. Ber-
nard company had group photo,
graph taken of sixty employees
who had been with them a quar-
ter of a century or more. They
are still there, and most of them
own their homes. One miner,
John Rule, who has been with
the company twenty years, is
worth $4,000, all of which he
made as a coal worker. His
money is invested in Darlington
real estate.
In the st. Bernard mines,
working side by side, are sons,
fathers and grandfathers, all in
the same family. 1t has been
the policy of the company to ad-
vance its young men, sons of en-
ployes, as positions offered.
Amongst them Dan M. Evans,
who worked in the mines as a
boy, is now principal book
keeper and actively in charge Of
the coke making. Barton Crutch'
field is superintendent at the St
Charles, and is one of the oldest
employees. F. B. Harris is su
perintendent at the Diamond
mine. Most of the clerks in the
stores and offices are sons o
daughters of employees.
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One Company Controls.

After all these things have
been explained the question still
remains ''How can Hopkins op-
orators successfully resist the
union when others can not ? The
head and front of this successful
resistance, Mr.. ]. B. Atkinson,
President of the st. Bernard
Coal Company, could answer if
he cared to take all his compet-
itors into his confidence. He
may already have impaired his
secrets to them, but on no such
extensive scale have they been
able to put his teachings into
practice. The company of which
Mr.. Atkinson is president and
general manager owns seven of
twelve mines in the county and
employs 1,400 of the 1900 min
ers. Therefore, when one speaks
of the Hopkins county coal in
dustry he virtually speaks of the
st. Bernard Coal Company, which
is the largest company in the
State.
The other Hopkins county
mines are the Reinecke, owned
by @. Reinecke, of Illinois, and
managed by l. Bailey, of Madis-
onville, with an annual output
of about 235,O00 tons, andeem-
ploying 250 men; the Crabtree,
owned by Clarksville, Tenn. and
Eastern men, employing about
$50 miners, and with an output
of $1,000 tons; The Monarch,
owned by Madisonville and Nash
vile men, usually employing 125
miners, and with an output of
$4,000 tons; the Carbondale,
owned by Princeton, KY, and
New York men, employing about
IS miners, with an output OF
about $4,000 tons, the Oak Hill,
owned by Trathen & Hall, EN-
ploying about 80 men, and with
an output of about 80, 900 tons.
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Wages $SOO.OOO Annually,

Kentucky operators pay annu-
ally to mine workers about $3,-
900, 900, of which amount over
$500, 900 goes to tho fien ein.
ployed in Hopkins county. The
value of the mining property in
the county is estimated. by an
operator at 81, 100000, and ST.
600, 900 of this belongs to the st.
Bernard Coal Company. 1t can
be seen from these various fig
ures, therefore, that the st. Ber-
nard practically represents the
Hopkins field, and that company
naturally is held responsible by
the union leaders for the nom
union successes. Yet their mines
have been attacked less frequent-
lily than the others here, the rea-
son being that on account of their
strength it was thought best to
try to weaken their position by
first closing down the weaker
mines in the county, And the
very same motive that prompted
the attack on the smaller COM
panies likewise caused President
Atkinson to use all his skill and
the influence of his big company
to protect the others. Their tight
has been his fight, because sue
cess against them meant an en-
tering wedge against his own
company.
The three largest of the st.
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Woodson-Luton.

Yesterday afternoon at four
o'clock at the Methodist Church in
Providence, Mr.. Clyde G. Woodson
and Miss Addie Luton were united
in marriage. The wedding was q
pretty one and was attended by a
large number of friends and rela-
tives. The bride is we'll known here
where she made her home for some
time and has many friends who con-
gratulate the groom upon his choice.
Mr.. Woodson is prominent young
business man of Providence and is
very popular with all who know
him. Mr.. and Mrs. Woodson will
make Providence their home and
90 to housekeeping at once.
Messrs. George and Ike Luton, ac-
companied by their wives and sis
ter, Miss Annie Luton, of Nashville,
stopped over in Darlington for a
visit before going to Providence.
The bee., 1901-10-10
Program Christian Endeavor.
MoRToN's GAP, Oct. ls.

Song No. At.
Song No. 2l0.
Lords Prayer .......... Edna Kelley
Subject of Lesson-'Dark Days and
their Lessons" Ps. 107 :l-15, an
nounced by leader, Stella Blanks,
and read by Senior Endeavorers.
Roll Call and Responsive Readings.
Comment on lesson. n.................
.............M Miss Arrie Logan
Song No. l03
Select Reading ... Nick Smothers
Song No. l50.
Recitation. -. -. Willie Kington
Song-"The Sinner and the Song"...
Kate Kington, Roxie Sisk, Nick
Smothers, DIR. Williams, ID. Ut
ley.
Recitation. .......... Roxle Slsk
Music. .... Mrs. T. j. Steele
Song No. A.
Leader for next meeting, r. O.
Harris.
Subiect--"Our National Bondage"
Heb. 1:l3-l7; Amos 6:l-6.
Temperance meeting.
Benedict1on. n.....,.... .Clay Jones
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illness for the past week, is some
better.
Ask a certain young lady of this
city if she had to meet a polar bear
face to face by herself or follow a
small boy, with others, with dou-
ble-barreled shot gun to water
melon patch which she would choose
as the lesser danger.
B. L. Cunningham and family, ].
b. Peyton, Jr., and daughters VS.
tied the family of j. B. Peyton, Sr.,
Sunday. ANONYMOUS.
The bee., 1901-10-10
Coal Field Opened in 1870.

The st. Bernard Coal Company
opened the Hopkins county field
in 1870, with two mines at Earl
ington. j. r. Rash, who now
has charge of the company
store" was the first employe and
weigher. The railroad was not
then built to Darlington, and
coal had to be sent TO Henderson
for shipment. During the thir-
ty-one years of its existence the
company has mined about 10,-
900, 900 tons, or 25O, 900, 900 bush
els, of coal, and has paid out in
wages in Hopkins county about
$6, 100000. The employees and
their families now number about
1900 people, comprising princi-
pally the population of Earling-
ton, st. Charles and Morton's
Gap.
The st. Bernard company did
the prospecting in Hopkins conn
ty, bought the land, and began
work with fifteen miners. Mr..
j. B. Atkinson came to the coun-
ty in 1871 from New Jersey, and
became Secretary of the COM
pany. In 1872 the Hecla, Dia-
mond and Fleming mines were
opened. The Fleming has since
been closed. Mr.. Atkinson was
made President of the company
ten or fifteen years ago, and he
has shown himself to be the most
successful mine operator in Ken
lucky, his knowledge of the busi-
ness being such as to entitle him
to be known as an expert in all
its branches. AS manager of
large numbers of men he has
been particularly successful.
About 750 of his 1,400 employees
are white, the rest being negroes.
1t is claimed by the operators
that 1000 of the 1000 Hopkins
miners are white.
There are about 130 stockhold-
ers in the st. Bernard Company,
among the more prominent ones
being the Geoge NJ. Pullman es-
tate, Gen. Horace Porter, Min
lister to France; Jacob Schiff, of
Kuhn, Loeb & Co., New York ;
Gen. James II. Wilson, who re-
Gently returned from army SER
vice in China; James 2. Scott, a
Pennsylvania millionaire; the
estate of Matthew Baird, of the
Baldwin Locomotive Company.
Forty per cent. of the 130 stock
holders are women and children,
though they do not own 40 per
cent. of the stock.
The bee., 1901-10-10

Bernard group of mines are at
darlington and are known in
general terms as the darlington
group" The Others are the
Barnsley, the Hecla, the Dia-
mond and the st. Charles.
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Desperate Efforts to Unionize
the Strongest Group Of Nom
Union Mines in the
United States"
EMPLOYERS AND MEN
ARE IN HARMONY.
Some Things that Show Why Such Cor.
dial Relations Should Exist.

Vreeland to the Courier-Journal
shows the unique and enviable
condition that exists In the Hop
kins county coal field, the para
llel of which does not seem to
exist in any other mining dis
trict.
The continuous and steady op-
Grafton of the Hopkins county
mines has not been appreciated
fully by home people to whom
1t has become a matter of course
and who would be surprised if
the mines did not operate regu-
larly. But the correspondent
has discovered the value to the
miners and to the public of such
steady and prosperous work for
the mines and miners of Hop
kins county. Some of the con-
ditions existing here that have
contributed to the present cor
dial relations between employer
and employe are touched upon:
Madisonville, KY, Oct. g.
Doubtless persons who are not
familiar with the distribution of
the mineral resources of Ken
lucky have wondered why the
mine workers. organizations were
willing to spend so much time,
energy andmoney- amounting to
more than a hundred thousand
dollars-in two years. fight in
Hopkins county, in an effort to
organize the mines in just one
out of the 119 counties of this
State.
The reasons are these: Hopkins
county produces more than one
fourth of the total output Of the
many mines in the entire State,
being 1,353,740 of the 5,020, ,675
tons. Hopkins county gives en-
ployment to 1900 of the 5000
miners that dig the coal from the
mines of Kentucky, and not one
of the 1900 Hopkins county min
ers is member of the unions.
Therefore, the importance to
to the unions-of organizing the
men in this great field is appar-
ent. AS every observing citizen
and reader Of tho daily newspa-
pers, as well as the labor lead
ers, ihust realize after SO long a
continuance of the exciting
events in Western Kentucky,
this Hopkins county problem is
the hardest that has confronted
anv mine union of America lii
many years,
The position Of Hopkins coun-
ty operators has not a duplicate
anywhere in America. In hc
a. H..
other county in the country hav-
ing a dozen mines and emfloying
1900 men, are the operators alb
solately independent of labor
unions and able to produce and
market their coal even when all
other great mining centers are
idle ais The result of strike orders
Very naturally, the men wht
MANAGE the mine workers. unions
do not take kindly to this unique
and independent position of Hop
kins county's operators. 1t ha
a demoralizing effect, they say
on their work IN other section
of the State and country. Hop
kins county operators have beel
known to go so far as to charg
that jealous rival operators il
other sections have assisted il
the long fight against them. 4
few years ago when general strik'
orders closed down the mines al
over the country for severa
months, the Hopkins county fell
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-11-15
BOTH INTERESTS
ARE DIVIDED.
The Sugar Men Don't Want
Reciprocity. But the
Rice Men Favor 1t.

New Orleans, November 15.-
The sugar and rice interests of
Louisiana and Texas have clash
ed over the question Of reciproc-
ity with Cuba. The sugar pro-
ducers are bitterly opposed to
any treaty with the new Cuban
republic which will admit sugar
imported into the United States
from the island at lower duty
than now paid, while the rice
planters, rice mills, brokers aud
exporters demand a reciprocity
agreement that will enable them
to supply the Cubans with all
the rice they import. The two
principal products of Cuba are
sugar and tobacco, and recipro-
city treaty between the United
States and the new government
would necessarily mean reduc-
ton of the tariff on these articles.
The sugar growers assert that
this spells ruin for their indus
try, and they are preparing to
fight it to the last ditch. The
rice men claim that d reciprocity
agreement would enable the Am
erican rice producers to absolut-
ely control the Cuban rice trade:
that the rice industry is as much
entitled to government favors as
the sugar planters; that the Cub
ans are now importing about
100000 bags of rice annually
from other countries and that if
the proposed treaty is negotiated
1t would practically double the
rice crop of Louisiana and Texas.
The sugar growers will send a
strong lobby to Washington
when congress assemblies to op-
pose any law toward a reduc-
ton of the tariff on sugar and to
antagonize the proposed treaty
with Cuba.
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Strain
Will Wed When He is 100 years Old.

Will Wed When He is 100 years Old.
indianapolis Nov. lift
Charles Stoltz nlnety-two years
ago, lives to reach his hundredth
birthday he is to be married to a
woman who will then be about
ninety years old. Her name is
Elizabeth Prosser. Today Mr.,
Stoltz, who retains his health, al
though his sight has failed him
made the announcement of his
approaching nuptials and declar
ed that he will live to be joined to
Mrs. Prosser in marriage.
''Oh, 1 am not so old, ''he said,
Ninety two years has passed
quick and l feel like boy. You
wouldn't believe it but | am en-
gagged. If l reach the 100 mark
[ am to marry Mrs. Elizabeth
Prosser, who will then be about
ninety"
Mrs. Prosser, who herself has
kept her strength wonderfully
well confirmed Mr.. Stoltz S state
ment.
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NEW ORLEANS
WATER WORKS co.
Gets Into Trouble and Goes
Into The Hands of
a Receiver.

The following from the New
CLEANS Daily States of yesterday
shows the predicament in which
the city of New Orleans is placed
by the waterworks company.
who holds franchise, getting in
to trouble:
"The NeWOrleans Waterworks
Company today, as the result of
a suit filed in the United States
Circuit Court in this CITY. went
into the hands of receiver. The
action was brought by Robert
Moore, bondholder of the COM
pany. Judge Pardee granted
the order and named Mr.. Frank
1. Howard as the receiver. Mr..
Howard IS already in possession.
"The effect of the proceedings
is to tie-up probably for years to
come, the affairs Of the company.
under the protection of the Uni
ted States courts. The recent
decision Of the State Supreme
Court is unlikely to become eff
ectlVe, whether there is an ap-
peal to the United States Su-
preme Court or not, for an lndefi.
mite time unless in the meantime
some arrangement is arrived at
between the Waterw0rks com
pany and the municipal authori-
ties whereby the plant of the
company may be turned over to
the Water and Sewerage board
with due allowance for the vault
OF the company'S franchise.''
ltseems that the only remedy
for the difficulty is for the CITY
to buy out the waterworks com
pany. This is the experience of
numerous cities throughout the
country. Such instances go to
show that the proper way to
handle such matters is for the
city to ON n and operate its own
system. a system of water
works and sewerage owned and
operated judiciously by the city
would not be Il burden to anyone
and would eventually be a source
Of revenue. This is proven by
many instances Of which several
citizens OF jennings can testify.
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Sad Accident at Estherwood.

Estherwood, La. Nov. 10
While Cassell Holland and Nor
wood Lyons, two littleschool boys
about Z yeary old were eating
their dinner yesterday by the
side of a lumber pile in Hoyt's
lumber yard the pile fell over on
to them killing the Lyons boy
and badly bruising the other.
The Holland boy was a son of
our merchant MIR. Holland, and
the one that was killed was a son
of our marshal w. f. Lyons. The
parents are almost heartbroken
over the sad event.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-11-15
NEW ORLEANS
STIRRED UP.
Reported Attempted Bribery
Among the Council
Creates a Fuss.

New Orleans, Nov. 15.-Coun-
Gilman Schabel, one of the coun-
cllmen named by eX-Councilman
Mcmahon as having been offered
brlbe to support the gas fran,
chise ordinance, has refused to
furnish the grand jury the name
of the party who is alleged to
have offered him $4,000 stock in
the gas company to vote for the
measure. Schabel clans as an
excuse that the offer was made
in confidence and he has no right
to betray a friend.
The grand jury, however, de-
clined to take his view of it and
gave him until tomorrow to fur
nish the name or go to jail for
contempt Of court. Schabel says
he will die and rot IN jail before
he will make statement. Some
of his friends, it is said, will en-
deavor to supply the information
in the hope of saving him from
prison.
EX-Counciiman McMahon said
today he would file his manda-
mus suit against the city council
tomorrow.
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Emigration From Germany.

New York, Nov. 15.-The Ber-
lin correspondent of the London
Times and the New York Times
says there has been great in
crease in the number of emf
grants from Germany this year,
in the past ten months 175, ZOO
Germans and foreigners sailed
on German vessels. This is more
than twice thenumber who sailed
from 1894 to 1897. Emigration
to the Argentine repu bile and
Uruguay has increased, while
that to Brazil has diminished.