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The bee., 1901-01-03
ABOUT STRIKES.
Facts and History as TO Cause and Results
Of these Struggles.
WHAT GAINED AND WHAT LOST.
From the St. Louis Interstate Man
ufacturer.

eTdl ledtuTeb is the history VI all.
A number of. men working for a
firm, or company, or corporation,
through their daily conversation
become imbued with the belief
that they should have an advance
in wages or their work hours less
ened, or some imaginary griev-
ance relieved. A meeting is
called for some evening; the mat
ter is discussed, and finally a
committee is instructed to re-
spectfully demand of their en-
ployers concessions 10 their de-
sires. The demand is refused or
ignored, and no attempt at COM
munication with the men is made
by the employer.
The men become morose and
sullen; another meeting is held,
and strike is resolved upon.
The men strike, the works are
closed for month or more; one
of the ! arties weakens, a request
for a conference ensues, the diff
ficulty is, perhaps, adjusted, and
the men return to their work; if
not adjusted, the men remain
out, new men are employed, and
the strikers lose their jobs and
their wages.
1t matters not which side has
been defeated; i'll feeling and "a
desire for another test of endur-
anee has obtained a foQthold and
the war continues until the em-
ployes are scattered, or the EN-
players Withdraw from business.
50
A strike never proved the right
or wrong of any labor question.
In isolated instances it may have
resulted in some practical good,
but these cases are rare. excep-
tions in the history of strikes. In
no case has the strike left the
workingman in the same prosper
Gus condition in which it found
him. 1t leaves him out of money
and out of work. 1t always turns
labor into a mendicant; it arous-
es in capital feelings of cruel re-
sentiment and transforms it into
a heartless oppressor. The mo-
tives as well as the origin of
strikes = exceptional instances
there may be-are simple and
useless.
The moral influence of strikes
is Oppressive. Idleness is most
conducive of evil; and it is the
worst enemy of industrial pro-
gress. A victim of involuntary
idleness, as the workingman usu-
ally is in strike, is a pitiable
spectacle. Willing and able to
labor, but controlled by some ex-
ternI agency-his trade UNION
which he must obey. No good
can come to the lalsoring classes
from such source; it brings bit
terness and defeat even when
their controversy is successful.
Every strike is peeuniary dis
aster to capital and labor.
Is there any money to labor in
striking?
The. misled wagemen are losers
even when. the imaginary victory
is theirs.
A strike for wage advance of
10 per cent, if kept up one month,
and If labor is successful, is no
pecuniary advancement. 1t will
require that striking labor 10
months of uninterrupted work to
earn back the money lost by the
strike.
If the strike continues 30 days,
md the advance gained only 5
Der cent, the laborer would have
% work ! year and 8 months toF
,arn back what lie lost during the
strike.
Who is ahead in the contest2
The bee., 1901-01-03

Internal Revenue Commission
er John W. Yerkes who was ex-
pected and was to have been
banqueted in Louisville by
friends on the last night of the
old year, was too busy arranging
for the permanent removal from
Danville to Washington, and had
to decline.
The bee., 1901-01-03

Now Judge Cantrill is to get
his political reward by being al
lowed to run for the United
States senatorship to succeed
Senator Deboe. The Goebel or
ganization is under no greater
obligations to any man than to
Judge Oantrill and he may be
the man whom the Republicans
and independents will have to
beat.
The bee., 1901-01-03

Prof. j. ]. Glenn, of the Graphic,
called Tuesday.
The bee., 1901-01-03

1t is reported that Mr.. j. @. w.
Beckham has decided to become
a candidate for United States
Senator to succeed Senator
Deboe.
The bee., 1901-01-03

Trouble is brewingin the $780,
600 Reward Commission. Tom
Campbell is claiming So, 900 each
for the arrest and alleged confess
sions of the Goldens, Bob Noaks
and Culton.
The bee., 1901-01-03

Judge A. H. Anderson, Chair
man of Christian County Repub
lican Committee, has called his
committee to meet at Hopkins
vile next Saturday to arrange
for making nominations for
county Offices. Judge Polk Can
sler and w. T. Fowler will be
candidates for County Judge.
John p. Prowse will have no op-
position for County Clerkship
nomination, nor Otho Anderson
for County Attorney. John Fe-
land wants to go to the State
Senate.
The bee., 1901-01-03

Miss Sallie r. Brown was in the
city one day this week.
The bee., 1901-01-03

Auditor Gus Coulter says there
is no need of an extra session of
the Legislature to look after the
States finances. He claims the
State is in booming condition
financially.
The bee., 1901-01-03

Robt. Noakes, Col. Tom Camp
The bee., 1901-01-03

Subscribe for THIS BEE.
The bee., 1901-01-03

The Hon. Theo. Hallam has
sued the Cincinnati Enquirer for
100000 for libel.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-12-10
Grand Opera Date Post.
DOned.

| Mr.. Corneaux Behenr a, manager
of the Shay Grand Opera company,
who is now at the Westcott. has just
received telephone communication
from Louisville stating that two
of the principal sopranos are
dangerously i'll, one being sent to the
hospital of typhoid pneumonia, the
other having gone to New York, per
advice of her physician. In addition
to these two principals. the leading
tenor has contracted serious throat
trouble, which prevents his singing,
and an eminent throat specialist
states that it will probably he sew
eral days before he will be able to
sing again. 1t is not only necessary
to cancel the Richmond date for next
Monday evening, but also to cancel
the entire time until after Christ
mas. As soon as the date for
Richmond is decided on, due publicity
will be given through the columns OF
this paper. The general pub ic will
undoubtedly be in sympathy with
the management as well a tho artists
who are so suddenly taken 30 dan
gernusly IL. 1t is a most difficult
thing to obtain capable grand opera
artists at moment S notice and Mr..
Behenna says that it may be week
or two before efficient artists can be
procured to fill the vacancies.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-12-10
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

McLAIN-Mrs- Margaret McLain,
aged "A years. died at her home,
1926 north G street, at o clock this
morning after long illness. The
funeral will take place Friday morn
ing at clock from ST. Mary 5
church, and the interment will be in
ST. Mary S cemetery.
PEELLE-The funeral of Charles F.
Peelle will take place from South
Eighth Street Friends church to-
morrow afternoon at 2 O'Clock.
Friends viii be welcome to call at
the home, 10 north twentieth street,
this afternoon and evening. The
cash e. will not be. opened at the
chureh.a
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-12-10

Umbrellas with detachable handles to fit in trunk
from ST. SO to $Io.
Opra glasses imported special order at a
saving of per cent, gIass tested and guaran
teed
Seth Thomas Clocks. Marbteized Mantle Clocks.
day Cathedral gong s. so and SIS, worth 81 SO
and So
WATCHES. ao-year gold filled watches with
guaranteed jewel movements $Io. Solid gold I4kt
watches with Elgn and Walton movements SIS to Se5.
Girls sterling silver watches s. o8.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-12-10
Peoples Exchange.

Ali advertisements under the above
head, such as wanted" 'for sale. !"
lost &c, will be given one insertion
free, to Palladium subscribers.
Storage-Ground floor, sixteenth
and Main V4rn Smith IF
WANTED - Situation by colored
boy % years old, as waiter or work
in house. Good reference. Address
or cali at 10 north sixth street.
WANTED-A good blacksmith at
". C, Starr & Son $ Inquire at the
Office.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-12-10

Should fill every spirit of the "Yule Tide This
of with inmations of b
hearts made glad by the of and of gratitude
brances If you Holiday humor you will feel at hon
suggest, If you in doubt what to give.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21

railroads leading into and out of the
city were badly crippled. many trains
being hours behind time. Telephone
and telegraph wires were broken down
by the weight of the snow and the city
was cut off from outside communica-
ton for a period Of ten hours. The
street car service was completely a6an-
doned all over the city, the snow being
SO heavy the snow plows could not be
operated. Several small buildings and
barns collapsed from the weight of
snow but no accidents of any kind have
so far, been reported.
Reports from the country districts
say the storm will have but little eff
feet on the crops. Peaches will not be
damaged unless the weather turns
much colder. They are now ready to
blossom. The other fruits are not so
far advanced and there is no danger
for them.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21
SEVERAL LIABILITIES
Result From the Storm and Flood in
and About Observation-Disclosures
Tied Tn.

ftcHGII II rom n StOE" ahu FlOod IN
and Abont Observation-Disclosures
Tied Up.
Special to the Register.
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, April 90
The rains Of the past three days along
with last nights storm OF sleet have
wrought havoc in this vicinity. Tele-
graph and telephone lines have suffered
badly. while fruit and other trees have
been blown down or damaged beyond
recovery this year.
On the New Cumberland branch there
are washouts along the entire line, caus-
ing a suspension OF traflc. No trains
have run to-day on the S~teubenville
branch Of the Wheeling & Lake Erie
railroad, due to a washout OF a culvert
at Shannon's run. A bridge near War
renton is damaged and the cut at Dill
lonvale has a big clip. The Pan-Han-
die had washouts near Golfers, at
Gould's and at Scio.
Samuel Scott, a farmer of Holidays
Cove, while walking the Panhandle
tracks near Golfers to-day. was struck
by the Burgetstown accommodation and
fatally injured.
Gould's. while running for a telegraph
Office to notify of a washout this morn
ing, was struck by an east-bound pas
senger and fatally injured.
Thomas r. Patton. a matchmaker, of
Smithfeld, last nignt was run over in
the c. & P. railroad yards at Mingo. His
left arm was ground OFF and he was in
ternally injured.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21
WEATHER NAN PREDICTS
Higher WATER Than "a.
STAGE HAD REACHED AZ FEET AT
PARKERSBURG LAST
EVENING.
THE SUBURBS UNDER WATER.
EVERY RAILROAD ENTERING THE
CITY TIED UP CON-
PLETELY.
Special by Long Distance Telephone.

Special by Long Distance Telephone.
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, April 90
Weather Observer Vose tonight gives
it as his opinion that the river here will
reach as great it not a greater stage
than was reached in 1884.
Tonight the stage is AZ feet, which
is six feet above the line where first
damage occurs, and is rising seven
inches an hour.
All of Riverside and all Of the South
Side are under water, and hundreds OF
families are homeless. Merchants
throughout the city are removing their
goods from stores and cellars, and max
ing every preparation for a flood OF I'M
precedented proportions. While they
viii thus save much the losses will GER
tainly be very heavy.
1t has been raining here steadily since
Thursday noon. Tonight the rain has
turned to snow, which is falling heavy.
and turning to water almost upon strik-
ing the ground.
Every railroad entering the city Is
completely tied up, and not a train IS
running. The last train on the Baltl-
more & Ohio east left here at Z p. M,
and no further efforts will be made to
get trains out over that line. The Ohio
River railroad has not a wheel moving.
Much of the track is already under wa
ter. The Ravenswood, Spencer & Glen
vile, Ripley q Mill Creek Valley and
B. & o. Southwestern are completely
paralyzed.
Most Of the telegraph wires out of
town are down, and these still standing
are in such bad condition that messages
are delayed from seven to eight hours.
The Little Kanawha is on a terrific
rampage, and all the timber that was
not carried out on the last rise has
gone out to-day. This afternoon .125
RATS of logs passed out of the Kanawha
into the Ohio. 1t is estimated that 25,-
900 logs and $4,000 railroad ties have
gone to the Ohio. At noon the Little
Kanawha was falling at Chenille, but
was rising at all points above.
Two horses were drowned this even
ing. They were driven by a man who
was rescuing people from flooded
houses.
The Mayor has appointed relief COM
mittees to assist in removing poor peo-
pie from the flooded districts, and car
ing for them during the continuance OF
the flood.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21
AT KEYSER.
Special to the Register.

Special to the Register.
KEYSER, w. Va, April pa con
tinuance of heavy rain has been iail-
ing for the past forty-eight hours, and
every little stream in this section is
a raging torrent. New creek is with
in a few inches of the highwater mark,
and the Potomac river is rising rapid
ly. Much damage will result unless the
rail ceases soon. Passenger train No.
4, north bound. of the West Virginia
Central railway, ran into an immense
landslide near Blaine, this evening. bad
ly damaging the engine, tender and
slightly injuring part OF the crew and
passengers. The track Is buried deep
and dynamite is being used to clear it.
Traffic all day has been delayed by
numerous smaller landslides.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21
EARLY EVENING REPORT.

Special to the Register.
PITTSBURG, Pa, April 20, 6 P. M
Still raining here and at head waters.
Rivers rising at 6 p. m. Monongahela
"a feet 10 inches, rising II inches an
hour. Allegheny % feet s inches, ris-
ing l3 inches an hour. Ohio at dam
Is feet, 7 inches, rising IL an hour.
Worst storm in years. Flood expected
TO 20 beyond 80 feet. Many rumors
loss OF life. Three known to be drown
ed. two at Carnegie, one at Glenfield.
Flood general over all sections OF this
district. Practically all trains block
AIDED. No mails received to-day.
Youngstown has II inches OF snow. and
wires in all directions are almost use
less. W. C. CONNOLLY.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21
FLOOD AT CHARLESTON.
KaDayyha Likely to Reach Forty
Foot ~Stage-Morc Water Coming
From Kanawha Tributaries.


Special to the Register.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, April 90
Indications tonight are that the Kan
awha river will reach the 40 foot stage,
at this point. This viii submerge the
greater part of the city. II is raining
and showing by turns tonight, and
heavy rains are reported from up tbs
Kanawha and New river. At Hinton
at seven o'clock tonight, the New riv-
er is Il feet and rising IN foot an
hour. The Kanawha Falls guags
shows II feet and rising rapidly.
Landslides are reported on both the
Chesapeake & Ohio. and Kanawha &
Michigan roads. Trains are from one
to three hours late.
The Elk river and tributaries are
very high, and large quantities Of TIM
Der are coming out.
Already residents Of the lower part Of
the city are packing their good and
seeking safety. The merchants havs
moved all goods from cellars.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21
Special to the Reglster.

Special TO the Register.
PITTSBURG, Pa. April 20-South-
east OF the Graysvillc pool. IN Monroe
county. Ohio, the Carter Oil Company
a completed It's test well on the Jacob
Kindle farm and has a buster In all
sands. In the Chester Hill develop
ment. in Morgan county. Hochstetter
toreman & Cameron have completed
their No. 8 on the Henry L. Pugh farm
anu have a lo-barrel puraper. In WASH
fagton county, Marietta district. Cham
berlain & Laughlia have completed
their No. 4 on the Rinewald farm. and
will have a small pun1per. The new
pool souta OF Homework. ColuynbIaDa
county, is making a more ~pretenti0us
showing than the old development.
Morgan Il co. have drilled their No. 2
on the Brooks farm through the sand
and have a show for a 1D-barrel pump
er. .. Cornen & Co. have completed
and put their test on the David Thomas
farm TO pumping and have q f2-barrel
producer natural II. l. ThoEpson 90
Co. have completed and shot their No. I
on tie Stapnen Sanor farm. and the vel
IL pumping AZ the rate OF 30 barrels q
day. This Ii the best showing made by
any well in the old or new Hcneworth
fleld.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21
FURTHER RISE EXPECTED.

Special to the Register.
GRAFTON, w. Va, April 20.-Ihe
rain has been falling almost necessarily
since six p. M, yesterday. The river
began to rise at four o'clock to-day.
and is coming up rapidly. 1t has been
showing since six O'Clock. Reports
from above indicate a rise of six or
eight feet more. No alarm is felt here.
1t is thought the snow fall in the
mountains will check the high water.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21

is but a short step from safety to
death.
To estimate the financial loss at this
time is simply impossible and what ap-
pears a reasonable guess is appalling in
its immensely. Steam and electric rail-
road tracks are buried under thousands
of tons Of earth washed down from the
hillsides and in some cases the tracks
have been moved. Where the snow and
sleet prevailed telegraph wires and
poles went down under the burden and
costly railroad and other bridges have
been washed away and their piers weak
ened.
The big manufacturing plants in this,
the industrial centre of the world, have
suffered severely. The cost OF repairs
is but a small item in comparison to
the delay in filing the orders with
which all the plants are crowded. The
workers will lose their wages for from
two days to a week or more.
Many merchants in the submerged
districts are losers on stock in cellars
and thousands have spent money to
pay for help to remove their goods.
But the most serious item of all will
follow in the wake of the food. That
is the little homes that are almost
ruined and the sickness that inevitably
succeeds, and this falls upon the poorer
class of people.
In Pittsburg an immense amount Of
damage has been done TO goods in the
downtown shopping district. Early
this morning large forces OF men be-
gan moving stock from the cellars.
They worked all day long and far into
tonight, but. in some cases the water
rose so rapidly hat valuable goods had
to be abandoned. Along Duquesne Way
and some parts of Sixth street, the
merchants expect to be forced to aban-
don their stores before the water re-
cedes.
The iron mills along the river were
early affected and one by one they were
compelled to shut down, the water put
ting out the fires and submerging the
works. Thousands OF men are temper
arily thrown out of work and it will
be several days before the mills can be
restored to working order.
Traffic was completely suspended UP
the M~onongahela Valley at 8 o'clock
this morning by a landslide of 10, 900
cubic yards of earth near Bates street.
1t completely covered the Baltimore &
Ohio and the tracks Of the Second AVE.
nue. street railroad. Hundreds of men
were put to work to clear away the
dirt, but it was several hours before
traffic was resumed.
At ] o'clock this morning the two
story frame dwelling Of Bernard Gull,
On the hillside above the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad, split in two and half OF
1t slid down to the tracks below. Gull,
who is rs years OF age, is in a precar-
ious condition. His wife and son es-
capped uninjured. A frame house adj
joining is expected to fall at any mo-
ment, and the jewellers on the hillside
are leaving their homes.
Mrs. Mary Patterson. eighty years
old, living in River avenue, Allegheny.
in the submerged district, died Of ex-
element this evening. She was in poor
health and very feeble Four Hungar-
ians are reported drowned near Sharps-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21
EIGHTEEN OF SNOW
By Associated Press.

YOUNGSTOWN. o., April 2o.-A
storm, the equal of which has not been
known here in years, began yesterday
afternoon and increased in violence un-
till 1t assumed the form Of a blizzard at
midnight last night. The snow. which
fell continuously for a period Of twen-
ty-four hours, reached . depth Of eigh-
teen inches on he level this morning.
In many places drifted to = depth Of
four o. nve fest It brought trafac q
I'll kinds nearly to : standEtiM- tn
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21

reached while the valleys of the Guy
andotte, Big Sandy and Twelve Pole
are overfiown and hundreds of fami-
lies are moving out. Probably eighty
thousand saw logs were swept out of
the Twelve Pole by the breaking of
booms this morning and a fourth this
number were lost from the Big Sandy
by the breaking of booms. The loss
to timbermen will be enormous. The
Ohio will probably reach hfty-five feet
at this point.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21
RIVER FALLING.

Special to the Register.
FAIRMONT, w, Va, April 90
There has been a constant fall of rain
since Thursday night. This evening
the weather changed to nov River
is 13 feet and falling. No damage has
yet occurred except a number of slides
along the railroad. The arrival of
trains to-day were from two to nine
hours late.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21
SNOW AT CLARKSBURG.

Special to the Register.
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, April 90
Considerable rain fell during the past
forty-eight hours. Smaller streams are
on q rampage, but no damage is report
ed up to this time. In the vicinity OF
Wallace all travel on county roads has
been abandoned. A general food is not
anticipated, but the weather looks
threatening. Snow fell here this efter-
noon.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21
NO DANGER THERE.

Special to the Register.
ROWLESBURG, w. Va, April 20
1nere is only a very moderate stage
of water in the Cheat river at this
point. A light rain has been falling
ever since early last night, but it in
creases the volume of water in the
streams but little. Rain mixed with
snow is falling. and a brisk northwest
wind is blowing. The prospects are for
but little more rain in the headwaters
of the Cheat tonight.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21
NO DANGER AT WESTON.

Special to the Register.
WESTON, W. Va. April 20.-The
river here did not reach a depth OF
over five feet. Notwithstanding the con
tinuous rainfall Of the past three days.
The highest point was reached early
this morning, when it slowly began to
fall. The rain turned to snow about
the middle OF the afternoon.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21
BULLETINS TO THE REGISTER

PITTSBURG. Pa. April 20, 8 P. M
Ohio river at Davis Island dam, % feet
Z inches and rising four or five inches
an hour. Not over q feet expected
there now.
PITTSBURG, Pa, April 20.-At II 80
Ohio river at Davis Island, "a feet Z
inches. Now rising three-tenthS of a
foot an hour. Seems to be getting
stronger.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21
THE CITY AMBULANCE
Was Pressed Into Service and Was
Going Constantly Throughout the
Entire Day.

The city ambulance vas kept very
busy yesterday, in removing sick per-
sons from the Iuv-lying districts to hos
pitfalls. and the homes Of relatives and
friends. From nine o'clock in the
morning until nine O'clock last even
ing the horses were SO busy that they
were not fed. Calls came from all
parts OF the city. One N was re-
moved from her home at Forty-ifth
streets. and several were taken from
the Island
One sixth ward woman gave birth
to q child yesterday. To-day the water
win be in her home. The woman and
her child were wrapped up IN quilts and
bfankets. and taken to the home Of Z
friend several blocks aWay