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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-18
Labor Against Labor.
From the Lancaster New Era.


In order TO compel all the steel trust EN-
ployes 10 join the union, all the trust mills are
10 he closed until that purpose is attained Nir.
tuallv, il is labor trying to coerce labor The
union officials have undertaken the task Of max.
ing every man in and about ftty Of the big iron
and steel mills in several states TO join labor
organization with which they do not wish "a
have anything to do. II is thought that the
wages of the men who will he called out amount
10 S250,000 daily, or 81 500,OOO a week. That
much money will he withdrawn from the hands
Of labor and the usual channels Of trade Who
will he the sufferers, the greatest losers? Will
it be the steel trust the labor trust! The for
NOR will, perhaps lose most, but they can az
ford it. None ot them will 60 hungry 1t will
only curtail their profits for time. How will it
affect the labor trust? With the cessation Of
their earnings there will be shorter rations, and
perhaps in some homes, rations at all. 4
big reserve is spoken Of to help along the strik.
ers. They always heard OF at such times
but they are less frequently in evidence at the
critical moment. II will probably be so at this
time ii the troubles are of long continuance.
Under every point Of view it is an unfortunate
occurrence. There does not seem to he any neces.
siy for il. The men whom it sought to coerce
are not only thousands in number hut they are
well Contcnted with their work and their wages
But now come their felow.toilers and strive to
compel them to change their principles against
their will and enter combination they detest
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-18
Wholesale and Retail.

Kaiser Rudolfs patronage, will celebrate the
anniversary in the fall.
Lord Kelvin has attained his seventy.seventh
birthday He held his professorship OF natural
philosophy at Glasgow from lsi6 to 1890, a
period of ffty-three years
Prof Rudolf Yirchow has just received from
the Kaiser the Prussian order. Pour lie merite."
He would have received it long ago had it not
been for the active part he took in politics as
an advanced Radical.
Alexandra Parodi, whose tragedy, "Rome
Vancue," aroused as much enthuiasm in 1876
as Rostand's plays have oi late, died in Paris
recently at rhe age of 81 years He was born
at Smyrna OF Italian parents,
King Edward VIII, that may he, has com.
peted his seventh year and received as a birth.
day present from his grandfather, King Edward
VII bicycle. The frame measures fourteen
inches and the wheels twenty inches in diam.
oter,
Germany erected a memorial tower at Grave.
lotte in ls75 in honor OF her soldiers who fell in
the battle, az cost Of $2OO,000. The tower
WAS recently blown up by the military enGt.
neors because it commanded the new tortihca.
tion soutside Of Metz.
Yarmouth's last trawlers have been sold at
auction for small sums, steam having driven
them out of business. Yarmouth for a century
was the center Of the English North Sea fishing
industry and in fishing feet numbered over 400
vessels
Abdul Hamid H. has beaten the British aver.
are of decorations for service in South Africa,
There was fire in the harem at Yildiz Kiosk
recently that was put out quickly The sultan
has already bestowed 600 medals for life saving
on that occasion.
Singapore Cinnamon are indignant with the
English on account Of the Duke Of Yorks visit
Some official thought fl 10 decorate the hats
Of the inrisksha men with gold buttons, the
Chinese rank Of mandarin rank, and the Chinese
in the colony refuse to accept apologies for the
insult
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-18
Strikes Are q Crude Weapon.

From the Philadelphia Record.
The brutality of the strike as a means Of set.
tling disputes between workingmen and their
employers has seldom been more forcibly illus.
trated than in the strike Of the stationary fire.
men in the anthracite mining region. There is,
perhaps, one fireman on strike to every fifty men
whom his idleness will directly throw out of EN-.
ployment. Loss and inconvenience will be in
nicted upon hundreds of others. The strike of
the skilled steel workers stops the work and
wages Of a still greater number Of unskilled
laborcrs and inhcts injury upon thousands Of
persons engaged in related or dependent inter-
ests, for whose idlcness deprivation there IA
no provision or redress The grievances of the
frcmcn may he Of such character as to com.
mand and deserve public sympathy. The right
to stop work must he conceded But the right
10 stop does not reach far as to enable the
strikers to make stoppagc efectual by preventing
the work Of other men, thus inaicting ndscrim.
mate injury alike upon employers and upon fel.
low-workmen and fellow.beinSs within the range
Of hurt.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-18
An Outrageous Plea.

"HE attorneys of Mrs. Cordelia
Botkin, who has been granted
Il by the California Supreme
court new trial on the
charge of numbering Mrs. John p. Dun
ming, of Delaware, are reported from
San Francisco to be preparing to carry
her case to the United States Supreme
court. a most remarkable statement
is made with reference to California
criminal law in connection with this
case. Say the San Francisco dis
patches: I'm the petition for d writ of
habeas corpus two new points on the
question of jurisdiction will be raised.
First, that the sending of box of
poisoned candy through the mails,
which caused the death of Mrs. Dun
ming and her sister. Mrs. Deane, was
not crime in this state; second, that
the Constitution of the United States
prohibits the trial of an accused person
except in the state where the crime was
actually committed"
If murder by the use of the mails is
not a crime in California it should be
declared such without delay by both
state and federal statutes. 1t is scarce
ly, however, to be expected that the
United States Supreme court will re-
gard murder by sending poisoned candy
through the mails as anything less
than murder, or permit any such plea
to shield criminal. This country is
pretty thoroughly seasoned 10 miscar-
riages of justice in murder cases, but it
may yet be driven to demand some pro-
lection for itself from "Messieurs. the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-18
"A Well-Directed Charity.

|HE INTEREST aroused by
- preliminary statements that
Lewis Elkin.of Philadelphia,
who died on July 7, had left
the bulk of his estate of nearly two
million dollars 10 establish an unusual
chanty has been satisfied by the pro-
bateAof the will. There will be no con-
testEof the will in this case. There
are .no children to inherit, and the
document itself in that portion making
provision for his wife refers TO the
fact9h the manner in which he had
deriYed the bulk of his estate was ap-
PROVE by her,
II IS left to the Pennsylvania COM
panX for assurances on lives and
granting annuities and their success
sors m trust To create and dispense
fund.- to be named "The Lewis Elkln
Fund forNthe relief of disabled female
school teachers in the employ of the
city OF Philadelphia" 1t provides for
an annuity of $40O, clear of all taxes,
for any unmarried woman who shall
have taught for period OF twenty
five years in the public schools OF that
city, sand who has AT the time of her
spplieatiop M means of support. IL
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-18

X vE NOTICE that Colonel
wv Charles s. Francis, Uni
ted states minister to
Greece, >Roumania and
Servia, who is in this country on leave
of absence, has brought with him a
treaty of eXtradition with Roumania
which will so before the senate next
winter. The United States govern
ment had been trying for twelve years
10 negotiate such a treaty when COL
onel Francis took the matter up and
he accomplished the purpose in about
three weeks
When he undertakes an enterprise,
something has to move. An incident
in point that once came within our
knowledge makes an interesting anec-
dote, North of Troy a few niles Is
the '.illage of Melrose, where Colonel
Francis has a summer residence. Two
railroads-the Ftchburg and Delaware
and Hudson-pass through Melrose
and have a union station in charge
OF a station master half of whose sal
ary is paid by each road. This station
master, faithful employe, in whom
Colonel Francis took friendly inter-
est, one day received from both roads
notice of dismissal, due to some kink
at headquarters.
1t was the day before Thanksgiving
and Colonel Francis had a houseful of
guests. But when he learned of the
station masters plight he took the
flrSt train for Albany; saw the Della
ware and Hudson officials; explained
matters; got them to agree to REIN
state the Melrose agent il the Fitch
burg people would also agree took a
train for Boston; was told that the
man he wanted to see was some hun
dreds of miles further off, visiting rela- =
uVes; kept right on until he saw that
man, and returned the day after
Thanksgiving with the agents REIN
statement.
Men of that type usually succeed.
I. -
Mt Bryan evidently begins to re-
garG himself in the light of a lost
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-18

is to continue during the benefciary's
life In each case "if she should con-
tinue without means of support for
that period" In the annual report of
the fund to the Board of Education
the number of pensioners shall be Civ
en- but no names. Very wisely he au-
thorizes his executor and trustee ito
receive legacies or gifts for the fund,
thus extending its usefulness"
Mr.. Elkin was for twenty years a
member of the Board of Education.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-18
AN OLD sEA-DoG ON LAWYERS


From the Westminster Gazette.
There is a passage Of curious interest in the
will Of the late Admiral Of the Fleet, Sir John
Commerel. He wrote; Having had fatal ex.
perience Of the iniquity of the law in certain
cases, when decisions have been given against
common sense and justice, II is my directions
that my two nieces who are intended to benefit
by the death Of my child or children mean me
two eldest children Of my sister at the time this
will was made, namely, Edith Bloomfield and
Kate Bloomfield, and entreat the parties in,
terested in my will not TO appeal TO the law
II any difhculty may arise but TO arbitration
Having been swindled myself by every lawyer
that ever had anything to do with makes me
offer this advice TO my heirs, executors, and
assigns"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-18
THE FLAT RATE FOR ADVERTISING.
SCRANTON. JULY IS. 1901.

The practical effect of the Supreme
he 10 halt that enterprise until it has
been clearly established that the costs
1t viii involve can he met legally. This
ohScurity should have been cleared up
III the first place. No one disputes the
need Of Niaduct. Every year makes
that need greater. Rut it is important
that the city should know what the
Nladuct viii cost and he prepared to
ray its share Of that cost.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-18
FOREIGN NOTES.
From the Sun.

From the sun
Belgium, according to the census Just taken,
has G,S00,0OO inhabitants.
Munichs Red Cross hospital has for a visiting
surgeon the crown Prince Of Bavaria.
King Edward has established new decoration.
the Conspicuous Service Silver Cross, for war.
rant officers and subordinate officers in the
navy,
King Alfonso NH is rapidly approaching his
legal majority.He has been allowed to see in
state his first bull fight, which interested him
keenly.
Tycho Brahc, the astronomer, has been dead
800 years, and Prague, where he lived under
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-18

earthly radiance. The coloring is rich
and glowing with a depth often unat-
tainable in modern art. but from II
shines that golden light, elusive. mar
vellous, all-pervading, and It is not
strange that people pause as If their
eyes were suddenly dazzled by gleam
from heaven and that they return ever
and again Just to see the haunting
beauty of this great picture.
o
An interesting canvas to Scranton
visitors who went in for Art last win
ter is the landscape, "A Connecticut
Hillside" by A. T. Van Laer, who gave
a series of excellent lectures in st.
Luke's Parish hall, under the auspices
of a popular charity.
r. NJ Shurtleff has a number of fine
landscapes In this room, one of these,
THE Woodland Pool" is a particu-
larly good specimen of his work.
Probably the most interesting group
consists of three excellent examples of
William NJ. Howes genius. One, THE
Monarch of the Farm" is world fam
Gus, while Evening, Brandywine
Farm" is one of the best cattle pic
lures.
Dear me. intended to tell whole
lot of things which overheard in that
gallery, but must wait until another
day. H. c. p.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-18

.Nfs w he OtnClaIS of the
\ steel trust is quoted as say.
~ ms: The whole fight turns
upon the right of the employ
ers to keep a controlling influence over
their own interests. We were called
upon in fact to surrender the manage
ment of our business to the labor lead =
erS. Ne shall continue to resist this
imposition, as well as the assumption
on the -art of the organization of
power to dictate to non-union men, no
matter how long the strike lasts"
This has the rims of courage and de
termination. But on the same day in
another and equally reputable paper a
wall street financier who has conf
dertial relations with the men who con-
troll the policy of the United States
steel corporation" is quoted as follows:
IF the workmen in the non-union mills
join the union without compulsion their
action viii he a solution of the present
trouble, and the strike will be settled
within ten days"
Everybody hopes the strike will he
settled soon. But it would be dollars
in pocket for the American people if
the basis of settlement were of a ma
ture to last.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-18
Press Comment on
the Steel Strike
Every Man His Own Master.
From the New York Sun.

T TOIII INV WV iVTK sun,
At present a man pays his taxes 10 the state.
and is his own master, subject to the impartial
law OF the land. Under the union, he would
know another and vastly more cXtortionate tax.
gathorer, and his freedom would be gone. And
it is our belief that his days OF idlcness would
increase.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-18
ENTRIES CLOSE AUGUST IS.
After August IS no more new contestants
will be received in
The Tribune's
The Tribune's
EDUCATIONAL CONTEST

This action taken for the purpose OF protecting legitimate
contestants and preventing the possibility of any specuao from
entering the last day and purchasing 81 scholarship
by presenting the of MS friends subscribers and
paying for them himself While nothing of this attempted
last the close of the contest demonstrated that would have
taken much less than $1,000 have purchased the first special
reward the winning contestant had only secured for The
Tribune less than $4oo subscriptions The Tribune desires
to protect working noby for and will
its best endeavo have feature the perfectly
fair and wishes distinctly understood that the rewards Of
fered in for SALE but will positively go to the
testan who the largest number of points, which will be
credited only for and legitimate subscribers.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-18
BInghaRlOa Privat, Training School

for nervous, Back ward and Deaf Mute Chill.
dren Manual Training, Physical Culture,
Needlework, Music Kindergarten, Articula.
tion. Open year round Circular. Prices
moderate. s. A. DooLITTLE.
SO Fairview Avenue.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-18

murderers,' now turned loose on 1t by
thousands each year by the exercise Of
every kind of technicality in the courts
-
1t is but brief note of the death of
Robert Henry Newell long famous as
"Orpheus G. Kerr" that we find, com
pared with what would have occupied
large space in newspaper columns dur.
ing Civil war times or those Of recon-
struction. He was one of the most bril-
liant of American humorists. and he
worked, as did Englands finely dow
cred humorist, the elder Thomas Hood
in sadness and sorrow, making a world
laugh while his own heart was in
heaviness with lifelong anliction. How
many readers or how many theatre
goers recall the name and the fame of
beautiful, strange, and gifted Adah
lSaacs Menken, or remember "Orpheus
c. kerr's" marriage to her, the tragedy
of his efforts to win her to the lines OF
normal. hoalthful lfe--in vain; the
separation that inevitably followed.
She died many years ago. Notices of
his death say that he has been a silent
worker with his pen from the time of
his broken hopes till the end came.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-18

The recent drought is not entirely
without comforting features. 1t has
induced Missourans to pray.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-18

The steamer Erik sailed from North
Sidney, Nova Scotia, on July IA. to seek
Lieutenant Peary, expecting to reach
Etah early in August, after calling at
Labrador and the various Esquimaux
stations on the Greenland coast. So
long as the search for the North Pole,
and the desire also to learn more of the
meteorological conditions of the Arctic
circle, also of its flora and fauna, hold
fascination for adventurous spirits
the roll of Polar expeditions will
lenGthcn. Every little while there ap-
pears some sporadic protest against
"the waste of life and of expenditure
in Polar journeys" But the protes is
are likely to avail in the future pre-
cisoly as much as in the past; precisely,
also, as much as against any other
form of exploring adventure.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-18

The most satisfactory outcome of the
just completed annual meeting of the
National Educational association is it's
full and detailed declaration with re-
ference to the importance of elemen-
tary eduCation--to which we shall have
occasion to refer more comprehen-
sively.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-18

Recent events demonstrate that there
is large amount of grievance" afloat
that could be more properly designated
"whim"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-18
Monarch Shirts

Newest patterns, latest styles, per-
feet fitting, best workmanship. New
lines of the celebrated Monarch"
Shirts just opened, including all the
newest in
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-18

There is no question that il is the
mobs that keep Doweism alive.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-18
Madras Shirts

Scotch Gingham Shirts, Fine Percale
Shirts. all at the very lowest market
prices. ranging from sl.Oo upward.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-18

Mr Bryan evidently begins to re-
- sarI himself in the light of a lost
cause
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-18
Should Be Settled to Last.

~ NE or THE officials of the
z steel trust is quoted as say
~ irG: The whole fight turns
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-18
Mayor Carnahan of Rochester.

f:s /: 5:,s a:':; !; E 4'; $;' 4 y:
is one of the most remark
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-18
A Man Who Succeeds.

V " yE NOTICE that Colonel
wv Charles $. Francis, Uni
y ted states minister to
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-18
.FINLEY''S

Hot Summer weather makes the
Negligee Shirt imperative to the vaca-
tion-taker and home -stayer alike. who
desire to enjoy comfort. style and
neatness; these are embodied in our
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-18
"ArtcX" Shirts

The Cellular Linen Mesh Shirt has
attained great popularity as a Sum-
mer Shirt, owing to Its ventilating
mesh, making the lightest and coolest
shirt conceivable.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-12-13

also broke, and today closed as follows ::
Chicago May corn 661sc, Chicago
May oats 451sc.
The market advanced too fast and
this break was to be expected and
leaves the market in better condition
than it was The high prices resulted
in an increased movement. Primary
western receipts for three days this
week being million bushels of wheat
and 1-3 million bushel of corn. Ex-
ports last week were ~ million bu-
shells, the amount on ocean passage de-
creased 2 million bushels and the
visible supply increased nearly 8 mil
lion bushels Bradstreet makes the
worlds visible increase for the month
of November 80 million bushels. The
sum of our visible supply and the
/ amount on ocean passage, now slightly
, exceeds the sum of the same items for
, the same time last year. The drought
in the southwest has been broken by
two days of heavy rains and snow.
Wheat has now had a good decline,
and we think this is a good place
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-12-13
PRACTICALLY lNEXHAUSTABLE.
Texas Oil Fields Will Furnish q Big
Supply of That Article.

The German-American Oil company
of Beaumont, Texas, has just COM
pleted as an experiment a big earth
tank for the storing of oil, which
holds /, 251, 900 barrels. The result of
the experiment has evid emily been
satisfactory. for the same company has
commenced work on another large
earth tank, which, when completed,
will hold 8, 900, 900 barrels.
In speaking of the Texas Oil Fields,
and particularly Spindle Top, Mr..
Stribling, a noted oil expert, and
heavily interested in this company,
says: "The Spindle Top field is moth
ing more or less than great oil vol
cano, and it will be impossible to ever
exhaust it. I don't think there is
any danger of it becoming appreci-
ably less during the next fifty years.
The oil veins connect with the great
asphalt lakes of Trinidad and the vol
canoes of Mexico, which gives US a
tremendous draw for hundreds and
hundreds of miles. 1t does not take
the gift of prophecy to forsee that
there is great future for Texas oil. !"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-12-13
Weekly Market Letter.

The following market letter is fur
nished by Edwards, Wood & Co., 8
Chamber of Commerce, Minneapolis,
80 Board of Trade, Duluth
Dec. 11.-During all of last week
grain markets were very active and
excited, prices steadily advanced and
new high records were made. Wheat
sold at the highest point on Monday
of this week at S35s cents. Corn and
oats made their highest record on Sat
urday, Chicago May corn selling at SO
and Chicago May oats at 475sc. These
are the highest prices quoted for these
grains for number of years. On
Tuesday wheat broke ~ cents and
today it lost IL cents more, closing at
S01Sc sellers for Chicago May and 1925
for Minneapolis May. Corn and oats
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-12-13
NEW ARCANUM OFFICERS.

Mankato council No. 1920, Royal Ar
canum, held its annual election Tues
day night, resulting as follows:
Regent, o. W. Schmidt; vice re-
gent, G. R. Bradley; orator, F. 81.
Pfeffer; chaplain, Thos. Davidson
guide, Jay Wysong; treasurer, Harry
81. Perrin; collector, D. V. Williams
secretary, Joe s. Davies; warden, b.
8. Holman sentry, "A. E. Dietz trus.
tee for three years, B. F. Pay; repre-
sentative to the grand council, W. F.
Bates.
An initiation was had and refresh
ments served. The meeting wat
largely attended.