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General Labor News.

BELLOWS FALLS. Vt.-At a meeting
here of paper makers representing ten
unions, whose membership consists of I'M
skilled laborers, it decided to ask for
an increase In wages amounting TO 215 cents
an hour and affecting all laborers con-
nected with paper making industries out
side OF machine tenders. Double pay for
holidays and overtime is also demanded.
The delegates came from unions in New
York. Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
AUGUSTA, Ga.-The lockout of all mill
operatives in the Augusta district, which
was threatened by the Manufacturers As
ISOLATION in retaliation for the strike on
Monday of the employees of the King cotton
Every mill in the Augusta and House creek
district is closed. These include the plants
al Aiken, Vaucluse, GraniteVille. Warren
Vile, Bath, Langley and Clearwater, which
employ in the aggregate 1000 men.
SYRACUSE, n. Y.-GeneraI Secretary w
L. Brewer, of the Socialist Trade and La
Dor Alliance. addressed the local alliance
of Fulton Tuesday evening, urging the
members to support the New England tex
tile strikers by quitting work. The alli-
ance voted yesterday not to strike where
upon Its charter was at once revoked by
the general officers. The demands of the
weavers for an advance in wages has been
granted.
BOSTON-The breweries affected by the
strike of their workmen attempted 10 re-
sumo operations Wednesday, when delivery
wagons were sent on their usual routes
Later the brewers said they were in a posi-
ton to start within twenty-four hours
should they desire. and that they were
receiving orders for regular delivery.
MILWAUKEE, Vision account of a
dispute over wages strike has been start
ed by the Lathers' Union which may in
volve the entire building trade. Work has
already been suspended several build
ings. The fathers demand s2.75 a day, an
increase of so cents over the present scale
SPRINGFIELD, ul.-The threatened coal
miners strike in the Seventh district COM
posed of Williamson county, has been set
tied, the miners. VINO wanted - cents per
ton, agreeing TO go back TO work at AZ
cents, the old rate.
MACKAY. Ida.-The miners union here
has called out all the miners and other
wOrkmen employed by the White Knob
Company. II is said the strike involves
l.009 men. The cause of the strike is not
given
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PRICES TO BE MAINTAINED.
Action of the American Vehicle
Woodstock Association.

CINCINNATI April s.-The American
Vehicle Woodstock Association to-day had
thirty-five members present and elected
fourteen new members, the largest number
elected at any annual meeting. The day
was spent in a general discussion OF what
was called Protection" including a scale
OF advanced prices in accordance with the
advance in other products and the scarcity
of raw material 1t was held that the sup
plv Of hard woods is not equal 10 the de-
Ynand and that the location Of many mills
vas such as 70 make their investments un-
profitable under existing conditions. 1t is
claimed that over $50, 100000 is invested In
these plants.
Before adjourning tonight the associa-
ton decided 20 hold its next meeting in
Cincinnati No additional advance in prices
was fixed. but another meeting VIII ike
~ be held within ninety days to consider
the proposition. 1t was decided that the
advance OF Is per cent. that was decided
upon in February should be strictly main
tanned
The following officers were elected. Pres
ident b. r. Won Behren, Evansville. Ind. /;
vice presidents j. NJ. Skinner. Toledo, o.;
+. o. Buchanan. Gallatin, Tenn, and j.
II. Smith, Muncie, Ind; secretary and
treasurer, j. r. Buscher, Louisville, KY;
assistant secretary, j. G. Clark. Toledo,
o.; directors NJ. r. Campbell. Tullahoma.
Tenn; Peter Lesh, Jackson. Tenn; G. A.
Russell Toledo, o.: W. A. Snyder. Piqua,
o.. J. ID. Cone. North Vernon. Ind: T. y.
White. St. Marys, o.; +. X Cunningham,
Fostoria, o.; II. ]. Kimble, GAINESVILLE, o.
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APPEAL FOR FUNDS.
Boer- Relief Committee Wants Five
Million One-DOIIar Checks.

CHICAGO April 9.-The Governor Yates
Boer relief fund committee to-day issued
the following appeal to the public:
Governor Yates. of Illinois. has appoint
ed the undersigned a committee TO collect
funds for the unfortunate inmates of the
South African reconcentrado camps, and
President Roosevelt has recently accepted
5000 from US, which he has forwarded by
cable to the American consul at Cape
Town, South Africa, for distribution in the
camps. The entire population of the two
South African republics. at the beginning
of the war, was less than one-tenth that of
the population of Cook county Illinois
This handful of people have for thirty
months been at war with soldiers gathered
from all over the world by Great Britain.
For more than one year the women and
children have been herded In reconcentrado
camps. being thus deprived of all means of
self-suppOrt. They are now totally depend
ent One-half of the children are dead;
half The mortality among the women has
also been frightful
I'VE desire to collect five million checks
and drafts of one dollar each from all parts
of the United States, payable to Theodore
Roosevelt to be presented TO him as a petit
ton for such aid as he may be able to rem
der these people, and as a practical and
benefcent demonstration OF the sympathy
of the people of America for these recon
and drafts should be sent to Peter Van
Vhssingen, No. 1z2 East Washington street
Chicago"
The appeal is signed by Edward F.
Dunno Carter II. Harrison and Peter Van
VliSsingen-
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WORK ON THE CREED.
Presbyterian Committee Preparing
Report for the General Assembly.

WASHINGTON, April 9.-The Presby-
terrain committee on creed revision assem-
bled here to-day. The final report on the
subject is expected to be adopted by the
committee within a week. Pending de-
cisve action the committee is carefully
guarding its deliberations from publica-
ton. The main discussion to-day was over
the text of the declaratory statement which
is to be adopted by the General Assem-
bly,. The committee finished up all features
except that relating to the brief statement
of doctrine. Consideration of this state
ment will occupy the committee during
the remainder of the session here.
AS a result of the work already done
overtures Will be submitted to the General
Assembly, which meets In New York in
May, for ection on the declaratory state
ment with reference to the third and tenth
chapters of the Confession. These relate
TO predestination and election of infants
The object is to remove misunderstand-
ingS on these points by declaring that the
ing that any children who die in infancy
are lost; also that the Confession is not to
be understood as teaching that the pro-
visions of the gospel and the offer made by
il is TO be limited to a certain number-that
Christ died for all men; nor is il TO be I'M
derstood as in any way interfering with
human liberty and with the freedom of
men.
An overture will be sent TO the General
Assembly dropping from the text of the
Confession the chapters relating TO the
Pope OF Rome and that IL is a sin in an
other to refuse oath when administered
by rightful authority.
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PROVIDENCE, r. l., April 9.-The strik
ers from the American Wooden Company's
mills at Olneyville have refused to deal
with a member of the National Civic Fed
erations arbitration committee. Marcus
Marks. head of the Clothing Cutters Union
and member of the committee of thirty
six of the Civic Federation, made the offer
of intervention for the adjustment of the
strike. Chairman McDermott, of the strik-
ers committee. replied that everything
possible lad been done by the weavers TO
secure an amicable settlement. Mr.. Marks
then suggested that he have a conference
with Treasurer Wood, of the Wooden Com
pany, to bring about understanding.
The strike leaders informed Mr.. Marks that
the strikers did not care to have interven-
ton of the kind indicated.
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WAX TAPER The WINNER
TOOK THE MISSISSIPPI PURSE AT
MONTGOMERY PARK.
SteepIechase at Same Course Full of
Northumberland for the
Local July Meeting.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 9.-The Missis-
sippi purse. at a mile and an eighth,
brought out small field at Montgomery
Park to-day, only four horses facing the
starter Circus. the three-year-old winner
of the Montgomery handicap, attracted
much attention. but was neglected in the
betting, being the extreme outsider at 20 to
1. Wax Taper was held favorite, with The
Lady a good second choice. Nitrate set the
pace for a mile, where Wax Taper moved
up and won in a canter from The Lady.
In the first race, at seven and half fur
longs. Lady Wadsworth, the favorite, won
all the way. In the second event, at six
furlongs, Pat Dunn scored his first win
of the meeting with ]. " Kirby. Sevoy,
the favorite. failed to get inside the money.
Kirby was heavily played by select few.
The third race, for two-year-olds, at half
a mile, brought eight youngsters to the
post. Kings Lady, the favorite, ran
around her field and won from Courage an
outsider. The steeplechase, over the full
course, furnished plenty of excitement for
the spectators. Meddler. the favOrite, fell
after going half the distance, giving his
rider a bad spill. Jackanapes. the second
choice, fell over the ninth jump throwing
his rider heavily 10 the ground. The horse
broke his left foreleg and was destroyed.
At the last jump Sauber turned a somer-
sault. Precursor took the timber as if he
liked ii and won handily from Robert Nor
rison. None of the riders was seriously
injured. Onatus was played TO win the last
event. at four furlongs and a half. He
was "A top-heavy favorite, but second was
the best he could do, Allan winning clev-
erly by half a length.
The weather was perfect and the track
fast. Winners in order: Lady Wadsworth,
IL to 5; j. V. Kirby to 2; Kings Lady,
to 5; Wax Taper, to 10; Precursor. to
l: Allen 4 TO l.
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OPEN HEARTH STEEL.


PHILADELPHIA. April 9. - The Amer
lean Iron and Steel Association reports
that the total production of open-hearth
steel in the United States in 1901, includ-
ing direct steel castings, was 4,S56.3O9 gross
tons, against 1898 las tons in 1900 an in
crease of 1,25S 154 tons. The production of
open-hearth steel has more than doubled
in the last four years, having increased
from 2,230,292 tons in 1898 to the figures
above given for 1901. The following table
gives the production of open-hearth steel
ingOts and castings by States in 1901: New
England. 170S76 gross tons; New York and
New Jersey, S2.9S5; Pennsylvania, 1884 1853;
Ohio, lS4, 943; Illinois, 1882; other States.
pa 300; total 4656, 3O9
The open-hearth steel made in 1901 was
produced by ninety works i'm fourteen
sachusetts. Connecticut Rhode
Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl-
vania, Delaware, Tennessee, Alabama
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Mis-
souri,. Neither Maryland. Kentucky. Mich
igan nor Minnesota produced open-hearth
steel in 1901, although all Of the four States
We're producers in 1900. Rhode Island made
open-hearth steel for the first time in 1901
In 1900 the production OF open-hearth steel
by the basic process amounted to 2545.O91
tons. and by the acid process to S53. GA tons.
In 1901 3,61S, 1893 tons were made by the basic
process and 1.037.3l6 tons were made by
the acid process.
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CAUSE OF THE STRIKES
TOILERs STRIVING FOR A LARGER
SHARE OF PROSPERITY.
Editor of Bradstreets shows that the
Cancellation Board Is Not RespOn-
sible for Labor Troubles.

NEW YORK, April 9.-Ralph NJ. Easley,
secretary of the National Civic Federation,
tonight issued a statement dealing with
the fear expressed in some quarters, he
says, that the organization of the con-
Citation department of the federation
might be responsible for the strikes and
threats of strikes that have arisen lately.
He says the federation is not responsible
and adds that the true cause of these
strikes should be looked for in the general
conditions of industry and labor. He adds
that he asked the editor of Bradstreet's
for an opinion on recent strikes and re-
ceived the following answer:
In reply to your inquiry / would say
that / consider the present appearance of
unrest in several industrial lines as due
primarily to the natural desire OF the work
ers to obtain larger share OF the pros
perity which has ruled In general business
for some years past II has been noted
that industrial disturbances have been one
OF the phenomena connected with the great
upward or downward movements IN gen
eral business, and accordingly as advances
In wages were sought or reductions In
wages opposed.
'rO one who remembers the great strike
wave of 1856 and the immediate succeeding
years, with the hundreds of thousands of
employees who We're rendered idle and the
immense losses, running up In the tens OF
millions to both employers and employees,
the present and the past few years may
well be termed an epoch of Industrial
peace When one compares the record as
10 strikes made in a year like 1876, When
100000 men struck or were locked out, or
the record of 1887 when nearly 100000 men
struck, with wage loss Of $13,OCO.OOO Grad
streets fgures) this, too, In time OF i'm
proving and comparatively good trade. the
lack of friction at the present time, when
no great bodies of men are idle through
strikes. can be better appreciated.
period
usually numerous: hence some more than
ordinary unsettlement is to be expected,
but one looks in vain for such a strike as
that of May, 1856. when over 100000 men
struck for a shorter day. 1t should not be
forgotten that there are probably 100000
more industrial workers Cn manufactures
alone) in the country now than fifteen
years ago, and that certain amount OF
friction is inseparable from industrial OPP
erations in country employing over $780,
coo people in manufacturing industries"
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MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.

NEW YORK. April ARRIVED: Penn
land. from Antwerp. Sailed: St Louis for
Southampton; Majestic. for Liverpool;
Southwark for Antwerp.
CHERBOURG. April 9.-Sailed: Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse. from Bremen and
southampton. for New York
QUEENSTOWN. April e-Arrived: Noord-
land. from Philadelphia. and Ivernia from
Boston both for Liverpool.
ST. NuCHAELs. April s-Arrived: AIler.
from Genoa, Naples and Gibraltar. for New
York.
NAPLES. April 9-Arrived: Kaiserin
Maria Theresa. from New York.
SOUTHAMPTON. April 9-Arrived: St.
Paul, from New York
LIVERPOOL. April 9.-Arrived: Oceanic
from New York.
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CRAFT DEINET, Cape Colony. April o.
The trial of Commandant Kritzinger lasted
two days. No evidence was obtained to
connect the prisoner with the shooting of
natives, and one scout who had been cap
tured by Kritzinger testified that he had
been well treated and that pass had been
granted MIN. The charge of train wreck
ing against the Boer commandant was
withdrawn and he was acquitted without
cross-examination by counsel for the de-
Tense. KritZinger was tried by a court
martial on the charge of committing four
murders, in addition TO train wreckinS and
cruelty TO prisoners. His acquittal was an
nounced from South Africa March s.
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FIVE HOURS HARD WORK
INDIANAPOLIS PLAYERS SPENT YES
TERDAY PRACTICING.
Pitchers Are Rounding Into CoEdi-
tons. III. =. To-Day and st. Louis
Americans TO-MOrrow.

Had Manager Watkins been an expert
weatherman he would not have called on
the game with Law School for yesterday
afternoon since the weather was very
pleasant for a practice game. But the day
was not wasted by any means. The play
ers put in five hours Of good practice dur
ing the morning and afternoon kuhns
joined the squad and did work in the out
field. He is now nearly in condition for
hard work. lie is a likely looking youngster
and ii will be a hard matter to decide on
the final selection of the men who Will
represent Indianapolis in the out districts.
The fast infeld. which is growing faster
each day, got in some good work yester-
day. kim is rapidly growing in popu-
larity among the "railbirds" and is becom-
ing familiar with the work OF Fox. OBrien
and Babb. the other infelders. His physi-
cal imperfection will not interfere with his
good work at the initial bag. as the in
felders will perfect their team work so
there will not be the slightest cause for
complaint. O'Brien has become familiar
with the territory around short-stop. and
great work may be expected from him.
Baob is improving daily at third, and he
Will take everything that comes near his
corner.
Heydon, Woodruff and Teal worked out
with the pitchers. Killen is unable 10 do
much work owing to the injury he received
by being struck on the wrist during the
game with Cincinnati last Saturday. Kel-
lum, Sutthoff, Miller, Williams and Davis
had several innings of work during the
day and they are rapidly bringing their
pitching arms around TO state of perfec-
ton.
The exhibition game this afternoon at 3:15
with the Shortridge High School should
attract large crowd of the friends of both
teams. Shortridge has the best team the
school has ever had, and while il does not
expect to win against the American Asso-
citation candidates for pennapt honors, the
high school boys surely expect TO give the
leaSuers a strong argument.
The star attraction OF the exhibition series
will be the st. Louis American League
This Is the club that secured many OF the
star players from National League teams
and Is looked upon as one OF the strongest
organizations in the American Lea que. The
appearance of the ST Louis American this
week will be the first American League
team that has played in Indiana polls since
this city was represented in that league.
Indianapolis enthusiasts will have an OPP
portunity of witnessing one of the best
clubs of the country pitted against the In
dianapolis team. The ST. Louis team in
Reidy. Husting and Donohue; catchers,
Sugden, Maloney Donohue; first base, An
derson: second, Padden; third, Mccormick
shortstop, Wallace; left field. Burkett; CEN
ter, Heidrick, and right. Jones.
Indianapolis will go TO st. Louis Cor games
on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday with the
st. Louis National League team.
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DUBOIS, Pa, April 9.-The district Of
hcers and delegates from the striking min
ers Will meet again tomorrow at Punxsu
tawney, when a communication from Presi-
dent Mitchell bearing on a settlement of
the strike will be considered. The report
sent out from Pittsburg that the Rochester
and Pittsburg Coal and Iron Company have
given orders to close their mines and it
means iGleness during the s. MINER is with
out foundation. The report sent out from
Altoona that Bernard Rice. of the national
executive board who agreed 10 the In
dianapolis settlement. with General Mana
ger Robinson and the district officers are
clashing is also without foundation.
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RIOT AT A BANQUET.
Independent Telephone People
Fought with EdibIes rs weapons.

CHICAGO. April 9.-Rivalry between in
dependent telephone companies represented
al the convention OF the Interstate indie
pendent Telephone Association caused riot
Gus disorder at a banquet at the Sherman
House tonight Policemen were called to
preserve even a semblance OF order. and
even their efforts failed for an hour TO
quiet the banqueters. During this time fist
fights were engaged in and men who at
temped to speak were compelled 10 take
their seats after having been made targets
for pieces Of bread and other edbles The
banQueters climbed over tables and chairs
and hauled each other around by the arms
one OF the personal encounters was fur
nished by j. Irving Pearce, jr. son of the
proprietor OF the Sherman House. He had
headed a band OF hotel employees who at
tempted 10 restore quiet. While trying TO
take one OF the men from the banquet room
he was jostled bv the others. He attacked
one OF them and was surrounded by others.
He was finally rescued by policeman.
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Elizabeth whittier Pickard.

BOSTON, April 9-Elizabeth Whittier
Pickard. wife of Samuel l. Pickard, died
2 her residence here this afternoon. Her
father was the younger brother of John
Greenleaf Whittier. and at an early age
she became member OF the poets house
hold al Ameslury. She was educated at
the Friends School. Providence. r L. and
after the civil war taught in the schools OF
the freedmen at Richmond. Va, Camden
and Charleston. ;. G. OF late years she
had taken much interest I'm the preservation
and care of Winters birthplace in Haver-
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GENERAL SMITHS ORDER
INSTRUCTIONS TO SOLDIERS SERy-
ING IN ISLAND OF sAMAR.
War Department. Makes Ii Public in
View of the Interest I'm the
Waller COurt-Ma rtiaI.

WASHINGTON, April 9.--In view of the
public interest manifested in the Waller
court-martial now going on in Manila and
the Importance attaching TO the actual atti-
tude of General Smith toward the people
of Samar the War Department has pub
lished the following order issued by General
Smith, dated headquarters Sixth separate
brigade. Taclabon, Leyte. p. l., Feb. %:
From the reports received of late from
every quarter of the Island of Samar the
brigade commander is constrained to the
belief that active opposition to our occu
patton of the island has crumbled away.
There are undoubtedly a considerable num-
Der left in the mountains who remain in
opposition to US, but their power of
sistance has been shattered. We have IN
the past compelled them to respect our
powers in arms; we must in the future
compel them to respect our generosity OF
heart toward a vanquished foe and our
purity of purpose in waging war upon their
misguided leaders and their followers.
"Henceforth, then, it must be the labor
of our officers and men to assist the loyal
natives in repairing the ravages of war.
No opportunity should be lost to instruct
them that the Americans have come among
them not to take from them any of the
good things of life, but rather to give them
more and in greater measure than they
have ever enjoyed before. But every men,
Der of the brigade is enjoined never to lose
from sight the fact that he Is dealing with
a people which, through pecuiarties of
their islands topography, have developed
along lines quite divergent from those
Travelled by the great majority of their fell
-FiliDinoS. Our troops must always
keep in mind that the standards of the ma
tives of Samar were announced to the
world at Balangiga. Watchfulness and
kindness henceforth must go hand in
hand And now that the period when our
troops must be constantly on the move has,
i'm the judgment of the brigade commander,
virtually passed, he takes pleasure in re-
voking his former order forbidding the resi-
dence within the brigade of the families of
off
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Long-Price Horses in Evidence.

SAN FRANCISCO. April 9.-Only one ia
vorite won at Oakland to-day, and long
priced horses were in evidence in a ma
jority of the events. Solonus made his first
appearance in the fourth race, and a tip
was circulated on him owing to fast work
Some books opened him at 100 TO /, but he
was quickly cut TO 80 to 1. He won from
Mack F1ecknoe, a 25-to-1 shot. Lass of
Langdon, the favorite, got away poorly.
Princess Titania, favorite in the fifth race
had no chance because of a bad start.
Frank Bell won from Sharp Bird. Little
Margaret took the two-year-old event in a
drive from Clarinette, a 100-to-1 chance
Ora Viva, the favorite, did not display
much speed. Winners in order: Knockings,
TO 1; Little Margaret, 10 l; The Singer,
21a to 1; Solonus. 10 to 1; Frank Bell. to l.;
Larry Wilt, 10 to 1.