Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-12-18

makes II pain that plcketinS places
OF business to restrain trade is not
lawful and will not be permitted. The
Injunction is against the Sixteen to
One Miners union. and it has asked
for Is days time in which to file bill
of exceptions. the request being
granted
TELLURIDE, Colo. Dec. l5.-The
Telluride grand jury finished its la
bors this morning and indicted 81
persons, fifty Tor rioting and seven for
murder. the latter being for the as
s7ssination of A. l.. Collins of the
Snuggler Union property.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Dee. 16.-Arguments
of counsel in the injunction suit OF
the alleged beef trust began in federal
court this morning. The specific point
Is tn demurrer filed by the defend
an to the temporary injunction
granted by Judge Grosscup. The
packers lawyers denied today that Ar
( mour, Swift, Nelson, Morris. Cudahy.
! Schwarzschild and Sunsberger had
| formed trust and control sixty per
! cent of the meat product or that they
werz in an unlawful combination and
received unlawful rebates, restricted
shipments. met secretly to fix prices
| created a surplus to lower prices or
| a scarcity to raise them.
They denied the right of the govern
msnt to prohibit shipments of meats
to other agents who sell at prices they
are structed to demand.
The government attorneys will have
the closing argument.
SCRANTON. Dec. 16.-Lustice
Gray, chairman of the anthracite com
mission. today said that the commits
! sion desired to impress upon the com
munity and state the testimony of tn
little girl yesterday and the loose
manner in which all laws on the stat
utes in reference to the matter were
executed.
Children under 13 years of age had
testified to working twelve hours
day and from three cents an hour up
to siXty-hve per night. Justice
Gray said he did not desire to criti-
else the laws of thz state, but recon-
mended the passage of laws forbid
ding women and children from work
iLIS lllSlll0s Juoliit bldI Sllu ne ndNl
ascertained that the fathers of yes
terday's witnesses earned from nine
hundred to eleven hgndred dollars a
year. and showed considerable anger.
John Haddock. an indep ndent coal
operator, wa. called in behalf of the
miners, in expressing an opinion oh
the present price of coal at tide water
OF Sl1 per ton, SAID that IL was apt
to be maintained, as he believed
the middlemen pay about that much
to operators. H said that some years
ago the Lackawanna road tried to
limit his output. He had fought them
and won.
Haddock testified that he believed
in the proper organization of labor,
and thought present conditions war
ranted the granting OF many Of labor's
demands. He said that the independ-
eat operators made many attempts to
| build their own railway to tidewater
but had always bezn frustrated.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dec. 16.-
| H sadqGarters have been opened at
the Coates house, in preparation for
/ the annual meeting of the National
Live Stock association next month.
Secretary c. f. Martin is in receipt
| of adviceS which indicate that the
gathering will be the largest of its
kind ever held. The number of del
| egates will reach nearly 1000, and
| this number will be increased by al
| ternatCs and visiting st0ckmen to
| 10000. who will represent every state
and territory in the Union. The at
tendance from Colorado, Montana,
Wyoming. Washington. Minnesota,
| Nebraska. Arizona, New Mexico and
the Dakotas is expected to be unus-
ually large. The convention will last
iour days. and the citizens of Kansas
City have raised fund of $4,000 for
entertainment.
Among the subjects which will be
discussed by the convention are: Op-
position to the removal of the tariff on
wool. hides. meats and live stock 4;
to urge congress to Immediately pass
| the Grcsvenor anti-shoddy bill; the
amendment to the census act, so as to
provide for classified census of live
stock; to amend the interstate com
mcrce act by extending the time limit
for unloading live stock in transit
from Is to 40 hours; the practicable
ty of cooperation in marketing live
stock; to improve the present laws
| governing forest reserves and the
public domain. Among those invited
to address the convention are Presi
lent Roosevelt, Congressman C. II
Grosvenor of Ohio and Secretary VIII
son OF the department Of agriculture.
LA PIERRE, Mich. Dec. l6.-Johu
Bert. young man recently released
from the Insane asylum. early this
morning approached J. b. Clegg, aged
20 years and decrepit, and almost sew
zrsd his head from the body with o
razor. He then attacked his OWL
mother and sister. Beth fought des
perately and escaped, badly disfiguret
o neighbors. When TIL posse arriv
ID to capture Best, he fired upon it
and then killed himself.
CINCINNATI. o., Dec. 16.-Th'
Ohio river is on a rampage today
Halls entire coal flset has been tori
from it's moorings. Fifty loadeC
barges, ten loaded coal boats siXt!
empties, two towboats, and severa
| numu baats were sWeDt aWay A few