Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1902-09-25
An American fleet has been or

to prevent the warning factions from
The democratic state convention
Of Colorado has endorsed Henry NJ.
Teller for reelection to the United
States senate.
c. A. Percy has invented a boat
on the order of a skiff in which he
made the trip safely through the
rapids Of Niagara Falls.
Fire in the Beaumont oil field de-
stroyed several large tanks filed
with oil and caused great consterna-
ton. The financial loss is placed
at 100000.
The president and general freigh.
agent Of the Ann Arbor and Michi-
gan railway have been indicted by
the federal grand jury at lndianap-
oils for manipulating rates by
means II rebates
This promises to be a notable year
for morality on account Of malig-
nant diseases. Pesulence Of one
kind or another is raging in nearly
every quarter Of the globe. Asiatic
cholera is devastating China, west
crn Russia and has extended into
the Philippines. Egypt Is threaten
ed with a scourgc Of Asiatic chole-
IA, United States G. on,ul Long hay-
ing reported from Cairo that the
authorities are making desperate e.
forts 20 keep the disease IN check
IL has broken out at Maucha, about
$50 miles south OF Cairo, and
strong military Gordon has been
! placed around the infected district
Plague is also prevalent m certain
parts Of Egypt, and the same disease
Is taking the people oil IN consider
able numbcr, IN Odessa. Russia, IN
British India and IN Cape Colony
japan also has many cases q choic-
ra, and the plague has even been re
ported by Sol. Berlincr. United
States consul at Tener.gc, Canary
islands.
4 statement from President
Mitchell at the close Of the seven
tccnth week Of the coal strike places
the loss TO those concerned at $780,
100000 President Mitchell says:
"Thc strike began Nay T. IL may be
prolonged indefinitely unless there
is legislative interference The MI
ners are sustained with a stream Of
gold and silver that flows into the
headquarters one day and ont the
next day for the defense 81 tho
striker. Under these circumstances
the miners can hold out as well as
operators. The story Of the hun
drcd million loss can be obtained
from the following figures: Length
of strike, l. weeks; number Of
miners involved, li10o0; average
weekly wages Of a miner, s., aver
age weekly output OF mines, 1850
600 tons; normal market price Of
anthracite, $40 a ton; normal cost
OF production, $50 a ton. II OPP
Grated the mines would have pro-
duccd approximately 2l.250.0OO .
tons in the period covered BY the
strike AZ $3.50 ton the markc, .
value Of the coal would have been .
$93,62j,000. The total weekly /
wages Of the strikers is approx /
mately 100000 In seventeen I
weeks the miners would have earned .
Slt,i93,000. The total cost Of pro- /
ducing the coal ready for the market .
would have been $3l,s55,OoO. This.
taken from 95,62j, 0OO-the market
value-would leave 500, 10000 FOR
the operators. From this. however,
must be taken the cost of trauspor-
tatiou Of the coal from the mines TO
the markets TO get the loss Of the
operators-as operators-as four
railroads practically control the en-
tire production Of the region. The
loss TO the business men Of the dis
trict is approximately $ll,0O0,O0O, /
on the basis that the strike would
have spent thrce-fourths Of their
weekly wages for the actual ncccssi-
ties Of life. The loss to the mining
property from idleness, according
TO estimates sent out from the an