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The bee., 1902-11-13
A SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY
or THE-
REGENT ANTHRACITE STRIKE.
Written by c. |. Derins.

sales agent for S. @. Schenck,
Bedford building, Chicago, re-
celved letter from an Episcopal
clergyman, assuming that he
would defend the operators in
their position. This letter In
dulged in the usual fallacious
arguments which were extant in
the public mind at that time. At
some points it was bitter in It's
criticism of the operators and at
others a superficial form of argu-
ment was advanced, which to the
unthinking and ignorant might
appeal, but which, when all the
facts are known, would have but
little weight. Mr.. Dering has
replied to this letter in such a
way and SO completely that his
answer forms a sociological study
of the conditions pertaining to
this strike. 1t rs reproduced in
part and should be read by every
one in the coal trade, who cares
to go beneath the surface condi-
tions and who is interested in the
strike subject. The arguments
advanced by the clergy in the re-
cent industrial struggle we're so
similar and so largely based upon
transformation that it is unnec-
cessary to give the letter written
to Mr.. Dering. 1t is enough to
say that it was similar to most of
the public utterances of the cler-
gy at that time. Here is Mr..
Dering's reply:
Your letter has been constantly
before me. It seemed deserving
of more careful reply than |
could give it without considera-
bic consideration. / could not
but feel that you were wrong; in
fact, l know you are wrong In
your assumption concerning coal
mining; but how best to answer
without going too deeply
into detail has bothered
me. I could not but feel that
you had set up a man of straw
and then proceeded to demolish
him. Yonr argument, sound
enough, perhaps, if the premises
were correct, reminded me of an
old school professor of mine.
Sometimes he used to catch me
wholly unprepared; yet l, slow
to confess myself at a loss, would
get up and elucidate most fully.
He would hear me patiently to
the end, and then, shaking his
head, would saa, "Very ingeni-
GUS, but not correct"
Taking Current Report for Fact.
You will pardon me, if / make
YOU the same criticism. Your
argument cannot be right, be-
cause your facts are wrong. You
have taken current report for
fact, when, in generality, 1T is
pure fiction. You have put a
meaning into my words entirsly |
foreign to them. "a fight to the |
finish" does not mean murder
and bloodshed-though the ac-
tion of the miners would make
it seem so.
Let me tell you some of your
premises as they occur: You
talk of "crushing to earth the
man who, in all truthfulness,
declares that he and his little
ones cannot live as men, women
and children should live, on the
paltry sum of 1926 a year." The
the lazy, the shiftless,
those who work but one or two
days a week, may combine to
make an average that brings the
earning somewhere near
that sum, but the real earning
of an industrious miner
is two, three and four times that
amount. Why talk of "crushing
to earth?" Was anyone crush
ing me to earth" when, as a boy,
[ worked for 80 cents a day saw
ing wood or wedding my neigh
The bee., 1902-11-13
HAPPENINGS in KENTUCKY.

Wednesday. d. Childres' grocery
store, with no insurance, was de-
stroyed. John Lawson's harness
shop, with $500 insurance, and
A. V. Hampton's meat shop,
with no insurance, were also
burned. The Advocate office,
owned by Arthur M. Herndon,
was destroyed, with no insur-
ance. Aull & Co.'s drug store
was damaged to the extent of
$3.50. Had it not been for the
strenuous efforts of the citizens
of the town the whole business
section would have burned. John
Lawson was overcome by heat
and was in a serious condition
for some time.
Growers of hurley tobacco from
"a counties in Kentucky met in
Lexington last week to further
perfect the organization of which
James M. Gaunt, of Carrollton,
is president. This was the fourth
meeting of the association and
about 40 delegates were present.
President Gaunt says it is the
intention of the promoters of the
organization to be in readiness
to take charge of next years
crop.
The Sand Lick Oil Company is
arranging to shoot one of the two
wells recently bored at the old
Sand Lick on James Orton's
farm. Nitro-glycerine will be
used. The boring machinery has
been moved and the company
hopes the explosion of the nitro
glycerine will develop the oil.
The largest transaction in the
history of the leaf tobacco mar
ket of Louisville has just been
closed. 1t is the purchase by
the Continental Tobacco Com
pany of 1880 hogsheads of re-
dried Green River Pryors from
the Pickett warehouse. The ag-
gregate cost was in the neighbor-
hood of $250,O0O. In addition to
this the Continental bought LOIS
hogsheads of Green Rivers from
the Louisville Tobacco Ware
house Company Friday, practi-
cally cleaning up this variety in
the local market.
The oldest woman in the world
died at Danville Wednesday af-
ternoon. She had been living in
Danville 116 years, and her name
was "Aunt' Pattie Kincaid.
She was a resident of Danville
when the place was nothing more
than an open field, with a few
log huts scattered over it. She
remembered distinctly when
George Washington was presi-
dent of the United States. De-
ceased was colored, and had
many friends among the white
people.
The Fiscal Court of franklin
county Wednesday afternoon de-
termined that it will not pay the
reward Of 81, 900 offered by it in
February, 1900, for the murderer
of Gov. William Goebel until all
the indictments now pending are
of, and the murder cas-
is out of court.
The postoffice at Allensville
was robbed at about l O'Clock
Friday night, the thieves secur-
ing little over $40 in money and
$25 in stamps. They broke in
the lock on the door and gained
an entrance, afterwards COM
pletely wrecking the safe with
three charges of explosives. The
noise was heard by several, but
no investigation was made, owing
to the fact that the railroad COM
pany has in use on the line the
torpedo signal system, and fast
train was due just about the time
of the robbery. Those who heard
the explosion thought it was only
the torpedoes. There is no clew
whatever to the thieves, but it is
generally believed that they be-
long to the gang that robbed the
postoffice at Fairview several
months since. There seems to
he a we'll OrOau uizad oano oDaraf
The bee., 1902-11-13
Question Was to Arbitrate What?


operators?
Question Was to Arbitrste whst2
"The sentiment of the nation, u
you say, "was shocked because
, the operators refused to abb
trate." Arbitrate what? .Arbi-
trate whether they should. run
their own business or turn it
oyer to Mr.. Mitchell and his la
Dor union to run? Solely that
and nothing else. / quote you
from letter written in October
by Ethelbert Talbot, bishop of
central Pennsylvania, whose do
cese includes the whole anthra-
cite mining region:
"In the first place the striking
miners precipitated the crisis
and went out at time when no
real grievance existed which
could not have been adjusted
peaceably. 1t is now well known
and even admitted by their lead
ers that the crux in the whole
matter is the recognition of an
organization known as the Min
ers' union. The Miners union
is not Incorporated and has no
moral or financial responsibility.
To grant this demand for recog-
milton means that the operators
shall no longer manage their own
business, but it shall be in the
last resort in the power of an or
ganization to which the owners
must appeal for consent to en-
ploy or dismiss even a breaker
boy or incompetent or worthless
miner.
"It is evident that no business
can be so conducted and that no
private individual could or would
stand such dictation for mo-
ment. 1t further means that no
man can hereafter work in the
mines unless he belongs to the
union. In other words, it denies
to the American citizen the sa-
cred right to sell his labor in the
open market whenever he can
secure his price. This is a de-
nial of individual liberty to the
workingnan, which he ought to
be the first to resent.
{" Butt some will say, why
not refer the question to a board
Of arbitration chosen by both
sides; why do the operators re-
fuse so reasonable and fair So
luton of the difficulty?" In re-
ply it cannot be too plainly said
that the operators are ready and
always have been ready to arbi-
trate questions of wages and con-
ditions of labor with their own
men. But how can the question
of whether q man has the right
to conduct his own business be
submitted to arbitration? For it
must be borne in mind that the
main issue is not as to the meth
cd of conducting the business
and as to the wages and hours,
but as to whether the manage
ment shall be in the hands of
those who own the business. For
the operators to surrender this
inherent right would be not only |
a calamity to all the industrial
interests of our country, but an
infringement OF personal liberty,
repugnant to the genius and
spirit of Americanism."
hs Quotation From Clergyman.
Bear in mind that this is no
quotation from "yellow" jour
nal, but from an Episcopal bish-
op, who talks of matters within
the diocese in which he lives and
works.
The operators from the first |
expressed themselves as willing
to arbitrate any local differences
that might arise, and to receive
their men and to discuss with
them candidly any subject of
disagreement that might come |
up. No one who has not suffered |
under the tyranny and oppression
of powerful labor organizations
The bee., 1902-11-13

boris garden-25 cents a day less
than the breaker-boys earn un-
der the tyranny of the anthracite
operators?
The bee., 1902-11-13

Continued next week.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-02-10

In n recent address to Y. NJ. C. \.
of Brown University, to which his
father has given $4,000, John u.
Rockefeller, jr., said: The lack of
perseverance is n cause for many of
the failures in all walks OF life. \
man must possess an abundance of
this quality If he hopes for success.
Many of you fellows will, when you
have graduated, start out i'm an office.
You will like it at first, but later
1t will get monotonous, and then you
will probably wish TO give it up. We
must not be cutters; we must keep
our goal ever before us and strive
constantly. If ever there was a per-
sistcnt worker, it was Christ. How
many times did He 20 to His people
at Nazareth! When they would not
hear Him at first He went again and
again.
Another point. to be considered is
justice. AS man extends his business
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-02-10
WAR RECORD.
Sergeant Donahue, Now Recruiting Officer In
Akron Has Good One.

business at the recruiting office was
very light this week, there being only
two cnlistments. They were Eugene
II, SaVcry of Coshocton, enlisted for
the coast artillery, and Albert Mon
bcrrc, enlisted for the light artillery.
The local recruiting officer, Sergeant
NJ. j. Donahuc, has been In the regular
army ten years. He enlisted in 1892
for thrcc-year aud three months
term in the 18th infantry and was
sent to Davis island, New York harhor.
where he received three months In
struction after which he was assigned
TO ft. Supply, Oklahoma Territory,
then to Governors island, New York
harbor. At the expiration of his en-
llstnent having found army life to his
liking, he re-enlistcd In the 18th in
fantry and was sent to TT. Russell,
Wyoming, TO do garrison duty. His
regiment was afterwards ordered to
the barracks at Columbus, o.
As II member of the Seventeenth
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-02-10

cradicatcd. ~
''To institute retreats for fallen wo-
men is well, but it sis more important
to instillslove Of purity and truth in
the minds of our boys and girls. TO
lift up the drunkard and care for his
family Is well, but TO inculcatc in him
such principles that he will care for
them himself is infinitely better.
"Thc church docs not exist so much
TO give food TO the starving and to up
lift the sinful us to bring about such Il
condition of things that there shall be
no more hungry and no sinful ones to
be lifted up
Speaking of private morals, Rev.
Mason said: THE church should de-
mand from men the. same moral purity
that she demands of womcn.'
The problem of intemperance, Rev.
Mason believes, eau better be solved
by attacking the liquor traffic than by
going out after drunkards ard trying
to lift them up "The drunkard should
be uplifted If possible, but the only
way to moderate the evil Is to get at
the root of it, he said.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-02-10

lie took part in the Cleveland centcn-
NAL in 1896, ana in the ceremonies
attendant TO the second Inauguration
of the late President Mckinley.
At the beginning of the Spanish
American war Sergeant Donahue went
with his regiment to Cuba, where he
participated in five skirmishes and
three battles, III Carney, san Juan
Hin and III Puso. While on the field
in Cuba his term Of enlistment cX-
pircd and he was the recipient of an
honorable discharge ON the battlefield,
But filled with the spirit of true Amer
icallism he rc-cnlistcd in the trenches.
After the regiment had returned to
Montauk Point his commanding Of
iicer, Major O'Bryan, recommended
that he he transferred to the recruit
Ing service, in which branch he has
met great success. His good work In
the recruiting branch secured for him
promotion from corporal to the rank
of sergeant,
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-02-10
The Church Should Demand From
Men the Same Moral Purity
That She Demands From the
Women Rev. Edward G. Ma sor

Rev. Edward c. Mason, of the Uni
vcrsaiist church spoke eloquently Sun
day evening ON 1.-The Church and the
Humanitarian Problem, or The Church
and Social Reform" The topic OF
Rev. Mason's sermon as published was
"Thc Church and the Labor Problem"
This subject said he, has given
rise to Il msconception and THE
Church and the Social Problem will
better express the thought | wish to
convey" Rev. Mason then discourscd
for Il brief half hour in Il facilc but
fofceful manner on the great social
questions of the day. He touched ON
the vast Improvement which nineteen
hundred years OF Christianity have
brought about in the condition of all
peoples, but especially in that of the
lower classes who have found liberty,
equality, education only in countries
under Christian rule.
Rev, Mason believes in preventatlves
rather than cures and thinks II is the
duty of the church to influence men by
preccpt and example that the roots of
the evils and false principles win be
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-02-10

set of lantern slides. They cover al
most every subject of Importance in
both botany and zoology.
Mrs. Cole was i'll and unable to teach
Thursday and Friday. She is improv-
ing and expects to return Monday
morning.
Several of the Glasses with their
teachers, have taken advantage of the
good sleighing to got out into the
country and have enjoyable times.
All of the High school pupils were
enthusiastic last Thursday morning,
as result of the basket ball game the
night before. The outlook for athlet-
les in the \. II, s, is very bright
Success in basket ball during the sea-
SON has had great deal to do with
stirring up the athletic spirit.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-02-10

Washington, Feb. 10.-Presidcnt
Roosevelt has begun an investigation
into the claim against the government
for $4,000 of Mrs. Jessie Fremont,
widow of General John c. Fremont
"Thc Pathfinder" and daughter of
Thomas Hart Benton, Missouri's great
est statesman.
Mrs. Fremont is i'll and needy at
her home near Los Angeles, Cal. Near
her the grave of her brave soldier
husband is unmarked by single
slab, and the plot of ground in which
he is buried is unfenccd.
The chief desire of his widow is TO
obtain money TO erect u simple slab
at the head Of her husbands grave,
with the inscription, "Thc Pathfinder"
and the date Of his birth and death.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-02-10
THE TROUBLE DISCOVERED.
Leading Physicians Make Strong
Statement About Health.

Statistics show that the great army
of dyspeptcs increases from year to
year.
Physicians who have been making
an investigation of the cause of the
disease attribute II to the fact that as
II nation we eat largely of uncookcd
cereal foods, Investigations show
that in majority OF homes, when
cereal foods are u part of the diet
they are only cooked for II few mo-
mcnts and when served IN this man
ncr, are unit for The stomach, form.
Ing, as they do, u starchy sticky mass
which Is not only difficult for the
stomach To handle, but retards the
digestion of other foods.
To render oatmeal and other ccrc,
ais easy of assimilation and in proper
condition for the stomach, the starch
conditions for the stomach the starch
requires five hours constant cooking.
The average housewife has not the
iNh@ nor patience 10 prepare her oat-
meal IN this manner, and To meet the
demand for II palatablc and nutritious
cereal food that contains All the che
lhenls of nutrition in dIgcstible
FORM MaltNut was manufactured.
This new dclicacy Is Il combination
OF heat dlgcstcd, twice cooked, malt
ed cereals and prc-dlgestcd nut oils.
by new process the grains are taken
through the first and hardest stages
OF digestion aud the addition of tho
oil OF nuts in an cmulsihcd form. gives
1t delicious, nutty flavor and fo,n
times the food elements of beer.
Malt-Nut Is rcady-to-usc. A few
ieaspoonsiul with the addition of milk
or cream, makes n dainty meal. Lend
ing gr0cers sell II, Made by IN,
Amercan Pure Food Co., Ltd, Battl,
| Creek, Mich.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-02-10
MAD DOG
Mixed Things Lively at
Logtown.
Finally Chased Into a Barn Yard
and Killed.
Especial Corrcspondcnce.)

Mogadore, Feb. lO,A mad dog was
chased aud finally shot in the village
OF Logtown, Friday. The dog was
seen about $3.50 am, going south.
Surprising him TO he merely stray
dog. he was not disturbed. Nothing
more was noticed of him untl about
PM, when he attacked Reuben
Young, a farmer south of Logtown.
who threw n pick at the dog The
brute turned and ran up the road to
another farm house, occupied by Mart
Fry, where he attacked n large Shep.
herd dog and almost killed him. 4
chase WAS then started, and the mad
dog was chased TO the barn yard of
William Mills, where he was soon
killed. II is not known frdn whence
the dog came, nor whether his attacks
win result seriously.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-02-10
TRUSTS LIKE ROSES.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Talks About Perse-
verance and Other Things.

"Oftentmcs we cannot reconcile this
fact. 1t seems to us contrary TO the
Golden Rule. Let us 90 back and ex-
anime the true causes. Tho big bus
inesscs increase because they can by
the use of advanced methods and APP
pliances place their goods on the mar
ket cheaper than can the smaller con-
Germs. They are thus able to benefit
a great number of people.
considered from This standpoint
they are certainly justihablc, for. they
are doing the greatest good to the
greatest number of people, even
though it may be at the expense of
a few. A war may cost many lives,
but it is for the good of the country
at large. The growth of II large bus
mess. Is merely Il survival of the fit
test
"Consder whether it is better to
use modern means of turning out pro-
duets. doing better whan we do and
doing much more. or for larger num-
Der to be engaged in smaller number
of Industries, which are being conduct
ed on old-fashioned methods. The
modern methods should be employed,
even ut the expense of the few.
"Thc American Beauty rose can be
produced in the splendor and fragrance
which bring cheer to its bcholder only
by sacrificing the early buds which
grow up around it. This is not an
evil tendency in business. 1t is merely
the working out of law Of nature and
a law of oGd.
"Thrrc is no real divergence between
business and the Christian life The
Christian world needs the ability Of
the business man, his wisdom and
prc-emincnt strength. 1t needs also
his financial help. Educational, phil
anthropic and many of our great re-
ligious movements are the result OF
the spirit of our Christian business
men. The business man needs Chris
tanity because it protects him against
the temptations common i'm business
life and gives him an opportunity to
cApend his money wisely
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-02-10
Her Foot Injured.

Miss Matilda Spuhler, of l23 Grant
St, was caught in the elevator at
Schumacher & Gammeter's store, last
Friday, and her right foot was pain
fully crushed. Miss Spuhler was taken
to her home in carriage. No bones
were broken.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-02-10
LUCK
Has Been Against
Galveston.
The City Acknowledge
Itself Bankrupt.
Bondholders Invited to Get Their
"Pound OF Flesh.

New York, Feb. S.-Unablc to meet
the interest on its bonded Indebtedness
the city of Galveston has defaulted and
thereby acknowledged itself bankrupt
Long pending negotiations with the
bondholders seem to have resulted only
IN Observation-Disclosures on each side.
What will be the outcome is not plain.
The bondholders have not determined
upon what proceedings they will in
stltute.
The bondholders committee made a
pie of Galveston consider harsh and
oppressive-in fact, no concession at
all, but an addition to their burdens,
and, in burst of anger, defiance was
hurled at the bondholdcrs through an
editorial in the Galveston News, which
Invited the bondholders to get their
pound of flesh" if they could No re-
ply has been received by the bond
holders committee to its proposition,
and it Is said, there Is no disposition Mt
present to recognize 1t. One sentence
in the 5ondholders' letter Is consider
ed brutal. 1t reads:
1T Is the deliberate conviction of our
ing situation of Galveston wholly from
the standpoint of the city's real and
permanent interest, ii is II mistake for
the city TO ask for any relief whatever" !"
Galveston's misfortuncs did not end
with the great tragedy of Sept. s. 1900
when one-third of the property of the
city was destroyed, more than 6OOO
residents of the city killed aud the
population, through death and emiglu-
ton, reduced nearly onc-thrd. The
city has few manufacturing establish
ments, but has great shipping facilities.
aud the life of the municipality depends
upon the grain and cotton and other
products of the west and southwest
that seek the gulf ports for export
Following the great storm the wheat
crop of Texas failed, the corn crop of
the whole West was limited, and the
cotton yield of TeXas-one third Of the
total American production-was very
short. This had n bad effect upon Gal.
weston business, but the most depress-
ing thing Of all upon the whole city
was the decentralization In ocean
freiglts last fall. Two-thirds of the
labor of Galveston Is employed each
fall and winter in "Scrcw-
ing" cotton into the holds of steam
ers. This is the highest priced labor
In the world.
Last fall ocean frcights were SO low
that It did not pay to "screw" cotton
Inc Dales were dumped into the holds
of the vessels, and thousands of men
Were idle throughout the season. The
season In Galveston lasts five to six
months, and cotton scrcwmen are able
ordinarily to make enough in thost
months TO maintain their families the
rest OF the year.
This disaster to labor following 81
closely on the storm, affected al
branches of trade, Taxes were ditlcult
to collect, and IN December the com
mission in charge of the ctys affairs
announced. they had no more money
and could not meet the bondholdcrs
interest,
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-02-10
WILL TALK
TO STUDENTS.
Eminent Educators Will Address
Akron High School.

PresidentW. .. Thompson, of the
Ohio State University ut Columbus
has promised to address the High
school some time in the near future.
President Thwing, of Western Re
serve college, who gave IL delightful
talk here last spring, has promised
to give another Of the same kind in a
short time.
Professor Smith, of the High school,
has just completed II very valuable