Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-10-17

anu Will start lot tHe Outc" oe@ 49,
within a. few days. with an aggregate
Of about $4,000 tons of coal.
The members of the various unions
in Bangor raised 5000 for the aid OF
the striking miners. Wednesday. ana
the money was forwarded to the strike
headquarters. Thursday. While the
difficulty is now settled, the money,
, nevertheless, was dispatched.
Since Monday night the Reading
Railroad has brought down from the
Schuylkill region $50 cars Of coal, equal
to 1910 tons, the largest quahtity
shipped in any % hours since the strike.
| 1t is believed at Reading that some OF
the coal shipped, Wednesday night,
| was released from storage. Ihere is
| already lively movement OF empty
coal cars through Reading for the coal
| regions.
+! Mayor Boo.hby of Portland, has ac-
! cepted the offer of the contractor on
! the government works at Great Dla-
mond island for the hemlock ana nara
wood which is being cut in making the
clearing for the post. There Will De
about 500 cords of the wood and 1t can
he landed in the city at a cost OF about
| % a cord. Other expenses including
| tbat of n watchman and delivering VIII
bring the cost to about 81 a cord. Only
n nalf cord will be delivered to each
person.
The London afternoon newspapers,
Thursday, expressed great satisfaction
at the apparent favorable outcome OF
the coal war in the United States, Tor
the sake of Great Britain as well as the
limited States. 1T is notable per-
sonal triumph for the President IN get
ting the masters to arbitrate, saiu
the Westminster Gazette, which adds
that the announcement of the cOmpro-
mise arrived at materially strength
ened ,he prices of American securities
at the opening of the Stock Exchange.
| Discussing the coal strike in the
United States, the Vienna: Aeit'
Thursday, made a highly eulogistlc
comment on President Roosevelt 5
action. 1t says: THE President filled
the role in the worlds theatre OF
suecial pleader in behalf of the OPP
Il pressed. vacant since the death OF MI
Il Gladstone" Praising Mr. Rooseveits 8
action in the coal strike the Zelt says
il thinks the cOnceDticn OF the ques-
tion. whether these labor wars ousht
TO be permitted to extend TO neutfal
} territory, cndangering the welfare oi
| citizens not directly concerned, VIII
obliee the states to intervene in these
economic struggles.
The mining of anthracite coal in the
T Atlantic ocean. at a point off Nara
sansett Pier, between Whale rock ana
Beaver Tail lightship, has been COM
menced. and as a result of a few days
work with dredging equipments, d
bridgeport, Conn. wrecking party mas
| secured about 40 tons. The coal was
deposited only five years ago by the
. torn schooner Carrie A. Anderson,
which foundered during a storm. Inc
wreck being in the path of Navigation
. | wac blown up The location or the
schooner's disaster had almost Deeh
forgotten until the advance in the price
, of fuel made the abandoned cargo an
object worthy of search.
The strike of the coal trimmers at
! Portland was settled, Wednesday af-
. ternoon. through the good offices OF
Rev. d. j. OBrien Of the Cathedral OF
the immaculate Conception. The men
demanded 40 cents an hour for day
and 45 cents for night work, and one
half additional pay for Sundays an'
HOLIDAYS. They also complained tnat
at times they were ordered out in the
morning and kept idle for hours be-
cause of the accidents over which
thew had no control. After long
conference the men were given an ad-
, vance of 10 cents an hour all around
for day. night Sunday and hoilday
work. and a very important conces-
sion was made that after being or
d.rad out until sent home, their pay
should continue at 40 cents an hour'
with no discount for time lost through
shifting vessels or any other cause.