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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-24
not A Man
WENT TO WORK
Striking Machinists at Brain
erd Unmoved by Com
pany's Ultimatum.
Apprentices Join Them and
Distant Shop Men May
Do So Later.

Special to-The Journal.
Brainerd, Mimi, April 24.-At 7 o'clock
this morning those interested in the
machinists' strike gathered about the
entrance of the Northern Pacific shops
to ascertain how many, ii any, Of the
machinists who went out last Saturday
morning would go back to work to-day.
General Manager Cooper of st. Paul gave
the men an opportunity to. go to work
| this morning, but in case they did not
| the master mechanic was instructed to
give them their time and consider them
as permanently out of the employ Of the
company. Not single man went to
work. and now the situation seems more
serious.
| To add to its seriousness the appren
tees in the shops, numbering forty-one
walked out this morning at s o'clock. so
that part of the shop, has but few men
at work now, the number including the
handles" and few nnachinists and ap-
prentices who stayed, together with the
foreman. The apprentices are all young
men who have worked from two to three
years at the business, but many are capa-
| BILE Of taking machines anywhere. Others,
i however, would not be able to go to work
on the machines, not having had ex-
perience.
MoIders Not to Strike.
! The molders in the Northern Pacific
/ foundry have not gone out yet and there
/ is no probability that they will, accord
Ing to the stat ements OF machinists them
selves, who seem to think that they are
! enough in numbers themselves to accom-
plish the ends which they have been striv-
There is strong probability, however
;. that the machinists in the Gladstone ant
Livingstone shops viii walk out in sym
pathy since the apprentices struck TO-
day. -
The Northern Pacific company stand:
! firm on the ultimatum sent out yesterday
The officials say, however. they are Will,
ing and ready to make any concession Z
the men that is within reason, II suei
! reason can be presented, but they DO nc
think that the demands the men hayt
made are consistent.
Dtnicult to Fs' ~ s'1ae es.
/ It is understood Nat men viii b
brought, here from other roads to take tn
place Of the strikers, but there is rea
Son to believe It will be difficult to ge
, full aedged mach1nists TO WORK. ;oo ~.
r have already been brought 70 Inc GU
from near BY points, but when the situa
ton was discovered they would not g
to work.
Il The railroad company has a corps
competent secret service men In the CITY
hut there is no likelihood Of their be1n
needed, for the men are all orderly an
are aghting open and aboveboard: VIC
President Wilson Of the National Machln
, lists union, is still in the city ana IS i
, charge of the affairs of the local union a
adviser.
3 Mayor Calls Mass Meeting. ].
The mayor has called mass meetln
: for this evening Leading citizens Will d
. their best to effect settlement OF tn
= trouble Many of the machinists are o.
: men and have large families to whom IN
strike will be a hardship. 1t is largely /
the interest Of this class that unite
effort will be made to get company an
men together.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-24
IF WILSON SAYS SO
A General Strike of N. p. Mac
Depends Upon Him.


The outcome of the strike Of the North
ern Pacific machinists at Brainerd de-
ponds hpon the word of T.. I. Wilson,
fourth vice president of the international
Union of Machinists. who is on the
ground directing the strike. II Mr.. Will
son gives tie word, every machinist en-
ployed on the Northern Pacific system
will quit work Immediately ard that. the
strike leaders say, would mean that
eventually every union man employed on
the system would be involved.
J. D. Browne, chairman of the commit
tee of striking machinists that was sent
to st. Paul for conference with Super
intendent Of Motive Power Lowell, was In
Minneapolis this afternoon and reported
that the committee had been unable tc
come to satisfactory terms with Mr.. Low
ell and were on their way home The
situation would be reported to Mr.. Will
son, he said, and upon his attitude would
depend the course Of events.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-24
DOLLAR MURPHYS
Highest Potato Prices Chicago Has
Had for. a Long Time.

Chicago, April 24.--The price Of po-
tatoes In Chicago has advanced to 81 a
bushel. There has been an advance Of
10 cents since Saturday last and the pres
ent price is the highest since the $125 Of
last August. The crop Of old potatoes
has been nearly used up and supplies In
all markets are unusually small. New
Cubans sold at $40 barrel yesterday.
The new crop is just starting to market
from, Louisiana.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-24
PLANS OF THE G. Q. P.
Committeeman Will Meet May 8 t

Set Convention.
The republican state central committee
will meet Thursday, May s, to call the
state convention This was determined
to-day at meeting OF the executive COM
mittee. Six of the seven members were
present, Chairman Tams Bixby being the
absentee.
June II is q favorite date for the con-
vention This will make It possible for
republican editors to attend before leav-
Ing for the annual meeting of the state
editorial association June 81.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-24

FUSION. AGAIN IN NEBRASKA.
Lincoln, Neb., April 24.-The state CEN
trail committees of the democrats and the
populists last night fixed the place and
date for their state conventions for
Grand Island, June "a. Fusion was prac-
tically agreed upon, but the apportion-
ment of offices was not decided.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-24
As TO 0LE0
Senate Amendments to the
Bill Adopted by the
House.

Washington, April 24.-1n the house to-
day consideration of the senate amend
ments to the oleomargerin bill was re-
sumed. All the amendments offered by
the opponents of the bill were rejected,
and the senate amendments, with such
amendments,to those amendments as were
proposed by the majority of the agricul-
turel committee, were adopted.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-24
WEST SUPERIOR CAPITAL:
Some of 1t Embarked In n New East
ern CORPORATION.

Dover. Del, April 24.-The Halo- Ameri-
can Commercial syndicate, capital $5,000,-
600, has been incorporated here. The OBJ
ject is to secure contracts for the con-
struction OF government buildings. West
Superior, Wis, and Pittsburg, Pa. CAPT
talists are among the incorporators,
whose names are withheld.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-24
SWEDISH STRIKERS.

prince waldemar of Denmark to
Act ms Arbitrator.
Copenhagen, April 24.-The dock LABOR
era At several Swedish ports, where they
have been loading Danish ships, have
struck. 1t Is reported that at the desire
of King Christian. Prince Waldemar, his
son, will arbitrate.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-24
10 SUCCEED CONGRESSMAN MORRIS
LUTH DISTRICT


IS IN
IUrI lIs,CR IG.
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THE NEXT u s. DISTRICT ATTORNEY

{. SENATORS NELSON AND
NJ. d.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-01-21
BY MAJ. EDWARD J. HALE
A Tax of One Cent a Ton Would Pay
Per Cent on a Million Dollars.
TWO MILLION PEOPLE WOULD BENEFIT
Making Fayetteville a ''Basing Point For
Freight Rates. Would BE- a Great Ad-
vintage to a Large Section
of North Car..i1a.
Especial Correspondence

washington, D. c., Jan. Ill wired a
sentatfon of the need Of a large appro-
p~riation for the Improvement of the Cape
Fear River. Senator simmons and Con
gresham Pou, who heard the presenta-
ton before the River and Harbor Com
mittee, say the speech made a fine i'm
preston upon the committee. AS the mat
ter is one of such great importance.
send Herewith the full text of Major
Hale's presentation to the committee. II
is as follows:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Committee:
By your courtesy, have the honor to
present to you the grounds upon which
the people OF North Carolina ask that
you retain in the bill which you are to
report to the House of Representatives
the item providing for an appropriation
for the Improvement of the Cape Fear
River between Wilmington and Fayette-
VILE. l say the people of North Caro-
lina,,, because, by a resolution of the last
Legislature "a copy of which | hand to
you, and which | nave marked, Exhibit
No. -, the State has adopted this pro-
ject as a State affair, a course which it
has pursued towards no other scheme OF
River or Harbor imp within its
borders.
On the list of June, 1900, a bill was
passed by Congress for a survey with a
view to obtaining a n~avigable channel
from Wilmington to Fayetteville of four,
six, or eight feet depth at mean low
water.
On the oath of November, the govern
n.entF engineer officer at Washington,
Captain Lucas. submitted his report of
the survey which he had made, recon-
mending a plan for slack-Water naviga-
ton, with a minimum depth of eight
feet Of water, the difference between the
cost Of securing four, six, or eight feet,
being insignificant. The plan Nrecom-
nlended provides for three locks with a
lift Of . feet each, with a chamber $50
feet long and Is feet wide, and a NOV
able dam some 10 feet long-the form
of lock and dam proposed being similar
to thosc used in the Kanawha River. His
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-01-21
PENSION APPROPRIATION BILL
II Is Passed By the House Which Then Ad-
Journs Till Saturday

Washington. Jan. f1.-Tae House to-
day passed the Pension Appropriation
Iill which has been under discussion for
three days and then adjourned untiI sat
-urday. The resolution prepared by ,he
special committee on the Mckinney me-
mortal exercises providing an adlgee hv
Secretary or State John Hay IN the Han
OF Representatives February 18th. was
adopted.
SIR. Moody CMass). presented a joint
resolution TO appropriate SEQ GOO TO pay
the expenses incurred by the West lu-
clan and South Carolina Interstate EN-
position at Charleston. :. &. ia conucc-
tion With the Government exhibit AT
Charleston.
Mr.. Elliott g. ca. made a strong plea
for the passage OF the resolution.
Mr.. Payne tN. W. declared that the
management. when the government cX-
hibit was secured agreed that the Uni
ted States would not he asked FOR one
cent.
Mr.. Elliott in reply took issue with Mr..
fayne as To the facts. He said he Was
much more anxious that the management
OF the exposition should not be placed
in a false attitude than that the reso-
luton should be adopted.
MI. MOODY plthBcd FllHSt|i iNai WIN
the adoption OF the pending resolution
the governments expense in connection
with the Charleston exposition wpulG
cease. The resolution WAS passed.
Mi. Payne called up a bill to allow the
redemption OF war revenue stamps am
time within two years after the passage
of The act. The hIl was passed.
\ resolution on The same subject 80 au-
thorize the Secretary of the Treasury
To return upon demand within one year
bank checks and drafts with war revenue
stamps imprinted thereon after the can
ceilation OF such stamps WAS also pre-
scntcd by Nj. Payne. He explained that
thee were now millions Of such stam "a
checks in the Treasury Department. The
resolution was passed.
The House chen wen INTO committee
cf the whole and resumed consideration
Of the Pension Appropriation bin. With
Out adopting any amendments the com
Llittce rose and the bill was passed
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-01-21

~ meet in the Eastern part of North
Carolina itself.
II The case of the inland port Of Fay
ettcyillc, on tho other hand. the lines
81 traffic division between Richmond and
Norfolk. on the North, and Charleston,
Oh The South. divcrgc. as tho map shows,
and they enclose q territory East of the
hlleghanics containing over two millions
of people.
Our putting Sca-cOast, therefore,, has
rendered ii impossible fNr the greater
portion Of the population of North Car
DINA (and for that of som" adjacent
pa"ts) to enjoy freight Rates on equal
terms with the people Of other sea
board States. except approach be had
through the port Of Fayetteville.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-01-21

rerort will be found in House Document
No. $50, Of the Ind Session of the last
Congress-.
Bv a misunderstanding on the part of
those having charge of the promotion of
this Improvement the statistics neces-
sary to prove a commercial case" for
it were not supplied to Captain Lucas
in time for his regular report, which is
required to be started on it way to the
Secretary Of War by the Goth of Noyem-
Der. His report upon this subject, there
fore, did not come to your committee
from the secretary OF War until after
your bill had practically been drawn;
and the item for the carrying out OF
Captain Lucas's recommendation was for
this reason--I trust / am right in saying
for this reason only-not included in the
bill eported by you. 1t was added in the
Senate, and an appropriation of $3.50, 600
voted to begin the work, which sum was
reduced to $3.50, 900 in the Conference
Committee Of the two Houses; and, with
the item in this form, the bill was pass
ed by the House.
We now ask that you retain this item
in the new bill which you are about to
report.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-01-21

results based Upon the methods employed
in England for proving a commercial
reason for the granting of a charter by
Parliament for works Of this kind. This
method. which is self-eyidently sound.
is described on pages ) and 9 of the L.
;. government report on the Manchester
hip Canal, a copy of which | submit,
marked Exhibit No. 8. It is assumed that
the population which IS nearer to a given
port than to any other port, is bound
sooner or later TO become traffically tri-
butary TO it.
The existing traffic on the Cape Fear
river between Wilmington and Fayette-
Vile amounts to 115. 600 tons, valued at
ST 10000. The existing railway traffic
in and out of Fayetteville is 112, 285. val
ued at S3,S12.614. The population in the
territory shown on the map between the
lines "A. B.. and &C. and which is nearer
to Fayetteville and the part of the river
involved than to any other port. is some
1000, geo. The population concerned in
the production Of the existing river and
railway traffic in and out of Fayetteville
is 81 ,000. The territory, then, which is
nearer to Fayetteville than to any other
port, contains a population thirty times
as great as the population at present tri-
butary to Fayetteville.
We therefore have this proposition:
Existing river traffic, $4,000 tons
value $1.510,0O0. Three-fourths (the di-
vertible portion) of existing railway traf-
fic, in and out of Fayetteville-%X11 2. 29J
tons and Ax$5, S12. 614. "a. 221 tons. value
$4.359 400; in round numbers 200, 900 tons,
value $500, 900. Thirty times these fig
ures would give the tonnage and value of
traffic which. other things being equal,
would find a cheaper route to and from
the great markets by way of the Cape
Fear river if improved as suggested, that
is, 3Ox200 600 tons, and 30x$5, 500, 600, g.
900 900 tons value 1855, 900. 900.
If the proposed Improvements were q
private undertaking requiring tonnage
charges for the payment of interest on its
cost, it will be seen that a tax of l cent
a ton on the estimated traffic would pay
) per cent interest on a million and a
quarter Of dollars. An elaboration of this
calculation and other details will be
found in the report of the citizens com
mlttee on improvements of the Cape
Fear, and the accompanying Mote
which ! also submit, marked Exhibit
No. 4.
Some other considerations in favor o.
'hlS PROJECT NAY De prleiiy noted:
me proposed appropriation would
ihelelE replace the present Scheme Whlch
edilS flor an expenditure OF Sz'o'ooo, ABOUT
nan OF "hlcl mas been expended, and
which is worthless, as declared by the
: government engineer.
me Two mllllcns OF people affected by
the proposed Improvement ana whose
lrdllc mas Deen diverted from the river
nv railroads and dafnTacta tio1o JaraIo,-
MentS or CIVILIZATION, are as much en-
titled to consideration as If they were
hefGed IN a seaport whose harbor HAD
been made relatively shallower by the
use OF deeper drafted SHIPS, another de-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-01-21
MIR. KEENEY IN CHARLESTON
He Tells the People That North Carolina Will
Attend Exposition in Full Force.
charleston News and Courier.

tt harlcStOl News ana 'ouilti-}
Mr.. John b. Kcnney. a prominent citi-
on Of North Carolina. is IN the city. reg
zistercd at the st. John Hotel, The WISH
tor from the OLD North state stated yea-
terday that North Carolina was greatly
cnthuscd over the fact that 4 week would
hc set aside at tho Exposition specially
-. The people Of North Carolina b1.-
ing that occasion he says that the state
81ll be represented 10y . very large da!o-
CATION to the Fan, 1t ma been sug-
gestcd." said Mr.. Kcnney. that the u".
versitics and state schools oil North Gag
clina devote the Easter holidays 20 q trip
TO the Exposition here. II this plan
could be carried out by the state instltu-
lions. the donominational school. az
well as tho public schools. would very
probably get jim line. ~ their attcnIanro
on the educational features offered them
this opportunity would AFFORD wonderful
advantages to the teachers. the students
and the pupils. In addition 10 this tho
parents could meet their children a.
Charleston and enjoy. too, the sights Of
the Exposition. The exercises Of the
schools wouIl not necessarily be broken
BY the Easter holidays. The pupils would
still be under school discipline on ar-
count Of the attendance ri the teacher
and professors. They would certainly be
we'll cared for. and if the parents would
care to accompany them it would be am
advantage 10 the older folks. as well a.
the children. to soc the big show. The
railroads. / understand. viii aFfange even
lower rates for this occasion than they
have already established. l sec no rca-
son why North Carolina should not oceu-
by a conspicuous position il the Eastern
-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-01-21

VIVA reference TO its competitors that
mes drawn al right angles to air lines
ttt"ccu II and its competitors on either
sue VIII dIV@"gc as they proceed inland.
III olher words, looking inland. the ideal
port VIII be at the apex of a salient angle.
formed by lines connecting it with it's
htI&hbGr on tho ono side and it's neigh
Dor on the othor side.
An examination of the map will show
'hat no port Or point On the Eastern sea
coast OF North Carolina can be situated
at INC salient lines drawn from it to
either OF the Virginia ports. ON the one
Sldc. and to Charleston on tho other. On
the contrary it will lie in a rc-cntrant
angle 50 pronounced that the lines of
traffic division will converge and quick
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-01-21
Fell Prom Third Story.
N.v The Associated Pre.s.l

ITEv lhe AssOclatoI FTe-s-J
Now York. Jan. 18.-EarI Edm0ndson.
believed to be an officer in tho United
States Army. recently returned from tho
hilippincs ana said 10 be from Nash
vile. Tenn. wiil probably die from in
%1lIries received tonight in falling from r.
ihird-atorv window of the Continental
Hotel. He struck on tho dome Of the
dining room. which is at the bottom Of a
cpurt. His SKULL apparently was frac-
tur"l and cerebral hemorrhagc followed.
II i not known what caused the fall
Eiuondson registered ri the hotel ou
december 13rd as from tho Philippine
Islands. After registering b. leCt the
lotcl. but returned last Thursday and
again registered. The army register docs
rot contain tho nam 81 E~tnou9-Ou.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-01-21

North Carolina was onced called "a
strip of land between two States AS
the State was the third in population at
the LIST Census, and as it has a record
OF which any one may be proud. being
inferior to that of none Of the original
thirteen which achieved our independ-
ence, / assume that the gibe had refer
ence to our commercial attainments-
which have been inferior to those of our
neighbors. This in~feriority was palpa-
bly, the result of our want of large sea-
ports; but the reason for this deficiency,
which has been the theme of unnumber-
ed discussions, was obscured by the over
working of the railroad idea, under which
railroads were held to be "annihilators
of space" Recently. the conception of
the unit of transportation value as per
ton per mile" has revealed the real
reason to students OF our geography.
If you will be good enough 60 look at
the map which | submit land which l
nave marked Exhibit No. y, you Will
observe that the coast line of North
Carolina juts out far beyond the general
coast line-namely, the line running from
New York, where the first great recess
sion takes place at the North, to Sa-
vannah, where the last recession cul-
~ t11~ oohAh ~ VI AiiS
popularity is to place our seapOrts at
such a great distance from the back
country that the ports Of our ~neighbors,
Richmond on the North and Charleston
on the South, are nearer to much of it
than they. The normal seaport is on a
line with it's rivals. The ideal seaport is
on a line between its rivalS) that pre-
SentS a salient angle to landWard and
the re entrant angle to seaward. With
us, our jutting seaCoast causes those
angles to be reversed in the case Of
lines drawn from any of our seaportS to
Richmond on the one side and Charles
ton on the other. Now, the traffic in
fuence OF any port, under the rule Of
equal charges per ton per mile, reaches
half way to the next port. If. therefore,,
We should delimit the territory traffi-
Cally tributary to the ports under COnSid-
Grafton, by drawing lines at right angles
across the halfway points of air lines
between them, we would find that these
right-angle lines converge until .hey
meet within the territory of our own
State, instead of remaining parallel. as
they would do in the case of the normal
port, or diVerging as in the case of the
ideal port. The result of these physical
conditions is such that if, instead Of the
COmmCrco-rcpelling ItatteraS, the East
ern bcak of North Carolina enclosed the
best harbor III the world and a four
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-01-21
Mine Workers Convene Monday.

by Tie AsSOclated PreSS.D
Indianapolis, Ind. Jan. 1S.--The thir-
tecnth annual convention of the United
Mine Workers of America will open here
Monday. Many delegates are already
here. 1t is believed there will be over
one thousand delegates, making it the
largest convention ever held by organized
labor.
1t is understood that the miners will
present a demand for an increase of at
least ten per cent over the wages they
now receive, but it is almost equally
certain that the operators will make a
stubborn resistance, as many of them
claim they are either operating at a loss
or at a very small profit.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-01-21
At1REMA..' 8 CLOSE CALL.

y stuck to my engine, although every
Joint achcd and every nerve MAS rdckcf
with pain" writes {. ". BellaInN, a 10
connective fireman, Of Burlington, Iowa.
Il was weak and pale, without any APP
petit" and ali run down. As | was about
to give up. ! got a bottle Of Electric Bit
ters and. after taking it, | felt as well
as ! ever did in my ifc." Weak. sickIy.
run down people always gain new life,
strength and Nigor from their use. Try
them. Satisfaction guaranteed by oil
druggists. Price 30 cents.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-01-21

] do not know, Mr.. Chairman and gen
tlemen, how far YOU may feel Influenced
by the sentiment that~a great State asks
YOU for this appropriation. nor how far
its relation to the nation, under our po-
liticai system, may attract your atten-
ton TO its requests. but | think | have
made out a commercial case for the
proposed legislation. and l would ask
that YOU add the other two considera-
lions for good measure.