The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1902-10-15
CONFERENCES FAILED.
Both Sides Preparing to Test
Their Claims.

Crop Report-substitutes For An
thraelte-General Stewart Elected
Hill Opened Campaign - Killed In
Socialist Riot-Aerieultpral Colleges.
Snow In Essex.
After two days of conferences in
New York city between the an
thracite coal mine operators on one
side and the governor and senior sena
TOR OF New York and the two senators
from Pennsylvania on the other. the
strike OF the United Mine Workers OF
America is apparently as far from q
settlement as the day it was declared
Governor Odell laid before the op
orators the proposition that If they
would concede to the miners an ad.
vance of cents a ton in the price
paid for mining coal he would promise
that the miners would resume work.
Being tod further that the conces
sion would carry with It recognition
of the miners union, the operators
promptly refused to entertain the
proposal and took their leave.
Replete a: its opening with promise
of solution of the struggle between
the United Mine Workers of America
and the operators or the anthracite
properties in Pennsylvania Thursday
closed without apparent appreciable
progress toward an agreement upon
the issues in the controversy.
Most noteworthy of the days events
was a conference at the office of Sen.
ator T. c. Platt, at which there were
present among others, the two senators
from Pennsylvania and the governor
of New York AMI nearly all the presi-
dents of the big corporations control.
ing the anthracite field.
There were conferences during the
day in which President Mitchell and
men Of more or less consequence in
the industrial world participated. bri
these, so far as information obtainable
goes, were as barren of results as the
principal meeting, details of which are
given out on the authority Of one who
was present.
In brief, there has been no change
In the situation so far as it might have
been affected by the gathering in New
York Of labor leaders, mine operators
and public men.
Government Crop Report.
The monthly crop report of the
United States statisticlan of the de-
partmeut Of agriculture shows that the
average condition Of corn Oct. was
79.6 as compared with S4.3 last month,
52.1 on Oct. /, 1901, and III the mean
of the October averages of the last
10 years.
The preliminary estimate of the av'
erage yield per acre of spring wheat
is 14i bushels, subject to revision
when the final wheat estimate is made.
The estimated averages of yield per
acre in the states having 100000
acres or upwards in spring wheat
range from Kansas, 10.9 to Idaho, 2S.1.
The average quality of spring
wheat is ST..
The preliminary estimate of the
average yield per acre of oats is
34.5 bushels as compared with 25.1
bushes on Oct /, 1901. and 26.S bush
els the mean OF the October estimates
for the past 10 years. The present es-
innate of yield per acre is the largest
ever reported by the department Of
agriculture. The figures for New York
state are: This month, 400; Oct. ],
1901, ZIG; Oct /, 1900, ESQ; 10 year
average, 27.5.
The average for quality is S6.7
against S3.7 last year.
The preliminary estimate of yield
per acre of barley is 29.O bushels,
against 24.7 bushels on Oct. 1, 1901,
and 23.3 the mean of October averages
of the last 10 years. The average for
quality is S7.3, against S9.2 last year.
The preliminary estimate per acre
of the yield of rye is 10 bushels as
with 151 bushels on Oct. l,
1901. and 1i.4 bushels, the mean of
October averages of the last 10 years.
The average for quality is 91.S, against
3d. last year.
The average condition of buckwheat
on Oct. / was sos as compared with
S6.4 last MONTH 9O.5 on Oct. 1, 1901,
and S0.2 the mean of the averages of
the last 10 years.
The average condition of potatoes on
Oct. l, was S2.5, against S9.1 last
$40 on Oct. /, 1901, and 7l.6,
the mean Of the averages of the last
10 years.
As to the condition of apples the re-
ports range from North Carolina
points to New York 10, Iowa 16 and
Michigan 27 points above, and Ohio
70 Kansas q points below the mean
Of October averages for the last seven
years.
The estimated average yield of hops
in pounds per acre is 1867 in Wash
lngton, 400 in California, LOO in Ore
gon. 1900 in Wisconsin and 325 in
New York.
Substitutes For Anthracite.
Bradstreet's says of the state of
trade
Cooler weather has brought the coal
supply question home to millions OF
people. and discussion of this has
dwarfed all other matters in the public
eye. Annoyance and extra expense
to manufacturers rather than depres-
sion or real suffering to the great body
of the people are as yet the main re-
suits.
Soft coal of foreign and domestic
nricin- oil and gas have taken the place