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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-30
COAL NOW CAMPAIGN ISSUE.

Springfield. Mass, Sept. Es-Flans LOT 'he olsan-
ization of the Peoples Coal League were laurcheo
in this city to-day by Herbert Myrick' VINO or
ganized the League of Domestic Producers three
years ago The platform in brief's as follows:
We demand that the Federal Government own
the coal mines nd administer them IN the inter
estS OF the whole people
Mr.. Myrick says that the adoption OF his plan
will permanently solve the coal question by send
ing to Congress men who have pledged themselves
to favor government ownership of the coal mines
The plan includes soft and hard coal, and, MI
Myrick says, it will be put before a million readers
by Saturday of this week The scheme is declared
lon-partisan and non-political, and is designed to
effect such reform of the coal industry that re-
currence of existing conditions shall be impOs-
sbIe'
The league will have headquarters in the Mar
quette Building Chicago; 80 Lafayette Place. New
York. and in this city. A branch OF the league is
to be organized in every Congress district in the
country. with committees in every township and
precinct Mr. Myrick says he will have more than
100000 affiliated with him in less than fort
night, and that the plan will sweep the country
from end end
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-30
THEY CALLED 1T QUITS.
rhA pn1timnre Herald.

From The Baltimore Herald.
He had lust come back from the seashore, with
the rsuaI coat of tan, the recurrent desire Tor a
real restf1lI rest and the conventional NUMBER or
sea shore love affairs. He met an acquaintance on
the street and over something cool they naturally
fell 10 discussing up-to-date topics
Pad thing this here coal strike SAID ms friend
What coal striker" he innocentiy asked
Won don't mean to you haven't heard OF the
great coal striker gasped his TREND
$500 co., ever ma nodded the vacationist.
And 7 si,ppose you've never heard OF the Mar
tjnioI,e 5isaster?'' said the friend In fine scorn
Mary a word. What IL. anyhow?
..2abi Where have you been MISUNDERSTANDING
tho Hottentots or camping on a desert island?
.s>.itber. i've lust come back from the Seashore.
..VeIl YOU re the limit / suppose you've never
heard of the Panama route oeins choseh' OF uis-
cussed Mary MacLanes pook:,
surely . even at the seashore you can't help
80 81 ionch with the affairs of the world?
..0h of course: but was learning now TO play
ming nons down there and l mad Ethel Tor a
teacher. -. -, ,,t. Ill r,sbt
So smsrty" said the vacatonist, rather net
tied :iet me ask you a few questions
Fire away. -, L..,.l,,s.5 ., -.
Did you ever hear OF the pachhahueu SMASH
Cant say have - -. - 1t
from a doormat or a love game from prize
hghtg'
..WeIl said the vacationist. happily. II guess
we are quits regarding real knowledge
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-30
A COAL TRAIN ATTACKED.
POOR PEOPLE IN MOUNT VERNON TRY
TO GET \ SUPPLY-MR ISELIN
DIDN'T GET ORDER FILLED

Coal is so scarce in Mount Vernon that a crowd
attacked a coal train in the freight yards there
Yesterday. Seven cars loaded with soft coal came
in on the Harlem Railroad and had scarcely been
set off when they were attacked by a mob of the
poorer residents, who carried pals and bags. The
larger number of the invaders were Italians. AS
the mob boarded the cars the train discovered
them and returning with picks and shovels drove
them away.
In w-Rochelle the other day Adrian Iselin
tried to get supply of coal from the local coal
and lumber company. The company is limiting its
orders TO one-half ton for old customers. 1t will
not supply transient buyers It any price. When
the wagon carrying. the half-ton reached Mr.
Iselin's house on Davenport Neck. the driver dis
covered that the banker had several tons OF coal
his cellar and Immediately teIephoned TO his
employers and informed them of the fact. The
ply not to unload the fuel, but bring Ii
back to the yards. despite the plea Mr. Iselin's
gardeners that they needed the coal keep many
plants in the greenhouses from perishiny
The driver was obdurate, and refused to unload
his coal at any price.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-30
THE FAMINE PRICE GROWS


Co. was seen yesterday at ]. Pierpont Morgans
once and asked if he had anything to say III
answer to President Mitchells published state
ment Sunday.
Mr. Mitchell is not voicing the sentiment OF
the majority of the miners in the anthracite
coal fields when he says the sentiment of the
miners is against returning to work. he salo;
Suflc1ent evidence of the true CONDITION Oh
aIalrs IS now before the public to make IL IN
necessary to answer the fabrications contained
IN Mr. Mitchell's letter. All his statements nave
neen refuted by the facts already given out oy
the operators
But what is New York to do for coal?' he
was asked.
- II a condition of anarchy existed now IN
New York, what would you want? You Wouio
want the troops called out and protecton al
Icrded YOU" said Mr.. Markle. That is what
we want. Give us protection and we Will give
you all the coal you want"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-30
FEAR OIL FUMES WILL INJuRE Park
SOFT COAL TO BE USED IN THE BROOKLYN
PUMPING STATIONS. EXCEPT TIE
MOUNT PROSPECT

Finding IT utterly impossible TO obtain hard coal
for the pumping stations Of the Brooklyn Water
Department. Deputy Commissioner Van Ider-
stinA yesterday ordered five thousand tons Of
htumnous coal II will now he necessary to use
soft coal At the Mount Prospect pumping station
opposite Prospect Park. unless the experiments
that being made with Texas oil prove success
ful Several carloads Of - have been purchased
and will he tried. II is feared, however, that
fumes given of by the oil will be not only IN
furious to the plant life In Prospect Park. but will
also prove annoying to tho residents Of the Park
slope The heavy black smoke from tn" btu
nnous coal would Of course prove extremely OBJ
Icctionable both respects. Commissioner Van
fderstine has been trying oil at several Of the
pumping stations out on Long Island for some
days but far they have not proved a great
success
Public Works OF Brooklyn. YESTERDAY tried to get
ten thousand tons OF Welsh coal for his brother
ir-law. an official Of Pittstield. Mass He dis,
covered the output Of the Welsh mines until
January ! entirely sold
buildings Superintendent Helme of Brooklyn.
saws that ne has enough hard coal on hand TO
supply all his buildings for six weeks
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-30
CARS STOPPED IN NEWORLE4Ns.
NO PASSENGERS CARRIED BY LINES IN
MISSISSIPPI METROPOLIS

NevOrleans Sept. 29-The strike OF the dis
satisfied employees of the Nev-Orleans Railway
Cou,nanv which was started Yesterday. continues
1,itbout q break Three maicars were the only
cars moved by the railway company to-day In
The absence of trolley cars, vehicles of all kinds
yr-ara brought into use during the day
TIE Itnemen of the New-Orleans and Carrolltor
Light and Power Company and also the hnernen
ar,DIoved bv the New Orleans Railway Company.
all members of the International Brotherhood OF
Electrical Workers. were ordered out on syrnpa-
+betir strike this afternoon About Seventy-hve or
aigb-v mon are affected by the strike
The Nev-Orleans Railway Company has notified
the Mayor that the strike 81 their hnemen VIII
Interfere seriously with the lighting Of the city
after tonight No breaks that may occur In any
of the overhead electric lighting wires OF IN any
Of the trolley wires be fixed The trtmn1ers OF
the electric light department can still continue at
their work under the strike order. but these men
cannot mend wires according to the laws OF their
respective unions
SIXTEEN sHidavits we're made this afternoon
AGAINST as many persons charging them with in
terforring with the United States mails IN violation
OF the act Of Congress protecting the mails. the
mails being carried streetcars-- These cases
will he heard tomorrow
Several disturbances between the strikers and
officers have been reported. This afternoon Do
Jfcer1an named D'Ayala was knocked in the head
with a brisk and hsdl- hurt while attempting 20
rrotsct a rnsiIrar. This morning mob of strikers
about one Of the cars attacked car as u was
one arrest followed and the police had diriculty N
landing their All efforts TO adjust the trouoIe
between the railway company and tne ,=tbir :
mems union have falied 70 dF'oH'piLSii 7ii|0
for *
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-30
ERIE WILL ARBITRATE.
RAILROAD AND FERRY ENGINEERS
AGREE To ABIDE BY DECISION.
EACH TO SELECT REPRESENTATIVE
THIRD TO BE CALLED IN SHOULD NO
AGREEMENT BE REACHED.

An agreement to arbitrate their differences was
made yesterday between the Erie Railroad officials
and their dissatisfied ferry engineers At a con-
ference between the men and officials arbitrator
were selected and each side bounI itself to abide
by their decision This fact as emphasizing will
ingness of the railroad company TO treat with its
employees. is most striking. in view of the Eries
large interests in the anthracite coal fields
A series of letters which had passed between
President F. D. Underwood and the engineers dis
cussed fully the grievances of the to hours
of service and wages. and agreed to arbitration
In the mean time the men are work and the
public has been Aforementioned
The first letter in the series agreement.
signed by all the engineers. to submit their griev-
ances to an officer of the road and If then unable
to reach an agreement. to submit trouble to
arbitration.
Then came a schedule of grievances and desired
changes: Instead of eighty-four hours week they
wanted ffty-six hours: instead of 500 month
they wanted $40 month and 81 hour for over
time.
President Underwood agreed to make the en-
eineers' salaries S11O month, and recognized
demand for oilers He denied that the men were
required TO work eighty-four hours week. saying
that the present arrangement made at the request
of the men, required more than eight and one
half hours work each day. He would not consider
the overtime clause He agreed to abide by the
verdict if arbitration were needed -, ses q.
To this the engineers replied by offerfns 10
accept $40 month and arbftrate the other ques-
tons . - 80.
and insisted on the agreement signed at first by
the engineers, proposing ar6ltTation- -.....
who will discuss the whole problem 1n1part1dlly.
rendering decision within twenty days. The rates
he efYecfiye from October /. If they agrees
they will select third member to break the tie
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-30
TO GET THE LOUISVILLE.
ATLANTIC COAST LINE WILL HAVE 1T.
MR.. MORGAN THINKS

The most hard NIT stock on the Stock Exchange
list yesterday Louisville and Nashville, which.
opening at il ~ sold down To 177t2 and closed
at 13s a loss for the day of 1O5s points. Cur
rent rumor ascrihed much of the weakness to
selling by minority holders due uncertainty over
their position in the projected sale of the property
to the Atlantic Coast Line Company In view Of
the course of the stock. ]. Pierpont Morgan was
asked yesterday afternoon If he would make a
statement He said,
Under the arrangement in the Louisville and
Nashville deal this firm took over 1920" shares.
which were bought in the market The Gates and
Hawlev syndicate had 204 90 shares. which they
placed in thu hands Of T. ?. Morgan Co in
trust with the understanding that J. ?. Morgan
& Co. should formulate plan for the hnal DIS
position Of the property to the satisfaction OF
Mr. Gates and his friends. That plan has not Yet
been presented Mr.. Gates and his associates
but II will be have the impression that the prop
erty will ually GO n the Atlantic Coast Line
interest. Furthermore. every railroad interest in
the South will be protected. 1t Is proposed that
the Atlantic coast Line interest shall take over
the stock at lyt There has been provision for
taking the minority stock. but every one will
be fairly dealt With
Was not the depression In Louisville and Nash
vile to-day due to the fact Of obiections to the
"Oh. no he answered. 1t was the money market
John r Harris. of Harris. Gates & Co. said: II
think the cause of the decline in louisville and
etTinrenrv and selling bv disappointed minority
holders. | believe. though that the minority share
holders can be perfectly assured by Mr. Morgan
statement, 7 think that the market will open very
much stronger tomorrow. and that to-day saw the
Culmina ton of the decline
Charles O. Gates of the same firm. the son OF
John W Gates. when asked about the Louisville
and Nashville answered that he understood that
the statement published in of the news bureaus.
the effect that plans were well advanced Tor the
Atlantic Coast Line Company to take over ma
torlty Of the Louisville and Nashville stock. on
terms which have already been given in The Trib-
une. was absolutely correct Asked what IN his
opinion caused the decline in Louisville and Nash
VILE Yesterday he said: 1t the outsiders, who
thought they were going TO get 10 and when they
saw they going be left out in the cold they
lust sold for the best prices they could get"
Asked about the published reports that his fatner
had been selling stocks heavily in London and had
thrown over 10000 shares yesterday. young Mr.
Gates said: Why. that is absolutely untrue He
isn't even in London. I got dispatch from him in
Paris at He had Just bought new auto
mobile, and going for Il spin w hen ne left
here ne left all his affairs in hands and if any
stocks had been sold should have known it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-30
co>->rcTICTT IN A BAD WAY.
TOWN AND COUNTRY FACING 4 FAMINE
IN COAL

~ Cam Sept % (SpeciaD-Soft coal
has advanced TO s. ton in this city, anu tile sup
NV &c very short Practically no nara codl Il peis
Il;,,ared nv the local Dealers and orders put III
-, ,.os e. and IS a ton cannot be filled
c,o1 ,e tho dealers say that week or two more
of the present extremity may compei thein u So9e
their offices In West Haven an utter Iaihiie eAls's
i .I baIf dozen large dealers will shut down
this week At Hartford coal has adVallceu ~ go
y TON with lots limited TO quarter ton ORDERS red
coal has iumped s. in three days in Hartford and
soft coal is now IS 80 in that city In blusePoIt
dealers are refusing all orders ana are ohcIhS Sf
to NeV-York houses. Soft coal Is al ~ " toi III
that city The New-London school BOARD Is con-
ilir tho advisab ility of closing the SCHOOLS with
tho advent of cold weather In Iorrlhgton the
schools have their winter supply on manu. "uI 'ie
public cannot buy except IN hall ION lot9 anu "
s12 = ton Waterbury has hit the highest marx IN
the State anthracite selling at so ton a move
nen+ has been started in this city to empower the
Chamber of Commerce TO arrange tor the import OF
Welsh coal. -,
The New Haven road is facing serious Goa
famine No hard coal been USED since carry
summer on the trains though the s'atoi' 81 80
fur SUNNY, last April at low prices. Even the Az"
tons of soft coal needed daily by the idi'iou az
difficult to get the railroad ofnclals St"''s 10 :
is with the greatest difficulty thdt Mha' ~
mas ordered can be brought over the lines 10 opV
.ta this tho Now Haven road Will Immediately
begin bringing In what soft coal 1t can get oy Fal
instead of barges via the SOUND "A ioi IN " -
supply is expected this coming week untes 'iIe
81 ID, oiya II on the way here. The New
Haven road has heretofore used West virginia soIt
coal but is now entirely dependent upon 'lie
supply in Pennsylvania. Some rehef was Iell a. a.
the Providence and Stonngton rece''"e
~ -. g.. ,,..aL from the Pennsylvan nelds'
but this supply is not regarded as steady nosib hi
ciais Of the railroad do not admit the o} ar ali
Of complete ia. fam dnfiioo IH'
sangune as to the ouo Of Connecticut the coal
stnati n is serious in the extreme Inc t Se%
raven copper CoiHP;a n tv at SIG 50 but was
nformed that that was the last lot that e0ub n
shinnaS Hundreds of smaller factories "a
the sat are actuay facing famine In, In fse ana
are preparing 10 sh az his Immediately. The New
which has sns sapp sfinf
centres of the state grave St gs5 bave ped
to The front as fuel though no as5sitr ses
saf as, fet @ baatng plants and is doubtful OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-30
OIL AS FUEL IN CITY HOMES.
INSTALLING COMPANY READY AND IN
CREASE OF STORAGE LIMIT
EXPECTED

oh as substitute for coal has been used extern
SiFeiy Tor years on the Pacific Coast, and In the
St year it is said to have taken the place of coal
III Two thousand homes in San Francisco. 1t Is
proposed to introduce the of oil as substitute
!or coal In the homes of NEWCOMERS. A company
formed for the purpose will begin operations next
week.
Inc oil used in San Francisco for locomotives,
steamboats, and restaurants is the crude oil. as 1t
comes out of the earth The oil used for the houses
III san francisco is the result of dstillation after
''ie HSht gases have been taken off. The OIL is
sdlu 10 have flash of 10 degrees, about equal
to that OF kerosene
FOR an ordinary kitchen range, with storage Of
nIteen gallons of oil the installation can be made
IoI 80 and for the larger ranges, with storage
OF hfty gallons. the installation will cost s45 For
furnaces with storage capacity of three hundred
e"I.oHs OF OIL. equal to two and one-haf tons OF
coal the installation will cost about 800.
1t Is estimated that 1t requires from one hun
ored to one hundred and twenty gallons of oil to
equal ton of anthracite. The saving in the
use OF oil as compared with coal is said TO be
ABOUT thirty per cent. That is guaranteed by the
COMPANY, Tribune reporter was informed yes,
ranges and stoves at the rate Of four cents a gall
ION delivered. and Coarser oil for furnaces at the
rae OF three cents a gallon, delivered ...
l., ne insurance phase of the use of oil In houses
is important. as FIVE gallons is the limit of stor,
age allowed by insurance companies. It was SAID
ers would take up the subject for action to-mor-
row as by that time important data would have
Dealers in oil say that the demand for kerosene
increased greav Witbin nq fbe ssf week or two
That The crude oil which has been discovered in
as fas ard o99 he safely stored is the Spin l.,
under It's boilers. said Yesterday: Fuel oil If stored
under rules prescribed by the fire underwriters is
TO storing II in Quantities in the city will be the
tank OF oil close alongside the furnace"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-30
A MYSTERIOUS CONFERENCES
OFFICIALS OF MINE WORKERS MEET AN
Unknown PERSON IN PHIIA
DELPHIA
by The Associated Press.

philadelphia Sept. GA conference took pIaca
I'm This CITY to-day between President Mitchell ot
the United Mine Workers of America Secretary
Treasurer W B. Wilson, District Presidents
Nichols Duffy and Fahy. and an unknown person
whose identity the other parties to the conference
refused to divuge. At the office of the Philadel-
mia and Reading Railway Company it was said
positively that no official OF that company had been
present at the meeting.
A member of Mr. Mitchelrs party. who declined
Of allow the use of his name. made the following
statement:
ANY, one can readily understand that only a mat
+er ~ tho drst importance in relation to the strike
would bring HcboIs pv and Fa bT
~ Forr, the executive board of the United Mine
Workers to this city toaeIner Intre must nee
essariIy be continued conferences ana negotiations
With the coal operating interests before the strike
be settled
Messrs Mitchell and Wilson arrived here At 100
o,cIo.,, this morning from Pittsburg. where they
had hold a conference last Friday The three dis
trlct presiden and John j. heegan' business
800 Gov ~ inc International Association of Me
chanics met the miners chleI al the ldiiiodo sld-
ton After A hearty breakfast the party proceeded
~ 49,. o4ice - Mr.. Kecgan After remaining
tbr abo,t thirty minutes President Mitchell went
10 rho Hotel WALTON and was shown to private
room later he summoned his associates and the
i've miners officials there Gloseted with the
iE 60 yTo r,fereuco Mr.. Mitchell and the three
district presidents left the city over the fenhSyi-
vania Railroad Tor WilkeSoS,fIe = anu IL
son departed 70. Indianapolis, IT,. ,r5 c,,. 80
Senator OraY was not in the city. ana senator
Penrose denied avlns any sbs Befnre Iesy
ing the city Mr.. Wilson said 1ou can s,Ite I'm
phaticallv that Mr.. Mches Visit mas iGthing 20
DO with politics and is without poiiueH slshlH-
President Mitchell declined positively 70 make
any statement concerning the object OF MS visit
harp
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-30
FIXES IN H. Fl. ROGERS's HOME
TWO SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN CAUsED
BY ELECTRIC wIRES-DAMAGE SLIGHT


There were two fires at the home of Henry H.
Rogers the Standard Oil director. yesterday. In
tho last few DAYS there have been a number OF
painters and decorators in the house az NO %
East Fifty-seventh-st. Two women servants havs
lived in the house throughout the summer with
George Serson. a caretaker, ard yesterday tnere
were half dozen other women in the house VINO
were engaged in cleaning the floors and woodwork
Soon after $50 o'clock SersOn was somewhat
startled by hearing all the electric oeiS IN the
house ring He ran to the library, on the second
floor Smoke was curling out from under the door
and coming UP through the cracks in the floor He
pulled private firm alarm Then ne called tne
two servants and the other women and men. anu
directed them to carry all the portable IuInI.a,e'
rugs and pictures and other valuableS out or the
library This they did The fire did not seem 10
gain much Roadway while they were at WORK
There had been no response to the Alarm 81
Serson Fifty-eiShth-st ana SIaulsoH-ANs-
and turned in an alarm from there The nrernen
Quickly responded to this alarm and carried nose
Ip the front stoOp of the house ana upsla aL,
the library They tore up the door in the hnraGy
and found that the iOists under the floor We're on
fire The flames were put %uI "i'i'''' l''''D
Ser s15T then gave directions to have the room
bin do ne a. o'clock when Serson again discoy-
cred smoke coming through the MOOT IN ~ ' 4t, a
from Where the frst fire had starred He ran TO
the cellar o g0{ tbat the ost Mere blazing
that the flames were creeping along , unoei 'iie
Again the fremen responded. tore up a GOOD part
of the flooring in the hall and smotnered Hhe
flames with water The fire was put oni eastS-
The fremen thought the tres Were cauS i ps oe 81
fectve insulation. None of the many pct.res o.
value hung in the drawing room were h1ureo III
any . 60 -..-+zS Co..
After the second fire was out. Serson started Ior
a nearby telephone inform Mr.: Rogers OF tne
fire and on his way he was met by = IneSSehsSI-
who said that Mr.. Rogers had cailed up on tne
telephone and wanted TO talk to him serson then
informed his employer of the nIss -.
Last night Mr. Csrinnell. who Is in charge OF
Mr. Rogers's offices at No % Broadway caiIec at
the house to investigate the damage done oy tne
fire Mt Grinne said that he thought the dama ss
placed by Serson at $1,000 or $9uto was Haeio
large and that IL would not exceed S.0t1
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-30

as the week previous, but there seventy cars
which were loaded last week and are on the sidings
ready to be taken down the road. 1t is said there
O,o00 tons of loose coal in Good Spring coery
alone that be prepared for market without a
miner driving pick This comes from what are
called runs The veins on an incline and
the coal after quantity is removed below. begins
10 run to the gangway.
Owing to the high price OF coal the culm banks
will probably be more profitable than ever The
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
has surveyors at work designing for the cree
ton of washertes at different points. Among these
are Swatara and Donaldson, where great culn
banks exist that were dumped forty years ago and
are one-half coal