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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-06-26
MITCHELL CALLS CONVENTION.
Question of General Strike Will Be
Settled at the Meeting.

Question of General Strike Will b,
Settled at the Meeting.
Under direction Of President Johr
Mitchell of the United Mine Workers oi
America the long-expected call for d,
special national convention Of mine work
ers was issued Wednesday by Secretary
Treasurer Wilson. The convention will
be held in Indianapolis July II. aud viii
determine whether the soft-coal miner.
Of the country shall go out on strike Il
assist the striking anthracite miners OF
Pennsylvania.
Much depends on the miners Of Illinois
Indiana and Ohio, who will cut a promi
nent figure in the convention. The basis
Of the apportionment Of delegates to the
convention is one for every 100 members
of the local union or fraction over nifty.
This will make a convention Of 1.O0O
delegates.
The voting strength of all locals is be-
tween 2,30O and 2,4OO. OF this the con-
rertion will have voting strength OF
from LOO to 1880. A bare majority
can order a strike. The anthracite re-
gions cast 747 votes, Virginia and Michi-
gan. which joined in the call for the con-
vention. have fifty-two. making $50 votes
from those FIVE districts which united 10
call the convention.
As stated at the headquarters con1i-
tons are not satisfactory to miners in
Missouri, Kansas. Arkansas and Indian
Territory, and it is believed the delegates
from those sections will vote for strike.
The miners of Ohio are understood 10
be opposed to strike, while those of
Illinois. Indiana and Iowa are in doubt.
The formal call for the convention de-
tails at length what unions are empow-
cred to send delegates. the number of
delegates to be sent, the method TO be
pursued in choosing them. etc.
The anthracite delegates will 90 into
the convention with 1000 striking hard
coal miners at their back for a general
strike. The West Virginia delegates will
have approximately 25.OOO behind them
for strike, and in Michigan. where the
union has been having trouble, the dele
gates will also be instructed for na-
tional suspension.
Central Pennsylvania will contribute a
certain number of delegates. who will
want a general strike, as will also Ken
tucky. 1t remains for western Pennsyl-
vania. Ohio. Illinois and Indiana to Off
set this, as it is unofficially understood
the miners in those sections are not en-
thusiastic for general stoppage of coal
production.
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EASTERN.

Anarchists led mob of 5000 at Pater-
son. n. j.. in an attack upon silk mills
and police. Ten persons were shot, four
Of them fatally.
Robert Quale Meaker. a student at
Syracuse University, Carbondale, Pa,
was ground TO death by freight train
on the Delaware and Hudson Railroad.
The coming mill of the Cambria powder
plant at Seward, Pa, blew up. killing
three men and injuring five others, one
of whom died later. Two others were
fatally hurt.
An elevator with fifteen persons in it
fell from the fifth floor of Macy x Co.'S
store in New York. Every person in the
elevator, of whom thirteen were women,
was injured.
Charles VI. Schwab, who gave $4,000
to Mount Aloysius Academy at Cresson.
Pa. for an assembly hall, said this was
to pay for apples he had stolen from the
grounds when he was boy.
The train dispatchers' convention at
Pittsburg elected A. ID. Caulfeld of Viii
son, La, president, and j. f. Mackie of
Chicago, secretary. treasurer and editor
Of the Dispatchers' Journal.
Grover Cleveland and David B. Hill
spoke at Tilden Club opening in New
York and urged reuniting Of democratic
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Washington Notes.

Last of Spanish war revenue taxes VII
end July L: beer tax will return to s.
barrel: tea tax stands till Jan. l.
Friends OF Frye ship subsidy bin have
mustered enough votes TO favorably re-
port it out of committee ON merchant ma
rine.
Proposition of Gov. Taft for purchase
of friars' lands, says William Z. Curti;
probably will be accepted by the Vatican
The Corliss Pacific cable bill has been
killed by the House. 116 to a.: argument
made that appropriations already exceed
revenues by S51.OOO.OO0.
The Navy Department is taking sd.
vantage Of the miners strike TO enlist
them as seamen. Recruiting officers have
been sent to coal region.
Venezuela is said to have declared
blockade Of Orinoco river; warship ms;
be sent to protect American interests:
status of river is line Mississippi.
Edward j. Norton. former soldier in
Philippines, told Senate committee Fill
pinos required severity; kindness is re-
garded as a weakness.
Charge that missionaries rubbed il in
on Chinese government proved by State
Department letters; big damage bills
paid for travelling expenses.
Spain is forgetting bitterness asainst
the United States and buying Amer lea II
goods in large amounts. Trade hindered
by lack of favorable commercial treaty
Pension bill granting $l2 a month TO
persons who served one year. and SD
for disability. passed by House; is ccr-
tain to become law. Will add SI.3I2,-
G5f to expenses.
Final copy of statistics Of marufac-
lures compiled by the census bureau has
been sent TO the printer and is expected
TO be out before July l, making new rec
ord for rapid work.
Memorial signed by Charles Francis
Adams. Carl Schurz, Andrew Carnegie
and others was presented in House re-
questing appointment OF congressional
committee TO visit Philippines and inves-
tigate conditions.
Chairman Cannon of the appropriations
committee warned the House against ex-
travagant appropriations, declaring that
the deficiencies already aggregate S2l,-
OOO, 900, and incidentally succeeded in
defeating the forestry bill.
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The annual mileage Of mail transpor
tation by railroads in 1915 was -. l54,.
go miles: in 1901 it was 3O2.Gl3.32j
miles.
The request of the Chicago grain men
10 have the transit privileges extended
from six to nine months has been deuied
by the railroads interested.
The Michigan Central announces some
changes in the running time of passenger
trains that will show faster time and i'm
proved service in other ways.
The Big Sandy, East Lynne and Guy
an Railroad Company and the Elk Val
ley and Midland Railroad Company have
| Incorporated at Charleston. W. Va.
Plans are being drawn for new terminal
improvements of the Cincinnati Southern
a. Chattanooga. The new switch yards
will occupy twelve acres of ground
1t is reported that the Burlington and
the St. Paul will put on fast trains TO
meet the cut in time made by the Rock
Island between Chicago and Omaha.
The Canadian Pacific has put into ser
vice fast passenger train. which is
scheduled to run from Montreal TO Van
couver in ninety-six hours. The distance
is 29O6 miles.
The Wisconsin Central announces that
train which will be known as the
"Waukesha Special and will stop ut all
intermediate summer resort stations and
carry a cafe parlor car. will leave Chi
cago daily except Sunday at p. III.
The rates on export grain and riour
from Chicago TO New York over rail
routes which are now in effect are en-
grain, 13i2c, where the rate was formerly
1I1ac. The new rate on export -four is
made 15c. instead of 11isc. The lake
and rail routes make the rate on export
-four l3c. reduction from 15c.
The Chicago and Northwestern an
nounces several important changes in its
trains which materially add to the efrec
tiveness of the passenger service between
Chicago and summer resorts.
1t cost the Chicago. Rock Island and
Pacific Railroad Company fee Of S15.-
600 to file amended articles of incorpora-
ton in the State of Iowa when the in
crease of the capital stock to S15,OO0,-
900 was voted.
Four Kentucky railroads will consol-
idate with n capital of $4.S0O,OO0 The
roads are the Elizabethtown. Lexington
and Big Sandy, Kentucky and South At
lantic, Ohio and Big Sandy and the Ohio
River and Charleston.
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| keY York.

| New YORK ness is apparent from labor
prosperous condition of the agricultural
sections and the bright outlook for this
years crops. Retail distribution of light
weight wearing apparel has felt the s'im-
ulus of higher temperature. Halfway
earnings in May were So per cent larger
than last year and 2l.I pc cent above
those of 1900" X. q. Dun Co. 5
Weekly Review of Trade thus sums Zip
the business situation. Continuing. the
review says:
There continues to be a wids discrep-
| ancy between the amount of business Of
fered and the contracts closed in many
branches of the iron and steel industry
owing to inability of producers to assure
delivery at specified time. Contracts
running well into next year indicate hat
the end of activity is not near. Pressure
is still most conspicuous for railway and
structural supplies. and agricultural i'm
Piement works are crowded with orders.
Sales of Bessemer pig iron at Pittsbury
for delivery next year were recently
made at $1,000 while immediate ship
ments command about So more.
Limited stocks are still the cause OF
steadiness in all branches of textiles.
Holders are not urging sales. and buyers
show n disposition TO wait. Purchasers
of cotton goods are influenced by the
prospect of cheaper raw material after
the new crop begins TO move. Cotton
rose slightly on n few unfavorable wealth
er reports. but the outlook is very bright
in many States. Tardy deliveries of
sample pieces by the woolen mills has
caused complaint among the clothers and
fall orders are not placed freely.
BradStreets says:
The effects of the anthracite coal strike
are no longer localized. Ii affects dis
tributive trade in wider area, and high
er prices for fuel reduced the profits OF
manufacturers generally throughout the
East. Confidence in fall trade seems 10
be growing. Export business. notably
i'll manufactured goods, is certainly i'm
proving. Cotton goods. and copper. min
eral oils and lumber are all moving free
y. Cereals. provisions and raw cotton
shipments in May were. however. smaller
than year ago. Building activity is TN
impaired except where labor troubles IN
terfere. Sugar reflected the active de-
mand of the past two weeks for canning
purposes in a fractional advance. The
peach crop outlook is certainly good
one. Coffee struck what is practically
the lowest price record this year.
Wheat. including flour. exports for the
week aggregate 3.iO0. .314 bushels, against
4,6O0.0o5 last week and 4.I9l .1OI in this
week last year. Wheat exports July ],
1901. TO date fifty weeks aggregate 241,-
425.449 bushels. against 2o4.24S.4I2 last
season. Corn exports aggregate N.9Sl
bushels. against S6.25i last week and >
569.254 last year. July 1. 1901. TO date
corn exports are 26,0S2.096 bushels,
against 16S.9SS, 131 last season.
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"'5ElAEy762S

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime
$4.OO to $50: hogs. shipping grades
SID TO $40; sheep, fair to choice. S4.OC
ID 500; wheat. No. = red. soc TO Sic
corn. No. 2,-G4c TO 65c; oats. No. =. iOC
10 l2c: rye. No. .. :tc to SIC; hay. tim.
othy. $1,000 to $14.50; prairie, $3.50 ID
S11.50; butter. choice creamery, 20c to
DE: eggs, fresh, 13c 10 15c; potatoes,
new, G0c to lie per bushel.
lndianapolis-Ca Cattle. shipping, $500 t.
$40; hogs. choice light, S4.O0 TO $40;
sheep. common to prime. S2.50 to $4.15;
wheat. No. =, I5c 10 T6c: corn. No. =
white. 6ic to 65c; oats. No. white,
Ace To 4Gc
st. Louis-Cat;le. S4.50 to SIS. II: hogs.
$500 TO SI.3U; sheep. $50 10 S4.25;
wheat, No. =. 1Sc 10 19c; corn. No. =.
C0c to ole; oats. No. .. 42c to 43c; rye,
No. >. :5:1c TO 56c.
Cincinnati-Cattle. Si.I4 to $3.50: hogs.
S4.O0 10 $40: sheep. S3.25 to S4.25:
wheat. No. >. Sic to S2c; corn. No.
mixed, 6.ic 10 G4c: oats. No. = mixed.
45c to 46c; rye. No. =, 55c 10 ste.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $500: hogs.
$500 TO SI.05: sheep, 500 To $3.50:
wheat. No. .. 19c to soc: corn. No. )
yellow. 6ic TO 6ic; oats. No. white.
4Sc to I9c: rye. J9c to zoe.
Toledo-Whcat. No. = mixed. 7Sc to
soc; corn. No. mixed, 62c to 6;ic: oats.
No. = mixed, I3c TO 44c; clover seed,
prime. 500.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. . northern.
IIe TO 1Sc; corn, No. 3. zoe to Gle: oats,
No white. 41c to 4Sc: rye, No. /, SIC
to 5Sc: barley, No. ., IOc to 11c; pork,
mess. S1I.I2.
Buffalo-Cattle. choice shipping steers.
S4D 10 $3.50; hogs. fair to prime. $500
to $40; sheep. fair to choice. S3.25 10
So-2o: lambs, common 10 choice S4.00 to
500.
New York-Cattle. S:.I5 to $ISj: hogs.
$500 to SI.25: sheep. SI.O0 to $3.50:
wheat, No. > red. I9c to soc; corn. No. =.
6Sc TO 6?c: oats. No. white. 52c to 53c;
butter. creamery, zoe TO 21c; eggs, west
ern. 16c to 1Sc.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-06-26
CHICAGO.


! many places it is evident
that the spirit of unrest is at work. The
country is unusually prosperous with
many industries taxed beyond capacity.
Money is plentiful and the people have
more of il per capita than ever before.
Any willing man may find employment
and waSeS-on the wholc--are higher
than for years. With these conditions it
would seem that this should be time
for contentment. yet il is not entirely so.
Unreasonable as are some OF the de-
mands of the workingmen. there is soine-
thing to be said for the general cause OF
labor. An important consideration, and
one rarely given sufficient weight by em-
ployers. who look askance at an increas-
ing wage scale. is the increased cost of
living. Dun's index figure, which is 4
pretty reliable guide. shows that while
the cost of living in 1897 was Io.5. t is
to-day 101.5.
The southwestern wheat movement is
getting under way. and while Kansas
will have a yield considerably under the
average, the general outlook TO- grain
tonnage is good The government has
issued the first bulletin of the year bear
ing upon the new spring wheat crop. 1t
is found. as was the general expectation.
that there is much smaller area in
wheat than last year, the government
putting the decrease in Minnesota and
the Dakotas at 2.5l1 900 acres This
does not mean that the northwestern
railroads will necessarily have less grain
TO haul. and indeed with favorable wealth
er the outlook is for a heavier grain ton
mage than ever Practically ali this
abandoned wheat land has gone into 9TH
er grain, and even yet farmers are plant
ing flax and barley in scattered places,
where seeding conditions were the worst
earlier in the season. From this time on
the reports from the growing spring
wheat will take precedence as tne price
influence. The Northwest holds up well
in the general volume of business. In
Minneapolis the bank clearincs ut $i2.-
450. .02321 show a gain of 1913 per cent.
which is especially gratifying in the face
of a decrease of 23 in the total for the
country at large.
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PANAMA ROUTE WINS.
NICARAGUA CANAL BILL BEATEN
IN SENATE.
Spaoncr Amendment Adopted by a
Vote of AZ to 34-House Has Pre-
Niousiy Lcgisiatcd in Favor of Nicar-
aqua, Thus Mixing Matters.

The Slooncr substitute. directing Pres
| ident Roosevelt To secure the Panama
route. was adopted by the Senate Thurs
day afternoon. The vote was II yeas to
| ~ nays.
Debate on the iSthmiIn canal bill closed
at = o'clock and voting WAS begun at
"n'e "h the Nicara=uan measure report
Cd 10y the committee and the Spunncr
Panama substitute. The first roll call
| c:ImU nn Earou's amendment. which was
adopted. >. To ~. All the Panama ad
voca''S voted for the amendment. inii-
Gazing that they are in II majority.
With defeat staring him in the face,
Senator Morgan made another speech
for his pet Nicara.uan bill. He had not
intended 10 speak again. but Senator Al
lis"n. chairman of the Republican caucus,
made speech for Panama which the
venerable Alabaman thought demanded
al answer. Senator Allison supported
the Panama route because he said he did
not presume To ignore the testimony Of
cnincn; engineers who had deliberately
made that choice
he inSinuation that the Spooner sub
St:tuic means no canal is utterly without
foundation. said Senator Allison, reply
in- 10 ;he oft-rcpcated charge that the
Panama advocates are opposed to the in
fcrn2canic waterway. The people of
the rited States demand that this canal
lac built 10y the government, and it will
he. il not hy Panama, then by the Mic
aragIau route
Senator Morgan made stron. final
plea for the Nicaragua route. Regarding
the greater cost of the canal by that
route he said there was an eminent cngi-
neer who would build it for S146.00O. 900
ana another had offered to build the
canal free for the United States if given
lease of il for the first ten years after
lis completion.
Matters Now Mixed.
The bill as passed is known by the
name of Senator Spooner, and it author
izes the President to acquire the Pana-
ma rights and property if it shall be
found that Il good title can be furnished.
IL not the President is authorized to pro-
ceed 10 acquire the Nicaragua route.
The passage by the Senate of the
Spooner bill really leaves the building of
an isthmian canal as far off as ever. ac-
cording TO Washington correspondent.
L he ii"use ol Representatives mas passed
bill for canal at Nicaragua and I'M
til the two branches of Congress har-
nlonize in the matter Of route and all
other details there is no legislation.
4 conference committee will be appoint
ed to attempt to effect an agreement
but it is not anticipated that this conf
mittee will be ready to report before next
session of Congress. and then the fight
over the routes will be renewed in the
House. to which the conference commit
tee must report for approval.
There is another obstacle which must
cause delay. II the Panama route is
chosen treaty must be negotiated with
the Colombian government. and this
treaty must be ratified by two-thirds of
the United States Senate.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-06-26

and is of stone. brick and iron. 1t has
a roof garden where meetings can be held
and where the men may be much more
comfortable during the summer weather
than they could be under cover. Miss
Gould has built the house as memo-
rial to her father.
The furnishing will be undertaken by
the Women's Auxiliary of the Y. NJ. G..
A. There will be more than 200 sleep
ing rooms, furnished at cost of SD
per room. There will be a fine restau-
rant. bowling alley. gymnasium, bar
Der shop, a great auditorium. game
rooms, reading rooms, loungins rooms
and everything that will make the place
bright and cheerful.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-06-26
Machiues Not a Success,

The test of the glass blowing machines
at Alexandria, Ind, indicates they are a
failure, in so far as the production of the
best grade of window glass is concerned.
The glass produced is of uneven temper
and not blown true. In cutting and fiat
tening there Is a waste that shows the ma
chimes will not become a factor in glass
blowing until material improvements are
made
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-06-26
To Preserve Adirondacks.

Albany (N. W special: The Associa-
tion for the Preservation of the Adiron-
dacks has been Incorporated. 1t is COM
posed in membership Of the owners of
large private estates, parks and preserves
in the Adirondack region. Among the
directors are: J. Pierpont Morgan, VIM.
c. Whitney, Alfred G. Vanderbilt. VIM.
q. Rockefeller, Whitelaw Reid of New
York and Henry Phipps Of Pittsburg.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-06-26
Johann Most Sentenced.

Johann Most, who was convicted on a
charge that he printed an incendiary arti-
Gle in his New York newspaper conducted
by him, was sentenced to serve one year
In the penitentiary. The article was
printed at the time Mckinley was shot.
The case was carried to the court Of
appeals, which confirmed the judgment Of
the lower caurf
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-06-26
Child Burned to Death,

Annie Reno, aged 10 years, was fatally
burned at Braddock. Pa, and four others
who went to her assistance were seriously
burned. The little girl was playing near
a rubbish fire in the rear of the Robinson
hotel when her clothing caught fire. Her
screams brought help and the four people
who rushed to her assistance were all SER
fouslY burned
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GIFT BY HELEN GOULD.
Magnificent Building of Brooklyn Y.
NJ. c. A., Naval Branch

The latest of the beneficent deeds OF
Helen Gould TO attract attention is the
gift OF new building to the naval
branch of the Y. NJ. g. A. The struc-
ture is now nearing completion. 1t has
been built at cost of Si6J.O 900 and the
entire expense comes out of Miss
Goulds purse. When completed it will
be the finest building of its kind in the
world. 1t has frontage of 100 feet
and depth of 80. is seven stories high
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-06-26
seIf-Defense in Fighting.

The Supreme Court announces that the
ruling law in Indiana is that when two
men have a fight and one of them is after
ward prosecuted for assault and battery,
il he claims that he did it in seld-defens. :,
he does not have to prove that it was self
defense, but the state has to prove that the
assault was unproyOked.
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Steamer Portland Lost.

The steamer Nome City, has arrived
from Nome. says dispatch from Seattle,
Wash. She reports that the steamer Port
land has been swept into the Arctic ocean.
When last seen the Portland was still in
tact. The revenue cutter Thetis has gone
after her. The Portland sailed from
Seattle for Nome with ITO passengers.
Many Of the most prominent operators in
the Nome district were aboard the vessel.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-06-26
Negro Murderers Hanged

Frank Jones and John johnson, negro
murderers of Israel Radetski, Hebrew
peddler, were hanged in the Jail yard at
Ellic0tt City, near Baltimore, Nd.
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OHIO'S WEEKLY OLI0.
BRIEF COMPILATION OF LATE
STATE NEWS.

An Anteresting Summary of the More
Important Doings of Our Neigh
bors-Weddings and Deaths-Crines,
Casuaities and General Buckeye
News Notes.
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Pope to Choose a Bride for King of
SDaiu.

The correspondent of the London Daily
Express at Rome, in dispatch, says that
the queen do ager of Spain has asked the
pope to suggest an eligible bride for King
AlphOnso. 1t is reported that the pontiff
has recommended either an Austrian or q
Bavarian princess
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-06-26
Fifteen Drowned.

dispatch from Shanghai says that the
Chinese cruiser Kai CHI was wrecked by a
terrific explosion while lying in the Yang
Use river. The kai Chi sank in thirty
seconds, and fifteen officers and men on
board were killed or drowned. Only two
men on board the cruiser escaped death.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-06-26
Aurora Wheel Works Burn,

The Roger Wheel Works at Aurora,
Ind, were partially destroyed by fire.
Loss, $4,000. Over 300 people are tempo
rarily thrown out Of employment.
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Bad Eilipino Captured.

Pedro Feleiz. the leader Of the ladrOnes,
who captured and subsequently cut 10
pieces a sergeant, two corporals and four
privates of the Fifth Cavalry at Binan-
CONAN, Rizai province, May 80, has been
captured. He is still suffering from a
wound inflicted by the soldiers
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Three Men Drow,ea Lab.

Three men were drowned at Milwaukee,
Wis, in Lake Michigan while fishing from
. boat, which capsized. A l2-year-old
boy who was also in the party, was saved
by clinging to the boat.