The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1902-10-15
number of coal handlers at tidewater

Aside from the fuel scarcity 1t may
be truly said that every business pros.
pect pleases. Fall jobbing, though
necessarily not so active as earlier
is really better than anticipated. Re
orders note difficulty of fulflllment, in.
dicating lack Of depressing stocks
Spring trade advices are better than
usual at this date, and predictions as
to the coming holiday business are op
timistic.
Business failures for the week end.
ing Thursday, Oct. Q, number 10, as
against 164 last week, 1873 in this week
last year, 21O in 1900, 164 in 1899 and
233 in 1898.
Will Test Their Claims.
This is the week which 1t is gen,
orally believed will put to test the
claim of the operators that they will
Ue enabled to start up their collieries
| If given protection and the counter
claim of the United Mine Workers or
ganization as expressed in Wednes
days resolutions that the strikers will
not return to work without concessions
even though the entire military force
of the United States should be here
to protect them.
With determination to prove their
claim, the operators have been fol
| the past week making a supreme effort
to secure men. That they have sue.
| ceeded to some extent Is evidenced by
announcements made with some posi-.
tiveness that various collieries will re
sumo operations in the course of few
days.
The United Mine Workers leaders
continue to assert that the military
can do nothing towards inducing men
to return to work and that all men
who could be induced to go back to
work without concessions are already
back.
Strike disorders are now almost
wholly absent During the past two
days the soldiers have had nothing
to do further than their regular patrol
duty, not a single call having come
to any of the three regiments in this
county to deal with either disorder or
threatened disorder.
General Stewart Commander.
The greater part of the afternoon ses-
sion OF the Grand Army encampment
on Thursday, Oct 8, was devoted to
the election of national officers, the
result being as follows: Commander
in-chief, General Thomas J. Stewart
of Pennsylvania; vice commander-in-
chief, W. NJ. 0lin of Massachusetts;
junior vice commander-in-chief, James
NJ. Averill of Georgia.
There was a sharp contest over the
election of commander-in-chief but
Il was concluded by the first ballot.
Four candidates we're placed in nomin-
alton: General Stewart of Pennsyl-
vania, General John c. Black of llli-
nois, Gen. Daniel L. Sickles of New
York and Colonel John McElroy of the
District of Columbia
General Sick!es withdrew before the
vote was taken and himself seconded
the nomination of General Black.
The first ballot resulted in the cleo
ton of General Stewart, the vote be-
ing as follows: Stewart 467, Black 272
and McElroy SO.
The encampment came to a close
Friday and San Francisco was chosen
as the next place of meeting.
Commander-in-Chief Stewart has
announced the personnel of the new
council of administration. 1t is made
of one member from each department.
81. ]. Cummings is named as the men,
Der from New York.
Hill Opened Campaign.
The state Democratic campaign was
opened Saturday night in Brooklyn.
The Academy of Music, in which the
meeting was held, was completely
filed with an enthusiastic audience
that listened to speeches by David B.
Hill, Edward NJ Grout, George Raines
and others. Mr.. Hill in his speech as
serted that the cost of living had in
creased while "the accumuations OF
wealth have accrued to the Golfers of
the few rather than to the pockets of
the many"
The coal question Mr.. Hill declared
to be a national one, saying: ''If it is
not. why did the president himself
recently intervene and summon pri-
vate citizens to the White House for |
conference and exercise his official |
influence in regard to a matter over |
which he had no jurisdiction? He was |
not acting under any statute. He had |
no authority for any legal interference |
on his part. He himself has made it
a national question and he and his
party are now stopped from otherwise
regarding it,"
Senator Hill also discussed the ques-
tion of the election of United States |
senators by the people; arraigned the |
Administration of Governor Odell on |
the score of extravaganza and de-
clared that the Democratic party had
never presented a better ticket for
the suffrages of the people.
Killed In Socialist Riot.
The compulsory closing Of Social |
ist club at Gibraltar within the |
Spanish lines resulted in a riot in
which five of the rioters were killed
and several wounded The mob fired
upon the civil guard who were temper
arily driven back, but who returned
the fire of the rioters and scattered |
their assailants. The MOB afterward
attacked the house Of the mayor and
other dwellings before it was finally |
dispersed.
Agricultural Colleges.
At Atlanta, Ca. the sixteenth an
,ual convention of the Association OF |
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