Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-10-27

hroitrators, GeuerRl Wilson was tn
flrst member OF the commission to al
pear. Bishop Spalding closely TO
lowed him.
The arbitrators proceeded In bod
to the presidents room. where the,
received their instructions Afte
the instructions read:
BY any action you may recommcnt
parties In interest in advance hav.
consented to abide. You will endeay
or to establish relations between EN-
ployers and wage workers in the an
thracite field on Just and permanent
basis and as far as possible do away
with any causes for the recurrence ot
such difficulties as these which you
have been called upon to settle"
The president gave each member
statements recently made by the op
orators and President Mitchell. and
designated two assistants to Recorder
Wright. The commissioners then
went to Commissioner wrights Office
and in executive session elevated
Judge Gray to the presidency of the
commission. An invitation to lunch
with the president was accepted
The commission decided to meet
again Monday at 9 p. NJ. kilograms
have been sent to the operators and
to President Mitchell, requesting their
presence at that time to confer rela-
tive to future arrangements. All
meetings will be public.
Many of the strikers found employ
ment today, especially in cleaning up
the mines. Quiet prevails throughout
the anthracite districts. At Jeddo and
Drifton the local unions decided to
continue the strike until the opera
tors withdrew certain obnoxious agree
ments and take back the men in a
body.
The operators at Lattimer and Har-
wood collieries notified the men that
the collieries would resume when It
suited the operators.
Employees of the Lehigh G. Wilkes
barre Coal company decided to remain
on strike until the steam men are re-
instated.
IN'f. 4 VII At--boN-
ernor Stone today issued orders for
the return of troops in the strike field
Most of the Ninth infantry regiment,
three cavalry regiments, detachment
troops and batteries will break camp
tomorrow forenoon.
NEW YORK. Oct 2i.--Fights have
broken out afresh for the control of
; In TplnruIn A. 4,
was the feature Of today's trading in
Wall street. The stock was very
strong all morning and Jumped up
four points. President Osgood de-
clares himself very confident of con
tinuing control after the annual meet
Ing. which is called for December 10
He declares that Gould and Hawley
terprise lately. which are entirely with
him.
OMAHA. Neb., Oct 24.-At the
Christian church convention today,
Dr. Tyler of Denver indulged in some
lively language. He is president of
the International Sunday School as.
sociation and he had been charged
WIN th' 'OnNth~
tion the church federation scheme He
denied this, and. turning to Editor
Lord and Mr.. Fly he said You may
damn me or not | would rather be
damned by some than saved by them"
In defending his position on the ques-
tion of Christian union. he said "To
remain divided is to volun-
tarily remain insane"
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Oct 24-Sen-
ator Hanna left for Anderson this
morning In good spirits. but showed
the effects of physical exhaustion fol-
lowing his stumping tour. A crowd
gave him an ovation on his departure
WASHINGTON. ID. c., Oct. 23-
The annual report of the commission.
er OF education, just submitted to the
secretary of the interior. shows a
grand total OF pupils in schools. ele-
mentary. secondary and higher. both
public and private. in the United
States for the year ended June 30,
1901, was 1929 .230. an increase of
27s.520 pupils over the previous year,
or this number. the enrolment of pu-
pm III IiStItutioHh Suppoiteu ny se'i-
eral and local taxes furnished by
states and municipalities was 1921.
39i against l5,443.462. the number
reported for the previous year. Be
sides these there were certain special
institutions. Adding the enrolment
in these special schools to that for
general education, the aggregate ID
something over l7.750,0O
The value Of property used for pub
lie school purposes has risen TO 1916
963 ,0S9 from $3.50, 1880 .008 In 1870, and
the expenditures for the common
schools 0ncluding elementary and
secondary schools, but excluding all
institutions for higher education)
amounted to s22G, DAB .23s. having risen
to this sum from s63 .296. .6G6 In 1870
In 1870 the expenditure for schools per
capita of the population was S1.6i; the
last year it was s2.93 per capita OF the
population, the highest that 1t has
ever been. The average attendance
of each pupil for the entire number
enrolled was nlnety.nine days for the
year. an increase OF twenty-four days
over the previous year.
FORT DODGE. Ia. Oct. 24.-Tht
Coffin home for released convicts
known by the name OF Hope Hall,
was dedicated today with interesting
rk.. Ia.l a