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Evening journal., 1903-04-22
MITCHELL ORDERS
MEN To MINES
Grievances Of Three Districts
Discussed at Meeting of
Executive Committee

WiiiSesbarre. Pa, April 22.-The min
trs' executive boards held two lengthy
Sessions yesterday. The proceedings
were secret. but it is known that the
grievances in three districts were thor
oughly discussed and the action to be
taken was left to a committee OF the
three district presidents, Nichols, Fa-
hey and Dettrey, and secretaries and
President Mitchell, who met last night
to decide upon recommendations to be
acted upon at the final meeting.
When the meeting adjourned Presi-
dent Mitchell said he had nothing fur
ther to add more than that they ex-
pect the coal companies to appoint
similar conciliation committee, so that
the grievances complained Of can be
adjusted as soon as possible.
President Mitchell appointed Rev. T.
r. Watkins, of Scranton, to act as a
national organizer for the United Mine
Workers of America. He is the only
miner preacher in the anthracite coal
region
The following statement, signed by
presidents, was issued:
ITO all members of the United Mine
Workers OF America in the anthracite
coal fields:
"Gentlemen-The executive boards
Of Districts Nos. /, and 8, having un-
der consideration the situation of the
anthracite region have after careful
consideration concluded:
THAT the best interests of our or
ganization will be conserved by an i'm
mediate resumption of work at all the
mines where strikes or lockouts are
now in force. and the reference of all
matter of dispute to the joint board of
Cancellation provided for in the award
of the anthracite coal strike commits
sion. In order that adjustments may
be facilitated, we have selected the
presidents of Districts Nos. /, and
to act as our representatives on the
board of conciliation, and we have de-
cided to notify the presidents of vari-
GUS coal carrying railroads that we are
prepared to meet the Representatives
of the coal companies at the earlies
possible date for the purpose of con
sidering and adjusting all questions a
issue growing out of the Interpretation
or application of the award. In pur
suance of this action all mine workers
are advised and instructed to resume
work Immediately, and to continue al
work. in order that the differences
may be adjusted in the manner as pre-
scribed by the strike commission"
r Mr. Mitchell expects to. return to hi
headquarters at Indianapolis thi
evening. He may come back to Wilkes
barre if the board of Cancellation is un
( able to smoothe out the present dis
r pute and irritation.
Evening journal., 1903-04-22
1T is SERIOUS
Some Wilmington People
Fail to Realize the
Seriousness.

The constant aching of a had haol,
Inc wearin'sss. the tired feelings.
the pains and aches Of kidney ills
Are serious-if neglected
Dangerous urinary troubles follow
"A Wilmington citizen shows Won how
to avoid thenl -
c. T. Davis, No. 400 West Third
street, says: Il obtained Doan's kidney
Pills in 1897 at Danforth's drug store
on Market street. stated to repre-
sentative. who called upon me inouir-
ing for my experience with that rem-
edy and my cpnion of it THAT they had
helped me greatly. and that | had felt
better sincs taking the treatment, and
the Weakness of my kidneys, which was
plainly manifested before / took the
treatment, had been greatly strengthen
ed. | have no hesitation in recon-
mending Doan's Kidney Pills to anyone
suffering with debilitated or excited
kidneys. l honestly think the prepara-
ton acts Up to its representations.
am well-known in Wilmington, hav-
ing lived h-rs for fifty years, arid was
engaged in business on Market street
when the population of the city was
only one-quarter of what it is now"
For sale by an dealers. Price so
cents. Fostdr-M -Milturn Company. Buff
falo. N. Y, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name. Doan's. and
take no other.
Evening journal., 1903-04-22
SOME wHEREAsEs

The Union Republican First District
Committee has adopted a set Of where
asses, ending with a resolution endors-
ing Governor HUM for refusing to APP
pend his signature to the bin repeating
the ''Bribas Assistant LAW. This is
right and proper for without the sys-
TEN OF which that law is a PART, there
would be no Union Republican First
District Committee. Shall the child
deny its parent? And shall Union Re-
publicans turn their hack on the mother
who has nursed them? No! A thousand
times. no!
The gentlemen signing these relsolu-
tions are representative citizens-they
represent themselves, if nobody else
Here they are: G. w. Roberts, Charles
II. Colburn and William Currinder.
Immortal triumviratel May the world
be parcoled out among them. The reso-
lutions sail jauntily along about as fol-
lows:
The Democrats framed a series OF
Jlection laws aimed at disfranchising
many voters. 1t seems that they went
right along with their damnable prac-
tices, even after the Republicans got in
control of the machinery, which shows
how smart Democrats are The where
asses continue in this way: since the
amendment OF the State Constitution
these complicated ballot laws have I'M
der continued administration of Demo-
cratic election officers, dislranchised
many Republican voters That If read
forward and backward, and both ways
from the middle is pregnant with
meaning. These statesmen seem to
think that the Constitution has been
amended recently hut we are not told
when. We think Gale Layton should
inform the public when he gets ready
to amend the Constitution. THE only
thing that we remember that happened
10 that instrument was when several
years ago we ripped up the old and
substituted a new one.
But we must hasten on and consider
another point in The whereases. 1t is
TO tho effect that the Regular RspuIb-
licans and Democrats have never
shown a disposition to amend the bal
lot laws. and, therefore. the Governor
has done we'll in refusing to wipe out
uhe Bribels' Assistant act. The logic
Of that may be seen at a glance. II
MAY be asked why the Union Repu.bi-
cans did not try to amend the election
laws. but that would show dense ig.
norance Of the very mature Of the Unior
Republicans. To add to the gaiety d
nations we hope that the Hon. Georg'
w. Roberts, the Hon. Charles II. Col
burn and the Hon. William Cumindei
will meet and resolve some more. TIT
Fopocratic Ieagua isn't "a circumstances
Evening journal., 1903-04-22
pENNsvLvANIA's GOVERNOR

The Pennsylvania machine, after
yoars Of open defiance OF the laws OF
the commonwealth, as we'll as the laws
Of decency, has won the opposition OF
nearly all the responsible newspapers
Of the State Now among these publica-
tions are many journals which have
hssitated long TO oensure the represen-
tatives Of the party to which they ad-
here. II would have been far more sat
isfactory for them to support the party
and its local leaders and policy than
10 have entered into campaign of
criticism. But they have been compell-
cd TO take the course they have because
Of a sense OF responsibility to the pub
lie, regarding themselves as pub
Evening journal., 1903-04-22

We arc informed that several Of the
master plumbers Of this city, who have
had large contracts out of town, have
decided to refuse any work but that of
their regular customers. They declare
that the demands Of the unions are
such that they cannot figure out a
profit We do not know whether this
is true. OF an exaggeration. but it seems
to be worthy Of the attention Of the
union plumbers.
Evening journal., 1903-04-22
EDITORIAL OPINION
Convict Labor.

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
The unanimous vote OF the house an Ia
,.or ~ tho chiperneld Bin ITO abolish con-
tract convict labor in the State peniieh-
tiaries shows a commendable recognition
NJ the importance OF this question ana
gratifying disposition to respond 10 uhe
demands of public sentiment respecting
the employment of prisoners.
The bill received 800 votes without de-
bate. no vote being recorded against II. II
Al becomes a law it Will work a radical and
sweeping transformation In the penal sys-
tem of Illinois. 1t prohibits tho COM
missioners of the penitentlaues or tho
managers OF any reformatory from con-
tracting or farming out the labor Of any
prisoner or convict, all existing contracts
for prison labor to be declared void after
May /, 1904. Under this bill the convicts
are 10 be employed in making useful prod
uoe. articles and supplies needed and
used In the State institutions and in the
buildings and Offices OF the State. Among
the materials TO be manufactured by the
convicts Is crushed rock. which is 10 bs
supplied free at the penitentiaries for us'
in the construction OF roads and drive.
ways in the various political divisions Of
the Slate.
Evening journal., 1903-04-22
Driven Back. BY Arm. d Strikers.

Somerville, ~ j., April 22.-Two
hundred Hungarians and Poles. who
are on a strike from work on the es-
tate of James B. Duke, president OF
the American Tobacco Company, held
the bridge from Raritan to the Duke
estate, and with drawn revolvers pre-
vented teamsters from going to the
Duke estate. The strikers demand an
increase Of wages from $1.25 to $15O
day. Mr.. Duke says he will not
grant it. The strikers are alleged to
have destroyed many trees and shrub
berry on the estate.
Evening journal., 1903-04-22
.AER0NAUT'S FEARFUL FALL
Plunged From Parachute In View Of
Thousands Of spectators.

FlunUcu FROM FGldCNutC III view VI
Thousands Of spectators.
Houston, Tex, April 22.-Professor
Leroy Fewer, an aeronaut, met with
serious accident before thousands of
spectators here. Professor Fewer
made a successful ascension of 5000
feet and cut loose with his parachute
in good trim. While attempting to
shift the course of the parachute on
its downward flight one Of the ropes
snapped, almost reversing it and caus-
ing the balloonist to lose his hold
when within $50 feet of the ground,
and the man fell, turning over and over
in the descent. He struck in a soft
slough which he had been trying to
steer clear of, and this alone prevented
instant death. One arm was broken in
two places, two ribs and his nose were
broken, and there are believed to be
internal injuries The man still is
alive, and physicians believe he has a
chance for recovery.
Evening journal., 1903-04-22
HUM
IS DENOUNCED
BY Voters of Sussex and
Lower Kent in Attitude
on the Repeater
Special to me nvenlng journal.

Milford, April 22.-The action. or
rather the inactiOn, of Governor HUM
concerning the Voters Assistant re-
.pealer measure. has called down upon
his head the unqualified denunciation
of the voters here, irrespective of party
or creed. OF course, There are a num-
Der of the Addicksites who are fram-
ing all kinds of excuses and reasons fer
Governor Hunn, but, aside from these,
there is no mistaking the sentiments
of the citizens in the matter. One thing
that has called cut UNQUALIFIED disgust
is the story which the Chief State Ex-
ecutive has told about sending detec-
tives down into Kent and Sussex to
look into the ability of the people here
to vote intelligently, and this thing is
pooh4poohed everywhere in this sec
ton. It is believed to be "a "fish story"
invented in the last moments of the
Governors agony. That there is
very large percentage of voters who
ara not able TO mark their ballots prop
erly in these counties. is vigorously de-
MED by those who are acquainted with
THE Australian ballot, and that the
plea is only entered at this time to ex-
cuse the presence Of the law is appar-
ent.
1t is believed by well-thinking peo-
pie that there will be a mDnstrous up
rising of the honest voters in these two
counties at the next general election
which may overthrow the iniquitious
party and its plans, and I'M this way set
tie the matter that is now causing such
a ferment.
1t is believed that all the Regular
Republicans of this part of Delaware,
and a large number of voters hereto
fore in the Union Republican party
| (whose manhood has been assailed by
the theory of Governor Hunn's), will
adopt stringent methods to show their
feelings of disgust for the men who
would foster such schemes as these to
corrupt the voting classes. Addicks
and his followers will find that they
lhave stirred up a hornets nest, indeed
lthey may discover even moro that the
Governors detectives ever thought OF
looking for. Your correspondent has
talked with many people here during
the past few days concerning the mat
ter. and there is no division of senti-
ment upon the question of the Cover
nor's duty in the premises What h'
left undOne will rise up to harass hin
in the near future, and he may ever
discover that he has sailed far iron
home with the gang of political free
hooters.
Evening journal., 1903-04-22
raE InnrrERArE VOTER

Governor HUM excuses his refusal TO
sign the repeater on the ground that
the iliterate voter needs help TO mark
his ticket. But the illiterate man needs
no assistance unless he wishes to cut
mis- ticket. since TO vote straight. all that
he has to do is to make a cross in the
square containing the emblem. We
doubt that there are one hundred IL
1iterates in the whole State who wish
TO cut their tickets, but have they any
assurance that they are voting such
ticket when they appeal TO the voters
assistant? Absolutely none. The Gus
tom has been for one assistant to sc
into the booth (not both togeher). The
assistant simply marks suaigh
ticket for his party, and the illiterat'
man votes it.
It has been shown again and again
that when a considerable number o
voters in a district have been induced
to support a single candidate of anothe
party or faction when the votes ar
counted, all the candidates stand hbou
the same The reason is that th
voters assistant marks a straight ticke
in every instance. Consequently, tn
Governors argument hasn't a leg 4
stand on: it is not even plausible. II
hasn't even the virtue Of Senator Con
ner, who openly avowed the villain
which was behind the measure.
Evening journal., 1903-04-22

From this tims forward the Union
Republican party must bear the bur
den and the odium of a party which
bases its strength on debauchery Of tha
people. To continue. that party must
buy two-thirds of all the votes it polls.
The Voters Assistant LAW is the ma
chinery under which il is done. j.
Edward Addicks furnishes the money
and John HUM uses his office to re-
tain the law.
Evening journal., 1903-04-22
WRIGHT SPEAKS OF LOCK OUT
Refuses to State Whether It is Vio-
lation Of Commissions Award.


Washington, April 22.-Carroll d.
Wright, commissioner of labor, who
was a member CT the recent anthracite
coal strike commission and its record
or, when asked whether the lockout
instituted by the mine operators in
Pennsylvania was a contravention OF
the terms OF the commissions award,
said
Il have not as yet thoroughly stud
led the si,uation and do not care to ex-
press my opinion on the matter at this
time without accurate knowledge of
the situation 1t is a matter, think,
that should require careful delibera-
ton before an opinion should be ex-
pressed 1t is not wise to jump at
hasty conclusions. There seems to be
considerable difference Of opinion on
the matter at the mines, and there
perhaps might be different opinions
among people here"
Evening journal., 1903-04-22
CAUGHT AT RANDOM

Frederick J. Congdon. crown prose-
cutor in Dawson. has been appointed
OF the Yukon to succeed
j. II. Ross, who was elected to repre-
sent the Yukon on the Dominion Par
lament.
A North American rattlesnake taken
to the Museum of Paris refused all food
for twenty-six months.
Moses lived exactly midway between
the building of the pyramids, 5000 B.
c., and our own day.
The error OF an astronomical chro-
nometer is rarely. greater than two one
hundredths of a second.
In the last decade the increase in
wealth was one-seventh greater than
the increase of population.
A storage elevator just completed in
Montreal is the largest and best-equipped
one in the world.
one of the natives of Topeka, Kan,
succeeded in making a fiddle the other
day, and Immediately the Topeka
papers began to write long editorials
on Topeka as a Future Cremona."
President Schwab's liver may be
whipped into order. but the swelled
head is a serious complaint.
John T. Trowbridge, the author. a.
the age Of 70, in the delightful quiet
ude of his home in Arlington. is en-
crossed in the preparation Of his auto
biography, or, as he felicitously put
lit, MY Own Story"
Rush c. Hawkins. Of New York. WI
erect an art museum in Providence, r. l.
near Brown University, as memorial
his wife.
The Treasury official who went Graz
undef the strain caused by the temptatio
Of handling so much money was, perhap
a money mandac.
After a long period OF experimental
ton and much grave learning on IN
subject the scientist comes back TO tn
vulgar opinion that you can't extermi
Inate the mosquitoes.
Evening journal., 1903-04-22
chsrood With Robbinu the Mails.

New York, April 22.-After more
than LOCO complaints from publishing
houses that envelopes containing small
coins have been opened and the money
extracted in transit through the mails.
postofice inspectors arrested Israel
Goldberg. a mail sorter in the general
postofIice. 1t is alleged that they
found in his possession the contents
of three test letters. including marked
coins taken from them, and a large
quantity of postage stamps. Goldberg
was arraigned before =. commissioner
and held for examinatl- I.
Evening journal., 1903-04-22
DIED..

sNITH-At Newport, Delaware on April
20. 1903, George II. Smith, IN MS i4th
Relatives and friends also shawnah
Tribe. No. lO5 of North East, Nd, and
Andastaka Tribe, No. II, Of Newport,
Del, Improved order OF hed Men are re,
snectflllv Invited TO attend the funeral
from his late residence, Newport, Del, on
Thursday afternoon. April 23rd. Services
In st. James Episcopal Church at $50
clock. Interment al St. James Cemetery,
Newport. Del.
RRETT-At Hockessin, Delaware, on
attn month. 20th 1903 Mary l., relict of
the late Phillip Garrett, aged Sc years.
Relatives and friends are invited to at
tend the funeral from the residence of her
son, Samuel II. Garrett, at Hockessin. on
5th day. 23rd. at 10 o clock a. m.
SALMON-At Bishopstead, on the 2lst in
stant, Emma Douglass Salmon.
Due notice Of the funeral will be given.
Evening journal., 1903-04-22
Mine Work .Pronr.ss.s..s.ii-nLno- y. ...i-Lo

Wdlmingtonians who are interested in
the Tonapali Mining Company of Nevada.
are much encouraged over the present
prospects Of the mine. Charles r. Miller.
VINO IS among those interested and who
mas recently returned from a trip to the
mines which he inspected, reports that the
work as progressing rapidly.
Evening journal., 1903-04-22

"Rosebuds Grandpa" by the Baroness
Won Hutten, the novelette, with which the
May Smart Set opens, is a masterpiece of
smart fiction. Those who know society at
our most aristocratic summer resorts will
here find it faithfully portrayed, and those
who know 1t not will now find 1T pictured
with absolute fidelity. And, too, the love-
story Of itself is admirable, while the
characters are most cleverly and interest
sngly drawn, and there is a pervasive hu-
NOR as rare as it is admirable.
In the short stories of the number there
% found even more than usual of that
variety and excellence which have made
The Smart Set famous. "A Cure Of Souls"
by owen Oliver, Is a wonderfully distinc-
dive bit of fiction. full Of tenderness. Let
Furnished" by John Oxenham. is, on the
other hand. a strilJngly droll narrative OF
American enterprise IN England. THE
World Well Lost" by Alfred Sutro, IS a
strong analysis of life In an unusual situ-
alton Besides these. there are "rhe Gal
lantry of Mr.. Jimmy Rogers" by Justua
Miles, Forman which tells OF a tragic jest;
Dumb Lips" by Edna Kenton, a search
ing psychological study; THE Judgment
Of All-Hallows," by Beatrix Buchanan, a
delicious comedy, and AN Enigmaticai
Bequest.' by Henry Adelbert Thompson
a sensational story Of absorbing interest
while Ruth Parsons Milne and Morgan
Robertson also write admirable fiction FOL
this number.
Evening journal., 1903-04-22

Whatever may have been the merits
Of the case which resulted eight years
ago in the grant Of a divorce to the
wife OF william X. Vanderbilt his sub
sequent conduct has been modest and
dignifed. He accepted the decree for
bidding him to marry again. and for
eight years seems to have conducted
himself as a gentleman. When he wish
ed to marry he did not set aside the
decree OF the court by going to another
State to have the ceremony performed
He respectfully petitioned the court &c
modify its decree, and as long as divorc'
and remarriage are permitted. the couri
yery property granted his prayer.
Evening journal., 1903-04-22
SAID He MURDERED
Rumor That a Man Made Death Bed
Confession.
Special to the Evening journal

Special to the Evening Journal.
Georgetown, April 22.-There is
rumor current here to the effect that
man, whose name cannot be Ieanned,
recently deceased, before dying confess
ca 10 the murderer Of the wife Of james
M. Gordy, who was hanged on June II,
1897, for The crime.
lhe story further says that the man
SAID he had been paid $50 for commit
ting the deed. The report could not be
verified
Evening journal., 1903-04-22
Irish Land eIII Most Liberal.

London, April 22.-The annual re-
port of the Irish land owners conven-
tion declares the new Irish land bill
TO be the largest and most liberal
measure ever offered Ireland by any
government. and urges parliament to
pass it with reasonable amendments.
The report adds that the success of
the measure, however. will depend to
a great extent upon the spirit in which
Il is received By the tenants.
Evening journal., 1903-04-22

Says the Philadelphia Record "In
Governor Hunn the people of the State
Of Delaware have a specimen OF the
kind Of weeds that grow in the garden
Of Addiclsism" Yes; isn't he a daisy?
Evening journal., 1903-04-22

The April Review Of Reviews is wen
stocked with good articles on live topics.
The editor, in "The Progress Of the
World" discusses the financial side Of the
Panama Canal proposition, which was
taken quite out of the category Of aca-
demic questions by the Senate's action in
ratifying the treaty with Colombia. The
Delaware situation and many other mat
tiers OF political and social interest are also
editorially treated. The award Of the An
thracite Strike Commission is reviewed
and analyzed by DR.. Walter f. Weyl. Pro
fessor Harry Pratt Judson sets forth the
municipal situation I'm Chicago on THE eve
Of the city elections. Political Conditions
in Russia, apropos Of the Cars recent
manifesto, is the subject OF a well-in-
formed article by n. !. Stone. Mr.. Law
renee Peamer writes Of "A New Regime
for American Opera" referring to the re-
tirement of Mr. Grau and the induction Of
Mr.. Conred as manager Of the Metro
politan Opera House in New York City.
The Hon. Horace Plunkett outlines the
remarkable progress recently made by the
Irish farmers along the lines Of associated
effort.
Evening journal., 1903-04-22
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

WANTED-A colored girl for general
housework and cooking. Apply, No. 245
Tatnall ST. aprzz-lt
Evening journal., 1903-04-22

The Delineator announces that in
the forthcoming May number will be-
gin the serial publication Of the late
Mary Hartwell Catherwood's last
completed work. The Bois- -Brules. -
which we'll deserves a place beside the
popular "Lazarre." The impression
created by the latter book is still fresh
in the minds Of the reading public, and
Il has been intensified by Otis Skin
ners dramatization Of the work. Mrs.
Catherwood first outlined The Bois-
-Brules" about four years ago. and then
put Il aside for later development and
revision. as was her wontffinishing it
only a few weeks before her death.
Evening journal., 1903-04-22

The May Century will have four
full-page reproductions in color of
water color drawings by Arthur
Schneider the American artist who
was instructor and intimate companion
of the Sultan OF Morocco from Novem-
ber, 1900, to March, 1902. The draw
ings show the sultan's first view of the
ocean since childhood, the sultan and
his minister of war watching the royal
fireworks i'm the palace grounds, the
sultan leaving Morocco in state for
camp and a portrait from life of Mo-
rocco's leader. Mr.. Schneider's story
OF his unique experience i'm Morocco
win be illustrated further from nu-
merous sketches in black and white.