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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-26
COAL TRUST THREAT
TO AMERICAN PEOPLE
|ONLY SIX DAYS,
THEN BIG STRIKE
Miners and Operators in Deadlock
and Shutdown Seem
ingly Certain.
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service.
indianapolis, March 26.-Prepara-
tions for the big impending strike in
the bituminous coal fields today took
on activity. which demonstrates that
both mine operators and miners are
convinced the conflict is inevitable.
With negotiations practically at an
end and peace hopes all but abandoned
the operators suddenly realize that only
six more days remain in which to get
ready for the enforced shutdown of
the mines. "a y. -
The miners, under the old agreement
are bound to work no longer than next
Saturday. On that day, unless outside
intervention steps in to stay the limit
the strike threatens to become effect
i've in the soft coal collieries of al
least eleven states.
The representatives of the bitumi
nous coal operators and miners of the
central competitive and southwest dis
tricts resumed their executive sessions
in joint committees today. The dead
lock apparently was as firm as ever. =
Before the meeting of the joint scale
committee of the central competitive
district closed it's doors, President
Mitchell of the mine, workers said:
"It looks to me like an endurance
test.'' -
/ F. L. Robbins of the operators said
ri can see no prospect Of the joint
scale committee reporting to john
conference today - - II.
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-26
RAILROADS. OPEN
In RATE HEARING
Severance Says They Will Prove
Proposed Reduction Is
Unreasonable.
Country Merchants Would Get
the Only Benefit stickney
First Witness.
The railroads have calculated
that the proposed reduction in state
merchandise rates would cut their
revenues $4,000 a year.

G. A. Severance, attorney for the
Minnesota railroads sin, the hearing on
merchandise rates. opened the case to-.
day with a memorandum stating the
railroad position and the line Of proof
they will use to show the proposed
schedule unreasonably low. He an
nounced that it would take about all
the week to present their testimony.
The first witness presented was A. B..
Stickney, president of the Great West
ern, who took the stand at 2 o CLOCK,
and the long delayed hearing was finally
under way. D. -,
/. According to the statement Mr.. Sew
erance made to the commission, the rail
roads will offer a vast amount Of evil
dence, much of it in statistical form,
to show the following things:
What Railroads Will Show.
That the schedule Of rates proposed
by the commission is "inadequate and
unreasonably low" ". s%
That it is an innovation and would
disturb the existing equilibrium be-
tween centers.s si, an. g..
F That it would make it, impossible for
the long inesto compete with the short
line to common points and thus remove
competition in service for the business
at such PLACES. =
That the consumer would get no bene-
fit from reddced merchandise rates, as
the country merchant and saloonkeeper
would absorb the difference, and would
not reduce the price Of his wares at all.
That the comparison of Minnesota
rates with those Of Iowa and Illinois
is not fair one. - +
That on business actually handled
within the state rates in Iowa are
actually higher than they are in Min
nesota, as Minnesota rates are lower
than Iowa on the short distances
That local rates in Minnesota are
lower than the Minnesota proportion of
Interstate rates. ~ .. 4. So.
That the extra cDst OF handling loca
business is much higher than generally
supposed, according to tests recently
madesfor ,thfannrpose of the hearing.
That the. present, earningssof the Min
nesota roads. arernot excessive.
+ ~ Puts Burden Oh the State.
Mr.. Severance opened with. the prop
osition that the burden is on the stat,
! to prove that existing rates are to,
high He supported the statement thus
In a statute enacted April IA, 1905
| the legislature declared existing rate
to be Just and reasonable. The resolu
ton ordering the railroad commission
to revise and reduce rates was. intro
! duced prior to that time, on April 6
The latest declaration of the legislature
therefore, upheld the present rates. II
its resolution the legislature ignored tn,
fact that before a reduction is made
the commission must first find the OK
listing rate unreasonable. So the com
mission is not. obliged to reduce rates
The resolution Of the legislator
amounts to complaints only. Mr.. Sew
erance intimated that the railroad
would have made no appearance unles
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-26
TEXAS TAKES NOTICE
Standard Oils Admission to Missouri
ans Starts Thoughts.

Austin, Texas, March 26.-Press dis
patches stating that counsel for the
Standard Oil company had consented
that an admission might be entered in
the record Of the Missouri proceedings
that the Standard Oil company of New
Jersey held in trust the stocks of the
Standard Oil company of Indiana, the
Waters-P Pierce Oil company and the Re-
public Oil company, has aroused consid-
cradle interest here in view of the fact
that the Waters-Pierce Oil company is
doing business in Texas, and in view of
the afidavits which were made when
its permit to do business in Texas was
issued. .. -r,.z@ r. Z. .
The attorney general 8 department
forcing the antitrust law of Texas as
soon as pressing business now in hand
con be disposed Of, and the law will be
enforced.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-26
RICH SOCIALIST ! :.
HITS At ARMOUR
Joseph Medill Patterson Sees
! Wrong in Big Packers
Big Income. =. j.. =. !.
journal Special Services.

Journal Special Service. Z. -
Chicago, March 90" Back.skinners
stickers, $13; laborers, ST., and j. og
den Armour 100000 week. Now you
see something is wrong with the pres
ent system .> IL . e.
Joseph Medill Patterson, the new
convert to socialism, in talking to- 40C
stockyards worknen. at Schumacher 4
hall last night, summed up the frs
part of his speech as quoted. He said
he did not want to appeal to class envy
and then used the contrast between Mr.
Armour's affuence and his employees
dependence for illustration thruout thu
talk. Toward the end he said: $500,
Every one who works for Armour
helps to contribute to a purse Of So,
100000 year for him. He has his $500,
5000 and you have to- give him {
$5,OOO,OO0 purse every year. On the
average every one of his $4,000 EN-
ployees gives him 800 a year. I IN talk
ing calmly to make you Know .,..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-26
KIDNAPPED ONCE; /.
AGAIN IN DANGER
Son of italian Banker in New
York Escapes Would-Be r.
-, Captor. H..
journal Specia. Services

Journak sreciai serVice'%5sses, -sssf
New York, March 2e.-For the sec
ond time within; three, weeks an at
tempt was, made: to kidnap Antonio
Bozzufi, the 14-year-old son Of John
Bozzuff, a prosperous Italian banker.
The first time ,the..boy was held cap
tive for several days. before he got a
chance to make his escape from his alb
ductors. Ever since that time a sharp
lookout has been kept over the boy.
/, Antonio was permitted to leave the
house last night for the first time. With
another boy he was talking to two CIR!
acquaintance in front Of billiard
room. A, young man ran up to him.
taking him by the arm, and ordered
him to come around the corner with
him. He was told that his.father had
sent for him. =. - a.,
F. Only a. few minutes earlier young
'Bozzufi had noticed the man on the op'
posite side, Of the street talking to
two other men. In great alarm he
pulled his, arm loose and ran home as
fast as he could. vi. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-26
LIGHTNING KILLS AN
IOWA PASTOR IN PULPIT

Special to The journal.
Carson, Iowa, March 26.-While
preaching to his congregation yester-
day, Rev. j. B. Lantz, pastor of. Lat.
ter Day Saints church at this place
was struck by lightning He dc
within an hour.
The bolt was communicated to the
preacher by. a chandelier hanging di-
rectly over his head
The church took fire but was saved
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-26
FACES GREATEST PERIL
Oil Trust May Suffer Confiscation of
It's Property.

New York, March 26.-The Standard
Oil company faces greater peril today
in one state than ever before in all the
years of it's existence If the suits
brought against the Rockefeller trust
by the state Of Missouri succeed on the
lines laid down by Herbert S. Had
ley, attorney general of that state, the
penalty will be a heavy one. Accord
ing to admissions already wrung from
the company, it is operating without re-
gard to the laws governing trusts and
Mr.. Hadley says he means that the pun
ishment shall fit the crime.
Assuming that the state will win
the verdict in this litigation says Mr..
ca y Z, -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-26
EXPLORES ALASKAN COAL !

Chicago, March 26.-Wallace w At
wood. professor Of geology. University of
Chicago, has been placed at the head Of
the United States geological survey of
Alaska. He will leave the university
July Is, and will spend six months out of
each OF the next three years In Alaska.
The purpose of the expedition is to ex-
plore the coal fields Of that region.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-26
JAP sHoNoR JACOB scHIFF.

Toxic. March 26.-Jacob Schiff, the
New York banker, has arrived here and
the papers are full Of eulogistic comment
OF his services rendered in raising Jap
anese. loans in America. Bankers of this
city are preparing to give him a mag
nifcent reception.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-26
SILK cALLUsEs FoR uNcIE Ior.

Washington. March 26.-Massachusetts has
entered into competition with South Carolina i'm
bestowing presents upon Speaker Cannon. Yester-
day the speaker was presented with four hand
some pairs Of silk suspenders the gift of G. A.
Edgerton Of Shirley. Mass.
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HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING BURNS.
Marion. Ind, March 26.-The high
school building burned early today. The
loss is $4,000.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-12

ready to make a shipment as soon as
the warm weather puts the wagon road
N good condition.
AT the Orient. adjoining the Prairie
Bell. the workings are down to depth
Of 300 feet, with a nice showing Of ore
in shaft and upon the various levels.
On the 140-foot level a Wine has been
sunk in ore, and the showing is SO en-
couraging that the company will prob
ably commence the development of the
mine early in the coming summer.
THE assessment work upon the Bo-
nanza property, owned by c. w. Jones
and associates, was finished last week.
This property VIII also come in for con-
siderable work during the summer, and
the proposition of erecting mill is now
under consideration. A number Of other
properties in the same locality are
being worked on a small scale at pres
ent, and West Tintic is sure to come
to the front before many months have
passed"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-12
MILL FOR MASONIC.
New Camp Near Carson Is Beginning
to Assert Its Importance.

'"The owners of the Pittsburg group of
claims in Masonic are preparing TO erect
a stamp mill and the leasers expect to
combine and do likewise.
Thus spoke J. NJ. Bryan of Lorena in
the Briggs House, Carson, to a repre-
sentative of the News.
Mr.. Bryan, in company with J. 5. Phil
lips and Caleb Dorsey, recently sold the
celebrated Jump-up-Joe mine in Masonic
to Loose brothers of BOd1e and Utah, re-
ceiving a portion of the $4,000 shares Of
stock in the company, besides a cash
consideration.
The three men are owners of the Pitts
burg, which followed the Jump-up-Joe
as shipping producer. Two of the
leases are now shipping and the returns
average in the neighborhoOd of $500. All
the ore goes through Carson to the West
ern Ore Purchasing company at Reno.
smelling charges amount to nearly $50
a ton, and 1t is the intention of the
claim owners and leasers to keep the
ore on the dumps until the two con-
templated mills are erected.
LOrena, the town of Masonic district
has already a population of 100, and
boasts of two weekly papers. the Ledge
and Pioneer. When spring opens a big
rush is anticipated, as the showing is
a splendid one and the indications are
all for permanency and increase IN values
as depth is attained.
The winter is not so severe on Ma
sonic mountain as is generally believed
although at present the snow is in places
forty feet deep, while in other places
the ground is bare
Masonic mountain is well timbered with
pinon wood, while water is very plen-
fiful With better roads, or, better STILL
a railroad, Masonic viii become a great
assistant to Carson City, which is its
are being made to divert the trade to
WabuSEa-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-12
Tintic Mining Notes.
Rureka Reporter.)


H F. Fullride now has a couple of
men at work on his East Tintic mining
property.
Superintendent Levin of the Mckinley
has received the following assay return
from samples taken from the face of the
drift during the week: Three ounces sill
yer, $3.50 gold and 4 per cent lead
August and Fred Schmidt this week
started work upon the American claim
adjoining the Bullion-Beck tunnel. The
gentlemen will sink a shaft upon the
ground and may decide to incorporate in
order to raise money to carry on the
DEVELOPMENT work.
The Raymond-Illinois Mining company
has levied an assessment of ~ cents per
share payable in three installments, as
follows: One-half cent per share payable
Immediately; y cent per share payable
on the 9th day of March, and y cent
per share payable on the 10th day Of
April
Manager Newton Dunyon was in Eu-
reka yesterday after having visited the
Scranton mine in North Tintic. Mr..
Dunvon states that the carpenters have
nearly completed the new buildings at
the mine and loading point on the San
Pedro railway. and that the new ma
chinery is being installed. Within two
or three weeks Mr.. Dunyon expects to
have everything in shape for the proper
handling of the mines output. which will
he increased to about one carload per
day.
The cave which was opened up in the
North Mammoth property a short time
ago is one, Of the largest that has been
discovered in Tintic in recent years.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-12
SACRAMENTO QUICKSILVER.
An Unusually Heavy Shipment Will
Be Made This Week.

Mercur Feb. 1.-THE Sacramento
company will make an unusually large
shipment of quicksilver some time this
week. This company is the only pro-
Queer of quicksilver in the state of
Utah. It produces about 500 pounds a
day from two and one-haIf tons of ore
By increasing the capacity of the fur
naces-an Improvement which may be
accomplished soon-the property could
be placed among the first producers of
quicksilver in the country.
Owing to a breakdown of one Of the
rOasters at the mill of the Consolidated
Mercur, several men have been laid off
The damaged rooster will be repaired
and ready for use again by next Mon
day.
Monday will be pay day in Mercur.
Coming on Lincoln's birthday, as this
pay day does, an unusually lively time
is exDected
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-12
WEST TINTIc MINES.
Property Owners Doing Lots of Work
a Mill in Prospect.

John r. Vance, who returned few
days ago from West Tintic, states that
the coming summer will witness in
creased activity in that section and
that it is almost certain that mill
will be erected before the close Of an
other year, ss#f
AT the old Scotia mine" said Mr.
Vance. drifting for the ore body is
now being carried on on the 300-foot
level, and as soon as the ore is tapped
stopping VIII commence. The Scotia
now has an ore body twenty-six feet
by fifty feet exposed, and this ore car
ries values in gold, silver and lead to
the amount of about SIS per ton, max
ing it Il very desirable grade for ship
ping. Some ore OF q much richer grade
is also sacked awaiting shipment as
soon as the roads become better. The
old dump al the mine is said to con-
tain lCw-gTade ore worth in the neigh
bo-hood Of $3.50 COO and the owners of
the Scotia have about decided to put
up a mill to handle this dump ore, as
well as the low-grade ore exposed in
the mine. The cost OF hauling ore from
the Scotia and adjoining properties to
the railroad is about SO per ton. About
six men are kept continuously at work
at the Scotia under the direction Of
superintendent Patterson.
AT the Prairie Bell property Joseph
II Burrows, formerly superintendent
of the Maid of Erin mine, at LeadvilIe,
is working a lease which he owns
Jointly with Colorado people. About
three fet of nice ore is exposed which
averages better than $50 per ton Mr.
Burrows has considerable of this ore
on the dump, and says that he will be
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-12
BuIIfrog Stocks VIII Move.

The market at present is in the Bull
frogs, and thousands of shares Of
Eclipse are being shipped east. If you
will look in my letter of last week, I
predicted a 10-point rise in this stock
and from its ore shOwings together
With the manner in which the stock is
controlled, it gives every promise Of
selling at IS cents within a short
period.
Denver will likewise sell higher, as
there is little or no stock around, and
the wonderful workings on the prop
erty merit today's prices. This has
helped Gold Bar, which is an excellent
property, and well controlled, there be-
ing only 50.000 shares of it af1oat.
The coming week viii, no doubt, be
confined to trading in the Tonopah and
Bullfrog districts.
The weakness in Original Bullfrog is
due to the company's failure to hitch
up with the McKane-Schwab outfit.
and the stock looks like a short sale.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-12
GOLDFIEkD'S
PROSPERITY
Seven Mills and Two Samplers in OPP
Grafton and Another Mill
to Be Built.
SACRAMENTO QUICKSILVER
NAT BOAS SIZES UP NEVADA
STOCK MARKET.
Special to The Herald.l

Goldfield, Feb. Notwithstanding
the fact that Goldfield has seven mills
and two samplers in operation, an
other mill is about to be erected The
KinCsid mill is completed and will start
working today. The first test run
turned out a large gold brick from Ken
dali ore and win be kept by the COM
pany as q souvenir.
The control of the Great Bend having
passed into the hands of Lotus &.
Davis, renewed efforts are being made
TO make a mine Of the property. Many
visitors have examined the ground late
~ with the result that there has de-
Veloped an active demand for the stock.
1t appears that three veins have been
uncovered and that the best one is I'M
usually well defined for this district. It
is three feet wide and gives average
Nalnes of so TO the ton
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-12
ADVOCATE ANNUAL MEETING.
Officers and Directors EIected-TUn-
mel Being Driven for Main Ledge.

Richield, Feb. 1.-THE annual meet
ing of the Advocate Mining company
was held in this city Wednesday and
the following board of directors was
elected for the ensuing year: H. w.
Ramlose. president; Mrs. Sarah A
Moore, vice president; William Johns
ton, secretary; ]. NJ. Peterson, treas
urer, c. c. Goldbrandson, directors.
A contract for seventy-fve feet of
work in the tunnel is now being done.
which viii give it a length Of about 275
feet When this is finished the face
will be within about $50 feet of the
main ledge, shown by the surface crop
pings.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-12
DoINes AT THE sHEsA.
Mill VIII Be Started Upon a Long
and Successful Bun.

Joseph Organ Of Unionville was in town
attending to business matters, Monday,
says the Winnemucca Star He reports
that work at the property of the She
ba Gold & Silver Mining company is 60
ing ahead, a force of thirty men be-
ing employed. The mill will be started
up in a few days and a long and profit
able run is expected The scarcity of
water has been a great drawback to the
operation of the milling plant. but this
year the supply will be sufficient for
all purposes The company now has a
horsepower gasoline engine at Mill
City, and it will be installed at once
so as to be available whenever the wa
ter supply grows short.
The Sheba is now being managed by
the Michigan stockholders of the COM
pany under the superintendent of A:
T. FlOeter. The main working tunnel
is 11,000 feet in length and the ore being
extra cted has an average, value of S25
in silver. 1t Is expected that very
short time will see this famous producer
of early days placed on a dividend pay
ing basis.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-12

On March 1 the American Metal com
pany will have the selling of the Greene
Consolidated Copper company's output,
as that company's contract with the
United Metals Selling company expires
on that date
Both the American Metal company and
the VOgelstein agencies purchase large
amounts of copper in the open mar
ket, possibly 100.000000 pounds each per
annun Add this business to the AmeTi-
can Metal company's product. with that
company securing the Greene contract,
and It is an important factor in the cop
Der world.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-12
THE SALT LAKE HERALD. MONDAY, FEBRUARY L. 1906

William Mathews, who has charge of
the work for Captain Singheiser, says
from 90 to loo feet wide, being over 100
feet high in places. Some beautiful speci-
mems have been taken from the cave
The ground through which the drift is
now being run is highly mineralized and
the ore is liable to be encountered at
any time a. r. Rathman of Sioux City,
Ia, son-in-laW of Captain Singheiser,
and w. G. Kean of Chicago, were shown
through the property Monday by Mr..
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-12
GoIdfield stocks Are Weak.

All Goldfield stocks, except Red Top,
are showing extreme weakness, due to
the large amount of offerings.
Adams, Blue Bull, Atlanta, Colum-
bia Mountain, Conqueror. Dixie, St.
Ives and Silver Pick. are being offered
in large quantities, and as there is q
slight demand, 7 look for somewhat
lower prices Redtop is still being sold,
and viii no doubt get a little lower,
after payment of the dividend. The
company faithfully promises a 10-cent
dividend the following quarter. 1 am
somewhat surprised at the strong
showing of Jumbo, and the little stock
around at these high prices. Boston
has been buying considerable stock.
which Is no doubt accountable for it
IT looks too high. Kendall and Mo-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-12
WHO SELLS THE COPPER.
How the Production of More Than a
Billion Pounds Is Distributed.

Of the LOCO, 100000 pounds of copper pro-
duced In the United States, Canada and
Mexico in 1865 less than 10000. 900 pounds
were sold direct to the trade by the
producing companies. The output of the
leading selling agencies for 1906, as given
by the Boston News Bureau, was as fol-
lows:
United Metals Selling Co.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-12

hawk are in a like position, in fact. all
Of the Goldf1eld stocks may work a
little lower