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The Miners Convention To-day.

It has been said, and perhaps with
reason, that the miners ~conventiont to be
held at Scranton beginning to-day will
have direct interest for a larger number
Of Americans than any other than a
Presidential convention.
OF the question at issue THE SUNS
readers are informed. 1t remains to be
seen whether the miners accept the
operators offer to refer the wages dis
whether they will reject that proposal
and order a strike. The only reason thus
far adduced as to why the miners hesi-
tate to invoke full and untrammelled
arbitration is that they fear lest a de-
cision be rendered that the wages now
prevailing-or prevailing until the sus-
pension of mining on April 2-are suffi-
GENTLY high, or even that they might
justly be reduced. It is difficult to
understand why the union balks at arbi-
tration if it really is convinced that the
existing scale of wages is on a basis too
low to be justly compatible with the
cost Of living and with wages prevail
ing in other industries which may be
compared to that Of mining anthracite
coal. We remark that the most re-
sponsible newspapers published in the
hard coal fields continue to urge the
union to accept the plan Of arbitration,
assuring its members that they cannot
possibly win in the event of a long strike,
because of prevailing public opinion in
favor Of arbitration.
Those resident in the anthracite re-
gion and especially conversant with
conditions there have been of the opin-
ion for the last fortnight that a formal
strike was certain to 4nsue, hut events
Of the past few days have somewhat
lessened this assurance. In order to win
a long strike it would be necessary Tor
the union so to terrorize the ~cOlliery
villages that Independent nine workers
would not dare risk .heir lives by ac-
cepting employment. In no other way
could the mines be shut down indef-
nitely, and every person who is familiar
with the history of coal strikes for the
past twenty years is aware of the fact.
Although the union declares that the
present suspension" dating from April
?, is not a strike, yet already there have
been assaults, riots, dynamiting; a spe-
cial forge of state police has been COM
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40 CEST GaS ram.
ITashitE ! HiaH tsnpaWt ~ Cor,s'i a..
afltutlaaatty " the Iae

The nfouhlyn mon tbs ~tu'rrlrv %
sprn folipe tho esamplr ~ no un d.
Cas tonfmny ny bringing sult ~ 'u ME-,
States Circuit rotft ~ have ~ n -,
sts lsw derisgrl Unconstitutional Win.
n. Dyhnaa, cuunssi fof tn cufuilrv l.,
lrrrn Instructed Wv tho board ~ ~.rss,s,
10 start ths procseJinRs u wUl io ,.ef.,
that Tho tiil " c~pnnawtiiun n pri ,I'a ffss
efty sod thefrf1re ~ cuutrnyer. tom 4 IA,
Fetiefal Constitution.
The Ilrpokiyn cumptny rili tIp s1ss,
that the ltw discriminate aaair.i No.. N,
cpst ~ distribution bains arr,iHf u tas
borough than IN Manhattan. IN tls trs 4
evefy bil -nt 0ut ~ Tho rotntauv a'rss
LAY sas pfiatsi tho statement t.li shus
tho cumtany Wouhi furnish aaa M lHa fs,s
~ m cents, beginning May H. " vuu.l h,H
tho consIusf liai,ls fpr the d%iferob.
hetwern that and tho former 'p,o Il NJ
courts heh that tbe law wss ,u0I NE
oi Tho oflccrs ~ tho company m,r Tho
Statesmen, yesterday
ANY attempt Ia evade tho pfu,,... me a
tho Law would subject thu company n, Al
etpenAs great aa to practically threats,
ruin wers the Law finally held IN ro I'm.
siitutlonai On tho other hand Il musi b,
apparent ~ eyefy n who und"t 'and.
tho conditions In this borough tha' II would
Ia q physical lmposrihility for ~ 10 ooa.
tinns furnishing Ras to our customer N N
cents per thousand cubic feet, oar 81.
ponscs would necessarily be greater than
our income and no company ran do hua
ness ON that basis.
In n general way I may say mat me
legal action Co he taken by this company to
test the Law will be along tho Same hue,
IA thoas adopted by the Consolid dated CA,
Company, only, Of course, the attack will
he b~roadoned and strengthened 10 meet the
different conditions obtaining In THE
bOrou0hs
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COrNTEsSs TMMiGRArIOV Talk.
Transpianted American Tells Is How 10
Get n Better Class oG Italians.

The Countess Ill Brazza- Savornan. Tor.
merly Miss Slocomb Of New Orleans, took
tho place Of Bourke Cochran on the formal
programme at the opening session Of the
annual meeting Of the American Social
Science Association at the United Charities
Building Last night. The Countess has not
been in this country In several years.
In her adopted land she Ia noted con-
spicuously for her work of eIevating the
women of the masses largely through
what il known IA the Brazza system Of en-
couraging work in homes. Recently she
has been working among the earthquake
sufferers In Calabria.
Countess di Brazza spoke last evening upon
the immigration problem in this country
from an Italian standpoint. immigration
had helped Italy financially. 1t had helped
the Italian who had returned to his country
by developing a desire for regular work,
to learn trades and earn and save money.
1t had also taught him self -confidence, en-.
couraged a spirit Of ~frankness and a public
spiritedness.
Immigration safeguards, she said. lead
to cleanliness, and she declared that it
was comfortable to sleep in the middleclass
Italians home. She added:
1T Ia degrading to many Italians TO sleep
in some Of the novels they have to occupy
here and to be subject to some Of the bosses
who have supervision over them and who
demand the larger share Of their wages"
MANY Italians, she went on, are led into
the evils OF drink and gambling here. But
the greatest evil OF their life here is from
the loss Of good health. l know what it Ia
for girls to work in your tobacco Factories,
/ have inspected your Blackwells Island
institutions. In Italy men and women
never work together. Your own trans
portation companies, your own capitalists
are responsible for many Of the degrading
conditions here"
What this country needed was to have
the best Italian immigrants come here, and
she had Q working to that end. She
told how contractors from other countries
Than the United States had to select healthy
men and women and give bonds that they
would be treated well and be enabled to
return to their own country. Italy was
crowded with agents trying to get immi-
grants to come to this country, and she
pleaded for means to secure the highe4
type of such labor.
The Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott said that
immigration had been Of immense benefit
to this country and that the evils were in.
cidental and the benefits essential. He
that the evils should be corrected
politically at the ballot box and not at the
port of entry,
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pelird ~ FIR on n mob y Sheriff has
refused ~ as-crt he authority. town
officials ~ Mount Cixael asg frfoFted
Nv have lbisrflY d,afrgnrieI their 0aths
~ p1i'" Buf according ~ n statement
mrie publi' In Philadelphia yesterday
there 10 Indication that Ns,vernor PrNsT.
PAsEEH ~ determined Ia redeem his
State AMI ~ presorve the lsw and oflsr
TINT afo insepafablr from . civilized
government. The statement W. refer
to IL attributed ~ captain JOHN 4
UHOOMF. superintendent ~ tho Penn
syivania constabulafy'
shsaa ssssptsss ssH,d M me- ~ ~ mfss
lives AMI sBsH me rtrn arrived there is' HaUnt
,stmsii hr ssldH 'rbsuH uopi thsy sfs hefs
rhsi isret = ffeat iuHd ~ nv shuuidets' AHef
tr nDb he'd attssHsd NY men NJ VS. " seyfs
rHtirfY. snd rmafHsd ~ captaia rtoe who supsf.
ssdsa fieu,ensnt gSFrH IN es,nmsnd. thss " Ne
ever sot out " theirs siive NJ would never come
bseR Ne dtd sct out and weut ~ suabury"
Tho statement gives tho further and
most important information that upon
hearing NJ the Mount Carmel riots Cpv-
ernor PENSYPlCEEH called Ip Sheriff
SHtnPLRss On the telephone. told him
that ho WIS expected 20 return N his
post Of duty nj tho scene Of trouble. for
tho purpose of helping 90 preserve order,
and that the state constabulary would
cooperate with him. Captain GRooMg
adds.
e sheriff sH,HrtE-s hAuy fefi,cd 10 return 10
Mount Carmel. I believe he has said ,has he hiss
heart trouble and cannot rtpose himself 10 excite.
mrnt Wa wanted the iehR 10 20 10 Mount
Carmel and rad The no, act OF 20 deput'e oss Of
our men. This he has refused 10 do.
order must bo preserved. There are condi-
,ions In parts Of this state that would no, be tolsr.
Ated 10 any other civilized country"
Under the laws, "a we understand
them, Governor P~gNNYPAcKER cannot
order the National Guard into any county
until the Sheriff thereof asks for assist
ance. This Sheriff SHAMELESS has ap-
parently failed to do, although he was
urged to take such action by a number
of persons, n Of them being State SEN
ator WoLvERToN, who so telephoned him
from Sunbury. But a Governor Of the
judicial experience and force OF character
attributed to SAMUEL ". PENNYPACKEB
may be able to compel a recalcitrant and
terrorized Sheriff to do his duty. 1t Is to
be hoped hat he will make a strenuous
endeavor in that direction.
Let it once be understood that the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will find
a way to preserve order and protect
men who want TO earn their livelihood,
and the United Mine Workers Of America
may not be SO eager to order a strike,
with its inevitable train Of lawlessness
and violence. Governor PENNYPACKER's
friends assert that if he is compelled to
throw the entire National Guard intoth
field and finds it unable to cope with
the situation, as was the case in 1902,
he would not hesitate to call on Wash
ington for Federal troops. II Governor
PENNYPAcKER is really a man Of that
calibre the State of Pennsylvania is to
be congratulated.
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Where do all the ladies' who h%orsewhip
their husbands on the street corners Of the
Tenderloin every evening get their whips1
The whipped husbands. rs a rule, are
neither cab drivers nor truckmen. For
the most part they are Of that celebrated
variety Of well known clubmen' who by
day are to be found behind the counters
and therefore can't be reasonably expected
to own horses, because horsefesh is dear
and because a horse can't be kept in a five
room fiat. Hence this perfectly reasonable
inquiry: Where do all these wives get
their whips, which are invariably quickly
drawn from the folds OF dresses" and
"b~randished vigorously"2
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MILLIONS IN POLICE STATIONS.
Commissioner Bingham Puts in q Huge
Demand for New Buildings.

Demand for New Buildings.
Commissioner Bingham has written a
letter to the Mayor telling Of the need for
new station houses, and explaining how he
would liks TO spend the sl1 800 1000 he has
asked for. In the letter the COMMISSIONS
says:
1t Ia strongly recommended that what
may be called q type be adopted. No new
station house should be erected less than
100 by 100 feet In size. All should have m
terror courts. The entrance used by the
Police Department should be prohibited 10
the public. who should enter in another way.
The entrance should be on the street level
80 that tho ambulance or patrol wagon may
drive inside and the gates be shut. thus screen.
ing prisoners. especially women and .hil!r"n'
froyl the gaze and Interference Of the puo",
The general style Of architecture should
be severe and strong and modelled rather
like an armory than q summer villa.
The Commissioners says that the average
cost Of the new houses should be about
$3.50, 900, although some would cost more
and some less than that sum-. The Com
missioner then says:
I have, Their efore. the honor 10 urgently
recommend to your Honor that new sites
or station house 8 or additional land adj n.
Ing, pres ont station houses be purchased o
sixty cases at the estimated value Of 81 ,oro.o"
and that new station houses be built for
ffty-seven old and new precincts at an e''E
mated total cost Of IS. 500, 900. II is csttmstN
that the sale Of property now owned by me
city and used for police purposes when 4
could be disposed of for the Sinking Fund
as a result'of the improvements above recom'
mcnded would amount TO about 81. 1000 oo.
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CHARLES KINGSLEY 10 TINE
UNIONISTS.
warning Uttered by LabOr's Firm Friend
seven Years Ago.

To THE EptroR oP TINS SUN-Sfr; The
labor union has had no ADLER advocate than
Charles Kingsley. the author OF Yeast" and
Alton Locke" Early and late. through
good report aud III report. Kingsley pleaded
for labor and the betterment Of the condl-
ton OF the working classes. His words and
works have been held "a among the best ever
done or said for the toilers. He promoted
unions. organizations. clubs and meetings for
their good, Kingsley was their spokesman
and true friend at all times.
Just now, when We hear OF the violation or
Law by trade unions. In the coal mining
region and elsewhere. when the right which
such unions claim to organize for their ad-
vantage IL denied to others who prefer 10 sell
their labor on their own terms. II may be we'll
for all members of unions TO read carefully
these words Of Charles Kingsley from a letter
to a friend in Sh~en1eld-"Life and Letters"
(page 38):
n these trades unions arc 10 be allowed 70 exist
they can only exist on the ground OF being not only
organs for combination. but for keeping the COM
bination men within the law. II they viii not dis
prove that such outrages have been committed by
union men. II they will not In honor 10 th.ir own
class be the hrs; 10 drag such hounds TO ~justice'
II they will do nothing TO free themselves from the
old stigma that they have themselves notonously
aided IN such outragcs and murder RI. then let them
be put down by law rs Incapable.
have de fended the hight OF combination among
the workmen. In hope that they would become
wiser than of yorc. But II they continue TO muir
der, ! see nothing for them but the Just Judgment
Of public opinion. which will sweep them away, $50
| have seen Enough OF trades unions 10 suspect
that tho biggest rogucs and loudcst charlatans are
the men who lead or mllead the honest working
men. but II the honest workingmen themselves
make no move toward detecting and exposing the
authors Of such outrages they must suffer with
their blind and base leaders.
Has MIR. Mitchell or any other leader given
public warning TO the unions against moest-
ing non-union workmen2 Have any steps
been taken to discipline such disturbers OF
the public peace by the unions?
W. II. VAN ANTWERP.
NEW YORK, May 2.
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Modern PhOtoEraphiC Art,

The Frisco mail came In at EIGHTEEN
with nary a plate nor a print;
Something is wrongl Get busy. my men.
Fix up that cut OF the Mint.
This print was made in seventy
The artist forlornly cries:
Cloud II with smoke and crack II a few
What is Truth TO Enterphsci
Trot out that picture from Baltimore,
All hres look alike 10 me:
Why didn't | think OF that beforet
Paint out that Nineteen o Three.
Sketch a dead horse and a weeping child,
And a hobo digging loot:
Outline a mob that Is running wild:
A soldier about to shoot,
Show how the ncas got TO Oakland nrst
ny jumping across the bay,
And indicate where water mains burst
With our cameras in the way.
That print Of Frisco from Oakland Mole
Is the best we have on hle:
start |, a.golng like good soft coal,
II will hold EN- for a while.
Don't fall to show a dun. slckCning thud.
Indicate that by a cross;
Above all else don't forget the blood.
Twill make L hit with the boss.
show the dead covered with diamonds bright,
Lay a few fingers about
Mention the picture Is copyright,
And then get the paper out.
Everybody worked hut TIC printer
And he was surely SLOW,
just about now he's a Splinter
Chasing up and down Park Row,
liz forgot the Nineteen Hundred
on the copyright photograph.
Truth sure IL better than FGsing"
Ought 10 bc Ms CIitaPh.
Wilt Q.
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OF the million immigrants who landed
In the United States last year 30 900 were
adults from England. Twenty-one thousand
had $50 each; only Is, 900, somewhat less
thar one-half the whole, number, had less
thar $50, a marked evidence Of the thrift
of English newcomers. The Scotch. pro-
verbally thrifty, did not do 30 well. The
Scotch immigrants who had more than $50
on landing numbered 100, while $500 had
less than that amount.
OF the French immigrants 1000 had more
than $50 and $500 less. Next to England
the largest number Of immi grants having
more thar $50 was those from Germany.
There were 5000 Germans supplied with
$50 zach for their battle with life In the
New World. The newcomers from Ger
many, as from England, were neither
necessitous nor dependent.
Twenty-Five million dollars a year-the
same sum as immigrants brought into the
country last y%ear-is sent by post Office
remittance from the United States to for
eign countries. Nearly one-quarter of this
amount goes to England and Ireland,
So, OO0, 900 each to Germany and Canada,
81, 500, 900 to Italy, and 81 900, 900 each to
Sweden and Russia.
The amounts Of incoming cash and out
going remittances balance almost ex-
actly, but the distribution varies. OF the
Italian newcomers $1,000 had more than
$50 each, l75, 900 less. OF the Irish i'm
migrants 1000 had more than $50, IS 600
less. OF the Hungarians and Slovacs, 5000
had moro than $50, 10000 less. The same
division was found among Bohemians,
Firms, Greeks, L~ithuanians, Syrians and
S~oandinavians. Among the Russians there
were 600 immigrants with more than $50,
and Is, 900 with less; $500 Poles had more
than $50, so, 600 had less.
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ALCOHOL FOR AUTOS.
Coupled With n Theory Tina II Isn't Case.
lene That Blows Up Sewers.

Inspector George f. Murray Of the Bureau
of Comhustibles in a report sent yesterday
to Fire Commissions O'Brien casts doubt
on the theory that the sewer explosions on
the upper West Side were caused by gaso-
lene.
He suggests that the sewers he equipped
with worm ve~ntilating pipes to relieve the
sewers Of the accumulation of gases, and
be flushed with a gas dispelling prepa ra-
ton. He also makes this Recommendation:
That the authorities unite to remove
gasolene from use as a motive power in
vehicles by removing the tax from alcohol,
which, when mixed freely with water, no
explosion could arise from"
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HlsHINGroN rL1RKS

WAsHrgdt1S Nay 2 ~ ofisial register
community known ~ no Hlur bp"h sapvs
% ~ peupls ~ ampluyrii In vafuus ctt,e'
iti,s Nv tho departments In Washington
Thn aggregate rufntorFition ~ hia Hft1Y
n olefts ID q hifir iu et'ea ~ tTio00 ~0 =
vsnr IN Treasury Department lea'la M"
hst Fifh e.Ysi employees md tho state
uunnrtment abrrnss N tho fruf Wlth % Httla
bunch n ONLY IN ttr neHfea vrfy
sliaNriy fepm ycpt ~ yotr, lut tho fuund
tDini ~ ~ 0fn nay be- stid ~ fepfss'bt
Washington's army ~ drradment rlrtha
Ttrre ils hern cunsldumhle dlsru asiun
during The preanni qrssipn alnui The waiter
~ cirrtso n morrt than aitty Ave ~yrarsofagr
II his been alleged ttat sim~ ~ w" des
partmenta wrfe uatuly ta,lrt ~ with
fatfiafrhs wirlse dnra ~ usefulness lsy In
their tasl ~ investigation WIS ordered
and y partial fetrfi hHa heeH auhmittrI 7,
From this u apfsafs that alnut q fer cent,
~ tho total are slSty-nve ~ npfr Years
~ ago. The procession 10 headed Ivy q
spflRhtiy youth ~ VI, with u ~ N ~ u
Gloss aecond Thers ara three ~ 70 years,
four ~ ss ycars, five ~ ~, six ~ "A, twelve
~ ~. fourteen N VI, elshteea ~ ~, fifteen
~ ~. tNonty.nve ~ ~. tweniy-thrce ~ "
and forty.four ~ -, There ara spme ! t0o
specimens ~ young manhood ard M
hood bo, ween the ages ~ A. and IL,
About ono-uuarter ~ the total number ~
those who arr aixtY.hvc years and over are
reported ~ doing excellent work nearly ono
half are quoted ~ doing good work, and
the remainder are rated NJ average fair
or poor The longevity ~ thee" officials
would accm 10 Indicate that In his search
for tho foundation ~ perpetual youth
senior Ponce de Leon struck the American
Cnaaf N Httia tnn far anuih.
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The Tiilman-FOraker Political Con.
tribution Bill.

~, ~ ~ n..l-.z
II 'o'' ~ .
ana E~lec'ions' 'iroueh MI ro'AhhN'
w. .tm atnoa,oad ~, NJ T,,,n.r
Daaaao,.t 30 oornoro,iona from
n,o,inn oontrih,,tion ~ monev in con-
n]natian ,,ith nolitiool e,ectiors Tho
iii soma,d Gov ,ho onootma,t of
p"nh I.s,s,at;a l. auonn ond - 10 TLoly
~ $500 n,or. ;ns;stant 40 Lnowled,o
W ". .p"ln .;mom :, ~ noat hv
oauuouotinns haoouoo mora ~seneraj
Thl T;un,nn roraLor I'm 10 "a foIIows.
LUZ
" S"a'' 'v s~i."a ~ .n,soa,n -, ,nr
.y, y, cona,o.s 10 m,r" . mon.v contribution in
oonno.,,on vim orv election 70 ony pol,,,c,, once,
II shall also be unlawful for any corporation
whatever to make a money contribution In con-
nectlon with any election at which Presidential
and vtce-Presidentisi electors or a Representative
In Congress is to DO voted for OF any election BY
any State LEGISLATURE OF a on''eu s'@'eS SENATOR
.,er' sO ,.o,.,o" y, ,Ns ,or.,o,n. ,roy,.,on.
snam =. ,nn,.o, 10 . ons not s.c,ed,ns Gooo. and
syorv orocer or director Of any CORPORATION who
shat, consent TO any contribution by the corpora.
ton in violation of the foregoing provisions shall
be subject to a ano of not exceeding $1,000"
The first prohibition would affect
onlv sucb co~rporations as are organized
under Federal laws, concerning which
Congress- has the right to legislate d.
rectIv. The provision would make it
mia wful for such corporations to con-
tribute TO any fund to affect any polit-
;ool election whether the election WAS
national State. county township or
munioipal The committee declares that
Conoress has an undo,,bted RIGHT atbus
70 restriot, and regulate oorporations Of
To own CREATION
As most If he rich and powerful cor
norat;ons of the nation. other tban the
national hanks. are operating under
Stoto cborters the second nrovis,on
u,b;cb ofrects them has n wider interest
than the frat. With regard 70 suob
oornorations Conoress cannot 20 so far
40 With those If the frat class r. can
.ohih optrih,tions on,v wb.n tho
e,ections 10 influence which thew are
made concern the choice of an officer
- tho Foderaj Government. Conpreas
,na nroh;h;. q oornoro%,oo c.,rtnra
w % &C.. anna
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The Red Flag In New York.

The twentieth anniversary Of the Hay
market Square riot in Chicago will occur
tomorrow, May I. What is now called
a mass strike began on May /, 1885, in
Chicago. Forty thousand men stopped
work demanding an eight hour day. In
the early morning the streets were silent
and empty. There were 10 seven o'clock
whistles from the factories, During the
day professions of strikers formed-in
one OF them were 10000 lumbermen-
and marched through the streets dis
playing the red flag, Many incendnry
speeches were made at open air meet
ings, but the police did not interfere.
The bark of the anarchist was thought
to be worse than his bite. An attack
was made by strikers upon men en-
ployed at the Mccormick reaper works
on May 8, and a squad of police coming
to the rescue exchanged shots with the
mob. On the evening Of that day hand
bills were distributed calling for a meet
ing in Haymarket Square on May 4 ito
d~enounce tho latest %atrocious act of the
police, the shooting of u fellow work.
men yesterday afternoon
Several hundred men attended this
meeting, and the police made no attempt
dispense them or interfere in any
way until FIELDEN, AN Englishman, made
a particularly infammatory speech. The
we're then sent out from tho
Des PLANES street station, and as they
marched into the square and up to the
wagon from which FIELDEN was speak
ing a bomb was thrown. Seven police
men were killed and twenty wounded,
Since that sinister day Chicago has not