Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-02
THE FORECAST,
Big Coal Strike Is the
Feature Of the Hour.
Congress viii Have Railroad
Rate Bill in the Senate.
Fighting 10 Save Patriek's Life = The
French Coal Strike Serious.

The crisis in the coal mining wage
| controversy has been reached. IN the
| lbltuminouS field the miners will be per-
mitted u return TO work in properties
| where the increase demanded is allow
ed, but where the demands are not
| granted there will be strikes The an
| thracite mine operators committee will
| meet the miners committee III New
| York on Tuesday and . further confer
! ence on the wage scale will be held.
| Pending the outcome Of this meeting
the anthracite miners have been called
| out ana will not return to work until
an adjustment Of their demands has
| been brought about
AT the Colleries the opera tors have
| adopted Il conciliat0ry tone and will do
nothing TO irritate the miners, 50 that
disturbances are not Anticipated
The strike in the coal fields in North
ern France has assumed serious pro-
portions, and unless the government
| takes an active part in uuclling 1lle
| disturbances and bringing about an
| under: tanding between the mine own
rrS and the miners, riOting undOubted-
| lY will continue this week Premier
| Farrlen las been asked to Intervene
The annual OXford-C Cambridge boat
race will take place on the Thames
April I.
! The 18th annual convention of the
National Association of Railway COM
missioncrs win be held in Washington
on April ,. The convention will discuss
electri railways. railway taxes, grade
| lGrnSSi1Crg, 1riff In,
and work Of state railway commissions.
| The fight to save the life of Albert
r.. Patrick under sentence of death for
| the murder Of the aged Texas Million
aire. William NJ Rice. will be resumed
in New York on Tuesday before Re
| corder G0ff. on the motion for q new
| trial. Interesting testimony will b"
| given by Il number of pathologiStS as
To the similarity in the effects on hu-
man beings Of chloroform and embalm-
ing ;iuid and new witnesses from Tex
as are expected.
| The railroad fsttt bin viii continue
| during the present week to receive. the
attention Of the national Senate to the
| exclusion Of almost all other subjects.
The bill Will be taken up today as soon
as the routine business is disposed Of
and Senator Long will introduce the
amendment agreed upon at the confer
encc of friends Of the bill with Presi-
dent Roosevelt last Saturday night.
| The amendment is to Section lG of
th" House bill, and provides:
That all orders of the commission.
| except orders for the payment of mon
ey. shall take effect within such real
sonable time as shall he prescribed by
the commission and shall continue for
such period Of time, not exceeding two
years. as shall he prescribed i'll the or
der of the commission. unless sooner
set aside by the commission or sus-
| pended or set aside in Il suit brought
| against the commission in the circuit
| court Of tn" United States. sitting as
i court of equity for tn" district where
III any carrier plaintiff in said suit has
| its principal operating office. and juriS-
diCtion is hereby conferred on the cir
| cult court of th" United States, to hear
and determine in any such suit whether
| the order complained of WAS beyond
the authority of the commission or in
violation of the rights of the carrier
secured by the constitution
| Senators who took part in the con-
ference believe that - Republicans ANA
The entire minority will support this
Iamcn'imrnt
| beginning Wednesday the post office ap-
| preparation bill viii nave tn" right oI
| way thrcuchOut the week 1t is not an
ticipatrd that the measure can be dis
| posed of in his time. but Chairman
Orrrstrrct. who will have charge of the
| hill on the floor. believes that general de-
| bate on the bill viii bc completed ly|
| tn" Cnd of the week.
The bill for tn" final settlement Of tr'
affairs Of the fiv" civilized tribes of IN
dians will prabaLIy go back 10 conference
during the week.
| The program for the week in the 1Toue'
| Of Representatives is rather sh"lt ::S t."
subjects. but will b. fun rs to legislative
| work.
| The bill placing the federal government
| i'm postion to aid in the support OF y"l-
low fever cridorlicS iInS been mad" Il
| sreciaI order for Tuesday. This bill car
ries an appropriation of 100000 and en-
larrcs the powers Of the public hcIlt'
| and marine hospitals scrvic" to such an
| extent that co cooperation between the fed
| cr3l and state authorities may be had
| without Infringing on the police powers
| or the state. render necessary tho shot
gun quarantine and put the Southern
| sea coast states in position to rcpCl th'
| Invasion of yellow fever from other
| shores.
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