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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18
MINERS DEMANDS REJECTED.
Operators Ask That Present Agree
ment Be Extended Three Years.

The anthracite coal operators have
fatty denied all of the eight demands
officials of the union had made for
changes in the agreement, which Will
expire on March 81. The operators
then proposed that the present agree
ment be renewed for period of three
years. The conference was held In
Philadelphia.
This decision was not unexpected
by the workers President Lewis has
his plans laid and is comforting with
other leaders to perfect the details
of the next move. Those who have
followed the trend of affairs in the
anthracite region believe it will be
useless for the miners to insist fur
Their upon any material change in the
present agreement, and it is expected
the miners committee will call a con-
vention from three districts TO take up
the operators refusal and counter
proposition.
What the outcome will be is mat
ter of conjecture So far as could be
learned from the miners, a majority
of the workers are opposed to a strike,
because they feel that they are not
strongly enough intrenched to carry
on campaign of the magnitude OF
that of 1900 and 1902.
The present agreement, made in New
York three years ago, when John
Mitchell led the miners in the negotia-
lions, is identical with the award of
the Roosevelt strike commission, made
i'm 1908, after the strike of 1902.
Three years ago the miners made nu-
merous demands, but all were rejected.
and they accepted the renewal OF the
strike commission award, which is the
same proposition again made by the
operators.
The demands of the mine workers,
drafted in Scranton last October and
ratified by the national convention in
indianapolis in January, ask an agree
men under which all disputes shall be
adjusted and recognition of the union
as party to negotiations in wage
contract and its right to provide any
method it may adopt for the collection
of revenue.
The other demands were for an eight
hour day with no reduction in wages,
for contract by which all coal shall
be mined and paid for by the ton of
1000 pounds, and a definite. and more
uniform scale of wages and prices.
They ask that all employees paid $1.5O
or less per day shall receive a 10 per
cent advance, and all employees paid
more than $1.50 and less than $500
per day shall receive per cent ad-
vance.
They also demand that the system
whereby contract miner has more
than one job or employs more than
two laborers be abolished; that the
employers be required to issue uniform
pay statements, and, finally, that the
contract shall be made for period OF
one year.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18
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Clicago-Cattle, common TO prime.
S4.O0 to $40: hogs, prime heavy, $f.50
to $3.50; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to 500; wheat, No. 2, SLIT to S1.2o {;
corn, No. ., 64c to 66c: oats, standard,
53c to 54c; rye, No. .. tic to SOC; hay,
timothy, $500 to $3.50; prairie, $500
to S11.50: butter, choice creamery. 25c
to Csc; eggs. fresh, 15c to 19c; potatoes,
per bushel. soc to 90c.
anapoIis-Cattle, shipping. $500
to $3.50; hogs, good to choice heavy,
$3.50 10 $500; sheep, good 10 choice,
$3.50 to $500; wheat. No. >, $l.20 to
S1.22; corn, No. 2, white, Gle to &c
oats, No. = white. Acc to ole.
st. Louis-Cattle, $50 to $40: hogs,
S4.OO to $6.95; sheep, $500 to $3.50
wheat, No. 2, $125 to Sl.27; corn. No. =,
G5c to &c; oats, No. ., SIC to soc; rye,
No. ., roc to SOC.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $500 to $6.35
hogs, 500 to $40: sheep. $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. =, Sl.26 to $1.2I; corn,
No. = mixed, &c to Csc; oats. No.
r.lixed. soc to SIC; rye. No ,. S2c to Sic.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 TO $5.2J hogs,
S4O0 to 500: sheep. $50 to $500
wheat, No. ?, SLID to S1.20: corn. No.
yellow, 61c to Csc; oats. No. white,
54c to SIC; rye. No. ., soc to SIC.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. = northern,
S1.13 to $115; corn. No. 8, &c to Csc
oats. standard, SIC to SIC: rye, No. 1,
zoe to Soc; barley. No. |, 65c to &c
pork, mess. $16.35.
Buffa.o-Cattle, choice shipping steers.
a. 40 n r.. Il a
to $6.S5; sheep, common to good mixed,
$500 to $I75; lambs. fair TO choice,
$500 to ST.90.
New York-Cattle, 500 to $3.50 /:
hogs. $3.50 to 500; sheep. $500 to
$500; wheat, No. red. S1.22 to S1.23
corn, No. 2, Toe to &c; oats, natural
white, lSc to Gle; butter, creamery, Doc
20 &c: eggs, western, lie to Zoe.
Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, $1.19 to
S1.20; corn, No. 2 mixed, &c to Csc
oats, No. 2 mixed, 55c to SIC: rye, No.
., Sic to S3c; clover seed, 500.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18
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CHICAGO.

An unusually low number of trading
defaults reflects gratifying settle
ments this month. which generally is
a time of heavy payments. Further
testimony to the improving state of
commerce is seen i'm increasing move
ments of factory outputs, general mer-
chandise and grain. Money is also in
wider demand for the leading indus
tries and currency outgo exceeds the
receipts, but discount rates for de-
sirable paper remain favorable to bor-
rowers and encourage revival of en-
terprise. Production is yet upon a
conservative basis.
The iron and steel branches obtain
a fair aggregate of new demands, al
though the readjustment of prices
causes revision of estimates and de-
lays commitments for equipment,
bridge and track needs. Some con-
tracts are closed for lake freighters Of
heavy tonnage and this improved the
shipbuilding outlook Specifications
become more plentiful for plates and
structural shapes. and there is a mod
crate gain in forces at the rolling mills
and FORCES.
Car construction steadily expands.
Railroad plans assure much work, i'll
volving heavy OUTLAWS in the near fu-
ture, and there is further accumula-
ton Of contemplated factory extern
sions and mercantile and hotel build
ings.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number Is, against % last week,
80 in 1908 and % in 1907. Those with
liabilities over $1,000 number 6,
against 10 last week, II in 1908 and
in 1907."-Dun's Weekly Review of
Trade.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18
OIL TRUST WINS CASE;
S29,0O0,QOO FINE VOID
Judge Anderson Decides That Evil
dence Against Standard Com
pany Is Insufficient.
ORDERS mot GUILTY, VERDICT.
Decides Nearly ALI Technical Points
Against observation-disclosures
ment Gives Up Fight.
The famous 500 100000 rebate case

The famous 500, 100000 rebate case
against the Standard Oil Company
was ended Wednesday. Government
attorneys abandoned the prosecution,
declaring that under the courts rul-
ings they could not continue the case
against the corporation. By the direc-
ton of Judge Anderson the jury re-
turned a verdict of mot guilty"
Judge Anderson ruled that the gov
eminent had not produced sufficient
establish the points upon which they
were basing the prosecution. In his
instruction TO the jury the judge dwelt
on the theory that the government had
established no case against the oil
company.
This end of the, famous case leaves
Judge II. NJ. Lands, who imposed the
enormous fine on the corporation, alone
in his judicial attitude. His rulings
are discredited and his opinion in the
first trial was not taken into consider
alton.
Judge Anderson, who has thus set
at naught the rulings of Judge lands.
is boon companion of the latter jul
rist. Both men are "Hoosiers,' COM
ing from the same part of Indiana.
They were boys together and through
out their lives their careers have run
parallel. AS boys they frequented the
same 'swimmin' hole" and when they
grew to manhood both became lawyers
and Republicans in politics and both
were made federal judges by exPresi-
dent Roosevelt. Their PHILOSOPHERS
have been much the same, and both
have been noted for their incisiye
them.
Judge lands brought John d. Rock
efeller to the bar of his court and
the witness chair.
Judge Anderson directed the dismis-
sal of the case because there is mo
proof" He in instructing the jury to
return a verdict of not guilty, said
he dismissed the counts i'm the indict-
ment covering the shipments from
Chappelle because there was fatal
variance between the indictment and
the evidence.
The Elkins law. he said, provided
that offenses could be committed in
only two ways. one way by violating
the law on shipments carried by a
common carrier over its own line, and
the other by violating the law on ship
ments carried over its own and other
lines
The indictment charged, he said,
that the Chappelle shipments were
carried by the Alton road over its own
line, whereas the evidence showed that
they had been carried over its own
and other lines.
Judge Anderson. in the first ruling
of the retrial, ordered that a new ven
ire be drawn when the Standard Oil
counsel raised objection to the first
panel because only three Chicagoans
were among the 100 summoned. lie
then ruled that the government in pre-
sentlng its case should confine itself
to only thirty-six offenses. thus max
Ing the highest possible fine against
the oil company, should it be found
guilty on every count. bus $120.O00
while Judge Laudis assessed the com
pany S29240.OO0 fine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18
FIGURES SHOW ACTIVITY.
Imports of Manufacturers Materials
Grow Over 1905 and 1907.

Renewed activity in the country's man
ufactures is shown in figures prepared by
the bureau of statistics. comparing inn
ports of manufacturers materials in jan
uary with those of the two preceding Jan
uarys. In practically all cases the i'm
portations of manufacturers raw mater
ials in January, 1909, show large adj
vance over those one year ago. and in not
few cases the figures are actually larger
than those of January. 1907, when all the
Industries of the country were running
to their full capacity of production. The
quantity of wool for example, imported
in January, 1909, was more than 24,OOO,-
coo pounds. against 100000 pounds in
January, 1908, and 1S,OO0,OO0 pounds in
January. 1907. OF lumber there was i'm
ported in January, 1909, 900 feet.
against 30,144. 900 feet in January, 1905,
and H,I47I,O00 feet in January, 1907.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18

Count Arthur Paulovitch Cassini, who
haze been for nearly fifty years in the Rus
sian diplomatic service, has applied for
retirement.
The British authorities at Calcutta
have continued to seize important native
newspapers which support the National
list movement.
The treaty settling our differences with
Columbia over Panama, has been approx
ed by President Reyes and is before the
Columbian congress.
The officers of the American supply
ship. Celtic, and the gunboat, Scorpion,
made an excursion to Mount Vesuvus as
the guests of the municipality of Naples
During the ensuing session of the Man
itoba Legislature the government will be
severely questioned regarding the prom.
Used reduction in telephone rates, which
have not yet been announced despite the
fact that the province look over all the
Bell lines in die province more than a
year ago. The liberals claim that, owing
to the fact that the system has made a
profit for the year of 100000, the prom
ised reductions in rates should be made
Russian diplomacy appears to have
solved the Balkan problem, so far as il
! involves Bulgaria and Turkey, by offering
to remit to Turkey the annual payment
of $1,600,000 which under the Berlin
treaty was to be paid to Russia for 1Ot
years until the claim of Turkey against
Bulgaria shall be satisfied, namely, $24.
| 900. 900. Russia in turn will collect that
amount from Bulgaria in smaller pay
mcnts on easier terms, Both sides have
assented to that plan.
Queen Helena. of Italy. has decided tC
undertake with her own private fund.
the reconstruction of town on the out
skirts of Messina, the actual location t
be on the hill where the lighthouse stood
The new community will start with 1,OOt
inhabitants.
A committee of the French Senate ha,
drawn up a bill to establish a system OF
old age and invalid pensions and nsur
ance, which goes far beyond the recent,
adopted British system of age pensions
1t reduces the age limit to 60 instead o
| 40 years, and Incorporates many of thu
features of the German labor insuranc,
| laws.
| Emperor Nicholas of Russia came {,
St Petersburg 10 entertain King Ferdi
nand of Bulgaria at the Winter Palace
Although the visit of the latter was sale
to be nonpolitical, it is believed that tn,
meeting of the two monarchs means th,
de facto recognition by Russia of Bulgar
| ian independence.
President Gomez has asked the Cubar
Congress TO appropriate $1,O23.344 tt
equip at once an army of 10000 soldier,
TO be organized under one head an in
spector general who will be under the i'm
mediate orders of the president. III,
points out that this need did not exis
while the Amer lean soldiers were il
Cuba, but that !. is very imperative now
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18
CONGRESS CONvENES;
CANNON REELECTED
llIinoisan Chosen Speaker of House
When Extra Session Begins
Work.
NEW MEMBERS ARE SWORN IN.
Lively Scenes at the Nations Capitol
When Lawmakers Gather for
Tariff Revision.
Washington correspondence

Washington correspondence:
The extraordinary session of the Six
ty-first Congress. called by the Presi-
dent to enact tariff legislation, began
at noon Monday Great crowds were
attracted to the capitol, but only few
were able to gain admission TO either
chamber The Senate being continu-
Gus body. its organization was al
ready complete, although interest in
the proceedings centered on the new
ice-President, Mr.. Sherman, and the
swearing in of Senator Stephenson of
Wisconsin, who has been reelected aft
er bitter fight in the Legislature 81
his State. At the other end of the
capitol, however, a different situation
was presented. The House, with its
seventy-seven new members. had to or
ganize, which took considerable time.
While this was being done the clerk,
Alexander Mcdowell, acted as presiding
officer. 1t was necessary first to swear
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18
MISSOURI GUSTS STANDARD OIL
Waters-Pierce Company Continues
to Do Business in State.

The motions by the Standard Oil
Company of Indiana and the Republic
Oil Company of Ohio for q rehearing
of the custer suit recently decided
against them, and for a modification
of the judgment, were overuled by the
Missouri Supreme Court Tuesday.
Upon payment of the assessed fine
the motion of the Attorney General
for an absolute custer of the Missouri
company was denied, the compliance
with the court order recently filed by
the company was approved and the
judgment of custer against it was sus-
pended.
The effect of these decisions is TO
expel the Indiana and Ohio companies
from Missouri and TO restore to the
Waters-Pierce Company, GO per cent
of whose stock is held by the Stand
ard Oil Company of New Jersey. the
right to do business within the State.
The decision is considered q great
victory for the Waters Pierce Com
pany and incidentally for the minority
ihtClcotS VI COHCtTn WHO
TO have been making unavailing eff
forts to free the company from con-
troll by the New Jersey corporation.
With this object in view they declined
to approve the proposition made by
the Standard Oil Company of Indiana
that that company be allowed to con-
tinue business i'm the State under a
trusteeship composed of representa-
tives of the court and the company.
This proposition excited the liveli-
est interest in that 1t would have
given to the State measure Of di-
rect control of corporations affairs,
had it been adopted by the court. But
1T was ignored in the announcement
by the chief justice.
With the judgment of custer made
absolute against the Standard Oil
Company of Indiana and the Repub-
lie Oil Company, these concerns must
now pay their fines of $4,000 each
and cease business i'm the State. The
$4,000 assessed against the Waters
Pierce Company has been paid.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18
AMONG OUR NErGHBoRs.

Joseph Raczynski died in South Bend
Ak the age of 1903 years. He was born
June IA. 1906. at Plock. Poland, coming
to the United States when IS years OF
age.
A Big Four passenger train struck .
pile of stones FIVE miles north of Wa
bash. Fifty feet from the pile of stones
was Pawpaw Greek. into which the train
would have fallen had it been derailed.
Revenge is believed to have been the mo
tive for the attempted wreck.
Newton Strickland. 60 years old, and
his son. William Strickland, both died OF
pneumonia at their home. north of Bloom
field Their deaths were not more than
thirty minutes apart. The family is seri-
ously afflicted. as three other members are
i'll with the same disease.
Joseph Welsh of East Chicago killed
himself while hunting ducks on the Calu-
net River near PaleSine.
Fred Hitner. barber. was found in
McKinney's livery stable in Evansville,
seriously injured. His skull was crushed
and he was in dying condition. Mys-
cry surrounds the affair and the police
are investigating.
Robert and James Baughman, arrested
several weeks ago following a series of
robberies in Ohio and Indiana. made
their escape from the county Jail in In
Annapolis and have not been recaptnured-
The men were awaiting action by the
grand jury.
The body of Mrs. Mary Nichols, 81
gears old. was found in Indianapolis the
head crushed i'm from repeated blows of
some heavy instrument. Gustave Eaton,
gardener who made his home with Mrs.
Nichols. was arrested on suspicion. He
said four strange young men tied him in
she'd and beat Mrs. Nichols to death.
Valparaiso. the home of the Valparaiso
University. is completely dry, the last
two saloons having closed their doors.
This is the first time that the staic old
college town has been without a saloon
for sixty-two years. There will be no
more liquor sold over a bar there until
the majority of the people vote for it two
years hence.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18
CURRENT NEWS NOTES.

Daniel Guggenheini, president of TIT
American Smelling and Refining Com
pany, who was taken i'll in Mexico. reach
ed Laredo, Texas. or his way to New
York.
Peter Seery, the fire marshal of New
York City, says in his annual report tina
Lip fires in Manhattan out of a tota
of S,242 in the last year were caused b,
the careless handling of matches.
Fire at Hobart, Okla, destroyed tn,
building occupied by the Dixie depart
ment store, with contents. Loss, $50,
600.
Sir Robert Bond at st. John. ~ Il.
announced that he would hand in hi,
resignation as premier in a day or two
His opponent, Sir Edward Morris, will
be called on to form an administration
Sigmund Grabenheimer treasurer of tn,
firm of Schwartzschid & Sulzberger, an,
well known in the beef trade, fell deaf
from heart disease in the arms of hi
brother. Nathan, while walking near tn
Grand Central station in New York.
The Kelly Hotel, Arthur Kelly's gen
eral store, Mrs. SCOTS residence and thu
public library at Estevan, Sask., wer,
destroyed by fire. Loss $4,000.
Loss of $4JOO00 was caused by fire il
Buffalo, N. Y, six-story building occu
pied by ii. ]. Brock & Co., Vile, Her
man & Co., George Y. HIATT & Co.. Claw
son & Wilson and Cohn < Frank, al
dealers in clothing, being destroyed.
While on her way to a theater in Co
lumbus, Ohio, Mrs. Ethel Boeshans, aged
IS, bride of two months, was electro
cuted when her umbrella came in contac
with a live wire which had been tori
loose from a pole by the storm.
DIR. Joseph ID. Bryant of New York
the late Grover Cleveland's physician
was robbed of his watch, a gold penknifs
and 500 in New York hospital while
getting ready TO perform an operation.
For recklessly driving his automobile
Louis J. Henes of New York City, sen
Tor in the Sheffield Scientific School al
New Haven, has been sentenced to thirty
DAYS in Jail. He gave $500 bonds pend
ing an appeal.
President Thwing of Western Re-
serve University, Cleveland. announces
that S375.0 200. conditional to gift oil
S12J,000 from the general educational
board, has been raised The fund is fol
endowment of undergraduate colleges.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18
DAYTON WOMAN AGAIN VICTIM.
Seventh Murder Mystery Appears I'm
Discovery of Body In Canal.

Another mystery confronts the police
of Dayton. Ohio, in the discovery Of the
decomposed body Of an unknown white
woman in the canal below the Apple
street bridge. In the opinion Of the Off
GERS. it must have lain in the water about
4 month The woman apparently was 80
years old and well dressed. She was at
tired in black. She wore slippers, but
over these she bad a pair of new rubber
shoes. The wolnan's under garments were
liz good condition The decomposition
will, it is feared, prevent the identified
ton of the woman. The body was found
lying half out on the bank. face down,
while both hands were clenched and were
near her throat, as il she had tried to
protect herself. Six girls have been
found slain in Dayton recently. Four of
the murders have never been solved
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18
FEATURES OF INTEREST
ABOUT THAT WHICH HAS BEEN
ANO IS TO BE.
are Shown. Nothing Overlooked to
make it Complete.
Yankee Merchants Stir Up London.

Yankee Merchants Stir Up London.
The opening in London, Eng, of the
first of the American department
stores was a memorable event in the
history of English retail business and
the new Yankee enterprise, as it is
generally called, has electrified the old
firms to frantic efforts to Guido the
new competitor. They are resorting to
costly methods to attract the people
from the opening of the American
store, such as concerns, anniversary
celebrations and other entertainments
on a large scale. Even employing
grand opera singers, military bands
and music hall performers to attract
the crowd. All the newspapers have
printed long accounts of the new enter
prise and the person atty of the chief
movers.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18
SENDS MESSAGE 4,24O MILES.
japanese Steamer Accompanies

Japanese Steamer ACCOMMODATES
Wonder I'm Wireless Telegraphy.
The steamer Aki Maru. of the Nippon
Yusen Kaisha fleet of japanese steam
ships. sent message by wireless from
Yokohama, Japan. to Puget Sound, dis
lance of 4,240 miles, without losing COM
munication with the stations on either
the japanese or American coasts. The
accomplishment was made possible by re-
laying messages through wireless equip
menrs of other vessels of the company,
which were picked up between the Aki
Maru and the coast
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18
FOUR CITIES MAY JOIN.
Business Men of Calumet River VAL
ley Launch Movement.

ley Launch Movement.
At a mass meeting held in Hammond
preliminary steps were taken by manu-
facturers business men and municipal Of
fcers to unite the cities of Hammond,
Whiting. Indiana Harbor and East Chi
cago into one municipality under the sug-
Sested name of Calumet. The amalgama-
ton would also include a dozen lesser
places, embracing IN all a total popula
ton of $4,000, making il the second city
in the State of Indiana. Officers of the
four cities point out the lessened cost of
government in having but one Mayor
and City Council as well as the economy
in civic administration. The cities named
touch each Others boundaries now. Gary
would be welcomed into the municipality,
but it prefers TO be Independent. The
cities of Hammond. East Chicago, In
diana Harbor and Whiting border on
Lake Michigan, and the desire for a gov
eminent harbor for which each city has
been fighting individually for years is the
means of bringing them ell together with
the hope that a canal connecting them
with the Chicago Sag can thus be OBJ
tanned.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-18
INDIANA LIGHT PLANTS UNITE.
Gas and Electric Companies Joined
I'm s1O,OO0,000 Corporation.

Through papers filed in the Office of the
Laporte County Recorder an amalgama-
ton and consolidation of the various gas
and electric plants in Northern Indiana
owned or controlled by Clarece II. Geist
of Chicago and Philadelphia was perfect
ed under the name of the Northern In
diana Gas and Electric Company, with
capital stock of S10O00.000. Frank J.
Canal has been elected President and
Rollo NJ. Cole. Secretary. The new cor
poration absorbs the gas and electric
plants at Michigan Sity. Hammond. VAL
paraiso. Indiana Harbor and East Chr