The Springfield herald., 1910-05-13
GEN ERAl.

Two persons were shot to death in
trouble over whisky at Staunton. Va.
Sunday.
Present danger of rate war on au-
tomobile insurance in Chicago was
everted Tuesday by the continuance OF
a former agreement.
BY an overwhelming vote the union
freight handlers of Chicago Thursday
night declared against further strike
against the twenty-three railroads.
Organized labor and organized farm
ers will work together hereafter in
preserving the rights and liberties of
both classes of workers. under the pro-
visions of resolution unanimously
adopted by the executive committee Of
the Farmers Education and Coop
erative Union at st Louis Thursday.
The fortnightly car report of the
American Railway association shows
a surplus OF cars of 102.0S5, being an
increase for two weeks of 17.19S, half
of them box cars. A total shortage
of 5,766, a decrease OF l,764. The in
crease in surplus coal cars is most
noticeable in the West and South
west.
Suit for 10000 damages against the
Chauffeurs' union and its officers and
members was started Friday in the
Chicago Superior Court by. three O. The
automobile livery companies. The
suit is based on breach OF contact
which the companies assert the union
committed when it ordered strike OF
chauffeurs about five weeks ago.
Two companies of the Illinois Ma
tional Guard are reported in readiness
at Danville, ILL.,, to be dispatched to
Westville, mining town. where trou-
BILE impends among the hundred min
ers, mostly foreigners, who, armed
with clubs, stones and few weapons.
marched on the coal mines Thursday.
mob fashion, drove the repair men
from the shafts and demanded work,
saying their wives and babies were
starving as result of the suspension
of coal mining in the district.
A press dispatch from Washington
announces that John d. Rockefeller
had abandoned the idea of securing a
national charter for his proposed foun-
dation. Starr ]. Murphy. personal
counsel for Mr.. Rockefeller, and
speaking for the Standard Oil presi-
dent, said the statement was entirely
without foundation. Mr.. Murphy also
said that Mr.. Rockefeller had nothing
to do with the Economic and Gener-
al Foundation" for which a charter is
being sought from the New York legis-
lature for IAN aged man of wealth,
said to have s2,5OO,0Oo to spend on
charity.
All hope that any of the forty-five
white and $50 negro miners entombed
in mine No. of the Palos Coal and
Coke Company. at Palos, Ala, as the
Thursday afternoon. may be rescued
alive, has been abandoned.
The United States Steel Corporation
Wednesday announced that it had es.
tablished a fund of sS,OOO.OOO for pen.
sion purposes and would consolidate
this fund with the 100000 fund here
tofore created by Andrew Carnegie, to
be administered for the benefit of EN-.
ployes.
The Tobacco Association of the
United States will hold its annual
melting this year on the bosom of the
Atlantic ocean, on board a chartered
ship starting from Norfolk July 1st
and sailing for New York.
After confinement for three years
in the Orange aims house, at East
Orange, n. j.. tethered to stake in
the yard by day and locked In the
house at night, with aged and feeble
minded persons as his only compan
ions. Martin Connors, years old. is
about to be removed to good home
as the result of the interest taken in
his case by Gov. ]. Franklin Fort