New-York tribune., 1912-02-29
THE VIEWS THIS MORNING.

EORETcN.-The British government
acknowledged it's failure to avert the
coal strike; some one hundred thousdHu
,oen were already out, and another SlN
hundred thousand we're expected 10 De
ont by tomorrow: further enort, WIN
Sir George Askwith as mediator II was
announced, would be made to-day. -
Comparative quiet relgned IN JU%IeH
NIexico. all the troops except two nun
Srad were 10 be marched south TO at
tecL chihuahua. - Two Caplhet
ministers and several other prominent
TTnplishmen addressed a mass meetlus
an London held to launch an anu-sul-
fragette campaign. - 1t was ar
ranged that almost S4,000,O0O should pe
advanced by bankers representing Ihe
United States, Great Britain, France
and Germany to the Nanklng ana feA,ls i
governments: a revolt Of troops. OWNS
20 their being without pay, was reported
of Hankow. - France, Great Britain
ond Russia decided to send warships 10
crete where attacks by Christians on
Mahometans were reported; II was
feared that the matter would culnlnaIe
an war between Turkey and Greece
= A bill to transfer to Russia
provInce Of Poland was rejected IN tne
Donna. =- Italian troops drove turks
and Arabs from a strong position on
,,,o1,r|s{n slopes seventy miles east OF
the city OF Tripoli and inflicted heavy
loss.
DOMESTIC Taft VIII soon
start on a speechmadng campaign, IN
which he will reply to eX-Presldent
pnoseyeIt's Columbus speech. - That
the Roosevelt boom in Massachusetts
suffered by the colonels visit to that
state was the opinion expressed by un-
biassed observers in Boston. --- Inc
waters Pierce oil Company, II was an
nounced at st. Louis. was planning d
national investigation in search OF eIiI
dence to prove THAI the Standard oll
Company Is evading the law anu per
petuating an illegal trust In defiance OF
The Tinted States Supreme Court. -=
The federal Bureau Of Labor decided 10
investigate the wage and working con-
ditions at Lawrence; plans were mace
10 send a party of men, women ana
children from the mill city 10 Washlns-
ton, = The National Educauonal
Association, at st. Louis. decided to hold
its next annual convention In Phlladei-
phia. - The Commissioner Of Agri-
culture reported to Governor DIX tnat
horse breeding was neglected In TINS
state. and conference was arranged 10
devise means to stimulate the industry.
C1TY.-Stocks were strong. == The
Interborough submitted a new subway
offer, accepting the SIC per cent prefer
entail payment and yielding TO other de-
mands af the city; the Mayor declared
negotiation was ended, and said the plan
exceled the one he had so long lamented.
--= Two more arrests were made In
the S25 900 taxicab robbery case. -
The District Attorney decided TO let
Mortimer L. Schiff and his lawyer How
ard S. Cans, testify before the grand
fury in the Brandt case, after every
nrecaution shall have been taken against
Immunity following; Brandt was freed
from prison, and said he would not go
on the stage. - Mr. Roosevelt re-
turned from Boston silent as to his cam
paign plans; the manager Of the New
York headquarters said tidal wave of
Roosevelt enthusiasm was sweeping
eastward. =- Mrs Johanna Huebnor
of No. 2441 Seventh avenue was beaten
and robbed by a negro hallboy, who
turned on the gas, according to his con-
fession. and then went TO a crap game
with the stolen money. == The d.
rectors Of the Central Leather Company
were "heckled" at the annual meeting
of the stockholders. but the opposition
was greatly outvoted and failed on
every point: the company reported
disastrous" year in trade. - Liabil-
ity companies. headed by the HGtna, be-
gan a fight against Senate" Sullivan's
bill limiting rates and commissions on
such insurance - Miss Inez Milhol-
land, a friend said, had renounced mat
rtmony because of her devotion to the
suffrage cause.
THE wEATHER.-Indicati for to-
day: Fair. The temperature Yesterday
Highest, 81 degrees: lowest. %