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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-05
LONDON MINERS
REFUSE TERMS
If Something is Not Done
Soon Many British Peo.
pie Will Starve.

London, March 5.-The general
council of the miners today declined
the offer of the railroad employees
union, to order a sympathetic strike
. on all the railroads to force pressure
on the operators in favor of the min
crs.
London, March 5.-Despite the OBJ
stinate stand on both sides Premier
Asquith today made a final appeal TO
the committees of miners and opera
tors asking them to make mutual
concessions and end the strike. Ho
, pointed out the seriousness Of the sit
uation, that the national business, al.
ready crippled would be completely
paralyzed by the end of the week
and that millions of men, women and
children, innocent victims of the en-.
forced idlcncss OF the various indus
tries, were today facing starvation.
The situation is critical The price
OF food is leaping upward daily. The
abandonment of freight trains by the
various railroads has curtailed the
milk supply of the cities Fresh
meats are at a premium, while the
store of salt and smoked food stuffs
Is rapidly being diminished. Canned
goods are being exhausted, although
the dealers have doubled their prices
Flour for bread is running low. Un-
less something Is done to relieve the
situation within forty-eight hours,
thousands will be face to face with
actual starvation.
All this and more was made plain
by the premier today when the three
cornered conference between miners,
operators and government was resum-
cd. lie made it appear on the ground
of humanity and asked the miners to
go back to work and trust to parlia- !
ment to enforce their chief demand, !
the establishment Of a minimum wage
scale.
The men said they were working !
under the instructions of the rank and !
Hle. The entire situation has been
canvassed the premier was told. be- |
fore the referendum vote was taken, |
and It was agreed that starvation |
would be preferable to a continuation |
Of existing conditions where the ma !
lority Of the miners and their as
slstants, now on strike. wero unable
10 earn more than enough to pay FOR
the conrsest klnd Of food.
The men told the premier that that
they believed If they went back TO
work he would b ounable to force u
minimum wage bin through parlia,
mcnt They said 1t would he oppos-
ed by the manufacturers everywhere
who would argue that 1t savored OF
patcrnalism and. If applied to the
coal industry, would Immediately have
to be extended to every avocation.
There is no hope or foreign assist
ance. The coal enroute or ordered
from America viii hardly be sufficient
to provide fuel for heating and cook
ing purposes in the big cities French
coal is not on the market and a
strike of coal miners Is impending
In Germany. ..,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-05
PRESIDENTS OF
COAL ROADS
Met Today in New York and
Are Expected to Reject
Propositions of Miners.
lrnlled presa Leased wIre.l J

Omitted Press Leased Wircl
New York. March 5.--Thc owners Of
the great anthracite deposits in Penn
sylvania, most Of the presidents Of
coal carrying railroads, met behind
carefully guarded doors here today.
On their action. which will not be
made public until March II depends
whether Il Is to be war or peace
in tho coal fields. Tho magnatcs are
expected to reject the demands Of the
United Mine Workers in toto AS an
alternative. It seemed certain today
they would offer a renewal Of the
agreement which win expire March 3t
This the miners have said in convcn-
on will never he accepted
The magnates. II was known. arc
determined TO refuse r one-year agree
ment instead of renewing the present
cne for three years; all increases OF
wages, and recognition or tho union
10 the extent OF having the paymas-
tors deduct union dues from the wages
of the mon. Negotiations will be con-
tnued for some time In the hope that
compromise may be reached
1t was planned when the magnates
consider the demands or the union.
This committee, IL was expected would
he headed by President Baer. Of the
Philadelphia & Reading. and It win
take up and answer every individual
demand Of the miners.
The next Joint conference between
the scale committee of the United
Mine Workers and the operators is
scheduled for March n. If the opora-
tcrs refusal, as expected, is coupled
with the alternative or renewal OF
the existing agreement. the committee
VIII be compelled to submit It either
to referendum vote or to n meeting
OF the miners OF the three anthracite
districts.
That local dealers expect n strike
was shown today when many of them
refused to sell to any but regular
customers. They are outstanding all
OF the coal obtainablc but at best less
than two months suprsy ror the CITY +.
can be stored here.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-05
FnIlhrnl Ilmnloyc Dcnd.

Jacob Prcircr died saturday at his
home IN Gallon, aged GO years, two
months and one day. He had been in
poor health about a year, although
bedfast but three days prior to mis-
death. He was afflicted with dropsy
and heart failure.
The deceased was born In Hohen-
Solms. Prussia, Germany, December
81, 1851 He came to Gallon In 1851,
residing here continuously until his
death. During All tho time he lived
In Gallon and until compelled to cease
work because of IN health, he .was cm-
ployed IN the Erie shops and was
faithful and industrious in the per-
formancc Of his duties, says the Gallon
Inquirer lie leaves his widow and
the following children: Mrs. w. B
Maynard. Cleveland. Theodore, Ma
rion, Otto, Paul, Wil'llam, Osta and
Walter OF this city; also a grandchlld
in Cleveland, Two surviving brothers
live in Germany
F'uncral services at the German NJ,
u. church, Tuesday afternoon at .
o'clock, conducted by Rev, Blume and
Rev. Anderson.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-05
NEW YORK PRODUCE

New York, March 5.-Flour-Dull
and unchanged.
Pork-Firm, mess 17@1T50
Lard-Firm; middle west spot 9.15
d5.25.
Sugar-Raw, easier, centrlfugals, 9G
test, 4.55; muscovado. 50 test. 4.O5; re-
fined quiet; cut loaf $50; crushed $50;
powdered $50; granulated 5.SOm5.S5.
Coffee-Rio No. 7 on the spot IA 1-4Q
Il 3-S.
Tallow-Inactive; city 6; country s
3-4d6 Ia.
Hay-Steady; prime 1.35; No. los
Hl10; clover I0Od12g
/, Dressed poultry -FTrm; turkeys 12p
tPl; rhiekens 1s@22; fowls 10 1-2G1G;
Live poultry-Unsettled; geese 11012
ducks 1907; fowls Is 1-2G1G turkeys
is; roosters 10; spring chickens 10.
Chees r Strong; state milk, com
D mon TO sepcials II 1-2N1S; skins,
common to specials. Z 1-2@14 1-2.
Butter-Firm; receipts S,593; cream
cry extra 80 1-2; state dairy tubs 230
30; Imitation creamery hrsts &C.
Eggs-Unsettled; receipts 22752;
nearby white fancy 27@s8: nearby
mixed fancy 25; fresh firsts 2G027.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-05
LAW CONsrITuTIoNAL

Cincinnati, March 5.-rhe United
States circuit court Of appeals decld-
ed today that the white slave section
of the interstate commerce laws is
constitutional and upheld tho SEN
tences OF these Cincinnati women;
Emma Harris, four years; Bessie
Green, one year; Della Bennett, eleven
This decision will do more to stop
white slavery than anything that has
yet happened in this country" said
District Attorney Mcpherson.
Attorneys for the women will at
tempt to carry the case TO the United
state supreme court.
The circuit court holds that the in
terstate commerce section does not
interfere with police powers. and that
a person going from one state to an
other becomes an article of commerce.
The Harris woman was accused Of
inducing girls to come to Cincinnati
from Charleston, w. Va, while Bes-
sio Green acted as her agent Della
Bennett was accused OF bring girls TO
Cincinnati from Chicago.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-05
LoCAn GRAIN MARKET
THEY EAT THE
BARK OF TREES

MT, Earl III. Cressy, an American
VINO mas recently returned from a. tour
vi inspection OF the famine districts
Oh China relates many instances H.
lustrative of the frightrul conditions
OF starvation which prevailed early i'm
February. He made n minute exnm-
nation of many Chinese homes. Dos
cribing an inspection of all the houses
large ana small, In several rrouns =
total of 80 houses. Mr.. Cressy makes
the Following statement:
"A straw stack indicates that tbero
nus Deen a crop. / found straw I'm
iour yards. Grain was found in only
seven houses out of the 55, and I'm no
pace over peck of IT, The food I'm
process OF preparation was invariably
grcens-sweet potato leaves or carrot
tops, thin, acrid smelling mass of
the appearance OF stagnant water and
about as appetlzing, only once I'm
u while containing a bit of vegetable
or grain. About one out Of evorv
three was eating elm bark which thev
prepare by reducing It to a fine saw
dust and then making II into cakes
Whole rows OF trees have thus been
stripped Of their bark. or even such
sorry food as this only a few lhaye
any great amount on hand After IL
Is gone they will eat the bark of the
willow ANA mulberry which cause
swelling and hasten death. Except
Tor these the countryside is absolutely
bare.
ITO look back upon IL, the whole
seems like a bad dream. The gloom
OF the wretched homes the whirllng
snow, driven by the bitter wind the
hungry garrulousness of the old wo-
men, the modest Shyness of young ma
irons at suddenly finding themselves
IN the presence of foreign man, lit
Tie children crying over their pitiful
FOOD, the dumb agony on the face of
the woman whom we had to tell thar
her husband had just breathod his
last, the dead with mummy faces and
claw-like fetal this IS only a small
part OF the grim tragedy OF the famine
where two and a half millions are
facing conditions like these"
AS rapidly as contributions are re.
ceived ythe American Red Cross
they are hurried by cable to the re-
1lef committee in Shanghai. Up to
March /, $4,000 has been forwarded.
Millions are needed because the new
grain crop in China cannot be har-
vested for three months.
The New York relief committee, co.
operating closely with thc Red Cross,
Is urging every pastor in the United
States to speak TO his congregation on
the famine on Sunday, March 10, andI
TO take a collection for the starving.
The Red Cross approves this request
and urges universal compliance with
it Tho money thus collected may be
sent to the New York China Famine
Relief Committee. 1 Madison avenue,
New York, or TO the American Red
Cross Washington. In either case
the amounts received win be ac-
knowledged and promptly cabled to
China.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-05
They Arrive Monday Night
in a Special Car From
Gallon.
300 men ARE COMING
All Terminal Business Will
be Transacted in
Marion.
superintendent G. a. Allen In Charge.
Offices VIII he Equipped with New
Furnisllings--A List of the New
Residents.

The terminal offices for this divis-
ion of the Eric arrived on a special
car from Gallon late yesterday af-
ternoon. and beginning this morning,
all terminal work will progress in the
new offices on the fourth floor of the
Huber building.
Taking up their location here are
the following officials: Superintendent
G. a. Allen. Chief Clerk A. l.. Con-
rad; w. p. Kimble, division engineer;
n. S. Gathers assistant engineer! w.
Pelham, master carpenter; w. .. Me-
Neal, chief train dispatcher, 10. G.
Robins assistant chief train Dispatch
er; Il. o. Rodgers, superintendent OF
lnterlocking.
Nine train dispatchcrs, Il. B. Dres-
sler, w. Beal, A. l.. Covalt. G. b.
Mochel, w. w. Walker. w. L. Sher,
rock p. Phelps, j. Rcnch and T. J.
Ballenger.
-Four operators, John Organ, II. A..
Armstrong, NJ. Murphy, a. II. Rooms
The clerical force, Il. T.. Miller, as
slstant chief clerk; Soloman zeive,
Frank Hart, Harry Albright, Walter
Mason, Walter Christy r. Il. Rafferty,
Paul Robins, l.. II. Sharp l.. II. Dull,
and Vernon Burden.
All of the instruments for the des-
patching of trains and practically all
OF the essential apparatus is
in place A complete outfit of
new furniture has been ordered, how
ever and as II has not arrived some
Impoverished furnishings viii be used
until the arrival of the handsome new
furniture.
The office rooms which have been
partitioned off on the old Huber hall
are well finished, light and commod-
lous and with the now furniture
will make excellent quarters for the
men. There is lecture room i'm
which staff meetings will be held
Tho agents on the division between
Kent and Dayton expect to hold q
meeting each month and the lecture
room will be tho scene Of those gath.
erings
There Is an office room for the dcs.
patchers which includcs the official
quarters of the chief train dispatcher
the train dispatcher and the opera
tors.
In another room the division cngin-
Ger Is duartcrcd. There Is an office
for the chief clerk and his clerks and
n private room for Superintendent Al
len.
ono Of the chief officials stated this
afternoon to a Mirror representative
that 800 mon, including all Of the
train and engine men. would move
here within a short time. Tie stated
many of them are coming now.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-05
Stocks Adyanccc.
Copyright, 1912. by New York Ever
ing Post Company

4
ing Post Company
New York, March 5.-This was n
slngularly interesting day on the stock
exchange In the face OF a total alb
sence of any tangible development of
favorable sort, I'm sequence to all the
diScouraging news of the past few
days and on top of rise of one 10
three points since the middle OF last
week, prices today moved forward
again with substantial broadening Of
activity. Steel common and Union
W9ciic advanced two points each !;
other stocks followed. with gains run.
ming to point. Wall street ascribed
the movement, and probably rightly.
to the aggressive maneuvers of a
group of professional operators who
had disloGged a substantial bear" ac-
count in an oversold market. The
report was spread about on the Lon
don stock exchange, that this was
based on confident expectation Of a
settlement of the Industrial deadlock
within tho next few DAYS.
Whether this report was cause or
consequence of the advanced Lon
don market Is an open question but
the incident made the obstinate cheer
1ulness of the stock exchange in
spite of news which might reasonably
have caused decline in prices, an in
ternational phenomenon. The sequel
can hardly fail to be interesting and
instructive. our own stock marl<e
closed with an irregular reaction from
the highest prices.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-05
F&W lzEzHIZETEEEEgEzrSa
&A SS ! | '!!!.!!l . ! 5 S|s5s
" ~

1900 S!25I good 7.25OS.25; fair 5.2s
@6; veal calves 0G0.5O.
Sheep and lambs-Receipts light;
market steady; prime wethers 5@5.25
good mixed 4.5Om4.90; fair mixed 4
@4dO; spring lambs 40725.
Hiogs-Rcceipts 10 doubledecks:
market slow; prime heavy hogs 6.s5
@6.90; mediums G.9O@6.92 1-2; heavy
yorkers G.90@G.92 IL; light yorkers
ESQ pigs 6.20@6 $50; roughs
5.75 pG; stays 56D 5.25.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-05
TOLEDO GRAIN.

TSoledo, o., March 5.-Whaet-hsaC
Toledo, o., March 5.--wheat- Cash
1.O7 Ia; May 1.03 Is; July 90 ga;
September 80 SIS
Corn-Cash 60 1-2; May 72 3-S; July
~ SIS; September IL rs.
Oats-Cash So Ia; May So SIS; July
81; September 10 "a.
Rye-Cash 90.
Cloverseed-Cash and March 1925;
April 1900; No. 2, 1295; No. 3, 1870;
rejected 12.45.
Alslke-Cash and March 1915.
Timothy-Cash and March ESQ
Butter, eggs and Unchanged.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-05

Chicago, March 5.-Receip,s $1,000;
market slow; mixed and butcheds G35
de.62 1-2; good heavy 6.3506.G5; rough
heavy 6S5@645; light 6S5d662 1-2;
pigs 4.7O66.SO.
Cattle-Recelpts $500; market slow
and steady beeves 5mS.S5; cows and
Eeifers 2.25q67O; stoclers and feed
crs 4lOq625; Texans 4.7O@6; calves 6
0S.50.
Sheep - Receipts $1,000; market
quiet; native SS5@5; western 4G5.15;
lambs, native 450@7; western SOILS.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-05
NEW YORK sTOrN NIARKEr

New York, March 5.--The stock
market opened strong today, stocks
generally being above last nights
close.
. IL a. m.-The market continued
strong throughout the first hour, ad-
dtional gains being made.
Government bonds unchanged, 9TH
er bonds firm.
Noon-The strong tone continued
during the late forenoon.
p. m.-Stocks made additional
advances in the afternoon.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-05
CHICAGO GRAIN.

Chicago. March .--Noon-Wheat--
May down 3-S July down is.
Crn-May down S-S; July down Ia
oats--May and July unchanged.
Close-Wheat--M down La July
up is.
Corn-iMay and July down IA.
oats-May unchanged; July up Is.
Provisions higher.
Wheat--May, open 1903 5-s, close
1903 S-s; July, open % SIS, close
81 3-4.
Corn-May open II is, close 70
rs; July open II Ia, close n.
Oats-May open so rs, close 81
rs; July, open 40, close 40 is.
lPork-iMay open 1870, close 1885;
July. open 1900, close 1917.
Lard-May, open 9,35, close 9.42;
July. open $50, close 800
Ribs-May. open S.72, close S.S5;
July open 8.82, close $50
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-05
EAST BUFFALO LIVE STOCK.

East Buffalo, N. Y. March 5.-Cat-
tle-Receipts $50 head; market active
and steady; prime steers 1900; but
cher grades 3.75@7.
Calves - Receipts GOO head; market
slow; Gull to choice 5.75@G5O.
Sheep and lambs - 5000 head; mar
ket slow; choice lambs 5.75GZ15; Gull
to fair 5.25a6SO; yearlings 575@625;
sheep 2d5.50.
Hogs-Receipts 1850; market slow:
yorkers 6SO@6.9O; pigs 6S5; mixed G.s5
CC.9O; heavy 6.S5a6.9O; roughs 5000
e.10; stays 5@5.5O
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-05
". n. CoIInrd Imrroying.

w. i. Collard, Erie conductor In
jured Mt Wadsworth last week, writes
from the City hospital of Akron that
no amputatlon was necessary al
though he sustained a broken ankle
and some broken ribs, together with
several bad scalp wounds He says
that he Is doing as well as could be
expected Gallon Inquirer.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-05

'I. have ended my life because Of
III health which has bothered me at
times for the last twelve years, es-
pecially SO since last fail. My name
has been mentioned in connection with
the recent fires. VIII say before death
l am not guilty
The second note the coroner with
held.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-05
REGRET TOR RACON

Paris, March 5.-Regret because he
was retiring from France was person
ally expressed to the United States
Ambassador Bacon by noted French
men THIS afternoon including Baron
Desturnelles De Constant leader of
the Universal Peace party in the SEN
ate. and other advocates of closer re-
lations between France and tho Uni
ted States.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-05
Interesting Statistics.

According to the regular monthly
reports of the relief departments Of
the Pennsylvania railroad system, is
sued today. the sum Of $2t4.365.3G
was paid to members during tho
month of January, 1912. or this
amount S14S,33S,S6 represents the
payments made on the lines east of
Pittsburg and Erie, and $66,O26,5O on
the lines west, Since the establish
ment of the funds, n total of s32, ,365,-
590.92 have been paid ont.
on the lines east OF Fittsburg and
Erie I'm the month Of January the pay
ments I'm dement's TO the families of
members who died amounted to $47.-
5lA12 while to members incapacitatcd
for work they amounted to $780,
S26.71. The total payments on tho
lines cast OF Plttsburg since the relief
fund was established in 1856 have
amounted TO $23,474,29S,6O.
In January, the relief fund of the
Pennsylvania lines west of Plttsburg
paid out total of $G6,O26.50, of
which $26,5O0 were for the families
OF members who died, and $50, 526.50
for members unable to work. The
sum OF $S,S91, ,292.S2 represents the
total payments of the relief fund of
the Pennsylvania lines west OF Pitts
burg since it was established in 1889.
O. l., Enos, travelling passenger
agent for the Erie was here today.
J. c, Woods has resigned III sposi-
tion at the Erie tower.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-05
Cnndnclor ln lhc Sonlh.

Word received from Erie Conductor
c. y. Keller, who is on a trip through
the South, is to the effect that he
Will return about March 20. He is
now In st. Petersburg Florida
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-05

the company TO make it a through
continental train and not cater to the
local traffic.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-05
A CRITICISM
Contlnned from Pnrc Onc.

no fuel! They begged cloqucnly for
their husbands, that they might ere
ate by their labor and supply those
necessities of life which they wero
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-05
\. Y. MONEY MARKET.

New York, March 5,--lMoney on
cali 2 3-S; time money for six months
ID; bar silver, London, 2G "a
pence; Jew York, SO is cents; de-
mand sterling 4S7.3O@4S735.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-05
Free Pile Remedy

Cut out this coupon and mail 10
the PYRAMID DRUG CO., l2a
Pyramid Bldg, Marshall, Mich,
with your full name and address
ON "a slip of paper. A sample OF
the great Pyramid Pile Remedy
VIII then he sent YOU At once by
mail, FREE, IN plain wrapper.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-05
CLEvELAND LIVE STOCK.

Cleveland, o., March 5.-Hogs-
1900; sc lower; pigs 6.25; all other
grades 6.S5.
Cattle, cars; steady.
Sheep and lambs-S carsi top.
Calyes-l50; $50.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-05

Mount Morgan, in Quecnland, Aus
tralla, is described as almost a noun
tam OF gold. Since its discovery in
1856 T3O0O,OOO has been taken from
IT, besides $4,000 tons IONS or copper
yet the ore has averaged less than
half an ounce of gold Ton.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-05
THE PREMIER'S
Contlnncd from pnrn One

never consent to their wives and
daughters being made fe1ons because
they demanded the rights for which
their forefathers fought.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-05
IOUISVIILE LIVE sTOCIc

Louisville, Ky, March 5.-Cattle -
Re Rtcoipts 200; 2@7.
Hogs-Receipts 100; 46650.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-05
PTVTsBuRG LIVESTOCK

Pittsburg, Pa, March 5.-Cattle--
Receipts light; market steady; choice
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-05

J. c, Woods has resigned III sposi-
tion at the Erie tower.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-05

O. l., Enos, travelling passenger
agent for the Erie was here today.