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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-10-28
Irnora Wtlson's Plea.

SPRINGFIELD. Ill. Oct. 27.-Rcady
to leave Springfield carly tomorrow
morning to assume active charge Of the
threatened strike OF soft coal miners
scheduled To begin Friday at midnight.
John l.. Lewis. acting president OF the
United Mine Workers Of America, de-
clared tonight tho S:rike order was still
in effect and that tho 500. 600 miners in
the bituminous hold would walk out to
a man unless tho operators made con-
ccssions.
Tho statement Of President Wilson
opposing the strike has thus far had no
result so far as we arc concerned" Lewis
said. No word reached him. ne stated,
from government sources during the
day.
Lewis expects to roach Indianapolis
ut 2.40 n. M. whore hr will make prcpa-
ratlons for the meeting Wednesday Of
the international executive hoard. He
said tonight he expected no develop
ments prior TO this conference
What the Miner Earns.
Branding statements that coal miners
were earning $40 or SIS 4 day az alb
surd." MIR. Lewis said tho average pay
Of miners in the hituminous field for the
wear 1918, which nc declared was tn"
best twelve months in mlnc workers an
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WESLEYAN HEADED
FOR NAVY GAME
NO INJURIES WERE RECEIVED BY
mTHODrSTS IN TIER GAnE
LAST SATURDAY.
Hymss and Schnoo berger May BE Used
Against Navy Next
Saturday.

BITCKHANNON. oct. 2T.-TwJcc In
succession have the Method SITS or West
Virginia Wesleyan :rampied on w"
United Brethren clcvcIs when on Octn-
mr. IS. Ot;crbein was defeated IN Buck
harmon BY Il $50 score. and th"n l-eoa-
non Valley fell easily in tlarNsourg on
October IS by the same score. II -
fact that neither eleven was very str"nT
yrt ever in ;hc city Of Buckhann0n ana
in many other corners of our Mountain
State is Wesleyan being boosted to the
skies -
Saturday in CiarkSburE and also or the
Ottcrh"iu game in Buckhannon. was ne
fact that the players came out OF the
games in fine condition. There Is not a
rrfppl- reported from either OF inc pat
Ties although Wesleyan worked marc 20
nile M such scores aS were made IN"
great "pad" SncdcEar has couple "i
charley horses but those are common
part Of thr football players rCIe OF scars
and. too. SncdcEar got the silent IN
,u-;.s in the Wesleyan scrimmaGes
tn" I.Shanon Valley game. -.
NyrnrS and SChOneb"rger are TWO OF
the. hig stars Of Wesleyan reported ON
ri,liv e. be in doubtful cond tl0n Tor
.IrnS time, For u full month Hymes
mas been suffering with an injury 70 ms
,ns,,r which has made him !nCapahle OF
pcrfnrrrg - he did 50 brilliantly IN
igl-. SchuoohcrEer had rib cracked
yyhii, in tho Navy and that has gwen
Kim some worry Also the big Strong
lad has an infection on = finger which
has given him trouble. Neither OF these
MN were entered in the Lebanon var
lev gaulo and HymeS was wlthheIo from
th,, Orrrhcln game on tho 18th. Trainer
lI,mhrick. after u long consultation
win some OF thn best physicians OF the
ely reports that he can recommsnd the
uS, Of th"s.. players in the hard Navy
came on Saturday ~ this week II Is
frrrL inut the medical corps has the
lin. lnp.. for Wesleyan anticipates her
rrna.,S, figh; OF the year at Annapolis
on November LIST.
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q, M. W. Na.rring Time.

INDIANAPOLIS. Oct. 27.-Officials or
the United Mine Workers Of America AT
international headquarters here tonight
were marking time. awaiting the arrival
Of Acting President John L. Lewis from
Springfield. III. to attend tho meeting
of tho organization Wednesday. MT.
Lewis is not expected until tomorrow
night or Wednesday morning.
At the meeting OF abe board WedneS-
day 1t is expected that reply will be
drawn up To the demand of President
Wilson. made Saturday. that the strike
order bc rrscinded. There was no init
nation tonight as to the nature Of the
miners reply.
In statement issued today Ellis
Scarlcs. editor Of the United Workers
journal, reiterated t..at the miners are
ready and willing to negotiate new
wage agreement before November l. He
charged that thus far all pressure had
hcen on the miners and none on the
operators.
During the day also Governor James
]. Goodrich issued statement in sup
port OF President wilson's efforts 10
avert the strike Of the miners on No
vcmbcr /. and declH, "a that the pr"si-
dent can count on the support OF In
diana in every step that he has taken
not only TO prevent the carrying out or
tho strike, but in preserving order and
in rrsuming work in the mines at the
earliest possible date.
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SpcciNl Dispatch 70 The InIcIIIIyHCeI,
CUMBERLAND, Oct. - Althougn
it was the impression hclu een.naiii Sy
ib,t the Georges Creek region would
not be affected Immediately should
miners strike be called November irst.
il IS now officially announced by the
United Mine Workers organization ot
t,mL E,Id md the section in West Vir-
rinia along TIC Western Maryland rail-
way. known as the Upper l'ot"mtI hcid.
Ina, there will y" Il complete walknut
nj that time. Mine workers Officials
hcrc stated today that unless the govern
mrut offered some definite methods by
which the miners demands would be
,rhir rated. the order issued by Acting
President Lewis would not be rcsclndcd
Tho walkuut in this district was agreed
unnn nj n meeting of the executive COM
mi,tnc Of District No Ii here. BUSINESS
men in tho region arc giving notice that
in the event of a strike they VIII do
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nals, was s1,2os a year. He refused to
say what the maximum earnings Of a
miner under favorable circumstances
might be. but said the earnings Of day
mon" amounted to between 3t.25 and 50
u day. These include track layers, driv-
crs. mechanics and laborers.
Coal diggers, he stated. can make moro
money than that. He explained that
wages Of miners were curtailcd. how
ever. by the fact that mines operate on
the average of only three or four days
week. This condition, he said. made
necessary a shorter day and week In
order 10 furnish continuous employment
as embraced in wage demands suggest
cd by miners early in tbs conferences.
Other demands include sixty per cent in
crease in wages. time and half for
overtime. elimination OF the strike pen
atty clause. etc
Blames the Operators.
In n statement issued tonight he said
TO clear up popular misapprehension
about exactly what took place in tho
joint conference, Mr. Lewis placed re-
sponsibility for tho strike again on the
operators. The statement follows:
AT the biennial convention Of tho
United Mine Workers at Cleveland Sep
lfInDfT 10 -, Hlt'Illcu ny -,Vfo NIf-
gates. a wag" program and policy was
outlined and scale committees were Sc
lcctcd who were instructed TO present
demands TO the operators.
"On September IS at Buffalo the
miners and operators mot in joint COM
mittce. Tho miners presented their de-
mands and were met by a blunt state
mcnt that the Washington agreement
had not expired because the war was
not ended and peace had not been prom
ulGatrd by tho president.
mo counter proposals were submitted
by the operators. who seemingly were
determined 70 avoid making a new agree
mont. This committee adjourned for
week and reconvcncd in Philadelphia on
October .. where tho same circumstances
obtained, and sine die adjournment took
place on October II.
"The miners insisted ut all times that
they were ready to consider demands
from tho standpoint of merit alone. But
crrsdcration on this basis was denied
by tho operators.
THE government In conferences with
operators and miners last week nj
Washington cndcavorcd to secure re-
opening OF negotiations. The miners
consented without reservation. The oper-
ators declined except under conditions
which rendered negotiations Impossible"
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ESTON, w. Va. Oct. &c. f:
Kccncy, president. OF District No. ~ OF
The United Mine Workers OF America.
regrets that the United Mine Workers
arc forced through the arbitrary Sttl'
Jude of the operators at Washington. ~:
e., To put into effect the policy outlined
by the Cleveland convention" IN letter
which he sent this afternoon TO cover
nor John ]. Cornwcll in reply to the iat'
ters appeal TO Mr. keeney TO use his
good Offices in preventing the strlke
ordered for November !.
He maintains that the increase tnS
miners have received since 1916 Is about
63 percent as against lo4.S percent Tor
the Operators, and ncccsSaries OF lie re:
uuircd by the miners have increased
from 50 10 Us percent.
Mr.. kccncy further says:
Immediately upon the signing OF ths
srmistice Walker d. Hines director gen
cral OF the railroads undertook by lot.
ting big contracts to certain groups o!
operators to reduce the government hxed
price and did succeed in many instances.
This gave lecway TO the operators 70
also violate the government liked price
10 S3.UU and $500 u ton. We are now
told BY President Wilson and his caoinc!
that the miners will not be permitted
To- bring about the termination OF Euf
working agreement as 1t legally GOOD
until peace has been proclaimed by tne
United States senate on March 81, 1870
the government ann
operators have violated the agreement.
President Kecney declares that the
district organization Will be guloed "
the action Of the international body.
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ovrers wont Operate Mines.

ST, LOUIS, Oct. 2i.-IhomaS J..
Brewster, chairman Of the mine opera
tors scale committee in statement To-
night declared the operators would 30
anything within reason" 10 avert inc
threatened strike Of coal miners. aStur-
day. and declared the statement OF J"hi
l.. Lewis, acting president Of the United
Nine Workers of America. that the min
crs averaged only SIS . month during
the last year was misleading.
No attempt will be made. by the own
crs tn operate the mines II the strIk
matcrializcs, ne said. Mr.. Brewster
statement follows;
Mr.. Lewis statement as TO the earn
ing powers OF the miners and the present
wac scale are misleading and mad
with intent to miSlcad the public. Inc
present scale is the highest ever receIF,
I'd by tn. miners union and the DEMAND
for coal during the ensuing SIX months
will give. the mon the highest earning
power they have ever had:
'"rhr operators believe that the pres
ent wage scale is fully compensatory
affording to the miners OF the central
competitive coal field from IS 10 Sl2 4
d;.l. coupled with which We have Tor ga!
labor, paid u minimum scale OF -
day"
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HOPEOF POSTPONEMENT
Continued from Page One

hope IN the minds OF officials that the
workers would be duly impressed by tho
presidents strong warning and. looking
ut It In n new light be willing to ncgo-
tiate a new wage agreement without
reservation.
There were many conferences during
the day. and much attention was given
confidential reports from government
agents in the coal field territory bearing
on the possibility of large number Of
tho men sticking to their Jobs despite tho
order to quit work Friday night.
Attorney General Palmer and Score
tary OF Labor Wilson talked over the
situation and outlined plan Of action
which will be presented TO the cabinet
tomorrow. Members Of tho cabinet.
while declining to discuss any phase of
the impending strike. showed they were
grimly determined to stand out for tn"
rights OF the public. which would be
ruthlcssly ignored with the shutting
down Of the mines.
Can BE Called on.
After looking into the method Of strike
procedure. government officials ar" con-
ndcnt that Lewis and his fellow officers
who called the strik- can call it OF. 1t
was recalled that som" years ar" at IN"
time Of the labor troubles in IN" anlhra-
cite fields the miners organization de-
cided TO strike. John Mitchell. tho pres
Idcnt Of the union. and Secretary OF
Labor Wilson. Mitchclrs right hand man.
stood up in tho face of wildly deter
mined crowd Of miners and boldly de-
clarcd that tho strike should not take
place. Their counsel prevailed.
Lewis and his fellow officers. II is con-
tended, have tho same irlilu"ncc.
The impending strike and President
wilson's appeal to tn" miners occupied
a large part in the deliberations Of both
houses Of congress. and was the subject
Of two resolutions. One BY Senator
Thomas. Democrat. Colorado. would au-
thorize the president TO use troop in tao
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WHEELING HIGH
To CELEBRATE

big demonstration by Wheeling
HlEh school students will BE- hold Fr.-
day cvcHIn;, on the "rn Of the battle with
lIuS,y Institute. Money Is being raised
by tn. students. alumni and CX-hiGh stu
dents To furnish Il band for the game
saturday.
when asked about tn" demonstration
t'rrhav ~. mag. on" OF IN" students r.
marked. We ar" going To PANT lluS!E
\ rG Improvement IN the spirit OF th'
school is being shown BY III" students,
and 4 big celebration will probably ~
tin. result. Whether tn" same students
will celebrate saturday evening is MOI
>.,..,>" hu' { rumors can b" relied uI"n
Wheeling High school intends to d"t"'H
ILn>lH
TN" Curcwiu& cX-hirh students were
r"r..d =. 81 subscriptions for tn" htnd;
Fred Tibbcns. George Woods. II. W
krru"r II amy follower Of Nhc"IiiL'
High care 10 donate some cash towards
tho hand these boys can be reached at
the Y. NJ. G. A.
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YANKEE JUNIORS AFTER
GAME FOR NEXT SUNDAY

TIL" Yankee Juniors. OF tie South
Side. are after games and would Ike 70
hear from Some fat inn-i2n pound team
rnr 4 game next sunday on III" Tw'1-
=. .S..k street Fairgrounds The south
S:d:' Juniors or ~" NaCkS are preferred
Tho Yankees are now down :" hard
r~nC'!cr "a preparation fer thHlr clash
with the BaIr~S y. g. Of ~" South SD"
M Novcmhcr = This game has gil :anSS
~ the South SIDE tlll"d with football
spirit a. the" youngsters are bitter
-.yals Tins year. tn" Yanh& played
practically tho same team Uod'r d't-
frr~nt name ia>c year ard won "Ht ~
~. score ~ co IN one OF the most bat
- Tough; bartlcS Of -" season.
The following lAnHur players are re-
1ucStrd - report .nr pra.t,c" tu-n'Ch:
81 $50 sharp. on the Twenty sixth street
grounds: Flatlcy tCar;a;n). Bruerrer,
phillips. Killc,n. II. E"uth"r. Koch. Me-
%utt. MelicH, Larue, McGinr'S. Foster,
Gachmaan. L. Lott and T.. Eldrmillor.
Any team wishing 70 arrange games
call HAM or answer through this
nv
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NEW CUMBERLAND WON.

Special Dispatch to Tho Intcligencer.
NEW CUMBERLAND. W. Va. Oct. q.
In tho tirst game on her homo grounds
New Cumberland beat Lcctonia by
large Srorc. Lectonia came with good
record and the local team had expected =
close game and started her scoring early
In the first quarter and ther"ottcr scored
Mt Will. Lcctonla showed early ~ tn"
game that she was no match for The
locals For N"w Cumberland the entire
hackHcld starred. while the line played
a stead. hard game. The final score
was IS TO 0.
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For Use Of Troops.

WASHINGTON. Oct c7.-Authoriza-
ton for tho president TO use troops in
operating the nations coal mines or rail-
roads in event of n strike would be given
under n bill introduced today by Senator
Thomas. Democrat. Colorado. The meas
urc was referred 10 tho military affairs
committee without debate.
Under tho bills provisions federal
troops could h. used ito perform work
or labor essential 70 tho continued opera
ton Of the facilities or instrumcntaliti"s
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PITTSBURGH, Kansas. Oct. IL
Alexander Howard. district president OF
tho United Mine Workers. SAID today
that he would like 10 see this new
power that will compel miners TO WORK
whether they receive living wage or
not"
The Kansas miners" Towards state
ment said. 1900 strong. stand as d
unit for the nationwide strike set for
November !. Their attitude is not
changed by the threat of military force.
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Of interstate or foreign commerce when
has been abandoned or substantially oo-
structcd. prevented or intcrfered with as
the result OF strike, lockout OF otheT
labor disturbances"
In addition to their regular pay, sol-
dcrs used for such work would receive
the wage prevailing in the district for
the labor performed.
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FOOTBALL CHALLENGE

Tho TUrTadromo \. G. challenge any
,5-i.n pound teams in the valley for a
.,,rur Of football November :. The fol-
lowing teams are prctcrred: fankco
Juniors. Tw"nty-Sccord street \. -, inc
I,,,h,drnl Shamrocks and most all Of
VEarwund \. G.. and X. X. y. G.
If this challenge is accepted answer
through the Intclligencer. ..
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JOHSSTOWN. Pa. Oct. 27-Dtstrtct
M. .. United Mine Workers in session
here today, took unanimous action. AZ
most without debate. which leaders con-
strued as an almost direct reply TO Pres;
national mine workers unions rescind
the strike order for November first. Dis
trict President Brophy was instructed
send to Acting National President Jon
l.. Lewis, this message:
rrct at the refusal Of the operatoe1 r.
Negotiate and commends you and The
scale committee for the firm position
maintained and agrees with you there
Withdraw from the conference"
District leaders. however. state that 9
proposal may be made to the national
executive committee at indianapolis
Wednesday which will assure negouo'
ton of wage scale and avert strlAe
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And the receiving of the forward
hcarc hasn't been everything II should
be- Judging from the players or teams
seen in action this wear; MiKc iiS"H.
ri Ichirb appears "a b" AZ good rs
any in managing TO get hold of the
bail while on tn" run. Eddie QuIglrN.
of Ca,lumbia. when he elects to reeve
tho pass is also adopt ut catch,hg 1t;
He finds his baseball and baSkctnAh
ability OF great help ut getting his
dl gita on the flying oval
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WON BY PIRATES

HAVANA. Oct. 27.-The Pittsburgh
National baseball team defeated Havana
yesterday to ;. The batteries were
Cadore and Kruger for Pittsburgh and
I.uuue and Abrcu for Havana.
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event either OF a coal miners or railroad
employees strike. Another by Reprcsen-
tatlve Connolly. Democrat. Texas. would
place at the disposal Of tn" president
the resources and powers Of congress"
Gillstt's Opinion.
Speaker GIllctt in d statement dcclar-
ed the action of the soft coal miners and
their sympat hlZcrs Was Incredibly sci
fish. narrow. shortsIGhted and calami
tous." and that their policy was sure
10 concentrate against them public opn-
ion. and that foredoons. any strike to
ultimate falu"c."
~ the very moment when an in
creased production is the one thing
which the whole worldrneeds and which
every public spirited impulse cries for,
the miners demand a sin hour day and
only five working days. in the week. thus
greatly diminishing production. That
claim Of itself should excite universal
indignation. And they threaten to force
this attempt al smnllc5 production 10y a
strike which will for ia time stop all
production.
They sec INTO be hndiffircnt to the
general welfare lind TO let their selfish
wishes outweigh She necessities Of
cvcryon" else. such an illibcral. incon-
siderate and unreasonable policy is sure
10 concentrate AZ KLnSt them public opin-
iorl. and that forcdoomS any strike to
ultimate failure. though ii may cosc the
public rs we'll. as the miners immense
suffering"
Lords Views.
James Lord, president Of the mining
department OF the American Federation
III Labor. in. a statement today on the
impending coal strike. declared that the
operators hs.d done nothing TO help set
tie the CorE rovCrSy. and that the only
object III eSecking to shorten the work
ing hour9 was 10 better distribute the
work.
The miners" hc said. ARE asking six
hours 'EFrk a day. fly" days week and
a sixty per cent increase in wages.
TT "a only object in shortening the
hour 4 of labor per week is In give every
ming chance 10 live on whatever buSl-
nos 81 there is. At present there is not
thrk:c days work 4 week for all miners
the year around. The average bilumln'
OTIS miner made $500 during the past
gar.
About two-thIrds Of the coal industry
lis organized. and II a strike were called
there would be about 10000 strikers.
There was never coal shortage dur
ing the war. There was trouble due TO
lack of transportation. but the miners
were not to blame for that. There was
actual want among miners during the
war on account of lack Of work. despite
tho fact that they broke all bltuminous
coal records.
"EcEarding the six hour day demand
although miners are supposed 10 work
eight hours a day time does not begin
until the miner bcg-1S actual operation.
No allowance is made for time going in
or coming out OF mines and making
other preparation. In practically all
other countries time is from entrance to
exit.
THE sixty per cent increase would add
at the most only sixty cents per ton 10
the cost of mining. This is simply q
matter of negotiations"
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RIVER TELEoRAMs.

DAVIS ISLAND DAM SO feet, station.
airy: cloudy.
MORGNNTOWN s.5 feet. falling.
rain.
WARREN 6 foot. stationary: rain.
STET' BENEILLE 90 feet. rising;
rain.
OIL CITY Is foot. stationary; rain.
PARKERSBURG los feet rising:
rain.
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Totals ......S1b 1913 4OI 315 1913
Tonight-Jass Babies vs.. Hot Dogs.
Log Cabins VS.. Indians.
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Grid Dope

Surpr sing as IN" statement may
sound, there were few upscts registered
In III" football world Saturday. Many
had figured the SyraCusc-N. and ]. tuS
Sic and the .\rmy-Bust"n 'ullfg" StruS-
pln - result differently. but those who
have followed the teams closely all sea-
son were prepared for what happened.
In both of these contests the teams
appeared evenly matched on tho eve Oh
hlitlr. with the result a toSSup. rake
tho Syracuse defeat iirst. Syracuse
dcspjtr its victory over Pittsburgh. IS
lacking in the ellen. ~rts that Ho 70 max"
NJ a really great tea w. ana J., on
tho other hand. is alwasS capable anu
every year produces an eleven thl'
ranks with the best.
The hack who ran shoot the forward
pass whllo on the run. or at least one
whn can flins II swift and true -
scarce. In tins respect Anderson or Col
gate, and Bots Rruncr. IF Penn. stand
in a class apart from tho others. Rob
crtson. 81 dartmouth. throws IN"
leather we'll. but is bit uncertain
handicapped probably by has ends. Tn"
wings II the Dartmouth team dIqn
do we'll at all in this respect SaturnhE;
Several times IT appeared as though
they might have been able 10 get under
the ball but failed.
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Kesney to CornWsu

nothing but . cash business after Now
embcr first.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-18
DISCOVERS GOLD IN
HELENA AND OFFERS
ROYALTY IN DUST

Helena. Mont, Aus. 1s.-Many
years have passed since the city taxes
or lease royalties have been paid in
dust in Montana.
Last Chance gulch is probably the
most famous mining spot in the
world. 1t was placer and many mil
lions were taken from it In the six
ties, shortly after what is now Helena
was discovered. The gulch, transfer
red into an avenue, is now one Of the
city's principal streets.
A bit of placer ground was over
looked within the city limits. Raleigh
Wilkinson, the son of a pioneer and
who as a boy saw Last Chance in its
glory, recently received permission
from the city to work this tiny strip.
He has met with success, and now he
offers the city its ten per cent royal
ties in gold dust, as taxes once were
paid by everyone on this historic
ground.