Titusville Herald

              THE TITUSVILLE HERALD.
VOLUME xn
TITUSVILLE, PA., APRIL 5, 1906.
NUMBER 32
ANTHRACITE JOINT
COMMITTEE FAILS.
ADJOURNED UNTIL TODAY AFTER
USELESS   SESSION.
MINERS   DID   ALL   OF   TALKING.
Neither SiHe Willinn to Make a Statement That Would Hint of Future
Intentions—Mitchell Pleased.
NEW YOBK, April 3.—The subcommittee representing the anthracite
•operators and the mine workers of eastern Pennsylvania, held their first Joint
meeting here today and after nearly a
three hours' session adjourned until 1
p. m. Thursday Without ooming to an
agreement. .Each side to the controversy has refused to make the slightest concession and the whole question
apparently Is as far from solution as
it was before today's oonference began,
fn tho meantime the tie-up of the an-
I thracite industry remains as complete
as It was yesterday without indication
that a resumption of mining Will occur
very soon. Notwithstanding the.
fruitless session and the
Apparently Hopeless Deadlock
between the workmen and their em-
| pioyers, rumors are still current that a
way will be fount, that will enable the
operators and miners to stand on common , grounds and settle their differ-
ences. '
After the conference the following
statement was given out by a represent*-
alive of the operators:
"Tbe conference began at noon with
President E. B. Thomas of the Lehigh Valley company ln the chair. Mr.
Mitchell made a long speech, detailing
why in his judgment the original xle-
mands of the miners ought to be granted. He Was followed by Mr. Nichols,
president of the Lackawanna-Wyoming
district of the miners' union, who supported Mr. Mitchell's argument." There
were other speeches by the representatives of the miners. In fact that side
did nearly all the talking.
"There was no disposition on either
side to recede from its original position
or to accept any modification of the
original demands.
-Mr. Mitchell's Attitude
indicated that the counter proposition
.made by., the operators for renewal .of
the.working agreement drafted by the
anthracite strike commission was not
acceptable to the miners.
"On motion'of Mr. Mitchell the con**
I fereiice adjourned until Thursday.
"The entire' situation  remains  the
same as before the meeting. Tho sus-
■ pension of work in the anthracite mlnef
will    continue   ponding   the    negotiation.-."
Each member of the operators* committee was sought for an interview giving further details of the meeting, hut
none of them cared to say anything beyond what was contained in the statement.
.President Baer, who is chairman of
' the operators'■ shlji-comniittee,'said:
■   "We simply had a long   talk which
' was in the nature of
Glittering Generalities.
Practically nothing was accomplished."
President Truesdale of the Delaware,
Lackawanna   and   Western - railroad,
said:
"The situation ls unchanged; we are
no nearer an agreement."
The members of the miners' committee, including President Mitchell, absolutely refused to talk of the conference. The miners' president also refused to express an opinion as : to
whether the situation was hopeful or
discouraging from his view point
Reports', received from the anthracite
fields-, during the day, according to tfie
labor leaders',",'.' were satisfactory to
them. There were not breaks'reported'
ih the ranks of the mine workers and
none is expected.
Mr. Mitchell, in discussing the situa-'|
tion in the bituminous fields, said he
had .received a large number of telegrams during the day from the soft
coal fields, which satisfied him that affairs in those regions are working
themselves out just as he had antici-
- pated. Thousands of men, he said returned to work today under the scale
of 190", which gives them an increase
of 5.65 cents over the wages* received
during the last two years.
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
IS RIGHT IN ITS ACTION'.
Injunction Denied to Permit Foreign
Exchange Dealings.
CHICAGO, April 3.—Judge Bethea in
the federal court today denied the application of Harry Berger, a commission man, for an injunction restraining
the Chicago Board of Trade from enforcing aa amendment to its by-laws
which provides that no member of the
Chicago Board of Trade shall engage in
deals in grain and provisions on an exchange foreign to Chicago. The legal
arguments relative to the application
for the injunction lasted the greater
part of the day. It was alleged by the
attorney for Berger that tbe enforcement of the rule amounts to a monopoly and is In restraint of trade. The
attorneys-for the board declared that
the rule is designed to prevent foreign
exchanges from taking business from
the Chicago market.
Judge Bethea, in denying the application, said that the rule was reasonable and that the Chicago Board of
Trade has the right to pass such a rule
for its protection.
MODERN BUILDING
IS NOW PROPOSED.
THE COMMISSIONERS ANNOUNCE
THEIR INTENTIONS.
WILL
BUILD
AN
ADDITION
To  Old   House,  Install   Modern   Light
and  Heat, Pure Water Baths and
Indoor Closets—The  Plans.
WILL SUBMIT NOTE.
WASHINGTON, April 3.—The Colombian minister, Mr. Mendoza, returned to Washington from New York
last night and is preparing to submit
another note to the state department
for the settlement of'points of difference between this country and Colombia
E BILL,
PROVISIONS  OF   LAW   PASSED  IN
HOUSE TUESDAY.
Seaports and Mexican Border Are Both
Included    in These   New   Regulations—Senate Proceedings.
SITUATION IN KANSA8.
KANSAS CITY, April _?•.-- But .one.
tfperatot .in the southwestern district,
so 'far. asLctjuldi be' learned, signed the
1903■'• scale today: This man, Wilson,
produce's" 100 tons of coal a day in 'his
mine near .Frontehac, Kas. "With this
exception there is  no change in  the
WASHINGTON, April 3.—By a vote
of 202 to 26 the house today passed the
national quarantine bill. The bill
places the control of the quarantine
stations, grounds and anchorages, under the secretary of the treasury and
directs that as soon as practicable afte;'
(ho approval of the act ne shall select
arid-designate such suitable places for
.Uie,m and establish the same at such
points on or near the seacoast of the
Mntifet Sta_.es or the Mexfem border, as
in his judgment are best suited for the:
same in order to prevent the »
Introduction of Yellow Fever
into the United States. The bill further
gives tbe secretary of tho treasury the
right to establish a quarantine station
at the Dry Tortugas islands and at such
otber points at or near the sea coast
(not to exceed four in the-aggregate)
as he deems necessary.
The bill also provides that every
common carrier, engaged in interstate
commerce, shall, receive and carry
through any- state or territory, passengers, freight and baggage which may
have been discharged and properly certified in accordance with the regulations of the public heal,th and marine
hospital service, and every person interfering with or obstructing such carrier or any passenger or any instrumentality of commerce in any such
carriage or journey shall be
Be Guilty of a Misdemeanor
and on conviction be punished by a fine
not exceeding $300 or be.imprisoned for
a period not exceeding one year, or
both, in the discretion of the court; It
is provided that this section shall not
be construed as giving authority to any
person to debark or unload freight in
an 'locality contrary to the lawful regulations.
Out of the above provisions grew a
whole day's debate, the opposition to
the measure coming *from divided delegations in the southern states.
The "bill carries an appropriation of
1500,000 or so much as may be necessary to carry the provisions of the -bill
into effect.
Senate Proceedings.
Mr. Long of Kansas today spoke at
length in the senate in support of the
house railroad .rate bill and'his speech
was taken advantage of by a number
of senators to make inquiry concerning
the recent conference at the White
House, In which the Long amendment
was considered, M. not originated. The
conference was participated in by
Messrs. Foraker, Allison, Aldrich, Bai-
' 'ley and Bacon. Mr. Long assumed
{complete responsibility for the amendment but both he and Mr. Allison declined to divulge the proceedings of the
conference.
MEADVILLE, April 3.—(Special.)—
The commissioners of Crawford county
today announced that #they have
adopted'wplans for the modernizing of
the poorhouse at Saegertown, in line
with the recommendations of the grand
jury at the close of the February term
of criminal court. Their plans do not
contemplate a new building. But they
do intend to thoroughly remodel and
make habitable the present quarters
and build an addition large enough to
accommodate comfortably tbe unfortunates housed there. They intend to install '
Modern Lighting and Heating
plants, pure water,  sewerage,   indoor
closets, baths, etc., that will make this
one of the best places of its character
to be found in the country.
It is stated that these plans have
been under consideration since February, although nothing concerning them
was offered for publication until today. When the report of ColoneLJohn
J. Carter's visit to the home appeared
ibis morning it was decided that-it was
no longer advisable or necessary to
maintain the secret. Consequently,
the commissioners in conversation with
Meadville newspaper men,
Made Known Their Plans.
They expect, to do all that seems Justifiable to improve the conditions at the
poorhouse  and  they    are    acting  in
complete harmony in the work.
There is a spring nearly half a mile
to the north of % the buildings, from
which it is said that an inexhaustible
supply of pure water can be procured.
Up to the present time it has not been
possible to secure an option on;this
spring and this is-said' to be one of the
reasons _ why nothing was offeree! to
the public concerning the proposition.
It is intended that the new work
shall begin as soon this spring aaj^the
weather conditfSns will justify and "it]
will be crowded to completion with all
possible rapidity..
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES
WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 9.
Committee Appointed to Revise Election Rules In Harmony With Law.
MEADVILLE, April 3.-— (Special.,)-*|
A meeting cf the Democratic county
committee was held at the court house
in this eity today. The date of the
primaries was fixed for Saturdays June
9. The convention will be held on the
Tuesday following. County Chairman
pThomas J. Prather was authorized to
appoint a committee to revise the
rules in harmony with the election laws
recently passed. The committee is as
follows: E. W. McArthur, E. Lowry
Humes and James P. Coulter of Meadville; P. C. Sheehan of Conneautville,
and John L. Wilston of Titusville. *'
.     LEARN  MURDERERS' NAMES.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., April 3.—
Through a process of elimination ithe
police now know the names of the eight
men suspected of the murdering last
the six Macedonians in - Minneapolis,
Two of the suspects are believed to
have gone east; the remaining six are
known to be somewhere in the mining
regions of northern Minnesota. Mayor
Jones has offered a reward of $500 for
information leading to the arrest, of the
murderers.
EIBIKOFF RESIGNS.
MINSK, Russia, April 3.—M. Bibl-
kpff, the procurator of Minsk, has resigned owing to the decision of the
senate March 29 not to prosecute Oeneral Kourloff, governor of Minsk, and
its request to the minister of justice to
reprimand Mr. Bibikoff for bringing
charges against General Kourloff.
HEROIC MOTHER BURNED
WHILE  SAVING CHILD.
Anton T. Schreck's Sister Fatally Injured at Albany, N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. Anton T. Seh reck left
yesterday for Erie to response to a telegram which arrived Monday night announcing the dea£h in Albany of Mr.
Schreck's sister, Mrs. William McKenzie. The death was a very sad one.
Several weeks ago the one-year-old
child of the McKefizies, while playing
around a lace curtain pulled it over a
gas jet, the filmy fabric Immediately
.igniting. Seeing the baby's danger the
young mother ran tn her assistance and
placing the child in safety tried to pull
the curtain down and put the blaze
out. Mr. McKenzzie came to his wife's
aid and threw the blazing curtain into
the street. The heroic mother was
badly burned about the breast, neck
and face, but it was not at first thought J
that, the injuries would terminate fatally. Last week her condition became
critical and death ended her suffering
Monday. The burial will take place in
Erie. The baby, which was uninjured,
is the only child of tbe McKonzies,
ARTHUR BUTLER DROWNED
FELL FROM  WALL INTO THE ALLEGHENY RIVER TUESDAY.
Stream   Dragged   Nearly  All   of   Last
Night But Body Was  Not Recovered—Unfortunate   Family.
OIL CITY. April 3— (Special.)—
Arthur Butler, aged 10 years, the son
of Mrs. Guy Sutherland, fell into the
Allegheny river from, a retaining wall
at the rear of the Joseph Reid Gas
Engine works at 6 o'clock this afternoon nnd was drowned. The body has
not been recovered and will not be
found before tomorrow.
At the hour noted two employes of
the National Transit shops were looking from a window and saw the lad
running along the wall. They saw him
stumble and fall and an instant' afterward saw the splash in the river. They
raised an alarm and in an Incredibly
short time a hundred men were running' to the place. Two skiffs were secured and paddled back . and! forth
through tbe eddy in hope of finding
tho boy. The search w_as ..maintained
nntil midnight.
Three Charges of Dynamite
were exploded but with rib"' other effect
than to kill a few flsh. Soon after the
accident the police and- others went to
wrrk to'discover who the boy was.
"Several boys in that part' of town were
reported missing but nil were found
except young Butler. He had been left
playing there by some companions.
The family has been unfortunate.
Four years ago Arthur's father died.
Three years ago five members of the
family were stricken with diphtheria.
For two years Arthur was in the. hospital with tuberculosis of the • knee.
Curt' Sullinger, a brother of the boy's
mother, was drowned in the same eddy
a few years ago. The deceased1 is "survived by his step-father, mother and
two brothers and five sisters.   •
POLANDERS WERE TAKEN
TO OIL CITY HOSPITAL.
PENNSY POSTMASTER8.
WASHINGTONT^TiTar^The senate
situation," said President Perry of the ■' in executive session   today   confirmed
LARGEST LAKE VESSEL.
BAY CITY, Mich., April 3.—The keel
was laid yesterday at the local yard
of the American shipbuilding for the
largest Vessel ever constructed for the
great lakes. The vessel, which is to be
built for the Cambria Steel company,
will be 602 feet long.
CHICAGO ELECIION
WIS HELD TUESDAY
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP WA8 THE
VITAL QUESTION.
MAY BUY BUT CANNOT OPERATE.
Two Parts of Three-Fold Question Carried,  Leaving  Mayor Dunne's Pet
Proposition In Predicament.
CHICAGO, April 3.—Under the result of the city election held today, iu
which the_ question of municipal ownership of the street railways was the
vital ' issue, the city of Chicago' can
proeeed to. acquire and control the
railways but cannot operate them. At
the same time the voters, while declaring that the city shall not proceed to
operate the railroads, declared that as
a question of public policy tt would be
desirable for .the city to do so.
Three propositions were submitted
to the voters, the flrst of which was:
"Shall the city of Chicago proceed to
operate street railways?"
This proposition required GO per
cent, of the total vote cast iu order to
become effective. The total vote was
231,171. Of this number tile proposition to proceed to the immediate
Operation of the Railways
securod but 120,911 votes, about 17,792
votes short of the necessary three-
fifths.
Tbe second-proposition Involved the
approval of an ordinance previously
passed by the city council providing
for the issue of street railway certificates in amonnt uot to exceed $75,000,-
000 for the purchase, ownership and
maintenance of the street railways.
This was carried by about 3,349 votes.
Tne third question, which was simply
on the question of public policy and
has no legal effect whatever, is:
"Shall the city council proceed without delay to secure
The Municipal Ownership
and operation of the railways under
tne Mueller law, instead of granting
franchises to private companies."
This question was carried by about
3,037 votes. Mayor Dunne construed
tne passage of the $75,000,000 certificates and public policy propositions as
a victory for municipal ownership, but
expressed his disappointment over the
defeat of the proposition for municipal
operation. . ..'..„ ■?£
South western Operators' association
day.
DIED  AT  CORRY.
CORRY, Pa., April 3.—W. T.
nev of   Warren,' Pa., died in
Faulk-
the St.
the following nominations of Pennsylvania postmasters: I. W. Arthur,
Bryn Mawr; D. P. Higgins, Lewisburg;
G. W. Schoch, Mifflinburg; VS. C. Burns,
Reynoldsville; G. W. .Shaeff, Susquehanna; J. W. Specht, Beaver Springs;
DAWES RENOMINATED.
MARIETTA, O., April 3.—Beman G.
Dawes was re-nominated for congress
by acclamation by the Fifteenth Re*
( publican district convention today. The
President and both Ohio senators were
' indorsed.
James hotel late tonight.   He.,arrive.d ' W. H. Michener, Ogontz; M. P. Schantz,
in this city last night from War_en..H_
was about 40 years old.   •
Allentown;  G. R. Adam,    Brockway-
ville. -
OFF AGAIN, ON AGAIN.
ST.   PETERSBURG,    April   3.—The
"Russ," owned by Alexis A. Souveria,
which was suspended yesterday, has appeared once more under the name of
j "Molva" ("Fame'.'). •
Little Hope That Injured Railroad Men
v Will Recover.
OIL CITY, April 3.—(Special.)—Four
Polanders, Alex Obinski, Alex Rougin-
skt, Tony Sagesky and Dorflle Leskin-
ski, injured in a wreok near Emlenton
Monday, were brought to the Oil City
hospital today for treatment. The accident occurred when a light engine
crashed into the caboose of a freight
train. It was to clear this wreck thut
an engine and derrick car were going
from Oil City, when the accident occurred which cost the lives of Supervisor Shipman and, Engineer Burkhart
Monday night.
Obinski had a badly bruised left
shoulder. Rouginski's head ls cut and
he is painfully-bruised, Sageski has
injuries of the abdomen and the left
side. Lesginskl's back and shoulders
are bruised and sprained. After the
wreck the men were taken to Emlenton and cared for until the road was
-cleared so that a relief train could
bring them to Oil City.
There is very little hope that Fireman Madison and Supervisor's Clerk
Barbour will recoVer. The former ls
terribly burned and' today a serious
chest injury was discovered. Barbour
has not recovered consciousness. The
body of Engineer Burkhart was taken
to Three Springs, Huntingdon county,
today 'and that of Supervisor Shipman
to Pittsburg.
KILL RECOUNT BILL.
ALBANY, N. Y., April 3.—The assembly today practically killed the bill
whieh would permit-William Randolph
Hearst to secure a-'re-count of tbe vote
cas-.t in New York city for -mayor at the
last election, when George. B. McClellan
was elected on the face of the returns*
The bill was recommitted to the com-
TEWPERANCE'S FOBS TO
NOW SELL PENNY BEER.
London's New "One' Cent Houses"
Give   Even   Meals  and   Pipes.
LONDON, April 2.—The wave of
temperance which is sweeping over
the country, has resulted in the liquor
dealers battling to retain their patronage. They have adopted the course of
starting what are called "one cent
houses," where drinks, tobacco, pipes
aud food may.be had for one cent for
each article.
Several of these one cent houses
have been established and are doing
a large business. In some of the saloons the rule is made that before a
one cent drink can ne served the customer must purchase a pne cent sandwich oi- some other article of food.
.Port, sherry, ale, stout, porter, cider,
mineral waters, fancy pipes, ginger ale'
tobacco, cigars, sandwiches, ham,
cheese, tea, matches, bread and cheese
may be had for one eent each. The
saloonkeepers believe that in this way
they may be able to arrest the wave of
temperance.
SMASHED DU BAR'S BICYCLE
IN A TUESDAY RUNAWAY.
One of the City Teams Behaved Badly
Yesterday Morning.
The big grey team, owned by the
city and in use at. the present time in
the street cleaning department, added
its quota to. the public excitement of
yesterday morning by running away.
Street Commissioner Crowley has a
force of men at work on South Franklin street near the city mills, ridding
the street of the winter's accumulation
of dirt. The grey team, which is
driven by Dennis Elmerson, was at that
point. It is not known what frightened
the horses, but they evidently tired of
the work and made a bee line for the
barn in the rear of' No. 1 hose house
on North Franklin street. They miscalculated the turn at the hose house
and ran into the large tree In front
of the house. A bicycle owned by City
Comptroller J. A. C. Dubar was standing in its accustomed place near the
tree and met disaster in the twinkling
of an eye when the crash between the
horses and tree took place. The bike
was smashed Into bits and its owner
was obliged to walk during the ' remainder of the day. The horses came
to a standstill and no other damage
resulted from their escapade.
ROWING MORE PACIFIC.
SOFT     COAL    CONDITIONS     ARE
MUCH LESS STRENUOUS.
Encouraging   Reports  Received   From
All  Districts in Bituminous Field
Yesterday—Latest News.
PITTSBURG, April 3.—With the exception of one or two points- outside of
the Pittsburg district, the strained
situation between operators and miners
in the soft coal fields of western Pennsylvania is hourly growing more pacific.
Following the signing of the scale
yesterday demanded by the miners, the
mines of the operators who sighed the
scale resumed their operations today,
although in many instances with'-reduced forces. In the Pittsburg district
there wero 18,000 miners working jf .rid
12,000 were idle. Nearly all of-the
mines of the Pittsburg Coal company
"were in operation aM ft was expected
that those men who were out would
return within a dlay or so. It was -explained that following holidays It was
generally several days before all the
men returned to their labor. The cause
of the idleness of the men today, how.
ever, was explained to be due to their
failure to receive word of the sighing
of the scale. The circular letter announcing what operators had signed
the scale was not sent out until today.
The circular was sent out by William
Dodds, the retiring secretary-treasurer
of the Pittsburg district, and after
naming th ecompanies that signed the
scale, concluded with the following:!
"Any coal companies not appearing
in this list you wilt understand th|t,
under no circumstances, must ,.j_he
mines of said companies resume operations until you are properly notified,
excepting tbose companies in tbe Mejr-
cer-Butler field that make an agreement with National Organizer Fr£d
Stover."
For all blemishes of the face and
skin use San-Cura Ointment and San-
I Cura Soap.   25c.   All druggists.
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President,
JOHN FERTIG,
Vice President,
J. C. McKINNKY.
-^ESTABLISHED 1S65.
Cashier,
__. O. WHSKLUL
Second National Bank.;;
-•riTUSViLLE, PENN'A.
Capital, $300,000.00.
Surplus,    -   -   - $200,000.00.    ;
Total Resources Over Two Million Dollars.
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We have the most complete banking facilities
for meeting the requirements of all
classes of people.
Large Resources.
Savings Department.
Safe Deposit Vaults.
Foreign Exchange Dep't.
Interest Allowed on Time Deposits.
Honey Loaned at 5 Per Cent, on Approved Marketable CoUateral.
SAFETY THE BEST POLICY.
DIRECTORS.
John Fertlg,
Louis  K. Hyde,
B. F. Kraffert,
John L. McKinney,
John L. Emerson,
William Bay I ii«,
W. J. Stephens,
W. C. Warner,
m. 0. McKinney.
mittee on judiciary.
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