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FIGHT TO BE BITTEE
Men Are Well Organized and
-Very Much in Earnest
Those Directly Concerned Number
Nearly J73000 Coal Shipments Are
Threatened in Ohio Operators In
voke Aid from the United States
Court Miners Say the Strike Will
Continue Until They Win-Arbitration
Move in Indiana Vast Army
of Idle Men
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simple of the coal
miners has been in
nujrunitfi and it is
impossible to tell
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bo Nearly i7000
miners are directly
concerned but v ith
the kindred indus
tries of coal mining
and iron and steel
manufacturing there is about to be added
1o the army of unemployed in the United
Sitntes probably more than half a million
toon This is twenty live times as many
men as there are regular soldiers in the
United States army
Carroll D Wright cliiof of the United
States liui oau of Labor Statistics re
cently published the statement that about
3000000 men were in enforced idleness
in this country This added to the men
just called or locked out makes the fol
lowing r markablc showing
Wrights estimate of the unem
ployed 3000000
Miners called out
Amalgamated workers -etc
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Grand total 32r000
The following statistics of this big
slrike among the miners alone show an
amazing loss of wealth to the country as
Xumber of men called out 373000
dumber of States affected 10
Months loss to 371000 men at 00
cents a day each 10123100
Months loss operators at 10
ceuts pront per ton on IG000000
tons 1C00000
Loss to railroads at 30 cents per
Ioss to coal companies stores at
the rate of 75 cents a clay spent
ay each miner S437r00
Monthly loss LM002o00
Fjpm estimates prepared on the basis
of coal mined in the year 1S95 making
allowance for the present conditions it
isbeljevod that the expense of maintaining
the strike in the State of Ohio alone will
aggregate nearly 00000 a day Of this
amount the miner loses nearly 1700
I the coal operators 10000 and the rail--S
road companies 27000 To this must
also be added the decreased earnings of
the railroad employes dock and lake ves
sel employes and the profits of retail and
wholesale dealers The total output in
Ohio for Hie year 1S0 was 11000000
tons in lound numbers an average of rUG
tons a miner which is equal to 10 tons a
day It Is estimated that 2500000 tons
of tiie total output is nut coal for which
the miner receives no pay and is clear
profit for the operator
Natiojirfl President Ratchford said
Tuesday that he had received reports
showing that the greater part of Penn
sylvania Illinois Indiana and Ohio was
idle and within a day or two a complete
suspension is expected The Ohio miners
are practically a unit for higher wages
as 2oX00 of the 20000 miners in the
State are already holding out for the
scale
President Patrick IDolan of the Titts
burg district estimated the total number
of men out to be nearly 35000 Presi
dent Dohtn further said the reports from
all over the district indicate the strike will
be more geieral than at first supposed
Along the Monongahela River work has
practically been suspended and a deter
mined battle is in progress All the mines
with the exception of a comparatively
small number are idle and it is thought
nearly every miner will come out The
circumstances indicate a strike of some
length and in consequence the distress
vill be great
At G lousier Ohio the miners indulged
in threats of holding up coal trains But
their local ollicials kept them quiet by
fellimr them this was coal mined before
the strike was declared However sever
al of the Glouster men said if non union
coal mined after July 4 in West Virginia
and the Pittsburg district were hauled
across Ohio to the lakes they would try
to prevent it As the West Virginia dis
trict has paid no attention to the strike
coal probably will continue to be hauled
across Ohio The provocation thus af
fordedthe strikers for retaliation will
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be hard to resist The scattered threats
however are deprecated by President
Itatchford and the other ofiicinls of the
organization there and they say no vio
lence will be permitted
Must Face the Law
An important step was taken at Cin
cinnati in connection with the strike
which puis the power of the United States
against all violence or unlawful acts in
at least a portion of the territory of Ohio
An order of the United States Circuit
Court southern district of Ohio eastern
division was made by Judge Taft upon
a showing made by Myron T Herrick
and Kobert Blickensderfer receivers of
the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
Company and of the Wheeling Lake
Erie and Pittsburg Coal Company where
by the United States Marshal is directed
to protect their miners at work and to
prevent unlawful interference with the
operations of their railway
The receivers state that they are en
gaged In the operation of two coal mines
of the Wheeling Lake Erie and Pittsburg
Coal Company known as the Dillenvale
and Long Run coal mines that there is a
strike among the mine workers of Ohio
and other States under the direction of
the United Mine Workers that all of the
100 miners at Dillenvale and one half of
the at the Long Run mine are desir
ous of remaining at work but have re
frained from so doing by reason of threats
and warnings from other miners who
have joined the strike that it is necessary
for the mine to continue in operation and
that the miners will continue at work if
protected from physical injury to them
selves and their property Judge Taft
gave an order to the United States Mar
shal to consult with the icceivers of this
court and send to Jefferson County and
to other parts of this district a sufficient
number of United States marshals to pro
tect the mining and railroad property
now being operated by these receivers
under order of this court
President Ratchford in reviewing the
situation said Much has been said as
to the amount of coal in stock at the head
of the lakes and in the general markets
and also that operators in certain lields
through information received made prep
arations for the contest by stocking up
coal Such report is erroneous The ope
rators the public and even the miners
had no information on this matter and
there is no coal in stock in any great
quantities The enormity of the present
mining suspension is attracting the at
tention of members of Congress and the
Senate as well as members of the Cab
inet At present it seems as if some ac
tion looking to national arbitration may
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be effected or the establishment of an
eight hour work day which is necessary
to take the surplus labor off the market
followed by a minimum wage law That
this will be a solution of the question
there is no doubt but to insure action
along those lines the movement must be
large in its proportions and every miner
must cease work
A Brenholz who manages the home
office for the General Hocking Coal Com
pany at Columbus says there is at least
150000 tons of coal in storage in the
Northwest He estimates that this will
supply all demands for at least four
months no matter how general the min
ers strike becomes There is considerable
coal on the Ohio docks ready for ship
ment by lake but this coal will not be
sent West It will be held for the purpose
of supplying transient trade With re
spect to a supply for the railroads it is
estimated that the different companies
have enough coal on hand to last them
about six weeks
Indiana for Arbitration
The Indiana labor arbitration commis
sion has taken the initiative in propos
ing arbitration of the miners strike The
two commissioners B F Schid repre
senting employers and L P McCormack
representing organized labor met in spe
cial session Tuesday and decided to invite
the labor arbitration commissioners of
Ohio Pennsylvania and Illinois to meet
in Indianapolis with the view of agreeing
upon a proposition of arbitration to be
submitted to the operators and miners
Gov Mount told the commissioners that
he would co operate in any plans agreed
upon and would ask the Governors of the
oilier States interested to joint him in
furthering the movement
SWEPT BY A TORNADO
Ten Are Dead at Lowry Minn and
the lown Is Demolished
Dispatches received at Duluth say that
a cyclone obliterated the town of Lowry
Minn and that possibly ten people were
killed and several injured Lowry is sit
uated on the Soo Line seven miles from
Glenwood on the Northern Pacific Rail
road The cyclone traveled from south
west to northwest
The c 3vlone struck Lowry shortly after
0 oclock in the evening Evidences of
the cyclonic cloud were seen in Duluth
about 7 oclock The sky was overcast
with clouds that circled as they moved
rapidly northeast and there was a yel
low east that was ascribed to the sun pen
etrating through them People looked m
wonder on the scene but nobody ascribed
the conditions to a cyclone The clouds
moved high in the air and circled with
a perfectly steady motion Every building
in tiie village was damaged Seven dwell
ing houses the station a church an ele
vator and i butcher shop were totally
destroyed The railroad tracks were
I twisted and telegraph wires torn rtwn
and part of a mill was carried away
I From Lowry the storm continued in a
norineasieny direction to ine larm oi
Robert Peacock where it made a dean
sweep of all the buildings Irs Peacock
her daughter Nettie and a boy named
Robert MacCJowan were all injured but
will probably recover The next point
in the path of the storm was Thomas An
drews house where the family took ref
uge in the cellar and escaped with bruises
All his farm buildings including a new
brick house are a total wreck From
here the tornado moved about Ju east
to Samuel Morrows where it left deatli
in its path The family were preparing 10
enter the cellar when the storm srruiU
TO HONOR LINCOLNS MOTHER
Mcetinc at Indianapolis to Consider
Plans for Monument
Leading representatives of the Loyal
Legion Grand Army of the Republic
AVomens Relief Corps and other organ
izations met in the executive chamber of
the State House at Indianapolis for the
purpose of considering plans for tiie erec
tion of a monument over the grave of
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GRAVE OF LINCOLNS MOTIIEU
j Nancy Hanks Lincoln mother of Abra
ham Lincoln who is buried in Spencer
County Indiana and also to provide a
fund for keeping the proposed memorial
and lot in repair A national appeal for
public subscriptions will be made by an
executive committee appointed for that
purpose
The grave has been neglected for many
years and while a nation has been paying
homage to the great emancipator the
grave of his mother lias been forgotten
John Burt a citizen of Spencer County
wrote to the President calling his atten
tion to the neglected condition of Mrs
Lincolns tomb and the President at once
communicated with Gov Mount suggest
ing that it would be most fitting if the
State of Indiana would take some action
concerning the matter The grave is on
an eighty acre farm adjoining the south
ENORMOUS EXTENT OF THE SOFT COAL STRIKE AND NUMBER OF MEN NOW IDLE
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end of the old Lincoln farm Half a mile1
south of the burial place of the mother isj
the grace of the only daughter of Mrs
Lincoln Mrs Sallie Ann Grigsby Mr
Burt finds that years ago the one half
acre of land about the grave of Nineyi
Hanks was deeded to the United States
to be held in trust No steps have been
taken in all these years to make the gravq
of Lincolns mother distinguished from
the countryside that surrounds it
GEN STEWART L WOODFORD
Who Has Been Appointed United
States Minister to Spain
The present and prospective relations
of the United States witili Spain because
of the Cuban trouble render the post ol
minister to Spain one of the most delicate
and important diplomatic Stations Presi
dent McKinley has sought for the place
several of tiie mot distinguished men of
the country but all have declined it un
officially yet emphatically Finally a few
days since lie selected Gen Stewart L
Woodford of Brooklyn and that gentle
man will go to Madrid
Tllie man select ed for this task was born
in New York in 1S15 secured his educa
tion at Yale and Columbia colleges and
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GEX STEWART I WOODFORD
began the practice of law in the metrop
olis in 1S57 In 1S01 he was made Unit
ed States assistant district attorney for
New York and after eighteen months en
tered the army as a volunteer serving
until 1SG5 He was rapidly promoted
receiving the brevet of brigadier general
In 1SGG lie was elected Lieutenant Gov
ernor of New Yoc and in 1S70 was de
feated for Governor In 1S72 he was
ejected to Congress and from 1S77 to
1SS1 was United States attorney for the
southern district of New York Siace
then he has practiced law
NATIONAL SGL0NS
REVIEW OF THEIR WORK
WASHINGTON
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Detailed Proceedings of Senate and
iSouse Bills Paesed or Introduced
ia Either Branch Questions of Mo
ment to the Country at Larce
The IesriBlaTive Grind
The Senate disposed of two tariff
amendments Monday that placing a
stamp tax being agreed to with little or
no opposition and without the formality
of a vote while the Spooner amendment
proposing a tariff investigation was with
drawn after a protracted struggle The
stamp amendment as agreed to fixes tho
following rates on bonds etc Bonds
debentures or certificates of indebtedness
issned after Sept 15 1S97 by any
ciation company or corporation on each
100 of face Value or fraction thereof 5
cents and on each original issue whether
an organization or reorganization of cer
tificates of stock by any such associa
tion company or corporation on each
100 of face value or fraction thereof
5 cents and on all transfers of shares or
certificates of stock in any association
company or corporation on each 100
of face value or fraction thereof 2
cents Exemptions from the stamp
taxes are made in the case of State coun
ty and municipal bonds and the stocks
and bonds of co operative building asso
ciations
Tuesday tho Senate agreed to devote
one more day to discussion of the tariff
under the five minulc rule and then pro
ceed to vote The beet sugar bounty
clause was withdrawn Mr Bacon made
a personal explanation of his vote for Mr
Mills amendment to impose a fax of 5
per ceit on all manufactured products
He had he said given the amendment his
vote without due deliberation If the
imposition of such a tax could be con
fined to the sugar trust and other gigan
tic concerns existing in open violation of
the law it would upon meditation com
mend itself to his judgment but as it
would touch every village and hamlet in
the land and lay its hand upon the most
humble he frankly avowed his regret for
the vote
The tariff bill passed the Senate
Wednesday morning by a vote of 3S to
2S Tho day was spent in amendments
of minor importance Following the pas
sage of the bill a resolution was agreed
to asking the House for a conference
and Senators Allison Aldrich Piatt of
Connecticut Burrows Tones of Nevada
Vest Jones of Arkansas and White were
named as conferees on the part of the
Senate
The session of the Senate Thursday
was uneventful the deficiency appropria
tion bill being considered throughout the
day Among its provisions is one accept
ing the invitation of France to partici
pate in the Paris exposition of 1900 The
bill Avas eot completed up to the time of
adjournment An effort to have several
claims added to the bill led to a debate
on the propriety of paying Government
claims the general sentiment being that
a bill covering all claims should be
brought in at the next session of Con
gress A resolution requesting the Presi
dent to demand of Spain the release of
Ona Melton one of the Competitor pris
oners was referred to the Committee on
Foreign Relations A new committee
amendment was agreed to appropriating
0000 in full indemnity to the heirs of
three Italians lynched in Louisiana in
1880 as was also one appropriating to
the widow of the late Representative
Cooke f Illinois 5000 The House sent
the tariff bill to conference Chairman
Dingley Paine of New York Dalzell of
Pennsylvania Hopkins of Illinois and
Grosvenor of Ohio Republicans ana Bail
ey of Texas McMillin of Tennessee and
Wheeler of Alabama Democrats were
appointed conferees The proceedings
were in nowi e sensational The House
spent the afternoon under the special or
der adopted last week listening to eulo
gies on the life and public services of
Judge IIolnian
The Senate met Friday under the de
pressing influence of the deatli of Senator
Harris of Tennessee who has been ono
of the conspicuous figures in the upper
house of Commas for over twenty years
Rev Mr Johnston chaplain referred
feelingly to the loss the Senate had sus
tained and spoke of Senator Harris rug
ged honesty his unswerving attachment
to his jolitical principles his opposition
to all te considered wrong his devotion
to his State and his service to the nation
Senator Bate of Tennessee paid a high
tribute to the memory of the distinguish
ed dead and offered the usual resolutions
which provided for a public funeral in the
Senate to which the House President
and cabinet members of the Supreme
Court the diplomatic corps major gen
eral of ihe army and the admiral of the
navy were invited and for a committee
of nine Senators to accompany the re
mains to Tennessee Then as a further
mac of respect the Senate adjourned
After the Semite adjourned the
appointed the following named
Senators to attend the remains to Mem
phis Messrs Bate Walthall Berry Tur
pie Aden Dc boe Petlus Chilton and
Wetmore
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The Jnbilee
The last sixty years have been great
ones in the history of England but they
have been even greater ones in the his
tory of this land of ours Baltimore
American
John Bull has time to turn from tin
serious business of the month and iwaulge
in a characterise bit of English humor
He calls us laud grabbers Cbveland
Plain Dealer
Annexation
With both Hawaii and Cuba on the
bases President McKinley vill have a
great opportunity to make a double an
nexation play Washington Post
Hawaii is at least affording a little di
version When some of the Senators tire
of annexing Cuba they can turn in and
annex the other island for a while Chi
cago Record
Speaking of Hawaiian annexation it A
pertinent to remark that if Uncle Sam
would have more business tc attend to- J
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