Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 62, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 March 1904 — Page 3

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TFF INDIANAPOLIS JOTTRNAI WEDNESDAY, HAUCH 2, 1904. Bright News of Indiana from Journal Correspondents WAIT 1 SPRING ? HO ACTION TAKEN IN THE SCHÄFER MURDER Grand Jury Will Take Up the Case To-Day Detective Reed's Mail Tampered With. LAPORTE COUNCIL HAS THREATENED REMOVAL WIFE MURDER TRIAL TO 8E BEGUN TOCity Treasurer Freese Refused to Pay Water Bills Against Supreme Court's Decision. Cyrus M. Todd, of Boone County, Accused of Killing His Wife on Dec. 31 Last.

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Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BEDFORD, Ind.. March 1 The Lawrence county grand Jury, contrary to expectations, did not commence an investigation of , the Schafer munl-r. Owing to the inability i of Prosecutor Miller to reach here, the in

vestigation was deferred until 1 o'clock tomorrow. Summonses have been issued for about fifty witnesses, including teachers iu the Bedford schools and companions of the murdered girl. Among those subpoenaed Is Miss Eva Love, roommate of Miss Schäfer. Detective Reed received a communication from the Pinkerton Agency in Chicago today conveying the information that the orucers mail had been tampered with. The letters and daily reports of the detectives which were deposited in the receptacle for mail at the Motion station, it develops, passed through the hands of a third person. The seal on all the letters had been broken and mutilated, and the contents scrutinized. The mere fat that Detective Reed's mail was tampered with raises grave doubts as to McDonald s guilt. It is not believed an irresponsible person of his calibre could summen Influence sufficient, and of such a desperate character, as to rob a mailbox to gam possession of the detective's secrets. 8evcral days ago Mayor Smith received a communication from Stephen White, at New Orleans, alleging that he knew the Identity of the murderer. He said the man wljo killed Miss Schäfer lived in another town ar.d ha confused to him and that tor a consideration of $500 White agreed to leave the country. In event the prosecution agreed to shield him and not indict him as an accessory after the fact he would return and place sufficient evidence In the possession of the state to insure conviction. Assistant Pros cutor Stephenson and Mayor Smith accepted the offer and promised immunity from arrest. A regist : ed 1 -;t r to this effect was dispatched to Whit. . Attorney Olin Bundy, member of the investigating committee, has collapsed under a nervous strain, caused by arduous duties in connection with the investigation, and has been ordered by his physician to a health resort. McDonald's attorneys were notified by their client to-night that he would ask for a change of venue In case thi- grand Jury returns an Indictm nt this week. In event of a change M"Ionn!d will be tried in the Monroe Circuit Court at Bloomingtori. "DYNAMITE EXPLODED; FARMER DISMEMBERED Five Pounds of the Explosive Detonated by Jar of the Wagon in Which It Was. ßrc'n! to the Indianapolis Journal. (J')SHHN. Ind.. March 1. Albert Mottmiller, aged forty-six. a farmer seven miles norihwe.vt of WtkM'isa, wis blown to atoms by an explosion of dynamite. Monday afternoon, a short distance from his home, afttr stating away in his spring v:r?on with rive pounds of the explosive aboard, with which he intended to blast one t-tone the trustee had Riven him. It Is the supposition, that the jar to his ia"n catUWd by the ro ugh road he was traversing caused the explosion. His body was frightfully mangled and torn and the fragments widely scattered. His wagon box was t rn to small pieces, but the running gear and the horse escaped Injury. Tiie runaway horse was captured by a Tteli,:ibor who heard the explosion, and he and another person gathered up the portions of th remains and took them to his home. Mottmiller left a widow and live children. IM PORTA XT TRAXSFERS. South Bend Companies Are Seeking Greater Accommodations. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SOCTH BEND. Ind.. March 1 The Kacstner Manufacturing Company and the Miller Knob Ixck Electric Company have closed a deal by which the former company comes Into possession of the I tttcr's big plant. The consideration was lis.ouo. The plant will be used by the purchasers in th1 manufacture of automobile supplies. The Miller Knob Lock Company will not retire from business, but will rect a large plant in the south part of the city. Another important deal of the day was the sale of the property of the Electric Investment company, of Mlshawaka, to the Beuth Bend Home Telephone Company, which secured the site at the corner of Main and First streets. Mishawaka, for a consideration of $14. am. BOY IS HICCOUGHING IIIS STRENGTH AWAY Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYKTTt. Ind.. M::rch 1. Ieslie Moore, a boy who was severely injured in a coasting accident several weeks ago. is lying at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in a critical condition. He is gradually losing Strength on account of severe spells of hicftoughing, which the doctors cannot check. Young Moore was thrown from a lv infled nod fractured a rib. which penetrated his luRg. The rib was removed and an abacess develop-d. Thl: was f.iilow.-d by the hiccoughing attacks, . ach one of which left h'.m in a wenker condition. Cond It in in the Baratt ( nnipt. 8pe lal to the Indianjollj Journal. LaWSBNCKtMHU. Ind.. March 1. Labor Caramlatlonsr McCormack has been Investigating the conditio of the camps of the Shutt Improvement Company along the Big Tour improvements between h ri and Sur.iran. He say the sanitary condition of the camps is horrible, chiefly due to the carelessness t the men themselves, a BStttley crowd of foreigners. H- will recommend an effscttve poUchan of the ramp.s '.nd lliat the contrj.ri r. ie pSJ aired to pay the laborers on the spot inrt, a.i of Kii'--; ih.-ni ein '..- ..11 I'inelimati bank?. rytblftn nt Sliflby llle. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. tiTrT1 -srrVf LLB. Ind.. March 1. The Knights of Pythias county me-ting, held In this city this afternoon and evening, was largely attended. 5O0 people being present st the night session. This afternoon the Kso . rank was eonf, rr- I --ii twenty-rlve ; candidates by one of the visiting teams and lo-nlght twenty-six candidates were given the K Might rank. Lodges from 8r Paul, "WaMron. Fairland. London, Fountalntown, Mrristown. Gen. t r; : i-.. .Marietta end Cynthinnna were represented. Main. Mid Double Service. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW CASTLE, lad., March 1. The hot water system of this city has rendered double service to the residents along its lines this winter. Besides keeping the bouses of the patrons as warm aa summer lime, the heat tiooa IsV pipes burled iu the i recta has also kept a broad dry path above them which has len the popular walk for ail peo V using th.- street-, which tallow the hot water mains. The deepest i ow aad ktesrftest iiu .xc ai-kij ln .

KlHTLrTT JAMISON GREGG. Dorn 1 . Z. He Is the son of Mrs. June Grepjr, who is ulng her mother-in-law for alleged alienation of her son's affections, ar.d Is a daily attendant on the cessions of the court with his mother.

DOMESTIC DISCORD DOE TO HIS Gre, onj the Stand, Takes the Blame for the Separation of Himself and His Wife. SHIELDING HIS MOTHER Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CRAUTORPSVILLH, Ind.. March L George Gregg, divorced husband of Mrs. June Gregg, and son of the defendant, was on the stand all day In the Gregg aiiebation-of-affectlons suit. He aas under cross-ex-jiminatlon when court adjourned for the day. Gregg, In the course of his testimony, took on himself all the blame for the separation. He said his wife undoubtedly had cause to be Jealous, as after his marriage he conducted himself toward young women just the same as before. His entire line of testimony tended to exonerate his mother from blame in connection with the domestic unhappiness in the Gregg household. He admitted calling on a young woman at Homer. 111., after his marriage and sending her flowers, and said that his attentions to young women at fraternity dances had angered his wife. He also admitted taking the picture of a Chicago young woman in questionable deshabille. He denied having ki.-sed the young woman so frequently mentioned during the trial at a fraternity dance, but said there was one v.oman who had been the cause of many quarrels by himself and his wife. He said his mother had not, at any time, done or said anything tending to alienate his affection for his wife. Letters were introduced by him tending to disprove his wife's statement that she was in good health when they were married, and that her health deteriorated under the unpleasant Influences of the Gregg home. Nothing important developed in the crossexamination, except that Gregg admitted that he was inclined to be quick-tempered. PYTHIAXS' DISTRICT MEETING AT BRAZIL orv iai l' 1110 lli;iaiiapuua f"Ui uai I BRAZIL, Ind., March 1. Almost every business house in the city was handsomely decorated to-day in honor of the meeting of the Thirteenth district Knijjhts of Fythias. A large number of Pythians were here. Services were conducted at Castle Hall and this evening the guests were entertained at the Elks' Hall. The grand officers present were: Grand Chancellor Merrill E. Wilson. Elkhart; Grand Vice Chancellor George W. Powell, Indianapolis: Grand Prelate Frank J. Dunton, Lagrange; Grand Instructor Union I Hunt. Winchester; Grand Keeper of Records and Seal Harry Wade. Indianapolis; Grand Master at Arms Jonce Monyhan, Orleans; Grand Inner Guard F. L. Cross, Muncle; Grand Outer Guard Arthur J. Lowe. Oreensbnrg; Grand Master of Exchequer William A. Morris, Frankfort; Major General James R. Carnahan. Indianapolis, and C. F. S. Neal. president of the board of control of the endowment rank. SUIT PILED TO BREAK THE MOORIIEAD WILL Nephews and Xieces Seek to Prevent Realization by the Widow on Her Share of Estate. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BOl'TH BEND. Ind.. M uch 1. Thomas N.. Efflc B.. Rachel L.. Margaret ML and Harvey J. Whiteman and Samuel Fergus and John H. Rock, jr., of Pittsburg, have filed suit against Mrs. Mary Moorfceod and Albert H. dishing in a;. ffort to set asMe the will of George P. Moorhead. who married Miss Tutt Jan. 4 of the res nt ywir, at the t. Jos. ph h ispita!, while Mr. Moorhead was on his deathbed. The plaintiffs are the nephews and nieces of the deceased. They allege that Moorhead died UMMtrrtsd and without children. The plaintiffs (jive as their reasons for setting aside the will that MoutlMSjd was at the time of the attempted execution of the alleged will of unsound mind: that the will was executed under duress; that it was ohta:ne l 1 y fraud, and that it was unduly executed. EARLUAM MAY SECURE INTERSTATE COX TEST Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KICHMi M. ind.. March 1. -There Is a possibility that the interstate oratorical contest which is scheduled to be held at Notre Dame t'nlversity in May may be changed to Earlham College. Notre Dame to-day offered to let Earlham have the contest if the latter would assume all the responsibilities that th" step involves. This Includes a guartnUT fund M $500. A meeting of the Earlham authorities was held ths afternoon but no definite action was tak n. Notre Panic has no d'si;- io relinquish the contest, but is wi'.Iin to favor Bert He Tit, Kleven States are included in the association. IJiuli Waiet In Jaupcr esstft Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RKXSSKLAIIK. Ind.. March 1. High water prevails over Jasper county. In Rensselaer the Iroquois river Is higher than for thirty years. For :r.ihs below the town the river is a solid pack of ice, the gorge reaching through the town. The overtiow covers all of Rive-side addition, all the basements and out-mi! dins being flooded and every dwelling cut off by broad and rapid streams f erster. All the people In the addition have moved out temporarily except one man who keeps up communication with t oe r st of the tow n by wagon. The ice is packed under and around the Milroy-avenue bridge, a massiv, stt ol structure, and ha.-t raised It off Its abutments, but it h is U . n ar.. -bored with heavy chains and probably will hold. Itiirii and .mli ntn Octroyed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. lÜlKKNSIU'RU. Ind.. March 1. The large barn owned by Oscar Towhr, at St. Omer, was destroyed by rlre early this morning, with Its contents. Several horses were saved with rtillieulty. The loss Is $3.000. with small insurance. The tire is supposed lo be tue work uf an incendiary.

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Special to the Ir.ilar.apo'.ls Journal. LAPORTE, lad., March 1. The Common Council last night at a special sessiou passed under :;uspensiou of the rules an ordinance making it possible for the Council to r move city officials from office by a twothirds' vote. The IniUna Supreme Court having declared illegal the twenty-one year contract by which th- city purchased from the La porte Water Supply Company 30.0u0.O00 gallons of water month for J90 a mouth, the Council had adopted a resolution providing for the purchase of water from the COBBpany fron day to day. Some time later a bill for S':."-'' lor water used as allowed by the Cornell, and a warrant was drawn by the mayor and clerk, but City Treasurer Freese refused to pay it, on the advice of his attorneys, who contended that the allowance w is Illegal. Mr. Freese has since continued to refuse to pay the warrant. The Council, therefore, has intimated that It will remove him from office. AH tSKMM concerned are Democrats. Freese was elected by the Council to fill the unexpired term of Charles Schultz, deceased.

WAYNE COUNTY NATIVE DIES AT ADVANCED AGE John W. Callaway, Who Was Born Near Cambridge City, Seventy Six Years Ago. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CAMBRIDGE CITY. Ind.. March 1. John W. "allaway, aged seventy-six, died at his residence In this city this morning of senility. Mr. Callawfiy was born at Milton, near this city, or. Feb. 9, 1828, and was actively engaged in the business interests of this city the greater portion of his life. He was a school teacher at the age of eighteen, which vocation he followed several years, after which he embarked in general mercantile business and also engaged extensively in pork packing in connection with farming, and was one of the most extensive grain and stock dealers in the county. From 1S63 until 173 he was president of the Cambridge City Bank, which was subsequently merged into the present First Nation 1 Bank. He was also a member of Cambridge Lodge, No. 3. F. and A. M., having been a charter member of Royal Arch Chapter, No. ft, He was also a member of the Board of Education in the public schools. Of late years he lived In retirement. A widow and four children survive. The funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon, with interment at Riverside Cemetery. Other State NocroloRT, CARTHAGE. Ind.. March l.-Thomas W. Henley, aged eighty-five, died this morning at his residence near town. He was a native of North Carolina and came to Rush county when twelve jrears old. Elias Phelph. of Greensboro, is the only survivor of the party cf sixty that came at thnt time. In 13 Mr. H nley bought th farm where he tli 'd. In 1(64 he married Hanna C. Williams, of Ohio, who. with six of their seven children, survives. Mr. Henley was a birthright Quaker ar.d an ardent Republican. SULLIVAN. Ind.. March 1. Lee M. Allan, one of the leading farmers of this county, died yesterday in a Chicago hospital after an operation for cancer. Mr. Allan was a son of Ben A. Allan, one of the ploaeerS of the county. He was flfty-one years old nnd a member of the Methodist Church. He is survived by a widow, two sons and one daughter. The body arrived here to-day for burial. . DUBLIN, Ind., March 1. Mrs. Rachel Burkett. aged seventy-nine, widow of Rudolph Burkelt. died this morning at the home of her son-in-law, Joseph L. Griffith, east of Dublin, of paralysis. She settled In Wayne county with her parents in 1830. One daughter. Mrs. OrifT.th, survives. Interment will be at Cambridge City. ENGLISH. Ind.. March 1. Elmer B. Carr. on. of the proprietors of the Kngllsh Stave & Heading Factory, at this place, died this morning of pneumonia. He was a prominent M.ion and was also a member of the Modern Woodmen. The Masonic order will have ehsjfgJS of the funeral. He was thirtyeight years old. SHELBYVILLE. Ind.. March 1. Laranzo Mantles died at his home in St. Paul this morning at 5 o'clock, after a sickness of several months with lung trouble, aged sixty-two. He served In one of the Indiana regiments during the civil war. OTEW CASTUS, In!.. March 1 Miss Alice W. Hume, aged eighty, is dead at her home, near this city. The cause was old age. She had lived in retirement for many years with her brother, William Hume. WINAMAC. Ind.. March l.-Mrs. Mary Rowan, aged seventy-nine, died here last night. The husband was Henry P. Rowan, the first land register in the government land office at Winamac, in 183J. PETifiRFIH'RG, Ind.. March 1 Mrs. Wlggs. wife of Joseph W. Wiggs, principal of the Madison township graded schools, died at her home at Bowman, Ind., Monday afternoon. OFFICERS ELECTED BY KOKOMO-MARIOX LINE George J. Marott Is President Plans for an Itarlj' Extension of the Railroad. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind.. March 1. At a stockholders' meeting of the Kokomo, Marion & W. stern Traction Company, in Kokomo. to-day, officers were elected as follows: President, George J. Marott, Indianapolis; vice president, L. J. Kirkpatrick. Kokomb; secretary-treasurer and manager, T. C. McReynolds, Kokomo; superintendent of construction. Lee Hall. Marion; assistant superintendent of construction. G. W. Norwood. Kokomo. Directors W. O. Kellar and Lee Hall. Marion; W. R. Cummingn, Bluffton; George J. M irott. Indianapolis; L. J. Kirkpatrick, and T. C. McReynolds, Kokomo, and W. W. I.ayton. Covington. It was given out that the company would proceed with the work of extending its line at the earnest aossJMt moment this spring and complete the road as far east as lilurtton. via Marion, the present season. It Is also understood that something will be done westward from Kokomo very soon. Lafayette to be reached en route. The cornpally' h:is twenty-three miles in successful operation. GOOD TRADE EXPECTED BY JOBBERS IN PLATE No Change in Glass Prices Expected Association Elects Officers at Cleveland. CLEVELAND. March l.-The American Plate Glass Jobbers' Association completed its organization at a meeting of representatives from all over the Cnlted States here to-day. No action was taken regarding change in price. The new officers said there would be no change in the plate glass busb ss and that prices would remain the same as at present. Officers elected were: President. E. C. She; ti HIT OS. Boston; vice president. M. S. Kenney, Chicago; secretary anri treasurer, H. S. Rinsws offer, Richmon ;. Va. The l.ar.ci. ap of strikes and other troubles that existed in the glass trade last rear is not anticipated f-r the coming building season, and a go,J trade is Iooi;M for. Mrs. An town fro pancake flour i iu gj a ever.

Special tr the Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON. Ind.. March 1. The trial of Cyrus M. Todd, on the charge of murdering his nineteen-year-old wife, will begin to-morrow morning. A special venire of forty jurors has been drawn. Todd has o B in jail for several weeks and has just recovered from a BSVWTC attack of the measles, which he contracted on the day of his arrest. The trial will attract much attention owing to the prominence of the families, and the circumstances surrounding the death of Mrs. Todd. The tragedy occurred on the afternoon of Dec. 31, 1903. at the residence in Jackson township. According to the story told by Todd, who was the only witness of the shooting, he had been suffering with headache and concluding that open air exercise might relieve him. took his gun and went hunting. He returned home about 4 o'clock In the afternoon, having obtained no relief from the headache. He placed the gun on the bed and sat down on the edce of the bed with his face In his hands. Mis. Todd, he says, picked up the gun. whi' h was dircharged and the entire load entered her breast, causing almost instant death. There were certain circumstances which aroused the suspicion of relatives of the dead woman, who was a daughter of exCounty Commissioner James H. McLean. The weapon was of the safety kind, which seemed to preclude the idea of accidental discharge. It also developed that Todd's wife had told her mother that threats had been made against her by Todd. The coroner investigated, and while stating that there were evidences of foul play, he decided to give Todd the benefit of the doubt and accordingly found that Mrs. Todd's death was accidental. The grand Jury took up the case and after a thorough examination returned an indictment, charging Todd with murder in the lirst degree. ARREST OP A GROOM AFTER HIS MARRIAGE

Elopement from Fort Wayne in Which Bride Is Said to Be but Thirteen Years Old. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BLl'FFTON, Ind.. March 1. John Hines, jr., sged twenty-seven, and Esther Truebenbaeh, aged eighteen, according to her story, eloped to this city from Fort Wayne yesterday, driving through in a buggy, and were married last night by the Rev. J. F. Warner at the home of Hines's uncle, William Crouse, who assisted them in securing a marriage license. To-day the girl's father. Henry Truf henbach, arrived from Fort Wayne and caused Hines's arrest on the charge of kidnaping, also stating his intention of causing I Crouse's arrest on the charge of swearing to a false affidavit. He alleges that the girl is only thirteen years of age. Hines will be given a trial on Wednesday. The girl was attending school at Fort Wayne and she left home as usual to go to school. Instead of returning In the evening she sent a letter notifying her parents of her Intended marriage. OPERATOR'S SUICIDE. Reelsville Mail Shoots Himself in the Head at Harmony. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. BRAZIL, Ind., March 1. Albert Reynolda, telegraph operator for the Vandalia at Reelsville, committed suicide in the rear of Ed Miller's saloon at Harmony this evening by shooting himself through the head. He was twenty-seven years old and single. He wrote the following note to his grandmother, Mrs. Reynold's, with whom he lived: "Will you forgive me for this? My mind is gone. Bury me nt Reelsville." INDIANA XO'TES. RICHMOND. The Democrats of New Garden township have put themselves on record without waiting to see what the more prominent memlv-rs of their party may do In rt ference to the coming campaign. At their meeting to organize they passed resolutions reaffirming the and 1C00 platforms and expressing admiration for Bryan. The resolutions declare against the least compromise. SHKLP. YVILLE. At a meeting of the Shelbyville lodge of Odd Fellows an invitation was received and accented to be present at Indianapolis Ixidge, No. 465, next Friday evening, to confer the initiatory degree on a number of candidates. The names of fifty of the members have been secured and they will charter a special car in which to make the trip. RCSHVILLE.-Ivy Lodge, No. 27. Knights f Pythias, of this city4, is making extensive arrangements for the celebration of the thirty-first anniversary of the order here on Friday evening, March 4. There will be an exemplification of Damon and Pythias by members of the lodge and James K. Watson will deliver an address on Pythlanlsm. LAWRKXCKBCRO.-At Grcendale, pear here, the home of John Kennedy, foreman of the RosevMte rUstilllng Company, was entered by thieves Monday night. They seeured a watch valued at $100 and $120 in cili. The home of Albert KViaert. a auger, was robbed of 25 and some trink ts. BATESVII. LflL Four rural mail routes were established at this place on Tuesday, with Louis Goyert, 0. L. Newman, Joseph Klese and Henry Drockelman a carriers. Petitions are pending for additional routes. The service discontinues the postoffico at BalleiOWa, with W. F. Care as postmaster. JASPER. Leonard Bretz. who died on Sunday at Huntingburg. had on of the Isrsjest collections of rare joins, stamps, Indian relies and geological specimens in Indiana. In his will he stipulates that the entire collection, or collections, be sold, after being appraised. FRANKLIN. Franklin men are heavily interested in a company which has been organized In Kentucky with a $250,000 capital to build an electric line from Padueah to East Cairo. L. B. Whitesides, of this city, is president. Ttntlly (run bed in Slinftlnor. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind.. March l.-Herman Ludwip, aged tweuty-eight, second brewer at the Indiana Brewing Association's plant In Marion, was badly injured at 4 o clock this morning by bring caught In a revolving shafting. Hii body was badly crushed and he was cut and bruised. An injury to his spinal column produced absolute paralysis of the lower part of his body. He will recoecr, but probably wiil be permanently injured. Limited Service Disroiitlnaod. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND. Ind.. March 1. The limited traction ears that have been running between Indianapolis and Richmond have been discontinued because the service was unsatisfactory and the Richmond cars will hereafter connect with the Indianapolis cars at Dublin. No further effort will bo made for a through service until the Malnstreet bridge obstruction is removed and the cars can run in to Richmond. LlLhurt ( omptiuy'ft F inances. Special to the Indiana p': Journal. SOUTH BEND, Ind.. March l.-The National Manufacturing Company, of Klkhart. to-day hied a schedule of ;.v t and liabilities with the referee in bankruptcy, F. E. Isunbert. The asrets ere SI ls.'i6.74 and the Usbllltiea tin, MS, 17. The first mtctin vi creditor Wlii be hcU uu Match U.

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(CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) the point that unless they secure a reduction they could not operate at a profit during the coking year because reductions are being made In other Industries; that to secure contracts they are compelled to cut their former prices and that it is a time of general industrial depression. One fact brought out at the convention jresterday was that both sides are as sin-cer.-in their convictions of the right of their positions as they are firm. The p heg yetterda were uttered with no little feeling and with much force. President Mitchell, Vice President Lewis and Mr. Robblns occupied the morning with their arguments. During the afternoon ses sion the operators toon tne initiative anu pressed the arguments aggressively. The fight was carried on through the afternoon by H. L.. Chapman, J. W. Gutherie, of Ohio. Y. J. Mullens and Harry Taylor, of Illinois, W. S. Bogl, of Indiana, and Mr. Robblns. for the operators; Mr. Mitchell, Secretary W. B. Wilson and Patrick Dolan, for the miners. The positions maintained by the representatives of the operators was that it WSS not fair for the miners to take the prices of the Pittsburg Coal Company as a basis for justifying a renewal of the present scale. Each operator spoke for his own State in the policy which was to be followed during the coming year, and without exception each declared that the companies will accept nothing but a reduction. A salient point made by each was that in order for the companies to renew contracts they are now being compelled to cut their former prices. The variations In the price ef coal within the last few months was also shown at some length. The arguments of the miners were continued along the lines laid down in the morning session. Patrick Dolan, of Pennsylvania, quoted the prices on coal mining in the Pittsburg district, showing the profits made by the operators. One of the strongest speeches made yesterday was that of Vice President Lewis, who made as his leading point the fact that a reduction is not warranted, for the reason that prices are raising in other commodities. PRESIDENT MITCHELL SPRINGS SURPRISE. The stand taken by both operators and miners at the opening of the convention yesterday morning remained unaltered throughout the day. When the convention was called to order an Ohio miner presented a motion that the present scale be adopted. It was lost. President Mitchell then sprang a surprise on the operators by arising and reading a number of resolutions which embodied the original demands of the miners the present mining scale, with the run-of-mine basis; the 7-cent differential between pick and machine mining: a uniform outdoor wage for day labor ar.d a wage of $2.55 for the brushers in the long wall mines. President Mitchell moved the adoption of the resolution, but Mr. Robblns immediately offered a substitute to the effect that the Industrial conditions of the time warrant a 15 per cent, reduction. Neither measure came to a vote, arguments pro and con continuing throughout the day until evening, when they were referred to the scale committee. The part played in the convention yesterday by the PittsDtirg Loai company was remarkable. From its introduction by Mr. Mitchell It was cited in almost every speech. The miner presented It as the strongest argument in their cause. Repeated objection was taken by the operators on the ground that Its operation could not be taken as a basis for the operations of the othtr companies of the competitive district. COMPANY'S REPORT DISCUSSED. Mr Mitchell began his first arguments yesterday by pointing out that the arguments of the operators as present at the former conference would not hold good. He referred to the argument that many of the larger manufacturers of the country were closing down. Mr. Mitchell read newspaper articles, showing that these plants had started up business again. He thn turned his attention to the report of, the Pittsburg Coal Company, saying in part: I want to read into the record a report of the Pittsburg Coul Company, which indicates that the demands made by Mr. Robblns are not warranted by his statement to his own directors. Mr. Bobbins, in his report at a meeting held, I believe, during the month of January, in giving the report of his companies up to the end of December, says: ' "The net earnings of your company and Its subsidiary companies (exclusive of the Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company, whose earnings, assets and liabilities are shown separately in an appended report) for the year ending Dec. 31. r.o.j. greatly exceed those of the preceding year, as is shown in the following recapitulation: Net earnings year ending Dec. 31. 1902, $4.T". net earnings year ending Dec. 31. $6,751.025.49.' "Then follows a condensed summary of the principal expenditures, showing the" different plants that have been purchased br Ult Pittsburg Coal Company. It shows that the? have paid out IRuiO.OOO. but of that IH.'iOO.Ow was paid out of the surplus earnings. Now. Mr. Chairman. I submit that as a matter of absolute fairu.'ss, it Is not right for the Operators' to come into this convention ;;!. ! ask fr a reduction iu wages If one company can increase Us business and increase its receipts 86 per ceut. In oue year, 1 sua tiici cau well uflord lu stand a slight

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loss, a slight depression, without asking un miners to share It all for them. "And I want to say the most convincing proof that it is possible to secure is the report of the Pittsburg Coal Company. I am not going to say anything about the Western trade. All we need to do is to turn to the published reports of the price of coal lp the Chicago market, in the great Northwest, to demonstrate that in Indiana and Illinois there cannot be even a temporary reason assigned in favor of a reduction of wages. LABOR CONDITIONS IMPROVED. "Mr. Chairman. I do earnestly hope that the operators present will sco their way clear to withdraw their demand for a reduction In wages and let this movement go on. They have enjoyed their full measure of prosperity during those last five or six years. We. too, have done very well. "Our conditions of life and our conditions of labor are better than they ever were before; but, let rne say to you, that in return for these better conditions of life and labor we have gi v'en you better service every year. "The reports of our product show that for every day our people go down In the mines they- give you a greater return, it shows you that we perform our labor better than we did during the old times, when we were at war continuously. If it were possible ior me to say anything that would perpetuate this movement more than I have said I should certainly not take my seat now. I hope that we will go on and that we will continue to be, as we have been In the past six years, the leaders in the cause of industrial peace." Mr. Robblns replied to Mr. Mitchell, saying in part: "Mr. Mitchell bases his argument, to start, upon the fact that the furnaces of the I. S. Steel and other companies in the vicinity of Pittsburg have started up. How have they started up? By a reduction for every man that works for them. Not a man but has stood a reduction In order to start them up. 'We have reduced our coal to start them up also. That is why they are started. And it is why you will start, and why you will get more work if you will make a corresponding reduction In your wages. "1 want to protest, to start with. Mr. Chairman, that this Interstate movement must be bolstered up by bringing representatives of the United Mine Workers of America here, in place of the miners belonging to this four-state movement. I want to protest that the movement has got beyond you when you have got to bring nere the anthracite miners and miners from all over the field In order to make a scale for the operators of Pennsylvania. Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. You have gone beyond the possibility of fairness when you do this. You know your cause Is weak when you attempt to bring them here and have a packed gallery for this purpose." CAPITAL LACKS CONFIDENCE. "Mr. Mitchell has referred to the statement of the Pittsburg Coal Company. There is not a word in that statement that is not absolutely true. "Did you ever realize what an Investment of a large operating company means? "Mr. Mitchell has given an opportunity to make an object lesson here. I am ashamed almost to state it. but capital has so little confidence in you and in your trade unionism that It is unwilling to invest Its money, even upon the basis of this showlnK. and to-day the stock of the company that was purchased at par. or $100. is selling for JW, and the people who have owned It and have put their money Into it have suffered that terrible depreciation of having it cut in two. Now. In the face of all this, with your knowledge of It, there have been reductions in all those fields. Now you say you are not going to meet them, and I say, for one. as far as I am concerned, I shall never sign a scale except upon these conditions." Mr. Mitchell took the floor for a few minutes at this point and referred to a statement issued to the stockholders of the Pittsburg Coal Company to the effect that it would be able to pay M pr cent, dividends for the next five years, even If it did not increase Its protits. "Prom this statement." he said, "I believe the Pittsburg Coal Company can operate t present prices and make profits next year." WAGE SCALE NOW IN HANDS OF COMMITTEE Personnel of Body Which Is Striving to Reach a Peaceable Agreement. The personnel of the scale committee, hi whose hands la now the question of agreeing upon a wage scale. n as follows: Pennsylvania. Operators Principals: Francis L. Robblns. G. w. Schleuder bsfa O. A. Btaekbura. w W. Keefer. Alternates: George A. Magoon. J. T. N. Stonerood. Edward S- pet. Walter Calverly. Miners Principals: I'atrl. k 1.lan. William 1 ! !-. Robert lte;ittle, Michael Bichler. Alternates: Thomas iean. J. W. Hall. Thomas Hardwlck. Owen Cruse. Ohio. Om rators-rrinelpals: J. H. Winder. U. u rhaneaaa J. u. w. k. Field, aj-

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