Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 1, 1910, Page 1

THE OMAHA BEE goes to tha homes is read by the women-—sells goods for advertisers. k) = THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. VOL. XXXIX—NO. 24 6. RAILROAD BILL . GOOD, SAYS ROOT Proposed Measure Strongly Supported by New York Senator in Three- Hour Speech. JEFENSE OF THE MERGER CLAUSE Big Improvement Over Present Law, is Speaker's Statement, TRAFFIC AGREEMENT IS GOOD; This Seetlon is Approved on Grounds of Fairness. COMPETITION INSISTED UPON Semator Root Says it Must be Regu- Inted, But Not to Degrees that Will Work an Injury. WASHINGTON, March 31.—Commanding the careful attention of a majority of his colleagues, Senator Root today consumed three hours of the time of the senate In continuing his speech In defense of the administration raliroad bill. He again failed to conclude hs remarks. He defended the merger provision of the Bill as a great advance over existing law, in that it made the purchase of one com- pany's stock by another an offense. He argued, however, that such acqusition was not now fllegal, except as part of a con- apiracy. He also seuported the traffic agreement sectlon, but expressed a willing- ness 10 require such agreements to be de- pendent on the approval of the interstats Commerce commission, Mr. Root emphasized the provision as of especlal importance. He declared the pres- ent prohibitive act provided its own viola- tlon. This courss was most demoralizing and should not he encouraged by falling to Put In the power of the railroads to ob- serve the law and still make their agree- ments, It was better to have the ralliroads voluntarily conform to the law than have them forced to do €o. Insists Upon Competition, “We 1Inélst upon competition,” he con- tinued, “but we prohibit such competition as we think Injurlous and we forget that the railroads themselves may be better able to enforce the law than can any of- flcer In Washington.” Heo argued that fn many matters the rail- roads were practically required to enter into agreement, and =o long as this was true, he sald, it was absolutely necessary that the roads should be authorized to ©ome together. To do this would be to wipe out an anomoly and abuse, In reply to an inquiry from Mr. Rayner, Mr. Root sald he would favor an amend- ment requirlug that agreements among rail- roads should have the approval of the In- terstate Cominerce commission before guing into ‘effect. -He &l not, however, regard 1he uddition as of particular impontance. Tho nnly reason for its insertion would be & dedire to avold misunderstanding. The concession, however, was considered by the opponents of the bill as Important. Mr. De- pew advocated amending the blll o as to require governmental approval. He said he had held to that position for many years before ho entered the senate. “And I belleve that is the attitude of every rallroad man | nthe country,” he added. The Commission's Power. Senator Clapp ®ald he would insist that the bill be 50 worded as to make agree- ments unlawful unless approved by the commission. Mr. Root sald he never would consent to give the commission the right to suspend a rate fixed by a rafiroad without Investigation. He would not consent that any official should fix the rallroad rates, but was willing that the government should su- pervise rates. To do more would be to change from the American to the Euro- pean system, he sald, wilh government ownership inevitably following. “We @ll desire the extension of our system, but we will never say to the capital of the country that we encourage its Investment only wtih the end in view concentrating its control in Washing- sald Mr. Root. Mr, Cummins asked whether there was any difference in principle in giving the commission the power to suspend rates for sixty days for the purpose of in- cestigating and In giving it power to make an indefinite suspension. “phe power to render Indefinite sus- pension 18 the power to render final judg- mont,” responded Mr. Root, power of temporary suspension s like the granting of a temporary injunction. The power to suspend indefinitely in- volves the right to suspend without any investigation.” Bacon Doesn't Agree. Bacon took lssue with Mr, Root's the fixing of rates by the lead to Mr assertion that government would ownership. rafiroad commission of Georgla had had such power. Mr. Root replied that there would be found to be a vast dirference between state and government control. The chief function of ownership was the fixing of rates, he said,’and he argued that if the state could fix rates it could so con- {rol them as to reduce them to a point where it might be necessary to take ab- solute control Mr. Aldrich asked Mr. Rogt whether he was in favor of giving the fiterstate Com- merée commission power to fix the rates on all rallréads of Geos Mr. Root replled he would not favor tutning over control of wll the rafiroads to the commission Mr. Root contended ttat the merger sec- Lun of the bill did not interfere With the operation of the anti-trust act. He de- clsved the supreme court, in the Northern Meourities cass had not held the purchase of stogk o be contrary to the anti-trust Jaw. On the contrary it iad explicitly held {hat congress could Dot control the mere pcauisition of stoek of a rallroad corpor- ation. The offense was in the conspiracy wnd It might not always be that the pur- chase of stock Was in pursuance of a con- spiraey, or If so, it was not always easy to prove the fact. He =ald this bill would relieve the government of the neccssity of finding & Conspiracy. From Theory to Practice. his 18 no advance,” he exclaimed. “It i» merely an advance from the theory to practioe; 1t 18 advanc. from newspaper m.-mn'- to definite I gislation. The ser- jous question 18 Whether under our ogpstl- tution we can sAY thal the rallroad cor. tol “Whereas the | government | He sald for thirty years the | Wyoming Coal Lands Wanted By Uncle Sam Tracts Were Secured by “Dummy” Entrymen, Avers Government, and %, it is Filed to Recover. ":‘: 2 ¥, Wyo., March 31.—The gov- ay filed sults in the United here to recover title to thou- 's of valuable coal lands In T untain district in Corbon it - L = ery | sta sari the | count WA ore 18 ing to ing, b N, March 31.—The coal and % h the government is seek- = n Cormon county, Wyom- a sult filed in the federal court 1t fiie, were obtained, it was said, at'the Department of Jestice today, through the medium of dummy entrymen These entrymen were charged with hav- Ing been agents of tho Northwestern Land and Iron company, which, with the paten- tees, 1s made party to the suit. The land and iron company, it was stated, is a hold- ing corporation for the Denver, Laramie & Northwestern Rallroad company. DENVER, March $1.—'Nelthe Northwester Land and Iron compi |the Denver, Laramie & Northwé rn Daiflroad company is affected in the suit brought by the government at Cheyenne today to recover coal and iron lands,' sald A. J. Spengel, terasurer of the for- mer omcpany. The sult is brought against Judge Mil- liken and Charles 8. Johnson as indi- viduals, and does not involve the land of either company.” New Jersey Will Try to Extradite J. Ogden Armour 1 | | | Prosecutor Garven Files Requisition Papers with Governor for Packer Charged with Conspiracy. NEW YORK, March 31.—Regqulsitton papers for the extradition of J. Ogden Armour of Chicago, who was recently in- dicted by the Hudson county, New Jersey grand jury for conspira in controlling the prices of meat products, were filed with Governor Fort at Trenton, N, J, to- day by Prosecutor Garven of Jersey City. Requlsition papers were filed several days ago with Governor Fort for the extradition of Louis F. Swift and Edward Morris. 1t is understood that before Governor Fort will sign the papers he will hear argument by counsel for the indicted men showing that they were not in New Jersey at the time the Indictments were found against them and that they are not lable to extra- dition. | Identity of "~ Wreck Victims Two Men Killed_;l; Sheridan Tues- day Morning Are Joseph and | William Jande. { SHERIDAN, Wo., March 3l.—(Special Tel- egram.)—From \a. . letter written .to their { mother, without postoffice address, it was | learned here today that the two last vie- | tims, making six in all, of the Burlington | freight wreck at Ulm, a few miles east of | Sheridan, Tuesday morning, were Joseph | and William Jande, brothers, aged about 22 | and 18, respectively. The letter stated they were enroute to this city in quest of em- ployment. - They were beating their way in a car loaded with salt. were found close together, indicating that they probably were asleep when the frelght trains crashed together. The brothers were Iying ten feet from the body of F. Coulter, a colored man, who was traveling west from Fort Smith, Ark. An effort is being made to locate the parents of the brothers. The wrecking crew is still clearing up the debris from the terrible collision and more bodles may be found. INDIANA REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES ORGANIZE of Payne-Aldrich Bill State Conventlon. by INDIANAPOLIS, March 3L.—At a confer- ence of candidates for nomination to state tion it was announced today that an as- soclation would be formed endorsing the that United States Senator Albert J. Bev- eridge voted against the bill. The con- | ference is scheduled to take place in this y tomorrow. SOUTH BEND, Ind., March 31.—The re- publicans of the Thirteenth district in con- vention here today nominated John L. Moorman of Knox as their candidate for congress. The resolutions adopted ignore the Payne- Aldrich tariff law; endorse Senator Bev- eridge, who voted against the law, and en- dorse President Taft's administration. The bodies | Association Will Favor Endorsement offices by the Indiana republican conven- | Payne-Aldrich tariff law, desp;ite the fact | OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 1, HANDY WORKERS FOR INSURANCE William H. Buckley and “Andy” Hamilton Are Exposed as the Two Twins in Passing Bills. —_— | WELL PAID EMPLOYES, IS SHOWN Evidence Indicates that Both Men Received Goodly Fees. WHO ACCEPTED THE BRIBES? ;Mr. Hotchkiss Wants Names of New York Legislators Who Sold Out, Charge that New York Senator Asked Ten Thousand Dollars is Corrobe orated—More About Buoks ley's Big Bill. NEW YORK. March 8l.—How Willijam H. Buckley, accelerator of insurance legisla- | tion, and the late “Andy" Hamilton, keeper | of the lite insurance “yellow dog” fund of | former years, worked shoulder to shoulder | olling the legisiative wheels at Albany for good and substantial consideration las) | brought out today at the fire Insurance | Inquiry conducted by Willlam H. Hotch- | kiss, state superintendent of Insurance. | Hamilton, the evidence showed, received no less than $,99 from certain companies | in 1901, Hamliton's name was put on the record through the testimony of Henry C. Wilcox, vice president of the American Surety com- pany. In 1901, Wilcox testified, the fire in- surance companies caused to be introduced | in the legislature a bill to exempt the un- | earned reserves from taxation. Mr. Wileox wanted to have the casualty and surety companies Included In the exemption and accordingly went to Albany . He tried to get Senator Raines and Assemblyman Lewis Interested, but failed. Then he hunted up Buckley and tofd him his troubles. | Buckley, he said, told him that Hamilton | was the one to help him. Buckley tele- phoned to Hamilton and sald Hamllton agreed to take it up. Wilcox left Albany and the amendment went through as desired. When it was all over Hamilton sent a bill for $10,00 to the American Surety company. “DId he tell you he had to pay out any of the money the witness was asked. ‘“He conveyed to_me the suggestion that he had aseumed obligations which he could not meet unless the full amount was paid.” This was as strong as Mr. Wilcox would put it. He thought the bill too large, but as a compromise, he said, he sent thres checks to Hamilton, agaregating $6,460. Later the National Burety company pald $26% to Hamiiton, With the resumption of the Investigation, Elifah R. Kennedy, the legisiative agent who made the fivst revelations in the in- quiry, wae expeoted back for further ques- tioning. Mr. Hotchkiss was anxlous to learn it the disburser of the fira insurance | compantes fund of 1901 hud refreshed his | memory sufficiently to remember the names of some other individuals besides George ‘W. Aldridge, to whom he made payments while seeking to further the passage of a bill fn the interest of the companies. Superintendent Hotchkiss was also ex: pected to go into the history of casualty and surety company legislation at Albany, He had a long list of witnesses ready be fore the day's session of the Inquiry opened Charge Agn George F. Seward's A. Brown offered, t Big Tim, cherge that Edward In 1892, in -behalf of Senator “Blg Tim" Sullivan, to have an Insurance bill kiled for $10,000, was cor- roborated in some Jetails by E. E. Clapp, formerly of the Iidelity and Casualty company, where Mr. Seward is president. John B. Lunger of Harijord, Conn., who is vice president of the Travelers' Insur- ance company of Hartford, testifled that the Travelers first employed Buckley in ! January, 1908, He declared he had never known of Buckley's activity in connection with legislation at Albany. Buckley was retained to get the llability reserve bill! through solely on account of his famillarity with insurance matters. When the bill had been passed Buckley called on the company for the payment of | the $21,400. The company thought the bill | excessive. “What did Mr. Buckley say to Justity | i such a bill?"" asked Mr. Hotchkiss. “He sald he had been kept busy for sev- eral months and had met much opposition, as well as to do a great deal of explain- ing." Big Payme for Legal Work. “Did he tell you that he had paid out any money to any one In connection with the passage of the bill,” | “He did not" | “And so your company pald to a lawyer | who had been practicing law for less than | two years, $2400 for services covering | less than five months?" | The witness assented. It was shown that Buckley rendered two bills, one of $10,000 in his New York office and the other of $5,000 from his Albany office, covering about the same period of time, Later the bills h)ri (Continued on Second Page.) For the gouging out of his right Ford Smith, & colored ma Jury award of $2.000 in dam The district court jury heard his suit against Edward A. Roehrlg, formerly & South Omaha saloon keeper, and the Title Guaranty and Surely company, reached a verdict at 10 p. m. Wednesday. Roehrig was sued as having sold liguer to Bud and George Weatherford, alleged to have com- mitted the assault upon Ford Smith. The surety company is on Roehrig's bond. The jury was required to make a speclal finding of facts in answer to two questions. The first query was: "Why struck the blew which caused the injury to Ford Smith's eye? The other question ran Weatherford under the influence of liquor when Smith was hurt?’ The testimony showed that it was George Weatherford, It either of tho brothers, who assaulted Smith, and to get any action eye, , has recelved a s which Saloonist and Surety Held for Eye Drunk Man Ruined| ‘Was George | | inst the man who owned the saloon | where the trouble occurred, it had also to be shown, the defense asserts, that he had n selling liquor to the assailant. ! The jury answered ves to the second | question and hedged on the first, replying, “One of the Weatherfords." Judge Kennedy sent the jury back, in- | structing it to reply whether George or Bud | Weatherford struck the blow and if unable | to say which one, to state that fact. The | ury coming in again, said it was unable to | say which one. | The defense will move to have the verdict | set aside on the ground that to recover | damages George Weatherford must have been shown to have been the man who hit | Smith. | Bud Weatherford died Monday last during | the course of the trial. He had testified |BIG TIM OFFERED TO KILL BILL/ |PACIFIC |in the federal suit to dissolve the merger 1910-TWELVE PAGES. ¥ 4Jones seems ail orippled up.” [ From the Cleveland Plain Dealer “Yes, he's been blastin' out his back yard for a vegetable garden.” uth Dakota Butter Makers In Convention OVER MILLION {ON 'PHONES|So Heavy Expenditures Will Be Made by _Nebraska Telephone Company. BIG CAMPAIGN OF IMPROVEMENT | peryt will be Made to Have Law Passed Preventing Discrimination by Larger Creameries. WATERTOWN, §. D., March 8l.-(Spe- clal.)—The second annual convention of the South Dakota Dalrymen's and Butter- makers' assoclation was in session In this city vesterday. The election of officers, About Two Thousand Miles of Copper Toll Lines Will Be Bullt—Plans to Hook Up with West- ern Union. “Our plans for the present v call for an expenditure of mbour $LEOM0 on tho work of construction’ and reconstruction | One of the first things on the program, re- In Omaha and throughout the state” says | Sulted In E. H. Baldwin of Belle Fourche G. E. McFarland, general manager of the | being clected president; C. H. Winn of Nebraska Telephone-company. Castlewood, vice president, and A. P. We will do an unusual amount of work | R¥Ser of Brookings, secretary-treasurer. this year in carrying out our poliéy to|Tho two first officers were re-elected. keep up with the growth of the state and| IN @ general discussion of how the smail scive its business interests to the best of | CTéAmery man can competo With the central our ability. The incrame in Improvements | Plants, It was decided to make an effort 18 notable this vear and necessitates more | 4t the next session of the state leglsiature material and large additions to the num- |0 have & law enacted tb prohibit large bet Lt amployes: dealers paying more for cream in one lo- “About 2,000 miles bf additionai copper |Callty than in another. It was stated that toll lines will be buflt to use in connection | (he large dealers were inclined to pay high with the existing toll efrcults of the com. ) Prices where a co-operative creamery was pany in, Omehs. in operation, where in localities where thesc “Nearly 1,600 miles of toll pole lines will | Piants had been shut down, prices much be reconstructed. ~This is an unusual | lower were pald. amount of new work in this line and It A speclal committes composed of P. A will be distributed over the entire system.!Zoliman of Alexandria, C. H. Winn of “The copper circult will be extended as|Costiewood and A. Yeamans of Clark was far west as Broken Bow. It {8 now as far | @Ppointéd to take up the matter of having west. as Ravenna. The new copper toll | SteDs taken toward the enuciment of & law ciroult, extending to North Platte, has funt | that will protect the small dealers. been completed and service is now given| Tuesday evening the deicgutes wers the. North Platte and &1} jotesoehti polrts guests of the local Business Men's unioh “About thirty exchanggm-in the state|at & smokar an lunch. will elther be rebulit entirely or recon-| The North American Stérage company structed during the year. A mew exchange |has started excavation for a new 330.00 will be added to the present Douglas build- | creamery, which'is expected to be in opera- ing in Omaha and there will be a new cen- | tlon early this summer. The company has tral office in the rooms wow occrpied by | OPerated & branch here for & numbér of the general offices, which will be in the |¥ears, but has outgrown the present bulld- Kennedy buillding, the top floor of wileh | Ings. is already occupled by us 'DAN Work in the Black Hils. | “Officlals of the company have-just re- | turned from the Black Hills country in South Dakota. It Is expected to do a con- stderable amount of work in and adjacent | to the Black Hills, The plans are to connect the exchange in the Black Hills with the rest of our systsm, but the exact route has not yet been determined upon. | “The Nebraska Telephone company has | about 20,000 toll lines in Nebraska and the | wire mileage of every kind, Including ex- | changes and toll lines, is 163,65 for Ne- braska and the Black Hills country. “Important plans are being perfected be- [ his personal bank account with that of tween the Nebraska Telephone company | funds belonging to the government and the and the Western Union Telegraph com- |Postoffice inspeétors preferred charges. pany so that a telegraph service will be|These charges were of such slight nature avallable at nearly all, if not all, Nebraska | that Judge Kinkaid had little difficulty towns for night as well as day service: It | In satisfactorily explaining to the authori- ls planned to arrange the lines so that|ties here and Mr. Danley will remain post- telegraph messages may be telephoned | master at Chadron. from a town where there is no night tele- | Senator Burkett today received affida- graph office to the nearest center where | Vits from N. C. Rogers, C. 8. Rogers and the Western -Union company maintains a | Elmer C. Tidvall, president, cashier ard night office. We wish to have it so that,assittant cashier, respectively, of the First | our service will be available at all t'mer| Vutlonal bank of Minden, Neb., to ex- for public needs and this will be a grea n how the $5,000 gold certificate n\vn!d’ convenience for emergency service foi their bank was destroyed by fire. The | people in the smaller town: fidavits have been duly filed before the | nance committee to back up the bill | RAILROADS REST | 2eckin to reimmue the certiticate alleged )| to have been accldentally destroyed. Linea Conclude Their De- ) Amen Concinde Their De-| TOBACCO - WORKERS STRIKE Marger, Negroes Employed in Steameries nt | Loutsville Start Two Small Riots, | LEY WILL HOLD PLACE AS CHADRON POSTMASTER | Congressman mld Succeedn Placating Postoffice Department Over Irregularity. (From n Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, March 31.—(Special Tel- egram.)—Representative Kinkald today announced that he had succeeded in placat- ing the Postoffice department In the case of Postmaster Danley of Chadron. It ap o Harriman fense "W YORK. March 31.—The defendants LOUISVILLE, Ky, March 31.—Eleven | hundred negro men, women and children | employed in one of the American Tobacco | company's stemeries here struck today for | an Increase of one-half of 1 per cent per pound for stemming. The strikers were diserdorely to such an extent this morning that the police were twice called to the tobacco district. Nearly 2,000 tobacco work- ers are now on strike and other walkouts e expected of the Unfon and Southern roads rested thelr case {oday journment was taken until Pacific rail- and an ad- Tuesday People who can get along very well | a@vance of the early garden truck pears Postmaste: Danley innocently mixed | [mosr DOES NO CREAT HARM Comes to This Locality, but is Not Regarded as Severe, TEMPERATURE GOES DOWN TO 36 It 1a Much Lower Than This Out in the State, Where the Storm Did & Great Amount of dae 0 g A ftrost of varying Intensity yesterday was the aftermatii in Omaha of the west- ern storm. In the center of the district directly affected by the atmospheric turbance weather conditions have improved giving opportunity for the repair of dam- aged telograph and telephone lines. Train eervice fs rapldly assuming normal condi- ns according to the general reports re- celved by the Omaha rallway offices Complete restoration of the wire service will take several days yet “In the district west of North Platte, ex tending through western Nebraska and castern Colorado north and south for sev- sral hundred 'miles, the wires were prac-| leally all put down,” said Willlam W. Umsted, manager for the Western Union here. “Hundreds of linemen have been shipped into the fleld, but it will probably take four made normal, Some wires have started through the district already The predioted frost arrived on time in this locality, but can hardly be regarded as damaging or killing. The temperature recorded by the weather bureau was : which wes. {60 degrees shy of the freesing Pointy. atthe te of the rederal building where the weather instruments are located But out ia the city temperatures werc reported af low as 82, and frost was dis- tinctly manifest in the low lying sections been Just what damage the frost might have | done In this vielnity can only be guesred at, depending entirely upon the stage of While some that there 8 quite a heavy fruit bloom, of the fruit men are of the opinion the frost waw not severe enough to cause | | any great damage. Asquith Calls for Show of Hands Test Motions Will be Introduced in' Houss of Commons Monday. LONDON, March 31.—The government apparently has made up its mind to bring political matters to An Issue early In May In the House of Commons this afternoon Premier Asquith anhounced two test mo- tions, the first to be made on April 4, al- lotting a specific period for the discussion on the veto regulations, and, second, de: ignating the time to be given to & con- sideration of the budget. The opinion in the lobby today war that this arrangement portended a general election within week NEGRO ix GIVE NDAMAGES FOR FALSE ARREST New York Sapfeme Court Reverses Ruling of Lower Court in Case of Colored Porter. NEW YORK, March 31.—George W. Grif- fin, & negro porter, was awarded §1,00 dam agesages for false arrcst from Danlel M Brady & manufacturer, in the supreme court here today. case before Justice Dugro the court laid down the dictum that a colored man could not suffer shame to the same extent as a white man as the result of false arrest Justice McCall today expressed an opposite opinion g to do with the color of a man's skin,” the court sald with second-hand things, are watch- ing the ForSale col- umns of The Bee daily. CARLISLE, Pa., March 3L.—Members of the graduating class of the United States | | Indian school at Cariisle recelved nmrl Every day someone ve o 7 doy Someoe Iv advertis- Lo L ogsy trom the hands of the/ohms ing an article that they do not need, and every day somebody is snap- ping up these articles. tine. The commencement exercises had | been in progress since the beginning of the week and culminated today In the distri- bution of diplomas to the twenty grad- uates of the class of 1910, Mr. Valentine prefaced the presentation of the diplomas with an address to the class. He expressed the bellef that the Indian had reached & period In his devel- opment where something corresponding to & creed showing the right road to progress in ‘the future should be formulated. Out- Mning his ldes of the material from which You have something about the house that you do not use? What is it? It has value Somebody wants it, and will pay for it. Call Douglas 238 and de- scribe it to the ad taker and earlier and a re-subpoena was left at his house Monday afternoon by Deputy Sherift Mead. Weat! ford died of heart fallure d\nzlll the night. each Indian should bulld such creed, he sald In part, it should contain: ‘“The government my guardian,. cares more for my character than for.my. prop- she will' tell you what an ad will cost to sell it. Commissioner Valentine Outlines Creed for Indians erty. The government is siowly but steadily taking away the artificlal condi- | tions which have surrounded my life and | restoring me nto the stream of real life { missioner of Indian affairs, Robert Valen- | itselt to alng or swim as most other people | in America, dependent only on themselves have to do. “The three big things I think about when 1 think of the administration jof Indian affairs a That I must help the govern- ment to make mo free as an individual; that I must help the government to use my property to strengthen my character; that I must not only know what s right, but 1 must have the courage to do what is right. 1 must do my duty as & citizen; T must yote for the men and the things [ believe to be right; I must develop my land or follow a trade; I must not be above day I must teach my children to be 800d citizens, tog. ate- | days yet before service can be In a former trial of the | “The tribunal of justice has noth- | WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska Rir and warmer. For Towa-—Fair afd warmer For weather :opoft ses page 2 COAL STRIKE IS IN FULL BLAST Two Hundred Thousand Miners East of Mississippi River Leave Work- | ings at Nightfall \ e jTIEL'P SLATED FOR SIXTY DAYS |Dispute Over Wages and “Firing” May be Scttled Earlier. {ILLINOIS AND I0WA MINES CLOSE Over Seventy-Five Thousand Men Quit in These Distriots. | DEALERS ARE WELL FORTIFIED |Factories and Raflroads Have Enough | Fuel for Two Me a4 Within that Time ths a ‘roubie W Settled. BULLETIN, INDIANAPOLIS dred thousand bituminous coal | Onto, Indtana March 31 organlzed rminers of fields of Pennsylvania, Uilnols, Towa, Missour!, Oklahoma and Arkansas quit work last midni ding settlement of a new wage scale Officers of the Unlted Mine Workers of Northe America declared that the walkout was not a strike, but merely a ruspension of work because no wage had been made (o replace the old which expired with the month of Two hun- t | | | | | seale | scale Mar “The niners demand an Increase of pay | in some instances of & cents a ton and |m more, With & cer= tain working conditions. ST. LOUIS, March 3..—Nine hundred coal mines in Tinols closed down this afternoon and tonight and 75,000 minuers stopped work. Tae mines wili ba closed until a new wage scale Is signed, the old agree- {ment expiring at § o'clock today. | When the whistles blew at the end of the | day shift the miners walked out with their implements and the workings were turned over to the pu gineers, who will be the work tomorrow morning. | The will be clored for | sixty days and possibly for four | according to statements of me; | operators’ executive committae, 0. L. Garrison, president the Big Muddy Coal and Iron company and a men- | ber of the committe the operators | are willing to grant an increase In wages, | but will not pay the shot firers' expenses, land it is upon this latter point that the | negotiations may fall, prolonging the cessa- tion of work in the mines indefinitely. Although a meeting of the joint scale committee of the INinols miners and the operators is called for Monday in Chtcago, | members of the operat committee are fmot hopetul of an tmmea sattleraent | and an adjournment is thoumlit probabie by |them. The miners’ officials will meet Tues- day in Springtield to consider the situation, “Shot Firinzs" Bone of Contention. The miners, Under the contract which ex- | pired tonight, earried $2.50 to #4 In a day of | elght hours . They demand an increase of 10 cents a ton. They also ask the operators |to pay the of shot firing. The | operators say grant the demands it | will increase in expenses of $14,000,000 annually, which the public event- ually must pay No famine in coal is predicted for the immediate future. The railroads and big users of coal in this section have supplies to last them two monthe. President Alfred J. Moorehead of the { Illinois Coal Operators’ assoctation has been In Chicago two davs arranging for the {Joint scale meeting. He has predicted the mines will be closed for at least thirty days. The period of idleness, however, is Indefinite, he says Adolph F. Germer, secretary and treas- |urer of the miners' sixth subdistrict of | Tilinois, this afternoon sald several oper- lators signified their willingness to | sign a new scale giving the miners their | demands. He would not name the oper- | ators. other instances of change in npmen and o y men at \ines probably months, ers of the of expense it they mean an have Iron Mines All Clom MOINES, Ia, March 3l.—(Speclal Telegram.)—The convention of miners and mine operators of district No. 13 undertook to provide for temporary working of the coal mines of the district, but late today arrived at a deadlock or failure. The operators asked the miners to agree upon a temporary scale pending the ad- justment of all differences, but they re- |tused. They then asked the miners to con- | tinue working on the old scale for the next |month and when the new scale 15 adopted it would be dated back to April 1 and the difference paid the men. The latter re- |Jected this plan. This means ghat all miners will remain out of lowa mines tomorrow and until the new scale is adopted, only such men re- maining at work as may be necessary to protect the mines. The miners claim that the rules of the national organlzation for- bid any temporary arrangements, rder Obeyed in the Bast, INDIANAPOLIS, March 31.—Tha 200,000 organized mincrs of the bituminous coal fields of the United States will strike at |12 o'clock tonight and will stay away from the mines until the operators cousent to pay an advance In wages of § cents a | ton, according to the announcement today i from the headquarters of the United Mine Workers of American in this eity, “I have recelved no information that the | miners and operators of any district will | Bt togetner today,” said Thomas L. Lewis, | president of the organization, “It is barely possible there will be joint conferences in | the Inditana block coal district and in the | Hocking district before night. We were se delayed in the tri-state conference at Cine innati that there is hardly time for dise | trict agreements to be made before the ex- piration o fthe present working gontract at midnight tonight. | “It is unfcrtunate. But district agree- | ments will be made speedily and { am co | fident that the suspension of work will con- tinue only a few days. The executive board of the miners’ union 18 in session today, transacting routine bus- iness. The members will leave the city tonight and will go at once to their re- spective disiricts to represent the national { administration in the directing of the local | strikes. President Lewis will visit the Lilj- nols fleld tomorrow and does not expect to return to his office here untll Saturday night. Pat % Expeots Settlement, PITTSBURG, March #l.—-At midnight (e |