The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 12, 1902, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, NO BER DENIES MINERS WAV ) GRIEVANGE Coal Company President Addresses the Arb trators. Contentions of John Mitchell Are Declared To Be Unfounde Operators Insist That the Wages Paid | to the Entployes Are Not Out | of Proportion to the Ser- ; vice Rendered. | - i WASHINGTON, Nor. —President Baer of tie Philadelphia and Reading | Coal 2nd Iron Comp has filed w | | Anthracite Coal Sitike C reply of that company to made by John Mit x ot the United Mine Workers cerning the points invoived in the anthra- | te coal sirike. Following is the full ! statement: of ica, con- thracite Coal Strike Comumis: iu and Reading Coal and Ivon | ¥, repiring to the demands of John | r ntng certaiu authracite mue | thirty-seven _collieries enties - of ‘Schuyikill, Norto- | 4 Columbia, and that it did ope previous to the stiike inaugurated by the | United Mine Workers of America thirty-three | collieries and four washerfes and that at that | time it had 26,29 empl in and about the | e first demand, for “'20 per cent | ncrease upon the price paid during the year | 1901 to em pertorm contract or piece | work,” ix_arbitr unreasonable and unjust This company denies t there is suc - dlerity between the mining of bituminous and | of entbracite ccal @s to imake wages paid | in one & standerd for the other. It avers| thel the bituminous fields extend over many | Stetes of the Union; that they differ widely in | the physical' and local trade conditions, which | that the work of mining | not substantially similar { of bitumingus coal, and lowances for differences that the rate of wages | perated by this company is at paid in the bituminous coal | 5 coal output competes actively | With the products of this company’s mines. QUESTION OF WAGES. ~This | T com, Genies that the present | rete of wages is than is pald in other | aes in the same locality and controlled by | conditions. This company is not informed | to the average annual earnings in the coal fields, but { former employes, five months, worked In thé bituminous ve returned to the anthracite coal referring to work in the anthracite t further avers that the annual it avers that nearly who, during the of the anthracite mine workers is reduced by their refusal to work as customary to work in cther | at_ by < son thereof this is subjected to great loss und the g coal is largely increased and the annual earnings of its employes dim- inished, ¥ denies that the aver- of the men working full time in the apthracite coal field is less than the sverage annual earnings of occupatiol requiring equal skill and traming. Fifth—This company denies that ‘the rate vages in the anthracite coal fields is in- | ient to compensate the mine workers, W of the dangerout character of the occupation in relation to accidents, Mability to serious &nd permanent disease. the high Geath rate and the short trade life incident to_this empioyment ixth—This company aveérs that while the | sixth specification is 100 gencral and vague T Specific answer thereto, it is true that the an- thracite coal region almost entirely dependent upon the anthracite mining industry, is one of | the most prosperous in the United States, an that theé employes of ' economic habits have | saved end invested their savings in houses building associations snd other property, and that den savings benks, State banks | and neton nke, .sEgTegating millions of | dollars. have been made by such employes: | that the stan@ard of living i= equal to thai | wof the average Americhn workman and that | the 1 and cities are better than any min- | the bituminous coal fields of the DENIAL UPON DENIAL. | This company denies that the alleged in- | creased cost of living has made it impossible %0 maintain a fair standerd of life upon the | Basls ©of the present wages of to Secure ai benefit from increased prosperity. and that t condition for workmen is poorer om account | of it. Thic company further Genies that the «h ren of the anthracite mine workers are | prematurely forced into the breakers and mi instead of being supported and educated upc the earnings of their parents because of low | »ages of such parents, or that such wages are | below the fair and just earnings of mine work. ers in this industry. It avers that the Stat of Penneyivania makes large annual appr priations to schools and that the school dis- tricts le local taxes for school purposes that textbooke are supplied from pudlic funds, | and that the law provides for compulsory at- tendance at public schools, In the county of Schuylkill this company | for school taxes in the year 1901 $50,000. | school boards are elect by the oters of the townships, boroughs and | hie means of education provided by | the State through its eystem of free scho and comp v attendance are not fully wutil- ized because ure of the local school alsory attendance, but | the ‘wages pald are ample to insure a good commen &shool education for all children in the coal regions desiring to attend school. No are employed w and atout the mines | axd breakers in violation of the statutes fix- be ages of employment. In addition to ovieions for educstion, ample hospitals for the care of the sick and injured are maintain- 08 in the anthracite coal regions. This com- pany avers that there is mot anywhere else ir. the world & mining region where the work- men have so ma paid The | ; comforts, facilities for edu. | cation, general advantages and such profitable | employment Seventh—This company ond demand “‘for & reduction of 20 per cent of hours of labor without &ny reduction in eafn- | denies that the sec- ings for all employes by the hour, day or week.” is either Just or equitable, and avers | that the reasons ssigned in support of the de. | mand are impracticable, in 5o far as they re- | jate to the mining of anthracite coal. The cer- | tified miners, under present conditions, seldom | work eight hours a day. the profuction and preparation of anthracite | coal for market ie mot in the cutting of the woal. Many empioyes are paid Ly the month, the pumping continues day ahd night, the ma- hinery i expensive and the cost of coal is angely conditioned on the collieries rus full time. The output is entirely dependent the quantities of coal @ certified miner is wil ing to cut deily, and because of this it is seld practicable to work the full breaker time. In general, we deny, in 50 far as rclates to anthracite mining, “‘that the ten-hour day Is detrimental to thé heaithy life of the mine Are symptoms of a weak, torpid or stag- rant condition of the kidneys or liver, and are a warning it is extremely hazard- cue to neglect, so important is a healthy ! action of these organs. They are commonly attended by loss cf energy, lack of courage, and sometimes by gloomy forcboding and despondency. | “I had paius in my back, could not sleep | #nd when I got up in the morning felt ‘worse than the night before. I began tak- | ing Hood's Sarsaparille and now I can | sleep and get up feeling rested and able t¢ o my work. I attribute my cure cn- tirely to Hood's Sarsaparilla.,” MRS. J. N. PERRY, care H. §. Copeland, Pike Koad, Alp. Hood’s J'arsaparllla'; and Piils | Cure kiGney and liver troubles, relieve the back, and build up the whole system. cause of b | munities ana 1‘ President and a; former Presi- guests of honor and with rep- d its building in this city to- The néew bduflding, a Liberty between Nassau and street, | Broadway. The proceedings were opened with prayer of dedication by the Rev. Morgan Dix, rector of Trinity Church. An ad- dr of welcome by Morris K. Jessup, president of the Chamber of Commerce, followed and then the oration of the day was delivered by former President Grover EW YORK, Nov. 1L—With the | | dent of the United States as its resentatives of foreign govern- merts and other distiguished persons, the New York Chamber 6f Commerce formal- handsome | e of white marble, is situated on | ai Commerce. HE first requisite of a good citizen in. this republic of ours is that he shail be able and willing to pull his own weight—that he shall not be a mere passenger, but shall do his share in the work that each generation of us finds ready to his hand; and furthermore, that in doing his work he shall show not only the capacity for sturdy self-respecting regard for the rights of others—From speech of President Roosevelt to the New York Chamber of seli-help, but - pulous honor and largely contributed to ‘the preservation of true devotion to fair play. What 1 have said must not be understood as in the least intimating that commerce shall be Cleveland, who said in part: ]wln a!n’ruls\lc‘ %l"“?t\en odlcm nfmlnnmnngggg 02 Yrowe - | lines of amiability and concession. h e SE his busmens cranization Sabula il 1o e v at faule com pate of this b % oxganl hould fail to | o born of enterprise, and enterprise take into cbount all that it bas done 10 ey | In this day, bustling age, born of struggle and e I A e ommerce, . No | Competition. But the struggle and competition ated body of our citizens felt more deeply obbing of patriotism and vhen our Government wWas threatened by armed rebellion; its protest and aid were immediately forthcoming when, after- ward, an insidious attack was made upon fi scial integrity through en attempted de- b: nent of our currency; from no quarter has & more earnest and insistent demand been beard for-the adjustment of the international disputes by arbitration; its espousal of the iness education among our people has been hearty and practical; it has advo- cated enlarged reciprocity of business relations ceen mations and removal of their vexa- hindrances; and Jast, but by no means , it has promptly and with an open hand eex and alleviated disaster. Such ents as these illustrate the organization's beneficent accomplishments in thé advance- ment of civilization. and in furtherance of the improvement of humanity. BENEFIT OF COMMERCE. 1f we justly appreciate what these things mean we shall realize that commerce has done immense service to humanity by enlarging within ite wide influence the acceptance of the laws of hon dealing among civilized com- curbing man’'s besetting sins of selfishness and greed. We shall thereupon be led to apprehend the ‘especial benefits in a moral sense that We have accrued to our OWn countrymen from the work and example of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York and of kindred institu- sions scattered throughout vur land. They have brought together @ vast number of our citi- zens and made the American merchant, who, too great to be mean, has by bold enterprise and brave venture challenged the admiration of the world. Equally as important as this in its moral complexion and significance, they have, by the adoption and enforcement of rules for {heir government, illustrated to a people apt to chafe under enforced restraint, how use- felly they themselves may voluntariiy restrain and regulate their conduct; and beyond all, they have directly and by example leavened the mass of our citizenship with a love of scru fi iea Tel inci NLADAD MEN SHARPLY REPLY Kentucky Commission Receives Some Warm Answers. WASHIN Nov. 11.—Several more GTON, | railroads which were made defendants in the complaint by the Kentucky Railroad | Commission charging mergers of interests | which threatened to place the entire Southern territory under the domination &f a single firm filed their answers to-day with the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion: The answers in the main, like those of the Illinpis Central and the Texas Pacific, filed yesterday, deny_ the allegation. The Louisville & Nashville Railroad, however, goes further and its answer styles the | complaint a “mere fishing bill” and dis- putes the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission over such matters. The Louisville & Nashville answer says the Commission has no right or title to institute or prosecute the complaints; has no jurisdiction to require the filing of cop- jes of contracts or arrangements with other common carriers except such as re- late to the traffic affected by the inter- state commerce act, which the railroad says does not apply to the contracts, ar- | rangements, etc., referred to in the com- plaint. The answer denies that J. P. Mor- an & Co. have acquired control of a ma- ority- of the Louisville and Nashville stock, and says the commission has no jurisdiction to inquire into the motives or objects of any one selling or purchasing shares, nor whether the stock of the Southern is controlled by .a voting. trust with Morgan & Co. at its head. L e e e e S i e i e ] ] workers, that shorter hours improve the physi- cal, moral and mental conditions of the work- ers ang-that shorter hours increase the inten- ¥ and efficiency of labor.” METHOD OF MEASUREMENT. Eighth—This company, replying to the third demand, says that it has had no disagreements with any of its employes about the weighing of oal. The guantity is usually determined by measurement. When coal is mined by the ton it is customary and necessary to e allow- ances for slate and impurities, But this com- pany does not mine by the ton. It denies that therc is anything unreasonable or unfair in the method it has practiced in arriving at the measurement of the coal from its mines, Ninth—This company, replying to_the fourth demand, saye that the United Mine Workers of America are primarily a bituminous coal organ ization; that bituminous coal is a rival com petitor in the market with anthracite coal; that ever since the advent of the United Mine Work- ers of America In the anthracite . flelds _the business conditions in the anthracite mines The greater cost in | bave become intolerable; that the output of ‘the mines has decreased, discipline has been de- stroyed, strikes have been of almost daily oc- rrence, men have worked when and ms they pleased and the cost of mining has been greatly At the Shamokin convention of the United Mine Workers. of America, referred to jn the lement, it was resolve ““That the United ine Workers at any coliiery, when the ew- plaves refused to become members of the: or- fization or wear the button, the local union governing such colliery, after using all per- fuasive measures 1o get such employes to join, and failing in such, shall have full power to suspend full operation at such colllery’ until such emploves become membors of the organi- zation.” a strike, and by thveats and intimidation, caused o suspension of work at all mines. Under dete of May 21 they issued a formail official order requiring all pumpmen, firemen and engineers to desert their posts of duty with int=nt 1o force submission to their. unjust de- mands by the destruction of the mines. By threats and violence they tried to prevent other wen, from taking the places of ihe firemen, vurfpmen and engineers. CHARGE OF LAWLESSNESS. The said United Mine Workets of America weli kaew that if this company did not suc- ceed in Leeping the pumps going the mines would be so greatly injured that it would be imposgible to mine ccal for many months afier the strike énded: and that by reason thereof the workmen of the anthracite flelds would be deprived of employment and the public be made to suffer untold hardship because of the inability to procure fuel. In obedience to ,the power expressly given by its Shamokin convention—to suspend operations at such col- licrics until such employes become members of ih¢ organization—all manner of force and vio- jence was used to prevent pumping the mines to save them from destruction and _to prevent mon-union men from . working. The Eituation is well described in the of the Governor of the State of o which we bez to refer as part of-this an swer. This company avers that these acts of intimiation to person, injury to person and property and disturbance of the public peace were contrary to the law’of the land This company, further answering, the jurisdiction of this commission is limited to the conditions named “in the statements Subsequently, to wit, on May 12, the United Mine Workers of America inauguratéd proclamation: nsylvan need not be to the death. Alertness and keen- ness and business opportunities do not by any | means importune unmindfulness of all else save irulble!snws and ravenous snatching. As the pioneer of colonization and expan- | sion’ commerce has in other days had Ju: laid at its door cruel aggression and ruthless disregard of human rights in nations, where, to use the language of an apologist, “‘the wel- fare of the inhabitants of these possessions is subordinate to the strategic or commercial purpose for which they are held. If any mcasure of restitution or compensation has fallen due frem commerce to humanity on this score, we know that its full acquittance has been made or is forthcoming; and We cer- tainly should have no cause to fear that a like guilty responsibility will be again incurred. These exercises. recalling so forcibly the growth of American commerce In world-wide influence abroad and in usefulness and ben- eficence at home, cannot fail to be of interest to all our countrymen, but the citizens of-the greatest of our States and our imperial city, with all they have to make them proud and heppy, must especially congratulate themselves upon the association of their State and city with the fame and honor which have been wrought out by the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York. SPEECH OF ROOSEVELT. At the conclusion of Cleveland's address Morris K. Jessup, president of the Cham- ber, announced that President Roosevelt, although reserving his address for the banquet in the evening, had consented to say a few words. As President Roosevelt stepped forward to address the chamber the whole assemblage rost and cheered. He spoke as follows: Mr. President and Gentlemen: As I am to speak to you this evening I shall now simply say a word of greeting to you and your guests, 1 have been asked here as the chief executive of the nation, and so I can speak, not merely CERMINS HONOR FAMED AMERIAN -Former Embassador White Dined by Notable Men, ‘BERLIN, Nov. 1l.—Members of Cabinet and of the Reichstag, authors, journalists, financiers and man- ufacturers, comprising as representative an assemblage as Berlin has seen in i years, gave a dinner to-night at the Kai- serhol in honor of former Embassador Andrew D. White. Home Secretary Pos- adowski-Wehner presided. Among the 200 guests present were Ministers von Richthofen, Mueller and Stadt, Profes- sors Mommsen, Harnack, Waldeyer, Bergmann, Vanthoff, Schmoller, Wagner, | Slaby, Pfleister and Von Holle, Herr Knaus, the painter, and Herr Uechttriz, the sculptor; Herren Paasche, Berth, Gothein and Pachnicke, members of the Reichstag; Chief Burgomaster Kircher and Herren Steinthal, Koch, Mankiewiz, Guttman, Goldberg, Dornberg and Isidore Lowe, financiers. Among the Americans present were T. W. Cridler, C. W. Kohl- saat, Consul General Mason and Ameri- can Consuls from all parts of Germany. The dinrer was given in the same hall that was used twenty years ago upon the occasion of a similar dinner to Mr. White. Count von Posadowski-Wehner, in pro- posing the healths of Emperor William and President Roosevelt, spoke of the Emperor's great admiration of the mag- nilicent development of the United States and he commended the vigor with which President Roosevelt had conducted the affairs of the nation. Professor Harnack tin his speech proposing White's health sald: “Representatives of every variety of German public life are here, but we are only a small portion of those throughout Germany who feel reverence for you. We | beg you to widen these walls to the boun- daries of the empire.” Continuing Professor Harnack eulogized the flict of science and theology, and said the Prussian Academy of Sciences was proud to number the author of this book among its members. ‘While, White spoke in reply Professor | Mommsen left his scat and stood at ‘White's side, listening to every word he said and nodding his head in approval. Professor Mommsen, who is considered the most eminent living German, present- ed an extraordinary, figure.with his long white hair falling over an old-fashioned broad linen coliar.and his bosom covered with decorations from all countries. ‘Wkite said: *'As I look over this assemblage, rep- resenting so much that gives strength and honor not only ‘to this city, but to the cmpire; as I recall the passionate assur- ances which have been made to me and the greetings avhich have come to me dur- ing the past week, not only from Ger- mans at home, but from Germans beyond the seas, I can only thank you all, both these present and those absent, from the Gepth of my heart and assure you that £0 long as my life shall last the remem- brance of these days will remain among my most precious pgssessions.” B I e i e S 2 of the coal company presidents by virtue of which the commission was appointed and that by express terms, as well as by necessary Implication, the investigation is confined to wa affecting its employes, and precludes the United Mino Workers of America from any part or recognition in the proceedings, recommendations or decisions of this commis- sion, Further answering it says that if, and when a labor organization limited to workers in an- thracite mines is created, which shall obey the laws of the land, respect the right of every man to work whetlier he belongs to @ unign oF not, and shall honestly co-uperate with the employers In securing good work, efficlency, fair production and necessary discipline, trada agreements may become practicable.. And fur- ther answering, the company says it does noy and will not discriminate against workmen belonging to the United Mine Workers of America or any other labor organization, so ilong as they perform ratisfactory work behave as law-ablding people should; but ‘that the company will at all times employ any person it sees fit, and will not permit any labor organization to limit the right of em- ployment to the members of its organization. THE PHILADELPHIA A 5 ADEL)] ND READING L . BAER Py - JOHN F, WHALEN. iy 8, P, WOLVERTON, Counsel. i scientists, | the spirit of White's work on the con- | o on your behalf, but on behalf of our people as a whole in greeting and thanking for theit presence here thgse representatives of foreign countries who have done us the honor and pleasurc of being present to-day. (Applause.) I greet the Embassador (turning to M. Cam- bon). whose approaching departure We $0 sin- cerely regret; the Embassador to whom. on his acvent, we extended such hearty greeting and esrecially repredentatives of thuse great, friend- Iy, civilized naticns with whom we intend to e knit even closer by ties of commercial and social $00d will in the future (turning to the Russian and British Embassadors and Prince Henry von Pless), Ard now. gentlemen, having greeted your suests on behalf of you, I greet you in the name of the people. not merely because you stand for commerciai success, but because this body has been able to show that the greatest ccmmercial success can square with the im- mutable and eternal laws of decent and right living, and of fair dealing between man and . The demonstration as the President con- cluded ended with three cheers. Mr. Jes- sup announced that Governor Odell, who was on the programme for a spéech, was not able to be present, and he introduced Mayor Low, who made the concluding ad- dress. The ceremonies closed with a benedic- tion by the Rev. Morgan Dix. A luncheon followed the formal exercises. The guests present at-the dedicatory ceremonies in- cluded the following: Jules Cambon, French Embassador; Count Cassini, Rus- sian Embassador; Sir Michacl Henry Her- bert, British Embassador; Prince Hein- rich von Pless, special representative of the German Government; Sir Albert K. Rollitt, chairman of the delegation of the London Chamber of Commerce; Count Raoul Chandon, delegate of the Chamber of Commerce of Rheims, France; Mr. Heckman, vice president of the Chamber of Commerce of Berlin; Erik Pontoppidan of the Chamber of Comerce of Hamburg, J. Plerpont Morgan, Levi P. Morton, Sec- retary Root, Postmaster General Payne, Carl Schurz, Lyman J. Gage, Alfred Moseley and Cornelius N. Bliss. WARSHIP EUNS MAY SO0N ROAR Exciting Naval Battle Is Expected in Mon- tijo Bay. PANAMA, Nov. 1L.—The captain of a sailing vessel which arrived here yester- day reports having met the Government gunboats Bogota and Chucuito off San Carlos. These vessels left here Saturday in search of the revolutionaty fleet. The captain also reports having sighted a dis- abled schooner with 200 revolutionists on board in tow of the revolutionary gunboat Padilla, which was proceeding in the di- rection of David. The revolutionary gunboats are reported to be in Montijo Bay, where an engage- ment between them and the Government vegsels may be expected. The capitulation of the General Uribe- Uribe, which occurred last month at Rio Frio, has been approved by the national Goverpment. A decreé reducing the Gov- ernment’s army in the Department of Santander is about to be issued. The rev- olutionists in the Casanare district have surrendered. P. B. Ladd of St. Louis, who was for- merly a captain in a Missouri regiment of volunteers during the Spanish-American ‘war and who came to the isthmus to fight for the Colombian Government, died here this_ morning of yellow fever. Captain Lacd’s illness prevented him from sailing on the Government gunboat Bogota when the vessel left here last Saturday in search of the rebel fleet. The death is announced of the rebel leader, General Aristobalo Ibanex. Invalids Must Have Certificates. DENVER, Nov. 11.—The passenger agents of the Terminal Ljnes Association voted unanimously at the meeting here for a law requiring invalid passengers to have certificates from physicians giving the kind of disease they have before boarding trains. The’secretary of the as- scciation was instructed to confer with the city, county and State health officials in regard to the form of certificates that is best adapted for the purpose, and as soon as this is done plans will be laid for putting the new agreement into ef- fect. The plan was proposed by T. E. Fisher, general passenger agent of the Colorado and Southern Railway. NATION'S CHIEF PAYS TRIBUTE TO COMMERCIAL MEN’'S GENIUS President Roos:velt Delivers a Forcible Address at a Dinner in New York and Cleveland Contributes to Ora MBER 12, 1902 tory EW YORK, Nov. 11.—The day's ceremonies in connection with the, dedication of the new home of the Chamber of Commerce were brought to a close to-night by a banquet given by the chamber -in homior of ‘the guests of the occasjon. The Buests of honor ‘were esident Roosevelt; Prince Hans Heinrich von Pless, the representative of the German empire; Sir Michael Henry Herbert, the British Embassador; Jules Cambon, the French Embassador; Secretary of War Root, Secretary of the Treasury Shaw, General MacArthur, Governor Odell,- May- or Low and Rear Admiral Barker. A telegram of regret was received from Count Cassini, the Russian Embassador. After congratulatory telegrams had Leen read by Morris K. Jessup, president of the chamber, President Roosevelt de- livered the principal address of the even- ing. He said: 1 do not wish to speak to you in the language of idle compliment, and vet it is but a bare statement of fact to say that nowhere in our éountry uld there be gathered an audience which would stand as more typically characteristic than this of all those qualities and attributes which have given us of the United States our commanding position in the industrial world. There is no need of my preaching to this gathering the need of com- bining efficiency with upright dealing, for as an American and as a citizen of New York I am sroud to feel that the name of your or- ganization carries with It a guaranty of both, and your practice counts for more than any preaching could possibly count. New York is a city of national importan because its position toward the nation is unique, and the Chamber of Commerce of New York must of necessity be an element of welght in the commercial and industrial wel- fare of the entire people. New York is the great port of entry for our country—the port in which centers the bulk of foreign commerce of the country—and her welfare is therefore no matter of mere local or municipal but of national eoncern. The conduct of the Govern- ment in dealing with matters affecting the financial and commercial relations of New York must continually take into account this fact, and it must be taken into account in ap- preciating the importance of the-part played by the New York Chamber of Commerce, This body gtands for the triumphs of peace, both abroad and at home. HONOR IN RIVALRY. We have passed that stage of national d8- velopment when depreciation of other peoples is felt as a tribute to our own. We watch the growth and prosperity of other nations, not with hatred or jealousy, but with sincers and friendly gocd-will. I think I can say sately that we have shown by our attitude towar Cuba, by our attitude toward China, that, as regards weaker powers, our desire is that thy may be able to stand alone, and that if they will only show themselves willing to deal honestly and fairly with the rest of mankind, we on our side will do all we can to help, not to hinder them. With the great powers of the world we desire no rivalry that is not honor- able to both parties. We wish them well. We believe that the trend of the modern spirit is ever stronger toward peace, not war; toward friendship, not hostility, as the normal international attitude. We are glad, indeed, that we.are on good terms with all the othef peoples of mankind, and no effort on our part shall be spared to secure a continuance of | these relations. And, remember, gentiemen, that we shall be a potent factor for peace iargely in proportion to the way in which we make it evident' that our attitude is due not to weakness, not to inability to defend our United States, but to a genuine repugnance Lo wrongdoing, a genuine desire for self-respect- ing friendship with our neighbors. The voice of the weakling or the craven counts for noth- Ing when he clamors for peace; but the voice of the just man armed is potent. We need to keep in a condition of preparedness, and espe- cially as regards our navy, not because we want war, but because we desire to stand with those whase plea for peace is listened to with re- spectful attention. Important though it is that we should have peace abroad, it is even more important that we should huve peace at home, ‘ou_men of the Chamber of Commerce, to whose efforts we owe so much of our industrial well heing, can, and, I believe, surely will, be influential in helping toward that industrial peace which can obtain in society only when in their vari- ous relations employed and employer alike show not merely insistence each upon his own rights, but also regard for the rights of others, and a full acknowledgment of the interests of the third party—the public. It is no easy matter to work out a system or rule of conduct whether ‘with or without the help of the law- giver which shall minimize that jarring and clashing of interests in the industrial world which causes so much individual irritation and suffering at the present day and which at times threatens baleful consequences to large portions of the body politic. VALUE OF FELLOWSHIP. But the importance of the problem cannot be over-estimated, and {t deserves to receive the careful thought of all men, such as those whom I am addressing to-night.” There should be no yielding, n6 wrong, but there should most cer- tainly be not only’ a desire to do right, but a | willingness each to try to understand the view- point of his fellow, with whom, for weal or woe. his own fortunes are indissolubly bound. No patent remedy can be devised for the so- lution of these grave problems in the indus- trial world; but we may rekt ossured that they can be solved at all only if we bring to the solution certain old-time virtues and if we strive to keep out of the solution Some of the most familiar and most undesirable of the traits to which mankind has owed untold degradation and suffering throughout the ages. Arrogance, suspicion, brutal envy of the well- to-do, brutal indifference toward those who are not well-to-do, the hard refusal to con- sider the rights of others, the foolish refusal 1o consider the limits of beneficent action, the base appeal to the spirit of selfish greed whether it take the form of plunder of the fortunate or of oppression of the unfortunate— from these and from all kindred vices the na- tion must be kept free if it is to remaln in its” present position in the forefront of the Ppeoples of mankind, On the other hand. good Will come, even | out of the present evils, if we face them armed with_the old, homely virtues: if we show that We are fearless of soul. cool of head and kindly of heart; if, without betraying the Weakness that_cringes before wrongdoing, we yet show by deeds and words our knowledge that in such a government as ours each of us must be in very truth his brother's keeper. At a time when the growing complexity of our social and industrial life l:as rendered in- evitable the intrusion of the ftate into spheres of work wherein it formerly took no part, and when this s also a growing tendency to de- mand the illegitimate and unwise transfer to KITCHEN REQUISITES. i RAILAOADS GRANT AN INGREASE ‘Wage Controversy With Trainmen Amicably Adjusted. Seventeen Companies Agree ‘to a Raise of Twelve Per Cent. Brotherhood Men on the Union Pa- cific and Colorado and South- ern Lines Will Make 1 Demands. | CHICAGO, Nov. 11.—The wage con- troversy between the railroads and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, which for a time threatgned to tie up all | the principal switching terminals in Chi- cago, was amicably adjusted to-night at a | conference between the rallroad managers and the officials of the brotherhood. The settlement was reached on the basis of a compromise. Seventeen of the railroads | signed the new agreement, and the Santa Fe, the other road invoived, will sign to-morrow morning. The men will -re- ceive an increase of about 12 per cent. At to-night's meeting the rallroads submitted a proposition offering an in- crease of 3 cents an hour to helpers and 4 cents to foremen. The proposition was accepted by the men. The rates agreed upon are as follows: Day foremen, 31 cents per hour; night foremen, 33 cents per hour; day helpers, 23 cents per hour; night helpers, 30 cents per hour. These rates are one-half per cent in excess of the St. Paul-Minneapolis rate for each class. The effect of the new scale will be far- reaching. According to the officers of the | Brotherhood of Trainmen the rate will go into effect at all large centers west of | Chicago, where committees are now in | session awaiting the outcome of the Chi- | cago trouble. Representatives of the organization will leave here to-morrow for Kansas City, Denver, Omaha, St. Louis and other| points to have the mew scale officially ratified by other roads and employes’ It is asserted that already the men and managers have agreed to abide the Chi- cago decision, and as a consequence no trouble is anticipated in making them uni- versal for the entire district west of Chl- cago. The Chicago scale goes into effect No- vember 15, and through the signed agree- ‘ments with the railroad managers it can- not be modified without thirty days’ no- tice. DENVER, Nov. 11.—Having received a telegram from Grand Master Morrissey announcing the advance in wages granted switchmen by Chicago railroads, Rocky Mountain Lodge, Brotherhood of Rallway Trainmen, to-night decided to demand twenty per cent increase on the Union Pacific and Colorado and Southern Rail- ways. A committee will leave Denver for Omaha_to-morrow to confer with the Union Pacific officials. All the divisions on the Union Pacific and Ceolorado and Southern will have representation in the committee. The lodge to which most of the Denver and Rio Grande switchmen belong will take action to-morrow night. Beautify Your Home. “A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts,” says Sir Joshua Reynolds. 8o in making a gift 'tis well to remember this and present to your friends a lasting thought. Beautiful new framed pictures are now being shown by Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market street. * @ il @ the Government of much of the work that should be done by private persons, singly or associated together, it is a pleasire to ad- dress a body whose members possess to an eminent degree the traditional American self- reliance of spirit which makes them scorn to ask from the Governmert, whether of a State or a nation, anything but a fair field and no favor—who confide not in being helped by oth- ers, but in their own skill, and business ca- pacity, to achieve success. The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his weight —that he skall not be a mere passen- ger, but shall do his share in the work_ that each generation of -us finds ready to his hand: and, furthermore, that in doing his work he shall show not only the ca- pacity for sturdy self-help. but self-respecting regard for the rights of others. VARIETIES OF SUCCESS. The Chamber of Commerce, it is no idle boast to say, stands in a pre-eminent degree for those qualities which make the successful mer- chant, the successful business man whose suc- cess is won In ways honorable to himself and beneficial to his fellows, There are very dif- ferent kinds of success. There is the success that brings with it the seared soul—the suc- cess which is achieved by greed and vuilpine cunning—the success which makes honest men uneasy or indignant in its presence. there is the other kind of success—the success ADVERTISEMENTS. . NERVOUS DYSPEPSIA. _ . A CURE FOR ALL. 4 Not a Patent Cure-All, Nor a Modern Miracle, but Simply a Rational Cure for Dyspepsia. In these days of humbuggery and de- eeption, the manufacturers of patent medicines, as a rule, seem to think their medicines will not sell unless they claim that it will cure every disease under the sun. And they never think of leaving out dyspepsia and stomach troubles. They are sure to claim that their nostrum is absolutely certain to cure every dyspep~ tic and he need look no further. In the face of these absurd claims it is refreshing to note that the proprietors of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets have care- fully refraincd from making, any undue claims or faise representations regarding the merits of this most excellent remedy for dyspepsia and 'stomach troubles. They make but one claim for it, and that is, that for indigestion and various stomach troubles Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets is a radical cure. They go no farther than this and any man or woman suffering from indigestion, chronic or nervous dys- pepsie, who will give the remedy a trial whl find that nothing is claimed for it that the facts will not fully sustain. It is a modern discovery, composed of harmless vegetable ingredients acceptable to the weakest or most delicate stom- ach. Its great success il curing stomas troubles is due to the fact tht the med- ical properties are such that it will digest whatever wholesome food is taken Into the stomach, no matter whether the stomach Is in good working order or not. Tt rests the over-worked organ and re= pienishes the body, the blood, the nerves, creating a healthy appetite, gives re- freshing sleep and the blessings which al- ways accompany a good digestion and | proper assimilation of food. In using Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets no dieting is required, simply eat plenty of wholesome food and take these Tablets at each meal, thus assisting and resting the stomach, which rapidly regains its proper digestive power, when the Tablets will be no longer required. Nervous Dyspepsia is simply a condi« tion in which some portion or portions of the nervous system are not properly nourished. Good digestion invigorates the nervous system and every organ in the body. Stuart’'s Dyspepsia Tablets are sold by all druggists at 50 cents per package. My practice is the largest bec I invariably fulfill my promises. The meth- ods and med- ieines I em- ploy in treat- ing - men’s diseases are prescribed to meet the re- quirements of each individ- ual case. Only one of many _rea- sons why my cures are prompt _and permanent. DR. 0. C. JOSLEN. THE LEADING SPECIALIST. Corner Market and Kearny Streets, Opposite, Call, Chronicle and Bxam- iner Offices, My Practice is Limited. I don't pretend or try to treat all bodily allments, preferring to limit my practice to the class of diseases I have studied and treated for sixteen years— diseases I know I can cure, So-called ‘“Weakness,” ' Varlcocels, Stricture and contracted disorders of men quickly and permanently cured by my original methods. Coasultation and advice fres at office or by mail. GIANT STEED TRUST HAS READY MILLIONS Directors of the Combine Hear = Statement of Corporation’s Condition. NEW YORK, Nov. 11.—At the monthly meeting of the United States Steel Cor« poration directors to-day Controller Fil« bert submitted the following comparativy statement of conditions: Cash on hand November 1, 1901, $63,961,973; November 1, 1902, $64,784,966. Cash assets October 1, 1901, $21,842,384; October 1, 1902, $22,529,350. Cur- rent liabilities October 1, 1901, $77,693,371; October 1, 1902, $65,142, Increase in net current assets, $33,337.8%0. Earnings Sep- tember and October, 1901, $31,478,585; Sep~ tember and October, 1902, $24,130,346. Orders entered since last board meeting, 934,050 tons; shipments, 831,431 tons. Unfilled or- dets. on hand November 1, 1901, 2,831,502 tons; November 1, 1902, 4,963,002 tons. SRt st Ontario Cabinet Is Complete. OTTAWA, Ont., Nov. 1l.—James Suth- eriand resigned the position of Minister of Marine and Fisheries to-day and was sworn in as Minister of Public Works, vice J. Israel Tarte, resigned. Raymond Prefontaine, M. P., was sworn in as Min- Which comes as the reward of keen insightior sagacity, of resolution, of address, combined With unflinching rectitiide of behavior, public and -private, "The first kind of success may in a sense— ister of Marine and Fisherfes. The Cabi- net is now complete. Then JOHN J. FULTON CO. and a poor sense at that—benefit the Individ- ual, but it is always and necessarily a curse to the community; whereas the man Who wins the second kind, as an incident of its winning, becomes a beneficlary to the whole common- wealth. Throughout its bistory the Chamber of Commerce has stood for this second and higher Kind of success. It is, therefore, fitting that I should come on here as chief executive of the nation to wish you well in your new home, for you belong not merely to the ecity, not merely to the State, but to all the country, and you stand high among the great factors in bullding up that marvelous prosperity which the entire country now enjoys. The continuance of this prosperity depends in no small measure upon your sanity and your commonsense; upon the way which you com- bine in action with conservative refusal to take part in the reckless gambling which is so often bred by and which so inevitably puts an end to prosperity. You are men of might in_tie world of American effort; you are men whose names stand high in the esteem of our people: you are spoken of in terms like those used 1 the long gone ages when it was said of the Phoenician_cities that their merchants were princes. Great is your power, and great, therefore, your responsibility. Well and faith- fully have you met this respomsibility in ths past. We look forward with confident hope to what you will do in the future, and is is there- fore with sincerity that I bid you godspeed this evening and wish for you, in the name of the nation, a carser of ever-increasing. honor ana usefulness. Speeches were also made by Embassa- dor' Cambon, Sir Michael Henry Herbert, Sir Albert K. Rollit, M. P.; Prince Henry of Pless; Mr. Heckmann, vice president of the Berlin Chamber of Commerce: W. “P. Wood, president of the London Corn Trade Association, and Mr. Hugot, repre- senting the French Chamber of Com- merce, whtl:‘.j in closing, said: “It is in his own name that the ite of Paris thanks you, the mfi:’.‘tfiel of *American commerce, for the support you have given-to a work so dear to our hearts. After uniting the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean, France now sees with pleasure that it is her sister repub- le, America, who takes upon herseif the task of completing the great enterprise of the Panama canal. The time is not far distant when: the basin of the Pacific will equal that of the Atlantic by the magni- tude of its commerce. The American re- public, which has opened the first rallway in Panama, 1 faithful to her traditions in completing the canal which will unite the two most frequented seas -of the.globe, and in the long lapse of ages the names of the United States and France will be x ble in the m of the IR mamy & e s Many in Peril The U. S. Census on the Alarm- ing Increase in Bright's Disease. United States Census Bulletin No. 88 (fon 1900) presents the fact that while there has been a gratifying reduction since the census of 1590 in deaths dué to consumption, yet thers has been an alarming increade in the deaths incident to Bright's Disease and Diubetes. For instance the dqeath rate in ‘consumption has in the ten years decreased 24 per cent. On the other hand, deaths due- to Bright's Disease have during the same period intreased 103 per cent and the deaths from Diabetes have nearly doubled (see page 9). The treatment outlined in the text books for chronic Bright's Disease and Diabetes has been without hope, and that no progress has been made (so far as medical works are concerned) the census fully attests. In faet, the books themselves acknowledge the futility of the or. thodox treatment by admitting the incurability of both of those diseases. But while sanitation, Isolation and more ra- tional treatment have done much o reducs the terrors of comsumption the Fulton Com- pounds are now promising even more in Bright's Disease and Diabetes, for nearly %0 per cent of all cases on the treatment, are now recovering, and when the Compounds are gci- erally known and understood by the peopls there {s every prospect that the death rate from these two hitherto incurable diseases will be reduced to a small item In futuré ceneus sta- fes, n.;::ncles for the distribution of the Fultor Compounds are being ¢stablished rapidly over the United States, over two hundred having beeri created in the last twelve mopths, and the treatmient is now accessible In nearly every State. Full informution’ Shawing the smail death rate in cases on this treatment free Ly mail. Address the Jno. J.. Fulton Company, Mills Building, San Francisco, Cal. I €4