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Moresthan 125,000%Men:insthe . Bituminous Regions Will Be Affected Should’the Expected _ Struggle Come, PIPISBURG, Pa., Feb. 2%2—Untess the United Mine Workers of America sand the coal operators of Pittsburg, ‘Onto, Indiana and Ttincts:can reach an . teiegect on on & Wage scale: for 194 the shutdown in the ‘history of the ‘acter April 1. Committees from each of tghe contending parties will meet again ten’ Feb. 29. ;. It has been tinted that the operators jad an understanding with the officials \pf the coal miners to sbut down’ the fiance six weeks or two months to re- 4 luce the outnut of coal. A etory is fourrent in Pittsburg that this will’ be 7 {@one so that the operators-can increase jthe price of coal and at the same. time, ‘pay the miners the wage scale de- t ‘Dolan, President of the United ‘Mine Workers in this district, and Uriah Bellingham and William Dodds, also of the Pittsburg district, were interviewed oa the Ifkellhood of such a shutdown. Whese officials said they had heard such talk, but, as far as thoy knew, they Delieved that the operators would not gonsent to such a proposition. Mr. Dolan said: “The operators have an idea that they operate their mines even if they coal below cost. ‘There never be a ton of Pittaburg coal for $125 a ton at the mines, There Jeast 400 cars of coal being into the Pittsburg district every 9% cents @ ton at the mine, 4s mined in Fayette County. coke industry is booming fa made into coke. Now the are made into coke and the coal is sold here for run of mine the Carnegie Steel Company. The jot of as good quality as Pitts- , but tt answers the purpose the Pittsburg operators to price. The Pittsburg opera- $1.05 a ton for thelr product. 4s what will bring on a sus- or 2 strike in Pittsburg, Ohio, and Ilinols next April. The down of all the mines for one Would right the wage question We can get the ‘operators to ace it ‘Bhat way. We will not accept a reduc- ton in price. ' ‘EI have attended wage conferences where up to the Inst hour we could mot agree, but within a few hours of »the time it to stop work we have hed ements very advantageous to us. Hence I will not give up hope that there is a chance to reach an ent until the last minute.” + If a suspension or a strike takes MiG Htiae F dite ane Eg? ff uid ‘ place in the bituminous coal regions 4 of the competitive districts tt will 4 involve 42,000 men in Illinois, 13,000 men fn Indiana, %,000 men in Qhlo and ‘about: 65,000 men in the Pittsburg dts- bs trict. If the Central Pennsylvania dis- & trict fs drawn Into the conflict about ‘a 36,500 more men will be idle, This i will! be @ total of 178,500 coal miners. ¥ DOG'S RITES csT ~ HIS MASTER DEAR When Dressmaker Proved that ; Animal Was in the Habit of Attacking People the Jury ' Promptly Gave Her $200. Every dog 1s entitled to one bite, in law. It is so established by the decis- of the Appellate Term of the Su- © Court, and Moses Strassman had {© establish that Grocer Emil Sorg frie's big St. Bernard had taken nips out of two nieces of his client, Miss Mario Boler, before Justice McLaughiln, ef the Grand Opera-House Court, tn Order to establish her claim to damages from the srocer. tt No, 96 Second avenue. She was call- nue; where Sorgenfrie and the st Bernard live also, when the big, hand- e canine fancied he would like a taste of her, He took a bite, and the + drousmaker demanded its value in cash from his master. The case was dis- ;missed on the first trial on the ground that she had not shown that the dog had bitten anyone before, nor that iis Taster knew that he wan "a dangerous @pimal,” in the habit of biting people. ‘Attorney Strassman appealed, and the \@arned justices of the Appellate Term tated the law as above, and sent the gare to Justice McLaughlin for retrial, Boler proved that the dog had bit- A more than She could spare trom her that he had bitten he nieces, who had told the grocer s The 2 lows Is known 1o the husband eht in a verdict of $200 in Mi r. leyer, thirty-seven vears ©, 229 Kast Eighty-third street, gent to the psychopathic ward We Hospital av the result of went to Mayor Julius which over to the ‘tion they Biss Boler is a dressmaker and lives! tag on her nieces at No. 264 First ave-| | wno was a passenger 0 lury decided that what! |2RE PIOUS MR. PLATT OF TIOGA COUNTY AND THE: SCHEMING MR, PLATT OF THE AMEN CORNER. Ra $ ‘it-Gave New Nerve Force Every-letter printed here tells of ‘how LABOR WILL WAR ON CONSUMPTION Appoints Committee After Lec- ture by-E. T. Devine, of Char- ity Organization Society, to Co-operate with That Body. Edward T. Devine. Secretary of the Charity Organization Soclety, has ap- peared before the leaders in the labor movement at the meeting of the Cen- tral Federated Union and appealed for labor's co-operation for tho pre tlon of tuberculosis. Mr, Devine gave facta and figures showing the xpread of the diseaso in the tenement’ districts which caused @ sensation among the delegates, Mr. Devine declared that 10 per cent. ut the deaths in the United States were due to pulmonary tuberculosis. “Right here in New York,” he sald, “ten t. of the deaths of women, and thirteen per cent. of the deaths of ur from this dreaded disease, s suy it can be stamped out] will observe proper conditions, group of 1,00 tuberculosis claims five victims,” Mr. Devine classified the trades in the order of thelr tendency to contract tuberculosis as follows Mar utters, clgar-mak- t t- musicians, glass blowers and barbers, The lowest death rate from consump- tion was, he sald, among bunkers, brokers and oMecul? of corporations. Mr. Devine: advocated Preven- tive measure absolute cleanliness, sans {tary conditions and the isolation of patients, He sud that there were not enpug hospitals, in conclusion Mr. Devine urged) upon the delegates to educate the people as to the best means of stopping the spread of the disease. ‘A committee of labor leaders was ap- pointed to co-operate with the Charity Organization Society to prevent tuber= culosis, PAYS BILLS BY WIRELESS. Woman Forgot It Until She Waa Out on the Sea, The time-worn excuse that “the bill was forgotten-until.after the ahip had sa{led and it was then too late” will not work in the future, It remained for Mrs. D. M. Seaton, the last voy- age across of the Philadelphia rove that bills can be pald just as’ easily in Mrs. Seaton forgot to pay a bill‘until the Philadelphia was’ wol on her way, ‘Then she went to the steward and asked if he could send by w 8 Message $100 to a party she had forgotten to pay before she | wy The steward a @ message to th Une and the ackn ceipt of the $100 was recelyed t and a half later, os DR. ROBERTSON’S ESTATE. ‘Taken Charge of by Public Admin- intrator. The Public Administrator of Nofty York has taken charge of the effects/of Dr 1 Robertson, who Aor- merl: e upirtment-houde at eb with his wife and three ¢ salling off Kingston, Jamatea Dr. W La er, who same ho and who’ w: of Dr. Robertson, the rAssing was a native of Jamaica anf hid ¢ expressed his intention @ returning there to live He had @ good income, but was not wealthy “4 ae PROF. BOGERT NoT BLIND. PLATT AGAIN TO SIT IN ‘AMEN CORNER Is Made that When He Returns to Town He Will Take Old Apartments at the Fifth Avenue. neuralgia was gone, and it has never re- et STEEL IDEN ‘GIN PUTLES, WallStreet Divided on the Ques- tion of the Trust’s Ability to Make Payments on the Pre- UOT se! 1" spirit Deora eT returned to the city aud he ‘was astonished. Announcement When Senator Platt comes back to town next ‘Thursday or Friday, he will take possession of his old rooms in the Fifth Avenue Hotel and will once more ree y become a member of the ‘Amen Cor- arge railroads, 1s whether the United (ner. ‘This is the joyful news that the | {friends of the Senator are carrying through the corridors of the hotel. There was consternation “Amen Corner" when it was announced that Senator Platt had decided to move from the Fifth Avenue to the Waldor: Much conjecture was indulged In as to the cause of his move. 1 Senator himaelf would not explain why he had left the Fifth Avenue, but some nents said, that the A question that fs causing Wall street more uneasiness than the war between the Panama pay- ments and the heavy borrowing of the States Steel Corporation will: continue to pay dividends on its preferred stock. Wall street 1s filled with rumors about Some men who are usually well informed say that the dividend will be cut; others that it will be passed, and stil other’ that it will be paid, Yot Suifletent. ‘The earnings to-day are acknowledged rs of the company not to Warrent the payment of the dividend, Wor the last quarter of last year the earnings amounted to $14,500,000, and it ja sald that they will not exceed this amount much for the first quarter of of his political op; aken to sitting there a great ht forth a) dental | the Senator, however, and then he con- fessed that’ It was purely on account|gle against a long and painful iilne of his wife that he changed quarters.|When it became apparent yesterday He sald that as he would be out of town # great deal during the winter the Waldorf-Astoria wo! Platt with m could find at Tt is said th This brought 10 Havcd charges and dividends re- quire that the company earn $18,750,000 Unless this Is accomplisied dividends cannot be paid in full. © stock has held well during the mp in the market because of r outiook for the tutu exactly strong, ipparent strength has been due to the the stock has passed ds, who are willin, improvement Five Week: It will be five weeks befor ctors meet to decide the question of dividend, and the whole market is await- ing their action, surround Mra,/and her lve life than she|sent for the family physician, the members of the may decorate on| Bartholomew's Church on April 16, 18:6, Platt will remain tnjand went to England to live at the ting of the Repub town for the can State Committee at the Fifth Av nue Hotel on Saturday. LEGAL BATTLE is probable that is no one thing outside of the Northern Securities, decision which having as much influence In the stook 8 the uncertainty about ithis 4 ‘The carnings of the corporation dur- i fife make at existence March Its net earnings during that time will aggregate not less than $42,000,000, This is an average of § covering over two years of perlty and nine months of The net returns for the thirty-thre months covered by ~DELAS BURL Body: of A. S. Butler Lies in Receiving Vault While Wife and Son Struggle for Its Pos- ludes but six months, of leaving the firet, quarter of this year unaccounted for, A,vomparison of the returns shows that ‘only two months of the th ‘are the earnings below 36,0 The question of whether a man's body belongs to his widow or his son is now before the courts, and while it ts being threshed out the object of cgntention lies unburied, A year ago Asabel Sew- ard Butler took for his second wife 000 und lese than 86, oO Months over $8,000,000 a than $10,000,000, othe above $10,000,000 and I they went to live at No. 170 West Nine- Mr, Butler died in No- His widow said that he had embraced the Catholle faith the day be- fore he died and insisted that he be buried in Calvary Cemetery. Butler's son month above ty-sixth street, naximum net monthly earnings ‘ay. 1902, when the total Athin, $1,000,000 of the arnings for the last r December last, when by his frat -wite, rd Butler, said that er had often said that he wanted to be buried in Greenwood, by side of his first wife and his daughver ‘The widow and the son eguld not come to an understanding in the matter, and so went to law. came before Justice Scott, “When ‘a man with ‘a burial place, 4 gh orders to ke ympany funning at full eapa- Ei ion can make r fixed chargus ‘nd 100 per cent. its present capacity 1s above its orders © plains the decision of the management lot completion of {mprovements await a return of prosperity. With the general reduction’ in wages than 40 per cent, who 4d Ovides himself Aaaiun) to me 0 Prof. Maraton T. Bogert, of Columbia University, who was dnjured by an ex- plosion in his class 01 Will not lone his exfetent, Hig, wun re: bal, nted to-day to b ‘doin vilogty at his Rome, No.0 Wet ‘One daudived’ ont FROM SOCIAL, PROFESSIONAL, BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL LIFE---MORE PRAISE FOR THE FAMC ~. ery ToUeG = ne ae | When (Nerves «Burned ; Out By, Strain.ot 'ToiLand‘Care ts-more.of Hope than-Horror) tn -this-article on modern life. Bears in thi fi Ad wth Epa cere te p Pa Be laery an‘ ia. ror ee it BAR Pu ame Joy to-day where once Hope! seemed faint, ‘There is no fault tm the strenuous pace Iteelf, Nothini forged lower, in trying to pace toa eroail & supply of sosray.,” ve ae Modern life burns up nerve force, just fast locomotive burns up coal. ase ., With @ difference. The engine stops when eat when the pace of mod wher pace of modern Uf burned up all the nerve force TT BURNS UP THE NERVES THEMSELVES unless new force is suppll This is a scientific fact. Let it throw fte Hight upon these letters, written by men and women in all walks of life, as you read Celery Compound saved a nes Balped ‘them w 8 ills" burdened hen life, and utter nervous. prostration threat-| " AN AMBITIOUS ‘WOMAN, New York, Nov. 19, 1908, 4 We 47th 8. “Patne’s Celery Compoun Gel a has been worth a thousand dollars to me. I would ke that sum and give back have recelyed from your the strain of my profes- jeft_me a nervous wreck. I ‘and for weeks was nurged by ‘a8 an absolute invalid. mother ™Yuty digontion was very weak, and T jos from neuralgia. Our dootor ni said tt'was all dus to my wonkened nerves, not able to make me any : of my illness Telling what it —— tt encouraged to give It a tthe and by 1 took, font Moai nabeolut T can eat any kind of food without Mot since I was a child have I felt such its. Our doctor saw eond you this'new pheto- raph a8 8 broot of hee compound. calved from fits) FLORENCE WORDEN. “THE “ Conld Never Have Adv “It is now a year since 1 experienced the for exerc! ‘Il was drive Lavery at my Au Tngsapeery ad bln Wed de do our Merve Ave Bed. Pa ae T did not expect Neate much) wee Ii bi WWDGE DILLON IN DEEP GRIEF Death of His Daughter, Mrs. Suzanne Warriner, After a Long and Brave Struggle, a Severe Shock to Him. The death of Mrs. Suzanne Dillon Warriner at her home, No. 46 West Fifty-third street, yesterday was a grievous shock to her father, Judge John F. Dilign, He was at her bed- side when she passed away. She ts the third of his familv to be taken from him within @ few yeas. Mra, Warriner was a woman of splen- did physique and made @ brave strug that a crigis had arrived, her {ather usband, Gerard Warriner, but there was nothing he could do Mrs. Warriner was married in St. home of her husband in Bastbourne. She was in Germany when her mother, by advice of a physician, arranged to spend nine months at the Mannhelm pen baths. Mrs, Dillon, her daughter, Mrs. Annie Dillon Oliver, a trained nurse and a maid sailed from New York on La Bour- gogne on the last trip of that Liao Dillon saw them off at Yeo" bor And stood ‘waving good-by un- til easel was out of lent down Nes V went oe Shar fo, mest . Warriner instructing Mev mother and sister upon thelr ar- Tijut La Bourgogne never arrive jn France. Off. the coast of Newfound- land she collided with the C ¥ shire and hundreds went .to thelr death. Among the lost were Mi Dilon, er daughter and the two servants. spel fortune fn the Sudge Dillon nt a gripe i endeavor to recover t f his ham was reco she Dillon or, irs. Oliver, ‘As soon ‘as she received accident Mrs. riner ca ‘kK an here with her father albl GOSS CALLS STORY FALSE. Bookkeeper Says He Knows Noth of Mra, BR, L. Morman. Erastus I. Goas, a bookkeeper, of No, 238 East Thirty-sixth street, who was arrested last month and immedi- ately afterward discharged when he proved to Magistrate Barlow that he was not guilty of stealing both the fur- niture and wife of Russell L, Morgan, of No. 205 Third avenuo, declares tirat there was not the slightest foundation for the story Mr. Morgan told in court, Goss says he was merely an acquaint- ance of Mrs. Morgan and never had mies in force there that the company to maintain {ts dividends ul rate. meeting 1s he! anxfety among. the h rat anxiety among the ere oO! Sorrad stole... * ~ and with other ec a 6 10,8 higher court, i ° father ley in. the recelving vat vary Cemet ferred until. the co} elded the mation uFta have Anal dee Mrs. Morgan's where- in the Morgan flat In bis life. He aise dectares that ‘the had not th Sight husband she 4 So as he knows no hap. been i bos est knowledge her mean | abouts aft a hes "he ol a Senses SPEARED AN EEL, FOUND A DIAMOND It Was In an Engagement Ring the tce in the Hackensack River, Henry Clements recovered a diamond ring worth $100, which had been lost since | May, 18%, ‘The owner of the ring }s Miss Loulse Correy, who lives with her parents onsthe Paterson ‘plank road, near the west side of Jersey City Heights, and the jewel was restored to her to-day. avenue, yesterday to spear for eels. He had not beon at work with, his long handled spear more than two hours when he had a fine mess. Going to shore, he began to clean the eels, His amazement was great when he opened the largest of the catch and found @ diamond ring dn it. appeared to be in excellent condition. When he examined it closely he saw an wife of his find and she exclaimed: ring, I was a maid in her father's house. She is the daughter of George Correy.”” became engaged to John Harper, @ clerk in @ big store in New York City, ment ring Miss Correy went rowing with @ young man who had been Har- per's rival. While in the boat she lost the ring, She had promised Harper A 205 Broadway, 200 W. 125th | 125th Strect amd Sth Avenue, 601 ath not to go out with this young man, hye: and Harper's belief that she had given him the ring could not be shaken. They, quarrelled and separated. Harper went to the Philippines and died within a year, Miss Correy has alnce been in delicate health, Correy to-day she fainted. FRIENDLY HELP PAINE’S OBLERY COMPOUND.” Joyed the same good health ever since. I ‘Without It.” c Am never without a bottle of Paine's Cel- nd any amount of work us ave advan ly this year, and am willing to admit that I could never have sulted In acute stomach done it without the friendly help of Pain ind plenty of it—and strong, tha incapacitate me. Nelery Compoun : Sm’ at draughtsman in’ the Pennsylvania ©. B. HAYS, 1211 Highland ave. | Paine’s Celory Compound. offices here, and do not get out very much os educed that I.actually ‘had to nit ‘att It was not only | you Can't Be Well if Nervous debility causes timidity, depres- me on to my fect hgnin. ston aud lack of confidence for the struggle ran feellt of life. Plenty of nerve forge Inaures self. reliance, enterprise and. prosperity. "Lath ee ithe ot P I | of succes can ;be traced direct to & staple 3 ‘ . ompound in m: it keeps up my | lack of nerva fore Columbus, O;, Dec. 28. 1008... |onersies, and my nervy so‘strong that | “There 1s no better foundation for peritik~ th or a better preparation the hard work and taxing nourished nerves—acquired by the use of “Energy, Confidence and He: good vital ” ‘ ) Which When Lost in River Led to the Estrangement of Miss Correy and Her Lover. By spearing an eel through a hole in Clements left his home, in Summit Sea ee ts carefully washed and | 4 Remsariable ura. When Clements got ho! “Why, I know the girl who lost this Mrs, Clements told how Louise Correy A fow days after receiving an engage When Clements took the ring to Miss ag -,' Genuine Yes Carter's Little Liver Pills! |Z pal Aint eh % Most Bear: Signature of ele. f Za\p PRL a poe y A HY WNL ye NAN IES a List OF GOODS Case SEE FACSTMILY WRAPPER BELOW. \ 3 ROOM FLAT pAN Vinol a Strengthener For Weak Women How many women in New York are dragging out a weary existence ? ey think they are not sick enough to lie in bed, but day b become more tired, run down, thin, nervous and devitalized. 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