Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, July 12, 1901.
CONFERENCE STILL ON.
Steel Workers and Representatives of Steel Trust Still In Session.
PITTSBURG [sic], July 12.—The great labor conference at the Hotel Lincoln yesterday failed to come to any agreement. Another conference is now being held. The object of the conference is the settlement of the strike order by the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers in the mills of the American Sheet Steel company, and in those of the American Steel Hoop company. The conference also has another purpose in view, the prevention of a general strike in all the mills controlled by the United States Steel corporation, the two companies in whose mills the strike had been ordered being constituent companies of the great steel combine.
Two sessions were held yesterday, one in the morning and the other in the afternoon. At the latter President Shaffer, in behalf of the Amalgamated association, formally presented the case for the organized workmen and the strikers. He laid stress upon the fact that until this year the union had made no effort to force a union in all the plants of the combine for the reason that it was thought best to have that movement originate and be carried on among the workmen in the mills. Since last year, however, a new condition confronted the union men. The officials of the various companies had plainly indicated, he said, that they are working on a policy for operating their non-union plants in preference to the union mills and only working the latter when it is absolutely necessary. This plan, he declared, is forcing the union men to desert the organization in order to get work. It was a matter of life and death for the Amalgamated association that the non-union mills be done away with, as Mr. Shaffer put the situation.
In reply to the statements of President Shaffer the officers of the various companies present gave an outline of their position. They denied any intention of working [requesting] an injunction toward the union workmen in their mills.
The tone on each side was amicable and it was apparent that the manufacturer's representatives were prepared to go a long way to gain a peaceful solution of the existing difficulties.
Oswego Machinists Back at Work.
OSWEGO, N. Y., July 12.—After a strike of nearly two months duration the machinists returned to work at the Oswego Machine works yesterday. The terms were not made public. A number of machinists have returned to work at Kingsford's at the old rate.
Strikers Won Their Fight.
ELMIRA. N. Y., July 12.—The 150 employees of the Kertscher Hardwood Finishing works, who struck a week ago, returned to work yesterday, all their demands being granted by the company.
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| President William McKinley. |
A WONDERFUL YEAR.
The Country is Prospering as No Nation Ever Did Before.
Never in the country's history has there been such a prosperous year as the one which ended on June 30.
The treasury balance sheet shows the solidity of the federal government, financially considered, while the records for the year show that commerce and industries have reached a condition of prosperity which has never before been equaled.
The prosperity which began under McKinley's first administration is likely to be exceeded as his second term goes on.
Government receipts for the year—$585,848,309—exceed those for the year preceding by over $18,500,000. The year's expenditures—$509,983,310— show a slightly greater increase, about $22,250,000. The surplus for the 12 months just ended stands therefore at $75,864,998 against a surplus of $79,527,060 for the year ending June 30, 1900. The cash on hand in the treasury amounts, according to Secretary Gage's statement, to $1,181,000,000, which includes besides the stocks held against issues of gold and silver certificates, a reserve fund proper of $150,000,000 and an additional working balance of $176,000,000. The treasury's actual gain in cash resources for the last 12 months is put at $76,372,470, a few hundred thousands more than the difference given for the year between receipts and expenditures.
The increasing trade with foreign nations is not measured by the custom house receipts, because it is in the exports that the unprecedented figures appear. There was, however, an increase of revenue under the Dingley act of about $5,000,000, the total customs receipts being $238,786,740.
The internal revenue receipts amounted to $805,514,410 and miscellaneous revenues were $41,547,157.
With so large a surplus on hand and assured revenues from the customs, the cutting off of about $40,000,000 of the special war revenue will still leave a comfortable balance at the end of the next year.
There are no clouds in sight in any line of production or of trade. The natural resources of the country promise to yield even more fully than ever, and the era of prosperity seems scheduled to remain for an indefinite period, for there is promise of the most abundant crops, the mills are running full time to meet the demands for their products and there is no possibility of a change from Republican policy in the conduct of the government's affairs. Natural and political conditions are favorable.
THE FIRST TROLLEY RIDE.
Party of Fifty Enjoyed a Pleasant Evening of Motion and Rest.
A party of fifty young people chartered a car of the Cortland County Traction Co. and took a most delightful ride over the entire line last evening. The car started from the Messenger House at 7:30 o'clock, and the party was taken to Homer and return, thence back down Main-st. again to the starting place, and then the trip to McGraw was begun. On the return they went to the park and here the members were permitted to remain as long as they wished to stay; dancing at the park was enjoyed till nearly 12 o'clock, when the party returned to Cortland.
The members of the party were: Messrs. John Maloney of Ithaca, Agustus Dowd, Thos. Hernon, George Garrity, Allen Sheehey, Chas. McKendrick, Chas. Kelley, George O'Brien, Chas. O'Brien, Roger O'Brien, Edward Murphy, Leon Banker. Glenn Walters, Earl Utrick, R. A. Phelps, Walter Loope, Harold Crofoot, Wm. O'Neil, F. W. Kane, Emmet Kane, Thos. Burns, John Hannon, John McDermott and Mr. F. A. Gensheimer, Misses Mary Couch, Winnie Waters, Nellie Casey, Grace Delevan, Jenny Spencer, Lena O'Donnell, Anna Callahar, May Hotchkiss, Lena Barber, Eva Bentley, Miss O'Brien of Binghamton, Jennie Walling, Maude Whitmarsh, Mabelle Dillon, Margaret Kelley, Anna Kelley, Mame Kelley, Blanche Pickert, Catharine Barber, Teressa Kelley, Mabel Flanders, Lizzie Maher and Mamie Hanson.
REPAIRS TO A CHURCH.
Presbyterian Auditorium to be Re-frescoed—New Carpets.
One week from next Monday the Presbyterian church will be turned over to the hands of cleaners and repairers who will do quite a thorough job to the interior. The seats will all be removed and a staging erected and those portions of the ceiling and sidewalls which have become discolored by water will be re-frescoed and refinished. Certain portions of the Sunday-school room will also be re-frescoed. This work will be done by E. A. Allewelt & Co. of Syracuse who frescoed the church when it was built and who are now at work upon the Congregational church. It is believed that all leaks in the joints of the roof through which the water has entered have now been closed and that there will be no more trouble from this source.
New carpets are also to be put down in the auditorium. The church will be closed for service on the last Sunday in July and perhaps also upon the succeeding Sunday if the work is not then completed.
PLOT TO BREAK JAIL.
IRON PIPE FILLED WITH LEAD CAREFULLY PREPARED.
Assault to be Made on the Sheriff With This—Failed for Time Being Because of Lack of Cooperation—Prisoners Declare They Will Escape.
What Sheriff A. R. Overton believes to be a plot on the part of Edward Dunn and Walter Stafford to assault him and thus get possession of the jail keys, with which to make their escape from the jail, has been made public by the officer. Dunn and Stafford, it will be remembered, are confined in the jail, awaiting the action of the grand jury on the charge of criminal assault.
Yesterday morning a prisoner by the name of Daniel Scott finished a short term sentence at the jail, and before leaving he went to the office of the sheriff and stated that he had been given excellent treatment while in the jail and in turn for this he wished to warn the officer not to enter the corridor unguarded, as there was a well laid plot by the two, Dunn and Stafford, to break jail by assaulting Mr. Overton and getting possession of the keys. This led the sheriff to begin an investigation at once, with the result that an iron pipe about 2 feet in length and an inch in diameter was found concealed by them. This pipe had been wrenched from a bed frame and loaded in one end with lead that the officer thinks they dug from around the window bars and that hold the same in place. This would form a most vicious weapon. The bar with the lead filling weighs nearly five pounds.
Isaac Duross and James Belcher confirm Scott's story of the plot and Belcher states that the two had asked him to throw a sheet over the sheriff's head when he entered, which he refused to do. The plot was to have been carried out last Sunday night, but Belchers refusal foiled them for the time being. Both Belcher and Daross claim that the loaded pipe was to be used by Dunn and Stafford with which to strike the sheriff over the head.
Dunn and Stafford claim that they were only fooling when confronted with the evidence of their scheme. They had, however, changed their clothes and made preparations to go. Since the plot has been made known, they have been watched carefully. The privileges that were given them formerly concerning visitors and the receiving of knickknacks from outsiders have been taken from them.
Although the closest watch has been kept over the two since the first plans were discovered, yet it appears that they are not contented to give up the matter yet. Belcher thumped on one of the doors last night till his demonstrations were answered by Mr. Overton, who was told by him that he had heard a noise on the other side of the corridor where Dunn and Stafford are kept, that sounded as though another pipe had been removed from the bed frame. An examination showed that another pipe had been taken out by them and secreted. Since Dunn and Stafford have been in the jail, they have tried the patience of the authorities in every way. It is impossible to keep their cells clean or to do for them as Mr. and Mrs. Overton desire. Dunn told the sheriff yesterday that it would be impossible to keep them in the jail the rest of this week.
THE NEW CANNING FACTORY.
Everything now Nearly Prepared for the Opening of the Season.
Active preparations are now being made at the new canning factory by the hustling proprietors, Messrs. Yager & Halstead, for the season's work which will begin about Aug. 1. The building, which is located on Squires-st., has been thoroughly renovated and fitted with modern machinery and up-to-date appliances for conducting the business. The outlook for a successful season is very bright. Over 250 acres of produce have been contracted from the farmers and gardens about Cortland. The proprietors have nearly a half million cans stored in the building which they expect to fill this season. These cans are of the very best material and were made in Baltimore by the celebrated Norton Can Co. The third floor is used for storing the empty cans, and tier upon tier of these are packed to the ceiling, a glance at which would indicate to the observer that a great amount of work must be performed before all could be filled.
On the second floor are located the corncutters, which take the corn from the cob. Before reaching this point, however, the corn is first husked in the adjoining sheds and thrown into boxes and carried to the cutters on a carrier made for that purpose. From the cutters the corn drops down to the first floor into a silker, which separates all the silks and any other substance from the corn. It then goes to the cooker and filler, which is provided with a measure gauge that may be regulated to fill any sized can. The cans are run under this filler through a tube from the third floor where the empty cans are stored. In this combined cooker and feeder the corn is only partially cooked, the remainder of the work being done after the cans are sealed. The capacity of the filler is 40,000 cans in ten hours. From the filler the cans go by the carrier to the capping machine where they are sealed, and from here they are taken on another long carrier to the four large retorts, where the remainder of the cooking is done by steam under heavy pressure. Each of these retorts holds a thousand cans. The cans are lowered into them and drawn up again by means of iron crates, which are operated by steam power. The retorts are each provided with a thermometer and safety valve.
A part of the second door is fitted up for clipping beans, and this department will require a large number of hands, the most of which will be women and children. The bean graders are also on the second floor and these machines divide the pods into four classes according their diameters. The process of cooking and sealing the beans is the same as that of corn.
The engine which was in the building has been overhauled and found to be just what is needed for the canning factory. It is of 25-horse power, while the boiler has a capacity more than double that of the engine. The extra capacity of the boiler comes in excellent use for furnishing steam with which to cook the goods. The large elevator at the angle of the building is operated by the engine, and this gives the plant an additional value in matters of convenience. It carries loads of upwards of a ton.
The office in the front part of the building has been well furnished. A set of Osgood platform scales has been placed near the office for weighing the produce upon the wagons when it comes to the factory. The plant is furnished throughout with steam and water pipes for cleaning, as the proprietors believe that cleanliness in all the work connected with the process of canning is of the utmost importance.
In regard to the selection of the names for the different brands that will be put up by them, Messrs. Yager & Halstead have shown much local pride. The "Cortland" will distinguish one of the brands of corn and the "Argyle" will adorn another brand. One brand of string beans will have on its wrapper a beautiful cut of Tioughnioga river just below the Port Watson bridge with Hon. O. H. Kellogg's fine farm buildings showing in the distance. It was thought at first by the proprietors that an appropriate name for this brand would be the "Tioughnioga," but subsequent reflection brought to their minds the fact that those who are not well acquainted with the pronunciation of the name that our beautiful river bears might have difficulty in remembering the brand, so the name "Port Watson" was substituted.
He Caught the Fish.
Mrs. B. B. Jones, Mrs. C. F. Wickwire and Mrs. H. R. Rouse spent an afternoon at Little York a few days ago and among other things tried their luck at fishing, but for some reason the fish wouldn't bite for them and they came home quite disgusted, claiming that there were no fish in the lake anyway.
Mrs. Jones' son, Mr. S. S. Jones, laughed at his mother about her fishing and said he guessed he would some day persuade her of the mistake in her conclusions. Yesterday afternoon he was up at Little York and threw in his line. The result was a pickerel, weight 4 pounds, and two bass, weight 3 1/2 and 3 pounds each. And they were beauties and they tasted just as good as they looked, at least the pickerel did and no doubt the bass were as good, but a STANDARD man can personally testify to the excellence of the pickerel, extending his acknowledgments at the same time to Mr. Jones. Next time the ladies go fishing they will probably take him along with them as an instructor.
KILLED IN CHICAGO.
Guy S. Woolston, a Second Cousin of J. F. Woolston.
Mr. J. D. F. Woolston has learned of the death in Chicago on June 25 of his cousin's son, Guy S. Woolston of that city. The young man was an employee of the Pacific Express Co., and was on a train taking him to the Wabash station where he was to begin a regular run. He was accidentally thrown from the platform of a car by a sudden start of the train. The train passed over him, crushing him so badly that he died in a few minutes. His age was 31, years. He was a son of William Penn Woolston and grandson of Guy A. Woolston, both of whom were former residents of Preble, this county. He is survived by a wife and two children, as well as by parents, two brothers and three sisters.
MRS. HENRY MCKEVITT.
Death in Michigan of a Long Time Resident of Truxton, N. Y.
Word was received in Cortland on Tuesday and was at once noticed in these columns of the death on the previous day, July 8, at Middleville, Mich., of Mrs. Henry McKevitt, for fifty-six years a resident of Truxton in this county. No particulars, however, were given at the time.
Mrs. McKevitt left Truxton soon after the death of her husband, Feb. 19, 1899, and went to Middleville, Mich., to live, all her four children, one son and three daughters, being residents of that place. Her home has since been with her youngest daughter, Mrs. S. E. Pierce, the greater part of the time.
She had been in excellent health during the past two years and her vigor seemed in no way abated when on Thursday, June 27, she had a slight shock of paralysis. This was followed the next day by another shock much more severe from which she did not rally, but continued to sink till the end came quietly on Monday night at 6 o'clock.
The funeral was held at the house Tuesday at 3 o'clock and that night Mr. J. H. McKevitt and Mrs. Pierce started for Truxton with the remains for burial. They arrived Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. There was a short initial service at the grave conducted by Rev. Mr. Charles, many former neighbors and friends being present.
Miss Elizabeth Nesbitt was born in Salem, Washington Co., N. Y., Oct. 8, 1820. In early childhood she moved with her parents to Brutus, Cayuga Co., and there on Oct. 9, 1841, she was married to Henry McKevitt, a young farmer of that place. In 1843 they moved to Truxton, Cortland Co., and this place became their constant home till the death of Deacon McKevitt in 1899. Four children were born to them, all of whom are living: Mr. J. H. McKevitt, Mrs. Mary A. Johnson, Mrs. N. J. Severance and Mrs. S. E. Pierce, all of Middleville, Mich. There are also eight grandchildren and one great grandchild, and except for the death of an infant child of Mrs. Pierce, there has not been a death in the family till that of Deacon McKevitt two years ago, and now comes the second death in the decease of Mrs. McKevitt.
One by one Deacon and Mrs. McKevitt had seen their children depart from the old home and all had gone to Middleville, where they had settled and made their homes within three miles of each other. Mr. J. H. McKevitt, the oldest child, left Truxton Sept. 24, 1865, and went to Michigan. Middleville just suited him as a place for a home and there he settled and married. His oldest sister came to visit him and a Middleville young man persuaded her to make that her permanent home. A year later he came east for her. The other two sisters went there to visit with like results.
Few people in Cortland county were better known than Deacon and Mrs. McKevitt and none were more thoroughly liked by the large circle of friends which their kind hearts and constant acts of thoughtfulness kept drawing about them. Their last days together were very happy ones, as in fact all their life had been. And out in the western home Mrs. McKevitt, though missing sadly her companion of nearly fifty-nine years, was supplied with every comfort and was surrounded by children, grandchildren, and great grandchild, all of whom did all in their power to make her last days her most joyous.
Early in life Mrs. McKevitt had united with the Methodist Episcopal church, but soon after her marriage she transferred her membership to the Baptist church in Truxton, of which her husband was a member, and in which he was for years a valued and efficient officer.
Aside from the children Mrs. McKevitt is survived by two brothers and three sisters, James Nesbitt of Cannonsburg, Mich., Thomas Nesbitt or Flint, Mich., Mrs. Mary A. Rood and Mrs. Dorcas Slawson of Weedsport, N. Y., and Mrs. Rachael Arnold of Syracuse. None of the brothers or sisters of Deacon McKevitt are now living.
BREVITIES.
—New display advertisements today are—M. A. Case, Drygoods, page 6; Glann & Clark, Shoes, page 7.
—It bids fair to be a fine night for the trip to Cincinnatus tonight on the observation cars. Train leaves at 7:10 sharp.
—The Bible reading at the First M. E. church at 7:30 this evening will be the last of Mr. Miller's readings, as he leaves town in the morning. All are cordially invited.
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