Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, July 15, 1901.
STEELWORKERS GO OUT.
Strike Order Obeyed and Big Strike Is On In Earnest.
UNION PLANS NOT DIVULGED.
Present Tie-Up Intended to Merely Show Strength and If Agreement is Not Forthcoming It Will Be Extended Beyond Steel Trust's Imagination.
PITTSBURG, July 15.—President Shaffer's strike order, issued Saturday night to the Amalgamated association members in the employ of the American Steel Hoop company, the American Sheet Steel company and the American Tin Plate company has been obeyed and the great struggle between the Amalgamated association and the steel companies is on in earnest.
In the union mills of the three companies against which a strike has been declared, it is said that not a wheel is turning. An effort will be made also to close down some of the non-union mills of the companies and to cripple the rest. The amalgamated people are very sanguine of success.
"The strike was not of our own seeking," said President Shaffer yesterday. "It was forced upon us. We were not contending for wages, but for principle—for self-preservation. The tin and sheet people will not be able to turn a single wheel tomorrow. We have our forces thoroughly organized and there will be some surprises in store. I have not heard today from a single lodge in answer to my strike order, but an answer is not necessary. The order will be promptly obeyed by all our men. But there will be no trouble. Labor organizations have changed. The Amalgamated association is not the association it was 20 years ago, nor even five years ago. The men are more readily controlled; in fact, we have our men under control."
Developments indicate that Pittsburg is going to be a pretty lively strike center. The most interest attaches to the Painter mill on the south side and to that of Lindsey & McCutcheon in Allegheny. Both mills are controlled by the American Steel Hoop company and have hitherto been aggressively non-union, and much depended upon the action taken by the men in these plants. The employees of both mills held open meetings yesterday and both decided to strike.
The Painter mill employs about 400 men and the Lindsey & McCutcheon mill about 300.
I. W. Jenks, manager of the American Steel Hoop company, said last night he had heard of the attempt to be made to tie up the two mills, but he had heard such strike talk for several months past. Mr. Jenks said both mills would resume as usual.
The fight at the Painter mill is to be made the fight of the strike. Both sides will make stubborn resistance. It the Amalgamated people can close this mill they believe they will have won the greater part of the strike. The mill is not only an important one but the Steel Hoop company has for years succeeded in thwarting the efforts to unionize it.
President Shaffer was asked if he had set a time when, if no settlement having been affected, he would extend the strike to all the subsidiary steel companies of the United States Steel corporation. He said he must decline to make his plans known at present.
It may be said, however, on the strength of reliable information, that the strike within its present limit is intended merely as a show of strength.
At a conference last week the representatives of the Steel corporation were repeatedly warned that the association was much stronger than they knew. They were even told of the organization of the mills of which they had no knowledge. But the steel men would not believe that the association was as strong as it was claimed to be. Thus it is believed the first purpose of the association is to show its strength by confining the strike to three companies.
When that show of strength has been made, whatever it may prove to be, the association expects the companies to ask for another conference. If the companies show no inclination to make a settlement the strike will be extended to three more companies. If the trust will not yield then, the strike will be extended to such independent companies as sell their finished products or raw materials to companies against which a strike has been declared.
Should the strike attain such proportions it would be likely to go still further. The Amalgamated association and the Federation of Labor two years ago formed a secret alliance it is claimed when it was agreed that the association when on strike could call out the steel men of the federation. The latter has organizations in many mills whose workmen are not eligible to membership in the association.
President Shaffer also announced that he would today prepare a circular letter which would be mailed this evening to reach every member of the Association employed by any mill operating a constituent plant of the United States Steel corporation. The letter will state fully the present conditions facing the workmen, the reasons for the failure of the conference last week and ordering every man to go on strike to uphold the principle involved.
He said it would be probably a week before he could hear from all lodges through the official sources, but whether he hears or not he knows that in all regularly organized mills the men will obey at once. In some of the partially organized mills some correspondence may follow the order, but within a week all will be out.
27,000 at Pan-American.
BUFFALO, N. Y., July 15.—The attendance at the Pan-American exposition yesterday, the first Sunday of reduced prices, was over 27,000. Considering the intense heat of the day this is considered a good showing. It is 10,000 more than the attendance on any previous Sunday.
NO RELIEF AS YET.
Temperature Remains Over the 100 Mark In Drought-Stricken West.
KANSAS CITY. July 15.—No relief has yet come in the Southwest. Yesterday was a repetition of the past two weeks, with reports from many places in Western Missouri, Kansas and the territories of temperatures over the 100 mark. At most places the sun shone mercilessly with not a cloud nor a breeze to break its rays. Today there is a prospect of rain in Oklahoma but there are no indications of a change from any other part of the Southwest.
With no relief in sight the fears for the crops are fast becoming realities and the scarcity of water and generally dry conditions make the element of fire a much more serious one. What the real damage to corn, the crop most affected, will be is problematical but it is probably safe to say that half the crop will be lost. The supply of water is short in almost every direction and shipment of cattle and hogs to the market to save them must continue.
In Kansas City yesterday the government thermometer reached 102 and at Marysville, Kan., 104 was recorded against 100 Saturday. There were three prostrations at Marysville.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIALS.
Our Varied Agricultural Products.
Secretary Wilson of the department of agriculture has recently made a statement regarding the capacity of this country to produce everything it needs in the way of agricultural products which is significant and interesting. It shows that our industrial progress is not alone in the line of manufacturing development. We are still far from the limit of our advantage in the vast range of soil and climate, and there is no nation to compare with ours in what the German economic writers call "self sufficiency," or the ability to provide completely for its own wants.
While we furnish a vast quantity of food products to other countries and can increase the output to meet almost any demand, there are many articles that we have been accustomed to purchase abroad which we can readily raise for ourselves now that we have capital seeking opportunities for investment. One of the largest items in our imports is sugar, and it is a fact not generally appreciated that by far the larger part of the world's sugar supply is now made from beets, and there are wide areas in this country in which the richest sugar beets in the world are already raised. We have also along the gulf a belt upon which sugar cane is raised to advantages, while it is one of the chief natural products of all our "new possessions." It is no dream that we may soon be able to provide ourselves with all the sugar consumed in the country.
The value of the work of the agricultural department lies in ascertaining the latent capacities of our varied soil and climate and giving intelligent direction to the application of capital and labor to their development. Co-operating with state authorities, it has done much to stimulate the highly promising beet sugar industry, has been instrumental in largely increasing the production of rice and is conducting experiments with other tropical or semitropical products.
It used to be common to deride the effort to raise tea in this country, simply because it seemed to be absolutely foreign to this continent, but it is being proved that we have areas where the soil and climate are quite adapted to its growth, and it is not unlikely that it may yet be largely raised for the home market.
Apart from economic theories and controversies, there can be no question as to the soundness of the policy of conducting agricultural experiments and investigations and directing intelligent efforts to varying the products of our soil within the limits of its natural capacity. For what it has done and is likely to do in this direction the agricultural department justifies its right to existence.
◘ Unless Russia learns to overcome the difficulties of a Siberian winter the Trans-Siberian railroad will not prove to be a very efficient instrument of military or commercial aggression in the orient. The breaking of the 60 pound rails used on that road caused many derailments last winter, and the snow made it impossible to run heavy trains. Furthermore, the railroad ferries on Lake Baikal, which were supposed to be ice crushers, not only failed to accomplish their purpose, but were themselves badly damaged and for two months were out of service. Resort had to be had to a road over the ice, with bridges thrown over the openings.
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| Cortland Park and Pavilion. |
BIG CROWD AT PARK.
Cars All Full till Late In Evening Last Saturday.
The park was crowded last Saturday night. Every car was full till late in the evening when the homeward rush began. But with the eight minute time upon which cars can now be run the people were carried all right, and every one was satisfied. The band concert and moving pictures proved a great attraction. There was a great crowd up from Cincinnatus too, accompanied by the McGraw band and part of these went to the park.
CHARGED WITH TRADING HORSES
Without Consulting the Owner of One of the Horses.
Warrants were issued in Truxton, N. Y., today for the arrest of George and Henry Marvin, known as the Welch brothers, who live near Cortland, on complaint of William Jones, a farmer of Truxton, charging them with stealing a horse from his pasture between Saturday night and Sunday morning last. The horse was missing and in its place was found an old sorrel horse that it is alleged the two had been driving before on Saturday. Mr. Jones' horse was a large white animal, with long mane and tail and foretop clipped close. It is alleged that the Marvin brothers were seen coming through East Homer at 2 o'clock A. M. Sunday.
Sheriff A. R. Overton did not get the warrants till nearly noon today. At 1:03 he started for a place near Binghamton, where it is thought by some that the boys would take the horse. Others believe that the horse is yet in Cortland county. George and Henry Marvin are said to have been implicated in horse stealing before.
REFEREE APPOINTED
In the Matter of the Home Telephone Company and Randall Estate.
Attorney Rowland L. Davis, representing the Home Telephone company before Judge Lyon at Binghamton Saturday made a motion to stay the proceedings in the injunction action brought by W. R. Huntington, for the Randall estate against the Home Telephone Co., to restrain it from entering upon the property and premises of the Randall family to set poles or string wires. This motion was opposed by John Courtney, Jr., and O. U. Kellogg for Mr. Huntington. Motion denied.
Mr. Davis then made a motion to grant authority to the Home Telephone Co. to permit it to go upon and take possession of the premises for the purpose of setting poles and stringing wires during the pendency of the condemnation proceedings. Opposed as before. Motion denied.
Mr. Davis then made a motion for the appointment of a referee to try the issues in the case raised by the answer of the Randall family to the complaint of the Home Telephone Co. in the condemnation proceedings. Motion granted. Henry D. Hinman of Binghamton was acceptable to both sides and was appointed the referee.
Before Judge Forbes at Canastota Saturday T. E. Courtney appeared for the Randall estate, the plaintiff, and H. L. Bronson and N. L. Miller for the Home Telephone Co., the defendant, to argue the motion to make the temporary injunction permanent, restraining the defendants from setting poles, or stringing wires upon the property of the plaintiff. The matter was argued and the court took the papers in the case and reserved his decision.
Copeland Place Sold.
Mrs. P. A. Tyler of Cortland late Saturday afternoon concluded negotiations for the purchase from the Cortland Savings bank of the fine residence at the corner of Homer and Fitz-aves., and about five acres of land recently the property of the late W. S. Copeland. Consideration $10,000. The property is worth much more than this and Mrs. Tyler is fortunate in securing it. The house itself which is of brick probably cost half as much again as the purchase price, and there are quite a number of valuable building lots on Fitz-ave. [West Main Street] that may be sold without detracting from the appearance or value of the residence property itself. The bank, of course, is glad to dispose of the place as it simply took it upon the foreclosure of a mortgage which it held against it.
Real Estate Changes.
M. E. Sarvay has bought the house and lot 21 Madison-st., from Judge S. S. Knox, executor of the estate of the late Mrs. T. A. Price. Mr. Homer O. Smith has also bought the house and lot of 16 Garfield-st. from Mrs. E. M. Van Hoesen. Both sales were made through the instrumentality of Real Estate Agent L. M. Loope.
Death of Samuel Proctor.
Mr. Samuel L. Proctor, 42 James-st., died yesterday morning from the result of blood poisoning. The funeral will be held from the house at 8:30 o'clock tomorrow morning. Burial in Truxton. Mr. Proctor was an employee at Wickwire's mills and had lived in Cortland only a few months. He leaves a widow and two small children.
WHERE TRUXTON GETS ITS NAME.
From a Famous Commodore—Torpedo Boat to be Christened.
The christening of the United States torpedo boat Truxtun in the near future is the occasion of inquiry as to the name of Truxtun which with the change of one letter is the same as a prominent town in this county. Doubtless Truxtun and Truxton were originally one and the same. The Buffalo Express says:
The vessels of the United States navy are named to an exact system and most of them bear geographical names, either those of states or cities. But the small boats of the torpedo fleet—the little vessels that depend upon speed and dash for their usefulness—are named after the distinguished officers of the navy.
One of the most distinguished of "Navy families" is that of Truxtun. The ancestor of the long line was Commodore Thomas Truxtun who was chosen as one of the six captains when the navy was organized in 1798, and who captured the frigate L'Insurgente, and whipped the frigate La Vengeance in our brief trouble with France in 1799 and 1800. Several ships, among them the brig Truxtun, have been named after the stout commodore. One of the new torpedo boat destroyers will carry the name of Truxtun in the new navy.
Eight of Commodore Truxtun's grandsons were in the naval academy at one time. One of them was William Talbot Truxtun, who fought in the civil war and likewise rose to be commodore. To christen the new destroyer Truxtun, Miss Isabel Truxtun, a daughter of Commodore W. T. Truxtun, has been chosen as sponsor. She is young and fair, a typical daughter of Virginia.
The Truxtun is to have a speed of 30 knots, and a displacement of 435 tons. She has been building at Sparrow Point, Md. Her keel was laid in 1899.
BREVITIES.
—All the shoe stores in Cortland will close at 6:30 each night except Saturday till Sept. 1.
—Cortlandville lodge, No. 470, F. & A. M., will confer the second degree at the regular communication Tuesday evening.
—John Keefe was fined $3 in city court this morning after pleading guilty to the charge of public intoxication. Keefe was arrested by Officer Baker.
—It bids fair to be a good night for the excursion this evening to Cincinnatus on the observation train. Train leaves at 7:10 accompanied by the City band.
—There will be a special meeting of the A. O. U. W. this evening at 7:30 o'clock at the office of R. L. Davis to make arrangements for the funeral of the late Samuel Proctor, one of the members of the order.
—New display advertisements today are—A. S. Burgess, Clothing, page 7; City Laundry, Laundry work, page 5; Mitch's Market, Meats, etc., page 5; J. W. Cudworth, Optical goods, page 5; C. F. Brown, drugs, etc., page 8.
—Senator Benj. R. Tillman of South Carolina will speak at Assembly park, Tully lake, on Wednesday, Aug. 14, at 2:15 o'clock on "National Conditions and Tendencies." It is probable that there will be a great audience to hear the distinguished Southern orator.
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