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| J. P. Morgan. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, July 26, 1901.
WORKING FOR PEACE.
Neutrals to Make Advances Through Senator Hanna.
ONE PEACE EFFORT TURNED DOWN.
M. M. Garland Told by Morgan That Manufacturers' Attitude Would Not Be Changed an Inch—Mediator Bishop Working on Different Tack.
PITTSBURG, July 20.—The peace mission of M. M. Garland, who went to New York on behalf of the conservative element in the Amalgamated association, has failed. Mr. Garland was unable to secure from the steel manufacturers any terms on which a settlement could be leached. They would not recede an inch from the attitude they have taken, holding that the workers' leaders precipitated the fight and peace negotiations are off.
At the same time a more powerful influence is being sought to carry the olive branch to J. P. Morgan.
Joseph Bishop, secretary of the Ohio state board of arbitration, is working as mediator, it is learned from high authority, and plans, it is understood, to reach the combine people through Senator Hanna. Mr. Bishop is acting with the approval of the amalgamated leaders and carries credentials from President Shaffer explaining the attitude of the association.
There is little doubt that Senator Hanna will receive the association mediator graciously and it is expected he will promise to exercise his best endeavors toward a settlement. About his success with the combine people much doubt is expressed.
When seen last night concerning his trip to New York Mr. Garland refused to discuss the matter, saying: "I am not talking."
He said he made trips to New York on official business and this trip was one of them. President Shaffer said if Mr. Garland had gone to New York on a peace mission it was not with his sanction or at his solicitation.
Shaffer of the Amalgamated association yesterday declared that he was perfectly satisfied with his personal inspection of the conditions at Wellsville and apprehended no difficulty in keeping his men in line in that place. During yesterday afternoon Organizer Flynn of the American Association of Labor was called to the offices of the Amalgamated association and held a long conversation with President Shaffer and set at rest all stories to the effect that the federation is not in sympathy with the Amalgamated association by saying its entire organization was ready and waiting to assist the Amalgamated association financially and morally in this strike, whenever this assistance was asked.
No change whatever has taken place at Wellsville, no new men have been imported and the mills are still at work. Developments at that point are being watched closely by both sides.
Information from McKeesport leads to the belief that the big mill of the National Tube company in that city would shortly be involved in the strike. Yesterday was payday at the works and two prominent members of the new Amalgamated lodge that was organized there last Saturday received notice that their services were no longer required. It is reported that other members of the union there got, or will get, a similar notice when they draw their pay. That this will bring on a conflict at the mill there is little doubt, for it is a blow at the very privilege that the Amalgamated association is striving for at the other mills of the steel trust.
An important move on the part of the Amalgamated association is reported to be contemplated in their effort to win out in their present strike. It was asserted that all the arrangements have been completed for unionizing the Riverside plant of the National Tube company at Renwood, near Wheeling. This plant is part of the United States Steel corporation and is a most important one, employing upwards of 2,500 hands. Heretofore it has employed only non-union men, and although there is an organization in the plant no attempt has been made to antagonize the management. The men, except the highly skilled workmen, are generally foreigners and it is stated by a prominent labor leader, that the entire force, or a large majority, is now ready to cast lots with the Amalgamated association missionaries having been laboring with them for some time past.
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| Benjamin Tillman. |
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| John McLaurin. |
McLAURIN OUSTED.
South Carolina State Executive Committee Rules Him Out of Party.
COLUMBIA. S. C., July 26.—The state executive committee late last night adopted a resolution ruling Senator McLaurin out of the Democratic party. The action was totally unexpected.
Senator Tillman supported the resolution, which was unexpectedly offered as a substitute for a resolution over which there had been much debate presenting the oath to be taken by candidates for congress in the approaching election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Congressman Stokes for the Seventh district. The rules proposed in that resolution were plainly intended to cover the senatorial election next year. The resolution follows:
"Whereas, The Hon. John H. McLaurin, senator elected to represent the state of South Carolina in the national congress has, by his affiliations and votes in that body, ignored the national Democratic platform and thereby misrepresented his state and his Democratic constituency who elected him; therefore be it
"Resolved, That it is the sense and conviction of the state Democratic executive committee that Senator J. H. McLaurin, from the standpoint of honesty and self-respect, should tender his unqualified resignation immediately."
The resolution was adopted by a vote of 25 to 5.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.
The Change in Porto Rico.
Porto Rico entered yesterday upon an era of prosperity and development that cannot be denied her material resources or the spirit of her people under civil government. The president yesterday by authority of congress, proclaimed the abolition of all customs duties upon commerce between that island and the United States, and at the same time made formal recognition of a civil government that has been in tentative operation for a little more than a year. By their own act, through elected representatives, in accord with Republican institutions, the people of Porto Rico have secured recognition of their ability to raise and to expend the revenues needed to perform all the functions of their government. That recognition was extended appropriately upon the anniversary of the advent of our flag.
This event, says The Mail and Express, is not the establishment of a "colonial policy." It is the orderly development of a social, political, and industrial system of a people who had known only the extortionate misrule of an unnatural "mother" country. The contrasts between the condition of Porto Rico and the real colonies of foreign nations are many and marked; and they are all distinctly in her favor and testify to the unexampled generosity of the United States. The fractional tariff that Porto Rico has paid was not levied upon necessities, nor upon materials needed in her development. The revenue that it yielded was not retained in the United States treasury, but was expended for the benefit of the island. A part of the duties collected, under purely military authority, must be refunded; but this return is to be made by the United States, not from the insular treasury.
Spain drew a revenue from this island. Spain charged the island with the cost of its troops. The military occupation by United States troops has not cost its inhabitants a cent. Even now, the native Porto Rican regiment is maintained by our war department. The military occupation has been utilized, not in oppressing the inhabitants, but in promoting public works and in restoring the order disturbed by war, by a transfer of political allegiance, by the ravages of hurricane and flood and by the complete upset of finance and currency.
Within the past year, schools have been opened, the civil service has been reformed, the burden of taxation his been equitably placed upon property, industry has been revived, the franchise has been granted and wholesome interest in public affairs has been awakened.
With the market of the United States open to her sugar, tobacco, coffee, fruits, truck and iron ore, Porto Rico is assured of accelerated progress. Her people have been translated from the fifteenth to the twentieth century.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORK'S
HOLDS A SESSION OVER RAILROAD-ST. PAVING.
Jamestown Construction Co. Declines to Make Repairs—Defects to be Classified and City to Make Repairs and Then Litigate Concerning Cost—Water Under Lackawanna R. R. Tracks.
The Jamestown Construction company has notified the board of public works that it will not do anything in regard to the repairs on the Railroad-st. pavement consequently bids will be called for as soon as possible. The work will be done on contract and then the city will litigate with the company over the costs. The Jamestown company hold that they are not responsible for the defects as these resulted from defective plans, while the board holds that the company took the contract under the plans and specifications that it proceeded upon and that the company gave its guaranty for five years knowing that the specifications called for cement filter.
At the meeting last night the board discussed at length the character of the defects in the pavement, and it appears that the trouble is not altogether due to the use of cement filler in the brick pavement. Commissioner Decker stated that aside from the defects arising from the use of the cement filler there were many of the gutter stones and curbstones that were very poor, and that a great many of the bricks used in the pavement were soft and would not stand a test for pavement use. The board thought that Engineer Allen should be consulted in the matter and that he should separate the defects in the pavement into two classes, of which one class should be made up of those defects that resulted from the filler used, and the other, those that resulted from defective material or poor workmanship. This will be done in order that the city may get a judgment from the company for the amount of the repairs on defects in the second class, provided the courts determined that the city could not recover for repairs that were made necessary through the use of the cement filler. It is thought that Mr. Allen will be in Cortland tomorrow night, and an adjournment was taken till that time.
A communication from Engineer H. C. Allen in regard to the matter of carrying the water on Railroad-st. under the D., L. & W. tracks, stated that the engineer for the railroad company had recommended a 3-foot square culvert for the place, but it was Mr. Allen's impression that a 36-incb pipe, filled around by concrete under the tracks, would be the better method of taking care of the water.
The following persons were ordered by resolution to raise sidewalks opposite their respective premises to the grade: Allen W. Curtis, north side of Maple-ave., and Chauncey Genung, north side of Lincoln-ave.
GARBAGE COLLECTION.
Arrangements Will Probably be Made for this by Board of Health.
Judging from the numerous inquiries that are heard on the streets and the frequency of the telephone calls at the office of Agent W. L. Loope, the Cortland Reducing company's proposition to collect garbage is likely to prove to be a very popular movement. A representative of the proposed organization called on several business men this morning with a view of ascertaining their position in regard to the matter of collecting each day in the business portion of the city and be met with very encouraging responses. The company will report to the board of health at its meeting tonight that it will begin operations at once. Contracts will be made with business places to remove garbage each day from such places at the rate of 25 cents per week, and with residences at the rate of 10 cents each per week for removing twice each week.
It is authoritively stated that the board of health will not take immediate action to force sewer connections if the matter of garbage collections is satisfactorily settled.
AS OTHERS SEE US
A Visitor to Cortland Gives His impressions After Departing.
A few days ago a resident of Washington, N. J., was the guest of a friend in Cortland. Upon his return home he embodied some of his impressions of this city in a communication to the Warren Tidings, a local paper at Washington. They will be read with interest by Cortland people as enabling us to see ourselves as others see us. The writer says:
I will now endeavor to give you a short sketch of Cortland. Imagine yourself in a beautiful valley bounded on the north, south and east by a circuitous range of mountains, some of which tower far above the valley and look as though nature had placed them in this position, that they might get the first kiss of the morning sun, standing here on an eminence in the sparsely populated part of the city, and looking northwest you behold the borough or city of Homer, with about two or three thousand inhabitants, at one time the home of "David Harum," also the terminal of the H. & C. Traction Co.'s electric line in that direction. And looking to the southeast the mountains are divided as though by order of nature, and through this division the beautiful Tioughnioga river wends its way, now lazily playing with the roots of a neighboring tree that has trespassed too close to its banks, now rounding a curve it forms a miniature whirlpool, then on again and over a precipice, washing the face of boulder and pebble alike on its way to Chenango Forks, where it joins the Chenango, when the two go arm in arm to Binghamton, where they help swell the banks of the Susquehanna; then on and on until they mingle with the waters of Chesapeake Bay.
It is here in Cortland that a large per cent of wagons throughout the United States are manufactured, and the door and window screens that defy the famous Jersey mosquito are also manufactured here; also poultry netting, that protects your gardens, barbwire, nails, agricultural implements, emery wheels, carriages, hardware, ladies' skirts, corsets, milk coolers, and in fact almost everything except silk and pianos and organs. There is a good opportunity here for manufacturing of all kinds. There are three railroads running through the place, and freight rates are very little higher than in small cities nearer New York. The buildings here are modern and are surrounded by plenty of ground. Whether a mansion or a cottage, the same liberality is used in dealing out the land. You can take the same amount of ground on which the city of Cortland is built, with a population of about ten to fifteen thousand, and pick out the same acreage anywhere on the East side from 42nd-st. to the Battery park. In New York, and you will have a population of about sixty to seventy thousand people. The streets here are from sixty to one hundred feet, the roadways on all the principal business thoroughfares are either brick or asphalt, with beautiful shade trees bordering the sidewalks. One of the State Normal schools is also located here, which puts one in somewhat of a literary world. The water is the finest that any city can produce. Taking it as a whole, Cortland is as near perfect as is possible to make a city.
But I have already taken too much of your time and space and will say adieu, old friend, for the present, and in closing, should you ever have occasion to visit Cortland, you will always find the latchstring outward.
SOLD THEIR STOCK.
Will Start on a Larger Scale in the New Quarters.
Ryan & Hall, who are forced to move from the warehouses and store at 88 Railroad-st. on account of the contemplated changes in the D., L. & W. station, have sold their grocery business and good will to E. M. Mansur of the Corner Grocery, and the goods have already been delivered to him. Mr. Mansur has secured Camillus Cotton, who was with Ryan & Hall, to assist in the largely increased business, and Mr. Cotton will be ready at all times to greet his former customers at the new place of business.
E. W. Ryan, who owns the buildings that will have to be removed to make way for the depot, is anxious to sell these. Ryan & Hall will locate in Port Watson-st. as soon as they can erect or move buildings there for their use. When located in their new quarters they will continue the lines of their present business on a much larger scale, and will cater largely to the wholesale trade. They have made application to the D., L. & W. Railroad Co. for a switch at their new place of business, and it is thought by them that this will be started soon.
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| Left to right: Hatch Library, Kremlin Hotel, and County Courthouse and Jail on corner of Church St. |
"HOTEL OVERTON"
Was Where the Traveler Came Instead of to The Kremlin.
Sheriff A. R. Overton was awakened from his peaceful slumbers at a late hour last night by the biggest thumping and thrashing around the courthouse and jail that has been beard from inside those walls in a long time. Kicks and pounding at the door and cries of "let me in," astounded the officer, as the cries that he is accustomed to hearing are always those of "let me out." But he recovered himself sufficiently to pull on a few articles of clothing and to reach the door, and there he found a well dressed man, who was as mad as a wet hen.
"A fine hotel this is to keep a man waiting so long," ejaculated the man who was trying to get in."
"Hotel," replied the astonished sheriff, "this is the jail. Come on in if you want to, I can give you a room."
"Jail," exclaimed the traveler, "I don't want to get into a jail, I thought this was The Kremlin," and he seized his bags and beat a hasty retreat.
Today Mr. W. C. Crosby, a very high esteemed melon buyer for a New York firm, who is registered at The Kremlin, next door to the jail, is planning how to get even with the street car conductor for telling him that the hotel is on the corner.
BREVITIES.
—New display advertisements today are—Bingham & Miller, Invisible suspenders, page 8.
—Residents of Cincinnatus are taking preliminary steps toward the incorporation of the village.
—The Calvert family of Cortland and South Cortland have been having a reunion and picnic at the park today.
—Mrs. F. H. Cobb, 4 Monroe Heights, gave a very pleasant dinner party to about thirty-five ladies Wednesday afternoon.
—The wagon makers of Watertown picnic at Sylvan Beach tomorrow. Eight coaches of excursionists are expected in the party.
—The hop growers' picnic occurs at Sylvan Beach tomorrow. A special train leaves Cortland at 6:45 tomorrow morning.
—The welcome rain which fell nearly all of last night has helped crops very materially in this vicinity and has made a very acceptable change in the temperature.
—A shirt-waist man who ventured out this morning without looking at the thermometer came in with the opinion that the back-bone of the summer is broken.
—Mr. J. C. Smith of Cortland is the possessor of a book published in 1717. It is entitled "Twelve Sermons and Discourses on Several Subjects and Occasions," by Robert South, D. D. It is a curious old relic.
—The excursion to Cincinnatus on the observation train advertised for tonight has been postponed till next Monday night on account of the change in the weather. All the arrangements made for tonight will be carried out on Monday night.
—A large number of Cortland people are taking advantage of the low rates to the Pan-American [Expo] offered by the railroad companies. At the D., L. & W. station the average sales are about ten each day, and the Lehigh is also carrying a large number from here.
—Professor Dahm-Petersen has closed his Ithaca studio and hereafter will give all his time and attention to his work in Schenectady. He has a studio, there at 150 Jay-st,, and he also has charge of the music in one of the prominent churches of that city.—Ithaca Democrat.
—The Lehigh Valley pay car has made its last visit to Cortland. Hereafter all employees will be paid by check from the office of the company. The cheeks will be distributed through the officials at each station along the line. The checks are expected to reach Cortland between the 20th and 25th of each month.
—Wheelmen who frequent the [bicycle] sidepath east of the city which extends toward the Cortland county path, suggest that more care should be given to the trimming of trees and bushes along the side of the path, and the close cutting of weeds. It la said that the path is now only six inches wide caused by the growth of weeds along either side.—Ithaca Journal.
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