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| Santiago P. Iglesias. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 1901.
LABOR LEADER JAILED.
Organizer of American Federation Arrested in Porto Rico.
ON OLD CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY.
Helped to Cause Strike Last Year—Public Prosecutor Says He Is a Dangerous Agitator and Urges Sentence—Gompers Protests to President Roosevelt.
SAN JUAN, P. R., Nov. 12.—Santiago Iglesias was arrested here last Thursday on landing from the Red D line steamer Philadelphia. His detention was due to his non-appearance after having been thrice summoned by the local courts to appear in a case against him and seven others, brought in July of last year when the currency was changed.
At that time he persuaded the local Federation of Labor to order all labor organizations to go on strike unless they were paid in gold at the same rate as silver—master workmen, $3; journeymen, $2, and ordinary laborers, $1.50. These rates were not accepted by the employers and a general strike, which was accompanied by some violence, followed.
Iglesias and the other members of the labor committee were charged with conspiracy and the cases against them were set down for trial Sept. 11, 1900. When that date was reached Iglesias, who was at large on his own recognizance, did not put in an appearance and the trial was adjourned. As he did not appear on the adjourned day further adjournment was taken to May 2, 1901, when an order for his arrest was issued, he being then in New York city.
He is now in jail awaiting trial in default of $2,000 bail. Yesterday he sent a petition to Governor Hunt asking to be released on his own recognizance, explaining that he made a similar application when first summoned, but that the case was postponed and that no notice of the hearing on May 2 was ever served on him.
The public prosecutor asks that he be sentenced to a term of imprisonment on the ground that he is a dangerous labor agitator and is continually causing unrest.
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| Samuel Gompers. |
GOMPERS ENTERS PROTEST
At His Request President Roosevelt Asks Governor Hunt For Details.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.—Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, yesterday saw the president to protest against the arrest of Santiago Iglesias, who was sent to Porto Rico by the federation to organize the workingmen of the island.
Before Mr. Iglesias left the United States, Mr. Gompers explained to the president the purpose of his visit and asked that Governor Hunt be notified that his mission was not to stir up strife, but simply to organize labor along legitimate lines. At that time he told the president that Mr. Iglesias, during the Spanish ascendancy, had opposed the Spanish regime and had been imprisoned, having been liberated when the American troops reached San Juan.
By the president's direction, Secretary Cortelyou wrote to Governor Hunt concerning Mr. Iglesias' mission. That letter was dated Oct. 19.
The news of Iglesias' arrest Mr. Gompers showed to the president and the president immediately sent an inquiry to Governor Hunt as to the cause of the arrest.
During Mr. Gompers' interview yesterday he spoke to the president about labor legislation, the Chinese exclusion act, the extension of the eight-hour law, the alien contract law and the convict labor bill. Mr. Gompers was especially anxious that the president should recommend the re-enactment of the Chinese exclusion act and he came away impressed with the belief that the president would do so.
LARGEST GUN IN THE WORLD
Coast Defense Cannon Building at Watervliet That Will Shoot 21 Miles.
TROY, N. Y., Nov. 12.—As soon as a new trunnion hook can be received from the Bethlehem Steel company work will be resumed at the United States arsenal at Watervliet on the new 16-inch gun which is to be made for Fort Hamilton in New York harbor. This gun will be the largest ever made in the world.
The gun is a most wonderful one, being a breech loader and the breech will be such that a child can open and fire it. It will shoot a distance of 21 miles but in order to do so, the shot will assume an altitude as high as Pike's Peak and will carry the shot as far north as Yonkers. After the hook has been placed in it the gun is to have another jacket shrunk on it. Military men the world over are very much interested in the mechanicism of this gun, as it will be an innovation for coast defense. It is not yet decided whether the gun will be made into a disappearing one or stationary.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.
The Passing of Li Hung Chang.
That the death of Li Hung Chang will have a disquieting effect on the Chinese empire in its relations to the western world seems more than probable. Those relations are still in an unsettled condition, and the passing of China's foremost diplomat and statesman is likely to complicate them still further. Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minister at Washington, declares that Earl Li was the only man who was capable of meeting and adjusting the complex questions now confronting the Celestial empire and that his death at this time is especially deplorable.
Though thoroughly Chinese in his sympathies, Li Hung Chang had imbibed much of the spirit of western civilization by contact with the outside world, and was unquestionably the most liberal and advanced of Chinese statesmen, though not infrequently charged with duplicity and the exercise of the most subtle of Chinese cunning. Though never a nominal imperial ruler, he was such in fact during several long periods. He was at times the actual master of the great empire. Though now and again forced into retirement and shorn of prestige, no emperor was able to crush him or more than briefly bedim his powerful influence.
General Grant once referred to him as the Bismarck of China. While he did not give his country that mastery which Bismarck gave Germany, he was a powerful influence in its affairs. While he could not save China from the humiliations of the defeat by Japan and the foreign occupation of Peking following the Boxer outrages, he did save the country from the worst consequences of those calamities.
His remarkable career was in a sense the product of the influence of Frederick Townsend Ward, a Massachusetts adventurer, who organized the "ever victorious army" which suppressed the Taiping rebellion, and who fell in battle and has been deified by the Chinese. He started Li on that peculiar career in which, while representing China to the western world, he consolidated his own power over Chinese politics. Li never forgot his obligation to Ward and to America.
A PREDICTION
That Judge Eggleston Will Succeed Judge Forbes in Five Years.
The East Syracuse News says: "Judge Joseph E. Eggleston was reelected county judge of Cortland county for a third term on last Tuesday by one of the largest majorities ever given a candidate in that county. The judge is about as well known in this county as he is in Cortland, for of late years he has often been called upon by Judge Ross of this county to help out our overburdened county court calendar. Among the members of the bar Mr. Eggleston is considered one of the strongest judges on the bench and it is predicted that he will succeed the Hon. Gerrit A. Forbes on the supreme court bench five years hence. Judge Eggleston in addition to his duties as a judge, is also president of the New York State Firemen's association, in which organization he is very popular.
A LODGE OF ELKS
Soon to be Organized in This City—Members Now Here.
The Elks of this city are planning to organize a lodge of that order. The matter is meeting with approval and about thirty names have been secured as charter members. There are nine members of the order in the city, who belong to lodges in other cities of the state. They are Mr. L. J. Fitzgerald of the Albany lodge, Mr. Albert Allen of the Elmira lodge, Mr. George Gleason of the Watertown lodge, and Messrs. E. F. Knight. A. J. Goddard, W. A. Wallace, Henry Corcoran, John F. Dowd and A. D. Wallace of the Syracuse lodge.
The application for a dispensation for the organization of a lodge in Cortland was made to Deputy Exalted Ruler Charles Bedell of Syracuse, the secretary of the Syracuse lodge, a short time ago and the permit to organize the lodge will probably be received soon.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY
Holds its Annual Meeting; and Elects Officers—Gratifying Reports.
At the annual meeting of the First Congregational society of Cortland held last evening officers were elected as follows:
Trustees—S. N. Holden, L. M. Loope and Edward S. Dalton.
Treasurer—S. N. Holden.
Clerk—William D. Tuttle.
Frank J. Doubleday, the chairman of the board of trustees, gave a detailed report of the work of the trustees for the year just ended. The treasurer's report showed his receipts and expenditures to be about $7,000. This sum does not include the benevolences raised which amount to nearly $ 1,000 more. Both reports are gratifying and show that the society ends the year and enters another in a prosperous condition.
Knights of Columbus.
The Knights of Columbus of Cortland are making elaborate plans for working the third degree and holding a banquet on Thanksgiving evening. The degree work, which will be given under the direction of District Deputy E. J. Mack of Syracuse and Supreme State Deputy John W. Hoagan of Syracuse, assisted by Charles R. Barnes of Rochester, will be given in Taylor hall, and then the Knights will adjourn to the Cortland House and a course luncheon will be served.
Thos. H. Dowd, chairman of the committee on arrangements, states that 400 Knights from Syracuse, Binghamton, Ithaca, Elmira, Rome and other places are expected to be in attendance, and the local council will spare no pains to make their visit to Cortland one of great pleasure.
Daughters of American Revolution.
The regular meeting of the Tioughnioga chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution was held at the home of Misses Lena and Nellie Conable on Port Watson-st., yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. The following program was given:
Roll Call—Quotations from David Harum.
Names of Villages of County, Mrs. Hollenbeck.
Tioughnioga Legends, Mrs. Benedict.
The next meeting will meet with Miss Franc Gould on Monday, Dec. 9, at 8:30 P. M.
TO REGAIN HIS EYESIGHT.
Lewis S. Hayes to have an Operation Performed on His Eyes.
Mr. Lewis S. Hayes went to Syracuse this morning to undergo a preliminary operation for removing a portion of the iris of the eye. The main operation will be performed in about a month hence, and the operation that is to be made now is for the purpose of making the final operation more safe. He will be in Syracuse at this time for about a week at the House of the Good Shepherd, Dr. Marlow performing the operation. Mr. Hayes has had practically no sight for more than a year, but is sanguine that the operation will help him in his recovery. His son, Mr. Lewis Hayes, accompanied him to Syracuse.
HAVE A DOUGH MIXER.
I. L. Corby and Sons, Formerly Bakers of the Village of Cortland.
The Ithaca Journal has the following to say regarding I. L. Corby and family who were residents of Cortland before they went to Ithaca and who are well remembered here:
I. L. Corby, a former baker of Ithaca, and wife, are making a visit with Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Casterlin. A few years ago, Mr. Corby and his two sons Charles and William, went to Washington, D. C, and established what is now considered to be the largest bread baking concern in the United States.
At present, it is said that the Corby bakery is turning out from eighteen to twenty thousand loaves of bread daily, to say nothing of their extensive roll business.
When they left Ithaca the Corbys started out upon a venture with a patent dough mixing machine, which was invented by the Corby Brothers. By its use they get 20 percent more loaves of bread from a quantity of flour than by the old process. Now, it is said, the Corbys are turning dough into money.
It is understood that Charles Corby is negotiating for the purchase of a $35,000 residence in Washington. The company recently established a foreign office in London and formed a $100,000 stock company. They are now attempting to form a similar branch in Pittsburg, Pa.
PREMIUM FARM SOLD.
A. B. Benham Property in Dryden Goes to a Cortland Supervisor.
The Ithaca Journal says: One of the most valuable parcels of land in Tompkins county, known as the Benham farm, located in the northeast corner of the town of Dryden, and containing 108 acres of land, was sold at a mortgage foreclosure sale at the front door of the county clerk's office by referee M. M. Sweetland this morning.
The farm was originally owned by Allen B. Benham, who a few years ago sold it to his son Charles Benham. The farm has long been prized as one of the best in the country and many times captured first premiums offered by agricultural associations. Three years ago Charles Benham died and his widow has since been attempting to keep the property up and pay off the mortgage held by Allen B. Benham and Mary Darby. With the interest the debt today amounted to about $6,500.
There were a number of prospective purchasers present this morning and the property was finally bid in by DeWitt C. Johnson, formerly of McLean, now a supervisor of the city of Cortland, for $4,500. Allen B. Benham, who is now 88 years old, attended the sale.
BREVITIES.
—A regular meeting of the Royal Arcanum Council will be held this evening at G. A. R. hall at 7:30 o'clock.
—The Fortnightly club will meet tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock with Mrs. Edward Stilson, 31 Owego-st.
—New display advertisements today are— M. W. Giles, Make room sale, page 7; A. S. Burgess, Shoes, page 8; M. A. Case, Drygoods, page 6.
—All Odd Fellows are requested to meet at John L. Lewis lodge rooms Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock to attend the funeral of Mr. E. D. Wood.
—Three charges for public intoxication were read in city court this morning. Two suspended sentences and one sentence of three days in county jail were given.
— Police headquarters, concerning which there was recently some contention as to who was responsible for its care and keeping, is now kept in apple pie order by Janitor D. F. Waters.
—A members' entertainment was given in the Y. M. C. A. parlors last evening, at which about 100 were in attendance. The Y. M. C. A. orchestra and the vocalists gave very pleasing music, the program as published yesterday being carried out in full.
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