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| Samuel Gompers. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 1901.
SHORT SESSION HELD.
Federation of Labor Committees Have Not Yet Finished Their Work.
SCRANTON, Dec. 10.—The convention of the American Federation of Labor was in session only two hours yesterday, adjournment being then taken until today in order to enable the several committees to consider the large number of resolutions still in their hands. There was a lively discussion on the floor of the convention over the question of boycotting machine-made cigars. The matter came up in the form of a resolution presented by President Gompers, John C. Dernel and Thomas F. Tracey of the Cigarmakers' union and was referred to the committee on labels. It denounced a certain company for making cigars by child labor and machinery, and called upon the federation to assist in the unionizing of the various plants of the company. The committee reported the resolution back with the recommendation that the word "machinery" be stricken out and the resolution adopted. Then the cigarmakers opened their fight.
The discussion promised to be very lengthy but the moving of the previous question quickly ended the debate and the resolution with the word "machinery" stricken out, was adopted as recommended.
The committee on labels and the committee on resolutions reported a number of resolutions which were adopted in every instance where the committees brought in a favorable recommendation.
The metal trades federation after a series of meetings finally organized yesterday by electing officers. The following officers were elected: President E. J. Lynch, New York, national president of the metal polishers; Vice President Robert Kerr, Moline, Ills., national president of the blacksmiths; Secretary-Treasurer John O'Leary, Worcester, Mass., president of the coremakers.
The executive committee will be composed of the above officers and all the national presidents of the other trades allied with the metal federation. The personnel of this committee has not yet been entirely made up. Those who have been elected are: L. R. Thomas of the patternmakers: James O'Connell, Washington, D. C., of the machinists; John Tierney, Detroit, of the stove molders: John Mulholland, Toledo, of the allied mechanics; President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor, who will represent the crafts that have no national organization but which are affiliated with the American Federation of Labor.
The object of the organization is to have an association that can deal directly with the manufacturers.
President Gompers and several members of the executive council addressed a mass-meeting at Wilkes-Barre last night.
RIOTS GROW SERIOUS.
Revolvers Freely Used By Scranton Strikers.
PISTOL DUEL WITH OFFICERS.
Detective and Deputy Pummeled For Trying to Serve a Warrant and in Their Retreat Shots Were Fired on Both Sides—Three Persons Wounded.
SCRANTON, Pa., Dec. 10—The most serious of many riots that have taken place here in connection with the street car strike occurred here this afternoon.
Special Officer Frank Schofield, accompanied by Detective Cosgrove, who had his head cut in Sunday night's riot, went to the scene of the Sunday riot to apprehend any one the detective might be able to identify.
They attempted to arrest a man in a saloon and no sooner was the warrant exposed than a crowd of miners attacked them with drills, clubs, and bottles and put them to flight.
As they were retreating backwards down the sidewalk protecting themselves with drawn revolvers, someone in the mob fired two shots.
At this time the officers and a non-union motorman who accompanied them began to shoot into the crowd and after emptying all the chambers of their revolvers, beat a retreat. As they fled the mob kept up a steady fire from places of concealment.
Three of the mob were shot but their wounds are not serious. None of the company were hit.
Magistrate Miller says he will serve the warrant if he has to send the whole police force to back up his officer.
LAND TREATY SIGNED.
Nicaragua Gives Perpetual Lease of Territory Needed for the Isthmian Canal.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Dec. 10.—Dr. Fernado Sanchez, Nicaraguan minister of foreign affairs, and William L. Merry, United States minister to Nicaragua, Salvador and Costa Rica, yesterday signed a treaty by which Nicaragua agrees perpetually to lease to the United States a section of Nicaraguan territory six miles wide, which includes the route of the Nicaraguan canal.
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| Johann Most. |
KING OF THE ISLAND.
Herr Most Discusses Senator Hoar's Plans for Anarchists.
NEW YORK, Dec. 10.—Herr Most, the notorious anarchist, declares that Senator Hoar's plan to maroon the anarchists of the world on some desert island in the Pacific is all nonsense.
Herr Most was found in a dingy beer shop on Gold-st. late last night surrounded by a few choice spirits and by beer mugs, empty and full.
"Senator Hoar's plan is not at all possible," said Most. "The fact is that no one would be sent except those who are well-known anarchists and they are only the few among the many. I would be the first one sent and I suppose they would make me king of the island."
Most said that ten years ago he broached the scheme to have the Powers designate some place where anarchists would be permitted to carry out their ideas without fear or interruption. "The idea was not well thought of," continued the anarchist, "because they would see how successful anarchism would be and the cause would grow."
Most said that an island large enough for 100,000 people would be necessary to carry out Senator Hoar's plan. It would be necessary to see that the anarchists, for a time, be provided with all necessities.
Herr Most, notwithstanding the fact that he recently came near being sent to jail for publishing alleged seditious articles, still maintains that anarchism is the true state.
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| Emma Goldman. |
ANARCHY MEANS I.
Emma Goldman Says It is Constantly Changing its Characteristics.
NEW YORK, Dec. 10.—Emma Goldman presided last night at a meeting of anarchists in Civic hall. The program for the evening was a lecture on "Anarchism and Communism" by a young man named R. Grossman, who spoke in broken English and was severely criticized.
Emma Goldman was the most severe of all Grossman's critics. "I do not like his use of the word 'we' in talking of anarchists," she said bitterly. "Anarchy, like everything else, is changing. We have been dragged along by the nose long enough. Anarchy means 'I.' It is dangerous to say 'we' for if any irresponsible person commits what others call a crime others are then held responsible. In anarchy now every individual must be responsible to himself or herself for his or her acts."
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIALS.
Our Intervention In Colombia.
With the right of the Colombians to rise in arms against their government, whether they have or have not been instigated thereto by Venezuelan intrigue, and with the correlative right of the Colombian government to suppress insurrection, the government of The United States has no right or disposition to interfere. We have, however, treaty obligations to maintain on the isthmus of Panama which account for the landing of marines on both shores of the narrow strip of country which separates the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
By treaty agreement we not only have the right, but are charged with the obligation, to protect from interruption the traffic and transportation across the isthmus by the Panama railroad. It is provided in article 35 of the treaty of 1846 with New Granada that ''the United States guarantee positively and efficaciously to New Granada by the present stipulation a perfect neutrality of the before mentioned isthmus with the view that the free transit from the one to the other sea may not be interrupted or embarrassed in any future time while this treaty exists."
The treaty made with New Granada holds with Colombia, the latter being the successor of the former. No change of government would release us from this obligation, and therefore it is not material to us which of the contending factions ultimately wins, so long as Colombia's territorial integrity is maintained.
The task is, however, a delicate one. It is a case for the exercise of tact and common sense as well as vigor within the narrow line prescribed by the treaty. Our business there is to prevent the interruption of the traffic of the Panama road, but in so doing it may be necessary to interfere with the plan of campaign of either one or both of the combatants. For instance, should we forbid either of the parties to the present struggle to bombard a town through which the railroad passes or in which it has a terminus. Inasmuch as bombardment or siege would pretty effectually interrupt railway traffic, our justification would seem to lie in the spirit and letter of the treaty. Yet in such case our interference would put a serious obstacle in the way of one or the other of the commanders and might determine the success or failure of the revolt. But this cannot deter us from fulfilling the obligations of our guaranty. The government and the rebels must take their own chances on that score.
◘ Mayor-Elect Low of New York is learning that a considerable percentage of the citizenship of that town is ready to sacrifice itself on the altar of salaried public service.
◘ It is announced that New York office-seekers can meet the mayor-elect only by appointment. Well, appointment is what they are after, isn't it?
A COMMUNICATION.
Cincinnatus Hopes for Better Train Arrangements on the E. & C. N. Y. R. R.
To the Editor of the Standard:
SIR—I have carefully noted the announcement in The Standard of the change of time on the E. & C. N. Y. railroad and beg the opportunity of publicly expressing disapproval of the proposed change in the behalf of the traveling patrons of the road from eastern Cortland and western Chenango counties, as well as many other persons who live elsewhere.
The management should bear in mind that a great many of our people often have occasion to travel farther than Cortland. Even under the present arrangement it is impossible to leave Cincinnatus in the morning, do business in Syracuse, and return the same day; and if a person happens to want to reach Cincinnatus from Syracuse or any other northern point he must leave Syracuse as early as noon in order to get here by night.
It seems as though we ought to be entitled to a train here from Cortland before some time after noon, as inevitably will be the case under the proposed scheme. If a Cortland man wants to do business in Taylor, Pitcher, South Otselic, German or Willet, and return the same day he will be given but a little over two hours, as I understand the last train westward from here will leave at 2:30 P. M. Otherwise he must spoil two days in covering a comparatively short distance. Give us an early morning train into this place and a late afternoon train outward, Mr. Manager, and you will avoid seriously inconveniencing no small portion of the roads patrons both resident and transient, who believe in "the greatest good to the greatest number."
Very truly yours,
A FREQUENT PATRON, Cincinnatus, N. Y., Dec. 7, 1901.
ADVANCE IN PRICE OF MILK.
Six Cents Per Quart on Account of the High Price of Feed.
The retail milk dealers of Cortland have decided upon an advance in the price of milk which takes effect today. From this time until further notice the price of milk in Cortland will be 6 cents per quart. This action has been deemed necessary by the dealers on account of the unusually high price of feed and the advance in price of milk at the shipping stations.
Memorial Baptist Church.
All the services were well attended Sunday and the large congregations at both morning and evening services were well repaid by hearing two excellent sermons by the pastor. The morning text was Gen. xxii, 7—''Behold the fire and the wood; but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?" The evening text was Josh. ii, 21—"And she bound the scarlet line in the window."
Sunday-school convened at the usual noon hour and all spent a profitable hour in the study of the interesting lesson. The intermediates met at 4 o'clock led by the pastor.
The Y. P. S. C. E. met at 6 o'clock led by Miss Cassie Allen.
A cottage prayer meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Allen, 4 Yates Place, Tuesday at 7:30 P. M. All are cordially invited.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary circle will meet at the home of Mrs. J. V. Chatterton, 43 Owego-st., Wednesday at 2:30 P . M. All ladies are cordially invited.
The regular weekly prayer meeting [is] Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Everybody cordially invited.
Daughters of American Revolution.
The regular meeting of the Tioughnioga chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution was held yesterday afternoon with Miss Frances Gould on Church-st. The following program was given:
Roll Call—Name of Some Governor of New York state.
Old McGrawville—Mrs. A. P. McGraw.
Poem—The Composite American, Mrs. Geo. P. Hollenbeck.
Reading—Patriotism In the Nursery, Mrs. J. D. Sherwood.
The next meeting will be held with Mrs. Alden M. Jewett, 15 Monroe Heights, Jan. 13 at 3:30 P. M.
Bought a New Residence.
T. E. Dye, proprietor of Dye's cold storage, 113 Elm-st., has purchased of H. F. Bingham the house and lot at 20 North Church-st., and will take possession of the same on Jan. 1, 1902. Mr. Dye and family will occupy the place as their residence. The consideration was $5,500.
The Order of Elks.
A preliminary meeting of the charter members of the new order of Elks, which is to be established in Cortland, was held at the Orris Hose company's parlors last evening. District Deputy Charles M. Bedell of Syracuse was present and addressed the thirty proposed members.
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| American Baseball Lithograph. |
POOR BASEBALL PROSPECT.
Last Year's Team Not Supported and Probably Wouldn't be Again.
The formation of the New York State league baseball circuit is already being discussed by the league magnates. Syracuse will undoubtedly be included in the list in the season of 1902, as will also Scranton, Pa. Waverly and Ilion will be counted out, and a strong plea is coming to Cortland from President Farrell and the managers of State league teams, attempting to induce the Wagon city to join the league again, and with Syracuse, Binghamton and Scranton help form the western division of the circuit. This, the baseball men say, would make a model combination in every respect.
The eastern, division is practically agreed upon, and will be made up of Albany, Troy, Schenectady and Utica,
So far as is learned, nothing has as yet been done in Cortland to secure a State league team for the coming season, and it is very doubtful if anything will be done in this respect. The people failed to support a league team last season and thereby gave evidence that they had tired of professional baseball. An independent team, however, is being talked of by baseball men, and it is thought that a team made up entirely of Cortland men would be well supported.
BREVITIES.
—Vesta lodge, No. 285, I. O. O. F., will hold a dancing party at the lodge rooms next Saturday evening.
—The Fortnightly club will meet tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock with Miss Harriet Allen at The Kremlin [hotel].
—A regular meeting of the Royal Arcanum council will be held this evening at G. A. R. hall at 7:30 o'clock.
—The annual election of officers of Emerald Hose Co., No. 4, will be held at the company's parlors on the evening of Dec. 10.
—The case of The People vs. Norman Dorr Haskell is still on trial in county court and will probably not be completed today.
—There will be a meeting of primary Sunday-school workers at the First Baptist church parlors at 7 o'clock to-night to organize a primary union.
—A special car will leave the Messenger House tomorrow evening at 6 o'clock, directly following the regular car, for the accommodation of those who are to attend the tea and whist party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Carley in Homer.
—New display advertisements today are—C. F. Thompson, Coffee, page 5; M. W. Giles, Holiday gifts, page 7; Bosworth & Stillman, Shoes, page, 8; M. A. Case, Dry goods, page 6; Glann & Clark, Shoes, page 7; Bingham & Miller, Clothing, page 8.
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