Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, July 18, 1902.
STRIKE NOT PROBABLE.
Mr. Mitchell Advised Strongly Against It.
PLAN OF ASSESSMENT OUTLINED.
Long Debate In Which Majority Was Against a General Strike—Adjourned to Allow the Anthracite Miners to Determine Upon What They Wanted Convention to Do.
Indianapolis, July 18.—If the voice and influence of President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers shall prevail with members of his organization, there will be no general strike of the organization. The chances of such a step being taken now are very remote,
In his speech in the convention, Mr. Mitchell advised strongly against a strike and urged that the bituminous minors continue at work, and that a system of assessment upon the members of the order, which he outlined, be carried into effect as the best means of affording aid and support to the striking anthracite men in the east.
His recommendation, if it had been adopted by the convention, would have settled the entire question for which the convention was called and an immediate adjournment would have followed.
A motion to adopt the suggestions of President Mitchell provoked a long debate, in which the general sentiment was against the ordering of the strike. The men from the anthracite regions finally made a request that they be allowed to hold a caucus to determine upon an expression of opinion as to what they thought the convention should do, and asked an adjournment of the convention for this purpose. Their request was granted and the adjournment taken.
The men who were in favor of a strike were in a decided minority in the convention. Three speeches were made by members of the anthracite district asking that the soft coal men walk out, and twice as many were made by the anthracite men urging the soft coal men to continue work.
No Executive Session.
When the convention met in the afternoon a motion was made and carried that the convention go at once into executive session. John F. Reese of Iowa moved a reconsideration of the vote by which this action was taken, declaring that in view of the momentous issues depending upon the action of the convention, secret sessions were not desirable.
The speech of Mr. Reese carried the day, the vote was reconsidered and it was decided that the meetings of the convention would be open to the public.
President Mitchell then made his address, which was in part as follows:
"Gentlemen—In opening this convention I deem it my duty to make a few preliminary remarks and to suggest in a series of recommendations the policy which would, in my judgment, best protect the interests of the striking anthracite mine workers and preserve unimpaired the integrity of our entire organization.
"In determining the grave and important question which now confronts you—namely, the advisability of inaugurating a national suspension of coal mining in defense of our struggling fellow-workers in the anthracite field of Pennsylvania, it is imperative that you should weigh with the greatest possible care the momentous problem with which you have to deal; neither passion nor prejudice should influence your action in any particular, and I sincerely trust that your decision, whatever it may be, shall carry hope and inspiration to that great army of men, women and children in the anthracite fields, who are watching and praying in expectation that this assembly will devise some measure which shall prove sufficient to enable them to obtain living wages and humane, American conditions of employment. Personally I wish to impress upon you a realization of the fact that their success will be yours, and their defeat will be yours.
Against Sympathetic Strikes.
"I have been so closely associated with the struggles of the anthracite mine workers, have taken such part in their success and failures, and have felt so keenly their joys and sorrows, that it grieves me more than language can express to say that my views are not in accord with the views expressed by some in favor of a national suspension of coal mining; but much as I cherish the esteem and confidence and friendship of my craftsmen, who have honored me so signally, I can not and will not forfeit my right to that esteem, confidence and friendship by subordinating my personal conviction of the right and advocating a policy which would in the end bring disaster and dishonor upon the organization over whose destiny it is my privilege to preside.
"Sympathetic strikes have many adherents and the efficacy of such methods appeals strongly to those who being directly involved in trouble do not always recognize the effect of their action upon the public mind; but the past history of the labor movements teaches lessons that should not be forgotten today. As far as my knowledge goes, I do not know of one solitary sympathetic strike of any magnitude which has been successful; on the contrary the most conspicuous among the sympathetic labor struggles have resulted in ignominious and crushing defeat.
"If the convention acts wisely, and legislates judiciously, I feel confident that public sentiment will be so concentrated against the arrogant and unreasonable attitude of the anthracite coal operators that they will be forced to yield and make a settlement with their employes which shall insure living wages and fair conditions of employment and establish a basis for future adjustment of wage questions that shall render strikes with their attendant sufferings and losses unnecessary.
"I am firm in my conviction that the strike in the anthracite fields can and will be won without repudiating our solemn contracts with the bituminous operators, provided the bituminous miners will rise to the occasion and do their full duty by their struggling fellow workers, and with this in mind I desire to submit for your consideration the following specific recommendations:
"1. That the national secretary-treasurer be authorized and directed to immediately appropriate $50,000 from the funds in the national treasury and place it at the disposal of the officers of districts 1, 7 and 9.
"2. That all districts, sub-districts and local unions be appealed to to donate from the surplus in their treasuries as large amounts as they can afford.
"3. That an assessment of not less than $1 per week be levied upon all members of local unions, the amount so levied to be collected at the earliest possible moment and forwarded to the national secretary-treasurer.
"4. That an assessment of 25 per cent be levied upon all national, district and sub-district officers whose salaries amount to $60 a month or more.
"5. That an appeal be made to all American trade unions and to the general public for financial assistance to carry the strike through to a successful issue.
"6. That a committee be selected from this convention to draft an address to the American people setting forth in proper form the policy of the miners organization and appealing to the people to bring all possible pressure to bear upon the officers and stockholders of the anthracite coal carrying railroads to compel them to treat considerately the appeals of their employes for arbitration.
"Firm in my conviction that the adoption of these recommendations and concurrence in this policy will insure success and conserve the best interests and the welfare of our organization, I submit them to you and bespeak for them your earnest consideration with the sincere hope that whatever policy you decide upon the honor and integrity of our organization will be preserved."
The speech was greeted with great applause from both anthracite and bituminous miners.
President Ryan of the Illinois miners at once offered a motion, which was promptly seconded, that the recommendations be adopted. The question was being put when a delegate rose to ask for information and then arose a debate, which continued until the convention adjourned to 10 o'clock this morning.
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| USS Maine BB-10. |
THE NEW MAINE.
The Most Satisfactory War Vessel the Cramps have Built.
Philadelphia, July 18.—The new battleship Maine has broken all speed records for ships of her class and is a success. She was brought to anchor last night off League Island with the figures "18.29" painted on her stacks. But this record, while official, only feebly tells what the great vessel really did for during a run that lasted 1 hour and 30 minutes she covered 30 sea miles, or in other words, speeded at the rate of 18.8 knots an hour.
The contract for the Maine requires that she make 18 knots, with her engines revolving 126 times every 60 seconds. During her run she kept up a speed of 18.97 knots for fully 25 minutes under 127 revolutions.
According to Edwin Cramp and government officers abroad, the Maine is perhaps the most thoroughly satisfactory of any war vessel ever turned out by the Cramp firm.
A NEW INDUSTRY.
A New Company formed in Cortland to Manufacture Manure Spreaders.
BOUGHT A PLANT ON ELM STREET.
Capitalized at $50,000—Local Men Take Stock—Will Employ from 100 to 200 Men and Turn out from 15 to 20 Machines each day—List of Directors and Officers.
Cortland is to have another large manufacturing industry added to her already long list. The organization of what is to be known as the Cortland Implement company was perfected last night and incorporation papers were sent to Albany this morning by Dickinson & Duffey, the attorneys for the new company, to be filed with the secretary of state. The new concern will manufacture the "Advance" manure, lime and fertilizer distributor.
The Stockholders.
The company is capitalized at $50,000, and the stockholders are Messrs. Samuel N. Holden, G. Henry Garrison, Frank J. Peck and N. Jay Peck of Cortland, Edwin M. Stanton of DeRuyter, Charles Johnson of Auburn and Oren C. Rowley and Charles Frank of Newark Valley.
The New Plant and Output.
This morning the new company purchased of the Cortland Savings bank the plant on the south side of Elm-st., just east of the Lehigh Valley tracks for its use. Work will be commenced next Monday morning in clearing this out and placing new machinery in the building for use in the manufacture of the implements. Work will be started as soon as stock can be secured to work upon. The company expects to start with about 100 men, and to increase the force to 200 as the business becomes established. The daily output of machines is placed at from fifteen to twenty. About forty or fifty experienced men will come to Cortland to engage in the work of the new enterprise.
Some of the New Men.
Charles Johnson, now of the J. S. Kemp Manure Spreader Co. of Newark Valley, who is one of the stockholders of the new company, will be the general superintendent. Mr. Johnson is a mechanic of many years' experience and is one of the patentees of the distributor that is to be made here. He was for fourteen years the general superintendent of the Howe Scales Manufacturing Co. of Rutland, Vt., and was also with the A. W. Stevens & Son Co. of Auburn, builders of portable engines, boilers, etc. He also perfected and secured a patent on a center tuyere cupola that is now used in some of the largest manufacturing plants in the United States. He will move his family to Cortland next week, having already secured the house at 68 Railroad-st. His family is now in Auburn.
O. C. Rowley is another man from the Newark Valley concern. He is one of the patentees of the new distributor and will be the assistant superintendent. He, too, has had a great deal of experience in manufacturing these implements.
Charles Frank, one of the stockholders and directors, is one of the prime movers in getting the industry for Cortland. He, too, has been connected with the Newark Valley plant, but he saw in Cortland a chance to do a much larger business and this, with the fact that the gentlemen from Newark Valley believe that they have a much better machine to offer than that which is being made at Newark Valley, induces them to come to Cortland. Mr. Frank will be the traveling representative of the company.
The plant that has been purchased by the new concern is well located for shipping the goods by rail. The Lehigh Valley R. R. has a switch at the door and Lackawanna cars can be loaded on the Traction company's line and switched over to the Lackawanna. The building is now equipped with an engine and boilers. New and improved machinery will be put in at once. The factory will be opened as soon as the necessary machinery can be secured, and set in place and the stock for the distributors arrives.
Directors and Officers.
At the meeting last night the following directors for one year were elected:
Messrs. Samuel N. Holden, G. Henry Garrison, N. Jay Peck, Frank J. Peck, Edwin M. Stanton, Charles Johnson, and Charles Frank. These officers were chosen:
President—N. Jay Peck.
Vice-President—Samuel N. Holden.
Secretary—Edwin M. Stanton.
Treasurer—G. Henry Garrison.
LIGHTNING GOT FRISKY.
Upset Mrs. Sherman's Chair and Threw Her Across the Room.
During the big shower at about 6:30 o'clock last night lightning struck the house on the Cooper farm on the Truxton road about a half mile outside of the city limits. The house is occupied by the family of G. G. Sherman who operates the farm. Mrs. Sherman was alone at home at the time with the exception of her two little children. She was sitting in a chair in about the center of the sittingroom and the outside door was closed. The children were several feet away from her, one of them having just slipped down from her lap. Suddenly there was a blinding flash of lightning accompanied by a terrific clap of thunder, and the room seemed full of fire. Mrs. Sherman's chair was upset and she was thrown six feet across the room. Fire balls seemed circling about the room in every direction. Mrs. Sherman did not lose consciousness, though she was considerably shocked and felt the effects of the electricity all night.
As soon as she could she tried to telephone to her husband whom she thought was probably at the milk station in this city whither he had gone with the milk and which place he hoped to reach before the shower came, but as she took down the receiver there was another flash of lightning. The wires were affected and she received a shock in her ear and the receiver fell from her hand. It was some time before she dared try it again or could get the central office.
Considerable paper was torn from the wall of the room in the house, but there is not a mark discernible on the exterior of the house or anything to where the lightning entered or left the house. No damage was done except to the paper.
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
Henhouse Shattered—Hen and Brood of Chickens Uninjured.
On Last Thursday evening, the henhouse of Geo. H. Trapp, McLean, was struck by lightning at two opposite corners and one adjoining face of the building. The discharge passed through the nestroom into the roost, tearing plaster, boards, windows and doors, as it went. The mystery is that a hen and her brood of seventy chickens were not harmed, although very near the danger and that only two hens were killed from the flock of 150 choice Leghorns. The building was not insured.
A Previous Divorce.
In reference to the item which appeared in The Standard of July 5 regarding the divorce obtained by Mrs. Ada S. Palmer of Cortland from William H. Palmer, formerly of Chenango Bridge, it should as a matter of justice be stated that Mr. Palmer, who has been a resident of Pennsylvania for about five years had, on Oct. 1, 1900, previously procured an absolute divorce from Mrs. Ada S. Palmer, under the laws of that state. Mrs. Palmer refused to contest this suit, and as she is a citizen of New York state, while Mr. Palmer is a citizen of Pennsylvania, this gave her the legal right to secure a later divorce in this state, on the ground of Mr. Palmer's marriage to Mrs. Jennie Fish Rockwell, which took place in the winter of 1901 after he had secured a divorce. The item as it originally appeared, seemed to cast undeserved reflections on Mr. Palmer's present wife and on himself, and this explanation is made for that reason.
Cortland House.
RUNAWAY ON MAIN-ST.
Mrs. Kilts Holds Persistently to Her Horse After Being Thrown Out.
A lively runaway was witnessed by a large number of people on Main-st. at 8 o'clock this morning. Mrs. M. Kilts, who lives near Blodgett Mills and who delivers milk at Filzinger's on North Main-st, was driving on Main-st. near Court-st. when her horse which was hitched to an open milk wagon took fright at an automobile. A breeching strap broke, letting the wagon, which contained milk cans and a basket of eggs, upon the horse's heels. This frightened the horse all the more and it broke into a run, going in the direction of the Cortland House.
By this time the automobile had started on to get out of the way of the horse. The animal then assumed an investigative turn and took after the horseless carriage. It followed the machine across the car tracks, and the driver was unable to slacken its speed. It caught up with the automobile, had a chance to look it over from behind and then turned out and passed it, apparently satisfied with its appearance. The wagon meanwhile was pushing hard on the horse's heels. When Filzinger's was reached the animal started to turn in the driveway, but the speed was too great, and it took the sidewalk in front instead. A can of Filzinger's choice cream stood out in front and this was upset very suddenly. A peanut warmer and a gum machine were next in the path and they were put out of the business. The basket of eggs was dumped out about this time and added its contents to the mixture.
When in front of the Burns hotel, the wagon struck the corner of the building and Mrs. Kilts, who was still holding fast to the reins, was thrown out over the dashboard. The horse freed itself from the shafts and started on. Mrs. Kilts still clung to the reins and was dragged several feet before she let go. Fortunately she was not hurt at all. The horse ran to Homer-ave. and was caught.
The wagon was slightly damaged, but the horse escaped without injury. It was a most fortunate ending for a runaway that had so many risks in it.
BREVITIES.
—The Cortland city band will give a concert at the park Saturday evening providing it does not rain.
—The Y. M. C. A. second baseball team was defeated yesterday afternoon by the Syracuse Herald team in a well played game. The score was 8 and 3.
—The Y. P. S. C. E. of the Presbyterian church will hold a business meeting and social this evening at the home of Miss Adelaide Duffy, Stewart Place.
—Word has been received from Cape May, N. J., that a member of the Cortland Science club is making original investigations in order to be able to distinguish between the star fish and the jelly fish.
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