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| John Mitchell. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Saturday, August 2, 1902.
"STRIKE WILL BE WON"
So Says John Mitchell In His Address to Miners.
MASS MEETING AT SCRANTON.
Questions the Statement That Strikers Are Getting Discouraged— Says the Miners Ordered the Strike and It Can Only Be Ended by Their Votes—Opposes Violence.
Scranton, Aug. 2.—The first of the series of strikers' massmeetings [sic], planned to take place at the various strike centers, was held yesterday in the Round Woods. There were 7,000 strikers present from all parts of the city and the adjoining towns, some locals having marched four miles to the meeting, headed by a band or drum corps and carrying flags and banners.
National President John Mitchell, District President T. D. Nicholls, District Vice President Adam Ryscavage, District Secretary John T. Dempsey, Organizer Mortini Memolo, and Sub-district President Theophilus Phillips delivered addresses.
The crowd enthusiastically cheered all the speakers and fairly went wild over Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell's speech was brief and dealt only with the live issues of the fight. He said in part:
"It has been said by some who are not your friends that the miners of the Scranton region are getting tired of the strike and are about to return to work. I come to find out if this is so. I want to know if you are going to return to work, dishonoring your organization and dishonoring yourselves. (Cries of "Never, never. No, don't you believe it," and the like.)
"I want to say the anthracite miners went on strike themselves. They themselves voted for the strike. It was not the officers of the United Mine Workers who called the strike. It will never end until you vote it ended.
"From the offices of the coal presidents in New York comes the declaration that the strike will be settled only in their own way of settling it. I would direct your attention to similar declarations made in the 1900 strike. The coal trust may be powerful and strong, but the American people whose hearts throb in sympathy with the miners' cause are stronger than the coal trust.
"I understand there is some dissatisfaction and misunderstanding about the distribution of the relief fund. The operators have sent men among you to urge you to be dissatisfied. Through the newspapers they have told you that you were dissatisfied. We have sent a circular to all the locals which will explain in detail the plans for distributing relief, and I trust when you hear it read there will be an end to dissatisfaction and misunderstanding. While we have not got millions, we have enough to see to it that no miner will starve during the continuance of the strike. (Loud cheers.)
"The one among you who violates the law is the worst enemy you have. No one is more pleased than the operators in New York to hear of disorder in the coal regions. I want our men to exercise their rights that inure to them under the laws, but I want no man to transgress the laws.
"The strike will be won. (Loud and long cheers.) I have no more doubt about it than I have that I am standing here addressing you.
"This is possibly the last time I ever will talk to you. I want you to listen to me. I want to impress on you the importance of winning this strike, if you win as you surely will win, there will be no more strikes, there will be a basis of adjustment arrived at which will prevent strikes.
"If you lose the strike the operators will make you pay for their strike losses by reducing your wages. And if you lose the strike, you lose your organization. I trust and hope and constantly pray you will stand as you did in 1900." (Cheers and cries of "we will.")
Andrew Carnegie.
Carnegie Library at Syracuse.
Syracuse, Aug. 2.—With brief ceremonies the corner stone was laid yesterday of the building for which Andrew Carnegie gave the city of Syracuse $200,000, the building to be used for the public library of the city. Owing to the crowding of the site with material the public was not generally permitted to watch the ceremony, which was directed by Mayor Jay B. Kline. Mr. Carnegie was unable to be present but he has signified his intention of attending the services to be held in dedication of the building when it is completed. This will not be before another year. The corner stone was laid by the mayor, he spreading the cement and the workmen settling the stone into place.
TEXAS OUT DONE.
Manitoba Has a Great Oil Gusher With Untold Possibilities.
Helena, Mont., Aug. 2.—An oil gusher, the first in many tests being drilled in Flat River valley, just over the line in Manitoba, was encountered Thursday at a depth of 400 feet and is throwing up 300 barrels of oil a day. The oil surpasses that of Texas. Just south of the discovery on the Montana side, a dozen more wells are being sunk in a similar formation, where it is expected equally as good oil would be found. As much of this oil is found on government land, a rush to this locality is anticipated within a few weeks.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.
Judge Tuley's Antistrike Plan.
Judge Murray Tuley, president of the Illinois State Bar association, in a recent address before that body suggests a plan for the settlement of industrial disputes which in view of the prominence of its author is at least worthy of consideration. It is briefly outlined in those words:
All corporations in all cases of industrial disputes shall submit the same to the state board of arbitration, the other party consenting thereto, or to such other arbitration as shall be or shall have been agreed upon between the parties under penalty of the forfeiture of their charters for refusing so to do.
Judge Tuley declares that he is not a believer in compulsory arbitration between individuals, but in compulsory arbitration between corporations. He would compel labor unions to become incorporated and thus be punishable by the forfeiture of their charters in the event of a refusal to submit a disagreement to arbitration.
Corporations, whether of labor or capital, are creatures of the state and according to Judge Tuley's view, could be compelled by the processes of law to submit their differences to arbitration and be made to abide by the findings. There is no question as to the right of a commonwealth to require of all corporations hereafter organized submission to the arbitration of disputes with employees, though it may be open to argument whether corporations already in existence could be compelled to do this. Then, too, there may be a question as to whether labor organizations could be forced to become incorporated if they did not elect to do so. However, those are questions for the courts to decide.
The interest of the public, which is very materially affected by great strikes and lockouts, is in industrial peace and harmony, and the public has a right to insist that this interest be conserved. If the obligation to the public both of organized labor and corporate capital is not acknowledged voluntarily in such cases, the time must come when it will be acknowledged under legal pressure.
PHYSICIANS' LEAGUE
Discusses Delinquents and Elects Officers for Next Year.
The annual meeting of the Physicians' Protective league of Cortland county was held atr4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the supervisors' rooms, and these officers were elected:
President—Dr. F. W. Higgins, Cortland.
Vice-President—Dr. L. W. Potter, Homer.
Secretary—Dr. P. T. Carpener, Cortland.
Treasurer—Dr. H. P. Johnson, Cortland.
Executive Committee—Dr. H. T. Dana and Dr. E. M. Santee, Cortland, and Dr. D. E. Ensign, McGraw.
The reports of the committees were very satisfactory to the members. Over $500 was collected from so-called delinquents during the past year. A large number of names were taken from the list, as these were reported as having paid up. Several new names were reported by members. The executive committee was authorized to secure the services of a collector for the league.
ANXIOUS TO GET HOME.
Grocery Horse Made a Great Slide at the Final.
A delivery horse belonging to E. M. Mansur got the better of its driver, Delano Bennett, at the upper end of Groton-ave., Cortland, early this morning and made a dash for the store. At the corner of Groton and Homer-aves. Bennett was thrown out. The horse came down Lincoln-ave. to the Corner grocery store, but its speed kept it from making a graceful stop. It slipped across the Main-st. pavement and landed in a heap against a tree on the east side. There was no damage except to the thills of the wagon.
A RACING OSTRlCH
To be Exhibited at the Cortland County Fair.
Perhaps the greatest spectacular attraction ever presented at a fair in this section of the country will be Oliver W., the racing ostrich, which will be at the Cortland County fair, Aug. 26, 27, 28 and 29. This huge bird draws a wagon and races a running horse. The event is full of the most astonishing and pleasing surprises. The plumed racer itself, the harness, the driver and the way the bird is managed will be things in reference to the fair that will be of great moment and much speculation. The racer is owned in Jacksonville, Fla.
INSPECTING THE ROAD.
President Frank Battles of the Traction Company.
President Frank Battles of the Cortland County Traction Co. arrived in Cortland this morning from his home in Philadelphia to take a look over the road and see what the floods had been up to. After a trip to McGraw he was fully convinced that there had been something doing in this vicinity and so was the civil engineer whom he brought with him to assist in forming a decision as to what is best to be done in the way of making repairs and in fixing up Crazy brook in such a way as to take some of the wheels out its head or to confine it so that it may make less trouble in the future. With General Manager Duffey they have been studying the situation today, though no decision as to procedure has yet been made public.
Cortland Normal School.
PASSED THE EXAMINATIONS.
List of Intermediate Pupils Eligible for Normal Department.
The report of the June examination for Normal entrance has just been received from the department of public instruction where the examination papers are sent for review, and shows that the following pupils of the intermediate department of the Normal school have passed the required examinations for entrance to the Normal department this year: Grace Allen, Mrytie Allen, Mae Beaudry, Iva Bentley, Emma Bowen, Leon Brainard, Herman Baldwin, Louis Bull, Floyd Briggs, Florence Briggs, Flosie Ballou, Harry Cashion, Agnes Dowd, Marie Dowd, Carroll Glover, William Gray, Frank Grant, Julia Hopkins, Laura Hitchcock, Edward Hart, Ward Jones, Edna Mourin, Florence Murray, Floyd Mott, Jennie Melvin, Edmund O'Neil, Bernard O'Neil, Luella Park, Caroline Peet, Floyd Relyea, Mae Riley, Anna Saunders, Anna Schermerhorn, Frank Stevens, Francis Sullivan, Ruth Tyler, Daisy Watkins, Wilber Galusha.
BOARD OF HEALTH
Will Take Strenuous Action to Compell Cleaning Up.
The health board discussed the advisability of enforcing the ordinance in relation to fines that are imposed for non-compliance with the health laws at the regular meeting last night. All the members were present, and the commissioners gave their views of the matter without reserve.
It is the idea of the board as a whole that the several offenders against the ordinance to clean up within a specified time from the date of such notice should be prosecuted, and the question was raised as to why the city attorney had not gone on with the prosecution of them as directed by the board. Mayor Brown said he would see the city attorney and have him present the charges to the common council and bring actions against the parties at once. Several more cases, where fines should be imposed, were reported by Health Officer Carpenter, and a resolution was passed for the purpose of including these with the others.
Commissioner Bliss was of the impression that the board might as well hang up its fiddle if the fines are not imposed. He said that the board had been resolving to do things right for nearly two years, and that the work did not seem to amount to much. He said that every one who had violated the ordinance should be prosecuted, and each of the other members hastened to get in his "amen." The health officer said he had quit lying to those whose premises the city cleans by telling them that a fine would be imposed, as he had done in the start.
Mayor Brown said he was sure the common council would give permission to bring suits to recover the fines if the matter were presented to that body. It is quite evident that there will be something doing along these lines in the near future.
The following bills were allowed and passed to the common council:
W. H. Wiles, labor, $20.
Daniel Herlihy, labor, $6.
Williamson Law Book Co., transit permits, $1.50.
McKinney & Doubleday, record book, $12.
Dr. E. M. Santee extended an invitation to the other members of the board to be his guests at his cottage at Little York next Wednesday evening. The commissioners visited Dr. Santee at the lake a year ago, and memories of the pleasant occasion caused them all to give a simultaneous second to the motion to accept the invitation. The mayor partially promised to take a ride in the doctor's yacht, while the host-to-be promised for Mr. Bliss' benefit that he would have Triłby, the big Newfoundland, chained up.
BREVITIES.
—The regular meeting of the hospital board will be held Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the hospital.
—New display advertisements today are—J. W. Cudworth, Optical Talks, page 7; Glann & Clark, Shoes and oxfords, page 7.
—The union service tomorrow evening will be in the First M. E. church, the sermon being preached by the pastor, Rev. Dr. David Keppel.
—The Welsh singers from Edwardsville, Pa., will sing at the union service at the First M. E. church tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock.
—Mr. A, E. Darby of the Conservatory of Music has just moved into his new house, 65 Groton-ave., which he has recently purchased of S. S, Stearns.
—It is stated that the Lehigh Valley railroad is about to extend its Seneca Falls branch already built to that place from Geneva on east to Syracuse, and that options for the right of way have already been secured,
—All subscribers of The Standard whose mail has just been changed to a rural delivery route from any postoffice are requested to notify The Standard at once, giving both the former address and the new delivery route, so that proper changes may be made in the mailing lists and papers may reach subscribers on time. All subscribers whose mail will be changed to a free delivery route on Sept. 1 are requested to notify us before that date giving present address and the new address so that there may be no failure in getting the papers to subscribers.
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