Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, September 26, 1902.
KILLED BY STRIKERS.
Non-Union Miner Clubbed to Death.
HIS SON-IN-LAW BADLY INJURED.
Affair Occurred Almost Within Sight of Regiment's Camp—Colored Woman Defended a Non-Union Man and Peppered Mob With Birdshot—Soldiers Kept Moving.
Scranton, Sept. 26.—James Winston, aged 48 years, was killed and his son in-law, I. J. Lewis, was severely injured by a gang of Hungarian strikers, who waylaid them on their way to work at Grassy Island colliery of the Delaware and Hudson company yesterday.
The affair took place half a mile from and almost within sight of the camp of the 13th regiment at Olyphant. Lewis got away but Winston had his skull crushed with a club and fell unconscious.
While he lay prostrate and dying the crowd jumped on him, kicked him in the face and beat him with clubs. After dancing about their victim, clapping their hands and singing, the crowd left him.
Winston was carried home by William Doyle, a non-union man, and Mrs. Doyle, who witnessed the murder.
Harry Simrock, Tom Priston and Harry Shubah, the three men who are alleged to have committed the actual crime, have fled.
Mrs. George Marshall, colored, wife of the proprietor of a hotel at Jessup, armed with a shotgun, safely escorted a hunted non-union man through a crowd of 100 strikers from the hotel to the Sterrick Creek colliery stockade late at night. When the crowd began to avenge itself by bombarding the hotel, Mrs. Marshall fired on the nearest group and peppered a dozen men with birdshot. This scattered the mob.
A company from the 13th regiment, was called to disperse a crowd which was tearing up tracks at the Pancoast colliery in Throop.
Last evening a crowd of strikers threw stones at non-union men who were being escorted home from work in Forest City. The soldiers loaded their guns and the commander said he would give word to fire if another stone was thrown. The crowd melted away.
AMERICAN GUNNERS.
Sent to Panama by Colombian Minister at Washington.
Panama, Sept. 26.—The government entertains great hopes of the new cruiser Bogota, recently acquired by it in the United States and expected here shortly. It is believed that when the Bogota begins operations the revolutionists will lose their prestige at sea, which government officials declare to have been their greatest strength.
The American gunners sent down here for service on government gunboats by the Colombian minister in Washington, Senor Concha, made an examination of the gunboats Chucuito and Clapet, each of which is armed with two six-pounders.
These boats are thought to be faster than those in possession of the revolutionists and the hope is entertained that the government fleet will defeat the insurgents at sea.
The success of the government in its contemplated naval engagements depends on the Bogota, which is commanded by Captain Marmaduke, an American, and manned by an American crew. If the Bogota sinks the Padilla, the revolution it is believed will be ended.
More Marines For Colon.
Washington, Sept. 26.—Secretary Moody was more fully advised of the situation on the isthmus by another and a longer cablegram from Commander McLean at Colon.
After the receipt of this dispatch it was announced that the Prairie had been ordered to leave the Boston navy yard today, going thence to League island to take on a party of enlisted men and then proceeding to Norfolk, where she will be ready to start at any moment with the marines assembled there for Colon.
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| Governor William A. Stone. |
A POPULIST MANIFESTO.
Governor Stone Called Upon to Take Possession of the Mines.
Erie, Pa., Sept. 26.—Theodore P. Rynder of this city, state chairman of the People's party, and candidate for secretary of internal affairs on that ticket, yesterday issued the following appeal to Governor Stone after a consultation of the state officials of the People's party movement:
To William A. Stone, Governor of Pennsylvania:
Sir—You have the executive power, and in justice to the peace of the commonwealth, the prosperity, health and happiness of the people, you should at once take military possession of the anthracite mines and set them at work, giving the miners the wages and conditions which they proposed and the coal combine refused to arbitrate. The coal combine gets its power from the state of Pennsylvania. To that sovereign power it is amenable. You are now preserving the peace by the military power of the state. You can start the mines into needed production by the same power. President Roosevelt has said: "It is up to the state of Pennsylvania," and in this great emergency you represent the power of the state.
I pray you to exercise your executive power for the public weal, and for justice, and the people of the whole country will do you honor.
(Signed) Theodore P. Rynder, State Chairman, People's party of Pennsylvania.
PAGE FOUR—BRIEF EDITORIALS.
Anthracite coal can now be had in New York at prices ranging from $11.50 to $20 a ton. Dealers get any price they ask and are guided in their demands by policy. Some favored customers obtain coal at $6 a ton; others are glad to pay whatever may be demanded. In the poorer districts it is being doled out by the basketful at 1 cent a pound, or $20 a ton. Egg, chestnut and stove are the sizes in which there is the greatest scarcity. The importation of Welsh coal does not affect the price. Last week a cargo of 4,000 tons from Swansea arrived and 12,000 tons more are expected within a short time. This coal has already been brought up and in no way relieves the present stringency.
Horace White of Syracuse has been nominated by the Republicans for his fourth term as state senator from Onondaga county. A nomination is the equivalent of an election in this instance.
PORE LIL MOSE IN A BOOK.
Outcault's Clever Juvenile Series as it Appeared in the New York Herald.
Pore Lil Mose, the funny colored boy, whose frolics with the Mouse Houn' Billy Bear, the Cat and the Monkey, have for a year or more delighted the young and old readers of the New York Herald now appears in book form ready for Holiday shoppers. The rhymes in the forms of letters by Pore Lil Mose to his mammy in Cottonville, describing the adventures he and his animal friends have had in New York, are full of the wholesome sort of fun that is good for children to find in books. R. F. Outcault, the author, is one of the most clever artists on the New York Herald's staff. His Yaller Kid which appeared some years ago, made a hit; and his Buster Brown now running in The Herald is a favorite with the children.
The book is handsomely bound in lithographed board covers and contains thirty-six color plates and a special introduction by the author. The size is 10 3/4 by 15 inches.
Published by Pore Lil Mose Publishing Co., World building, New York. Price, 50 cents.
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| Nathan Lewis Miller. |
COMPTROLLER MILLER
To be Greeted by Friends on His Return Tonight.
RECEPTION AT CORTLAND HOUSE.
Delegation from all Over the County to be Present—Music by Cortland City Band and Hitchcock Drum Corps—All Invited to Join in the Greeting.
Not only will the people of this city turn out in large numbers to give Comptroller N. L. Miller a right royal reception this evening, but there will also be large delegations here from other places in the county to join the ranks. Homer will send down two or more car loads; McGraw will be represented by a large delegation; while many from more distant places in the county will be on hand to give Mr. Miller a cordial reception and to show appreciation of the recognition the county has received at the hands of the state convention in placing a Cortland man upon the state ticket.
The Hitchcock drum corps will assist the Cortland city band in furnishing music.
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| Judge Rowland Davis. |
HE HAD THE MONEY
And Produced it When the Judge Fixed the Sum.
A man with his left arm in a sling was arrested by Officer Bowker last night, charged with public intoxication. He gave his name to the officer as that of Dannie Coogan, well known here as a baseball player and formerly a member of the Cortland [State League] ball team.
This morning when arraigned in city court he claimed that his name was not Coogan, but was William Conroy, who also was a former Cortland ball player. He said he came to Cortland from Ithaca and that he had $1.90 in money. He claimed that he came to Cortland to get some legal papers discharged, but he was unable to show the papers. He was given ten days in county jail.
"Can't you give me a fine in place of the days?'' asked the assumed ball player.
"Yes, $10 or ten days," said Judge Davis.
The hand that was free went deep down into the pocket of a grimy pair of old breeches, and when it came to the surface again it clutched a big roll of bills that had the appearance of containing several hundred dollars. A bright and crisp $20 bill was taken off the top of these and thrown down on the desk, and the man walked out with his shoulders thrown back and with a look of satisfaction in his countenance in that he had discharged his indebtedness.
Frank Owen, who was released from the county jail last Wednesday after serving thirty days, was sent to jail again this morning for fifty-nine days. He was arrested by Officer Townsend for public intoxication.
Y. M. C. A. PROGRAM
For Work Religious and Otherwise for the Coming Year.
NOTED SPEAKERS TO ASSIST.
Sunday Meetings to be Held at the Opera House—First Service on Oct. 5—Two Bible Classes Organized—A Bible Class for Boys in Connection With Gymnasium.
Secretary F. B. Tibbitts of the Y. M. C. A. is planning to begin the regular Sunday afternoon meetings of the association on Oct. 5. The meetings will be held this year in the [Cortland] Opera House, and great care is being exercised in securing good speakers for these Sunday afternoon services.
The speaker for the first meeting, Oct. 5, is Judge W. N. Ashman of Philadelphia, Pa. Dates for October and November are now filled. Some of the other noted speakers that are soon coming to Cortland under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. are Dr. Josiah Strong of New York, Dr. Pattison of Rochester, C. F. Merriman of Schenectady, Commander Richard Pearson Hobson of the United States navy, Todd B. Holl of Baltimore, Md., and Hon. Walter N. Chandler of New York.
During the week of Nov. 23 to 29, Evangelist David R. Perry of Woodhaven, L. I., will conduct special services. These will begin Sunday afternoon in the Opera House and continue on Sunday evening and each week day evening of the week.
Two Bible classes have been organized. one the workers' training class, and the other a general class. These will be held each Wednesday evening, beginning either Oct. 1 or Oct. 8. Rev. Robert Clements, pastor of the Presbyterian church, will conduct the first mentioned, and Mr. Tibbitts will have charge of the latter. These classes will meet at the Y. M. C. A. parlors each Wednesday evening at 6:30 o'clock, at which time luncheon will be served, after which the lesson will be taken up.
On Saturday mornings before the gymnasium class, Mr. Kimble will conduct a Bible class for boys between 12 and 16 years of age. On Sunday afternoons between 2:30 and 3:30 o'clock a meeting for boys of this age will be held at the rooms. Next Sunday a phonographic concert will be given for them.
CHANGE OF NAME.
The Messenger House Soon to be Known as the York Hotel.
After about one more week the Messenger House will no longer be known under its present cognomen. It will be called the York hotel. A new register, headed by the new name, has been secured and will be placed upon the desk as soon as new suits with new lettering for porters and attendants can be secured.
The Messenger House was built and opened in 1864 by Hiram J. Messenger and has been known by that name ever since. The property was sold to A. Webb Howe of Syracuse last month, and many changes about the place were begun with the new administration on Sept. 1. At present bath rooms are being placed in connection with many of the rooms of the hotel. The rooms are being refurnished and iron bed frames are being placed in each of the rooms. New carpets are going down and many other improvements are being made.
The new management intended to place a new glass front in the hotel to extend from the door on the Main-st. side nearly to the first door on the Port Watson-st. side, but a delay in securing the iron frame for this has put the work back. If the iron cannot be shipped soon this work will have to go over until next spring.
The hotel under the new management and the new name will be conducted by F. A. Howe, a brother of the owner, as proprietor, and A. Webb Howe as manager.
BREVITIES.
—The brick work upon the walls for the new Tanner block on Main-st. was begun this morning.
—The Republican congressional convention for this district occurs at Hotel Bennett in Binghamton tomorrow.
—L. Fairbanks has been working in Cortland for a few weeks and his family are shipping their goods there today.—Whitney's Point Reporter.
—New display advertisements today are—L. A. Randall, Salted peanuts, page 6; G. H. Ames, Shoes, page7; Opera House, "Gypsy Jack," page 6; Scotch Woolen Co., Suits and overcoats, page 8; Opera House, "The Kilties," page 5; O. H. Wiltsie, Kid Gloves, etc., page 6; M. W. Giles, Special prices, page 7; M. A. Case, Dry goods, page 6.
—Rev. H. L. Crockett has been appointed by the Free Methodist conference at Camden to the pastorate of the church of that denomination in Cortland. The church at Summerhill is also under his jurisdiction and care. Rev. O. M. Owen goes to Saratoga Springs, from which place Mr. Crockett comes. Mr. Owen will preach at both services on Sunday and go next week to his new home.
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