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| J. P. Morgan. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, October 14, 1902.
THE TWO PROPOSITIONS.
Very Little Difference Between that of Mitchell and the Operators.
Washington, D. C., Oct. 14.— The office of the coal operators submitted to the president last night through the medium of J. P. Morgan [a proposition] regarded here as a practical surrender of Mr. Baer and his associates. There is very little difference between this offer and the one made by Mr. Mitchell at the conference in the president's office on Oct. 3, which was rejected at that time by the operators.
Mr. Mitchell's offer was:
Confident of our ability to demonstrate to any impartial tribunal the equity of our demand for higher wages and improved environments, we propose that the issues culminating in this strike shall be referred to you and a tribunal of your own selection, and agree to accept your award upon all or any of the questions involved.
The operators presented:
We suggest a commission be appointed by the president of the United States, to whom shall be referred all questions at issue between the respective companies and their employees, whether they belong to a union or not, and the decision of that commission shall be accepted by us.
Attached to Mr. Mitchell's proposition was a promise of immediate resumption of work and the stipulation of an agreement on the basis of the Tribunals award for any period from one to five years.
Attached to the operators’ present offer is a stipulation of immediate return to work without discrimination as between union and non-union men and a promise to be governed by the award of the president's commission for a term of at least three years.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.
To Work or Not to Work.
When in last July in the American Federationist, the official magazine of the American Federation of Labor, Mr. Samuel Gompers maintained the right of the anthracite miners to refuse from mining at their pleasure. The Sun unqualifiedly sustained his view. That the right of one man to not work was not as absolute as that of another to labor seemed to us monstrous in any aspect. Today a comment that raises the same issue, namely, Mr. John Mitchell's reply the recent appeal of President Roosevelt, reporting the refusal of the members of his union to begin mining again, is entitled to the same popular respect, particularly as temporary stress seems in some quarters to have overshadowed the principle of which for the moment Mr. Mitchell has become the champion. We quote here the essential points of his letter to the president:
The National President, United Mine Workers of America.
John Mitchell, National President; Second Vice-President American Federation of Labor.
Hotel Hart, Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 8, 1902.
To the Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, Washington. D C.:
Dear Sir—We desire to assure you again that we feel keenly the responsibility of our position and the gravity of the situation and it would give us great pleasure to take any action which would bring this coal strike to an end in a manner that would safeguard the interests of our constituents.
We respectfully decline to advise our people to return to work simply upon the hope that the coal operators might be induced or forced to comply with the recommendation of your commission. I am, respectfully,
John Mitchell, President, United Mine Workers of America.
Fancy the condition of affairs in which, under pressure of laws that some impulsive people would establish, or of the public clamor which the same influences are now endeavoring to make imperative, John Mitchell and his associates should be unable to say "No" to the president's demand!
Fancy putting it into the power of men's neighbors to force them to accept conditions of labor which they regard as unsatisfactory!
Under those circumstances the cornerstone of the republic would be pulled out of its place, and liberty would be dead.
Compulsion in its shadowy and incipient form was last week resisted by Mitchell and the operators in unison. Now Mitchell repudiates it again, and in so doing he and his former colleagues in independence are entitled to universal public support. It will be an unfortunate day when the American people sell their birthright, even for coal.—New York Sun.
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| Judge Henri C. St. Pierre. |
REUNION OF THE 76TH
Veterans of the Fighting Regiment Meet Again.
JUDGE SAINT PIERRE'S ADDRESS.
The Reunion Was Held at Groton Saturday—An Enjoyable Occasion—Secretary Davis Makes Reports—Officers Elected—Will Meet at Montour Fails Next Year—Excellent Program.
The thirty-fourth annual reunion of the Seventy-sixth Regiment of New York State Volunteers was held at Groton, N. Y., Oct. 11, in the Groton opera house.
The meeting was called to order at 10:45 by the president, Mr. Amos Avery of Groton; Secretary Lucius Davis of Cortland read the minutes of the last meeting. He stated also that the treasurer, Aaron Sager, having died, the treasurer's books had been turned over to him, and that the duty of making the treasurer's report devolved upon him. Both reports were accepted. The next order of business was the choosing of a place to bold the meeting next year. Mr. U. A. Burnham moved to have the next meeting held at Worcester, Otsego county. Mr. Post of Montour Falls in a short speech stated that he had the assurance of some of his comrades that the next meeting should be held at Montour Falls. A vote was taken, and Montour Falls was chosen for the next reunion by a large majority. The next order of business was the choosing of officers for the ensuing year, which resulted as follows:
President—George M. Post, Montour Falls.
First Vice-President—H. Saint Pierre, Montreal.
Second Vice-President—U. A. Burnham, Worcester, N. Y.
Third Vice-President—D. R. Montgomery.
Fourth Vice-President—Alfred Follen.
Secretary—Lucius Davis, Cortland.
Treasurer—Martin Edgcomb, Cortland
Comrade Saint Pierre was unanimously enrolled as a member of the association.
Letters were read from Comrades C. W. Wiles of Delaware, O., Geo. D. Cutler of Ithaca, B. A. Foote of Highmore, S. D. and Daniel Van Wie of Canajoharie, N. Y.
The secretary read the names of some of the comrades who had died within the past year. Among them being Aaron Sager of Cortland, who died Dec. 7, 1901, Chas. T. Fitts, Dryden, who died Jan. 8, 1901, Dr. W. J. Burr of Newark Valley who died in May, Oscar C. Fox, June 7, 1902, at Linden, Md., I. Knapp of Homer, who died Aug. 22, 1902, and Geo. F. Miller of Utica, who died in June.
The members who were present at the reunion were: Orville Dickinson, Robert Davidson, Daniel Young, Almond M. Kibbe, Chas. W. Hutchings, George Thornton, Edwin Hulbert, B. Howard, Wm. J. Mantanye, U. A. Burnham, Geo. M. Post, Geo. Smith, E. H. Teeter, N. W. Smith, E. A. Meade, D. R. Montgomery. Amos Avery, Francis Brace, H. Zele, Martin Northrup, I. Bennett, C. M. Perrigo, Melvin H. Reade, Judge H. C. Saint Pierre, Benjamin Taylor, S. E. Sanders, Henry C. Stillson, Martin Edgcomb, Lucius Davis, D. C. MacGregor, Oren Button, Solomon Reneff, L. Stebbins.
The Afternoon Session.
The afternoon session was opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. Burr of Groton. The first number on the program was a song by Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Moe of Groton which was well received. Capt. Wm. E. Mount gave the address of welcome for the citizens of Groton, in which he alluded to the early days of the regiment and of the association. Very effectively he spoke of the citizenship of the veterans. A quartet of young men gave the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" very acceptably.
The address of the day and upon which the interest of the audience was centered was given by the newly adopted member and the first Vice- President Judge Henri C. Saint Pierre of Montreal.
Judge Saint Pierre's Address.
Judge Saint Pierre spoke in part as follows:
Commander, Comrades, Ladies and Gentlemen—It would be difficult for me to express the emotion I experience on seeing my old companions in arms of the Seventy-Sixth New York Volunteers whom I now meet for the first time after a period of thirty-eight years. I have traveled three hundred miles to be here among you today, and yet when I left my home in Canada, I was in doubt whether a single comrade whom I would meet might be able to recognize me. For many weeks I have anticipated this meeting: I have carefully arranged my plans so as to be sure that I would not miss this opportunity of meeting with you. What was it then, which could give birth to such a desire on my part? What was the spell which would draw me so irresistibly towards you? That spell, that latent but deep seated power finds its expression, as well as its definition, in the magic word "Comrade." No matter whether any one of you would recognize my face or not, no matter whether I, on my part, could single out any one of you as comrade, I knew that the moment you heard my story, the moment you were satisfied that l had once been one of your old companions in arms, the moment you felt satisfied that in common with you, I had struggled and suffered whilst fighting under the same flag for the defense of the same holy cause, you would greet me as you would a long departed brother.
Fortune has favored me almost beyond my expectation and I had scarcely come among you when Comrade Burton, my old Sergeant of Company F, came up to me and grasping my hand said: "Don't you recognize me? I know you well; you saved my life at Andersonville." The recollection of the incident referred to by Comrade Burton rushed vividly to my recollection and from that moment I was recognized by all of you as the young run away school boy who was once a corporal of Company F in the proud old Seventy-sixth.
His Military Experience.
Judge Saint Pierre here gave a graphic and vivid description of his military experiences as a soldier in the regiment, describing his sensation under fire when he met the enemy for the first time at Thoroughfare Gap, the forced marches during the retreat of the army toward Centerville, his impressions on being named in the order of the day and appointed corporal, his capture at Mine Run after being twice wounded, his sufferings in the rebel prisons and finally his escape from Charleston's race ground and regaining his liberty on the day the city was evacuated.
His description of the scenes he witnessed at the moment when the southern troops were retreating from the town hotly pursued by our own boys in blue who had just landed was most realistic.
Some Lessons Learned.
Referring to the moral lessons which he gathered from his contact with the boys of his regiment, the judge continued: I had joined the army attracted by the glittering charms of military glory; my ambition had been to return to my home carrying at my side the sword of a commissioned officer of the regular army of the United States, but Providence had decreed that I should consecrate my life to more peaceful occupations and soon after the war was over I became a member of the bar in my native province.
My legal studios had been interrupted by the most adventurous and stirring events a young man could possibly go through, but those experiences have not been without impressing upon my mind some useful lessons. I have learned during my military career that there was something higher and nobler to fight for than the mere notion of gratifying personal ambition. I have learned that the cause I was engaged to fight for was a holy cause worthy even of all the sacrifices and sufferings which its defense entailed. I have been made to understand what priceless boon had been conferred not only upon this nation but upon humanity at large by the creation of that Republic for the preservation of which I was then fighting and to learn that the principle of the government by the people and for the people was one which was well worth the efforts which were then being made to save it from destruction. I also learned from those young American boys how a man should love his country. I have seen them suffer and die not by hundreds but by thousands without a murmur, and whenever any reference even in the hour of death escaped their lips it was in the form of a blessing to the country which had given them birth. It is because I have learned to appreciate all those noble and elevated sentiments that I felt desirous to meet you again and today when I was admitted a member of your association I felt as though I was enlisting for a second time in the proud ranks of the old fighting Seventy-Sixth.
The young men sang very acceptably the old war song, "Tenting on the old Camp Ground."
Rev. W. A. Smith.
The address which was prepared by Rev. Wm. A. Smith, who twenty-five years before had been made an honorary member of the association, owing to the lateness of the hour was given only in part and chiefly alluded to the former meeting in Groton when he first came to this country and the changes which had taken place since that date. His patriotic allusion to the country of his birth, Scotland, and the land of his adoption were enthusiastically received by the audience.
George B. Davis.
Mr. George B. Davis of Ithaca followed with a short address in which be said that the crowning success of the American soldiers was due to their good citizenship.
"The last roll call" a selection was given by one of the old veterans, Comrade Langdon, which was a most appropriate closing of the thirty-fourth annual meeting of the association. The benediction was pronounced by Rev. Mr. Andrews of Groton.
THE TEAM IS MISSING.
Liveryman Wright is Searching—A Lively Chase in the Dark.
Liveryman E. R. Wright has been instituting a vigorous search for a pair of black mares that have been missing from his stables for the past few days. They were hitched to a sidespring top buggy with red running gears, and any information regarding them will be gladly received by the owner.
Last Friday night Clare Knowles, 31 Woodruff-st., and another lad by the name of Latimer, went to the stables and hired this rig to go to Scott where, they said, they were going hunting. They engaged the rig for Friday and Saturday, and as they did not return Saturday night nor Sunday, Mr. Wright became worried about them, and a search was begun.
Yesterday noon the lads drove back to Cortland, and when they reached the Latimer home on Fitz-ave., Mrs. Latimer told them that they had been looked for in Scott and other places. The boys then owned up that they had not been to Scott, but that they had gone to North Lansing. She then told them to return the rig at once to Mr. Wright, as he was worried about it. The Latimer boy got out, and the other was going to deliver the team. He drove out, and this is the last that has been seen of him or the rig.
It is thought by the owner of the horses that the lad might have been afraid to return the horses and had left them at some barn or near the city.
Today Chief of Police Barnes and the boy's father have gone to North Lansing and Locke to see if the horses were driven back to that locality. If they do not find the rig in these places they will go on to Swartwood where the lad has friends.
The mares weigh about 1,050 pounds each. The rig can be easily identified, and any information regarding the whereabouts of the rig will be very acceptable to Mr. Wright.
While waiting around the barn last night, thinking that the boy might return the rig after he was supposed to be in bed, Mr. Wright had an experience with a man, whom the alderman of the Second ward thinks was trying to break into his house.
From the barn he caught sight of a man who was just going into his woodshed through an open door. Mr. Wright went at once to the door and had him penned in. Pretty soon the man came skulking out and was met by the alderman, who demanded an explanation. The man at once began to ask for some one he thought might be living there, but this did not go down, and the liveryman grabbed for the intruder. A dodge on the part of the unknown man, however, placed him outside the door, and then a brisk race was begun out of the driveway to the pavement and toward Homer-ave. It was nip and tuck for a little while between the escaping skulker and the panting alderman, but the former proved to be the better winded, and so escaped.
When Mr. Wright could run no further he paused and began to beat time upon the pavement to the measure of his departing running mate, the last he saw of him he was still making a hasty flight up the pavement.
BREVITIES.
—Work was resumed yesterday morning on the brick-work of the new Tanner block on Main-st., Cortland.
—The regular meeting of the Fortnightly club will be held at the home of Mrs. B. L. Webb., 25 Prospect-st., Wednesday afternoon.
—The Standard is indebted to Mrs. H. L. Beebe, who has been spending several months in the state of Washington, for copies of Tacoma papers.
—At the regular meeting of the A. O. U. W. this evening in Vesta lodge rooms, four candidates will be present for initiation. A large attendance is desired.
—The Cortlandville grange will hold an open meeting at their rooms in O. A. H. hall on Friday evening with exercises appropriate to Ceres day. The remainder of the evening will be devoted to the enjoyment of a Sample social.
The Vanderbilt hotel of Syracuse, which has been closed for a number of months, has been leased for a term of five years to John L. Barnett who proposes to make it one of the finest hotels between New York and Chicago. It will be ready for business by Dec. 1.
—New display advertisements today are—A. S. Burgess, Clothing, page 5; New York Store, Hosiery, page 4; McGraw & Elliott, Baking Powder, page 6; Opera House, "Quincy Adams Sawyer," page 5; C. F. Brown, Hot Water bottles, page 6.
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