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| Carroll D. Wright. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, November 4, 1902.
SAW MINING VILLAGES.
Commission Spent a Day In the Lehigh Valley Region.
SAW JOHN MARKLE'S CLUBHOUSE.
Lowered 350 Feet Into Workings of Audenried Mine—Blast Blew Their Lights Out—Disputes With Independent Operators—Visited a Stripping—Left For Shamokin This Morning.
Hazleton, Pa., Nov. 4.—The anthracite strike commission spent the entire day in the Lehigh Valley region, visiting one mine and several of the mining villages. While most of the commissioners were looking over the territory, Recorder Wright was kept busy on the train in attending to the correspondence of the commission.
Among the matters he disposed of was the sending of a copy of Mr. Mitchell's statement of the miners' case, which was filed with the commission on Sunday night before its departure from Scranton for this region, to all the coal companies involved in the present controversy. The statement was mailed from this city and should be in the hands of the companies today. Under the agreement made before the commission at Washington the operators will make a reply in three or four days.
The trip of the commission through this region was an interesting one, the conditions of mining being somewhat different from those existing in the Lackawanna and Wyoming valley. At nearly every station a small crowd was gathered to get a glimpse of the members of the commission.
The commission [plural, era usage—CC ed.] were met at Pond Creek early in the forenoon by District President Duffy and National Board member P. G. Gallagher of the miners' union, who represented the mine workers. The operators' interests were taken care of by General Superintendents D. Warriner of the Lehigh Valley Coal company and General Superintendent W. J. Richards of the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal company, which is controlled by the Central railroad of New Jersey.
Inspected Audenried Colliery.
Ą conference was held at Pond Creek between the company and miners' representatives and for some time they could not agree as to which mine the arbitrators should visit. The superintendents wanted the commissioners to take a look at No. 40 shaft of the Lehigh Valley company and the representatives of the miners thought that Harwood colliery of C. Pardee and company, an individual concern, was a more typical mine of the region. After some argument the matter was compromised and the Audenried colliery of the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre company was selected.
The commission's first stop of the day was at Upper Lehigh, where A. C. Lelsenring, superintendent of the Upper Lehigh Coal company, took the commissioners for a drive through the town.
While in this place the arbitrators visited one of the homes of the miners, the first they have been in since they have been touring the region.
Drifton was the next place visited and there a crowd gathered about the commission as Superintendent Smith of Coxe Brothers company, whose mines are located there, explained the trouble between the company and its men. All the miners employed at these mines are still on strike because the company insists upon the men returning to work as individuals and not in a body.
At Jeddo John Markle, the independent operator, joined the party and escorted the commissioners to the mining village of Oakdale near Jeddo. Mr. Markle showed them the clubhouse which he maintains there for the benefit of the men.
On the run into Hazleton, where the breaker of No. 40 shaft was inspected, Messrs. Markle, Duffy and Gallagher had a spirited discussion over the differences existing at the Markle mines. None of the men at the Markle colliery has returned to work for the same reasons as those which are keeping the men out of the Coxe mines. Mr. Markle told them he was running the Markle company and would maintain discipline.
Inspectors Got a Scare.
The commissioners were lowered into the workings, 350 feet below through an 1100 foot slope. One of the new "physical features" they saw was a vein of coal with a very steep pitch which was difficult to mine.
While they were inspecting this a blast was fired in a nearby chamber and the lights carried by those who remained in the gangways below were extinguished by the rush of air. Some of the party were timid for a moment wondering what had happened, but they were quickly assured that there was no danger. While underground many questions were asked of the miners at work by the commissioners.
After they came to the surface the arbitrators visited a "stripping," which is a place where the coal lies so near the surface that the earth can be taken off with a steam shovel, exposing the coal, and thus making its mining an easy matter.
The commissioners spent the night at the Central hotel and left for Shamokin this morning. The day will be spent in that vicinity and Wednesday will find the commission in the Panther Creek valley. On Thursday the arbitrators will visit the region around Pottsville and that night the commission will adjourn until November 14th.
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| Cartoon of Father Knickerbocker and Abe Hewitt, 1901. |
QUIET IN NEW YORK.
Votes Cast Quickly and Quietly—Very Little Splitting.
New York, Nov. 4.—Father Knickerbocker went to the polls early this morning and he went there quietly. Not that the old gentleman is inclined on Election day to be belligerent, but it has happened when the Gotham political pot has boiled over, that the police have been necessary to keep him cool. However, that is political history in this city now, and so far as the casual observer could see this morning, New York looked as if it was doing obsequious honor to some one departed. The streets were deserted.
Politicians predicted that if the fair weather held out that the Republicans would undoubtedly poll their full registered vote up-state. Voters in this city went to the polls early and voted quickly and quietly. Election superintendents said that there appeared to be little splitting of tickets. Early this morning Commissioner Partridge transferred 1,600 policemen, changing the entire force of two precincts for one day. The precincts changed were those in which leader Murphy, of Tammany Hall, and W. S. Devery, live.
Betting this morning favors Odell at 5 to 3 and 2 to 1. Hundreds of thousands of dollars were wagered last night at the Hoffman House. The bookmakers did the best part of the betting, which started at 2 to 1 and closed at 5 to 3.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.
Evolution of Labor Unions.
In the Contemporary Review Carroll D. Wright gives some facts regarding the evolution of labor unions which are of especial timely interest in view of what has so lately happened in the Pennsylvania coalfields. While it is only within the past thirty years that labor organization has become a subject of universal practical concern in this country, the union impulse, says Mr. Wright, has been at work here since the colonial days. There was a hint of it in the "Caulkers' club'' (whence "caucus") of Massachusetts as far back as the early part of the eighteenth century, though the conditions were not favorable to organization as we know it now, because industry was then so poorly developed, and "the domestic system of labor also stood in the way of extensive organization.''
During the first struggles of the republic almost no experiments were made apparently to bring workingmen together in such associations, but a list of unions is given as follows for the first quarter of the nineteenth century.
1803—New York Society of Journeymen Shipwrights.
1806—An organization of the house carpenters of the same city.
1806—The Tailors' union.
1819—The hatters' organization.
1822—The Columbian Charitable Society of Shipwrights and Caulkers of Boston and Charleston,
Mention is made also of the New York Typographical society, which was a going concern in 1817 and which is supposed to have had its start in the previous century.
In the second quarter of the nineteenth century, continues Mr. Wright, great interest was shown in the cause of labor, and there were many workingmen's clubs, workingmen's papers and workingmen's conventions, in which the right to organize was proclaimed and the effect of organization on strikes and lockouts was debated.
Following these meetings in the city of Boston in the years 1831 and 1832 the General Trades Unions of the City of New York were active in discussing the same questions, and this is the first attempt, so far as the history of the development of industry is concerned, to unite workingmen of different trades in one organization. In later years this attempt was repeated by the Knights of Labor.
The advance that has been made since that time in trade unionism is tremendous until now, as demonstrated so recently and forcibly in the anthracite coal regions, organization in the ranks of both skilled and unskilled labor is being recognized as an essential factor in our industrial system.
ELECTION DAY.
Splendid Weather Every Where—Heavy Vote Cast Here and Elsewhere.
Today is Election day and the weather is perfect. The dispatches show that it is equally fine almost all over the whole country. The only place where rain is falling is near the Mississippi river. The country roads in this vicinity are unusually fine for this season of the year, and the farmers are turning out well, for the vote is heavy. There are plenty of potatoes yet to be dug and cabbages yet to be cut, but they count as nothing against the opportunity to vote. An unusually heavy vote is being cast in this city and it was put in at an early hour this morning. Similar reports come from all over the county.
At 3 o'clock this afternoon 2,187 votes had been cast in the six wards of the city out of a registration of 2,644. The vote at that time in each of the wards was: First ward, 333; Second ward, 420; Third ward, 387; Fourth ward, 300; Fifth ward, 370; Sixth ward, 377.
The vote at 3 o'clock was a little more than four-fifths of the entire registration.
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ELECTION RETURNS.
Where They Will be Received in This City Tonight.
The Republicans will receive election returns tonight at Republican headquarters in the Garrison building and at The Kremlin Hotel.
The Democrats will receive returns at the Cortland House.
Members of the Tioughnioga club will receive returns at the club rooms, and lunch will also be served.
There will be a gathering at the Y. M. C. A. rooms at which returns will also be read.
The Home Telephone company will personally read returns to subscribers on their four lines.
Manager O. K. George of the Western Union Telegraph Co. will send returns to about fifteen or twenty places where arrangements for this have been made.
THE BODY EXHUMED.
William Kiehl Died Of Pneumonia in February.
AN AUTOPSY HAS BEEN PERFORMED.
No Traces of Pneumonia Observed in Lungs—Certain Portions of the Viscera Sent to Cornell University for Examination—If Strychnine is Found an Inquest will be Held.
As foretold in yesterday's Standard the body of William Kiehl was exhumed at South Onondaga yesterday afternoon by Coroner E. M. Santee. The remains were brought to Cortland and taken this morning to Wright's undertaking rooms, where an autopsy was held this forenoon by the coroner, Dr. H. T. Dana and Dr. F. W. Higgins.
As a result of the post mortem examination portions of the viscera will be sent to Cornell university to be examined by Prof. E. M. Chamot, who made the examination of the viscera of Adam Kiehl. The fact that the products were sent away for examination is thought to show that there were evidences of poison otherwise they would not have been sent away. Nothing, however, as to what had been found at the autopsy would be given out.
Story of William's Death.
William Kiehl, the husband of Maude Kiehl and brother of Adam Kiehl, died suddenly on the 9th day of last February at the Hiscock farm, near Preble, the same place at which his brother Adam died on the 19th day of last September. At the time of the death of William Kiehl it was thought that he died from pneumonia, but it is said that the autopsy showed no symptoms of this disease. The viscera were in an excellent state of preservation. If no symptoms of death from pneumonia are found and strychnine is found in the stomach there will probably be an inquest held. Whether or not Maude Kiehl will be connected with another inquest in the matter, should one be held, is not known. It has been shown that the seal on the bottle of strychnine that had been in the storm house at the Kiehl farmhouse and from which it was surmised the poison had been taken that ended Adam Kiehl's life had not been broken at the time of William Kiehl's death.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
Audits Some Bills and Holds up Some Others for More Light.
The board of public works held its regular meeting at the city clerk's office last night. The bills for the month were audited and the matter of a switch from the Traction company's line on Elm-st. into the new lumber yard of Hewitt Bros. was discussed. No action was taken in regard to the switch, as the board wishes to investigate the matter thoroughly before a conclusion in the matter is reached.
The following bills were audited:
Pay roll, $65.63
R. C. Tillinghast, walk, 5.14
Thomas Mulligan, services, 22.70
H. F. Benton Lumber Co., lumber, 318.25
M. Garrity, stone, 23.05
T. T. Bates, labor and material, 4.53
The bill of the D., L. & W. R. R. Co. for $1,585.77, for sluiceways and one-third of the repairs of the pavement at the D., L. & W. station, was held up, as the board claimed it had not agreed to pay a portion of the expenses of repairs upon the pavement, The whole cost of the repairs upon the pavement was given as $1,590.70, and the city's third of this was $530.23.
A bill of $256.56, being the city's share of the expense in macadamizing the strip of road in the city limits to connect with the Kellogg road in the town of Cortlandville, was presented by Mr. O. U. Kellogg, and was audited. The strip is 550 feet in length, and the city's share of the expense was one-third of the whole cost.
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| Julia E. Hyatt. |
THE HOSPITAL MANAGERS.
Elect Officers for Next Year and Transact Other Business.
The board of managers of Cortland Hospital association met yesterday afternoon and elected the following officers for next year:
President—Mrs. Julia E. Hyatt.
First Vice-President—Mrs. S. Holden.
Second Vice-President—Mrs. W. H. Crane.
Secretary—Mrs. N. J. Peck.
Treasurer—Mrs. F. J. Doubleday.
Dr. C. D. Ver Nooy was added to the surgical staff and Dr. F. S. Jennings to the medical staff.
The managers wish to express their thanks to all who assisted last spring and in the summer in raising the money which was needful to enable the hospital to remain open and in use. This money was given freely and in generous spirit. The managers feel that many others would have been just as glad to assist; but the necessary sum was realized before they were called upon and these people have been held back till another year if such a call shall then be necessary. Everything about the hospital is now proceeding in a very satisfactory manner.
Cemetery Election.
The annual meeting of lot owners of the Cortland Rural cemetery association was held last night at the office of Judge J. E. Eggleston. The following trustees were re-elected for three years: E. A. Fish, J. E. Eggleston and G. J. Mager. The whole board of trustees will meet at a time yet to be named for organization for the coming year.
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| Sig. Sautelle. |
SIG. SAUTELLE'S CIRCUS
Has Returned to Its Winter Quarters at Homer, N. Y.
Sig. Sautelle's show came to Cortland at 10 o'clock this morning from Philipsburg, N. J., over the Lehigh Valley railroad. There were fifteen carloads in all.
The circus outfit has been unloaded at the Main-st. crossing, and taken through Cortland to the winter quarters at Homer.
BREVITIES.
—The Wide Awake Literary club meets with Mrs. Robert McMillan, 8 Harrison-st., Tuesday evening.
—A regular business meeting of the N. P. L. will be held tonight at 7:30 o'clock in Good Templars' hall.
—A regular communication of Cortlandville lodge, No. 470, F. and A. M., will be held at Masonic hall this evening.
—The Ladies' Literary club will meet tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock with Mrs. F. W. Higgins, 61 Lincoln-ave.
—The regular meeting of the A. O. H. will be held Wednesday evening, Nov. 6, when nomination of officers will be made to serve the next two years.
—The new display advertisements today are—The New York store, Dry goods, etc., page 4; Cortland Carriage Goods Co., Nickel plating, page 6; M. A. Case, Dry goods, page 8; The Corner Grocery, Pickles, page 4; W. W. Walters, Shoes, page 7; A. Mahan, Packard pianos, page 7; Opera House, "Santiago," page 6; Hollister, Hardware and Plumbing Co., Hardware, stoves, etc., page 7.
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