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| Wayne MacVeagh. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday, November 26, 1902.
HITCH IN SETTLEMENT.
Coal Operators Will Not Meet Mr. Mitchell.
WILL GO BACK TO COMMISSION.
Objections Came From Independent Operators, Who Want the Commission to Pass Upon All Points Involved In the Controversy—Mr. MacVeagh and Others Much Surprised.
Washington, Nov. 26.—All prospects for an understanding between the United Mine Workers and the Coal operators outside the anthracite coal strike commission, came to a sudden termination late in the afternoon.
Mr. Wayne MacVeagh, representing the Pennsylvania Coal company and the Hillside Coal and Iron company, received a dispatch notifying him that at a meeting of the anthracite coal roads in New York it had been decided not to grant an interview to Mr. Mitchell and his associates which had been suggested for Friday next.
The announcement coming as it did, after an all day's conference in this city between Mr. Mac Veagh and Mr. Mitchell and his associates, attended part of the time by Carroll D. Wright, in an endeavor to adjust some details of the proposed agreement between the operators and miners, completely surprised every one here.
From a reliable source it is learned that the proposition that the operators meet Mr. Mitchell on Friday next was made at the instance of Mr. MacVeagh, who was no less surprised than Mr. Mitchell himself at the turn affairs had taken.
From statements made by Mr. Darrow early in the day the impression had spread that a complete agreement would be effected at the conference, but when the meeting broke up Mr. Darrow read to the newspaper men in the corridor outside his room in Willard's hotel a statement which made it clear that no final agreement had been reached and that no further conferences were likely.
Mr. Mitchell, when shown the dispatch from New York telling of the action of the operators, simply smiled and said that he had not asked for the conference, but that when it was suggested to him if it would be agreeable to meet the operators he said it would.
Mr. Darrow and Mr. Lloyd, however, were outspoken regarding the action of the operators. Mr. Darrow said that it was now "up to the operators" and that he would return at once to Scranton and on Tuesday next would appear before the commission ready to go on with the hearing.
Mr. Lloyd, holding in his hand the dispatch, referred to the fact that Friday's conference had been suggested in order to adjust some matters on which there were still some disagreement.
"Yet," said Mr. Lloyd, "these same men, who only last week wired the commission their assent to the general provisions of the tentative agreement, and upon the strength of which the commission adjourned for a week in order to give the parties time to get together, now go completely back on their former action and call it all off. We are satisfied to go before the commission and continue the hearing."
Messrs Mitchell, Darrow and Lloyd left here at 6:50 over the Pennsylvania railroad for Scranton.
Independent Operators Pleased.
Scranton, Pa., Nov. 26.—The independent operators' committee on their return from New York seemed well pleased.
"We have won our point," said Dr. J. N. Rice of the Riverside Coal company. "We are ready to show to the public that we are paying all the wages our business warrants and that an agreement with John Mitchell's organization is undesirable because of its un-American ideas. The big companies have come to our way of thinking and a settlement 'out of court' is no longer a possibility."
Other members of the committee spoke in a similar strain.
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| James Sargent. |
MUST PAY SALARIES.
Appellate Division at Rochester Rules Against James Sargent.
SUIT AGAINST PAYING NUNS.
Court Held That Children In Orphan Asylum Are Entitled to Instruction and the Board of Education Is Entitled to Employ Nuns If It Wishes. Lower Court Sustained.
Rochester, Nov. 26.—By a decision of the appellate division, handed down yesterday, James Sargent loses his suit against the board of education, St. Mary's Boys' Orphan asylum, Comptroller Johnston and City Treasurer
Williams to prevent the payment of salaries to four nuns teaching in that asylum from funds raised from taxes to which all citizens are obliged to contribute.
The court held that the children are educationally under the charge of the board of education, and that if that body wishes to have them taught by nuns it is privileged to do so and the nuns are entitled to receive their salaries from the city.
Justice Dunwell dismissed the complaint in September, 1901, and an appeal was taken to the appellate division. The case was argued last June, but the decision has been withheld until now. The opinion was written by Justice Pardon C. Williams.
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
Marconi to Send a Message from Shore to Shore.
Halifax, N. S., Nov. 20.—Marconi is getting the apparatus at Table Head in shape. He is being assisted by men from the Carlo Alberto. The latter has been off shore for some days and experiments have been carried on between the ship and the station at Table Head. Marconi has in his possession ready for transmission over the ocean a message from Lord Minto, governor general of Canada, to King Edward. The text of the message will be made public later.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.
Self Mutilation of Beggars.
It will be remembered that Victor Hugo's famous story, "The Man Who Laughs," was founded on the practices of a band of miscreants in England who kidnapped little children and mutilated them in order that they might make more effective use of them as beggars, the hero of the story being one of these unfortunates. Inhuman practices of the same kind, for the same purpose, are said to be common at this time in China; but, according to recent reports from local police courts, says Leslie's Weekly, it is unnecessary to go into the realm of fiction or over to the Celestial empire to find professional beggars resorting to mutilation in order to excite sympathy.
A gang of these parasites was recently discovered in Hoboken, N. J., every one of whom had maimed himself in some way. Some had chopped off one or more fingers, some had burned themselves with red hot irons, and others had crippled their arms or legs in various ways. How successful these self inflicted injuries had been as adjuncts to the begging trade may be judged from the fact that one of the band, who betrayed the others to the police for motives of revenge, declared that one man had gathered in $2,000 in four months and another had made $500 in five weeks. The rule seemed to be, it was said, that the more severe the mutilations the better were the returns financially.
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| Alice M. Ettling. |
AT CARRIAGE CONVENTION.
Representatives of Cortland's Factories are in Attendance.
The Cortland representatives of local factories have just returned from Cincinnati, O., where they have been attending the Tri-state exposition of the Vehicle, Harness and Implement convention. It was held in Music hall, which really means all of the halls and public rooms in the whole Music hall building, including the theatre itself. The Cortland Wagon Co. was represented by Messrs. Hugh Duffey, J. C. Barry, H. J. Malmberg and a large number of their western traveling men. Cately & Ettling were represented by Mrs. A. M. Ettling and Harry Ettling. Both of these concerns had exhibits. The Cortland Forging Co. was represented by Charles R. Allen and the Carriage Goods Co. by Charles M. DeVany and some of their western traveling men. The W. N. Brockway factory of Homer was represented by George A. Brockway.
SUNDAYSCHOOL INSTITUTE
Held at the Baptist Church in Homer Tuesday Afternoon and Evening.
Homer, Nov. 26.—The interdenominational Sundayschool [sic] convention held in the Baptist church in Homer yesterday opened at 2 o'clock in the afternoon with devotional exercises led by Rev. B. W. Hamilton, D. D.
The first address was given by Rev. James Rain, pastor of the Congregational church of Cortland who spoke on the subject, "Nibbling in the Pantry." The speaker called attention to the fact that the problem of nourishment, or the food supply, lies at the foundation of economics in family, metropolitan and national life. As no family, or individual, can be properly and healthfully nourished by subsisting on what may be gathered from the pantry shelf without regularly prepared meals, so no Christian can attain proper spiritual development by catching here and there at odd times fragments of those things which may minister to his growth. He must be regularly and persistently nurtured or trained along four lines. Briefly stated these are, "Secret Prayer," "Bible Study," "Systematic Giving," and. "Denominational Activities."
Mrs. B. R. Wakefield and Mrs. M. A. Whiting then rendered a vocal duet, following which Rev. A. H. McKinney, Ph. D., gave a most suggestive address. He emphasized the importance of winning the young people for Christ while they are boys and girls. In early life they are more easily led to accept the Saviour; they are more helpfully guarded from temptations during the formative period if they are within the church; and they are more likely to remain steadfast and loyal to their Master, than those who come to him at a more advanced age. How young children should be taken into the church, must be decided individually and will depend somewhat on conditions in the home.
A ladies' quartet consisting of Mrs. C. H. Stevens, Mrs. W. E. Burdick, Mrs. F. Davis and Miss Carolyn Arnold gave an excellent selection which was greatly enjoyed.
The closing part of the afternoon program consisted of a symposium conducted by Dr. McKinney. Methods in Sundayschool work were freely and informally discussed. And various questions answered. Rev. Wm. F. Kettle presided during the session.
Rev. Robert Clements.
At the evening hour Rev. C. W. Negus, the pastor of the Baptist church, presided and conducted the devotional exercises. After a brief service of song the first speaker was introduced, Rev. Robert Clements, pastor of the Presbyterian church of Cortland. Mr. Clements' theme was "The Teacher's Opportunity," and the speaker said he should aim to present a few phases of the subject which he had never heard brought out before. His thought was the incentives which come to a teacher through his opportunities. A wide awake class will prove an incentive to put more time, prayer and thought into the study of the Bible to know the Bible more perfectly, to be full of the Bible in the presentation of the lesson, to be able to tell what the Bible says about the lesson ii question. Life is so full of hurry and bustle and business that without such an incentive to study the Bible one is altogether too much inclined to neglect such careful and systematic study. But the teacher is himself benefited by this study as well as the class.
In the second place, such study is an incentive to the teacher to practice more thoroughly the virtues of a Christian life because the class is watching him. One has an abhorrence of inconsistency and the teacher doesn't like to say to the class that the Bible commands that we should do certain things and refrain from doing certain other things, and at the same time have the class fully aware of the fact that the teacher who is speaking neither does the one thing nor refrains from doing the other. In consequence, the teacher is given an additional incentive to follow the precepts of the Bible.
In a class the teacher has before him both the opportunity and the incentive for personal work. There will be a desire to seek the conversion of all the members of the class, but conversion is merely the threshold of Christian life. After the conversion has been secured there will be the incentive and desire to lead the class to culture and growth in Christianity. And in all of these efforts there is a reflex influence upon the teacher himself which is beneficial to him, and which leads him still further and further along the Christian life, so that he is progressing as well as his class. Are we teachers awake to our opportunities, are we thinking of how God in encouraging and honoring us by giving us the opportunity to lead others to him? Do we realize that while we are aiding others, we also are going on and on and on in a Christian life? If we are faithful in a few things more and more will be entrusted to us and by and by we may be able to hear these words, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant, thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things."
Rev. Dr. A. H. McKinney.
Rev. Dr. McKinney was the next speaker. Without announcing a theme he spoke upon certain ages and phases of boyhood, explaining as a preface that what he said about boys would be just as applicable to girls. He carried forward the thought presented. in the afternoon and also at the sessions in Cortland that boys not only differ one from another, though all have the same general characteristics, but differ at different ages, so that the influences which will be effective to lead them at one age will be totally inadequate at another. The average boy is especially difficult to control between the ages of 12 and 16 years. This period of life is the one when most boys show a tendency to go over what the speaker called "Fool hill." The great majority of boys have an experience with Fool hill, though now and then a boy goes around it instead of over it, and some times this experience is prolonged beyond the age of 16 years, though not ordinarily.
This is the time when parents and others need to manifest the greatest wisdom in leading the boy. He shows tendencies that not only surprise his friends but which disgust the boy himself and cause him to feel that he would really like to go out of sight somewhere and kick himself. And yet, if he were charged with that feeling or asked if he were not ashamed of some of the things he does he would fiercely deny it. The boy realizes this fact as well as others and cannot explain to himself why be is induced to attempt certain things, but he would never acknowledge it then. In later years he will own it all up, and the one who best recollects that period in his own life will be the most patient and judicious and painstaking with his own boys and with other boys when they come to that age.
Dr. McKinney urged all parents to watch over their children carefully before they come to the critical age and to prepare them for it. The best preparation is to lead them to Christ and to cause them to become identified with God's people. From earliest childhood every boy and girl should be taught God's love and care and should be taught to love God and to desire to serve him. Christian boys and girls during the critical period do the most unaccountable things as well as non-Christians and are by no means free from the Fool hill experience. But a tie binding the boy to God and a link connecting him with God's people is a powerful restraining influence, both then and afterward.
A boy is not at all clear from his difficulties when he gets past the Fool hill period, There may be worse places than Fool hill, but if judicious care is taken of him and he is well and prayerfully led he will in a few years develop a strong manly Christian character. By no means let a boy think that you are suspicious of him. Never let a boy in the critical period think that you do not believe in him. Most boys are about alike at that time and if your boy feels that you think he is an average boy, no worse than others, and that you have confidence in him. he will come out all right if you put the right influences about him and lead him in the right direction.
Dr. McKinney closed with an exhortation to parents to lead their children to Christ at an early age, to surround them with right influences, to let them feel the restraining influence of a Christian home and a Christian church and to place certain responsibilities upon them which will help in keeping them in the right course. The way to make Christian men and women is to begin by making them Christian boys and girls, and the training cannot be begun too young. If the boys and girls are neglected, it cannot be expected that the men and women will become what they should be.
Infant Son of Mr. and Mrs. Roche.
William Francis Roche, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Roche, 6 Monroe Heights, died yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock from tubercular meningitis, aged 3 years and 6 months. The disease from the start baffled the attempts of the best medical skill that could be obtained, and after three weeks of excruciating suffering the end came. The funeral will be held from the house at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
Died in Virgil.
Albertus Sprague, aged 71 years, died in the town of Virgil Nov. 26, 1902, after an illness of over a year with heart disease. The funeral will be held Friday at 1 p. m. in Blodgett Mills, N. Y.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
To Visit the Normal School Before Concluding the Session.
The board of supervisors met as usual at 9 o'clock this morning for the fourteenth day's work.
An invitation from Dr. Francis J. Cheney, principal of the Cortland Normal school, asking the board to visit the school at a date to suit the convenience of the board, was read by the clerk, and upon motion of Mr. Kinyon, the same was accepted.
The committee on district attorney reported claims to the amount of $493.10, which were allowed at $471.10.
The committee on county clerk and sheriff resubmitted its report, which was made a special order of business for 1:30 o'clock.
At 4:30 o'clock this afternoon the board adjourned until Tuesday morning, Dec. 2, at 10 o'clock.
BREVITIES.
—Tomorrow being Thanksgiving day and a legal holiday no paper will be issued from this office.
—The freight houses of both the Lackawanna and the Lehigh Valley railroads will be closed all day tomorrow and no local freight trains will be run.
—The new display advertisements today are—M. A. Case, Genuine Mohawk Indian baskets, page 8; M. W. Giles, Make room sale, page 8; The Corner Grocery, Grape fruit, Florida oranges, etc., page 6.
—No further word has been received from Rev. Dr. H. A. Cordo at Lambertville, N. J., who is ill with pneumonia with heart complications since Sunday morning. No news is supposed to be good news.
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