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|. HAZELTON, B. C;SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1912

~ PRICE $2.00.A YEAR

‘BRITISHOUAL |
“STRIKE IS ON

“ Mine Employes to the Num
-» . bev of Eight Hundred Thou-

sand out for Increased | Pay ~

~ NAY PARALYZE INDUSTRY}

Millions. of Workers. Will be lavolved if
Strike is not Soon Ended—-SHll- a
"Posuibility of Early ‘Arrangement « of
Dit oulty—Strikers: Onietly

London, ‘Mar, 1 ~The “dia

ened géneral strike of coal miners
was inaugurated yesterday, ‘Bight
hundred thousand men went - out
when the day shift’ came out of
the mines, The expected. settle-
. ment through the good | offices of
the government - was not. an-
‘nounced. Labor leaders day the
_ Btrike will be orderly. and -there
will be no need of troops, The
: miners are asking seven shillings
_ and} sixpence a day,

There - still. appears to”be: al:

_ prospect of a break in the dead-
- ‘lock between the miners and the
., operators,” Should efforts. to end
_ the strike fail, millions of persons
engaged ia’ “Many” “trades: will
suffer. . Should the strike bé pro:
longed’ for any great. length.o

" time it will: bring “British -indus- iol}

trialism to, the verge of economic
ehnos, ° ; re

~ Manon Endorsed -.
. “ (Special to The Miner).

- Prince Rupert,’ March, 2:—A
mass meeting of Conservatives
ast night heard. Wm. Manson’ on
the work of the ‘session, - Tlie
‘meeting-was a grend: success,
‘The- member ‘outlined ; ‘the appro-
priations for: the district: which
were the largest ever ‘given and
algo the largest for any district
in the whole province,

At the. conclusion of ‘the: side
"dress, amidst enthusiasm, a reso:
lution of confidence “in Manson
was unanimously ‘carried. Mr.
Manson stated that he was pre-
pared to act as- representative
again if the Conservatives of the
district go wish. :He. will be
endorsed unanimouily - ‘by: .Pritice
Rupert Conservatives who are
enthusiastic over the prospects,
As far ag reports have been: re-
ceived here: from outlying parts
.-Manson:is the unanimous choice
“fhere. also, 7

“Frain: Townsite Dispute -

Ottawa, “March 1:—The board
of railway ‘commissioners has
-ordered:-the GTP, to provide
“+ atation facilities’ at ‘Fort’ Frager
_ when it reaches’ that point.’ If
~ the railway does not do so of its
sown accord “Wa will try and as-

“sist them a bit,”’ said’ the chair-
: man.‘ Phe order ‘waa made on
~ the application of the Dominion

» Stock. & Bond ‘Corporation, of;

“Vancouver; Which. had-tha: town:
site on the: east: sid of. Fraser
“Take. - The--appli to ié
“commissioners. ’ , Of:

- ¢ompany ’sovertures,
“hot entertained,

uld go. ot the other side of t the].

ke. Stil: later, when it was le wi wt of

without adverse grades,
River. coal ‘is the’ only. coking:

The. rally fe
ple’ then intimated. that they] :

"Noted Statesman Dead

+ Toronto: Hon. Edward Blake,
former leader of the Liberal party. ||.
in Canada, and. for some years a

member of the British parliament,
died last night...

To institute Reforms |
he Yukon Tertitory

Vancouver, ‘Mar. 4s ~ceorge|

Black, the new commissioner. ‘of |-

the Yukon, has arrived from
Ottawa ‘and. will sail for’ ‘Dawson |

jon March 9.

Governor Black says he’ will
make: radical chatiges in the per-
sonnel of his’ official family, a
number. of- Liberals holding office
in the territory: having « been.
offensively active in the last eam-
paign.. The election: for. -the
Yukon council will be held in
April, on the completion of the:
new lists of voters.. As_ far vas

possible, the injustices of the late

Liberal administration ‘will be‘re-
medied. © It has been found that!
large. tracts’ of valuable. placer
mining» ground. were taken from
. | the use of the miners of the terri-
tory .and given to - political
favorites as. concessions. These
cages will be investigated with-
out delay. oe :

corPER RIVER. ouL

0 GREAT IMPORTANCE, |

“Mature: lias‘ been dissolved; and the.’
ig- administration’ will go-to the|-

iF
ure ‘Largely: In: Developing
District’ Says Mr. Godfrey.

“That: the ‘Copper River coal
field i is of more direct importance
to ‘Hazelton ‘than, Groundhog i is

the assertion - of Amos Godfrey, |.

the well known coal operator.
Me, Godfréy i is by no meang in-

clined to belittle the | great ‘Upper!
Skeena field, in which. he has}

large holdings, but in. his. opinion

{the coking. qualities of the coal |.
contained { in the nearer measures |’

will prove. of inestimable impor-
tance i in the; ‘development of this
mineral. district, ‘as the coke may |.
be transported to ‘smelters in the
Bulkley valley: by a short railway.
Copper

product within. reach; is of. high:
quality, ‘and the. supply in sight

ig amplé ‘for’ all mining ‘and " ae
metallurgical: purposes . in.

mi-
neca for many years. ©
The proximity: of the: coal to

. the mining. camps of the Telkwa,

Hudson’ Bay« mountain, Babines

same railroad which- would carry
the coat would. also-tap many. :of |
the mines and limestone deposits,

make it apparent that the coal|’

mines which are being developed | .

by Mr..:Godfrey and his aggoci-[~ °

ates will play an important part Conservative convention for thel:

Young convicted the Indian

in the development of this. dis-

trict." a
Mr, Godfrey willleave on “Mon:
day for Groundhog mountain, to
look after. the interests of thé Be
> Anthracite’ Coal, “Ltd., ai. _and

a| the’: camp
| declared.

& for the co
co [arid harbour at: Galway, as the

OF Its Railway:

- éRipociar to Tha Miner). °
_ Victoria,’ Feb. : 27 :—With., ite
customary ceremony, followed: ‘by

the sin ging of the national anthem

by: the: mhombers,. the. legislature

‘prorogued. ‘at’ four: otelock this
‘| Thursday, Golden: on. Friday and

afternoon. -
- During’: the ‘session sixty:tig
bills ‘passed out of seventy-three
introduced. - Included in. the
Slaughter. of: the“ innocents was
Parker Williams’ bill: respecting
the . fortnightly, - Dayment. of
‘wages, ‘In this connection the
premier announced the - govern-
ment intended to appoint a royal
commission to enquire into labor
conditions in this province. ‘He,
also ‘stated that the government:
would introduce a bill-at the next
session embodying the recom-
mendations of’ the taxation ¢om-
mission, including the aboliti n
Jot the poll tax, -

7 Dissolution of House: a
~ (Spectal to The: Miner) :

~ Victoria, Feb, 27:—The le

country on the general ‘record: of
the government, especially seek-|
ing endorsement of the railway
policy reeently brought down hy.
the -premier, The--election is
called. for March 28. . Nomina~
tions will be held on- March 14, '
. The’ ‘election will be held on:

the- voters lists .as- revised in

November. last. .
-On Tuesday next the premier

land atiomney-general will leave

PROVINCIAL ELECTION Ta
~ BE HELD ON MARGH 28TR

- Administration Goes | fo Country for Approval
i : ‘Policy--New Legislation
Proposed for’ Next:Session - Includes: Reform
OF Provincial Taxation System |

Victoria ‘to' open.the campaign
with a tour of the interior. The
first meeting ‘will be held in
Kamloops on Wednesday; follow-
ed by meetings at Revelstoke on

Nelson on Sattirday evening.
Other cities in. Kootenay and the
Boundary district will be visited
during the following week. After
a fortnight’s absence the’ minis-
ters will return to the coast, the
premier coming to Victoria and
the attorney-general devoting} his
attention to. the. eampaign in
Vancouver, |

‘There is every indication that
the election will result ina sweep-
ing endorsement of the railway
policy of the government and its
general course of action. The
abolition of the three dollar poll

a ‘| tax and other reforms proposed
‘lin,the tax. system -will also meet
| with general approval. -

Primaries. in ‘Vancouver

=. (Sbaelatto ‘Tha: 2 Miner}: .
iVaricouver, March - 1: —The|.
Conservatives ‘of Vancouver will
hold primariés as the first atep in
the. selection of candidates for
the general election, ‘They will
be held on March 7, to be followed
on the evening of the Sth~by a
| great .Conservative convention,
It appears probable that the
five members at present repre-
senting the city will be again
chosen as candidates,

British Miltary Estimates:
London, Mar, 1:—The military
estimates of Great Britain for
the fiscal year of 1912-3 aggre-

last year. ..The expenditure for]:
aeroplanes alone will reach nearly
a tmillion ‘dollars. “A school of
aviation will also be established,

AS Daring, Feat

St, Louis, March 1:—For the
first, time in: the history of avia-

tion, a flier has succeeded in Jeap-| °

ing’ from an. aeroplane ‘with a

|and Skeend, and the fact that the) Parachute and descending safely

toearth. The feat was accom-
plished -.by Captain Berry, an
officer’ of the United States army.

; Convention Next Saturday
‘(Bpetial to The Miner)
Prince Rupert, March 2: —The| -

nornination of a. candidate for
Skeeng district will be held here
on Saturday- next. ‘Hazelton id
ntitled to: eight delegates,

eamihip: Line To Ireland :

|: bendon,; : Feb. 27:—A_ bill : will
he presented: to Parliament soon
i ction ofa railway. | -

terminus of the: Halifax-Galway.

e.| line of ateamers: : ‘Boats will be.

put.on to wiake the. trip from’

port to Port in three and. a + half

gate $133, 000,000, an increage of |...
a million dollars over those of]:

“Minor Telegraphic News ftems

would be running fifty car wheat
trains from. points in Alberta to

‘Vancouver'-one year from the!

coming. summer,”

- Slides Damage Canal
New Orleans, Feb, 26:—Great
slides of earth are’ reported to

chave occurred in the Panama
‘Canal.

“Great alarm has been
‘| caused by the magnitude of these
land-slides. The work on- some
Sections i ig completely stopped.

"Sand Storm at Sea

San Diego, - Feb. 26: — The
achooner’ Alvena arrived here
from the Columbia River with

rher decks covered to a depth.of
‘one and a half inches with aand.

For two days the ship reports

‘| having run through a dust storm
‘{at Bea, the sand falling like rain,

acy the county court Judge

Jatnes May of assaulting Con-
stable Hartley. ! R.-DeB,-Hovell,

|.who. appeared ‘for the pridoner,
‘| tnaide'the most of a meagre de-|.":
‘fence, and his client was given |

the. comparatively light seritence
of: ‘nine months in prison.

“On Monday F, B. Chettleburgh

Fill ‘leave ' for Groundhog, to
‘assuine.charge of development
work con:a large group: of coal

claitns: recently. purchased by
Vancouver capitalists from Frank

a Acs Jackson, Fred. Hasler - and

Rampageous Suffragettes -_ -
London: Fwo hundred mili-
tant suffragettes were arrested
yesterday for breaking windows:
in the course of a demonstration
against the government, -

Ne Temere. Decree

_ OF No Effect i in Law}

~ Montreal, Feb. 26;—Judgment

‘(has been handed down’ in the
noted Herbert marriage case by

Justice Carbonneau, who upholds

the validity of the marriage,| -

PLATFORM OF
“THE LIBERALS

Represtnive of Opposition
_ Party Meet in Vancouver |
And Frame Their Policy

BREWSTER STILL LEADER

Despite Protest of Some Delegates, Cons

~ vention Decides to Contest All Con-
‘atituencies—Many Planks’ in Hastily
Formed Platform for Campaign :

which was contested under the| ~

Ne Temere decree. The judge
holds that any officer authorized
to solemnize marriages can marry
any two persons who observe ‘the
ordinary formalities, including
the obtaining ofa marriage. 1i-
cense, no matter what their reli-
gion. may be, Under this deei-

sion the much-diseussed decree

has no éffect as against the civil
code,

Rails Drawing Near
The steel has reached Bos-
trom’s, at. mile 151, which is
nineteen miles from the bridge.
A siding is being put in today.

ROSS TELLS OF WORK
ON GT. P. RAILWAY

_{ “The -Man from. the: North”
: Predicts: ‘Completion :. of}

Road Before End of 1914.

(Special to The Mimer)

Vancouver, Feb, 29:—All the |,

uncompleted portion of the G. T,
‘P, in British Columdia, with the
exception of a short gap between
Fraser lake and Burns lake is now

under. contract, and the whole.

line will be completed before the

-| end of 1914, according to Duncan

Rosa, who is here today to attend
the provincial Liberal convention,
Foley, Welch & Stewart, he
says have just awarded subcon-
tracts. from Aldermere east.
John Bostrom hus eight miles,
Freberg & Stone ten miles, Hugh
MeLeod four miles, Smith seven-
teen ‘miles, John Albi ten miles
from Bulkley summit westward,
Duncan Ross ten miles from Bulk-
ley summit eastward, John Me-
Leod five miles, A. L. McHugh
ten miles, Dan Stewart ten miles,

rand D. A, Rankin fourteen miles

"|along Burns lake and eastward,
Sub-contractors working west-
ward from the Yellowhead have
also been awarded contracts ‘for
all work westward to Fraser lake,
west of Fort George, The last
spike will probably be driven in
the: vicinity of the gap between
Burns and Fraser lakes. The 415
miles hetween Tete Jaune Cache
and Aldermere will be the scene
of great activity this year. Ross

expects to eomplete his 2,000 feet

of tunneling by the end of June.
He states about 2,000 laborers
are employed in the _ Various
carne’ ‘of the north,

“Small Biaze
oa fire oceurred .on “Monday

{night in’ the’ residence of J.C.

-| Boyd, Tanager of the Hudson's
Bay. store.’ A’ curtain - became

ignited, from a lamp,: ‘starting’ a
blaze which Mr. ‘Boyd was unable

to extinguish. The fire | spread
ao rapidly that when the chemical
engities ‘reached: the house. the
interior of the room was ablaze.

_ (Special to The Miner) ;
Vancouver, Feb, 29:— About
two hundred delegates are in at-

tendance at the provincial Liberal
convention which opened here
this afternoon. Among the prom-
inent oppositionists present are
John Oliver, Hon, Wm. Temple-
man, H. C. Brewster and Duncan
Ross, Oliver is presiding officer
and McIntosh, of Vancouver,
secretary.

Vancouver has fifty delegates,
Victoria forty and Prince Rupert
eight,

The sole topic of discussion at
today’s session was the question
of the tactics to be employed in
the present campaign. Many'of
the delegates were outspoken in
condemning the expenditure of
money in contesting the election,
holding it to be worse than
wasted. Several speakers urged
the-party-to,-refrain ; from-. offer. -
ing candidateg, ;

‘The Platform Framed:

(Special to The Miner) .
Vancouver, Mar, 2:—Midnight
saw the close of the provincial
Liberal convention, which adopt-
ed a new platform and decided
to contest every Constituency i in
the province.
H. C, Brewster, the’ present
opposition member, -was elected
president of the ‘association, and.
Will lead the Liberal party in |
the contest, Dr. Kergin, of
Prince Rupert, is one of three
vice-presidents. G. R, Naden and
Duncan Ross are members of the
executive committee for Comox-
Atlin.

The chief planks of the plat-
form on which the Liberals will
oppose the government are the-
immediate construction of the -
Peace River railway, not only to
Fort George, but ‘right to. the
Peace, and the connection by
rail of Vancouver Island with the
mainland. The bare proposal
was put forth, with no details as
to show how the proposed work
ia to be financed. The decision

decusgion. Those who de-
manded details were silenced.

Other planks in the platform are
woman suffrage, local option, a

government labor department
with free labor bureaus and state
‘accident insurance, The latter
was advocated. by Duncan Rosa,
and although meeting with
Strong : opposition’ was finally”
adopted, Ross’ said. that on his

{tunnel payroll the insurance com-- ”
~-| panies! demanded premiums . éf.

seven per cent. In all there-are.
thirdy. planks in the platform; The.

practically its entite- adniinistrd: ~
ive policy, especial - umbrage be. °

dng. taken at the. galling -of an Be :
election on the November voters

lists and without. ‘redistributio
Templeman, ‘Oliver - ‘and. Ralph.
‘Smith all: took a rap-at- theca.
ministration: . “McBride has f

wag’ arrived at after much dis- «

government’ is condenined= fép |

Bupplies have’ been | Strenuous work on the patt of/us to fight with

by. toboggan, and ‘every-|thé firemen and voluntéerd ‘re-|ind our i
of sulted ‘i in the fire being extfn-| °°

‘Be guished: after damage ambunting s

fa te about fo had been dong,