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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1903)
10 THE MORNING OREGONIA, MONDAY, KAY 11, 1903. NO CAUSE TO WAIL Strike Has Not Stopped Real Estate Activity, BUILDING PERMITS INCREASE Sale of Real Estate Continue and More Bandings Are Under Con struction Than This Time Last Tear General Business Improves. "Why can't people have some confi dence In their town and not get so pan icky about the labor troubles ruining the prosperity ol the city?" asked a well known real estate man. "We are better off than we were last year, and things will be coming our way when the present difficulties blow over." Since that bugaboo, strike, Intruded Its head into the affairs of the cty the con stant cry has been that the town was spoiled for this year. Here is one man who had figures to show that the real estate market is in a better condition than during the troubles of 1S02. As to the amount of buildings there is no com parison. To prove his statement the real estate Optimist produced the following table: Building permits for -week ending May 7, 1902 5U0 Building permits for week ending May 7, 1903 65.050 "Now, of course, that $14,000 doesn't look very much," said the real estate man. "but all the same it goes to show that Portland is better off. as far as the amount of building goes, than It -was last year. That permit table does not actually show the difference between the two seasons. Last year at this time there were none of the big buildings you now see about town In course of con struction. Just as soon as the planing mill strike started everything dropped, and there wasn't any too much going on at any rate. I predict that just as soon as this strike is over there will be a big ger building boom in Portland than ever before. We may get it this year, but even If "we don't, it's coming all the same and "will strike us next year, you may be sure." If all the other real estate dealers of the city would take the same optimistic view of the situation as the man witn the figures to prove his statements, there would be little difficulty in restoring con fidence. Effect of Croakers' Tallc From April 1, when the union carpen ters failed to get the higher wage scale for which they had asked three months before, there immediately began the croaking of the' town knocker to the effect that the city was ruined and con demned to the bow-wows. "We may as well leave town; It won't be any good this year." said these pessimists. The very ones who did most of the talking naturally stayed In Portland. They did succeed, however, in scaring away a few investors. Then on April 6 the union painters went out because they could not get $3.50 a day. Again did the knocker work overtime In throwing a wet blanket upon everything and everybody Interested in the real estate market. Though for week there -was almost no painting of any kind being done In the city, general con struction work went ahead to some ex tent. Active real estate men felt the malign influence of the lnsistant pessi mist, however, and became discouraged and found themselves unable to talk to prospective customers In their usual con vlnclng tone. "We've got to take a rest for a while," they said to one another. Had eeryone steadfastly decried the Influence of the strike, some half dozen investors -who are still waiting to place their money would have put It In buildings or real estate before this. As it was, confidence was a minus quantity among the very men who should have had the most. Conse quently the building permits and the record of real estate transfers went down In an amazing manner. Had the realty men only looked for an instant at the transactions of the same period of 1902 they would have felt differently as to the prospective ruin of the city. The transfers for the first week In May of last year were so pitiably small that It -would be a disgrace to em phasize them. For the week just ended they amounted to J144.212, at any time a very respectable figure. What tlie Flunres Show. Here is the record of transfers and permits for the week ending March 9, the time when activity In real estate deals and buildings was at its height: Real estate 5150,390 Building permits 195.6S6 A week after the painters' strike start ed the figures were much the same. The real estate transactions dropped slightly, but the building permits, on the contrary, went up several notches. Fol lowing are the records for the week end ing April 13: Heal estate 5183,731 Building permits 102.333 Within the past ten days there has been a decided picking up In all lines of commercial affairs. "1 guess It Isn't going to be such a bad season after all," say the realty men. Once more they are kept busy answering Inquiries. They have less difficulty In selling property than two weeks ago. The prospect of an amicable settlement of the labor difficulties, had its Influence upon investors and they are once more willing to put their money on the market. The construction of buildings about the city has also taken a fresh start. On some buildings union men are at work, while upon others everything is being done by nonunion labor. At any rate, the buildings are being completed. The Mohawk building of the Failing estate, which has been delayed by the strikes of two years, now seems within a few days of completion. At the Welnhard build ing the end is in sight. The Scottish Rite Cathedral at Morrison and Lownsdale streets will soon be ready for the Bites of Masonry- The work of a few days -will finish the Shapiro building on Third street. The foundation for the 3unnlng & Campion undertaking estab lishment at the angle of Ankeny and Seventh streets has been laid. Work upon dozens of large residences has been resumed. Again is the sound of the ham mer and the saw heard in the land. De spite the croaklngs of the town knocker. Portland has not been ruined for the year 1903. Art in Calendars. Calendars of all colors and kinds. 1 mm the size of one's thumbnail up to that of a niDDer oiantcet are as numerous as troubles and are showered into every office and residence till one wonders how there is ever time enough to fill them all. A few are really ornamental, and the most beautiful of these which has made its ap pearance here Is one distributed by the Pacific Metal Works, the principal feature or wnicn is a colored reproduction of "Heels Over Head." a celebrated painting by a well-known artist. It represents a group of shoeblacks gathered around one of their kind who Is standing on his hands with his feet hanging down. The represen tation is In colors, and Is a very creditable piece of work. One may spend consider able time studying the boys and the ex pressions on their countenances and en deavoring to make out the nationality of sach, for no two resemble each other. The cloture Is so beautiful that a man ot fair- ly respectable Amputation walked half a mile out -of his way yesterday to steal one from the office of a friend, and after get ting away with it felt sorry, as he owned up that his friend would without doubt have given it to him if he had asked for it. Stolen honey, however. Is always sweet est. WIDSOM STILL MISSING. Mother of Little Roberta Traces Clevrs to No Parpote. Pretty little 5-year-old Roberta Wisdom Is still on the missing list .No trace has yet been found of either the child or her demented father, W. M. Wisdom, who kidnaped her two weeks ago today. Tne clew which was discovered Satur day evening was unproductive of results. Little Roberta Is supposed to have been seen by a small playmate Saturday after noon on Illlams avenue. Diligent search has been made throughout that locality by friends of Mrs. Wisdom, but nothing can be found of the little girl. The small boy who lives In the same house as the Wisdom family says that he saw Roberta playing in a yard somewhere on imams avenue. The clew was not followed until yesterday. "What kind of place do you suppose Mr. Wisdom would take the child to?" was asked of the distracted mother. "To a Catholic Sisters' school, I be lieve," said she. "He always said that was the best place in which to teach a girl, and I think that he would take her to one If he could." Then Mrs. Wisdom was told that such a school was on Williams avenue, or near by. Early yesterday morning she went to the school of the Dominican Sisters on Williams avenue and Stanton street, half expecting that her lost child would be In her arms in a few minutes. To all her anxious Inquiries, however, the Sisters could but say that no child of that de scription was within their walls. Mrs. Wisdom returned beaten for the time, but determined to keep at the work of finding her little daughter. In the meantime two other possible clews have been found and will be run down. Mr. Wisdom was about to take a position as traveling ipan with Blew Bros., of Chicago. He has had considerable ex perience In that line, and for many years was known as a good salesman. Mrs. Wisdom believes that he will attempt to go on the road for the Chicago house. They will be telegraphed to notify her If the missing man sends his address and prepares to sell a line of goods for them. Friends of Wisdom say that he Is able to fill such a position, as his spells of in sanity seldom become apparent when he Is away from home. When they appear he is apt to be Judged as a very eccentric man. When Mrs. Wisdom became suspicious that her husband had stolen their child and lefts for parts unknown, she at once tried to learn If he had actually taken the i train here for Baker City, his ostensible , destlnatlon. The depot officials could give ! her no information. If the expressman J who took the trunk to the train can be 1 fniinii nmiA Heht mrav he thrown on the Kltnatlon. "He Knew Wisdom, calling him by name when loading the trunk into his wagon. This man could probably tell whether or not Wisdom and his, little daughter took the train for Baker City, and at any rate could tell if he went to the depot or not. "The expressman who' took the trunk away from the hpuse was a young man, hardly more than a boy, for he had diffi culty In raising it to the wagon," says Mrs. Wlsdpm. "I should say that he was about 18 years old. He wore glasses. His wagon had the union mark on It, and had a black cover with a light blue lining." A numbeV of expressmen were ques tioned yesterday as to the Identity of the member of their union of this descrip tion, but none of thorn knew him. Except for the misleading letter re CENTERVUXE, WASHINGTON ONE OF THE THRIVING TOWNS ON THE COLUMBIA EIVER & NORTHERN RAILROAD CENTERVTLLE, Wash., May 9. (Spe cial Correspondence.) On the direct line of the Columbia River & Northern Rail road, 36 miles by rail from the terminus on the Columbia River at Lyle, and seven miles frdm Goldendale, lies the Town of Centervllle. with a present population of about 250. For miles in every direction it is sur rounded by the rolling farming lands of the Klickitat Valley, and is locatea on a slight elevation alongside of what is called "The Swale," which Is a tract of principally rich bottom land about five by ten miles in area, where crops of wheat of 50 bushels to the acre have been raised, and where fine timothy meadowB flourish. On account of the town's cen tral location, It was given its present name. Lines of Business. There are at present in Centerville two general merchandise stores, two hotelB, three blacksmith shops, one barber shop, two drug stores, one hardware store, one billiard hall, two telephone exchanges, two livery stables, one butcher shop, three churches (Methodist, Christian and Catholic), a graded public school, one real estate office, a weekly newspaper, one shoemaker, one laundry, a public hall, seven secret societies, one wagon repair shop, and two chopping and planing mills. Just as soon as the population reacnes the number required by law, it is the intention to Incorporate the town. Business Opportunities. There are openings here for a furniture store, a men's furnishing goods store, a bank, a harness shop, a photograph gallon-, a brickyard, a dentist, a lumber yard, a flouring mill,- and perhaps a law yer. A system of water works Is now In course of construction, the funds arising from the sale of Government land owned as a townslte. This enterprise will be in charge of the Centervllle Water Works & Improvement Company. There Is a Board of Trade here, with T. N. Crofton as secretary. A race track association has been organized and grounds are being laid out adjoining the town on the south, which will Include a baseball ground, half-mile race track, grandstand, stables, etc. The first race' meet will be held In July, and later In the year a county fair. 80,000 Bushels of Wheat. The railroad warehouse here now con tains 80,000 bushels of wheat, in' sacks, which was brought la and stored for ship ment from within a radius of about five miles. There are three warehouses on the C. R. & N. Railroad one at Goldendale. which Is full of wheat; one at Daley, five miles from here, also full; and one here. The wheat In these three warehouses does not represent the total crop raised last year, which was about 1,000.000 bushels. There are four buildings now In course of construction here, and contemplated new buildings will number about 20 more. Lots are selling at from 550 to 5250 each. It Is possible another hotel will be built during the Summer. Saving In Freights. With the completion of the Columbia River & Northern Railroad, it is antici pated that there will be quite a saving In freight on the crops of the valley, and on merchandise a saving of at least 20 cents per 100 pounds. Thus the local merchants here can compete with other towns in prices. With the increase In population throughout the Klickitat Valley. Center ville will also certainly Increase In popu lation. Land Prices. The present ruling prices of farming lands In the valley are from 510 to 550 an acre, including improvements. Timothy meadows on "The Swale" lands will pro duce from two to three tons to the acre. Alfalfa has never been given a fair test yet. Ninety bushels of oats and as many of barley have been grown, to the acre on these lands, but an average crop is half that amount. A Frnlt Belt. The most valuable lands In tnto vicinity ceived by Mrs. Wisdom on Saturday, say ing that he was about to take Uttle Ro berta to Australia, nothing has been heard of W lsdom since he left April 27. "I do not think that Wisdom has gone far away from the city." said Chief Hunt yesterday. "I believe that he will soon be found right here in town, for he couldn't keep a child like that hidden away very long." ALASKANS ARE DOOMED. Contact -Witn White Race Working: Their Dcstractloa. OREGONTAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, May 10. Dr. Sheldon Jackson, of the Bureau of Education, who has done so much for the relief of the natives of Alaska, both In an educational way and through the Introduction of reindeer for their use, recently delivered an address in this city before "the National Indian Association, in which he referred to the deplorable condition of the natives of Alaska, particularly In sections where there has been any considerable advent of white men. "The discover- of gold In Alaska means almost the entire destruction of the ab original system and race In that terri tory," said he. "In the last six years one-half of the entire native population In the sections where gold has been dis covered has passed away. The intemper ance and immorality which have accom panied the advent of the whites to the section have been communicated to the natives, with the effect that they have become more susceptible to disease, and they have died like flies. "There Is very little hope for the na tive race In Alaska, excepting those who are under the direct influence of the Christian missionaries." He told of the Inhuman practices that obtained among some of the native tribes of Alaska, such as a son killing his aged mother at her request, and parents taking the lives of their infants, in, order that there would be fewer mouths' to feed and thus lessen the burden of their existence. Speaking of the more hopeful aspects of the situation. Dr. Jackson said that for the past four years in the fields where missionaries have been at work there has been a notable revival of the -Christian religion, and that the people showed a tendency to embrace Christianity and re- j nounce their barbarous customs and re i llglon. The country Is In need of con secrated Christian teachers, he said, and he Is hopeful of an increased number of missionaries being sent to Alaska in the near future. East Side Vaudeville. Central Park, on Grand avenue, be tween East Yamhill and East Taylor streets, was well attended yesterday, on ine occasion oi iwo vauaevnie penorra- ances, ana tne same excellent programme t"11 TUn al week. The general admission is 10 cents, and the park is only ten mln- ruies waiK across me Aiaaison ana iior- rlson-street bridges. All City &. Suburban trolley cars pass the entrance to the park. Every Thursday night Is amateurs' night. and there are afternoon matinees Satur day and Sunday. Professor Horn and his dog and monkey show heads the list of at tractions this -week. His pets perform some wonderful feats. He was brought to this country from London by the Bar num & Bailey circus people, and he came here from Chicago, 111. Miss Mlgnon, who will appear each evening wearing a dlf- ferent Paris gown, will sing songs In five different languages, and she is one of the best in the business. The other artists are the Gautlers. illustrated songs; Jim McGrath. Bartelemes and Elllsler. One of the laughable events at the park Is the" comedy "Turning the Tables." The per formance Is well worth seeing. are those along "The Swale." It Is rich. fertile soil, very deep, and, being entirely free of brush, is ready for cultivation. This land, while now held at from 540 to 550 an acre for gralnralslng, would just as quickly bring 5100 an acre If one 20-acre orchard of bearing flrst-class apples were In existence. Lack of transportation has heretoiore been a drawback to fruit raising in the Klickitat Valley, but this swale land Is particularly well suited for orchards, and no doubt some of It will be devoted to that purpose. First Wheat by Railroad, On Thursday, April 30, the first wheat ever taken out of Klickitat Valley by railroad was sent from here over the new railroad, the shipment being four car loads, which is being followed by as many more each day. The Klickitat Valley wheat is in much demand by millers, as It Is very rich In gluten and makes superior grade of patent flour. Levi Clanton settled In Centervllle 20 years ago, and his blacksmith shop was the first business enterprise in the town Alone the C, IL 4 X. Railroad. From Goldendale to Daley, this road Is almost In a straight line for 13 miles, and is on a level. At Daley It commences descending through the canyon of Swale Creek Into the canyon of the Klickitat River, and In a distance of 30 miles de scends 1650 feet, the steepest grade, how ever, being only slightly over 2 per cent. Excepting a dozen miles out of Lyle, the roadbed Is not yet ballasted and leveled, but so well was the grading and engl neering done that the road is not a bad one to travel over. I was much Inter ested In the operation of the gravel train, ballasting the road, as the work is done so rapidly and so welL Gravel cars, with trapdoors In the bottom, are loaded by a steam shovel, and the locomotive, pushing behind, runs the train to th portion of road to be graded. At the extreme end from the engine Is a flat-car, and under neath just touching the rails is a heavily weighted diamond-shaped scraper. As the gravel Is let fall out of the cars between the rails, the scraper follows and spreads It equally over the track, and when train Is unloaded this same scraper goes back over the space graveled and smoothes It like a garden plat. This method of ballasting saves the labor of large force of men, and' does the work better. A Winter Natatorial. At Wahkiacus, named after an old In dian woman, is a large hot spring in very pretty spot on the bank of the Klickitat River. It Is proposed to erect here a large bathing tank and a hotel. where visitors can find recreation, rest and benefit to their health, both Summer and Winter. There are also soda and sulphur springs near, and the fishing for trout In the Klickitat River and tributa ries cannot be excelled. At a point where the railroad crosses the river Is a natural water-power, the river rushing through a gorge In the rocks and In the course of a mile dropping 100 feet. That this power will be utilized In some way seems very probable. The railroad company owns the lands where the Town of Lyle Is situated, and its plans include the use of all the available space. The residents at Lyle are much interested in knowing what those plans may be. In order to gov ern themselves In the purchase of prop erty for business purposes. At present the company Is not Inclined to enlighten them, and no town lots are for sale. There are at Lyle two good small hotels. two merchandise stores, livery stable. etc, and new lines of business will be represented as soon as town lots can be purchased. It is probable a system of water works and electric lights will be Installed, and the town along the sloping hillside will present a pleasing appear ance. A ferry will be put on the Colum bla to carry the mail from the Oregon to the Washington shore, connecting the O, R. & N. Railroad with the C. R. ft N, Railroad, and thence to the towns along the line of road, and The Oregonlan will thus reach them about six hours from Portland. . C F. FIST AND TOOTH FIGHT PORTLAND EXCURSION'S HOT TIME AT CORVALLIS. Constable Starts Trouble and Prol BCBt Citizen Bites Portland Yeans Man's Ear Oft. The party of excursionists which went to Corvallls yesterday under the auspices ot the Past Sachems of the Order of Red Men had a strenuous trip and met with much adventure Tom Barrett, a wellr known young man. is shy a large por tion of his left car as an incident, and Miss Clara Imbrle Is suffering from se rious injuries caused by a fall from the train at Hillsboro. . The survivors tell a thrilling story of the outing which began early yesterday morning when two sections of a special train pulled out over the Southern Pa cific for the college town. The excur sionists arrived at CorvalHs about noon, and shortly afterward the trouble be gan. It appears that the Portland crowd was peaceably minding Its own business when a detachment of the Salvation Army started a "street meeting on the principal avenue of the town. The Salvationists were soon surrounded by a respectrui audience, when some boys on the out skirts of the crowd started a disturb ance. The town Marshal, A. B. Alex ander, ordered the Salvationists off the street. The men who were conducting the meeting refused to avaunt, and Alex ander undertook to use force. The crowd sympathized with the evange lists and Interfered, with the result that free fight started between the visitors and a volunteer brigade composed of townspeople who came to the support of the valiant Alexander. The most active of these was Johnson Porter, a man over 50 years of age, who is president of the CorvalHs Electric Light Company, and does other things there. He singled out Barrett and closed with him. Barrett re sented the embrace and landed on him, whereupon Porter took a generous bite at the young man's left ear, entirely re moving the lower portion of it. Barrett was taken to a neighboring drug store and a physician called to attend him. Then the crowd thought of Porter and ought him out to take vengeance. Mean while Porter's son had supplied him with a dangerous-looking six-shooter, and the old man succeeded In making a gun play stick with the crowd until he could back away to a coign of safety. Barrett fainted from loss of blood and pain, and was brought back to this city in a serious plight. His injury will disfigure him for life. On the return trip the train stopped at Hillsboro to permit Miss Clara Imbrle to alight, but started again as she was stepping to the station platform. She was thrown violently to the ground and se verely bruised, but suffered no broken bones. So far as can be learned, the rest of the excursionists returned to Portland uninjured. SMALLPOX IS BEATEN. Disease at Prineville Stamped Ont or Tinder Control. "Conditions at Prineville and country thereabouts have greatly improved In the last three weeks and the smallpox which was raging there has been either stamped out or is under control," said Dudley Evans. Deputy Health Officer of Multnomah County, who has been In charge of the work of disinfection there. "The work of the Health Board at Prineville is particularly worth mention ing, and Charles Elklns, Drs. Hyde, Rosenberg and Billings and Judges Booth and Biggs are entitled to great credit for their untiring efforts In mastering the dread malady. "The State Board of Health has a full and recent report from that locality, to the effect that the smallpox there Is In good .and able hands and. there need be no further fear of Infection, other than the few straggling cases that can always be looked for after an epidemic At both Prineville and Shanlko the facilities for dealing with the scourge are of the best. A good pesthouse, able physicians and nurses, and a system of fumigation that Is not excelled anywhere In Oregon. "The late epidemic Is supposed to have started In a case traced to Pennsylvania, but close Investigation leads to the knowledge that the disease has been manifest there in a mild varioloid form, the same' as In nearly all the Willamette Valley and Columbia River towns, for the past year or more, and, as history of the Infection has shown In other places, the malignant character of the disease as now found Is due In many cases to the disinclination of the people to call It by Its true name. Diagnosis as Manila Itch, Cuban Itch, and anything. In fact, but the right name for it. has prevented proper and effective measures being taken to fumigate and In the other known methods, such as quarantine, vaccination, etc The disinclination of people to submit to quarantine and a dread of vaccination has led to all the serious epidemics In this and other states, as has been proved time and again. "Now, a word about vaccination. Rare ly, If ever, does that treatment fail to prove an effective prevention. It should only be done by an experienced physician or nurse,' who should be allowed to see the effect In the In the time It should have "taken" and accord the proper treatment and dressing afterward. Not only Is home treatment a risk from the fact of a nonexperlenced person's ability to tell If It has taken, but It Is also posi tively dangerous at times, owing to the danger of other bacterial Infection, when It. Is not properly seen and taken care of by one qualified to look after the wound. "Fumigation Is almost unknown In out-of-the-way places, still, at the same time, it is acknowledged by all authorities to be the only way to stamp out the disease and prevent a recurrence at some time when climatic conditions favorable to its Inception prevail. This mo3t Important work should never be done by any but experienced fumlgators, and always un der the supervision of the County or City Boards of Health. "The Board of Health for Oregon should have been created long before, and the present epidemic, which has raged at Prineville. and the surrounding county, should put its necessity on a proper footing before the people. Rarely has a public measure been so aptly shown to be a public benefaction." PROHIBITION IN VIRGINIA Democrats Worlclng: With Temper ance People Aids Republicans. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, May 10. The Democrats of Vir ginia have set about the task of making the Old Dominion a temperance state. Wherefore the Interest that centers around Virginia politics at this time. Within the past few weeks a number of towns have "gone dry" and others threat en to follow In their wake. Naturally, under the circumstances, the liquor men are allignlng themselves with the Re publican party, and, If the fight con tinues, the Republicans will make marked gains In the next State Legislature. It Is hardly believed that Virginia will be forced Into the Republican column on the liquor question alone, although some politicians of the state say that Is not at all Improbable, In view of the Intense feeling that has been aroused. The pres ent Legislature recently passed a bill advocated by the temperance element, many members voting for It, although they deemed it unwise. The situation in the Virginia Legislature is very much like the situation In Congress at the time the anti-canteen law was passed; many men voted against their Judgment, be cause of the popular clamor for a change. With Prohibition working Its way South, there Is danger that the fever may yet spread Into Kentucky and Tennessee. If so, the moonshiners will be fighting against heavy odds. Under Fire! That's where the True Qualities of a 5c Cigar 'y Hfca. Ifs a cigar you'll smoke again and again. BP -w STRIKE FOR THE UNION ELECTRICIANS FINALLY JOIN ISSUE WITH EMPLOYERS. Reissal to Recasfnize Union. May Be Followed hy Refasal to "Worlc With Xenanlen Men. "The electricians will quit' if they are put on unfair jobs," said H. G. Greene, president of the Electrical Workers' Union, yesterday. "Does that mean that there will be any general strike of your union?" "No, It does -not, but all our men will quit just as soon as they are placed upon an unfair building." The boss electricians say they will not recognize the union. This was officially stated after the conference Saturday even ing between a committee of three from the Electrical Workers' Union and the Oregon Electricians' Association, whose members aie the managers of the principal elec trical shops of the "city. Though the members of the association will not admit that they will take the bull by the horns and purposely place union electricians upon unfair Jobst It Is gener ally understood that they will do that very thing in order to learn If the union means what It says. "There will be no lockout," says the president of the employers association. "There will be no general strike of the electricians," says the president of the union. Just the same. It is more than probable that a majority of the union electricians will be out inside of a week. The declara tion of the association members to the ef fect that they will not recognize the union In any way is an admission that they will not take Into consideration the regulation of the Building Trades Council that no union man shall work upon an unfair Job. The union men believe that they will be placed upon unfair Jobs for the simple pur pose of testing the strength of the council rule. The troubles -of the electricians and their employers have been hanging fire for the past ten days. Three months ago the union submitted a wage scale calling for 53.50 a day. The proprietors of the shops agreed to pay this If the union, for Its part, would agree to work upon'any job without reference to the regulations of the Building Trades Council. The union, after two lengthy conferences with the associa tion members, refused to give In on this point, declaring that It Involved all the principles of unionism. Every member of the union questioned on this point sr.ys ... tu .t i , most positively that he will not work upon an unfair job on any account. If neither side gives way. It is more than probable that the electricians will be added to the list of the building trades In Idle ness. STILL SELL AMERICAN. Iron Orders to Germany Hold Up Despite Chaage Here. BERLIN, May 10. The Bourse last week suffered from the situation in the Balkans and Manchuria, dearer money and the slump In Kaffirs. The tendency In all departments was weak, although the syn dicate handling the recent German loan dissolved a selling out. 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