t THEMOKNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1903. .0 HE HOLDSTHE GATES Commissioner F. P. Sargent Talks on Immigration. NEWCOMERS BRING PROBLEMS Flood of Immigrants Should Be Di rected From the Congested Cities to the Unsettled Lands of the West. "Please be careful In sketching jne," said F. P- Sargent, Commissioner-General of Immigration, as an artist began to portray the portly form on a sketch block. And In explanation of his desire for cau tion, Mr. Sargent added: "One of the St. Louis newspapers printed a sketch of me some years ago, and three days later ran the same picture as the portrait of a train robber -who had just been arrested." Mr. Sargent, who became known throughout the country by reason of his 17 years service as grand master of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, was appointed Chief of the Immigration Bureau in April. 1902. by President Roose velt, and assumed charge of the office In July last- Two months later he re tired from his position as head of the firemen's brotherhood. Sir. Sargent is a big man physically, rugged of features, virile and democratic In his manner. The days when he fired en gines on the Southern Pacific in the parched atmosphere of the Arizona desert, iave left the impress of sturdiness upon the man. and in all the years of pros perity since that time of toil, no graces and no airs have found his personality a favorable place in which to grow. "Are you going to draw mo in my shirt sleeves?" he asked as the artist threat ened to begin operations. The artist rather liked the idea, and thought It would be attractive and odd. "Everybody else is drawn with their coat on," said the man of art with worlds of deprecation in h.is voice. But Mr. Sar gent would not. And with many a leviathanic hitch, the new immigration expert struggled into a Prince Albert, silk lined and snug of fit as becomes the garments of officialdom. And still as Mr. Sargent sat and talked, the coat seemed to gather on the ponder ous shoulders, the sleeves shrank up wards and the brawny wrists showed bare half way up the arm. He told how he had fired in Arizona while Homer Daven port had done a similar task on the next division of the same road In New Mexico, and the Prince Albert looked like an oil stained jumper. Then the conversation veered to immi gration, and as Mr. Sargent quoted sta tistical figures and economic facts, the Prince Albert reassumed its proper place as the outward and visible sign of a per son of some degree. Say a Chief of the Bureau of Immigration. "If the flood of immigrants," said Mr. Sargent, "could be directed from the large cities where the new arrivals now live in a congestion that passeth all belief, to the great, untilled, but tillable lands of the West, the immigration problem would for a time be solved. "This aspect of the matter has for a time concerned me, and I shall probably make some suggestion on the subject in my report to the Secretary of the Treas ury, my Immediate chief." Mr. Sargent Is somewhat chary of ex pressing opinions on the Immigration ques tion, taking the position that he is merely an administrative official of the Govern ment, employed to carry out its opinions ,11s indicated by the Immigration laws. But ne does not hesitate to oppose the policy advocated by many New England philoso phers, who think that any human being has the right to lre anywhere, and who, therefore, think it wrong to restrict Im migration in any way. "Self-preservation," said Mr. Sargent, "is the first law of nature. If one watches the new arrivals for one month in the port of New York alone, the necessity for some regulation of the movement becomes very obvious. "At New York there arrived last month SS.5C0 immigrants. Of these the Inspectors refused to admit S60, among whom were 644 paupers, 1C5 contract laborers and 46 persons who had loathsome or contagious diseases." "And of the rest," asked the reporter, "how many were really desirable addi tions to the land of the free and the home of " "Let me see," began Mr. Sargent, with out waiting for the reporter to finish liis flight of rhetoric. "Let us see. "To begin with there were 40.030 from Italy. Many of these could be classed as very undesirable.' Italy sends us more Immigrants than any other country, but as to quality Mr. Sargent looked out of the window. "But there are others," he continued as the shadow of the land of the Vatican, Julius Caesar, the Borglas and maccarcni laded from his mind. "There are better Immigrants. "Sweden sent us 6000 out of her popula tion last month. The Swedes are first class additions to the Nation. They don't stay in New York. They go straight into the young districts, buy farms or turn to some kind of productive labor. They are strong and .hardy. We have no better immigrants. "Irpland and Germany also sent us 6000 new arrivals apiece. Like the Swedes they are as good people as we could ask for. High-class immigrants. From England and Scotland we got a total of 4900 people In the same 30 days. "Austro-Hungary dumped 24.000 men, women and children upon our shores in April. There are different grades in this immigration, some as desirable as the Germans, and some like the ooze of South ern Europe, that we do not want but can't avoid. "Five thousand subjects of King George, of Greece, left his realms for America in the month. The Greeks are like the Italian Immigrants, generally undesirable. They are largely under the Padrone sys tem and congest the large citiea "The Asiatic new arrivals in April num bered 1923, so that you can see the immi gration of this class is very small." Mr. Sargent is making a tour of all the ports of entry under his jurisdiction, with the idea of becoming personally familiar with local conditions. He has just re turned from the Hawaiian Islands, and will return East, via Puget Sound and the Canadian boundary as far as Montreal. "The Chinese question is an Important one in California and in Hawaii." he said. "In the latter place I was called upon by many representative planters and business men. who wish to see a law enacted that will permit the importation of Chinee labor to work on the sugar plantations. The trouble is to devise a. satisfactory means of keeping the Chinese on the plan tations, and preventing them leaving this work to engage in lines competitive with the whltee. ln California the women want Chinese for domestic servants. They say they cannot get white labor to do the work. The trouble is that white women can find work In factories and stores that Is as well paid and where the hours are shorter and the work more pleasant." Out of the total Immigration for the month of April, Mr. Sargent says. 33 per sons entered the country at Portland 650 at San Francisco. 309 at Puget Sound' 2S9 at " ancouver on the Canadian boundary while the vast bulk entered at the nort of New York. Vancouver High School Diplomas. VANCOUVER, "Wash., June 1. (Special.) The 12th annual commencement exercises of the Vancouver High School were held this evening In the Auditorium, which was packed by an enthusiastic audience. The room was beautifully decorated for the occasion. Eleven graduates received di plomas. The schools were unusually pros perous during the past year. Professor Shumway was superintendent. Professor P. Hough, principal of the High School, and Professor C E. Alexander principal of Columbian School. The schools will take a vacation until about September 23. NOISE DISTURBS BUSINESS Saloonkeeper Sacs His Landlord for Running Factory Over Ills Shop. George J. Sebeckl, a. saloonkeeper at the corner of Third and Flanders, yesterday filed suit against Boost, his land lord, who occupies the second floor of the building, to have the latter enjoined from operating heavy machinery which, Sebeckl avers, occasions loud noises and vibrations and Interferes with his busi ness. Boost is a manufacturer of wire fences, and bought the property in April, 1903, from George TV. Marshall. In his complaint Sebeckl recites that on September 3, 1901, he leased the prem ises occupied by him for saloon pur poses from Marshall for a term of five COMMISSIONER-GENERAL OF IMMIGRATION. F. P. SARGENT. years, and Boost purchased subject to the lease. Sebeckl alleges that Boost, to conduct his wire works, put in heavy machinery, consisting of hammers, forges, anvils and other things which, when running, jar the structure considerably, and the saloonkeeper asserts that before the In stallment of the machinery was com pleted he notified his new landlord about the vibrations and noises, but to no pur pose. Sebeckl states that chimneys, man tels and shades have fallen off his gas fixtures, one chimney falling on a pool table when men were playing pool, breaking up the game. He further al leges that an entrance to the cardroom of the saloon has been obstructed by Boost with hoisting apparatus. Sebeckl demands $500 damages and complains also that the value of his lease has been lessened $2500 by the wire works over the drinking shop. RICH NOT TO BE ENVIED. Chicago Banker Holds the Poor Are the Happier. CHICAGO. June L "The rich man is not to be envied. The poor man Is hap pier than the rich." With these words David R. Forgan, vice president, of the First JCational Bank, told a fashionable audience in the First Presbyterian Church at Evanston last night that money alone could not produce happiness. Mr. Forgan was delivering an address on "Christian Business." He said: "The rich man has business cares on his mind constantly. He worries about them all night. The poor man can leave his work in the evening and give It little fur ther thought until the next day. I would like to get $1,000,000 before I die. but the acquisition of that fortune would make me hard and selfish. God forbid that I should attain the desired end." Rejected Suitor Harshly Treated. CHICAGO. June L While murderously attacking Mrs. E. Schmerjalskl yesterday, Frank Llzinskl, her brother-in-law, was struck on the head with a flatiron by one of her sons and thrown down a flight of stairs. Half an hour later Llzinskl was dead. Whether he died as a result of the blow or committed suicide after be ing ejected cannot be decided until the Inquest. Burns of carbolic acid were found on his mouth. The attack on Mrs. Schmerjalskl Is said to have followed her refusal to marry Lizlnski. WELL-KNOWN PIONEER WOMAN DEAD. Mrs. Clara J. Williams. lams, as her Intimate friends know, engaged actively In charitable work, but she did not permit this to be known outside her own family circle. Years ago she was very active at Oregon pioneer reunions. She was a mem ber of the First Presbyterian Church, and was known as an affectionate wife and mother. Her memory Is revered for her sterling character and good deeds. The funeral services will be held at the family residence this afternoon at 2 o'clock. RIVAL UNION HERE Its Organizers Are at Work Among Nonunion Painters. AT WAR WITH BROTHERHOOD Amalgamated Society Begins Secret Campaign. - In Portland Contract ors May Be iBetiveen Tvro Millstones. To gather what are now nonunion paint ers into the fold of their association, or ganizers of the Amalgamated Society of Painters are at work in Portland. This organization is the bitter opponent of the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers, to which the local Paint ers' Union belongs, and the arrival of their workers In this city is an opening wedge for an invasion of the Pacific Coast. The organizers have kept their identity such a mystery that not even the con tractors by whom they are employed know their real purpose in coming to Portland. With many others, they came from New Y'ork to this city when it was reported that a painters' strike was on. Quietly they came and quietly they went to work with their brushes. Gradually they tapped the other nonunion painters employed by the contractors on the sub ject of joining an organization which, in the painting line, controls New York City. Just how many converts they have found cannot be learned, but the fact re mains that the opponent of the Broth erhood of Painters Is actually In Portland and about to organize unions. The strikers learned of the arrival of the organizers but a few days ago and have kept their knowledge a secret among themselves. Pressed as to the feeling toward the newcomers, one of the paint ers said yesterday: "Well, let them come. The bosses will be between two millstones with the Amalgamated here as well as our union." Employers Xot in Secret. Several members of the Master Paint ers' Association employing what they considered to be nonunion painters, de clared they knew nothing of any other or ganization in the field. The organizers have naturally kept their identity a secret from the employers, and they, as well as the striking painters, have Just learned of the invasion. The Amalgamated Society of Painters is a kindred organization to the Society of Carpenters, with which the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners recently had so much trouble during the strike In the building trades in New York. The refusal of the Brotherhood carpenters to work with the Amalgamated carpenters put the contractors "between two mill stones" indeed. The Amalgamated So ciety practically controls New York and Philadelphia. This much the Brotherhood painters admit. They say, however, that the Amalgamated has failed to extend its field beyond these two cities. Attempts have been made to enter Utica and Al bany, New York, but neither resulted vic toriously. Why the Amalgamated Society has made such a long jump from New York to Portland Is hard to conjecture. A report Mrs. Clara J. Williams. 5S years old, wife of Richard Will iams, the well-known lawyer and member of the School Board, died at the family resi dence, 2S5 Fourteenth street, Sunday night, from the effects of a paralytic stroke. For the past year she had practically been an Invalid, but there were hopes of her ultimate recovery. Early Sunday she conversed with members of her family and friends who called In the course of the afternoon, but about 8 o'clock in the evening she was suddenly seized with another stroke of paralysis, and almost Immediately died. The dead woman was 'a- native of Indiana, and, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Congle. crossed the plains to Oregon, in 1E33. She married Richard Williams in this city in 1562. and. with the exception of a few years spent in Salem, she and her husband have continuously resided here. Two daughters, Mrs. O. B. Stubbs and Miss Mabel Will iams, and a sister, Mrs. M. F. Wyatt. survive her. Mrs. Will- of trouble, in Portland was circulated among the painters of the country as early as February in the list of towns In the official organ. Portland was listed as a town for all painters to stay away from. "Portland. Or., trouble," were the words on the list, but to the painters of the Brotherhood that meant much. Invasion From Xevr York. It is probable tha the Amalgamated So ciety leaders saw an opportunity to en ter the Pacific Coast field in a town where trouble was then brewing. So the pr ganizers o the association were sent to spy out the land and to report If the non union painters could be Induced to join the society. Now they are here and it remains to be seen If the nonunion wleld ers of the brush and paint bucket can be brought Into any other unions than the brotherhood. At the last meeting of the Master Paint ers' Association the members present re ported that 110 nonunion painters were then employed by them. All the members of the association were not at the meet ing and it is probable that there are fully 123 men, not members of any union, In the city working as painters. When the strike of local union No. 10 was ordered April .6. ISi men were en rolled on the books of the union. The number has decreased since that time, as 50 or more have left the city, while nine, so far as known, have left the union and are working for the contractors against whom the fight was made. This number of nonunion painters gives the Amalgamated Society workers an open field with few favors. Now will the non union painters form a union and will a second strike be declared? LAUNDRY-DRIVERS EXPELLED. Trades Council Punishes Them for Xot Standing by Laundry-Workers. The members of the -Laundry-Drivers' Union were expelled from the Federated Trades Council at a special meeting of the council last evening. The act was an ticipated by all concerned, and the drivers were fully aware of the feeling against them and what they risked when they de cided to stand by their contract and work for nonunion laundries. Those members of the drivers' union who have stood by the Laundry Workers' Union and have not gone baclc to work are not under the ban of the council. They will be taken Into the local Teamdrlvers' Union, to whose international association they already belong. The charter of the Laundry-Drivers' Union will probably be revoked by the Teamdrlvers' International Association, unless the members who are expelled send such arguments t6 the headquarters at Detroit. Mich., that the officers will con sider their act justifiable under the cir cumstances. Those who refused to abide by the will of the majority of the drivers' union and return to work number less than half a dozen, according to the statements of the men who went to work yesterday. Every laundry wagon In the city was busily em ployed yesterday. "We have a contract." say the drivers, "which Is just as binding as that of the Typographical Union or any other union whose contracts are always recognized. We couldn't break the contract any5 more than they could If a general strike was called. Then, again, we had our own busi ness before the Laundry-Workers' Union was organized, and we were rather forced into forming a union when the operators inside the laundries unionized. Again, we have been drawing pay while the laun dries were closed, and It certainly would not be fair to refuse to go to work when asked, after we had been paid for the time we were doing very little." IN BORROWED SPLENDOR Female Shoplifter Caught In Act of Stealing Hat. Mary Shields, thought to be a profes sional shoplifter, was arrested yesterday by Sheriff Storey. After he had made the arrest, he Informed the police, and an of ficer of the city force was sent to bring her to the City Jail. In attempting to steal a hat from Olds, Wortman & King, Mary Shields was de tected, followed and arrested. After she was taken to the station. Chief Hunt In terviewed her and announced that, in his opinion, she was a notorious character. The plan she worked was quite clever, and only the diligence of one of the fe male clerks prevented her from being suc cessful in her attempt to steal a $12 hat. After pricing a number of hats .and ask ing a number of questions, she announced that she would look through the stock and see if she could not find something that suited her better. , The girl who was wait ing on her was suspicious of her actions, and decided to keep a close watch on her. As soon as the woman thought no one was watching her, she slipped the old hat she wore from her head, and put in its place one of horsehair, that suited her taste. Quick as a flash, the girl Informed one of the men clerks.. At the next moment the woman walked past them with a stately bearing, quite suited to the wearer of a $12 hat. Fearing that he would lose sight of her, the clerk did not stop to get his own hat, but followed her bareheaded. He boarded the same car .that she did, and when she alighted he ventured to speak to her and suggest that sheVmust have made some mistake, and that it might save trouble If she would return the hat and take in its place her own straw hat. This of fended the stately lady, and she ventured the suggestion that bareheaded clerks should not be so Impudent. Sheriff Storey was the nearest officer of the law the man knew of, and he rushed for this of ficer. The woman was placed under ar rest, still protesting her Innocence. The clerks In the store say that they are sure they are not mistaken in the matter, and that they watched her put the hat on and walk out with It When asked where she obtained the hat, she said that she paid $3.50 for It. Know ing the value of the hat. the people in the store were not inclined to accept this explanation. EXCITED OVER SMALLPOX Snlt Lake People Were Careless, and Many Have Been Exposed, i SALT LAKE, June L Over 50 cases of smallpox have been reported In the south eastern part of the city, known as the sugar-house ward. The disease on ac count of Its mild form was at first taken for chlckenpox, and children attended school and their parents attended church and dances while suffering from the dis ease. The health officers believe that nearly every family living In that sec tion of the city has been exposed, and steps are being taken to quarantine the entire ward. I A house-to-house fumiga tion campaign is being carried on., and all public gatherings have been prohibited. MRS. MACKAY'S NEICE WEDS Miss Edna Tel ef tier Is Married to a Prominent Italian. ROME June L Edna Telefner, daugh ter of the Countess of Telefner and niece of Mrs. J. W. Mackay, was married to day to Signor DIo Martini, son -of ex Secretary of Foreign Affairs. The civil ceremony was performed at the Capitolo by the Mayor. The bride's witnesses were: Lewis Mlldlngs, secretary of the United States Embassy, and Count Pacchll. The. bridegroom's witnesses were the Duke of Lerrano and the Duke of Sermoneta. The religious ceremony took place In the pri vate chapel of the Gabrlelll Palace,, where the Telefners live. Have you friends coming from the East? If so. send their names to the Denver & .Rio Grande office. 124 Third street, Port land. Or. Pain in the side nearly always comes from a disordered liver and Is promptly relieved by Carter's Little Liver Pills. Don't forget this. Have you tried It? Opla 5c Cigars are the best. J. D. Meyer, dlstributa SUES THE "TRUST" Arthur S. Ellis Asks for $22,575 Damages. UNDER THE ANTI-TRUST LAW Portland Lumber Companies Are Charged With Creating a Monop oly and Delaying Contrac tor's Business. The second suit growing out of the strike and the tie-up of the lumber mar ket was filed yesterday afternoon In trie United States Circuit Court. Arthur S. Ellis brings suit against Inman, Poulsen & Co., the North Portland Lumber Com pany, Eastern & Western Lumber Com pany, Jones Lumber Company and tho City Retail Lumber Company. The plaint iff asks for $22,575 damages. The suit Is brought by the attorneys of the plaintiff. Veazie & Freeman, under the Sherman anti-trust law 'of 1S90. The complaint states that the defendants have violated the provisions of this law, and are therefore liable to the damages prayed for by the plaintiff. Unlike the suit of W. E. Martin! filed several days ago, the suit of Ellis does not so directly complain of the refusal to sell lumber, but charges the defendants with having part in a mo nopoly. According to the complaint, Ellis Is a contractor of Portland. He had been ac customed to buying lumber from the "Van couver mill, and when this mill was un able to supply him he attempted to buy from the mills named as the defendants In the suit. On account of his having pre viously purchased lumber from another mill, the local mills refused to sell him the material he needed, and his construc tion work was delayed accordingly. He therefore asks for damages. The allegations in the complaint are as follows: That until interfered with by the acts of the defendants, plaintiff and other con tractors could and did purchase rough lumber from both the defendants and the manufacturers In Washington and that they had large quantities of lumber shipped from the city of Vancouver and other points in Washington to the city of Portland to be used in the construc tion of buildings for which they had the contracts. That about July 2. 1902, the defendants, for the purpose and with the Intent of creating a monopoly of the manufacture and sale of lumber for local use in the markets of the city of Portland, and of controlling and restricting the output of lumber and advancing and receiving ex cessive prices, and for preventing the shipment of lumber by the manufactur ers in the state of Washington, did con spire, confederate and agree together that they would sell lumber In the local Port land market only through the City Re tail Lumber Company and at prices fixed by it and to persons to be designated and approved by it, and to prevent the competition in the Portland market of manufacturers and dealers other than the defendants and partfcularly of manufac turers and dealers In the state of Wash ington, and to adopt such means and prescribe and enforce such burdens and penalties as might be necessary and ef fectual to prevent contractors and other consumers of lumber in Portland from purchasing any lumber from manufac turers and dealers other than the defend ants and particularly from manufactur ers and dealers in the state of Wash ington. The law under which the suit is brought Is commonly known as the Sherman anti trust act, passed July 1, 1890. Sections 1 and 7 define the position of monopoly, and state which action may be taken against it: "Section 1. Every contract combination In the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy in restraint of trade or com merce among the ssveral states, or with foreign nations, is hereby declared to be illegal. Every person who shall make any such contract, or engage in any such combination or conspiracy, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished bv a fine not to exceed $5000, or by Imprison ment not to exceed one year, or by both said punishments, in the discretion, of the court." "Section 7. 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