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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1906. MAYOR LANE TO pbese ORDER Promises Business Men There Will Be No Further. Rioting.' ASKS STRIKERS TO HELP Visits TTnion Headquarters and Pledge Men to Keep Peace. Blames Irresponsible "Kids" for Trouble of Saturday. MAYOR USE WILli rHESBKVH ORDER. No mob ruls will be allow. d In this city and you can say for ma that such scene as were witnessed Saturday night will not occur again. If It Is necessary, enoueh special of ficers will be sworn in to prevent all further disturbances, and 1 repeat, we must and shall bave order In Portland. "We are going to enforce the laws and all will be treated alike. It Is our duty to preserve order and we shall do It. I want it dlstlnotly un derstood that the authorities will stand for no nonsense and those who break the peace do so at their peril. Statement made by Mayor Lane. iavnr Lane says ho Is determined to preserve order In P6rtland; which means that the Portland Railway Company will be protected In the operation of Us cars. Last night the Mayor made the state ment published herewith. He did not appear disturbed over the situation. Lute In the afternoon he called upon the union carmen at their headquarters In the Drew building, and asked them to help him keep the peace. They assured him that tney did not want violence or mob rule. The business men of the city - are greatly alarmed over the- prospect of a complete or partial tie-up of the electric railway system. A committee of them met and organized yesterday, then called Mayor Lane up by telephone to request a conference. Mayor Lane talked the situation over with them in the afternoon at the Commercial Club. The Mayor told the members of the committee and he Is telling everybody, strikers, Btrlke-breakers and all others who are Interested the same thing-that order will be preserved and the city's In terests protected. Shortly after the meeting Mayor Lane called upon Acting Chief Grltzmacher at the police station, and the two had a long talk. After leaving headquarters the Mayor walked along Washington street, where the crowds were the thick est, and conversed with the patrolmen who were on duty. He says he saw no exhibitions of violence and that he wa satisfied there would be no future riot ing. Leaving "Washington street, the Mayor went to the Drew building, where 60 or more union carmen were congregated. The carmen knew him by sight and when he entered several of them doffed their hats. The Mayor followed suit. "Hello, boys; how are you today?" he asked In a cheerful tone. "All right, thank you," spoke up one of the men. "Is this the place where you Join the union?" the Mayor asked In a jocular manner. He Joked with them a few moments and then became serious. "Boys," be sad. "we want to have everything as peaceable as possible, and we want you to help us. From what I can learn nearly all that trouble last night was caused by Irresponsible kids, and we don't want to have a repetition of It. Tou fellows can help us In keeping order." . - "We oertalnly shall," cried several of them In a chorus. "The carmen did not break up anything." We don't want to damage the property of the company, or to have riots." Mayor Lane thanked them, and started to leave. "And Mayor," called out one of the carmen, as the chief executive passed out of the door, "we want you to help us, too." "Oh, that's1 all- right, boys," he an swered, "you'll get a fair deal." HUNDRED S MISS TRAIN'S. Irregular Car Service Causes Travel- - ers Trouble In Plenty. ' Because street cars were running Irregularly, hundreds of people who had planned to spend the day out of the city were sorely disappointed yes terday, arriving at the depot too late for the morning trains. As a result, the 'halls and waiting-rooms of the depot were crowded all day long by people who decided to wait around for later trains. The questions asked by the passen gers from the incoming trains were as numerous as the pebbles of the ocean beach. They had learned that there was a car strike on, and they wanted to know all about it before they reached the street. As a result, anyone around the depot wearing a uniform was made a target for volleys of ques tions. Policeman Ace Welch, who Is sta tioned at the depot during the day, had a whole series of troubles of his own yesterday. It was one long ques- tionfest for him, and when ihe Veft there were still others coming; In who "wanted to know." "Are there any cars running at all?" "What car will I take to get to 23 Corbett street?" "How much Is car fare to Monta- vllla?" "Did anybody get killed yesterday?" "Is Farley coming out to Portland?" "Who started the strike, anyway?" "The conductors and motormen of the United Railways Company here didn't go out on the strike, did they?" These are samples of the thousand and one questions that were hurled at Welch during the day. He answered them as best he could, but was often compelled to tell persistent persons that he did not have a direct wire to the street-car company's offices. OWNERSHIP THE REMEDY. Present Car Strike Is Discussed In the People's Forum. "The Present Strike" was- the topic discussed last night at the meeting of the People's Forum. There was a gen eral discussion, all of the speakers save one declaring that the strikers would lose, although the sympathies of those present appeared to be with tne carmen in their efforts to secure higher wages. It was the opinion of all who spoke that the only remedy was municipal ownership. It was declared that the car company had no right to use the streets for Its tracks and then charge citizens to ride, any more than property-owners had the right ,to charge persons for walking along' the side walks. Attorney E. 8. J. McAllister declared that he was of the opinion that Chief Justice John Marshall had done this country the greatest wrong ever done it when he decided. In the Dartmouth College case, that a franchise was a contract. Circuit Judge Arthur L. Frazer was to have addressed the Forum last night on the subject, "The Rights of the Child," but was unable to attend. GENERAL ORDER TO POLICE Chief Grltzmacher Instructs Men as to Hours of Duty. Chief of Police Grltzmacher remained at headquarters until 10 o'clock last night, at which time he Issued the fol lowing general order: On account of many of the officers of the several - reliefs having to appear in the court tomorrow, the following changes are made in the detail of the reliefs for tomorrow, until further or ders: The day relief to report for duty at 8 o'clock A. M. and remain on duty con tinuously until 8 o'clock P. M. The first right relief will report for duty at 12 o'clock noon, and remain on duty until 12 o'clock midnight. The second night relief to report for duty at the usual hour tonight 11:15 and remain on duty until 12 o'clock noon tomorrow. The plain-clothes men will report In uniform at 6 o'clock P. M., and will remain on duty as reserves until 12 o'clock midnight. . C.GRITZMACHER, Acting Chief of Police. SAY THEY HAD NO HEARING EMPLOYES RESENT MANNER,. OF CALLING STRIKE. Members of Piedmont Division Issue Statement Declaring That the Strike Is a Farce. Employes of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company who are not joining in the strike feel they are placed In a somewhat awkward position with the public. The men say they are not "scabs" and are not taking the positions of others, but are simply holding those they already have. They say they do not propose to walk out when told to and they contend they ought to have a voice in deciding whether or not to call a strike. The men say "they were, not asked whether or not they wanted to strike but were ordered to quit work. They resent this move and propose to stay with their cars. A committee was elected yesterday by the men at the Piedmont barn to draw up a statement of their position on the strike question.- Their statement follows: The so-called strike of carmen In this city Is a farce, so far as we are concerned, and an Investigation at the other barns will show, the situation to be practically the same. Here are the facts In the case: First If there were any grievances pre sented to the. company we were not aware of that fact. We were not informed singly or collectively of any pending trouble. The first we knew of It was when the papers came out. We feel that'we are entitled to a bearing as to whether we should walk out without having had any previous notice. Second Who Is striking? Only a hand ful, mostly outsiders. The men feel that they bave been rushed Into something that they knew nothing about and this strike was started with the intention of getting the men to fall In line after a few had started the trouble. People who molest the cars are doing labor organizations more harm than good, and only Interfering with traffio and doing themselves, the public and the majority of the carmen a great Injustice. Signed by committee elected by a unani mous vote of the majority of carmen of the Piedmont division of the Portland Railway, Light Power Company. C. J. ANDERSON, J. B. THOMAS, J. X. MACKKY. MAY TAKE. ACTION IN STRIKE Possibility That Chamber of Com merce Consider Question. The strike provoked R. R- Hoge, presi dent of the Chamber of Commerce, to quote Scripture. When asked what action the Chamber of Commerce would take In regard to the present labor trouble, Mr. Hoge said: ' 'Sufficient unto the day Is the evil thereof.' We will wait until tomorrow and see how the matter shapes itself." Will the chamber attempt to settle the strike?" .was asked. 'If there is anything that we can do that will tend towards a settlement, I am sure that the chamber will tender Its services." Mr. Hoge declared that If the car ser vice was seriously interrupted tomorrow the officers of the chamber might con sider the labor troubles, but Just now no action whatever has been taken by that organization. POLICE ARREST ORATOR AND DELAY SOCIALIST MEETING Members of Local Society Are Forced to Put Up Bail to Secure Speaker's Presence Victim Denounces Blue-Coated Minions of the Law. PQUCB activity placed the Socialists In a dilemma and caused them con siderable inconvenience last night. As usual the "comrades" met in the Allsky building, but the speaker of the evening did not materialize. After some Inquiry and a little delay, word was received that "Comrade" W". I. Fisher was a transient guest of the Hotel Cameron, at Second' and Oak streets, and that he could not appear at the meeting until his advance board was paid. Accordingly a delegation hurried down and tput up ball for Mr. Fisher, accompanying him to the hall, where he recited his woes and delivered a tirade against brass-button authority which must have caused several pairs of police ears to burn. According to Mr. Fisher, he had been in the city only half an hour and was walking with the crowd down town, when the police ordered the people to move back and scatter. Fisher made the mistake of remarking to a friend that he was "attending to his own business," and four of the law's mighty blue arms reached - for him. Judging from his appearance, they all reached him at about the same time, for his shirt front was hanging in shreds and his collar was torn where a ruthless No. 10 hand had grabbed a brief hold. "Two officers," he ex plained to the audience, "rushed tip to the crowd which was going along th street and demanded that they move back. I stepped around a" telegraph pole to escape them all. and as I caught up with the advancing throng I remarked to some fellows in front ot me: 'As long as people are walking along attending to their own business ORGANIZED LABOR PLEDGES SUPPORT Federated Trades Council, Representing 80 Unions, Indorses Strike. CARMEN HOLD' MEETING Enthusiastic Speeches Are Wildly Cheered Scores of Non-Mem-, bers Sign Roll Talk of Sympathetic Walkout. RXTMOB OF SYMPATHETIC STRIKE. Rumors were rife yesterday that the electrical workers employed by the Portland Railway, Light A Power Company would go out on a sympathetic strike to aid the car men. Frequent conferences were held between representative of the different unions, members of which 'ay employed by the company, but nothing definite h'as been decided on. It la rumored that the men employed at the' power plant at Oregon City also will' walk out. The union of the electrical workers will hold-a meeting tonight, when tn Question will be con--" aldered. Organized labor In Portland has pledged Itself to co-operate with the streetcar men in their strike. A spe- BATTLE-SCARRED CAR THAT r ft? r .- SO. StZ, OF WILLAMETTE HEIGHTS LiXK. Willamette Heights car No. 322 fared worse in the riot of Saturday night than any of the other passenger carriers of the company. For sev eral hours It' was stalled near the corner of Fifth and Washington streets and was not rescued until a Tate hour that night It was taken to the Savler-street barn near the Fair grounds and the car men call It "Old battle-scarred 322." Bvery glass In the car was broken and the trucks were damaged, but the conductor and motorman stuck to their posts until the strikers and. their friends literally pulled them into the street. Rocks, empty bottles and missiles of all descriptions were thrown into the car, the Inside of which is littered with broken glass. clal meeting of the Federated Trades, Council, representing approximately 80 trades unions, was held in the Drew Hall at 8 o'clock yesterday morning. At this meeting It was decided to stand by the car men. The council officially indorsed the action -of Local No. 181, Amalgamated Association of Street Car Employes of America, In declaring a strike; pledged the moral and financial upport of the council,, and urged the affiliated trades unions to give their support to the striking car men in every way possible. It is probable that a mass meeting of union men of Port land will be held tonight. The union car men are holding a secret meeting this morning, which will not adjourn until 6 o'clock. Then com mittees will leave for the different barns, where they will endeavor to per suade the loyal employes from taking out cars which are scheduled to leave the different barns, at 7 o'clock this morning. About 200 car men attended the meet- I don't see that the police have any right to interfere.' "Two of the policemen overheard the remark and the first thing I knew one of them rushed on me and threw nrS forward. As I turned I saw two of them coming at me with their clubs and I threw up my hand to protect my head from their blows. That settled me. One knocked ms down and the other grabbed me by the collar and Jerked me up, and the next thing I knew I was in a bull pen at the police station with six other men who had evidently not done any more than I had." Mr. Fisher spoke at some length on the great necessity of good and strong organization among the working peo ple, and denounced as an outrage on a civilize people the authority of "the brass-buttoned, blue-coated tools of the capitalists." "I defy them to fine me!" he ex claimed. "I'll go to Kelly's Butte be fore I will submit to the brutality of these uniformed assistants of the plutocrats. They are not so zealous when it comes to a case of burglary. They are only paid tools of the street railway, and why should a few hun dred Ignorant, uneducated hirelings be allowed to practice their indiscrim inate brHtallty on honest working peo ple who are attending to their own business? If society has no better power to hold it together than these brutal police, then it deserves to rot and fall apart. "If the capitalists had to break rock on Kelly's Butte in striped clothes and shaven heads, they would look at this question differently. Yes, If they even had to eat one meal at the Cameroij Hotel s I did this evening they would view it in a different light." lng, which began at 9 o'clock last night. The meeting was a continuous, en thusiastic and vigorous demonstration. Speaker after speaker took the floor and urged the men to fight to the last ditch and all were wildly cheered. Talk Against Violence. The speakers : deprecated violence In any form and took the view that the only wise policy to pursue was one that would win public sympathy.. While the street railway company was denounced and accused of pursuing a short-sighted policy , there were no Intemperate speeches. The car men believe that the people are with them and are anxious to hold public sympathy and support. If they can induce the public to walk and per suade the strikebreakers to desert they believe they can accomplish their end much more quickly than if they re sort to violence. This Is the way the union men expressed themselves at the meeting. It is understood that dozens of carmen joined the union at the meeting last night. When It convened many nonunion men were In the hall, but it was reported later that all of them had signed the roll. The mass meeting. If one .Is held to night, will be for. the purpose of arousr ing public sympathy and perhaps steps will be taken to raise money for the striking carmen. As an organization the Federated Trades Council has not the power to appropriate money to aid the strikers, but the various unions repre sented in it may take such action. If it becomes necessary it is expected that the council will call on the affiliated unions to appropriate funds to enable the strikers to hold out Rumors of Sympathetic Strike. The electrical workers, who are well organzed, will hold their regular weekly meeting tonight at Drew hall. There is a rumor that an attempt will be made to call out on a sympathetic strike mem bers of the union employed by the Port land Railway, Light & Power Company, and the question will probably be con sidered at the meeting tonight. It Is now generally believed .that they, will go out. About 85 linemen are employed by the company and nearly all of them are members of the union. At the council meeting held in the morning nothing was said relative to calling out any of the affiliated unions in a sympathetic strike, and it is denied by the strike leaders that any such ac tion is contemplated at this time. The opinion was expressed at the meeting that .the streetcar union has a good SUFFERED IN STRIKE RIOTS. i , Jfi. il chance to win If It receives the moral support of the other unions and the men can be Induced to stand together. The attending delegates thought that publio sentiment was with them and counseled moderation and peaceable methods In con ducting the strike. It Is reported that the members of the Teamsters' Union will do everything In their power today to .blockade the street cars. Officials of the union deny that the organization has taken any action what soever relative to the strike. It Is said that the teamsters will drive their wagons along the tracks In front of the cars to blockade the streets, congregate their wagons at the corners and at switches and do everything possible to harass the streetcar company. DENY O. T. LESEHAN WAS SHOT Police Say Only One Shot Was Fired Saturday. That C. T. Lenehan, of 269 Columbia street, was shot in the leg. as he claims. Is denied by the police, who state that STATEMENT OF MANAGER 1TIXKR. Gen oral Manager Fuller, of the Portland Hallway, Light & Power Company, jrho is directing the fight against ths union, expressed confi dence In the employes of the com pany. He said: "As conditions develop. It becomes more and more evident that the matter Is not one of a strike on this road for the reason that over 90 per cent of the men on the road are not In favor of any such step and Instead of taking other people's po sitions they are holding thelr-regu-lar positions, which a few outsiders have directed them to give up. "This places the carmen in a false position in the eyes' of the public who. from Ahe way the strike was called, would suppose the men are remaining in their position against the wishes of the large majority or at least a large portion of their fel low carmen, when exactly opposite Is the case." he never reported any Injury to them, and they are positive that but one shot was fired during the riots of Saturday night. Lenehan says he "thought" he was shot while standing at, Fourth and Morrison streets, at 9 o'clock, -but he said yesterday afternoon that he was in no danger of death as a result, and he was certain he would not be forced to enter a hospital for treatment, Lenehan declined to make any further statement, as He said modesty fore stalled , such an act on his part. He claims to have been hit In the leg by a bullet, but the police state that if he was he must have fired the Bbot himself la some isolated place. v I ai 1 i CABS CEASE TO ' RUN AT SUNSET (Continued Prom First Page.) trouble. Men in charge of the barn are authority for the statement that 160 men, the full quota reporting at that barn, ar rived on time yesterday morning to take out their cars. At the Savier-street barn, 29 cars were sent out, nearly all of which carried dou ble crews. Nearly all the men on duty at that barn are said to have reported yesterday morning. At both the Savler and Ankeny barns It was said that the usual service could have been given. If it had been deemed advisable, as there was no scarcity of men willing to take out cars. Montgomery Car Wrecked. A Montgomery-street car was wrecked last night, shortly after 4 o'clock, as It was on Its way to the Savler-street barn. A barricade had been built at Fourteenth and Qulmby streets. A wagonload of rocks and a large amount of rubbish was placed on the track, and- the car held. The windows of the car were broken and the lighter woodwork smashed to splin ters. Windows were broken 'In a number of cars during the day, but the damage was comparatively small. Egg-throwing was Indulged in at Intervals during the day, but the police were generally successful In quelling disturbances. When mobs col lected, . they were dispersed. Robert H. Wormoth, a conductor on the St. Johns line, had his nose broken by a stone thrown by a gang of hood lums at Albina and KHIingsworth ave nues. Wormoth went to his hsme at 143 Sixteenth street. About 11 o'clock yesterday morning a large crowd collected at Third and Mor rison streets and commenced pulling trol ley poles from the wires.. Several had been stopped, when a detachment of po lice arrived and compelled the mob to disperse. The crowd collected again at Fifth and Alder streets and commenced to Interrupt the car service, but officers drove the trouble-makers away. A mob formed on First and Alder streets, and caused trouble for cars there, but was soon scattered. The streets were crowded all day with aimless strike sympathizers, but there was little actual violence. Heated argu ments on the strike question caused crowds to gather In many cases. NOT A WHEEL IS TURNED. Climax of the Strike Reached at Nightfall. : Yesterday's developments In the street car strike reached a climax at 5 o'clock, when the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company ordered all Its cars into the barns and abandoned for the day an effort to maintain a partial service. For the first time in the history of Portland the street car system was put entirely out of commission and the paralyzed condition, coming as the vol untary act of the company, was looked upon at labor headquarters as a 'vic tory for the strikers. The strikers were Jubilant . last ,nlght, and went about preparations for the struggle to day with hopes running high. The first blood was thelr's they declared. The day's struggle began with ugly portents. Early In the day indications were that the disorders of the night be fore would be more than duplicated, and on several occasions it seemed that riots were Imminent. The supreme test will come today, upon an attempt by the company to resume Its service. Today's struggle will largely determine the ability of the strikers to hold the ground they have won, while the com pany's greatest effort will be to start the week 'oft with as good a showing as possible under the circumstances. Late last night the -strikers held a mass meetingN with their leaders and other union sympathizers in Drew Hall and outlined a plan of action for today. Th leaders refused to make public these plans, but it is generally believed that the 'greatest effort will be made to hold their ground through the aid of picket committees at the barns this morning. At 6 o'clock yesterday morning the day's fight begun. Committees repre senting the strikers were sent to all the car barns to keep 'the daX crews from going out on the cars. Here was the great struggle, and they succeeded in turning many of them back, while per suading others from going to work at all. Later the fight was transferred to the central part of town. Large crowds collected "-at Fifth and Burnslde and Third and Morrison. At the former place two Fifth street cars, two Wood lawn cars and one Alberta car., were1 stopped and the crews persuaded to desert. At Third and Morrison four cars were stopped and the crews in duced to Join the strikers. In all, the strikers claim to have won the crews from about a dozen cars in the city dur ing the day, besides those converted to their cause at the barns. At Third and Morrison streets there was danger of violence for a time. The crowd surged around the cars, rocked them almost from the rails while pas sengers were aboard, and cut the ropes of the trolley poles. A detail of police was sent to the scene shortly after the crowd began its demonstration, and the cars were taken away. Scenes almost as threatening were enacted at Fifth and Burnslde and sev eral arrests were made by the police. At 1:30 In the afternon a riot was threatened when the police arrested a small man on a charge of Inciting a riot between Second and Third on Alder. A policeman grappled with him and crushed him to the pavement. The Utile man fought like a demon and the 200-pound bluecoat had all he could do to handle him. Finally the officer floored him a sec ond time and carried him across the street like the tail-end of a cyclone. The crowd yelled and made a dash at the officer, who1 was surrounded by several other patrolmen in the twinkle of an eye, and they made an escape by vigorous use of their clubs. This fired the crowd and trouble seemed imminent. A few minutes- later a woman was knocked over by a policeman In a charge against the crowd, and more disorder was started. Again it looked as though there would be serious trouble. Still another arrest shortly afterward started .several thousand people two blocks north, but the offi cers made away with their man. Captain Bailey, who was In charge of the force at this point, had all he could do to keep the crowds which lined the sidewalks and thronged the streets for blocks. In order. The Captain Issued orders to keep the crowd moving, and the orders were enforced without regard to persons. 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' Retail at 1-1 $5 ,oo, $4.00, $3.50 FRESTOX B. KEITH SHOE CO, Maker. Brockton, Mass. Sold by W. 283-285 MORRISON ST, streetcar men took no part, and no union men were arrested for disorderly con duct. During the afternoon a union man re ported to labor headquarters that he boarded a Washington-street car at Tenth, paid his fare to the conductor, and had been ejected bodily because he spoke to the motorman about joining the strike. He declared - that he was taken In hand by four men who were with the motor man on the front platform and ejected without the refunding of his fare. At 10 o'clock yesterday 4 morning a crowd gathered at Fourth and Morrison, and a folding-chair was thrown at the motorman by some one In the crowd. No one was hurt. Car No. 64 was boarded by a strike sympathizer at Second and Couch during the forenoon, and an appeal made to the motorman to quit the car and Join the strikers. The argument used and the result was like this: Sympathizer Do you think you are right In staying with the company? Motorman Sure. I'm right. Sympathizer Isn't your family as good as F. I. Fuller's, and haven't they just as much right to eat porterhouse steaks as his? Motorman Tou bet your darn life they are, and here's where I, quit. The conductor hesitated when asked to come along, and the motorman told him he could take the car and go to the barn with it, if he wanted to. The con ductor surrendered and joined the strikers. A feature of the day, as going to show the support given by the public to the strikers, was the small number of pas sengers carried. In some Instances the cars were pretty well crowded, but the majority of those which passed through the principal streets were almost empty during the day. On the East Side people by .the thou sands walked to the city and back with out regard to the few. cars operated. The strikers. looked upon this as a public indorsement of their action, and Imme diately launched an "It's walk for me," campaign. During the day a crowd of strikers was gathered at labor headquarter in Drew Hall. There the discussed the events of the strike and talked over those who had failed to come out when asked to do so. Reports at head-quarters showed that the largest number oV men to stay with the company were on the Oregon Water Power lines, and this was accounted for on the ground that the Oregon Water Power men were not notified as soon as the others, and were not prepared for the strike when It was called. When the report went out that the company had ordered all cars in at B o'clock, the strikers declared the day was won, and Immediately began pre paring for the mass meeting, where the situation was fully discussed and the plans for today outlined. At the hour set the Oregon Water Power waiting-room, at First and Alder, was closed and locked, and on the door was posted this notice: "No more cars tonight." Simultaneously the other lines were vacated and for the first time In the history of Portland as a city the rumbling of myriad wheels was stilled. FIREPLACE ACCESSORIES. The M. J., Walsh Company, 311 Stark street, just received the grandest and most complete assortment of brass and black andirons, fire-sets, wood and coal portable grates, brass and black folding screens that .has ever been exhibited In this city. You are urgently requested to call at once and Inspect them. Just the things for an appreciated holiday gift. Salesrooms 311 Stark, between Fifth and Sixth, one block from Sixth and Wash ington streets. BtrSTKESS ITEMS. If Baby Is Cutting Teeth ' Be sure and us that old and well-tried rem edy, Mrs. Wfnslow's Soothing- Syrup, for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the rums, allays all pain, cures wind colic and diarrhoea. When you suffer from gicfc headache, dizziness, constipation, etc., remember Carter's Little Liver Puis will relieve you. One pill la a dose. Y 1 M J. FuLLANI m ItME CHARGE Oil JAIL CROWDS RESIST ARREST OF IMPASSIONED SPEAKER. Follow Officers With Threats and ' Jeers to Headquarters, Where They Are Dispersed. While Sergeant Cole and Patrolman Annundsen were bringing C. L. Grutze to police headquarters from Second and Washington streets, at 7 o'clock last nlaht, they were followed by a mob of threatening men. women and boys, who advanced to within a few foet of the jail. Captain Moore saw them coming and Immediately called out the resprves and ordered them to charge and disperse the crowd. As the bluecoats swarmed out of the police station they were met with a volley of jeers from the crowd. In which were many well-dressed and apparently respectable women. When the crowd became aware that Captain Moore's men meant business they stampeded out of reach of the blue-coated brigade and hurriedly sought plaee3 of safety. The advance of the riot was very much similar to the charge on the jail Sat urday night when nearly 50 members of the crowd were hustled Into the lim ited confines of the station. The officers were instructed to use careful Judgment in making arrests, for the reason that the jail was full at the time, but were instructed to disperse the crowd, and, if necessary, to use their clubs. Some one in the crowd hit Patrolman Parker and he arrested Theodore Zenor, who was charged with acting in a disorderly man ner. Zenor and Grutze were the only members of the mob arrested, but Cap tain Slover said that the only reason others were not arrested and charged with Inciting a riot was because the capacity of the Jail was already taxed. Affairs of this kind had boen threat ened several times during the day, but the presence of uniformed officers in front of the station evidently"" deterred the mobs, for upon approaching within a block they dispersed. At the time of the evening episode the reserves were held in the officers' quarters on the second floor. Grutze was engaged In making an Im passioned speech to the crowd at Second and Washington streets when Sergeant Cole Interrupted him. He abused the of ficer and was placed under arrest. This angered the people, who had been lis tening to the alleged anarchistic utter ances of Grutze. and when several blue coats surrounded the man and started to hustle him off to jail the crowd be came belligerent. More officers ap peared on the scene and th? prisoner was escorted to the jail. The crowd followed and hooted" the police all the way, and were only prevented from taking the prisoner from custody by the prompt response of the reserves. Led by Sergeant Baty, Patrolmen Galtz, P. Maloney, Keller. Glttlirgs. Murphy, Courtney. Craddock. Johnson. Barter, Carr, Blackman. Parker, Kndi cott. King, Nelson, Annundsen, Peter sen,' J. Burke. Alden. Croxford and B. Burke, charged the crowd which quickly dispersed to places out of reach of the threatening clubs. Patrolmen have particular Instructions to arrest all persons caught in the act of inciting riot, and all leaders of gath erings congregating near stalled cars will be brought to the station with that charge against them. So far none of the men arrested In the different mobs have been employes of the car company, or connected in any way with the strike. The police believe they are persons pos sessed of destructive tendencies and re sort to . this means of gratifying their desires. HUMIDORS In hardwood, aluminum lined, keep cigars In perfect condition; we have a large variety. Slg Sichel Co.. agents Garcia, Ml Hogar and Lord Baltimore cigars.