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THIS MORMMi OKEGOMAI, SATDKDAY, DECEMBEK 22,. 1906. 11 STRIKING CARMEN IN MASS MEETING Large Audience at Merrill's Hall Cheers Speakers and Denounces Company. WEN WILL FIGHT TO END vrter Leaving Hall, Strike Sympa thizers Gather at ' Third and Washington Streets and Jeer Carmen Police Called Out. CHIEF GRITZMACHF.R WARNS CITIZENS. Chief of Police Orltzmacher made the following statement to The Ore gontan last night: "There have been persistent ru mors to the. effect that the hood lum element, which started and kept up the riots of last Saturday night, will attempt to repeat their tricks on the downtown streets tonight. Whether they will do so. I cannot state, of course, but I do say most positively that there will be no such dlKgraceful scenes as those, for the police are ready to act and to act vigorously Just as vigorously as the occasion may demand. I urge all law-abiding people to remain off the streets. If possible, but If they have business they must transact, I wish they would, keep ' moving '' and not congregate' anywhere. This will help the police, who will have to enforce order, and in case of riots or dis turbances, all necessary force will be used." 'i Striking carmen and others in sympathy m-ith the present strike held an enthusias tic meeting in Merrill's Hall last night. Numerous remedies were suggested for it ho of ten-recurring labor troubles, and capital received Its usual grilling from the speakers. II. D. Wagnon counseled municipal own ership. William R. McGarry advised ar bitration. P. Fischer, a striking carman, said the solution of the) situation is to light It out to the bitter end. J. I Iedwidge. president of the Feder ated Trades Council, presided. The hall was filled with working- people, and many unable to find seats were compelled to stand. Tliero was plenty of enthusiasm " throughout the session. Thunderous ap plause greeted the remarks of the speak ers, and appeals for assistance to help the carmen win the strike won loud re sponses. H. D. Wagnon was the first speaker end took up the phases of the strike which have a bearing on municipal con trol and sugested public ownership aa the: best means of securing fair treatment for carmen and at the same time eliminating labor troubles. P. McDonald, editor of the Labor Press, -was the next speaker. He was one of the committee which wafted upon General Manager Fuller with the agreement for the company to sign, and he told the his tory of the present strike from Its incep tion. William R. McGarry read a bill he will present to the coming session of the Leg islature, calling for arbitration of all dis putes between employer and employe The jjroposed law also guards against discrim ination against any employe. This Is something that Mr. McGarry said is car lied on under the present photograph system required toy the Portland Railway Company. Conductor Makes Address. P. Fischer, a conductor out on strike. ddreascd the gathering, asking the sym pathy of the public of Portland in the night of the carmen against the' Portland Hallway. Light & Power Company? He expressed the determination' to fight to the bitter end, and said that unless the light Is won this time it will mark the end of a streetcar union in Portland. H. G. Parsons said labor is organized to prevent and not to foster strikes. He told what organization has done for car men in the titles of the Pacllic Coast and predicted ultimate victory for the local union. J. Nelson talked bitterly against the Portland Railway, Light & Power Com pany and against other aggregations of capital. Ho said that if the City Council of Portland gave the valuable franchises held by the streetcar company to it for nothing, the Counellmen are too stupid to represent a free people, but if they did not give the franchises away, they arc knaves of the first water and the place for them is 1n the penitentiary and not in the City Council. These remarks were . "Wildly cheered. George II. Howell commented on the combination of capltaj in this country and told of the value of labor unions in help ing the laboring man hold his own against overwhelming odds. He spoke of the 'appeal of C. F. Swigert to the car man at the Savier-street barn last week t- work regardless of opposition and asked when Mr. Swigert had ever risked Ids life for the carmen as he asked the carmen' to do for the company. He said Mr. Swigert had never put on a safety appliance on the cartC when he had some authority with the local company, until forced to do so. He charged that the present makeshift fenders were only put on when the company was compelled to adopt them and the speaker further said that the carmen have organized labor in this state to thank for the present vesti bules on the cars for he said Mr. Swigert uevery installed them until compelled to. Mr. Howell read a resolution condemn ing the Portland Railway. Light & Power Company for its refusal to permit the mrh In its employ to organize into a union and for its poor service and lack of safety appliances on the cars: The un fairness and injustice of the company were commented upon in the resolution, which was adopted unanimously. The meeting then adjourned. Demonstration In Street. For the first time since the riotous demonstrations of last Saturday and Sunday, the police were called out at 10:30 o'clock last night to quiet a large rrowd of strikers and strike sym pathizers, homeward bound from the mass meeting- In Merrill's Hall. Two men marched down Washington street from Sixth street, bearing banners relative to the trouble, and hundreds of people thronged to see what might occur. The cry of "scab" was raised several times by a single voice as the crowd moved along Washington street, and at ' Third street the scene of the Saturday night riots It was taken up and screamed by scores, as trolley cars, manned by conductors and motor men who refused to striite, wheeled by. The noise grew so loud that Captain Bailey, commanding the reserves at Headquarters. dispatched Sergeant Haty with a squad of patrolmen to keep order. There soemed to he little, if any, disposition tft create trouble, however. and the police soon returned to head quarters. Hoodlums In Lower Alblna threw rocks at an L car last night and drenched a motorman with a bucket of water. Torpedoes were placed on the track In that section of the city by unknown persons. Torpedoes which were exploded by an Irv-ington car at East Fifteenth and Multnomah streets last night at 10 o'clock frightened passengers inside the car. Women were in a panic and thought the car was being shot at. The police were sent for and two effi- . cers conducted an investigation. Complete Service on All Lines. The first complete evening service since last Saturday night, when the strike started, was given by the Port land Railway Company last night. Cars were run on all 'lines and the last embarrassment Christmas shop pers have felt on account of the strike was removed. Numbers of men are being broken in by the Portland Railway Company to take the places of the men who have gone out on strike. The com pany is about 75 men short, includ ing deserters and the 33 men dis charged on the Portland Railway lines. Three men were discharged on the Oregon Water Power & Railway Company lines. Thirty men were broken in Thurs day on the city lines and 20 moro were shown how to run trolley cars yesterday. More will be put out to day. Large numbers of applications are received by Superintendent Cooper every day and it is expected by the company that new men will more than offset the desertions from the ranks predicted by the strike leaders. Two men turned In their badges yes terday and quit the service, but offf clals believe the number who leave will be small. - Trouble between a fireman named Lewis Simon and J. J. Coffey, a motor man, led to the arrest of the former yesterday on the charge of threaten ing to kill the carman. A mob col lected at the corner of Twenty-fourth and Thurman streets yesterday morn ing and Jeered men -working on the cars. Motorman Coffey says he was threatened by the fireman, who is al leged to have ' said ho would kill the motorman. Simon said fie was a member, of a crowd which was hurling epithets at the carmen and that Coffey dame back where he was standing and shook his fist under the fireman's nose; at the same time calling him names. Simon denies that he made any violent threats. He was released on ball. WHITE TEMPLE BANQUET Sixty Persons Attend Dinner Given by the Alert Bible Club. . , A banquet was given last night by the Alert Bible Club of the White Temple. Plates were laid for 60, and the basement of the church was artistically decorated In the club colors of blue and white. Dur- t K. Milton Runyon, coresident of Alert Bible Class of the White Temple. lng the banquet music was furnished by an orchestra and a number of short ad dresses were made. W.- M; Kinney acted as toastmaster and many witty toasts were given. E. Milton Runyon, president of the club, was the principal speaker and delivered a forcible and brilliant address. Dr. Brougher closed the programme with a short .address which made a" hit. Tho success of the banquet and entertainment was largely due to Mrs. Daniels and other women of the church. THIELEMANNS NOT GUILTY Saloonkeeper and Sons Acquitted of Charges -Made by the" Police. A jury in the Municipal Court brought in a verdict of not guilty last night in the cases of the city against William Thielemann, proprietor of the Lion sa loon. Fourth and Flanders streets, charged with conducting a disorderly house and enticing a minor Into a dis orderly house; William Thiolmann. Jr., charged with interfering with an officer; Kberhart Thielemann, charged with as sault with a dangerous weapon, and Os wald Thielemann, charged with being a minor and frequenting a disorderly house. Captain of Detectives Bruin and Acting Detective Price were' the prose cuting witnesses. The police declare the verdict a mis carriage ot justice, and say their evi dence was strong and amply sufficient to convict. Chief of Police Grltzmacher said: "The system of drawing juries Is wrong, and should be changed as quickly as. pos sible. It Is unsatisfactory to me and to every one in the department. The police should -not be called upon to summon juries for the Municipal Court, but. it seems to me, a regular panel should be ordered and the names drawn in the usual way. both sides allowing the legal challenges." Captain of Detectives Bruin said: 'The system of drawing the juries for the Mu nicipal Court Is all wrong." Judge Cameron contends that the po lice have the best of the jury matter, as they do the summoning, as was the case yesterday. Patrolman Courtney was e.iven orders to "go out and get a good jury." This order was given him by Captain Moore, who received his In structions from Chief Gritzmacher. The latter iwas ordered by the court to secure a jury. The police declare that the system of calling upon them to summon juries subjects them to ' great embarrassment, as they are censured If they secure "church" men. and they say they are also criticized if they get others. The Thielemanns father and three sons engaged in a desperate fight with the police one week ago last Thursday, and all were arrested.. The affair started when Captain Bruin and Acting Detect ive John Price, found Oswald Thielemann, aged 16 years, in the company of dis orderly women above Thielemann's Lion saloon. He was ordered out. The father became angry and attacked the officers, according to the evidence adduced at the tiirtittrwrn nr-ivt STEIXWAY EVERETT HARDMAN FISCHER ESTEY MASO:NT & HAMLIN KINGSBURY MENDELSSOHN CABLE HUNTINGTON KNABE A. B. CHASE - PACKARD LUDWIG EMERSON trial yesterday afternoon. Kberhart Thielemann seized a knife and dashed at Captain Bruin, but was stopped by Price, who drew his revolver. All of this was denied by the Thielemanns. After a flerce'fight on the sidewalk, di rectly in front of the Lion' saloon. Bruin and Price were forced to retreat and sum mon help from police headquarters, so hot was the battle. . Bruin was kicked during the melee. TRIES TO MURDER JUDGE Chicago Lunatic Attacks Justice Cut ting, of Probate Court. CHICAGO, Deo. 21. A -desperate effort was made today to assassinate. Judge Charles S. Cutting, of the Probate Court, by Frank F. Ellerbrock. of this city. The would-be assassin is believed to be insane. Judge Cutting escaped injury by a hairsbreadth and overpowered his as sailant after a fierce fight. As the Judge entered the Crimina Court building on his way to his cham-' bers, Ellerbrock, who was standing in the hallway, stepped forward and .when but two feet distant drew a revolver and fired at the Judge. Judge Cutting turned and struck his assailant a heavy btow in the face, almost knocking him down. Before Ellerbrock could recover. Judge Cutting grabbed him by the throat and threw, him backward over a steam radiator, where he held him. Two Deputy Sheriffs has tened to the assistance of the Judge and wrested the revolver from Ellerbrock. Judge Cutting then, allowed him to rise from the radiator, and the man attempt ed to attack him once more. The two men struggled back and forth across the hallway, and the Judge, with the. assist ance of the 1 Deputy Sheriffs, ' finally hurled Ellerbrock to the floor. The man still continued to struggle until exhaust ed. He then commenced to beg for mercy, saying, "Please don't hurt me." Ellerbrock has been laboring under the hallucination that the Probate Court de prived him of his rights to a share In the estate of his deceased sister. He had repeatedly appealed to Judge Cutting to reopen the case. Judge Cutting declined In absence of proof that the estate had been Improperly closed. At the police station Ellerbrock talked incoherently to the effect that he could get no satisfac tion In the courts and he decided to kill the Judge before whom the matter was pending. In the next breath Ellerbrock said: "I didn't mean to shoot the Judge. X only wanted to have him put on trial "THE HOUSE OF QUALITY" oing the Piano Business of Portlan BECAUSE BECAUSE BECAUSE BECAUSE BECAUSE PRICE 2ECAUS.E Nowhere else will you find prices more BECAUSE B EC A USE Nowhere else in Portland can you get With With That That SHERMAN. CLAY CORNER SIXTH AND MORRISON STREETS, OPPOSITE P0ST0FFICE. PORTLAND TACOMA SEATTLE EVERETT BELLINGHAM himself. I pulled the trigger twice. Once the bullet failed to explode and the other bullet struck the floor. I did not aim to shoot the Judge at all." The police beliei-e Ellerbrock Is un doubtedly Insane. The Grand Jury has promptly returned an Indictment charging Ellerbrock with assault with a deadly weapon and with attempting to kill. URGES PRISON REFORM Mrs. Maybrick Makes Address at Dr. Parkhurst's Church. NEW YORK, Dec. 21. Mrs. Florence Maybrick, who passed many years in Eng lish prisons and Is now trying to reform the .penitentiaries of America, discussed prison reform work last night before the Young Men's Club' of Dr. Parkhurst's church. . . "I claim for all men," said she, "hu man right, the right to sunshine, to or-, dinary decencies, to labor. At Sing Sing strong men are shut up In cells six feet square. I know what It means. In Eng land for nine months I had solitary con finement in a cell 7x4 feet, with a log for a seat and my food passed in through a trap door.' ; They do- these things for the salvation of souls; they lead to damna tion." She declared the Eastern penitentiary of Philadelphia the worst of the 24 pris ons she had visited In America. Their prisoners are practically burled alive. But at Trenton, N. J., she found strange con tradictions. "They still have underground dungeons,' where not even the step of the warden can be heard. Aa I vinlted them I heard a poor man call 'for the love of God, let me out. I have been here five days, and cannot bear it any longer." "Yet, as I came up I heard a sound I had never heard in a prison before. 'Yes,' said the warden, 'that's our string band practicing." " Mrs. Maybrick declared prisoners must have more sunshine. She asserted that at Sing Sing at high tide one could write one's name on the wall In the moisture. In conclusion she put forward an ear nest plea for such an awakening of public sentiment for reform as had already brought about the separation of the first offender and the habitual criminal. Hanlon's Widow Given Purse. OREGON CITY. Or., Dec. 21. (Special.) Alderman A. Jnapp, on behalf of the City Council and the people of Oregon WHY We are Steinway dealers. We carry the largest stock and therefore have the largest variety from which to choose. .. We study to please. We try to make of every patron a satisfied cus tomer. Same courtesy is shown after the purchase is made as before The reputation of Sherman, Clay & Co. makes you absolutely safe in your dealings. We' always sell "AN HONEST VALUE AT AN HONEST 1 1 reasonable. We rent Pianos. We tune Pianos. We repair Pianos. We allow you a liberal price for your" aid PianotH)rgan or Talking Machine. PIANOS a Reputation a. Ntme Has the Goods Gives the Values KfriTT'C TIATTC T7 rkTTt ATT A T TTV City, today presented Mrs. George Han Ion, as a Christmas present, a purse con taining $368.85, as a token of the high ap preciation of the faithful services of her late husband. Night Policeman George Hanlon. who was murdered in this city last April by Frank Smith, the outlaw. Mrs. Hanlon and family were recently re ported In need and the purse that was presented today was immediately pro posed as a substantial means of express ing an appreciation of the deceased officer and at the same time relieving a deserv ing family. CRITICISES WATER BOARD Plumbing Inspector Hey Says His Recommendations Are Ignored. William Hey. the plumbing inspector, criticises the Water Department In his annual report which he submitted to Mayor Lane yesterday. Mr. Hey asks for ah Increase In his salary to make it 1160 a month, which Is the sum received by the building Inspector. He also asks for $125 a month for Deputy Inspector Bar ren. The report says in part: A great many owners and landlords be lieve anything rood enough to rent, while they keep the house they live In In good repair. They believe when plumbing la Mice installed In a rented house that it should last forever, when In reality it should be gone over every year. I would recommend that the property be made to pay the water rate and have a flat rate of payment for all water used. I. believe they (th landlords)' would then keep their plumbing In better1 repair. I have asked the Water Board for a four Inch main on Olln street to run from Paw son 6UO feet south, and was turned down because the street was not graded, which I think Is a poor excuse, as the .country in that locality is practically level, and very little extra work would be required. If any. . There are now 14 houses on a one-inch service pipe, and it is useless to "try to get rid of the open vaults when the people are without water. The same trouble exists in Irvlngton east of East Twenty-eighth street on Broadway, Weidler and streets in that locality. I believe this matter should receive Im mediate attention., as I believe the people are entitled to water for sanitary if not for fire purposes. Captain Forest Seeks Ball. OREGON CITY. Or.. Dec. 21. (Special.) Circuit Judge McBride. sitting In court in this city tomorrow, will hear argued a motion to admit to bail Captain Forest, who - shot' and killed a member of his crew while the vessel was in the harbor 1 lower and terms of payment such world-famous make3 of CONOVER KINGSBURY STERLING WELLINGTON HARRINGTON Player Pianos KNABE ANGELUS EMERSON ANGELUS A. B. CHASE PLAYER HARRINGTON AUTOTONE KINGSBURY INNER LUDWIG PLAYER Great Xmas Bargains Pine Piano SI 98 Splendid high-grade $500 (nsed piano) only $275 Beautiful Steinway Grand $ 1,000 ' at Astoria. Captain Forest, under an In dictment charging murder, is now incar cerated in the Clatsop County Jail at As. torla. Courts Support Gas Trust. . NEW YORK, Dec. 21. The Consoli dated Gas Company won a victory to-1 day over numerous customers who have endeavored to compel the company to supply gas at- the 80-cent rate, fixed by the last legislature. The appellate division of the Supreme Court affirmed an opinion of Justice Bishoff of the lower court refusing: to grant a writ of preemptory mandamus compelling the company to supply the gas at less rates. Strike Ties Up Chicago Phones. CHICAGO, Dec. 21. The telephone ser vice In the downtown districts was seri ously crippled yesterday, owing to the fight between the Chicago Telephone Company and Its striking electrical work ers. When the company sent nonunion electricians to the New York Life build ing union men met them at the door and induced them not to put in order the 410 telephones In the building, every one of which had been put out of service by the fire on Tuesday night. When re pair crews wearing stars on their breasts as special policemen endeavored ' to do work of repairmen they were met with FIFTH ANNUAL CHRISTMAS GIFT SALE During the month of December, 1906. wo will give to every pur chaser of our fine stock of wines and liquors to the amount of $1 and up a beautiful present worth the amount of purchase, consisting of our own Importation of hand-painted Plates, representing different designs and sizes. Our prices will shut out all competitors and quality of goods keeps up the old standard of p urlty and merit. Today and next Mon day, December 24, every lady who calls at our store will receive one of our presents with any small purchase, whether amount is 2-3 cents or $5. Our telephone Is Main 2625. Call up and your order will be prompt ly attended to. D. THE FAMILY LIQUOR DEALER CO SPOKANE threats of violence. At Marshall Field's new addition these men were not per mitted to work because of threats of other building trades unions to walk out. SIG SICHEL & CO., 92 THIRD And Our New Shop, Third and Washington Streets. "Humidors" keep cigars In perfect condition. CHRISTMAStVE DAIMut. Monday evening, at Merrill's. Decem ber 24. the date of the big Christmas ball with Frasp's full orchestra In attendance. Turkeys given away. Usual admission. Charles Berry, manager. EVENINGCOATS. Did vou see them talk about bargains? You should see the coats we are selling for $30. We will only sny. take a look at them. Le Palais Royal 375 Washing ton street. S 8000 Western grocers return dissatisfied customers' money for coffee and tea. Schillings Rpst. 228 MORRISON ST.