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(The IlmfaJMifc I laumal VOL. XIX. DAILY CAPITA Ij .fOMt.VAL. uaIjRM, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNT3 8, 100D. NO. US. i ' . ? STRIKE SITUATION AT PHILADELPHIA GROWS MORE SERIOUS STREETS FILLED WITH HOWLING MOBS STRIKE BREAKERS PULLED FROM CARS, THEIR CLOTHING IS TORN OFF, AND THEY ARE' BADLY BEATEN 300 IH HOSPITALS United 1'rcM Leased Wire. Philadelphia, Juno . The attorapt of tho Philadolphln Rapid Transit , Company to run Its cars with non- -nlon inon resulted' last night In a "yiibor of sorlous riots. It was tho t effort to oporato tho linos at t, and, after sovoral futllo of- K to get tho cars through tho , thoy woro sont back to tlio oM.i. At toast 100 mon woro nioro MX' is seriously Injured In tho rlot- W In tho Konstngton district. ioro many m I 11b nro locatod, fool- lug ran high. Moby of mon, womon and chlldron pulled tho motormon and conductors from tho cars and boat them sovoroly. Iu many In stnnanccs cars woro sot on flro. Tho pollco woro poworloss to control tho strlko sympathizers. When thoy charged tho mob It soparatod, only to form In tho vicinity of auothor car. Sovoral policemen woro Injured. .. In West Philadelphia dynamlto caps woro placod on tho tracks and We Are Moving and so are the floods moving at the low prices we are offering them at. All the de partments are torn to pieces and the prices the same way. During this period of mov ing into our new store the PRICES WILL BE SACRIFICED IN EVERY DEPARTMENT I Millinery Bargains whllo wo nro moving. Now la your tlmo to got low prices on up to dnto trlmmod hats. Misses' Trimmed Hnt8...IOo up Ladloa' f 5.00 Hats now . .$2.B0 LndloB' $8.50 Hats now. . .$1.80 All the new styles in Ruching Vard 15c and 25c crowds stoned tho non-union work men, when thoy attempted to bring out cars, forcing them to return to tho barn. In tho downtown section conductors and motormon woro pulled from their earn, and their clothing was torn off by mobs of strlko sympathizers! In somo cases tho torriflod man had to bo takon to prlvato houses and guardod by, police to savo thorn from harm. In "Ken sington thoro woro flvo big riots, and nil ovonlng Kensington aonuo, tho main thoro'ighfaro of tho district, was filled with a howling mob. Tho Imported crow proved a dla appointment to tho company, many of thorn dosortlng at the first sign of trouble, and leaving cars standing in tho strcot, at tho inorcy of tho mob Sovoral applied to tho strikers for aid to roturn to Now York, saying that they had been brought hero un der misrepresentation. During tno I KonBlngton rlotB Policeman Lovy was 8hot In tho head, and Is said to bo I ! i- ii. i i ! i (Contlnuod on Pauo 5.) Ladies' Shirt Waists Moving1 prlcoo on all our ladies' i.lngorlo and Tailored Shirt Wnlstii; tho greatest values over offered In Salem. 05c Embroidered Shirt Waists, now r lOo 1.50 Shirt Waists now only. . . ,78o $2.00 Hnndaomo Shirt Waists, now only $1.18 12.50 Fino 8hlrt Waists, now only $1.10 Best 7 1-2, Fancy Lawns Fast Colors yd. x Thousands of yards of all kinds of Wash Goods, this season's newest, now soiling nt sncrlfico prlcos. Wo aro hero with tho values to show you. Yard 5c, 6 t4c, 8 l3c and up ' Ladies Summer Underwear Ladies' LINEN SUITS Now Belling at a rapid puce, wo havo cut tho prices away down during this moving week. Ladles' 15c and 18c Vests now selling for only )c 25c Fino Summer 'Vests, now 15c 35c and 10c Fine Summer Vests now selling for... 23c Wo Just received a now lot from our buyer In Now York. Thoy aro beauties In all colors. They are made of Itopp and Linen suiting, all hnndsomoly trimmed, long coats and sheath skirts. Sale prices only Hi i -'' .- -rn-ir-n-irnnir THE STORE THAT SAVES Y00 MONEY mmmmmmmmmMmmmtmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm HILL INTIMATES SHOULD Partlnnd, Juno 3. James J. Hill practically served nottco ou Portland Inst night thnt castorn Orogon would huvo to look elsowhoro than to him for relief to tho transportation prob lom thnt 1b confronting it. whtjo assuring his fellow gitCBts lit n dinner nt tho Arlington club of his confidence in Portlnnd and his bo liof initio future of tills stato as u wheat producer, ho told thorn thnt ho folt his duties lay along tho lino of dovoloplng tno present territory of tho Great Northern, and not In reaching out Into now fioldB. Hill was tho principal speaker nt tho din ner tondored him. Ho listened at tentively to tho nccounts of onstcrn nnd central Oregon and the noods of tho intorlor of tho stato fur a rail road given by othor guests. But when ho concluded his talk no ono BROKE GLOBES HIS BILL J. McDonald, a big, husky follow from south of tho city, called at tho ofllco of tho socrotary of stato this morning and prcsontoJ a bill for 19, as tho amount ho allcgos duo him for his asslstanco In tho canuuro of Tracy and Merrill, tho two convicts, who oacapod and left a bloody trail from tho Oregon penitentiary years ago. No ono disputed tho part which Mc Donald took In tho chnso. but, owing to tho settling up all bills prcsontod within n (lofilcrnntGil ilntn nftar tho i killing of Tracy being completed, nnd I Mnnrmnlil nnmlnrr iu envnrnl vnnm McDonald coming in sovoral yonrs too Into with his bill, tho officials of fa vIIt Vw W if m'u i t iffi i fc OJjdcaX JP $3.50, $4.50, $5.95 and up to Crt $18.00 Wool Suits now only $7.3U 35c, 45c and 50c Dutcji Collars' now only 1 5, 20 & 25c STATE BUILD RAILROAD prcaont was In doubt ns to whether there was any hopo of tho rnilrond magnnto building it lino through Oro gon. Personally, ho Bald, ho folt ho was beyond thu age whoro ho could Borvo two masters. Ho said ho luul no doubt but that eastern Orogon had great opportuni ties, but ho folt thoy nro for othor hnnds. In reply to somo Inquiry ns to his opinion of stnto-bullt railroads, Hill stated thnt his work and export once had nnturnlly 'prejudiced "him agnlnst thorn, lio said, howover, thnt )io did not wish to appear ns being ngalust such Bchomcs iintlor all cir cumstances because ho realized thnt thcro aro occasionally conditions that rovorso the working of any rulo nnd sometimes tho only way to got whnt you want ana must havo is to do It yoursolf. BECAUSE WAS NOT PAID tho socrotary of Btato's ofllco woro compollcd to turn his bill down. Now, whether this mado McDonald peovlsh or not, is a quostlon to bo loft to Mc Donald, but whon ho was told that thoro could bo nothing dono iu rotor onco to his bill at this lato dato, ho loft tho ofllco with fow wordB and Bhort coromony, nnd procooded to quit hlinsolf of that august structure on East Stato street. Somothlng In tho naturo of rovongo must havo en teral tho disappointed man's hoad, as ho was passing down tho oast stairway, and ho mado a swlpo at a big chandoltor hanging la tho hall with his hat, but missed It, and thoa proccoded to tako another chanco at tho next chand'llor, nnd, by chance, ho connected about right, with tho rosuiis innt glass giouos woro nying about right morrlly. Whllo McDon ald was cutting this capor Janitor Rockwoll chanced to bo passing by, nnd yelled nt tho follow, who broko and ran, with tho Janitor In closo pursuit, nlso W. W. Corey, who had Just couio out of a down-stairs of fice startod In tho chaso, and ono of tho prottlost Marathon stunts fol lowed thnt tho stato capltol employes had over wltnossod. McDonald foil Ino a long, oasy Btrldo, which took him around tho cornor of tho big building with remarknblo spood, and on down toward Chomokota stroot, whllo tho Janitor who Is not built ex actly Tor pnssongor service camo hot panting it along a short dlstanco in tho roar, with Corey, who Is rathor spoouy iiinifloir, a goou lap gainer, Tho chaso led around tho Cathollo ciiurcu, whoro McDonald cast a shoo, burst his pacing harness nnd stoppod for n fow whiffs of air. Dy this tlmo tho two stato Iioubo mon cauKht ud. and McDonald was escorted down to tho city bastllo, whoro ho will nrob- ably regret thnt ho ovor hoard of Tracy. o ESCAPED FROM NEGROES MOBBED BY WHITE MEN - (United I'rrw LoufiJ Wlr Frankfort, Ky Juno 3. Within sound of Governor Wilson's mansion, John Maxlo, a nogro attache of a cir cus, aftor escaping death at tho lianJs of a mob of nogroos, was takon from Jail by a band of white mon nnd lynched early today from a brldgo over tho Kentucky rlvor. Governor Wilson was summoned from hod, and informed of tho lynch ing. Tho oxecutlvo did not leavo his house, declaring that thoro was no roaBon why ho should interfero with local affairs, Maxlo was discovered by Dort Dowor. whit, foreman of tho nlmns I laborer, in tho act of ripping a holo iu mo canvas tout. Wlion ordorod to doslBt the negro shot Boxer in tho auaoraen. it Is bellevod that tho man will die. When Bower's negro workmen learned of tho shooting, thoy threat ened to lynch Maxlo, and would havo dono so had he not been taken Into custody and locked up in Jail. A whtt mob formed later In tho night, and, going to tho Jail, demanded tho surrender of. tho negro. Tho Jallora woro powerless to prevent tho on- iranco or uie mob, and Maxlo quietly taken, from his cell hanged to tho brldgo. . o- killed liy KxploNlon. was and rUnlte J I'rew I.iel Wlr.J Hanford. Cal., Juno 3. Fred Jbst and Ed Walp, laboring nion, woro in stantly killed today at Red Top, near Conllaga by tho explosion of fifty pounds of dynamltp. The men woro blasting at the Red Top oil well when tho charge exploded unexpectedly. Tholr bodies were blown almost to CALIFORNIA SENDS MILITIA TO CONTROL STRIKING ITALIANS STRIKERS TOOK POSSESSION OF ELECTRIC PLANT LAST NIGHT AND TOWN IS DARK- THEY HAVE TWO TONS OF DYNAMITE AND DECLARE THEY WILL FIGHT I United i'rcai f.caitd Wire 1 McOloud, Oil.. Juno 3. "If tho mllitln nttompts to make arrests In our rniiKH wo wfll offer such roslst auco as mny bo necessary. Nono of our men nro to bo Iwrmed or re strained unless wo nro nil dofeatnd. Wo wlli opposo nrniH with nrmn." With ti..s tiB tho koyuoto of two speeches nt tho mrfss meeting of tho 700 strikers nt tno McCloud Hlvor Lumber Compnuy's plant tills morn ing, tho mon broko Into cheers nnd dispersed after hnlf nn hour's gather ing In front of tho company store, upon tho porch of which V. W. Sponcor nnd Colonol Brndbury, Gov ornor Qlllott's roprosontntlvo, stood with n hundred of tho company's oxecutlvo and clorlcnl forco about thorn. Joseph Btnnchl as chlof Bpokosmnn for tho strikers, Bnld: "Lot tho mllltla come. Wo will not allow any of our momburH to bo nrrosted. Wo will opposo nrinii with arms. Wo will not be sont bnck to work until our donmnds nro granted. All thoBo mon wil roiuuln hero and wljl romnin on strlko for six montliB ir necessary, wo win iikiii as long ins wo can nnd whon wo unuiiot fight nny longer wo will leave tho camp In n body, "My companions aro ou strlko for tho wngo of $2.25 a dny. At present wo got only fl.7G, nnd wuou our board of 18 to 2G Is paid from this wo hnvo vory llttlo for clothing nnd othor oxpuiiBOH of our famlllds. "Wo also want tho privilege of trading nt nny storo wo doslro and not bo compelled to purohaso every thing wo uho at tho company store, hoenuHo at tho company store wo nro chargod doublo prlcos for overythlng. "Now that wo know tho troops nro hero to shoot us down If nocossary wo will know how to net. Wo will do nothing but stay nt our camps and rofuso to go to work under nny clr- ! ounistuncoa, TIio soldlors mny shoot us but thoy cannot drlvo us back to starvation wages." Tho strikers lined tho railroad truck for half n inllo whllo tho troops train passed through horo to tho sta tion. Thoro Ib a delegation or strik ers on tho wny to tho Wood Lumber Company plant to ask tho aid of tho worklngmon thoro. Another delega tion Is walking ovor tho hills to SIb son to urgo tho employes of tho Con tor Lumber Company to quit work and aid tho strikers horo. ho strlkors havo about f 200,000 on deposit nnd ton o. tholr uumohr aro aslgnod to guard It. Tho flfteon Htrlkers who havo guarded tho pow der Iioubo with Its ton of dynamlto woro Increased to 25 today nnd ovary precaution was tnkon to prevent uny overt act that might glvo warrant to tho mllitln to inako wholesale ar rests this morning. An effort was mado last night to reolnd tho order agalnt liquor whllo tho strlKH was unsettled but Colonol Bradbury, under no circumstances, would consent to tho reopening of tho saloons. During tho dny ho had mudo tho ImproBsIou on tho loaders of tho strlkorB tho necessity of deny, ing tho mon liquor and thoy passed their word that nono would bo sold, Slsson, Cal, Juno 3. A messneo from McCloud lato tonight Bays: Tho power houeo nnd lighting plant hero wore captured by tho strlk Ing sh'nglo mill hands today and tho town It In darkness tonight. Be tween three and four hundred armed strikers marched on tho plant In a body lato tonight, droyo off tho 25 armed deputy sheriffs on guard, and took possession, compelling tho mon at work to quit. Tho deputies re ceived warning of tho intention of the strikers to capture the plant, but thoy deemed It useless to attempt re sistance and loft hen ordorod to do so. Not a shot as tired, and no ono as hurt. No damage hus been dono to tho maebfnory of the plant up to tho tlmo the last mossago was rocolvod from McCloud. The strikers aro still in poagOBHlon of tho ton or o of dyna m'to stored in tho McCloud River Lumbor Company's powder houso, which was captured two nights ago, but no attempt has been mado to uso It. Tho only result of the capture of the lighting plant is that 250 homes buildings, offlcoa, staff quartets, ho tola, boarding housos, hospital ana administrative building aro In dark ness, savo for a fow tallow candlos nnd oil lamps thnt gllmmor horo and thoro. 8lx hundred strlkors formod In lln and paraded tho Btroots this af ternoon. Thoro was no dlsordor, buti with banonrj flying tho mon trampod by tho company's store and oOIcob as though on review. All Quiet This Morning. Sacramento, Cal,, Juno 3. Up to 10:4G this morning Qovornor Olllett nnd rocolvod but ono dispatch from Adjutant-Gonoral Lauck, In chnrgo of tho militia sont to hold tho riotous Italian labor strlkors In chook nt tho McCloud River lumbor camp, Tho mossago was sent before to 300 mllltlnmon arrived on tho scono of tho turmoil. It wns sont oarly this morning from Dunsmulr, a town about 89 miles from McCloud. Its contents woro to tho offoct that General Lauck expected to nrrlvo at McCloud at 8:3,6 this morning. Rumors el, tho moblllzntton of angry Italians nbout,McCloud wero thick at Duns mulr. - It wns Impossible to got McCloud, as tho Btrlkors had cut tho wires. Ono hundred thousand .dollars Iu cnsh (s at tho disposal of tho Nation al Guard to quell this disturbance. Tho Inst loglslaturo passod a bill cre ating an omorgency fund for facili tating tho assembling and transpor tation of troops. Troops nt McCloud. McCloud, Cal., June 3. Troops ordered to this plnco to quell tho striking lumbormon nrrlvod at 11:13 o'olork this morning. Tho strlkors mado no demonstration, and thoro Is llttlo likelihood of any so rlous clash between them and the BOldlOB, Outlier I'Yoin Outldi Point. b.sson. Cal.. Juno 3. Private ad vlcos from MeClouu oarly today aro to tho ofroet thu t the town Is qulot following the rioting of Inst night. Troops ordered out by Governor (III lott nrrlvod -ore nt 0 o'clock this morning nnd departed Immediately for tho lumber town whoro tho strik ing ompioyos of tho McCloud Lum bor Company started which thrent onoa to bo a sorlous riot last night. Lendors of tho Btrlkors, whon call- lod on tho tolophono today, refused to discuss any notion thoy might tako following tho arrival of tho troops. Tho management of tho lumbor com pany Is equally retioont. Iutaiians from surrounding towns havo boon moving Into McCloud for Bovornl days and tho strlkors' force has boon bo aiigmontcd that It now numbers ovor 800 men. A niimbor of ugltntors from outsldo tho camp aro reported to havo gone into Mc Cloud nnd to havo tnkon an active part In tho mooting yesterday ovon lng which rosultod In tho strlkor4 compelling tho Amorloan workmen to loavo their pouts In mo lumber uoni pnny's mlil and power Iioubo, Tolophono wires betwoon horo and McCloud wore cut Inst night whon tho strikers closed down tho power plant, plunging tho town Into dark ness. Llnomen wont to work on thorn ourly this morning and soou restored communication. Murtlul Law Declurvd. McCloud, Cal., Juno 3 Martial Inw was proclaimed In McCloud to day ponding tho settlement of tho strlko of tho foreign employes of tho McCloud Lumbor Company, after tho arrival of Adjutant Genoral Lauck's troop train nnd its vanguard of sharpshooters. Despite tho decla rations made oarller In tho day thnt any attempt to arrest tho ringleaders of tho strlkors would be mot with a resistance, the officers of tho na tional guard bollevo that all dangor Is past and that an amicable settle ment of tho differences will bo effected". The tomper of tho striking lumbor mon la decidedly uncertain, howover. and serious trouble may ensuo should tho soldiers attempt to take Into cub- m (Continued on Pcgo 5. shreds. In McCloud as woll as tho company