The Oregon mist., July 13, 1894, Image 1

HE OREGON
VOL. II.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1894.
NO. 29.
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MIST
THE RAILWAY HON.
Organization's Objects as Set
Forth In Circulars.
KKGARDING THE OLDEll ORDERS
Bourses of I)l..atl.ratlon About Debt,
Kellher and Howard The Mouther
hip of the Hnpldly-lnoreaslng Naw
Order Mwt Known. '
Poiitlani), Or., J uly 8. The objects of
the American Railway Union, as set
forth In the circulars In pamphlet form
sent out by Its officers, are practically
emliodled In the following excerpts :
In the creation of a new organisation
of railway employes certain rearons
prompting the movement are demanded
and should be sot forth with becoming
candor. : .
The number of railway employes now
in service of the railroads of America
has been variously estimated from 800,
000 to 1,000,000. It Is safe to assume
tlint this vast army of employes Is at
the present time not less than 1,000,000.
Accepting the highest claims of the
various railroad organizations as a basis
of calculation, less than 160,000 of theKe
employes are members of such organiza
tions, leaving more than 800,000 who are
not enrolled in the ranks of organized
labor. .
DKrSCTS Or 01.DBB OKDRBS. I
Experience, the great teacher, whose
lessons sooner or later must be heeded,
points out with unerring certainty the
defects and demonstrates the inefllciency
of organizations as they now exist.
First They do not provide for all
el of employes, it 11 ng shown that
SftO.OOO of them, or 85 per cent of the
whole number, remain nnorganized.
These may be divided juto three general
classes: (1) those who are eligible, but
decline to join ; (2) those who may have
been expelled because of their inability
or refusal to bear the financial burdens
which membership imposes, and (3) the
multiplied thousands in various depart
ment o( the service who are totally in-
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DID MOT rBESKKVf HARMONY.
Second The existing organisations,
designed to promote and preserve har
monious relations between employer and
employe, have met with only limited
success; if, Indeed, it can lie shown that
any progress has been made in that di
rection. Third What must be said of organi
sations which have failed to establish
friendship and good-will even among
themselves? From the first there have
ex isted antagonisms and jealousies cul
minating in warring factions instead of
a harmonious whole. Organization has
been pitted against organisation, bring
ing upon themselves not only disaster,
but lasting reproach.
A CAItOINAt, VlRTUB.
Fourth Protection Is a cardinal virtue
ol me present organizations; but they
do not protect.
Fifth It is universally conceded that
one of the most serious objections to ex
isting organisations is their excessive
cost.
Blxth Another defect in existing or
ganizations is their secrecy, as, for in
stance, the secret ballot, by virtue of
which thousands of worthy applicants
have been excluded. The air of mystery
surrounding their proceedings ia not cal
culated to inspire confidence. On the
contrary, In the relation between em
ployer and employe in carrying forward
great enterprises in which the people at
large are profoundly Interested mystery
Is not required, and Is productiveof sus
picion and distrust. Open, fearless and
above-board work is far more in conso
nance with the spirit of independence
and free institutions.
' BOU11CS Or DISSATISfACTION.
Seventh The tremendous power con
ferred npon chief officers has been a
source of widespread dissatisfaction.
Eighth The subject of grievance com
mittees has itself become a grievance
that calls aloud for correction.
Ninth Ortranizations have become so
numerous, and their annual and biennial
conventions occur so frequently, that the
question of furnishing free transporta
, tion to delegates, their families and their
friends is being soriously considered by
railway officials as an abuse of privilege
without a redoemlug feature.
IIAVB OrTSK ttKKN DKFKATRD,
Tenth The extraordinary fact cannot
bo overlooked that while present organ
izations are provided with expensive
striking and boycotting machinery, and
while millions of dollars have been
wrung from their members, have been
expended in support of strikers, they
have with scarcely an exception been
overwhelmed with defeat.
; orricRiiH arb nil know.
When these circulars were being circu
lated in the early part of this year
among the members of the Brotherhood
of locomotive Firemen, with what effect
the result of the present strike shows,
the Hallway Conductor, published by
the Order of Railway Conductors, com
. montingon this manifesto of the then
new organization, said : . . .-
" This circular is issued over the signa
tures of Kugene V. Debs, President, and
S. Keliher, secretary, which givos to the
document more than ordinary interest,
inasmuch as each of these gentlemen is
quite prominently connected with other
existing organizations and la favorably
known to all organized labor. George
W. Ifoward, ex-Grand Chief Conductor
of the Brotherhood of Railway Con
ductors, is the Vice-President of this
new order, adding strength to his promi
nence and popularity In labor circles.
This trio of oflicials Is of itself sufficient
to draw to the American Railway Union
the support of their many admirers."
No recent statement of the member
ship of the rapidly growing new ordor
has been given out by the officers. Ac
cording to the estimates furnished by
the older organization, there are enrolled
in unions, other than the American
Railway Union, the following employes
in train service t
Brotherhood of Iomotlve Engineer. BS.ono
Brotherhood of Riillrnail Trainmen HO.ueO
' Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen ils.too
Ordor ol Railway Cniiauotors anyiM
Ordor of Riillwiijr Telesranhsr. iM i in
Switchmen'. Mutual Aid Assoolailo K,' im
Total...,
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STATEMENT PROM SKUA,
It Outlines the Fo.ltlon of the Amerl
onn Railway Union.
Chicago, July 6. Eugene V. Deba,
President of the American Railway
Union, hag Issued a long statement in
Justification of tlie great strike of which
lie ii the central figure. The article ia
addressed to the public, and reads in
part a follows:
"The Pullman employe, who struck
May 0 last did so entirely of their own
accord. The officers of the American
Itailway Union used all their influence
to pacify the employes, and advised them
repeatedly not to strike, bat to bear pa
tiently their grievances until a peaceable
settlement could be effected. The truth
of this statement the employes them
pelves will bear witness to, But the
grievance of the employes, men and
women, had become so aggravated, so
galling, that patience deserted them,
and they abandoned their employment
rather than submit longer to conditions
against which their very souls rebelled.
The Pullman Company, be it understood,
owns the town of Pullman, owns the
homes of the employes, controls the light
and water and other necessaries of life,
and wages are so adjusted to living ex
penses that In a large majority of cases
the employes are scarcely able to support
their families. At the time they struck
the employes were in arrears to the Pull
man Company $70,000 for rent alone.
Wages had been repeatedly reduced, but
the rent and all other expenses remained
the same.
"The employes from the beginning
have been willing to arbitrate their dif
ferences with the company, but the com-
I pany arrogantly declares that there ia
nothing to arbitrate. If this be true,
why not allow a board of fair and im
partial arbitrators to determine the fact.
Committee after committee waited npon
the olllcials of the Pullman Company,
but all their advances were repelled. Up
to this point the trouble was confined to
the Pullman Company and its employes,
and bow then did the strike extend to
railways? Let the answer be given in
accordance with the facte.
" The day before the order for the men
to decline to pull Pullman cars went into
effect the Managers' Association, repre
senting the principal Western railways,
met and adopted a series of resolutions,
declaring in substance that they would
m.lml.l Hi a Pullman rVimnnnvin ill. rWht
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upon its employes, mat uiey wouiu nam
Pullman cars and would stand together
in crushing out the American Railway
Union. It will thus be seen that the
railway companies virtually joined forces
with the Pullman Company ; went into
partnership with them, so to speak, to
reduce aud defeat their half-starved em
ployes. 1 ii this way the trouble was ex
tended from system to system until a
crisis has been reached.
" What can be done to dispel the ap
prehension that now prevails and restore
confidence? The American Railway
Union, by whose authority and in whose
behalf this statement is made, stands
ready, and has from the beginning stood
ready to do anything in its power, pro
Tided it is honorable, to end this trouble.
This, it can be stated, is the position the
organization occupies. It simply insists
that the Pullman Company shall meet
its employes and do them justice. We
guarantee that our attorneys will accept
any reasonable proposition. Let them
agree as fur as they can and where they
fail to agree let the points in dispute
be submitted to arbitration. The ques
tion of the recognition of the American
Railway Union or any other organization
is waived. Let the spirit of conciliation,
mutual concession and compromise ani
mate both sides, and there will be no
trouble in reaching a settlement that
will be satisfactory to all concerned.
" It has been asked what sense there
Is in sympathetic strikeB. Let the cor
porations answer. When one is assailed,
all go to the rescue. They stand to
gether; they supply each other with
men, money and equipments. Labor in
unifying its forces simply follows their
example. If the proceeding is vicious
and indofonsible, let them first abolish
it. In this contest labor will stand by
lalmr. Other organizations will not be
called out, but they will go out, and the
spectacle of Mr, Pullman, fanned by the
breezes of the Atlantic, while his em
ployes are starving, is not calculated to
prevent their fellow wageworkers from
going to their rescue by the only means
at their command. Let me repeat that
we stand ready to do oor part toward
averting the pending crisis. If the cor
porations refuse to yield and stubbornly
maintain that there ia nothing to arbi
trate, the responsibility for what may
ensue will be upon their own heads, and
they cannot escape its penalties."
IK FORKION LANDS.
Ambassador Bayard Brewed Fourth
of July Punch.
London, July 4. Thomas F. Bayard,
United States Ambassador, assisted by
Miss Bayard, Miss Florence Bayard,
Mrs. S. D. Warren and the staff of the
embassy, held a Fourth of July recep
tion at bis house in Princess Gardens
between 8 and 6 o'clock this afternoon.
Abourt 800 persons were present. From
top to bottom the house was decorated
with the Stars and Stripes, and in the
corridors and main rooms the walls were
almost hidden in flags. The most not
able part of the light refreshments was
a Fourth of July punoh brewed by Mr.
Bayard's chef under the Ambassador's
personal supervision. Lord RoBeberry
called to pay hie respects to Mr. Bayard
early in the day. Among the callers
were distinguished Americans and Eng
lishmen and many United States Con
suls and Consular officials. All the
hotels frequented by Americans and
many public re aorta have hoisted Saga
in observance of the day. ,
Condemned by Seattle.
Seattle, July 6. -The Chamber of
Commerce held a speoial meeting to-day
to consider the condition of traffic and
labor, and passed resolutions "stating
that an association, called the American
Railway Union,, baa arbitrarily pros
trated the commerce of at least one
half in area of the United States in
shameful disregard of the publio and
private rights ; that the strike ordered
by the Union against railroad companies
at a time when no grievances existed be
tween those companies and their em
ployes is utterly selfish ; involves mill
ions of innocent people; is a blow at
civil liberty , and that the continuance
of such a power, coupled with the un
bridled license with which it is exercised,
will be to perpetuate a pernicions force
within the Republic.
ITS POLICY OUTLINED.
Government's Position as Re
gards Railroad Strike.
TROOPS GATHERING AT CHICAGO.
No Attempt to Ho Mad to Control the
Mobs Uiile.. State Authorities Vail
In Their Muty The Government In
tho Conflict to Stay.
Washington, July 6. Every effort of
the administration in conjunction with
Major-General Schofleld is being directed
to an arrangement for a speedy concen
tration of troops at Chicago. The Fed
eral government la in the conflict to stay,
and will exhaust every means in ita
power to bring about a compliance with
the several injunctions issued by United
States Courts. A Cabinet officer ia au
thority for the statement. It ia further
stated that the purpose of the govern
ment ia not to attempt to control the
mobs engaged in rioting in Chicago and
elsewhere, unless the State authorities
fail in this duty. The government troops
and the posses of United States Deputy
Marshals will devote their energies to
protecting government property, to pre
venting the interference with interstate
commerce and to securing the free trans
mission of mails. The Cabinet meeting
to-day resulted in a general understand
ing to carry out the policy indicated.
One Important matter developed at the
meeting was that the militia of one State
could be called upon to suppress disor
der in another State where the local au
thorities had failed to enforce obedience
to the law.
The proper distribution of government
troops is causing some concern at the
War Department. A high official said
to-day that 5,000 regulars were needed
to snnnress the disorders in the West.
AH the companies of infantry, batteries
of artillery and troops of cavalry at in
termediate points are now ready, resting
on their arms. The failure of the Cali
fornia militia to preserve order at Sacra
mento has caused the government to
consider the advisability of sending reg
ulars there, and the Fifth Artillery Reg
iment, now stationed at the Presidio,
could restore order at Sacramento with
out great difficulty, but just there the
difficulty comes in. It is not considered
good policy to withdraw the regiment
from the Presi lio'at this time, for the
absence of the troops might prove the
oportunity for riotous movement there.
So it is all over the West, and Major
General Hchofield is holding his forces in
reserve while lie watches every indica
tion of disorder that may call lor action
on the part of his soldiers. General
Schofleld says he will not order the
Presidio troops from San Francisco un
less upon the request of Brigadier-General
Rnger commanding the Department
of California. The War Department
has thirty-three companies of infantry,
forty-four batteries of artillery and eight
troops of cavalry in the East. Most of
these could be drawn on for service in
Chicago and elsewhere.
THK ALLIED ORDERS.
Sovereign In Chicago and Willing; to At
s tho Unlou Direct..
Chicago, July 0. Grand Master Work
man Sovereign of the Knights of Labor
arrived in Chicago to-day from Dea
Moinea. lie said he had come to Chicago
to render what assistance he could to the
Union and Bhould do whatever the offi
cers of the organization might determine
would best serve the interests of the
strike. He said it was important that
every labor organization should put in
its best blows to make, the strike win,
and added :
" This is the most critical period in
the history of unionism in America. It
is the time for every labor leader to rally
his forces and join in the struggle for
existence. This will practically be a
battle for self-protection and tor the
future life of every workingmen's body
in the country. No one can overesti
mate the price of winning this conflict.
Defeat will mean not a temporary set
back, but a permanent and everlasting
disadvantage to organized labor and
honor and honesty among the working
people of the land. That is why I am
here to-day. That is why I will do
whatever the Union thinks best as re
gards the ordering of a strike. Aare-
gards a walk-out on the part of the mem
ers of all trades unions in the city, I
will say I think it might bring about
great good. Certainly it would force
upon the people a stronger realization of
the necessity of the settlement of these
struggles, and the populace would rise
en masse in a demand for arbitration.
Arbitration the laliorer Is not afraid of.
The capitalist, though, will not accede to
it. Mr. Debs stands ready to act for a
reasonable settlement. The General
Managers' Association does not. Publio
sentiment, will force the latter to change
its tune."
Senator Call Was Not Shoeless,
Washington, July 6. During the
morning hours of the Senate Call of
Florida denied a Btory sent to a Florida
newspaper and extensively published in
the press representing him as coming
into the Senate Chamber one morning
two weeks ago, deliberately removing
his shoes and placing his feet, encased in
stockings, on a chair. He denounced
the correspondent, of whose identity he
knew nothing, as a liar and a hired
slanderer, lie stated that the only
fon Dilut ion for the story was the fact that
be had partially but carefully removed
liis shoe on account of pain from a lacer
ated foot. He ollertd a resolution for
the ascertainment and expulsion of the
offender, which resolution was referred
to the Committee on Rules.
Escaped and Recaptured.
Dayton, Wash., July 6. Charles My
ers, who was convicted for the second
I time of murder in the first degree, and
who was thought to be in safekeeping
' pending a motion for a new trial, ef-
' fected his escape from the. corridor of the
jail at noon. The Sheriff offered $50 re
ward, and Myers was recaptured near
j town,
: A NKWSPAFlCirS ATTACK.
What a Ian rmueleeo Paper Bays of tho
Southern Pacific.
Sab Fbancisco, July 6. The Examiner
saya editorially i The Southern Pacific
baa managed to get the State and na
tional governments between itself and
the worklngmen. A blow aimed at ita
property or privileges lands on the law
and wounds public order. Doubtless the
corporation felicitates itself on the gen
eralship by which it has brought this
state of things about, but in the end it
will pay dearly for Its cleverness. That
socletv may avert itself from riot it is
forced to send forth its police and sol
diers to protect this undeserving railroad
company. But society has been seduced
into no illusions. The people of Cali
fornia understand the situation perfect
ly, and when the occasion is good for
making their own and the corporation's
interests one there will be a reckoning.
A heavy addition has been made to the
debt which the company will sooner or
later be called upon to settle. Ever since
it came into existence the corporation
has done its utmost to raise itself above
the laws of the State whose guardianship
it. now invokes. Rather than yield a
point of no practical moment to its work
men it has laid an interdict on com
merce, subjected thousands of citizena
to aerious loss, shown measureless con
tempt for the convenience of the public,
thrown all California into alarm and
brought it to the very edge of riot and
anarchy. It demands expensive protec
tion, even at the cost of blood, from the
municipalities aud counties and State,
to which it is in arrears for taxes. Like
wise it demands protection from and
even the control and use of the Federal
government, the enormous debt to which
Ft has made no provision for paying.
California has been very patient, but the
Southern Pacific has gone too far.
CANTON CBEKK TERRORIZED.
Tho Murderer, of Kneebono Frighten
Away Many Miners.
Wallace, Idaho, July 5. The posse
of deputies that went after the murder
ers of Kneebone and the kidnapers of
Superintendent Neil and three others,
overtook the kidnapers three miles from
Burke, but captured none of them. They
had set Neil and his companions free
after warning them not to return to the
Cccur d'Alene country. Neil was found
just across the border in Montana, but
tiis companions, Krummer, West and
Iliggins, had left for Thompson Falls.
Sheriff Cameron has eight deputies at
Gem to Drotect miners who have been
I ordered not to work. The miners who
have been making trouble are all for
eigners, while those who have been
threatened are native-born Americans.
Kneebone's body was brought to Wal
lace to-day. He was shot but once, the
bullet penetrating his back near the left
shoulder-blade and ranging upward,
knocking out two of his front teeth. His
face was badly cut by rolling down the
mountain after he was shot. A dozen
rifles were leveled at him, but only two
were discharged. The men who shot
disputed with each other the credit of
having killed their man. Neither Fed
eral nor State authorities have been offi
cially asked for help, and it is probable
none will be sent, as it would be impos
sible to identify the murderers. Troops
could do nothing but prevent further
outrages. All the mines in Canyon Creek
except the Tiger are tightly closed. The
sampling works will close to-morrow.
The prospect for resumption is discour
aging, as the suspension is for an indefi
nite period.
BOARD Or TRADE.
A Meeting;. Has Been Called to Discus,
tho Situation.
Oakland, July 6. M. J. Keller,
President of the Oakland Board of Trade,
this afternoon issued a call for an execu
tive meeting of the Board of Directors.
The pnrpose of the meeting is generally
tha nil nation and agree upon
' some definite plan of action calculated
1 to bring about a speedy solution of the
' difficulty. Action will also be taken on
the resolutions of the San Jose Board of
i Trade, calling for the appointment of
committees throughout the State for a
conference on the strike. Speaking of
the failure to bring about a meeting be
tween the railway officials and a com
mittee of strikers, Mr. Keller said he
despaired of any practical result from
arbitration. He added: ,
I " The reasons are obvious. In the
first place the key to the situation is
completely in the hands of Debs and
the railway people, almost to the ex
clusion of the local strikers." ,
Asked how he accounted for President
Roberts' failure, Mr. Keller answered:
. "Well, for three palpable reasons:
Timt nmhohiv tha at.riknra can't arbi
trate a matter that is out of their hands ;
secondly, they perhaps despaired of any
tangible and practical results from such
meeting, and thirdly, they perhaps
would be actuated by a motive natural
to all belligerents, that of wanting over
tures to come from the other side."
McGnnn Payor Arbitration.
Washington, July 6. Representative
McGann, Chairman of the Committee
on Labor of the House, is preparing a
plan for avoiding strikes, which he will
soon present to President Debs of the
American Railway Union, President
Gompers of the Federation of Labor and
the heads of large railway and other cor
porations. McGsnn's plan does not con
template a law, but a contract between
employ6 and employers, bv which each
will agree to submit their differences to
arbitration.
Inelnglnss Defeats Ladaa.
London, July 5. The race for the
Princess of Wales stake, 10,000 guineas,
run at Newmarket to-day, was won by
H. McCalmont's Isinglass. Bulllngdon,
out of Shotover, a three-year-old colt,
was second and Idas, Lord Rosebery's
Derby winner, third.
Plghtlng In Syria.
Constantinople, July 4. Information
has been received of fighting between
the Circassian settlers and Druses In
Syria, in which 400 were killed and
wounded. The Druses were, poorly
armed and were the greatest sufferers.
MARTIAL LAW NOW.
Practically the Effect of a Proc
lamation Issued.
GROVEB'S DETERMINED ACTIOS.
General Miles Given Ample Authority
to Handle His Force, ae Ho Like, la
Chicago Troops to Act With Moder
ation and Forbearance.
Washington, July 9. Just before
midnight President Cleveland issued the
following proclamation :
" Whereas, By reason of unlawful ob
structions, combinations and , assem
blages of persons it has become imprac
ticable, In the judgement of the Presi
dent, to enforce by the ordinary course
of judicial proceedings the lawa of the
United States within the State of Illinois
and the city of Chicago within said
State; and '
Whereas, For the purpose of enforcing
the faithful execution of the laws of the
United States and protecting ita prop
erty and removing obstructions to the
Unites States in the State and city afore
said, the President has employed a part
of the military forces of the United
States. . ,
Now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland,
President of the United States, do hereby
admonish all good citizens and all per
sons, who may be or may come within
the city and State aforesaid, against aid
ing, countenancing, encouraging or tak
ing any part in such unlawful obstruc
tions, combinations and assemblages;
and I do hereby warn all persons engag
ing in or in any way connected with such
unlawful obstructions, combinations and
assemblages to disperse and retire peace
ably to their respective abodes on or be
fore 12 o'clock noon, on the 9th day of
July, Instant. Those who disregard this
warning and persist in taking part with
a riotous mob in forcibly resisting and
obstructing the execution of the laws of
the United States, or with interfering
with the functions of the government,
or destroying or attempting to destroy
the property belonging to the United
States, or under its protection, cannot
be regarded otherwise than as public
enemies.
Troops employed against such riotous
mob will act with all moderation and
forbearance consistent with the accom
plishment of the desired end, but the
necessities that confront them will not
with certainty permit discrimination be
tween guilty participants and those who
are mingled with them from cariosity
and without criminal intent. The only
safe course, therefore, for those not ac
tually unlawfully participating is to
abide at their homes or at least not to be
found in the neighborhood of riotous
assemblages. While there will be no
hesitation or vacillation in the decisive
treatment of the guilty, this warning is
especially intended to protect and save
the innocent. In testimony whereof I
hereunto set my hand and cause the seal
of the United States to be hereto affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this 8th
day of July in the year of our Lord 1894
and of the independence of the United
States of America the 118th.
The proclamation practically declar
ing martial law in the city ol Chicago
was decided upon after a full discussion
in the Cabinet meeting. This is the
action which General Miles desired from
the beginning, as it will give him ample
authority in the city.
The following sent from the War De
partment to General Miles this evening
serves in a measure to interpret the in
tention of the President's action:
" In view of the provision of the stat
ute and for the pnrpose of giving ample
warning to all innocent and well-disposed
persons, the President has deemed
it best to issue tbe following proclamation
to-day. This does not change the scope
of your authority and duties nor rela
tions to local authority. You will make
this known to Mayor Hopkins."
ORIGIN OB THK STRIKE.
It la a Battle for Supremacy Among
the Labor Vnlont.
Philadelphia, July 9. A prominent
official of the Knights of Labor said
to-day:
" The strike is not now and from ita
inception never haa been a battle be
tween organized labor and capital in be
half of the Pullman workers. It ia the
result pure and simple of a fight fot
supremacy among labor organizations.
In other words the strike is a trump card
played by the labor leaders in the game
which they are playing against the
rivals in their own orders. Six months
ago the Knights of Labor found positive
proof of the fact that the great body of
the order was thoroughly disgusted, and
that the order was on the verge of fall
ing to pieces. The decision was soon
reached that the only salvation for them
lay in a general uprising of labor. They
were also urged to this determination by
the fact that the Federation of Labor
was waging war to the death against
the Knights. There was but one, a
young and vigorous order built Upon the
Knights of Labor's ideas, favorable to
striking. That order was the American
Railway Union. The leaders of the
Knights of Labor at once proceeded to
fraternize with the Railway Union for
the defeat of the Federation. At a con
ference in January it was decided to
issue a secret order to tbe Master Work
men of every local assembly of the
Knights, asking him to call npon all
members to pay in 5 cents weekly to an
emergency fund to be used in a move
ment of national importance. Mean
time the leaders waited for an oppor
tunity for the proposed uprising.
" Plans were laid for the present up
rising, and the Pullman strike offered
the desired opportunity. All plans were
perfected and funds made ready before a
move was made. This strike is the most
formidable and most deeply planned of
any uprising that has ever occurred in
a civilized country in half a century. If
its outcome will only serve to convince
honest laboring men that they are being
used as footballs by a lot of high-salaried
officials, and it that conviction will
eventuate in the construction of organ
isations wfth the scheming leaders con
spicuous by their absence, the cost wUl
not be so great as may appear."
THE WALLACE OUTRAGE.
Governor MoConnell OSTera Reward
for Kneebone's Murderers.
Wallacb, Idaho, July 9. The trouble
which resulted In tbe killing of John
Kneebone, blacksmith, at the Gem mine
on the afternoon of July 8 originated in
his giving damaging testimony against
the strikers in their great trial here jnst
two years ago. About a month ago he
and about thirty others were blacklisted
by the miners' onions of Gem and Burke,
and their employers were requested to
discharge them. Tbe mine owners re
fused either to discharge or protect them,
allowing them to take their own chances.
About half a dozen left at the time, the
rest remaining. On the date mentioned
about forty masked men, armed with ri
fles, walked through the town of Gem
and up to the Gem blacksmith shop.
They were close upon Kneebone before
be saw them. He started to run, but
was immediately shot dead. Other men
whom they sought in tbe mine and mill
had been warned, and hid themselves.
They took Superintendent R. K. McNeill,
William Crummer, tbe mine foreman,
and two others, and marched them up
Canyon creek, through Burke, nntil
near the Montana line, where they made
them take an oath never to return to the
Coeur d'Alene country and let them go.
Their captors returned to Gem and
Burke. McNeill and his companions
were subsequently found by men who
went in search of them, and were taken
to Murray. Knowing the difficulty of
securing evidence against the assassins,
nothing has been done toward their ar
rest, although the crime was witnessed
by at least 160 people. To-day Governor
McConnell offers $1,000 for their convic
tion. An inquest has not yet been held.
Twelve to fifteen of the blacklisted men
have left since Kneebone was killed.
Every citizen is taking precautions for his
own protection. All mines but two have
closed down, and these are likely to close.
Troops bave been called for. An attempt
was made to blow op the Bunker Hill
electric power-house at 2 o'clock yester
day morning, and failed only because
tbe bomb struck a stump and exploded
near the building iustead of nnder it, as
was intended. This nn is guarded
nightly by sentries, aud signals are ar
ranged for summoning assistance in case
of surprise.
SEVERE LAWS PROPOSED.
Tho rrench Government's Measure.
, Against Anarchists.
PASis,July9. A special Cabinet coun
cil, presided over by Premier Dupuy, was
beld to-day. There was a complete dis
cussion of the anti-anarchist measures
decided npon by the council of Ministers
the day after Carnot's murder. These
measures will be introduced in the Cham
ber to-morrow, and the gevernment will
insist upon their being adopted before
the close of the session. They provide
for the removal of the correctional tri
bunals for trial of offenders who hitherto
have been sent to the Assizes for trial
before juries. Among the offenses cov
ered by the Ministers are incitement
through the press to outrage or crime,
speeches advocating theft, murder, rob
bery, incendiarism, crimes against the
State and the defense of such crimes.
The publication of reports of anarchists'
trials is forbidden under heavy penalties.
The reason for dispensing with jury trials
in cases of persona charged with the
above offenses is that the juries bave al
ways hesitated to convict, becausethe
Assizes Judges are empowered to inflict
the heaviest sentences. '
PAN-AMERICAN MEWS.
President Barrios Working for tho Cen
tral American Union.
Nbw Yobk, July 9. The World's Gua
temala special sys: A conference of
political leaders baa been held at the
government house. The government is
playing a deep game in behalf of Central
American unity, to accomplish which ia
President Barrios' greatest ambition.
Reports are being continually received
and agents sent to their Republics to
spread the propaganda. There is much
speculation regarding Mexico's real atti
tude toward this movement.
Honduras special telegrams from Man
agua report riots in Granada and Leon
in Nicaragua. The mob cries : " Death
to Zelaya; hunger and death I" The
troops at Yuzcaran and Corpus hare
been ordered to the frontier.
Panama special : , Advices from Man
agua state that the special agent sent to
Europe by that government has reported
that, a Dutch-Anglo syndicate is anxious
to complete the Nicaragua canal if it is
abandoned by the Americans.
North Against South America.
Nbw Yobk, July 9. A World dispatch
from London says : Information reaches
here that the long-talked -of duel be
tween Audinet Gibert of New York and
Senor Delpar de Santa Maria of South
America, a gentleman concerned in the
famous Gibert divorce suit, haa been
fought, and that Santa Maria haa been
severely, perhaps fatally, wounded. It
will be remembered Gibert after the con
clusion of his wife's suit for divorce pub
licly announced his intention of chal
lenging Santa Maria. In a letter, which
the World representative saw to-night,
it says they met on the Belgian frontier,
and that Santa Maria was run through
the liver. No mention is made of Gibert
having been wounded ; so he probably
escaped uninjured. Santa Maria was
taken to Paris. The letter states that
Gibert provoked the quarrel, which
finally led to the field.
Sir John Ponder'a Opinion.
London, July 9. Sir John Pender in
speaking of the Ottawa conference said :
" I have carefully followed the proceed
ings of the conference, and observe that
the discussion has resulted as I expected.
The delegates in arriving at the conclu
sion reported have in my opinion shown
great judgment. One point, however,
calls for special remark, namely, the rec
ognition by the conference of the princi
ple of compensating South Australia if
the Pacific cable is laid. . This ia only
just under the circumstances, and nat
urally implies that the existing cable
service will receive similar treatment."
Gladstone's Formal Declination.
' Edinbuhoh, July 9. At a meeting of
the Midlothian Liberal, Association a
letter from Gladstone was read in which
he formally places himself out of the
race far re-election.
REBELLION IN COREA.
Government Troops Defeat
the Insurgents. i
HONMURA DESTROYED BY FIRE.
Resnlt of tho Principal Damage Caused
by tha Earthquake In Toklo, Japan .
Strained Relation. Between Japan
and China Plague Decreasing.
Victobia, B. C, July 4. The Em
press of China, eleven days from Yoko
hama, arrived to-night. She reports
that Japan ia continuing active war
preparations, and the strained relations
between Japan and China are as much
a feature of the Asiatic trouble as is the
Corean rebellion. Corea, alarmed at
the movements of her neighbors, pleads
that both withdraw their troops from,
her shores and warships from her har
bors. The plans of Japan are secret,
and aa fast as native papers make any
announcements about the war they am
suppressed. Her navy is at its best, the
arsenals are busy, the coasts are being
secured for service, and everything
breathes a spirit of trouble. A cable
gram received from Yokohama an
nounces that Jnne 13 the government
army defeated the rebels, recovering
Senshu. The commander of the gov- '
ernment troops was captured by the
rebels, but his life so far haa been
spared.
The Japanese warships at present in
Corean waters are the Matsuehima, tha
coast defense flagship; the Yoehino, the
Yamato, the Mnsashi, theTakao, tbe
Chidoa and the Tsukushi Kan, cruisers :
the Agakl and the Chokai Kan, gun
boats; and the Yaeyama Kan, a dis
patch boat. The Japanese army, which
landed at Jenchnan June 12, was divided
into two divisions, one being left at
Jenchuan to protect the Japanese there,
while the other division of 1,200 men
proceeded to Seoul June 14 to protect
the legation and Japanese there. When
the latter news reached Pekin, an urgent
telegram was sent to Viceroy Li from
Minister Yuan. The Viceroy inspected
all the troops nnder him, and ordered
them to prepare for departure. A tele
gram received the 19th at Tokio from
Shanghai read aa follows :
"There ia a rumor that tbe registra
tion of the vessels of the China Merchant
Navigation Company will be transferred
to Germany."
When war with France became inevi
table in 1884, all the steamers of Chinese
Merchants' Navigation Company were
registered to the United States, and
Russell & Co. were mode their agents.
It is usual for China to place her mer
chant vessels tinder the protection of si
foreign owner, and they think it a clever
expedient, aa China well knows that
in case of war she coUlH not protect her
merchant ships. If the rumor is true
and the vessels have been transferred to
the registration of other powers, it may
he concluded that China had taken the
Mist, sten toward military preparations.
On June 17 the village of Honmura,
adjoining Yokohama, was destroyed by
fire, upward of 1,000 houses having been
consumed, and three daya afterward the
heaviest earthquake experienced in Yo
kohama and Tokio since 1880 occurred.
In both places there have been loss of
life and great destruction of property.
The fire started in a restaurant, and for
three hours spread with great rapidity.
A desperate fight was made to stop it, .
and was successful through the aid of
men from the British ship Centurion.
The loss amounts to hundreds of thou
sands of dollars, and several thousand
people are homeless and destitute.
Tokio's loss of life by the earthquake
is severe, twenty-six persona having been
killed and many wounded, the number -of
the latter not being known. Casual
ties to property of one kind or another
are extremely numerous, and they might,
if it were possible for the press to ascer
tain and record them all, be given in
hundreds. The destruction of chimneys,
roofs and buildings haa been very seri
ous. Fortunately the catastrophe took
place by day instead of night, or fire
would have added its horrors, as Is usu
ally the case when a severe earthquake
takes place. The following are the re
turns of the principal damages caused
by the earthquake in the section of To
kio: DeatbB, 9 men and 11 women;
wounded, 147 men and 128 women ; in
habited houses demolished, 11 ; vacant,
28; houses partially demolished, 74;
houses damaged, 8,651; godowns dam
aged, 264. In addition to the above the
ground is cracked and sunken in 80
places, 172 chimneys have been thrown
down, and 605 atone lantern tombs have
fallen. .
The officers of the steamship Empress
say that when she left Yokohama the
plague was decreasing, and although the
ship touched af all Chinese ports, she
brought no Chinese passengers as a mat
ter of precaution. When at Hongkong
thousands of coolies were leaving there
daily for Canton and other ports. The
city is in a measure deserted, and looked
desolate. Foreigners there are still free
from the disease, and do not show any
alarm. The steamship Peru was released
from quarantine and sailed for San Fran
cisco June 28. The official report from
Hongkong for Monday, June 11, says:
Deaths from the outbreak from May 6 to
June 11, noon, 1,461; grand total, 1,647.
From noon until 6 r. m. to-day at the
Tung Wah branches (glass works and
slaughter-house), new cases, 18, of which
one death was on arrival and 10 since;
total remaining under treatment, 240.
Will Bo a Total Wreck.
Poet Townbbnd, Wash., July 4. The
bark R. K. Ham, that went ashore on
Dungeness spit Sunday night; will be a
total loss. A heavy westerly swell and
a stiff breeze haa embedded her deep in
the shifting sanda. Four tugs made an
unsuccessful effort to tow her to deep
water. All movable furniture and fix
tures will be saved.'
Midwinter Pall Ended.
San Fbancibco, July 4. The end of
California's Midwinter Fair came to-day,
when San Francisco day and tbe national
holiday were jointly celebrated. The
exposition waa formally opened January
27. The total attendance up to Uus
morning waa 2,140,154. To-dy over
75,000 people passed thromrh the galon,
making a total of over S,ij,U'j. j
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