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About La Grande morning observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1901-1904 | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1904)
WEATHER FORECAST la grand'e evening Observer, . Tibi Md tomorrow fair T- w BUing temperatur THE TRAINS aNd a Bait bound 9 :10 p m ontimej Kb 6 Wert 84 p m on tim NUMBER 218 VOLUME III LA GRANDE, OREGON. SATURDAY EVENING. JULY 23 1904.! STRIKE RENEWED Stock Yards Strikers Are Dissatisfied With Man ner in Which They are to be Reinstated. Ghloago July 22 be stockyards ' "i-ltrlke was renewed this moruing in Chicago, and all theutlier points where the big packing companies have branch es because the strikers were dissatia fl ) I with the manner in which they pro posed to ri instate their former em ployes. The joint conference between both idee of the nontroven-y and the rep resentatives of the allied trades Id an attempt to brin about a peaceable ""' settlement was unsuccessful, and the meeting adjourned tonight t 8:30 o'clock with the understand i.g that another cionferenoe would be held to morrow morning. Whether the diffi culty can be settled tomorro is prob matlotl , as both the paokera and the strikers maintiin that they an living up to Wednesday's agreement. No written statement, of what occur ed at the meeting was given out. Un less a settlement is reached tomorrow tne general belief is that a sympathetic strike of the allied trades in. the paok lug industry, which was threatened last week, will be called. All theBe on ions have signified their willingness to Blind by the butchers in this straggle for sapremaoy. In the following sta'emi-nt, given out tonight by President D.nnelly of the butchers' union, the reaton why the si risers refused to return to work to day is given: The paokera siiriisd an aureoment that there would b- no r'isoriminatioii in tho re hiring of the men. Oa the re turn of the men this morning they wore lined up like cattle awl the fore man, walking through the line, would pick out a man and say, "say yon come np." Ihe next man wonld be pushed out of line and told that he could not be UBed, Bud it was always a good aotlve uuion man whom they could not use. "Superintendent Pension, of the Ar mour oannlng department, addressed tha employes in the following language this morning: "Yon went away like oattle and we will take you baok like cattle." "This language was used both to men i and women," said Donntlly. out a;ain at noon The ordtr wrs re ceived this morning, but business agent of the onions were refused ad mittance1 to toe plants by the paoking nous managers. - All of the saloons in Booth Bt Joseph have been closed by order ol Ihe mayor, and a large fore of policemen and deputy sheriffs bav been oalled out. AT OMAHA. , Omaha July 21 A 1 the men who had returned in the South Omaha packing houses, on receipt of infor mation that tha strike was on again, struok later All tbe non-onion men were paid off and had left the oiiy last n'gbtand this morning making tbe situation an awkward one for tbepacktr. Hope ent-rtained that tbe trouble may be speedily adjusted. AT EA8T BT. LOUIS. East St Louis July 23 Four hun dred paoking house employe, a ma jority of whom have again itruok and tbe packing 000468 are praatioally tied up. Boodlers Sentdnced. St Louis July 22 Jrry J Hanni- gnn and Charles J Denny were today sentenced to two years each in tbe Missouri penilentiar for theit conle aiun of partioiapating in bribery deals during tbeir terms as members of the rouniopal asaeniblv. Hunting Investment. Attorney 0 E Cochran and J B Ol iver, of Union, en in this section nl the country with a ptrcy of outside capitalists, looking over tbe feasibili ties for profitable investments. Tbe party inoludea TW Davidson, of New York, A B drown of Boston, F A Phil briok of Lowell Mass., Loo Cleaver ol Fraiiie City, and N 0 Richards ol Sumpter. Elgin Recorder. Test Law. Wallowa billtiam, was out Sunday to witness the Elgiu-Wallowa ball game. Mrs L A Ryder, wbo was injured in a rnnaway accident last week is able to be op and around. J L Mars, a well knows bul'der and OODtr-ctDr ol La Grande, was in E gin yettarday. J L Woodell, one of tb"e well known pioneer ranchers of the Saodndge was down Saturday. Me brought , some ample wheat heads from bis farm which indioale that be will have con siderable grain egrdisa of the se rious effects of tbe late June frost. MraO J Knott ol La Grande is n town. sir and Mrs J H Payne and Mr sud Mrs Hemy Hug arrived at nt Lout ibe 13th. They visi'e.1 in Denver on tbeir w y to the i x position city. Aotive operations have b)eo com menced at the brickyard and tbe men are putting out several thousand per day. This induttry will furnish em- plpyment to a number of men fcr sev- tral weeks. Elgin K-oorder. RUSSIAN DEFEAT More Russians Killed in Sundays Engagement Than Could be Buried -Were Cremated RUMORS OF A DESPERATE FIGHT. London July 23 A dispatch to the Central News from Tokio says there is reason to believe a severe fight last ing all day ocourred July lOatKeilou north ol Mo Tien pass. Another an patoh from the front says the engage ment was precipitated by tbe Russians wbo attacked tbe Japanese positions at Siobiayen. Tbe Russians were nnl., aftnr severe fiithting. The Japanese oasualities were over 200. AT ST, JOSFPH. St Joseph Mo July 22 Tbe 1600 sinking picking house employes who returns! to woik ibis morning walked Astoria July ti Suit was com menced today by the repreientatives ol tne Columbia River Fishermen's Proieotlve oUiou against three Cali fornia fishermen wbo have been fish ing at Astoria. Tbe case is to test the. constitutionality of the fishing laws now in force in Oregon and Washington, proiding that fishing 1. censes may be issued only to citizens oi these two states. In Oregon Again U. S. Henator John M. Mitchell ar rived in Porthod on Friday in good health and spirit. Fiom interview published in the PnrtWnd naners. he intends to make some speeches during tbe oanvas Roosevelt. for General Kuroki'a Headquarters in the field, July 21. via Nusan, Korea, uly 12 The Japanese attack upon tbe Russians at Kiao Tung yesterday resulted In another Russian disaster. Kiao Tung is 23 miles from these headquarters. Few details of the engagements have been received, but thev indicate that the fighting was fierce. The Russians had more than one division engaged and artillery was used freely. Tbe Russians are forti fying new positions before Mo Tien pass. There were more Russians kill ed in the fighting of Sunday, July 17, than can bo burled and tbe Japanese are now engaged in cremating the bodies. ' - ' RUSSIAN UNIFORM. St. Petersburg, July 22 further but incomplete details of General Keller's attaok at Mo Tien pass July soot by the Assoo'ated Press corres pondent show that tbe fight lasted an day end aa a bloody affair. The Sevsky regiment rushed eight of the Japanese guns with the bayonet but later were oompelled to abandon them. . A Russian detainment which oroBsed Llan river at dawn on the opening of tho fight discovered a Japanese detachment under a hill dressed in tho Russian uniform and hailed tbe soldiers In Russian as friends bnt when the Russians got within range the Japanese opened fire. EMBARKING TROOPS. L'ao Yane, Thursday, July 21. An cordingto piivate advloes the Japanese are embarking two divisions near rial Jbou in order to reinforce their army In front of Port Arthur, .. Elgin Notes. CT Mo Daalel, managr of the Germans Fond Of Salmon Astoria, July 23 Acoording to th representatives of a German firm whicli has tbe re.pute.tion ol Dsmg tne largest handler of nickled and frozen Balmon in the world, the demand for Oolumbii river salmon has increased to such e extent that it, is m.w found in all th eating bouses ol the German empire, He says if tbe demand ooutiuuee inoreaee at tbe present rate it is only .-.tinn nl a abort time ui til the 'i - supply will be wholly inadequate. WH'i'-Hli'rttfiiuars!f Rare Opportunity for Economical Buying OF UNDERHVISLINS A pen picture of our dainty undermuslins can only gives faint idea ot the real vulue, dainty trimmings and many other details so necessary in a perfect garment, we will ask yJu to come in and see them if you are at all interested in top Uuder Muslins. Therefore values in ,1 In such varieties of styles and trimmings that we can pleas the most exacting taste prices so low they are hardly worth mentioning. $2 25, $2 00, 1 75, $1 60, $1 25, $1 00 down to 50c LADIES CORSET COVERS 8C Jnst think of it! The price of a epjul ot thread would leave yoi 8 cents for material and work. Must Reside on Land . In a recent lanl contest case, the general laud office gave out tha fol towing mllog: "Parties commuting homestead en trie cannot be excused for any cause from failure to live upon, Improve and cultivate the land for the required period. They are not obliged to make proof in (14 months) tbe shortest time In which commutation is allowed, and when such proof Is .nade, full ooni pliaaoe with tbe law mutt be satlsfar.t orily shown to date of proof. "A person commuting a hoin-estead entry by false swearing, when he has not actually resided upon the land and improved and cultivated It a required by law, forfeits all rights to land and to the pnrohaae niouey paid' and. in addition there to renders himself liable tocrimlnal prosecution." For Government Post Taoome.July 23 It i stated on good authority that tha government may purchase a tract of 441 acres in eluding tbe southern portion of Ameri can lake, for a government site for a post. Th area spoken of inoludea the land around Senaqllitohew lake, run ing west and taking in tbe target and a large lrot west of American lak. . ' : tho L ADIES PANTS 25C Made from good quality of muslin, wide hemstitched floonees with five rows of tucking 25c A great many different styles, in pries $2 50, 12 25, $2 00, 1 75, $1 60, $1 25, 11 00, 85c down to 30c MUSLIN SKIRTS Made up in the daintiest manner and to conform with the new dress skirts Well worth your attention. $4 00, 3 60, 13 25 down to 60c Children's Undermuslins At prices equally as low as the above mentioned for ladies. CTTLE AND SHEEP MEN NOW AGREE, Antelope Oregon, July 23. H O Roopor. J D MoAndre and Joe Bannon returned yesterday from their trip into the Blue mountains, where they went to meet tbe oattlemen and settl ed differences between Bheepmen and oattlemen over range. They report that their conferences with the cattle. n was very satisfactory, and the best of results are hoped for from the meeting. More than thirty of tbe prominent cattlemen from Ooboco and Mill oreek were present to , meet them, and after a hearing of both sides of the question, lines were arranged ahioh will be satisfactory to both ides. Coooossions were made by both she, nmen and oattlemen, and tbe lines are now agreed upon. The committee appointed by the lecul sheepmen's association are to be congratulated npon the success their mission, which will end the ranee troubles in the Blue mountains if the lines are strictly observed they should be. The conference between the committees was conduct ed in tho friendliest manner, and the Bpirit of fairness manifested by both sides made an agreement much easier to arrive at than was anticipated. Antelope Herald. Mail 8tcamihip Company alaimsd by advioea from tbe East that the Rus sian Vladivostok squadron baa left port and is on th Psciflo Oman, has appli-d to th United State Govern ment lor protection anj for a ruling as to what is contraband of war. Officers of tbe company fear that Russia in tends to raid vessels oarrylng Amerioao goods to Japanese port. Russia's attention to tbis matter is thought to have been aitraoted by tb fact that several puiobaaee ol meat lor tbe Japanese army bav been openly annoonoed by United Stats contrac tors, and by the further announcement that sinoe tbe war began something like 140.000,000 in Japanese gold has arrived at Fori San Francisco, aod that part ol this money is annoonoed to have b en sent this oounuy in pay meat for Japanese purohasea for tne war, while tbe rest of it was forwarded from San Francisco to New York and thenoa to London to pay lor puroh mads in Great Britian f Our Trade In Danger San Fraooisoo, July 28 Tbe Pacific J Bible ohanoe ot recovery Vest Near Death Sweet Springs, Mo, July 23 Th death of former Senator George G Vest, who Las been dangerously ill at his home here, tor some time, expected hourly, The patient has fre queut sinking spells. The family phy siclan said today that there ! no pos WILL NOT ACCEPT Senator Gorman Can not Be Induced To Manage Democratic Campaign Eaopus. N. Y., July US Inform- . tion bas retched Esopus today th Senator Gorman cannot be induced t undertake the oatas of managing I. campaign. .. . a .,-, William nheebsnwaa asked wuetner be would permit his name to go be fore tha meeting of the national oom mlttee, to be held at the Hoffman House In New York, Tuesday, no. eplied, - laughingly: "Ob nobody wants in for obairmau," then, serious ly, be discussed briefly bis own posi tion, making it plain why he has 'not allowed hi name to be considered by 'be party I'tders, and he stands firm in bis refusal to serve as - thi manager of tbe campaign. Fro u hl attitude be do loogfr can be re garded at possibility. August Belmont baa asserted that be will not accept an aotive pan In tbe campaign management, and Tag gart is apparently now tbe only one left in tbe raoe. EES MID SUMMER CLEARANCE SALE For the next thirty days we will xiffer all Summer Goods at Greatly Reduced ,. Prices. ,. . ",. - If you are in neod of anything for Summer Wear it will be to your advantage to look over our stock before purchasing elsewhere. All wash goods on sale at one third off. All wash wash shirt waists at a reduction of 25 per cent, ,Qn Wrappers, Kimouas, and Dressing Saqnee we will save you 20 per cent, ,-Just what you will need for these warm days. ' The Chicago Store J he. Jfiain Bradstreet's Report Now York, July 23 Bradstreet's tomorrow will say : Good progress by mo't crops strengthen belief in favor of advance of trade following the com parative quiet and inactivity. Among tha industries Quietness and even dull ness is still the feature, bnt rather more Is doing in the leather trade, (iiraahadowius: lat-r developments in the shoe business, and lb production of lion and steel is U'tog sveaauy cur tailed with a resulring Senior tone to pig iron prices Several basio indus tries still show ll.tle tendenny to re vive. Notable among these is soft uoaf mining, whiob it very much de nresaed and it It to D9 noted that de mand for anthracite coal is not so ac tive as heretofore. Railwav eiroioet finished th fiscal year much better than earlier xpeo - ed, and it is probable tbey will snow tbe heaviest volume of grots and net earnings reported. Warm weather helped trade as a whole and Das 101 litated bargain sales, wbloh bav been a feature at a number of oltis. Wheal, inoluding flour eiporU for -I. week ending July 21, aggreat 1 SHI, 601 bushels against 1,412,400 a-t week, 2,781,099 this week last year. ANY BOOK In Our Window 1 5Cents NEWLIN DRUG CO. rva4 t