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About La Grande morning observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1901-1904 | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1904)
t WEATHER FORECAST X 7 Tonight iad tomorrow probably X Tebowera Toaaonow pooler X t THE TRAINS $ Xno 1 East bound 0:10 pm ontlma A T No 5 Wart" 8:4 pm on tlme LA GRANDE EVENING VOLUME III LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY, 25 . 1904. NUMBER 219 OBSERVER. NEW TELEPHONE SYSTEM PROPOSED FOR LA GRANDE The Most Modern System West ! of the Rocky Mountains Pendleton will Also Have the Improved System ; Through the tff.iita of looal mana ger Oiborn, and by the prestae he hai with hie company, gained, ao Mr. MeGillivray t-peoial field agar, nave bf reason ol bis standing, bis r oord in the olaasifioatiou ol menagenmnt giv io; him fir t pi toe, a new and imp-ov baa apparently endeavored to be (air, and the same rates will obtain here as at I endleton. Mr. MeGillivray, field agent, eaya it la the desire of his company to have La Grande patrons signed up as speedily as possible, so aa to obviate the neoess i IA - 1 1 I . V. . , ......... ea Pnone system for tbe p.truneol the I . 8sn PnoIsco . time. It la estimated that the cbang i ot service will oost in the neighbor hood cf $12,000.00. ... Mr. MeGilllvray expects to arrango for a mass meeting of the patrons nf company Wednesday evening at the . Oammerclal Olnb anartera. proposes to imtill, Mn 0)lho- . .,,, M, oredit for bis efforts in behalf of the telaphooe patrons of La Grande, and it is to be hoped that 'be people will tTow give him their support, and take prompt measures to saoure the advant ages which the Improved system insures. Hello in La Grande ia praotioally sured. Mr Oebnn has finally euo oeded in scouring tbe cotBrmetioo ot G. B. Bush Division manager at 8po kand, and through bim tbe oou&rma- uoo of tbe company. The oompaoy here a Common Battery and Express service, such aa is about to be placed iu Pendletor, nd which wben put in use will give there Iwooitiea telephone eyatams superior to Portland, Seattle, Sin Franoiaoo and Spokane. The essential, improvements of the new system over the old are as follows: 1 . Tbe old style 10 party lines now in nse will be obanged to 4 party on a metallic circuit, with tbe lines split so that only two signals will be in use on party lines. 2. The old orank phone will be dis carded and the Ex press phone placed To signal central on tbe Etpreas phone it U only rreressary to lilt tbe ear trumpet from the hook 3. Tbe l"cal batteries w 11 no longer be used, and all the euerny will come (liieotfrom the central office, tbus e ImiDatiiiR the greatest telephone trouble, the depletioo of batteries, 4. A enmpfatn new ewitchboard wi h automatio service will be install ed and the genera! improvements will aasuie a tbr e seooud service. , To insure this change lor I. a Grande B'i0 subscribers must he seoured at the new ra es as follows: 4 I arty residence 1 25 Individual residence 2.00 2 part; business 2.50 Individual I nsttiess 3.00 In the matter of rate WAIVE RIGHT OF SEARCH In Interests of Friendly Relations With Power Russia Withdraws This Authority Avellsn, chief of the admiralty department,- and other high naval officers at tended.' Tbe result of the conference rerrovce all doubt concerning tbe present etl i tude of Russia with regard to tl.e vol unteer fleet. T'18 validity of the vii expressed In tbe British note reitunl ing the irregularity of the position of the vessels was ao tar admitted that the rooucil agreed to waive tho right of search. After a long disoussion, in wbiob Count Lamsdorff to rk a leading part, it wan deoided that the present a at us of the vo untter fleet was uot biiIH olrntly well defined acoording to inter national law to render further e-aiehs es and seizures advisablo, and that, therefore, RnBsia, iu the interest of rriendly relations with the powcie, Bhonld withdraw the authority given the volunteer fleet In this respect. RELEASE ORDERED Berlin, July 24 The Russian gov ernment has ordered tbe immediate release of the Hamburg-American line steajnsbip Soatidia, whioh arrived at Suez yesterday flying the Russian nav al flag and manned by a Russian naval orew. SKANDIA IlELEAPED Port Said, July 24. -The Hamburg- American line steamer Scaunia bae been released. Tbe Russian crow which manned her has landed here and will prooeed to Odessa by the next mail boat. The Scandia ia awaiting orders from ber owners. ATTEMPTS TO SETTLE SECOND STRIKE FAILED Drowned in Cistern Pendleton July 29 Louis Egeertb, ased G Tears and X months, son of George and Louisa Eggerth, of South Cold Springs, was drowned ye-terday morniug between 9 and 10 o'clock, in tbe cistern at the family home. Tbe obild was last seen alive about 9 o'clock. About en hour later tbe two olderZnhildron missed Louis, and Willie, the 8-year-old brother, went In search of him. with the result that he saw thn body of his brother half about in the cistern. The mother was im mediately infirmed of the accident and lifted the body uut of the cistern with whatever appliance within her reach. Life was extinct when the body was taken out. Ultimatum Sent to the Packers Demanding An Immediate Settlement Threaten a General Walk-out St. Petersburg, July 21. Grand Da e Alexis presided at yesterdey's oou icil which Count Lamsdorff, the tbe company foreign secretary, an l Vtoe Admiral Gambling In Portland. The Sunday Oreuoniaii annonnc. a that, "l-ortland is a olosed town" This was BOeompliahed by Sheriff Ward on Saturday afternoon tolling ibe gamblers to quit or Ire prorecutod. The statutes of Oregon forbid eainbl ing, it is an unlawful passtimo, and wherever the stntutos are enforced, ana law obsorved there can bis no ambling in Oregon. Hare you noticed the improvcmeni in. the Evening Obneiver? Rare Opportunity for Economical Buying OF WDERriUSLINS A pen picture of our dainty undermuslins can only give a faint idea ot the real vJue, dainty trimmings and many other details so necessary in a perfect garment, we will ask you 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 please the most exacting laete prices so low they are hardly worth mentioning. 2 25, f 2 00, $1 75, f 1 50, 1 25, $1 00 down to 50c LADIES CORSET COVERS 8C Just think of it! The price of a spxrl of thread would leave yon 8 cents for material and work. LADIES PANTS 25C Made from good quality of muslin, wide hemstitched flounces with five rows of tucking 25c A great many different style", in pries 2 50, 2 25, $2 00, $1 76,11 60, $1 25, l 00, 85o down to 80c MUSLIN SKIRTS Made up in the duintiest manner and to conform wi' li the new dress skirts Well worth your attention. $4 00, 13 50, $3 25 down to 60c Children's Undermuslins At prices equally as low as the above mentioned for ladle. Sim Jain Obioago, July 26 Attempts to t- tle the seooud strike of tbe packing trades failed today ai,d tonight the butohera' uuion and allied organisa tions after a long oonferenoa sent as ultimatum to tbe -representatives of tbe paokeis demanding a settlement ot tbe atiike b-fore Monday morning on penalty of a general walkout of all un ion employes at work in toe stock yards at 7 o'clock Monday morning. Tbe conference between the repre sentatives of tbe allied trades and tbe packers and the butoberi, whioh ad journed 'last nigbt alter failing tu roach an agreement, was resumed early this morning. At noon tbe con ferees gave up hope olreaohing an un derstanding -and tbe deliberations were brought to an abrupt adding after tbe packers had expressed a- de ar re to live uo to the terms of the ar bitration agreement reaobad last Wed nesday, right any wrongs tbat might have been committed by then foremen and superintendents and bad announc ed t the union men tbe name o! Sam uel McLean ot the National Packing comptny to represent them - on .the arbitration board provided for in the agreement which settled tha original slnkr. . '. - The uniop men refused positively to consider that agreement valid on the ground that it had been broken by the packi rt. Tbey tbeo retired to tbe office cf the federation of labor, where an ultimatum to the packers waa pre pared under tbe direotion of Miobael J. Dounelly, presidentot tbe Butchers' union J Thomas I. Kidd of the Ameri-. can Federation of Lrrbtir and repre sentatives of t'ades that will be asked to join in the general strike. Tbe ul timatum ia aa fotlowa: ' NOTE TO PACKERS "Mr. Edward Morria and Associates: Alter oarelul consideration by tba re presentutivea of the teamsters and mechanical trades we Cave come to tbe onnouion that the agreement whioh was reached on Wednesday baa been flagrantly violated by the packers to the es tent of rendering it, in our opinion, null and void, benoe we can not oooeistently expect the butoner workmen to renew it in its present form beoauie of such violation. ' 'We desire to emphasize our belief in t'.'.e principles of conciliation and atbitration but to provide against inch violations in the future we again of fer the following propositions as a so lution uf the present difficulty: .That all employes be hired back in 10 days. Any person not re-employed at the end of that time bis or ber oaae will be submitted to arbitration. "That all killing, cutting and casing department men b) rein, tiled in their lornrer positions within 48 bouts after the' resumption of work. "We regret to say tbat if tbe tore going propositions are not acceptable tovouthe allied trades will cease work on Monday morning. fruiting, boweve-, tbat yon will co-operate with na tu bring about ao amioahU understanding and thus avert the possibility of a widespread strike, we are, respectfully yours, "Oeorgo F. Golden, "Chairman "Joseph W. Morton. "Secretary Committee of Allied Trades." The reply ot the combined paokers to tbe ultimatum of tbe allied trades waa dtlivered late tonight. Tbe oom munication. which ia addressea to Chairman Oolden and Secretary Mor ton, ia as follows: RErVLY OF PACKERS 'Gentlemen Yonr communication of this altcrnoon has been received and carefully noted. We moat em phatically deny that thert baa been any violation ol tba agreement on ou t. Our explanation after Investi gating every 'atipportd oaae shiul' ye eatisfkd every on praiant at tba no deviations but whav might be ei peeled In putting to worc suob a large body ol men at. one time, and but what apnld have been readily adjusted had tbe otganlzatioo desired to do so. "We regard Mr Donnelly's action i entirely unjustified in calling the second strike on sensational and mis leading reports wi (bin an average ol 30 minutes from the tin " I he men were ordered to work and before it was pos Bible for any considerable number to be plaoed without making the eligb teat effort to veiify ruoh reports or to moralised tbe men if permitted remedy sucb reports 11 they exist . ' 'We have a defloite agreement with our employee, the same having bees signed by tbeir representatives and the representatives of all tbe meohanl- osl and allied tradea and wa atand ready on our part to sea that it is car ried out." - '.. This reply is signed by representa tives nf Armour & Cou Swlit & Co , Nelsoo Morris A Co., Sobwertsobild A Suhberger, National Packing oompany Libby, MoNeill & Libbyand tbe Cud ahy oompany. , STATEMENT TO PUBLIC A committee of union leaders issued the following statement after tba con ference with tbe paokera had resulted In a disagreement: "To the Publlo: On Wednesday July 20, tbe leamstars and mecbani oal tradea oalled on tha packers and r quested a conference. Faaling tbat the situation ia the stockyards was one that would causae walkout ol all employes and to prevent thu a cooler slice was seoured and an agreement wasrtaobed wbicb, we balieve, would hve settler1 the strike II lived up to by tba packers. Wben representatives (.1 ibe strikers called upon the paokers i arrange tor the return ol the men they were told to have all employ repoit lor work. When tha men' re ported the psokers selected eooh men as they needed. Tbi would have da- "Qreat numbers Of man and women ' were told, in language unfit to rep'mt . tbat they were not wanted Hence tbe seoood strike. After a second strike ' was ordered the packers and repreien- talivea of the allied tradea got together again. Tba paokers insisted tbat we try and put the agreement into opera tion, admitted tbe violation and then promised to sea it would not happen again. As union men we bad to re fuse this proposition and asked that an understanding be bad which would re turn employes as agreed upon. Tina tbey mused. Wa bava now offered a final proposition whioh, it rejected. will oause a cessation of work on Mon day. " - .. " (Bignaturee) 'John Fitxpatrlok "John Managan-,.. , R "Thomas J. Kidd." PREPARING FOB STRUGGLE , At lbs ttmkyards tonight tba pack- : re are making preparationa for a long struggle,. As soon aa all peace nego tiations were declared futile all tha heads of tba different departments in the various plants were notified to hire all tha workmen they could pos'ib y obtain. From the progress that had been made up to a late hour tonight the indioationa ate that fully 2,000 man will have been engaged by tomor rew night. - It is tbe intention ol tba paokers to house these men in - the plants. ' t (Continued on last Page) ? . '' MID SUMMER CLEARANCE SALE 1 For the next thirty days we will offer all Summer Goods at Greatly Reduced Prices. ; -. If you are in need of anything for Summer Wear it will be to your advantage to . look over onr stock before purchasing ehewhere. All wash goods on Bale at one third off. ,t All wash wash shirt waists at a reduction of 25 per nent. On Wrappers, Kimonas, and Dressing Saques we will save you 20 per cent. Just what you will need for these warm days. The Chicago Store t llllll tlIMMIIIMtlllttMtjllltMI llelll na,a ANY BOOK In Our Window 1 5Cents i-r NEWLIN DRUG CO. -A'irt' last two conferences tbat than wart