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"",!Ot.1f..VyJ!V9fc .... ... L2L G1UKDK EVENING OBSERVER. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1911. AW' , i m. THE OBSERVER BRUCE DENNiS Editor ni Owner. Catered at the postoffice at La Granie ai second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION BATES 9Bj, single copy afly, per week, . li 9t0j, per month & BlISEPTEMBER 1911 H S A TW Tl F S T iw 3.116 7 8 9. 1011213141526 171819201272223 2520 27 28 29 30 " ; ' . - I THE SITUATION IX PORTLAND, i j Deallng with various phases of the strike situation in Portland, the fol-, lowing will be of Interest in La . I Grande: (Portland Telegram, Monday after noon.) General .Manager J. P. O'Brien of - - - th Harriman lines, will issue an ultl-, . Arcade t Jimmy to the Rescue" Gau- mont.. A very clever comedy drama of the famous boy actor. He plans an elopement withhis sweetheart. It is a novel sight to'se the two children descend for three stories by means of a rope. , ("At Industry in Kabyle" Paths. Very instructive film snowing the industries found in, Kabyle. l -The Blind Princess and the If Poet" Pathe. The blind prln- I cess on consulting the sooth- i sayer Is told that upon, the first it kisi of unselfish love she re- celves she will see. The poet to ft i the rescue. t "College Sweethearts" Pathe- American. Comedy. Bill, and May are expelled from their re spective colleges for flirting with each other. Bill's father casts him out ln the cold world. if Bill g:ts a Job as butler in May's house. Then the fun begins. ' Song "Ohio," by Mr. Grice, our new singer. Mr. Grice has Just arrived from Boise, Idaho, where he has been very popular for a long tlnvj. Coma and' h' ar him. .v. " ;' '!". "'.. -''.!'" '' TOII ARE ALWAYS WELCOME Theatre A Strong Modern Bank Efficiently conducted, not only In the Interests of Its stock .bolder, but of Itx depositors and (Nitrons as well; .With official well known and trusted; In the community. With capital, surplus and undivided profits of $210,000,000 and total resources of $1,000.04)0.00. The La Grnnde National Hauk offers to "firms, corpora tions and Individuals the best banking service, and Its offi cers ak a personal Interview with those contemplating changing acconnts or opening new ones. La Grande National Bank LA GRANDE, OREGON. .CAPITAL . . . $ 100.000.00 X v SURPLUS ... RESOURCES Fred J. Holmes, Pres. F. L. Meyers, Casft-e matum to the striking shopmen to morrow In which the company's em ployes who have quit the service will be allowed to return without prejudice and in which a definite day and hour will be fixed within which this con cession will be operative. This move was decided upon at a conference of the operating heads of the local lines at noon today and was taken so that the company cannot be accused of not giving the men fair play even after the strike has been declared and the men have laid down their tools. Simultaneously with the promulga tion of the ultimatum will be issued a formal statement concerning the pension system, which the shopmen now declare is a farce. The strike I leaders succeeded in keeping a num ber of the older employes away from the shops today by the use of such arguments and they emphatically maintain that it has become a Harrt man policy to fire a good many of the employes Just about the time they are In line for pension benefits. As for the physical aspect of the local strike situation, the federation men say that more than 90 per cent of the shopmen are out, while the company insists that only 65 per cent the original estimate made on Sat- urday is wi?ll within the truth, . There has been no violence locally. although the company charges the strike pickets with intimidating many of the boys who want to go back to work, but are afraid to do so. Fearing that tampering with engines .. i wig iiiuv in ui nig n nu 1151111 ln re8erve here might take place t!le o.-w. R. & N. put a big force of men to work yesterday tearing down a long section of the old f;nce around ! the shops and yards and replacing It with heavy timbers. , Applications to fill the places of strikers in tha different trades involv ed are pouring ln at general headquar ters of the Harrlman lines by the i score, but further than keeping these men on th waiting list no outsiders i will b; put on until the effect of to i morrow's ultimatum to the old men I has been observed. . i One precaution has been taken, how j ever, to keep work moving along, j Where th? shops have been operated on an' eight-hour, five days a week, ba sis before ther strike, thv shops will - be operated after today, on a longer , hour and full wetk basis so that the ( the short handed forces will be able , to work overtime or double time in ' order to keep up with the demands of the repair work as possible.. The of. flcial statement of the company given jout at, noon today was as follows: ' "Labor situation this morning shows , that about 65 per cent of the shop and car raen httv ,eft tne ""vice. Ad- vices Indicate that many of th; old ! men are willing and ready to go back to work If they are not Interfered with by the men who have left our service. We will probably Issue an ultimatum I tomorrow to the men who have not ! returned to work. "Everything quiet except at Alblna. where threats have been made by : soiu; of the strikers and some of the ; older men intimidated from returning i to work. A number of men attempt , lng to return to work on Saturday at . Huntington were Intimidated to a : point whnre they did not go lo work. Proper protection is afforded, and we expect no further trouble at this point. "A case is reported at Starbuck where someone filled the tends r truck 105,000.00 . . 1,000,000.00 W. J. Church. V.-ce Pres. Earl Zundel.ss'J. CasArer boxe of locomotive being sent from Starbuck to Grange City Junction for passenger service with emery, which resulted In delay in repacking boxes, after engine left terminal account of boxes running hot. Outside of th-: cases mentioned, no further trouble reported. "J. P. O'BRIEN, "Vice-Pres. and Cten'l Mgr." . Both sides to the controversy will be on deck at the shops when the 5 o'clock whistle blows tonight. The union pickets will ha reinforced by volurte-TS and every possible effort will be made to call off the men who vent oac to work this morning. The ofncl-.is of the company will be there to fincourage the icompany and before leaving the shop will urge them to re main loyal to the company. Should there develop and violence or undue Intimidation of the men, the company will prepare at once to fit up a strike camp inside the yard3 and provide both eating and sleeping accommoda tions for the men. This emergency will b resorted to only in case thu men now at work show signs of weak ening and with the faithful employes house and fed inside the stockade fhora will h no rhnnop for the pick ets to g:t ln their missionary work. At strike headquarters ln the Labor Temple building this afternoon the statement was issued that 11 men are working at the O.-W. R. & N. shops In Alblna and 17 in the S. P. shops in Brooklyn, These are exclusive of the fonsmen and do hot include the yard laborers, wipers and others who are not organized and are . not part of the shop federation It is estimated that about 650 men are effected by the strike ln Portland. . Strike benefits are $8 a week for married men and $6 a week for single men. This money is paid by the var ious Internationals, as th; federation has no strike funds. As nws of the strike develops it is posted on a bulletin board. On this board ,this morning was written that eight loco motives on the Southern Pacific be tween Portland and Ros, burg are "dead." . Each day during the strike, the ad visory board will meet and receive reports. The board is accessible to all' strikers who want to give or re ceive Information. The boat'd is in session practically all day arid during the evening. BRONCHITIS CONQUERED. Seventy Tears Old and Tralses Won derful Hvomel. '. - "I had a severe attack ot la grippe. It left me with bronchitis and catarrh of my throat. I became quite deaf in one ear so I could not hear a watch tick. I commenced used your HYO MEI and Inhaler and soon got relief, and believe tnat it saved my life. I have recommended it to many. I am over seventy years old. I have told sev eral prominent doctors what it did for me.'- wm. H. Mowder, Washington. N. J., R. F. D. March 16, 1911. 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