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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 2, 1912)
ANliii PAGE 8 LA UK fiVJLNDJG OBSHIKVEK, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1912. ADTflRY IE O.-W. DIVISION l. MOUNTAINS IS FOUTUX'ATE. BY THE JURY OP THE INHABITANTS OF LA GRANDE, OREGON" 1 STORM d ict 'Storms in Kant Hctnrd Truffle but Not In Mountains. Several feet of snow In the moun tains Is not retarding train serdce on lifi f) -W. Trains from the east are rnnnlii? nn late Rc'ieriules hut thin Im i ' " " a - - tiecause of the enormous snowfall aud. extreme cold weather prevailing In Alontnnu, Colorado and other moun r.ain st-ites. Til's rotary has not been called out on the local system yet, and this Is probably due to the fact that the snow Is well packed and dues not shift with the winds. No drifting to speak of has trnnsplred anywhere. "The detachable sno.v plows or llanges, on the branch lino engines avert de lay and trouble and the same method Is doing much to keep up train ser '-vice for ordinary snowfalls on the main line systems. SHOPMEN ARE COMPLAINING .1''1I IS ' ASSERTION' MADE HY KKl'OKTS. .J.ocnl Strikers Issue Ntiileim-nls Com. Ing From Strikebreakers. Find That The Obsorver has been asked to liiibllsli the a;ii ended regarding the situation of strikebreakers on the O. S. L.: Ogdenj Utah, Pee. 28 To our Broth ers everywhere. Greeting: The fol ' -lowing Is a copy of a letter printed In ajur local papers ti!. evening, describ ing under what eonditi'ns men lira working !r. shops on the Hnnhuin system, w'.o lav? been hired to t".k the place ot the f 'ikln? brothers nn y Is railr ad. "Dvolhcrs we v.k you to g've Uni lct p.Vw h -wide , nli' icily at possible. Do ' not lay this on the table but take ac lkm at ouco. llLve it printed In ymr la'.iy papers, if j'ou have any that are j'air to tho oauMi of organized labor :ind see that It la printed in its en tirety, so that anyone, contemplating acting as strikelireakers, will readily understand uiuinr what conditions i.they will have to work, and will find 'conditions not as they are represent ed by unscrupulous employment 3Vff;nIs and railroad officials, who are Tnlr'tng men under false pretenses. Brothers, you will be doing tho "Sjwjihers on the tiring lines of the Har Trlman system and the Illinois Central :a sgroHt favor by circulating the con tents of til is article in every way pos sible. 'The following Is the .condition on the Dlnrrlman system as seen from he viewpoint of a strikebreaker. TJgden, Utah, Doc. 2S. To our fel nttow strikebreakers and ail concerned: "We the undersigned strikebreakers; wish to let tho public know of the conditions at the shops of the Oregon -.Short Line, located at Ogden. Vtnh. -and all shops throughout the Hnrrl- man system. We wish to state that -we were treated as prisoners and not ;ns working men, trying to make n Hv- Ing. Every strikebreaker, mining or .going on the grounds of the company, -are searched and f verything they have that the guards want, is taken from -them. We also wish to state that we were locked up ') bunk houses which i are filthy and not lit for human habita tion. There are from forty to fifty xnen sleeping in- each bunk house. which have no ventilation. There 1b only one cup for all of these men to drink from. The linen on the bods, iluring our thrJT weeks' employment, was not changed. Tho officials of this' company are so cheap, that If s man wplshes to go to another town to do fris shopping, ho Is charged with his l-Yujihe same a.-, any other person not Jin mnploye. They do not want the imcr. ito go in the city of Ogden to do their shopping, as they rear the union will persuade them to leave the em- ploy or the company. We have a con- tract calling for a period or ninety days and the company does not live up to its contract. The company officials let the may work when they see fit and Bay thorn off when Oiey see fit without Ty- The mci are puiopnllef tn stay In filthy bunk houses while laving off. If a man wlsues t,i q.ilt 'hey refer him Ho this fake contract and absolutely refuae to gi'J him hU time o trans portation tu wren- he came from. If .aaa speaks lor hit rltfit h ! aw- . dbarg'd an4 iukea from tha arauUas rami it caaght on lb itr"" ' GEIEEL'S BIG CLEARANCE SALE IS THE BEST IN TOWN. PRICES LOWEST, QUALITY HIGHEST, CROWDS THE LARGEST, AND THE MOST SUCCESSFUL FROM A MONEY SAVING STANDPOINT. Large Delighted Crowds THRONGED THE STORE ALL DAY, BUYING THE WONDERFUL BARGAINS ON EVERY HAND. EVERYBODY PLEAS ED AND ASTONISHED AT THE UNBELIEVABLE LOW PRICES. - Every Article in the Store IS ON SALE. PRICES ARE PROVEN RIGHT BY THE SUCCESS OF OUR SALES. WEDNESDAY MORNING BARGAINS WILL SHINE ALL OVER THE STORE LIKE THE RISING SUN. COME. REMEMBER, NO MILL REMNANTS OR SALE GOODS SHIPPED IN TO SELL YOU AS FIRSTS, BUT JUST OUR REGULAR HIGH GRADE STOCK. COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELF. . ' . The Only Sale in LaGrande Get tel s All high grade Merchandise. Our Regular Stock. No Sale Goods MfittfMfttMfaM arrested and lliwd In r-igai-l to the eating, well, !t U rotten. The meat without a doubt is not fit for a hog to eat. We, the undersigned strikebreakers, employed by the Oregon Short Line at Ogden, beg all men looking for em ployment, not to nccept a position on the l larrimaii ax stem for their own good for tills company wHl give every man the worst cf it, There are one iiundred or more men willing to quit tills: strike in the Og den shops alone, but they have not the means to get out of town with. Yours respectfully (Signed) Win. . Kelly. Richard Smith, Jos. McLospl, Victor Anderson. B. C. Mc Donald, B. F. Merrick, W. IS. Bohlmnn, '''rank Kromer. (Issued by Ogden, Local System Federation) ! who knew hliu well. He worked in the mills here uiull Dee. 22. His par- ents live in Alo deen. Clark came ! hero three months ago. JOHN LEWTAS TO 1.OTWE. Island City Church (o lie I'sed by the Lecturer-Traveler Friday. Island City. Jan. 2 (Special) John Lewtns, a traveler and lecturer, who Is' to deliver an address on "What 1 Saw in England, Ireland, France and Italy" in I,a Grando Wednesday night is also slnted to appear Friday night at the church In Island City. The admis sion at that time will bo 25 and 35 jits mid much the same address as Is to be given taere tomorrow nigh, will be heard at that time. Island City folks are planning on a rich treat Fri day when tho tinted trareler delivers lis sddrrtsn. Progressives Well I'leased. Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 2. -Headed by (iitTord Pinehot. Setiataors Ciapp and Works a'"' a dozen progressives of national repute are spread out over the state continuing the fight for pro gressive principles begun by In Fol lette . They will lemnln In the state most of tho week. All or La Follette's friends declare themselves satisfied with the action of the progressive con ference here. The committee, went on record Individually by the ratio of seven to one as favoring La Follette's candidacy but It did not endorse him as an organisation, something which La Follette requested not to b done. l'ollce Fear Chinese. Seattle, Jan. 2. The police ereV't tiug on the Chinatown lid, fearing to relux their vigilance, owing to ' the fact that the outbi-uak of a iong war is expected to -ivenge the murder of Don Weg, killed yesterday. Seve't hatchnien wers imported. TAFT (JIVKX SCKATOIKK. Michigan Invenlor Sends a Pnlciiled Hack Scralcher to l'resldenl. Washington, J in, 2. President Taft today received from a Michigan in .'en tor, who Is an admirer of the presi dent, a back scratcher, which tlia don or has invented. v WITH THE BOXERS. $''S1i$$'(S$'S'$t Bandit I Identified Chehalii, Ja". I - -The hj-u'lt wha hot aoi VIHad Banker Bar at Ceatra 11a. Is UMtllaa Hoaltlraly aa Alkart Wai. a aUatwrlgat. y tkraa M Tom Kenuedy, ex-amateur heavy weight. Is a bit backward in signing to meet Carl Marroi.i. Frank Erne, the ex-llghtwelght champion, says that he has joined tho come backs iiul will return to the ring. Promoter Tom McCarey, or Los K: ioles. is negotintlng for a 20-round bout between Tackey McFarland mil Freddie Welch, of England. Pedlnr Palmer, ex-champion of the bi.ntams in Kivland, has taken , on weight, n:d Is nut with a challenge to meet any 132 poind boxer In England. Joe Or'.tn, ttnuwn r.s the Human Punching Bag, was hit by a train at Itni'-.swick, Me . t.n other day but wu on t's feet nt t! t- count of eight. The etTjr'ts of soioe of ttie people of S;.dney, Australia, to put. -ha lid on b .x'ng l'i that cl: has fa. cd as the ai.'lorlties ref.i to act Vi the pro It El. of any city should convey one million passengers In one day. Yet, one mil lion passengers a day would mean but slim business for Cie subway and elevated lines ot 'Manhattan. On one day or the week before Christinas ful ly 2,500,000 passengers were trans ported over the subway and elevated lines of the city. The subway carried about 1,400,000, the elevated about 1 100,000. Tills number of course, due to the Christmas shopping, was ex ceeded but once, at the Hudson-Fulton celebration. There Is no time in the year when money is needed more than before Christmas. Even the poorest people need money nt that time and the crooks simply get It wherever they can. During the week preceding Christmas thieves and burglars were extremely busy in this city and the number of robberies reported was ap palling. Thousands of pockets were picked In the dense crowds of the shopping district. Hundreds of wo men were cleverly or brutally sep- I arated from their hand bags and scores of messengers were held up and robbed of their bundles. Those who went down town to do some shopping were under a Bevere strain in taking care of their money and valuables, but fortunately the strain waB not great enough to reach the breaking point as in the case of the foreign-born workman, who was arrested on the corner of Thirty- fourth street and Broadway the other ! afternoon. The attention of the police j men stationed near that comer was attracted by a yelling and struggling crowd. The bluecoats pushed their I way through the mass of people and found a poorly dressed man throwing bills of various denominations into the crowd. Some of the bills were recovered and the man with the rest of his money taken to the station. The prisoner said that in the course of several years he had saved up near ly $300. He did not trust the banks and always carried his wealth In his pocket. The fear of being robbed, however, proved too great a strain and for some time he found himself unable to sleep at night. This con dition gradually became so unbear able, that he decided to get rid of the money by throwing it away. He was sent to Bellevue hospital for observa tion. The suffrage hungry women of this v Gossip From Old New York. New York, Jan. 2. Wlat enor mous demands are made upon the rarrylng capacity of the various sub way and elevated Unas of New York, especially upon certain axtraordlnary occasions, la hard tn reallsa. To thosa viae l imillar pltiai It miv aaam laaraaiWt that tha trarftMaa IUmM city, who have only Just entered Into the held of active politics are rapidly developing into full-fledged politi- f clans of the Tammany type. On Octo 1 ber 14 an election was held by the I Brooklyn branch of the suffrage or ganization and Mrs. Robert H. Elder, I of Brooklyn, was elected borough chairman. Scarcely had this been done when a faction opposed to Mrs. Elder started a secret campaign to unseat her. The leaders, who seem to be residents of Manhattnn, were not ex tremely scrupulous about their meth ods and sent out calls with forged names for a meeting to be held at some hall in Manhattan for the pur pose of electing another Brooklyn borough chairman. The' supporters of Mrs. Elder learned of this move, how ever, and obtained an order from the supreme court, forbidding the meeting, charging fraud. The row resulting bids fair to cause a serious split In the party, a rather ominous beginning for so young an organization. mmm laifaii'i i 1 1 1 1 mvim& papas? f3 Dalt COME TO on's s 1 ajie For Real Bargains. See our Window Display for Cut Prices 2nd Door West of Postoffice
