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SECTION ONE
T,A ORANDK. OHKCJON. S ATl'KDA Y. 1 1'I.Y' 1. 1!)L"-
MEMISKIl OF ASSOCIATED I'UKSS
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L0GIL1EP
ISPBH.I TO
HllS!
CEfJTEH EYES
Lucul lTiii(in Oi'i'icals ssiu
j)wl;ir;itiou i'ur Law
! and Order.
DN PROTEST
Union's Playing Oovo Men
Last Week Causing Much
Talk; .May Hesult in Uis
st.'iision in Leairnc.
The ceneral condition of affairs in
the Intel-mountain llastball League is
at a while hot point. With the Un-
.....--,. . ; lon-l.a brunde frame protested and
ONLY FIVE MEN AT awaiting action at the hands of the
WORK HESE TODAY : ;;:"",'nis,s,ion' fwhivh wf i" '"! l "' :
' ( T. ii. Orawford s of lice Inn evening
T .. . . 'at seven o'clock, niahy theories as
lfaill'Oad COlllpaiiV Dl'i'kV.CS to wliat will he the outcome is nd
Tll'd Tl-ltTic V ill af Mi'l vanced. The only copy of the consti-
lii.u iian c in .r, uuion .g jn thc hand, ut Ciuy P,lUt,n
' J llt('lTtl)tl'tl 111 tSpitC - O.I of Klgin, who is secretary and treas-
Xtril'r I aret l',e 'eaKuP ,1,K' no 0I1" town
L" 'seems to know just what the consti-
, tution says in regards to the matter.
A meeting of strn:ers v as held tins' unjon) aceordini; to leports, received
noon in Kattlea h;;ll and a decision . r,.it,lises fur the two Cove men .and
was reached to meet there every! thereupon released them hack tit
noon, all nun retrUturinir daily. The Cove, Whether this is Icjrnl or not
mcetinir, as was the walk-out at Hi, is the nut.stion The local un
o'clock, was invrkerf by a laik cf ""- Jcrstundinf; is that no team shall he
thini; bordtrinii on boisteiouiess and .)llowe(i to reit,use a man for just
in every way the -men weie.oi'deily., 0I!(, m,.
The shop crafts have made an airree-j A tiemendous amount of misunder
roent to observe law and order durmtrj starujiii(? is rampant in the league, at
lilt 5Lrite ami uie i-einrmiK mi uir
strike here indicated that so far a:;
La Clrandc is concerned that arre-j-ment
will be observ .;d to the letter.
The lailrne.d shop crafts' president,
including thc presidents of the ma
chinists, boilermakers, carni'-ii, black
smiths, electricians and she.-t metal
workers. sifc'"cd the on'.er, which pays:
'We, the undersigned authorized
eoniniittce, ' wish to n'ake known in
behalf of our nien.la .r'ship that wo will
not participate in nor tolerate any
acts of violence or d'estru.'lion of
property and will do all in our nowei
to assist the civil authorities in
maintaining law and order.
lAcrdrdii.c; to an announcement b?
I). L. McKay, chairman o tho st.-ikc
(Continued on I'age Four)
CHAUTAUQUA
II GILLS
A MEETING
(Continued on Page Four)
Organization Plans i'ov TJiis
Years' l'i'csgrain V, ill ic
Perfected.
FIREWORKS LI
WHY THEY STRIKE.
! Dr. R. F.' Murphy, president of the
iGiande Ronde Chautauiiua Associa
tion, has called a meeting of the peo
nle who underwrote tho 1SI22 Chau-
T 0 H F I f ll ii U ! j ii thatCti'meU the' peopletiiat1 guaranteed
I U UL Ulk! UllUwltos(,c t1e chauiauqua through its iin-
i ancial obligations this year will meet
AnnmiliceniMit was innde this i and discuss ways' and means of going
mornliiK at the ritv hall that the ' about the organized sale of tickets,
ordluanco rogarding tireworUs will: Chautaunua convenes on July Slat
he st-ictly enforced In file ciiv on , and from.now on there will be a hum
the Fourth of .lulv as well as pre-, cf activity directed towaid proper ex
eeding that day. ' ! ploitation and complete arrangement
The ordinance covers the sale of of details of the urogram.
fimr..rfc as well as selling tliera : The directors are quite pleased ov-
... ii,i, a ,,.m,.iiv 1 or the nrou-ram this year
i- ..,i..,.iN,i fAr violaiine- the or-: Ions numbers are aslol lows
The var-
Toda- there is a strike W hliopineif' in La (Irande,
just as there is a similar strike tlin'uioiit the nation.
Are these men quiltinjr woi'k heeaiisti thev want to
eea.se working''
Xo.
Are they deinandiiif;' increase' of wages
Xo. -
Are the)- demanding different working eoHilitions
Xo.' v '
Then, what is t lie trouble
Merely, that the ax of reduction fell upon tliein; the
government's railroad labs r hoard singled litem out for
the first cut, which means that other cuts in this and other
railroad departments will follow.
And this in the face of living expenses advancing in
stead of declining; this in the face of governmental advices
of a general trend upward in commodities. Xotaii ad
vance ly the producer hut by the broker; not an advance
bi the retailer, but br the jobber and wholesaler.
The government draws its knife onthc wage earner
but it has nut drawn that knife upon the army of office
men who neither toilTior. spin, but live in luxury on what
is called "business", which to them means luxuriant of
fices, elegant homes, lives of almost complete idleness.
In that class is where the slack in the rope exists; offices,
buildings by the score in every city are tenanted by men
whom society can well afford to get along withoilt. Count
less middlemen take from the products tlrtit which they
are not entitled to, until the consumer who alter all, is
the man who works gets the products they are so high
that his wages go but a short way round.
Our government probably has the best intentions
when it says a start must be made in reducing radroat
operating costs, and therefore the shopmen's department.
as designated a,s the first slash, but it is. failing to get
at the seat of the trouble. .
Why reduce men who are not getting more than a fair
living wage when the cc'iitry is filled wilh thosi who do
not work, but who live bett-.r than those who do I-
Jieduce the swollen ranks of the idlers, eliminate that
part of so called "business" that enables a great, army of
loalers toxkeep Jattv Aibuckle luxuries and there will lie
nu occasion to cu,t the waics of the man in the shops who
is actuallv rendering a service to societv; who is doing
something in the great scheme of life that needs to be
done; who onlv asks that he m:iy earn sufficient by the
sweat (it his brow to have comforts of life; who only asks
that his children may be educated; that his faimly may
have things like other people.
Our government can hit the purple center of success
if it will shrink the gulf beween producer and consumer.
It call render a service of lasting value if it wiil put its ex
perts oil the real problem of life rather than penalize the
man who is willing and actually does w'rk.
ELGIN PLANS
A BIG TIME
dinanco aiul the police ill partmeat
has been im tructei! to apprehend all
violators of the ordinance.
BESTR1GTIDHS
AflE EKE
ON THE FOURTH
la.-
Three-ltav Celebration
15een Arranged 1'y Neigh
Ixiring C'ih- For .Next
AYrfk.
Rlf 100 M CENT OF
SHOP CRR WORKERS OH
M W
m m w
PACIFIC CO&ST HIKE QUIT
Promptly at' 10 This Morning Shop Men in All Sections of
United States Dropped Their Tools and Left the
Shops; Controversy was Over Slash in Wages,
Restoration ot Abolished Rates and Eevoca-.
tion of AH Contracts for Farming Out .
Shop Work to Contracting Firms; -Repairs
are Entirely
. - Suspended .
If ny of tho many renders uf Th
Observer are under the impression
that Kluin is to stape only u eonimon
place, race meet muf celebration July
H, 4 and 5t all they have to do u t'l
spend it few hours in that little city
to disabuse their mi mis of thai im
pression.' !t was the pleasure of u i
Observer representative to visit K!rin
this morning and on every hand we
found evidence indicating, that lv
Unton county town ha coniiilcled
i) hum for one of the most sucecs- "' AoelliI Vrenm
ful events ever staged in Union coun 1 I 0 UTLA XI ), f lllvl. A I 1 M'OX i II lit t('l V "U)0 lrlli(tl Pa-
A visit to trStt rr-curso,!'!- 1'' -"lk"1 1,1,1 "n' i,J"1 S""tlU'''" 1 il"
which has undergone many iniprove-fiiL'ie men striiek here. 1 Set ween H M) and ;()() a re ut on tho
"V; :!v",:;;!l?',;"iWl) Portland and Seattle railroad here and at Van-
from uli over the Northwest. At th j coiiver, Washington. , Jfeports J'l'Olll (Tit! Union J'aeifie ill
Kastern Oregon indiealed that the .strike; was practically
100 per cent at all points. ;
present time there are over 7U head
of horses in the stables uml between
20 and ;10 head are now enrouto t.
( Continued from 1'iikb Four)
JULY EIGHTH IS
TO BE GALA DAY
SAX KKAXCISCO, .lulyl. Strike orders were gen
erally ohef.ed on the Pacific coast and in the I fiterinouii
taiu sfates. Reports from all point where shopmen are
employed were that the walkout was practically complete
in this territory.
irst Wnv An hvcninjr of Muff
in" r':ml Meminir and oinpany
Seeond ilav Artists' Prelude.
stiMirn s -Ilellekson Tri Lecture
llemonstration, "DnnniT-Signuls on
the llioad to Health," Kdna Euuenin
l.owe- snecii'.l ftature, Artists Keclt
al, Frances lnirram.
Third l)n' Musical eiiieruunmem,
I'attun Brothers Trio; Prelude, Pat
ton Hrothers Trio; lecture, "Work
in B Topether for Millions," Norman
Allan lniric. .
i Fourth i Day Popular onccri,
This inornin, Cy Mana Krat! Oanic 2uiyAet;
1.!. ,,.l..i- nt vpyiirilitv re- l vuini'.-t, i..i..-,
reiniliit
:- Xv. G it) CAIIIIV CdACII. ;
July 8th. will be a irala o.;' for the!'-' , '"
farmers of tho (irande Homie valley. j In order 'lo acconiodaic ' the v
For that is thc set time for an all- j: many people who wish to travel v
day picnic to be held at Riverside', v to linker July ;i and 1, a ciach -I
Park, bejrinninir at 10 o'clock1 amll'!" will he carried on No. Ii, mail
contiuuinir through the day and ear-jv tiain, from I.a (lUinde to Pnker.
ly eveninjr, under the inipires of tiici v 'Anintincenu nt to this effect was -
oiKanized farmers of the valley. A v nmde this neon by J. 11. Keeney,
proirrain that will be of the best is! lotal aKcnl. ',
beinjr arranged antl the faimers cor- V,-
dially extend an invitation to all t"
come to the picnic and brine; a bas
ket laden with things to cat. (.Niffej
will be served at the (rrolinds eratis.
A social crood time in the mornin!;,
a hi'jr bnsket luncheon at noun, and
propti'.ms in the afternoon and evil.
in): will make up one of the fine:.';
picnics, so they assert that has ever
been held. Many noted speakers will
h e present amonir them beini; A. II
.Swift, of linker, who is ex-vife prosi-
ilent ol me nauonai rnnu;i umiii,. AuotiiiY still, wan captured ves-
and A. Shumway, of ulnton, present ,,. llly ,(,., i,,.,. Deputy sh.ir-
iresldent or tile Oreiron ! aimers un-,ff .,,u, sirile'r, ac. cimpanled bv
ion. C. r:. Spciuv, StHt" ii'i'nK'ihis depiiiv, r.ii 1 Hie raiu n hehnm.
Master, is also expected to be fires- , , ,.uv JV H,u ,.H.,( T.lvlr
flit. In addition to this oratorical.,. ,H ,.ilst r iil !er. .-mil dis-
cuinplcto sttll on t li inu
tile farm.' The still was
Itv
talent nianv ol tne local men'! prom-1 C1)V(11 1() n
inence will be found on thc procranl.! f.ij1.tH (lf
of
IT'S ENCOURAGING- TO CALL ON THE NEIGHBORS OCCASIONALLY
exniained
imostint,' that -rprinklluu he
ed In order to conserve the vater
supplv. lie said: "We will make
no ei fort to enforce the re'inest,
believii'.K that the citizens of I.a
r ,!., u-ill fn-ii:,'rn!.. wilh tbu eltv
lii this matter as they have done' "'
in oilier tilings.' ..,,. ' pi.,h nd Vernon Stone; Uc
The average daily ronsu ir.pt ion , ... G Elmer
i I.vnn Williams.
Seventh Uav I'rolud" lillvnn un.
i'..liii,." Oniu Head
i-'ioh llav Musical lEntertninnient
The Wateau Girls; the play, "Gappy
Hi,.;.' Percival Vivian Players.
c.i-.ih l)v Musical Entertainment
P.-el'inl.. Khi tra Piatt land Vernon
Lecture. 'l.lies i.aiuuc,-
Kbpi.t." .1. C I erbsman; Prelude, r.i
daily ronsuir.pt Ion
iliiriiiB the laiti-r pTt of .May and
.1... mnnlh .f W.1S about 1.2011.-
ward mm
DIES SUDDENLY
own Kiiilous iii mi ami this '" I Company Plnveround Festival
it was 1. 3Sll.l'MI uallons per ua. w..,.i, ...:.. r iir ('hti.iinn
Some time aeo the pomps at thc-.j nosin( t'ohcert, Gilvan Opera
t.-. u. I"'"-' U'ompanv.
creased the consienptioo. but Be-;
cordini: to W. Itoilons, division su-1
perlntiMidenl, tln-sn have b.en rnpair
til nd the city Is supplying' vor
liltlo water to the railroad now.
Mr. Kratz deci.ir l that Son feel
of ln-t!-.cli J'i-, at H e he.i'l ! 'b"
pipeline empli'-s it, to 1 Inch I'll'"
and that when the onsun.p'.inn of
water Is lu-avv il cannot nipply
' enmiKll to keep the Is inch pipe
filled. llo S'lid tliat r.iany lenks
have been rcparcd. Waul F.miirh, brother of Jarvi
''.rnieh of thi' cHr, die t suddenly tin
nornini' in Walla Walla. The cause
.f his demise was said to be heart
failure. No funeral arranitement
At Wllite HOUfJf have as yet been made.
The devens. d was intere-ted ill tin
UN' .1 i!v 1. Min-r Valley Creamer of Iji (irande ami
t'.i't i'e'r'i'iT ;,.,i.i ."' . was in La (Irande about a week ayo
i'"-ir. V. anthra-' on bli-iness and visitimr with hi"
in 'v. hi. h w.-i k su-1 h'nthf r. Jarv' Kmiirh is now neai
:: , 1. met at :h" Whit, linker, whe'o he b been in the in
Wuh tie Ttrv-i'ie:.t in I terests of his nin-n but he will re-ir.-tif.it-
d bv the gov i turn to I.n G'ardv this evening, then
a !.,ntiemi!t. ' s S cr. tu Walla Wn'la.
Coal Operators And
Miners Conferring
.WARiilVGT
and nperaturi
lejili si nt:n' !
rile c r.l fir d
p-nded since
Hou-e t ...!:.
an endr,-cr
tiPiiicnt t-;- fi
"abroad . :
Am
c A-Af fAk'Ap'A
AAd ft A - ... '
(!ty AHHoclul'd Press)
CHIi:A;(, July 1 Unilruiid
shopnuii in nil urtions of the
rnuntry dn:pid llirir U:oU today
"in ih imlioii'wrdc Ktrikf. Itoport
from ct ai'd snuih up to noon
indir.'ttrd Ihut 50,000 had ulrt-ady
. jr Ptd tre Ritspensitm. I'romptly
at"l0 o'clf.ck the workers in var
iojs eastern sltcps quit.
n..-i .. j i . i i i .1 i
tniin mnvcmontH would continue and
for a tunc ut least the public would
"scarcely be awuru of tile suspension.
Ti n in operating ernftH are not in
volved in tho present controversy. Six
humlied thousand maintenance of
way men and stationary engineers
postponed their walkout tenipoi'Hrilv
as tho lesuit of the railroad laboi
hoard toiifL'retu'e yesterday.
AVagtt (ul Opposed.
The :diopn en soek nullif ication of
ihf !iiO,(H)0.K'v wage cut, restoration
of the Hboli.-.lied nues an(i revocation
of a! I perrdi.sion to railroads to con
tract tl'eir sfiop work. Crafts involv
ed are uiachim'ttts, boilermakers,
blacksmith, metal workers, elect ric
i:tiH, railway car men for repairing
coat-hes and helpers and apprentices.
The walkout means the suspension
of repairs. .
!M Per Cmt in Kiivor.
Illy AKfoi-iiiii-ii I'rusi.)
f HK'A(i(), July l.-i:ompIetion of
the railway shopmen's strike vote
rnoav m!ir snowi.ii no per cent or
the haln in favor of the walkout
whii-h union bv-dois sanctioned Thurs
day fr Saturday morning at 10
o'clock, it was announced by John
Scott, sertetary of thc shop crufts
UJI'O'IS.
' Xothing can avert the walkout ex
cept a change in the attitude of the
vatlvav managements over niht,"
.-aid 'Mr. Scott.
Investigation On'agf of' the Iml'lots on nil three of tho
q'lesi tons wnien me snop workerd
voted,- Mr. Scott said.
and
li;ai't
about Ion kuHoii
2t' c.aliojiH of ni.ifii ami ono
of moonshine was also f mi ml
Tiin slili, uilIo coinp) ii in evr
respect, w.is v ry uhcbnily. Th-'
barr;ls had been fonnofly lar bar
rels and were not clean and other
parts of tho till lit an unclean
conitittoa. '
No unvr-ts were made but the
HinMhTa ofiico Is oxpi cliiiK to takt
I bom into custody in tlio near fu
t u re.
Body of Man Found
In Columbia River;
In Daytqn, Ohio
Illy Affluent! m! I'rt'HUl
THK J.-iI.Li---, Julv 1.- An inv
ti':UiiMi is lining m: ! by ('in.nM !
i !,',"il't, ;' ! ,"',','!,,;"V"' ,!'.!;.?" I Auto Parts Trust
nvor yesterday near tho (VUlo tun Is Oragnized Today
nei. jai nian was eomiiai uveiy we',j
dresse l and was a'.Mi'.it H.'i or :;o year, i
' niii.sinit ana n' l . ,!v Asuoeiatert fress)
tiockets weie tun e.l inside out. Ills. ). Y'I'OX, O., July 1 A $X0,()n0,
hiM.I was crushed. oim consolidation of mnnufilcturers of
'I he iieify was wrapped in a eri"t ( :,iiimll,iie trueVn nnd auto pnrt:,
woiL'hted with a si. fastened wilh ,vjth factories in neven states, has
wire and had been diai-t'ed fiom tin , .,. comnletcd here under thc nmnn
hiu'liwny Automobile tinchs and til f ,So.Hatci! Motor Industries,
imprint of a hand on tf.u hufhwa; -i Will I. Opnicr of Dnytun is chair
rail hi e t he pi im ipal clues. mn f tll(, Ki;1,,i. Te mherirer -
. - I i.)n,l(s :even Hill oniobile mid t.rtul'c
a:i'iries in aldiion to motor, peHr,
iiticn and other lairt mukera, Of-
Forest Fires Are
Raging in Kelso,
Washington, Section
Cices will he here.
i
u i:xii:t MKMOItY
Illy AM..ocinie(l r'rw ,
KKl.MI, Wa-h., July I. A danirer-i-
ons ice -t lire is r.-iLMiiir m nine-
iiorlb of here. The Ionian Poulson
i i.. - ..I ,1... 1
I.UOI'ILI I IMIIOtUIV ll"S HI' ."ll - -v , , , ,, I
conipany sent crewa to fiuiit the nicn
i.i-ilu; blaes. A dr.nir ?rmi;; fiie r
uNii lepoii-d on the loutle river,
mill s fro'il Kel o,-
CHICAOO. When Hiieh lirowt
,flve yearn ato, he. exclulnied: "Why,
ijust because 1 fnrnot to go home."
TltACil-tllV !' HAI.DMXS
Tl l,SA. Oklu. - 'I'he fact t Sin ' hi
I had h.-. onie totally bald at IS o
jlireyed on the llllml of Wilfred ll.
iKdwurds, that ho coliunittiMl sou vie
'by baiiKini,'.
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Tutilitli'. and Sunday, fair.