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KNOTVL.ES, aCffir. $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 per Day America's ORIGINAL MALT WHISKY Without a Rival Today MALT OF- GENUINE -Cut Brasses Opposite the Oregonlan Bide:. Pretty Spring Patterns In the newest carpets that aro good to look at and better to buy, on account of their splendid quality and money-saving prices. EXCLUSIVE CARPET HOUSE J. 0. Mack & Co. 86 and 88 Third St. Opposite Chamber of Commerce. ASK UN'S SIB Mil! Owners Get Out Injunction.. TEMPORARY ORDER MADE Strikers-'Must Not Interfere .With Mills. BOTH. SIDES STILL HOLD OUT Situation Continues Very Grave, and Probability of a General Tle-Ui Increases Decisive Meeting; Tonight. "! I It Is ordered that the defendants and each of them shall show cause on the ,20th day of Mcj, 1002. -at 9 SO A. M., why a writ of Injunction shall not Issue as prajed for heroin, and that meantime and until the further order of this court the defendants and oach them and their servants and agents, of ficers and all of them, be and they are hereby restrained from interfering with the business of the plaintiffs or either of them by patrolling the sidewalks or street In front of or in the vlclnltj of Jhe rremtses occupied b plalntlfTs. or from placarding their wagons or teams or the goods of plaintiffs, or from picketing In front of the prem ises of plaintiffs, or from in terfering with the employes of plain tiffs or persons desiring to be am ployed; or from congregating In front of the premiss of the plalutiffs, in any wise Interfering with, threatening or coercing, or attempting to coeroc, any of the employes of the plaintiffs or persons desiring to be employed by plaintiffs. Dated May 22. 1002. ALFRED F. SEARS. JR , ClrculiJudge. l This Is the new comnllpntthn In tho -strike of the building trades. The effect on tne unions -will be watched with mingled feelings of interest and appre hension.. ' The temporary Injunction was Issued late yesterday afternoon from the Circuit Court. It names as defendants the" va rious labor unions and organizations In volv ed In the present strike. The plain tiffs are the six planing mills among who"se employes the strike besan. The complaint is drawn up by Wlljlam D. j J? cnton, counsel for plaintiffs, and the re straining order Is signed by Judge Alfred F. Sears, Jr. It was served last even ing upon Charles E. Hojt, secretary of the "Woodworkers Union, about S:30 o'clock, by Deputy Sheriff Horace Thlel sen. The complaint alleges that defendants have Interfered with tho lawful business of plaintiffs, and have conspired to Injure their business; that pickets of the strikers have Intimidated employes and have threatened to do bodily harm to them and to mlllowners and their property, and by various other acts have conducted themselves contrary to peace, law and order. The injunction"" came as a surprise to the strikers and the public The situation csterday was hanging upon the session of the Federated Trades Council, which meets tonight. As the restraining order came late in the day, it did not enter Into the generajl comment of the public Argument on the Injunction will be made Monday morning. There was much indignation among the planing mill men last night when this Injunction was served. About 6 o'clock Carl Jackson, of the North Pacific Plan ing Mill, accompanied by Deputy Sheriff Horace Thlelsen, started out In search of the secretary of the Amalgamated Woodworkers' Union. They visited every place whore he was likely to be found, but to no avail. At last a scheme was resorted to. Some of the leaders of the planing mill wen's union were asked If they and their secretary could not hold a conference with Mr. Jackson to talk arbitration. The men at once went In search of Hoyt. and soon returnee! ready for the conference. An Oregonlan re porter heard of the proposed conference, and was on hand, eagerly awaiting the result ofHhe meeting, expecting to have the opportunity of announcing that the big strike was about to be settled. In stead the Deputy Sheriff was asked to take part In the conference, and pulled out 'f -TTtlllt....,..,...! BJjJJJMHfTST gj-JW "" ' ' -tiiLB-- . 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A prominent officer of the Federation last night said: "That Is a good way to make trouble. No Injunction will stop the men from picketing the boy cotted mills." FULL TEXT OF COMPLAINT. Charges That Striker Arc Interfer ing? With Pinning; Mills. The complaint Is brought by tho North west Door Company, the Nicolai Brothers. Company, the J. A. Martin Company, the North -Pacific Planing Mill Company, the Hand Manufacturing Company and George Alnslee & Company. The de fendants cited, are: Local Union No.-66, Amalgamated "Woodworkers of America, H. Dlmlck. president, Charles E. Hoyt, secretary; Building Trades Couucil, J. E. Lowton secretary, and Richard Roe president; Portland Federated Trades Council, Harry C Gurr, president, and John Doe, secretary. The "Richard Roe" and "John Doe" are fictitious legal names for the specified officers, of the respective unions. J. K. Carr Is presi dent of the Building Trades Council and A. R. JLawton secretary of the Federated Trades Council. Other defend ants are Frank E. Carson, Ira Baker, J. B. Storey, Charles Voelcker, Ed Har land, Charles Greenwald.Andrew Driver, James Hughes, Robert Gill, John Mon ner, Peter Llnd, Oscar Sonbcrg. "W. H. Striker, H. B. Stone, John "Witness, C. "W. Farrier, Fred Kilgore, B. Holfman, Louis Bonn. E. L. Hand, John Apsley, H. Clouse, "W. K. Shaull, Percy Harlow, Frank Baldwin, Frank Moon. John Ver &teeg, John Cotthardt. "W. F. Kunle, C. C. Mon, James Pitkin, Frank Leslie, Ray Craw, Richard Row. true name un known. William Greenwald. Theseraen are engaged as "pickets'1 by the strikers, according to "W. D. vFenton, counsel for the plaintiffs. Tne complaint alleges that prior to May J defendants caused to be mailed tcr each of the plaintiffs the following de mand, as Issued upon the authority of Local Union No. -6, Amalgamated Woodworkers of America, which defend ants represent: , "Resolved, That from and after May 1. I've, nine (0 hours shall constitute a full daj 'a work. That the same -amount shall be paid Tor the nine- (9)" hour day as Is now paid fo the ten- (10) hour day. H. DIMICK. President. y "CHAS. E. HOYT. Secretary." Further allegations of the complaint are as follows: That at the tlmo and place when and where the said writing was so melled and delivered to each of the plaintiffs, certain of the mem bers of the said defendant. Local Union, No CO, Amalgamated "Woodworkers, of America, were In the employ of the plaintiffs severslly, and were at said time working, and had been for a long time prior thereto, for wages,, and were working 10 hours as and constituting a full dav's work for a wage being then paid to them. That thereafter, and on the 1st day of May 1002. by direction of the "said the Local Union, No. CO, Amalgamated Woodworkers of Amer ica. a.etlng by and through the said II Dlmlck i i i I as president, and the said Charles E Hi!as,. mlttees whose Jurisdiction and authority s a the plaintiffs unknown, the said employes' df the said plalhtlffi abandoned their places, o? employment and refused longer to work for the ald repectle plaintiffs, as theretofore, and that the plaintiffs and each of them re fused to comply with the said demands con tained In the paid writing or any thereof, and although the plaintiffs, and each of them, had a legal right to conduct theh" respecthe busi nesses it desired, without any Interference by the defendants o- either bf them, yel notwlth standlngsuch right, thereupon and thereafter the said defendant, the said Local Union, No. 06, Amalgamated Woodworkers of America, the said H. Dlmlck, Charles E. Hoyt and the sald other defendants, who were then mem bers of the eald Local Union, No. CO, Amalga mated Woodworkers of America, and whose names are unknown to these plaintiffs. Includ ing the said defendants specially named: Frank E. Carbon. Ira Baker, J. B. Storey, Charles Voelcker. Ed Harland, Charles Greenwald, An drew Driver. James Hughes. Robert aill. (John Monner, Peter LInd, Oscar Sonberg, W. H. Striker. H. B. Stone. John Witness, O. W. Far rier. Fred Kilgore, B. Hoffman. Louis Bonn, E L. Hand. John Apsley. IL Clouse, W, II. Shaull, Percy Harlow, Frank Baldwin, Fraok Moon. John Vcrsteeg. John Gotthardt, W. F. Kunle, C. C. Meyn, James Pitkin. Frank Lcaila, Ray Craw", William Greenwald, Rich ard Roe, true name unknown, conspired and confederated together, to compel and coerce each of the plaintiffs to submit to the said de mand, or in default thereof to ruin Tind destroy the business of each of the plaintiffs, and to render -valueless their said respective mills and plants, which were then of the -aggregate aluo of at least ?200.0QO. As to Pickets. That In obedience to and In pursuance of such conspiracy upon the part of the said de fendants in tho paragraph last hereinabove set out, tho said defendants caused the premises oi eacn ot tne piaintina and their places of FAVORITE RENDEZVOUS OF STRIICISG WORKKGMBS IS FHOXT OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDIXG. business to be picketed by two shifts of pick ets of four members each, one shift from- T o'clock In the moraine until 12 o'clock noon, another shift from 12 o'clock noon until 6 o'clock in the evening of each working day of tho week; and that the said pickets, acting In obedience to and.ln pursuance of said conspir acy, have ever since and da during each busi ness day continue to march up and down la the streets immediately adjacent to the en trance and place of business of tho plaintiffs, J ana to congregate and bring together a large number of their members and associates and confederates In front of and at tho entrance to tho. said places of business for the purpose of preventing the plaintiffs and each of them from securing their employes to work In their said rcspectiv e mills, and to rompel all their employes to cease and discontinue their em ployment and by means of threats, comments, opprobrious epithets, applied to tho managers of the plaintiffs and each of them and to their employes then and there ready to work, to pre vent tho plaintiffs from operating their said mills. That the said defendants -'so picketing said respective mills would state" to each and all ,of tho patrons of the plaintiffs, who might approach and attempt to do business at said mills, that the same was an unfair house, and would call each, of tha employes of ,the plain-- (Concluded on Page 10 1 IT'S CLOSE IN UNION Republicans Wage a Hard Up-Hill Contest. FURNISH IS GAINING, THEY SAY J. W. Scrilier Will Probably Be Suc- cexsfnl In Joint Senatorial District Effect of the Pan-j handle's Xioss. I -" That Union County will be carried for W. J. Furnish and the Republican stae ticket is the confident view of th Re publican leaders who are making -arv active canviss. That George E. Cham berlain will win a sweeping victory by a majority of 700 votes Is the extrava gant estimate of the Democratic man agers. The Republicans admit frankly that they are facing a hard light, but they are confident of winning by at least 200 votes. The Legislative ticket stands a good chance of election. J. W. Scribtr, Republican candidate for State Senator from Unfon, Wal'owa and Uma tilla Counties, Is making a vigorous canvass, and reenu certain of election. His running mates, F. D McCuIly, can didate for Joint Representative from Union and Wallowa Counties, will carry Wallowa, his home county, by enough votes to carry him tbrough.Mf Union turns out to be closer than ex pected ; and S. R. Haworth, tne candi date for Union Representative. Is. making an active race, and t 111 keep up with bs ticket. He Is a prominent member of the Oregon State "Ted?raHon of La bor. There Is no doubt felt among leading Republicans -at La Grande that J. Ni Williamson Hl run ahead of his party ticket and carry the county by a comfortable majority. & LA GRANDE. May 22. (Special Staff I Correspondence.) Republican disaffection of the same type as that in Multnomah ' County is the only thing that prevents the winning of a sweeping victory In Union County that would be the record J breaker of the political annals. This dis contented element, however, is not large, j and It Is fast coming Into line and joining in the hearty support of the entire Re ' publican ticket. The cam oaten, is belnc conducted with spirit, under the leadership tf of E. W. Davis, chairman of the Repub lican County Central Committee, state committeeman, and Mayor of Union. He is a man that has the confidence of all factions of the party, and he Is doing much to heal mpr th nrirttr illfforonrwe Jiwhfch arose as the result of the primary lght All the .candidates, including the legislative nominees, are making an active and spirited campaign throughout the cdunty, penetrating into every village and hamlet, 'with the result that what first jappeared to be an Impossible task is now takjng on a more hopeful aspect. With I the. Republican disaffection being thus wip;u out oy an appeat to party priac apd party spirit, the situation Is becoming encouraging. The Panhandle, which once contributed to Democratic majorities, is now a Baker annex. While this district has lately taken on more of a Republican aspect,' Its loss has cut down the Demo cratic majority of 125 In the 1900 Presi dential election by at least 60 votes. The influx of new voters, It is estimated, is etrongly Republican. This new element df strength will be relied upon to wipe out the last viistige of Democratic supremacy and to ghcthe Republican ticket the vic tory. Four hundred new voters, about two-thirds of whom are estimated to be Republicans', party leadera confidently as sert, will do the trick. Shortage in regis tration will not affect the result. When registration closed there were 3150 votes listed. Counting the loss of tho 800 votes of the Panhandle, and the number of votes that will be sworn tin on election day, a full vote will in all likelihood be polled. "The situation," said County Chairman E. W. Davis, yesterday, after returning from a visit to Elgin, "ls looking very much better for Mr. Furnish; than it did after the state conventidn. t believe he will carry tho county by a small margin. The Republican disaffection Is small and Is rapidly disappearing, as thet campaign progresses, and as the Importance of the Oregon election is growing plainer and plainer. The Republicans who believe In the party policies, the retention of the Philippines, and in the indorsement of the administration of President RoQscvelt, will cast thejr ballots for the entire state ticket on election day. 'All of the county candidates are out In the field working with a commendable energy to carry the county for the Republicans, and the same Is true of the legislative ticket. J.( W. Scriber will be elected joint Senator In Umatilla Wallowa and Union Counties by a good majority. The outlook for his election Is very encouraging, indeed. From returns that I get from accurate sources, it is safo to say that Morrow County will go Republican by at least 150 to 200 -votes. Umatilla will do the Game by 400 to E00. Even If there Is a close fight on Mr. Scriber in Union, which there is, he will be elected by a safe vote, and the prospects are favorable that he will carry his own county. I ana, certain that the other" two members of the Republican legislative ticket, F. D. McCully andxS. R. Haworth, aro safe. Mr. McCully will easily carry Wallowa County by 200 to 250 votes. When he was named for joint Representative, the oppo sition to him In Wallowa was given the county ticket, and this has harmonized the party and Insures his election. Mr. Ka worth Is making a good canvass ln UnI6n and has every reason to be as sured of success at the polls. "When the state- central committee wrote me, asking what I wanted In the way of speakers, I answered that I wanted Mr, Furnish and Mr. Williamson: to appear In the county the last week of May. We are ourselves waging an active campaign now, that penetrates Into e ery nook and cranny of the county, and with the appearance of the leaders of the Re publican ticket wc expect to ralac the enthusiasm to a pitch that will be pro ductive of the best possible results on election day." mr. scriber's Estimates. "I think the Republican ticket will be successful," said J. W. Scriber, the Re publican candidate for joint Senator In Union, Wallowa and Morrow Counties. "In Union County we are facing a close proposltlqn, but I am confident that the Republicans tvIII carry the election for Mr. Furnish. The county Is about equally divided as to party stmnth. Before the annexation of the Panhandle to Baker County, Union was Democratic by about 100 votes. Since then the Democratic ma jority has been cut down by the great influx of new voters, and conditions are rapidly growing more favorable to Re publican success. A careful estimate has been made as to the effect of the immi gration Into Union, and it-has been fojnu that seven-tenths of the new voters win cast Republican ballots. True there is some Republican disaffection, but this is being rapidly overcome. I am confident that the Republicans who have faith In the party principles are too loyal to allow their personal feelings to endanger the state ticket, and I belleveithat they will give Mr. Furnish the stanch support that he deserves. "As for my own canvass, I wilt carry Morrow and Umatilla by good majorities. Union will be very close. Opposition of a personal nature will make my fight in the county a hard one, hut I am confident that the -fact that I am a Union man and a La Grande resident will carry me the county by a small margin. This with my vote in Umatilla and Morrow will give ma the election by a neat majority. Mor row will go Republican by 200 votes. Con ditions are very satisfactory In Wallowa, and the Republicans will win. F. D. Mc Cully will be elected as joint Representa tive and S. R. Haworth as Representative of Union." Effect of Panhandle's Loss. "The chances are that we will carry the county for Mr. Furnish," said J. H. Peare, delegate to the Republican State Conven tion ,and secretary of the La Grande Re publican Club. "Union Is Republican now by about 200 votes, but it Is too early to make any predictions as to Mr. Furnlsh's majority In this county. The Republican disaffection Is small, and will not In fluence tho general result. There are sev eral reasons for basing my belief that Union will go Republican. In the first place, Mr. Moody carried the county In 1900 by 63 votes. In the second place, the Panhandle district has been annexed to Baker. This section two j ears ago was Democratic by about SO or 60 votaj. There has been a change in the character of the voters in this section, and I be lieve that annexed to Baker it will go Republican, although when In Union local Issues and the county seat question usual ly caused it to fall In lino with the Dem ocrats. "Taking this Into consideration, it can "be seen that the Union Republicans have made a gain byvthe loss of this district to the county. In the third place, there has been a great influx Into the county, a poll of which shows -that seven-tenths will be added to the Republican strength. For thls reason I believe that tho county can bo safely placed in the Republican column. "As to the legislative ticket there is no question of the election of J. W. Scriber as joint Senator of Union, Morrow and Umatilla. According to the figures of the opposition he Is given Union county by 20 votes. An actual poll ofthe pre cincts of the county gives him a lead of 200 votes. On local Issues he will run ahead of his ticket. He Is a friend of la bor and has employed his energy and In dustry to bujldlng up this county. In the other counties he will run well, and will carry them by safe majorities. F. D. McCully, the Republican candidate lor Representative for Wallowa and Union, will be elected. He will carry Wallowa, his home county, by a good vote, any where rom 200 to 250, and he will run (Concluded on Third Paye.) TALKED FOR ANTI8 HoarAssails Administration's Philippine Policy. PERKINS1 PERTINENT REQUEST Asked Permission to Use Some of tne Venerable Senator's Remarks for a Fourth of July Speech Irrigation Bill. WASHINGTON. May 22 The feature of the day in Washington was the speech of Senator Hoar, opposing the policy of the administration and of the Republican ma jority in both House and Senate, as re gards the Philippines. Coming from a Republican, It was of course regarded as more effective by the Democrats than any Democratic speech. At the same time the Massachusetts Senator has so long been, one of the leading anti-expansionists that such utterances were to be expected from him, and stripped of the Democratic po sition he assumed on the Philippine ques tion, the speech was largely rhetorical. Senator Perkins, of California, told Sen ator Hoar, after the conclusion of his speech, that he was gojng to use the last part of It for a Fourth of July speech some time. Hoar asked him how he could do so in view of the fact that his views were so diametrically opposed to what his speech had pointed out, the outrages of the conquest of the Philippines. Per kins replied that he would acknowledge all of these things having happened, but Iwould add that It was not so many years ago that rewards were offered for the scalps of Indians, and that as to the water cure and other alleged tortures, he would call attention to the burning of witches in Senator Hoar's state 200 years ago, as showing that savagery had alwaj s existed. The venerable Massachusetts Senator was very much offended at what he regarded as the ridicule of Perkins upon the speech he had just made. Hope for Irrigation Bill. The friends of irrigation are jubilant today over the action of the committee on rule?,, In deciding to bring In order tho consideration of the Irrigation bill Imme diately after the Hill subsidiary coinage bill, Corliss Pacific cable bill and anar chy bill are passed. This means that bill will be considered probably In the second week of June. Its supporters assert very positively that when a vote Is reached they will easily muster a good majority In Its support, and that a very large vote will be recorded. The only feature that Ls causing the slightest alarm Is that one day Is set for debaie under the five-minute rule, it being feared by some that the opponents of the bill will occupy thl3 entire day In debate, and not permit a vote to be taken. This fear. It Is bellev ed, Is not well founded, for the anxiety of the President to have, the bill passed, after being considered, will carry great weight with the House leaders, who are the most earnest opponents of tho bill. The two days of general debate will give every one an opportunity to make such speeches as may be desired for home consumption In the coming campaign. The further fact that the bill In ltc present condition Is ac ceptable to the President will have a ten dency to prevnt any material amendment In the House, and if the bill gets to con ference. It Is believed the Senate will readily accede to the changes suggested by President Roosevelt. The passage of the bill by the House about the middle of June would allow ample time for the ac ceptance of a conference report In both Houso and Senate. Farther Contributions Unnecessary. WASHINGTON, May 22.-John M. Wil son, vice-president of the American Na tional Red Cross Society, has issued tna following statement: "Information having been received through the State Department from the American Consuls at Martinique-and St. Vincent that the supplies already fur nished for the relief of sufferers from the recent vplcanic disturbances In the Islands are sufficient for present necessi ties further contributions by the people of the United States are unnecessary.' , Pacncefote Very "Weak. WASHINGTON, May 22, The condition of Lord Pauncefote was reported to be but slightly Improved today, and he con tinues very weak. CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER. Congress. Hoar spoke In tho Senate against tho Philip pine bill. Page 2. Tho House continued discussion of tha Immi gration bill. Page 2. The Senate passed the assay office bill and concurred In the House amendments to tho Columbia River bridge bill. Page 2. Foreign. Peace In South Africa ls believed to bo at hand. Pago 3. Loubet received an ovation at St. Petersburg. Pago 3. Description of Mount Pelea since the eruption. Page 3. Domestic. A negro flend was burned at the stake In Texas. Pago 2. Tho Presbyterian General Assembly adopted the report on creed revision. 'Page 3. Tho Rochambeait mission was entertained at the White House. Page 2. Pacific Coast. George p. Evans, formerly a prominent poil tlcan and Deputy State Auditor of Wash ington, and a convict on parole, commits suicide. Page 4. Victor C. Dolllver, of Towa, addresses the Re publicans at Ashland, Page '4. 1 St. Lodls editor's opinion on Oregon's coming election.' Page 5. Marine. British ship Speko chartered to take a 5000-ton cargo from Portland to South Africa, Page "10. Cargo ships of 80.000 tons capacity now en route and listed for Portland. Page 10. Canadian Pacific handling a heavy trans-Pacific business. Page 10. Sailing ships crossing the Pacific In steamer time. Page 10 Portland and Vicinity. Planing mill owners get out Injunction against Interference by strikers. Page L Portland defeats Butta at baseball, 3 to 1. Pare 5. Taxpayers Leagua charges that non-resident taxpayers havo not been fairly used. Pans 12, i -.