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Jill V VOL. XLV. 2srO. 13,860. PORTLAND, OBEGON, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1005. PEICB FIVE CENTS. MS PLAINLY ' TO LABOR MEN President Will Uphold the Law. REPLY TO THEIR PROTES No Call Made for Troops, bu Violence Must Cease. UNIONS MUST OBEY -LAW 9 Leaders of Chicago Receive Straight Out Talk From RooscvcItOnc Death and Scrioiisltiot Mark Strike. rKESIDENTS ATTITUDE TOWARD . -MOBS. I want to Kay one thing with all the cmpliafito in my iowor: In upholding law and order, in doing what he is able to do to suppress mob violence in any shape or "way, the Mayor of Chicago. Mayor Dunne, has my hearty support. In every cITort of Mayor Dunne to prevent violence by mobd or individ ual?, to fee that the laws arc obeyed and that order la preserved, he has the liearty support of ;thc President or tho United States, and In my Judgment ho should have that ofcvcry good citizen of the United States.- The union must obey the law, Just as the corporations must obey-the law, Jur-t as every man, rich or poor, must obey the law. Most certainly, if action is called for by me, I sliall try to do exact Justice under the law to. every man, so far a I have power; Uut the 11 rat o. rcritlal Is tho preservation of law and order, the suppression of violence by mobs or individual?. CHICAGO, May 10--The cumniltire f labor -tticn appointed to call upon Presi dent Roosevelt and lodge with him a pro test against the employment of Federal troops during the present teamster'.- strike was granted air audience late this afternoon. The committee consisted of Cornelius P. Shea, president of the Inter national Brotherhood o Teamsters; Charles Dold. president of the Chicago Perforation fof Labgr; Joseph O'NclI, vice-president of tho Chicago Federation of Labor; T. P. Quinn, a member ot the Canvassars Union, and T. RIckcrt, pros! dent of the Garmentworkers Internation al Union. Outside of'the members of the committee, Mr. Rosevelt and Secretary Ioeb. no one was present during the con ference. The account of what occurred was given out by Mr. jLoeb. Aftor vreKenting tHe protest to the President. Mr. Shea, acting as spokes man, said: We ar here as a committee to present to you a statement trtating our position in this controversy between the Employers Associa tion ana the Teamsters' Association. Wc have understood that thuyaukod you for aid i , oy uringing troop into Chicago. "We want iu iirescni. our peuuon 10 you. Mr. Quinn said: "It will take about ton minutes to read. Perhaps we had better leave it with you. The President said lhat he would read it at once, and after doing so, said: Will Uphold Law and Order. I have read the petition you have nrosont to me. -the conclusion of which 1r a request .. "-"ire any action 'He taken by the Federal authorities rolatlns to the Chi cago situation. As yet no suggestion of any Kind has come to me from any Kourcc that I should take any action. Of the merits of the case I am wholly ignorant. I have no knowl edge of what the situation is or of what steps would properly be taken to end it. I feci, however, that in Mew of the one state ment, or series of statements, in your letter I oucht to tv this- ' I regret that you should in the letter have t-jnmi-n ai an vi wc use oi me Federal Army as you have there spoken. ,- request has bcou made to me for action by tho Federal Government, but at the same time. Mr. Shea, as you have In this communication to me brought up that fact. I want to say one thing with all tho emphasis in my power: In up holding law and order. In doing what he Is able to do to suppress mob violence in any shape or way. the Mayor of Chicago, Mayor Dunn, has ray hearty support. I am glad to be able to say this to you, gentlemen, be fore I 6ay it to anybody else. Now let me repeat that I know nothing of .the facts of the situation. 1 know nothing of the rights or wrongs of tho iolnts at issue. What I rave to say is based purely upon what I re gard as the unfortunate phrasing of a letter presented to the President .of the United States. I have not been called upon to Inter fere in any way. but you must not misunder stand my attitude. In every effort of Mayor Dunne to prevent violence by mobs or Individuals, to seo that tho laws arc obeyed and that order is pre served, he has the hearty support ot the President of the United States and in my Judgment he should have that of evry good, citizen of the United States. " Now, gentlemen, it has been a' great pleas ure to see you and I am glad to have had the chancei to say this to you. Plain Reply to Second Appeal. Mr. Quinn, who knew the President In his youth, said: Mr. President what prompted us to come to you with, this statement is that for the past two or three weeks there hnj hn continual howl for the Federal Army. I have -Known you long enough to know that you would not respond to a one-sided demand; that you will not respond until you have thoroughly investigated the case. The President replied: Mr. Quinn. as yet the Mayor of Chicago has not made any appeal to the Governor, and therefore, ot' course, the Governor has made none to me; and as yet nothing in the situation has demanded action by me. President Shea undertook to explain the demands "which the employers had made to the Governor lor troop. He also de clared, that the officers of the union had stade evcry effort- to prevent -violence la the streets. The President replied to this, saying: Mr. Shea, I can only repeat what I have said. I am a believer in unions. I am an honorary member of one- union. But the union must obey the law just as the corpora. tlocs must obey the law. Just as every man. rich orpoor. must obey the law. As yet no action has been called for by me, and most certainly if action is called for by me, I shall try to do exact justice under the law to every man. so far as I have power. But. the- first essential. Is" the preservation of law And order, the suppression of violence by mobs or individuals. This closed the Interview and the com mittee withdrew. PROTEST CONTAINS THREAT: Unions Ask for Arbitration and Say Troops Arc Not Needed. CHICAGO, May 10. A strongly-worded protest against the sending of Federal troops to Chicago was submitted to Pres ident Roosevelt this afternoon. The pro test Is signed by Cornelius P. Shea, presi dent of the International Brotherhood o Teamsters; Charles Dold, president of the Chicago Federation of Labor, and by other labor leaders. Charging that tlic employers have repeatedly spurned tho request of the labor leaders for ar bitration, the protest declares the em ployers openly boasted that Federal troops would back up the employers' side of the controversy. "Peace," says "the protest of tho labor leaders, "rests not upon the militia or the Army, but upon the patience and long suffering of the tolling masses. Can a few soldiers scare the men who make the armies and who compose tho flower of American manhood?' Declaring that the workers will abide by the decision of an arbitration, even should that decision fail Xo .be-all that might be hoped for, the appeal closes with the request that he consider all the facts In the case bo fore he permits any abuse of Federal power in complying with a request for troops. Say.s Strike Is for Arbitration. The protest opens with a declaration that this -labor difficulty began as . a lockout 'and that, so far as thero has been any striking, it has been a strike for arbitration. It is declared that the unions are for arbitration and that the employers - also stand committed to ar bitration In specific contracts entered into with tiic unions. The arbitration clauses of these agreements, which, it is stated, were entered into in June, 1303, arc quoted. Then follows the assertion that the employers have spurned the demand of the unions for arbitration, that they have openly declared their intention to crush out unionism once for all. and that they have openly boasted "that tho troops under your command will shopt down him who dares to openly protest against their action. They flatter them selves that tho Federal Army is their ready tool to act upon their suggestion- right or wrong and they, therefore, re fuse to have any inquiry made as to whether they are right or wrong." Alter declaring that tho employers should permit an impartial board to de cide whether they aro right or wrong, the protest declares that the power of the army rests to a great extent upon the support of the people and that the Army cannot be used in opposition to the wishes of the majority of the people. Butler's Threat Recalled. In this connection, "without -intending to be discourteous or suggesting a threat,' the protest quotes from a speech made some CO years ago by General Benjamin F. Butlor, at Lowell, Mass., in which General Butler scored the corporations of Lowell for appealing to force in a strike controversy with their employes and declared that, if the corporations made good their threats, the men still had their right arms and their torches "and by them wc will blot out this accursed outrage." Continuing the protest quotes General Butler as follows: s God Uvea and I 11 e, by tho living Jehovah, if one man Is driven from his em ployment by these men, I will lead yon" to make Lowell what it was 21 year ago a sheep pasture and a fishing place: and I will commence by applying the torch tot my own house. Let them come on. As we arc not the aggressors, we eeek not this awful con test. 1 Continuing, the protest says peace rests not upon the militia or the Army, but upon the patience and long-suffering of the toiling masses. The people, the pro test- states, wonder what all this "bluf- fiing" is for. "Can a few soldiers scare the men who make armies and who compose the flower of American man hood? Are wc serfs that we cringe at the mention of troops?" Then, after again declaring the willing ness of the laboring men involved to ar bitrate, and asserting that the unions will bow to the decision of tho arbitra tor, whether his decision be for them or against them, the protest says: No Need to Call Out Troops. Then if the decision of the man. unarmed and alone, can exercise this vast power, what is the use of the sacrifice of lives, calling out armies and making an opera bouffe of government? It is evident that a blunder has been, made somewhere, somehow. Let us ascertain its source. Is it Just or is it necessary to brine the United States Army Into Chicago in an ef fort to smother the en- of the toller for ar bitration; la It right or expedient to at tempt to stifle the demand for the settle ment of a controversy by court procedure? Is the purpose or the Army to nrevent the carrying out of written contracts that are open to ail who care to read them? Can- you. our honored President, afford to use the -lun-co uuuc juur cvunui io sune iaoora ae maad for peace and the methods of peace? Why should our attempt to get and maintain peace be met by the Army a'nd by war? Every laboring man knows them facts. What will -be the results upon the citlfizenshlp of this country if, when American citizens ask for court procedure and order, they are met by th'e bullet and the Jail? Is it not time to lnaulse as to the facts in the case? 1 submit that Jabor is an. .essential of National life, and the sympathy and co-operation of the laborers in their llfework is as essentia! as is the sympathy and co-operation of citizen ship. Unity Is a necessary fact of develoD- ment and progress. Unionism can no more be destroyed In Industrial life than can patriotism in political life. He lit short sighted Indeed who cannot see that the cause of one is the cause of all. and that the de struction of one without protest is sooner or later the destruction of all. Precedent of Revolution. The revolutionists well understood thai a 4- law directed, at Massachusetts was in ' effect a law against South Carolina. Franklin's saying, that "If we don't hang together, we will hang separately' has become artrulsm Snall that larslghtedness that was praised fn Massachusetts be condemned in Chleairo? Or shall that principle of action that was praised yesterday be condemned today? The thousands ot unions, springing up as the trees of the forest, anecver no. unionism nas come to star. It is merelr tCoaciuded -oe Xtlrd Pae . FORGETS PARTY, HONORS TRE IN IroqUois Club Honors r. Roosevelt. HE SPEAKS, WITH VIGOR Meaning-Very Plain on Vital Public Questions. MOB LAW SHALL NOT RULE Neither Shall Plutocracy "Wreck ltd public He Declares Policy on Canal and Indorses Tail's Speech on Hates. TKK.SE SAYINGS IN "ROOSEVELT'S srEEcir. ' The Fanama Canal 1k going to bo dug honestly and as cheaply as is compatible with efficiency but with the efficiency first. I shall strive to appoint and retain men (to regulate rates) who will do exactly the same Justice to tho rail roads as they would exact -from the railroads. The most dangerous rook In tho course of any republic, the rock of class hatred. This Government Is not and never shall be the government of a plutoc , racy. This Government is not and never shall he the government of a mob. , I believe in union, but the union must be kept to a strict accountabil ity to the power of the law. If- ever the need arises, hack of the city stands tho state and back of the slate stands the Nation. This 'Country shall remain a coun- ' try of liberty and Justice under the -k forms of law. HlCAGO. May If. President Roosevelt was in Chicago for 124 hours, and of that time Ills hours were given to tho public From 4:30 to 6 o'clock waa allotted to hlmjcn tho. official programme for rest, but during this time he gave an audlenco to a committee of labor leaders who presented to him ar protest against the use of" Federal troops In the teamsters' strike. Tho remainder of his time, from the moment that his train camo into the Chicago & Northwestern depot at noon until it drew out of the Pennsylvania depot at 30 minutes after midnight, -was consumed by one luncheon. four receptions, one banquet and four carriage rides. - From his arrival until his departure the programme outlined for his entertainment was carried through without delay, and without an unpleasant feature or unto ward incident. At 11 o'clock President Rosevelt left the Iroquois Club banquet hall for his room to prepare for tho trip to the station of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Although a smart rain was falling, n large crowd .was gathered around the hotel entrance to sec him depart. He came down quickly, and as soon as he entered his carriage' the escort of mounted policemen swun into line and passed at a lively trot north on Michigan avenue to Jackson Boule vard, where it turned west, going straight to Canal street, then north to the station entrance. The station was kept entirely clear by a strong force of police and the President passed between the lines, touch lng his hat to the officers, who saluted him as he passed and entered his private car. t At 12 P. M. promptly tho train pulled out for Washington. SPEECH AT IROQUOIS CLUB Panama Canal, Railroad Kates and Chicago Strike, His Topics. CHICAGO, May 10. Honoring; and honored by; his political foes, but per sonal friends, President Roosevelt was tonight the chief guest at a magnificent banquet tendered him by the Iroquois Club, the leading- Democratic organiza tion of Illinois. Surrounded hy men who have fousht against him In two National campaigns, who deprecate many of his avowed policies, and who have frowned upon some of his political actions, the President was tonight cheered to the echo as he entered, and left the banquet hall, was applauded with enthusiasm throughout his ad dress, and at its close was given to un derstand that in his case political dif ferences were- not a personal issue! Tho banquet, which was first to last an ovation, was given entirely by Dem ocrats to the leader of 4helr political opponents, and many of the kindly per sonal references made by the speakers of the evening, the majority of whom are men of Democratic faith, deeply touched the President. In his manner and words he evinced throughout the evening a deep gratification at the warmth of his reception from men -who have fought him in. political battles be fore now and are ready to fight him again tomorrow if they considered it uecessary. Throughout the eiftlre even ing, however, ran the' dominant note of admiration for the character of and txiendship for the roan himself. Democrats In 3TaJorIty. The great banquet hall of the Audi torium never held a gather! ne- more j representative than that which as- jserabled -thre toalght to do .honoro the President. Given under the auspices of a Democratic organization as it was, it -was but natural that the majority of those present should be members of that party, but scattered throughout the banquet hall were many men strong in the Republican doctrines and high-J ideals of their party in Illinois. At the President's table were Mayor Edward F. Dunne. Charles F. Gunthcr. presi dent of the Iroquois Club; James Ham ilton Lewis, who acted as toastmastcr; Samuel Alschulcr, Judge Murray F. Tu ley. Sheriff Thomas E. Barrett and other Democrats. -Of tho Republicans thero -were at the same tablo Gover nor Dcneen, Senator Hopkins, Judge C C Kohlsaat, Judge J. W. Landls and a dozen more. Prior to the banquet itselR which was set for 7 o'clock, the Prcsldbrit held an informal reception In the rooms of the Art Institute, adjoiulng the Au ditorium on the north. He shook bands tvjth every one of the 700 men woo were present at the function imme diately following the reception, and had" a pleasant word for all those who were known to him personally or by repu tation, t Cheers Signal His Entrance. ' A few moments before 7 o'clock, tho President entered the banquet hall. Ho had been preceded by several hundred of the guests, ani his. arrival was the signal for an outburst of cheers that continued until tho President had trav ersed the long hall and stood by his seat at tho speaker's tabic The Presi dent bowed repeatedly in acknowledg ment of the hearty welcome extended to him. The menu was long, and fully one and one-half hours were consumed 'be fore Its end was reached. At 9 o'clock Mr. Gunther called the guests to order and made a brief address of welcome to the President. Mr. Lewis also spoke briefly. J. M. Dickinson, the first for mal speaker, responded to the toast, "The IroquoisClub." MrDenecn, who followed him, Bpokc on "Illinois.." When at the conclusion of the ad dress of Mr. Deneen Mr. Lewis arose to lntroduco the President, the entire assembly was on-lti feet, waving hand kerchiefs and napkins and cheering with vigor. "When his voice could' be heard, Mr. Lewis introduced the Presi dent, who spoke as follows: Will Jsevcr Xcctl Votes Again. I very deeply appreciate the honor of being your guest and the guest of the city of Chi cago this evening, and, in looking at tb'o possibilities of the future, let mo add t&at I have not the least anticipation of Chi cago's ever reversing that most complimentary vote which I so deeply appreciated last year, because It will never have the chance. I have, accepted your kind and generous In vitation to come- before you, because the longer I am In political life the more firmly con vinced am I that the great bulk of questions of most Importance before us C n people are questions which wc can best decide, not from the standpoint of Republicanism or Democ racy, but from the standpoint of the interests of the average citizen, whether Republican or Democrat. The President then referred frfrtftfo dig ging of the Panama caal, in wWmivcki. he said, he had wholly Ignored party lines and geographical locations, with the result that he hud filled two of the most Important positions with men from Illinois Shonts and Wallace. He con tlnucd: AV1II Hig Cannl Well. The canal is going to be dug. (Cheers and cries of "Good, good.") It is going to be dug honestly and as cheaply as Is compatible with ernciency but with the efficiency first. I wanted Congrees to give me Dower to re model tho commission. It did not do it. remodeled It anyhow and purely in the exer cise or my executive functions: and I made up my mind th time that I was not going to make the slightest effort to reorescnt dir. ferent sections ot the country on that canal. I was going to try to hare the whole country represented and put the best man I could get in any given position, without the slightest regard to wbcro he came from. Control of HaiIroaiI. The President took up the question of capital and labor, covering the same ground as in his Denver speech and ad vocating federal regulation of railroads. He said: Personally I believe that tee Federal Gov ernment must take an increasing control over corporations. And my views on that subject could not nave been better expressed than they were expressed yesterday, I think, by Secretary Taft In 'Washington; as they were expressed by the Attorney General in his communication to the Senate committee couple of weeks ago. I believe that the representatives of the Na tion should lodge in some executive body ine power to estaoiiM a maximum rate: the power to c that 'the provisions of the law apply in full to the corporations owning Pri vate cars Just as much as to the railroads themselves. The courta will retain and would retain, no matter what the Legislature dld. inc power 10 lnicricre ana upset any action uiat was confiscatory in us nature. I am well aware that to give this power means the poslbillty that the power may be abused. That is true of the power of taxation. Never- mciess, tne power must exist. Another thing I wish definitely understood. If the twwtr is graniea to me 10 create oucn a ooara, l shall strive to appoint and retain men who will do exactly the same Justice to the railroads as they would exact from tho railroad. The men ' whom I would appoint to office would be men who would be no more frightened by an even well meant popular clamor Into doing any act ot Injustice to any great cor porations than they will be frightened, on the other hand, into refraining from dolnr nu act of Justice because it is against the interests of some great corporation. No Class 1b This Bepabllc Now for the other side of the Question. There have been a great many republics be fore our time, and again and again those republics nave split upon the rock of disaster; me greatest ana most oangerous rock In the course of any republic, the rock of class hatred. It meant disaster and ultimately- tho downfall ot the republic. No 'true patriot will fall to do everything In his power to prevent the growth of any such spirit in this country. This Government is not and never shall be the government of a plutocracy. This Government is -not and never shall be the government of a mob. I believe in cor porations. Tbey are Indispensable Instruments, of our modem industrialism, but I believe that they should be so supervised and regu lated that they, should act for the interest ot the community as a whole. So I believe in unions. I am proud of the fact that I am an honorary memberof One union, but I believe that, the union. Ilka the Individual, must be kept to a strict accountability to the power of the law. Pledges Aid to Mayer Daaae. Mayor Dunne, as President of the United States and therefore as the representative, -or toe people oz uns country, i give you. as a matter of course, my hearty support in up holding the law. In putting- down violence. whether by a moo or by an individual (cheers, with many, standing; waving hand kerchiefs), and there need not be the slight est asprehenston la the 'hearts of the most timid that ever tno moo spirit win triumnh in this country. Those Immediately responsi ble for deallnr with, the trouble most .as I know you will, 'exhaust every effort in so dealing with it before call Is made upon any outside body. But if ever the need arises. back of the city stands the state and back or toe state stands the .Nation. And there, gentlemen, la a jtotat ubor which all good Americans -are oee. They are all one In the conrlctlon. . In the firm deterattnatloa, that this country shall remain in the. future, as It has been in .the "past -a cowtryffo liberty and Justice uader iKe forms of, law. At the cesaJusIea ef his speech,, the TRAIN STRIKES ITE CMS Terrific Explosions Kill Fifty Persons. HARRISBURG IS THE SCENE Pennsylvania Passengers Are Flung Out by Shock. BODIES BURN-IN WRECKAGE Capital ot Keystone State Crowded With Dying and Injured Blaz ing Wreckage Prevents Heller of Sufferers. HARRISBURG, Pa.. May 1L An ex press train on the Pennsylvania Railroad ran into a freight train in whicH there were two cars loaded with dynamite at 1:10 o'clock this morning In South Har rlsburg, near the plant of the Paactang Light. Heat & Power Company. Three terrific explosions, that broke windows all over the city, followed, and the two trains wero completely wrecked and taok fire. It was estimated" at 3 o'clock that EO persons went killed and 100 Injured though these figures may be too small It is impossible to ascertain the exact number of fatalities, because the wreck age. In which many of the, passengers and' some members of the train-crews are pinned. Is still ablaze and unapproacha ble, and many small explosions occur continually. "When the first explosion occurred, bodies were thrown clear out .of the berths In the sleeping cars and landed down the railroad embankment, some even having been hurled into the Susque hanna River, which parallels the rail road In that locality. All tho physicians of tho city procura ble were summoned to work with the in jured. Not Hooni for the Injured. A fire alarm sounded, and the firemen arrived to find themselves practically helpless in the work of rescue. A. police patrol wagon was commissioned as an ambulance and as many of tho injured as possible were loaded into it on each trip and taken to the Hanisburg Hos pita!, the capacity of which soon be came taxed because of the large number that were brought in. A special train was made up and brought injured and dying to the Union Station. Many of the injured were taken Into private houses. Immediately after the wreck the pas scnger3 who could do so ran from the scenes of horror to safety from the in cessant small explosions. The agonizing cries of the unfortunates were heart rending. The offices of the Paxtang Light, Heat & Power Company look like a hospital. At an early hour the Harrisburg Traction Company ran out a number of cars from its South Harrisburg barns and used them to 'bring the injured to the hos pital. Wandering Xnkcd in Fields. With practically no clothing many women and children from the train were compelled to wander about the fields, as there are few houses in the immediate vicinity of the wreck. The -train was the second section of No. 19. There were 153 passengera In .tho train and the latest estimate Is that 50 were killed. The hospital Is crowded to the doors, and the hotels arc being opened for the caro of tho Injured. It may be necessary for the authorities to seize one of the hotels and turn it into a temporary hospital. Some of the Injured. ' The following are amontr the IninrWl? Harry Spritzer. Finnburg. critical; George v-raooe. i-itiaourg. Daaiy cut and. bruised; lharie? D. rorest. Cleveland. O.. srrlnnilv- nurt ana internally injured, cut and bruised; . Lt. narmon. I'lttsourg, arm broken, cut and bruised; Charles Johnson. Phlladelohia. badly cut and burned; Robert G. Daugherty, PhlladelDhla. and little son. xirtnnTir fn. Jufed; E. B. Otstot. Chicago, cut and burned; a. . uunport. iizabetb. N. J.; F. L Van Deman, New Tork. cut and bruised: J. R. Philips. Pittsburg, will die; Charles Donnelly, Pittsburg, cut: Eberly, New Tork, in ternally Injured, may die; Slothelmer, New York. Internally hurt, will die; A. G. Cope. Pittsbursr. cut and bruised: II. S. "Watson, Clearfield, cut on hands; W. H. Val entine. Pittsbursr. head cut; Charles Johan- sen. Pittsburg, cut and scalded. The engineer of the passenger train, H. K. Thomas, of Philadelphia, was, killed outright. The fireman, R. R, Dickey, of Philadelphia, was only slightly injured. Train No. 19. which was wrecked, was west-bound and is known as the Cleve land and Cincinnati Express. It left Phlladelohia at 11:50 Wednesdav niirhr Vmd was- due at Harrisburg at 1:30 At M. and at Pittsburg at S A. M. Freight-Cars Plied on Track. J The wreck was caused by a smaller wreck to the freight train, which was east bound. Passing the plant of the Paxtang Electric Company, near Cedar street, an air hose burst and several cars in the middle of the train buckled up and fell across the passenger tracks at the side. Almost at the same time the ex press train, with ten coaches, dashed along and plunged into the wrecked freight cars. The boiler of the passenger locomotive blew up, and the concussion caused the I uameai&xe explosion ot tne two cars of dynamite in the freight train. The force of the collision crushed all the passenger cars, which plfed up In a. huge mass with those of the freight. Instantly the,, two - trains were raasges f Auks: Witk-cra therpuswsers,-. M all of whom were asleep in the berths, were hurled In all directions. Many were tossed free of the wreckage, some down the embankment, some into the Susque hanna River, which parallels the railroad in that locality. All who were not pinned in the debris or totally incapacitated ran away from the perfect volcano. Cries of InjHred In Wreck. Intermingled with small explosions It was impossible at the time for thosewho escaped uninjured to reach the Imprisoned passengers whose cries rent the air. A3 soonas' somo ot tho dead and injured were reached they were laid in long. ghastly rows along the tracks. Many were carried -into the office and even into the working rooms ot the Paxtan and other manufacturing establishments. There are few private dwellings near the scene ot the disaster, which is in the industrial district. The Paxtang plant was transformed into an emergency hospital where every thing was done for the mangled and dying, while waiting for conveyances to take them to the Harrisburg Hospital A police patrol wagon was among the first conveyances to arrive on. the scene. Into it were plied as many wounded as possible. Until long after daylight its horses, were driven at breakneck speed to and from the hospital. Special trains were Immediately made up by tho Penn .sylvanla Rollroad Company and conveyed the Injured to Union Station, whence they were taken to the hospital and other places Hospital Beds All Filled. At the hospital every available bed was sbon filled. Soon afterward the throng of injured was so great that all who were able to walk were compelled to give their cots to the more seriously injured, and the corridors were filled with injured, waiting their-turn for treatment. Every physician or surgeon available In the city was called by telephone and immediately tendered his services in the task of carrying and dressing tho wounds of the mangled. Trained nurses volunteered their ser vices, and all who had any knowledge of first aid to the injured proved of incalcula ble service. As fast as the injured who were able tc be removed from thn homitPi Had received attention they were sent away. They were taken to hotels and pri vate houses, whose-occupants in a great many cases threw open their doors to the distressed. Search for Loved Ones. Pathos indescribable characterized tho scenes about the wreck. Husbands sep arated from wives and little children be reft of their parents sought their friends among the dead and dying Sometimes they succeeded in finding their loved ones among the slightly Injured orxcven among those unscathed, 'but many were found among the bodies In the temporary morgue at. the Paxtang plant. In many instances they failed to find them at all either because the bodies were still burled in the smoking debris or were so badly burned as to be unrecognizable. Among tho passengers were many of prominence. Mi. and Mrs. Tindell, the latter a daughter of Senator Knox, wertj among those reported injured at an early hour this morning. Mrs. Albert J. Barr's two daughters, of the family of the editor of the Pittsburg Poet, were among those slightly Injured, and were taken to the Harrisburg Hos pital.- CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. TODAY'S Cloudy and occasionally threat ening in the morning: partly cloudy dur " ing the afternoon; winds mostly westerly. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. GI deg.; minimum, 48. Precipitation, 0.03 of an inch. v" Tho AVar la the Par East. Japan begins to clamor for war on France and for aid of Britain. Page 3. Particulars of breaches of neutrality. Page 3. Prance offers explanations and denies charge, Page 3. Russian fleet assembling off Indo-China. -Tage 3. Russia. Two days' rioting- at Zhitomir between Jews and Christians. Page 3. Reval workmen strike and threaten to burn factories. Page 3. Tho President In Chicago. He tells labor leaders he will enforce the law against mobs. Page I. He speaks at Iroquois Club. Page 1. He speaks to Merchants' Club. Page I. National. President's attitude on rate question means extra session. Page Cassini to be succeeded by Rosen as Russian Ambassador. Page -. Chairman of Government Lewis and Clark Board dead. Page No agreement reached with Klamath Canal Company. Page 3. Domestic. Dynamite explosion wrecks passenger train at Harrisburg; Pa., killing 30 and injuring iuu persons, i'age 1. Tornado In Oklahoma destroys town and kills" and Injures 30O persons. Page 1. Riot and murder continue In Chiearo. Page 1. Utah murderer captured In "West Virginia alter oattie. Jfa.se 5. Day. Page 1. Sport. Eugene team defeats Hill. S to 7. Page 12. PortlandGlants bat out a victory at Ta- coma witn the Tigers. Page 12. Marty Murphy, who beat Umpire Perrine. is nnea in ban iranclsco Police Court. Page 12. - Agile wins Kentucky Derby, Page 12. Jeffries says Pltzslmmons must fight for cnampionsnip. f age J-. Pacific Coast. Oregon Land Board adopts new rules to pre vent irauu. rago 4. - Grangeville-I.ewlston electric road Is to be Kept in independent hands. Page 4. One crook headed for Portland gets Into trouble at San Francisco. Page 4. Commercial and Marine. Oregon wool markets active and advancing. ags io. Hopgrowers not alarmed by reimportations. i'age 13. San Francisco- potato market starts on de cline. Faga 13- Long line of July wheat sold at Chicago. Page 13. New York stock market dull and sagging. .rage 13. Shipping men want Army transport hero during t air. I'age S. Portland and Vicinity. Conductors' convention busy with routine matters. Fage v. Democrats meet and "whoop things up." Page 8. William Travers Jerome coming to the Ex position. Fage 9. Ground broken for the Illinois building. Fage . . . Municipal Association Indorses Dr. Harry i I-aHC. Page S. . Assessor SjgIer acquitted ot extortion charge. James S. Dixsoa br tran&ledi to-death. Page j FIERCE TQRNAOO . WIPES OUT TOWN Five Hundred Dead and Injured. ... HALF OF P0P0UTI0N GONE Snyder, Oklahoma, Demolished in an Instant. TRAINS TAKING RESCUERS Telephone Message Gives Bare Facta, - Then "Wires Are W'reeked Also. Other Towns Are Struck by the Storm. OKLAHOMA CITY, O. T.. May 10. Telephone reports from Hobart. Okla., in dicate that tho entire town of Snyder, O. T., was destroyed by a tornado. A. train of doctors, nurses and other as sistants is said, to have left Hobart for Snyder. t The wires are reported down between Snydgr and other neighboring towns and all communication is being received from Hobart. TOWX STKEWX WITH CORPSES Between 330 and 400 Dead at Last Account OKLAHOMA CITY, May 11. It is reported from Hobart via Chickasaw, that between 350 and 400 people are dead at Snyder and that bodies are scattered all over the streets and sur rounding country. The storm struck the town from the southwest, traveling north until with in about 100 yards of the Oklahoma City & "Wester Railroad tracks. Then it took a northeasterly course through the business portion of the town. North of the track not a. building is left standing. Tho first relief train sent from Hobart bifs arrived: bn the. scftae. HUNDREDS DEAD AXD INJURED Whole. Town Demolished and Vic tims Estimated at 500. GUTHRIE, O. T., May 11. Late reports from Hobart, Okla., and Chickasaw. I. T.. place the number of dead and injured in the tornado at Snyder. Okla., at 500. The storm broke over the town at 11 o'clock at night, completely demolishing it, as near as reports can be obtained. Tho first news of the disaster was re ceived at Hobart, Okla., by telephone, giving a bald statement of the tornado's having struck the town. The wires, both telegraphic and telephonic, then went down and no' further news has been ob tained directly from Snyder. It is now Impossible to reach Lawton. Okla.. the nearest town to Snyder, and all the telegraphic communications are reported down between that place and Snyder. Rescue trains have been started from Hobart. Okla.. and Chickasaw, I. T., which will arrive at Snyder this morning. HELP RUSHES TO THE TOWN Trains Start From Two Directions, and Will Arrive at Morn. OKLAHOMA CITY, May 11. The tele phone operator at Hobart. 32 miles north of Snyder, states that it Is believed In Hobart that 500 people have been killed and Injured. Everyone who can render assistance in the capacity of physician, nurse or other necessary work has gone on the special train which Idft Hobart shortly before 2 o'clock. Nurses and physicians have been called for at all the towns possible to reach In that section. Snyder Is a town of about 1200 people. located 40 miles west . of Lawton, in Comanche County. TWO KILLED IX ONE HOUSE Tornado Also Strikes Qnlnland With Fatal Effect. ALVA. Okla., May 10. Rev. T. KT- Ty son, of this city, has received a telephone message that a tornado struck Quinland, which is in Woodward County on the Una of the Santa Fe Railroad, and destroyed the home of -his daughter, Mrs. O. D. Cox, and killed- her two sons. Other particu lars are lacking. Station Agent Egan Killed. SAPULPA, I. T May 1L The station agent at Snyder. O. T., who was: killed, was J. M. Egan. FORT WORTH. Tex., May U. J. M. Egan, agent of the Frisco, who Is reported killed, was formerly suDerlntendcnr r telegraph for the Frisco System and -was one ot the- best known, telegraphers-in tfaa West. - Harlan Will Not Retire. WASHINGTON. May. 10,-Justlce Har lan, of the Supreme Court of the United btates, today denied the report that he would retire from the Supreme Court bench and devote the remainder of Ms life to the raising of funds for the erec tion of a Presbyterian cathedral in Wash ington, the movement for which was started by hira, In case the Presbyterian General Asoefeafely takes XavnrahJft aoUe ut ui-e matter..