THE MORNING OREGONIAN. FRIDAY. JULY 20, 1UU6.
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SOCORRO IS EMPTY
Earthquakes Make People
Flee in Terror.
DAMAGE IS OVERDRAWN
Mayor Says Only Chimneys and
Wall- of Weak Buildings Are
AVrecked and the Shocks
Grow Slighter Dally.
EL PA30, Tex., July 19 The Santa Fe
train arrived here four hours late today,
having been delayed by boulders thrown
on the track by the earthquake near So
corro. The train brought a number of
refugees from that region. Passengers re
port that earthquake shocks continue in
the vicinity of Socorro, and that many
chimneys have been shaken down and
walls of houwes in Socorro cracked. Rum
bling noises are heard beneath old lava
beds near Socorro. The natives are in a
state of terror, fearing lest extinct, vol
canoes break out again. But few people
are left in Socorro now, according to the
statement of the refugees.
Town Is Not Destroyed.
Mayor Bursum, who is heroically direct
ing In person the work of increasing the
water supply of Socorro, thts afternoon is
sued the following official signed state
ment: "The reports regarding the earthquake
at Socorro have been greatly exaggerated,
the damage to date being limited to the
falling and toppling over of loose chim
neys and the shaking of some of the walls
of buildings not of a substantial charac
ter. The Courthouse is not injured, ex
cept by the failing gf plaster from the
celling and the toppling over of old chim
neys. The Winkler Hotel, which is an old
adobe building, has not been Injured in
the least. The actual damage all round
Is very slight, although there is some un
easiness on account of the frequency of
the shocks, which are. however, becom
ing lighter each time, indicating that the
disturbances are subsiding
Shocks Grow Slighter.
"Since yesterday there have been four
slight shocks, which were barely percepti
ble and would have passed unnoticed at
other times. People who have left So
corro on account of the earthquake have
done so principally on account of their
children or female relatives. There has
been no cloudburst or flood, as reported
in the dispatches, and not the slightest
injury to any person."
Mayor Bursum also denied the report
from Topeka, Kan., that the Santa Fe
tracks are blockaded by falling boulders.
All trains through Socorro arrived on
time today.
EARTH MOVES IX SHARP JERKS
Water in Bowl Shows That Vibration
Does Not Cease at Any Time.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M . July 19. Ref
ugees in large numbers are arriving in
this city from Socorro, N. M., whero great
damage has been wrought by daily earth
quakes since July 2. during which period
not an hour has passed without one or
more earthquakes. The center of the dis
turbance is 30 miles long by about 178
wide, running from the Lad rone Moun
tains southeast through Socorro, San An
tonio and San Marctal. This Bido the belt
the shocks have been hardly felt. Each
one is preceded by a loud rumbling like
heavy thunder, which can be heard ap
proaching from the northwest before it
reaches Socorro.
Senor Baca, of Socorro, until recently
District Attorney, Is in the city with his
family. He says people are leaving on
every train, and those who cannot ride
on the railroad are leaving by wagon.
About 2000 persons are camping out in
tents, and no one dares to go indoors.
Practically every residence and business
block in the town has been appreciably
damaged. There has been much distress
among the people who are camping in the
open, as heavy rains have fallen In the
last two days, one being the heaviest for
60 years. Most of tho people are going to
El Paso, although many are coming to
Albuquerque and Santa Fe.
The shocks generally occur as short,
sharp jerks, the ground seeming to slip
violently. It Is believed that the adjust
ment of roek strata In the rugged Ladrone
and Magdalena Mountains is the cause
of the continued shocks.
Provisions are growing scarce and real
distress Is feared among the refugees.
"The noise and the quakes are fright
ful." said Mrs. J. J. Leeson, a refugee
from Socorro. "I have experienced earth
quakes in Los Angeles and San Francisco,
but never anything so sickening as these
prolonged rockings and Jerkings of the
earth at Socorro. Water placed in a
bowl will show continuous vibrations be
tween the greater shocks, showing that
the earth Is never still. Not a house in
town is safe to enter, and chimneys and
walla topple with each recurring tremor."
PI ROT PANIC IS AT AN END
Camping Citizens of Socorro Expect
Soon to Return to Homes.
SANTA FE. N. M.. July 19. Several
slight temblors occurred at Socorro last
night. No serious damage was done. The
panic among tho inhabitants is subsiding,
as it is believed the worst of the earth
quakes has passed. Most of the people
of Socorro are still camping in the open.
The action of Mayor Bursum, who at
his own expense w. doubling the capacity
of the city's water supply to meet any
tire emergency, is restoring confidence, as
he keeps the men at work, even during
the frequent earthquake shocks. Many of
the refugees at Santa Fe and Albuquerque
have signified their Intention of return
ing to Socorro next week, if there are
no more violent manifestations by that
time.
A careful search of the 'lava fields to
the southeast of the city has failed to
reveal any new hot springs or evidence
of volcanic action reported yesterday. The
entire property damage at Socorro will
not exceed $.vio0.
TEST OF LANDLORD LAW
Man Who tamped Board Bill at
Saloni Ha; Be Brought Back.
SALEM. Or.. July 19,-(Special.)
Oregon's law for the prosecution of
men who jump board bills is likely to
have a thorough test In the courts if
Governor Chamberlain decides to Issue
a new requisition for the extradition
of O- E. Farnham. under arrest at
Los Angeles, charged with defrauding
Manager Connor, of the Willamette
Hotel.
Some time ago Governor Chamber
Jain issued a requisition for Farnham.
but the Governor of California refused
to honor it because the Information
upon which it was based was not in
proper form. Friends of Farnham
have made arrangements to fight the
case for him. upon the ground that
the law for the protection of hotel
keepers provides a species of impris
onment for debt.
In this case it was charged that
Farnham surreptitiously removed his
baggage from the hotel, thus prevent
ing the landlord from enforcing his
right of lien.
Proving Up on Land Claims.
ALBANY, Or., July 19. (Special.)
Undismayed by the land fraud trials
that have stirred up the timber and
lumber business in Oregon r -the past
two years, a large number of home
steaders in Linn County are this week
proving up on their claims In the South
Santiam country. The County Clerk's
office has been a busy place all the
week examining the claimants as to
their compliance with the homestead
law, and many residents of the Sweet
home neighborhood, where the claims
are located, may be sesti around the
courthouse awaiting their turn to of
fer testimony.
Special Agent Mayberry. of the Port
land land office, has charge of the
examination of the claimants and-wit-nesses.
and all are being put through
a rigid examination.
Albany People Sell Timber Claims.
ALBANY. Or.. July 19. (Special.)
The deal whereby the Deschutes Lum
ber Company becomes owner of the
large timber holdings of Linn County
people in the Klamath timber belt has
been finally and successfully closed,
and today checks aggregating-J200.000
are being distributed among people
here. The timber sold for J1600 per
claim, realizing a neat profit for the
people who used their right under the
timber and stone act.
Big Trees Are In Peril.
STOCKTON. Cal., July 19. Information
has been received that a big forest fire is
raging near the big trees In Calaveras
County. It Is said to have started from a
campfire. but as all of the wires any
where near the scene of conflagration are
down, it was Impossible up to a late hour
to secure any particulars further than
that the fire was sweeping oyer a large
territory, and it is believed that the big
trees are in danger unless the wind
changes tonight.
JUNEAU IS NOW CAPITAL
GOVERNOR OF ALASKA HAS DE
SERTED SITKA.
Promptly Solves Problem by Acting
Under Authority of Congress
and Moving Office.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, July 19. The capital of Alaska
was today officially changed from Sitka
to Juneau. This action was taken by
Charles W. Russell, Acting Attorney
General. It came about by reason of the
fact that Governor Hoggatt recently
rented two rooms in the court building
at Juneau for an office for himself and
secretary.
In the law passed by the previous Con
gress it was provided that the capital
should remain at Sitka until suitable
buildings and grounds should be provided
at Juneau. This was construed to mean
that the capital should be Sitka until a
site should be purchased and a capitol
erected at Juneau. In the last legislative
bill there was a provision appropriating
$5000 for incidental and contingent ex
penses, to be expended under the direc
tion of the Governor of the Territory, and
In the paragraph were inserted the
words, "rent of office and quarters in
Juneau." Previously the appropriation
for incidentals had been only $2000.
The Governor promptly proceeded to
rent two rooms in the court building at
Juneau under the authority given In the
contingent expense item. The Interior
Department was In doubt as to whether
this action constituted a change in the
capital of the territory and called upon
the Attorney-General for a decision, with
the result that the department holds that
Mr. Hoggatt acted within his authority in
renting the Governor's office in Juneau
and that by so doing the capital of the
territory is changed from Sitka to
Juneau.
ONLY TEMPORARY RIGHTS
Taft Gives Permits to Companies for
Power From Niagara.
WASHINGTON, July 19. In accord
ance with the act granting authority
to Secretary of War Taft to regulate
and control the waters of Niagara
River fur the preservation of Niagara
Falls, Secretary Taft has announced
that temporary permits will be grant
ed power companies to take the fol
lowing amounts of water: Niagara
Falls Power Company, 8600 cubic feet
per second; Niagara Power Company,
4000 cubic feet a second; Lockport Hy
draulic Company, 500 cubic feet from
the Erie Canal and 333 cubic feet from
the lower level of the same canal at
Lockport.
The Niagara. Lockport & Ontario Power
Company is granted permission to receive
Into the United States electrical current
equivalent to 25.000 horsepower daily from
the Ontario Power Company of Niagara
Falls, Canada, and the Niagara Falls
Power Company Is authorized to receive
from the Canadian Niagara Power Com
pany not to exceed 25.000 horsepower of
electrical current daily. These last two
permits are the only ones granted for the
taking of electricity generated In Canada
into the United States.
The Secretary of War states that he will
make a thorough investigation oefore
granting permanent permits for such
transmission.
FOREIGN' TRADE $2,970,000,000
Imports and Exports Last Year
Greatest on Record.
WASHINGTON. July 19.-A statement
Issued today by the Department of Com
merce and Labor says the foreign com
merce of the United States in the fiscal
year Just ended aggregated 12.970,000,000.
If the trade with Porto Rico and Hawaii,
which was included in our foreign com
merce prior to their annexation were
added, the total would materially exceed
$3,000,000,000. Both Imports and exports
exceed those of any earlier year. Total
imports were $1,226,000,000, and exports
1, 744.000.000.
TRUST CONFESSES GUILT
Sewer Pipe Men Agree to Dissolve
Their Combination.
JAMESTOWN. N. Y.. July 19. The Sew
er Pipe Trade Association, familiarly
known as the "sewer pipe trust," prac
tically entered a plea of guilty to the
charges of secret contract to limit the
production and control the territory and
prices of sewer pipe before the Federal
Grand Jury In this city today. United
States District Attorney Brown had pre
pared a mass of evidence against the
company which he was Intending to pre
sent to the grand jury when Harry A.
Hall, of Pittsburg, attorney for the asso
ciation, submitted the proposition that
rather than submit to the proposed In
vestigation by the grand jury, he would
enter into an agreement whereby the as
sociation would be dissolved and go out
of business. The proposition was accept
ed by the District Attorney.
CARMEN MEETING
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formerly to go out. The present rate of
wages Is 23 cents an hour for the first
two years, 24 cents for the second two
years, and 26 cents for the fifth year and
thereafter. The new schedule is a sub
stantial increase.
Goode Refuses to Treat With Union.
The executive board of the Portland
Federated Trades Council called upon
President H. W. Goode, of the Port
land Railway, Light & Power Com
pany, and also president of the Port
land Railway Company and the Oregon
Water Power & Railway Company yes
terday morning at 10 o'clock, with the
request that he use his influence with
the two traction companies to bring
about a conference between the union
and the management, and thus avert
the impending strike.
President Goode stated that the com
pany would refuse to treat with the
union as such, and that all requests
from the men must come from them as
employes rather than as members of a
union. He was fully in sympathy, he
said, with the position of Vice-President
and General Manager Fuller. Re
quests from the men for adjustment of
any grievances they might have would
be given the fullest and most careful
consideration, said Mr. Goode, but the
policy of the traction lines is not to
Oeal with a union. Among other things
along this same line, Mr. Goode said:
"Our relations with the men have al
ways been pleasant, and we are forced
to believe that the present difficulty
has not been brought about by the old
employes of the company, but rather
by the interference and agitation of a
few comparatively new men, backed up
by organ'zod outside influence. In the
present difficulty there Is no issue ex
cept recognition of the union."
Mayor's Efforts Fruitless.
Failing in the interview with Presi
dent Goode to bring Influence to bear
to secure a conference between the
union and tne company, Mayor Lane
was then -asKed to use his good offices
to bring about a conference, with the
objeot of averting a strike. The Mayor
visited President Goode, but was told
that the committee from the Federated
Trades Council had already waited on
him, and he had stated the position of
the company. Tnis stand was one that
would be maintained, said Mr. Goode.
Mayor Lane reported this result to
the Federated Trades Council commit
tee. A final effort was then made to
adjust the difficulty and to show that
the union has not been hasty in its
action. A letter was sent yesterday
afternoon by the union to Vice-President
Fuller, making a final request for
a conference with the company, but
this request was also rejected.
Arrangements were made by the
union yesterday for the hire of a num
ber of special cars, which left each of
the carbarns of the Portland Railway
system, as well as one from the Mil
waukie barn of the O. W. P. Co.. about
12:30 this morning to carry the men to
a central meeting of the union at Drew
Hall, Second and Morrison streets,
where the result of the labors of the
committees that were busy yesterday to
secure a conference with the company
was reported to the union. The vote
on the resolution to strike was then
taken after a lengthy discussion.
A strike on the city street-car lines
will mean the boycott of the Portland
Railway Company and the allied corpora
tions by all union men in the city. No
union man in Portland will dare to use
electric lights in his home or cool himself
by an electric fan so long as the strike
lasts. No union man In the city will
patronize anyone who does business with
the allied companies, as not only the
companies themselves but all who deal
with them will be placed under the ban.
Union men will not ride on street-cars
even if they are run. Those with union
sympathies will walk voluntarily rather
than ride on an "unfair" car.
Sympathetic strikes are as yet merely
questions of possibility. There is nothing
certain about other unions joining with
the street-car men in walking out and at
tempting to tie up other industries which
may be allied to the traction system.
The city street-car lines have never had
to contend with a strike on the system.
Since the first cars were run in Portland,
the management has gotten along amica
bly with Its men, and has at the same
time prevented the formation of a union.
The Oregon Water Power & Railway
Company operatives went on strike about
three years ago, when the men demand
ed that the superintendent of the system,
Walter Tiffany, be discharged. The man
agement denied the request, and a stub
born strike resulted, that tied up the cars
then operated by the road. The company
gave a very poor service for some time,
and public sympathy was largely with
the strikers. There was no actual vio
lence. The company insisted on the re
tention of Superintendent Tiffany and
finally won Its point. Many of the strik
ers went back to work. Others who had
been active in the strike were dismissed.
"Dad" Ashmore Will Not Strike.
The O. W. P. Company has at least
one man in its employ who will not
leave his car at the demands of strikers.
This one Is Conductor "Dad" Ashmore,
formerly a railroad conductor In the East.
General Manager Hurlburt used to ride
with him when he was running trains
and a few years ago he came to Port
land and was put to work by Mr. Hurl
burt. When the men were called out on the
strike against Superintendent Tiffany,
"Dad" Ashmore was about the only car
operator left on duty. He refused to
join the strikers and persisted in work
ing. Finally so complete was the tie-up
of the, system that only a mail car was
operated, but Conductor Ashmore claimed
the job of running this car.
Fearing violence at the hands of the
strikers, he armed himself with two
revolvers. He then told his fellow em
ployes who went on strike that he was
anxious to avoid troule, as he was a
man of peace, but that he was there
to work.
"I have not long to stay," declared
"Dad" Ashmore, whose hair is white,
"and there is no one depending on me.
I shall work on this car as long as the
job suits me."
He stuck to his post. All along the
line he met with reproaches and taunts
and insults, but he bore them all calmly.
At Milwaukle, which is a town made
up largely of O. W. P. employes, the
people were particularly Jiostile. His car
was stabled in the barns at Milwaukie
over night, but so keen was the feeling
against him as a strikebreaker that he
could get no place to sleep in the town
and his money would not buy him any
thing to eat in Milwaukle. However, he
weathered the storm and has been work
ing steadily for the company ever since
as conductor. His allegiance has never
been questioned by the management.
There are said to be many men who
are old In the service of the city lines
who will not go out if a strike is called.
Many are paying out on their homes and
have families dependent upon them.
MR. WAGER SPEAKS FOR MEX
Well-Known Writer Says They
, Should Be Paid More.
PORTLAND, Or., July 19. (To the
Editor.) It is too late in the day,
the world has swung around too far,
to say that labor unions, such as a union
of street-car men, in a city as large as
this may not and should not be organized.
Such unions should be organized, for
proper purposes some of which I will
mention later and should be maintained
and "recognized."
Such a union must be recognized, and
every atom of intelligence and energy
among all classes of laborers, whether
unionized or not farmers, merchants and
everybody should insist on its recogni
tion. The fight is vital. If labor cannot or
ganize and be recognized, it will be
crushed, as It has been from the dawn of
history. It never got half its share and
isn't getting that moiety yet.
Here is a combination of capitalists, or
ganized with a capital stock of $30,000,
000. How much of it is "water"? No
doubt one-third perhaps one-half. It
can pay Mr. Goode and Mr. Fuller enor
mous salaries, many thousands of dollars
a year; and these men require 700 or
800 men to work 10, 11 or 12 hours a day
for about $2.25. On this wage a man can
live and support a small family, but at
the present cost of necessaries he can
not send his children to school and clothe
them well, make his wife cheerful, and
gradually pay for a home. There's some
times a drug and doctor bill to pay; oc
casionally a babe comes to add to the
family joy and the family expense; and
this $30,000,000 octopus, taxing the people
to pay interest on $10,000,000 or $15,000,003
of water, haggles with these men over
half a cent a day!
I say that if capable and competent
these men should be paid not less than
25 cents an hour, and that after not more
than two years' faithful service the
wage should be not less than 30 cents an
hour. Besides, there ought right now to
be about 1000 instead of 800 of these men
employed at these wages in this city.
The company has no moral right to dis
charge a man without a reason, nor with
out making that reason known to a
union of his fellow-workmen. A man
trained to a certain occupation, who has
followed it for years, who expects to
make it a life vocation, ought not to be
discharged without a reason that his em
ployers are perfectly willing to make
known to him and his fellow workmen.
A strike is a bad thing. It will be a
bad thing for Portland. But In this case
the carmen are altogether, absolutely and
utterly in the right; and every newspa
per, every -merchant, every laborer of
whatever degree, every preacher and doc
tor and lawyer except the corporation's
hired attorneys ought so to declare.
The union Is right. Just, reasonable, and
should be recognized as such. The dis
charge of a workman should be frankly
explained to the union. Wages should
be raised. Why should not Goode and
Fuller arbitrate?
For these reasons I hope the union and
the public will stand. I never belonged
to a union in my life and never expect
to, but these men can have 10 per cent
of whatever I earn to carry on as right
eous a fight as ever was fought on
earth.
Labor must be reasonable, and lawful, of
course; It must not destroy life or prop
erty, nor commit outrages; and these
men will not; but it Is high time that
these overworked and underpaid and af
fronted and insulted men took a stand for
themselves, and maintained it.
I believe 50,000 people of Portland are
willing to walk for six months if neces
sary, and contribute to these men's cof
fers, too, to aid them to win this fight.
They ought to win it, and every good
citizen with warm blood in his veins
ought to be willing to help them to win
it. J. P. WAGER.
THAW HAS HIS OWN WAY
OLCOTT RECOGNISES HART
RIDGE AS HIS COUNSEL.
Papers in Case Handed Over toy
Mother's Lawyer Mrs. Thaw
Tells Story Again.
NEW YORK, July 19. Peace has ap
parently been declared among the law
yers who at various times have repre
sented Harry K. Thaw since the night he
shot and killed Stanford White on the
Madison-Square roof garden. Ex-Judge
Olcott, of the firm of Black, Olcott, Gru
ber & Bonynge, today turned over to
Clifford W. Hartridge. Thaw's personal
attorney, all the papers he had In the
case, with the exception of the reports of
private detectives which have been made
to him since the murder was committed.
The turning over of the papers will
undoubtedly result in the dismissal of the
writ issued against his firm yesterday at
the instance of Mr. Hartridge, to show
cause why the papers in the case should
not be relinquished to Thaw's present
counsel. The writ is returnable tomor
row. Justice M. McLean, In the Supreme
Court, today heard arguments on the ap
plication of Thaw's counsel for an abso
lute writ of prohibition directed against
the District Attorney and the grand Jury
to stop the taking of testimony against
Thaw without the prisoner's being repre
sented. Decision was reserved.
Mrs. Harry Thaw, after visiting her
husband in the Tombs today, went to
the office of Mr. Hartridge and made an
other long affidavit covering the history
of her life since the time she came to
New York. Mrs. Thaw had previously
made such a statement to Mr. Olcott.
Mr. Hartridge called on Thaw late this
afternoon. When he came out of the
Tombs he said:
"There is not much more I can say at
this time. We have all the necessary
papers and certain letters that were in
the office of Judge Olcott. and I believe
that now everything will move along
smoothly. Harry Is in a good frame of
mind, and apparently glad that his legal
affairs have been straightened out al
last."
Walter Seth Logan, Lawyer.
NEW YORK, July 19. (Special.)
Walter Seth Logan ,one of the most
widely known lawyers, fell dead to
day in the corridor of the Equitable
building. He had suffered three at
tacks of heart disease in the past four
months, the last being on June 4.
W alter S. Logan, who was 53 years
old, was identified with many of the
leading civic movements of New York
City. He had been' president of the
Bar Association for many years, and,
while considered a leading corporation
attorney, was particular to choose his
clients. An illustration of this was
when he vigorously and successfully
attacked the Standard Oil Company
when it sought to acquire a vast tract
of land of the Delaware Indians in In
dian Territory.
Song Makes a Hit.
During the return from Bonneville the
retail grocers were entertained by a com
pany of young people. The popular hit
was a melody entitled "Oregon Forever
more," composed expressly for the oc
casion by Orno Strong. The excursionists
took it up and sang it all the way home.
Dr. T. J. Eaton, Analytical Chemist.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 19. Dr.
Thomas J. Eaton, one of the first, if
not the first, chemist in this part of
the country to furnish by analysis
proof of murder by strychnine, died
here last night, aged 66 years.
President Picnics With Family.
OYETER BAY, July 19. President
Roosevelt went on a picnic on the shores
of Oyster Bay with members of his fam
ily. He took no members of the Secret
Service force with him.
Aunt of President McKinley.
BUCYRUS, O, July 19. Mrs. L. Wal
ler, aunt of the late President McKinley,
died today.
STOESSEL MUST DIE
Port Arthur Commission Con
demns General.
PENALTIES FOR OTHERS
Russian Army Proposes No Clemency
for Men Who Surrendered to
Japan Hard Labor for Fock,
Exile for Reiss.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 19. The com
mission appointed to investigate the sur
render of Port Arthur has finished its la
bors, and recommends that Lieutenant
General Stoessel, the former commander
of the Russian forces at Port Arthur, be
dismissed from the army and shot; that
Lieutenant-General Fock, who command
ed the Fourth East Siberian Division at
Port Arthur, be dismissed from the army
and undergo a year of hard labor; that
General Reiss, Chief of Staff of General
Stoessel, be dismissed and banished, and
that Admiral Alexieff, ex-Viceroy in the
Far East; Lieutenant-General SmyrnofI,
commander of the Port Arthur fortress,
and General Vernander be reprimanded.
The formal trial of these officers will
take place shortly.
DETERMINED TO OUST ROSE
Kansas Brings Second Contempt
Case Against Wlde-Open Mayor.
TOPEK, Kan., July 19. In the Kansas
State Supreme Court today Attorney
General Coleman filed a second contempt
case against W. W. Rose, Mayor of
Kansas City, Kan. The court at once
lesued an order to Rose to appear and
show cause why he should not be ad
judged In contempt for holding the office
of Mayor of Kansas City after having
been ousted by the court. The order is
returnable July 30. The case is identical
with the one now pending before the
Supreme Court of the United States on
a writ of error.
Mr. Coleman announced today that he
would continue to bring contempt pro
ceedings against Rose as long as he held
office until the first case was finally
settled by the United States Supreme
Court. A second contempt case against
Rose, Chief of Police Vernon J. Rose and
Police Captain J. F. Kelly was also filed
today by Mr. Coleman. The three de
fendants are cited to appear before
July. 30.
NEGRO USES HIS TEETH
Nearly Lynched for Biting Off Part
of White Man's Ear.
LOS ANGELES. July 19. H. Whitfield,
a negro, giving his address as 920 West
Twenty-third street, narrowly escaped
lynching this evening at the hands of a
crowd of white men at Eighth street
and Towne avenue. After having an al
tercation with a stableman at the barns
of the Maple Grove Creamery Company,
Whitfield was followed along the street
by a crowd. He suddenly turned, grabbed
FItz Gustavson, of 925 Croeker street,
threw him to the ground and bit off a
portion of the white man's ear.
The sight of the blood maddened the
crowd, and lynching was in full cry when
Deputy Constable Denny Johnson broke
through the mob, knocked down several
of the white men, rescued the negro and
hustled him off to the central station.
Gustavson was removed to the receiving
hospital, where his wound was dressed.
NO SUSPICION OF JURORS
Government Finds Charges Against
Cleveland Grand Jury Baseless.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 19. Govern
ment officials here tonight made the un
qualified statement that there would be
no investigation of the records and per
sonnel of the Federal Grand Jury which
recently met in this city to ascertain
whether the Standard Oil Company and
certain railroads had violated anti-rebate
and interstate commerce laws.
Because of reports criticising the make
up of the Jury, Secret Service Agent
Adams, of Chicago, came to Cleveland
today ready to institute a rigid investi
gation. He returned to Chicago tonight
to report that there was no necessity of
taking any action. He was convinced,
after a conference with United States
Judge Taylor, District Attorney Sullivan
and others, that there was nothing to investigate
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PROPRIETOR BUFFALO LITHIA SPRINGS, VA.
REFUSE TO CONFER
Employing Printers Reject Of
fer of Union.
NOTHING TO CONFER ABOUT
United Typothetae Regards Eight'
Hour and Open-Shop Fight as
Won Schools of Printers
to Be Established.
BUFFALO, July 19. The United Ty
pothetae of America today flatly declined
to confer with officials of the Interna
tional Typographical Union in regard to
the strike inaugurated nearly a year ago
for an eight-hour day and a closed shop.
President Ellis, of the Typothetae, read
a letter signed by James M. Lynch, pres
ident, and J. W. Hayes, vice-president,
representing the executive council of the
International Typographical Union, stat
ing that they were ready for a confer
ence with a view to adjusting the differ
ences that now exist.
"Failing in obtaining this conference,"
the letter read, "the temper of the mem
bers of the Typographical Union will de
mand a continuance of the present strug
gle." Nothing to Confer About.
After this letter had been read the fol
lowing resolution was unanimously
adopted :
Resolved, That the Typothetae of Amer
ica in convention assembled has nothing op
which to confer with the representatives of
the International Typographical Union and
that Mr. Lynch and Mr. Hays be so informed
F. B. Hamblin, of Kansas City, outlined
a plan for carrying insurance risks on
printing plants on a mutual basis. A
resolution was adopted instructing the
committee to investigate It further.
The convention adopted a resolution ap
proving the technical school work of the
last year and commending the proposition
to establish an Eastern, a Central and a
Western school in addition to those now
in existence.
New Officers Elected.
The following officers were elected by
acclamation: President, George H. Ellis,
Boston; vice-president, William D.
Greene, New York; treasurer, Thomas F.
Donnellin, Chicago. F. I. Bilk, of Dal
las; Franklin Hudson, Kansas City; Sam
uel P. Rees, Omaha, and C. M. Skinner
were chosen members of the executive
committee. The place of meeting of the
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next convention was left to the executive
committee.
E. D. Oviatt, of Rochester, spoke rela
tive to associations of employers of la
bor and their methods of organization.
He dealt particularly with the plan lately
adopted by the National Association of
Employing Lithographers. A committee
will consider the plan.
SCHOOLS FOR ELECTRICIANS
Electrical Contractors Indorse Move
ment for Training Boys.
CLEVELAND, July 19. At the closing
session of the sixth annual convention of
the National Electrical Contractors' As
sociation thi3 afternoon the delegates
endorsed trade schools for the educa
tion of D05 s in the mechanical arts, and
It was decided to appoint a committee
to co-operate with the Winona Trade
School at Indle.napolis. The convention
adopted a set of uniform symbols to be
used in marking electrical wiring plants
and a committee was appointed to place
these symbols before the architects and
engineers of the country with a view to
having then- universally adopted.
A committee was also appointed to in
vestigate the pcesiblllty of preparing uni
form specification and contracts for elec
trical work and to report at the next
annual convention to be held In New York
City.
WILL CONTINUE BRIDGE STRIKE
Structural Workers to Oppose Con
crete Buildings.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 19. Members
of the executive council of the Interna
tional Structural Iron & Bridge Workers,
in session here, for the first time since
last January united today in declaring
that there would be no let-up in the
strike against the American Bridge Com
pany. D. A. Clancey, a delegate from San
Francisco, has asked that the board use
its influence to include a structural iron
clause in the new building code in the
Western city. "There are strong in
fluences at work for reinforced concrete
work there," he declared today. "This
work is not safe in tall buildings. It
would be criminal to allow it to be con
structed." Hunter's Body Found In River.
BUTTE. Mont., July 19. A Miner dis
patch from Sand Point, Idaho, states that
the badly decomposed-remains of Station
Agent Hartman, f Troy, Mont., have
been found In the Kootenai River, where
either Hartman was accidentally drowned
or committed suicide, color being given
the latter theory because of the fact that
the man's tracks led directly into the
river.
Hartman disappeared late In the Win
ter, while on a hunting expedition, and
his whereabouts have puzzled the author
ities since. Hartman was formerly treas
urer for the Great Northern In their
Butte office and was well known in local
railroad circles.