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PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1906.
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AGREE ON TERMS
OF SETTLEMENT
Waterfront Strike Will
Be Ended Today.
COMMITTEES GET TOGETHER
SMALL CHANCE OF HITCH
Union Will Doubtless Ratify
Their Joint Action.
Terms Substantially the Same as Re
cently Outlined Grainhandlers
Abandon Wage Increase Ex
porters Recognize Vnlon.
BASIS ON WHICH GBAINBAND
LKS &TR1KE WILL BE SETTLED
GAINED BV UNION Ten-hour
day shortened to nine and overtime
Increased from 50 to 52 4 cents; half
a day minimum: other features of
Port Costa scale; almost complete
recognition of union and discharge
of men now employed who do not
Join the union.
GAINED BY EXPORTERS Re
turn of men formerly employed at
old wage of 35 cents an hour; privi
lege of employing weighers, samplers
and machine men of their own
choosing, with stipulation "that pref
erence shall he given union men.
WHAT SETTLEMENT MEANS
Compromise in whfch both sides
made substantial concessions in or
der to bring about amicable end of
strike
ONLY POSSIBLE HITCH Fail
ure of Grainhandlers" Union to rat
ify settlement agreed upon by its
committee.
The waterfront strike that has tied up
shipping for the past month Is virtually
at an end. Comm.itt.ees from the Export
ers" Association and striking grainhand
lers agreed upon a basis of settlement
yesterday and all that Is needed to of
ficially call the strike off is the ratifica
tion of the terms of peace by the union.
The grainhandlers will meet today for
this purpose and there is but little ques
tion that the action of its committee will
receive the union's full opproval.
The grainhandlers, by the terms of the
agreement, will return to work on most
of the docks Monday morning, although
in some cases it is stipulated they shall
return at once. The exporters have
agreed to take back the 1S3 union men
who went out on strike, including the
union weighers, samplers and machine
men who walked out with the rest.
It was over the recognition of weigh
ers, samplers and machine men as mem
bers of the union that the controversy
has raged for the past few days. Other
differences had been adjusted, but this
vexed question kept employers and em
ployes apart, though both realized that
an end of the strike was much to be
desired.
The settlement that has been agreed
upon is that exporters shall select the
men they please to till positions as weigh
ers, samplers and machine men, provided
preference shall be given union mem
bers. Clause 3, the disputed point, as
finally agreed upon, reads:
Text of Clause .o. 3.
Exporters 6hall have the privilege of select
ing weisl-.ers, sample-rs and machine men, but
In all caeea the rrer'er-nce in selection shall
be given m-rnbers of the union.
In reaching an agreement, both ex
porters and grainhandlers mad substan
tial concessions during the progress of
the negotiations The men walked out
on September 25 because the exporters
refused to increase their wages from So
to 40 cents an hour In negotiating for
peace, the union waived its original con
tention and agreed to go back at the old
scale with some modifications. These
wexe the substitution of a nine-hour for
a ten-hour day. all overtime, as well as
holidays and Sunday, to be paid for at
.'4 cents an hour, instead .of 50 cents,
and no broken day to consist of less than
half a day's work. In effect :;iis is what
Is known as the Port Costa scale.
On the other hand, it was conceded by
the union that its members should work
with the non-union men now employed
on the docks until such time as the
strike-breakers might join the grain
handlers' organization. The union com
mittee agreed that because of the large
number of non-union men at work on
Montgomery dock' No. 2, only 30 of the 60
union men at work there prior to the
strike should be returned to dock.
Many Conference Held.
An amicable settlement of the strike
has been reached only after a week of
earnest negotiations. Giltner & Sewall,
the lawyers who treated with the ex
porters on behalf of the grainhandlers.
held conference alter conference with
the employers, and their efforts have
been attended with success only after
the most earnest attempts to gain a
peaceable settlement of the trouble.
They have gone further in their nego
tiations than they expected when the
move for a settlement was begun, and
have made concessions that some mem
bers of the union will probably balk
at today.
It is believed, however, that the prop
osition agreed to by both committees
will be ratified at the special session of
the union to be held today.
The final ultimatum of the union's
attorney was handed to the exporters'
committee yesterday morning, and a
meeting of the employers was held
yesterday morning at 11 o'clock. There
was not a full attendance, however,
and another session was called for 3
o'clock in the afternoon. At that time
the stand of the union was considered
at length. Some of the exporters were
in favor of the union's proposition,
but others balked. Finally some slight
changes were made regarding clause 3,
and the document was handed back to
the union committee for indorsement.
These changes were in the wording
more than in effect, and after a con
ference lasting until late last night,
the union committee agreed to accept
the slightly amended agreement.
Where the Hitch Came.
It was the ccptention of the exporters
that weighers, samplers and machine men
occupy a confidential position, as it is on
their reports that prices paid for the
wheat coming into the warehouses are
fixed. It was held that on this account
men holding these positions, and acting
as foremen, should be entirely free from
union influence. Exporters also centend
ed that union foremen would be Inclined
to let their fellows do -less work than
men not allied with the union. Besides,
it was desired that when not engaged in
weighing or sampling grain these men
should perfurnrf other work around the
docks, which, if belonging to the union,
they could not be expected to do.
The union committee and its attorneys
made their last stand on the proposition
that weighers, samplers and machine
men should be unionized. The exporters
were notified that if the negotiations
failed, the concessions the committee had
already made would be recalled and the
strike would be fought out to the bitter
end. The other unions of the Water
front Federation had agreed to back up
the grainhandlers, as the longshoremen
have already done.
In view of this fact, both sides exhib-
VOTERS WILL USE
BRAINS THIS YEAR
Fact Which Insures
Hughes' Election.
GROUND WHICH HEARST LOSES
Old Line Democrats Leave Him
From Day to Day.
REPUBLICANS GOING HOME
Those Whom He Won Last Tear Re
turn to Party Many Things He
Cannot Explain Test Can
vass in Brooklyn.
XEW TORK. Oct. 23. (Special.) When
Charles E. Hughes made his tour of Long
Island the other day. a reporter, leaning
has been so much talked about as has
William Randolph Hearst
"The crops are all In. and there Isn't
much to do on the farms." explained a
rural politician at Republican state head
quarters today. "Of course the farmers
turn out to see Hearst. Bryan had great
audiences in 1S96 and it made him very
happy until election day. Nearly all the
leaders of the Democratic party up state,
and a good proportion of the rank and
file, are against Hearst. He has made
gains, of course, but his supporters are
dropping away from day to day. The
bulk of the men who Joined the Inde
pendence League did so with the idea of
getting offices. There are only a few
nominations, comparatively speaking, and
those have been given out. And most of
the chaps who were overlooked are sore
and are against Hearst.
"You must give the farmers credit for
looking after their own interests, and
what on earth have they got to kick
about? Through the state excise law, a
measure which turns over the bulk of the
liquor tax to the state, there are no taxes
to pay, except county dues. The bulk of
this money, of course, comes from the
cities, and one-half of the total from New
York. If Tammany controlled the Gov
ernor and Legislature, one of the first
things done would be to repeal this
measure and add to the burdens of the
poor rural residents. Don't you think
they know this? And do you think they
are going to vote for Hearst and pay for
it themselves?
"In the .last Presidential election Roose
velt carried the state by over 175.000, but
do you realize what the figures were out
side of New York City? Roosevelt had
563,674 and Parker 358.4S6. a majority, for
the President of 207.1S8. We are going to
lose a good many Republicans in the
cities, I will admit, but not as many as
if Hearst had run on an Independent
ticket alone. Every day we hear of men
10 NEW MEN
TO ENTER CABINET
Meyer and Straus Are
Called by President.
OLD MEMBERS CHANGE PLACES
When Shaw and Moody Retire
From Office.
C0RTELY0U IN TREASURY
Meyer Will Run Postoffice, Bona
parte Law Department, Metcaif
the Navy, Straus Commerce
and Labor Department.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 23. The following
statement regarding prospective changes
in President Roosevelt's Cabinet was
Secretary Shaw will follow him March 4
next.
Mr. Meyer, who will become Postmaster-General,
is Ambassador to Russia.
He is a native of Massachusetts and has
been well known as a business man.
The appointment of Mr. Straus caused
considerable surprise, as It will be the
first case where a citizen of the Hebrew
faith has been made a member of the
President's Cabinet. He was born In 1S50
and is well known as a merchant, diplo
mat and . author. He represented the
United States as Minister to Turkey on
two different occasions and was appointed
by President Roosevelt to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of ex-President Har
rison as a member of the permanent
court of arbitration at The Hague.
PROMOTION FOR POSTAL MEN"
Hitchcock's Plan Means More Salary
for Majority of Clerks.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 23. First Assist
ant Postmaster-General Hitchcock, in a
statement tonight in connection with his
recent announcement that he would re
commend a substantial increase of sal
aries for postal employes, said the sum
recommended will permit the promotion
of about 75 ier cent of clerks in the
grade below $900; about 50 per cent of
the clerks receiving J900 to J1000: about
40 per cent of those receiving from $1100
to $1200. and about 30 per cent of those
receiving over $1200.
An appropriation of $25,700,000 will be
urged for clerks of the first and second
class offices, an increase of $3,000,000
over the current year, of which increase
$1,370,000 Is for employment of additional
clerks, and the rest for promotions. The
estimates provide for the promotion of
16.300 clerks In first and second-class
postoffices.
The department is also considering an
amendment to the present law permitting
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CHANGES IN PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S CABINET DECIDED
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tieorge B. Cortelyou.
Oeorge Von X,. Meyer.
Oscar S. traos.
Victor H. Metcaif.
Charles J. Bonaparte.
ited no little public spirit in making con
cessions. They both realized the benefit
to the port of an early adjustment of
their difficulties, and knew that further
holding out would mean a general war
between employers and unions that would
work a hardship on the city.
Mas Xot Vital Point.
The exporters realized that as a matter
of fact the weighers, samplers and ma
chine men have been in the habit, in
times past, of joining the union and that
the agreement submitted to them yester
day would not work against them in this
regard, any more than was the case prior
to the strike. With very few exceptions,
the weighers, samplers and machine men
employed on the docks were members
of the union when the strike occurred
on September 25.
What shall be done with the strike
breakers now at work on the waterfront
is a serious probIm to be worked out
Exporters promised the men work all
Winter when they were persuaded to
come here to take the places made va
cant by the strike. It is expected that a
part of the non-union forces will remain
and will soon become unionized. But as
there will not be room for them all on the
docks when the union men return, this
matter wul have to be adjusted in some
way.
Attorney Sewall said yesterday that
while the union committee had been given
full power to arrange an amicable settle
ment, he felt assured that further conces
sions on the part of the committee "would
not be ratified by the union, as he said
the committee had already done all that
was possible in reaching an amicable
adjustment of the trouble.
Vessels Tied Vp by Strike.
Sixteen deep water vessels In Portland
harbor, including three large steamships,
two of which are loading lumber, have
been affected by the strike of the grain
handlers and their sympathizers, the
longshoremen.
Of this number 13 are vessels which
came here either with cargo, or in bal
last, and have been chartered to carry
grain to Europe. Five of them have
been in readiness to receive their wheat
cargoes for several weeks and spasmodic
efforts at loading them have been made
at different times, but discontinued owing
to lack of experienced hands to stow
cargo away, which work usually is per
formed by the longshoremen who went
out in sympathy with the grainhandlers.
The fleet tied up in the local harbor
comprises the following vessels:
Ready for cargo British steamer Hazel
Dollar, ' British ship Allerton, French
barks ViUe de Mulhouse and Genevieve
Molinos and the German ship Nereide.
Cargo laden ships Bougainville, La
Tour d Auvergne. Jacobeen. Europe, and
La Pereuse, all French, Invernessshire
and Glenalvon British.
Ships on ballast Buccleuch, British.
Lumber vessels German steamer Eva.
British steamer Fulham and British ship
Ga'.gate.
as the car started at
a native on the plat-
out of the window.
Glen Cove, heard
form say:
"They's plenty going to vote for him
ain't hollering. Folks is going to vote
with their brains this year."
The man at Glen Cove sized up the sit
uation pretty well, and the 'campaign has
progressed far enough to give politi
cians something of a line on what is
doing. Hearst's meetings up state have
been big. There is no sense in denying
it, as some of the papers here are doing,
but the question is: will he get the votes.
Republican campaigners don't think so.
They explain the crowds by saying that
it is easy to get a crowd to a free show,
especially when the leading performer
who are getting back into line, and we
keep on gaining. On the other hand, the
Democrats who have bolted will stay
bolted.
Hearst Cannot Explain.
"Hughes has Hearst on the defensive.
Hearst cannot explain his alliance with
Tammany. That hurts him with the In
dependents. He cannot explain the in
tricate ramifications of the Star Pub
lishing Company, the New Jersey holding
corporation that controls th Hearst
newspapers. He cannot explain why he
had the Independence League incorpor
ated and vested all power in an execu
tive committee that he personally con
trols, body and soul.
He cannot explain away the em-
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made public tonight at the White House:
"On the retirement of Secretary Shaw
and Attorney-General Moody from the
Cabinet, the following changes will be
made:
"Secretary of the Treasury George B.
Cortelyou.
"Postmaster-General George Von L.
Meyer.
"Attorney-General Charles J. Bona
parte. "Secretary of the Navy Victor H. Met
caif. "Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Oscar S. Straus."
The general understanding for some
time has been . that Attorney-General
Moody will retire on January 1 and that
THE GENTLEMEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE DON'T LIKE THE DONyEY'S
NEW GARB
Comes Down From Clouds.
MILAN. Oct. 23. The Duchess of
Ao&ta, who ascended in a balloon Sun
day, landed at Cassano D Adda.
payment of a higher compensation to let
tercarriers. Mr. Hitchcock tonight ex
plained that higher salaries were neces-
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CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTEpDAY'S-Maxlmum temperature, $5
degrees ; minimum. 40.
TODAY'S Occasional rain; southeast tnda.
Foreign. '
Woman suffragists cause disturbance In
British House of Commons. Page 3.
Clemenceau completes new cabinet. Page &
Santos Dumont wins $100,000 airship prize.
Page 4-
National.
President announces coming changes In Cab
inet. Page 1.
Wholesale Increase In salaries of postal
clerks proposed. Page 1.
President Issues Thanksgiving proclamation.
Page 2.
Politics.
Many handicaps of Hearst foretell victory
for Hughes- Page 1.
Bolting New York Democrats start campaign
from old headquarters. Page 3.
Tammany declares loyalty to Hearst. Page 8.
Bryan speaks out for Hearst. Page S.
Domestic.
Interstate Commission learns more about re
bates and monopoly In wheat trade.
Page 1.
Santa Fe rebate Inquiry begins. Page 1.
Snow storm stops In Colorado, but continues
In Wyoming and spreads to Kansas.
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Anna Held robbed of jewels on train.
Page 3.
New York Life directors threatened with In
junction against election methods. Page 2.
Burton a privileged prisoner. - Page 4 .
Hill and Harriman forces confer about peace
in Northwest. Page 4-
Harriman buys out Fish's Interest In Illinois
Central holding company. Page 4.
Murderer of Mrs. .Leslie, the actress, con
fesses. Page 5-
Ncrth Dakota bank robbers captured after
long chase. Page 5.
Pacific Coast.
E. E. Wagstaff found not guilty at Albany
of attempt to poison his wife. Page 6.
Dr. Roy Fuller charged with manslaughter
In causing death of Eagle Valley bride.
Page 6.
Five decisions are given by the Oregon, Su
preme Court. Page 6.
Horses dressed astbeef found in the woods
near North Yakima. Page 6.
Commercial and Marine.
Good year for Oregon pot a to -growers.
Page 15.
New York stock market under restraint.
Page 15.
Burnslde bridge Inspected by City Engineer
Taylor. Page 14
Steamer Roanoke due tonight. Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Deputy County Clerks to get more pay.
Page 9.
Legislature may attempt to put all Normal
Schools under control of one board.
Page 11.
Colonel John C. Bell. Oregon's oldest Mason,
is dead. Page 10.
District Attorney will take up prosecution
of Sellwood election fraud cases. Page 14.
Charges brought against patrolmen by Cap
tain of Deteetives Bruin found groundless
when investigated by police committee.
Page 10.
Methodist ministers appoint a committee to
probo local fuel trust. Page 10.
Eugene Semple explains his Columbia River
canal plan to East Side Improvement As
sociation. Page 11.
Committees from Grainhandlers' Union and
Exporters' Association agree on strike
settlement, which will probably be rati
fied today. Page 1.
Jrjlon pickets on Albma grain dock Area
on, police say by strike-breakers; one
man wounded. Page 2.
BLACKLIST USED
BY blrJ COMBINE
Railroad Pets Get Re
duced Rates.
PRICES FIXED BY SPECULATORS
Interstate Board Learns
Board of Trade Tricks,
ONE UNPARDONABLE SIN
Buying Direct From Farmers Mean
Boycott at Kansas City and Em
bargo on Shipments Thrifty
Elevator Man's Story.
FARMERS DEVISE COMBINE.
TOPEKA. Kan.. Oct. 23. At ths
session o the Farmers' National Co
Operative Association today about ISO
delegates and several hundred outsld.
era were present. The real work of
the convention Is being1 done through a
number of committees appointed by
President C S. Barrett, ot Atwater.
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KANSAS CITT, Mo.. Oct. 23. Evi
dence of favoritism shown to the man
agers of the Kansas City elevator of
the Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railroad in the matter of granting; re
duced grain rates to shippers, the ex
istence of a rule in the Kansas City
Board of Trade threatening Its mem
bers with suspension if they dealt with
"irregular" grain men, so-called: a
combine of members of that organiza
tion to fix prices, and threats by the
grain dealers associations to boycott
Board of Trade members who might
buy from farmers and others against
whom the associations had issued or
ders, were some of the things brought
out here today at the grain hearing
begun yesterday by E. E. Claxiie and
F. K. Lane, of the Interstate Commerce
Commission. A score of grain dealers,
elevator men and railway officials were
examined.. The hearing will be con
tinued at Omaha tomorrow.
Blacklisted by Rival Board.
B. R. Beall, of Kansas City, of the
National Grain & Elevator Company,
which is affiliated with the National
Board of Trade of Kansas City, a rival
of the Kansas City Board of Trade,
testified in effect that farmers who
dealt with the National board and Its
members likewise were blacklisted by
the Kansas City Board of Trade. Ho
stated also that the rules of the Kan
sas City Board of Trade provided that
any member of that organization deal
ing with members of the National
Board of Trade were liable to suspen
sion. Mr. Beall said that his company
in its existence tiad sold probably half
a million 'bushels of grain, none of
which ho was able to sell in Kansas
City because of these restrictions.
Asked If his company had expe
rienced any trouble from the Kansas
City Board of Trade or from any rail
way in moving its grain outside of
Kansas City, Mr. Beall said:
Embargo on Wheat Shipments.
"Tes, we experienced interruptions
when we attempted an export ship
ment of wheat at New Orleans through
the Illinois Central elevator In that
city. They placed an embargo ot 6Vi
cents a bushel on our shipment for
running the wheat." He had protested
vigorously to the officials of the Illi
nois Central Railway, both at New
Orleans and Chicago, and the charges
were considerably reduced.
Mr. Beall declared that he did not con
sider It safe for his company to put its
grain through any elevator operated by
persons interested in the Kansas City
Board of Trade.
Mr. Beall said that he had been a mem
ber of the Kansas City Board of Trade
up to a year ago.
"Was there at that time," asked John
H. Marble, attorney for the Interstate
Commerce Commission, "any combina
tion In existence to agree upon the price
to be paid by the members of the Kansas
City Board of Trade for wheat?"
Yes." replied Mr. Beall. "Such a com
bination existed in 1904."
Combine to Fl Prices.
Mr. Beall said that the elevator compa
nies in Kansas City were in the com
bination and he named half a dozen lead
ing local grain firms and individual grain
men who were members of It. Among
them, he said, was the Southwestern
Grain Elevator, owned by Armour.
Mr. Beall said that the combine was
formed in the office of one of the promi
nent members of the Kansas City Board
of Trade in April, 1904. He was a party
to It one day and then withdrew because
he did not like the arrangement.
"All the principal elevator men in the
city," Mr. Beall said, "were members of
the combine, which fixed its prices every
morning. Grain generally was bought at
the fixed price, which was fixed arbi
trarily. It was determined upon the
basis of Chicago option, and margin suf
ficient to insure a profit to members of
the combine was agreed to." Mr. Beall
explained that the National Board of
Trade had headquarters In Kansas City.
It had 20i) active members here and about
400 in other cities. It had no exchange
outside of Kansas City.
In reply to a direct question, Mr. Beall
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