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PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8,. 1907.
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CARS FROM
THE STREETS
San Francisco Scene
of Bloody Conflict
With Strikers
ONE DEAD, THIRTEEN HURT
Strikebreakers Defend Them
selves With Shower
of Bullets.
MOB'S FRENZIED PURSUIT
Police Show Sympathy by Ar
resting Guards.
ANOTHER ATTEMPT TODAY
I'nltetl Railroads Accuse Police of
Threat to Shoot Strikebreakers.
Governor Is Xot Ready to
Call Out the Militia.
DEAD AND IXJIRED IN RIOTS.
SAN' FRANCISCO. May 7. Following-
Is a list of the killed and Injured
In the streetcar riots at the Central
Emergency-Hospital:
DEAD:
James Walsh.'
INJURED:
Thrtmas White, lacerated scalp.
Police Officer Harry ipauer, shot
through shoulder.
F. Joy. laceration of cheek.
J. Krohner. shot In shoulder.
William Slattery, contusion of foot
and head.
J. Arena, contusion of knee.
A. C. Jahn. shot in throat.
N. Leieh. shot through chejrt.
N. Granville, laceration of face.
G. A. McXaughton, shot In fore
head. Tom Buchanan, shot in abdomen;
mill die.
C. v. Forrester, contusion of face.
Detective Sergeant Bell, shot In
chest.
A: Falm. shot in neck; may die.
SAN FRANC1SOC. May 7. Rioting by
streetcar strikers and their friends and
repeated fusillades of bullets from strike
breakers today marked the first attempt
to run ears on the United Railroads since
the strike began. The movement of a
freight car from one barn was the signal
for obstruction of the track by a mob and
for a shower of missiles aimed at those
who operated the car. After running only
half a block, the car was taken back to
the bam.
Brickbats and Bullets Fly.
Having thus made a test, the company
at 2:30 P. M. sent a string of seven pas
senger cars out of the Turk and Fill
more street barns, manned by armed
strikebreakers. Their, appearance was the
eignal for renewed rioting. Brickbats,
paving stones and all manner of missiles
were hurled at the cars by a pursuing
. mob of several thousands. One of the
guards on the cars retaliated with a
shot, which hit its mark. The assault on
the cars became more furious and the
guards retaliated with several fusillades,
which caused the death of one man,
wounded one fatally and 13 less seriously.
After running a few blocks, the cars
were returned to the barn and the at
tempt to operate the lines was aban
doned for the day.
Police Action Ineffective.
The police did little to check the law
lessness. They attempted to dissuade the
mob from violence, but only two of them
used force and they did H so effectively
that they cleared the way for the cars
for the time being. The police arrested
13 of the strikebreakers for shooting, but
made no arrests among the mob.
That the many bloody events of today
may be repeated with even more tragtc
results was the fear expressed tonight,
'when It was made known ahat the United
Railroad's programme for Wednesday In
cludes another attempt to resume the
operation of Its system. This attempt,
according to General Manager Mullalley,
will be made some time In the forenoon.
He declined to state at what hour or
. to discuss the company's plans in this
respect.
Police to Shoot Strikebreakers.
Mr. Mullally said that, when attorneys
for the United Railroads visited the Cen
tral Police Station this evening to re
quest the admittance to bail of the strike
breakers under arrest for shooting
strikers and their sympathizers. Chief of
Police Dinan said:
"Tomorrow I shall arm the police with
-lfles. If any strfkebreakera start any
shooting from the cars, they will be shot
In turn by the police."
"I can hardly credit this statement,"
added Mr. Mullally. "but it comes to me
direct and authentically."
Thirteen strikebreakers were arrested.
Three of them were releasd on bail and
the remainder were held awaiting devel
opments. First Death From Shooting.
James Walsh, one of the strike sympa
thizers, who was shot this afternoon
from one of the attacked cars, died at
the Central Emergency Hospital tonight.
No hope Is held out for the recovery of
Tom Buchanan, one of the strikers. He
also is at the Central Emergency Hospi
tal. . A bullet penetrated his abdomen and
punctured the intestines 22 times.
President Calhoun tonight, at his home,
stated that he has in view no appeal to
the Governor for state troops, "That,"
he said, "is not a task for me to per
form." Mr. Calhoun issued a statement to the
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James N. (iillett. Governor of Cali
fornia, who Threatens to lie Mi
litia to Suppress San Francisco
Riots.
people of San Francisco, passing up to
their verdict the merits of the contro
versy in its new and tragic developments
of today.
BRICKBATS MET. BY BILLETS
Howling Mob Pursues Cars and the
Strikebreakers Shoot.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 7. The strike
of the 1700 union motormen and con
ductors of the United Railroads devel
oped this afternoon in a riot In which
more than a score of persons were se
verely, some fatally, wounded, and
otfiers more or less injured. At 2:30
the company made its first attempt to
resume the operation of its system by
sending out seven passenger ,cars
manned by between so and 40 strike
breakers wearing the uniform of car
Inspectors and each carrying a thirty
eight calibre revolver strapped around
his waist outside of his coat. The start
was made from the company's barns at
Turk arid Fillmore streets, wnere a
crowd variously estimated at from 3000
to 3000 men and boys was congregated.
Twenty-seven policemen. Ave mounted
officers and several sergeants under the
command of Captain Moony were on
patrol guard.
First Shot Enrages Mob.
The appearance of the cars in Fill
more street, from which they were
switched into Turk street, was the sig
nal for an immense outburst of jeers
and hoots. Before the cars had gone
one block they were made the targets
of showers of stones and bricks. In
a few moments every pane of glass
had been smashed and several of the
armed operatives had been struck, cut
and bruised.' At Turk and Buchanan
streets an especially, fierce attack was
made on the foremost car. A guard
on the rear' platform answered the
flying stones with a pistol shot. " The
bullet struck one of' the-union sympa
thizers in. the arm. . . ' '"
This " happening transformed the
crowds -into a. wild mob and thencefor
ward for 12 blocks a pitched battle
was fought. " The strikers and their
friends, aided by hundreds of. youth
ful hoodlums, kept .up a running shower
of missies; the guards on. board the
cars responded- with - fusillade after
fusillade of pistol shots.- Eight men
received bullet wounds, some, of . which
will prove fatal, among these'thus In
jured being a detective sergeant and
a patrolman., . . . . , .
Guards Arrested; More Shooting.
Finally a dozen or more of the guards
were taken under arrest by squads of
reserves from the central station and
a union crowd boarded the rear-most
car and started it back to the barn.
Arriving there, the strikers charged
that revolver fire was opened on them
from the barns. In this encounter sev
eral more men were shot. A non-union
man threw the switch at the corner
of Turk and Fillmore and the derailed
car shot into the sidewalk, maiming
two men whose names have not been
learned. In the stampede that followed
scores of women and children on the
outskirts of the mob in Fillmore street
were hurled to -the pavement and
trampled upon.
The appearance of relief squads to
re-enforce Captain Moony's men re
sulted about 4:30 o'clock in the partial
dispersing of the crowds.
A current rumor has it that Superin
tendent Chapman, who spent the fore
noon and eHrly afternoon at the Fill-more-street
barns, was seen about 6
o'clock driving rapidly away on Golden
Gate avenue In an automobile that was
dashed with blood. There is as yet no
confirmation of the rumor that Mr. Chap
man was wounded.
At the Central Emergency Hospital at
Golden Gate avenue and Gough street is
gathered a large crowd of union men
and their friends waiting eagerly for the
messages that drift out from moment to
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T
OF COL
Old Line Democrats in
Open Revolt.
OPPOSED. TO AlS DOCTRINES
Southern Senators in Confer
ence at Washington.
JUDGE GRAY POSSIBILITY
Propose to Put .Ultra-Radicals In a
Party by Themselves and With
Jeffersonian Leader Go Before
Country on State Rights.
WASHINGTON, May 7. (Special.) A
senatorial syndicate having for its object
"the control of the next Democratic Na
tional convention is in process of forma
tion. William J. Bryan might call it a
conspiracy, because It is decidedly anti
Bryan in character, while the work pre
paratory to launching the movement that
Is contemplated has been conducted with
well-guarded secrecy. Something tangi
ble, however. Is likely to transpire in
connection with the movement within a
very few days, when the country will be
let into some of the details.
Mr. Bryan's federalistlc tendencies have
supplied the excuse for positive action,
which conservative leaders of the Demo
cratic party, have long awaited. Recent
ly there have been a good many confer
ences looking to concerted, effective ef
fort. Several Democratic Senators, of
pronounced states rights and old line ten
dencies, have lingered in Washington
since the adjournment of Congress or
have found it convenient to drop in at
the capital on some kind of business..
Now the secret is out. According to
authoritative Information tonight a com
pact organization has been practically
effected already, and the general move
ment throughout the country only awaits
formal statements from some of the
leaders. An initial statement from one
of the most influential minority members
of the Senate may "be 'expected some time
this week.
Want to Sidetrack Bryan.
The frantic desire of the Eastern con
servative Democrats to sidetrack Mr.
Bryan and Bryanism was shown most
forcibly at the recent Jefferson Day din
ner in New York. This open manifesta
tion, however, was less important from
the real political standpoint than the
movement to perfect a thorough working
organization among the party leaders in
Congress, which takes in those from the
South In particular. .
It previously has been explained how
certain Senators planned to start a cam
paign with tthe next session of Congress,
to control the making of the National
WAN
MORE
B RYAN
platform of their party In 1908, regardless
of the personality of the candidate select
ed to head the . ticket. They accepted
Bryan as Inevitable, so far as the nomi
nation was concerned, but they thought
they could guide the party In its declara
tion of principles for the campaign.
- A brief lapse of time has shown-the -in-,
consistency of any scheme, such as has
been . proposed originally. It has become
clear that if Bryan 7 be the nominee he
Will, to all intents and purposes dictate
the, . platform on which he will stand.
Therefore, in spite of the undeniable hold
of Bryan upon the rank and file of the
party, it seems to have been determined
to go in for full control.-'
Gray Favored Candidate.
Some of the plans of the Senatorial syn
dicate are merely tentative, but at this
time the candidate favored for the Presi
dential nomination is' Judge Gray, of Dela
ware. Unless something unforseen hap
pens, it is believed that Judge; Gray will
be the sure-enough conservative Demo
cratic candidate for presentation to the
National convention.
The ultra-radicals will be told to join
Hearst's Independence League, and if the
ultra-conservatives have their full way,
William J. Bryan will be read put of the
party as effectually as he told Democrats
he would drive them from the party if
they did not profess allegiance to the
initiative and referendum doctrine.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather. '
ygt.-wpDA TP "Maximum temperature, 65
decrees; minimum, 48.
TOUATS Fair and warmer; westerl
winds.
San Franclitco Riot.
Attempt to run cars provokes hostilities
and strikebreakers shoot with deadly
effect. Page 1.
Police show favor to strikers and will ar
rest all who carry arms today. Page t.
Governor Gillett will call out militia If
police fall to keep peace. Page 1.
Labor Council moves to settle all strikes.
Page 9.
Foreign. .
Irish Council bill Introduced In Parliament..
Page 2.
Russian Socialists to hold convention In
England. Page 8.
National. ,
German-American tarifT agreement debated
n Reichstag. Page 8
Pol 11 Irs.
Conservative Democrats move to defeat
-Bryan. Page 1.
Domestic.
Hot chase after trainrobbers in Montana.
Page 4.
Judge Beatty replies to Senator Borah's at
tack. Page 3.
H ask in tells of veterans of ante-bellum Con
gress. Page 5.
Factfiie Coast.
Maniac kills six persons in San Francisco.
Page 4.
Miners' Federation lawyer pays last visit
to Boise prisoners. Page 3.
President nends secret service men to
watch Haywood trial. Page 3.
Portland men learn facts about Hood River-
Page 6.
John Riplinger, prominent Seattle politician.
fugitive from Justice. Page 1.
Portland business men given royal welcome
, in Eastern Oregon. Page 1.
Snorts. ..... . -"
0"BrttnBurnf P',Jriw1l aitf place In Los
Angeles ton1 f. Page 7.
Commercif and Marine.
Another decline In hid prices. Page 15.
Chicago wheat market, rervous. Page 15.
No support given stock market. Page 15.
Steamer- Maori King puts Into San Diego
with mutinous passengers. Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Lan forcej plan' to depose Thomas from
chairmanship Z Central Committee,
Page 10. f
Portland Woman's Union closeB year of suc-
cesbful work. Page 12.
Portland apssamcr.t will probably reach
-valuation of $200,000,000. Page 7.
Official canvass shows that Mayor Lane
was renominated by votes of his own
party. Page 10.
Ironworkers and carmen fight battle on
streetcar. Page 10. -Rabbi
Jonah Wise Impugns motives of
Industrial Peace Association. Page 16.
JUST MY SIZE ! "
DAY IS SPENT in
UNION
BusinessMenSeeMuch
of Eastern Oregon.
GOOD SPEECHES ARE HEARD
Splendid Reception Tendered
by Baker City People.
WILL REACH BOISE TODAY
After Seeing Metropolis of the Gem
State, Portland Party 'Will Start
for Home Thursday Greetings T
Are Very Cordial.
BAKER CITT. Or.. May 7. (Special.)
In Union and Baker Counties today the
Portland excursionists received warm
greetings. At Elgin, Imbler, La Grande,
Hot Lake. North Powder, Haines and
Baker City. Tonight's reception in Elks
Hall hy citizens of this growing place
was the best attended and one of the
most satisfactory of the Journey. To
morrow evening the Portland men wljl
reach Boise, when they will depart
toward -home Thursday afternoon.
At tonight's meeting the visitors were
welcomed by Mayor C. A. Johns and City
Attorney Charles F. Hyde. Responses
were marie by T. W. B. London, chairman
of the party, for the day, and assistant
manager of Balfour, Guthrie & Co.; W.
E. Williams, of the Continental Fire In
surance Co.; W. M. Cake and Tom Rich
ardson. The occasion was enlivened by
frequent music of the White Swan brass
band, one of Baker City's objects of
pride.
The visitors had ridden over the city af
ter arrival and beheld its many evidences
of thrift and growth, so that their speak
ers were well loaded with appreciative
sentiments. Then words were uttered
with frequent applause. Their addresses
were the best yet spoken on the trip.
Learn Much In Baker City.
Mayor Johns . acted as leader of the
Baker City residents in becoming style.
He pointed out the foremost position of
Baker City as a shipping point on the O.
R. & X., showed the phenomenal Increase
in value of farm lands and cited that the
banks have J2.O0O.OOO in deposits. He
closed with an appeal for united action
of all sections of the state and Portland.'
Mr. ' Hyde made some trenchant but
ood-natured thrusts at Portland for not
having extended the right hand of fellow
ship in the past as it should have done,
attacked the. railroad for failure to pro
vide adequate facilities and asked Port
land's aid In compelling the railroad to
better conditions.
Mr. Cake responded. ' saying Portland
has put out its right hand often, espe
cially by taxing Itself for a channel to
the sea. Tom Richardson put in an ad
ditional word for Portland, saying- that It
was doing everything it could to promote
the interests of the Northwest country.
He declared improvement of railroad fa
cilities could be obtained in better ways
than by attacking: the railroad. "
All these remarks were uttered in best
of good nature. '
Escorted to Town of Elgin. ,
Shortly before 7 o'clock this morn-V
lng the excursion tral'i rolled into
La Grande, on its way to Elgin, which
is the present terminus of a branch
line of the railroad toward Wallowa.
At La Grande, a reception committee
of the Commercial Club of that city
was at the station despite the early
hour, to welcome the visitors. Th.
committee was invited aboard the
train and rode to Elgin. The commit
tee comprised G. M. Richey, postmaster
of La Grande; J. W. Scriber, F. L.
Myers, J. M. Berry, F. S. Bramwell,
N. K. Davis, Walter M. Pierce, E. W.
Davis and J. C. Henry.
At Elgin the party was escorted to
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Aniens tine Blireil Chief Secretary for
Ireland, Who Proposes First Step
Toward Home Rule.
the Knights of Pythias hall, where It
was welcomed by the Mayor, D. B.
Hendricks, who made a brief and ap
propriate address. The response in
behalf of the visitors was made by
Mr. London. Mr. London presented J.
K. Gill, of Portland, who made an in
viting speech in behalf of Portland,
contrasting the progress of the
present day with the primitive condi
tions of 35 years ago, when he first
visited Grande Ronde Valley.
Great Changes in 35 Years.
"When such wonderful things have
taken place in' the last 35 years," said
he, -"tan anybody foresee wJiat "will
take place tn the next 357" '
Elgin is a large producer of lumber,
and within a short radius are some
17 sawmills. Elgin contains two plan
ing mills, owns Its own water plant,
and is lighted by electricity. It is a
shipping and selling point for the
livestock and products of the Wallowa
country," besides being a trade center
for a large area of Grande Ronde Val
ley, The railroad extension to Joseph,
some 60 miles, has been promised by
Harrlman, and gradlngs have been
made for 40 miles toward Joseph. The
rails out of Elgin have been laid five
miles and men are continually work
ing on rock outs for the road.
Shortly after 9 o'clock the party
started back toward La Grande. A
brief stop was made at Imbler, where
greetings were offered by P. H. Wes
tenskow, L. M. Jensen, Walter String
ham, L. A. Strlngham, W. E. Ander
son Robert Lloyd and Leonard Billings.
A sawmill is building at Imbler for
15,000 feet output a day. Large quan
tities of "potatoes are shipped there.
The town .has -about 200 population,
and contains two merchandise stores.
Visit the . Mormon Temple.
On the return to La Grande the
reception committee of that town led
the party to the Commercial Club.
There Walter M. Pierce made an ad
dress of welcome, to which Mr. Lon
don and F. E. Beach, of Portland, responded.-
The Portland men next were
1ed to the new $40,000 Mormon tem
ple uptown, " the best church In Ore
gon, outside , of . Portland. As they
approached, the Latter Day, Saints
brass band struck up and led into the
temple. " After listening to music of
the band inside the large auditorium
and encoring the musicians, the vis
itors were welcomed by George Stod
dard, Bishop' 6T""the'"La Grande ward,
and W.. S.. Brownell, President of the
Union- intake of the Church of Latter
Day Saints. Responses were delivered
by Mr. London, T. G. Hailey and Sen
ator Fulton.
President Bromwell made a fitting
address and showed the llberalness of
his church by saying that the temple
was open for the use of any religious
body desiring to come to La Grande,
whatever its creed. He remarked that
he and his associates expected to be
loyal to the government of the state,
to help build up La Grande, and to
make Oregon their home as law-abiding
citizens. Further music by the
church choir and male quartette
pleased the visitors so much that they
applauded for. and obtained encores.
Make Stop at Hot Lake.
At the end of the music and speak
ing the visitors gave three loud hur
rahs for La Grande. The Portland
men next inspected a new sawmill of
the George Palmer Lumber Company.
This mill of 125,000 feet capacity in
10 hours is completely modern, and
will soon begin sawing logs, brought
by rail.
After leaving La Grande the party
tarried some 25 minutes at Hot Lake,
when Walter M. Pierce guided the
members through the sanitarium at
that place. At North Powder the cit
izens gave an enthusiastic welcome
with a brass band, and a speech by
Mayor John R. McLaren. Responses
were made by Mr. London and T. T.
Burkhart-
The next stop was at Haines, when
the visitors Were greeted by Mayor
David Wilcox.
The train arrived at Baker . City
shortly before 6 o'clock. j
Hi RIPLINGER
IS SHORT
Prominent Seattle Man
Wanted by Police.
THINK HE IS IN HONDURAS
Recent Nominee for Mayor Is
a Fugitive From Justice.
SPENT THE CITY'S FUNDS
Becomes) Suddenly III After Defeaf
at Polls, Pleads Poverty and Bor
rows 3Ioney With Which to i
Recuperate In California. '
S2D
SEATTLE. May 7. (Special.) John Blp
linger, ex-City Controller and eandldat.
on the Republican ticket a little . more
than a year ago for Mayor. 1 declared to
be an embezzler. In ao far aa the city au
thorities have been able to check up hl
accounts, he was short 19850 when he left
the Controller's office In March, 1906. The
shortage will probaWy reach 20.000.
For several months former associates in
the Controllers office have known some
thing was wrong. For an Indefinite period
Harry W." Carroll, formerly accountant
under Riplinger during most of the eight
years he served as chief clerk and then
Controller, has been certain Riplinger waa
short in his accounts, and has relied Im
plicitly upon a pledge Riplinger has made
by letter and telegram to return to Seat
tle. But today the storm broke when a tele- .
gram came from Los Angeles that Indi
cates Riplinger has gone to Honduras,
where no extradition can reach him. The ,
facts were laid before the County Attor- f
ney, and tonight a warrant was issued,'
and the Sheriff Is telegraphing to all Im'
portant American cities and to ; foreign
ConsulB in South America the description
of the . man whom his friends referred
to here for years as "Old John Riplinger,
as honest as the day is long.' ( . .
Faint Hope of His Arrest. .
Riplinger is supposed to have gone from
Los Angeles April 1 to accept a position
as foreman of a banana ranch In Hon- -duras.
Though there is no extradition
treaty with that country. County Attorney
Mackintosh has a faint hope that the
fact that Nicaragua is now in control of
that country will allow him to have Rip
linger returned.
Mackintosh was one of Ripllnger's ;
strongest supporters a year ago, but to-:
night he had to wire the State Depart- j
ment to know whether an extradition I
drawn upon Nicaragua would be honored -by
the Nicaraguan military officials in I
Honduras. And Sheriff Smith, who al-1
lowed Riplinger to use his name and his j
office a year ago in his political fight, had
to sign a telegram asking the police of!
every important American city and Hon-;
durian consuls to capture Riplinger.
Nicholas Riplinger, a brother, formerly
employed in county offices here. . is sup-!
posed to be with the former Comptroller, j
The . embezzlement scheme of Pipilneri
was simple. The practice in local street!
improvement districts here has Deen hri I
a contractor has practically completed j
his work, to turn over to htm the enUre j
series of local Improvement bonds, ac-'
cepting his certified check in a sum suf-I
ficient to protect the city against any loss. '
These checks are held by the Comptroller '
and the money is paid back when the ;
work is Anally accepted. f
Converted Checks Into Cash.
Riplinger forgot to pay back an amjunt j
now believed to be approximately $20,1V;.
and known to be at least 18350. jUrrat & i
Goetz. contractors on what was kr.nwn
as the Renton Hill Job, involving nearly
$050,000, were tied up in payments on a
final $4500 by a tight made in court, by
some of the property-owners. Thsy took
the bond issue, but gave a certified check
for. the $4600. The day before Riplinger
left office he converted this Into money
and this is the specific charge on which
a- warrant was Issued tonight for his ar
rest.
The . Mayoralty election caused what
amounted almost to a mental collapse tn
Ripllnger's case. Possibly the worry over
his financial condition caused It. but
when Riplinger turned over his office a
year ago he was a wreck. He pleaded to
friends a need of rest and a claim that
he waa penniless. A big merchant here
advanced him $500 and told him to go to
California. It developed tonight that
after this money was received Riplinger
was seen at a bank stowing away funds
he had on deposit there, presumably the
last $4500 taken. -
Trip to California a Mystery.
There has been & mystery about Riplin
ger since he left here a year ago. He was
supposed for a time to have been in a
California sanitarium, then he was re
ported in the mountains of Mexico. Ha
was in that country prospecting for a
time, but broke his leg and returned to
Los Angeles. Then he fled presumably .
to Honduras. Frequent letters recently .
told of his impending return and about a
month ago he wrote to a friend asking
what chance he 'had if he sought a
Mayoralty election next year. He dis
appeared before an answer could be re
turned.
None of his friends can account for Rip
llnger's manner of spending the shortage.
He unquestionably spent thousands upon
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