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PORTLAND, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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CULL ALL
UNION
MEN DMT TODAY
Board Members Meet
in Chicago.
SMALL GIVES HIS CONSENT
Order Would Include 25,000
Operators in America.
FEW KEYS STILL CLICKING
Press Associations Operating Trunk
Wires In the East Railroad
Telegraphers Must Accept
Messages Offered Them.
STRIKE SITUATION.
Executive board Telegraphers
Union expected to call out all opera
tors today.
Associated Press wires ar working
out of New York and Chicago, but
communication to Pacific Coast Is
obtained only at brief Intervals.
Telegraph companies and strikers
both optimistic as to results.
Commissioner Nelll expected to
confer with executive officers of
union today regarding proposals for
settlement.
Secretary Quick, of Railway Tele
graphers, issues Important order to
organization.
CHICAGO. Aug. 13. Wesley Russell,
secretary of the Commercial Telegraphers'
Union, said today:
"All members of the executive board
have arrived here with the exception of
President Small who wired his sanction
to any step we might take in the direction
of calling a general strike. The executive
board is considering the question. In my
opinion, by night the 25,000 operators In
the United States and Canada who be
long to the union will be called out."
Union men are assuring the strikers
who crowd headquarters that if they re
, main out the companies will be forced to
meet their demands. Although the funds
of the union are Insufficient to finance a
protracted strike, the operators are de
pending on assistance from allied unions.
COMPANIES ARE OPTIMISTIC
Declare It Is Only Matter of Re
storing Normal Conditions.
NEW YORK. Aug. 13. "It Is now not
so much a matter of restoring communi
cation as it is of re-establishing normal
conditions."
This statement made tonight by of
ficials of the Postal and the Western
Union indicates an optimistic outlook on
the part of the companies. The strikers
likewise express satisfaction at additional
walkouts today, foreseeing ultimate vic
tory therefrom.
The Western Union and Postal officials
say they are handling business rapidly.
The Associated Press opened Its cir
cuits south and west and to New Eng
land on time with a full force of oper
ators.
PRESS CIRCUITS ARE OPENED
Trunk Lines Working Out of Chi
cago Western Service Crippled.
CHICAGO, Aug. 13. The Associated
Press opened its main circuits east.
south and north from Chicago this morn.
Ing. Circuits westward to Kansas City
and the Pacific Coast have been set up,
the cities on these circuits being served
over regular commercial wires.
HOLD O. R. T. TO AGREEMENT
Railway Men Must Handle All
Business That Is Offered Them.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Aug. 13. Dis
trict Superintendent F. H. Lamb, of the
Western Union, is authority for the
statement that he is in possession of
unquestionable Information to the ef
feet that Secretary L. c. Quick, of the
Organization of Railway Telegraphers.
has sent from St. Louis a notice to
all members of that organization that
they must strictly obey the mandates
of their agreement with the railroad
company and handle all business offered.
western Union or otherwise. Secre
tary Quick, according to Mr. Lamb,, has
also advised the members of his or
ganization that the telegram printed
yesterday morning and purporting to
have been signed by him, directing
railroad operators to refuse Western
Union business, is a fake.
The striking telegraphers held i
meeting this morning which was at
tended by Weern Union, Postal and
Associated Pr & men. About 50 were
present, including a dozen women. The
presiding officer stated that out of ap
proximately 103 men out in this city,
there had not been a single desertion.
He also stated that several attempts
had been made by detectives or others
to embroil several of the union men
in quarrels in the street for the pur
pose of casting discredit upon the or
ganization, buuthat they had failed in
their purposes.
It was reported that ten of the strik
ing telegraphers had secured other em
ployment and that about 15 or 20
. others would be at work by tonight.
The sentiment of the meeting was in
favor of carrying forward the strike
to a conclusion, and there would be no
thought cf giving in on the slightest
particular to the demands. The re
marks of the chairman and others
along this line were heartily cheered.
Following Is the text of today s tele
gram from Secretary Quick:
To Members of the Order of Railway
Telegraphers: I am Informed that message
purporting to be signed bv me is being sent
over railroad wires instructing railway tele
graphers to refuse to handle Western union
business. That message Is a fake. Pay no
attention to any message of that character.
You are requested strictly to observe your
agreement with the railroad companies.
You should perform the same duties now
that you did before the Commercial tele
graphers' strike occurred, nothing more
and nothing less. Telegraphers at Junction
points are requested to furnish a copy of
this to other Unes.
Western Union officials in this city
today received the following message
from the general superintendent at
San Francisco regarding conditions in
the East:
About SO oer cent of our force in New
Tork went out and we have an ample force
today to move business without delay. Less
than 25 per cent of the men are out at
9 - :
Attorney-General William T. Thomp
son, of Nebraska. Who Is Anxious
to Proceed Against What He CaUs
National Lumber Trust.
Philadelphia. Baltimore, Washington. Pitts
burg and Buffalo. We are in good shape at
all of these points.
POSTAL MEN JOIN STRIKERS
Iieave Keys In San Francisco.
Western Union in Good Shape.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13. The main
development in the telegraph strike here
today was the walkout of the operators
in the Postal office, in line of their an
nouncement that they would go out at 5
o'clock this evening. The men quit their
keys when that hour arrived. There
were no demonstrations. The operators
walked quietly out in the main office.
Including operators at the branch offices,
about 50 walked out.
In speaking of the situation. General
Superintendent Storrer said:
"The strike is entirely sympathetic. We
will be able to handle everything that
comes along with some delay. We have
as many men at work tonight as we do
ordinarily."
District Superintendent May and Man
ager O'Brien, of the Western Union, re
ported business in very good shape, and
there is not much delay.
STRIKERS ALL " DISCHARGED
A. P. Operators Who Struck Let Out
by Manager Stone.
NEW YORK, Aug. 12. The teleg
raphers' strike tonight spread to the
operators of the Associated Press. It
is distinct from the other strikes, as
the Associated Press controls its own
leased wires, and the operators are in
the direct employ of the news organi
zation. In the New York offices the
strike was not attended by any dem
onstrations. In the smaller cities,
where the Associated Press operators
are the medium through which the
press reports are transmitted to the
newspapers, there was a cessation of
work, although in some instance the
men remained loyal and continued to
serve the papers. General Manager
Stone remained at his desk throughout
the night, receiving reports and ar
ranging for the uninterrupted continu
ance of the news service to the papers
of the country. One of his first mes
sages was one of recognition of the
devotion of those who had remained
loyal and were carrying forward the
work. Another message directed that
all men who had struck be paid off
and their services terminated officially.
The report toward midnight showed a
fair volume of service to the great cen
tors. The New England circuit was
practically unaffected.
MEET TO TALK ARBITRATION
Xeill, Easley and Russell In Con
sultation In Chicago.
CHICAGO, Aug. 13. (Delayed in tran
sit.) United States Labor Commissioner
Neill. Ralph M. Easley, chairman of the
executive council of the National Civic
Federation, and National Secretary Rus7
sell, of the Commercial Telegraphers'
Union of America, had a conference to
night and endeavored to learn If arbitra
tion of the strike of the commercial and
news telegraphers was possible. Noth
ing definite, however, was accomplished.
EMPLOYERS ARE OPTIMISTIC
Say Matters Are Assuming Normal
Conditions.
NEW YORK, Aug. 13. It Is now not so
much a matter of restoring communica
tion as It is of re-establishing normal
conditions. This statement was made to
night by officials of the Postal and West
ern Union, which Indicates an optimistlo
outlook of the companies. The strikers,
however, expect ultimate victory.
No Delay at Astoria.
ASTORIA, Aug. 13. (Special.) Two
operators from the Western Union of
fice and one from the Postal, office in
this city have struck, but the business
Is being handled with slight delay by
the managers of the respective offices.
Full Force In Quaker City.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa., Aug. 13. West
ern Union officials say practically the
full force of operators is working. The
Postal is still hampered, but it reports
conditions improved.
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Six Hours to Complete
Glass Panel.
SECOND TRIAL FOR BRIBERY
Judge Lawlor Urges- Rapidity
in Examination. , i
ONLY 16 MEN ARE PASSED
Prosecution Fails to Use One Per
emptory Challenge Last Six
Jurors Chosen From Seven Men.
' Quartered at Falrmount.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13. All speed
records in the bribery graft proceedings
were broken today when a jury was com
pleted within six hours for the second
trial of Vice-President and General Man
ager Louis Glass, of the Pacific States
Telephone Company, charged , with the
bribery of Supervisor Thomas F. Lon
ergan. In all only 28 talesmen were examined.
The prosecution did not exercise one of
its five peremptory challenges and the
defense used only six of its 10. The Jury
is as follows:
Who the Jurors Are.
Johnson Elliott, retail grocer; John B.
Knude, president of a bakery corpora
tion; Richard M. Collins, hay and grain
dealer; Niles C. Mortensen, contractor;
James Galley, carpenter; James Glass
ford, wholesale grocer; Frank W. Brown,
longshoreman; George W. Payton,
bicycle repairer; Joseph C. Queen, adver
tising agent; Dr. Phillip H. Flood, retired
physician; Edward W. Strange, jeweler;
Franklin Riffle, hardware clerk.
Judge Lawlor insisted upon due rapidity
in the examination of talesmen, and he
several times rebuked, counsel for useless
repetition of questions. The Jury, box was
filled twice during the day with talesmen
passed by both sides for cause. The Blx
jurors last chosen were selected from a
total of seven, and the one rejected man
was permitted to leave the box on his
own request because of urgent business
demands upon his time.
Housed at Falrmount Hotel.
Immediately upon the completion of the
jury, shortly before 5 o'clock, they were
ordered into the custody of two Deputy
Sheriffs and taken to the Falrmount
Hotel, where 14 rooms had been reserved
for them and their guards, and where
they will remain over nights until the
trial is concluded, unless in the mean
time the Supreme Court intervenes by
granting the defense a writ oi permanent
prohibition on the ground that the Oliver
grand Jury Is an illegal body and that
therefore the indictments by it returned
are void.
WOMAN'S NEAT REVENGE
British Masher Gets a Lemon After
Trying to Win a Peach.
NEW YORK, Aug. 7. There was one
SECURING
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A FEW REFLECTIONS ON A CERTAIN MOMENTOUS EVENT
t I LOuC, PfsT 1 JmM&.
-rue ,TrrK
disgruntled Briton In the first cabin of
the Cunard liner Carmania when it
steamed .into" port today, for, while his
sense of humor from an American stand
point is not over-great, he has been
taught that the United States vernacular
is most expressive.
When the Carmania left Liverpool the
Englishman began to make himself ob
noxious to women passengers. He was
soon classified as a "transcontinental
masher" and shunned by all.
' Mrs. H. O. Jackson, of Norfolk, Va.,
returning to' this country with her hus
band, was made a special object of his
attention.
Mr. Jackson wanted to thrash him for
annoying his wife, but Mrs. Jackson had
a better plan. When the boat arrived off
Sandy Hook Mrs. Jackson beckoned to
the Briton, and, bowing, said:
"Please accept this little souvenir as a
token of my Aegard ary.oor attention on
the voyage." j r-
The Englishman smiled and put out his
hand to receive Mrs. Jackson's gift a
lemon.
A hundred passengers who had grouped
themselves around the parties howled
with Joy.
Then the Import of the hint struck the
"masher." Ha rushed to his stateroom
and did not appear again until it was
time to leave the ship at her plw
ISLAilfiTlflTO SEII
LAYSAN, OF HAWAIIAN GROCP,
.CANNOT BE FOUND.
Sunk by Earthquake Was Inhabit
ed by Max Schlemmer and' i7!-s
ily and Japanese.
HONOLULU, Aug. 13. The schooner
Luke C' Olsen returned today from a voy
age to Laysan Island, one of a small
group northwest of Hawaii. Her captain
reports that though he cruised for 13 days
In the locality, he was unable to find
Laysan. It is apprehended that the Island
has been sunk by a seismic disturbance.
The Island of Laysan was inhabited by
Max Schlemmer and his family and a
number of Japanese laborers. The United
States Government tug Iroquois, which is
returning from Midway Island, will
search for the missing island.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 81
decrees; minimum, .55 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; northerly winds.
Telegraphers' Strike. 1
Executive officers Telegraphers' Union ex
pected to issue general strike order to
day. Page 1.
Secretary Quick Issues order to railway tele
graphers to accept all messages offered.
Page 1.
Postal men quit keys In San Francisco.
Page 1.
National.
BecretRry Taft will visit Portland on way
to Philippines. Page 1.
Dcxnestic
Nebraska's Attorney-General wants to probe
alleged lumber trust. Page 3.
Pacific Coast.
Boilermakers win their strike, and men
will be taken back. Page 3.
Japanese Bpy taken to Mare Island Navy-
Tard. Page 2.
Jury to try Louis Glass is secured In six
hours. Page 1.
Result of primaries in 6an Francisco in
doubt. Page 8.
Inhabited island of Hawaiian group drops
in sea- Page 1.
Commercial and Marine.
Telegraphers' strike Interferes with ship
ping. Page 13.
Effect of strike on local trading. Page 3.
Oregon hops promise to be of fine quality.
Page 13.
Sharp recovery In New Tork stock market.
Page 13.
Wheat advances at Chicago on subsidence
of selling. Page 13.
Portland and Vicinity.
Telegraphers' strike shows no prospect of
speedy settlement; will be finish fight.
Page 1.
City Improvement bonds sell at good pre
mium. Page 8.
Chamber of Commerce expects Harrtman to
visit Portland this week. Page 8.
Beavers defeated by Seals In last Inning,
2 to 8. Page 12.
Beldlng ordinance cornea up In council to
day. Page 9.
MORE
HARDSHIP
FOR LUMBERMEN
Increase in Loading
Requirements.
MEANS ADVANCE IN RATES
Lumber Must Be Shipped
Around the Horn.
$250,000 FOR DEFENSE
Lumber and Shingle Associations
Are Uniting to Fight Advance
in Rates and Will Make Dou
' ble Battle With New Order.
SEATTLE. Aug. 13. (Special.) Lum
bermen were notified today that the Cen
tral Freight Association, controlling
traffic east of Chicago, has advanced the
minimum loading requirements on lum
ber and shingles from 4000 to 6000 a car,
mo advance aepenaing upon the car
lengths. jno consideration is given to
the fact that cars are loaded now to
their fu. visible capacity.
The effect is a shafp advance In rates
and will drive Pacific Coast lumber and
shingles out of the territory cast of Chi
cago unless they are handled by the
Isthmian route or around the Horn.
Several months ago certain Eastern
lines attempted to advance rates 2 to 5
oents a hundred pounds, but the advance
was withdrawn. A later order was even
more drastic. Lumber and shingle asso
ciations on tile entire Coast are prepar
ing to fight the proposed increase in
rates from Pacific Coast points, and
steps were taken today to make a fight
against the new minimum loading rules,
coincident with the struggle against the
Western lines.
Aside from the California Redwood As
sociation, which is not yet pledged to
rpne a defense fund, the lumbermen of
theCoast have in sight a $250,000 oefense
fund, sufficient to take up the fcontest
against the new loading rules, as Well as
the rate contest. The claim is rriade by
lumbermen that shipments are made by
joint rate and that the Central Bureau
cannot apply the new loading rules at
Chicago, where the local tariff Is applied
JEROME GETS CONFESSION
Breaks Vp Murderous Secret Society
In New York.
NEW YORK. Aug. 13. District Attorney
Jerome has announced the arrest of the
ringleaders of the Hunchaklst secret so
ciety and obtained confessions therefrom
which will end that organization. Detec
tives have secured much evidence of re
volting murders that were committed by
men connected with the society.
CJ-EARS MURDER MYSTERY
Ter St. Leger Goold Confesses to
Recent Crime at Monte Carlo.
MARSEILLES. Aug. 13. Ver St. Leger
Goold, in whose trunk was found the dis
membered bedy of Emma Levin, a
wealthy Swede, today confessed that he
had murdered the woman during a quar
rel at Monte Carlo. Mrs. Goold con
firmed the confession. Goold comes from
aristocratic English lineage and is
wealthy.
More Troops at Casa Blanca.
TANGIER. Auar. 13. Additional
troops arrived at Casa Blanca today.
Three hundred Spanish troops sailed
frftm PoHl t .. Coco "Hlunnn Thp Rnjn.
ish cruiser. Rio de la Plata, has reached
iasa Blanca, wnere sanitary cuuunuika
nave been greatly improvea.
Riding Across Africa in Auto.
BERLIN. Aug. 13. Dispatches from
Dar Es Salaam, German East Africa,
state that Lieutenant Graetz. of the Prus
sian army, started from there Saturday
on an attempt to cross Africa in an auto
mobile. He purposes to ride through
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Ixiuls nlasft, Alleged Brllie-Glvlns;
Telephone Official for Whose
Second Trial a Jury Was Secured
In six Hours Yesterday.
German East Africa, British Central Af
rica, Rhodesia and German Southwest Af
rica, to Swakophamund. occupying about
six weeks on the Jonrney, If all goes well.
He has a specially built -45-horse-power
car, with immensely heavy wheels, four
feet m diameter, with massive tires.
SEATTLE CARPENTER ENRAGED
OVER DIVORCE CASE.
Fatally Wounds Woman and Com
mits Suicide at Family Resi
dence in Presence of Children.
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 13. (Special.)
Angered at the fact that his wife had
recently secured a divorce and refused to
live with him, Alexander J. McKenzie, a
carpenter, this morning shot and fatally
wounded the woman, Mrs. -Anna McKen
zie, and then fired two bullets into his
own brain, dying instantly.
The tragedy occurred at the family resi
dence, 919 Jackson street, and was wit
nessed by several of the children, one of
whom. Alma McKenzie, was hit on the
head and knocked down by the enraged
father, while she - was trying to defend
her mother. In a search of the dead
man's clothes this afternoon a note was
found, written on the back of a business
card, which reads:
"Miss Alma McKenzie: You will find
my clothes at the Wall-street house. If
you want them, write Dunk and John,
my brothers. You (illegible). The Insur
ance money, as I told you. get It.
"A M'KENZIE."
CHIEF DINAN GAINS POINT
San Francisco Accused Policeman
Favored by Conrt.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13. The Ap
pellate Court today granted the petition
of Chief of Police Dinan for a writ of
mandate preventing the Superior Court
from hearing an accusation w-hich, it
was alleged, would be filed, seeking to
remove him from office.
Dlnan Is already under Indictment on a
charge of perjury, alleged to have been
committed when testifying before the
grand Jury. In the decision the court
upholds the city charter and says It taes
precedence over the state statutes. It
Is held the charter provides for the way
In which th Chief of Police may be dis
missed, and that he can be dismissed In
no other manner except on trial by the
Board of Police Commissioners.
MAY GO TO OTHER ROAD
Southern Pacific Officials Resign
at San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13. When Ras
tus Young, general auditor of the Har
riman lines, arrived here today it became
known that R. A. Barker, car account
ant In the employ of the Southern Pa
cific for the last 18 years, has Just ten
dered his resignation.
Barker's resignation takes effect Octo
ber 31. Although no longer In office, he
is still on the payroll, according to Au
ditor Seger.
The resignation of Mr. Barker, follow
ing so quickly that of Superintendent
Jones from the Sacramento division,
causes much speculation as to whether
they are going to Join the Western Pa
cific at a higher salary.
TAFT CALLS ON PRESIDENT
Will Visit Portland Before Going
to Philippines.
NEW YORK. Aug. 13. Secretary. Taft
went to Oyster Bay today and visited
President Roosevelt for the last time be
fore his three months' trip to the Philip
pines. Secretaries Root and Meyer also
visited the President.
Mr. Taft says he expects to be at
Yellowstone Park from September 1 to 3,
going thence to Portland, Seattle and Ta
coma. He sails for the Philippines on
September 10.
LITRE HOPE FOR
EARLY AGREEMENT
Telegraphers' Strike a
Finish Fight.
NO CONCESSIONS TO BE MADE
Men Who Walked Out Will Not
Be Re-empIoyed6
STONE SETS THE PACE
Head of Associated Press Sends Out
Order Discharging 4 00 Oper- ''
ators Who Struck Coast
Service Little Crippled.
NO HELP FROM RAILWAY TELE
GRAPHERS. National Secretary Quick, of the
Order of Railway Telegraphers, de
nounces as a forgery telegram Is
sued Monday advising all railroad
operators not to handle Western
Union business. In a telegram sent
out yesterday be advises all rail
way telegraphers to strictly observe
their agreement with the railroad
companies.
Notwithstanding Quick's refutation
ofs the fake telegram, local strike
leaders say Order of Railway Tele
graphers will be ordered out within
48 hours.
Western Union and Postal offices
In ' Portland yesterday handled prac
tically all Coast business. Commu
nication with Eastern points con
tinues seriously disturbed.
Indications are that the commercial
telegraphers' strike will be a long and
bitter struggle. Though the directing of
ficials of the different Interests involved,
the Associated Press and the Western
Union and Postal Telegraph companies,
are cut off from Portland by reason of
the strike and cannot be communicated
with by wire, the Impression here is that
the battle will be prolonged. This opin
ion Is shared here by S. B. Vincent, in
charge of the Associated Press In the Pa
cific Northwest, William Dumars, local
manager of the Western Union, and John
Annand, local manager of the Postal.
That the strike will be a fight to a
finish on the part of the Associated Presa
Is Indicated by the action of General
Manager Melville Stone, who yesterday
sent out orders from the New Tork head
quarters directing the Immediate discharge
of the 400 press wire operators who walked
out Monday afternoon. This Is taken to
mean that the officials of the Associated
Press have resolved not to treat with the
striking employes and will never reinstate
them.
Will Give Xo Quarter.
The fact that both the Western Union
and the Postal Telegraph companies have
taken no steps to settle the grievances
of their employes who walked out Is con
strued to mean that those companies in
tend to follow a similar course. Had
these companies expected to accede to
the requests of the operators, it is argued
that concessions would have been made
promptly, in view of the fact that a
continuance of the disturbed conditions
now existing means the loss of thousands
of dollars' worth of business dally to
each company. Confirmation of these
theories from the men higher up cannot
be had. but the general opinion here. In
view of the attitude that has been taken
by the different Interests involved, war
rants the conclusion that no quarter will
be given by the employers.
The great hope of the striking commer
cial telegraphers has been that, should it
become necessary, the Order of Railway
Telegraphers would go out on a sympa
thetic strike, thereby completely tying"
up the railroads of the country. But this
hope has gone a glimmering, evidently,
since Secretary Quick, of the Order of
Railway Telegraphers, In a message sent
out yesterday, repudiated what purported
to be a telegram from him in which he
had Instructed all railway telegraphers to
refuse to handle Western Union business.
Says It Was a Fake.
Mr. Quick says the previous message
was a fake and has advised all railway
telegraphers to keep to the letter of their
agreement with the railroad companies.
While this is a serious blow to the com
mercial telegraphers' cause, they feel con
fident they will yet win their strike and
are fortifying themselves for the contest,
whether It Is to be long or short.
Both the Western Union and the Postal
offices In Portland reported fairly satis
factory conditions in their offices yester
day. Communication with Pacific Coast
points, while impaired, was sufficient for
the handling of all urgent commercial
business that was offered. At the West
ern Union office eight operators were at
work last night, while half that number
of instruments were clicking away at the
Postal. Manager Annand, of the latter
company, reported that all business In
his office with Pacific Coast points was
not to exceed 90 minutes behind.
Plead With "Loyal 5Ien.
In a final effort to reach the nonunion
operators who are working In the two
Portland offices, the striking telegraphers
yesterday resorted to the use of telegraph,
instruments in this city, and in this In-
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