PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VOL.. XLVI 'Q- 14,568.
STRIKERS READY
TO
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Small and His Follow
ers Change Front.
CM MS
v 60MPERS MAKES AN OFFER
Arbitration Board May
Effect a Meeting.
Yet
FEW MORE LEAVE THE KEYS
Official General Order Makes No
Material Change In Situation.
The Associated Press Service
i Shows Some Improvement.
CHICAGO, Aug. IS. Despite the
Issuance of the general strike order
by President Small last night, the
Situation in this city was not materi
ally changed today. AH of the men
who were disposed to strike were al
ready out. It was believed by the of
ficials of the union that the order
would paralyze a number of broker
age and commission houses, but no
additional strikes were" reported. Both
the Postal and Western Union In
creased forces on the board late yes
terday and again today. They both
reported the situation as steadily im
proving and occasional applications
from tho strikers for their old posi
tions, i
The Improvement In the Associated
Press service was marked after that
cf yesterday. A number of towns on
the West, North and South circuits,
which did riot report yesterday, were
receiving: a full report today, and the
Tolume of news handled was much
greater than at any time since the
walkout on Monday night.
Change Front on Compromise,
The officials of the Telegraphers'
Union late today changed front on
the proposition to arbitrate and an
nounced that they would accept the
offices of the general board of arbi
trators of the American Federation of
Labor in settling their differences
with the companies. This board con
sists of John Mitchell, of the Mine
Workers; Daniel J. Keefe, of the Long
pnoremen, and President Samuel Gom
pers. Gompers made the above an
nouncement. Starve Rather Than Give In.
Officials of the strikers here .say their
men will starve In the gutter before they
would yield to the terms of the com
panies. Some of the newspapers working
with leased wires today refused to sign
the closed shop agreement demanded by
the union, and threats were made to
pull out these wires, but this has not yet
been done. Chicago papers, by resorting
to long-distance telephone and leased
wires, are gradually building up a prac
tically complete news service. The oper
ators of the long-distance telephone com
pany secured their demands and danger
of a strike in this highly important ser
vice has been averted. The leased wire
operators for the Board of Trade firms,
for stock-yard companies and other big
concerns, have refused to strike.
The Associated Press has secured many
of its old operators and Is In a much
stronger position today than at any time
since the strike began on Monday.
Russell's Word to Strikers.
International Secretary-Treasurer Wes
ley Russell Issued the following notice to
officers and members of all local unions
throughout the country:
Preserve order in your cities. Obey the
law. Be governed by your -local officers,
who will receive instructions from President
Small and his deputies. Don't listen to dis
senters. They will be paid to come among
you with false statements. Don't forget
that we can only break this strike ourselves.
' Pay no attention to newspaper stories. We
will Issue official bulletins each day. Re
member, many newspapers are anxious to
break this strike because they are crippled,
so be prepared for fake reports of stam
pedes. Small's general order does not seem
to have brought out an appreciable num
ber of additional men. In the East it is
said the order was practically ignored.
Both Postal and Western Union Com
panies are receiving messages and claim
to have clear wires to all points. Furious
storms of last night threw down many
wires.
SEATTLE WIRES ARE CLEARED
Business Handled With Little Diffi
culty Boise Operator Assaulted.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. 16, (Special.)
Superintendent R. T. Reld, of the .West
ern Union, tonight -went to Belllngham to
appoint Edward Parland, of Dallas, Tex.
manager of the Belllngham office, to suc
ceed Manager Tucker, who went out with
the strikers.
Reports to Reid from Boise say Opera
tor Barnard, followed by three strikers
and Tom Powell, an ex-operator for the
Western Union, tried to take refuge In
the Police Station but was overtaken and
assaulted In the vestibule of the Station.
Barnard refused to prosecute his assail
ants and quit.
The Postal Company says business has
fallen off more than 50 per cent, but that
with seven day dperators In the place Of
42. Uiey. axa Jand,llng ail h fcualaes
accepted. Both offices say less than half
the usual volume of business Is now of
fered, but both companies- claim to be
keeping up fairly well, especially to Pa
cific Coast points.
Superintendent Reld. of the Western
TTnirtn nnvR tronMe on the Coast lines IS
In Cow Creek Canyon. Oregon, where
railroad operators open the circuits. Reld
has Pinkertons out patrolling all railroad
lines in special engines to locate breaks
in the Northwest. He said tonight he
r.m.A..ta raUrna nnerAtOrS Willi
prevent reopening of lines by grounding
the wires.
FEW RESPOND TO LAST CALL
Men Who Wanted to Strike Did so
Before Small's Official Order.
NEW YORK, Aug. 16. Interest in the
telegraphers' strike centered today in the
probable effect of the general strike order
Issued by President Small, of the Na
tional union, and which called upon oper
ators employed by the commercial tele
graph companies and those working pri
vate and leased wires, not under union
contracts, to go out. Throughout the East
there were few, if any, responses to the
call. This was explained on the ground
that all operators who would strike had
already quit work, and here the strike or
der was given Importance only as for
warding official sanction of the action al
ready taken by the strikers, without the
previous approval or consent of the Na
tional officers.
IXVEXTOR CLAIMS ABILITY TO
DO AVITHOL'T OPERATORS.
Sends Messages Direct From Type
writer and Receives Automatic
ally Printed Copy.
CARSON. Nev.. Aug. 16. W. H. Valen
tine, the inventor of a machine to send
telegraph messages without the use of an
expert operator, left here this evening.
He came down from Lake Tahoe several
days ago, and met a man named. Foss at
the Arlington House, who came here from
Chicago. The two were closeted together
several days, and it Is known that when
he left he had authority to deal with one
of the big telegraph companies for the ex
clusive rights of the machine.
There was no exhibition of the machine
here, but It is known that Valentine rep
resents the same machine that was exhib
ited in Los Angeles a few weeks .ago. It
sends messages actuated by a typewriter
and receives them by printing them auto
matically on a sheet of paper, so that the
message looks like ordinary typewriting.
No operator is required at the receiving
end, and the message sent is duplicated
on the sending machine.
Mr. valentine admitted that the. com
pany was about to establish stations In
Nevada, as the service could be made
with or without wires. He declined to
discuss the rumored deal with the tele
graph companies, but It is understood that
negotiations have been going on with the
telegraph people to put the machine In
operation and thus do away entirely with
skilled labor, that future strikes may be
avoKied.
DOES NOT BOTHER BANKS
Plenty of Money to Take Care of
Season's Crops.
SPOKANE, Aug. . 16. (Special.)
Although some complaint' Is made by
banks in other cities of the Northwest of
losses incurred by the strike, the banks
of Spokane have made little complaint.
President W. D. Vincent of the Washing
ton State Bankers' Association said to
day that his institution, the Old National,
was taking care of Its customers as usual,
that currency to handle the crops was
coming daily from other centers and he
was of opinion that all Spokane banks
were similarly prepared to take care of
the largest and most profitable crop In
Eastern Washington's history.
WHEAT WEAKER AT CHICAGO
Wall-Street News Affects Board of
Trade Business,
CHICAGO. Aug. 16. Selling because
of the break in Wall street caused the
local wheat market to c1oa wealc to
day. The September delivery being off:
H at 85 Vs. Corn was a shade higher,
September closing at 45$&. Septem
ber pork closed down 22 at 15.82;
lard was down 2 at 8.90; ribs, 5c
lower.
BROKERS' AVIRES ARE SILENT
In St. Louis 85 Operators Are Called
Out by President of Union.
ST. LOUIS. Aug. 16. About 85 oper
ators working on private wires In broker
age offices were called out this afternoon
by President A. L. Ewin, of the local
union of Commercial Telegraphers. As
soon as the operators were notified, they
closed their wires and quit.'
BUILD NO FLEET FOR EAST
Earllng Denies His Company AA'llI
Operate Line to Orient.
MILWAUKEE, Wis.. Aug. 16. President
A. J. Earllng. back from a rough, thor
ough trip over the new line of the Mil
waukee Railroad from Milwaukee to the
Pacific Coast, repeated his declaration
that the Milwaukee trains would be run
ning to the Pacific In 1911, early in the
Spring. To Butte in the Spring of 1908 and
to the Pacific a year later he said was
certain, as there could hardly be a dif
ficulty in the way which could not now
be overcome. He says that there are
many thousands of men at work along
the line, but as to the report of a steam
ship line to the Orient he had this to say:
"There Is no truth to the report from
Seattle that I had given out details about
the building of a fleet to connect with
our line and the Orient. There is nothing
to it. There is also no truth In the story
that we are to extend a line into Cana
dian territory."
Record Baseball Game.
CEDAR RAPIDS. Ia., Aug. 16. Local
baseball records were broken yesterday
when Cedar Rapids won over Peoria In
lha el&bteeAtb. Inning, jttl, .-'
HEWEY OBJECTS;
THEN LIVELY ROW
Name of Ruef Again
Starts Quarrel.
FIREWORKS IN GLASS TRIAL
Immunity for Curly Boss Sore
Spot With Prosecutor.,
DELMAS DRAGS IT OUT
Phillips on AVltness Stand Max
Mamloch Admits He Gave Testi
mony Under Promise That He
AVould Escape Punishment.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 16. A lively
tilt occurred between Heney and Del-
mas during the cross-examination of
Phillips by the latter.
"Were you itiven to understand."
asked Deimas, "that the immunity con
tract under which you are now testi
fying included Abraham Ruef?"
Hency objected vigorously, declaring
that this was an effort to inject a for
eign matter. Deimas replied that in
the former trial of Glass the question
had been ruled proper by the court
Judge Lawlor cut short the quarrel
with asperity and overruled Heney's
objection.
"Yes," answered Phillips, "that was
my Information."
Promised Immunity to Ruef.
Redirectly examined by -Heney, he
said he had been told by Supervisor
Gallagher that the same offer of im
munity under the same condition of
turning state's evidence was to be
made to Ruef. "Take the witness,"
said Heney.
"Do you know of any conceivable
Impediment to pronouncing sentence
upon Ruef in the extortion case out
side of the . contract of. Immunity?"
asked Deimas.
"No," answered Phillips, "I do not."
It developed in the earlier examina
tion of Phillips that he did not accept
a bribe from the Pacific States Tele
phone Company until after a talk with
Ruef in the latter's office, when he
was given to understand by the then
boss that Halsey had tried to steal the
Board of Supervisors from him, and
that for this Ruef would like to see
him punished.
AVorkings of Inner Circle.
Phillips testified that there was a
working agreement among the 18
Supervisors that whatever differences
they might have should be settled in
the now notorious Sunday night cau
cuses; that differences so settled
should be buried and a solid front
be presented to the public. He said
these Sunday night secret meetings of
the board were always attended by
Ruef and Mayor Schmltz, and that it
was at one of them that a majority of
the Supervisors voted to vote in favor
of the Home Telephone Company's
franchise application after they had
taken money from the Pacific States
Company to vote against it.
"Were these caucus votes taken by
roll call?" Heney asked over the ob
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jection of Deimas, which the court re
fused to sustain. Phillips answered
"Yes."
How Mamlock Got "Graft."
Supervisor Max ' Mamlock testified
during the 'afternoon. The story of
his corruption, as he told it, varied in
no important feature from the stories
of his fellows. He confessed the ac
ceptance of a $503 bribe from thf.
"prizefight trust." $750 from the Gas
Company, $2500 from the Pacific States
Telephone Company. $3500 from the
Home Telephone Company and $4030
from the United Railroads.
He said that in each Instance the
bribe money was handed to him by
Supervisor James T. Gallagher, chair
man of the finance committee, who,
he was given to understand, got it
from Abe Reuf. Mamlock said he was
testifying under a contract of im
munity, signed by District Attorney
Langdon and Assistant District Attor
ney Hency, and witnessed by Gal-
I 1
if
Samuel Gompera, Fresident Ameri
can Federation of Labor, Who Is
Using His Offices to Effect Com
promise on Strike.
lagher. This contract, he said, was
"signed up" on ( the day of his forced
resignation from the board, and is now
reposing in Gallagher's safety deposit
box.
GUTS HIS WAY OUT OF CELL
JAKE OPPEXHEIMER, NOTED
COXA'ICT, S AAA'S OFF BARS.
In Solitary Confinement as Incor
rigible, Evades Watchers and
Stabs Trusty.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 16,-Jake Op
penhelmer, a convict confined at San
Quentin, on Wednesday night sawed
through 13 steel bars in his cell and
escaped to the prison dining-room, fatally
stabbed a trusty and was only recaptured
after a furious- fight.
Oppenhelmer had been In solitary con
finement in the Incorrigible cell, whence
he was allowed no communication with
nny one. Nevertheless. Oppenhelmer Is
considered such a dangerous man that
two guards were placed at the entrance
of his cell and detailed to report upon his
every action.
How he procured a saw capable of cut
ting through the heavy steel bars which
shut him in is a mystery.
New York in Better Shape.
NEW YORK, Aug. 16. Both the
Western Union and the Postal com
panies claim to not have been affected
by President Small's call and to be
working their wires better today than
since the strike was declared.
Business, It is said, was moving
smoothly. The Associated Press was
not affected adversely. On the con
trary, several of the men who had left
the service, returned to work after the
strike order had been promulgated.
WOULD BE WITH EITHER, WERE T'OTHER FAIR
CHARMER AWAY"
CAPITOL GRAFT
TO BE EXPOSED
Keystone State Will
Begin Suit.
COMMITTEE MAKES A REPORT
Names of 18 Men Are Involved
In the Scandal.
PENNYPACKER IS LET OFF
Ex-Governor Xot Included Among
Those Against AA'hom Criminal
Action Is Recommended.
Prosecution Urged.
HARRISBURG, Pa.. Aug. 16. Crim
inal and civil proceedings against all
persons concerned in the fraudulent
transactions in connection with the
construction and furnishing of Penn
sylvania's $13,000,000 capltol is recom
mended in the final report of the Capi
tol Investigation Commission made to
day to Governor Stuart. Eighteen per
sons are named in the report as being
Involved, and the Atorney-Qeneral,
through the Governor, Is urged to act
at once.
The persons named and agents
against whom either criminal or civil
suits are recommended are John H.
Sanderson, of Philadelphia, contractor
for the furnishings; Joseph M. Huston,
architect, and Stanford Lewis, his as
sistant;. J. M. Shumaker, of Johnstown,
former superintendent of the Board of
Public Grounds and Buildings; W. H.
Snyder and E. B. Hardonburg, former
Auditor-General; W. L. Mathues and
Frank G. Harris, former State Treas
urer; Congreseman P. Burd Cassell,
president of the Pennsylvania Construc
tion Company, which supplied the
metallic casings and furniture; George
F. Payne, who built the capltol, and
his partner, Charles G. Wetter; Charles
P. Klr.fi an. Wallis Roileau, John G.
Neuderer .--nd George K. Storm, who or
ganized the Pennsylvania Bronze Com
pany, which supplied the loaded light
ing fixtures to Sanderson; Frank Irvine,
an auditor in the Auditor-General's of
fice; George C. Towne, bookkeeper
under Shumaker, and the International
Manufacturing & Supply Company,
which bid against Sanderson for the
capltol furnishing contract.
The name of Governor Pennypacker,
who, by virtue of his office, was a mem
ber of tho Board of Public Grounds and
Buildings, which let the furnishing con
tracts, and those of forme Governor
Stone and his associates, who made up
the commission which constructed the
capltol, are not mentioned in the list
of persons against whom the investi
gators recommend that action be taken.
Senator A. G. Dewalt and Represen
tative It. fScott Ammerlan, the Demo
cratic members of the commission, pre
sented a supplemental report in which
they specifically named most of those
already mentioned as criminally and
civilly liable for the frauds against
the state.
ONE KILLED, FOUR INJURED
Burlington Passenger Train In
AVreck on Missouri Line.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Aug. 16. At
Wheaton. Mo., near here, early today,
one person was killed and four seriously
injured In the wreck of the Burlington
passenger train No. 20, south-bound.
Dead:
Louis W. Williams, traveling salesman
at Kansas City.
Injured:
Engineer Marshall. leg and ankle
broken.
William Lewis, postal clerk, severe
body bruises.
Mrs. S. F. Chilfeet, Hallock. S. D.,
ankle broken.
M. Supnlck, Chicago, side bruised.
FAST PASSENGER IS DITCHED
Fifteen People Injured AA'hen Hot
Springs Special Jumps Track.
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Aug. 16. The fast
Missouri Pacific passenger train No. 105,
south-bound, known as the Hot Springs
Special, which left Kansas City yester
day morning, went into the ditch late
yesterday between Buffalo and Roper,
Kan., 200 miles south of here. Fifteen
persons were injured, none fatally.
SEVEX TRAMPS ARE KILLED
Freight Train Runs Away and Half
the Cars Are Burned.
SAN BERNARDINO. Cal., Aug. 16
That at least six Mexican tramps were
killed in. the recent freight wreck In Ca
Jon Pass, seven miles below . Hesperia,
when a train of 57 loaded Santa Fe cars
ran away, half of them being consumed
by Are, seems certain.
GEYSER IN HEART OF CITY
BURSTING WATER MAIN STARTS
PANIC IX HOTEL.
ponce Carry AA'omen and Children
From Building Water Shoots
AAith Roar 60 Feet in Air.
CHICAGO,. Aug. 16. With a roar
that brought frightened sleepers from
their beds for blocks around, a 36-lnch
water main in Chicago avenue burst
early today, shooting a column of
water 60 feet into the air, imperiling
several lives and damaging property
to the extent' of several thousand dol
lars. The water broke through the brick
pavement in front of the Stockholm
hotel, causing a panic among the 500
guests. A wagon load of policemen
rushed into the hotel and carried out
the women and children. The yards
In that vicinity are four and five feet
below the level of the street, and It
was only a few minutes until the
water inundated them. Water quickly
flooded the "basements for two blocks
east and west and a number of fam
ilies had to be rescued by the police.
Nine horses were drowned.
DROWNED GIRL IDENTIFIED
Body Found in Lake Vnlon Is Mary
Thomas Another Mystery. .
SEATTLE, Wash.. Aug. 16. (Special.)
The body of a girl found floating In Lake
Union yesterday was Identified today as
that of Miss Mary Thomas, aged 21, who
was wading In the lake and was drowned.
The girl was a stenographer. Yester
day's mystery created by the finding of
the body, which could not be Identified
then, was intensified today by the dis
covery that a couple camping near the
portage on Lake Union have disappeared.
The man, who said he was a cement
worker, had with him a pretty girl of 18.
They had been there since May and are
now gone. Throughout the time of their
camping they repulsed their neighbors' in
quiries. The police cannot solve the
mystery of their coming and going.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 82
degrees: minimum, 67 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; northwest windi.
Telegraphers' Strike.
Small's general order creates no material
change in situation. Page 1.
Officials Telegraphers' Union willing to ac
cept Federation of Labor's offer to effect
settlement. Page 1.
Foreign.
Shah of Persia without power or funds.
Page 2.
National.
Folk and Johnson boomed by Western Dem
ocrats for Presidency. Page 2.
Domestic.
Two people perish in fire which wipes out
Maine beach resort. Page 2.
Pennsylvania legislative committer recom
mends criminal prosecution capltol graft
ers. Page 1.
Rumors in Wall street of failure of bank
and big Western factory. Pago 4.
Paclfio Coast.
Noted criminal in San Quentin makes desper
ate effort to escape. Page 1
Fierce fire burns over grazing sections near
Bakersfleld, Cal. Page 3.
John A. Benson scored by United States At
torney In land-fraud case In San Fran
cisco. Page 4.
Heney and Deimas in row in courtroom.
Pagi 1-
Condemned murderer lays his downfall to
fallen women. Page 3.
Indian fighter refused admittance to Sol
diers' Home on technicality. Page 4.
Work going forward on Deschutes irrigation
project. Page 6. '.
Hunting accident results fatally for Ed
Olson near Wendllng. Page 3.
Jealrus husband at Olympla shoots at man
said to have wrecked his home. Page 6.
Sports.
Rival Oregon sprinters to meet in A. A. U.
games at Jamestown Fair. Page 5.
San Francisco beats Portland. 5 to 2. Page S.
Commercial and Marine.
Northwestern barley crop of fine quality.
Pago 15.
Heavy liquidation continues to weaken stock
prices. Page IS. ,
Gain in wheat market not maintained.
Page 15.
Steamer Arago returns from a survey trip
to Coos Bay. Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Neither telegraph companies nor striking
operators show any disposition to yield.
Page 1.
Lumbermen to discuss new rate to the East.
, Page 11.
Ex-Councilman Masters will test present
system of charging for water in court.
Page 10.
Dealers to advance price of milk September
1. Page 11.
Gas company quarterly's report Is a Chinese
puzzle to everybody. Page 10.
Applicants for county and state teachers'
.ezjUUGl0a Ak wnlnmloM. J?aga a,
WILL NEITHER ASK
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Strikers and Compan
ies in Finish Fight.
THEY LOCK HORNS TIGHTLY
Little Change Noted in the
Local Situation-
TWO MEN BACK AT WORK
Operators Receive Encouraging Re
ports From Other Cities and
Seem Hopeful of A'lctory.
AVhat Managers Say.
LOCAL STRIKE SITUATION-. !
Two union operators C. E. Stone
,aml Ira Greenwood deserted the
strikers and returned to the employ
of the Western Union.
Striking telegraphers prepare for
long fight by providing lodging and
arranging meals for their improvi
dent members.
Mnnager Dumars, of Western
Union. Instructed not to reinstate
any more of the striking operators.
Federated Trades Council Instructs
executive board to confer with the
striking telegraphers and lend every
possible assistance to them. The
commercial telegraphers arrange to
become affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor.
Mayor Lane appealed to by Man
ager Dumars for protection of West
ern Union messengers In delivering
messages.
Both Western Union and Postal
companies continue to handle Pa
cific Coast' business, but Eastern
service Is seriously interrupted.
Locally, the striking telegraphers and
the telegraph companies are organizing
their forces for a finish fight. There wer
two dtfections from the union ranks yes
teday, C. E. Stone and Ira Greenwood,
members of the Commercial Telegraphers'
.Union, returning to the employ of the
Western Union.
Otherwise the situation in Portland re
mains unchanged, and the sending and re
ceiving of telegrams continues seriously
interrupted. The Issuance of a general
strike order by National President Small,
of the Commercial Telegraphers' Union,
has served only to magnify tne serloum
ness of the situation outside of Portland,
since operators who had before hesitated
to join the ranks of their striking associ
ates cheerfully left the keys yesterday.
The result was to more completely para
lyze the telegraphic business of the coun
try. Settlement A'ery Remote.
It was expected that a crisis might be
reached yesterday, but the possibility of a
settlement seems even farther removed.
No sooner had the order for a general
strike been issued by President Small than
the Western Union officials Issued Instruc
tions to all local managers to refuse to
reinstate any more of the striking telegra
phers. This action is accepted as positive
proof that no quarter will be offered by
the Western Union Telegraph Company.
Similar instructions have been received by
John Annand, local manager for the
Postal. This action by the two telegraph
companies, following the discharge by the
Associated Press of all of its former op
erators, seems to presage a long-drawn-out
battle.
Manager Dumars, of the Western
Union, la elated with the desertion from
the union of Stone and Greenwood, whom
he considered two of the best operators
among the strikers. He said yesterday
that he could readily have employed three
or four other striking telegraphers, but
was prevented from making further ne
gotiations with the company's former em
ployes by orders from the head officials
of the company strictly prohibiting tho
employing of any more of these men.
"We are not at all surprised that Stone
and Greenwood should desert us.' said
President Branln, of the Portland Union
of the Commercial Telegraphers. "We
had considered both of these men more
or less weak-kneed and were more or less
astonished to see Greenwood strike at all.
But you may depend on it that there
will be no further desertions. Our men
are all satisfied with the situation and
are prepared and resolved to fight to a
finish.
AVill Be No Yielding.
"We will not yield from our position
and concessions looking to a settlement
of the difficulty must come from the
companies. We have asked only what Is
our due, and with public sympathy be
hind us we propose to stand by our
ground."
The railroad telegraphers maintain a
neutral attiture, although they are heart
ily in sympathy with the striking com
mercial telegraphers and are giving them
every assistance possible and at the same
time strictly observe the conditions of
the contract by which they are bound
to the railroad companies to handla
some of the Western Union business.
Frequent complaint is made that the
members of the Order of Railway Tele
graphers seriously interrupt the trans
mission of messages by disturbing the
plugs in the switchboard. In order to
terminate this annoyance, if possible. It
is reported that the railroads have de
tailed several detectives to apprehenil
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