THE MORXIXG OREGON I AX, FRIDAY. ' SEPTEMBER 13, 190T.
WILL RESTRICT
COPPER OUTPUT
Amalgamated Orders Great
Reduction in Work at
Butte Mines.
THOUSANDS OF MEN IDLE
Overproduction of Metal Causes Re
duction of 4 0 Per Cent in Ont
put Copprr Stocks Go
Down With a Hush.
BL'TTK. Mont., Sept. 12. (Special.)
Over-production of copper and a tem
porary lull In demand for the red metal
have caused the Amalgamated Copper
Company to curtail Its output. Orders
were issued this afternoon by which the
output of the Amalgamated properties
will be reduced to about 40 per cent ot
the normal production, or from 20.00O.AO0
pounds to about 7.000.000 pounds per month
and In the future no work will be done
on Sundays.
Curtailing the production to 40 per cent
of the normal production will mean a
reduction in the working; forces that will
throw over ftOOu men out of employment.
AVhen the mines will resume with full
forces is problematical. The Diamond
mine will be closed and work at the Pel
mont will be completely suspended. The
tJreftson and Parrot mines are also shut
down.
John Gillis. general superintendent of
the Amalgamated properties, acting un
der Managing Director John D. Ryan,
stated that there would be no general
shut-down at the present time. ,
"For some time," said Mr. Gillis, "a
gradual curtailment of the copper pro
duction has been going on. Wo shall
cease all construction work. The shut
down of the mines will avert a fuel fam
ine this Winter.
'Reducing the output of the Amalga
mated properties will have a -far-reaching
effect. With less tonnage to Great Falls
and Anaconda, It will be necessary to
shut down portions of the smelters In
those cities, thus throwing out of em
ployment a couple of thousand men.
'"The action of the Amalgamated Cop
per Company In adopting the Sunday
closing rule will probably be followed by
all other companies operating in Butte."
COPPKIl STOCKS GO TUMBLING
News of Shutdown Depresses Wall
Street and Boston.
NEW YORK. Sept. 12. The Amalga
mated Copper Company is about to shut
down Its mines about Butte, Mont., for
n.. indefinite period. From an. Interest
closely Identified with the company it
was learned that the .suspension of
operations is due to overproduction and
the lack of demand for copper, and to
some -difficulty in obtaining fluffieient -fuel
at Butte.
According to the. authority for the an
nouncement, there is now a surplus sup-
ply of 250.000.000 pounds of refined copper
In the United States. The production of
refined copper in September, he said,
would bo S.OOO.OOO pounds less than In
August. The present prodvict quoted in
the market is about. 1 cents a pound for
electrolytic, but according to the authority-referred
to. it is doubtful if 15 cents
a pound could be obtained for any con
siderable quantity.
The Amalgamated Copper Company's
shares led a sharp decline on the stock
market this afternoon, the stock selling
down to a loss of almost 4 points before
2:30 o'clock.
Today's quotations on the stock fx
change, were the lowest in years. Henry
H. Rogers, president of the Amalgamated
Copper Company, Is now at his home at
Fairhaven, Mass. Counsel for Mr. Rogers
announced in court in Boston today that
Mr. Rogers would not be able to appear
there for at least three months.
Sanction was given to the report on
the exchange of the Intended shutting
down of the copper mines in Montana;
the futility was admitted of piling up
further stocks of copper with the buy
ing demand paralyzed. Amalgamated
Copper naturally led the decline in
.these circumstances, breaking to the
neighborhood of 60, with rumors In cir
culation of a cut in the dividend In
prospect. American Smelting fell nearly
to 90, and Anaconda to near 3". The Unit
ed States Steel stocks broke badly in the
latter part of the day. the common selling
at the lowest price of the year.
Lowest Figures in Years at Boston;
BOSTON, Sept. 12. Several Boston
copper stocks reached the lowest fig
ures today touched for several years.
North Butte receded', to 4oH. Copper
Range to 574 and Calumet and Ari
zona to 115. t
TRACTION STOCK ' FALLING
Water In Philadelphia Lines Almost
Swamps Them.
PHIIaADFTl.PHIA. Sept. 12. The belief
is general that a crisis In at hand in the
affairs of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit
Company, which controls the street rail
r
way facilities of this city. For some time
there has been a steady decline in the
price of the stock on the local stock ex
change, culminating in a sudden break
of II a share from 21Vj to lS'i on Tues
day. Yesterday the stock hung around
J20, hut today there was a further break
of $4 a share to the lowest- price on
record. This was accompanied by rumors
that the company cannot meet Its fixed
charges and therefore a receivership will
be necessary. .
The stock of the Union Traction Com
pany, which preceded the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Company in the control of
the street railway system of the city, and
the dividends of which aro guaranteed by
the Philadelphia Rapid - Transit, broke
T on heavy selling from 61 to 44. There
was heavy selling of Philadelphia Rapid
Transit from all the away around 20 to
IT1:.-
The company is the outgrowth of
various consolidations and expansions of
the past, few years, each consolidation
involving increased guarantees of divi
dend payments on the stork of the under
lying companies. There are 600.000 shares
of Philadelphia Rapid Transit stock out
standing, on which $12.50 a share has been
paid. Another assessment of $7.50 Is due
within a few months and then the stock
will be fully paid. At present the company
is engaged " upon gigantic improvements,
involving the construction of extensive
elevated and subway lines, to cost many
millions, and this work has been a drain
upon its resources. The past year
showed a falling off in' net earnings, and
there has been a public outcry against
attempts to Increase the income by re
ducing rates of fare.
The financial status and dealings of the
company have been surrounded wit ft
much mystery by those in control, and
this has helped to weaken the confidence
of the stockholders. Recently the com
pany succeeded In entering into an agree
ment whereby the city became a partner
In the operation of the lines. Now an at
tempt is being made to upset this ar
rangement on the ground that it Is un
constitutional. The claim Is made that
the city was cheated and that the effect
of the partnership is to saddle upon it
street paving expenses of more than
500.000 annually.
During the afternoon the market for
traction stocks was dull and steady, the
close being above the lowest. Philadel
phia Rapid Transit showed a net loss of
3i points. Union Traction closed at a
net loss of 634.
Officials - and directors of the Rapid
Transit Company denied positively that
the company is In financial distress. Fig
ures given out show ample funds on hand
and in sight to cancel all obligations and
pay for improvements under way.
POLICE ACCUSED OF SHOOTING
AT STRIKEBREAKERS.
One Man Clubbed Into Submission.
Union Labor Officers Accused
of Helping Pickets.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 12. An
other scene of riot was enacted at the
Twenty-fourth and Utah-street car
barn last night, following the arrest of
William A. Bruce, a nonunion carman,
ol complaint of two young women that
he had annoyed them by a remark as
they passed. Bruce resisted arrest and
waa severely clubbed. The police al
leged that they were thereupon at
tacked by numbers of nonunion men.
A riot squad of 25 patrolmen under
Lieutenant Tobln came up. and in a
fight a score of heads were broken by
clubs of the police and a number of
arrests were made. Eventually the
nonunion men' were driven back into
the carbarns. The police say that the
carman who started the row is an ex
convict. Mayor Taylor has increased the Mis
sion patrol, by 22 men, in accordance
wltii his promise of yesterday. The
pickets' tent at Twenty-fourth and
Poti-er, streets, a block from the com
pany's barn, is to be removed. It has
been a headquarters for trouble for
weeks past.
The Chronicle today, commenting
upon Tuesday night's rioting in the
Mission district, when five nonunion
ear operatives In the employ of the
United Railroads were shot by union
tickets and policemen, charges flatly
that the police ambushed the nonunion
men and fought against them side by
side with their union tormentors. The
Chronicle points out that the patrol
men Wade. Blgelow and Miller who
shot down the carmen, were appointed
to the police force from the teamsters'
and carmen's unions soon after the
commencement of the streetcar strike,
whi n a Union Labor Police Commis
sion and a crooked.Chlef of Police were
In control.
"These policemen, says the Chronicle,
"shot from ambush, fighting side by
side with the pickets of the Carmen's
Union. The men they shot were en
gaged in the peaceful performance of
their duty. After the fighting the po
licemen proceeded to arrest the non
union carmen, whom they had them
selves wounded, but refused to take
into custody any of the pickets of the
Carmen's Union. To add to the out
rage, the policemen in the first re
ports they made to the department de
nied that they had fired a shot. Later
they admitted that they had emptied
their revolvers at the nonunion men."
Chutts . Called to Harvard.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Sept. 12. (Spe-claU-liver
Chutts, who helped coach
Harvard's football team last year, but
who got back to Seattle in time to help
the Seattle Athletic Club against Mult
nomah, is to be on Harvard's squad
of football coaches this season, and
will leave next week for the East.
TVKBIN1S 8TKAMHUIF IX'SITAKIA,
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Directory of Illinois Central Is
Virtually Exonerated.
FISH'S STATEMENTS FALSE
Mr. Fish Expected to Have Some
Cards Up Ills Sleeve, Which He
May Play Before Long If
Not, He Will Lose Out.
NEW YORK, Sept. 12. (Special.) It is
up to Stuyvesant Fish, ex-president of
the Illinois Central road, to substantiate
his charges against his successor in
office, J. T. Harahan. or to admit by
his silence that he spoke without being
In possession of the proof.
This fact became apparent here today,
when it was learned from an official
source that the directory of the Illinois
Central virtually bad exonerated Mr.
Harahan and his under officers of the
charge of Juggling Illinois Central earn
ings figures' with a view of making a
false showing, which would far surpass
that made by the Fish administration.
At the directors' meeting yesterday six
executive officials of the Illinois Cen
tral road came to the assistance of Mr.
Harahan. and by written statements
made over their own signatures branded
the charges made by Mr. Fish as false.
These statements were . received by the
Board, were read and then filed without
protest from Mr. Fish. This action is re
garded by the Board as final, unless the
ex-presldent should spring something
new.
Through a member of the Board it was
also learned that the management of the
Illinois Central. Including B. H. Harri
man. Is of the opinion that the good
faith of the present officials was ques
tioned with a view to influencing the
giving" of proxies for the coming an
nual meeting to be held October 16, in
Chicago.
That Mr. Fish would make the direct
charge that the figures with respect to
Illinois Central earnings were falsified,
and do It without being in possession of
proof, or of what he deemed strong cir
cumstantial evidence, seems Incredible to
railway men In the East -who have
known Mr. Fish for years. Accordingly,
there are some who expect that the ex
president lias a few cards up his sleeve,
which he may play ere long. If this
does not prove to be the case, it is said,
his chances for putting up an aggressive
tight at the annual meeting will grow
dim.
SCHOOL-GIRL HORSETHIEF
Attempts Easy Iioad to Fortune, but
Soon Lands in Jail.
COLVILLE, Wash.. Sept. 12. (Spe
cial.) Lizzie Paschilk, a German girl.
16 years of age, was arrested, yester
day at Marcus, on a charge of horse
stealing, and . is here in the custody
of Deputy Sheriff C. A. Ledgerwood.
When taken before Sheriff Graham and
Prosecuting Attorney J. A. Rochford
she made a velunftary confession., .
She said she lived in Spokane, where
she went to school.
Why she stole horses she could not
say, excepting that It appeared an easy
way to fortune, she was complained
against by Peter Paul, a neighbor, from
whom she took a fine team. According
to her story, she drove this team to
Spokane, sold it for J135, $105 of which
she gave to her mother, and kept the
balance as capital with which to con
tinue the business. When captured
she had two other horses packed for a
second trip to Spokane.
SNOW COVERS THE HILLS
Winter Weather In Northeastern
"Washington.
SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. 12. (Spe
cial.) Rain today fell generally from
Moscow, Idaho, as far west as
Wenatchee and from Kettle Falls in the
north to Walla Walla. The fields were
thoroughly drenched and harvesting
will be again delayed for several days,
but, unless the farmers start threshing
before the grain is dry, the loss will
not be heavy, as the wheat has been
harvested rapidly, during the last
few days. The rain was accompanied
by a cold spell, which seemed at noon
in Pullman to be the forerunner of
snow. , Near Kettle Falls and Colville
the mountains are covered with snow,
the earliest fall for many years. The
Big ' Bend and Palouso towns report
prospects as Indicative of more rain.
PARDON FOR WHITECAPS
Extermination of Evil Causes Var
daman to Grow Lenient.
JACKSON. Miss., Sept. 12. (Special.)
Governor "Vardaman has created much
criticism by pardoning the Whtteeappers
from Lincoln County, who were sentenced
six months ago for 50 years each. Prior to
the conviction of the men Lincoln and
other counties in this part of the state
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Such comments as "That roast
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about our Sausage, Baked
Goods, home-made Candies, etc.,
can be heard almost any mo
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Sausage, in which we offer an
other special tomorrow, has
proved one of the most popular
little lines we have ever put on.
Quality, and scrupulous cleanli
ness are the first considerations
at DRESSER'S; everything else
is secondary, and our Saturday
special lists are productive - of
no little economy; once patron
ized, they'll not be forgotten.
DRESSER'S Pot Roasts Satur
day, per lb.. . .6 to 8
DRESSER'S Shoulders of
Lamb, Saturday, per lb .8
DRESSER'S select Veal Sau
sage, Saturday, 2 lbs 25
DRESSER'S Nut Loaf, regular
ly 25c, Saturday, ea 20
DRESSER'S Layer Cakes, reg
ularly 25c, Saturday, ea.,20
DRESSER'S Chocolate Creams,
regularly 50c lb., Sat'day 40
Full stock of Fish, Fruit,
Game, Poultry, etc. Our Hams
are cured and cooked by our
own men, our Sausage from our
own factory. We can guarantee
quality in all things. -
DRESSER'S
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Branches: Gearhart, Seaside, E.
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were overrun with Whitecaps, the ne
groes were run out, labor was demoralized
and landowners arose in their might to
put a stop to the devilment that was done
under cover of darkness.
The Governor is convinced that the
backbone of Whltecapism has been brok
en. There ha? been nothing of the kind
since the 50-year sentence was imposed.
Quiet has been restored, labor is as plenti
ful as in other sections of the state, farm
ers are contented and the price of land
has increased materially.
SWIFTEST IN THE WORLD
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British admiralty so that she may be
available for service as a transport
or armed cruiser in casol of war. She
is practically unslnkablc, with double
bottom and innumerable watertight
bulkheads.
On her trial run around Ireland there
was so little vibration that the pas
sengers might have been In a hotel on
dry land. What the expense of run
ning will bo is not yet known. The
coal bill each trip across the Atlantic
represents a comfortable fortune. The
wages and provision bills are In keep
ing with the size of the steamer. She
will burn at least 4030 tons on the trip
over.
The trip is particularly interesting
as a test ot the turbine engine as to
speed, coal consumption and freedom
from vibration. The trial run has
proved that the vibration is hardly no
ticeable. STONES THROWN AT EARLE
Monroe Resents Notoriety of One ol
. . Its Citizens.
NEW YORK, Sept. 12. Ferdinand Pin
ney Earle. of "affinity" fame, has re
turned to New York. ' He had a brief en
counter with the villagers of Monroe,
where his house is located, when about to
board a train for this city last evening.
Several missiles were thrown at him, but
the artist escaped injury.
Johnson Wins I'rom Sailor Burke.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn.. Sept. 12. Jack
Johnson, the colored heavyweight,
fought -Sailor Burke before the Liberty
Athletic Club tonight before 6000 spec
tators. The fight was of six rounds
and the colored man, who outweighed
the sailor, landed some terrific blows,
flooring hlsman several times. Burke
weighed 165' and -Johnson 185.
' Abe Attel Over Jimmy Walsh.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Sept 12. Abe
Attel, of Chicago, -was given the deci
sion over Jimmy Walsh, of Chelsea.
Mass.. at the end of a 10-round bout
here tonight.
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CORNER
GO FROM PHILIPPINES
Orders Send Infantry and Cavalry
' to Other Ports.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12. According to
orders Issued today by Acting Secretary
of War Oliver, the following military dis
position will be made within the next four
months. The Fourth. Fourteenth and
Twenty-third Infantry Regiments and the
First Cavalry will return from the Philip
pines and their places will be filled by the
Second. Eighth and Twenty-fourth Infan
try and the Third Cavalry. Another para
graph of the order relieves the Twenty
second from duty at Fort McDowell, and
Presidio at Monterey. Cal., whence they
are ordered to Alaska, taking station at
Fort William. Fort Kgbert, Fort Gibbon.
Fort St. Michael, and Fort Davis. They
will relieve at those places the Tenth In
fantry, which is ordered to take station
at Fort Benjamin Harrison, probably con
stituting the nucleus of the new brigade
post at that point.
The Nineteenth Infantry Battalion at
Fort Reno, Oklahoma, is ordered to Fort
Mackenzie. Wyo.. March 1. to relieve at
that point the battalion of the Fourth In
fantry which Is ordered to the Philippines.
Compromise Again Denied.
NEW YORK. Sept. 12. Reports that a
compromise would soon be reached be
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tween the telegraph companies and their
striking operators were denied today fiy
officials of the companies, who declare
that no negotiations looking to a strike
settlement are pending and that there
will be no such compromise.
Arrest Alleged llorsethlef.
NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., Sept. 12.
(Special.) Sheriff Edwards today took
into custody a young man named Wilson,
supposed to be the n.an who stole a valu
able sorrel team and a buggy from the
Me Bride barn in Athena, Or. He wll: be
held for Sheriff Taylor, of Pendleton.
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