MORNING OWTOOyiAy. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 191f.
TITE
L FIGHT
VETERAN STATESMAN AND SENATOR FROM MAINE, WHO
DLTD YESTERDAY.
Young Mens Suits
Knickerbocker Suits
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TURN-DOWN HITS
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WORKERS
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Western Lines to Join Hands
in Opposing Increase Asked
by Shopmen.
MILLIONS LIE IN BALANCE
Vlre-PrrMdrn Krottschnltl Says
IWca Would Cost Jlarrlmnn
Line Alone $1,000,000
Each Year.
CHICAGO. An. 8. (Rpeclal.) Rail
road throughout th West win present
united effort In combatlna; Willi
means at their command the demands
made by shopworkers for Increased
pay and channea In working- condition
that would mean a drain on the road
treasuries of 150.000. 000 a year. After a
series of Informal conferences Between
official of various lines today. It was
announced that the roads were deter
mined to make no concessions, and that
they rrcardod the present as an ex
ceptionally favorable time for them
to meet a widespread atrtka such a la
threatened.
Tha representation of the demands
of the workers has disclosed the for
mation of a new labor alllanea alonir
the federation plan which Is expected
to direct any general strike that Is
called. Railroad manajtera became
alarmed when it waa learned In tha
afternoon from Los Anrelea that shop
workers employed on both the Bock
Island and the Oould line had com
pleted plans to strike. This purposed
walkout. It la said. Is a forerunner of
many others unless tha railroads asrre
to meet the demands that have been
presented.
Men Ask Much.
To all the Western lines have been
sent a series of demands from shop
workers, tha principal Iteraa In which
are as follows:
Physical examination snd personal
record blank requirements to be dis
continued. A flat Increase of fifteen percent In
erases. An elht hour day. Time and
a half for day serrlce after I P. M-. and
double time after 7 P. M.
One apprentice to be employed for
every five mechanics, and this rat to
b maintained. Apprentices not , to
work overtime.
Employees laid off on account of a
reduction In the fore to b re-employed
in ths order they bar boon
laid off.
Millions at Stake.
Piece work premium system to be
abolished.
The management of th Southern Pa
cific railroad has Issued a circular
pointing out that the demanda would
mean an additional outlay for that
company alone of Sl.Tvs.000. It Is set
forth in the circular that in ths past
Dv years th waces of th shop craft
on that line hav been Increased on
the average 11 1-1 percent, and In om
Instance as high as JO percent.
It (a a very serious situation. said
Julius Kmttschnltt, vlca-presldent of
the Union Paelflo and Southern Paclflo
roads. We hav been ssked to deal
with what appears to ba an association
of ail the shopworkers In regard to
demands for hlaher wagea and better
working conditions that would mean
an outlay of 17.000.000 annually to th
Harrlman roads. I am not In a posi
tion to forecast whether a general
strike will ba called. "
CAXIFORXIA IS OPTIMISTIC
Prospect of Trouble Denied; High
Board Fences Built.
SAN FRAN'CIPCO. Aug. . (Spe
rtaL) Officials of th Southern Pacific
Company In San Francisco assert that
the rumors that there will be trouble
on the Harrlman and other Weajtern
railroad lines over the recent demand
of the ahop machinists for an Increase
of wages and a deereaee of working
hours are not well founded.
The demands hav been submitted
and refused, but the railroad officials
deny that there will be any trouble.
Ernest It'gutn. president of th Fed
eration of Railroad Employes, which
was recently formed In Salt Lake City,
says that th appeal will be taken to
th Eastern officials of the Harrlman
lines.
Interest In th outcome of this un
expected development In railroad cir
cle does not seem to be Intense along
the Coast. Th railroad men of San
IMeg do not look for or expect any
trouble. In Los Angelee nothing hss
been Issued concerning th attitude of
th shopmen.
The situation In San Francisco seems
to be at a standstill. H. J. Small, gen
eral superintendent of motive power,
said today that the railway company
would not grant th demands of th
men. but that no trouble was expected.
High board fences hav been erected
around th yarda of th Southern Pa
cific Company la San Francisco, Oak
land and other places along th Una
Th officials of the company deny that
th erection of these fences haa any
thing to do with ths disagreement that
Is now before them.
BUMP MAY CHECK AUTO
Cliirf Slmer Asks County Court to
Lessen Linn ton Road Danger.
Frequency of automobile accidents at
a polct on th Llnnton road opposlt
th car barn of the United Railways
Company, led Chief glover yesterday to
address a letter to th County Court,
asking that step be taken to avoid more
accidents- Th spot Is the worst hazard
In th road, aa a very sharp turn Is
mad close on a level stretch her
b!gh speed la ths rule. Thre automo
biles bav gone In the ditch at this
point In a very short time, and passen
gers In on car sustained severs Injuries.
Chief Slover. while seeking to avert
accidents'! Is not desirous of making th
road more of a speedway than It la
His proposal is that the court place a
bump" acroas the road at a distance
from th turn, of such sharpness that
drivers will be forced to slow down In
going over IL H believes thst this will
be effective In preventing many acci
dent and probably loss of Ufa.
Rainier Stirred by Charge.
ST. HELENS. Or, Aug. . (Special.)
Warrant has been Issued for th ar
rest of Edward Macklntoeh, of Rainier,
on a statutory charge. Mackintosh,
who Is president of the Rainier Lumber
Fuel Company, haa disappeared. Th
charg against Mackintosh was mad
by th father of three girls aged 1. t
snd I year, respectively. 6herlff Thomp
son and Marshal Jesse, of Ralnlst, ars
searching for Mackintosh.
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WILLIAM PIERCE FRY E. . j
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SENATOR FRYE DIES
Maine to Have Second Demo
cratic Senator.
PUBLIC LIFE PROLONGED
Blalnfa Successor In Upper House
of Congress Active as Politician
and Statesman Ever Since
Ctrll War.
LEW1STON. Me.. Aug. . Main lost
Its senior United States Senator and an
almost lifelong servant when William
Pierce Fry died tod Ay at th home of
hi daughter. Mrs. Helen Whit, here.
At his bedside were Mrs. Whit and hla
other daughter. Mrs. Alice Brlggs, who
also resides her. Although he had
been ill for a long time, death came
suddenly.
Forced by the condition of his health
to resign his position aa President pro
tempore of th 8enat at th begin
ning of th present apecial aesslon of
Congress, although he retained his
membership In th Senate. Senator
Fry soon afterward made his last
Journey to th city which had always
been his home.
x-ath Is Unexpected.
For several weeka his condition was
not considered necessarily dangerous.
Up to last week he rested in compara
tive comfort, spending much of his
tlm In reading or In having some
member of bis fsmlly read to him.
Th Senator's Illness took a serious
turn last week, but he again rallied
and this week his physicians expressed
th hop that h might recover. As 1st
as J:1S this afternoon he appeared to
be In a comfortable condition. Shortly
It mtmm seen that h Was
sinking rapidly and at J:5S o'clock b
died.
A general breakdown, du to ag
and his extremely arduous career. Is
ascribed by physicians aa the cause of
death.
Senator Nearly 80.
8enator Fry, who was first elected
to th Senate as th successor of
n ui.in. whn Rlalne wss
J klHD. " , ...
named aa Secretary of Stat In lltl.
would hav Been su year uia ii us umu
a ....ii cn.-mK-r IIhad been
IHf
In public life ever since his election to
th Main Legislature In 1SC1. He was
Mayor of Lewlston In lS-7 and re
turned to th Legislature In th latter
year. H was Attorney-General of
Main from 17 until 1 and aerred
. . l i ....... - hAina nf fonvress from
in i"rl
th 4id to th iTth sessions. Inclusive.
lis was elected president pro nmp
. v. c - jr-hT-iirv 7. 189. and
re-elected on March 7. ml. and De
cember 6. 1901.
- . ..mher of the commission
which adjusted th terms of peace be-
.1 T I . . CI.IM 4.
tween Spain ana m iimc ...
. . . . ... - Amwmt to many
1B9B. ne - - - - .
Republican National conventions and
often a mem her ot tn n.epuu.iv-.u
tlonal executive committee.
Th death of Senator Fry, whos
term would not hav expired until
March 1. 191 J. will result In the elec
tion of another Democratic Senator
from Main, th- Legislature being
strongly Democratic. Ths other Sen
ator from that state Is Charles F.
Johnson, a Democrat, who was 1,1
following th recent political landsllds
and took office last March.
MAN BILKED IS WITNESS
O'Donovsn May Be Called to Know
Realty Dealer Cheated Woman.
Nemesis in the person of Cornelius
O'Donovsn. longshoreman, pursues E. P.
McCarthy, real estate dealer, whom
Judge McGinn recently forced to return
to O'Donovan proeprty out of which the
longshoreman had been tricked by what
th court called "a rr scally fleal."
McCarthy la defendant In another ault.
and-by etrange coincidence. O'Donovsn
Is likely to becom a material witness
to ahow that th real estat dealer ha
been guilty of misrepresentation. Th
pending action la on brought by Mrs.
Sophia R. Wilson, who alleges thst Mc
Carthy traded acres of land In Cow
Uts County. Washington, for her rooming-house
property, representing th
land to hav 70 acre of merchantable
timber. Instead, she ssys. she found It
to he bar and rocky.
Th transaction was contemporaneous
with th O'Donovan affair, and in a
letter to O'Donovan. now on" file a an
exhibit In th Wilson case, McCarthy
told of purchasing th land, which as
paraphrased by O'Donovan. he said was
"like Pike s Peak."
O'Donovan also asserts that Nellie M.
Rodgers. purported owner of the Cow
llts land, for whom McCarthy was) act
ing aa agent. Is McCarthy s sister. ' He
says there la something peculiar In tb
relation to the case of A. E. Bodlmer.
upon who report Mra Wilson was In
duced to make th trade. Bodlmer. he
says, rented a room In Mra Wilson'
house, and wss there about a week when
the trad waa proposed. On the sug
gestion of McCarthy, he was delegatad
by Mrs. Wilson to make th examina
tion, and. cam back with a favorabl
report.
Th attorneys ars seeking to find
whether Bodlmer was "planted" In the
house for th purpose by McCarthy, or
whether he was shown the wrong piece
of land.
FIGHT IS HAKE-BELIEVE
TRACTION COMPAXTS OWN
LAWYERS "ROAST" IT.
Ttapid-Flre Procedure Followed In
Justice Court to Give Legal
Touch to $30 Settlement.
Spectacle of a powerful corporation be
ing formally "roasted" by Its own at
torneys In a court proceeding, excited
Interest in Justice Court yesterday, when
legal papers were filed In the suit of B.
Woodward, a minor, against th Port
land Railway. Light Power Company.
The case was also unique ss an In
stance of quick dispatch, the same day
seeing a petition for the appointment
of a guardian 'ad litem." the appoint
ment by the court, the filing of a com
plaint, demurrer by the defendant.' con
fession of Judgment, decree and release
of execution.
Though Wilbur Spencer are attor
neys for the company, all the pleadings,
both for and agalnet them, were pre
pared on their stationery, and the
acknowledgments were taken by B. F.
Boynton, claim agent for the company.
Th complaint, plainly written by th
defendant, alleged that the defendant,
by carelessness snd negligence, caused
ths plaintiff, a helper In the Mllwaukle
carbarns, to sustain an Injury to his leg,
damaging him to tha extent of $30. Then,
to give verisimilitude to th proceed
ings. Wilbur & Spencer turn about and
demur to the complaint aa Insufficient,
but In an Instant they aeem to have
changed their minds, as In a paper filed
at the same moment they enter a con
fession of Judgment and agree to pay
th plaintiff bis ISO. Ths court so or
dered It. th money was paid, and the
plaintiff filed a release, also on th de
fendant's ststlonery, with the acknowl
edgment of the defendant's claim agent.
Court officials say that the proceeding
Is not uncommon, being taken to give
legal sanction to .prlvat settlement of
damage claims.
MULE-BEATER IS FINED
assssssssssss.
DtIttt for Contractor .Taxed $ 10 as
an Example Jail Grnxea-
"Brutality of such a degr as to
merit a maximum rock-plle sentence."
In th word of Robert Tucker, presi
dent of th Oregon Humane Society,
was chsrged In the Municipal Court yes
terday against Bd Logan, a teamster
- y, T f..i f'nminnv. vhn CS-
lor in J. v-w ...
raped Imprisonment through considera
tion for bis wire.
. .... ,in. . vajmn loaded
with two and one-third yarda of gravel.
up th Jiarnee roaa. ncu
. . . Mi,ti tin to the axle.
wneeis ""in i"i ........ r - .
and th team refused to pull. One mule
fell and Logan, accoroing iu i.m -v.-
- . v. . -lf.au, mt-t Ills foot
mony v - . - . -
on ths head of the. prostrats animal,
kicked It and beat It with a Doarj until
blood flowed.
Thre men passing in an uiu...Uu..
saw the Incident, and on of them filed
a complaint. Councilman Jov volun
teered his services to the defense and
told the court many things aoout the
stubbomess ot mule In general, assert
ing that chastisement was necessary.
... - . Fi..wa AamAnded that an ex-
ample b mad for ail time, to show
teamsters and contractors that dumb
beasts could not be so treated In the
year 1SIL The court imposea . .
40 on tha driver.
Land Grant Counsel Suggested.
WASHINGTON. Aug. ,-Representa-tive
Lafferty has recommended to the
Department of Justice the names or
three Portland attorneys from whom to
choos special counsel In the land grant
case. They are Dan J. Malarkey, A- E.
Clark and John F. Logan.
Five Classes of O.-W. R. & N.
and Southern Pacific Em-,
ployes Afer More Pay. '
HIGHER OVERTIME SOUGHT
Machinist, .Boilermakers, Pipefit
ters, Repairers and Blacksmith
In Negotiations Pending.
Strike Xot Threatened,
More than 700 Portland men are In
volved In the negotiations now pending
between union machinists and other
mechanic employed in th O.-W. R. &
N. and Southern Pacific shops, and of
ficials of the railroads, who have re
fused to consider their demands for a
better wage scale.
While the men have not asked for a
direct Increase In wafres on the basis
of a nine-hour day. they will receive 21
cents mon thsn at present If their
proposal Is accepted by their employers.
At present tha men ar paid 43 cents
an hour, time and a half after working
nine hours, and double time after mld-
riltrht
Their proposed new scale asks for
time and a half after eight nours- worn,
but no Increase of the per-hour rate.
As eight hours constitutes a day's
work In the local shop, the men de
clare that their demands would not
result In great additional expense to the
company.
FlTe Classes Involved.
However, on account of th heavy de
mands made on the service of the local
railroads, employes frequently are
called upon to work over the allotted
eight hours. According , to the new
scale they would receive 63 cents for
the ninth hour of work Instead of 42
cents as at present. The wages for th
first eight hour and for the overtime
after the ninth hour would remain the
same.
Involved !n the present proceedings
are five classes of mechanics machin
ists, bollermakers. pipefitters, car
repairers and blacksmiths. All these
have made demands upon the com
panies employing them asking for simi
lar increases in their wage scales.
The employes hav drawn up an en
tire set of rules and regulations, most
of th provisions, excepting those re
lating to the wages for the ninth hour
of work, being similar to those already
in existence.
While the new scale provide for time
and a half after eight hours' work, it
also calls for the payment of full four
hours' pay for any work done after the
eighth hour. At the proposed rate of
overtime payment a man would be Te
qulred to work two hours and 40 min
utes at the rate of 63 cents an hour to
earn the equivalent of four hours' work
at 42 cents an hour, which Is $1.68.
However, If a man would be called upon
to work but one hour after his regular
eight-hour shift, he would be entitled
to $1.68, according to this rule.
'Employers Arrange Time.
The men declar that the employers,
naturally, will not arrange their over
time work so -that any of them will
work less than two hours and 40 min
utes after the eight hours, in the event
that they are called upon to work over
time. If after midnight they shall be paid
four hours for two hours' work, or
fraction thereof, the new scale provides.
The same principle of apportioning the
time Is expected.
Sundays and all holidays designated
by the state or Nation are to be paid
for at the rate of time and a half, and
If a holiday fails on Sunday and an
other dav 1 designated as the holiday,
both days shall be paid for at the rate
of time and a half. No employe shall
be required to work overtime more
than two nights a week or two con
secutive Sundays. When overtime Is
required it shall be distributed. Men
working on a day shift and transferred
to a night shift, shall be paid time and
a half for the .first night, and vice
versa. In these details and most others
no changes ar proposed over present
conditions.
J. G. Graham, assistant general man
ager of the Harrlman lines In this city.
In charg of th motive-power depart
ment, has been negotiating with th
men. Th company Is unwilling to
grant th demands, and the men are
firm In their position. No strike ha
been threatened, however.
TRAIN SCHEDULE ALTERED
Oregon Electric Trains to Operate
From Xorth Bank Station.
Several changes In schedule have
been made by the Oregon Electrlo
Railway, effective Thursday. August
10. when passenger trains will operate
to and from the North Bank Station,
at Eleventh and Hoyt streets. Ail
trains will leave the North Bank Sta
tion 15 minutes earlier than the time
of departure- from Jefferson-street sta
tion In order to make four Intermediate
stops to pick up passengers, at the
following places: Tenth 'and Stark
streets. Tenth and Morrison streets.
Fifth and Salmon ; streets. First and
Salmon streets.
All trains entering th city will stop
at any street Intersection between Jef
ferson street and the North Bank Sta
tion to discharge passengers. This
will result In a grest accommodation
to passengers traveling to and from
Willamette Valley points reached by
the Oregon' Electric Railway, whose
trains have heretofore not been able
to go any further into the city than
the Jefferson-street station.
Some alight changes have also been
made In the schedules. The limited
train for Salem will leave Jefferson
street station at 9 A- M. Instead of
:16 A. M., as hereto'ore. This train
will leave the North Bank Station at
8:45 A. M. The limited train will leave
Salem at :4 P. M. instead of 3:20
P. M.. arriving In Portland at 6:10 P.
M. Instead of 4:50 P. M. A late train
will also be run between Portland,
Hillsboro and Forest Grove leaving
Portland at 11:25 P. M., after the
theaters close.
Clerical "Tip" Questioned.
SALEM. Or.. Aug. 8. (Special.)
Because B. F. Rowland was formerly
a presiding elder In the Methodist
Church. O. W. Eyre, plaintiff, declares
that he purchased $8000 worth of min
ing stock In the Oriole Mining Com
pany on assurances of Rowland that
the stock was valuable. Eyre says he
was a member of that church and also
a member of th same lodge as that to
which Rowland belongs. Now he de
sires to seeur his money back.
Grays and Tan
Mixtures
Cheviots, Tweeds
and Worsteds
Half
iPrice
Still a Large
Assortment
Second Floor
Spring and
Summer Suits
Now on Sale
at
.Price
Half
Neat, Stylish
Good
Second Floor
Knickerbocker Suits
(Some Lines)
:
75c Knickerbocker Pants, now.
$1.00 Knickerbocker Pants, now.
$1.25 Knickerbocker Pants, now.
$1.50 Knickerbocker Pants, now.
$2.00 Knickerbocker Pants, now.
$2.50 Knickerbocker Pants, now.
Second Floor
... ..59?
....
. .-. . .93?
...$1.19
...?1.49
...$1.79
EN '.SELL
LEADING CLOTHIER
HNG
BESTSTONESDUGHT
Material for Postoffice Must
Stand Hard Tests.
the strength and quality necessary and material which may have been bid upon
meet or be cheaper in price than other I by the prospective contractor.
WIRE PULLING USELESS
Oregon Quarrymen's Only Chance)
on Federal Building Contracts Is
to Rush Samples to Com
pete on Their Merits.
OREGONIAN NE"WS BUREAU, "Wash
ington, Aug. 8. It will take mors than
political pull to secur the us ot Ore
gon stons in the construction of the
new Postoffice building at Portland
and other Federal buildings to be built
later at different points in Oregon. In
fact, political influence will have noth
ing to do with' tho selection of build
ing material, for th supervising archi
tect of the Treasury will direct th us
of th best available stone, procurable
on th most advantageous terms, re
gardless of Its source.
This does not mean that Oregon
building ston will b discriminated
against, but that It must enter the
competition on its own merits. Be
fore the Portland Poetofflco is
built th Government will make1
testa of building stone from several
states. largely as the result of a light
that has been made by Senator Jones
to secure th use of Washington stone
In th Federal buildings to ba erected
In his state.
It is time that Oregon quarrymen
get In communication with the super
vising architect of the Treasury and
furnish samples of building stone for
th Government test. Unless this Is
don there will be no show for Oregon
stone In competitions of th near fu
ture. The situation Is explained fully
in a letter of Assistant Secretary Bai
ley, of th. Treasury Department, to
Senator Jones. This letter follows:
"As near as can be described, tha
previous practice of the department
seems to have been to select the light
est colored material possible with ref
erence to cost. This In a number of
Instances undoubtedly resulted in the
exclusion of material local to th place
where tho building was being con
structed. The department Is now in process
of obtaining from the building Inspec
tors throughout th country a list of
the quarries and source of supply of
local building material. .It will fol
low this immediately by requests for
samples from all these places. When
these samples have been received they
will be put through tho Bureau, of
Standards to ascertain their Btrength
and other substantial qualities. The
department will then invite a commis
sion of architects and get the com
mlsBlson distributed as nearly as pos
sible over the entire country to pass
on these samples from an architectural
point of view; that is, to se whether
i .nitahla to use in Federal
buildings. . f
"When this has been aone me ques
tion of price will govern entirely as to
which material is used. If a local
matrial should be higher in price than
another material which can be ob
tained which is acceptable, tha lowest
priced material will prevail.
"As the carrying out of this plan will
i tim. the. deoartment has
adopted the principle, pending that, of
accepting local mswt"" "
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