48 PAGES PAGES 1 TO 16 VOL. XXV-NO. 33. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. TUFT SEES HOPE OF PEACE 111 CUBA Has Plan to Save Dis tracted Republic. LEADERS APPOINT DELEGATES Will Come Together With Me diators as Referees. REBEL CHIEFS CALLED IN SUey Confer With American States men Negroes Bitter Against In tervention Persistent Rumor That Palnia Will Resign. HAVANA, Sept. 22. Secretary of War faft sees a way tonight of saving the sovereignty of the Cuban Republic. He tdmlts that he has a tangible plan, but will not disclose its exact character. It Is not a victory for either political party, but contemplates radical concessions by both. The Secretary's programme depends opoa the patriotism of the Moderate and Liberal leaders, both of whom have shown confidence in the mediators by naming delegates with definite powers of attorney to treat for their respective parties. This action by Messrs. Taft and Bacon Is regarded as the most Important yet taken. Negotiations on a new basis will open Immediately and It Is believed that eventually the opposing delegates will be brought together at United States Min ister Morgan's villa at Marlanao, with President Roosevelt's mediators as ref erees. The Indications tonight are that an end to the Cuban war Is near and that peace will be attained without the intervention of the United States. j Delegates Have Binding Power. Mr. Taft and Mr. Bacon and more than a score of leaders of the revolution held a conference tonight, and It was an nounced that the latter had appointed a fcommlttee of seven to represent the Lib erals In a conference. The leaders told Mr. Taft that all had agreed to abide by the Judgment of this committee In any peace arrangements which It can make with the Government through the aid of the American Commissioners. In the conference which selected the committee and later visited Mr. Taft were Ave prisoners, including Jose Miguel Go mes, Liberal candidate for President in the last election, and all the principal revolutionary Generals. The committee consists of Jose Miguel Gomez, Juan Gualberto Gomez, ex-Senator Monteagu do, Carlos Garcia, Garcia Telez, Alfredo Zayaa and General del Castillo. Among the Generals present were Pino Guerra, Machado, Ferrara, Asbert, Guas, Acosta and BetancOurt. The first conference between the com mittee and Mr. Taft will be held tomor row. Mr. Taft expressed most hopeful views tonight concerning the situation. He said the leaders of both parties were very optimistic, the rebel leaders frankly declaring their conviction that the war was over. Taft Pushes Away Obstacles. At the end of the conference the pris oners, in order to keep their parole, re turned to prison In an automobile, escort . ed by Captain McCoy. At first the Government threatened to shatter all hopes by Its refusal to. release the prisoners In order that they might attend the conference, and the prisoners themselves had refused to accept the con ditions, declining absolutely to be the re cipients of favors from the present gov ernment. Mr. Taft took up the matter diplomatically, wlfh the result that Consul-General Steinhart and Captain Mc Coy, military aide to President Roosevelt, drove In, an automobile to the Presidio here, where they saw Secretary Montaivo and got his consent for the release of Jose Miguel Gomez and four others ot the leading alleged conspirators. The lat ter returned with them to Mr. Morgan's house, arriving there at 7:30 o'clock this evening. Rebel Chiefs Called In. Meanwhile, Machado and Ferrara. the rebel leaders In Santa Clara Province, had taken an automobile here and gone direct to the rebel camps outride Mari anao, returning with Generals Del Cas tillo and Pino Guerra, respectively Lhe leaders of the revolt in the Provinces of Havana and Plnar del Rio, who were on horseback. Arriving at Marlanao, they went to the house of the local president of the Liberals. Baldomero Infante, where they held a preliminary sc4on. On the arrival of the prisoners from Ha vana all went to Mr. Morgan's house; and the conference on which, all persons felt, rested the success of the endeavors to settle matters without American Inter vention proceeds. Way Paved for Agreement. The situation today wa considerably changed from that of Friday, as a re sult of the proposal made then by the Moderates to accept whatever disposition of the controversy Messrs. Taft and Ba con might decide, upon condition that the rebels surrender their arms and legally promise to accept and comply with such decision, whatever It might be. While these proposals are still unsatisfactory to and ridiculed by the Liberals as weak and not made Id good faith, they have never theless paved the way for suggestions by Messrs. Taft and Bacon for further concessions from both sides, which may yet save the republic without the neces sity of American intervention. The Impression Is that the suggestions of the commissioners will Include the re tention of President Palma and perhaps Senor Fonts y Sterling, Secretary of the Treasury, with Manuel Despalgne, the Ad ministrator of the Customs, In their pres ent positions or In the Cabinet. Senors Fonts y Sterling and Despalgne are high ly esteemed by both Liberals and moder ates as honorable business men. The prot gramme of the commissioners will prob ably include new general elections, al though there may be arrangement for electing members of the Cabinet, the present Congress to continue until next year's Congressional election. Mediators Call on Palma. This morning Messrs. Taft and Bacon, accompanied by Mr. Steinhart and Cap tain McCoy, came in an automobile from Marlanao to the palace, where they were In conference -with Mr. Palma, obtaining from him his ideas as to what he was willing should be done under the circumstances. Upon leaving the palace, Mr. Bacon eald the visit had been purely a friendly one and that the formal matters of the con troversy had not been discussed. The visit, however, lasted 35 minutes. Upon leaving the palace Messrs. Taft and Bacon returned the calls of the officers of the fleet in the harbor, which now numbers nine vessels. - - - . .. . v Negroes Fear Intervention. In general the public discussion of flie entire matter is assuming more and more the nature of a controversy be tween blacks and whites. The whites, and they include every foreigner, wel comed the arrival of the United States warships. On the other hand the ne groes give vent to expressions of hatred and disappointment as each new vessel appears. The negroes seem to be of the opinion that, if the Ameri cans gain control of Cuba, the present race equality will become a thing of the past. ' Some of the Liberal leaders declare that the rebels would lay down their arms if the government would resign. The men in the fields generally aver that they would just as soon fight Americans as the Palma government. ' Crowds Watch Proceedings. Not since the efforts at mediation be gan had such Intense interest pre vailed. Crowds thronged the streets surrounding Mr. Morgan's villa and with .suppressed excitement awaited the arrival of the rebel leaders. It was evident that the sentiment of the vil lage was with the rebels, but the poo- pie feared to applaud them. Automobiles dashed to and from the villa regardless of speed limits, taking participants to the conference . and carrying messages. There were similar scenes in front of Senor Infante's house during the afternoon on account of the expectation that the prisoners and the rebel leaders would gather there. The streets were crowded, but order was maintained by the local police un der the personal direction of the Mayor. On the announcement being made that the prisoners had refused to accept conditional release, the crowd with drew quietly, but reassembled again this evening and followed the outer evidences of the proceedings .with avidity. About 4 o'clock this afternoon Mme. 'Concluded on Page 4.) A PICTORIAL "Intervening." BUFFALO WILL BE FINISH OF HEARST Used by Murphy, Only to Be Thrown Aside. NAME CHANLER FOR GOVERNOR Steal Independent Choice for Second Place. THREATS OF REPRISALS Hearst May Retaliate With Inde pendent Local Nominations in City Parkhurst Joins Voice to Anti-Hearst Chorns. , NEW YORK, Sept. 22. (Special.) William R. Hearst and the forces which hope to nominate him for Gov ernor of New York at the Democratic convention at Buffalo Tuesday will be signally and completely' routed, ac cording to indications today. Hearst's supporters are utterly demoralized, and admit there is only one chance in a thousand that Hearst will be the nominee at the head of the regular state ticket. Boss Murphy, head of Tammany Hall, with whom Hearst was credited with having pourparler agreements, will go to Buffalo and oppose Hearst. Murphy posed as being friendly to Hearst In order to secure Hearst's sup port in his campaign to capture the primaries. Having done with Hearst, Murphy has thrown him over, and Is now looking for another candidate, although he Is noncommittal. If Mur phy Is of the same frame of mind Tuesday as he Is today, the Hearst con tingent at the Buffalo convention will be a disconsolate lot. Murphy Hope of Financiers. Murphy Is the hope of the financial Interests of the state, which have uni ted against Hearst. Murphy IsJIke a sphinx about any deal that has been made by him with Ryan, Belmont, Sheehan, Parker and other anti-Hearst leaders. From Illinois. Roger C. Sullivan, Democratic National committeeman, and John P. Hopkins, ex-committee-man, both powerful leaders, are com ing to fight the nomination of Hearst. They will show that, while Hearst is coddling the party In New York, he is endeavoring to destroy it in Illinois, and that, if he succeeds in defeating the ticket In Chicago, the state will be lost to the Democrats. A body blow to Hearst was given by Dr. Charles Parkhurst, acknowledged head of the reform movement here, who returned yesterday from Switzer land. Parkhurst boosted ' Charles E. Hughes, and said this about Hearst: "There are many good things about Mr. Hearst, but he is tainted in the minds of the people of New York, and to make him Governor would be a dis grace to the state." Asked what the taint was. Dr. Park hurst replied solemnly: "A moral taint If, when Mr. Hearst first came to New York, he had fallen under wholesome Influence and, un derstand, he Is susceptible to influ ence he might have done a great deal for the credit of this city, but he has not had a wholesome effect as a man or Journalist." The breach between Hearst and Norman E. Mack is regarded as com plete. Will Rob Hearst Henroost. The World today, for the first time in several days, publishes no funeral oration on the Democratic party. The World makes the statement that Mur phy Is now against Hearst and plans to beat him by submitting the name of Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler to the Buffalo convention as a candidate for Governor. Chanlor Is now on the Hearst ticket for Lieutenant Gov ernor. Such a political coup would be simi REVIEW OF A HALF DOZEN Senator Bailey "Merely a Retainer.' lar to the one that Murphy put through In 1903, when, after Grout had been nominated by the reformers for Comptroller of the City of New York, Murphy gave Grout the Tammany nomination, and thus devastated the reform henroost. He thinks that, if, he can capture Chanler, he can get with him a lot of the Hearst strength and leave the editor out of the race. The World reports further, how ever, a story1 that the Hearst manag ers served notice on Murphy that, if he opposed Hearst at Buffalo, the In dependence League would put up can didates for every local office In the City of New York. Mayor McClellan has decided to gd to Buffalo Sunday to take part In the anti-Hearst fight. Hlggtns Can Have Second Term. In the Republican camp, the tide Is (Concluded on Page 2.) CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature 74 de gree!!; minimum, 54. TODAY'S Showers; southwest winds. Cuba. Taft haa plan by which peace may come without intervention. Page 1. Each party appoints delegates to peace con ference. Page 1. Negroes bitterly opposed to intervention. Page 1. American ships land 1100 men to repel at- tack on Havana. Page 1. United States has all preparations made for sending army of intervention. Page 1. foreign. Latest newsy gossip from Europe. Page 3- Bodies of Japanese fishermen slaughtered by Russians found. Page S. French clergy prepare to vacate govern ment church property. Page 4. Germans angry about Meteor affair. Page 4. Reported outbreak of revolt In Mexico. Page 2. Russian parties hold conventions for new campaign. Page 4. National. Root sails from Colon. Page 5. Politics. Hearst will meet his "Waterloo at Buffalo. Page 1. Beverldge speaks at Chicago on Cuba and Government ownership. Page 4. Bryan says he is for ownership with pro visos and William? opposes him. Page 5. General demand in Texas for, Bailey's re tirement. Page 2. Two of Mayor Weaver's officials resign on account of demands for political aid. Page 2. Domestic. Negro assaults on white women cause race riot at Atlanta, in which many are killed. Page 1. Woman repulses mob of strikers attacking strikebreakers at Columbus. Page 13. S tens land expected home today. Page 2. Sport. Football prospects in Northwest colleges. Page 14. Local baseball season ends today. Page 13. Multnomah football prospects are bright. Page 15. Ean Francisco baseball team hopes to win the pennant. Page 14. Champion shots will attend trap shoot at The Oaks today. Page 15. Beai'ers down Fresno on Portland diamond. 0 to 0; Gum pitches great game. Page 15. Salvldere wins Gravesend stakes and makes record winnings for season. Page 15. Tracy wins- qualifying auto race for Van- derbllt cup. Page 15. Pacific Coast. Oregon has the only cobalt mine In the United States. Page 6. Woman and five children left by husband to subsist on acorns near White Salmon, Wash. Page 7. Tacoma Slav falls to show up at his wed ding. Page 7. Nineteen-year-old Seattle youth steals horse and buggy to give sweetheart ride. Page 6. Commercial clubs of Northwest to gather at Spokane. Page 7. Commercial and Marine. British Government's estimate of India Jute crop. Page 81. Wheat markets affected by reports of locust damage in Argentina, Page 81. Scarcity of money hampers stock specula tion. Page 31. New York banks gain in surplus reserve. Page 31. . Portland and Vicinity. Threatened strike of gralnhandlers and longshoremen may tie up water-front to morrow. Page 1. i Lad da turn in $1,250,000 more personal property to Assessor this year than last. Page 10. Aliens hasten to become naturalised before new Federal law goes Into effect. Page 11. Automobile-owners appear in Police Court. Page 4S. Clubwomen prepare plans for work of com ing year. Page 10. Colored citizens celebrate Emancipation day. Page 21. Autumn realty market opens with a rush. Page 20. One-third of $3M,000 building fund being raised by Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. la pledged. Page 10. Fifty-fourth annual conference of Oregon Methodist Episcopal Church to begin Monday at Sunnyslde. Page 48. , Features and Departments. Editorial. Page 8. Church announcements. Page Classified advertisements. Pages 24-30. What the new football will be. Pages 38-37. With Army women at American Lake. Page 40. Monument for Pocahontas. Page 80. Cuban rebels trained to guerrilla warfare. Paee 42. What Uncle Sam is doing for sportsmen: Page 44. In the romance of chemistry. Page 38. Religious news. Pages 87 and 48. Book reviews. Page 45. Ham Burr's fun. Page 46. Social. Pages 18. 10 and 33. Dramatic. Pages 34-35. Musical. Page 22. Household and fashions. Page 41. youth's department. Page 47. OF THE STRIKING EVENTS GRAIN HANDL FRSTQ TIE UP SHIPPING Strike Threatened on the Waterfront. UNION GIVES ULTIMATUM Demands Increase of Wages, Which Exporters Refuse. THOUSAND MEN AFFECTED Longshoremen Ready to Walk Out in Sympathy Strike Will Prob ably Go Into Kffect at 7 o'clock Tomorrow. Unless the Grain Exporters' Associa tion, comprising the five largest grain exporting houses in Portland, shipping the bulk of the grain exported from the Pacific Coast, increases the wages of members of Gralnhandlers' Union No. 263 from 35 cents to 40- cents an hour by 7 o'clock Monday morning, the Port land waterfront will be involved in a strike affecting between 1000 and 1200 men. This is the ultimatum which Oscar Melby, representing the gralnhandlers, and Andrew Madsen, representing the longshoremen, gave the exporters yester day afternoon. Individual exporters declare the raise will not be granted and say they are ready to meet the threatened strike. The ultimatum of the gralnhandlers was In answer to another from the ex porters themselves, demanding a declar ation from the gralnhandlers of their po sition on the wage question, by noon Saturday. The response of the union was immediate and from the shoulder. If the strike Is called .not only the gralnhandlers will walk out, but the members ot Longshoremen's Unions 264 and 265 have pledged themselves to strike also In sympathy, according to the gralnhandlers. The gralnhandlers handle the grain on the docks, passing It to the longshoremen, who load the ships. Gralnhandlers' Union No. 263 has a membership of about 250. The long shoremen of the two other unions num ber In excess of 750. Those In both affiliations are pledged by the terms of a compact d.-awn up and signed by a committee from the three unions early in the week to support each other to the bitter end. This compact has been kept closely secret, and only comes to light through the threatened strike. It marks the first time that the. longshore men and gralnhandlers have Joined hands In Portland to achieve a common end. Wage Question Definite Issue. By the ultimatum of the grainhandlers the wage question, which for months has been growing more and more men acing, has Bhaped into a definite issue. Since the beginning of August and the first part of this month a committee from the gralnhandlers has three 'times held conference with the exporters. The contract between the exporters and grainhandlers which has been running since September, 1905, by which wages were 35 cents an hour, ended on the first of this month. Since then there has been a. sort of truce. Friday the exporters de manded that the handlers renew the contract on the same scale. This precip itated matters. One hundred and fifty enthusiastic mem bers crowded the hall of Union 363 Fri day night, at the rousing special meet ing called by Business Agent Melby to deliberate on this demand. They voted unanimously to stand firm for 40 cents. So Melby and Madsen yesterday carried the filial answer to the exporters: "Forty cents or strike:" The exporting firms affected by the sit uation are: Balfour, Guthrie & Co.; Kerr, Gifford & Co.: the Pacific Coast El evator Company, Pacific Grain Company and J- C. Flanders Grain Company. These firms combined ship millions of bushels a OF THE WEEK BY CARTOONIST MURPHY year. The coastwise grain trade will, not be affected bv a strike. ! Both sides stand firm and will not talk arbitration. They have widely varying arguments. "Let Them Strike," Exporter Says. "We pay the gralnhandlers now more than they get In other Coast cities," said Peter Kerr, secretary of the Exporters' Association, last night. "In Tacoma. gralnhandlers are paid 30 cents an hour. Here they get 35 cents. The demand for 40 cents Is exorbitant. We will never pay it. They can strike if they want to it will make no differ ence. Positively, we will not be held up for 40 cents, even If the waterfront Is tied up temporarily; but of that we shall see. The exporters are all unanimous on this. "Where only 30 cents an hour is paid in Tacoma, to 35 cents here, nobody seems to have any trouble getting labor enough up there. So I don't think a strike would tie us up very badly here." One grain exporter Intimated that the longshoremen are behind the trouble. "Our petition for 40 cents an hour is only a return to the old contract scale paid up to 1890," said Thomas Spence, one of the members of Union 263. - "Then we were cut to 35 cents on ac count of the hard times. The promise was made then that former wages would be paid again. They never have been paid. Time and again we have asked, but have been refused. We propose to strike for our rights now. "True, grainhandlers in Tacoma and Seattle are only paid 30 cents an hour. But there Is a vast difference between work and conditions there and here. Up there the warehouses are large and roomy. Grain only has to be piled flive to eight sacks high. In Portland they often must be piled 12, 14 and IS high. That Is a huge difference, let me tell you. The weight of a sack of grain does not decrease the higher one lifts it. Many men from Tacoma coming here have found the work too hard for them. Will Tie Tp Watee Front. "This strike will be called to the bitter end. The longshoremen will stand by us. Unless the exporters yield, the whole waterfront will be tied up. If the ex porters get men, it will cost them 31 an hour." Monday morning the grainhandlers and longshoremen will report to their union headquarters. If their demands are met they will work, but few expect to la bor tomorrow. Unless one side recedes, a big waterfront strike will take effect at once. MARINES AND SAILORS GUARD HAVANA FROM REBELS. Army of 1500 Ready to Resist At tack and ProtectAmerican Lives and Property. HAVANA, Sept. 22. Fifteen hundred marines and sailors are preparing to land in Havana tonight for transfer to Camp Columbia. The United Railways has two trains with a total of 30 cars waiting to transport the force. As it became known . that an armed American force was coming ashore, it was said that forcible Intervention was at hand. The object of landing the troops Is stated to be preparedness to resist a possible attack on the city and to be ready to protect' American lives and property in the event that the rebels out side the city become dissatisfied with the condition of tha peace negotiations and undertake to invade Havana. It Is a significant fact that the Cuban Government has ordered the transposi tion for the troops and made all the arrangements for their occupation of Camp Columbia. This camp quite closely adjoins Marlanao, where Secretary Taft and Mr. Bacon are carrying on their ne gotiations for peace. ZAYAS PRESENTS CREDENTIALS Claims Full Authorization to Repre sent Liberal Sentiment. HAVANA, Sept. 22. Alfredo Zayas said to the Associated PreBS today: "Concerning the question of my au thority fully to represent Liberal senti ment. I already have full powers from the rebels In P'inar del Rio and Havana provinces. With the arrival here of Or. estas Ferrarla and Machado and the commissioners from General Guzman, of Santa Clara province, coupled with the unquestioned support of the leaders who were liberated from Jail today. I shall have ample authority to represent the Liberal party and will be able to dispel Secretary Taft's Just doubts on this point. "I am confident that the basis recently presented, supported by. the above pow ers, will solve the problem promptly." ATLANTA WHITES KILL OFF NEGROES Bloody Revenge fo Attacks on Women. AT LEAST TWENTY-FIVE DEAD Whole Population Goes Gun ning for the Blacks. TROOPS PATROL STREETS Series of Brutal Assaults Rouse Whites to Fury and Every Negro Seen Is Beaten ! ' or Killed. ABOUT 25 NEGROES KIM.KI). ATLANTA. Sept. 23.-1:30 A. M. Reports are being received from the outskirts of the town of rioting and negroes being killed and driven from their homes. Rumors have It tnat 25 to 30 negroes have been killed here tonight, but it is impossible at this time to confirm these reports. ATLANTA, Ga Sept. 22. Special.) Four attempted assaults within four hours tonight, many negroes killed by un known parties, the, riot call sounded to clear the streets, every policeman In the city summoned to the Station-house, any number of negroes pulled from street cars and every negro in the city being chased from the heart of the city by mobs of angry men and boys, Is a brief summary of the bloody Saturday night In Atlanta. The women on whom the assaults were attempted were Mrs. Jessie Chafin, liv ing near the Soldiers' Home on the out skirts of Atlanta: Miss Alma Allen, 1?3 Davis street: Mrs. J. F. Arnold, 1S7 Bul lion street; Mrs. Mattle Holcome, 275 Mag nolia street. - The first negroes killed w.re William Durham, bootblack at the Leland barber shop; on unknown . negro on Broad street; deaf and dumb negro In front of the Kimball house; two unknown negroes at the corner ot Prior and Richardson streets. At midnight the Fire Department was called to Decatur and Richardson streets to turn the hose on the negro Bowery and drive the loafers away. Mayor Woodward and the leading citizens of the city came to the heart of the city to plead for peace and quiet. What Infuriated Whites. The first assault occurred this after noon at 3 o'clock, when an unknown negro came up behind Mrs. Chafln, a young woman of 24 yearR, who was walking In the woods near her home, and grabbed her. She jerked loose and ran to her home. Later, when she came out again, he was In hiding in the grass and grabbed at her again. She ran back and got a gun, but the negro fled Into the woods. He Is being pursued by an armed posse of 300 men. At 7 o'clock Mrs. Frank Arnold went on her back porch. As she stepped Into the shadow a negro crouching near by sprang at her and grabbed her In his arms. She screamed and he fled. He) was pursued by thousands. A negro named Henry Green has been captured and landed in jail as a suspect. As Mrs. Hattle Holcome went to her front window to close the blinds, a negro on the outside reached for her. She) screamed and another posse was organ ized. Miss Alma Allen, of 12 Davis street, was In her back yard shortly after dusk, when a negro pursued her. She screamed and fell In a faint. A posse started In pursuit. Negroes Beaten and Killed. The mob began its work early In the evening, pulling negroes from street-cars and beating them with clubs, bricks and (Concluded on Page 2.) !5 I