THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, AUGUST 18, 1907.
3
QUICK
DEWS
hAESSAGE forgery
Head. of Railway Telegraphers
Did Not Instruct Men Not
to Handle Business.
SENDS DENIAL TO SINKS
fcouthcrii Pacific Discharges Oper
ator for Tampering AYilh Wires.
I'nlon Kxprlls Two Members
AA "ho Returned to AVork.
LOCAL STRIKE SITUATION.
Grand Scrolary-Trasurer Quick,
of the C'rdfr of Railway Telegraph
ers, In a-lrttor confirms the tele
graphic announcement that the orig
inal message. Instructing railway
telegraphers not to handle Western
Union business was a forgery.
Southern raetfic t'ompany dis
charges II. A. Morse, operator at
West Fork, for tampering with West
ern Union wires.
Young woman clerk in Western
I'nlon office Insulted liy supposed
striker.-
Associated Press resumes its leased
wire service in the Northwest.
Striking telegraphers ask for as
sistance of Typographical Union and
adopt resolutions expelling from
membership and denouncing V. K.
Stone and Ira Greenwood, two desert
ing union members.
strikers sav they have induced non
union strikebreaker to leave Western
Union.
Grand Secretary-Treasurer Quick, of
the Order of ftailway Telegraphers, la
a letter. to A. U. Sinks, of this city, a
member of the executive board of the
same organization, has officially de
nounced as a forgery the first aileged
tel.RTam from himself in which the
railway telegraphers were instructed
not to handle Western Union business,
lie supplements his repudiation of the
fake message by repeating the text of
.the second telegram, which he says was
genuine. In it the" railway operators
were notified strictly to observe their
contract with the railroads. The letter
was written at St. Louts, August 12,
190', and was received by Mr. Sinks
yesterday. It follows:
All Memhers Order Railway Telegraphers:
.Am informed mesasge purporting to have
been signed by me is being sent over the
railroad wires Instructing railroad telegra
phers to 'refuse to handle Western I'nlon
business. That message Is a fake.. Pay no
attention to messages of that character.
"You are requested strictly to observe
your agreement with the railroads. , You
should perform the same duties now that
j ou did before the Commercial Telegraphei V
, strike occurred: nothing more, nothing less.
Telegraphers at junction points are request
ed to furnish a copy of this message to
other lines.
Causes Trouble on Railroad Lines.
But the bogus message, undoubtedly
the work . of a radical strike sym
pathizer, ha3 created endless trouble
on both the Oregon llallroad ct Navi
gation and the Southern Pacific lines
In this state. At a number of sta
tions these operators have refused to
receive any Western I'nlon business
while others have interfered with the
tjse of the wires by disturbing the
plugs in the switchboard. These oper
ators have refused to accept as genuine
the telegraphic denial of Quick that
he had ever issued the first message
snrt continued to interrupt in numerous
ways the business over the lines.
Because of thi3 interference the tele
graph companies and the railroad of
ficials detailed several detectives to ap
prehend the disturbers. The most
serious trouble was being experienced
with the Western Union wire between
this city and San Francisco. K. A.
Kllppcl. superintendent of telegraph for
the Oregon Railroad & Navigation and
the Southern Pacific lines In Oregon,
ever since the strike was inaugurated
last Monday night, has endeavored to
discourage the railway telegraphers
from a participation In the trouble, but
his suggestions were of little avail so
far as keeping some of the men from
tampering with the wires.
Karly yesterday morning as the re
Suit of an investigation, II. A. Morse,
ttlsrht operator for the Southern ' Pa
cific at West Fork. Southern Oregon,
was found tampering with the "Western
Union wires and was promptly dis
charged. The case was referred by
Fuperintendent Klippcl to the Western
Union authorities and a . crlnilnal
prosecution may follow.
i Inspector Catches Morse.
"We were satisfied that some ma
licious work was being done on the
, Western Union wires between thi city
; and San Francisco, and resolved to get
; the culprit." said Superintendent Klip
j pel last night. "This wire has not
; been working satisfactorily since Mon
jday night when the Western Union
-(operators in Portland went on strike.
Jllavlng located the trouble in the
(vicinity of West Fork we stationed an
inspector at that point and he was rc
warded at 3 o'clock this morning by
finding Morse tampering with the wires
in his office.
"We have been cautioning the railroad
telegraphers to keep out of the pending
strike, and have reasoned with them that
the first alleged Quick message was un
doubtedly a forgery, hut linthelr enthusi
asm and sympathy for the striking teleg
raphers the railway operators were hard
to manage. Now that Secretary-Treasurer
Quick, of the railway telegraphers'
organization, has positively repudiated
the first message that was sent, we expect
that further interference with the tele
graphic business will cease.'sinee it is not
countenanced by the National officers."
Young Woman Clerk Insulted.
'One of my young women clerks was
insulted this afternoon by one of the
striking telegraphers." said Manager' Du
mars, ,nf the Western Union, last night.
"Yesterday her brother received from the
Portland postofflce by special delivery an
anonymous typewritten letter containing
the followig threatening language:
" 'I understand that your sister is work
ing in the office of the Western Union. If
she wishes to preserve her good looks and
remain on this earth, she had better quit
her employment at once.
ONK THAT KNOWS.
"At noon today this young woman left
the office to go to her lunch and was fol
lowed by a young man who addressed
her in ungentlemanly terms. Sho became
frightened, and, after she had reached
her home and had lunch, she hesitated
about returning to the office until I called
to accompany her down town. When we
reached the Chamber of Commerce build
ing the same young fellow who had ac
costed her as she left the office an hour
efor approached us and before I could
prevent It he had seized the young woman
by the arm and pulled her across the
sidewalk. I promptly released the girl
from the fellow's grasp and warned him
not to repeat ths performance or I would
causa his arrest. Although this was wit
nessed by two police officers who were
standing across the street, 'they did not
offer to give me any assistance, and when
1 asked them why they had not done so
they replied that no one had been hurt.'
"I do not know of course that any of
the striking telegraphers wrote the threat
ening note to the young woman's brother,
but I am quite sure that the fellow who
insulted the young woman this afternoon
was one of the strikers. These two in
stances only tend to show to what ends
these fellows or their sympathizers will
go to intimidate those who would earn an
honorable living."
For the first time since its operators
walked out on a strike Monday afternoon,
the Associated Press had its leased wire
in operation last night throughout the
Northwest. A satisfactory news service
was furnished all members.
Last night the striking telegraphers re
ported having induced one of the strike
breakers employed in the Western Union
office to quit his position. They claim to
have the unqualified promise of the non
union operator that he will not return
to his work.
Appeal to Printers' Union.
The strikers have . appealed to the
members of the Multnomah Typo
graphical Union for assistance and
yesterday adopted the following reso
lutions, a copy of which was for
warded to the National convention of
the Typographical Union, in session
at Hot Springs, Ark.: .
Whereas. The Commercial Telegraphers'
I'nlon of .America, now being on a general
strike against all commercial telegraph and
press corporations, except those having a
union contract, to bring about better con
ditions of the telegraph operators and to
obtain justice from their employers: and.
Whereas. The Typographical Union of
America, being affiliated, with the American
Federation of Iabor, with which the Com
mercial Telegraphers' Union is also affil
iated, and whose support the telegraphers
have -a right to expect; be it
Resolved. That the Multnomah local of the
International Typographical Union be and
is hereby requested to take some action as
regards the handling of nonunion copy.
C. K. BRAX1N, Chairman.
P. D. MORGAN. Committee.
Arbitration Distrusted by. Men.
Striking commercial telegraphers
here do not enthuse over the report
from Chicago that Samuel Gompers
and other recognized labor leaders are
negotiating for an arbitration of the
trouble between the telegraphers and
the telegraph companies. Local tel
egraphers are Inclined to distrust ar
bitration unless President Roosevelt
takes a hand in the proceedings.- The
operators declare they are willing to
submit their grievances to a board of
arbitrators, feeling confident of the
outcome, but in doing so they insist
that President Roosevelt be a member
of that board; otherwise they say the
terms of the settlement may not be
enforced.
"'Don't arbitrate,' is our slogan'
said President Bran in, of the local
Telegraphers' Union, yesterday. "That
is to say, we do not propose to stand
for the kind of arbitration telegraph
ers have been accustomed to receive.
We are distrustful of some of the rep
resentatives of the Government, who
have had a hand in arbitrating our
troubles before. For instance, the re
cent difficulty at Oakland. The West
ern Union was not required to live up
to the terms of the settlement that
was agreed to. That settlement pro
vided that the company should not
practice further discrimination, 'but in
stead of living up to It, the company
not only discriminated against union
operators, but in many Instances re
fused to re-employ some of Its former
.men. If president nooseven win u3
allowed to take a hand in tne proposeu
arbitration and see that the condi
tions of the contract that may be
reached are enforced, we' will have no
objection to that plan of settlement.
But it has been our experience with
previous arbitration boards that very
little has bcien gained by the strikers
because of a non-enforcement of the
terms of the settlement agreed to."
Local Situation Unchanged.
locally the situation remains the same
as it was Friday. The Western Union
and the Postal offices continue to operate
with a combined force of not to exceed
IB. of whom only four are employed at
the Postal. Flattering overtures, say the
strikers, are being made by Manager Du
mars. of the Western Union, to induce op
erators other than the strikers to accept
positions In the company's Portland office.
Yesterday T. J. Casey, bookkeeper at the
police station, was urged by Manager Du
niars to go to work. Casey was formerly
employed as an operator, and Is consid
ered a competent telegrapher, but he re
fused to listen to the offer-, which con
sisted of U hours' pay for seven hours'
work, together with board and room and
the assurance of a permanent place with
the company when the strike had ended.
The striking messenper boys are wag
ing a campaign that would do older and
more experienced heads credit. From
early morning until a respectful compli
ance with the city's curfew ordinance
compels their retirement theso lads do
picket duty in the vicinity of the Western
Union office at Third and Stark streets.
Their powers of perception are highly
cultivated, and they can recognize a 'scab
bing' messenger on sight. Observing one
of these strikebreakers emerge from the
telegraph office, the word is spread and
in an incredible time he is surrounded by
from a. dozen to 15 enraged messenger
lads. The boys do not resort to violence,
not so much as laying their hands on the
intruder of their sacred preserves, but by
cajoling the $3-a-day messenger they
make him so ashamed of himself that he
almost regrets that he accepted the job.
Strikebreaker Quits Job.
Yesterday these tactics were so effect
ively employed in one Instance that the
strikebreaker, being promised a position
in a real estate office, returned to' the
telegraph office and tendered his resig
nation. But with the assistance of
force of six messengers, the vijestern
Union office yesterdav was successful In
Answering Want
Advertisements
In The Oregonian today on the
classified pages are a number
of "Help Wanted" advertisements
wlfere employers are making at
tractive offers for the right kind
of help. There will, of course,
be many replies,' but the ones
that will receive consideration
are the ones that write fully
their qualifications.
It has been learned by ex
perience that applicants -who
give full particulars as to prev
ious experience, reference, age,
and salary expected, always re
ceive more consideration and are
most likely to get the positions.
It would be well for you to
read the "Help Wanted" adver
tisements in today's Oregonian.
delivering all messages that were re
ceived. This office is bearing the brunt
of the messenger boys' strike, for the
reason that the messengers at the Postal
office are not members of the union and
are not interfered with In the perform
ance of their duties. Nor are any of the
other messenger agencies in the city be
ing disturbed by the striking lads, who
are devoting their every talent to em
barrassing the local management of the
Western Union.
Mail bulletins are being received at
strikers' headquarters in the Esmond Ho
tel from many Pacific Coast and Eastern
cities, reporting that both telegraph com
panies all over the country are handling
but a 'limited amount of business. The
striking telegraphers . have been admon
ished by their head officials to refrain
from all acts of violence and to conduct
the strike in a sane and orderly manner,
so that they may prove themselves de
serving of the public .sympathy.
These suggestions are being consistently
followed as a rule by the strikers in
Portland. Many of the operators have
left the city for vacations and others have
accepted employment elsewhere. Proba
bly 60 per cent of those who joined the
strike in this city have already accepted
other positions and'more will begin work
at different vocations next Monday.
Deserters Expelled From Union. -'
Operators Stone and Underwood, who
deserted the union Friday to return to
the employ of the Western Union have
not only been expelled from membership
In the Commercial Telegraphers' Union
but they were denounced for their action
in the following resolutions which were
adopted at a meeting of the strikers yes
terday: Whereas. C. E. Stone and Ira Greenwood,
members of I,ocal No. !i'J, C. T. U. of A..
have violated their sacred oaths and refused
to abide by a strike order, returning to
their employment with the "Western Union
for no other tharf sordid motives, thereby
branding themselves as men who have no
regard for word or honor, principle or de
cency: therefore, be it
Resolved. That Local No. 02. C. T. U. or A..
condemns to the fullest extent this action
on the part of Charles E. Stone and Ira
Greenwood for their violations of oath, for
their meretricious and Irresponsible conduct.
for their most uncalled-for action, for their
love of gold rather- than of manhood and of
principle, for their . weakmindedness under
persuasion, and for the disgraceful exasrtplo
which they have afforded the public; and be
It further
Resolved. That Local No. 92 of the C T.
U. of A. hereby expels these tw o. dishonored
members. C. K. Stone and Ira Greenwood,
for the reason specified in the foregoing.
WILLIAM BUTLER. Chairman.
F. B. TRACY".
CLARENCE GIBBS, Committee,
At' the meeting of the strikers yester
day morning. William R .Logus, a mem
ber of the City Council at Oregon City,
addressed his associates and assured them
that they had the sympathy of the public
with them in their strike. Mr. Logus
was formerly Western Union agent at
Oregon City but resigned his position
several months ago and has since been in
the employ of the Pacific States Telephone
& Telegraph Company in this city.. He
retains a membership, hew-ever, in the
Portland local of the Commercial Teleg
raphers' Union.
Brokers' Service Uninterrupted.
The brokerage firm of Overbeck &
Cooke Company, of this city, has baen
very fortunate. At no time since the
strike began has the firm's private wire
service with the Fast been interrupted,
and it has continued throughout the
trouble to serve its clients with com
mercial and financial news regularly.
The company's operators in Portland
and other cities asked for an Increase
In pay at the time the commercial and
press telegraphers submitted their de
mands, and as the brokers gave their
men what they wanted, they have con
tinued at their keys.
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SECRETARY STRAUS TALKS OF
HIS' TRIP TO HAWAII.
Is Entertained by Business Men of
Honolulu, When He Advocates
Improvement Pearl Harbor.
SAX FRANCISCO. August IT. Among
the arrivals from Honolulu ou the steamer
Asia, which arrived here today, were
Oscar S. Straus, Secretary of Commerce
and Labor, who has been Inspecting con
ditions in Hawaii, and K. Ishii, secretary
of the Japanese Foreign Office, who will
visit ' the principal cities of the .country
before returning to the Orient. In an
interview. Secretary Straus said that dur
ing his stay in the Islands he had looked
into immigration matters, into the labor
question and into the needs of the Isl
ands in the matter of aids to navigation,
especially as to the sites for lighthouses
already decided on and of the needs of
lighthouses not decided on.
He had investigated the report yiat
there was a feeling of enmity toward
America and Americans among the Japa
nese In Hawaii and found it to be with
out foundation. In fact, on the contrary,
the Japanese there apparently entertain
the most friendly feeling toward the Uni
ted States and its people.
A few days before his departure from
Honolulu. Secretary Straus was enter
tained by the business men of the city.
In an address on that occasion, he de
clared himself in favor of a strong Navy
and advocated the" fortification and im
provement of Pearl Harbor.
STEP OFF RAILROAD TIES
Nebraska Officials Go Over Line ol
Missouri Pacific.
LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 17. In the In
vestigation of the complaints of the
condition of the Missouri Pacific Rail
road tracks, made by the National
Railway Trackmen's Union, three mem
bers of the Nebraska Road Commis
sion walked nine miles along the line
east of Lincoln today, counting ties
and inspecting rails.
Members of the commission were Or.
Hudson J. "Wlnnett. Judge Joseph Wil
liams and Henry T. Clarke, who were
accompanied by J. I. Shepherd, of Fort
Scott,;Kan., and H. A. Vurpln, of Chi
cago, vice-president of the National
Union Railway Trackmen.
The commission has power from the
Legislature to order changes in track
and to stop trains if orders are not
complied with.
Steamer News From Knapptom .
KXAPPTON. Wash., Aug. 17. (Special.)
The steam schooner R. D. Inman, sailed
tonight for San Francisco on her first
lumber-laden voyage, carrying a mixed
cargo of fir. amounting to S60.000 feet. The
schooner Alumna now loading a special
cargo of lumber for "Valparaiso, Chile,
amounting to 1,000,000 feet will finish to
day and as soon as her crew can be
completed will sail.
Russians Colonizing in Mexico.
' MEXICO CITY. Aug. 17. Negotia
tions are pending here for the pur
chase of 150,000 acres of land to be
colonized by Russian 20.000 "Molaka
tos," who are to leave Western Russia
soon to be joined by 2000 now at Los
Angeles.
Metzger & Co.. headquarters Brauer'
hand-painted art .china, 342 Wash. s( J
TAFT CLOSES SHOP
Bids Farewell to Assistants in
War Department.
STARTS ROUND THE WORLD
Trip of 30,000 Miles Promises tc
Be of Great Diplomatic and Com
mercial Importance x Gives
Out an Interview.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. (Special.)
Ready for his trip of about 30.000 miloa
which will take Mm round the world,
perhaps settle the future of the Filipinos,
bring him in contact with three Emperors
and be of great diplomatic as well as com
mercial importance, William H. Taft, Sec
retary of War, brought his fist down on
his desk with an expression of relief to
night and bade farewell to his subordi
nates in the War Department.
In midst of bis rush of detail today, he
took time to discuss various matters in
form of an interview. He said he would
discuss tariff, trusts and railroads in his
speech to be 'made at Columbus, Ohio,
Monday night.' He denied that he was
"embarrassed" by the fact that while be
ing his own candidate for President he
had to act as "spokesman of the adminis
tration." He said he was proud of this
and would not have it changed.
He also emphatically denied that he had
any intention of resigning in order to be
free to express his own views, intimating
that the views which he was expressing
were his own as well as Mr. Roosevelt's.
When asked what in his opinion was the
most serious problem before the American
people today, Secretary Taft. said it was
the improvement and enforcement of
criminal law.
UNGLE SAM'S NAVY SECOND
AMERICAN FLEET PLACED NEXT
TO TOP OF LIST.
In Ships With High-Power Guns
and Armor, United States Vessels
Are Superior, to AH.
XEW YORK, Aug. 17. The annua is
sue of F. T. James' fighting ships in 1907,
one of the recognized authorities on
navies, puts the United . States second
among the naval powers, and Great Brit
ain first. The book says that both in
ships with' high-powered guns and armor
impervious to vital Injury at long range
the United States fleet is superior to any
other navy in the world. James charac
terizes tlie American Navy as an ex
tremely good second.
CRUISERS REACH YOKOHAMA
v ' . "
First Division Pacific Squadron in
Orient Coining to San Francisco.
'WASHINGTON. Aug. 17. The Navy
Department has been advised of the ar
rival at Yokohama today of the cruisers
West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania
and Colorado, comprising the first divi
sion of the Pacific cruiser squadron. The
cruisers will sail Thursday for Honolulu
en route to San Francisco.
Cutter Manning Hits Rock.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 17. A telegram
received by the Treasury Department re
ports that the revenue cutter Manning
yesterday ran upon an uncharted rock
near Valdez. Alaska. As Captain Cant
well added that he proceeded to Sitka
for repairs, it is believed- the Manning
Is not seriously damaged.
Discredit Sinking- of Island.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 17. Government
officials are Inclined to discredit the
Honolulu story that Lavsan Island has
disappeared and attribute it to a probable
mistaken reckoning by the captain of
the schooner Olsen who made the re
port. Astoria Teachers Examined.
ASTORIA. Or., Aug. 17. (Special.) The
examination of applicants for county and
state teachers certificates was completed
today. Certificates were issued as fol
lows: First grade Mrs. A. E. Huden,
Mrs. Margaret G. Barry, Misses Esther
Larson, Rose A. Matson. Gertrude Havard
and J. Fred Santee. Second grade Misses
Josephine May Dow. Maret Louise Settem,
Grace Morton and Beatrice Leona Robin
son. Those who took the examination
for state certificates and whose papers
will be examined by the state board, are:
Misses Jessie Sands, Alice Goddard. Nellie
Gerding. "Lucy Morton, Inez Luce, Mary
Clark. Laura Fastabend and Gertrude
Sinnott.-
California Boy Is Victor.
OMAHA, Aug.' 17. Walter Stanton, of
California, defeated Guy Buckles, of
Omaha, yesterday in a fierce 20-round
fight.' Stanton was aggressive through
out. Buckles was thrice all but out, but
Stanton was unable to follow up his ad
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HIGH-GRADE PIANOS AND-ORGANS V
WHOLESALE AND KETAJL
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL7
Eou, -
land, Oregon.
1 hTe round it naoasasry to diTart thre nor ear to you,'
oontaining forty-four piano. I ahall haT to ask on to taka oara of
thss instruments In addition to those recently nt. Xf it will enable
yon to handle this last shipment for us mor advantageously , you oan re
duo first payments to aa low as $60.00. or nth a llttl less on some '
of the least eipenslre grades.
These three oars should reash you by the 16th.
jouxe Tery ruxyt
353 Washington Street
Corner of Park
BIGGEST -BUSIEST -BEST
'At
flliiiiliilfim
mm,
age possessed only by JEWEL stoves and
ranges. It entirely prevents the formation of
"dead corners" and insures an even, clean,
perfect-burning fire. JEWEL stoves and
ranges have every improvement essential to
perfect cooking or heating every feature that
can add to their convenience, cleanliness and
economy. They are made in a multitude of
styles and sizes for every possible stove re
quirement and for burning all kinds of fuel.
Ask for JEWEL stoves and ranges you'll
know them by the trade-mark.
EARTHQUAKE IN SAN JUATST
Two Shocks I'cll IVople Are Awak
ened, lint Xo l)am.aKc Done.
SAN JUAN. Porto Kiio. Ails. 17.
Earthquakes wore, felt here at 7 o'clock
last iiluht and at 4 o'clock thin niorninK.
Many jersons were .wu.kencd by the lat
ter. whi-h was lie cv No damage.
Miss at
Quality
W X CANNON. SmV m w
$400
PIANOS
NOW
$228
Eilers Famous
"Money Back"
Guarantee on
Every Fiano
in This Sale
$soo
PIANOS
NOW
$285
VtANm
OKC-AH
mcnuc rtAwos
OHCHCSTMOKS
CHUKTM OOCANt
THE AUTortAMO
August lOthr 1907.
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