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THE SUNDAY OREGOMAN, PORTLAND, OCTOBER- 13, 1907.
V1ARKET RAIDED
BY HIGHWAYMEN
Robbers Steal Physician's Rig
and Drive to Scene of
Crime.
PURSUERS ARE FIRED ON
old Thieves Make Escape by Free
t.'ae of Revolvers Butcher Shop
on Sixteenth Street Is
Held L'p.
After stealing Dr. Sanford Loeb's horse
and buggy at Sixth and. Washington
streets, in the heart of the business dis
trlct, at 7 o'clock last night, three high
waymen drove In a roundabout way to
the North End Market, Sixteenth and
Marshall streets, entered the establish
ment about 9 o'clock and held up the pro
prietor and a man who was there on
busintrfs. They secured about $200 and es
caped In the rig. While carrying out the
robbery, in which but two of them en
gaged, the thugs wore masks made of
flour sacks.
Just as the highwaymen were leaving
the market, J. C. Duhrkoop, of Sylvan,
Or., who was in he Bhop on business and
who lost $35 in the robbery, ran out and
tried to stop the horse. His act caused
the bandits to empty their revolvers at
him, a number of shots being fired.
Soma say there were but flve in all, -but
others declare they heard at least ten
shots fired. No one was hurt.
The hlgh'.vaymen drove of in the direc
tion of the railroad yards. Within, a few
minutes after the robbery w.-.g reported
the police were out in all directions, a
squad of detectives going to the. scene
In an automobile. Tho machine . was
driven through the district where' the
hold-up occurred, then out on the Linn ton
road, but up to an early hour this morn
ing no trace of tie. highwaymen had been
found. . . : : '
Attempts to Recover Rig.
Shortly before the robbery was commit
ted, William Hampel, of 548 Walnut street,
saw the horse and buggy tied to a tree at
Twentieth and. Thurman streets and rec
ognized them. He had just been to Dr.
loeb's office and knew of the theft. He
alighted from the car on which he was
riding and tried to take charge of the
rig. He encountered one of the bandits,
Imwever, who tried to explain that the rig
was not the .property of Dr. Loeb, and
the affnir finally ended by two of the
three highwaymen leaping into the . car
rigo and making off at a rapid rate.
From Twentieth and THurman streets,
he lilghwnvmen drove direct to the North
Knd Market, located at Sixteenth and
Marshall streets. There were two men
actively engaged in the holdup, and some
say that a third robber remained out
side to stand guard, but tlte -police are
inclined to believe that only two men
were in the robbery. The two adjusted
their white masks after alighting from
the buggy, and were seen, to do so by
Duhrkoop. who had entered the market
but a few minutes before. After masking
themselves, the two men advanced instde
the store, one displaying a btued-steel
revolver. -
"I'm a highway robber throw up your
hands," cried the younger of the two, as
he raided the revolver and levelled it at
A. Werteniberger, the proprietor, and at
Duhrkoop. The robber used profane
language. His commands were complied
with Immediately. .
While the masked robber stood with his
revolver pointed at the frightened men,
lls companion advanced to the cash
register and cooly picked up a sack of
gold, which was lying there. He then
opened the cash register and quickly
scooped out tho money in the drawers.
Then he turned to his pal and remarked
that it was time to get out. Both hur
ried to the street, after warning those
within the market to remain quiet. Leap
ing into the buggy, the robbers started
away, when Duhrkoop. recovering from
his shock, rushed out and laid hold of
the horses bridle. Immediately the men
In the buggy drew their weapons and
began tiring.
Drives OfT Victim.
Duhrkoop dropped . the bridle and the
highwaymen drove oil at a fast pace.
When last seen they were In the buggy at
Tenth and Lovejoy streets.
Kddie Opsall, the delivery boy, had the'
experience of his life. He stood para
lyzed with fright throughout the ordeal.
Henry Engel. a butcher, happened to be :
in the rear room when the highwaymen
entered, and knew nothing of their pres
ence mtil he came to the glass door lead- i
lug Into the market. He saw what was
going on, and kept out of sight until it
was over.
"I believe ther were three men hi the '
,1ob," said Duhrkoop, in detailing his story
of tho affair- at police headquarters.
"When the two men were in the market,
lu tho act of the robbery,- I distinctly saw
a man peer around the corner of the
tore. I fully believe he was one of the
robber."
"I cannot be certain whether there
were two or three men," ald A. Wertem
berger. the proprietor, after reaching po
lice headquarters. "I know that they did
the work mighty quickly, and that I lost
about $165."
Captain of Detectives Bruin and Pa
trol Captain Slover were at headquarters
when the hold-up was reported. All avail
able plain-clothes men were hurried out
In all directions whore It was thought
likely the highwaymen might go. and an
automobile was ordered to convey detec
tives In the quickest possible manner to
the Unnton road, as It was thought the
robbers might attempt to escape by go
in In that direction.
Tb hold-up was the most sensational
of the present year, and is regarded as
Indicative of the presence in the city of
a desperate gang of criminal, probably
paroled convicts, with which Portland Is
said to be tilled just now. Numerous bur
glaries have been reported to the police
for several days, and many robberies and
attempted robberies of safes have also
been recorded.
CAR VICTIM IDENTIFIED
Fatal Termination of Several Days'
Heavy Drinking.
Late last night the man who was killed
by a trolley car on the Sellwood line of
the Tortland Railway. Light & Power
Company, was identified as Matthies
Frueh. tin years of age, who resided at
Oregon City. He was a swamper In a
saloon In that place. He had been drink
ing heavily for several days, and his
death Is said to be traceable to his help
less condition.
Coroner KInley stated last night that
no Inquest will be held, as investigation,
lie stated, had developed the fact that
Frueh s death was the result of his own
carelessness. The victim has no rela
tives in this country. He was a German.
The remains will, be buried at the ex
fzue of the railway company.
PORTLAND MAN KILLS HUGE ELK
Walter B. H.on.ey man has
achieved the distinction of being
the first Portland sportsman to
kill an elk this year. Not only
this, but It Is doubtful whether
any other sportsman in the state
will be able to bag a bull as
large and handsome as the one
that fell before the unerring aim
of Mr. Honeyman. Mr. Honey
man .has been waiting for years
; for a chance to kill one of the
' fast vanishing elk. and 'Just as
soon as he could arrange it after
the ban of the law was removed,
he made ready for his trip. He
left Portland a week ago last
Friday, and returned yesterday
morning, bringing back with
him the head and hide of a
seven-point bull. The head is
undoubtedly one of the hand
somest specimens ever brought
to the city.
Mr. Honeyman went to Seaside
VOTE FOR A BUTTLE
Engineers Refuse to Obey Or
der of Trades Council.
APPEAL TO THE UNIONS
Decide to Furnish Xb Help to Port-
laud Brewing Company and to
Risk Suspension by the
Central Body.
Trouble is .threatened in the ranks of
organized labor. At its meeting last
night the Stationary Engineers Union
voted not to comply with the Instructions
of the Federated Trades Council to fur
nish the Portland Brewing Company with
two engineers before tomorrow morning,
under penalty of suspension from the
central body. The engineers decided to
resist the demands of the Federated
Trades and will appeal to the individual
unions for support. Through the same
influence the engineers expect to gain
reinstatement in the Trades Council at
the proper time. t
'The -whole trouble is the outcome oi
our difficulty with the Portland Brewing
Company, said w. A. Mackenzie, presi
dent of the Stationary Engineers' Union,
last night. "This brewing company has
caused us trouble ever since we have had
any relations with It. The management
would not sign the same form of con
tract in force with the other breweries.
and we were continually in a wrangle.
After numerous disputes we suggested
that the manager of this plant prepare a
supplementary contract, with the under
standing that If it was acceptable to us
we would sign It.
"This contract provided that the brew
master, who had been, acting as an en
gineer, should have nothing to do with
the engines at the plant. It was further
agreed that, beginning May 1, last, the
company would employ two engineers.
This it has failed to do, with the excep
tion of about a .month since that time.
We insisted that the brewery company
should live up to the agreement and em
ploy an additional engineer. The .com
pany finally agreed to do so, but when
we presented a claim for 3S5 as commit
tee expense money Incurred while we
were considering the matter with the
brewery, it balked and appealed the ease
to the Federated Trades Council, which
sustained the action of the engineers"
committee, but held that we had no right
to collect the J55.
'That is the bone of contention and we
are already being sustained by a num
ber of unions of the city to which we
have appealed our cause. While we
have not been at work on the matter a
week, 22 unions have pledged us their
support and others will be seen during
the week.
"We most certainly will not submit to
the arbitrary action that has been taken
by the Trades Council, feeling that we
are entirely Justified In our position.
Though we may be suspended, we are
not worrying about It any, for with the
support we have among the other unions,
our expulsion, we are satisfied, will be
short-lived."
The Stationary Engineers' Union has a
membership of 139 and is one of the
strongest in the city.
Prisoner Escapes From Rockpile.
Charles Miller, serving a term of six
months at the Kelly Butte rockpile, es
caped from that place at 9 o'clock last
nlgbt and has not been recaptured. He
had been doing duty as a trusty and
took advantage of an opportunity to get
away. The escape was reported to the
Sheriff and the police.
Wheat Case In Superior Court.
OLYMPIA. Wash.. Oct. 12. (Special)
Following Us recent proceedings in
the Federal Court for a writ of review
and there engaged Jim Burke,
one of the -best guides and elk
hunters in the state. From Sea
side they made their way to the
. headwaters of Elk Creek. It was
a hard trip, and on the way to
the plane which Burke had se
lected for the camp, Mr. Honey
man says they met several large
bands of elk. They were mostly
cows and calves, and Mr. Honey
man was not after elk just for
the sake of killing one. What he
wanted was, as he told his
friends before leaving Portland,
one of the biggest in, the countrv.
With Burke as his guide, Mr.
Honeyman hunted Monday and
. Tuesday, and several times they
could have brought down a
' young bull or a cow. Wednes
day morning, shortly after leaving-
camp, they came across the
trail of a big band. The trail
was taken up and after two
hours of hard climbing, they
came to the place when the band
had split up. Burke went after
one band and Mr. Honeyman
after the other. Just before noon
Mr. Honeyman ran across two
cows and a calf.
Tho cows did not seem to be
afraid of him and instead of run
ning away, stood and looked at
ft .
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Head of Walter B. Honeymaa'a
Seven-Holnt Bull.
of the action of the State Railroad
Commission In establishing a joint
rate on wheat, the O. R. & N. today
filed similar proceedings in the
Thurston Superior Court and Superior
Judge Linn set the date for hearing
argument December S, 1907, on which
day no had previously arranged to
hear the arguments on the railroad's
appeal from the commission order re
quiring the roads to make physical
connections of their track In eastern
Washington.
EXCITED OVER GOLD FIND
Weiser People Satisfied Mountain
- of Rich Ore Is in Sight.
WEISER, Idaho. Oct. 12. Special.) It
was demonstrated today by the receipt
of two assays, one from Baker City, the
other from Boise, of rock sent from the
Keystone mine, a property almost within
the city limits of Weiser, that vast
wealth lies underground here. The Baker
City assayer found that the rock car
ried $174 to the ton, and the Boise assayer
found J108. The property is located a
little over five miles from this city. The
rock was not - picked samples, but was
taken at random from the hillside. There
is a mountain of the ore. The property
was located about six years ago. but
little attention was paid to it until this
year, except keeping up the annual as
sessment work. A few days ago the
miners, while doing the assessment work
for this year, encountered a solid ledge i
and concluded to have it assayed, with I
the above result. A company will be or- I
ganized and active development work be
gun. The strike has caused great ex
citement here.
ACADEMY BOYS IN TROUBLE
Forest Grove Physician Would Serve
Warrent for Reckless Driving.
FOREST GROVE, Or.. Oct. 12. (Spe
cial.) Portland Academy boys who
played football here today with Pacific
University, came near being arrested for
careless driving of an automobile while
en route from Hillsboro this morning.
Only because Justice of- the Peace Wirtx
was out of town, the warrant was not
served on Charles B. Arthur, son of A.
M. Arthur, an automobile dealer of Port
land. In crossing a bridge between here and
Hillsboro, the Portland auto party met
Dr. Bailer on the approach. Instead of
slacking speed, the auto driver rushed
straight ahead, narrowly missing a colli
sion with the doctor and his buggy, who
would have been hurled to the water be
low had the vehicles? come together.
Arthur, driver of the automobile, was
permitted to return to Portland, to await
a call from . Sheriff Connell should thS
doctor decide to prosecute the youth..
FIVE INFERNAL MACHINES
Police Have . Evidence of Negro
Dynamiter's Persistence.
LOS ANGELES. Cal..' Oct. 12. Burr L.
Harris, the l-year-old jiegro boy arrested
on a charge of attempting to assassinate
Miss Helen Mathewson by means of In
fernal machines sent her through the
mails, and left at the hotel of which she
is the manager, has been arraigned and
wW have a preliminary hearing on Oc
tober 18. In default of S3000 bail be re
mams in jail.
Harris steadfastly denies any connec
tion with the repeated attempts upon the
life of, Miss Mathewson, and attributes
his arrest to spite upon her part
The police claim to have evidence that,
in all. five infernal machines were pre
pared In the effort to kill the hotel pro
prietress. Horseman May Have New Trial.
PEXDLETON, Or.. Oct. 12. (Special.)
Argument for a new trial in the case of
George Horseman, convicted of shooting
Clarence McBroom. was heard by Judge
Bean today. " A special session of the
court will be held Monday evening when
the arguments will be concluded.
Metzger saves you money on watches. j
NEAR SEASIDE
. Sllil;illll
nim. While he was watching he
heard a noise in the timber in
. front of liim, and as-he looked up
he caught a glimpse of a. huge
pair of horns towering above the
underbrush. He was within 190
yards of the bull and as the big
fellow turned, Mr. Honeyman
fired. The first shot bore a mes
sage of death, but when the big
beast made as if to get away, the
hunter fired again and the mon-,
arch of the forest fell dead in his
tracks.
Mr. Honeyman was satisfied
that he had bagged a monster
elk. but was not prepared for
such a large one. The bull
weighed nearly 1500 pounds. He
was carefully skinned and the
pelt and head are now in the
hands of a taxidermist. In ad
dition to the head. Mr. Honey
man has an exceedingly fine set
of elk's teeth.
CITY'S MGVE USE
Dr. Axelrood Approves Pre
cautions Against Plague.
TELLS OF ITS RAVAGES
Scourge Almost Impossible to Stamp
Out Where It Has Gained Foot
hold Prevention Better
Than Cure.
That Health Officer Pohl and the
Health Board acted wleely in taking
prompt precautions against the introduc
tion of bubonic plague, is the opinion of
Dr. Max Aielrood, a local physician who
has had experience in fighting this dread
scourge in Russia. He thoroughly ap
proves the course that has been' taken in
Portland but believes this should be onlv
the beginning. Much should be done
towards cleaning up and improving the
sanitary conditions of Portland, he in
sists. Discussing the matter Dr. Axelrood
said:
From what I have seen and read in
the newspapers I am of the opinion,
which is based on vmy personal experi
ence, that it is imperative to do not only
something, but a great deal to prevent
the importation of the disease to Port
land, and to do It as soon as possible,
right now without any delay. I see In
a San Francisco paper of October 5 that
"The Board f Health reported today on
the plague situation as follows: Number
Of verified cases 54, deaths 30, suspected
cases 37. discharged 1". Seven new veri
fied cases and three suspected cases have
been discovered in the past 24 hours."
Further we hear that bubonic plague
has made Its appearance on Puget Sound,
bo we are threatened from two sides with
the possibility of importing the scourge
In our own city, and I fullv agree with
our Honorable Mayor.. Dr. Lane, when he
said: "1 pity the people if the plague
ever shrfws up in Portland. It will cost
the city at least 500,000 to prevent its
spread."
Difficult to Stamp Out.
It is not an easy thing to fight bu
bonic plague and to get rid of it, as it
usually Btays With the locality wherever
It is brought in; especially when we re
member that bubonio plague seeks and
thrives In filth, of which we have an
abundance along the waterfronts and in
the neighborhood of the gulches, as I
have observed myself since I took up my
residence in South Portland.
I wish only that all citizens of Port
land should know, that the plague is the
most dangerous disease to mankind, and
that It Is easier to prevent the importa
tion of it by taking proper sanitary mea
sures before its appearance among us
than to fight it when it will be alrea'dy
here. As far as I know the members of
the Board of Health, most of them per
sonally known to me, are experienced,
scientific and honorable physicians: the
initiative steps they took In regard to
this question are undoubtedly proper and
timely. No doubt they know how and
will do their best to cope with the situ
ation. Xeeds Thorough Cleansing.
That some parts of Portland need a
good overhauling, scrubbing and cleansing
goes without saying, plague or no piague.
There is also no doubt that a great many
structures, dangerous wharves and rot
ten old huts have to be destroyed, sewers
repaired, and that owners-of private sys
tems or the municipality will have to
spend some money on all those Improve
ments as the city and the public in gen
eral will be benefited by It. The City
of Portland has in some places so many
pest holes and germ-breeding places that
the cleansing process ought to have been
undertaken long ago, but now, since we
have an incentive like the fear of having
the bubonic plague brought into our city
let us do it without delay energetically,
and let us do It well.
For a long time the plague was con
sidered to be a miasmatic disease, orig
inating from the accumulation of filth.
This opinion was supported even bv the
French Academy as late as 1S46: and can
start anywhere. But in our day it is
agreed by all medical scientists that the
plague must be imported. Introduced into
cities previously healthy, by individuals i
from infected districts." and that certain
conditions and surroundings must exist
to form some infected Tad (centers) in
order to propagate the disease. That
plenty of such conditions and surround
ings do exist in our city. I am sorry to
say, there is no doubt. 3d let us Improve
the sanitary and hygienic conditions of
our city, let us be clean and be ready
and able to meet the scourge at the gates
J of our Rose City and tel. her that here
Kpideuiie in Russia. "
An idea of the' great task of fighting
the plague. once it has commenced its
ravages IS given by Dr. Axelrood in his
description of the epidemic that broke out
in Russia in 18TS. In this case Dr. Axel
rood. considers that the disease was intro
duced from Turkey by Cassocks returning
home, and that it - had been carried to
Turkey from Persia. In describing the
epidemic, in Russia and the means of
fighting it. Dr. Axelrood said:
In the later part of October, 1B78. M. N.
Galkin-Wrassky, Governor of the State
of Saratoff, and Mr. Melvtkoff. Mayor of
the city or Tzaryciu. notified the authori
ties in St. Petersburg by wire that tne
bubonic plague was in Ts'etliauka, and
asked for medical assistance and other
means to fight the pestilence. - On Novem
ber b I received a telegraphic order from
the Russian Surgeon-General in St. Pe
tersburg, Dr. N. I. Kosloff, to at once
leave the Military Hospital and return to
St. Petersburg, and to get ready to accept
a commission to Vetlianka as-senior phy
sician, accompanied by other physicians,
stewards and nurses.
On November 10 1 had already started
for Odessa, where I had an opportunity
to consult Dr. Schactinger, who had a
great deal. of experience in the matter,
and on November 14 I arrived In St. Pe
tersburg. November 18 saw me and five
other physicians already on the train for
Vetlianka. On my arrival there. Novem
ber 24. I had the honor to meet Pro
fessors Hlrsch and Eichwaldt, Dr. Somer
brot, the Austrian Professor Besladctsky,
Dr. Tuber, Professor Muencn Dr. Dep
pener and Dr. Teliafuss, from Baku and
trs. Grigarieff, Morosoff and Koch (Uio
It" three died from the plague), r.n3 Dr.
Pogossky. I found the fo'lowlnc condi
tions and learned the following lactt
History of Epidemic.
To Vetlianka the disease was brought
over from Astrakhan by a woman.
Mavra Pisareoa. She arrived sick on Oc
tober 12. 1878, was sick a row days and
died. Right after her all the mem
bers of . her family took sick and
died.- Immediately, after this the disease
8pread among the neighbors. A county
medical steward, by name of Trubiloff.
wasthe first to attract the attention of
his superiors, the local physicians, of
some unusual and unknown to him disease.
The physicians could not believe, and
would not agree, that the existing dis
ease was of a piague character. Thev
took It simply to be a febril disease, and
gave It the name pneumatyphus, and not
until the mortality Increased to an enor
mous degree and had as its victims some
of the physicians and medical stewards
who denied the existence of plague not
until then did th authorities commence
to think of isolating the afflicted and
take appropriate precautions.
On November 29, the Governor. Galkin
Wrassky, two clergymen of the village,
myself and two other physicians, met
some of the elders of the village and ex
plained to them the urgent necessity of
taking extqaordinary means to check the
mortality and spread of the disease, ask
ing In the name of the government their
co-operation in the matter, to which they
gladly consented. At midnight on De
cember 1 was established the first sani
tary cordon, and then the real panic be
gan, reminding one of the horrors of the
middle ages, for the Ignorant peasantry,
not understanding .our Intentions, abso
lutely refused to obey our orders, saying
that, "God sent this soourge and God will
take It away." With such a philosophy
of their own thev abandoned their af
flicted sick and left them wlthout-food or
drink or clothing in their houses and
huts, with windows broken by some
fanatics when the temperature, was 13 de
grees below zero.
Dead Ijie Cnburled.
The dead were not buried, as ' people
were afraid to approach the bodies. This
period of general panic, however, was of
short duration. We decided to maintain
the cordon, to enforce isolation of the af
flicted and disinfection with the aid of the
regular military and 100 Cossacks. And
only then the real work began. Houses
In which the plague made its appearance
were surrounded by guards, dressed In
overcoats, previously saturated with oil.
as well as masks and oiled gloves, each
of the guards before going on duty had
to lubricate his whole body with lard or
fishoil. They had strict orders to prevent
at the point of bayonets, any one to leave
or anyone to enter the house except
physicions and their help.
The afflicted were supplied wifh food by
means of long poles. All the houses, whose
plague-stricken occupants died, were
first thoroughly disinfected, and at the
end of the epidemic they were burned to
the ground with everything in them, for
which loss the villagers received com
pensation from the government. The
dead were buried in deep trenches, filled
with unslaked lime. All the graves,
where plague-stricken bodies were buried,
were, after the epidemic, again covered
with a deep layer of earth, mixed with
lime, and encircled by a broad and deep
ditch and then Inclosed by a high fence.
Further we had the great task of dis
infecting and improving the hygienic con
dition of the whole district (for the plague
was not only in Vetlianka), but had aLso
spread to other villages. Every house,
street, market-place and store was
washed and scrubbed and abundantly
sprinkled with carbolized water. Fish
markets, which were found in unsanitary
condition, were fumigated and closed for
the time of the extstance of the plague.
Jn the town of Tsarycln we destroyed
through fire 400.000 pounds of tainted fish
and 18,000 pounds of doubtful caviar.
We enforced a law that no more than
five persons could occupy one ordinary
peasant hut, that the children's cradles
should be kept strictly clean and swad-illing-cloths
should not be dried in the
huts.
Fortunately we could state that at the
end of January. 1R79, the epidemic in
Vetlianka was at an end.
BANNER PRICE FOR PEARS
G. A. Morse, of Medford, Gets $8.40
per Box for Fruit in New York.
MHDFORD. Or., Oct. 12. (Special.)
The Rogue River pear growers' banner,
which has shifted several times during
the present season, has again changed,
this time falling to G. A. Morse, from
whose orchard pears this week sold In
New York for the highest price ever
realized in the history of the trade. Last
year's record price was smashed early In
the season when- pears shipped by J. W.
'Perkins brought $1000 more per car than
last year's crop. Then came reports on
pears shipped from the orchard of F. I
Touvelle, which brought J8.10 per box.
Then the price was topped when C. H.
Lewis' pears sold for IS.20. Today New
York dispatches announce 3.40 as the
price per box to G. A. Morse.
Unitarian Woman's Alliance.
The Unitarian Alliance members will
entertain next Wednesday afternoon
with an "experience- meeting," telling
both in prose and poetry how each one
earned during the Summer vacation the
Jl promised months before; at last Week's
meeting it was decided the annual bazaar I
would be held upon Wednesday, Decem
ber 4. from 10 A. M. until 10 P. M. At
next Wednesday's meeting all are cor
dially Invited. Meeting to begin at 2
o'clock in the tjnitarian Chapel, corner
of Seventh and Yamhill streets.
Held for Wife Desertion.
F. H- Jacobs was arrested last night by
a police officer and was booked at police
headquarters, where he Is being held for
the Everett. Wash., , officials. He is
charged with deserting his wife and
family.
Tom Karl at St. Mary's Cathedral.
Tom Karl, of the Calif ornians, will sig
at St Mary's Cathedral this morning at
a o'clock.
Eyes fitted to glasses, U. at Metzger".
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Garbage Men Say He Brought
" Lawyers to Guide
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DENIES FAVORING PLAN
Superintendent Condemns Present
Expensive Collection System,
Which . Ho Says Should Be
Changed to District Work.
Aroused by an interview given out
by C. L. Daggett,' superintendent of
the city garbage crematory, in which
he advocates municipal collection of
refuse, Portland scavengers declare
that the superintendent has completely
turned front, as only two months ago
he endeavored, they assert, to form a
combine . among them by which there
should be a still more complete mono
poly of the collection business. Last
night the scavengers met at the resi
dence of one of their number, Jacob
Neumeister, 503 Twenty-fourth street
north, and discussed the position tak
en by Mr. Daggett.
It is the charge of the scavengers
that two months ago Mr. Daggett
called them together In a hall at 713
Williams avenue and endeavored to or
ganize them so that they could fight
any efforts to take the collection of
garbage out of their control and that
he advised them to establish a
schedule of prices and enforce it.
When they refused to do as he ad
vised, they say, he tried to have the
city adopt a collection system of its
own. They are especially indignant
over the assertion of the superintend
ent that garbage conditions are now
very, bad under the collection system.
Tries to Organize Men.
"Superintendent Daggett is now en
deavoring to make it appear that there
is a combine among the scavengers,"
said Neumeister last night, "whereas
he himself tried in vain to organize
such a combine among us two months
ago. He got us to meet on Williams
avenue and had two attorneys present
whom he wanted us to employ. Mr.
Daggett said that we were not get
ting pay enough for collecting gar
bage and urged us to band together
so we-could make more and control
the business. '
"We refused to organize and employ
his attorneys and that is the reason
that Daggett is fighting us now. We
have no combine and did not wish to
organize one. It is true, as he told
us, that we are not getting any too
much money for collecting garbage,
but our pay . is reasonable and we de
cided that we did not want to form a
combine."
When asked about the -matter after
the meeting last night Mr. Daggett de
nied that he had ever tried to form
an organization among the scavengers.
He said further that the men did not
understand the interview he had given
out a he had never, said there was a
combine among the' scavengers. The
present service Is poor and should be
superseded by a municipal collection,
he believes, but he does not think the
collectors are combined to control
prices.
No Object In Combine. .
"It Is ridiculous that I should try to
form a combine among the scaven
gers, as I would have no object in do
ing eo," said Mr. Daggett "About
two months ago, when the Portland
Sanitary Company applied for a fran
chise to collect and incinerate the
city's garbage, for a period of years,
the scavengers were greatly . excited
for they thought they would lose their
means of earning a livelihood., . They
asked me what they could do and I
told them to meet and talk It over.
This they decided to do and in re
sponse to their request I wrote a pe
tition for them to sign calling a meet
ing. "They then wanted me to attend the
meeting, which at first I declined to
do. I told them they had better hire
an attorney to represent them. They,
wanted me to bring a lawyer to the
meeting ana so I attended ' and ' had
present members of the firm of Jeff
rey, Lenon & Ambrose. The only sub
ject that came up was whether the
men should engage the attorneys to
fight the application of the Portland
Sanitary Company. This they decided
not to do and let the whole thing
drop.
Calls Men Ignorant.
"At this "meeting there was not a
thing said about forming a combine or
controlling prices. As a matter of
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