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Wit VOLUME LV11I. ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1904. NUMBER 240. .y BIG STRIKE IS STARTED IN CHICAGO Picking House Employees Quit Work ts Result of Effort of Employers to Effect Re . duction of Wages. Widespread Inconvenience May Follow to All Sections of the Country. 45,000 EMPLOYES INVOLVED Union Leader Say a Wag Allow ed Were Too Low to Penult Unskilled Labor to Make tt Lltlnir. year with the strike funds tht union hiiv on hand, In Chicago 15 local union are In volved In the strike. Arthur Meeker of Armour A Co, ald tonight: "We consider the demand of the union for an advance In the wn of unskilled labor entirely unwarranted by the condition. We could not con cede tt and proposed to eubmlt the question to arbitration, which the union declined to do and called the atrlke to day at all our plant.? i President Donnelly, the atrlke leader, said: "I wish to make It clear that we are not fighting for an Increaae In wage, but againat a decrease. Our original demand waa for a minimum of 20 centa an hour for laborer. Thla demand wa amended after our aecond conference with the packer, In June, ' We then agreed to a acale of 18 centa an hour, except In Omaha and Bloux City, where the acale la 19 cent. The pack era, on the other hand, refused to pay more than 11 centa ao hour, and de clined to sign any agreement, except with a amall portion of the workmen. The queetlon of the wage of the skill ed men waa not discussed. To the un skilled workmen the average wage wa 1S'4 cents, but when we asked that thia be made the minimum wage, they cut It to 17 cent and IS cent. The men could live on 15 cent If they got steady work, but at some of the pbtnt the men have been able to make only IS hour a week at thla wage scale. They could not Hve on It. No on could." K .' - ' ' i " The strikers' organisation does not Include electricians, steam fitters, fire- MR. BRYAN WILL SUPPORT DEMO NOMINEES IN Declares That He Intends Trying to Or ganize the Party for the Campaign Four Years Hence Says That Final Judgment Cannot Be Passed Upon Judge Parker Until His Speech of Acceptance Discloses His Attitude Toward the People on Several Great Problems Not Emphatically Stated In Platform. Chicago, July 12. As the result of a stubborn disagreement, chiefly over wage for unskilled labor, one of the most extensive trlkes In the history of the meat-packing industry of the United States began today In Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, St. Joseph and other cities where large packing plants are located. If prolonged, the atrlke, It Is expected, will causa widespread men. engineers, car worker and team Inconvenience, possibly equaling the sters. These make In Chicago alone a anthracite coal famln of two year ago. total of 10.000 additional men who may The unanimity of the strike la com- or may not be made Idle wholly or in plete. More than 45.000 employe are ( part, voluntarily or otherwise, accord directly Involved. In Chicago alone Ing to the development In the struggle. 1S.O00 men are on atrlke, :.; j The employe of the Union Block U waa announced tonight that the yards here are not affected by the MpVint.hnuiiM. rontrarv to exoecta- strike of the rwuklnc-house employes. lions, will continue operation wlth- If the strike continues long It la quite jon and for arbitration rather than for out closing down, employing whatever probable many small slaughterer will force, conquest and bluster. heln may be available. resume business again In th large i "Fourth The democratic platform The walkout here waa started by the cltle throughout the country. It la declare in favor of reduction of the emnlove of the killing department at stated that, since th decision of the .standing army, and, as this plankwa tht vaiauus pavklng-hoiMMS. , As the Interstate commerce commission that unanimously adopted, there Is reason worker of each department disposed rates shall be equal to large and email to. believe the democratic statement on of their part of th work they threw shippers, purchaser of animal on hoof jthl subject would bring some advan off their apron and departed. This for eastern consumption have so large-: tage to the people. H.i,iMMnn mhawn to tha nark.' Iv increased thev -are almost eoual to "For these reason I will be Justified the total bought by the local packers. In supporting me uesei Lincoln, Neb., July 12. W. J. Bryan today gave out the following state ment: - "I shall vote for Parker and Paris, the nominees of the national demo cratic convention, and shall do so for the following reasons: "First Because the democratic tick et stands for opposition to, Imperial ism, while the republican ticket stands for an Imperialistic policy. "Second Mr. Roosevelt Is Injecting the race Issue Into American politics. This Issue, if It become national, will make It Impossible to consider ques tion that demand solution. The elec tion of the democratic ticket will put a quietus on thla subject. "Third Mr. Roosevelt stands for the spirit of war, Ills friends present him a a man of blood and Iron. He be lieve in strenuousness and Inculcates love for warlike things. The demo cratic ticket stand for peace, for rea- er, the labor officials announced, be cause It I not th desire of the men to cause the employer any financial loss aa a result of neglecting the meat that wa on hand to be dressed. There wa absolutely no algn of disorder a the striker quit the yard, President Donnelly of th Amalga mated Meat Cutter and Butcher Work men of North America, leader of the strike, aald tonight h believed the strikers would have little difficulty in withstanding a siege of more than a What promised for a moment to de velop Into a riot waa nipped In the bud at midnight while cot were being un non-union men Inside the packing house. A large crowd of people con gregated across the street a soon aa the work of unloading was commenced and a rush waa made to overturn the wagons. Policemen frustrated the at tempt and placed three of the ring leader under arrest. Democratic victory will mean very little. If any, progress on economic questions ao long aa th party is under the control of loaded from wagon to be used by the 'the Wall street element. On the money question Mr. Parker Is aa thoroughly committed to the side of the financiers as Roosevelt. On the trust question the democratic platform is very much better than the republican platform, but the nomination of Judge Parker virtually nullifies the anti-trust plank. Unless In his letter of acceptance he commits himself to anti-trust legisla tion, we need not expect him to pur- Clothes For Active Men The harder you are on your clothes the more reason for being sure they're Hart, Schaffner & Marx clothes. These clothes are not only made to look well; but they're made for wear. And as long asgS they wear they look well. You will find j them the most economi cal clothes you ever had both for the service . they'll give you and for the satisfaction in ap pearances you will get HmMuSmJ HahlTukiRd ' j -.par I f i'i ) 0prriM lf kj But fw Bum P. A. STOKES, One Price To Everybody sue a different course from that pur sued by President Roosevelt. "So far as labor questions are con cerned, we must await Judge Parker letter before we shall know whether the laboring man has anything to ex pect from his election. The labor plank, as prepared by Judge Parker's friends on the sub-committee, was a straddling, meaningless plank. In the full committee the planks adopted favor arbitration and an eight-hour day and aaainst government by injunction; also a plank on the Colorado situation. If Judge Parker i silent or ambiguous on these subjects, it means that the men back of them will not permit him to take labor's side on these disputed questions. "On the tariff question some little progress may be hoped for. But the Parker men on the committee were nearly all in favor of a very conserva tive plank. It remains to be een whether Judge Parker will carry out the definite plank which waa substi tuted by the full committee." After describing the manner of Judge Parker's nomination, which be main tains wa secured by "crooked and In defensible methods," Bryan concludes: "After having stated that I shall support th ticket, and after having given my reasons for so doing, I think It Is due to the democrats of the na tion to say that, while the fight on economic questions Is postponed. It Is not abandoned. As soon as the elec tion is over, I shall, with the help of those who believe as I do, undertake to organise before the campaign of 1908, the object being to marshal the friends of popular government within the dem- j ocratic party to the support of a radi cal and progressive policy to make the democratic party an efficient means In the hands of the people for securing relief from the element that controls the republican party, and for the time being Is in control of the democratic party. This plan of organisation will be elaborated soon." will be used aa a maintenance fund. The buildings will include a dispensary and apartment for scientific work. Guinea pigs, which are vry susceptible to tuberculosis will be kept for inocu iation. Dr. Henry M. Kurd, superintendent of the Johns Hopkins hospital, said It wa hoped and expected to attract to the dispensary tuberculosis patients from the very Inception of the disease. In making a success of the undertak ing, the hospital expect the co-opera tlon of the Association for the Improve ment of the Condition of the Poor. This association has rendered valuable aid in the past by taking all neces sary steps to insure the sufferers the proper diet. "Tuberculosis," said Dr. Hurd, "Is more prevalent in Maryland than cli matic condition justify. The disease Is being fought on scientific principle in Massachuetts, with the result that th death rate Is now the same as it waa 25 years ago, although the popula tion has doubled. This means that a systematic fight against the malady has decreased its fatality just one-half." CLOUDBURST DEVASTATES . SMALL TOWN THINK8 SHE WILL MARRY CZAR. Divorced Wife of Millionaire Flagler at Horn on Hudson. TO GUARD AGAINST FLOODS. Missouri and Kansas Officials to Adopt Plsn to Fight High Water. Kansas City. Mo., July 12. This year's recurrence of disastrous flood! to the Kaw valley has brought the two Kansas Citys face to face with the vital Importance of providing a prac tical plan for the betterment of the situation here. The council of aKn- sas City, Mo., has passed a resolution providing that a Joint conference of the officials of the two cities and the two states be held at once with a view of providing laws which will pro tect this district from the ravages of floods. It is the sense of the resolution that the proposed law be broad enough to cover the Issue and sale of bonds If necessary to secure the needed pro- expected here. Active preparations are being made for defense at Ta Tche Klao. Business In this city, despite the situation, is brisk and many ships are In port. RIVER 8TEAMER BEACHED. was some excitement, no one was In jured. The Columbia was unusually rough this morning, and when the Spencer became "hogged" It was decided to turn her to Bhore. She grounded about 25 feet from the bank, and Is stuck fast, according to the report received here. It is said some difficulty will be experienced in relaunching her. The steamer Dalles City was passing about that time. New Tork, July 12. Mrs. Ida Flag- i ler, once th wife of Heme M. Flagler, the Standard Oil magnate and owner ' of a large part of the state of Florida, iwho had a special law passed by the 'Florida legislature making insanity a ground for divorce in order that he might be separated legally from Mrs. Flagler and enabled to marry his 1 present wife, who was Miss Mary j Kenan of Wilmington, N. C is back j In New York again. j In a magnificent home, 353 River ! silde drive, surrounded by every luxury land with a view of -the Hudson spread out before her eyes, the unfortunate demented woman who had been kept hidden from the knowledge of the pub lic for two years was discovered to day. She is under the personal care of Dr. Carlos ! McDonald, the celebrat ed alienist . The woman, who was once known as "The first lady In Florida," spends her days and nights with the phantom royalties which people her brain. It Is well that she can be surrounded with all the evidences of lavish wealth, for she believes that she is Princess Ida Alice Van Shotten Teck, and the af fianced bride of the cxar of Russia. Although she is a white haired woman S3 years old, she thinks she Is still a girl and passes her long days in waiting for the fiance that never j comes. She does not know that she has been divorced from her husband by a law made especially for the pur pose. She does not know that she ever had a husband. It Is reported that the unfortunate woman In her distress has the active sympathy of Mrs. John H. Flagler, who has been personally Interested in her care since the return to New .Tork. Mrs. John H. Flagler, who captured the affections of her husband while sing ing in a New York church choir, is practically the mistress of 50,000,000 and is able to do much to alleviate the sufferings of the woman who now childishly babbles of coming events and coming honors. Great Wafl of Wafer Descends Up on Mitchell, Wheeler County, Carrying Away Most of the Buildings. Inhabitants Had Warning and Most of Them Red to the Kills Back of Town. TWO AGED PERSONS DROWNED Oilier Cloudbursts Occurred at Other Places, but Iteportg of Damage Hava Not Yet Been Sent In. Arlington, Ore, July 12. The rest dents of Heppner arid Mitchell last evening experienced a thrilling repeti tion of the gTeat catastrophe of last June, and. -while the damage is very slight at the former place, Mitchell residents were compelled to flee to the hills for safety. A wall of water 25 feet high came down Bridge and Mill creeks, which unite about 300 yards above the town. The flood claimed two victims, Martin Smith, a man nearly 100 year old, and Mrs. Bethune, an aged woman. It also carried away 25 houses In Its mad onrush. Everything below Looney's store was carried away, and two large livery stables, with 20 horses, were lost The Oakes Mercantile Company store, Waterman's store and the flour mill escaped being wrecked, but the first mentioned lost 10 tons of barbed wire. ' ' Little rain fell at Mitchell, but thun der and lightning gave the Inhabitants warning that a flood or a cloudburst might be expected, so they prepared for it. Over half the population fled to the high hills bordering the valley, and others were preparing for the water when It suddenly burst upon them. The two aged people who met death by drowning refused to accom pany the others to the hills, feeling that the alarm was unnecessary. The excitement at Heppner was even greater than at Mitchell, for the people have hardly recovered from the nervous strain of last year's flood. The damage at this point is confined to the washing away of. bridges and weakening of the O. R. & N. bridge at Lexington. The creek rose suddenly and with a rush overflowed its banks, but there was no great volume of water as at Mitchell. No reports have come In from the farming districts, so It Is Impossible to state what damage has been done t crops, herds and ranch property. Story Not Confirmed. Arrested for Diamond Theft. Stockton, Cal., July 12, The police of this city have arrested two parties believed to be Martha E. Sabln and Henry J. Kendall, who are wanted in Chicago on a charge of stealing some three thousand dollars' worth of dia monds and other Jewelry. They regis tered at a hotel as B. B. Brown and wife last Saturday and were picked up on Main street The woman gave $2,500 cush ball and was released, but Kendall could not furnish $5,000 bail. The' woman had 34,000 In currency after she had paid up her ball. She la still trying to get her companion out of jail. Dalle Boat Spencer Ashore as Result of an Accident Hood River, Ore., July 12. The Co lumbia river steamer Charles R. Spen cer, from Portland to The Dalles, broke her machinery while near Rowena this morning, and had to be beached. The accident occurred about 15 miles above Hood River, at 8 o'clock. The passen gers were removed In rowboats and sent to Portland on train No. 1 of the O. R. & N. this afternoon. While there WAR ON CONSUMPTION. Pittsburg Capitalist Makes Substantial Donation to th Fund. Baltimore, July 12. The faculty of John Hopkins University hospital has completed plans for a systematic and scientific fight against tuberculosis. It will be aided materially In carrying out Its purpose by a gift of S20:000 from Henry Phlpps of Pittsburg. Of this amount $10,000 will be used In build ing a dispensary. The other $10,000 Arrested for Defrauding Hotels. Boston, July 12. A man who regis tered at the Copley Square hotel Sun day as William Tollefson of Omaha, Neb., waa arrested early this morning on the charge of defrauding hotel pro prietors. The police allege that Tol lefson is wanted In many cities of the west London, July 13. The Morning Post's Shanghai correspondent says that the Japanese casualties by land mines at Port Arthur Sunday night are reported to have been 28,000, but none of the' many special war dispatches mentions a Japanese disaster at Port Arthur. Japs Drive Russians Headlong. Niu Chwang, July 11, noon. Chi nese coming in from the country re port the Russians everywhere retreat ing before the Japanese who are soon tectlon. JAPANESE REPORTED TO HAVE LOST 30,000 MEN Story of Enormous Disaster at Port Ar thur Comes From Mukden, but Report is Not Confirmed. St Petersburg, July 13. A dispatch from a Russian correspondent at Mukden, dated July 12, says: "According to intelligence received here, the Japanese last night attacked th position near Port Arthur and were repulsed with enormous losses, not less than 30,000, it is said, being killed or wounded by our mines." The general staff has received no information regarding th reported attack en th positions near Port Arthur and th loss ef 30,000 Japanese killed or wounded by the Russian mines.