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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1905)
'li niTtttlt'rtr' UaUtHKt FULL AMOOIATIO PRIttlRIPORT COVBR THE MORNIN4 PltLO ON THI LOWER COLUMBIA i .... , ....... ' ' - VULUMK LVIV. NO. 160 ASTORIA, OREGON. FRIDAY, APRIL 28. 1905. STRIKE IS 1 Chicago's Entire Business Cripple! STRIKERS ARE DEFIANT , Thirteen Hundred Teamsters Went Out Yesterday From Prom in u Houses. LAROEtSUBSCRIPTION RAISED Ovn On Million Dollar Contributed Yesterday to tho Employer' Team tor, on Organisation in Opposition to tho Union Toamotor. Chicago, April 17. With 1310 team (era on a alrlke tonight; with con Unt arcenlona bring ntaJ to their mi m be r, and with an expressed de termination of th Employers' Aaso elation to take a Arm atand against the "open shop," and fixht the team sters' union to a finfah, Chicago to night, to Ml appearances, stands on the eve of one of the greatest Indu trial upheavals In her history. Illotlng occurred In various parte of the city today, despite atrjn funrds of police and private detectlvea hired by the Employers' Association to pro tect their wagons. During the trouble thre persons were aerloualy Injured, two of whom will probably die. t The declaration last night by the Employer' Association that the would promptly discharge any team ter who refused to deliver goods or rail for them at the establishment of Montgomery A Ward Co., brought out the teamsters in the downtown mer cantile house during th day and the number Is eipected to be Increased largely tomorrow morning. Strikes , have bean declared tonight ,agiilnst II lead In Arms, and 1121 teamster have gone out In addition to these firm, teamsters employed by a num ber of mai concerns were called out Into thla evening. Th business agents of the teamsters' union declared to. night that by tomorrow they will call out 1000 truck drivers anj thereby cripple to a large extent the entire business of Chicago. It la also de clared that the drlvera for grovery houses which deliver goods to any firm where tho strike exists will be order ed to Joint th lockout. Subscriptions were takwt during (he day to strengthen the En r.loyers' As sociation Teaming Company, . the weapon with which the teamsters' union will be fought, and tonight It Is announced by the president that he has 11,000,000 at his dlsposnl and has sirH:i(e 'that he could have many tlm.s that amount If It arna neces sary. The strike this morning was opened promptly at th establishments of Marshall, Field A Co. and Carson, Flere and Scott, when th drivers, who refused to deliver goods to Mont gomery A Ward Co. were discharged. All union men quit and Both firms were badly crippled during the day, and out-of-town deliveries were not attempted. In order to protect wagons and driver from assault while pass Ing through the streets, the Employ ers' Association secured the aervlce of a large number of guards and these men show a decided dlspoaltkn to re taliate vigorously when any attack Is made upon them by strike sympathix- ers. The situation tonight Is on the whole far from reaasurtn. The labor leader say they, If nessory, ' wl4 call out every union driver In Chicago and make appeal to freight handler and organization or railroad men If they find they are not able to win the strike themselves. ( The number of teamster on a itrlk PRICE FIVE CENTS Is nearly doubted tonight an J a result nearly all th larger afore on Stat street will b without driver In to morning. Many large business nous have not teams of tbelr own but contract with loam owner to do ihalr hauling, A meeting of these team owner wai held tonight to determine what action they would take. It wa decided that If any ot their teamsters war Interfered with while attempting to deliver coal, ther would be nothing to do but to return to the yards. This I equivalent to declirlng that the team owner would take no part, In th strike. ,. FIR I AT PICTON. Men Cost Mine on Fir and Several Hsv Narrow Eeoape. Trlaldad. April 17. A flro, tho origin of which Is unknown, broke out In the Colorado Fuel A Iron Company mine at Flcton shortly before noon today. A number of miner narrowly escaped rtnatli, several being overcome by the moke. The fir Is still burning fierce ly. General Superintendent T. Kebler eft Trinidad this afternoon for Pic- ton. The mine employs J50 men and the output I 100 tons dally. IMF I SHEEP'S CLOTHING Chicago Bank President iurns Out to Be Notorious 'Thief and Rascal. BIGELOW ROBBED WIDOWS AND ORPHANS Creditors Compelled to File a Petition in Bankruptcy to Protect Creditors and Swindle Innocent Victims Out of Money. BANK WILL BE PROTECTED BY ACCESORIES IN CRIME PORTLAND SELECTED. Will Bo Headquarter for Women of Woodoraft Jmm Angelca, April J7. The Women of Woodcraft ' thla afternoon selected Portland, Ore., a th location for their permanent headquarters. The se lection wo mad on th third ballot, Portland receiving It, votes; Denver, MO, and Oakland an LeadvUle, It each. ANOTHER WITNESS Statement of th Reeources and Liabilities of th Notorious Gambler Who Deed th Money of Widows and Orphans and Trusted Friends to Fatten tho Gate and Armour Gang of Criminal Gambler i th Wheat Pit and Stock Gambling Game of New York, with Perfidy and Sham. Important Witness Discovered in Nan Patterson Trial. YOUNG COMMITTED SUICIDE Woman Who Wa in a Few Feet of the Cab .Containing .Young .and .Mie Patterson Saw Young Hav a R volver In Hi Hand. ski As New York. April 17. Another per son has come forward through the newspaper with a story of having seen Nan Patterson and "Caesar" Yountg' a moment before the book maker met his doath, June 4 last, In cab on West Broadway, The new witness Is Mrs. Fannie Shapiros, wife of an east side dentin. She claim to have boon within a few feet of the cab; that Young had a revolver In his right hand which the woman at his da was trying to tear from his grasp, the cab passed her Mrs. Shapiro says the man started to rise from hi seat, A second or two lutr she heard a shot. Several persons ran towards the cab and being in delicate health the dentist's wife hurried from the scene, " She made her way back home on Second avenue and told her mother, who confirm the tory. They decided that owing to Mrs. Shapiro poor health ahe should keep the atory sec ret In the hope that other witnesses would come forward and describe the events, thus saving her an unpleasant ordeal on the witness stand, and much notoriety. Having watched the pro gres of the trials, Mrs. Shapiro final ly became convinced that she had made an error In keeping silent and has just told her. husband. , The lat ter decided that his wife should at once make her story public. When Mrs. Shapiros will be sum moned as a witness Is not known as the attorneys In the case will learn of her existence today for the first time. Mr. Shapiros declare that so close waa she to the cab when the hot wa fired that It would have been a phy sical Impossibility for anyone but Young to have fired the shot so firm ly waa he grasping the revolver when the cab passed. Milwaukee, April 27. Frank W. Blgelow, tho defaulting bank presi dent, has confesaed an Indebtedness to banks, commercial Institutions and estate, ot which he had charge, which will aggregate htwMn li. 000.000 and 13,000,000 nd( based on his confes sion a volutary petition In bankruptcy has been filed In the United States district court, which contains the name of aa many of Mr. Blgelow' creditor a he can remember, togeth er with a Hat of asset on which Mr. Blgelow valuation I $1,41.000. By hi own admission, hi creditor extend all over the United State. One eatat baa been looted, hi Indebted ness to the Bbardhead estate being 1100,000. The debt are unsecured It I also believed other trusts held by the for mer banker hav suffered. Thos fa miliar with the situation' and with what Information they can (lean from the former banker, fear hi liabilities will run up to considerably more than hi present estimate, as they believe subsequent revelations will reveal transactions of even a more startling nature. Attorney Charles P. Spooner, who filed th voluntary petition In bank ruptcy In behalf of Mr. Blgelow, who was compelled to make up the pet! tlon In such a ahort time that It Is far from complete and will necessarily hav to be amended. So far as could be ascertained Mr. Blgelow had no svaUm of keening a record Of his financial transactions and the sched ule of liabilities and asset had to be made up from a list made In pencil on halt a sheet of note paper In Mr. Blge low' handwriting. Mr. Blgelow was not positive of the names of som of hi creditors, nor of the nature of some of the com panies and had nothing at hand to re fresh his memory, so the attorney wa obliged to use his best Judgment In Aaurln- out what concerns were meant. The revelation a to the system ot Mr. Blgelow In conducting large af fairs are such a to stagger th belle! of bankers, to whom method In such transaction I as a second nature. The filing of the petition In bankruptcy will necessitate th withdrawal of th securities which were turned over by Mr. Blgelow to the First National bank as being made within four months ot the filing of the petition In bank- ruptcy. It constitute an act ot pre ference of creditors and the amount which waa estimated at about $300,- 000 will be equally divided among all the creditors of Mr. Blgelow. This will In no way affect the bank, however, a the guarantee of th directors and stockholder mor than covers th de falcation. Th schedule of assets and liabili ties of Mr, Blgelow a filed Is as fol lows: Creditors secured to some extent: First National bank of Milwaukee, 91,600,000; Wfsconftn ' National barfk of Milwaukee, 150.000; Second Ward Savings bank of Milwaukee. $79,000; German American bank of Milwaukee, 1 40,000; Marine National bank of Mil waukee. $20,000; National City bank of ohuSnlng m0My from 0ut8,de TOUrcea, ew Tone, 16000; National Bank of fact thfit lh, MtltUtn banknote Commerce of New York, $1000; First LM to be meA tBeT dM not know of schedule and list of assets, a well as some of the names of the com panles, are Inaccurate. It was com pueo from the recollection of . Mr, Blgelow, as ho had no book or mem orands at his house apparently, from which definite figures could , be ot- talaed. I cannot vouch for the ac curacy of th schedule of liabilities, a It Is possible that more will be found. However, I am convinced that Mr. Blgelow gav me the best infor nation he had at hand, and that this war the best he could do In th short apace of time at our disposal.' Among the asset listed In. the ached ule are some which were turned over to the First National bank, but which will now be distributed among all the creditor according to, the decision of the referee in bankruptcy. The action I in no way unfriendly to the First National bank, but was taken merely because It waa seen that other cred itors of Mr. Blgelow who were on known to the First National bank of fldalg on Monday would (undoubtedly have taken some step to prevent the preference of creditor. Consequently when the announcement waa made that Mr. Blgelow bad turned over his most tangible asset to the bank the officials were in Ignorance that he had other indebtedness of such a large amount, , The news of Mr. Blgelow' obliga tions to other banks in the United States and that trust funds of estates has been u.ed unfairly.took the breath way or some of the officials of the First National bank, who had hither to been loth to believe the rumors that the former president had been National bank of Chicago, $50,000; Na tional Park bank of New York, $50. 000; National bank of Commerce of St, Louis, $60,000. Unsecured creditor: Broadhead estate, $100,000; Caro 11b Wat kins, $240,000 Mrs. Kann. $9,- 000; Samuel Watklns, $!1,000; un- knowrT person, $000. Tne estimated total liabilities Is about $2,200,000, a Attorney Spooner tated that the petition Is o Incom plete and may be subject to so much amendment that exact amounts can not be given at present The table of assets with the valua tion placed upon them by Mr. Blge low himself, to the best of hi recol lection, Is aa follow: Sundry life Insurance policies with face value of $600,000; 1850 shares of First National bank stock at $200 a the Items which It contained. . The verification of the report that the Broadhead estate had been the loser to the extent of $100,000 through Mr. Blgelow. is contained in the peti tion In bankruptcy, aa Mr. Blgelow confesaea to have used this amount of the estate's fund. An Investigation of the affairs of the estate will be con FOREIGN NEVS No Fight Between Russia and Jipan. v NO INDICATION OF FIGHT Report That Submarine Cable Was Cut at Hainan Has Been Confirmed. THE MAY DAY REVOLUTION Russia Making Elaborate Pre pi rations to Crush Any Possible Disorder Planned by th Revolutionists to Take Place on the Prst of May. London, April 27. No further new ha been received of either Rojestven- ley's or Nebogatoir squadrons. The report has been confirmed that the submarine cable ha boen cut at Hai nan, but according to the Telegraph's correspondent at Tokb, the authorl-1 tie have learned that the Russians are using Hainan for a base. St. Petersburg, April 27. Elaborate preparation to crush any possible dis order in It Inclpency has been taken by the chief of police today who la- ducted to ascertain if any more of the ued an ordr Instituting- the most funds have been used by Mr. Blgelow. John C. Broadhead of Kingston. N. stringent regulation for the Eaater period between Apr(l 29 and May i. T., one of the beneficiaries In he estate, I AH gathering in the street are pro- will arrive here Friday night to look niouea. too cnier or ponce's order after hi Interests, and Governor TrepofTs proclamation Ma Blgelow in e peaking of the were Issued during the course of .the Broadhead estate before the filing of I evening, and posted on all corner and the petition In bankruptcy, admitted n the dead wall of St.' Petersburg that he waa Indebted to the estate. it is true that the estate was valued at about $1,000,000, but all the personal property waa divided some share. $270,000; 17,200 sharea of N- tJmt aa ha itJd. I am indebted to tlonal Electric stocks, $430,000; 1600 acre of coal land, Kuerfane county, Col.. $60,000; 6200 sharea In Del Norte Company, $150,000; shares In Idaho Company, $35,000; shares preferred stock McKenna Process Company of Pittsburg, $29,000; shares common stock McKenna Process Company, $6. 000; shares Comanche Mining & Smelting Company, $36,000; shares In Chicago Highland Association, $7000; Locorl National bank, Atlanta, 93000; sharea In Fond Du Lac bank, 91500; stock In Northwestern Iron Company, $10,000; ahares in Zlon Furnace Com pany, Ashland, $S000: notes of sundry Individuals, $40,000; shares Grand Rapids Edison Company, $20,000; Camp Real Estate Company, 980,000; share In Milwaukee Iron Works Company. $15,000; 2500 share J. L. Gates Land Company, $100,000, Included; In thai schedule Is Mr. Blgelow home at Astor and Knapp streets, on which he .place a valua tion of $40,000 which, less the exemp tion allowed by law on a homestead Is valued at $35,000. , Thla schedule of asset Is as fol lows: Furniture 936.000, horses $2000, car rlage $2000, books $10,000, house 340,- 000; total, $90,000. Excluding the full value of the Insurance policies, the estimated value of the assets, according to Mr. Blge low's figure Is about $1,419,000, but At torney Charles P. Spooner, who filed the estate, but nothing like the amounts that have been rumored. I owe the . estate about $100,000. As soon as Mr. Broadhead comes I shall try to arrange with him to pay back the amount I will also retire as trustee." The Henry C. Payne estate la abao lutely Intact, according to George P. Miller. It amounted to $700,000, but neither executor of the estate could transact business without the sanction of the other. The filing of the voluntary petition in bankruptcy was not , decided upon until yesterday when Attorney Spooner was hurrledly summoned to go to Mr. Blgelow' house to obtain necessary tonight TrepofTs proclamation, after referring to the newspaper predict ion of disorder, close as follows: '1 ask that no faith be attached to these rumors and that no fear be, en tertained becaue no violation of pub lic tranquility or order will be permit ted, and any attempt in this direction will be quelled In an energetic way." The first great preliminary Easter services were held, in the churches and cathedrals tonight, , the people coming to kindle candles and procure blessings on the lights, which they carry home burning; but there, Is a notable diminution of ... the usual throngs on . account of the rumored plots to blow up. tjhej churches. The chief priest, Smolensk, of : the cathedral received a note ot warning; of the plot to blow up the cathedral, which he read to the congregation with explanations In order to quiet fact to enabl him to prepare, the their fears. There are rumor that It petition. The filing of the petition waa desired by Mr. Blgelow himself, so ho had objections to being forced Into Involuntary bankruptcy through the act of some unfriendly creditor, although the result , in either case would have been the same. Is Intended to use dynamite and apply It also to the bank and government buildings These are believed to some extent by the more tlmerous classes, but persons most concerned do not at- tach much weight to the rumors. TAFT KNEW IT. 1 WILL RECEIEVE REWARD. Sheriff Popper of Dakota Make Two Thousand Dollar. Helena. April 27. The caae of E. 3. Pepper, sheriff of Steele county, N. D., who captured John Christie, one of the two highwaymen who robbed the North Coast Limited near Bearmouth, Mont, last June, against the North- the petition, said that undoubtedly the ern Pacific railroad and several claim- figures will be ubjecj to considerable ants to recover the $2000 reward of - change aa soon aa the exact value fered for the. arrest of each hold-up. of these assets 1 determined. He aald came to a sudden termination today. that it was probable that there would be a considerable change In these to tals, both of the liabilities and of the assets. ' "The petition wa formulated In such haste," said Mr. Spooner. "that the when the attorney for. R. J. Blrley and Martin Burn of Spokane and H. B. Custer, operator at Bearmouth, who claimed the $2000, said their clients had decided to drop the case. Pepper will secure the entire amount . - Not 8urprisd at President Roosevelt to Break Camp. Washington, April 27. Secretary Taft when mad aware of. the presi dent's plan to leave Colorado, May 8, showed no surprise, for It was known to him before the president left Wash ington. He feared he would not re main longer, than May 8, and he had consequently formed an alternate pro gram based on that belief. There 1 no pressing emergency her that re quired th immediate presence of the president . Baseball 8cors. Portland Tacoma 1, Portland San Francisco- Oakland 1, Francisco 4. Seattle Lo Angeles 2, Seattle f, San aswpasJMBaawssfswii-.iMi i ' ' . . ' '.-'