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HAZELTONSTRIKERS BECOMING RIOTOUS CHARGES A PORTLAND CITIZEN DENIED v k " PRACTICALLY KIDNAPED Most Turbulent Scene During the Great . Coal Strike ONE MAN IS STABBED An Effort to Open Collieries at Hazelton, Pa., Curses Great . Disturbance SEVERAL MEN WERE KIDNAPED Ten Thousand Men Take Part in RiotNo Shots : . Fired. ' (Scrlpps-McRae News Association.) MA-tJuiTUN. Fa., Aug. 25. The most turbulent scent that ha yt occurred during the great anthracite coal miners' sinae, m this vicinity, took place here between the hour of 5 and 7 o'clock this morning, and resulted in the serious wounding of a number of men Who at tempted to take the place of the non union miners and the probably fatal stabbing of a man named Sheck. numora nave been current here for over a week that operators would make an effort to open the Canberry and Nx w coinenes, both of which are located practically in the heart of th city, and for several days the miners have been keeping a sharp lookout in order to pre vent any attempt of non-union men to go to work at either place. The constant train of long waiting has had a tendency to bring the striking miners to the very verge of madness and it required, but very Uttle to make them cast all thought of diplomacy aside and become an army of unreasonable men wUtt cae not for the consequence of their actions. A CORDON FORMED. " About midnight the strikers began to gather In the streets of this city and at 6 o'clock this morning fully 10,000 men had formed a fierce and determined cor don around both collieries, showing by their actions that they Intended, at all hazards, to prevent any outside men from going to work. When the non-union men made their appearance they were set up on and beaten with clubs, rocks and pick handles and finally driven back. During the struggle which, was a fierce one, a number of the men were kidnaped by the attacking miners and their present where abouts Is unknown. Fears are expressed for the men as it is the opinion of many that they may have been done away with. 'August Shock, one of the men employed by the operator to work in the collier ies, was SEIZED BY THE MOB, severely beaten, thrown to. th ground and stabbed three time by some one In the crowd, but Whom, of course. It is lm possible, to say. It ,1s believed that he will die from the effect of his wounds. The infuriated mob would .undoubtedly have killed him on the spot- had it' not been for the timely Interference of citizens. ONE NOTABLE FEATURE of the riot was the fact, that no shots wef fired, and with, the exception of the Bheck Incident only clubs were used as weapons by the striking miners. The riot has caused so much alarm that ab 10 o'clock the city is practically deserted. f , MITCHELL CHEERFUL Says That Miners Show no Signs of Weakening. (Sorlpps-McRae News Association.) WILKESfeARRE, Aug. 26. Today Is the beginning of the 16th week of the anthracite'- coal strike, and everything shows that both sides are determined to fight to the end. ' President Mitchell seemed exceptionally cheerful this morn ing and apparently took no stock In the report that the men are weakening and willing to return to work if adequate pro tection is given them. ' HAVANA STRIKE (Scrlpps-McRae News Association.) .-' HAVANA, Aug. 25. The strike sltua tion among the dock laborer ha not feu proved. Several .disturbances are report ed in different part of the city, and the polio have been - strongly re-inf orced. : ; 1 1 ,, V i --frr : BICYCLE SEIZED. Deputy Sheriff Weir seised six wheel this morning belonging to persons wTto attempted to ride over, the Fourth street bicycle path, without having paid the regular tax; N3lnc last Saturday morn ing Weirs ha seised total of H bi cycles. . . To redeem the bicycles' their owner will be forced , to pay &.50 fine, beside the regular tax et $L0Q, - . SOLD THE CROWN JEWELS. '... (gcrlpps-McRa News Association.) LISBON, Aug. 25. Great consternation has been caused In royal circles over the report circulated by a court functionary to the effect that the 'jewel had been taken from the ruler's crown and sold In order to cover a big royal debt. The country has been on the verge of bankruptcy for some time, "and unless some; radical steps were taken there is no doub( but , what the kingdom would be ruined! It 1 said that in order to keep up appear ance and bold the secret from the world Jhe Jewel were replaced with Imitations. ARRAIGN CRIMINALS At a special session of the Circuit Court this morning the following men charged with crime were arraigned: Frank Reynolds, John Johns, Silas Eu gene Miller, and i George White, accused of burglary. They were allowed until September 8 to plead. John Hall and Henry Jones,' assault with Intent to rob, were also allowed until September 8 to plead. Charles Petraln was appointed to de fend the negro wife murderer, George Smith, who was also allowed until Sep tember 8 to plead. Another prisoner, who will plead on the 8th is William Lockington, accused of assault with a dangerous weapon. At this afternoon's session Gladicsoo and Thompson,' the two negroes, charged with the murder of Laborer Bargus, were arraigned and pleaded not guilty. Gladls see will go to trial September IS, but Thompson's trial was not set, at the request of the: state. OF MR. LODGE President Roosevelt Will Resume His Tour Today "1 - (Scripp-McRae New Association.) LYNN, " Mass., Aug. 25.-President Roosevelt spent the night at Nahant as the guest of Senator Lodge. He quietly rested at Lodge's home this morning preparatory to the resumption of hla tour through New England this afternoon. The President spent the morning hours 'ju walking about the handsome grounds qt the Senator's summer residence and en joying the ocean view from the cliff. SEAS OF Raging Around Towns of British Columbia ' (Journal Special Service.) TMIR, B. C, Aug. 26. A disastrous fire Is raging about Tmtr. Many square miles of tkrisec hive been burned, vi number of in building, wagon roads and bridges have fceeu destroyed. .From the CyanHo works of the -!r Company to the Foghorn mine, a -lis tance of nV"s miles, every building has been destroyed. The cyanide plant wr.s saved by the efforts of employe, who dug holes In which they immersed them selves in water up to their necks, while they handled the hose In short shifts. The buildings of the Wilcox and Black Rock mines were obliterated. PROTESTS USELESS All Stand an Even Chance on I-n come Tax. "Its all bosh for these people to come in here and pay their occupation tax under protest," Mid .Auditor Devlin this morning In conversation with a Journal man. . Vfhat good does It to them to pro he continued. "If one party ; Is entitled to a - return of their money in case the . law governing the taxi I ' de clared Invalid, all others are. Now comes the Esberg, Gunst Cigar company and pay up from" eight quarters which amount to J200.tThey filed no protest. What's th useT-If anybody contests it, and make -It stick in the court those who have' been obliged to? pay from M cent to the highest amount will be reim bursed, 'i ' When the -vehicle tax was declared in-. valid we handed the money back to ail who had paid' anything In. In aim had paid their .taxes a The Journal went to press, " GUEST FLAMES WILL GET CONSENT . General Miles Will Make a Trip to the Philippines. (Scripps-McRae News Association.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-General Miles has not yet informed the. War Depart ment of his intentions to . visit the Phil ippine, but will probably do so and ob tain the consent of the President Other wise there Is little doubt but that he would be relieved of; his command before he ritUrned. It Is not known at the War Department what his purpose Is In pro posing to visit the Philippines unless It I to inspect the army posts there.. " CHIVALRY TO . THE WINDS Messenger Girls Are Chased by Striking Boys. CHICAGO, Aug. 25. Throwing chivalry to the winds, the striking Western Union messenger boys today chased two pretty messenger girls, each about 18 years of age, through the down-town streets, throwing street refuse and howling lm pre cations at them. Pedestrians tried to rescue the girls bjt he boys rushed them whenever .ahej attn$pted '".tii Interfere. The girls fiialiy' fdtirfd Refuge In a de- mrimeni store ana me ooys aiBpersea. ELKS FETE ; : GROWS NEAR Only One Week Till It Will Com mence. One week from today the Portland Elks' Carnival will open amid a'flood of electric lights and a shower 'of confetti, and all the glamor that goes to make up a successful show of its kind will be seen. Mr. gscar Vanderbelt, city ticket agent of the Northern Pacific, at St. Paul, is business manager of the Jabour Carnival Show Company. He arrived In the 'city last evening from Seattle, where they are new showing, and spent today in con sultation with Manager Kowe, formulat ing plans for the setting up of the mid way and the arrangement of the many fahOW8. We will arrive with .the show next Sunday afternoon," said hlr. Vanderbelt, "and In a few hours the midway will commence to shape Itself. It take us but four hours to put everything tip, so expert have become our men." ORDER. REFUSED Court Refuses to Have Miss MitchellVBody , Exhumed CHICAGO, Aug. 25. Contrary, to ex pectations and to the wishes of the fam ily of Minnie Mitchell and the Cor oner,, Judge Erentano today,, refused to Issue an order for the exhumation of the remains found in the South Side weed-bed and burled as those of Will iam Bartholin' sweetheart The 1 court refused' the order on . the ground that there la no reasonable doubt of th Identity of the(bdy. 'Absolutely no progress has beeji - mad "by th police in unraveling the mystery or of curing -clew to whereabout of Bartholin, " v Captain Mullen of the Brambletye TALKS OF HIS WOES He Claims the Whole Affair Is the Work of the Sailors. Several number of the crew on to British ship ' Brambletye. which arrived In port Saturday with, a cargo of coal from Newcastle, have preferred oharges against Captain Mullen, master of th vessel, claiming , that en the voyage he was drunk and abusive. When seen con cerning the matter this morning the cap tain stated emphatically that the charges are untrue. "The whole sum and substance of the matter," said he, "l that the sailors do not. want to go to South Africa, prefer ring to return home, Knd to escape th voyage they have adopted a their pres ent course. I offered tft raise their wages 10 shilling lq advance to what they are now receiving In order to get them to stay with the ship. All agreed to accept the offer, but to show how faithfully they are complying with the agreement, two of them have deserted since Saturday night" Similar trouble occurred at Newcastle, England, and the outcome Is shown by the following clipping taken from a news paper published at' that place: "Eleven sailors from the ship Bramble tye, which recently . reached port, were charged at the South Melbourne Court this morning with' disobeying the lawful commands of, the Captain and chief offl cer on tha 24th Inst "Mr. J. Nolan -appeared- for complain ant and Mr. W. Rogers Tor -defendants. Captain Mullen said the defendants had signed articles for three years,, and the present was th first trip since sign ing. On the 24th Inst they wilfully dls obeyed, witness's, orders, and previous to that they had also disobeyed the chief officer's orders. The men hsked to go ashore and witness- refused, to allow them, , . ,, - ..,;,'.,, "The bench (Messosv., Hartnell and Thlstlethwaite) rectwi-tae captain, and asked him wether, fie desired te see the men sent to gaol. "Captain Mullen replied that when he advised them not to disobey orders, they simply laughed at him. If they paid all the expenses of the prosecution, and re turned to the ship and obeyed orders, he would be agreeable to the withdrawal of the charge. "On each of the defendants undertak Ing to pay the. captain 1 3s 64 costs, the bench ordered their discharge. Speaking about the affair today, Ship- liner Anderson said "Captain Townsend of the Eskasont has known Captain Mullen for years and he speaks very highly of him. His conduct has always been above reproach. He has always been generous toward the sail ors and no one ever treated them better than. he. The charge are trumped up for no other reason than that they wish to return home." TO SAVE HIS SON General Molineaux Says He Has Proof of His Son's Innocence (Scrlpps-McRae New Association.) NEW YORK, Aug. 25. Gen. Edward Mollneux, father of young Molineaux, who was convicted of the murder of Jfm. Kate Adams, says he has absolute proof of the Innocence of his son. The general declines to saywhat hi detec tive work to save his son from th gallows has brought forth. . SUICIDE BY HANGING An Old Man Jound Dead on the River Bank.- An old . man who went by the name of Capt Bcott was found ' this . morning. hanging In a small willow tree at the foot of Porter street, near Hood. He had been camping in that locality for several weeks and had a small boat In th river at that point ' The patrol wagon was sent out and the body removed to th coroner's office. The bddy when taken down was still limp, and death had not ' taken place any earlier than this morning. It was plainly a case of suicide. Th man. had constructed, a small platform, and -after tying a rope about his neck, had kicked It out from' under mm, caus ing death by strangulation. . It 1 said the man appeared at th po Uc station' about 10 jlays ago enne cbaTg of being drank.' ' .... .- .: LOOKS BAD FOR GOVERNOR GAGE. (Sorlpps-McRae News Association.) f ' . SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 25. John Simpson, agent of the Wells Fargo Express Company at Los Angeles, on the witness stand. In the Bpreckle libel cult, testified as to the Identity of the signatures on the receipt books of the company. He says that articles were received and signed for by Mrs. Gage and other members of the household. His testimony has somewhat of a sensation, and it is Ukely that It will be used by th proseoutlon . to further their bn Introduced In the trial. SERIOUS RACE WAR Ends Up in Fierce Fight in a Suburb of Indianapolis (Journal Special Service.) INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. X6.-Excltement Is high here today over a race riot which occurred in Haughvllle, a suburb of this city, yesterday. . The trouble, which has existed for several years, broke out afresh at a ball game yesterday morning, the parties be ing 200 negroes and whit workers at the works of th National Malleable Cast ing Co. As the crowd left the ball field hos tilities broke out. Stones, bricks, clubs and other missiles were used. Two hun dred persons were Immediately i crushed together In a lighting mass. Twelve or IS shots were fired, and it is reported one negro was shot, but ae wa taken from the field before the police arrived. Tho whites were victorious, driving the blacks from the field and wounding a number1 of them. Several white people were badly injured. , t Ten arrests have been madevand others' wilT Trrade ti rapidly as the persons are found. - A BANK $3800 Stolen From an Aberdeen, S D, Bank by Amateurs (Scrlpps-McRae News Association.) ABERDEEN, S. D., Aug. 26. Consider able excitement has been created here over the robbery of the First National Bank of this city last night. It is evi dent that there were several men In the gang, as the amount taken, 13800, was all In sliver coin. The safe contain ing the most of the bank's cash was un touched. From the appearance of the work done by the cracksmen It Is con clusive that they were amateurs. PENDLETON " MAN SHOT Pete Johnson Held Up and Robded by Highwaymen. (Journal Special Service.) PENDLETO.N, Or., Aug. 25.-Pete Johnson was held up and shot last night, near Pasco, by three highway men. Ho was shot In the abdomen and will die- The robbers secured $15. They pretended to be brakeraen and offered to take him from Wallula to Pasco for SI on a freight train. They all entered -a box car ' and when Johnson got off 'the' train at Pasco"! the robbers ordered him to hold up his hands, and upon his re fusing to ., do so, shot and robbed him. There is no clue to the assailants. ' ROOSEVELT CHEERED (Scrlpps-McRae News Association.) LYNN, Mass., Aug. 25. Thousands cam into Lynn today from all the sur rounding country to welcome President RcoseveJtiThe factories, shops sttd store generally were, closed at noon, and, the street wer thronged with people. Fully 150,000 people lined the route over which th President was driven. At the City Hall he made a brief address when the cheering broke out afresh and at it conclusion he was escorted to the rail road statiol to tak (h train for Pos ton, - . - y - 0BBED claims as much a any evidence that ha -,- LEGAL BATTLE Chickasaw Moved From Indian Territory to Oklahoma. GUTHRIE, Okla., Aug. ffi.-Advices from Washington to th territorial offi cials stat that the Interior Department has approved th Johnson and Kidder survey of th 98th meridian, which places It four and a fraction miles east of the present boundary between Oklahoma and the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, thus adding to Oklahoma th City of Chickasaw, the most Important commer cial and railroad .point in that part of the Southwest A' long-drawn-out legal battle Is expected ta follow this decision, and the matter must ultimately to passed upon by the United - States Supreme Court. ' ALL TRAFFIC SUSPENDED A Disastrous Wreck on the South . . .. era Railway. (Journal Special Service.) LOUISVltLB, Kyi,. Aug. 25.-A11 traffic on the Southern railway , was suspended all day yfcterday between Louisville and St. Loul en account of a wreck of freight train near- Georgetown. -XndV causing a loss to the company of 185,000, and several fatalities.' , Engineer Duvall, Fireman Cos and Brakeman Ross of one train were killed outright, and Engineer Harry Goodall and Fireman George Meyers, of the other train, were faltally hurt. Fourteen box oars loaded with wheat, together with two locomotives were tumbled over a tressel into a ravine 40 feet betow and demolished. POLICE STATION. William Lane and F. M. Baldwin r under arrest for, being drunk and dis orderly. Thomas Reeve Is at the station for applying vile names to a man with whom he bad an argument Minnie Mead la up for vagrancy. B. E. Klnon, for keeping open his sec ond hand store on Sunday, contrary to the ordinance. For plain drunk, Robert Holmes, Capt Haynes, Jennie Violet, Chas. Moore, Wm. Lane, John H. Pearce, J. Johnson, Task Church, C A, Fraser B. Eckman, Chas. Morcal and Toga Underbash. r Tony Gallagher will have to answer to the charge of assault and battery. Woodard, Clarke (SL Co. WONDERFUL it DR.Y HOT AIR APPARATUS FOR THE RHEUMATISM Ask to set this wonderful apparatus , in oar Surgical Instrument Department. ' , Sixth and Alder Sts. j . K7 HIGH GRADE BUT LOW PRICED. Call in and see our special designs in mantles; gas and electric fixtures, portables etc, .h Tney are the work of leading factories, and specially ordered by us.,.' When you select them you kno 1 you'll not see them duplicated everywhere "Unique I Artistic f Fine workmanship 1" exclaim our customers, . '. Handling ; la rjj quantities: enables us to sell you these high-grade articles &t prices elsewhere demanded for cheap-looking stock goods. Charles L Fay, an In surance Man Was the Victim GOV GEER DECEIVED Into Signing a Rqufcition' tfpoa Grounds Alleged to Be Fake. MOST PECULIAR PROCEEDING Citizen of Oregon Hauled to Wis consin on a Queer . , Charge ' 1 V Charles L. Fay, a leading Insurance and real estate man of this city, was an rested and taken to Waupaca, WU, Sat urday night for an offense of wbloh h Is alleged to be innocent The law has It I said, been Jugaled with, and Don erner Geer has been hoodwinked Into) honoring the requisition of the Governoc; of Wisconsin. Th requisition from th Governor of Wisconsin, was obtained b an unknown Sheriff, who te aiming t Mr. Fay was arrested under th sharg of obtaining money under false pre tences. The parties who caused th ar ' rest of Mr. Fay are named Dufur, -uid ar residents of Waupaca. Thsy claim ; .that Mr. Fay sold a timber property lit Clackamas county to them, stating that -' It contained 21,600.000 feet of timber,1 and wa within one mile of ' a navigable stream. For this they paid' $2700. t Wheat they came to Inspect the tract they fount that the property wa .not what It -wa , On the other hand,Mr Fair4rteBd claim that Fay did not guarantee any- thing. . that he only brought .th 'p&rtte together, and that th guaranteeing' wa don by a timber cruiser by the. nam ot Briggs, whom the Wisconsin pebple birr ed to Inspect the claim for tnem. " As) si damage suit against Brtgg would f not ; be worth anything. Fay's friends allege) the Duturs conjectured that th ' . best thing to do Is to arrest Fay and su ktav as ie is a prominent citizen, and ha some property. ' - These parties then got ' 8hrlfC Fre4 Hess to com her with requisition pa1 per and arrest Fay. The Sheriff arrived) Saturday at 4 o'clock, and Just-a Gov- ernor Geer was leaving hla offlc the pa per were' presented.. Th Governor thinking that everything wa all right signed the paper, which defamed anihon , orable citizen of Oregon. ? v: ' ' -' It i understood that Sheriff Hess rep- resented to Governor Oeer itfiaf Fay was a resident of Wisconsin and la . fugttiv from justice from that state, ? Under the paper. Sheriff He then , took car that th friend ot Fay should find out nothing about hi arrest, so that theyj could procure no writ of .. hah cor. (Continued on Second Page.) CURE OF "i' 4 EstablUtMd tji t