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-. t vau A. ' ,V1 X-r ' .A HOT BATTLE AT SHAIOION v Striking Miners Would Not Allow Ndn Unionists to Go to Work Bullets, Qubs and Stones Are Used . Important Conference Between: Mitchell and Dis trict Presidents Sensational Developments . Are Being Looked for Hen Clubbed , BHAMOKIN, Sept. 19. -Fly hundred ' Irmed striker held-up a miners' accom modation train near Green Ridge thl morning and would not allow the train men take 20 non-unionists to work. Shots wer e fired at the striken, and the latter fired back and - also threw clubs and atones. A dozen of the Inmates of the car were struck. The train then retreat ed to Mount Carmel, where the non unlonlsta escaped to their homes. The Sheriff has sworn in 100 extra deputies to keep order till the arrival of the troops. IMPORTANT CONFERENCE. PHILADELPHIA,, Sept 29. What is believed tz be. a most Important confer ence in the strike situation Is being held this afternoon by President - Mitchell. Secretary Wilson and District Presidents BOY KING ENRAGED Queen Mother's Secret Marriage Offends SHE WEDS A COUNT - p He Was a Former Lover-Alphonso Orders Her Retirement and She Refuses. MADRID, Spain, Sept 29. Spanish Roy alty is being treated to the most sensa tional scandal it has had In years over the recent action of the mother of the King contracting a secret marriage with her master of horse, Count Escosura. The royal family of Spain is the center of a sensational scandal which reached the ear of the public this morning. King Alphonso U terribly enraged and his mother Is ordered to retire to the prov inces or go abroad. HER TROTH WAS PLIGHTED. . What has proved to be the greatest sensation that has been known in the circles of th royal, family of the King of Spain, waa developed today when King Alphonso discovered the fact that hi mother during the recent Journey to Austria, had been secretly married to her master of horse. Count Eecoaura. The Queen mother Justifies herself in this ac tion by the fact that years ago she had plighted her troth to the Count but was compelled to marry th father of Alphon so for reason of state, but now that that obligation had been fulfilled she once more felt the love of her youth, and con sequently married th Count . . -ALPHONSO ENRAGED. When young King Alphonso learned of bis mother's action he few Into a terrible rag and became violently abusive. He stamped the floor and tore his hair; he acted like a madman and finally when he had regained his composure sufficient to talk, ha ordered the Queen mother to at one retire to the provinces or go abroad. Thls the Queen positively re fused to do, and what the outcome will be ' It is impossible, to foresee. Th members of royalty are extremely wrought up over the matter and expres sions of sympathy are being made on , boh sides. DELEGATES TO G. A. R. Portland's representative to the na tional encampment of the G. A. R., to be bold at Washington on October 5, will leave this evening. They are E.- E. Co vey, John Ingham, Samuel Elmore, B. V. Pike and S. F. Blythe. ' The delegates to the national convention of the Woman's Relief Corps, who will "also' leave this , even Inf. are Mrs. Julia Lawton. depart- xnent president: 'Mrs. Bertie M- Smith. 1 Mrs. M. Thorp, and Mrs. Anna Baker. All will make a combined effort to land th 190$ encampment In Portland. : WHEAT MARKET CHICAGO, " Sept. 29. Wheat S6H0 BAN FRANCISCO, -Sept 9. Wheat fl.S0$Llr . - - 1 Nichols, Duffy and Fahey, who arrived here by appointment this morning;. So far he absolutely refuses to make a statement as to the purpose of the meet ing. Important developments are ex pected. , BEATEN BY MOB. SHAMOKIN, Sept. 29. Fir Bosses Penmann, Rhodes and Raffert were dragged from a street-car a Mount Car mel this forenoon and brutally beaten. No collieries are running: here today. NOTHING GIVEN OUT. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 29. The con ference between President Mitchell and strike leaders ended at 2 'dealt . Pri-, dent Mitchell say the Is positively nothing to give to the press now.. He left at t o'clock for Wilkesbarre. SEEKING PARDONS Three Petitions for Release From the Penitentiary (Journal Special Service.) SALEM. Sept. 29.-3overnor T. T. Geer Is In receipt of three petitions for par dons and all of them are 'signed b'y prom inent people... Two of th petitions are for the release of Louis Level and H. S. Warrlner, both sent up from Portland, having pleaded guilty of burglary by breaking Into a toolbouse In Portland last February and taking therefrom some tools. In Level's case It is urged that he was not aware of the fact that the tools were not th property of his associate, and that he pleaded guilty on the belief that be had been guilty only of a mis demeanor. Warrlner bases his claim for clemency on the fact that he wanted the tools to enable him to go to work. Also that he Is the son of a widowed mother who depended on him for her support. The third petition is that for a pardon for John H. Gates, sent up from Lane County last year for forging the name of Henry Corbett to a check. Gates will be remembered as the man who figured In a J1500 deal during th last session of the Legislature, which caused quite a sensa tion here at that time. The petition is numerously signed by" the best people of Woodburn, where Gates lived for a num ber of years, and from which place he was appointed a janitor at the Stat House a few weeks before he became in volved In that trouble, and the list is headed by President J. H. Settlemier and Cashier J. M. Poorman, of the Bank of Woodburn, and Postmaster Walter L. Tooze. ' NEW CARRIERS NAMED. The following new assignments in car rier routes will be made at the postofflce on October 1st: Andrew Anderson, Wil lamette Heights rout; John C. Todd, Portland Heights; W. F. Dougherty, be tween Oak and OllSan, Fourth and Eighth, including th Federal building; Lewis C. Knight will be foot collector; J. G. Hadley will b added to Station A and John A. Valentin to Station B. On October 1st th Portland carrier fore will consist of SO men, in addition to the established fourth-class offices at Fulton. Woodlawn and University Park. , BIGGAR MISSING. FREEHOLD. N. J., Sept 2y.-Ther are oonfllcttag rumors as to the whereabout of Actress Laura Blggar, who has not yet been apprehended. She la now believed to be at Wilmington. Lawyer Patterson this morning added perjury to the charge against Stanton. In addition to conspir acy. Peninsula Wants -Delivery. Residents of th Peninsula are anxious ly awaiting news from th postal de partment at Waahington In relation to the proposed free delivery of their 'mall. The petition was sent to Washington, after being recommended by Postmaster Croasman. At Washington It received favorable consideration and was referred to another committee. Since that time the matter, ha not been heard Of. Th district will likely cover all that ter ritory north from where th Alblna Sta tion end and ma north a short distance to Portsmouth. University Park will b the location of th station, -vi t - " Left for lEnampment. ' - Mrs. Charles Smith left yesterday for Washington. V. , C, whre"'he will at tend th National Woman's Relief Con-H ventfon,' to which ah is a delegate from this stat. Several matters of importance will com befor th convention. DIED IN "RABIES Horrible Suicide Vol La Center; - " Wash., Druggist. Journal Special- Service,) tA J CENTER. Wash., Sep J. O.-Dr. Davis, of this city, committed suicide early this morning, presumably by taking "poi son. .The tragedy occurred In his drug store, and to hide all evidences of the crime the place was burned. There is no' suspicion of foul play. The deceased had often mad threats of aalf-deatrtictlon In the Presence of ac quaintances, and the news was received by them with little surprise. He was dt an eccentric turn of mind, and during the past month seemed to b depressed In spirits. His repeated remark about ending hi career, however, wer not tak en seriously by his most Intimate friends. When the fire was discovered the build ing waa too far gone to be saved. Several shots were heard In the vicinity, and it afterwards developed that they came from a Winchester rile and revolver, wbich wer found lying beside the charred re mains. So far as It could be ascertained In its present state the body bore no wounds, and the accepted theory Is that the dead man had used poison, after fir ing his place of business. He was un married. County Attorney Spark will reach .here this afternoon from Vancouver to make an investigation. DEATH AND RUM Follow. in the Wake of a Cyclone CITIES DESTROYED People Are Tenor Stricken and - Fleeing to. the Mountains - LONDON, Sept 29.-The Central New Agency's Home correspondent wires: Another cyclone, believed to have been more terrible than Friday's, ha destroy ed the towns of Belpasso and Torre Santa Maria Catalina, In the province of Sicily. In the former place many buildings as well as the cathedral were crushed. Many ships were blown along shore. It is fear ed that the death roll will be appalling. The people are terror stricken and are fleeing to the mountains. MORGAN TO FRONT. Brings Great Relief to the Money Market. NEW TORK, Sept. 29. J. Plerpont Mor gan comes to the front and relieves the money market. This morning Morgan; created somewhat of a sensation In money market circles by paying enormous sums,- which have had a tendency to bring great -relief to the money' market.- What. is causing, the most comment Is the fact that be ad vanced th payments of interest on T140, 000,000 of -securities which ar held by the firm. In addition to this he haanalso made payments of 25.000,000 in dividends, due October 15, on the United States Steel Company stock. No sooner had th transactions become known on tb Exchange than th broker felt as if a burden had been lifted from their shoulders and th different stocks showed, more activity ' than vur"nv1 had for several days. A COMPROMISE Harry Stratton Will Likely, Receive a Quarter of a Million, COLORADO SPRINS, Colo.. Sept. 19. A compromise. It la said, ia being ef fected between Harry Stratton, aon of tb late millionaire, and the executors of the estate. He will probably secure a quar ter of a million and th bequests of th other relative ar to b doubled. . v TO WEDMISS HAM A. t .CHICAGO, Sept. 29. It Is announced that Joseph H. Medlll McCormick, son of tb new Ambassador to Russia, is to marry Miss Ruth Hanna, Senator Ilanna's youngest daughter. SNAKE RIYER FRUITS, , J. P. Tapscott, purser on the steamer Spokane, . plying between Lewlston and Riparla, Is visiting In the city. - Me says that some of the Snake River frtilt men w4U ..sustain light -4ee ewlg -to" -the teamboat tie-up but not in such great proportions as many people hav. been led to believe. Th most of th growers have been hauling their fruit to rail points, and la this way hav managed to get .along; Try wU nndr th circum stance. ' - . . iti" TAILORS' TROUBLE - . .. Three Shops Are Under 'Boycott EMPLOYES ARE OUT 4 The Masters" Refused to Sign the Union AgreniefltThe Em . plbyers' Side. Th harmonious relation existing be tween the Tailors' Union and three of the Important tailoring establishments in Portland hav been broken. War has been declared agalMt Nlchol, th tailor, 101 Third street; Armstrong, 313 Washing ton street, and the Unique Tailoring Company 347 Washington street. It has Just been, made public that at th Federated Trades meeting Friday night the above Arms were placed on th? unfair list and a boycott ordered again t them. Aa a result union tailors are no . longer in their employ. With the exceD tlon of one or two men, however, all havr secured employment elsewhere. The cause of th trouble la because the firms refused to sign the union agree ment which waa presented them last April. Union men state that the pro prietors promised' repeatedly to sign, nut kept putting the) matter off from month to month until their stock of patlenv waa Anally exhausted; As a last resort they concluded to withdraw all union help, and adopt new tactics to bring about the desired result . ,' WHAT THEY ASK. By the term of the agreement each proprietor is required to provide frc "back shops" or rooms for their employes to work in, which shall be fitted up with all necessary working tools. 'This Is sa'.d to be the principal feature of the agree ment to which objection was taken. Pre vious to last April all employes had to furnish 'their own working' quarters and fools. A reform wave set In. and the on Ion, determined, to do. away with . what they describe as being an unjust require ment of its members, A committee was appointed to visit all shops of the city. 'Hand In time a promise was received from nearly all the managers that the demand would be granted THERE WAS NO CHOICE. "The three mentioned," said on of th employes today, "vi!fuuy neglected to make the concessions, and w, war com pelled to take the stand ws have. The strike will not affect many men, but it Is certain that it will not redound to the benefit of the shops. Most of their em ployes were doing piece work for them which they did at their own home at odd time. Keep your eye open today for men coming out Of those shops with bun dies under their arms. They wilt be In search of tailors to make garments, and the bundlea will contain cloth. I once knew a proprietor who spent 80 cents for street ear fare looking for a tailor to make a vest ' which,-. when completed,, would sell at $1. This will probably i the experience of th boycotted shops in Portland." EMPLOYERS' SIDE. H. E. Joy, manager of the Unique shop, makes the following statement: "We pay union wages and employ union labor. We object to fitting up free 'back shops' because our employes do not want them. Hardly any of th other bouses which signed the agree ment ar living up to it ' There is not a house In town that has free workshops for Its Journeymen tailors, although they nearly all signed th agreement to do so. What good does it do to sign when no attention is paid to the agreement T The -vote to boycott us carried by a very small majority." H. A Armstrong "The tailors I employ are perfectly satisfied without 'back shops.' If I should furnish them they would not be used. If the men I em- ploy ask tot 'back shops' I will gladly fur nish them. Only on man has notified me that he will quit' F. F, Boody, manager of th Nlchol Tailor House, says: "The fact of th matter Is we buy goods in such big quantities that the other houses cannot compete with us, and they have becom jealous. They take this method to show their spite. A year ago we were placed on the unfair list without any previous notice. We are opposed to th "back-shop' ' system be cause it is impracticable. It haa been thoroughly tried In th East and found a failure. Very few of th Journeymen want such places provided. They would rather work at bom wher they can receive occasional assistance from mem bers of their families and where they would be enabled to get their meals regularly. No, they simply want to give this house a black nam because they cannot compete with us. None of . th houses which hav signed hav free working quarters. PRESS CLUB ON THE BOOM. Th City Press Club held a meeting yesterday in its rooms In th Marquam building and added four members to Its ranks. They ar J. F. Wilson, of h Orejonlan: R. W. Emerson, of th Tele gram; Edward E. Broil, of Oregon City, nd Ed S. Fay o Th Journal. " . It was decided to hold th next meet ing of the club next Sunday at U o'cIock. A commltte was appointed to draft res olutions ot condolence" for th death of George Ritchie, an old Portland news paper man, wt died 4 few days ago In Xwlston, Ida. ' OBEYS ORDERS Second Operation on . Roosevelt Proves Satisfactory. WASHINGTON, Sept .-The Presi dent' physicians this morning authorised, the following statement: Th condition of th wound ia satis factory, and . hla temperature norm!. The patient slept well and at present oc cupies an invalid's chair. He is cheerful and shows neither impatience nor rest lessness, and follows directions scrupu lously. Since ue of needle to evacuat the sac on the 22d Instant which left no wound, ther has been on operation, untl yesterday. : (Signed), , "CORTELYOU." SENSATION COMING Father of Traction Bill to Testify Today at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, Sept 29. Millionaire Rob ert Synder, the promoter and father of the traction bill which was passed over the Mayor's veto, faced trial today in the bribery cases. Some most sensational ex posures ate expected. A distinguished array of legal talent has been engaged by the defense, and it Is alleged that a quarter of a million dollars was paid In bribes to secure the passage of the hill. LANDMARK TO GO Episcopal Church at Walla Walla - - "TJefng THsmantlei''"' - WALLA WALLA. Sept. 29. -After serv ing a large congregation for 30 years as a place of worship, the Episcopal church is being dismantled today, and the last service has been held In the old building. Yesterday was the last congregation gathered for worship, and the fixtures will be removed to the new St. Paul's church on Catherine street, a magnificent edifice costing over $10,000. It will be opened October 12, with appropriate cere monies. The deserted church Is the oldest re ligious bujld.lng In .the city, having been erected over 30 years ago. The congrega tion is among the oldest it not the old est In the city. When the structure was completed It was the finest building In this part of the state, and the record Is to be repeated by the congregation, when the new edifice Is accepted and opened. The new building is of stone and brick, and WIU be furnished,, tbe most elaborate church in Eastern Washington or Oregon. The old building has been purchased with the lot upon which It stands, and the property will be used In the near future for business purposes. A PRUNE HARVEST Picking and Drying in Pull Blast at Dundee. (Journal Special Service.) DUNDEE. Or., Sept 29. At this sea son of the year thla amall village as sumes the aspect of army headquarter, for prune picking and drying Is here. Dundee can boast of perhaps more acref of prune than any place in the state, Thomas Prince having one orchard of morrthan 600 acres. The Dundee Prune 'Complihy orchard " con iff for "tcsrftf and the crop of this orchard Is estimated at. 800 tons of dried fruit. Besides those mentioned there ar numerous smaller tracts, and the crop Is estimated at from 80 to 96 per cent, which la exceedingly high for this year. Another orchard new to this section of Oregon Is 60 acres set in French walnuts and owned by Mr. Prince, most of which ar bearing. The tree look thrifty and ny.dlaaaa' KNOCKS THEM OUT Tom L Johnson's Tent Show Puts Barnstormers to the Bad.' CLEVELAND, O., Sept M. Th third week of Tom L Johnson' great Denvv ratio tent campaign has juet ended most auspiciously. A week of bright Septem ber days with the thermometer hovering around th 80 mark caused th people of th towns visTed to think very favorably of tbe entertainment offered In th tent A troup or unhappy barnstormers, play ing a one-night stand at the opera house across ths way. In one tows suffered cor respondingly and the light comedian and th heavy villain jlggad and frothed to empty benches. ' Another of these high class theatrical troupes suffered a similar disaster at Paulding, and 'tis said, van lshed in the arly dawn leaving an un paid score or two at the tavern. Really, th tent show has proved almost a .ls astrous to th rural drama as to th ru ral auditor. ATTEND NATIONAL CONVENTION Mr. Julia A. Lawton. department presi dent of tb Woman's Relief Corps of Ore gon, departed at 1:10 yesterday aXterason over the Northern Pacific, in company ct other delagat ot th W. R. C to attend th national convention, to b held. Oo tcber ( at Washfgnton, V. C.1 ' AUTHOR EMILE ZOLA IS DEAD " . V Sensation Caused by the Circulation of a Rumor -That He Committed; ' Suicide Was Asphyxiated His Wife Is Also at the Point of Death His Life Was Hade a Burden of Late by ' EnemiesWas Famous PARIS, Sept. t9.-Emtl Zola, th fam esu author, died at 9 o'clock this morn ing. The city received a severe shock this morning when the announcement of the sudden death of the great author, Emlle Zola, was made. A great deal of com ment Is being mad on all sides regarding the manner of bis death, around which there Is an air of mystery. It has been learned that hi death was the result of asphyxiation by gas in hla room. On entering hla apartments this morning fumes wer discovered to be coming from ga atov. but whether 11 was caused by accident or not is a quea tlon that -I -Agitating tbe minds of th physicians and the public. WAS IT SUICIDE t Rumors of suicide ar current and a thorough investigation la being made. The fact is that Zola'a life for the pakt three yeara has been a moat miserable one, owing to his connection , with th sensational Katerhazy and Dreyfus casM, and it in thought that his mind final reached such a state of dejection and his life mude such a burden. by the many petty annoyances he has been constantly subjected to, that he finally sought relief In death. Then, on the other hand, It ia claimed that his death waa entirely acci dental. Those who know him personally and are familiar with bis daily life, say that auch an action aa suicide la one that was foreign to his nature. It Is main' talned that on retiring he left the gaj Are burning In th grate .and that soma time during the night th flam wa ex tinguished without the gas being turned oft thua premlttlng the fumes to per meate the room nd siiffocat. tb occu pants. Doctor Nourmand," on. entering the roonv foujid,jLh..tmoBpher so denae with th fumes of gas that it was almost Impossible for him to enter. ' However, he did not hesitate, and immediately' dial: covered the motlonleBa forma of its vic tims. '..''' The discovery- waa made when at TWO CONVICTED. Baldwins Found Gollty of Involtxn tary Manslaughter. After being out from 1:S0 to ths Satur day afternoon th Baldwin Jury returned a verdict of manslaughter In th cases of William and Oeorg Baldwin, but as Frank Baldwin did not seem to have had any premeditated interest in th fight b waa discharged. .A strong recommendation f mercy ac companied Cleorge Baldwin' verdict, but ho!hihJ- was said TS fo Wiliiinf Baldwin, the father who arranged the fatal fight and had the management of it Sentence will not be pronounced until a motion for a new trial ia disposed of. RFLIEF WORK NEARLY ENDED Only Straggling Gases Ait Now Reported to the Committee Altogether lOlio.Bf haa been ontrlbut ed to the fire sufferers' rllf fund by th people of Portland, of thla IWts.16 has al ready been expended. The xecutiv oommitt met thla morning, but old ast hav vary aauob business to attend to. 8ortary Salln reported no new cases from tb Lswla River or La Comas district. Hs also reported that h visited Lanta and Da mascus yesterday and found thfjti to b pretty well burnt out A letter was also tmA from Home Valley asking for help for six families. Secretary Salln wa In structed to krvestlgat th cases. As eevrythlng now la routln work, the commute decided to meet again next Monday and than call a meeting of tb general committee to clean-op affair. WOULD ACCEPT However Congressman : Littlefield Isjtot Looking for jDeakership. SAN FRANCIS CtV Eept S.-Cosgrts-maa LttUefleld arrived her today. Ia aa Interview fa said h was net looking (or th Speakership but If It was offered to htm he would accept wlU Stump ths stat for Pard, . . ' ' r o'clock this morning servants heard groan coming from th room occupied by Zola and hi wtf. An alarm was at one given and an entrance to th apartment forced. On the floor of th bedroom waa found th body of Zola, which was un dressed, and on the bed was Madam Zola, gasping for breath. A pet dor waa ' found in one corner ot the room nearly , dead, and tbe stove, from which 'th gaa waa escaping, waa redhot Madam Zola'' waa immediately removed to another apartment where everything posstbl waa don to revive her. Artificial respiration -waa uaed with good effect SENSATIONAL, ORDER. a sensation naf zreeir erwins x.-vy i an order which has been issued by tb police.' it I to the effect that th first witnesses of the affair hav been posi tively forbidden to speak to anyon on the subject, which proves that ther must be some cause for th rumor of th report of suicide or design in th death ot the famous author. An investigation la be ing made on both theories. However, hat of suicide 1 the on moat closely followed and it is expected that some ; startling developments will be mad befor . th day Is over. t Zola and his wtf returned to Paris yesterday and both wer in good health. Emlle Zola was on of th most famous ' authora, bla novela having had a 'world- " wide reputation, and it waa his writing that, to a great extant, mad the Eater hasy and Dreyfus caaea so notorious. He was so sensational in hia treatment " oft them that h was mad th subject of continuous persecution by his nV ralea, who did everything in their power to make hi life a burden. Zola wa aborn m Paris in 1841).. . ; WAS ACCIDENTAL , SARIS, Sept . Th polio bars Issued an official report which glvs th caus of Zola's death as th escape of mephitis gases oue to a aeiacov chimney. ROBBED Prominent Doctors Have Been Arrested, 100 BODIES TAKEN Negro Confesses That College Fac ulty Paid $400 for Them 1MDIANAPOI4S, Sept I.-4loni ; grav robberies in this city cams t a sensational climax today In the arrest f Dr. Alexander, demonstrator f the Central Medical Cotleg of Indiana: Dr. Wilson, of th same college; Oeorg Hay maker, th whit Janitor, and - sva egret. One gro baa confessed that 100 grave hav been robbed In th last three months, for which the medi cal faculty paid $400. i '.; - HABEAS CORPUS. On behalf ot Earl Hanson, fred Blokl and George Hart, youths being held In th county jail on a charg of. stealing W horses at North Taklma. Attornay Charles A. Patrala sued out a writ of habeas cor pus la tb Circuit Court this morning. Th writ was mad ratnrnabt this attar noon, but Mr. Petrala stated that ha did not expect to argu it . until tomorrow morning. - y - ' , n ' , '( la bis petition Mr. Petrain allege general lack of Jurisdiction on th part of th officers of Washington County and the Sheriff of Multnomah. H lalma that his clients are not -bald under say due prooess of law. , - ""'-' ''-.'.' 1T.00D THREATENED, ' rOrtTlwORTH. Spl. Ja A heavy rain la falling her and th Guadatcupo I'.fvr is SO feet above thmean mark. No liv. i hav been reported lost but t' via l i -mens danger to property GRAVES : 1 1 '-