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JQURNAIy'Bla : ITh A TT; V , THE WEATHER. . Fair tonight and Fri day; ' north . to cast wind. . -1 PORTIiAlTD, OREGOK,- THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER , 2, PBICE FIVE CENTS. VOL; i: 2TO. 17T. BLOODY BATTLE M- EXPEOSION : !- IN &AL WE K '. V ' ' . JT. LOUIS', QANG OF-nOODUNG ALDERMEN AND FREEE0071NG CITIZENS. Fire Damp Causes a Terrible Disaster ' at the Black Diamond Coal Fields On thecNorthern Fourteen Lives Known to .Have Been LostA ' Heartrending Scene at the Mouth of the ! PitA Call for Help ' Sent. BLACK DIAMOND, Wash., Oct I. One ot the moat frightful disaster In the history ot coal mining In the North west occurred this morning at the Law ton mines, which are situated about half a . mile from this place. The disaster was caused by an explosion of Ore damp, which occurred Just as the day shift went to work. It Is Impossible at this time to calculate the extent of the dam age caused by the explosion, but it is known that fourteen men .were killed. One body has already been recovered, but the others are Imprisoned In the miner' and those who were not killed outright will doubtless die from suffo - ON A BIG SCALE North Yakima Fair the Best In the State's History. NORTH YAKIMA, Oct. 2. Today Is 'OddJaJows' day at the State Fair, and the attendance is all that could be ex pected. Special trains arrived from vari ous portions of the Northwest, large numbers- coming- irony- Seattle, Tacoma and Walla Walla to be present at the special feature of the day, the dedication or the new pdd Fellows' Temple. The Fair this year is on the biggest scale ever attempted and the large crowds In attendance today ure delighted with the big show. The Fair this year Is o nth biggest scale ever attempted, and the Tacoma people say that they are delighted with the big show. The display of fruits is es pecially commented upon as being un usually good, comprising apples of every variety grown In this state, grapes, pears, peaches and canned fruits. The exhibit of cattle is also attracting much atten tion, including dairy stock from Idaho. British Columbia, Oregon and Washing ton, several hundred head in all, which Is pronounced one of the finest herds ever brought together. The exhibit of cattle is one of the most Interesting of the Fair. The machinery exhibit is also found ex . ceedingly attractive, comprising every thing useful and unique for the farm and home. The exhibits are all more numer ous and of a higher grade of excellence than ever before in the history of the Fair. T fVi.p 1 a d 11 that nnM Via Aa- . aired, and the visitors seem nighty" pleased with what they have seen. OVER 2200 MILES- Wireless Telegraph Said to Be Transmitted a Long Distance. ' SIDNEY, N. 8. W.. Oct. t-4t Is re ported here on what is apparently good uthority,-that -ommunlcaUoiy.iy wlrer less telegraph' has been established be tween CapeBreton: and Cornwall. Eng. land. It is said that a message has been successfully transmitted between the two points. . On Inquiry, Engineer Vyvian, who Is In tharge of the table at the head station, refused to either confirm or deny the re port He said It was a distance of 2,200 miles that the message would have to traverse In order to make the communi cation complete. SENDING pRINES. KORFOLRV Va.. Oct2.-The cruiser Prarler arrived, .here this afternoon and la now taking aboard, five hundred mu rines for Culebra. West Indies. FIGHT THE TRUST Over Two Million Dollars Represented in BattleSgairiM DENVER. Oct I The NatlonalLlve itock Association, several of the." large JVestern railways and the Government egal department, - will be In. the fight gainst th packing house merger. Pres ttent Springer, of the association, mads a cation unless aid reaches them soon. The scene at the mouth of the pit is truly a pitiable one. Men, women and children' are rushing about, wringing their bands and loudly calling for help to rescue their husbands, fathers and brothers who are now facing death in the bowels of the earth. The miners were all white, and a majority of them were married and had families. The mine Is owned, by the Pacific Coast Com pany and had always been regarded as perfectly safe. A special call for help hat been sent to Seattle, and la expeeted here at any moment. . SUICIDE EPIDEMIC San Frandsco Has Nineteen Cases Within Ten Days. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 2.-The city Is greatly wrought up over what seems to be an epidemic of suicides which has re cently been developed. Within the last ten days the number of suicides here has been so great as to causa the authori ties to becorne aoraewhat uneasy" as""to whether the city is to be besieged with a suicide epidemic. So far there have been- nineteen cases reported during the ten days' period, four of which were by shooting, ten by poisoning and Ave by asphyxiation. Several of the victims their owa foolish acta were men and twelve women. PASS pN BONDS Shaw Appoints An Advisory Committee. WASHINGTON. Oct . 2.-An advisory committee consisting of Treasurer Rob erts, Comptroller Ridgeley, and Assist ant, Secretary A ilea, has been appointed by Secretary Shaw to pass upon the mu' nlcipal bonds offered. At the meeting this morning it was decided to make as standard and acceptable securities all such as were accept by the New York Savings banks. The Treasury Department committee made, public this afternoon a list of state and municipal bonds acceptable as securities as Government deposits. No i ar Western city was Included. The com mittee has already accepted $1,000,000 worth of Philadelphia and New York bonds that have been offered. ARGUMENTS CLOSED Court of Arbitration Has Thirty pays to Render Its Decision. WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. The Btate De partment has received a dispatch from Judge Fenneld, solicitor ot the State De partment, today, which , says that the arguments In the pious fund cae was closed at The Hague yesterday. The ar bitration court has thirty days In which to render Its decision. GETS SIX MONTHS JillNNEAPOLIS, Oct 2. Fred Ames, former chief of police, waa this morning sentenced to one-half a year in the peni tentiary for receiving bribes from disre putable women for protection. statement today, after a conference with President Meore, of ths Kansas City Stock Yard and officers ot the associa tion. A capital of to million dollars rUlYbe represented In V flint against ths merge ' . ' - ' I yVvt - ,tr-;: 1 ' H: ,OY' - - 7 VlX.- 1 1-1 I III r F s', ir JJ f W ' ' Wl " ; 1 V 'v I ' s. X & I ' . "XkW N v ' , . hiSkr. ) f f?M: ifk to rid. herself In a measure from fur- W ST. LOUIS, Oct 1 Prosecuting At- l?' I r'Al ther corruption of that kind. 5 toraey Folk, who exposed the notor- I . I fiy 'IK Three members . of ' the Common ious gang of grafteraj and boodlers Vf.-Q x4 lj Council or City Legislature, as it Is gj 6 here, U now perhaps the most con- V Tv '''' ", "'s '''''r'a called, who were mixed with the rot- W sDicuoua citizen of Stl Louis. H 1V-: A tennesswere: W. M. xamoiyn. jwj- a T.nnM. . ttm . V' S.-'jK. mund Bersch and Charles Kratst ,,d ffl year, ago, and when. elected Prose- ' ft ' 51' - tt, pin . wbo wSr. .tW ;,, I cuting Attorney began an, Invest.- , , E i tlon into conditions affecting govern- "Hism sepn w. w in. w u " g s . ... - - ' - . . . upper center of ths group nerewun g Blent and municipal legislation. It 7 )WJUrj JRfPSiSCL sent to The Journal. Folk is a young S was known, of course, that there waa r.. lWkYi - " rnan and was only an unknown lawyer I Si" a"PulhhthV,trw.s among St Lou.; Clanship. He . or.ble, He. haled before the barot. two year. ago. Today J. gls . task that was dlfflcuK but poasible. caused publicity without considera- Justice those who ha3 debauched their brated all vf'. I He ha. pursued his course regardless tlon. ProminenW good name, hypoc- private and official characters and one ithvnJ'"n . of threats and ha. brought ot the 'rlsy nor anything else deterred him. told the world what they had done. "c'enMBrefearl6MDee' m0I' criminality of men whs had. Mood high He knew 9 favorites. He was inex- As a result. St. Louis Is In. a fair way who hold o mC' SOLDIERS FIRE ON RIOTING MOB Company G Sends Two Volleys Into Maddened Throng-Strikers Are Becoming Unmanageable SCRANTON, Pa., Oct 2. Soldier, llred two volleys Into a mob of) striking min ers here at an early hour this morning. purlng a conflict with a mob here at an early hour this morning (Company G, of the National Guard, wcre compelled to Are two volleys at the strikers before they could get them under control. ' The" mob became Incensed at the appearance of the soldiers and attacked them with stones and clubs, and, the situation was becom ing perilous when the order to ftre was given. However,- as yet no fatalities-re sulting from the volleys have been re ported. At the same time Company G 'was hav ing its trouble, the companies stationed at the Sterrett colliery 'were fired on by a large number, of strikers, but none of them were injured. Many riots occurred throughout the night and this morning the soldiers suc ceeded in capturing a miner who was armed with a revolver and acting sus piciously. He made a desperate fight be fore he was over-powered. During the jiight John Mullen, a non -union miner, attacked aJid.beatentQUJBA;y-.., .Oat.- , .a. Attorrxy-Gegrai-j unconsciousness near the Heldelburg col liery. He waa then placed oh the track ot the electric line. A car runivlr.g at full speed struck him. - killing rum instantly and horribly mangling his body. The jilKht was so dark that it was Impossible for the motornian to see but a snort ais- tance ahead of him and before he knew it he was Upon the helpless victim. So far it has. been impossible for the authorities to locate the perpetrator of the crime, who are In hiding. SENSATIONAL ARRESTS. WILKESBARRE, Pa., Oct. 1 A sen sation was created here this taorning by the arrest of asnumber of the "strike lead One of the most Important moves made sines the beginning of thastrlke here was that of the arrest of eleven strlhe leaders early this morning?. ffMe arrests were made by Sheriff Jacobs, Who was backed by a company of militia. - The charge against those who were ar rested is rtoting and making threat. Tliis action has created great excitement and as the alleged offender wara being conducted through the atraeU to head quarters It looked for a time ttwt ,gn eral attack would be made by tjne miners who were rapidly congregating. However DRIVER, k The caso of Troy Laundry ;C6 '.J. M. V. Williams, occupied tha attention of judge George thia morning, . Tha laundry people ara trying to enjoin Williams, a former driver, from? taking patrons away from them, which ha b14 wMte tifatr employ. ', ..'-u v-vfi ' i; l ' Tha contract itlpulaUa tfcat no attempt was made and the leaders ar rested were taken before the proper au thorities and arraigned. There Were eleven of them who were accused and five were held In $2000 hail each. It Is ffared that this action will cause a general revolt of the-strlkera and every preparation is Vnng made to enforce or der, by making the guard forces larger and keeping the soldiers in readiness for immediate action. If an outbreak should result the situation will be terrible and a great loss of Hf Is feared. WILL STAND FIRM. WILKEBBARKK. Pa.. Oct. 2.-Pnsl-dent Mitchell leaves this evening- for Washington, lie says he has no predic tions to make, and , only trusts to tne President's, wisdom to point put the right course. It Is certain that the.mlnors will stand firm In thtlr demands unless tlrf conference should agree to arbitration, and in the latter event the miners would undoubtedly stand by the verdict. MWT ANRWEB. - , Davis today granted the application of the Now Tork American, asking that the coal operators be summoned before him to show cause why proceedings should not be Instituted uirainst them under the Donnelly antl-n nt law. The hearing was l set for Wednesday afternoon, PRESIDENT STUDIES STRIKE WASHINGTON", Odt. S. The President today met .only Secretary Wilson a'id Senator Quay. 11 Is devoting the day to the study of the strike situation and has J carefully gone over Wright's official re port making annotations. He had Sen ator Quay explain fuliy all the attempts made by the Pmnsyivanlan to effect a settlement. DETROIT CONFERENCE. DETROIT. Oct. 2.A thousand dele gates have slgniiled their Intention of :u tending the Coal strtke conference to be held here Tuewlay. Mayor Low say he will attend If it is not settled before then. STONE INVITED. ' NEW TORK. Oct S. tt Is reported here, this afternoon that President Roose velt has Invited Governor Stoae, of Penn sylvania, to attend, the conference to morrow. the company the driveer may get any theT customers. ftir-nyof "ttnr;other laundrles not held by him as the driver tf tho. Troy Laundry, for a period of 60 days.- Williams it appears left the em ploy of the Troy Laundry and went to work for competitor and took his old patrons and transferred them, to the new concern. : The court took the case under advlsa- IMPROVING THE RIVER Government Engineers Removed 150 Snags Last Month. The government snagboat has Just be gun the construction of an 800-foot dam I at Five Islands Bar. This Is one of the worst crossings in the Willamette River between Portland and Balem. The work will be finished about the middle of No vember. A crew of fifty men Is at work on the snagboat and -on the dam con struction. Over l.W snags w"'e removed from the Willamette River last tmonth by the snagboat. Dams were also bu!lt last month at Candlana Bar and Coffee Chute. Another crew of government employes are at work building a bank revetment at Corvallls for the purpose of preventing j the river from' cutting a new channel across the peninsula opposite Corvallls. I This crew is composed of twenty-tlve j men- I United States Assistant Engineer David j B. Ogden Is in charge of this river im provement work. THE TELEGRAPH MONOPOLY. Charles E. Welker, a prominent New Yorker, Is In Portland, and was talking about the action of the New Tork Demo crats yesterday, and especially the plank of their pjatform declaring for public ownership of the anthracite coal lands. "Why, that's rank Popullstlc doctrine," he declared, "but a doctrine that we will all be coming to very soon, under present Indications. I am a Democrat, but to that extent have long been in sympathy with the Populists. Look at the telegraph monopoly," he continued. "Where will you find a business man but would like to see the Government running the tele mtnlt -t- aetual eostta. the people, the safhe a' It" runs the PosToffice Depart ment? And nol a man who heard him offered a reason why Uncle Sam should not do It. BROKE VALUABLE PLATE GLASS The large bent plate glass in the corner show window of Rosenblatt's clothing store was accidentally broken yesterday. The glass cannot be replaced from any stock carried on the Coast and must be shipped from the East. The clothing firm is fortunate that the loss is in sured by Clemens & O'Bryan. in the Chamber of Commerce building, who make a specialty of that class of risks. DALLES HAN'S DARING DEED Paul G. . Kruger, of The Dalles, has been playing hero up in Washington. A few days sgo between Prosser and Kiona, Yakima County, he looked ahead and saw a team of horses hitched to a buggy In whilh were 8. B, Brown, wife and child, coming at a' breakneck speed, the driver having lost control of the animals. Kru a kl mw. ...nr. Her nastuy ieapeu n"" - fs Kbf se. find arifte runaway- dashed by seized one of the animal by the bit. leaped upon It back, and aoon had It un der control. - VOLUNTAiRY RETIREMENT. WASHZNGTON," Oct t-Th War De partment today' gave out the announce ment Of the Voluntary retirement of Gen Biabee, who-, ha been tor' forty year In the ervlc of the United State army. General- Blsbee ts now on hi war. home from tha Philippines. - BAKER RUNE SOLD . Baislcy-Elkhorn Passes Into Hands of Eastern Parties. , (Journal Special Service.) BAKER CITT, Or., Oct. 2. The cele brated Baisley-Elkhorn 'mine .. was sold today to the Braver Mining Company, an Eastern corporation,' trf which F. P. Hayes of Philadelphia, is president The amount paid is understood to be $10, 000. This gives control to that company of tle entire Elkhorn mountain. The mine has always been considered, one of tho bet in this section of country, and a fabu lous amount of gold has been taken from It. It Is situated near Baker City and the new company will put In extra ma chinery and run it to Its full capacity. IS LIABLE TO C0URTMARTIAL FORT RII.EY, Oct. 2. For swerlng when reprmanua by Colonel Sanno, o tne Eighteenth Infantry, Captain Butts. of Fort Russell, Wyo., a member.of the ,im-t t M to be In dancer j of court martial. The Incident occurred t at the close of yesterday's maneuvers. 1 The offender would have to appear before General Funston In such event. Captain Butts Is a famous Indian fighter, the author of the Standard Military Manuel of Athletic Exercises. ABOUT POLICE STATION. Detective Day yesterday arrested John Nolan and put In a charge of larceny. It Is alleged that Nolan, in company with Fred Love of the Turf saloon, stole some soda water. Love was arrested several days ago, and is out on $100 bail pend ing the- trial. Policeman Gibson yesterday arrested John Riley who was caught stealing some bails in Erickson's saloon.ea billiard rfnsfijr street -He -w-t abusive to. the officers. Nell McKennon. George . Bigger, John ! Corcoran,. J. W. Watson and Frank Kelly are at the station for being drunk. The Hellen- gambling case is on the transcript for this afternoon. Chief Mc Lauchlan thl morning picked out a Jury to try the case. It ha been Just a month1 ago that the arrests were made. WHEAT MARKET. CHICAGO. Oct 2 Wheat CSHc GOT HORSELAUGH Witness Says He Was Fooled by the Briber V - ST. LOUIS, Oct. . Testimony hi th bribery caseJhereJjdevjlcI teaBu afraost every hour. i ' ? Ex-Councilman Uthoff wa on th stand thl morning and ' testlfiednthat , he had been offered a package containing 150.000 by Snyder, which he k4 refused to ac cept. He said that Snyder then promised to give him $100,000, which be told him he would accept f Snyder told him that h did not have that amount Willi him, Macedonians Attack and Capture Town DESTROY RAILROAD Garrison Annihilated and Hundred Dead and Wbunded A Terrible Uprising. VIENNA, Oct 2. Macedonians stroyed hundreds of miles of railroads and , captured the Town of Mltrovltxa, Servla. 5 ; Dispatches received her today state that 4000 Macedonians made an attacK and captured the Important town of Mit- . rovltza, Servla, annihilating th garrison t ' of the defeated forces. Tha light waa, one of the fiercest that has been fought, in that vicinity for years and tha num-" ber of dead and wounded was 'enormous. In addition to capturing th town and wiping out the garrison the victors de- v? stroyed over a hundred mile of rail- :' road, almost completely cutting Communi- . tha traffic of the road. " . , REBELS SURROUNDED. It la also reported that the Turkish troops surrounded a force of 200 rebel at Dadovis. After 14 hours of fighting tho Macedonians succeeded In breaking :' through the cordon and escaped, leaving , ' at least 150 dead and wounded on tha -'' field. The Turks lost 78. . i This uprising is one of tha most lm- portant that has taken place In. that, country for some t!mv and Indication point to the fact that the rebels ara pre pared to make a strong fight Additional , troops will be hurried to the seen of con , fltct as rapidly as possible and It I be- v lleved that they will succeed In restoring t order before any great amount of dam- - age has been done. ,L . MANCHESTER HEIR g'-siife-as'ifl Ewsisjamfrw y '. The Duchess Gave Birth to a Son This Morning. LONDON, Oct. 2, The report ha Just been given out that the Duchess of Man cheater gave birth to a boy at an early hour this morning. The Duchess of Manchester was formerly Mis Helen Zimmerman, the daughter of a well-. known and wealthy resident Of Clncln-". nati. t ' . ' , 5 THE WELNHARD BUILDING. 1 -. eMeee"BiBBB (,'.. The new Wetnhard building, corner ef Fourth and Alder, Is receiving the last , material for the very laat story. Thl fine brick and stone structure wa begun ,' in April last, and ha dragged on ao- count of difficulty in obtaining the ma- .. terial, that mostly came from 8an Fran- 5 Cisco. The roof goes on at. one wh y the building will be quickly enclosed. It will be one of the finest -tructur erected In Portland during this season. t. STUDENTS TURN OK THE- HOSE - ST. PAUL. Oct !. There wa wild' riot on the campus of the State University ' , , this morning when four officer attempted to arrest students for bicycling on th walks. Five hundre dof them seised the ..,..' officers and deprived them Of their coat A and helmets, then tied them to trees and turned the hose on them. After being given a thorough soaking they were put on separate street-cars and told never to r , return, after which the hose, rope and , . U(OmeAJiu:&jait,tn - plei as souvenirs. EASTERN OREGON PINE." " Timber operations are commencing.' again on the Dea Chute. ; that were la part, at least, knocked out by th Are report. One of the. Portland) operator v reports 15 recent location, mad beyond Bend. Parties going there go in by tha C. R. & Southern to Shanlko. and thence by stage to Bend, via PrlnevUl. , , , Jk. Commercial block concern eends , r party or seven locator mi u" but that be would go and get It and r latrt whlch he , failed . to .dOx. . - - "However, he bad confidence In Snyder and a the bill came op that ame day he voted for It The bill referred to by hlra was the traction bill, which Iicn of the principal feature In the ra-j. A short time after he had vot.d f bill he werif to Nw Tcrk, w!.t lo mot Snyder and dnr-.. ! f- t ' promised him, but all he r 1 t t J5000 and th fcorttf,au, ' v i - - 1 .... - ' v ' .AY : v