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REPORTED MASSACRE Of NINE
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If
Contract Is Signed
Painters Will Go
Back to Work.
Third Vice - President
Skemp Working
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A committee from the Building
Trades Council having full power
to act, and endorsed by the ad
visory board of the Painters'
Union will appear before the
Master Painters' Association with
a proposition to submit th en
tire existing difficulties to a board,
of arbitration for settlement.
The painters favor a perma
nent board of arbitration to set
tle all difficulties that may arise
for the next three years, and
thus avoid all Interruptions to
St the building buHiness.
J. C. SKEMP.
Third Ylce-Presidentf the Paint
J ' ers' International Union.
At last it is believed that a happy so
lution to the local labor difficulties has
bf n reached. Today the Painters' Union
Hubmits a proposition which, it is stat-
il. will bo acceptable to every other
labor organization connected .with the
Duiliiing Trades Council, as well as to
the employers generally.
It Is very similar to the agreement
now In effect at St. Louis between the I
unions and the employers of labor, and
i right in line with the plan which
has been advocated by The Journal.
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HOLD UP STAGE AND
ROB PASSENGERS
Roseburg-Myrtk Point Stage Attacked
and Bandits Secure $132 From
Their Three Victims.
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United States Mail Was, Not Molested:
-KODDery uccurs at rant Wnere
Same Thing Happened Before. !
(Journal Special Service.)
R08EBIR0, May 6 Two masked
highwaymen held up the Roseburg-Myr-tle
Point stage last night and robbed
two passengers of coin aggregating
1132.
The United States malls and the
watches of the passengers were not neg
lected.
The scene of the hold-up was In the
Camus alley, nine miles east of here,
the name spot where a stage was robbed
In a similar manner a year ago.
Sheriff Parrott Is on the scene, and.lt
trying to trail the highwaymen.
The robbery occurred at o'clock Ust
night. There were only three paa
gers on the stage, and when the robber
made their appearance they were no
resisted.
A maty, named Flee and his traveling
companion, yv. MfcOrado, both Wlaooo1n
tlmbermen. lost, respectively, 6 and 17.
The remaining passenger was a beavler
loner. The highwaymen coaxed from hla
pockets $120.
r, TYPICAL SOLDIERS OF THE ARMY OF THE SULTAN OF TURKEY.
The plan la arbitration on a . broad
principle. Undaunted by the failure of
their former efforts the executive board
of the Painters' Union has been in ses
nion nearly ail day to decide upon some
course of action that would meet with
the approval of the Master Associations.
A well known employer was In attend
ance, as was also J. C. Skemp. third
vice-president of the Painters' Inter
national Union. The result of the ton
ference was that the following proposi
tion will be submitted:
The Flu.
The unjon Is to appoint three men, the
association three and these six to ap
point a seventh. ,The seven men thus
chosen are to constitute a standing board
f arbitration. They are to decide upon
hat nnnnfrlnn thA llnlnn man a si
return to worK at once, and thev will
sign a written agreement that there
will be no labor difficulties at Portland
in the building, trade, line for the next
three years. If any little differences
should arise In that time they are to be
turned over fO lliu standing arbitration
committee for adjustment. A faithful
promise is to' be made by both sides
that there will be no strikes, lockouts
or even talk, of them for the next three
years. The painters are to -Initiate this
plan, and If they are successful in their
efforts the carpenters, electricians, labor-
era, plasterers, bricklayers, and, in fact,
every union connected with the Build
ing Trades Council will fall in line and
take similar action. It Is believed that
the employers will endorse the move.
and that Portland will soon be free of
any labor entanglements for the next
three years at least.
v Business jan Piaeced.
number of business men were seen
iu iniormea or ine proposition which is
on foot. Eachand every one warmly
commended the course of the unions, and
expressed the hope that, the employers
will give It favorable consideration. One
of them spoke as follows:
I hope the contending forces will
aome together In this manner. If they
do Portland will forge ahead to the
front by leaps and bounds. This Idea
originated In St. Louis, and since put
Into operation there has prbved of untold
benefit Every one knows Just where
they stand and what to figure on. They
know there will be no strikes until after
the Fair at least. Let an understand
mg or the same kind be reached here
by all means, ft will be hailed with
Joy by the business man. the employet
and he worklngman alike."
Meagre Dispatch States That Entire Population of Novi Bazar, Bosnia, Was
Killed in a Fiendish Slaughter by Horde of Moslems
Owing Allegiance to the Sultan
(Journal Special. Seylce.)
BERLIN, . May G.-Jfhe Frankfurter
Zeltung today reports that it is In re
ceipt of a message stating that 9,000
Christians have been massacred In Nov!
Bazar, Bosnia, by Moslem subjects of the
Sultan. '
The dispatch adds that the entire
population of the district was slaught
ered and that but a handful escaped the
fury of the slayers.
There Is as yet no confirmation of the
report, but it Is generally relieved that
something of the sort has occurred, for
European newspapers are unable to ob
tain a denial from Constantlnopla or
from their correspondents nearer the
scene of the reported massacre.
Every effort Is being made to ascer
tain the truth or falsity of the rumor.
JURORS FOR THE.
FEDERAL TERM
Thirty-Six Names Drawn for the
Coming Court Session.
MAY SETTLE THE .
CHICAGO STRIKE
Laundry Workers Are Forming
Own Plants.
The trial Jury for the Federal term of
court to begin May 25 has been drawn
and the following are the names, with
addresses: Halvor Wheeler, Pleasant
Hill, Lane County; Joseph Eddy, Conner
Creek, Baker County; J. P. C. Lownsdale,
Portland; Al Keefer Imbler, union coun
ty; W. P. Lathrop, Pendleton; Henry
Everdlng, Portland; Philo Holbrook.
Portland; James W. Cook, Portland;
Frederick Eggert, Portland; Frank Rob
ertson, Portland; Henry J. Taylor, Pen
dleton: L: M. Watrus Adams. Umatilla
County; Charles Borgerson A'ernonia, Co
lumbia County; E. Quackenbush. Port
land; Charles A. Malarkey, Portland; D.
L. Holton. Boyd, Wasco, County; A. A.
Houston, Baker City; 1. H. Amos, Port
land; Walter W. Bretherton. Portland;
S. W. Doughty, Monmouth, Polk Coun
ty; W. L. 'Moore, Greenville. Washing
ton County; James Shaw, Oregon City;
Charles A. Gray, Salem; W. B. Brown,
Gervals, Marion County; Wm. -McKay,
Champoeg. Marion County; W. L. Baker,
Condon, Gilliam County; M. R. Settle
meier, Mt. Angel, Marlon County; John
Lamberson, Moulton, Columbia County;
C. K. Hale, Halo, Lane County; Frank
Dayton, Portland; T. J. Whited. Unity,
Baker County; Lyle K Aumack, Port
land; Arthur Breyman, Portland; Stephen
Osborn, Baker City; J. C. Travillian,
North Powder, Union County; Henry V.
Adix, Portland.
'(Journal Special Service.)
CHICAGO, May 6.The first sign of a
break la the Laundry Workers' strike,
which has inconvenienced the greater
number of citizens more, than any in
recent years came today when it was
announced the number of dissatisfied
small laundry owners decided to sign the
union demands and co-operate with the
strikers in establishing a large co-operative
plant. .
Despite the refusal of the laundry ma
chine makers to sell the strikers machin
ery the unions secured options on enough
second-hand machinery to start a num
ber of plants. Hotels and restaurants
are In utter .despair today. Many are
entirely out of clean linen, the1 patrons
getting no napkins. Clean sheets are
nothing but a memory.
SURVIVORS OF
. THE TERRE NEUVE
Twenty-Three Drowning Sailors
Rescued by Steamer Phoebus.
CELEBRATE THE FOURTH.-
(Journal Special 'Service.) ,
INDEPENDENCE, Or.. Mav . At
meeting of the Independence Improve
ment League the subject, of celebrating
tne fourth or July was reconsidered and
it was decided to have a grand celebra
tion here. As this is the' only town in
the county to celebrate, extensive prep
arations win De maoe ror the most lab
orate affair of the kind aver given in In
dependence, . - . . .'
SURVIVORS EAT
FAMINE VICTIMS
(Journal Special Service.)
WASHINGTON, May 6. According to
the latest advices from consul Mcvtaae
of Canton, the China plague and famine
are becoming more devastating. An
American missionary Is "the Consul's au
thority and states that In one village
the famine victims are being eaten by
the survivors.
Mora Men 00 Out.
OMAHA, May 6. At noon 600 freight
handlers In the wholesale houses were
called out. Those in the freight houses
may follow, and other unionised employes
are refusingto accept goods hauled by
non-union teamsters. A new scale of
wages was to have been presented to
the packers this morning, but goes over
until tomorrow. The restaurants did not
reopen this morning with non-union
men.
Troops Hot Needed.
OMAHA, May S. Appeals have been
made by business men to , the Jjovernor
for troops to aid In suppressing labor
troubles here, but the executive stands
firm In his expressed determination not
to send the militia to the Scene until the
preservation of public peace demands it
The employers had fixed today, as their
time of breaking the ..strike, as H is
feared that failure to" send soldiers -may
encourage the union teamsters to acts
of violence. . v ,..
(Journal Special Service.)
NEW YORK, May C Twenty-three
survivors of the crew of 26 belonging to
the French bark Terre Neuve arrived
here today on the Phoebus from Ham
burg, having been picked up April 29.
The Neuve was swept by a hurricane
April 26, and seven men were washed
overboard, three, of them being drowned.
The Phoebus stood by and . with great
diffloulty rescued the others from the
wreck. Some of the shipwrecked sail
ors were compelled tu Jump Into the
sea, after which, they were hauled Into
at life boat Hull of the bark set Are.
WAS ROBBED BY
CONFIDENCE MEN
BOILER
BURSTS
IN MILL
Five Men Maimed
at Viento Station
1 his Morning
WRONG
WOMAN
GOT COIN
Sheriff Is After Mrs;
Nicholson of ;
Spokane
Two Fatalities May Result, Al
though Patients Have Chance
for Recovery-Loss of Lives
Portland Logger Lost His Money in
San Francisco.
IMMIGRATION MOVEMENT.
(Journal Special Service.)
INDEPENDENCE, .May 6. George M.
McKinney, general Immigration agent,
and Assistant General I'ussenger Agent of
the Southern Pacific were greeted here
by citizens and members of the Inde
pendence Improvemeni League. Ad
dresses were made by I 'th gentlemen on
the subject of Immigration, and also by
several citizens. Ttv-y expressed them
selves as very much - pleased with the
pamphlets being circulated in great
number by the Independence Improve
ment League, and predicted much good
to be derived from tliL-m.
(Journal Special Service.)
8AN FRANCISCO, May . The police
are somewhat startled over a strange
tale told by Fred Edwards, who arrived
Monday from Portland and stopped at
the Winchester Hotel. He says he is a
lumber cutter, and went out to see the
sights. About 9 o'clock he met two
strange men In a saloon. They had sev
eral drinks and then, went down a side
street, and across the railroad tracks to
some vacant lot, where the men knocked
Edwards down and then made him take
off his clothes. They found a money
belt containing 75 ana some baggage
checks. This they took and left him.
With threats that he must not make an
outcry or they would kill him. Edwards
was sent to the hospital, badly beaten
up.
AMES CASE TO THE JURY.
(Journal Special Service.)
MINNEAPOLIS, May 6. The Ames
case will go to the Jury tonight. Closing
arguments for the defense in which they
plead Insanity will be completed this
afternoon. Ames is beginning to show
signs of the constant strain that has
been over him during the trial.
PARDON WAS TOO LATE.
(Journal Special Service.)
WASHINGTON. May 6 President
Roosevelt yesterday ordered by tele
gram the release of young Martin Guil
ford from. Fort Leavenworth, where he
Is serving a sentence for a postofflce rob
bery in Indiana. The President was
moved to clemency by the information
that the young man was dying of con
sumption. Today the Department of
Justice, wired to the wardep of Fort
Leavenworth to release him this after
noon. They received the following:
"aPrdon too late; Guilford died April
29."
DEATH LIST LAROS.
(Journal Special Service.)
NORFOLK. May 6 The exact number
of lives lost in the Saginaw disaster may
never be known, but it Is positively as
certained that at leasf 22 people per
ished'. Several passengers had not yet
registered at the time of the accident.
and as the records of the steamer were
lost with the ship them Is no way of de
termining all who- were on her. v.,., -:
BALTIMORE ELECTION CLOSE
(Journal Special Service.)
BALTIMORE". Md., May 6. The clos
est election this city ever witnessed
terminated in the choice of Lane, Demo
cratic candidate for Mayor. One vote
to the precinct would change the result
to a Republican victory and make Con
gressman Watcher the head of the mun
icipal , government. The matter may
be taken into the courts.
'PRETENDER" AGAIN KILLED
I MADRID, May . A Melllla, Morocco,
dispatch says it Is rumored that the pre
tender to. the Jiorocooan throne wa -sasslnated
In camp at Zelouar . ;
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Five men were Injured, two perhaps
fatally. In a boiler explosion at the Ore
gon Lumber Company's plant at Viento,
Ore. The accident occurred at :au
o'clock this morning.
The Injured were brought to this city
on the O. R. & N. passenger train, ar
riving here at 11 o'clock, and are now
being cared for at St, Vincent's Hos
pital. The planing mill was damaged to the
extent of $2,000.
John Hanson, a loader, and W. F.
Brink, a yard man, suffered the most
serious injuries, and although they have
a chance for recovery, both are terribly
bruised Hanson's left leg has been
amputated Just above the ankle. Brink
sustained a compound fracture of the
right leg below ths. knee, but the sur
geons will save it from amputation. If
possible. Both men suffered severe
nervous shocks, and there may be seri
ous internal Injuries;
Charles Walker, M. Phillips. Fred
Paw and two men whose names could
not be learned, were scalded about the
face ard hands, but will probably be
able to leave the hospital within a few
days. The two men whose names were
not known to Superintendent Early of
the mill were not Injured enough to re
main at the hospital.
Explosion Was Terrific.
At 8:30 o'clock this morning, when the
workmen began1 to arrive at the planing
mill operated at Viento by tho Oregon
Lumber Company, they filed into the
engine room to warm themselves. Seven
men soon wero congregated about the
furnace nnd boiler talking and awaiting
tho call to work.
Suddenly and without warning a ter
rific explosion' of one of the boilers oc
curred. The noise and din was deafen
ing, but above It all arose wild cries of
pain from the Injured. As soon as was
possible In the pandemonium of excite
ment that prevailed, other workmen
helped their wounded and scalded broth
ers out of 4he wrecked engine room, and
Into the cook house near by.
A telegram was at once sent to Sup
erintendent C. T. Early, who was at
Hood River, notifying him of the ac
cident. In the meantime all possible
aid'T and attention was given the in
jured. " Superintendent Early, Drs. L.
Dumble and F. C. Brocious reached
Viento on the O. R. & N. train. Medical
attention was then given, and the pa
tients received the best care possible
under the circumstances. They were
brought at once to Portland, where they
were removed to St. Vincent's Hospital.
At the hospital Drs. Trumbell and
Rockey attended the Injured men, giv
ing especial attention to Hanson and
Brink. Hanson was placed on the oper
ating table shortly after arriving, and
his leg was amputated.
Causa Hot Known.
'I can assign no reason for the explo
sion," said Superintendent Early to Tha
Jorirnal. "Engineer Charles Larson, a
very competent man, was In charge of
the engine. He informed m that every
thing .was apparently all right, and he
does not know what caused the accident
- 'The will Was valued at about 18.0U0.
(Continued on Second Page.) J . -
Charged With Unlawfully Collect
ing Dividends From a Helena
Bank Receiver.
(Journal Special Servloa.)
HELENA. Mont, May . Merely be
cause Mrs. Mary Nicholson said, she was
Mrs. J. D. McLeod and collected soma
bank dividends belonging to a gentle
man with the latter name, she' has been
arrested at Spokane,
Sheriff O'Conneil left for tha city In
Eastern Washington this morning and
will bring Mrs. Nicholson back to Helena
and ask her to explain. " . '
In the meantime Mr. McLeod is being
congratulated facetiously by his friends
on having acquired a wife In a rather
unusual manner.
Incidentally, It is said that Mr. Mc
Leod has never yet seen the lady who
has done him the honor to assume tats
name. At least that is the story as It
appears now. Possibly Mrs. Nicholson
will have something to say when sha re
turns that may thicken the plot Pos
sibly she may say something about Mr.
McLeod.
But at all events she Is under arrest
and her return to this city is eagerly
awaited by a number of persons.
It appears that Mrs.. Nicholson called
on the receiver of the late lamented
First National Bank and. Informing him
that she was Mrs. McLeod,. requested
that he pay her the dividends due on
the ' stock and deposits of her "hus
band." The' receiver. . being cautious.
demurred. He would be charmed' to
oblige her, but, really, he didn't know
her and so ; '
But this did not bother Sirs. Nichol
son. She calmly asserted that' shii 'had
recently married Mr. McLeod. That
altered the situation but did not relieve
the receiver from his responsibility. He
must have a bond.
That was easy. The lady went to some
people of this city to whom, she poured
out a ale of matrimony.
Her story was believed and the re
quired bond was forthcoming In a Jiffi
From which ic will be seen that Tdrs.
Nicholson Is a woman of resources. '
The next chapter was written when
Mr. McLeod. deslrinpr to nnnex himself!,
to some of his overdue wealth, waited
on the receiver and requested payment
cf the dividends. Of course he didn't,
get the money. t . , '
When told that his wife had ejected
the money, Mr. McLeod was nonplusmxl,
"I have no wife." he declared. "She Is "
dead and I am the administrator of her
estate." . -
"Well. thN Is vour new wife." re-
marked the receiver, and then' there, wss '
u lively investigation. The result 'was a
telegram to Spokane t place Jlrs. . ?
Nicholson under arrest ; : v
RIVALRY NYACHllNG.
NEW KOCH IS LLC; May The great .
care which the skippers of the Columbia
ruid the Constitution exercise In avoiding
a face with tho Rclianca give the ownv
era of the older boats an Idea ( that ' '
their bouts are faster than the. new cup 11
defender. The rivalry between the ttrra (-:
boats is very keen and it Is'tnilte proo. ; ,
Able that no-trlnl tests ' tt wren th '
yachts will be held. The Rellaiie wnt '
out this morning for a "short oli. tha .'
conditions being excellent for a trywut la
light air ;; . '
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