The Oregon daily journal., September 25, 1906, Page 3, Image 3

THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. , PORTLAND. TUESDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 25. 1906.
GRAINHANDLERS STILL OUT
No Change in Strike Against the Exporters.
Both Sides Remain Firm No Confer
ences Between Employers and Men
The grain exporter! are holding a
meeting thla afternoon far the pOr
poae of discussing how to deal with the
striking gralnhandlers. They' still main
tain that they will not grant the demand
for 40 cents' an hour, and the gralnhand
lers show no disposition to back down
from their proposition made Saturday
night. They met this morning for roll
call at the headquarters on Alblna ave
nue, but transacted no business having
bearing upon the situation.
O. Melby, agent of tjie union, stated
this morning that the exporters need not
look4 to Puget sound for assistance, for
in all probability the gralnhandlers there
' would make a demand for an increase of
wages. It would avail nothing, under
these conditions, to send ships to the
north to load. Nor can they figure on
men coming from the sound to work
here, because if willing to do so they
would have come here long ago, slnfe
the exporters say they can make more
money here than there.
"The fact of the matter is," said Mr.
Melby, "the gralnhandlers are better off
on the sound than here, because they
do not have to work nearly as hard.
Small cars are used on the roads run
ning "Into Tncom and Seattle, and It
la much easier to handle the grain when
It doea not have to be stacked on the
deck. Here we nave to stack It 24 high
at times, and it takes a man of remark
able physleal constitution to endure the
work.
"The exporters talk about their big
weekly payrolls. That la true In a way;
sometimes men make as high as ISO a
week, but they have to work overtime
and Sundays until they are wrecks. But
i the rush continues only for a few
weeks or a couple of months, and then
we have to put in only a few days-now
and then, with the' result that, taking
the year all around, many men do not
average more than $10 or tit a week.
Of course, a number' of the men seek
employment elsewhere during the dull
season, or there wouldn't be a living In
the work for anybody.
Situation la Taooma.
"The exporters make capital of the
fact that the gralnhandlers are paid only
to cents an, hour In Tacoma, but they
say nothing about tne wages naving
been advanced in California' porta from
25 to 86 cents an hour, with overtime
after nine hours. Bare we work, 10
hours before getting the benefit of the
overtime scile "
COMES FOR WHEAT
FROM SIBERIA
Norwegian Steamer Otta Chart
ered to Load Grain
for Europe.
WAS HERE RECENTLY
FOR GENERAL CARGO
French Bark Francois de Ambois
Wll) Come Out Prom Hull With
Cement and Merchandise and
Steamer Comes for Lumber.
Kerr, Clifford & Co. chartered the Nor
wegian steamer Otta this morning to
carrv wheat from Portland to the
United Kingdom. She left this port s
few weeks ago for Vladivostok with s
cargo of provisions snd lumber and
will probably be here in time for early
November loading. The Otta will carry
about 4,000 tons of wheat
At the rate steamers are now being
chartered to load here the sailing ves
sels will be deprived of a good share of
the grain business thla season, al
though a large number of windjammers
have already been fixed to return, to
Europe with wheat.
It was announced this morning that
the French bark Francois de Ambois,
which was here last fall and took a
cargo of wheat to England, has put Into
Hull to load for this port. 8he will
bring cement and general cargo and get
away in time to arrive here for early
aprlng loading. The Francois de Ambois
has been here many ..times before. '
It was also announced that the Ameri
can steamer Harold Dollar will sail
from Seattle toway for the Columbia
river to load .lumber at one of the lower
river mills. No details were given, but
' It Is supposed that ehe will load for
Ban Francisco or some other California!
port, me Harold Dollar carries snout
1,000,000 feet. She belongs to the Dol
lar line of San Francisco, which owns
several Urge steamers Hying the Brit
ish flag. Among these is the Hasel
Dollar, which was recently chartered to
load lumber here for the orient. She Is
now st Onaymas, Mexico, ready to pro
ceed north.
AMONG THE COASTERS
soke Arrives and ths Al
liance Departs.
The stesmer Roanoke arrived at- Mar
tin's dock at 7 o'clock this morning
from San Pedro via Son Francisco and
Eureka, bringing a full list of pessen
gers snd a fair qusntlty of freight. She
sails Thursday night.
Captain Dunham reports a fine trip
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A. L. MILLS. L. SAMUEL, CLARENCE 8. SAMUEL,
President. General Manager. Assistant Manager,
Peter Kerr, of Kerr, atfford Co
stated this morning that no conferences
have been held between the exporters
and the gralnhandlers since the receipt
of the letter stating that the men would
walk out. The letter Is dated Septem
ber 22 and reads as follows:
"Mr. Peter Kerr Dear Sir: Yours of
September 21 to hund and contents
noted. I am instructed by local 2(t, I.
L. M. & T. A., to notify the exporters
through you that the old agreement is
unsatisfactory to our memtaSJs and will
not be renewed. I am Hrther In
structed to notify 'you that our mem
bers will not report for work after this
date, unless agreement as proposed by
this union Is agreed to by the export
era. Respectfully yours,
"O. MELBY, Business Agent."
The letter was 'received in answer to
the following note from Mr. Kerr in
behalf of the exporters, anV which was
sent to the union last Friday after a
month's negotiations:
"Oralnhandlers Union Dear Sirs: I
am asked by the exporters to request
an answer from you not later than to
morrow as to whether you desire to
renew the old contract or not.
Mo Hew Developments.
Since the exchange of these letters
nothing has been dotte toward a settle
ment. The exporters are not being lnr
convenlenced by the strike so far, be
cause there are no ships in the harbor
to load grain nt the present time and
orders have been given, so it Is said,
to hold shipments from the interior nntll
the trouble is settled. There are com
paratively few aars at the docks at
present waiting to be emptied, and
there being no vessels wsltlng -for dis
patch, the strike has caused no hard
ship so far.
As to a sympathetic walkout along
the water, the chances are exceedingly
remote, although this does not in any
way leaaen the chances at the graln
handlers to win out. The longshore
men have an agreement not to stow
wheat handled on the docks by non
union gralnhandlers and they will in
all probability stand by this agree
ment, but this will affect only vessels
loading grain. The strike will have no
effect whatever on vessels carrying
lumber or general cargo, because the
gralnhandlers have nothing whatever
to do with them.
up the coast, the see, being compara
tively smooth and the wind light. The
Roanoke passed the steamer Buckmsn
bound for Puget .Sound and a steam
schooner, but did not report any ves
sels bound for this destination, except
a three-masted schooner that was out:
aids.
The stesmer F. A. Kilburn. Captain
Merriam, Ts due to arrive tomorrow
from Ban Francisco via Eureka and
Coon Bay.
The steamer Alliance, Captelp Kelly,
aalled from Couch street deck
o'clock last night with a full cargo
and all the passengers she could carry.
LETTER FROM STIPE
Fortland Ad v
of the Sloop Beglnald.
W. J Stipe, father of Bert Stipe, the
Portland boy who, with Thomas Cllne
and Martin Royce. was arrested at Alert
Bay, British Columbia, for being In
British waters without a registry, re
ceived a letter from his son this morn
ing relating the circumstances sur
rounding the aelsure of their sloop, the
Reginsld. on which thsy went from
Portland early last July.
According to the letter the beys were
not responsible for violating the laws
of the dominion government. They ad
mit having no papers to slf6w whence
they came, but eald the custom-house
officials here had told thesn it was not
necessary because of the craft being
below the tonnage limit
The young man writes that they have
been treated kindly by the officials, and
that they were let out on their own re
cognisance Immediately after their ar
rest. They ere In a quandary, how
ever, to know whet to do in order to
recover their boat and the provisions.
all of which they value at about tl.000
While they may not be guilty of sny
wrong-doing, the officials at Victoria
have told them that It will require a lot
of red tape to get the boat released, and
it may take three months. In the
meantime the three explorers will prob
ably remain In Victoria and secure em
ployment. Custom-house officials here say the
Doys applied to nave their boat regis
tered, but thla could not be done elnco
she only measured 4Vi tons, 10 tons
being the minimum for vessels going
foreign.
ALONG THE WATERFRONT.
The schooners Mabel Gale and Vir
ginia arrived in the harbor yesterday
afternoon and the Irene will be at
Stella this afternoon to load railroad
ties.
The steamer Costa Rica is still load
ing general cargo at Alnsworth wharf
and the oriental liner Arabia la keeping
a lot of longshoremen buey at the flour
mills.
The French bark Genevieve Mollnea.
which reached Astoria yeeterdey, brings
cement snd general cargo from London
consigned to Balfour. Guthrie a Co.
She left London Msy It and made a fair
ly quick run out.
The berk Homeward Bound, which
arrived at Astoria yesterday from Guat
emala, was formerly the German bark
Otto Glldemelater. She comes under
chsrter to Iced lumber st this port for
California The Homeward Bound was
bought by an American company some
jeers ago.
POOR OF LONDON FATTENING
upon tmm
Not a Case of Illness Reported
Condemned Goods Eag
erly Bought.
(Jonrsal Special service I
New York, Sept. 24. A cable from
London says: "The revolt against the
Chicago canned meat Is a remarkable In
stance of how out of evil sometimes
comes good. A Bow street police mis
sionary says the poor people In the east
end of London are being better fed now
than they ever were. Grocers who were
unable to get rid of their atores of
canned meat sent them to the east end
to be sold at a reduced price. The ma
jority of the poor people there seldom If
ever read newspapers, or If they have
known anything about the scare they
have ahown that ,they do not troublo
about it, for they have been able to buy
up the tabooed canned meat at about
one-foarth of its original price.
Not a single case of Illness has result
ed, says this police missionary; in fact,
he says there is an Improvement In the
appearance of these east end poor, which
is surely a testimonial of the whole
someness of the food that they are en
Joying. The only matter of concern is
as to whether these people will be able
to get more food at such cheap prioes
when the preaent stock is exhausted,
RUSSIAN ACTIVITY IN
MANCHURIA COLLAPSES
(Jon-mi Special Barries.)
St. Petersburg, Sept. 26. With the re
patriation of the army, excepting the
permanent garrlaon, Russian commercial
and, colonial activity In Manchuria ap
pears to have collapsed. Latest Infor
mation is that Harbin has been deaerted
by tne majority of its former Inhabit
ants The desirable population for the
purpose of commerce has been reduced
to modest dimensions' in comparison
with the days before the war. Th-
streets are empty and restaurants are
not patronised.
Nothing flourishes except robbery and
pillage. Flour mills established during
the war seem lncapaclted for peaceful
competition with American millers. The
Japanese are bosy in Manchuria and
North Chine.
CATHOLIC YOUNG MEN
WELCOMED TO GOTHAM
(tarsal Speelat earvtet.i
New York. Sept. 21. The thirty-second
snnual convention of the Catholic
Young Men's National union held its
opening session at De La Salle institute
this forenoon After aufmhllnr the
delegates marclted In a body to St. Pat
rick's cathedral, where pontifical high
mass waa celebrated by Archbishop
Farley. At the conclusion of the serv
ices they returned to the hell, where
the convention was called to order by
the president, the Rev. Walter J. Shan
ley of Danhury. Com.' The convention
will continue in session over tomorrow,
the sessions being devoted chiefly to a
discussion of methods and work of
young men's societies.
T00ZE DECLINES TO
LEAD THE BOOSTERS
Special Manatee to TW Journal.)
Woodburn, Or., Sept. ti. Because of
the stress of .personal business and his
heslth Hon. Welter I. Toose of this
city has declined to sccept the executive
chair of the Willamette Valley Develop
ment leage, of which he was elected per
manent president et the Forest Grove
meeting September 7.
The election of officers comes within
the jurisdiction . of the executive board
and a meeting will be called within the
near future to consider the selection of
an officer to fill the chair declines by
Mr. Toose. .
COLONIST TRAVEL
(Continued from Page One.)
colonists bound for Spokane, and 76
for points north of Spokane
Kvery train Is pulling extra tourist
cars, and ths heaviest pert of the traf
fic has not yst begun. A. M. Cleland.
general passenger agent of the North
ern Pacific railroad, who la In Portland
en a semi-annual tour of inspection,
said:
'The colonist travel on the Northern
Pacific at this time Is the heaviest in
the history of the road. I shonld esti
mate It at fully If per oent heavier
than in any prevleua year. The first
class travel la heavier than in any
year in the history of the road, except
ing the Lewis and Clark exposition pe
riod. PRINEVILLE STOCK MAN
(Continued from Psge One.)
cence, but it Is understood he has made
a later statement acknowledging his
crime. The contents of the confession
have not been made public.
Coronsr'a Verdict.
Shepard la a young man 24 years of
age, who has been living In thl local
ity for several years. He has relatlvea
residing at present In the southern part
of this county.
It la rumored that the trouble arose
over differences In money matters, hut
this cannot be verified at present.
ZeU's body was brought here at a late
hour last evening. The coroner's jury
today returned a verdict that Zen's
death was caused by a gunshot wound
from a gun In the hands of A. Shepard.
MARINE NOTES.
Astoria, Sept. tf. Arrived at 1 and
left up at S:!0 a. m , steamer Cascade,
from San Francisco. Outside at 11 a.
m., a three-masted schooner.
Ban Francisco, Sept. 25. Arrived at
10 a. m., steamer Barraeouta. from Port
land.
Astoria, sept. zt. Arrived at 11 a. m .
bark Homeward Bound, from Guate
mala. Left up at 1 p. m., schooner
Irene. Arrived at I 46 and left up at
1:10 p. m., steamer Roanoke, from Sam
Pedro and way porta. Arrived at 4 and
left up at 1:40 p. m . steamer Asuncion,
from San Francisco. Belled at 4 p. m.,
schooner Oliver J. Olsen, for San Fran
cisco. Arrived, French bark Genevieve
Mollnos, from London.
Sen Pedro, Sept. 14. SeMed, schooner
Louis, for Astoria.
Teku, Aug. IS. Arrived. British
steamer Richmond, from Portland.
Shanghai, Sept. 14. Arrived. British
steamer BeCkenham, from Portland.
Proboiinge. Asg. tl. Sailed. British
steamer Wandsworth, for Portland.
Hull. Sept. 11. In port. French bark
Francois de Ambois, for Portland.
Astorls. Sept It. Condition of the
bar at a. m., moderate; wind east:
weather clear.
Astoria. Sept. It Arrived out at
1140, steamer Alliance.
RUN DOWN FROM GRIP
SB. WTX.T.TSBTS
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rout or
After-Bffeote of Orlp Beeponsfble for
Much Severe Suffering That This
Bemedy Will Believe.
'Tour years ago," says Mrs. F. Mor
rison of No. 122 Carson street, South
Bide, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. "I took a
cold which turned Into the grip. This
trouble left me all run down. I was
thin, had backache much of the time,
had no appetite, my stomach was out of
order and I felt nervous end unstrung.
"While I had the grip I had a doctor,
but I really suffered more from the con
dition in which the influenza left me
than I did from the diseese itself. I felt
generally wretched and miserable and
the least exposure to cold would make
me worse. I couldn't seem to get sny
better until I began to take Or. Wil
liams' Pink Pills. I very nulckly noticed
a benefit after I began taking them and
they restored me to good health and
strength. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are
a wonderfully good medicine. Thanks
to them I am now In fine health and
have had no return of my former
trouble. I recommend the pills to
everyone who Is ailing and take every
opportunity to let people know how good
they are."
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills cured Mrs.
Morrison because they actually make
good, red blood. When the blood is red
and healthy there can be no debility.
The relation between the blood and
nervous system Is such that the pills
have a very decided action upon the
nerves snd they have cured many severe
nervous disorders, such as partial pa
ralysis, locomotor ataxia and St. Vitus'
dance, that have not yielded to ordinary
treatment. Their double action, on the
blood and on the nerves, makes them an
Ideal tonic.
6,000 REWARD The Dr. Williams
Medicine company bos authorised the
cashier of the Union National bank of
Schenectady, New York, to pay the sum
of $1,000 upon proof of fraud on the
part of the company In the publication
of the foregoing testimonial, or any
others used In making known the merits
of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills.
All druggists sell Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills, or they will be sent by mall post
paid, on receipt of price, 60 cents per
box. six boxes for t2.60, by the Dr. Wil
liams Medicine company, Schenectady,
New York.
HERRIN MAY BOSS STATE
(Oentlnued from Page One.)
publicity law that haa long been a dead
letter on the statute books, and in case
of failure he will look to the legislature
to help him by passing a law that will
settle ell doubts In favor of the people.
the courts decide In favor of the gov
ernor the raUroade will appeal to the
legislature to repeal the old law or de
stroy its effectiveness by amendment.
In either event there will be plenty of
work for Herrln.
Political Maohlne Imminent.
Taking either of the alternatives aa
a basis of prediction, Oregon la destined
to be afflicted with a political machine
patterned after the one that haa for
more than 10 years been in operation
In California. There the railroad has
a habit of injecting Itself Into every
political fight that arise a, whether the
office at stake be big or little. It
even been known to meddle In school
elections, particularly in oountlee where
the Southern Paciflo has large inter
ests. In suoh cases the railroad had
no Interests to protect, but the "butting
in nam i was to strong to be resisted.
Herrln first became prominent In Cal
ifornia polities about 10 years ago.
Since that time the Southern Pacific
has dominated- every railway commis
sion and every board of equalisation
that the people have seen fit to elect.
The latter body Is of aa much Impor
tance to the Southern Pacific aa the
former, ea it has the power of raising
or lowering the assessed value of the
railroads as fixed by the various county
assessors. At times the people have
chosen some untrammeled citizen to
represent them on either the commis
sion or equalising board, but the
henchman of the railroad have always
been in a majority. At other times
when the whole membership of both
bodies has been pro-railroaded Herrln
has graciously permitted one man to
constitute himself a virtuous minority
and pose as the friend of the people.
This man invariably came from a dis
trict In which the popular eenttment
wag strongly anti-railroad. In this way
the re-election of such a "patriot" waa
made eesy, snd as a result Herrln had
a reserve force that at a critical time
would answer the call of the whistle
with alacrity.
Most ofrHerrln'e political work In
California has been done through the
Republican party not that he haa any
affection for that party, for, as a mat
ter or ract, ne waa a Democrat when
he took service under Senator Leland
Stanford as a manipulator of conven
tlons and legislatures, but because the
party with the natural majority offered
the most promising field. Still, he haa
not neglected the other side. Railroad
Democrats have always been numerous
In the Golden state, and on more than
one occasion have proved Herrln's most
valuable allies. This debt has been
recognised snd paid. In 184, when the
ropuust candidate for governor e
making great headway In Democratic
countlea in the Interior of California,
me railroad secretly threw Its lnflu
ence to James H. Budd. the Democratic
candidate. Budd seemed beaten, but he
carried San Francisco by 11,000, and in
so doing beat Morris M. Estee, the Re
publican candidate, 1,100 In the state.
In Kit Herrln dictated the nomina
tlon of Henry T. Gage, then a lawyer
in uo Angelas and wholly unknown to
the people at large. Gage and the
Whole Republican ticket were elected.
In 1901 the railroad failed to renomi
nate Gage, and msde a mistake by
throwing its strength to George C.
Pardee. The latter waa elected, but he
refused to be dominated by Herrln. A
few weeks ago the mistake waa recti
fied. Herrln lined up his forces solidly
against Pardee, and the nomination for
governor went to J. N, Glllett, the rail
road candidate, on the first ballot. No
one in California haa any doubt that
Herrln now claases Glllett aa one of the
Southern Pacific's human chattels, but
division In the ranks of the Democracy
makes the triumph of the railroad al
most a certainty.
CLOSING - OUT SALE
$11,000 Stock
AJTD OBBTT'S
MOM ef all kinds at KAJ.1
m. come In and look over our
Immense stock before buying else
where snd yj'i win oe sure 10 maae
a purchase from us after getting our
extremely low prlcea The prioes are
cut In half.
Man Sing & Co,
SM Morrison, be, W. Park S3 Teatk.
SPECIAL DISPLAY
College Brand Clothes
This week we are showing our magnificent as
sortment of Young Men's College Brand Clothes
Clothes built exclusively for young chaps only after
their ideas and conception of smart styles has been
studied as a chemist investigates a new element
Superiority asserts itself by contrast and we
invite comparison. The patterns are "stunners" and
models extreme.
Youths'
Overcoats . $15.1
Besides governors, Herrln has often
controlled supreme judges, and the fact
that the average membership of the
preaent high court of California comes
up to a high standard of Integrity is
no fault of his. The oest-maae siaies
are prone to crack. As for legislatures,
the hand of Herrln has slipped only once
In a dosen years. That was in 1809,
when he failed In his efforts to elect
Colonel Dan Burns to the United States
senate, hut in ltOl he gave the nod
that brought about the re-election of
Senator Perkins, and tn ltOS a legis
lature that waa strongly pro-rsllroad
did his bidding and chose Prank P.
Flint, a. corporation lawyer of Los An
geles, for whose selection there waa no
perceptible public demand.
Aside from hie achievements in Cali
fornia state politics Herrln haa "done
things" in San Francisco. There he has
defeated and elected numerous mayors
and superior Judges. On the eve of the
last city election the word went out,
"Schmlta is the man." and the labor
mayor got every vote that the Southern
Pacific controlled.
Whether Herrln will be as active in
Oregon se he hse been In Celifornla re
mains to be eeen. If ne foUows his old
methods his hand will be In evidence
in the next campaign for mayor of
Portland, and he will follow that up by1
organising a big state machine for work
In the direct primaries Of lt0. Herrln
has a fondness for ths "whole works,"
and it is not likely that he will deny
himself anything within reach. He, ne
doubt, will be anxious to Show Harrl
men that he can control several states
as well as one.
Politicians here know that Herrln Is
no atranser to Oregon politics. He waa
born In this stste and haa always taken
a keen interest In its affaire. On a few
aoeelel occasions when railroad Inter
ests were In danger he has come to the
rescue, auletlv but effectively. It 1
no secret that the railroads have In Ve
past been able to get about all they
wanted from Oregon elty counclie and
state, legislatures. Not only that, but
they have succseded In defeating popu
lar movements for better rates, exien
tons of aervlce and fairer treatment.
Oreeon'S railway mileage is pitiably
small in comparison with Its vast area.
The big eompanlee line tne oomnern i-a-clflc
and the O. R. fc N . both now parts
of the Harrlman system, have made
hsrrela of money, and could well afford
to increase transportation raciiitiee, nut
until recently they have persisted in de
voting their Oregon earnings to the de
velopment of other statea
Now a crisis has oeen reacneo. ine
rallwav rats agitation throughout the
country ahows Its effects In Oregon by
demands that the railroads not only ob
serve the law, but grant the just de
mands Of the people. The answer of
Harrlman Is the formulation of plane for
a big political mscnine. nsrnn win
soon begin the teak of ."straightening
out things tn Oregon," snd then the bat
tle will be on.
The coming contest must be waged on
different line. Pasaes will no longer
strvs aa bribes for councilman and
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Suits $15.1
to
to
$15 Tailormade
SKIRTS
Tomorrow $7.75
Tomorrow we place on sale a lot of tailor
made Skirts which sell regularly up to $15.
The materials are voiles, Panamas, serges
and fancy mixtures. They are made in a
variety of late styles, and the colors offered
are sure to please you. Alterations free.
See windows 21 and 22. Special d"7 HC
tomorrow only J
Every section of this new store presents an
array of merchandise which for quality and
style cannot be excelled. You are always aa
welcome as we have words to bid you, and
whether you buy or not a visit here will prove
a source of pleasure to you and us. Let us
tell you why we make no extra charges for
credit accommodations, and also explain to
you our little-at-a-time plan of payments.
Eastern Outfitting Co.
Washington and Tenth
iron w ox :
members or tne legislature 1 nee
all-potent bite of pasteboard will be
tinier the ban of the railway rate law
utter January 1, Seme other methods
of getting the moat support for the
at expenditure meet he invented.
Thst this win be Sane k mere than
probable. Watered sleek oaU for
$22.50
$25.00
auryl
omy In the
nags meat of
rta-is in rer thai
that eastern
ear get Ma return.
Inventive genius.
Harrtman relies
latereeta ef Its
die tea that work
lean la already