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VESSEL ASHORE
NEAR JETTY AND
CREW
Four-Masted Ship Breaking to Pieces
at Mouth of Columbia Life Saving
Crew Goes to Scene to Rescue Mart
ners Wreck Believed to Be "Phan
torn" Ship Off Bar for Week
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AstorU, Or.. Oct. II. British bark
Petsr Iredale mhorp near the old point
Adams light. Thq crew was saved by
the breeching apparatus. The sea is
very rough and a 41 miles southwest
gals drove the boat ashore. She is
totally dismasted.
Captain O. 8. Wlcklund and bis crew
of Ufa gavers from the station at Fort
Stevens Is rescuing the crew of a four
masted British bark believed to be the
Peter Iredale, which went ashore early
this morning on the beach about a mils
and a half south of the Columbia river
jetty, near Point Adams light station.
The vesaal will likely prove a total
loss. as she went on at high tide with a
tremendous sea running and the north
west wind blowing with the velocity of
a moderate gala, tl Is believed that
all of the crow, numbering from 16 to
SO men, will be saved.
The wreck was first discovered by
Captain Wloklund at :S0 this morning
He Immediately notified James Jones,
the weather bureau's lookout at North
Head, who In turn aent word to Astoria
and the weather bureau headquarters in
this city. The wreok can not ba aeaa
from the North Head station because a
dens fog and mist obscurea the view,
and therefore the name of the vessel can
not ba established with certainty until
tHe liresavers return to their station
late this afternoon- They had to take
their boat and line-firing apapratus
overland a distance of several miles, and
are not supposed to have reached the
wreck until nearly noon. The road leads
over a long stretch of land into a deso
late section, but Captain Wlcklund
stated upon leaving that he had hopes
of getting the craw ashore at low tide
this afternoon. It will be several hours
before the llfeaavers and the ship's crew
"will be able to reach the station head
quarters near Hammond, and until than
details of the stranding will ba meager.
Crew Oo to the Slseons.
The weather bureau man at North
Head In reporting the wreck to Edward
A Beals this morning stated (hat the
Fort Canby life-saving crew has also
gone to the ecerre, They were unable
to get their boat over the spit sepa
rating Sand Island from the caps on
the mainland, and so had to take the
FEARS HEARST'S STRENGTH
Appointment of Strauss to Cabinet Looked
Upon as Political Move to Swing Votes
to Republican Candidate
(Jeeraal Special Service.)
Washington. Oct. 26. The surprise of
the shift In the president's cabinet, an
nounced from tha White House. Is tha
appointment of Oscar 8. Strauss aa sec
retary of commerce and labor. To put
it bluntly. Washington regards It as a
political move designed to affect tha
New York situation favorably for the
Republicans. It Is held aa conclusive
proof that President Roosevelt Is afraid
that Hearst may swing the stats to the
Democratic party.
According to reports received at tha
White House, while a large number of
prominent Jews In New York ark
strongly for Hughes, the rank and ale
are found enthusiastically working for
Hearst. This Is especially true of the
element In New York's great east side.
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IN DANGER
longer route around the" Island. From
the mouth of cae river this crew want
over the violently breaking bar around
the point of tha Jetty to the wreck
They had not returned at a late hour
this afternoon.
. According to Lookout Jones' report to
Observer Beals this morning the bark
now on tha aanda has been off tha bar
for many days, afore than a week ago
aba was sighted close to the mouth of
the river evidently In search of a tug,
hut stood out to sea again, as no tug
wsa in sight at that time. Tuesday
morning tha bark was seen again 16
mllea northwest of the river, with
everything In her favor to get- into port
had the tug gone after her. The look
out's record In his dally Journal kept at
the station states that ths wind was
southeast and that ha signaled the
tug, which way lying south of ths bar,
that a four-masted bark wanted a tow,
but seeing that the master in Charge
of the tug either did not see his signals
or paid no attention to them be notified
Astoria and asked that the tug In the
harbor had better be seat after tha vea
ael. The bar was smooth at that time
and everything favorable for a tow, but
at night tha ship was still outside and
apparently forced to stand out to saa
Ing. Since then the lookout saw or
heard nothing of the vessel until this
morning, when he received the report
of her being ashore.
According to information 'received
from the Ufa-saving station at Fort
Stevens the ship want on tha aaad thla
morning before dawn, because at day
light she was sighted hard aground with
the breaker awaeping clean over bar.
She was driven so bard upon the beach
that It Is believed she will be left hlga
and dry by the receding Uda with little
hope of. getting her Into deep water
again even If left Intent by tha pon
derous swells that roll in from the ocean
and break over her with such force as
to send the spray far Into the rigging.
where soma of the crew are reported to
have sought safety.
The peter Iredale left Salinas Crus
for Portland In ballast September 11
under charter to Balfour, Guthrie A
(Continued on pegs Two.)
New York. Oct In the heart of
Patrick H. MoOarron's Brooklyn strong
hold last night William Randolph
Hearst delivered a stinging denuncia
tion of the gas trust senator, which
brought 1,000 persona to their feat. It
waa the reply of the men whom Mc
Carron assumes to lead, to McCarron's
Invitation to them to vote for the
Plunderbund.
The Incident waa the chief feature of
the second night of Hearst's whirlwind
campaign, that Included seven monster
meetings In all. three or than In Man
hattan, the fourth, fifth, sixth and
seventh In Brooklyn, whlcb turned out
as It has always and rallied to wel
come the Independence league leader.
"Brooklyn wtil ba there with a bigger
majority tha. ever." waa tha keynote
of the meetings across the bridge.
ease I
IT NOW
VESSEL
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Harriman Railroad System Threatened by Strike
DEMAND AN
WARRANT ISSUED
FOR JOHN BUNYON
Four Thousand Dollars Paid by
Financier as Duty on Illumi
nated Bible and Original of Or
der Which Imprisoned Author
of Pilgrim's Progress.
(Journal Special genie.)
New York, Oct. 66. Agents of J. Pier-
pout Morgan paid 14.000 duty on an il
luminated Bible and manuscript, In
closed In a box with books. The manu
script Is ths original warrant for ths
arrest of John Bunyan for heresy.
Treasury agents abroad placed a valua
tion of $25,000 on the Bible and It waa
in that estimation that the duty waa
collected here.
For several months Mr. Morgan waa
negotiating for the Bible. He bad aa
competitor for Its possession King Bid
ward. The book - Is 'one of the most
magnificent examples of the Illuminated
text of the monks of Cluny and was
done In the thirteenth century.
Whenever any valuable work of art
le in the market abroad, the secretary
of the United States treasury depart
ment at once makes an lnvesttgstton
and assesses its value, knorlng that
sooner or later It la almost certain to
appear In the New York customhouse.
These appraisements are communicated
to. Washington by the foreign agents
so when the Bible waa written about in
tha British newspapers treasury agsnts
(Continued on Page Two.)
J. P. MORGAN BUYS
AT LEAST 20 LIVES LOST IN
KANSAS CITY HOLOCAUST
Chamber of Commerce Building
in Kansas City, Kansas, De
stroyed by Fire at Early
Hour Thia Morning.'
(Journal Special serrlea.)
Kansas City. Kin . Oct. !. The
Chamber of Commerce building In
whlob !( persons were sleeping was
turned into a' furnace early this morn
ing by a fire that started at 4:45 o'clock
and spread with such rapidity that
fully 20 persons are believed to have
been burned to death end many Injured,
although Assistant Fire Chief Ltfld In
sists that the dead will not number
more than six. Five, bodies have been
recovered. They are those of Daniel
Young, aged 0, a laborer. Robert Bar
ton, a stonemason: John Lynch, a team
star; J. K. Branhnn. a blacksmith, and
an Infant of John Sparks snd wife. Of
about SO Injured probably three will
die. Charles Carlln, an engineer, who
waa slek on the third floor with typhoid
fever. Is missing
The Chamber of .'ommsr"e, a four
atory brick snd stons structure, stood
at tha corner of Park and Central
streets IS the Rivervlew district and
waa used as an apartment house, tt
contained 100 rooms which wers occu
pied by a number of families as, well as
Indivldusl lodgers. Ths lire started on
tha second floor and before all the In
mates could he awakened all avenues of
escape had bean cut off by the flames.
Whan the firemen arrived on the
many persona aa tha third aad
STRANDED NEAR MOUTH OF
British Bark Iredale.
INCREASE
PROTRACTED CONFERENCE
Of OFFICIALS ANO MER
COMES TO DISAGREEMENT
Ton Par Cor and Upwards Raise
In Pay Asked Separate
Unions Vote on Strike.
I Special Berries.)
San Francisco, Oct It. After
days of conference aad argument of the
officials of tha Southern Pactflo com
pany and tha general committee Of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
the Order of Railway Conductors and
ths Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
came to a disagreement In trying to
arrange for a change In the rates of
par and tha working bours of ths em
ployee of the entire Southern Paclflo
systsm. Ths conferences were held In
a private ear at tha Oakland pier, and
they have been strictly guarded from
publicity.
Among officials representing the
Southern Pacific company were General
Manager K. E. Calvin, Assistant General
Manager Buckingham of the Oregon
Short Line of Ogden. General Superin
tendent W. a Palmer of the northern
division. General Superintendent R. H.
Ingram of the southern division. Su
perintendents Man sen of Ogden, T. R.
Jones of tha Sacramento division. Wil
der of the coast division, Scott of tha
western division, Burkhaitar of ths San
Joaquin division, and representatives of
theLos Angeles xnd S3 Paso divisions.
The men demanded an Increase In
pay running from 10 per cent upward,
and an eight-hour day. The firemen
have withdrawn from tha conferences
and havs no assurances whatever that
the conditions will be changed. It- is
stated that the switchmen were, offered
(Continued on Page Five.)
fourth floors were groping around In
the smoke and flames trying to find
some avenue of escape. The ladders
were quickly run up, but they could not
reach much above the third floor, and
the windows of the fourth floor were
filled with terrlfled people. Scaling
ladders were used, aad by . means of
these firemen managed to reach and
rescue msny of those on the upper floors,
but others perished before sld reached
them. Tha rescues were numerous and
many of them were thrilling. Firemen
with women and children, clad only In
night clothes, climbed down the frail
scaling ladders to the truck ladders,
where other firemen passed tha rescued
ones In safety to the ground below.
Quite a number of persons jumped Into
tha life nets or into the arms of fire
men and policemen. f
One of the most thrilling rescue
waa that of H. O. Wlsonv-who with
his wife and baby were imprisoned on
the upper floor. Firemen on the ladder
wars at the third floor' and tha flame
ware whirling around Wtlarjh and his
family1 who were leaning nut o the win
dow of their lodgings. Wilson . picked
up his young wife and brtdlly tosasd her
to a fireman who was standing On tha
top of a ladder. Tha fireman caught ths
woman and then passsd her safely 'to
the street below. Seeing his wife safe
Wilson took his little baby In his arms
and also tsaped. He waa caught by
the fireman and reached the ground un
hurt excapt for a severe shaking up.
Jeaas Ford, a laborer, also did the sams
trick with his wife and child and they
reached tha ground safely.
John Lynch, a teamster, wen! down to
a hero's death. He waa one of those
caught on the upper floor. In trying
to make bis escape ha oame across tha
COLUMBIA.
OF WAGES
HONOR MEMORY
OF FIRST VICTIM
IK SPANISH WAR
Bronze Shaft Dedicated at Spo
kane to Commemorate the
Death of Ensign John R. Mon-
aghan, Whose Sister Pulls the
Cord Unveiling the Statue.
(Sjirlal Dtapatek to The Journal.)
Spokane, Wash., Oct St. A monu
ment to Ensign John R- Monaghan. ths
first man killed In tha Spanish-American
war, waa unveiled at 10:S0 o'clock
this morning by Agnes Monaghan, sis
ter of the hero. In whose honor the
status waa erect jd. Not only the city
and atata ware represented, but tha
nation aa wall, for President Roosevelt
detailed Captain Thomas 8. Phslpa and
Lieutenant Jamas J. Raby from San
Francisco to represent the navy.
An Introductory address waa made
by Senator Turner. After which Miss
Agnes Monaghan pulled the cord that un
veiled the bronae figure. The Oonxaga
college band, which school he attended,
played "The Star-Spangied Banner."
The large crowd present Joined in sing
ing. Mayor Daggett accepted the monu
ment on behalf of tha olty.
Bishop O'Dea gave an address which
waa followed by an eulogy of Ensign
Monaghan by Charles 8. voorhsen. Gov
ernor Mead made an addreee for the
atata, followed by the band's rendering
of "America."
The parade consisted of a platoon of
(Continued on Page Two.)
Hundred and Fifty People
Doomed StructureFifty In
jured in Escaping Five
Bodies Recovered.
in
family of John A. Sparks. Hs offered
to try and save the Sparks baby, the
mother and father being busy with ths
other children. Lynch with the baby In
his arms leaped but In so doing made a
misstep aad fell into the ruins and hs
and the baby perished.
The names of the dead are not all
known. Four bodies' havs been Identi
fied, they being those of Lynch, the
Sparta baby, Robert Burton, a stone
mason, and Daniel Young, whose body
was " the first uncovered In the ruins
today.
Rescuers havs been working in ths
ruins all morning snd several bodies
have been recovered. Thirteen are still
missing, according to the Information
Of the police, and these Include seven
men and boys, two women, three girls
and one babr.
Fifty Are injured.
Ths list of Injured persons will reach
about fifty, although soms of thsm were j
only slightly hurt, one naoy. which
waa dropped from the second floor to
a policeman who failed to catch It. waa
fatally Injured. Among the others seri
ously hurt were:
Policeman Arthur t'hlldres. run over
by a hone wagon and may die: Mr. and
(Continued on Pass Iive,
STRIKE IS ENDED
BY CONCESSIONS:
MEN TO GO BACK
Exporters and Grainhandlcrs Meet This
Afternoon to Sign Agreement End
ing Trouble Both Sides Claim to
Have Won Victory Men Will Return
to Work on Docks Monday
Unless some unforeseen hitch occurs
at the last moment the Exporters' asso
ciation and the Oralnhandlers' union
nlll sign an agreement for peace soms
me thle afternoon.
The strlks will at once bar declared
off and the polios guard will be re
moved from the docks. ,
As quickly as the 'thing can be done
normal conditions wfll be resumed on
the waterfront The longshwlamen will
lift the boycott on Brown W, McCabe
and will go bacjc to work, the boycott
on Allen a Lewis will be raised and
finally a full restoration of ths old
oondltlons will be made next Monday
morning, when tha union gralnhandlers
will be taken back to work in a body
all except some half a hundred who
formerly worked at Montgomery dock
No. I, and these will follow later.
At a meeting held thla morning ths
igrslnhaniilers decided to accept the ulti
matum of the exporters presented to
them on Tuesday night. The ultimatum
of the exporters waa simply a modifi
cation of the ultimatum of the grain
handlers, presented the previous day.
Though the much-amended agreement
falls far short of ths demanda at first
made by the Onion, It la superior to
the agreement In force last year, and
for this reason a victory Is 'i'mr1 br
tflh union.
Vain Claims victory.
"We consider that we havs gained a
victory of soms consequence." sadd Rus
sell J& Bewail, attorney for the grain
handlers. "We have gained a alight In
crease of wages and an Increased recog
nition of the union. While tha wagea
ware formerly ti cants an hour and 60
cents for overtime, with a 10-hour day
and no limit to tha brevity of the work,
new tha wages will be 16 cents an boor
6316 cents for overtime, with a 6-hour
day and nothing, leaa .than half a day's ;
pay. In addition, while formerly there
waa nothing said In ths agreement as
to the weighers, samplsrs and machine
men belonging to the union, now the
agreement says that union men shall
be preferred for these jobs. The only
thing we havs loet Is that only 10 union
men will ba taken back at ones to
Montgomery dock No. 2. But as fsst
as ths non-union men quit all the men
will be taken hack and the non-union
man will be got rid of aa rapidly aa
possible." 'tjj t
Conference Is Arranged.
Yesterday ths gralnhandlers were one
snd all opposed to accepting the ultl-
RACING III WANT DAMAGES
Attorneys for Multnomah Fair Association
Oppose Motion to Dismiss Order That
Prevents Selling of Pools
Attorneys for tha Multnomah Fair
association, lessees of the Irvlngton
race track, in ths circuit court this
morning opposed the dismissal of ths
Injunction restraining them from sell
ing pools on races that was granted by
Judgs Praser In August, 1606. The In
junction was issued on a suit brought
by Elisabeth Ryan and the Irving Real
Estate company. Thla morning R. W.
Montagus, attorney for the plaintiffs.
appeared In court, and asked that the
injunction be dissolved and the suit
dlemtsaed.
"We wish to oppose this dismissal."
announced Attorney M. I,. Pipes, repre
senting the lesseaa of the race track.
Judge Hears looked somewhat startled
at this declaration. It not being usual
for a defendant to desire to stay en
Joined Tha matter was argued out fully be
fore Judge Sears later. Attorney Pipes
explained that the Injunction had been
obtained in the middle of the racing
tson. t hereby stopping the races. At
the time the plaintiffs gave bond In the
sum of 110.000 to secure the Pair aaso
otatlon against any loss that might re
sult from the tnjunotloa If tt ware not
well grounded.
An answer to ths suit waa Iliad by ths
association declaring that they were
conducting the race track In a lawful
manner. They now want the case tried
on Its merits and a final adjudication by
the court on the question whether the
Injunction was justifiable. Should the
court determine that the Injunction re
stricted a lawful business ths plaintiffs
will be liable on their Indemnity bond
for any loss resulting from seen re
st rlctlon. The qtieetton of dissolving
the Injunction waa taken under advise
ment by Judge Sears and a decision
m he rendered later.
Elisabeth Ryan alleged m her com
plaint, om which ths injunction wan
baited, that In November, 1606. aha
leased tha brack from W. s. Dixon far.
five years. Later, aha asserted, tha
raatum of the exporters. This waa
largely due to the anger aroused by tha
wanton shooting done from and of
Ing done from ane of tha
docks the previous night. Their anger
hsd coaled today and they decided that
they could do 'no better than to accept
the agreement Aoammlttee called on
Chief of Polios 3ratxmacher and told
him that ths agreement would be signed
today If he would give assurance that
the police would ba removed from tha
docks.
After a conference with the mayor.
Chief Gritxmacher Informed the union
ists that the police would ba aent back
to their beats the moment the agree
ment should be signed by both parties.
The committee then made arrangements
to call on the exporters as soon as they
could be got together thla afternoon.
No fear whatever la entertained that
there will be a hitch In the proceedings
to prevent the calling off of tha strike.
The annual agreement as it now reads
differs from the agreement of last ysar
only in two clauses. Nob. 2 and t, which
now rssd as follows:
". Wagea to be paid as follows:
Thirty-five cents par hour on working
daya. between 7 a. m. and E p. m. (din- -
er hour. 11 to X o. m. efcluded). Time
.nd a half for all overtime, including
Sundays and legs waUdags. Tlsjrhaiirg
to constitute a day's work. Mae to ba
paid not less than a half day's pay if
oalled to work."
Weighers sad Samplers.
"I. Any smploysr may hare tha priv
ilege of selecting his weighers, cam
piers and machine men, but In all oases
preference shall ba given to members
of tha union. Men employed In such
capacities shall ba satisfactory to tbalr
employers. Employers may una their
weighers, samplers, machine or regular
employee for general work around tha
docks, or as gralnhandlers, whsn there
is less than a half day's work to ba
done. No discrimination to ba made
against members of the union In selec
tion of men to be so employed."
The provisions of ths peace agree
ment relating to ths taking of tha men
back to work, the disposal of tha
strikebreakers, etc., reads as follows:
"It is agreed that all men shall ba
reinstated to the positions formerly held
by them st the beginning of this season
of grain handling. That all weighers,
ssmplers and machine men who were
employed by the exporters during the
(Continued on Page Two.)
lsase was assigned to ths Multnomah
Fair association, composed of A. R.
Diamond. Sanford Hlrsch. August
Krlckson, Eugene Blaster and JBdward
Blaster, on condition that there should
be no unlawful. Improper or offensive
use of the premises The plane waa
later being nsed to maintain open
gambling houses, ssll pools. make
books and bet on horse races, says ths
complaint, snd an Injunction to restrain
tha performance of these acts was Is
sued. Henry K. McGinn and R. W.
Montague appeared for the plaintiffs,
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