The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, March 28, 1907, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Textin5 OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. THURSDAY EVENINO. MARCH ?. 1SC7. READY FOII BI6 STRIKE (Continued from Pass Om.) They eaytbe preesnt large surpluses ' thst have been plied up by th railroad eempanlea have been made ehleny out ; of over-time work br the wen; tba the - life -of a trainman is a doga Ufa to ,; lrrrulr hour and being absolutely at the bidding of the master railroad com pany. Tbey assert that tba big profit of tba railroad In recent years hava been made by "working tha men to ; death." Aa O. It. N. conductor aald . .. :. ivoag Z7, roor TJ. ."Tha trainman work -from to H . hours a day, according to tba rune thsy ' happen to be called out on. The wsges rang from 111 to $19 per month for , , conductors, and tba brakemen gat f0 , to ! per month. Tba men who make ; the higher wagea are working on hard . run and at long hours. Tba conductor . who makaa 114 1 putting in about 14 .', hour a day, and never knowa whan ha ran hare any time to hlmaelf. - A con' doctor may take tba Spokane (Iyer out of Portland In the nomine, and When h gets up about" Umatilla h wlff dou- bl back, taking Ma train box ana eut ' fit. and getting Into Portland again the following day at noon, after having been on bis feet practically all of tba time." Tba , conductor aald tha men do not . want a atrlke, and have put off a long , time making their d amende. They bare . had no ralae to amount to anything for ' yeera, and meanwhile tba country haa had great proaperlty, tba rallroada hare been groaning under their enormous v burden of business, and have made a great deal of money. for tha men who ' control and own them. , - "The trainmen aay they hare bean on titled to aome of thla proaperlty. and that they , have aaked for It aevaral .- time ahd ' bar been refused. They . now propoa to enforce their demand by a strike In which they will attfropt ",- to completely tie up tha trafflo of 4 :. railroad line between the Paclflo coaat - and Chicago, and compel tha railroad manager to appreciate the reasonable ness or their dsmanda. A stattatloian ha figured that tba . Increase of wagea asked for by tha man of the O. a ft N. Una would increase "l the fixed expense of tba company ' about 14,100 per month, or 156.010 per year. Deducting thla ar ount from the estimated 11,000,000 a year surplus that ' the O. R. at N. companr has been ac cumulating for bom years past. Until it ,; now haa 110.000,000 In tha treasury. Mr, Harrlman would atlll bar an annual profit larger than it would seem to . be necessary to satisfy him and hi . stockholder. . -i- . '. Tha trainmen allege that tn propos ing government arbitration under tha , Erdman act the railroad manager are . simply playing a policy game, and that the arbitrators would bo practloally cer- tain to grant the demands of tha men ' after tha facta are fully shown aa to , methods of train operation. Tha general ; managers have offered the men a com , promts of 10 per cant Increase of wag: and a 10-hour day. Tb difference be tween the contending force la one hour Irtlma, and. J cent an hour. , DEMAND ARBITRATION ; Oncrel J Managers , foald Invoke Old Law Roads Affected. ; : Je ireal IpeHal gemee.) -Chicago, Marco, la. After a secret eonfereo.ee lasting several hour yester day afternoon th railroad managers an nounced that tbey would demand arbi tration of the threatened strike of train- men of 40 western railroad systems, under tha Erdmann act. This act. which wa passed In lift, provides for the arbitration by th chairman of tb Interstate commerce commiasion and . th . commiaaloner of labor, of labor dlfflcultlea where Inter state commerce l Involved. - sj ' ,' The railroad managers' committee baa notified Btrlk Manager Morrissey and Oarretson. leadera of th complaining labor organlsatlona, that they will do .mand, arbitration under this act. , i . Th trainman' manager also held a secret conference at th Auditorium ho- tel t yesterday afternoon. Before going ; to the conference. Strike Orand Mas ' ; ter Morrissey said: s , . T4egotlatlona have failed and we i will not meet the railroad manager . i again. I cannot say at this time wheth er there will be a strike, but th out J - look 1 very dark. Th managers re '. fuaed io concede any snore than they of ; fared at first, and the onion have re--'". V Jerted" their offer. . , . Tb rallroada wanted ua to arbi trate, but we refused. It 1 not Ira- , probable that a strike will be called ' Immediately." f Vnleai one side or tha other, re- cedes from the stand tbey nave faken .. the "strike seems Imminent. It would mean that 40 railroad jr stems through V out th west would be paralysed by , their 0,000 employe walking out . , 7U1 OaU Big Strike. The . tralnmen'e manager have been authorised by a referendum vote te call ; -a atrlke If .they deem it advisable, and In view of Morrissey's statemsnt the ; strike ts deemed surs to com unles th government step In under th provls--, ions of th Erdmann act Morrissey . said tha trainmen would not meet the railroad men again, but tt I believed ,. that he and Oarretson would attend a . conference with th railroad manager . , ahould th rallroada with to make any Two Days More ol Business In Our Old Store T(0)IW WE WILL OPEN Our new and beautiful store at the southwest corner of v Seventh and Washington streets. It will be the finest shoe emporium in the northwest. ' We being equipped, with all , modern conveniences will continue to sell all the" leading standard makes of shoes, including the celebrated HANAN, at our usual reasonable prices. Visit our new store. Grand. opening to be announced at a later date. : f3OaSe! h t HaKaS "PORTLAND'S BEST SHOE STORE" SAILS FOR EUROPEAN VISIT AW . "-v:.- hp M m ii mi urn " i mmmm iiiim m J I i. The Baroness Hengelmuller, whoaa nlctnra hera aDDear. ha galled for a trlD to Austria.' Her enter tainment have made her a favorite coneesaton-to ecure- peace and askrf or aconfersnca. , , The trainmen are said te be well pre pared for a strike, having anticipated auoh a move some time ago and created what la aald to be th largest strike fund aver collected. On the other hand th railroad people have not believed the employee would refuse to scoept their concessions, and have made no preparations for th strike, 1.1st of Boada Involved. The railroad which th threatened atrlk Involve are: Atchison, Topeka Banta Fe, Atchison, Topeka Ar Banta Fe coast lines, Burlington, Csnsdlan Paclflo, Canadian Northern, Chicago It Northwestern, Chics go a Alton. Chicago, Milwaukee bl. ratu. uiuoago, kock laland A Pacific, Chicago, Bt. Paul. Min neapolis ds Omaha. 1 Colorado Midland, Colorado A- Bouthern, Denver A - Rio Orande. Bl Pas A gouthweatern, Frisco system, ' Oreat Northern,- Houston A Texas Central,. Illinois Central, Kansas City Southern, , Missouri, Kansas A Texas, Nerthsrn Pacific, Oregon Short Line, San Antonio A Aransss Pass, Southern Pacific Atlantic system, Texas A Pacific. Duluth. M last be A Northern, Fort Worth A Denver City, Frtaee In Texas. Oulf, Colorado A Banta Fa, Houston, East A West Texaa, Interna tional A Oreat Northern, Minneapolis, St. Paul A Sault Pte Marie, Mlaaourl Pacific, Oregon Railroad A Navigation company, St . Louis . A - Southwestern. San Pedro, LiOs Angeles A Salt Lake, Southern Paclflo eystem, ' Wisconsin Central, Tasoo A Mississippi Valley. ' "OfhaU "Qraiiunea Pemsad. The trainmen demand a. It pr cent Increase in wagea over the scale In ef fect November, 100; a rule preventing the roade from reducing their erewe or Increasing the length of runs to offset the wags increase; a day's work to be a run of 100 mile or nine hour or less on freight and mixed train service; on helper and construction train -work a day to be 10 hours or a run of 100 miles or less. . Ths men rejected the compromise of fer of the rallroada, which was sub stantially: A wag Increase of 1 per cent for conductora and brakemen on all freight and mixed train service; no re duction In erewe or Increased length of run to offset the Increase; a fltra work to be 10 hour or a run of 100 mile; aa Increase of 110 a month for passen ger conductora, tt a month for baggage man and f i a month for brakemen. . MEN WILL CO OUT. Northern Pacific Trainmen Expect to Be Called Oat Any Time. (sperHI Dispatch e The JoaraaLt Tacoma, Wash., March tt. North ern Paclflo trainmen hare are expecting to be ealjea out on strike.' They will be governed entirely by the turn mat tare take In the aaat and will follow Instructions sent out by striking train man at Chicago. In Northern Paclfla official ' clrclea wife of the Austrian ambassador, in Washington society. - . here an air- of -extreme reticence -prw' valla. Both Third Vloe-Presldsnt Le vey and Aaslstant Oeneral Superintend ent Palmer refused to bs Interviewed relative- to the atrlke. . From - other railroad offlclala are much exercised andMorn,jr M.cN'T. W" An,'tn,,ete! lo w hoping against hope that a strike will not be. called. On account of the great freight tieup and general commercial congestion and scarcity of cars in the northwest they look upon a strike as ons of the worst calamities that could now happen to the rallroada, "Railroad -trainmen here are eery conservative," said a railroad man thto morning, "yet while they are determined to avoid a atrlke If possible, they are squally determined to have higher wages. 'It strike Is declared, they will walk out to' a man. ' We will be governed entirely by ths notion of east ern trainmen." ' , HEW ROAD HILL CAUSE . A NEI7 TOWN TO GROW Good Place for One, and Pro moters - Ready Whenever the Sign Is Right - r r (Special Dvpetcs te Tea Jesraal.) - Cleone, Or March II. There la some tslav of the Falrvlew and Rock wood granges consolidating and build ing a now hall at Schram's Crossing en-the O. W. P. Una, whloh will be come an Important point on the O. W. p., when the Barr road la opened. The Push olub of Kalrvtew will oommanca at once to cooperate with Monta villa la the opening of this boulevard, aa It gives a more direct route to Portland. It wlU open a large tract of unim proved land between Montavllla and Falrvlew and will make quite a hip ping point for : th farmers west of Falrvlew, cutting out the Falrvlew and Bowman, hills. Th location I Ideal for a little burg and no dpubt within a year a JltU town will be etarted thar.' AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ;y PROFESSOR RESIGNS Corvallla, Or., March ft. Professor Chester Proebstel, bead of the mining department of O. A. C, resigned yester day. He leaves todsy for Nevada, where a position await him. Mils Belden of the ItOI ciais of the Agri culture! college I reported to have been wired to eom from Sumpter to fill the vacancy In the mining department. .,, . Coal. ... ' The people of ' Portland and vicinity ahould not overlook the opportunity of fered by Xh Storey Brooke Fuel company to secure a supply of that fine t coal. The company haa just received snothsr largs invoice, and while orders sre coming in freely, we desire to keep them oomlng In. Also have tn stock quite a large quantity of very excellent steam coaL , The celebrated Davis Piedmont Smith ing coal has been praotlcally off this market for over at days owing to rail road troubles. . We are pleased to In form our patron that w have just re ceived 109 ton with plenty more In Ight and ar prepared to deliver in email or large quantttlee en. abort no tice. Thl coal la ahlpped direct from the mlnea to us and w ar the only agents receiving tnis nigh grade coal direct from the mine.. . - . Office, room U, ground floor. Cham ber of Com me roe. Telephone Main 1S80. Tarda, Front and . Kearney streets. Telephone Main Ittt. t For Bstter City Covernrnsnt . Th following is an extract from a review of the writings of Thnmes C. Devlin on this subject by ths "Commer cial Advsrtlser," New York! "There Is evidence of careful thought and deliberate preparation lit Thomas C. Devlin's treatise, e e e He hs made a atudy ef preettoat politics as well ee political economy. Too many persons knew how they will go to work to tear down a municipality, .bat whan it comes to the test of rsoon- WM TREASURER OF VILLAGE WINS COURT Council Tried .to Oust Woman Because Sh Did Not At . tend Their Meetings. v ISneclal Dtoeatcb The leeraat) Moscow, Idaho, March II. Mis Anna BL Kelson was sustained in her conten tion that she 1 entitled to tb office of treasurer of the -villas of Kendrick by a decision handed down by the stats supremo oourt hera yeaterday after noon.- Last Juno th council of Kendrick adopted a' resolution declaring Mia Nelsn'e office vacant, and her . suc cessor, was appointed. She refused to deliver the books and account of her office. A writ of mandamue was ob tained In the circuit court, ' but on an appeal to th supreme court th Judgment of tb lower oourt was i versed. Th higher oourt hold that the council had no reason for ousting Mis Nelaon except that they wanted some on In the office who would attend the meet Inge of the council and act aa It dark. Tha treasurer Is not required to do this nd Mis Nelson refused to attend. Though the offlo pay a salary of only 16 a month. Mis Nelson's father carried the case to the Supreme court, where hi daughter wa vindicated, and declared' to be entitled to continue In offloe, and to receive back pay for tha 10 month that th office ha been la litigation. CITY COUNCIL ' (Continued from Page One.) the municipal department need more of the fluid. It waa thought beat to provide for a flat rate instead of going te the expense of Installing meters. Thl 160. 004 will contribute by so much to In creasing th tax rrt In future year. To provide for the spaclal watsr as sessment th eouncll Instructed th city attorney to draw up a provlaton dlvld Ing th city Into district, so that the assessmsnts may be made aoooralng to the beneflte received within the par ticular dlatrlct, and not according to the front foot or property. Improvement by Distiiota. Chairman Orlffln of the committee ef seven, appointed by the east side Ira provamant clubs, appeared before the council to secure , Its Indorsement of amendments relating to street Improve ment He- proposed that the city be bonded to guarantee the early payment of atreet contractors, so that the con tractors might " charge"1es for their work. He ale prapoeed-tbat the city take care of all improvements, after once made, for all time. f Theee two ; proposals the " council turned down tn the belief that the con ditions now existing are best City At I the streets by districts Instead of by I single street and for increasing the number of remonstrant 1 necessary to prevent street improvement from t t-t per cent to 10 per cent , . tOAKLAND-TQ-BEGIN' (Continued front Page One.) after the fire, tiov.000 of which is aald t have gone to the grafters. ...... J. T- Riordsn, cashier ef the Central bank, Oakland, where the corruption fund are sahf to have been deposited, was also recalled, and brought with him the bank' hooka whloh are expect ed to ahow where the money . want Langdon announced today that other official will be removed from offloe eoon. Louis Glaaa, general manager of the Paclflo States Telephone company, was arraigned thla morning on nine Indict ment for bribery and given a week to enter a plea. By Irony of fate, the former resi dence of Mayor Schmlts on Fillmore street today became the prleon of Boss Ruef. Elisor Blggy. bis seven guard and Ruef moved from the St. Francis between T and t o'clock thla morning I mm and took tip their residence at 4t4t Fillmore etieeL Elisor Blggy. after a two weeks' search and Inquiry for suit able ; and more vonomlcsl quarters, yestsrday aooepted th offer ef F. A. Reiss. who losses the former Schmlts home, from the man who bought th property from Schmlts. whsn ' Schmlts found he could afford a fgr more pala tial mansion. . . , - The Ruef party occupy the entire middle floor, which haa four bedrooms. bath and lavatory, Ruef himself, with Blggy, will sleep In ths chamber which was lorraeriy occupier ny Dcnmiia. Psoas Msgs to Uneasy. '' Like men who have agreed upon one story with which to face all qaeatlos- Vers, officials and capitalists of Los An geles connected with the Home eTele phone company ef that city and of Ban Franclaco entered the grand Jury room to give testimony. When the left ths Inquisitorial - chamber ' their confidence had dlaappeared, the probe of' Langdon and Heney had gone deep, and one by one, whan confronted with the evidence already secured by Jurymen through the efforts of Detective William J. Burns, each told In detail of hie con nection with the successful bribing of ths local -board of supervisor through the agency of Abe Ruef- - . The men from Los Angeles 'were eon' fronted by the. teetlmony of Ir Ferdi nand Butterneid, who bad already seen before the grand Jurora, and who Waa an early wltneaa yesterday afternoon. The evidence given by Butlerfleld was vital -o the Home Tslepbone company and completely exposed the plot; of hloh the sounern capitalists cognisant '. - Xa te See Baef Only. V Dr. Butterflsld. who appeared before the Jury when It began Investigating th granting of ' th telephone fran- ohlsas, was formerly la th field to se cure a local taispnone permit from tae board of supervisors. At-that Urns he waa acting solely on hi own account and had no connection with the United Statee Independent Telephone company, although it was understood that the in dependent eompany was Interested In Butterfleld e campaign. ; . "Were yon at any time approached by any one with an offer of franohlee If you would furnish the neoeasary amount of moneyT ' aaked Special Proae- cutor Heney, "I waa approached by Abe Ruef, who told me there might be a franchise pro cured for a local Independent telephone eompany, provided the eompany would pay the required price," answered. But terfleld. . V :' "Did Ruef demand money, and did he say how It would be ueedT" ' - " - "Ruef asked aa attorney fee of ever tlOO.OOt for hie services la securing a telephone franchise for roe. I also be lieve that the United Bute Independ ent received a similar offer. There was to be no diffloulty, provided the attor ney's fee was paid." May Invalidate Bonds. ""Baited by "-aggressive questions ' of Heney and confronted with evidence that they thought was held only by themselves, the Home Telephone . capi talists of Los Angeles left the grand Jury chambers crestfallen and worried. From appearance alone It would appear that they themselves expected to be vic tims of the Indlotments that Langdon and Heney are preparing for local repre sentatives of ths telephone company. It waa not fear of indictment that drove President A. B. Caas ef the Home Telephone Company of Los Angelee from the grand Jury room, pale, cars wore iind" naggara." Francis J. Heney Is th authority for th statement that no Lo Angela man wlU be indicted on the . evidence thue far secured, , But Cass 1 also president of the Home Tele phone, company, he le a millionaire many Umes over, and haa underwrit ten a' goodly ehare of -the company's bonda. With the evldenc that the rruo Jury has, It is Intimated that tile valuable franchise which the Home company hae secured by the "Judicious seeing of Attorney Abe Ruef can be taken from th company; and the thou sands that Cass and hi colleague In vented in th eompany loot beyond re call. ', ,, '.-.,;,. . ', Dying Orator's cWfessloa. Supervisor W. W. Ssndsrson con fessed In detail to the grand Jury yes terday afternoon hi ehare In the Dood ling operation by wHlch th city of San Francisco waa despoiled of right worth million for which it waa given a few paltry thousands, while the sup ervisors, with the mayor and Boae V I I I f l VV WW I I'l II ARTICLE REDUCED taster vvafels-Exira Special z 'AQk 'Waists in white lawn, regular $1.75 and $2.00 yalaes. Fri- , Will" day and Saturday..'. ..............:..... V VT " NET WAISTS, In white arid ecru, silk lined; regular CO ft Q $5.00 values.; Friday and Saturday............... ePaVeVO Easter Suit Special $30.00 Suits, beyond cpraparison, ' surpasses any svu't shown for $30. Friday and Saturday.... $50.00 and $55.00 Suits. This includes the new est in vogue, up-to-date spring models, in voile, Panama and mixtures. Friday and Saturday. Easter Coal Special v $12.50, $15.00 and $17.60 Long and Short Coats, ..tn covert and mixtures. , Friday and Saturday .......... . ... 't . ,''" Easter Skirt Special In voile, plain and embroidered, $12.60 and $16.00 val ues. Friday, a long as they last....,,,..,....... No Mail Orders Filled on This Number , ' 131 Fifth Street, Dctvcch a-IIlXSTMFllXLl!) SUITS' The kind of clothes which appeal strongly to the gen-' tleman wishing stylish and exclusive clothes. ,v ', - -- t For Business Wear For Church AVcar For Informal Dross For Full-Drcss Wear $20 to $S0 ' r-'M:. ;-:V:::;;.-':v:';;;:. .We are now showing several new. numbers in Young Men's Suits, ages 16 to 20. " , , ; , Clothes" withT 16tsof "snap," and "style " to "them," They are hand-tailored throughout and are built on the real college style." , ' .,v ' ! v : r : $20 $2S0;S25; ; 269-271 Morrison Street Ruef were paid In the way ef brrbee, a part of the real value ef the privi leges. BsAaersn6Ig-JAt-gtagee of eoneumption, broke down eoon after leaving the grand Jury room and made public a etatement, in which he ad mitted Jiavlng received money for his votaa on the light trust permits, gas rate and United Railroads trolley fran chise. He said, he did not know how It hsppened; the money had lust seme. '. "I don't expect to live long, and want to make a clean breast ef the whole thing before I die," aald Sandereonj COFFEE- Get gjocer and cook to nether and ask what's the , ........ matter f . . x . ' Teat tracer rersrae yeer ateaey res deet Iks Schulug! Beet. - ' tfie; fl ?34.95 kJ S7.95: V Ky . S7.75 C 3 Alder and Washington i . - CARLTON TO PUBLISH !' V NEW WEEKLY PAPER ' (Jesrssl seeefat Serrlee. Carlton, Or- March 11. Ut F. Jf eager, who for several years lias been run ning the Amity Enterprise at Amity hae moved hls plsnt to this place and )tl issue the: Carlton Sentinel at this place. He is now jn Portland getting, new presses and w4U Issue the -first eopy goon after the first of the month. v The paper will be run on strictly Inde pendent lines and there le no doubt that . It win be a success from' the start, as th business men to a ma) have pledged him their support. ' r ; ' Bank Makes Assignment,' ' New York. March tt. The Corbln Banking eompany, founded by the latel flt of creditors today, and Issued a statement that their asset exceed their liabilities by tl.009.00o. It te said the assignment waa forced by the low price of eecuritiee. -- ' - GHAY . 1 1 4 ; . ' -ii . I .ii . . H I mm. i ' . .' ; -.'- ' ' j ,avl I I: (ruction show themselves entirely un equal, to It," . ' s j . . i '. i x ' " , ...r " ' . V1