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CilllSI
' ! local Offices Practically De-1
serted by Telegraphers
. Only Managers and Chiefs
Bemain to Work Wires-
Vancouver Operators Outj
s ' -With th exception ot w pr
i ptobM rc!vel thlf morning; Portland
. telegraphically u completely leolatea
from the reet ot the world. , Practically
. all wire in the city are dead. Measagea
' are belna- refuted aa far aa poeelbl at
the local offices. Thoee accepted are
' belna- taken subject to Indefinite delay.
Both the Western Union and Postal
coainanlea were further blocked In, their
; ' effort to relieve the congestion of their I
offices this morning when operators at
':: Canadian points retmcd to handle tele-1
araDhln business 4esvned to s eastern
' polnU In the United BUtes. . ,
. ; Oaaadlaw Offer Aid.
"Until noon today Canadian operators
t -were accepting messages lor puim
.: : r,n.H hut artmnts made by the com-
panies to rnllrond msairea, to thr
. portions of the United Btates, irom ine
.-pnino eoast over the wires In Brltlsn
territory were effeluUy blocked.
; The crisis In the Portland situation
Who la StxlTlnx ; to Effect a-Settlement of thei Strljte.
was reached at 11 mlnntea pus T o clock
in rrei
nlnn. i
the members In check, blew his wnisue
aht when President. auec rauin
of the local union, unable longer
Ififtt night
ALL
unabie longer to hold
in the offices of the western Union. Of
the 60 operators on duty at the main
-offices 44 responded to- the strike call.
i and fbday th office , Is pracUcally de-
' ef)f the .-onerators remaining a.t '. the
keys t there are Chief Operator , Ropb,
CITIES TIED UP BY
TELEGRAPHERS WALK OUT
STRIKE NOT
SWATIETIC
Portland Operators State
.Their Grievances and De
mand New York Scale
; Discriminations Alleged
by Strikers.
fn 4 .rs
': SalffirWffwJaSSr WaSasf Business of Country.Paralyzed by Strike Associated morr. ?eUor?t
and George McMahon.
two latter belong to me
Miss 1 Knapp
Neither of the
union. " ' - '
Business Paralysed.
Western Union ""business Is paralysed.
Messages are neither coming or going,
although there are persistent efforts on
the part of the officers end the two
nnnrators remaining at the keys to press
thrnurh a . oart of the Immense h
pess which Is tied u
Tu1 'Mnnernr 'n
the Western Union was non-committal
this morning wnen astceo. regarding ine
situation. He stated, however, that he
believed that the full working force by
night would number 10 men. .Efforts
Press Pat Out of Commission, But United Press and
Hearst News Leased Wires in Operation:; :
Telegraph 'operators In Portland are
not striking In sympathy with any other
union in the country. Their ' list of
grievances Included local discriminations
both In wages and against operators, be
cause the latter belong, to the union,
and It theld that these are tn direct
violation of the agreement signed and
entered" Into by President Clowry of
the western Union, when the San Fran
cisco trouble was settled a short time
o. , .
The New York nrhediile. '
President Sam Small and officials of the
two conrnanles will eanffer in. PhlnArn
this week, will be practically the same
as Is to be adopted In Portland tomor
row owning and presented to the local
managers here., It will ask for an
eight-hour day, a It per cent Increase
In wares anil tvnwrl1r tn ttm fur.
nished by the companies arhlch require
ijjrowriuen copy or teiegrapnio matter.
-v . Striken Sold Xeetl&r. . ;. "
All the matters f Vital lmnrfiii.a
td the men and women who have been
ovmpeuea 10 lie up tne business World
of the country In order to receive jus
tice from the hands ot the corpora
tions employing - them .were discussed
freely thia morning at the meeting, of
iuv 4ocai - union wnicn . waa 4 hAiri . in
Drew halL- f , '
it was a quiet. Jovial and orderly
vi narsn aenuncia-
Vfti bna1nM fMm
start to finish and ovsr It all was prev
alent the the tone nf unralnMnv .tm.
Imlnatlon to salt .fnr what wa.. ri.h
and secure it by remaining away from
ausL-
(Jonroal Spedsl-Bervtot.) .,.
Chicago, Aug. IS. The strike of the
commercial telegraphers - has paralysed
the entire country and It la practically
Impossible to transmit a commercial
message' anywhere; today. -Excepting
the United Press and Hearst News Ser
vice, press, reports, .Including; the Asso-
(Continued on Page Fourteen.)
to lmnort strikebreakers are useless
owing to tho fact that every station dated Press, are tied up.
m' me country 19 in un wmn jirait.- Ti.ln. V ,l ,,.1.. -
ment. the supply of operators not be- Havlnr recognised the union by
ing equal ' to the demand, and at the 1 agreements with the orgapisea teiegra-
samei una many 01 ins ium upBi aivrs,
while not members of any union, re
fuse steadfastly to help out the cmo-
pames. - -v
, VosU) Ktea Also .Oat. ;
Immediately after the walkout In the
Western Union offices last night, the
operators went
to ine oinoes
1 TC
phers the, United Press and Hearst
New leased wire services are both in
commission, while Mother , press servleen,
which have hitherto refused to recognise
the union, are tied up. . '.
i The strike' la ceneral. andV there. Is
nntetlv ' un the street I naraiy an ornoe or any consequence in
of the Astaf where the lnlted States where a walkout has
their numbers were augmented by a
dozen men who left their keys at the
(Continued on Page Two.)
not occurred. Business Interests are
paralysed: toe railroad teiegrapners re
lax
I'll ROUGH IT
III EASY CHAIRS
Harriman's Sons Will Have
, Soft-Boiled Time While
Hunting in West. '
' ' (Journal Special Service.) '
'San FranclscoV Aug. 13. That B, H.
Harrlman's two sons will not have to
"rough It" to any great extent during
their coming nunung ana nsning trip
in the vicinity of Pyramid Is indicated
by the - preparations which are being
made for their comfort and which
among other things include such baga
1 telles As special steamboat, special tele
4 hunting lougn. iiiui lurmci iwm uvb
been taken to provide the two heirs of
the magnates millions witn a-correct
and' proper Idea of life In the west are
hot generally known but the presump
tion is that everything else Is 'on the
same scale.
The -party consists of K. :H. Harrl-
! man, his two sons, a aoctor ana tutor;
Tho anemia! steamer is for the purpose
of transporting, the junior Harrlmans
' across tne ikm- wubh . nuui-iiift instincts-begin
to flutter. If Harriman re
mains with the beys a special telegraph
line will be used probably for business
matters with the outside world, but If
he leaves them to their gory deeds as'
It-Is thought he will .it will be to keep
the father in communication, with ,hls
-Vriere are probably no two boys In
whole world who made such a hap
choice" of a parent as did Hani
man's Sons. Two years ago they were
trtken to China and Jnpai and. naw he
dand of chrysanthemums undor tne most
ifavorable v circumstances. v They were
taken to court and had an opportu
nity to compare the- life of sons of the
. dasDot with that of the trans-
" Bortatloo aespoi. - .
bor and the national , officers of the
various- labor1 bodies.'. President Small
la expected to assume direct control of
the ' situation and ' issue torders to the
striking telegraphers from this olty.
The, strike of the Associated Press
operators., followed a - demand for in-
treated wages on the part of the opera
ore. The. demand was submitted to
General Manager Stone, but he refused
to pass upon it nerore suomitung it to
tho board ot directors. The strike fol-
HITS TO VOTE
AT
to pass upon
tho board ot
lowed. . It waa first agreed that oper-
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'This IllQBtration-ls a fac-slmlle of the 'strange document seized at one of '.tho raids on Armenian
blackmailers' following the murder of TavlhanJIaa; the- millionaire Armenian merchant of New Tork City.
.Tho daggers piercing the' heart area sinister warning against treason;7, and 'the; photographs are. of three
victims of the blackmailing band. The Inscription-gives the names' of. the victims and adds ! "As to these,
to' all traitors.' -Many wealthy Armenian merchants,', In different cities, ' have . lived In terror since the
receipt of this document,' 1 S' .
atora on. market wires should be al-I llnltftO NfflTAl ' JSPTlflfYVr Wnl
lowed to work. It was learned. how- WU1W5U wWf OCUttlOr J? Ul-
piaces these wires I - tnn . Unra T nr,i m-
Much to Come Home.
ever, that in many d.
were- being used for commercial mes
sages, and In these instances the opera
tors .were called from their keys. In
some other cities the. market operators
left-their desks or their own accord.
" United States . Labor Commissioner
Nelll arrived here yesterday and will
fuse : to t handle commercial messaaesl
and telephone lines , are so overcrowded
: president B. J. Small of the telegraph-1
era' union Is now en route to -this city, I
where he will -confer with Labor Com-1 Pi
missloner NeiU, President Samuel Gom-1 President Small when he arrives tomor
per cf the 4ieriean Federation of t-1 row.
United SUtes ; Senator Charles' W.
ao wnat- no can toward untangling tne ruiton wants to vote next rear' when
difficulties between, the operators nd k. .-. - f .,H ... ' "
tha eomnaniea A7nrelimlnrv confer- n 00 P for re-election, but does not
enoe IS belnsr held todav between Neill want to come home at the holidav sea-
end- Gompers, at whloh the general sltua-1 son to register, and to that end la at
ford.
tion is being fully: discussed. Both are the Imperial hotel todav nn hi. ... A
famlliaris ns themselves with everv II .TV nolw loaa' OI hl" way to
..." . . mb mm snnaw "ha axiii - A
nase witn a view or taxing up with i . up tne ques-
mud witn eecretary or state FW. Ben
son and Attorney-General A. K. Craw
, . 4
tVonld Bsgiste a CanltaL
Senator Fiiltnn hallov.. . wa mm v.
"Moreo un vregon delegation
can register at Washington, qualifying
them . to vote next year and save the
iung journey, ume ana expense incurred
in coming back to 'Oregon. His idea Is
to have a. denntv cl.rk irnini.t. .t
Washington by the various county
Chicjuro and New York Off ices Are Workins: Students as m5?bE- h? or?gn delegation re!
r . . . . : .. I H UH. Wna mn II fTTn lnlHrsbV AS t h el anil ta. 1at
RtlrnnKnal-oW Hf TTtioMa'a TTnyifllA Wnnh Hn'ei- " " connected
nesslleal Tickets Issued to Men Out -.
ft 11 " 1 i"1 - - -- - - iv"V
f At
fa
(Jon rut Sdc!1 fcirrlea.) ; . , f
Chtcago, Aug. -lS. This city is com
pletely tied up so far as telegraphic
communication is concerned. A' number
of strikebreakers , have been imported
by both the Western' Union and Postal
companies, but the -small-force at work
la inadequate and messages have .accu
mulated by the thousand. Bdth com
panies have been mailing many, of these
messages to their destination. ' . ' ; -.
At, the Western Unlpn offices . It is
claimed that 200 operators are at work
anil tha Pnatal . ftlafnria !tn ham-100. men I
declare, is untrue, the forces being less
than one-third as large as claimed. ; The
men' who are at -work are students and
many of them are incompetent. - .
Tnere is no sign or weakening on tne
with registering as legally In Washln
ion as 11 tne memDera were actually
their home state.
The idea la a novel nn an win k
cioseiy looaea into nerore : any .action
Is taken.. 'Senator Fulton explained that
part' of the strikers. Meal ticket, are MttwZSftfiSl
being issued by the executive board and busiest time in Washine-toS t thi?
the men declare they will Stay out until fimi of thT vair ha I. in Jl t- Jlllfi
they,. win their point. A large fund has i1? Pi J-2?.b ln. ln
been accumulated to pay the expenses LtiZ,ml" "1 " iP r".1.00 V
of the strike and the union is prepared VAiTu t Ifl lL,lpIp'tTlng
to fight to the last ditch. .K! ?.r th nsulng session after the
Hoth. sides ara nnnflrtnnt ttT wlnnlna. I
they will Stay out until tima of thi vr hi i.
poinL A large fund has 1? fi. JL lAi'.
ted to pay the expenses ,r .Tik.S5 i. 1
nd the union is prepared i,'?1?""!?! I"?,,,1"
last ditch. , lJj? th ensuing
u 9 1 a . i i holidays. . -
The strikers declare that-there is nohfK !?t.t "ste "W Sen-
possibility of their losing and being IR?!'?,10. J m"lng. omes at an
fnA " -r.w I inoDoortune time for me as wnu aa fnr
panics aeoiare tnat they are equally as .v"" v ' ium yregon,
sure that the employe will have to Slt',? ;cn be found to obviate the
give In. The compendia take the stand n! 2titft mak,!n8L : l!a Aon5L n? ex"
that , tho operators have been dls- 28?Y? inTSL Vk.wtV.9rt8:5n' 1 fJ"
charred and a notice has been Issued u " u. met ith favor from, the
at the- Westersr Union office - to the olnor memoers. , .,
strikers asking, that they call for their I ,' Trip Za Costly Ona " , .
"l..- r I.TIf deputy clerk can be appointed
.ri. r. "", !" i attend to tne duties in Washington,
the strike there has been general. The t think the legal phase of the question
same reports are- received from all I can be satisfied. I am on mv
large cities of the country.
HEAVY LOSSES FOR
. STANDARD OIL- STOCK
' (Journal Special Service.) '
New Tork, Aug. 11 The humble tel
egraph operator is doing to the'Stand-
rd Oil company more than the .united
States courts can.. On the curb today In
this city the pries of UaUil OU atook
went sharply lower until it struck Ht
i Salem to take up the Question with the
attorney general ana secretary or state
and hope to find some way whereby wo
lean mv making the long trip to Ore-
ton and back, to Washington. Not only
oes the trip require much of our time.
but Is a great expense. ., I do much of
my work In the holiday recess and dis
like' very much to think . of losing tho
tlms required by th journey. "
i Senator Pulton refused to discuss his
1 position-in. regard to Statement No. 1.
saying that he did not think it would be
a share. This is the lowest point ever 1 courteous in him to say anvthlna that
might do construed as. an error t on mj
reached by the security of the Rocke
feller concern and Indicates that at last
holders of that stock are weakening. A
year and a half sero the Standard Stocks
old high, aa .4760 a altar, -
part to dictate to -the state legislators
how tnev - snouia act on tne Question.
add in that it should- b a matter -of
oossoieno with thanw - - .
cram robs
HIS Will BOY
Master . of Bark Servia Bor-
' , vows Savings of Crew, i
y and Disappears. -
i.t ' (Joorsal, Spadil Serrlee.)
San Francisco,., Aug. . UThe . bark
Servia, first of the Alaska. Packers' , as
sociation's fleet ' to reach San Francisco,
has arrived from Karluk after' an ab
sence of three months. r-The Servia
brings news of a report- current at- Kar
luk that two boatloads of Japanese- had
landed on Kodiak Island by Shellkof
straights, visited one of the settlements
there and 111 treated the Indians. ' . :
On the voyage up to Karluk Captain
Behrnsen Is -said to have deserted the
Servia, owing a considerable amount cf
money both to the crew and conAdins-
persons on shore. -The Servla's officers
say that while loading up their cargo at
slllnitham. Washington. - the camain
left his ship and has not been since
seen. It is said that the captain re
ceived 200 from th company's repre
sentative at Belllngham. fSOO from the
agent of Rothsohilds, . borrowed sal the
spare money saved by the crew. Includ
ing ISO from the cabin boy,; and dlsap-
eareo. Tne nrst mat says the captain
slaved the shin for two weeks at N.
naimo In order that he might enjoy, him-,
self ashore. - ; . . '
TROLLEY PERU
IS HOT GRANTED
Heavy. Blow Struck at ITnit-
: ed Eailroads fry Kew San : ?
. , Francisco Board. ,
(Josraal Bpaeltl Belike.) -San
Francisco, Aug. 18. A heavy
blow -was 'Struck -at the United Rail
road by the new oard of supervisors
last night when they denled&th over-
. at a.' . 1 1 i. .... a 'i : 7 .
neaa . trwiey permit,, ana iook tne nrst
step looking to. abolition, 18 months
hence,' of all overhead electrlo wires In
the district eastward! from Devisadero
street. This i in direct repudiation of
th permit -granted by the boodle board
at a cost to the company, it is claimed,
of - $460,000.: Only bitter opponents of
the-United Railroads have favored this
extreme action. The resolution - pro
vides that all telephone, telegraph.' trol
ley and power wires In that portion of
the city between Devlsadero street and
the ferry be placed under ground. ' ,
r Win Welcome Magnate.' ' .'" '
(Special Dispatch to The Journal 1
slve preparations are being made for the
entertainment, of E. H. Harriman when
he comes to this part 'of th country
soon on a pleasure trip.
OFFERS TO SEAL
. BLOOD IMPACT
Unusual Offer to Sign PledgQ
;Made by Wifebeater Is
' Spurned by Spouse.-
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Like Faustus, the hero of Immortal
Goethe's absorbing tale, who sealed hlsj
compact with Mephlstopheles in hi
life's blood. A.-E. Thomas, the eondue-
tor. of the Portland Ralway, Light and
Power company, arrested last week foil
brutally assaulting his wife, announced
his. willingness In police court this)
morning : to follow ' the lead of Mar-,
guerlte's 4over . In the manner of sub-
scribing to a total abstinence pledge.
" Thomas when called before the court
for arraignment on a charge of wife)
beating dramatically turned to his wlf
and said;. "If you'll only take me back.
I'll sign a stipulation In my own blood
not to touch a drop ot liquor."
. - Silence Was Oppressive.
The unusual Character, of the nrnnnnt
tion caused an ooDreaslv silence in th
courtroom, which was only broken when,
mo nggnevea wiit aeciarea in a voic :
filled with emotion. "I don't want to
live with you again another moment,
and would not have anything to do with
you even If you shed a quart of blood.1
(Continued on' Pag Two.)
ST R I K I N G BOILERMAKERS
AWAITING NEWS BY MAIL
Portland member of the ' Boilermak
ers' v union who. are - out on strike, in
sympathy with strikers at Los Angeles
ar unset to gat any ceiBg-rapniu com
munication with the Los Angeles men,
on account Of the Telegraphers' strike.
and are awaiting' news by mall con
cerning developments In th. strike sit
uation In .California.. It has- been, re
ported thatW. H. Carter, foreman, of
th JjOs Angeies shops, whose removal
was demanded bv the men.- has volun-
.A. 4J ,,Pftllv. .11. .11.. M -.
of . the trouole is In progress.'., . ,,
. ''. Carter leaves rrio.
A dlanatch ta The Jnnrna.1 this morn
ing from Lo Angeles stated "that Car
ter had taken tne initiative and left
th service of the Southern Paclho com
pany to. accept employment In machine
shops at Los Angeles. Ills treatment
of the men under him wss the cause-of
the trouble, which a week -ago nre:?tpl-
tated a ancral strike of "boilormakersl
vrit .uo vuuuivih f nuuiv. DJ PI QUI, .117111
jtOO man la CaUforolu, Oregon, Nevada!
dispatch From. Los Angeles Today to The Journal Statc3
That Foreman Carter Has riesigned and Settle-.
T ', ment of Trouble Is in Progress. :
and Idaho walked out.' The men did not
ask that Carter be dismissed from the
service, out wanted mm aeDoseii from
the forernanshlo. They charged that n
used abusive language, and that he dis
criminated in favor of mmhnra n
rviov sua wuran' ne was con
nected. . - ....
y ihe Houtnern Paclfla phthmit
ered arbitration, but the- men mimed 1L
fearing' that arbitrators' would lustlf v
Carter. They, stated that they woul.l
prefer to deal direct with M. J.: Small
creneral suDerintendent .of
of the Southern .Pacific s vst em. whom
they regarded-as" fair arbitrator. K-
aiuitiw me new situation crtted ty
larter'a; resignation 'nothina... ta nnn.
tivelr -known hera, aaA th 44 K r-,
makers" on strike from Portland T
Oregon shops are still out. ft. J. fc'tn... .
made the following etatomcut;
. - What Small Says.
, "Foreman Carter has rem '!. ! r r
own accord. Ref-ently h . n
several advantniroous oftri t . . .
chlse shops in U At.- I
be is to receive more v i
getting, in t"e (southern l ..
AH I know 1 that h h' f
regard him as a 'Kd ri!.n..
, F f-ir s known nij IT ? ;
ma.ie by-4ii b "tiirn 1
various points alx t-t v i - '
of the an-.kwi. ! tt.lt i '
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