aid nnmnnL ims rc lmiges) l UlUt I i ill i.l I 7 REYOUCGHISAWAY? Ifavc r J I i j""". V aL IB a M "ft i y IX w- -' TC N Journal Circulation Thg Journal follow you to give you the news Iroa hcr.c. The Weather Fair tonight and tomorrow; northerly, winds. Yesterday O1 .9 VOL. VI. NO. 137. . . PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 13, 1007. SIXTEEN , PAGES. PRICE TWO - CENTS... On TRiUfS ilfO lfTWi ' iami, nvjt Ctl I 1 AOA' mmkM 1 1 ( LOCAL OPE ijdr", i i ii , '. . . , '" " ; if.1. ' ,'' 1 1 ,i ,-!-,-,'.,. . V.'-.,'. mm a T 3 : ; pTBANGE WABNINQS SENT BY THE BLACK, HAND ' R Dm, 15 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- BIIIGTOII r- -: v' :; - Mir -.ink MM . aO , ' v I - 'A J :M'-lM ' r" ' " i -i,r, y . , v ' ir-" . - . , j . . " ' 'a . l ' '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.- - 1 Mi , , , , . , ' 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 ' t ... tnvt.irt ';' 1 ?"'' '" 'I 1 i j. i i ... a I J V . . r ' - , i