you cc::;g away? Have
Jovrmi fellow you to
tve yoa til the news from he
" Thrf Waathar Fair tonls-hr. and
f tomorrow; northwest winds. , .
VOL. VJ. NO. . 138
PORTLAND OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, UGUST 14, 1907. SIXTEEN ' PAGES
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Commercial Telegrams Refused by Rail
road .:" Operators-Local Telegraphers
1 1 Ul 1 IV" VI 1 llIUIO ' n.0010 1
Stand Firm-
Telegraph' Companies, Which May Pro
voke Walkout Along ilarriman System
A '1.
' Benwitlon followed, MnstUoa thl
morning In the telegraph strlka situa
tion. Reports svread that the strike
; was wavering and on it last legs were
uprooted by developments which hare
' taken place In Portland and similar ae
elonmente In . other sections ot the
' 1 country. .
The situation today ' Is ' highly more
. critical than at any previous time. The
first surprise was sprung this morning
, When word reached tne city irom me
.... tli.l XTattvnal RanratlH fiulnk'a Or
der to members of the KallwajrTeieg-
ranherB union not to nanaie western
Union business,-which was branded in
.'7 published reporwt tius morning-
forgery. Is authentlo and In full force
ami. will be carried out- to the letter..
AClinK UllUOr limn hiwu. vy -
, . ators brionffing te the fX R. T. through-
' out lilaho and Oregon and Washington
' 'are refusing to transmit the commercial
buslnees of the company oyer the rail"
road wires. - ..'. - ,
. -, v.kai tm. urutL . .
When the telegram bearing this-news
was read , at the meeting of the local
telegraphers' union this morning, while
they were -engagea ra-omwia m
resolutions and grievances to. be pre-
sented to the local managers of the two
: companies, there was the greatest en
, thualaxnt. The force of the great strike
" throughout the country was reaauy ap
, predated. ., '" ' ';, '7 .. -".'
On top of this news came the an
nouncement that the local typographical
union will resent vigorously any attempt
, of Associated Press officials to replace
Messrs. .Bran In and Morgan, the two ex
r pert operators discharged, by President
. fetone this morning for having walked
,out Monday night.; i- r . i - r
The local situation ha been' rendered
more- critical by the actlonof W. O.
Ashby, .Manager of the local telegraph
4 Birift of the O. R. & N- and Superln-
, : tendent - of Telegraph A. K. Beamer of
me V. MVfcll J k HUUUI
last night as strikebreakers In the of
'flees oi. the Western, Union. . - .r
mm ann la atrlka.
i The word aroused the greatest Indlg
. nation among members of the. local
union this morning and the actions of
the two officials will be taken up at
once with the head officials of the Order
oi Railway Telegraphers. Should the
local men efuse to leave their posts It
Is more than probable that a strike of
the railway operators - will be . preoipl-
tatea without loss or time.
No effort will be made to get the two
to desert the keys, but . notification. It
Is said, will be- sent to them a once
from eastern headquarters of the order
as soon as the latter has been advised.
ir tS.u ZZ&FS locii Trouble ; Spreads : Steadily
men wno are out ona striae in aisouss
lng the resolutions and schedule of
grievances which will be presented to
the local managers of both companies
this afternoon. . ' X '"
. There-ras. prevalent a spirit of falr-
ni wjia jusnoa 10 . xn .. employers.
Words in the open meeting to the ef-
id
;V ; 1 XOCAL ,mEGRAPHEVrRESIIMT
'
l ;i WALTER BRANIN. . ? teT.-?- - ,Xr .
HUH Ml HHILIUUH !l I '
TIED BY STRIKE
and. All Wires in Two
Countries Closed.
..(JoennJ apsciat StrrlctJ
wav "interfere with th n.nnM . vhicago, Aqg, .i-Bteaduy apreadjngi
operatOBj; are asking., for what
elieve in atmple justice should be
d "them.V and the schedule f ol-
the corooratleriar business 'or. : work
hardshlD uron the business mvttfnrri nt
ne eorapaniest were irequently ,er-
The o
they bel;
acoorded
lows very clostly .the N York de-
manaa wnore icjnaitions art a ivin
of the country. -The resolutions adopted
- "We demand mat all .obieAtlnnm An
the part of thai Western Union Tele
arsnn comnanv atroinst its' Mumniuin
afnilatlnjr themvelves with the Com
mercial Telegraphers' union of America
be - removed. ' ane' that- discrimination
Because ox . sucn aiiuiaiion t discon
tinued... , ..; 1 ; i
That uniform i' Jours for the several
tricks in all of flies, including' branch
offices, be adopted ae follows;
iiigni noura toiconatitute a day ton
dav tricks.
.Seven and one hflf to constitute a day
on nixrii iricKa,
for lunch.- '.
' Seven . hours to bonstitute
aput and late night tricks.
Beven hours to institute a day for
ive nour
until It has engulfed pfactleally the -en
tire country the telegraphefeTstrrtce to
day has tied Up communication of North
America, with the exception of the twp
news. senrwe United Press and Hearst,
and, a fe.w -brokers' wires' which , have
worxing, agreements witnr tne union.
Reports are. pouring Into union head'
quarters here 'from' all parts of the
United States and Canada, of new local
strikes, and a general strike order could
hardly have been more effective than
the - Independent, walkouts throughout
thercountry. President Small - 1r ex
pected tomorrow. On his arrival oper
ators employed In brokers' of floes will
meet mm to corner aDout going out.
. One of the most severe blows struck
In behalf of the striking', telegraphers
was when 'the cable oneratora at San
jrranciaco left their instruments
at
O'clock last -alrht. andinir .!! pommnnl.
cjuaing tv minutes I cation wun me fnuippine laianas. This
; r - " i - I brings he government Into the contro-
a,, aay on I versy, ana is oeiievea to oe strongly in
Flvs hours to (anatltuta a
SundayJ ' K'.i
Four noura to oomututa a da an an
legal holidays. -'' -' ff".-
a . iate
as mean-
The terma 'VJay.M "night" an
night"; tricks to be Wmstrued as
(Continue'' onl Page Two.
favor, of the emnloves:
Tha main cltiea in 'the countrv are
telearashically isolated. Small offices
day on I all over are being closed and country
managers neing oraerea into tne city to
take the wires there. The operators are
satisfied with the tleup they have ef
fected, and declare that thev'are not de
sirous of conferring with the companies
to try and bring about a peaceful end
ing of the walkout .J-..,.'; .-..s.
n
if '
'.f its fr
'it.
i.
;
... .. I
' i 1 1 '" :al4al '
GROtfP 0P'aI" D.;T. STRIKERS, AND . VIEW OP i WESTERN' UNION
OFPICEi SHOWINO PLACARD , OpFERINQ . 3 A DAY FOR MEN
, , MESSENGERS. ,
SITUATION WORSE THAN
AT ANYTIME PREVIOUS
San Francisco Might as Well Be Off Map as Far as Wire
;; Communication Is Concerned Since Telegraph
. Operators; Left Their Keys.
Dora Jennings Claims
'PllOm PIOI
mocence on Death Bed
DIES
EfllG
Ml
brother Serring; Life Term
in -Penitentiary , for
, t Slaying Parent ;.
": ' f'r ........ : ':"W&0:m
(Special Dispatch , te The tarsal.)
v" Grants Pass, Or Aug. X4j Dora Jen
nlngs, twice tried for and finally ao-
1 aulted of the murder of her rather,
Norman Jennings, at Granite Hill tnln-
: ina camn September 7, 1905, died - at
har home In this city yesterday, Be
fore her death Miss Jennings made
secret statement to the attending physi
cian; Dr. i vove,- which has ; been piacea
in the band of the district sJttorney.rV
Very, little can be learned of the con
tents of the document placed In the
hands of th physician, but it Is stated
that to the Jast . Dora declared that
neither she nor her brother Jasper, con
victed of murdering their father,, had
anything to ao wua uran ,
Will prosecute Jasper. ,
iThe district attorney t refused .to dis
cuss the case inia mwuiu ' "
to state that the charges against Jas
uer will be fought through the supreme
pOlirL W 1' lVji v w .
his conviction In the circuit court. :.
Krnrmn Jennlns-s. the murdered man.
was found dead in his bed September
7905. in his cabin at Granite HU1
mining cami j ,"r -r
ered in the same roim In which Dora
Jennings and her sister were sleeping
and suspicion: was directed against the
girl and her brother Jaspeh. ' ' .
Dora ' was acquitted on hr second
trial some 18 months ago. It was one
of th most, hotly contested cases ever
trle-Mm the Joshlne county court. It
tha belief of every one who was at
f acaualnted with the case that she
would be -found 'guilty. The fact that
she and her smaller sister occupied the
same room and with their bed but two
feet from the bed 'occupied by the
father in the little room, of - the log
cabin at Granite Hill mining camp In
which he was murdered, seemed a cer
imllrittnn thAt the airl mult at
jeast have been an accomplice la the
'". DORA" JENNINGS .
Young Woman Who Was
Twice Tried and Ac-
; quitted Dead.
crime.' But she told one story and could
not- be shaken from It She declared
she heard no - sound durlnr -th nlc-ht
and that she knew nothing of the crime
tin, next morning, wnen she awoke and
discovered ner ratner dead in bed.
Olrl Was Self -Possessed.
During her trial Dora' dlsnlaved . r.
maruoui calmness ana sen-possession.
The cutting- sarcasm and stinging invec
tive or. the prosecuting attorney b
only a pretty smile from her. She sat
through, the cross-examination unmoved.
and the Jury could do naught else thait
acquit her, . . . r.-v 'f.L-n.- .
Though given her freedom." the srlrl
is -not at: ease. - Sha was ' not ' aean
around Qrants Fass ror several months,
When sh returned she was no longer
toe ciumn. rosy-cneexeo iass wno hut
laughed and smiled through- a murder
trial , omy a utue while before. ., She
was a mere shadow or her former- self.
She ' was continually haunted by some
unseen ..terror. What .this was no one
knew, and no one knows yet; for the girl
would Bay no word aDout tna crime.
The prosecuting attorney- said the. girl
would take the Stand during the second
trial of Jastter. who was jointly Indicted
with her and confess the crime.. But as
Jasper's second trial has not vet oo-
curred Dora did not take . the - stand.
Those who know her best declare she
would not .have done so. even had the
trial occurred when- her health was still
spared, her. y j, -; -i-i x ;-.,
OBEGON EAIEROAD v -
- ACCIDENTS IN JULY
rSiwelal Dtoptteb to TU loamaLI s '
Salem. Or.. Aug. 14. The railway
commission bus today issued a sum
mary of accidents for the month of
uly In Oregon.. It shows the following:
Passengers Injured. I: employes injured.
other persona kllleil. L: no casaan-
gers or employ killed. - . -
.., ( Jooraal Soeeial SerTice. -
San Francisco, Aug. 14.Today the
telegraph situation la-wore than at any
time since the strike was Inaugurated,
San Francisco might as well be off the
map, as far as communication is con
cerned, -wire paralysis extending ; in ail
directions. .; The . Postal Is in somewhat
better : shape . than the. Western Union,
but neither. company Is moving any ap
preciable amount -of "business. . i ' l i
- The Western Union has been almost
entirely . cut off from communication
with the south since Monday and condi
tions nil tha wlrea to -AUitArn- nnlnta a.ra
little "Better, , The Postal company suc
ceeded in recovering . its : Ioa Angeles
wires today,., but the congestion Is- so
great that aU business Is accepted sub
ject to indefinite delay. The Western
Union has . been accepting business to
ui pomis unoer tne same conditions,
- very Uttle business Is being' trans
acted on the stock exchange today and
the little trading done showed decllnea
. Striking operators are going away to
tne seashore ana the mountains and
starting for eastern cities to spend their
time during-the term of the strike. The
number -leaving the city today was
grater tnan any aay mis week.
- Reports received here today show that
the strike haa spread with great rapid
ity, and the entire west Is practically
at a standstill today. It Is believed that
.president ' small will call - a general
striae oriiaiauy some time tooay. uper-
THIS OPERATOR
GETS MARRIED
, t ' ' ' "" r '
Romance Connected , With
.Young Woman Who Ee
, fuses to Join Strikers.
That the strike of the local telegraph
operators as not without Its romances
was Shewn' today, when news' leaked, out
or the 'marriage July; ? of Miss Xaura
Knapp, a. pretty operator at the Western
Union office, to J. C. Campbell, a mall
carrier working-at station B. v 3 j-1.
Miss Knapp' halls from Knappa. Ore
gon, ana nas a host or rrtends amoni
the striking operators despite, the fact
that she has refused to join them In
their fight against the telegraph com
pany. . Although asked to swell the
ranks-or the strikers, tne male onera
tora who quit their keys have not been
disposed 'to show resentment at Mlsa
termination to stay with tha comnanv
m urn nour oi irouDia. .. ' . ,
When asked' whether she was really
and truly married to Mr. Cainnbell. Mr.
iampoeu piusnea ana aemureiy replied:
i os, dui now aia you una outT
James and I wanted to wait a while be
fore making tha iniuninmnml -niihllAj
Really, I do not think It ia anybody's
business but our own, anyway.
-uo your- sne asked, poutlngly. '
Then, it ' was further divulaad - that
James and; Mrs. Campbell have their
eyes on a pretty little cottage some
where away from the rest of the world
where they can live all hv thamaiva.
For that reason Mrs. Campbell deter
mined to stay with her work until Oc
tober when she will have helned her
"(Continued on Page Two.) ,
Telegraph Strike Is Cause of
Record-Breaking Drop ia
Prices on New York Ex
change Today Failure of
Pope Company, ... , ,
Panic . Follows Announce
ment of Insolvency of Con
cern and Latest News" of
Walkout of Operators
.Loss to Big Financiers, j
" (Josmal Special Berrlce.) '
New Tork, Aug. 14. A. slump la val
ues breaking all records) occurred today;
In tha stock market " ' - , -
To cause this enormous decline In the
securities of all corporations listed on
the local market various conditions en
tered. Chief among these, of course.
waa ttia almnat rnmnlt. tl tm rf (t,. :i
telegraph lines of the United SUtes aa
far aa comnfercial business was con
earned, . Added to thla was tha report
in financial circles that the Pope Man
ufacturing company - had ' gone to the
wau witn lubuums close to 125.000.-
Zfleoa of Strike. ,
The strike of the oneratora Vaa taknn
all the force out of financial sales,
buyer being very hard to And and then
are caught only by sharply declined
values. . Buyers one minute today went 1
sellers the very next moment, taking
their losses ana buying in again at a.
still lower figure. Point after point
was lost by the value of the leading ,
securities.-. - ;. -v -
Minions or dollars were lost within
tha course of a few moments, this great
sum coming out of the pockets of th
big financiers because few small folks
could afford to stay In the market and
ut up tne Dig margins askea ror by
rokera In order to Drotact thamaalvtut
against loss. -.. -,.. -
in some instances stock market brok
ers were asking margins aa high aa $20
snare ana none wouia acoeot business
today unless speculators put up secur
ity eaual to tlO a share for each sharn
dealt in. no, matter what the price of
tne secuniy was.- w j , . '
,;'.;rt"M .f iXouaM of BtoakJb ,
In the trading today losses of 14 .
more a share were quite common on the
New Tork market. Union , Paclfio lost
nearly 17 a ahare at one tlma todav.
closing nearly 15.69 under the last bhi
nricn of yesterday.
Amalgamated Copper lost $8.28 at th
close 01 toaajrs session ana probably
would have lost more had the session
been of greater - duration American
Smelter common closed with a loa very
close to $6 a share, as did Great North
ern preferred.
(Continued on Page Two.)!'
LITHE BEHIND TH EV M
,.v , ,? -..i,;.-.., !.-",' . 111 1 .. 1,1 .5j;fci;
- ' .' '.v -; - . - ,i . ,.;.! -u-. 1 - j' '-ri.- r- . --. j--. .yr.
Western Union and Postal Telegraph: Managers Eeport
, ;Ij6cal Conditions Better More Operators Being
v v. Added 'Daily,' Is Claim of Dumars. , " ;
According to ' statements Issued this
morning by. the local managers of both
the Western" Union and the Postal Tel
egraph , company the Portland bffices
are. hut little , behind In - the transmU
slon of r messages. Conditions . are re
ported to be Improving and more! oper
ators are being, added each dayo Wil
liam Dumars, manager of the Western
Union of floe, stated that 16 men are at
work and he expeoted t o ., Jncrease the
- ' iVi 0 la'Body j1f;f.
The Associated Press service' in the
northwest Is demoralized. '.Practically
everv onerator haa left the keys and
each has received notice from the direc
tors that hla services are no longer re
quired. The fight within the Associated
Press shows every indication of being a
bitter one and the directors assert they
will hot "reinstate- the operators- who
walked out Monday evening. S. B; Vin
cent, northwest correspondent, says T. 000
words of Associated Press matter were
delivered over Western Union wires last
night and there la still a slight service
by i his means. -- .
There is not the slightest likelihood
that th Order of Railroad Telegraphers 1
will take any part In the present dif.
Acuity, said Director A. O. Sinch of the
order today. Their attitude- Is not of
great' Importance aa the - commercial
business handled by railroad telegraph
ers is very smalt Only In small towns
where the entire business does not de
mand two operator - do the railroad
telegraphers -handle any commercial
messages.- Officers and directors of the
railroad organisation are conservative
and as their service Is of considerable
vaaue to ma raiiroaas tney are bound
to abide by the contracts made with the
railroads or . lose : their standing . alto-
: o anrnggl Xlttat One..-;'' '
t Indication are, however, that the
struggle will be a hard on. - Tha nn.
era tors are better organized -than ever
Deiore ana ins com nan inn am ririr.
mined to send their business, i -They are
using every possible means to obtain
Strikebreakers and in thla rltv r man
aging to transmit the greater part of
their message. Business is only being
received with the nrevlalnn. that hr
may be several hours dela in deliver-
lng. s : : '.r';i. t, ..
MP.. Uumars IS uncertain rairanllnv
tha time that will be consumed before
BEGIN ALTERATIONS I
POSTOFFICE TOMORROW
Contract Is Let for. Changes on First Floor People Will
1 .: Not Have to Stand in Street to Wait for . '
... Mail on: Sunday. . , , - . ' .;
' Postmaster John W. Minto received
word thla morning that the bid of Lang
ford &, Walker for alterations to the
first floor of the postofflce building had
been allowed and work ? of tearing out
partitions, :. Installing' new ' rooms - and
adding other features, that Will greatly
facilitate, handling the rapidly growing
business - of . the office will be com
menced tomorrow, or ; Friday.,
Not only will the change greatly help
employes Of the postofflce, but will
be a boon to the public. -
One feature that t will relleva . the
weary persons who stand In line at
the stamp wlndowa will be the buildina-
of a stamp room, in the . corridor on the
Tamhill street side of the butlding.
Three windows ' where : the publio can
buy postage stamps will be kept ODen
at all hours of the day . when, the new
room is added. . ' . . . . .
Another change for the benefit of the
publio will be new - mailing windows.
These will be placed on hinges so" they
can be swung back and. used as dis
tributing windows On Sundays. When
the changes are' completed the publio
will not have to stand In the street In
rainy, weather on Sunday to get their
malt The windows will be In the main
corridor of the building.
'partitions in the registry department
will be torn out and moved forward In,
the Tamhill aide corridor Increasing tha
pace In that department 14 by 18 feet.
Heavy Iron bars will be placed la the
wlndowa from the south entrance ot tha
structure around to the entrance on
Sixth street ,
. In Postmaster Mlnto's private offlea .
the partition dividing his room from
that hla stenographer-will be moved
ao aa to Increase the site of the latter
room which will be used aa the private
office of Assistant Postmaster i. 3.
Shipley. Mr. Shipley office will be
used by Superintendent of City Delivery
Z. A. Loigh. . . . . , -.-,.,..'.. ,
- On Sixth street a platform will !
built out to the sidewalk and the en
trance room at that doorway .will, be do
voted to mailing purpoaea '
: Many other - changes of importance
will be made by the contractors und. r
the sneclficatlona and tha work vtl.l
be rushed aa rapidly as possible. Mr,
ivuncu is anxious to nave tne i
finished before the busy season start -t.
There were four contractors who hi I
on the work but Langford V!k-r,
1th their bid of $4,931), were the lowest.
LABOR PARTY WANTS
Vv: SGHMITZ FOR ". J. .Y
.(ConUnued on Page Two.)
(Journal Special CerTlceJ
Ean Francisco. Aug. 14. Chalrn.-xn
Eagan of the Union Labor rartv. v.,o
was victorious yestsr v jn ji . r-., .
tnariPs,. issued a Kt u- . r to.'iv ; . , r
lng Lugene gchmin i ? t,..-j i :
fnr rnnvc-r