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Cf EVENING EDITION DAILY EVEN I NG ED1TI0H kAkkk Eastern Oregon Weather I DAILY I 1 be delivered at your reldence t place of biidlncfs by carrier fct J i Tonight and Sunday, fair 15c A WEEK. lli. 1G. PElSTDLETOlSr, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAHOIT 21, 1003. NO. 4097. me m s "rence Between Trainmen Manager of 0. R, & N, s Short. ESSIONS MADE BY BOTH SIDES. ent Reached on Basis of 15 Bent Increase for Freight and er Cent for Passenger Train- Lake, March 21. After a short ice between the grievance lee of the trainmen of tho 3hort Line and General Super- it Calvin, several concessions side on both sides. A settle !R reached on the basis of 15 Increase for freight trainmen per cent increase for passen- amen, effectivo March 1. )RS SLIDING SCALE. ommlsslon Said to Have ipted Baer's Suggestion, prk, March 21. Although tho pf the anthracite coal dtrike pn were not made public by Roosevelt, in whose hands & has been placed in Wash Alnkllng, seemingly based on est of authority, has readi ly as to the nature of the 3 which would be made to i In the important matter says the Herald. This was should be established for pthree years what is known as scale, and that tho prices o miners would be based on nado by the operators for a 1. With this minimum the pges for the miners is to bo twhtch is now paid to them, kro the best of reasons, adds d, for believing that such a ,'ls incorporated in the roc- ions of the commission, for to find favor with all the i of that body when it was ito them first by Georgo F. in he apeared before the bn. PRISON PHYSICIAN. rminent Aspirants Looking for the Place. )re March 21. Superin- ames, of the Oregon state iio is to manage the insti ln the city and the aspirants 'Physician are again on the jat. locrats are pretty evenly dl ?een Dr. Byrd, Dr Mott and ' Dr. Shaw Is the head of r of tho Willamotto Medical id it is, stated that his ap 'will bo a valuable acqulsl iat school, as a regular be established at the prison idents, who will bo present ns, and will also have op i to observe the treatment Ing cases of diseases. The school already has a rop . on the state board of Dr. E. A, Pierce, secretary Pity. INCREASE IN BUSINESS. Life Insurance Issued in Oregon Dur ing the Year of 1902. Salem. March 21. Tho following figures from tho sworn reports of the various companies to Secretary of State Dunbar show the amount of life insurance Issued in Oregon by the dif ferent companies during 1902; Aetna Life $ 100,250 Connecticut Mutual 27,000 Equitablo 918,517 Manhattan 309,557 Mutual Benefit 155,339 Massachusetts Mutual . . . 534.500 Mutual, New York G25S18 New York Life 808,4u0 Northwestern 897,000 Ponn Mutual 1,405,283 Pacific Mutual 364,600 Provident Savings 467,300 Travelers 9,000 Union Mutual 107,471 Union Central 37,067 Washington ..... 707,719 Nearly all the companies show an Increase of business over tho previous year. The two per cent tax on the net premiums realized $17,737. This in eludes old as well as new policies, so that tho largest payments on the two per cent tax were not necessarily in the proportions of tho above figures. for they represented new business written last year. Findings of Strike Commission, Taken as a Whole, in Favor of the GRAIN MARKETS. Quotations Furnished by Coe Commis sion Company, 120 Court Street B. E. Kennedy, Local Manager. Chicago, March 21. Wheat Opened May 74 U. July 71 Corn Closed. 725f. 69 Mai 44 mine worKers. CONFLICT AT SHIPYARD. Non-union Men Fight When They Find They Are Displaced. Now York, March 21. There was a collision between union and non-union men at Townsend & Downey's ship yard today, two union men being cut and a non-union man roughly han- died. The union men who went out in sympathy with the striking boiler- makers returned to work today and it was then that the trouble occurred The non-union men, mostl Italians when told they were replaced by tho union men, became enraged and the two eloments clashed. Police were called and the Italians driven away The only men not working now arc tho boilermakers and iron-llatters. One hundred and fifty boilermakers and fitters who were on strike at "the Burlee dry dock and shipbuilding plant at Port Richmond returned to work today. 'T DIVULGE PROCEEDINGS PRESIDENT BULLEY IS LOYAL TO UNION Case of George Estes for Delaying Mails Was Remanded Till Monday, Victoria, B. C, March 21. The case of George Estes for delaying His Maj esty's mails was remanded till Mou- day. Bulley, the local president re times to tell tho court, the union meeting proceedings. He has .boon given till Monday to consider the mat- tor. SHOOTING AT ELGIN. DF SURVEY AT ECHO. i, of the Hydrographical Looking Over Ground. fcrch 21. D. W. Ross, chief Hrographtcal survey being Iby the federal government, by John T. Whistler, tho expert, arrived yesterday but to look over tho situ- MVhlstler will take charge hero after receiving the G. Camp, who has been ainary work during tho Bens. tier will put two crews in th the yiew to surveying Etioning the most feasible IBOAT8 COLLIDE. earner in the Delaware le Together Five Drown-lank- la, March 21. In a col- n tho tug Pilot and tho lured in tho Delaware sok last night. Ave mem- ng's crew were drownod. immediately. Solony for Canada. rch 21. A party of Bts, consisting of nearly , sailed from Liverpool lonn, N. B. Rev. J, M. authority of tho rwmin. pt to take out theso em- roreigners will not bo SOttlO On Ihn inrrhnrv thom at Saskatoon, ifollegiate Whist March 21. At tho rooms srbockor Whist Club tho eglato whist champion- cont03tod today. Tho Ndsomo silver tronhv of. National Whist Aasocla- lpoting teams represent. in, Cornoll. UnlvnrnHv kla and sevornl of tho liveraltlos, Farmer Shoots a Blacksmith Over Trivial Matter. Elgin, Ore., March 21. Arch Hal- garth, a blacksmith of this city was shot four times by Woods Gray, a farmer living five miles east of here, Friday morning. Trouble arose between the men over a quarrol between their children and resulted in a fight. Gray shot Halgarth in tho abdomon inflicting a fatal wound. Willie Hal garth was lying prostrate on the ground aftor being shot, Gray's son. who was the cause of thr trouble stabbed him in the back with a pock et knife. Halgarth then secured the gun and pointed it at Gray's head. Gray beg ged for morcy and Halgarth was per suaded not to shoot, although one car trlde yet remained in the pistol; Gray is under arrest and is now in jail at this place awaiting trial. He has a wife and five children. Hal garth is not expected to live. He has a family of four children. After Coal in the South. Memphis, Tenn., March 21. The 11 llnois Central railroad has about com pleted the survey of a lino between Bemls, on the main line of the sys tem, from Fulton to Jackson, Miss., by way of Jackson. Tenn.. to Tuscum bla, Ala., with a view to tapping the rich coal and iron fields of Alabama. The survey runs through tho Shiloh National Park and thon parallels tho Tennessee River to Tuscumbia. Tho line, when built, will open up a section rich in tlmbor and agricultural re sources, and will at tho same time givo tho Illinois Central a direct lino for tho handling of its share of tho coal and mineral traffic now originat ing In the Alabama and Tennossoe fields. Michigan Co-Eds In Athletics. Ann Arbor. Mich,. March 21. Tho first annual interclass athletic con test by co-eds of the University of Michigan takes place this evening and tho announcement that no man's eye will bo permitted to vlow tho strug gles has attracted no little attention. Tho events scheduled Inoludo a 30- yard dash, hurdles, high jumping, broad jumping, npparatus work, club swinging, hall throwing, fancy atops, potato race, threo-loggou raco and re lay races. It Is contemplated to havo an annual ovent of tho kind, and Michigan co-ed athlotea hopo to bo- como famous in tlmo as thoso of Wellesloy and other women'a colle ges, Provides for an Increase of Ten Per Cent in Wages, and Also for a Board of Conciliation, Washington, March 21. The report oi the anthracito commission was made public this morning. It provides, in general, for an in ciease of 10 per cent in the rate of wages paid to contract miners. A re duction in the hours per day for other mlneworkers. Water hoisting engin eers will work hereafter in eight hour shifts at a 10 per cent Increase, where they havo been working here tofore in sucli shifts. Other engin eers and pumpmen are jiven 5 per cent increase. Firemen arc given eight-hour shifts only, without any increase. Other mine -workers arc to be paid the same wages on a basis of a nine hour day that they have been receiv ing for 10 hours' service. Board of Conciliation. A board of conciliation is provided to settle any disputes arising out of any interpretation or application of the commission awards. It consists of three selected by the operators, three by the miners' organization and an umpire to be chosen in case of dis agreement by one of tho circuit judges of the third judicial district. No strikes or lock-outs are to take place while such adjudication is pend ing. Tho commission declines to rec ognize the United Mineworkers of America as such, by compelling the operators to enter Into an agreement with the organization, but notifies this in the manner above slated, and by 'providing that the organisation shall havo a hand in the machinery whereby the findings of the commis sion shall be put into effect. Third Demand Refused. The third demand of tho miners, that coal be paid for by weight wher ever practicable, was revised, tho commission refusing to make an ob ligatory decision. They dec-lino to fix a standard ton where the coal is paid for by weight and from imposing on the owners of collieries whore coal is now mined by car any obligation to pay by weight and make the changes necessary therefore. A check welghtman shall no em ployed when requested by tho majori ty of the contract minors and their wages are to be paid b.v tho miners. A sliding scale of wages" is provided, whereby the miners may increase their earnings according to the in crease of tho market price of coal above the rates awarded, (hat being in all cases the minimum. There shall be no discrimination against any workman because of membership nor non-membership In the labor organizations nor shall there bo interference by union men with non-unionists. The awards shall con tinue In force until March 31, 1906. Findings Unanimous. Particular stress is laid on the fact that the findings were unanimous. The entire report requires 87 printed pages and contains 50,000 words. One chapter in review deals with the losses occasioned by the strike which aggregate approximately $100,- 900.000. The amount of increase under the vard due for work done betweec Nov ember 1st, 1902, and April 1st, 1903, Is dealt with in a separate clause, which provides that it shall bo paid on or before Juno 1st, 1903. One interesting chapter in tho sum mary is that relative to the conditions of life. The commission finds that the contention is not fully justified that the wages paid are insufficient to maintain an American standard of liv ing. During the last 20 years there has been a steady improvement in th miners' homes. The soclnl conditions are good. Mining is Dangerous. The wages of the anthracite miners are not lower than thoso paid the bl tuminous miners and the average daily rate earnings compare favorJ ably with other industries requiring equal skill and training. Tho annual earnings of the contract miner are be tween $550 and $600 a year. Mining should, however, be classed as a dan gcrous industry ranking with the most hazrdous. Regarding lawlessness, it says tho governor was justified in calling out the troops ,but the mine workers of tho region arc, as a whole, well disposed and good citizens. It characterizes the boycott as im moral, anti-social, cruel and coward ly, where applied to defenseless wo men and children. It says tho black list Id equally bad and should bo frowned down by honorable, men. It condemns the practice of employing deputies upon the request and at the expenso of the employers. It Irritates the men and secures the services of many unprincipled men. and Is against the doctrine that tho county and state officers are abundantly able to preserve tho peace and protect pioperty. The employment of coal r.nd Iron prlloe is fonsldered unwise Compulsory Investigation, The commission cannot see any way to recommend compulsory arbl (ration, but does believe, however, that the state and federal government should provide machinery for what may be called compulsory investlga lion of any controversy when it arises. Inferentially, it condemns the operators for not agreeing to arbltra tion when they first decided, they could not see their way to make any concessions. Pleased With Decision. Indianapolis, Ind., March 21. The official journal of the nilneworkors today says that on tho whole, the de cision is pleasing. It says that a prac tical recognition of the union is made. Will be Paid by May First. Wllkesbarre, March 21. The Jn crease granted by tho strike commls sion to the miners In back wages amounts to nearly $1,000,000. Tho coal companies hope to pay the amount before May 1st. Well Pleased. Scranton, Pa.. March 21. The min ers here are well pleased with tho de cision. Cheers for Mitchell. Shamokln, Pa., March 21. Tho min ers are enthusiastic and cheer for the commission and Mitchell, They are planning for a big celebration. Appear Displeased. New York, March ,21. The presl dents of the coal carrying roads do cllne to discuss the findings of the commission. They appear displeased Nothing to Say. Dotroit, Mich., March 21. Presl dent John Mitchell today declined to discuss tho findings of tho board until ho had gone over It thoroughly. His manner indicated that ho was highly pleased. DECIDE TO DEPOSE MISS CLARA BARTON Board of Trustees of American Red Cross Appoints Rear-Ad miral Van .Reypen President of the Society. Washington, March 21. Tho board of trustees of tho American Rod Cro.n Socloty yesterday decided to deposo Miss Clara Barton from tho active as sociation and appoint Rear Admiral Van Roypon surgoon-gonoral of tho navy as hor successor. Miss Barton Will ho given tho offico of honorary president for life. It is announced that this action Is taken to roatoro harmony In the ranks of the associa tion. Denies Report. Morldeu, Conn., March 21.Fran els Atwater, a member of tho oxecu' tlvo committee of tho :Red Cross So ciety, denied emphatically this f after noon the Washington report' f MIm Barton's removal, July 44 Minneapolis. March 21. Wheat Opened. May 7314 July 73 New York, Mnrch 21. Wheat Opened. May 78 July 43 4316 Closed. 72-tt 72-tt' Closed. 79 76 Wheat In Chicago. Chlnago, March 21. Wheat 72'4 per bushel. 73 OARSMEN'S NATIONAL REGATTA Spirited Bidding Between Rival Cities for the Meet. New York, March 21. Tho execu tive committee of the National Asso ciation of Amateur Oarsmen In ses sion at the Fifth Avenue Hotel today I the question of a Umatilla county rop FAVOR GOOD EXHIBIT Members of Committee Dis cuss the Subject of Exhibit at Poitland. APPROPRIATION BY COUNTY COURT IS SUGGESTED. Think the Scheme Will Pay If Prop erly Manged Small Towns and County Generally Would be Bene fited Should be Sure That Home seekers Can Find Land to Buy, Tho members of tho committee ap pointed by President Dickson from tho Commercial Association to handle lias a difficult task in selecting n placo for holding tho national regatta this year. The spirited bidding nud (he liberal offers of both Worcester, Mass., where the regatta was held last year, and Philadelphia, which has two regattas scheduled for July and wants to add a third, makes It a diffi cult matter to choose between them. A delegation representing tho Southwestern Amateur Rowing Asso ciation Is on hand with an Invitation to hold next year's regatta at St Louis during tho AVorld's Fnir. Sen tlment among tho membors of tho committee appenrs to be In favor of accepting the invitation. In which event the 'Mound City will witness the greatest amateur rowing event over held In thnt section of the country. DYNAMITE BANK. Robbers Get $5000 This Morning Kentucky Bunk. Bardwell, Ky March 21, Robbers dynamited the deposit bank vnult this morning and got $5000. Tho charge was so strong that it destroyed $2500 in currency. BUSINESS MEN AGAINST STRIKE RESOLVED TO 8TAND IN WITH COPPER COMPANY, Reported That Smelter is Working Rapidly nd New Men Are Said to be Arriving Every Day. Redding, Cal., March 21. Redding business men last night resolved to stand solid gainst tho strikers In their fight against the Mountain Copper company. Tho smelter is working steadily. Now men are arriving every day. A second furnace was blown In Mondny. THE MERGER CASE Will St. Probably be Submitted to the Court This Evening. Louis, Mo., March 21. Tho In junction cases against tho Northern Securities merger will probably bo submitted to tho court this evening, Special counsel for the government, Watson, resumed his argument this morning. Ho Is tho last attorney to address tho court. KEENE 80LD OUT. Reported on Stock Exchange That Harrlman Has Purchased All of Keene's Holdings. New York, March 21. It was re ported on the stock exchange today at noon that Harrlman and Keone had settled their differences, tho former taking over Koeno'B Southern Pacific holdings at 70 cents. WILL PAY TAXES. of Not Announced as a Wonderful Bit News That Carnegie Will Evade His Taxes This Year. New York, March 21. Tho tax commissioners havo been Informed that Carnegie will make no attempt to evade his taxeB llko tho other non resident millionaires, but will pay tho full amount. Ho is assessed at a $7, 000,000 valuation. LOCOMOTIVE EXPLODED. Roundhouse Demolished One Killed and One Seriously Injured. Taunton, Mass., March 21. A con solidated locomotive exploded in tho roundhouse here this aftornoon. Ono was killed, one seriously and four less seriously hurt, Tho building was wrecked. It Is feared that others are underneath tho debris. 8EVEN DEAD. Total Loss to the Steamer Plymouth Is About $40,000. Now London, March 21, No more bodies havo been found. It Is believed that one other waiter was drowned, however, ns ho Is missing, this mak lng a total of seven dead. Tho PJy mouth Is damaged to the amount of $40,000. The uraduatlnir exerals of the medical depHrtuMat. of Wi Harnett University will b fcetf April i, resentatlon In the Union depot oxhiblt nt Portland tlnm expressed them selves to a reporter: Appropriation by County Court. T. C. Taylor: "The county should bo represented thore in soma way, and 1 think there can bo no more equitable way of securing a thorough ly crodltablo and effective display than through an appropriation by tht county court. It Is not at nil necos sary to appropriate tho limit of $1. 000 to sccuio nil tho results aimed at. Tho scheme will pay If proporly man aged, and it can bo proporly and of fectlvcly managed without any groat outlay of cash. Tho outsldo towns and the county's special interests, such ns sheep, lumbar and vhont should bo fully roprcsonteil. Tho spirit of tho times demands thnt wo get Into tho combination and lot the outside world know that wo are on earth." Should Employ Collector. Leon Cohen; "I agree with Mr. Tay lor that an appropriation by tho coun ty court Is tho most equitablo wny of defraying tho cash oxponso of tho en terprise. At tho same tlmo thoro 1b no need of tho mnxlmum appropria tion of $1000 which tho law allows. Tho county appropriation Is tho moat equitable, hecauso most of tho Immi grants who will bo attracted to th" county by this agency will Jnvost their money In tho country. Tho smaller (owns and the country will bo at least as much benefited ns Pondlo ton possibly can ho. What Is moro, an appropriation by tho county court will glvo tho smnllor towns and tho country peoplo (ho right to advlso as to the expenditure or tho funds and tho character of tho exhibit. In thlH way every part of tho county and every Industry will surely bo Impar tially nnd fully reprosentod. I bo Hnvo In omploylng a thoroughly enp ahlo and public spirited man to col lect an exhibit of tho county's pro ducts." Must be Land for Sale, Col, K. I). Boyd: "Before 1 am quoted as favoring an appropriation by (ho county court thoro must bo further and inoro complete and ma turo discission or all phnsos of tho question. I hollovo In an oxhiblt be ing mado, but also hollovo that It will not bo easy to mako such an ox hlblt practical In Its results. At tho same tlmo, or courHo, thero Is energy and Judgment enough horc as much as In any locality to mako It pay. By 'pay' I moan results In ImmlKra- tion and Investments by outsiders. It should not bo forgotten that thero must somehow bo struck a balanco of factors; that aftor Immigrants aro at tracted hero thoro must bo lands and city property offered them for pur chase. It certainly will not do Pen dlelon nor Umadlla county any par ticular good to get Immigrants bore unless thoro Is something to sell them. Tho amount of realty In tho hands of tho agents hero Is Hiirnr s nu y small. considering tho slzo of tho county and us enormous diversified I tile rout a This Is becauso nearly all our ranch- ers aro so well fixed that (hoy arc seeking Investments Instead of try ing to sell. Theso are fuctors that it is only business to tako into consider ation, It Is posslblo on account of this condition of affairs to make a magnlncont display that might at tract many peoplo hero In good faith and yet the whole effort bo bootless of results. Tho best Interests of tho schools and tho better support and building up of tho towns really do- mand moro diversified farming, which can only como from smaller holdings nnd a moro donso population." For Handball Championship. Now York, March 21j Devotees of tho gamo of handball will turn their eyes tonight toward Jersey City, whero a series of matchos will begin that will determine tho national cham pionship. Tho contestants aro MIko Kgan, tho world's champion, and Louis Kcegan, of Chicago, who claims tho Western championship, Tho con test Is for $200 a sldo besides the hainplonshin title, and tho articles of agreement call for seven ganieH on tho Jorsoy City courts and eight games to bo played In Chicago, River Falling Memphis, Tii-. Mhmjf river in bmlHaisg id JMU.' Her ita to new ,MmeH lM'JW Vfekstwrg, Nm W IMt -M hour, ;..lf