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GREAT STRIKE
IN QUAKER CITY
Three Thousand Extra Police
Called Out to Quell Rioting
In Streets,
STRIKERS BURN 207 GARS;
MANY ARE IN HOSPITAL
Platform Men of Rapid Transit Com
pany Walk Out on Refusal of Com
pany to Reinstate Discharged
Men Strikebreakers Imported and !
Scenes of Conflict Follow Many
Seriously Injured May Result In
Strike of all Union Laborers.
Philadelphia, Feb. 21. Every man '
Of the regular police force was called i
out for strike duty and an enrollment :
Of three thousand special policemen
today gave this city the appearance
of a beleagured garrison. Street fight- '
Ing was resumed at daybreak, follow- I
lng an attempt of the Philadelphia "ule loner
Ranirt Transit nnmnnn., no..4. "Nelson Is
- - j u mi; i
cars with non-union platform men
Scores of worklngmen in outlying I more force' He hit8 Bnorter and with
districts began attacking the cars as ! Detter Judgment. Then, again, you
they left the barns. The police and n,ust glvo hIm a &00d Percentage for
pedals broke up scores of incipient j hl" Breoter experience. He has been
riots. The conflicts are not serious ln the rln tar th'rteen years, while
and the display of force deterred the ' 11 wa8 on,y a ,lttle more than three
crowds from violence. i years that Wolgast was fighting for
The company made no attempt to5 PurBeB
opernte the cars during the night but i "
confined their efforts to preparing for 1
service today. Scores of strike
breakers have been brought to the
city and lodged In the various car- j
barns under the protection of several i
police. As a result of yesterday's
rioting twenty policemen and thirty ;
citizens are In hospitals. Hundreds '
of arrests followed. The rioters burn- I
ed 297 cars. j
The crowds are not as large as .
those of yesterday when the rioting j
resulted in the serious Injury to doz
ens of persons among the police and
mob. In the morning hours, a driz
zling rain was falling, but although
the walking was bad, worklngmen re
fused to ride on the cars. ,
The enlistment of three thousand '
specials was considered by National Peoria, 111., Feb. 21. President
Organizer Pratt of the platform men ' Lewis of the United Mine Workers, to
as an indication of weakness by the ' day gave out statements saying: A
company and a tacit admission that Joint conference will be held between
the company Is "licked." Notwlth- the miners and operators and every
standing this, leading members of the j miner In Ohio, Pennsylvania; Mlchi
labor council have been considering a 1 Ban. Indiana and possibly Illinois, will
call for a general strike of all union 8"Pt an advance In wages.. There will
men In Philadelphia as soon as t be no strike. y
may become apparent that the union ! According to the mine workers'
carmen would lose. The present p8l',en5' Prlnary conference
strike of carmen was called following i1" 06 Cincinnati next Wed-
the dismissal by the company of sev
Ami AmnlnvM nttltrnlu onffniroif In .
union organizing, and a refusal to re-I
instate the men on demand of union !
"... j
ornciaia.
Motormen Neorly Lynched.
J ri uutMiipi ill. nuiiKinK "ccurrca un i
Kensington Avenue where a car con
taining four policemen and a plat
form crew was blocked by sympa
thizers. As soon as the car became
Immovable the great crowd, armed
with clubs and stones, surged forward
and swarmed upon the platform. The
ponce were swept asma ana tne crew ( werp niod and one mnn wa8 fatally
dragged to the sldewajk. the crowd . inJurej when the California limited
kicking and striking them at every of tne ganta Fe railroad crashed in
step. Then some one shouted, "here's to automobile at Azusa, 20 miles
A rope," and a noose was Bllpped over j eIlst of nere ingt nBnt. The dead are:
the motorman's head. Mounted po-. Mrs. Anna Martin, widow, Pasa-
llce arrived Just as the man was be-
Ing swung up to a lamp post. The
officers succeeded In getting him Into
a cigar store on the corner. The mob
tried to break in and get him. but J
was beaten back by. the police. The i
throng finally was dispersed. Follow.
lng the riot, the company abandon-
ed Its attempt to run cars on this'
Un. '
Another Near Hanging.
A Moody affray between the po
lice and rioters occured this afternoon
when a mob attempted to lynch a
non-union motorman. The motorman
and conductor were rescued by the
ponce apparcniy in a dying condition. , es the railroad, a lumber yard ob
The noose was about jlhe carman's I scures the view of the track for a con
neck. The mob then turned on the ' slderable distance and Anderson saw
officers. Mounted police arrived and ' the train coming around the curve
rode full speed Into the rioters, In
juring forty so badly that they were
taken to the hospitals. Twenty ar
rests followed. Nearly every car that
started today was wrecked and the
guards are powerless.
HUNDRED IJVE8 LOST
IN BRITISH STORMS
London, Feb. 21. Reports to
day from along the south and
East British coasts Indicate that
a hundred lives have been lost
In the storms .of the .last .48
hours. A steamer was drifting
helpless last night off Cat
Craig, Scotland, and Is believed
to have gone down. Property
damage along the coast will be
heavy.
THINKS FIGHT WILL GO
TWENTY-FIVE ROUNDS
San Francisco, Feb. 21. That It
will require about twene,-flve rounds
for Nelson to knock out Wolgast in
tomorrow' fight at Point Richmond
Is the opinion of Nelson's manager,
John R. Robinson, formerly a prom-
mem newspaper sporting editor. He
is quoted as saying:
"Wolgast is not a knockout fighter,
despite his rugged build and strength
He is a mauler and his blows lack
the knockout snap. Nelson is a
greatly improved fighter since his last
meeting with Wolgast. He has dc
veloped himself considerably along
the speed route, and today Is a skilled
boxer,
"With this speed development he
has lost none of his stamina nor
punching powers. His punches seem
to get harder the longer a battle pro
gresses. In his fight with Eddie Lang
In Memphis he was punching ten times
as hard In the eighth round as he was
in the first. He was like lightning
on nlB 'eet and hB ring generalship
was perreci. tie is still the same
sugged Battler as before, his perfect
methods of living being responsible
for this.
"I expect Wolgast to maul him for
fifteen roundB. thcn get tired and dls-
couraKed through his Inability to
make a"y Impression on Nelson's cast
lron frame- Bat wl!I then bpeln his
real attnck- and inside of the next ten
roundB for the "8t to go at least
enty-tlve rounds, and possibly a
a cleaner hitter than
wolBBl ana nis diows carry mucn
OPERATORS AT PEACE
WILL
ADJUST DIFFERENCES
AT JOINT CONFERENCE
President Lewis Gives Out Statement
to That Effect Each Side Makes
Concessions to Avert Industrial
Struggle.
: nesday between representatives of
the leading operators and mine work-
ers fop, " PurP08e of l88ulnf ca"
fr' a,3 nt rence to settle the
wage scale. It is apparent from Lew-
Is' statement that both sides are will-
lDg to concede 80mc of the demands
order to avert a great Industrial
struggle.
AUTO STRUCK BY TRAIN.
Two Women Killed and Man Fatally
Injured at Azusa, Near Pasadena.
Los Angeles, Feb. 21. Two women
dena
Miss Flora McEwen, nurse, Pasade
na. '
Charles E. Erlckson, SO years old,
t Pasadena, not married, was fatally
injured.
in the automobile at the time ot
the accident, besides those killed and
injured were O. Louis Anderson, pres.
Ident of the Anderson Investment
company of Pasadena and Howard
Martin, the 3-year-old son of Mrs.
Martin. Anderson was driving the
car. He escaped with a few scratches.
The boy was not Injured.
At the place where the street cross-
too late to cloar the track.
V. P. S. P. DUTDENDS
INCREASED SINCE MERGER
New York, N. Y., Feb. 21. Figures
presented by Julius Kruttschnltt to-
day In the government hearing of the
j merger of the Harrlman lines show
I the dividends of the U. P. and S. P,
j have Increased since the merger in
I 1901 from three to nearly eight per
, cent.
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I Actor Suddenly Dies,
Kansaa City, Feb. 21. Clay Clem
jent, the actor, died at the university
' hospital here today. Hospital phy-
slclans said his demise Is the result
j of uraemia poisoning. Clement fln-
i lshcd an engagement Saturday night.
j Being ln poor health he decided to
remain here until Tuesday to rest.
Last night he was seized with con-
' vulslons and soon expired.
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NOT REIN
Chairman Democratic State
Committee of New York
States Position.
WILL FIGHT MI RPIIY
AND HIS COHORTS
On Rnliim From Can vanning Among
His Supporters, Conner Declares lie
Will Not Submit Tamely to Being
Ousted Says DoiiMKTats Mix in at
Wrong TimeClaim Honor of
Ktretig-tliciiing His Party in New
York.
New York. Feb. 21. "I've got Just
one thing to say," declared William
J. dinners, chairman of the democrat
ic state committee last night, "I'll not
resign and I shall be a democrat
whatever happens."
Mr. Conners had Just returned from
Palm Beach and had canvassed the
situation with his supporters. He had I
hurried north to entrench his position
before the special meeting of the state;
iMHiiimiit't? in rje neia in
Albany
Thursday, when his opponent hope to ) hy which they would form a coalition
oust him. Ho will remain until Wed- J to support the ministerial program
nvsday, when he will go to Albany. and make possible effective action.
In the interval he expects to see every The-laborites have already made
one of the state committeemen In-j known their displeasure and a lively
rilvidually. j time is expected during the coming
"Shall you see Charles F. Murphy?" session,
he was asked. Added to the usual brilliancy of. the
"I don't know whether he will call '. occasion was a feeling of suppressed
on me or not." answered Mr. Conners. j excitement due to the momentuous
"How many votes have you got problems, the most delicate handling
against you In the state committee?" Df which will be required to prevent
"They've got less than they think a speedy dissolution of parliament
they have hnw many will he shown and the calling of another general
Thursday." ' j election.
"Mix at Wrong Time." ! Hundreds of thousands of sight-
"We democrats." he went on, "al- j seers thronged the streets around
ways mix it at the wrong time. The ! Wosi Minister when King Edward
organization is In better shape than drove out In state. Lifeguards in pic
I have seen it in 20 years, acd I j turesque uniforms guarded the line
claim I am the man who had some of with drawn bayonets. Arriving at the
the Ironor of doing it. I spent my j house of parliament the king was sa-
mnney and my time, and I never med-
lied In Brooklyn or New "York. I am
in favor of calling a meeting of the
state committee Tit this meeting, but
I am not in favor of n party row. Ir
they want to put me out. why don't
they wait until the reeular meeting
of the committee?"
Conners was asked if he would re
tire If his failure to do so meant the
disruption of the party.
"I am not disrupting the party," an
swered Mr. Connors. "its Murphy
that's doinfr that. I've made good nil
along the line."
SVPHF.ME COURT DECIDES
FOR THE CORPORATION
Washington, Feb. 21. The United
States supreme cnurt today held that
the Arkansas state corporation tax
law is unconstitutional. The decision
was rendered In a suit of the Western
Union Telegraph against the state.
.Magnate Falls to Get Divorce.
Boise, Feb. 21. Valentine Winters,
a traction magnato of Dayton, C .
was denied a divorce by Judge Wood
today on the grounj tnat legal rei'
dence in Idaho was not established.
This Is the first Instance of a failure
of a member of the divorce colony
to secure a decree. An appeal to the
supreme court will ba made.
ALL 0. H. ft N. T
Snow and wind proved to be a com
bination difficult for the O. R. & N.
main and branch line trains to cope
with, this morning. For several
hours, two trains were stalled on the
mountain, ,Just this side of Meacham
while the Pendleton-Walla Walla lo
cal was stuck In a snow bank be
tween Weston and Milton for more
than, three hours.
The snow in the vicinity of Meach-
nm Is said to be six feet deep on the
level and because of the wind which
has been blowing continuously during
the past few days, drifts pile on the
tracks faster than they can be re
moved by the snow plows, though two
large rotarles are kept In constant
service on the mountain. When No.
6, the Ea8tbound Chicago train ar
rived at a point, about a mile this side
of Meacham at an early hour this
morning, It was unable to go any fur
ther. About two hours later it was
Joined by No. 10 the fast mall. Here
the two trains were compelled to wait
until after noon before the snow plows
succeeded ln getting the track cleared.
For the first time In many days
train No. 7 was on time when it
S SPEECH
5
Indecision of Edward VII in
Opening of Parliament May
Be Costly.
UNDERCURRENT OF FEELING
BENEATH BRILLIANT SCENE
Third Parliament or IMward'tt Reign
Oim-ihiI in state This Afternoon,
Attended by .Much Brilliance King
IteiuU Sh;ocIi Which Precipitates
Crisis Between Rival Parties
Lively Time Anticipated Great
Crowds Present.
London, Feb. 21. The intrd parlia
ment of King Edward's reign opened
In state this afternoon with the read
ing of n speech by the monarch. The
scene whs brilliant.
Edward' failed to cut the Gordon
knot In his speerh and by his inde
cision precipitated a crisis between
the liberals on the one side and the
nationalists and laborites
on the
other.
These three parties are sun-
posed to have reached an agreement
luted with 41 guns. The king and
queen donned their scarlet robes.
Near the throne stood representatives
of the foreign powers, all In full uni
form. Puch a brilliant hight was never
before seen.
YAKIMA MAN INTERESTS
EtJYITIANS IN IRRIGATION
North Yakima. Feb. 21. A. W.
Coffin, who is now visiting Egypt,
writes home that he has interested
the Egyptians in the methods of ir
I l igation followed in the Yakima val
! ley. They regard the results obtain
ed in Washington as remarkable. The
chief products of the Nile valley are
cotton, corn and beans and Coffin
demonstrated to them that much'
greater returns would be possible from
fruit.
IJI-m iNG TEN TO SIX
IN FAVOR OF NELSON
San Francisco, Feb. 21. Nelson
and Wolgast are both below weight
and resting today for the battle to
morrow afternoon. Both boys are
confident. The scat, sale is expected
to reach the eighteen thousvid dollar
mark. Betting is ten to six in favir
of the Dane.
Herbert Boylen, the Pilot
sheepman, Is in the city today.
Rock
reached La Grande, but because the
other two trains were In the way It
was held at Hilgard and did not ar
rive In Pendleton until after 4
o'clock.
The local train from Walla Walla,
left that city on time and was on
time when it passed through Milton.
Then for three hours it disappeared
from the outside world, being stuck
in a snow drift several miles from
the nearest stations. After three
hours of shoveling on the part of the
crew the train was finally able to
push Its way through and reach this
city more than three hours late.
A fullfledged chlnook was In pro
gress here all of yesterday and con
tinued until early this morning. The
more hopefully inclined of the local
citizens professed to see in the Chi
nook the end of the long severe win
ter. Their hopes were d.itmed to the
ground this morplng when the wind
shifted to the north, tho temperature
dropped to below freezing and snow
began falling again. According to re
ports from official Weather Observer
Beate in Portland, snow will fall to
night and tomorrow and another cold
wave will prevail for a few days.
RIS HELD
I THIS MORNING
ZELAYA IS IV SPAI.V.
Former Nicaragua n President Charges
United States' With Had Faith.
Madrid, Feb. 21. Ex-President
Zelaya of Nicaragua has arrived here.
zeiaya accused Guatemala and the
United States of being responsible for
the revolution In Nicaragua. These
two countries, he said, had violated
all treaties. In disregard of law and
Justice, and the United States had
dared to dispatch warships laden with
troops on the false pretext of defend
ing American citizens. He had re
signed from the presidency and left
the country so as not to hinder efforts
of his successors to obtain that peace
and liberty that had been the sole
aim of his policies. He declared h6
Intended to follow events from Eu
rope. TRANS-CHANNEL AERIAL
SERVICE WITHIN YEAR
London, Feb. 21. A trans-channel
aerial service, operating both dirigib
les and aeroplanes, will be in operation
within a year, according to an an
nouncement today by officials of the
Paris-London Aerial company. Ne
gotiations have been opened for erec
tion of sheds at Dover, which will be
the English terminal.
JIM JEFFRIES INSTELS
CONFIDENCE INTO FRISCO
San Francisco, Feb. 21. Public
opinion here today seems to be that
Jeffries Is in a hundred per cent bet
ter condition than when he appeared
In a local theater a year ago. A TIg
crowd watched Jeffries at Recreation
Park yesterday. He hopped the rope
as nimbly as of old and boxed a live
ly set with Berger. The spectators
were delighted.
LOST WALLA WALLA
WOMAN FOUND DEAD
MILL CREEK GIVES UP
BODY" OF MRS. EATON
Corpse of Aged Woman Who Wander
ed From Odd Fellows Home Two
Weeks Ago Discovered In Water
Foul Play Not Suspected.
Walla Walla, Feb. 21. While en
gaged in letting out the Pacific Flour
ing Mills' dam in Mill creek a short
distance above Fire station No. 2 yes
terday afternoon Allen Mulkey and
Stanley Johnson, two employes of the
company came upon the body of Mrs.
Alice M. Eaton, the aged woman who
wandered from the Odd Fellows home
here on Sunday evening, February 6.
The Ice cold water had preserved the
body but it was apparent it had not
been in the water for many days. Her
jacket had caught on a small root In
the bed of the stream and this was
holding her fast. Foul play is not
suspected.
FAKIR SAYS MINISTERS
ARE ALL EASY MARKS
San Jose. Calif., Feb. 21. When ar
rested yesterday and accused of hav
ing Joined 20 churches and borrowed
money from 20 pastors within a week
Albert Nler'of San Francisco, confid
ed to the chief of police, "preachers
are the easiest game ln the world."
Nler was captured after an investi
gation instituted by the Pastors' un
ion of this county, and held on a
charge of obtaining money under false
pretenses. When taken, at the German
Lutheran church, he admitted that he
had been earning a living by Joining
churches and borrowing money from
pastors.
The man has become a profession
al at the game and boasts of having
affiliated himself with 20 churches
within the week. On the plea that he
yas a newcomer in town and that his
family was ln poor circumstances,
Nler succeeded ln obtaining small
cash advances everywhere. He Is said
to have been arrested on a similar
charge ln San Francisco two years ago
and it was a local preacher who re
cently came from San Francisco who
recognized him and exposed his swin
dle. BANKER TELLS
FRAUDS
t.vV
t OilKED
Boise, Feb. 21. Confessing his own
part in the alleged conspiracy, Clar
ence W. Robnett, former bookkeeper
of the Lewlston National bank, to
day told of a long line of transactions
by which Kettenbach, Kester and
Dwyer secured title to valuable tim
ber lands and declared the plot to
steal timber was formed in Ketten
bach's office. He admitted asking
Kester and Kettenbach to get In on
the deal.
ADMINISTRATION TROOPS
CAUGHT IN A TRAP
Bluef.clds. Feb. 2L General Vas
quez, commander of the administra
tion troors outside Managua, Is hem
med Jn by three insurgent divisions
and his position Is precarious. He Is
unable to communicate with his base
of supplies. Many of his troops are
deserting and it is believed Madriz'
cause is hopeless.
1U
WALLA
IS LOST
W R. Stewart, Proprietor of
Coast Lodging House, Sud
denly Disappears.
MIND MAY HAVE
BECOME CNBALLANCED
Aged BuMiicbs Man Drops From Sighs
Saturday Night and All Efforts to
Ixx-ate Him Unavailing Police Are
Working on Case Lost Msa Had
Just Lost Salt in Court Disap
pearance Is Very Mysterious.
Walla Walla, Feb. 21 William R.
Stewart, proprietor of the Coast
House on West Alder street and one
of the best known citizens of thia city,
has disappeared. He left his room
ing house Saturday evening about
6:30 o'clock and has not been seen
since.
The family was considerably" wor
ried when Mr. Stewart, who is 4
years old, did not return home Sat
urday night and yesterday every
friend and relative of the aged man
was communicated with, but they had
seen nothing of him. The family is
heartbroken over the mysterious dis
appearance, of the father snd hus
band and Is unable to accoun: for It,
though they- refuse to believe he has
gone insane and say they do not think
he has met foul play. In fact, they
did not know what to think.
Mr. Stewart came to Walla Wails;
in the early days and for many years
was engaged In the livery business
For the past several months he h)
been running the Coast House which
is in the Drnmheller building. When
erable damage and brought suit
I Stewart alleged he suffered consid
erable damakge and brought suit
against the Drumheller company. The
case was tried and Stewart "lost, being "
assessed the costs of prosecution.
Stewart contemplated appealing the
case, but Friday the suit was com
promised and dropped. This ha
caused both Mr. and Mrs. Stewart
considerable worry. It was not hard
to detect Mr. Stewart's health was)
failing. He also had financial worries
which he is said to have declared
would drive him insane.
Friday Mr. Stewart called on his
son, who is employed at the City mills,
and told him of the compromise.
When seen by a reporter yes
terday evening the son declared thnt
he had noted his fathir seemed mucn
relieved and was much more optimis
tic than for many months. This the
son said encouraged the entire fam
ily. For several mouths Mr. Stewart
is said to have been very melancholy
Saturday morning, according to tho
son, his father seemed to be in much
better spirits than on Friday. He
stayed about his home all that day
and in the evening about 6 o'clock
declared he was going out to attend .
show. This was very uncommon, hut
one of the family remarked that tt
was too early for any of the shows to
begin. Mr. Stewart stayed with the
family about half an hour and at t:t0
p. m. left. That was the last he has
been seen
WOULD UNEARTH MOTIVE.
Witnesses In Swope Case to Ten Graad
Jury Motive for Murder.
Kansas City, Feb. 21. When the
grand jury that is Investigating the
deaths of Colonel Thomas H. Swope"
and Chrisman Swope resumes its work
it Is believed It will begin the exami
nation of witnesses who can tell of s
positive motive for the alleged pois
oning of the millionaire and his neph
(. ' '
At tomorrow's session, it is under
stood John O. Paxton, executor of the
Swope estate, and Thomas Swope, a
nephew of the dead philanthropist,
will be on the witness stand.
Mr. Paxton. it is expected, will tell
of the amount of the Swope estate
and of the manner ln which it was di
vided. A report that Colonel Swope
had considered changing his will also
will come in for consideration. Frank
P. Walsh, attorney for Dr. B. C. Hyde
In his $100,000 slander suit against
Mr. Paxton, will continue the taking
of depositions tomorrow. It was said
last night that Miss Margaret H.
Swope, a niece of Colonel Swope, may
be subpoenaed to give her deposition.
ROOSEVELT WILL NOT
RETURN BY PACIFIC
Paris. Feb. 21. Roosevelt
has confirmed the report that
he will not return by way of
the Pacific coast, according to
a dispatch from Gondokoro to
day. He says he hopes to make
a special trip before long to
California and the other coast
states.
MAN