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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 22.
C
ALL LABORERS
T
Delegates of Trades Unions
Decide to Join Car Strikers'
in Sympathy.
DECISION WILD AFFECT
125,000 WORKINGMEN
Bj t'luuiimoua Action
Different
Unions of Philadelphia Agree
to
Call Sympathetic Strike on Satur
day If Rapid Trantfit Comimny lias
'Not Como to Terms With Present
Strikers More Rioting and Fatali
ties Yesterday.
Philadelphia, Feb. 28. After a ses
sion of more thnn six hours the Cen
tral Labor union delegates last night
Toted to call a sympathetic strike .of
140 trades unions In the organization
AVALAN
WILL WALK 00
b..,..,..r calumny, mo aoio- which was misplaced by a rioter A
tatea claim 126,000 men will respond motorman was stabbed and a boy fa
to he cal1- tally nhot by the police and many oth-
- This action of the Central Labor j ers were Injured. Two men were ar
union is fraught with momentous con- rested for conspiracy to blow tip cars
sequences, the union officials say. Tho j hy dynamite,
decision was made at a secret session i
of 700 delegates In Labor Lyceum
hall. There apparently was no ques
tion but that the delegates would vote
to strike, the split being on whether
or not the strike would be started Im
mediately. The more conservative
prevailed, however, and the walkout
was put off until next Saturday.
Meanwhile, there Is hope that the
street railway strike will be arbltrat-
ed despite the repeated declaration of
the transit company, controlling all
the lines in the city, that "there is
nothing to arbitrate."
Nobody doubts that last night's ac
tlon of the Central Labor union makes j
the situation very grave. There is a!
strong feeling, especially among busl- j
ness people that the strike should be
settled speedily as all lines of busl- j
ness suffer from the Interference with''
traffic. Consequently there Is much
sympathy for the move for arbitra
tion, made by clorgymcn of all de
nominations early In the week. An at
tempt will be made to Induce the city
council to interfere. ,
Unanlmong for Strike.
There was surprise at the unanlm
Ity In favor of a general sympathetic
strike. Tho meeting had been dis
cussed previously and there was a
mixed sentiment as to the wisdom of
calling out all classes of workmen.
Leaders of various trades unions said
they were opposed to a general strike
because It Involved broken trade '
agreements. Others doubted their
ability to order all workmen to lay,
down their tools and have the order
obeyed. .
As the gathering was secret, little
of on authoritative nature can he
learned of what transpired behind th.i
barred doors.
That there was much oratory Is
evident "as the meeting lastoil from a
little after 2 o'clock until 8:30.
The great crowd gathered outside
the hall would occasionally hear loud
cheering and a responsive cheer would
go up from the outsiders. Finally,
when the meeting broke, up and the
announcement was made that unless
the Philadelphia Rapid Transit com
pany enme to an agreement with Its
striking employes by next Friday, the
greatest strike In the history of Phil
adelphia will bo Inaugurated, there
was a cheer and the crowd dispersed.
Not only members of unions affiliated
with flip Central Labor union and the
Allied Building Trades Council, but
of every labor organization In tho city
In anyway connected with the Ameri
can Federation of Labor panlclpated
In the meeting.
Fight Is I.ahop Versus Capital.
Two separato meetings were held.
Tho delegates to the Central Labor
union met on ono floor of the build
ing, while the president and business
agents 9 the other organ'zatlons met
on the next floor.
Declaring the car strike here had
ANNUAL CONVENT! OREGON
Pendleton Is to be honored through
having this year's session of the state
bankers' association. The convention
la to be held here on June 24 and 15
and practically all the banking houses
of the state will be represented at the
meeting.
Newt that thla Important conven
tion la 4o be held here thla year was
,
SXOW SlilDE BLOCKS
ALL N. P. THAI-TIC
Seattle, Feb. 28. A snowsllde
at Easton early today has en-
tlrely blocked traffic on the
Northern Pacific again. A force
of men is working at top speed
and 'the company expects to
clear the track before dark. A
snow plow Is buried In the new
slide. The . Milwaukee line Is
still hopelessly blocked.
J
become a battle between capital and
labor, the members of the Central La-
bor union unanimously adopted a re
olutlon, tha( every union, man and. wo
I man b1od work oil next Saturday If,
in me meantime tne striking carmen
have not reached an agreement with
. the Philadelphia Rapid Transit corn-
pany.
I When this resolution was forward
' ed to the other meeting It was r-
celved enthusiastically, but was
! amended so that the strike, would be
gin on Tuesday.
Thlg amendment was sent to the
Central Labor Union, where It was de
bated several hours, but it was de
termined finally to abide by the or
iginal resolution.
Dozens of riots occurred yesterday.
A man and boy were killed and four
Injured when a car Jumped a swlt"h
MINISTER OF GOSPEL
! PREVENTS A WRECK
'
RKV. GEORGE SPRATTLER
) DISCOVERS A WASHOUT
! '
Driving Along Near Myrlck Station.
German Lutheran Evangelical
Preacher Discovers Treclierons
Spot In Track anil Flags Train.
A train wreck which might have re
sulted in the loss of life as well as In
the destruction of propertywas avert
ed this morning, one mile north of
Myrlck station on the line of the
Northern Pacific, by the timely action
of Rev, George Sprattlcr, the German
Lutheran Evangelical minister. Sprat
tier was drlvlnglong the wagon road
whlrh parallels the railroad at that
point when he discovered that the wa
ter caused by the melting snow had
come down a gully with such force
that It washed the grade out from
under the rails, leaving them sus
pended. On examining the spot the minis
ter noticed that the dirt had been
washed away In such a manner that
the treacherous spot could not be
detected by the engineer or fireman
until It would be too late to prevent
the train plunging Into the washout.
Knowing the train was due In a few
minutes and that he would not have
time to drive to Helix, he proceeded to
wait until It came In sight and then
flagged it.
Tho train was brought to a stop and
jifter a few hours work on the part of
the crew, a temporary trestle was put
in which enabled the train to pass
over In safety. It arrived In Pendle
ton about two hours late.
.1IRS.-ROOSEVELT and
DAUGHTER IX NAPLES
Naples, Feb. 18. Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt and daughter Ethel arrived
here from New York today. They
will depart Friday from r'ort Said
whence they will proceed to Khart
oum to meet Col. Roosevelt about
March seventh.
Teddy U Feted.
C.ondokoro. Feb. 2S. The - Roose
velt's left today for Mongollt. where
a great reception awn Its them. The
party dined last evening ith the
district commissioner here. The Col
onel refused to discuss politics.
Miss Belle Phillips of Stanfield Is
tho guest of friends In this city.
brought from Portland by W. L.
Thompson, of the American national
bank. Mr. Thompson Is a member of
the executive committee of the bank
ers association and at the session of
the committee Saturday he presented
an Invitation In behalf of this place.
The Invitation was extended by the
two banking houses of this city and
in the 'name of the Commercial as
PENDLETON, OifECJON,
Little Minirg Town of Mace
Lies Beneath Tons of Snow
and Ice,
FAMILIES SWEPT AWAY
IV GRINDING AVALANCHE
Inhabitants Disregard Warning and
Meet Death In Terrible Snowsllde
Estimated 100 People are Vic
tims Three ?Box Cars Containing
Fifty N. P. Section Men Hurled
Snow is Thirty Feet Deep Rescu
ers at Work.
Wallace, Idaho, Feb. 28. With a
thundrous roar that was plainly
heard by residents of this city, an
avalanche overwhelmed the little town
of Mace at 11:30 last night burying 25
families, including probably 75 per
sons, under tons of snow and debris.
The Chinook winds which have been
blowing were the direct cause of the
catastrophe.
They are all believed to have per
ished. Rescue parties have gone from this
city to the scene which Is five miles
distant.
At daylight twelve bodies had been
recovered from the snow slide. The
latest estimate places the number
killed at a hundred. Twenty injured -
persons were brought here on a spe -
city train. Ttundreds or rescuers are
working to recover the bodies.-
Three boxcarg containing fifty
Northern Pacific section men were
sLiiuling on sidetracks when the
slide came. All are supposed to -have
been killed. At the Mace boarding
house, the snow Is thirty feet deep
and all flats from there to the end
of the town towards Burke are burled
beneath the slide.
warmngs were issued yesterday to
the canyon towns that conditions
were favorable for avalanches, but no
: m10 na,e pa;a an n"n-
."'ii iu mem.
Estimates of the dead run as high
as 150. although it is not believed that j
more than a hundred lost their lives, j
News from tho buried town is meager j
because of the wires being down.
Town In Narrow Canyon. j
Crowded Into a narrow canyon of i
the Coeur d'Alt ne mountains, just be- j
low Burke, the little mining town of j
Mace Is Isolated from the outside i
world, except for an ore railroad that I
winds nn the mountain eradn to Wal. '
lare. Burke Is at the end of a spur
which extends up the canyon and ln
days when the old miners federation
ho!,l undisputed sway there, many ex-
citing Incidents were enacted. It was
down this gorge that thetstolen train
carrying a thousand men and two
tons of dynamite was run on tho day
when the Bunker Hill and Sullivan
mills were blown up at Wardner.
Typical Mining Camp.
Mace wa.s a typical western mining
i amp with a line of straggling cabins
perched (long the base of the moun
tain. A Uirgi- percentage of the mi
ners wore foreigners. In recent years.
however, mine officials had Imported
many married men from the mining ,
districts of Missouri In an effort to J
obtain more reliable and sober help. :
These men built cabins far up on the
mountain side and It Is likely their j
lamilies have been wiped out.
A partial list of the dead follows:
Mrs. George Farwcll, Mrs. Fennel,
Mrs. Carrie Hoopers, Edward K'ttrell,
wife and two babies, A. J. Lacid and
wife, Pick Merrill, Edgar Pascoe, Ines
Tiiscoe, II. A. rnscoe and wife are
missing and are believed to be dead.
j
Joe H. Parkes, Justice of the peace'
for the Pendieton district, and W. A. j
Brown, manager of tho Hotel Pen-
dleton, have returned from Portland .
where they had been to attend the
Shriner festivities. - j
no mi 101
I OVER 100 ARE SECOND SLIDE !i
j UNDER SNOW BURIES BORKEl
1
BANKERS' ASSOCIATION TO
sociation. The invitation wa.? accep
ted although Portland, too, was In the
field to secure the meeting.
In the state bankers' association
there about 160 bankers, representing
nearly all the banks of Oregon. Many
of the members are attended by their
wives and other relatives at their an
nual meetings and so the convention
will draw a considerable body of peo
ple to the city In June. Then the
JTL- Z- .
MONDAY, FEJilltJAIJY 28,
8
While Rescuers Are Working
to Uncover Mace, Second
Avalanche Sweeps Down.
MEN SEE THEIR HOMES
AND FAMILIES PERISH
With Coming of Day Snow Above
Burke Loosens and Tons and Tons
of Roc ks, Trees, Ice. Snow and
Earth Are Precipitated Upon Little
Town Third Avalanche Is Feared
Kciortft of Number of Death are
Very Conflicting' Probably Fifty.
Wallace, Idaho, Feb. 28. With the '
towns of Mace and Burke burled deep '
under a double avalanche of snow, '
ice and debris and thirty dead bodies '
already recovered, hundreds of res- '
cuera are working desperately this '
afternoon in the hopes of saving the
lives of scores Imprisoned beneath the
collapsed houses who may still be
alive. There is a constant danger of
a third slide.
After the first avalanche had
smothered the town of Mne and
! crushed the structures like they had
beeu made of pasteboard, scores of
persons from adjoining towns began
the work of rescue, continuing their
j labors through the night. At day -
; light the great mass of snow that had
' menaced the town of Burke gave way
; and with a. roar, swept - down the
mountainside, burving the camp un-
der tons of rocks, trees, earth and
stone. Most of the men of Burke had
! responded to the call for volunteers
when Mace was buried, and these bo-
held the destruction of their "homes
and the probable death of theii wivt-s
and children.
Reports this afternoon as to the
number of deaths are very conflict-
ing. One report places the number
! at 32
2, while another, apparently an-
authoritative, says that eighteen lost
" ana m.?. are -
. t-uuui.i.'u lor. unpervauve mininir
men say the total deaths probably
will be under fifty -at the two camps.
T TAFT APPEAR
AT INVESTIGAT
Washington Feb. 2S. Shall Taffs
I private utterances on conservation be '
j divulged to the Ballinger-Pinchot '
I committee? Attorney Vertrecs, rep-
I resenting Ballineer. raised 'thi.'nmw. -
j tlon when he objected to Plnchot !n- !
troducing tfte subject of his conver
sation with the president on Apri: 20
last year. The committee today is
pondering on this new phase of the
case which may force them to draw
the president into the muddle. A de
cision in the matter is expected to
morrow when the investigation com
mittee reassembles. It Is freely as
fcrtcd here that the committee will
have no option but lo summon the
chief executive. It is held that Taft
ha-1-- already rendered himself liable
to a summons before the comm'ftee
by engaging In the controversy. Many
contend, however, that his official sta-
tion safeguards him from being qucs-
tioned in the matter.
I.lstwclghts Rest for Rattle. i
San Francisco, Fern. 28 Owen
. Moran and Harlem Tommy Murphy
'are resting today for tonight's twon
! ty round battle at Dreamland. The
,isllt .oiBntg (jn, tner work gun
day nfternoon. Betting Is lively with
moran the favorite at ton to nine.
Mrs. William Leathers returned to
her home in Hernvston this morning
after a visit of a few days jn this city.
character of the men ln attendance
will be such as to make It one of the
most Important gatherings ever held
here.
While they, are here the. visiting
financial men will be the guests of the
local bank men and business men In
general. Suitable entertainment will
be arranged for them ao aa to make
their stay ln the city as pleasant as
possible. The entertainment features
1910.
BEIT
ROOSEVELT DENIES HE
ILD SEVERE ACCIDENT
London, Feb. 28. A false ru
mor was circulated today that
Roosevelt had met with a seri
ous accident on the Nile. Lat
er the report was denied by pa
pers publishing the story. In
reply to' a message from the
American Ambassador, Roose
velt wired: "Preposterous.
Never in better health. Xo ac
cident." J
j RUSSIA ALARMED AT
I V. S. AND GERMAN NAVIES
' Washington, Feb. 28. Confidential
j dispatches received here say that
' Russia Is alarmed at the increase or
i the navies of the United States and
I Germany, and has under way plans '
j for a new navy to cost- 500,000,000. j
Fear for her commercial supremacy j
In the far . east prompts tne action.
The Czar has rejected the proposal of ,
American ship builders to build the !
battle ships.
ALL BUT ONE G. N.
TRAIN RUN BLOCKADE
Everett, Wash., Feb. 28. All hut
one of the passenger trains stalled in
the Cascades on the Great Northern
ran the blockade todayi The remain-
ing train has been stalled near Well-
Jngton for four days. Snow in th
' mountain3 ceased today and rotaries
' ...nrkinr n cir th main
AT
HI AHU
MELTED MUCH
' -
! WARM WIND SUNDAY
AND ALL LAST NIGHT
1
i Temperature This Morning
and Snow Falls Intermittently
Pioneer Section Foreman Fears
High Water Most Snow Since '03.
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v Jf,PeC1LC0;rlSP0enCTe;)
. nooked hard here all dav vesterday '
onri r.;.-,,! fv.rM.o-Kn.,f v, ir,v
, mtAon nn. . .
' , .: ";;!
.., wut . auni
this morning is somewhat colder and
it snows a little occasionally. Unless
the weather again turns to chinook
lng the correspondent believes there
is no immediate danger of floods from
j the Umatilla.
- I Kamela Weather Record.
?An accurate account of the snow
and rainfall at Kamela Is kept by N.
Seaman, O. R & N. agent and posU
master. According to the reports of
! Mr. Seaman the snowfall at Kamela
by months has been as follows:
October, 4 5 inches.
. November, 24 inches.
December, 26 inches.
January, 39 Inches.
February, 67 Inches.
Total, 160. 5 inches, or 13.37 feet.
Within the past few days much of
this snow has disappeared. However,
the thawing weather has never con
tinued lrng enough at one time to
really cause a break-up. I
C. A. Norden. section foreman at
Kamela, has been In the service of the
railroad on the mountain division for
many years. He has seen many hard
winters at the summit but declares
that the present winter has been the
most severe since the big winter of
93-94. It is the opinion of Mr. Nor
den that floods and washouts this
spring are almost inevitable.
APACHE RUNS AMUCK
WITH MURDEROUS KNIFE
Globe. Ariz., Feb. 28. The sheriff
and deputies are today pursuing Tom
Hanson, an Apache Indian who ran
nmurk In an Indian camp at Tono
Basin and slashed a dozen redtnen and
stampeded their stock. Six Indians
will probably die. He became pos
sessed of a murderous mania while
seated with his family and relatives
at the evening meal. Drawing a knife
he ran from tepee to tepee assault
ing every buck who appeared.
will be arranged by the Commercial
association.
Vhat form of entertainment will be
provided for the convention has not I
yet been determined. However there i
is a strong local sentiment In favor of
showing proper courtesies to the
bankers and this Insures that every
thing possible will be done to make
the convention a memorable one. I
The following are the member of
BE HELD IN PENDLETON III 24-25
Calling cards, weJ
ding stationery, com
mercial stationery and
job printing to trier
at the East Oregnl'an
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
NO 6837
L
STOP IN HIT
Idaho Men Acquitted of
Charges Saturday Spend
Day in Pendleton.
PARTY IS VERY HAPPY
AT OUTCOME OF TRIAL
. Kettcnbach, Dwyer and Kestor, With
Wives. Witnesses and Attorney Be
in; RTeld Here by Blocked Traflls
Men Wen- Acquitted in Four H
iites Case Five Years Old Politic
Was at Bottom of Case Jury Wa
Most Representative, Says Attorney.
Mr.
bach.
and Mrs. William F. Ketten
Mr. and Mrs. William Dwrer.
f3eor8e H. Kestor and Attorney W.
, Tannahlll. all of Lewiston, Idaho, and
comPrising about the happiest bunch
j of Ia"aho residents alive, are speneUof
the day ln Pendleton. Kettenbaeh.
,1Jwyer ana are tne tnree ae-
! fendant in the famous Idaho timber
i land fraud cases which were ended
! Saturday aftrnoon when the Jury
. brought In a verdict of acquittal aX
ter deliberating but four minutes. Just
i long. enough to take one ballot
j Others of the party here today axe
I J. B. West, Fred W. Emery, William
B. Benton," of Lewiston, and Thomas
Mullen of Coeur d'Alene, all witnesses
; for the defense. The Pullman car
In which the party Is traveling haa
1 been held here since yesterday by rev
j son of the washouts on th Washing
ton division of the Q. R. & N. and -will
probably remain In the local yard
until .'muui w n aiivrauun,
I Pile A la VI ira Vmm rt.f
j The timber conspiracy charge of
which these defendants were tried,'
five 'ears oId- The trial lasted two
; weeks and a half and the verdict wu
1 returned in four minutes. The de-
Ifendants were charged with consplrtn.
, feloniously to defraud the Kovern-
th PiPflr-atT. nv- ieaai
'acre, of which they acaulred title. It
funds of ..-
Lqnb
were used to buy up dummy
entrynien to exercise their right under
the timber and stone act and then
deed the land back to the defendant
for a consideration of from $100 to
$150.
Blame Politics.
J. B. West of Lewiston, who was one
of the principal witnesses for the de
fense, stated this morning that there
was never anythin to the case but
politics, while George W. Tannahlll.
who acted as attorney for the accused
men. said the Jury was conceded to be
the most representative body of busl-,
ness men that ever sat In an Idaho
Jury box. He said there were two
men in the jury who were million
aires and that all the others wcr
men of wealth or large business In
terests. According to the men here today,
there was the heartiest kind of a dem
onstration, following the announce
of the verdict. It was looked upon
as a complete vindication and seemed
to meet with the favor of the popu
lace, not only in Boise, but from the
other parts of the state.
Ends Land Fraud Case.
While this ends the trial of the
land fraud case against these mea
there are some other charges pen.llng.
Kester and Dwyer are under Indict
ment for subornation of perjury,
while three of the witnesses for the'
defense. Emery. Colby and Benson,
are charged with perjury for swearing
falsely before the officials In the
Lewiston Land office when filing on
their t'mber lands.
Kttenhneh. Kester and Robneft
are under Indictment and will stand
trial before Judge TVItHch w th'n t:;
next few months for embezzling ) 137.
000 of the funds or the Lewiston Na
tional bank. The indictments wer
returned last fnl at Moscow bv the
federal grand jury.
(Continued
the executive committee of the stats
association: E. A. Wyld. Portland.
Frank Patton, Astoria. W. L. Thomp
son. Pendleton, Leslie Butler, Hood
River, and E. O. Caufleld nn.n
City.
Two years ago the session of the
state association was held In Salem.
Last year the meeting waa held at Se
attle ln conjunction with the national
bankers' gathering.
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