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HAPPENINGS GATHERED IN AND
AROUND WASHINGTON, D. C.
FIGHT FOR CANTEEN.
Spanish War Veterans Plan to Storm
Next Congress.
Washington, Aug. 14. The fight to
restore the canteen at army posts is to
be reopened with renewed vigor next
winter. Plans hate been perfected for
making a strong appeal to congress to
wipe from the statute books the anti-
canteen legislation. All prominent
officers of the army in their reports to
the department making suggestions for
the improvement of the army urge the
re-establishment of the canteen.
Aside from the great mass of these
reports, which may not be considered
to express a disinterested opinion, the
Spanish War veterans are sending
thousands of letters in behalf of the
'Canteen. The veterans last year opened
a campaign which was vigorously pros
ecuted until congress refused to amend
the law. v They have prepared once
again 'to make a fight and expect to
win this time with the argument that
the W. C. T. TJ., the liquor dealers'
association and disreputable resorts
have combined to prevent the re
establishment of the canteen.
When some of the literature which
has been prepared is circulated the W.
C T. U., which forced congress to
abolish the canteen, will put on its
armor and enter the list in repudiation
of some of the charges concerning the
interests which are alleged to be work
ing with it. The veterans seem deter
mined to join issue, and lively times
may be expected when congress meets
in December.
WILL COLLECT THE FINE.
Attorney General Bonaparte Will Gel
Cash or Bust Company,
New York, Aug. 13. Attorney
General Bonaparte, who visited
President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay,
stopped for a brief period in this
city before going to his home in Bal
timore.. While here he talked fully
of his conference with the President
and intimated that next month
might bring further developments of
importance In the campaign against
alleged lawbreaking corporations.
"I do not wish to make any secret
of the fact that the talk between the
President and myself was in refer
ence to ,lhe fine imposed by Judge
Landia against the Standard Oil
Company of Indiana," said Mr. Bon
aparte. "We discussed that, also
what step should be taken as a result
of the Investigation of the interstate
Commerce Commission on the Har
riman railroad system. What will
be done in regard to both these ques
tions I cannot tell at the present
time."
"Will the Standard Oil Company
of Indiana be forced to pay the fine
it its appeal fails?"
"That is a question, the answer to
which can only be found in the fu
ture," said Mr. Bonaparte smiling.
"The President and I talked over
the amount of the fine Imposed by
the courts and we both sympathized
very much with the company," add
ed the Attorney-General, and his
smile broadened.
"But how can the Standard Oil
Company of Indiana pay a fine of
over $29,000,000 on a capital of only
$1,000,000?" he was asked.
"If the decision just obtained is
affirmed by the Court of Appeals,
then we will go after our money and
set it in some way," answered Mr.
Bonaparte. "It is true that a stone
has no blood," he added, "but a
stone may be ground up."
Powder Trust's Fine Work.
Washington, Aug. 13. It was
stated at the Department of Justice
that an amended bill had been filed
by the government in the powder
trust case at Wilmington, Del., al
leging that since the preparation of
the government's petition on or
about July 7 last, the E. I. Dupont
le Nemours Powder Company of
Delaware transfered a lage part of
its unsold finished poducts and raw
materials and things necessary to
the operation of its business to the
E.' I. Dupont de Nemours Powder
Company of New Jersay.
Still After Them.
Washington, Ang. 14. It was offi
cially announced today that proceed
ings are to be commenced immediately
in the United States courts in New
York to compel Harriman to answer
the questions he refused to answer
when under the probe of the Interstate
Commerce commission last spring.
This, it is stated, w the only proceed
ings against Harriman immediately in
sight. It remains to be seen whether
criminal prosecution will follow.
Standard Hit in Manila.
Manila, Aug. 13. The Attorney
General has been Instructed by the
Department of Justice at Washing
ton to file suit against the Standard
Oil Company to recover $40,000 im
port duty on an old claim dating
back to the time when the military
turned over the government to the
civil authorities. The amount repre
sents the difference between the
Dingley rates and the present tariff.
Captain Fox in Command.
Washington, Ang. 16. Captain C.
E. Fox has been assigned to the com
mand of the cruiser South Dakota,
which, with the California, Tennessee
and Washington will comprise the new
Pacific cruiser squadron.
Reading Man Recommended.
Washington, Ang. 17. Senators
Perkins and Flint have recommended
that Judge Edward Sweeny, of Red
ding, be appointed superintendent of
the mint at Fan Francisco to succeed
Frank Leach.
BODY BLOWS FOR OCTOPUS.
Prosecution Will Continue Until Great
Oil Trust Is No More.
Washington, Aug. 15. Where is
the next "trust-busting" blow to be
struck? That is the question that has
been raised by the resumption of activ
ity at the department of justice today
Attorney General Bonaparte has cut in
upon his vacation to come back here
and set certain things in action. He
will remain in Washington for two
weeks before resuming his quest of
recreation. During the period of his
stay something important is likely to
break loose.
Mystery surrounds all prospective
developments. The attorney general
acts and talks like a man who is anx
ious to do something drastio to force
anti-trust offenders to book in some
manner that will serve a better pur
pose than the imposing of fines.
That there are other anti-trust pro
ceedings than those lately in the lime
light to receive attention in the near
future was strongly intimated today
No details will be given out, however,
until matters have reached a focus. As
to Standard Oil, it was hinted that the
fines already imposed are but a begin
ning, and that before the government
is through with the parent of all trusts
the giant corporation may be mulcted
of millions and that the Landis imposi
tion will be made to seem a mere baga
telle.
It was also indicated that suit to dis
solve the Standard Oil corporation, in
stituted at St. Lcuis, is to be prosecut
ed with particular vigor. What form
the effort of the government to break
up the Standard eventually may take
is not certain, but it is said that some
move is in contemplation that will be
more effective than the receivership
ideas evolved with respect to certain
other trusts, and upon which the de
partment of justice is inclined to pride
itself greatly.
There is little doubt that the admin
istration has set to work to knock the
Standard Oil company out of existence,
if such consummation be possible.
NO PROMISE WAS MADE.
Bonaparte to Hold Conference Next
Monday on Alton Case.
Washington, Aug. 1. Attorney
General Bonaparte announces that he
will confer here Monday with present
and former United States District at
torneys who were at Chicago on the
question of the promise made to the
Chicago & Alton railroad of immunity
from proeecution for rebating to the
Standard Oil company. Bonaparte
stated he had not promised immunity
to anybody, but added that the promise
was made with the cognizance of ex
Attorney General Mcody.
Asked what action might be antici
pated against Harriman besides the
New York proceedings to compel him
to answer the questions of the Inter
state Commerce commission, Bonaparte
replied that he was considering the re
port of the commission and had not yet
arrived at a decision.
Taft Calls on President.
New York, Aug. 15. Secretary Taft
went to Oyster Bay today and visited
President Roosevelt for the last time
before his three months' trip to the
Philippines. Secretaries Root and
Meyer also vieited the president. Mr.
Taft says he expects to be at Yellow
stone Park from September 1 to 3, go
ing thence to Portland, Seattle and Ta
coma. He sails for the Philippines on
September 10. The duration of his
stay there is not yet determined.
Immunity Bath for Alton.
Washington, Aug. 15. It became
known today that the Chicago & Alton
road was given an immunity bath for
its part in connection with illegal re
bates for which the Standard Oil com
pany was recently convicted and fined
$29,240,000. As a reason, it is prob
able that the cases against the Alton,
which might have carried with them
fines amounting to several millions of
dollars, will be dropped.
. Call Harriman Into Court.
New York, Aug. 14. United States
District Attorney Stimson today filed
in the Circuit court in this city a peti
tion that E. II. Harriman and Otto II.
Kuhn, the latter of the firm of Kuhn,
Loeb & Co., be summoned into court to
show why they should not answer to
certain questions relating to the con
trol of the Chicago & Alton several
months ago.
Bonaparte Back to Work.
Washington, Aug,. 14. Attorney
General Bonaparte returned today from
his vacation at Lennox, Maps. He was
unwilling to discuss the report that he
had returned to begin criminal prose
cution in the Harriman and Standard
Oil eases, but, speaking generally, he
said the department stands ready to
bring criminal action when there seems
a good chance to convict.
New Northwest Postmasters.
Washington, Aug. 9. Postmasters
appointed:
Oregon Pokegama, George W.
Mclntyre, vice G. B. Walters, re
signed. Washington Hall, William A.
Geer, vice O. B. Aagard, resigned;
Btngen, Melvin Wetherell, vice S. G.
Hadley, resigned.
Presidio Will Now Salute.
Washington, Aug. 16. The War de
partment has designated the presidio of
San Francisco as the saluting station
, (or the harbcr instead of Alcatras island.
STRIKE OVER, SAYS CLOWRY
Telegraph Operators In New York
Going Back to Keys.
New York, Aug. 16. General officers
of the two telegraph companies said
last night that business was moving to
all parts of the country and that no dif
ficulty is experienced in handling
everything offered. Preeident Clowry,
of the Western Union, said:
"The etrike is over. We are receiv
ing applications from strikers today,
tut we are filled'up and cannot place
them."
The Associated Press service is mov
ing under steadily improving conditions.
Officers of the uniou still express confi
dence and deny that any union operat
ors have applied for re-employment.
Trade Wires Are Reopened.
Chicago, Aug. 16. The telegraph
companies reopened their offices at the
board of trade with comparatively few
operators. It is predicted that the
strike of brokers' operators will not
materialize. Both the employers and
strikers declare they will not arbitrate
anything.
General Strike Called.
Chicago, Aug. 16. S.J. Small, pres
ident of the Commercial Telegraphers
union, at 1:30 this morning issued
general order to commercial operators
to cease work immediately except where
contracts with the umcn have been
signed.
BOTH SIDES FIRM.
Working Forces Unchanged at Port
land Offices.
Portland, Aug. 16. With both the
strikers and the telegraph companies
claiming the victory in the local strike
conditions in Portland are much the
same as they were yesterday morning
Today is expected to maik the crisis of
the trouble and each side announces its
confidence in the outcome.
Managers of the telegraph companies
say they have the situation well in hand
and that the strikers have lost. On
the other hand the striking operators
say they have the local companies tied
up and the ranks are standing firm
They say the telegraph companies are
using the mails to dispatch their mes
sages and that unless the operators are
taken back at their own terms the pres
ent serious tie-up of all lines of busi
ness will continue indefinitely.
A feature of the situation yesterday
was an appeal to the police by Manager
Dumars, of the Western Union, for
protection to messengers hired aa
strike-breakers. He asserts that strik
ing union messenger boys interfere ser
iously with those hired to deliver tele
grams.
Strikebreakers are being quartered
in the Western Union office, cots hav
ing been placed there, and after their
trick at the keys is finished they sleep
there, ready to begin work again as
soon as they awake. The strikebreak
ers are said to be well cared for and
Manager Dumars says he is feeding
them porterhouse steaks. Their meals
are brought in to them.
HARD WORDS FROM CARTER.
Intimates Hawaiian Federal Building
Site Was Tampered With.
iionoiuiu, Aug. lo. as soon as
Governor Carter returned from his re
cent trip to Washington he dictated a
statement for the local papers in regard
to the matter of a site for the Federal
building, in which he said: "Icon
sider that bad faith has been shown
me, officially and privately, by my own
representatives of the Mahuka site
owners.
The Mahuka site is the one selected
by the representative of the Treasury
department sent out here for that pur
pose. The governor, while in Wash-
ngton, tried to secure the selection of
the Irwin site. After reciting his
efforts in Washington in the matter,
Governor Carter said:
"After all this I find that the offer
to withdraw the Mahuka site, made to
me in good faith personally and official
ly by correspondence, has not been car
ried out, and I do not see how the offi
cials in Washington can 'square' with
me in any other way than by accepting
the Irwin site. I did not force myself
into this matter and only undertook it
upen their request."
Alarm at Casa Blanca.
Tangier, Aug. 16. There is still
much uneasiness here in the matter of
the position of the Europeans in Moroc
co. No confirmation of the report that
Caid Sir Henry MacLean has been re
leased can be obtained. A courier
and servant from MacLean have just
arrived here and say that it is believed
that news of the bombardment of Casa
Bl8nca has made a very bad impression
on the tribeemen and caused the sus
pension of the negotiations for Mac
Lean's release. The tribesmen are fu
rious against all Christians.
Resent Visit of Haywood
Chicago,' Aug. 16. William D. Haj
wiod, secretary of the Weetern Federa
tion of Miners, visited the Chicago
Press club today and some of the mem
ber are much wrought up about it. An
emphatic protest, addressed to the
board of directors, was prepared at once
and circulated for signatures. A vote
of censure is asked for the members
who brought Haywood into the club.
This will be considered at the board's
meeting Friday night.
Chinese Dowager Will Abdicate.
London, Aug. 16. Dispatches from
Shanghai state that the dowager em
press has announced her determination
to abdicate at the next Chinese New
Year and hand over authority to the
emperor. Since 1898, when the dow
ager took control from the emperor,
she has vigorously kept him in subjection.
BEGIN BIG LAND
FRAUD TRIAL
micu inimuiianc CI I III lYldRCa itivm
Dramatic Defense.
Absolutely Denies Charges of Fraud
and Expresses Great Hatred for
One Witness Testimony of Wit
ness Harlan Is Stricken From the
Records.
San Francisco, Aug. 15. The gov
ernment yesterday in the United
States Circuit Court closed Its case
against Millionaires John E. Benson
and Dr. D. Perrin, charged with con
spiracy to obtain 12,000 acres of
land in Tehama county by fraud.
The greater part of the morning
session was consumed In arguments
over the admissibility of the test!
mony of Wilford B. Harlan, former
ly clerk of the General Land Office
at Washington, who in answering
questions by counsel for the govern
ment, confessed that he accepted
$200 from Benson as a bribe to keep
him informed in advance of the
prospective opening of the Plumas
and other forest reserves, this money
being left for him in a bathroom by
Benson.
After a determined struggle by the
attorneys for the defense. Judge Do
Haven ordered this testimony
stricken out because it antedated
the period of the alleged conspiracy
between Benson and Perrin.
The case for the government was
closed by the testimony of William
E. Valk, formerly examiner of con
tracts in the General Land Office at
Washington, who stated that he met
Benson at the Willard house, talked
with him about the Benson and Hyde
land fraud prosecutions and accept
ed from him "as a loan," $75. The
motion of the defense to strike this
testimony from record was denied.
Dr. Perrin, aged millionaire from
Arizona, took the stand late in the
afternoon in his own behalf. He
strongly denied the testimony of
Charles P. Snell, the star witness for
the prosecution. Dr. Perrin seemed
indignant against Benson, and when
referring to the land deals with him,
lost control of himself and had to be
called to order. He testified that he
was owner of 300,000 acres of land
in Arizona and at one time had 150,
000 acres near Fresno. Dr. Perrin
said there was no truth in the testi
mony of Snell regarding the Te
hama county land deal.
MILLIONAIRE COMPANY FAILS
Unable to Meet Obligations It Goes
Into Receivership.
Boston, Aug. 15. The Pope Man
ufacturing Company, one of the lead
ing manufacturers of automobiles.
went Into the hands of a receiver to
day. The receivership, it is stated,
is the outcome of the tightenea
money conditions. It is added, how
ever, that the assets of the company
amount to many times its liabilities.
Albert I. Pope, son of Colonel A
A. Pope, was appointed receiver tor
the company by Federal Judge
Dodge for the district of Massachu
setts. The McManus-Kelly Company
of Toledo, were applicants for the re-
ceivorship.
The latest financial statement of
the Pope Manufacturing Company,
published in June, places the current
liabilities at $2,000,000, with assets
at $10,000,000.
PLENTY OF EVIDENCE.
Heney Can Now Convict Glass With
out Aid of Zimmerman.
San Francisco, Aug. 15 The trial
of Vice President and General Man-
er Louis Glass, of the Pacific
States Telephone Company, charged
with bribing Supervisor Thomas F.
jonergan to vote against the Home
Telephone Company's application for
a rival franchise, was begun before a
ury this morning In Judge Lawlor's
department of the Superior Court.
Assistant District Attorney Francis
Heney, in his opening statement.
intimated that since the trial of
Glass on the charge of bribing Su
pervisor Boxton, which resulted in a
disagreement, the state has obtained
new and convincing evidence, which
will be sufficient to convict without
the testimony of Second Vice Presi
dent Emil J. ZImmer
Captive Not Released.
Tangier, Aug. 15. It has been
learned that Caid Sir Harry Mac
Lean, the Englishman in the service
of the Sultan of Morocco who has
been a prisoner of the Bandit Rai
suli since early in July, has not been
set at liberty as previously reported.
The British Legation here received
communication from Raisuli
threatening that unless his terms
are accepted Immediately ne would
remove MacLean to a place whither
11 the armies of Europe if united
could not follow and there is little
doubt that he could and would do so.
Get Three More Operators.
Portland, Aug. 15. Three addi
tional telegraphers went to work in
Portland yesterday in the capacity ot
strikebreakers. Two of these oper
ators were assigned to keys in the
Western Union office early last night.
while the third, Charles Humphrey,
of Astoria, was pressed Into the ser
vice of the Postal. With the excep
tion of these additions the Western
Union and the Postal offices were
operating yesterday with the same
forces that were working Tuesday.
Taft Rushes Business.
Washington, Aug. 15. Secretary
of War Taft arrived here this morn
ing and plunged into the mass of
business to be handled before his
departure Westward, Sunday.
LUMBERMEN HIT AGAIN.
Increase In Loading Requirements Are
Almost Prohibitory.
Seattle, Aug. 14. Lumbermen
were notified that the Central
Freight Association, controlling traf
fic of Chicago, has advanced the min
imum loading requirements on lum
ber and shingles from 4,000 to 6,000
a car, the advance depending upon
the car lengths. No consideration is
given to the fact that cars are loaded
now to their full visible capacity.
The effect is a sharp advance in
rates and will drive Pacific Coast
lumber and shingles out of the ter
ritory east of Chicago unless they
are handled by the Isthmian route or
around the Horn.
Several months ago certain East
ern lines attempted to advance rates
2 to 5 cents a hundred pounds, but
the advance was withdrawn. A later
order was even more drastic. Lum
ber and shingle associations on the
entire coast are preparing to fight
the proposed Increase in rates from
Pacific Coast points, and steps were
taken to make a fight against the
new minimum loading rules, coinci
dent with the struggle against the
Western lines.
Aside from the California Red
wood Association, which is not yet
pledged to raise a defense fund the
lumbermen of the coast have in sight
a $250,000 defense fund, sufficient to
take up the contest against the new
loading rules, as well as the rate con
test. The claim is made by lumber
men that shipments are made by
Joint rate and that the Central Bu
reau cannot apply the new loading
rules at Chicago,
CALL ALL MEN OUT.
Every Union Operator in the Country
Will be Ordered to Quit.
Chicago, Aug. 14. Executive
board Telegraphers' Union expected
to call out all operators today.
Associated Press wires are work
ing out of New York and Chicago,
but communication to Pacific Coast
is obtained only at brief intervals.
Telegraph companies and strikers
both optimistic as to results.
Commissioner Neill expected to
confer with executive officers of
union today regarding proposals for
settlement.
Secretary Quick, of Railway Tele
graphers, issues important order to
organization.
Wesley Russell, secretary of the
Commercial Telegraphers' Union,
said: .
"All members of the executive
board have arrived here with the ex
ception of President Small who
wired his sanction to any step we
might take in the direction of calling
a general strike. The executive board
is considering the question. In my
opinion, by night the 25,000 opera
tors in the United States and Can
ada who belong to the union will be
called out."
Union men are assuring the strik
ers who crowd headquarters that if
they remain out the companies will
be forced to meet their demands.
OIL CHEAPER IN EUROPE.
Monopoly Makes Home Consumers
Pay More Than Foreign.
Washington, Aug. 14. Further
startling disclosures of the manipu
latlon and control of the petroleum
industry by the Standard Oil monop
oly are made in the report of Her
bert Knox Smith, Commissioner of
Corporations. Discriminations in
prices are exposed in the report
which charges that in the business
of selling petroleum products in for
eign countries the price policy of the
Standard Oil Company has been to
sacrifice the interests of the Ameri
can consumer for the purpose of se
curing the Standard's foreign busi
ness.
The figures show a very remark
able excess in the American price
above the foreign prices, particular
ly during the latter half of 1904 and
the first half of 1905. During the
latter half of 1904 the price aver
aged for the United States 10.3 cents
as contrasted with 6.92 cents in Ger
many, (M2 cents in the United
Kingdom and 6.49 cents in Den
mark. The excess of the domestic
price, after allowing 1 cent for dif
ference in quality, ranged at that
time from 2.38 cents to 2.88 cents.
During the first half of 1905 the ex
traordinary decline in the prices In
the United Kingdom increased the
effective margin between the domes
tic price and the price in that coun
try to 3.17 cents.
Across Africa in Auto.
Berlin, Aug. 14. Dispatches from
Dar Es Salaam, German East Africa,
state that Lieutenant Graetz, of the
Prussian army, started from there
Saturday on an attempt to cross Af
rica in an automobile. He purposes
to fide through German East Africa.
British Central Africa, Rhodesia and
German Southwest Africa, to Swak
ophamund, occupying about six
weeks on the journey, if all goes
well. He has a specially built 45-horse-power
car, with immensely
heavy wheels, four feet in diameter,
with massive tires.
Jury in Record Time.
San Francisco, Aug. 14 All speed
records in the bribery graft proceed
ings were broken when a Jury was
completed within 6lx hours for the
second trial of Vice President and
General Manager Louis Glass, of the
Pacific States Telephone Company,
charged with the bribery of Super
visor Thomas F. Louergan. In all
only 28 talesmen were examined. The
prosecution used but one of its five
preemptory challenges and the de
fense used only six of its 10.
More Treops for Casa Blanca.
Tangier, Aug. 14. Additional
troops arrived at Casa Blanca today.
Three hundred Spanish troops sailed
from Cadiz to Casa Blanca. The
Spanish cruiser. Rio de la Plata, has
reached Casa Blanca, where sanitary
conditions have been greatly
proved.
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UNION MEN OUT
EVERYWHERE
Strike Paralyzes Telegraph Systems
Throughout Country.
No General 8trlke Order Has Been
Ordered, but Nation Leader 8ay
They Will Stand by Local Unions
In Every Case Higher Wages and
Shorter Hours Wanted.
Portland, Aug. 13. The tele
graphers' strike Is bow general
throughout the country. Following
is a general summary of the situa
tion today:
Commercial operators Strike has
extended with great rapidity
throughout the United States and
telegraph business is everywhere
paralyzed or badly crippled. Both
Western Union and Postal Telegraph
Companies appear to be equally af
fected. Press Operators At 7:30 p. m..
New York time. Associated Press
operators left their keys over the en
tire system, refusing to give General
Manager Stone time to refer to the
board of directors of the Associated
Press their demand for higher wages
and limitation of hours.
Railway Telegraphers L. W.
Quick, grand secretary and treasurer
of the Order of Railway Telegraph
ers, issues order directing railroad
telegraphers not to handle commer
cial messages.
Practically the entire telegraphic
business of the country is tied up as
the result of the strike Inaugurated
in rpost of the large cities by the
operators of the Western Union Tele
graph Company and the Postal Tele
graph Company, and one or two
other telegraph companies of minor
importance.
The strike now involves not only
the commercial telegraphers, but
also the operators of the Associated
Press in all the large cities of the
country, Bave a few In New England
and the Middle West. The strike of
the Associated Press men came at
the end of a day of negotiations be
tween General Manager Melville E.
Stone and officials of the telegraph
ers' union in New York. Owing to
the radical demands of the operators.
General Manager Stone asked for 24
hours in which to advise with the
members of the Board of Directors
of the association.
This request apparently was ac
ceptable to General Secretary Rus
sell, of the Telegraphers' Union, and
to a large number of Associated
Press operators who realized its rea
sonableness, but a number of radi
cals on the Texas circuit would not
consent to a postponement of actios
on the part of the Associated Press
and quit their keys. This action was
followed largely throughout the
country.
A serious phase of the strike de
veloped yesterday afternoon and dur
ing the night when it was discovered
that railroad telegraphers in many
places were tampering with the wires
at relay points. By withdrawing
"plugs" from the switchboards and
grounding the wires communication
on a number of circuits was inter
rupted and in some instances entire
ly shut off.
From the developments of yester
day and last night It seems certain
that the Order of Railway Tele
graphers will support the commercial
telegraphers in their strike, and it is
not improbable that the railway tele
graphers' organization will become
more deeply involved in the strike
should it be of lengthy duration.
While the strike at this time has
the appearance and to some extent
the effect of a general strike, such is
not tne case. A large number of
commercial operators are still at
their keys and will not go out until
Instructed to do so by President
Small,
In Portland the operators of the
Western Uniqn and Postal Telegraph
Companies struck last night. The
Western Union men were called out
by President Branin of the local
union at 7:21 o'clock. The Postal
operators left their keys at 7:44
o'clock. Both strikers were very or
derly. The messenger boys struck
last night at 11 o'clock after holding
a meeting at which they formulated
a demand for a considerable Increase
In pay.
A. P. Strike Not General.
Chicago, Aug. 13. The Associated
Press operators in Chicago, New
York and other leased wire points in
the West and South struck at 7:30
ast night. The operators in Minne
apolis, Duluth, Milwaukee, Indian
apolis, Detroit and Cleveland re
mained at their posts. The strike
was against the wishes of General
Secretary Russell, of the Telegraph
ers' Union, who, with a majority ot
the operators desired 2 4 hours as
Mr. Stone had expressed his willing
ness to endeavor to arrive at an un
derstanding. Bonds Go Begging.
New York, Aug. 13. For the sec
ond time within six weeks the City of
New York failed today to obtain bids
for any considerable amount of the
large Issues of 50-year, 4 per cent
gold bonds offered at public bidding.
Issues amounting to $15,000,000
were offered today, and the total
amount of the bids was less than
3.000,000. No premium was offered
except on four or five bids for very
small amounts. Further efforts will
be made to dispose of the bonds.
American Boat Wins.
Rochester. N. Y., Aug. 13. The
American defender of the Canadian
cup Seneca defeated the Canadian
challenger Adele today In the second
of the races.