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VOL. XL. KO. 8.
AST0K1A, OEEGON, TUESDAY MOKNING, APKIL 11, 1893.
PRICE, FIVE CENTS,
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THE ASSIGNEE'S SALE
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Parker k
Will be continued for a few days until
further notice. Everything
MUST BE CLOSED OUT
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PRICES WILL BE - CUT
To Suit the Condition and the times.
W. W. PARKER, Assignee.
BANKRUPT SALE !
AT-
Is drawing to a cloie, and in order to sell everything, we
have made farther REDUCTIONS in every department.
Lower Than Ever,
At Half
Fixtures For Sale.
at HERMAN WISE'S,
The Reliable Clothier and Hatter,
Hanson's
Price.
Store For Rent
WORLD'S FAIR EMPLOYESSTRIKE
FiT6 Tnonsani Artisans Stop Work In
One Day.
DIEEOTOEB WOil'T AEBITEATE
Walking Delegate! Are Hmtleil off 1J
Columbian Police Mew Hen Being
Bet to Work.
Associated Press.
Chicago, April 10. At the most crit
ical time possible for the World's Fair,
the big exposition today encountered
its first great strike. A thousand, union
men in the various building trades,
quit work, with the prospect that four
thousand more would join them before
night.
By 9 o'clock the number of strikers
had been increased to two thousand,
and later one thousand and five hun
dred electrical workers quit Then the
constructive department decided to
take positive action, and the Columbian
guards were ordered to eject any walk
ing delegate who openly endeavored to
get the men to stop work. Very soon
came repeated calls for the patrol wag
on and the officious representatives
were hustled out of the grounds.' Tills
made the strikers on the outside of
the erounds mad and they began to in
dulee In threats, and finally began:
attack on the non-union men, who re
fused to be Dursuaded not to go to
work. Occurrences of this sort soon
became numerous and a squad of po
lice were called and drove the strikers
awav from the gates, not, however,
without resistance, resulting In several
of the strikers getting cracks over the
head. '
By 1 p. m. 4,000 men . were out, in
cluding probably over a dozen trades
To make matters worse, at this June
ture, one-third of the employes of the
Installation department, 200 In number
knocked oft. They were teamsters who
had been getting $1.60 per day, and de
manded' $2, which was refused, and
they quit. '
The strike leaders are' confident of
success, and the managers of the ex
position say they have no difficulty in
filling the strikers' places.
j A meeting or me iair aireciura aim
if the strike leaders was held in the at
ternoon, but nothing was accomplished
at the conference. President Hlggin
botham tailing the position that there
was nothing to arbitrate.
Every man who presented himself
for work after the strike was lmrae
diately hired. The Impression this af
ternoon la that there will be no serious
collisions with the strikers before to
morrow, when trouble might arise If
new "men are put to work in any con
siderable numbers under police protec
tion.
Chicago, April 10. The great strike
at the World's Fair Is a thing of the
past, and the men who walked out this
morning will walk back again tomor
row morning and ninety-nine out o't
every hundred of them will work for
the same wages for the same number
of hours as before the strike. For the
first time since Its incorporation, organ
ized labor came squarely in contact
with the United States government
and while all questions of wages were
satisfactorily settled, the right of the
the employer to use non-union men or
union men, the right of the men to be
In the ranks of organized labor, or
without them, was insisted upon by
representatives of the national govern
ment and acknowledged by the union
nen themselves. For twelve hours to
day the results of the painstaking ex
penditure of more than $20,000,000, the
good name of this mighty nation and
lis pledges to the nations of the earth
were Imperilled and endangered, while
the men who reaped the benefits of the
expenditure of that money argued with
the men who controlled It over a ques
tion of five cents an hour and the right
ot men to think and act as they pleased
within the law. It took cool heads and
temperate blood to guide the desperate
to a peacefful Issue, -but fortunately
these elements were not lacking.
It was 10 o'clock tonight when the
meeting .between the caunsel of the ad
ministration and the reprsentatlves of
the building trades' council came to an
agreement, . which is to continue
throuout the entire period of the expo
sition and under which future troubles
peem impossible. The men have rr
celved a formal concession of a mini
mum rate of wages and have yielded
to the demands of the exposition offi
cials that they may employ any man,
whether he be or ben ot a member of
any labor organization. The first step
looking toward peace was made this
afternoon, when a committee from the
strikers submitted to the council for
the administration a proposition, to ar
bitrate on April 12th. Tse council was
In session and promptly returned the
answer that it was not .prepared to
meet tbe men at once. To this the com-,
mittce agreed, and the result was a
lenghty meeting. All the points In the
case were gone over and at 10 oclock
tonight: the council presented to the
executive committee of the strikers
resolutions declaring that In the event
of the employment of worgmen or ar
tisans, representatives ot the Union or
organised labor shall be organized la-
for shall be entitled to equal consldera
Hon with union men, and that workmen
hereafter employed , who today struck,
shall not Toe refused employment here
after on that account, It being ex-
pressed purpose of the council that or
ganized labor, as such, shall not be dis
criminated against; and further, that
there shall bo paid every artisan em
ployed al' least the minimum rate of
wages prescribed for his trade. These
concessions were ' made . with the dis
tinct understanding that they would be
accepted by the executive committee
as a full settlement and solution or the
present controversy; that the men who
have gone on strike shall return to
work at once, and that' the provisions
and ' stipulations of said resolutions
shall continue in force and be operat-
lvelve during the whole period of the
exposition. These resolutions were at
encs signed by all the members of the
strikers' , executive committee, repre
senting eight or nine thousand laboring
men, and the trouble was over. A vast
majority of the men were unwilling to
strike and only went out when ordered
by the walking delegates and most of
them vory unwillingly... ,
HE BUIGGS CAS.1.
A Wdirm Discussion ,li Which the
. Brigs Men Are Victorious.
.New York, April 10. Interest In the
Brlggs case is increased as the time
for th,a meeting for the Presbyterian
assembly la May, approaches. . The
semi-annual meeting of the New York
presbyetry was held today the prln
cipal business being the election being
the election ot seven clerical and Bev-
en lay commissioners -and alternates
to the general assembly. The Rev. Dun
can J. McMillan suggested that the
commissioners be chosen from the ma.
Jorlty as usual with the presbytery
saying that an Important case would
go to the general assembly on appeal
and it seemed only fair that tho dele-
gallonrep resent the majority who ac
quitted him. This reference to Brlggs
"Drought, several antl-Brlggs "clergymen
to their feet. A. hot discussion ensued,
but the Brlggs men gained the vic
tory, 'four Brlggs men and three antls
being chosen.
Dr. Charles L. Thompson introduced
a series of resolution giving the nega
tlve to the overtures of the general as
sembly In the matter of the revlilon of
the confesslo of faith. After another
warm debate these resolutions were
adopted.
OREGON PACIFIC ALL RIGHT.
Employes Will Be Paid out of Earn
ings of the Road.
New York, April 10. The Wall street
Journal's St. Paul special says: "The
receiver of the Oregon Pacific states
that the company will meet the March
pay rolls, paying the employes out of
the earnings of the road for the first
time In three years.
The road is practically out of bank
ruptcy and on 'a paying basts. The
stockholders, who one month ago were
discouraged and disheartened by heavy
loss, are now enthusiastic.
SIOUX CHIEF DEAD.
Sioux Falls, S. D., April 10. "Nc
Water," the famous Sioux chief who
was the central figure In the ghost
dancing of two years ago, which pre
ceded the Pine Ridge war, and about
whose camp the trouble centered, died
here this morning o'f pneumonia.
ECKLES' NOMINATION.
Washington, April 10. The senate fi
nance committee will probably report
favorably on the nomination of Eckles,
of Illinois, as comptroller 'of the treas
ury. They propose to leave the respon
sibility of the nomination with the
president.
A VALUABLE STALLION DEAD.
Beatrice, Neb., April 10. Tobacco, the
famous travelling stallion, owned by J.
G. Ladd, died last night o'f laryngitis.
His owner refused $400,000 for him Im
mediately after he broke the world's
record last fall.
THE SANTA FE STRIKE.
Topeka, Kb., April 10. The machin
ists' strike on the Santa Fe continues,
though the officials claim they have
men enough at work to keep up cur
rent repairs and that more are apply,
lng for work than were required.
ACQUITTED OF MURDER CHARGE
Tacoma, Wash., April 10. David B.
Seales was tonight acquitted by a Ju
ry of the charge of murder of Police
man Cudlhe, last July. One ballot was
taken and the Jury were out but twelve
minutes.
OREGON PACIFIC PAYS OFF.
Albany, Or., The Oregon Pacific paid
oft the employes today for the month
of March 'which came under Receiver
Hadley's contract. It is rumored that
fifty per cent of back wages will soon
be paid.
FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Decisions of Jnflges Tall, Ms, anil
Srjecr Discussed .
HOKE'S 0LEEK8 MUST KEEP BTILL
Deputy Collector Csrdlnrll of ro.'tland,
Or. Is DUmlined Inspector Arm
strong) KeluMateil.
Associated Press.
Washington, April 10. In the senate
today the recent decision of Judges
Taft and Ricks, in Ohio and Speer In
Georgia, In relation to the rights and
duties of railroad employes) came up
In connection with a resolution In
structing the commission on Inter
state commerce to Inquire Into that and
other subjects, and a long' debate re
sulted. PefTer thought Judge Rick's decision
which had been a good deal criticised
by labor organizations would be ap
proved by them when they came to
understand better Its scope and view It
in all its fullness. Pfeffer believed that
it would lead to a final adjustment of
all differences between employes and
employers of carrying corporations.
The resolution was referred.
Jones ottered a resolution Instructing
the committee on Indian affairs to con?
tlnue their Investigations heretoforf
ordered,' with power to visit the Iudlan
reservation and Indian Territory.
Sherman . remarked that investiga
tions ordered two years ago should b
terminated by this time. It seemed tr
him that there should be an end tc
such Investigation,?, Unless there wa
a public demand for them and somf
public usefulness to come out of then
popular opinion would condemn their
and say they were mere pleasure par
ties organized at the expense of the
government of the United States. Tht
debate drifted to a discussion of re
cent Judicial decisions.
Gorman said one matter to be In
quired Into was the recent decisions of
the United States courts, and whether,
In view of the Inter-state- commerce
law and anti-trust law, the Judges had
a right to determine not only what f
railroad employe should do, but whal
he should not do. These decisions were
the first great step on the part of the
Judiciary to make serfs of the men em
ployed by railroad corporations.
Piatt said he believed the employee
of railroads had no more right to en
gage in discriminations of commerce
than their employers had and he die1
not believe there was anything elthei
In the inter-state commerce, act or Ir
the anti-trust act that was not an af
firmation of well considered and wel'
established common law.
Mr. Vest said Judge Speer in his de
cision had only affirmed what every
lawyer knows to be common law,
Voorhees said the most dangerout
question that the country was facing
today was the encroaching o'f corpor
ate power or colossal wealth against
thoso who were helpless In its power
and whom it wanted to have chained
to Its car. He therefore felt it his duty
to Introduce a resolution directing In
quiry as to what action might be nec
essary for the better protection of la
boring people, their greater security
from the encroachment of corporate
power. The question went over till to
morrow. .
MUST KEEP MUM.
Washington, , April 10. Secretary
Hoke Smith has given notice to law
clerks and other high grade employes
of tha Interior department that any
expression of opinion to outsiders as to
the probable solution of any question
pending before the department will be
demed sufficient cause for dismissal.
DEPUTY COLLECTOR DISMISSED.
Washington, April 10. As a result of
the investigation made by the special
treasury agent at Portland, Or., as to
the Illegal landing of Chinese, Secretary
Carlisle has dismissed from servloe
Deputy Collector Cardlnell. Inspector
Armstrong has been restored to duty.
DESTRUCTIVE FOREST FIRES.
Pomeroy, Ohio, April 10. The for
est fires In this section have been the
worst for twenty years, owing to . the
drouth and high wind. On the West
Virginia side, tho fire spread from the
burning of Clifton to the hills and
burned miles of fences and hundreds of
acres of wood. On the Ohio side there
have been numerous fires of minor Im
portance. Near Walkervllle 250,000 rails
were burned, and a section of timber In
Meigs county; also several small houses
were burned. Copuous rains last night
placed everything out of danger.
IN THE U. 8. SENATE,
Washington, Apflll 10. The senate
passed a resolution for the appoint
ment of a committee to wait on the
president to inform him that unless he
has further communications to make,
the senate is ready to adjourn. A mo-
tlon to reconsider was subsequently
mode by Hoar, and entered.
Resolutions for the Introduction of
charges against Senator Roach, of
North Dakota, and Powers, of Mon
tana, were offered by Senators Hoar
and Chandler, laid over till tomorrow.
A DEFECTIVE ASSOCIATION.
Chicago, April 10. Auditor of Public
Accounts Gore, today made public a
cotnmiunlcaftlon addressed the latter
part of last month to an official of the
Total Abstinence Life Association of
America of this city, as preliminary to
proceedings to be begun by the attor
ney general in: Cook county circuit
court, for the removal of the present
official of the , association and such
other action as rhall be deemed neces
sary. It is charged that the company
have violated the laws governing the
assessment ot associations In several
particulars. It is behind, in the payment
of numerous death penalties, and has
failed in several details of law re
garding the maklnk of assessments.
REPARATION WILL BE MADE.
Washington, April 10. The Peruvian
government has taken Initial steps
towards complying with the demands
of the United States that reparation be
made for the outrage committee on one
of Its consular agencies In Peru. The
consular agency attacked was that at
Molendo, Peru.
No news has been received by Sec
retary Gresham concerning the report
ed outrage against the United States
consulate at Bolivia.
THE ASTORIAN'S AGENTS.
In Astoria J. A. Rannells Is author
ized to take and collect subscriptions.
Ilwaco and Seed and route Homer
Fletcher is agent Tor The Astorlan and
Is authorized to take subscriptions and
make collections.
CLEVELAND AND GRESHAM.
Washington, April , 10. President
Cleveland and Secretary Gresham have
returned from a visit to Minister Bay.
ard. ..
FIRST PICNIC OF THE SEASON.
A party of business men left Astoria,
on Sunday at 10 o'clock on the naptha
launch belonging to- John Amqulst
They brought with them all the neces
saries for having a good time, which '
they had. On arriving at Fort Stevens
they were cordially received by friends
and acquaintances and were escorted to
Mr. Martin Carlson's residence and
must say that the party was most
royally entertained by Mr. and Mrs.
Carlson.
After some music and songs the table
was set In the yard and loaded with
the refreshments the party brought
with them, which was added to by Mrs.
Carlson. After more songs and music
and three cheers for everyone at Fort
Stevens, the party left at 6:30 for As
toria and expressed themselves as
having had a pleasant time. They will
remember their kind treatment by the
Fort Stevens people.
Following are the names of the party;
Albert Johnson and wife, Miss Annie
Wlren, Aug. Danlelson, Swan Wilson,
Martin Olsen, F. Ecklund, Captain
John Renz, Oscar Wlren, John Arn
qulst, Otto Carlson, Nlo Webber, Thos.
Daman t, Gus. Osmanson, and Frank
Llndstrom.
CROSSED THE DARK RlVER.
About 7 last evening Coroner Pohl
received the following dispatch from
Westport;
Westport, April 10, 1893.
Coroner Pohl, Astoria: W. A. Fos
ter was found with the top of his head
blown off. Rifle lying on the bed.
What will be done with the body. An
swer. CHAS. M'DONALD.
As soon as Coroner Pohl received the
dispatch he telegraphed to learn ex
actly where the body was, and the an
swer disclosed the fact that the sup
posed suicide had boen found on the
bank (presumably of the river) about a
mile from Westport. The coroner then
wired Instructions to take the body to
the house, and that he would proceed "'
to the scene and hold an inquest.
It could not be learned with certain.
ty who the deceased was, there being
two or three persons of that name lu '
the county, but Chief o'f Police Lough-
ery gave as his opinion that he was a
logger who had been Jealous of his
wife for some time.
Personal Mention.
Mr. J. V. Cook, the canneryman, was
In town yesterday.
Mr. J. L. Stout, of Seavicw, Wash.,
was in town yesterday.
Mr. J. K. Weatherford. of Albany
was In this city yesterday.
. Mr. D. B. Montelth ,of Albany, was
a guest at the Occident yesterday.
Hon. C. W. Fulton was a passenger
on the Telephone last night for Port
land. Mr. J. L. Weatherbee.of Eagle Cliff
came down the river yesterday after
noon. Mr,, W.' C. Smith, of Portland made a
short visit to town yesterday and reg
istered at the Ocoident.
Mr. C. D. McClure, of the Jlghthouse
department, came down Trom Portland
yesterday and will go over to Washing.
ton today, , ,