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(ISTGM PUBLIC LISffiY i MM ii. i EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XLII, NO. 150. ASTORIA, OREGOX, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 6, 1894. PJtlCE, FIVE CKNTS. Hi I Osgood Mergtm go. The One Price Clothiers, 506 and 508 'COMMERCIAL CALIFORNIA Fine tines and ' I have made arrangements for supplying any brand of wines in quantities to suit at the lowest casli figures. The trade and families supplied. All orders delivered free in Astoria. JL W. UTZIfjGEl, Str. R. P. Leave. for Tillamook as the aieathep I he steamer R. P. Elmore connects with Union Pacific steamers for Portland and through tickets are issued from Portland to Tillamook Bay points by the Union Pacific Company. Ship freight by Union Pacific Steamers. '' ELHORE, SANBORN & CO., - Agents, Astoria. UNION PACIFIC R. R. CO., Agents, Portland. $2 FOR A! $80 LOT BY BECOMING A YOU CAN GET A FIRST CLASS rO ASTORIA. . LOTS WILL BE NOW IS THE TIME TO PROCURE Ilot to Build a florae, for The Packers of Choice . olumbia River Salmon Their Brands jinn it. LOCATION. f Aorl A'Uiria Pis g Co-...-....! Astoria..... Booth A. Fk,gCO.'....AstorIi Colu jiMi'fiTerl'kitCo1 .iatnrlu.. Elmore Samuel Atorla. George Btkerj.torla.. IS JOI1I1 5 I Masmnlia J O. H.t Dthora ft Co Antnrla J,G Meglr & Co. BrookHelJ " j . fltherJicn'i fkg Co.JsUr).J Ug, St. i SrrriinaviBU WHO? t Who puffs himself up to the Bkles, And by his method dally tries With legal dust, to fill up your eyes, Of all, whom do you most despise? - The fakir. Who wrestles with a court'B expense. And thinks the public has no sense, And deals in shams and rank pretense, , And "in his mind" 1b most immense? The fakir. Who "makes you tired" with receivers' sales, And fills your ears with fairy tales; Who, full of wind has filled his sails, And to disgust you never fails? The fakir. Who has an auctioneer to pay. Yet cries "Low Prices!" every day, Who makes you pay for his display; From whom la it well to keep away? - - v The fakir. ' If you want new and reliable goods that have not lain on the shelves fcr years in a warm climate exposed t dust, moths, and corruption, buy your Clothing, Furnishing Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Trunks, Valises, etc., at Hatters and Furnishers STREET, ASTORIA, OR. A full lino of Work and Waste BASKETS. GRIFFIN & REED. WINE HOUSE. . Pain Street, Astoria, Oregon. ELiVORE Every poap Days as' Sear mill permit. I MEMBER OF HILL'S LOT CLUBS LOT IN HILL'S FIRST ADDITION DELIVERED WEEKLY. A and Locations. BB1XD. agrkts. if Pk'gCo.! $2 J Kinuer's. M. J. Kinney. Astoria.- A. UCTUU. ' S.i Booth ft Son, .;chicW . Elmore, eanborn 1 WtaiiaStar i A Co . MtorU- 1 i i ; J.O.Hnthoru&Co J. O. Hill thorn 'Astoria. i George.. J. O. Megler. . Riookfield Wn kitheisovu'f i i'kg ('t 'Astoria Federal Troops at Chicago Have a Good Effect. ALTGELT WANTS THEM REMOVED Rioting at Spokane and the Tie-up Complete at Sacramenito and San Francisco, Associated Press. Chicago, July B. Ninety men of the Fifteenth Regiment dispersed three : thousand men who were blockading thei passage of a meat train near the main' entrance of the stock yoids this morn-J ing. The soldiers met no resistance. and the strikers and their sympathizers ( fled without reforming. Deputy United States Marshals Pick and McCann at Grand Crossing, saw a striker ap- proashing a switch on the Illinois Cen tral tracks. As he would not halt they fired at him, and the shot took effect In his leg. A city policeman placed the marshals under arrest. A conflict of authority is likely to ensue, as Grand Crossing Is within the city limits. Gen eral Miles said this forenoon that he considered the strike situation more favorable than he anticipated. Sol diers from Leavenworth arrive this af ternoon. Gen. Miles said at noon today: "With the troops now on the way and the forces already in Chicago, they will number one thousand men. If that is not enough the government will fur-; nish more." General Miles, when in formed of the charge of the mob at the Stock Yards, remarked, significantly, j "Somebody will get hurt down there." At noon it was announced at the Gen eral ManageM' Association headquarters that information had been received of an order Issued by General Master ' Workman Sovereign for a strike of all Knights of Labor between Omaha and; the Paclflo Coast. The strike ordered, lb 13 stated, jncludes employes in all lines of business, not merely those work lrig for railroads. Information, is also received of rioting in the southern part of the city. A "mob stoned a passing train. At 43d street, in the Rock Island yards, a large crowd became demonstra tive, and a faeavy detail of police were sent there. The strikers ar overturning cars at all pointa not protected by soldiers. Chicago, July 6. Mayor Hopkins, in a proclamation says the events of the last twenty-four hours render it neces sary that extraordinary measures be taken to preserve the public peace and order. The police force Is directed to disperse every assemblage of persons In the nnhlln HtlAftn nnrl nn nr nAfl. iha railway tracks, and to arrest all per-j sons who refuse to disperse on com mand. The mayor Intends to enforce every law of the state end ordinance of the city, and he confidently relies upon the people of Chicago to aid him In their efforts In that behalf. N The mayor has Instructed the chief of police to suspend all the officers who were in the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern yards today and did not inter fere with the strikers who overturned cars by the score. Sacramento, July 6. The militia were ordered to disperse a mob of strikers and their sympathizers who had posses sion of the depot yesterday. They re fused, and laid down their arms. The city is quiet this morning. The strikers are still In full possession of the depot1 and yards, and no preparation has been! made to dislodge them. The strikers'! train from Dunsmuir bearing 2u0 armed American Railway Union men, and an other strikers' train from Truckee. have arrived here. The armed strikers so far have shown no disposition to pro- voke trouble. General Dlmond Is thor oughly disgusted over the events of yes terday, and returned to San Francisco this morning. Gene-al Sheehan is now In command of the militia. This morning all the members of the local militia who participated In yester day's farce were deprived of Ihclr armB and uniforms by order of General Shee han. The Stockton companies have been ordered home in disgrace. San Francisco, July 6. The seventh day of the great railroad strike closes With ft. hlrvkfllA mrvrci mmnlata ln V,. I -. - ..... . iiyi - them California than it has been at any time since Debs ordered the American Railway Union to tie-up the Southern Pacific. At Sacramento and Oakland the embargo enforced by the strikers Is' absolute, not a wheel being allowed to' turn, and at not another point In the' state is "the Southern Pacific doing any! business. Sacramento continues to be' a center of Interest. It was feared! there would be a serious outbreak there' today, and a conflict that seems to be' unavoidable, has been delayed, howecer,1 for at least another day. Early this! morning the strikers were re-enforced by 150 men from Truckee and 100 from' Dunsmuir, all armed. No, attempt to brills out the militia was made, and tonight determined men of the Amer ican Railway Union are still In the possession of the Sacramento depot. It is not thought the railroad company will attempt to move trains until the United States troops arrive at Sacra riiento, as the sympathy of the militia is with the strikers. San Francisco, July 6. Coastwise and even the eastern mall Is now coming nto and going out of Sun Francisco on ooean steamers. The postal authorities no longer hope for the speedy resump tion of railroad traffic. The steamer Walla Walla sailed for Puget Sound' this morning with tons of general malls for Washington, Idaho, British Colum bia .and the letter mall for the East. Letter pouches will go east over the' Great Northern. The Oregon mall was taken to Portland on. . the steamer Truckee. The malls also arrived by steamer from the North and South. There Is talk of sending the Incoming Australian steamer Monowal to Puget Sound there to discharge her Eastern freight and mails. Coastwise steamers' are unable to meet . the demand for! passenger transportation. Cheyenne, July 6. The Union Pacific sent a train west from here this after noon consisting of a mall car, a day coach and four Pullmans. To a tele gram from the local union to Senator Carey asking him to support the Kyle resolution In the senate the following answer was received: " shall not support the Kyle resolu tion, Should I support It, you, on e flecflon.would condemn my action, and I should lose my self respect. Your or der does not advocate anarchy, nor do I. Labor's enemy in times of trouble Is tha professed friendship of dema gogues." Spokane, July 6. The Northern Poci fio passenger train arrived here at 4 this afternoon under armed guards of deputy marshals. A crowd of 600 strik ers and sympathizers gathered at the depot, but no violence was Bhown. To night the crowd increased to 1,000, and is now rioting; has ditched three en gines and wounded three deputies by throwing stones. Ex-Police Captain Martin was severely wounded by a cut of the scalp. The mob is growing more vloiunt.- - '' Stock Yards, Chicago, July 6. Orders have been issued to the t oops to fi e1 he tUr"8 Ut f.the neUll lnto a ,rc on anv nne h 1 .211 " ptlcle behind him with the ame swing - " VVJ uillUUlJlt; cars on the trains made up. The United States soldiers are hooted at and the police officers do not seem to have any control. Washington, July 6. Gen. Schofleld to day received the following telegram from Gen. Miles at Chicago: "Owing to the excellent discipline and great for bearance of the officers and men, ser ious hoBtilltlea were avoided yesterday. Washington, July 5. Govsmor Aitgeld of Illinois, has called upon the president to remove the federal troops from Illi nois. . Oakland, July 6. Three hundred strik ers killed two engines this morning, The ferries are ail stopped. Los Angeles, July 5. Notwithstanding the presence of the troops not one train went out today. Omaha, July 6. General Master Work man Sovereign has gone to Chicago to confer with Debs. . -' THE YACHT RACE. The Britannia Winner, and the Valky - rie Sunk. Hunter's Quay, Firth of Clyde, July 5.- The yacht race today was won by the Britannia, beating the American yacht, Vigilant, five .'econds. In starting a cnl tislon occurred betwean the Valkyrie ana satanita. Tht former sank and me mni-i ib BermuBiy uisaDiea. THE HOUSE. Washington, July 5. In the house to day a Joint resolution to authorize the secretary of the navy to continue the employment of mechanics In the nn vv yards who have been discharged owing to me rauure or congress to pass the appropriation lbil was passed after some tan remarks from Cannon and Reed. . THE LOTAN JURY. The Investigation of the Missing Evi dence Begun. Portland, .fuly 6. Judge Bellinger to day ordered the Jurors in the Lotan smuggling case to make out sworn state-j nier.ts as to the disposition of the docu mentary evidence In the c.ise. THE LAST OF THE FAIR. AH the Remaining World's Fair Build ings on Fire. Chlcflm. 7'J n m Titl.r ft 4 A the Fair grounds has burned down the terminal station, agricultural. Mining. PlectrirMfv nnti iflm!nlufmiun t...it.n - ,((., .itvi.ii iyuiiUMiB. The manufactures building Is a mass of na.im, ana win De completely destroyed. The transportation building is blazing. SERIOUS A. P. A. RIOT. Butte, July 5 In an A. P. A. riot tier yesieruay u. H. Daly was killed and Mamuel Oann mortally wounded and nve persons seriously Injured. THE GOLD RESERVE. Washington, J.ily 5. The pold rcrv in the treasury today was $4,7,745. WITH TIP WHEELS The Upper Columbia Canning Industry is Half Paralyzed. PACK WILL FALL VERY SHORT. Thirty-three Wheels are Totally Destroyed Entailing: Very Great Loss on tfheir Owners. Special correspondence of the Astorlan The Dalles, Or., July 4, 1894. The con dition of affairs on the Upper Columbia as far as regards the lsamon fishing Industry, Is unprecedented In the hlBtory of tha business, and while the flood has wrought much harm and caused a loss of a great) deal of valuable apparatus, it has also been the means of Increasing the run of salmon so greatly that in all probability half of the drawback created by the destruction of appliances will be overcome by the enormous quan tity of salmon caughu In fact all the cannerymen are worrying themselves Into a fever by their calculations con cerning what the pack would have been if only the flood had not damaged their wheels and gear, but as ai man can't eat his cake and have it too, so such figuring, outside of the ' temporary dreams of bliss It causes, la veritable waste of time. Before going into t.he general theme, it may be well, bo that your readers can better understand the condition, of af fairs, to tell them what portions of the river contain fishing appliances, how the fish wheels work, to whom they be long, and what their capacity Is. To begin with, there are between Vancou ver and Celilo about two hundred dip nets. These contrivances are simply butterfly nets, considerably enlarged and strengthened. The operator stands on an open platform supported by piling driven Into the bed of the river, and juttdng out over the swiftest eddies ai either side of the stream. Poling the net up-river, he lets It rush down with the' current until It has reached the limit of the handle, below him, when he gives it a sudden jerk and hauls. It into the air. Nowadays he has a fun a'l every raising, and sometimes two, which that a la crosse player uses when he throws a ball. The salmon, swimming up stream, choose the most difficult eddies, and these bclngr more or less muddy, they are In the nets before they can stop themselves. The fish wheel, which works on exactly the same prin ciple, operates Itself, and requires no manual labor of any kind to assist it ln catching fish. The owner of the wheel or the overseer, whichever he happens to be, can sic by and smoke, watching the shining, beauties tumbling into his scow like logs coming down a wood shute. Wheels are of two kinds, and are always located at the edge of the river ln a rapid eddy. There is the scow wheel, which Is attached to a large scow and can be hauled to any loca tion that Is desired on very short notice. And there Is the stationary wheel, held to an enormously strong and very ex pensive "crib" or foundation of granite, and which occupies the same spot year in and year out. While they are called wheels, In reality the name Is not a correct one for they are not wheels at all. Tha affair, as nearly as I can de scribe It, consists of four big nets work ing on, and attaohed to, one axle. These nets, which are built in the form of scoops, are turned by the current Itself. As each scoop enters the water, it is driven along by the force of the river, and a moment after sacends into the air, with probably two or three fish that have run right at it. At a certain neigni tne nen slide down from the scoop. They are caught In a wooden tunnel, and from there slip and flounder into the scow or crib Itself, where hun dreds of their mates usually He flapping ana gasplqg for breath. Beginning with "McGowan's," as the settlement Is called, P. J. McGowan and Sons own all the apparatus In the lo. callty. The next place is Warrendale, where Mr. Frank M. Warren, Hamil ton & Tozler, and Dodaon & Co., all own wheels. At the Cascades Hamilton Bros., Hamilton St Stevenson, and F. M. Warren figure as owners, and In the vicinity of The Dalles are Everdlng & Farrell, Winans Bros., W. Cram, and Seufert Bros., all very largely Inter Highest of all In Leavening Pcver. ested both in wheels and dio nets. Be yond this point is Mr. I. H. Taffe, who conuuets a very extensive busimn, mm who, up to this year supplied a number of the, cannerymen with fish from his various snaring paraphernalia. I visited Mr. John McGowan on my way. up the river, and he very glutlly put me in possession of all the facts at his disposal, p. J. McGowan & Sons lost two stationary wheels by the flood and the lead to a third was completely washed out. The firm now have ln operation one stow wheel and one sta tionary wheel, and up to date have packed 8,200 cases of fish. Mr. Mc Gowan In his conversation said: "Our stationary wheel Is sending In about one and one-half tons of fish a day, and we get about 1500 pounds a day from the scow wheel. In addition to this, we have among our present source of sup ply seventy drift neta which are re sponsible for about twenty-five tons a day. Two scow wheels in the rapids, owned by private parties, are also send ing us In fish occasionally. At a rough calculation I would say . that our can nery's pack, this year will be about one third short of that of last Beason, a dif ference ot course brought about by .tho loss of the best part of the apparatus and the damage to our machinery. The run of bluebacks has been marvellous. I never saw anything like It, and, as you can see for yourself, the river Is still swwmlng with fish. They are ex ceptionally large. We haven't got one single wheel in good shape. If we hud even one ln fair running order It would more than fill our capacity, and had there been no flood we would have been compelled to pull up some of the wheels and have them lie Idle." Mr. Fiank M. Warren. Is located about three miles above Mc Gowan s, has been one of the heaviest losers on the Upper Columbia, and Huhr alongside him are several other owners ot apparatus who have also snnvreri considerably. Warren has two station ary and one scow wheel destroyed on the Washington side of the river, and two stationary wheels broken to nieces on the Oregon side. These two latter were probably the finest and most ex pensive wheels in the -world, cosilnar something Ilka $7,600 each to ereot. Their cribs were 40 feet long, 19 feet deep, and 21 feet wide, built of 6x8 inch timbers and filled with solid masonry cemented together at every crevice. Every vestige of both these foundations has been car ried away by the current and scattered, rock and lal, over the land on both sides: Mr. Warren said to me: "I have never before seen the upper river so full of fish. We have two wheels run ning, but neither of them Is working properly. If we had all our apparatus at work, that Is if none of It had been destroyed by the flood, we would have been abla this year to have caught enough salmon to supply every cannery In Astoria, My shortage of pack to date In comparison with last year's op erations Is about 11,000 cases, but If this phenomenal run of bluebacks keeps on much longer, I will be able to put up very nearly an ordinary pack by the end of the season." Mr. Warren esti mates his loss, through the destruction of property, at close on $35,000. He ex pressed his sincere sympathy with Mr. Kinney ln his trouble and hoped that he would roon recover himself again and retrieve his fallen fortunes. In fact, every canneryman that I met on the Upper river had time to turn from his own losses to say a kindly word on tho same subject, and their regrets were, I am certain, thoroughly genuine. Close to Warren's cannery were the two fine stationary wheels owned by Dodson & Co., both of which have been torn to pieces and with their founda tlons. swept down towards Vancouver. Hamilton & Tozler hod a scow wheel in thtf immediate vicinity, and this, too, went by the board. George H. Steven son and W. J. Hamilton each lost a new scow wheel at this point. At the Lower Cascades, right where the rapids boll and tumble most fur iously, after throwing the water several feet high, are two dip net stands owned by George II. Stevenson and operated principally by Indians. Here hundreds of passengers from the various steamers congregate every day while waiting for the unloading of freight, and watch with Interest the process of dip net fishing. At every sweep of the arm a five and sometimes a seven pound blue back is thrown up from the boiling torrent, and yesterday I saw two and three of these fish in the net at the same time. Chinook, salmon are very (Continued on Lost Page.) Latest U. 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