HINTS TO CONGRESS
President Says Certain New Laws
Should Be Passed.
MUST GIVE RELIEF TO LABOR
Allow Traffic Agreements Among; tho
Railroads Amend Antl-Trut
Law Revise tariff.
Washington, March 20. Insisting
that certain important measures should
bo passed by the present congress, Pros
ident Ilooeevolt sent a special niessogo
to both houses yesterday.
The message In part follows:
Child labor should bo prohibited
throughout the nation. At least a
model child labor bill should bo passed
tor the District ot Columbia.
1 renew my recommendation for tho
Immediate ro-enactmont ot an employ
crs liability law, drawn to conform to
the recent decision ot the Supremo
court. Within the limits indicated by
the court the law should bo made thor
ough and comprehensive and the pro
tection it affords should affect every
class of employo to which tho power of
the congress can extend. In addition
to a liability law protecting th' em
ployes of common carriers tho govern
ment should show its faith by enacting
a further law giving compensation to
its own employes for injury or death
incurred In its service.
I also urge that action bo taken along
the line of the recommendations I have
already made concerning injunctions in
labor disputes. No temporary restrain
ing order should be issued by any court
without notlcce and the petition for a
permanent injunction upon which such
temporary injunction has been issued
should be heard by the court Issuing
the eauie within a reasonable time
say not to exceed a week of thereabout
I again call attention to the nrgent
need of amending the interstate com
merce law and especially the anti-trust
law. along the lines indicated In my
last message. The interstate commerce
law should be amended so as to give
railroads tho right to make traffic
agreements, subject to these agree
ments win? approvcdjby the Interstate
Commere commission snd published
la all details.
In addition to the reasons I have al
ready urged on your attention it has
Dowbeome important that there should
be an amendment of the anti-trust
law because of the uncertainty as to
how this law affects combinations
among laboring men and farmers, if the
combination has any tendency to re
strict interstate commerce. All ot
these combinations, If and while exist
ing for and engaged in the promotion
of innocent and proper purposes, should
be lecozuised as legal, as I have repeat
edly pointed out.
The time has come when we should
prepare for a revision of the tariff.
This should be, and Indeed must be.
nreceded br careful Investigation. It
is peculiarly the province of the boost
or representatives to originate a UrIII
billjand to determine upon its terms;
and this I futly realize, yet It seems to
me that before the cloee of this session
provision should be made for collecting
full material which will enable the
. congrees elected next fall to act imme
diately after it comes into existence.
Ample provision should be made for
a permanent waterway commission
with whatever power is required to
make it effective. The congress should
realize In fullest fashion the fact that
the subject of the conservation of our
natural resources with which this com
mission deals is literally vital for the
future of the nation.
Numerous bills granting water power
rights on navigable streams have been
Introduced. None of them gives the
government tho right to make a reason
able charge for the valuable privilege
granted. Nor la any definite time limit
cet, as should always be done In such
cases, and I shall be obliged therefoie,
In accordance with the policy stated in
a recent message, to veto any water
power bill which does not provide for
a time limit and the collection of a just
and reasonable charge.'
Many Traitors In China.
Fekln, March 20. Seven men arrest
ed recently chargod with trafficking in
governmental secrets have been found
guilty and sentenced to long terms of
imprisonment. This punishment Is
generally considered to be worse than
death. It would appear that the con
spiracy against the government is fairly
widespread, and the revelations have
considerably alarmed the court. No
less than SO Important persons are now
being held In custody and it is reported
that the chief of police of the forbidden
city is among them.
Kill Off Anarchist Papera.
Trenton, N. J., March 20. A bill
was introduced in the house today mak
ing it a misdemeanor to publish anar
chist newspapers. The Dili is aimed
at a Fatersoo paper recently excluded
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HELD FOR MURDER.
Formal Charge Filed Against Stayer
of Stevens.
Ban Francisco, March 27. In. Whan
Chang and Ming Wun cnun, the. uo
rean patriots who elected to kill Dur
ham W. Btovons for what thoy believed
to bo treachery to tho Hermit Kingdom,
wore this morning charged with mur
der. Thev must face trial for their
deed in tho courts ot tills city. Held
in detention pending tho struggle (or
life which Uie courageous diplomat
made, tho two men wcro charged on
tho police blotter as soon ns news of tho
end was conveyed to police, headquar
ters. In Whan Chang, the Corcnn who
tired' tho shots which proved fatal to
Stevens, when informed last night
at the jail ot his victim's death, re
ceived the news without eurpriso and
with manifest dollght. Since tho day
of the shooting Chang lias been ex
pressing the hopo that Btovens wounds
might provo fatal. Last night, when
asked if ho was sorry for what ho had
done, Chang said: "No; I am glad.
Ho was no friend ot Cores, and ho is
better dead."
There is a movement on foot among
the Japanese to erect a monument to
Stevens. Japancso commenced going
about among their fellow countrymen
this morning broaching the Idoa and
suggesting that subscriptions be forth
coming. The proposition is still In
tho tentative stage, but, judging from
the feeling tho Japansote show toward
the dead American, there will bo no
difficulty in bringing it to sccompllth
ment Whether the monument shall
lo elected in this city, in Tokio or in
Fcoul, the theater ot Stevens' services
to Japan, has not yet been decided.
CITY ROBBED WHOLESALE.
Immense Frauds Discovered In Chi
cago Water Department.
Chicago. March 27. An amazing
system of robbery and graft, involving
city emplovea and big business nrras,
and extending back through several
years, has been discovered In Uie water
department. Two employes, including
a division head, were removed, and 38
subordinate employes will bo dis
charged. Some of them may be in
dicted. Through tampering with meters and
the connivance ot city employes, seve
ral largo corporations have defrauded
the city of hundreds ot thouiands of
dollars in water taxes. City employes
have sold meters to junk dealers and
bartered materials for drinks in sa
loons. Supplies never used by'the city were
purchased ostensibly for the water de
partment and then mod by plumbers
In private businessa.
The payrolls were padded with Idlers
and incompetents. The force, which
originally numbered 200 men, was re
duced by Superintendent VV. J. Mc
Court, of the water bureau, to 60.
TROOPS ORDERED OUT.
Striking; Alaska Miners May Destro)
Property.
Seattle, Wash., March 27. Troops
have been ordered from Fort Seward,
at Haines, Alaska, to preserve order at
the Treadwell mines, on Douglass
Island, where 800 miners have gone on
a strike. The troops are due to arrive
at Treadwell early tomorrow morning,
and serious trouble Is anticipated.
United States Marshal 8houp, who has
just returned from Washington, left
for the scene of the trouble, on receipt
of dispatches from his chief deputy.
The miners bave threatened to blow
np the works If troops sre landed on
the island They stole 10 kegs of dy
namite today from the mine stores.
Colonel Green, in command of one
company of tho Tenth infantry, left
Haines tonight with a gatllng gun, and
should reach the mines at an early hour
this rooming. The other companies
stationed at Fort Seward have been or
dered to be in readiness lo reinforce the
first company if needed.
Jnst beforo his departuro for Juneau
at 0 o'clock last night, Marshal Bhoup
received a message from bis cljlei depu
ty that no serious disturbances have oc
curred, but trouble of a serious nature
Is anticipated when the troops are land
ed on the Island In the morning.
Claims Rights In Senate.
Ran Francisco, March 27. Superior
Judge Beawell today granted the Com
mercial Union Assurance company of
Great Britain a peremptory writ of
mandate against Insurance Commission
er E. Myron Wolfe, who has withhold
from the company a certlflcate'auUiorlt
ing It lo transact fire and marine insur
ance business in this state. Mr. Wolfe
based his refusal on the ground that the
Commercial Union had illegally trans
ferred suits filed against the company
from the Superior court of this stato to
the United States Circuit court.
More Warships to Haytl.
Washington, March 27. Two addi
tional war veisels were ordered to Hav-
ti today following a conference of offi
cials of UieStatonndNavv departments.
The Des Moines already had been sent
to the scene of the recent outbreak.
The two vessels dispatched today are
the gunboats Marietta and Paducab,
both of which have been at Guan tana
mo, Cuba, preparing for target practice.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
INFORMATION IS COSTLY.
More Than 810,000 Expended
for
Enlightening; Voters.
Salcru The sending out ot tho pain
phlcts containing tho measures to bo
voted upon nt tho general election In
June, together with the arguments for
and against Uie in, has been begun by
the secretary of state. Already over
00,000 havo been sent out to votors
whoso names have been submitted to
tho secretary ot stato.
Tho stnto printer has prepared 100,
000 of threa pamphlets In ail nt n cost
of f 0,373.76. Of this amount tho per.
83ns submitting the measures ru.d argu
ments will bavo to pay $2,707.34 as
their proportion, as Qxcd by law. Tho
total amount collected by the secretary
of state from the filers of tho arguments
Is 13.000. An adjustment will bo made
on a per pngo basis, and thoso who bnvo
paid more than their share will receive
a refund, while the others who havo
not paid their full percentage will havo
to remit the difference.
The postage for the sending out of
these arguments will cost about 13,000,
and tho cost of f 0,373.75 will havo to
bo added to It bifuro tho actual expense
of getting out tho measures can bo as
certained, the amount of postage, the
cost (or clerks engaged In mailing,
about 250, and tho cost of securing the
names of votors.
Secretary ot State Benson, it Is est!
mated, has saved about $3,000 in the
getting up of the pamphlet by his ar
rangement of Uie measures.
SEND PAMPHLETS TO VOTERS
Secretary Benson Has Malted 25,000
Copies In Four Days.
Salem In four days 25,000 copies of
initiative and referendum pamphlets
have been mailed to registered votois
in Oregon by Secretary of State lienson.
These pamphlets wolghed over i
tens, filling 105 mall socks, such as
aro used for paper mall. The postage
was $760.
Tho work of sending out theeo
pamphlets Is only one-quartor done,
however, for thero will be at least
100,000 registered voters In the state,
and each must receive a copv. Secre
tary lienson has five clerks engaged In
this work, addrossing envelopes, put
ting in tho pamphlets, sealing, etc.
They can send out about 6,000 pamph
lets a day, and at tho present rate will
havo tho work dono in 16-days, or by
the 11th of April, If the registration
lists reach the secretary fast enough.
In order to aid tho postal clerks, Mr.
Benson Is having the pamphlets put
Into separate sacks for each commun
ity, as far as possible, thus saving
handling in the postoffico.
Weather Good for Farming;.
8alem Not for many years havo the
farmers of this part ot the Willamette
valley had as favorable a reason as
this for fall and winter work. With
scarcely an exception all the farmers
got their plowing and seeding done In
season and tho work of pruning and
spra)lng orchards was favored by lair
weather during the winter, ibe out
look now is for excellent crops of all
kinds. The winter was a mild one and
livestock catno through In fine condi
tion, notwithstanding the scarcity and
consequent high price of hay and mill
feed.
Klamath at Roso Festival.
Klamath Falls Klamath county will
have a float In the parade at the Port
land roso festival, and the committee
In charge are asking for suggestions
from all citizens of Klamath county.
Difficulty is being encountered in plan
ning a float that will be fully repre
sentative of all the county's resources.
The chamber of commerce has appoint
ed Judge George T. Baldwin, John
Ellis and T. W. Stephens as a commit
fee, and they will ask tho cooperation
of all In securing a significant Klamath
county float.
Must "Dip" Mangy Cayuses.
Pendleton Every horse on tho Uma
tilla reservation range is to be dipped
during the month of May, according to
an edict issued by Dr. 8. W. McClure,
of this city, who islicad of tho bureau
of animal industry in the Northwest.
The purpose of the wholesale dipping
is to eradicate mange, which is prova
lont among the Indian horses. Tho In
dians will bo required to round up
tliolr own ponies, all other oxpenso be
ing defrayed by the department of In
dian affairs.
Governor Invited to Seattle.
Salem Governor Chamberlain has
received a communication from the
Seattle chamber of commerce urging
him to corns to that city In June and
welcome the fleet upon its arrival
there. Governor Chamberlain has ex
pressed himself as being desirous of
complying with the request, but states
that it seems at present as if he would
be unable to do so. owing to a number
of important matters coming up at that
time.
COWS ARE GOOD MILKERS.
Blooded Stuck at O. A. O. Farm
Show Big Ylstds.
Corvnllls An Ayrshire cow on the
collego farm, In the milk period of a
little inure limn ten months just closed,
has yielded 11,070 pounds of milk, The
amount ot buttor fat was 400. Oil
pounds, equivalent of 644 47 pounds ol
butter. At 30 cents twr pound the
gross value was $103.34. It cost to
feed hor during the period $40, leaving
a net protlt of $123.34. Her diet was
alfalfa, with very light ration of bran
and rolled oats during the summer,
and 15 pounds ot vetch and oats bay,
30 pounds of kalo and eight pounds of
bran nnd rolled Imrlry during winter.
Tho nulmal Is 0 yrats old, and catno
Item tho farm of Mrs. Honoymaii, of
Portland.
A 0-year old Holsteln from the
Frakes herd at Hcappooso yielded over
13,000 pounds ot milk during a similar
period, which closed In December,
making a buttor product of over 620
pounds. Bho has freshened, and Is
now giving 70 pounds of milk per dny.
Horse Show at Salem
Batcm Klaborato preparations aio
under way to make tho horio show to
be held In this city Batuiday, April 4,
the banner horso fair nt tho year In the
Willamette valley. All the oltliens of
tho Capital City aro taking hold of the
work luoldent to such an undertaking
with a vim that augurs woll fur the suc
cess of tho affair. Tho finance commit
tee Is meeting with tho very best of
success and encouragement, and will
cat 11 hae collected over $600 in cash,
beside many valuable cups, etc., to
offer as prizes, beforn Its labors are
bended. Over 23 beautiful cups ani
already subscribed by tho enterprising
firms of Salem. Many of tho leading
horsemen of tho stato havo signified
their Intention of entering their hlsh
class animals, and everything points
towards a most successful, profitably
and educational meeting Salem Satur
day, April 4.
Boosting Slate Fair.
Salem F. A. Welch, secretary of
Uie stato board of agriculture, Is rush
Ing preparntlons for the stato fair, to
bo held horo In September. Postal
cards advertising the fair have been
sent broadcast orcr the united States,
and It Is probublo thai a greater influx
of visitors than ever beforo will attond
this year. Clatsop, Columbia, Lane
and Clackamas counties have already
sent notifications that they want large
sections reserved for their exhibits.
Plan Condenser at Brooks.
Salem Negotiations are In progress
for the establishment of a milk con
denslng plant at Brooks, seven miles
norm of this city. It Is understood
that Portland men are back of tho en
terprise and that they are rsady to In
stall the plant as soon as they are as
sured that th" enndenser will get tho
milk from 1,000 cows. M.L.Jones,
a prominent dairyman at Lake Lnblsh,
has Indicated a wllllngneis to supply
milk from 300 cows.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 82(S)83o; blnestem,
B486o; valley, 8283o; ml, 8081o.
Barley Feed, $20 per ton; rolled,
$28(330 por ton.
Oats No. 1 white, $27?8 per ton.
Corn Wholo, $33.60; cracked,
$34.60.
Hay Valley timothy, Nc. 1, $17 por
Ion: Eastern Oregcn timothy, $1D20;
clover, $14(316; cheat, $16; grain liny,
$14$15; alfalfa, $12f313.
Fruits Apples, $1(33.60 per box, ac
cording to quality; cranberries, $8(311
per barrol.
Vegetables Asparagus, lStfo per
pound; beans, 20c per pound; cabbago,
11Xc; caullllowor, $232 26; col-
ery, $4.60 per orate; cucumbers, $2.76
per dozen; parsley, 26o per dozen ; pep.
pers, 20o per pound; radishes, uuo per
dozen; rhubarb, 8c per pound; spin
ach, 85c pr crate: sprouts, too per
pound; squash, llj.40 per pound;
turnips, 85c per sack; carrots, 86c per
sack; beets, $1 per sack.
Onions Oregon, $4 per hundred,
Potatoes 400650 per hundred, de
livered Portland; sweet potatoes, $4
per hundred,
Buttor Fancy creamery, 25?0o por
nonnd.
Poultry Averago old hens, 1415c
per pound; mixed chickens, 1213o;
spring chlckons, lt!20o; turkeys, live,
1617c; dressed, choice, 10Q20; geeso,
llvo, 810o; ducks, lf!17o; pigeons,
76c$l; squabs, $1.60(3)2.
Eggs Fresh ranch, lG10o per
dozen.
Veal 75 to 125 pounds, 80e; 15
to 160 pounds, 7o; 160 to 200 pounds,
6000.
Pork Block, 76 to 160 pounds, 7
7Jcj packers, 6o,
Hops 1007, prlmo and ohotco, 4
60; olds, 129.
Wool Kastern Oregon, average test,
123160 per pound, according to shrink
age; valley, 1018o, according to qual
ity; monair, choice, zoo per pound.
LAUDS AMERICAN NAVY.
French Naval Officers Surprised (at
efficiency.
Purls, March 28. Many French olll
oers frankly lay thnt tho Imprcaslvo
demonstration given by Iho Atnorlrun
battleship lleet in It journey lo Mngdn
Iciiii lxiy of Its ability to keep at sen
raises tint American navy to an equali
ty with that ot Great llrlUlu. If the
return journey Is as successful as tho
trip around Houth Aiuvtlcn has bren,
thoy deolnre, tho American navy will
havo no suiMitlor In tho world.
Tho French minister of uinrlnn, M.
Thomson, la so Impressed with iho re
sult ot this ctiilro thnt ho Is Instructing
Lieutenant Commander da lllattpro,
tho French nnvnl nltntho at Washing
ton, to piocoid lo Han Fmnolsco and
send n lull roiwit of tho condition of
tho ship mid the. lemon ot tho cruise,
Tho laok ol boiler acoldriits during
tho voyage, already has called out criti
cism of tho 'contrast furnished by tho
trench navy, where tmnblo In ths en
ulna room I constant, nnd M. Fhoin
son has been Interpolated as to why
tho government doe not uto Iho Amer
ican typo of holler, which Is now being
manufactured in t ranee.
A salient feature ot tho oruiso which
Is attracting attention hero Is tho sue
cms obtained fiom tho Ainrrlcan ya
tern of employing lino officers In the en-
glno rooms. This pmjedurn up to the
present tlmo has Mien regarded with
much skontlolsin In Fionoh naval choirs.
News of tho decision to send tho bat
tleship Hoot back to tho Atlantic coast
by way of Australia and the nuea canal
Is received hero as a crowning revelation
ol tho efficiency of tho American navy.
Tho statement that the cruise Is to Iki
extended In this manner has opened
Uie eyes of tho French pulilio, which
has boon led to bellovu that tho Amor!
can navy was a good dial of a "bluff,"
and that tho cruise around South Amer
ica would demonstrato Uto Incapacity
of tho vessels, and that If It was nccom
pllshed the ships would In) ready for
tho scran heap, hvrn In trench naval
circles the belief was general that this
long voyage would develop structural
weaknesses In the vessels themselves,
or at least serious hr.akdowns In tho
engine rooms. In view of these opin
ions, tho announcement that the llet
arrived at Magdalcua bay ahead ot Its
schedule, ready for target pracllco and
In better condition than when It Bailed
from Hampton roads In December, lias
crested all the more astonishment.
NEW ERA FOR KOADd.
State Regulation Is Utterly Killed by
Last Decisions.
Washington, March 25. It has re
quired a second day's consideration for
men In public life In Washington to
fully grasp tho sweeping charsoler of
the decisions handed down by U10 Su
premo court In the Minnesota and
North Carolina railroad rata law cases
and to rcallzo their Important effects In
restoring confidence In railway securi
ties and bringing back the prosperity of
Uie nation, temporarily checked by tho
money stringency of last fall. As a re
sult of these decisions, a brighter era
for raliroad property is dawning.
Tho Immedfato results brought about
by these decisions aro:
1. No stato, through It officers or
lU.oourts, can onforco a rate law juisetl
by Its legislature pending the '.ie
merit of Uie law'a constitutionality by
tho Frdoral courts, when direct uppeal
is made to the latter.
2. Tho rato laws of two states have
bren wiped out completely and cry
oUicr state in tho union that has enact
ed rato legislation Is In doubt as to
whether Its law Is valid.
3. Tho overwhelming power of a
Federal Injunction to restrain, not the
action of state courts, but Individuals
from proceeding through mandamus In
tho stato courts to enforce that which
tho Federal court seeks to stay, has
been established by thn highest tribu
nal In tho laud. And this is only an
other way of declaring that tho power
of a state court is nugatory, ence the
Federal authority Interferes.
4. Any rato law which charges a
stato, through Its officers, wlUi U10
duty of administering It Is open to rod
eial inquiry the moment tho stnto at
tempts to forco tho law, and such Intor
fereuo Is not a contravention of the
constitutional provision giving a itate
Immunity from prosecution.
Fisherman and Packers Agree.
Sun Francisco, March 26. An agree
ment between tho Alaska Fishermen's
Protective union and tho Alaska Paok
osr' association has been reached and
thero will bo no strike. Tho scalo will
bo fixed on last year's l.ssls, which
was what tho fishermen wcro contend
ing for, A modification will bo made
In tho care of tho fishermen at Fort
Wranglo and Pyramid harbor. They
will bo paid by tho enso, Instead of a
percentage IobciI on thn number of fish
caught. The fishing fleet will leave
shortly for tho north.
Accept China's Invitation.
Washington. March 26 The State
dopaitmont today notified Wu Ting
Fang, the Chinese ambassador, that
Uie Invitation extended by his govorn
merit to the btittlethln fleet In visit
China would bosocepted, Tho ambas
sador was asked to rnnvnv thn mvr.t.
anoo to his government at Fekln,
CITY IS DEST
Heavy Enrlluiuake Followed by
Fire In Mexico,
NO LOSS OF LIFE IS REPORTED
Thirty-four Shocks Recorded Within
Twenty-four Hours at Mexican
National Observatory.
Mcklco.'Olty.'.Manh 28. Clillapa,
town of 16,000 liihntillniits In the stnto
of Guerrero, hns been shaken by nil
earthquake and burned.
Thn shirks, two in mum r, iwurrro
early last evening and were followed
by, lire, which originating In a doicn
plait's among thu tumbling buildings,
joined, In aronllngtatloti that swept thn
town."
Governor Hatnlan Flores, chid exeo
utlvo ol the state of Guerrero, who la
at present In this olty, had nt 0 o'clock
this evening just received the first offi
cial advices from Chllspn. Tho nif
sage says that, although a number ot
the building ot the town wrio loicled
to tho ground, no lives were lost. Tho
police quarters nnd .the mayor's office
were destroyed nnd Iho jail Imdly dam
aged. Great (IsMirm wcro made In thn
streets and open Holds,
In the neighboring town of Ometepro
tho jail was destroytd and 30 prisoners
lundo their rrcac. Troops are guard;
Ing the public building that are stand
ing In Chllapa, but perfect order pro
vails.
later returns from Chllapa show,
howevrr, that the dispatch rrcrlrrd by
Governor l'lou was ultra comrrvatlvp.
Thn town 1 was pmctlmlly destroyed,
though no llxri were lost. Most of tho
buildings that wcro lowltd woie resi
dence. '
Thirty-four shock havo Iwen record
ed during the past 2 1 hours by the sets
mogmph.at thn national observatory nt
Tnbiiyaca. Most of Iheso shocki, how-
nvrr. werv liinmr-rnlllitu oicenl to thn
dellcat need 1 0 of thn Instrument,
NORTH POLE IH SHIFTINQ.
Making America Warmer and Siberia
Colder.
Victoria, II. 0., March 28. Hist Iho
north polo Is shilling and tho "llinato
Is changing, making tho Northern terri
tories of this continent warmer and
Norther Asia colder, la the theory to
support which Mose II. Cotworth, ot
York, Knglnnd, has been gathrrlng ovl- .
dp nee In Alaska, from where ho has lo '
turned on his way to Kngland
A curious effect of this change, It Is
said, may i a number of boundary
difficulties Ixtwpen Canada and tho
United States, especially In tho Km tern,
portion. This boundary Is died by
Istltude, and If tho north polo Is rrally
moving, tho latitudes change also, ten
derlng it advhablo that tho boundary
bo sjteodlly marked nverywhern by
permanent monuments, where It baa
not yet been so marked already.
The movement, Cotworth rays, Is
caused by U10 lirunorisn accumulations
of Iro along tho Canadian shorn of tho
Arctlo ocean, and especially In llaffin'a
land and Greenland.
MINERS HELD IN CHECK.
Pssce Commlttoo Rsstrslns Strikers
From Rioting.
Juneau, Alaska, March 28. Although
thero has been no vlolenre as vet nt tho
Treadwell mine, tho 800 men 011 a
strike am only proveuted from making
an outbnak by thu commission of 20
tnoii from the union who hnvo been
called tho peace committee.
Thn tension Is so high thnt the east
word will bring about trouble Iho
union loaders havo ntkod tho men lo
refrain from drinking, but Idleness Is
irksome and tho men are chnllnu under
the delay of a settlement, especially In
view ot thn fact thnt tho company has
declared that never again will there ho
any of thu piesent leaders employed by
tho company.
Find More Oold In Alaska.
Stattlo, Wash., March 28. A special
cnblo lo tho Times from Valdrz, Alas
ka, states that rnon just In from tho
Gulkann diggings, towards which thu
latest stampede Is directed, report an
othor big strlko there. The olalrn own
ers havo been working a tunnel nil
wlntor, and they are now In ground
said to bo running $20 to tho pan. On
Iho strength nt this news, Peter Mons
linn, original locator of tho Now Gol
comia, and ownor of Its bust claims,
spent $1,600 for wlno, treating, when
ho heard tho report.
Great Strike Is Ordered,
Kansas City, March 28. Thirty flvo
thousand members of tho Unltod Mine
workors of Amorlcn, employed In dis
tricts Nob. 4, 21 and 26, comprising
Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma
and Texas, will go on strlko April 1,
following a decision readied at meet
ns of division vlco presidents held
hare today.
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