RAILWAY STRIKE
NOW DEFERRED
Engincnicn Accept Roads' Offer
of Mediation.
Managers Dcnu lie fusing to Abide
by AwardsFederal Hoard
Will Now Take Cane.
Chicago Danger of a ntrlko of tlio
engine crowH of Western railroads wan
deferred Saturday night when tho rop
rcHontatlvon of tho men accepted an
offer of mediation by William L.
Cliarnboni, chairman of tho Federal
Hoard of Mediation and Conciliation.
The meeting with the full board will
begin hero within a few dayu.
The olfer of mediation by Mr. Cham
bora caino an a remilt of a request by
A, W. Tronholm, chairman of tho com
mittee of general manager, which
wan made in Hpite of a formal an
nouncement that the employed would
decline to accept mediation, and
charges that the rallroadn had hereto
fore rofuncd to abide by the findings
of arbitration hoardtt.
The mcBHtigu of acceptance wan sent
by Warren 8. Stone, grand chief engi
neer of tho Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, and W. S. Carter, prcnl
dent of the Hrothorhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginomen.
I Tho rallroadn committee, in a letter
to the men, denied they had refused to
abido by arbitration awardn, an charg
ed by the men.
Mr. Carter nald that tho chargcA of
repudiation had been the result of tho
Interpretation given awardn by tho
roiulii, and not becaune they had actu
ally ignored tho findings of the arbitra
tion board. Ho wild, also, that tho
Eontorn rather than tho Western roads,
had been In mind when theso char gen
woro made.
"Tho findings of tho mediation board
are not mandatory," he said.
Both Germans and British
Offer Gen. Hucrla Asylum
Puerto Mexico General Vlctoriano
Uuetra, who recently resigned an pro
visional president of Mexico arrived
hero shortly after 9 o'clock Saturday
night, lie wan accompanied by Gen
oral Hlanquot, his minister of war.
When he expects to leave hl coun
try and share tho oxllo of General Por
flrio Diaz, whom he escorted to tho
coast three years ago, Is yet unknown
except perhaps to himself.
" Captain Kohlcr, of tho German
cruher Dresden, offered him his ship
"for any use ho cared to make of her,"
but General Hucrta merely thanked
him, adding that ho would return his
call.
Tho trip to this port was without in
cident or unpleasantness other than
that caused by tho terrible heat of tho
tropical lowlands. With Hucrta and
Hlanquot wcro tho general Btaff. Tho
party occupied a train of nine sleeping
cars, four of which wore given over to
troops.
Two other trains, with nothing but
troops, preceded General Huertas'
train and arrived here an hour boforo
tho Huerta train. Behind him camo
another train, also loaded with soldiers,
to guard against any rear movements.
Captain Kohlor and Btaff, In formal
dress uniforms, wore at tho station
and woro olllcially presented to Gen
eral Huerta. Ho thanked tho captain
for his call and for tho offer of his
boat.
British Vice Consul Gommill also
officially called on Huerta and present
ed him a message, presumably an offer
of rofugo on tho British cruiBor Bris
tol. Huorta read it and expressed
pleasure- at tho consideration being
shown him.
Strikers Use Dynamite.
Fort Smith, Ark. Aftor a pitched
battlo between sovoral hundred strik
ing coal miners and sympathizers and
100 guards stationed at tho Prairio
Creole mines of tho Mammoth Vein
Coal company, near Fort Smith, Sat
urday which ended in tho rout of tho
guards, tipples of three mines woro
destroyed by flro and dynamito.
Tho proporty damage is estimated
at $200,000. So far as can bo ascer
tained no one was killed or wounded in
tho fighting, which began shortly aftor
daybreak. Tho rlotors hold possession
of tho mines sovoral hours, wrecking
tho plants With torch and explosives,
Child Escapes Narrowly
Klversldo, Cal. Mary Sobdo, 2
yearn old, dropped hor rag doll into an
irrigation atandplpo near hero, and,
reaching after It, foil In herself and
floated along in an 18-inch main. Ef
forts to fish her out at two ntandplpes
farther down failed, but at tho third,
an eighth of a mile away, James
Ktngo, u rancher, caught her, uncoil
Melons, and resuscitated her, Tho
loll wan nut recovered,
NEW PRESIDENT OF MEXICO
TO RESIGN TO CARRANZA
Washington,. D, C Francisco Car
bajal, successor to General Huerta as
provisional president of Mexico, has
idvlscd tho United Statcfl- government
Informally that ho intended to retire
In favor of General Carranza, tho con
stitutionalist chief. Mr. Carbajal
wishes only that a general amnesty bo
proclaimed and protection given to
tho property of thoso who opposed tho
conntilutlonalintH.
This statement of tho attitudo of
Iluorta'a successor, together with tho
announcement from Saltillo that Car
ranza was willing to enter into nego
tiations with Carbajal rclativo to tho
transfer of authority at Mexico City,
wan regarded hore as practically assur
ing cessation of hostilities and tho
restoration of peace in Mexico.
Monterey, Mox. "General Carranza
will not recognize the validity of the
debts of Huerta after ho enters Mexico
City and establishes a constitutional
government," was tho statement made
here by high constitutionalist officials.
It wan in answer to questions con
corning a statement said to have been
published in tho United States that
foreign nations had mado a demand
through Washington that Carranza
agree to recognize tho legality of tho
debts of Huorta and grant amnesty to
all political prisoners.
Big Alaskan Railway Tax
Is Repealed by Congress
Washington, D. C. In less time
than it taken to tell it, tho United
States senate, following tho lead of
tho house of representatives, tore up
"I. O. U.'b" representing something
liko $20,000,000 technically duo tho
government, but not recoverable, be
causo of tho inability of certain rail
road companies to pay fines that legal
ly rested against them under an old
law paused in 1899.
This big wad of money, stago or
otherwise, wan thrown away when tho
senate passed a house bill repealing
tho act of 1899 imposing an annual tax
of $100 a milo on all railroads in Alas
ka, and remitted all penalties that
may havo accrued under that statute.
In lieu of that tax, tho repealing
law, ninco signed by the President,
imposes a tax of 4 per cent per annum
on tho gross receipts of all privately
owned railroads in Alaska.
Uno oi tho tn teres tea spectators in
tho senate gallery when tho repeal bill
wan paused was Falcon Joslin, repre
senting tho Tanana Valley railroad, a
45-mllo road running out of Fairbanks.
This road, ono of tho first built in
Alaska, has never paid and has never
been able to pay the old tax, especial
ly since that law was cumulative in
character, doubling tho penalty tho
first day of delinquency, quadrupling
tho pcnlaty for tho second day and so
on ad Infinitum.
Mr. Joslin estimated that at the
time tho senate repealed tho $100 tax,
his railroad owed tho government
something more than $10,000,000,
and tho full penalty earned tho day
tho bill passed waB exactly $13,000.
Thoro arc about 200 miles of rail
road in Alaska that havo been effec
tively put out of business by the old
$100 tnx, as nono wcro ablo to operate
and discharge their obligation to tho
government. Senator Jones, of Wash
ington, who, wan instrumental in hav
ing tho law of 1899 repealed, informed
tho senate that tho repeal would give
incentive to theso roads to begin oper
ation immediately.
General Villa Sorry That
President Huerta Resigned
Juarez, Mox, "I would much pre
fer that Iluorta had remained in tho
chair, or , in Mexico City, until wo
could got our hands on him," General
Villa said In Juarez, when ho learned
of Huorta's reported resignation.
"That is tho only comment I caro to
mako on tho subject," ho added. "I
am a soldier of my country and do not
caro to oxprcss my opinion of tho
traitor's resignation."
A military band played martial airs
outsido Villa's headquarters aa tho
news of Uuerta's resignation was
spread about. Villa will remain on
tho bordor two or threo days, it was
said at his headquarters hero. An in
formal request has been mado that ho
visit El Paso on tho American Bide,
but while noither army nor civil offi
cials havo any objections, tho matter
was dropped.
Tho sudden, but not unexpected turn
of affairs at tho national capital led to
speculation regarding what troops of
the constitutionalist army would bo
tho first to enter Mexico City. Tho
forces under Gonorabt Agullar and
Obrogon are tho nearest tho goal of
tho Carranza revolution, but Villa offi
cials expressed tho beliof that troops
of all tho divinions would bo ropro
uentoil in tho triumphal entry. Villa's
army cannot bo moved nouhtward for
several weeks,
Engjinemcn of 98 Roads
Favor Strike if Necessary
Chicago Only tho hopo that tho
managers will yield to tho demands of
55,000 cnglncern and firemen stands
between 98 roadn west of Chicago and
tho greatest striko in tho history of
American railways.
With tho statement that tho men
had voted nearly unanimously to
strike, union officials announced that
arbitration under tho Federal law
would bo refused, on the grounds that
tho railroads havo not lived up to pre
vious arbitration awards.
Tho railroads, through their general
managers' committee, contended that
to grant the employes' demands would
mean an increase of $33,000,000 an
nually in wages. Tho engineers and
firemen assorted that their requests
were fair and equitable.
It is expected that further confer
ences will bo held. Should the negoti
ations fail and tho employes stand by
their announced refusal of arbitration,
the resulting striko would, it is de
clared, almost completely paralyze
traffic in tho Central WcBt. Some of
tho principal requests made by the em
ployes of tho roads were:
Increuses in tho rates of pay of en
gineers and firemen in all classes of
Bcrvice.
That the number of hours after
which overtime will bo paid in freight
service bo reduced from 10 to 8 hours,
and in passenger service from 10 to 5
hours.
That ovcrtimo bo raised to a basis
of time and a half in freight service
and double timo in passenger service.
That engineers and firemen be paid
an abritrary 30 minutes' preparatory
timo for each trip, instead of comput
ing service continuously from actual
timo of reporting for duty.
That allowances bo made for termin
al delays in addition to payment for
the miles or the hours of the trip.
That the differentials paid for run
ning Mallet engines bo increased.
That the differentials between local
and through freight service be in
creased. Virtually all lines west of Chicago,
tho Illinois Central and lines in Canada
weBt of Fort William, except the Can
adian Grand Trunk Pacific are affected.
Bungalows on lop of Sky
scrapers is Prediction
Duluth, Minn. That tho skyscrap
ing office building of tho near future
will contain many now features is the
prediction of C. A. Patterson, secre
tary of tho National Association of
Building Owners and Managers, in ad
dressing that body here.
"Innovation," Baid Mr. Patterson,
"is tho middlo name of tho modern
skyscraper. It will bo only a short
timo when big office buildings will
havo elevators running not only up and
down from the street to 'tho top of the
building, but running horizontally on
different floors. Furthermore, patrons
will pay fares to ride on these ele
vators and get transfers from the ver
tical lifts to tho horizontal, just as wo
get them on streetcars.
"They will pipe puro air from the
country right into tho big city build
ing, just as they pipe puro water, and
bungalows on top of tall buildings will
hoiiso the owners in summer. A
building permit for such a bungalow
already has been taken out in Chi
cago." Biggest Gun is Shipped.
Washington, D. C When its
breech-locking devico has been per
fected, tho great 16-inch gun, tho big
gest piece of ordnance in tho world,
which has just been shipped from
Sandy Hook proving grounds, will bo
practically ready for servico in tho
Panama canal fortifications.
Tho carriago for this giant gun is
now under construction at tho Water
town, Mass., arsenal. It probably will
bet aken back to Sandy Hook for tests
after bolng mounted, and will not bo
shipped to Panama before next spring.
Some idea may bo gotten of tho tro
mondouB power of this gun, destined
to protect tho Pacific entranco to tho
canal, by tho fact that it is 60 feet
long, weighs 142 tons and fires a pro
jectile about six feet long. Tho pro
jectile itself weighs a ton and is dis
charged by GG5 pounds of powder.
This gun has a maximum rango of
from 22 to 23 miles. Tho elevation
permitted by its carriago will cnablo
tho gun to firo a, projectllo about 11
miles across tho Pacific ocean. It has
sufficient power, theoretically, to
pierce two feet of the best armor plato
at tho muzzlo. At 11 miles the gun
is caltulated to pierco at 12-inch armor
plato, or any Bido armor afloat.
Owl Snooze a Before Senate.
Washington, D. C -Roosting high
on a ledgo on a Bonato gallery corridor
Wednesday, a Hcrecch owl peacefully
snoozed whilo tho senato was in Bes
bIoii. Through an open door tho
Btrango visitor was in palln view of
Vice President Marshall. Tho bird
showed ono Interest in the nntl-trtiHt
legislation or tho introdcution of bills
and resolution, but Just kept on
imposing,
Family of Huerta Leaves
Mexico Under Heavy Guard
Mexico City At 10 o'clock Wednes
day night tho family of' President
Huerta and other relatives and close
friends left tho capital for Vera Cruz
aboard a special train. The train was
composed of thrcd sleepers and a bag
gage car. Running ahead of it wcro
two military trains carrying 800 men.
.Following camo another military train
with COO troops aboard.
Tho family of General Blanquet,
minister of war, also left on tho spe
cial. Tho party boarded tho train at Villa
de Guadalupe, a railroad station about
five miles from Mexico City. Only a
few persons were aware of their de
parture. Washington, D. C. Although the
resignation of General Huerta is con
fidently expected by the State depart
ment and Washington diplomats to be
presented at any moment, the consti
tutionalists, unaffected by the news,
are pressing hard their military cam
paign on Mexico City.
Official dispatches revealed that Gen
eral Villa, with 15,000 men, was ready
for a rapid advance on the Mexican
capital and that General Obregon's
forces at Guadalajara were prepared to
sweep onward within a few days.
Diplomats arc working hard to pre
vent fighting in tho capital and still
hope that the transfer of power to the
constitutionalists may be effected
without further bloodshed. General
Huerta's resignation, it is realized,
would not immediately compose the
situation, but it would make possible
parleys with tho constitutionalists
through which a change of government
could be accomplished peacefully.
The numerous official advices saying
Huerta would resign in a day or two,
including messages from the Brazilian
minister in Mexico City and other
diplomats, have raised the expectations
of official Washington that his exit
from power also would mean his flight
from the country.
1 rust Program Delayed
by Absence of Senators
Washington, D. C. The administra
tion anti-trust program has struck
some more snags.
Absenteeism is one of the causes of
delay, differences between Democrats
as to important points both in the
Clayton bill, pending before the judi
ciary committee, and the measure to
regulate securities of common carriers
before the interstate commerce com
mittee is another, and a desire on the
part, of many senators to have all the
pending bills consolidated into one
measure is a third cause.
Many senators are declining to par
ticipate in discussion of the interstate
trade commission bill, which is al
ready before them, because they are
not awaro of the provisions of the
other measures. When asked how
soon the securities bill would be ready,
Senator Newlands, chairman of the
interstate commerce committee, said
it would bo perfected at tho next meet
ing of the committee. He was unable
to specify tho day of the meeting on
account of the absence of several mem
bers of the committee. That the com
mittee is far from an agreement on
the bill was admitted by one of the
members.
The judiciary committee met Wed
nesday and endeavored to perfect the
Clayton bill. Some changes already
announced aro again under considera
tion. Alaskan Trade Growing.
Seattle The report issued by the
customs collector of Seattle shows that
the shipments of freight to the North
for tho past 10 months havo totaled
$14,000,000, an increase of $1,500,000
over that of last year for the corres
ponding period. Alaskans here say
that the passage of the bill for a gov
ernment railroad already has started
tho trend of freight northward, and
that next year will show a greater in
crease when actual construction work
Btarts.
Suffrage School Opens.
Kansas City Tho necessity of votes
for women and how to get them were
tho subjects taken up at tho first ses
sion of the Kansas City Suffrage
school, which opened hero Thursday.
Thirty-five women wcro in attendance,
representing tho four suffrage leagues
of the city. Sessions are to be held
threo times a weok preliminary to tho
campaign to be conducted this summer
for tho suffrago amendment to bo
voted on at tho fall election.
Clubman Shot tor Deer.
San Francisco Mistaken in the
thick underbrush by his hunting com
panion, Elmer Cox, Jr., as a deer
they had run to pover, A. J. Fancis, a-well-known
clubman of this city, was
shot and dangerously wounded. As
sisted by their hunting guldo, Cox and
a follow hunter succeeded in getting
Francis to m hospital 27 mallei from
their camp, tho trip occupying more
than 80 hour.
HUERTA IS OUT;
CARBAJAL IS IN
Resignation Accepted by Mexi
can Congress, 121 to 17.
New President Assumes Control
Immediately Late Dictator
Pays His Respects.
Mexico City General Victoriano
Huerta resigned from the provisional
presidency of tho Mexican republic
Wednesday night, and his resignation
was accepted by the senate and cham
ber of deputies by a vote of 121 to 17.
The resignation was accompanied by
the announcement that it was actuated
by highest motives of patriotism and
complying with supremo duty to his
country.
Francisco Carbajal was then ap
pointed president and took the oath of
office at the joint session of deputies
and senators.
Huerta's resignation was submitted
through the department of foreign re
lations. It was read in the house and
was greeted with cries of "viva Huer
ta." It was then referred to the joint
committees of governacion. After
brief consideration, the committees
reported accepting the resignation in
the following terms: v
"Article 1. We accept the resigna- t
tion presented by General Victoriano
Huerta as president of the Mexican
United States.
"Article 2. We call Licentiate
Francisco Carbajal, minister of foreign
relations, to assume the presidency."
Quick Solution of Mexicos
Troubles Seen by Officials
Washington, D. C. News of Gen
eral Huerta's resignation as provis
ional president of Mexico was hailed
by official Washington as the first
practical step toward a quick solution
of the Mexican problem.
Constitutionalists, diplomats and
officials of the United States govern
ment did not conceal their satisfaction
over the fact that General Huerta at
last had voluntarily eliminated himself
from the situation and pointed the way
to an era of peace in his country.
Although the constitutionalists have
declared they would not recognize
FranciBco Carbajal as provisional pres
ident any more than they did his
predecessor, and the United State3
government likewise will refuse to
recognize him, the understanding here
is that the new executive will hold
office for only a short term only until
satisfactory arrangements can be made
for the entry of General Carranza, the
constitutionalist chief.
General Huerta's retirement came
just as the constitutionalists were pre
paring their formal answer to the
South American mediators rejecting
the invitation for formal conferences
with representatives of Huerta for the
discussion of internal Mexican ques
tions. -
Huerta and Blanquet on
Journey Out of Country
Mexico City General Huerta and
General Blanquet left the capital im
mediately after the resignation was
accepted. They boarded a train on
the Mexican railway a few miles be
yond the city. It is, thought they are
going to Puerto Mexico.
Admiral Badger also announced that
two British cruisers sailed from Vera
Cruz for Puerto Mexico.
Before his departure Huerta went to
the palace to pay his respects' to Pres
ident Carbajal.
Vera Cruz The Mexicans of Vera
Cruz received the news of Huerta's
resignation without manifestation of
excitement.
'Apparently tho officers in the field
have been kept in the dark as to
Huerta'8 .intention to resign. Com
manding ruralea about this city, while
discussing the subject with American
officers at tho gap, offered to wager
that Huerta would remain at his post
for many months.
The American officers think it possi
ble tho next day or two may see many
Mexican officers seeking safety within
tho American lines. They believe it
is even possible that virtually the
wholo federal force near Vera Cruz
may offer to surrender to the Ameri
cans rather than seek to join tho con
stitutionalist causo at this late hour.
Disease Menaces Rebels.
Washington, D. C. Famine and
disease threaten to drivo tho Domini
can rebels from their stronghold in
Puerto Plata, from which President
Bordas has been endeavoring to dis
lodge them In h campaign of several
months. Captain Eborlo, of the
cruiser Washington, reported that food
and wator were scarce and that tho
death rate was Iricreanliig dully ti
eoiutequonce.