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Labor and" Capitol in
Session This After
noon to Reach
Agreement. J
t t ,a y
jkn Important meeting, with the object
In view of Inquiring closely Into the la
bor difficulties of the city; Is In session
this afternoon.' it might property. be
termed an arbitration board, and the In
dications are that .the, long-drawn-out
building tradea strike will soon be a thjng
ef the past. . :5
The conference, la composed of, Johan
Poulsen of Inman, . Poulsen - 5oniparty'a.
sawmill, . the several managers of the
planing mills against which , the strike
waa called, U of the Amalgamated Wood
workers wha were formerly In the emnlov
of the boycotted mills, . H. Greene, bust'
nesa agent of .the Building Trades Coun
cil, and J, E. Lewton, secretary of the
Building Tradea ttouncll.. ,
The conference was arranged ' through
the efforts obllr.'Pdnlaeivwno on. Satur
day attended a meeting composed of foe:
sawmill, planing mill and master build
era' representative: At that tiro1 the
planing mill men objected to -the manner
In which the sawmill men had been aa-j
stating them-during their flgMT against
the Amalgamated Woodworkers, claiming
they had violated 'their agreement with
them. : 1 ';..
Mr.' Paulsen replied That no agreement
had been violated, and to prove their
statement read the resolutions which had
)een passed and signed by, the several
associations at a prior meeting. At that
time, the suwtnjll men agreed not to send
lumber 'to any job that was completely
tied up, but nothing was contained In the
resolutions forbidding them from supply
ing material to the union planing mills
or to fining 'all ,new orders whltjh were
accompanied by 'the cash. This the saw
mills have been doing without asking any
Questions, much to the chagrin of the
Planing AIlHmen'a Association.
COUNSELLED ARBITRATION.
The association waa further Informed at
Saturday's meeting . that" Its members
were taking a decidedly obstinate stand,
and. that Ibey arei hot only injuring them
selves by their course but are " f,lsa ;do
ing a serious wrong to the city by not
meeting their former "employe and talk
ing the matter ver In all lta fartou
phases. They were also told that the
union mills are getting firmly established
and will soon he in a position to seriously
cripple their business; One of the speak
ers asserted that the Sohmltt mill on the
East Side Is fully equipped with modern
machinery, and will shortly run two
Fhifts of 40 men each, and if business con
ditions warranted it the-Joroe would be
increased by a third ahif
The Master Builders were also censured
by the speaker for the prominent', part
which they have taken In the matter, and
were Informed that they were more of a
disturbing element than, anything else,
and the right of their presence at the
meetinir was Questioned. s
The upshot- of Saturday's -meeting was
the. speedy arrangement made for the
me miumen rerusea to meet union repre
sentatives or to consider the subject of
arbitration in any form, and their agree-.
i
fiY SPECIAL
JAMESONseOe
HATTERS tO
M. SICHEL
MEN'S FURNISHER AND HATT1R
2 88 Was hington Street
The Weather Showers this afternoon; partly cloudy tonight; Tuea
oay tair, propapiy warmer; winds
LINEN MESH
SPECIAL FOR THIS
We've a big line of these goods la all sixes, ane for summer wear tbey
' are unequaled.. Our regular prfce for these goods, 75c, is less
;t than other stores sell them, and this week as a leader
i -i'S' r we Ye cutting the regular price la haltr; .
7
37 cents rurnuoer ana Hatter ,
- Sole Agent for the KING HaL't
ua rvi-i c-a
Ing to do so' now la being regarded as an
important concession onr their parti It
is generally believed fn labor circles that
this condescending spirit manifested by
them at the last moment Is going to b
fruitful of good results, and that em.
pjoyer and employe will again. In a com
paratively Short time; be walking hand
In hand 'in peace and harmony-
The Master Builders do not. like the
trend. fifurecnjLeventeJwtjriU notcom-
mlt themselves to any great extent upon
the subject, , . V't l".
KILLED THE WOMEN
- .(Scrtppa-McRae News Association.)
, WILLEN8TAD. laland ,Curaooe-I-a-guayrs,
. June W.-The port, of Caracaa,
Venezuela, waa attacked by Venezuelan
revolutionists on Saturday. The' govern
ment force answered by . bombarding
Malqueta, a- suburb ' of iAguara., The
only 'persons .killed were, a "number of
peaceful' women. After a brief engage
ment the -revoluUcnlata ; repulsed t the
people. Caracaa far panlc-etrlolcen. be
bellevlng the plaoe to be. bealeged. The
situation In, Veneiuela la serious and a
crlsla Imminent, t ' ,
FRANZ JOSEF : .
. IS IN DANGER
' (Scrlpps-McRae "News Association.) .
f VIENNA, June 3S.O-AM' anarchlat
4-; plot te assassinate Emperor Frans
Josef baa been discovered. ' A. Tr
este a tailor who waa- allotted'. to
perform the iask, tnaavdl8appeared: ,
The police are In fetr of appro-
henslbn, as .thtvEmperor disdains
to aocept olose gurd,;and drtvea
-daily to hl palace fit Vienna in ah
s- open carriage.? Hia Majesty passes -f
through orewdsji atresia i siid la an
-f easy mark for- an assassin's bul- -f
let The detective' force baa been
f. strengthened py a thousand picked
4- 4 4- t 4- 4 f 4
; . tSerlppa-MoRae, News Association.)
WASHINGTON, June I6.r-In theBenete
this mornipg. Tller Of Colorado intro
duced a resolution ealllng.upon the Sec
retary ot Wae for full, itemised state
ment of all payments' made out of Cuban
funds to any persons or corporations for
the purpose ot promoting reciprocity be
tween the United States and Cuba during
the military occupation ot Cuba by the
United State. t
RIDESHN-.AN AUTO
' 1 (Scripip-McaRa News" Association.)
ALDBRSHO'l,- June .16. Late this af
ternoon public apprehension regarding
King Edward was greauy relieved by the
announcement that the King had Jeft
the royaNptiVllion for. Windsor In an
automobile. . The Queen accompanied
bimlt waa taken to mean that the King
took this course to show the people that
his Indisposition is not ad serious as re
ported. The King Is acheduled to en
tertain 100 truest rat the banquet at
Windsor Castle tonight.
VOTE ON JUNE 26.
CSclppe-MoBae Newa Association.)
WASHINGTON, . June "--afc The -blouse
today adopted a resolution providing for
taking a vote on the Philippine bill on
June 26. '
WAHRAfft.'
SOLE AGENT for
Jameson Hat
shifting to nortnwesteny.
UNDERWEAR.
WEEK: 3? 1 -2c. A
h Between Morrisos) and -yaahDI 1 1
01 ICZZJ.
TCLICR S DEMAHD
a 1
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THE
CONVICTS
Six Miles Away Are at Bay Militia Guards the
Roads Governor McBride Will Be
Asked to Sbiid Bloodhounds
ORCHARD, Wash.,'June 16,-r-Tracy and Merrill
six miles north from here, - between Mill Plain and Fourth Plain roads. The
militia of Vancouver will guard the roads; Qovernor McBrtdevIll Jbe asked to
send the bloodhounds j rMn i theWalla Walla penitentiary.' Capture Is imminent.
CLAIMED THEY.ISAW
The Convicts on NorthV Plain
Road Early Today.
(By a Staff Correspondent.)
VANCOUVER, ' Wash.. June 16.-S1X
unarmed, men, who arrived' here this
morning,' among whom were Messrs. Mc
Goirlck Elwell and Bluerock, claim to
have -seeni Tracy and Merrill on . the
Noftb Plain road at ?: last night. "
Ope of the two men had on5 a white
shirt. The two answer the description
given of the escaped -convicts, v; They
were botharmedf One of them pulled out
a gun from his left hip pocket with his
left hand. 4
Although' this was not conclusion. It is
significant, for Tracy in known to be
left-handed. " ' . .
'NO WHITE FEATHER. .
As soon as the men . were discovered
they did not show the white feather.
Tracy stepped out and hurled pis defl
at his .pursuers. He exclaimed:'
"We've got 'em, you of
The two men were -crouched behind a
pile of wood when discovered, i.
Detective Joe Day of the Portland de
tective department 'was 100 yards away.
He was satisfled of the presence, of the
suspected escapes, but did not come any
nearer. -
Sheriff Marsh of Clark County, thfs
state, is here, and Sheriff Cooke of
Clackamas County, Oregon, is coming,
both to take part in the chaser The lat
ter will meet the bloodhounds.
SEEN AT SIX TODAY
They Entered Tiede's House at
Orchard, Wash.
fBv a Staff Correspondent.) :
VANCOUVER. Wash., June 16-4:15 a.
m. A telephone -message waa .received
here at 8:30 this morning from Orchard,
Wash., which, though exceedingly sen
timental; Is undoubtedly true, In the opin
ion of Sheriff Marsh.' ' ; - .
The report is that at thls rtornjng Jtwo
men,-' whose 'description and tne.thoda ex
actly tally with those followed tbuB far
by TracV and Merrill, committed another
holdup. At" the hour named, they, en
tered the house of a. German named
Tiede, an . unmarried ' man. They
bound . him securely so that he could
not Interfere with their operations. They
then went Through bis house and carried
away with them such food as they want
ed.
After . -eaving the house of Tlede
which is IVt miles northeast of Vancouver
on the North Plain road, they struck
north. " " T
Should the -dogs fail Vo put In an ap
pearance In time, the posse will follow
the trail anyway.
AN EARLY REPORT
That the Convicts Were Sur
;, rounded by, 200 Men.
(Journal Special Service.) ' -VANCOUVER,
Wash., June l.-8 a.
m. Word came In this morning from Or
chard, six miles north of this place,' on
u.e direct line that Tracy 'and Merrill
are known 'to have taken. " T
The report is that, the escapes are in
a belt of timber near Orchard, and that
200 'men have them surrounded.
Orchard la six miles from. Vancouver
and north of the river. ' 4 . ; '
..Evidence From New Era.
OREGON CITT, June 16.-.WneriTracy,
and Merrill took W. O. Randall's hack
and team at New Era' Saturday night,
several persons saw arid-heard rth ve
hicle pass -through the town. Wheeler
Church, .accompanied' the A;; O. V - W
boat excursion, which, y returned ( from,
PorUand shortly after . t o'clock,, met a
team with two men in the wagon, driving
down the hill' near his residence; C. N.'
Oreenman, who lives on Main street." in
the .lower-part, of r tha-towa, heard -a
wagon moving at a rapid rate in the di
rection of the aackamas river.', Others
heard the wagon, but dd not think' it
anything unusual." It' Is now belfeved
that there was something in theratory,of J
i vuuiici. wuis , hi new ara r Tinny ,
morning, jars, Newbury; the posttole-
WOW
Aht
PENNED
NEAR
(By The ' Journal Staff, Correspondent)
tress, -positively asserted that It was
Merrill who purchased the fi cents' worth
of tobacco, as his. appearance tallied ex
actly with the . printed picture and de
scription J. B. i Bra del, Who saw the
man; , was equal Jy positive that . it was
Merrill.. The man walked to the store
from the rocky-point along the railroad
track In the,, direction of Oregon City
and returned 'the atrte way, climbing
over - the fencs" -and; disappearing In the
river bottom. -'..M t" .; ,
Posse Frotn Salem.
(Journal Splal. Service i
SALfiM, June .16. Five men, well arm
ed, left here yesterday' afternoon to Join
the pursuers of Tracy' and Merrill in
Washington. . The ; party la headed by
James Sklpton, J an experienced woods
man, and the, posse hopes to be able to
assist the regulars and the posses in
running them down.
Probably a CanartJ.
(Journat . Special Service.)
VANCOUVER. Wash., June ll- a. m.
The report rectved here that , Tracey
and Merrill 'were seen near here last
night, behind a pile of wood, la now dis
credited. Its(iBlieved to. have had lit
tle no foundation in truth.
Sheriff Cook Goes.
OREGON City," June 16-fl: a. m.
Sheriff. Cooke, .of Clackamas County, left
here this morning for Vancouver, Wash.,
where he will take part In the chase af
ter the convicts, .,.'; -
-,'i'V
Posse to Salmon River.
(Staff Correspondence.)
ORCHARD, June H. Detectives Kerri
gan, Day, Snow and others left this
morning for Salmon river, In an attempt
to head oft the convicts In the event they
go In that direction. "
Perhaps Near-Orchard.
(Staff Correspondence.)
ORCHARD. June It. Sheriff Cook ex
presses the opinion tnat Tracy and Mer
rill are lying in the brush near here, and
that they are not more than a mile or
two from the village.
OUT ON THE TRAIL
Word Comes oil Sunday and
. Men Followed at Once.
(By a Staff Correspondent)
VANCOUVER, Wash, June 18.-Tracy
and Merrill, the escaped; convicts from
the Salem penitentiary, have been heard
of . again four miles up the Columbia
River from this place.
At 2:40 on Sunday afternon, Charles
Holtgrleve drew up a- well-rjlgh beaten
horse before the Courthouse in Portland,
told the news, and by t o'clock Detectives
Weiner, Day, Kerrigan, Snow and Sheriff
Cook of Oregon City were speeding here
to take up the fresh trail of the- mur
derers. On the next car came The Jour
nal correspondent and Chief Deputy Sher
iff -Thlelsen of Multnomah -County, who,
before leaving .Portland, bad telephoned
the news to Governor Geer at Salem.
- Their Reappearance.
The story told of the reappearance of
the convicts Is as follows;
About 11. o'clock on Sunday morning,
as Sunderland an4 two others were pre
paring their fishing boat on the aouth
batik of the Columbia, Tracy and Merrill
appeared above them on the bank and
at the point of a Tide ordered the as
tonished fishermen to ferry them across
the river. The first thing they did was
to search the boat to ascertain if any
arms were secreted in It, and then, satis
fied that there waa no danger, compelled
Sunderland and bis companions to ferry
them across the river.
Kept Close Watch,
On the way over . Tracy aat in the bow
of the boat and Merrill in the stern, both
keeping a close watch on the men; who
rowed them and never once lettlng'thelr
rifles stray from covering their thoroughly
frightened ferrymen. At the conclusion
of the trip the desperadoes ordered Sun
drland to produce his money,, and .the
man gave up his pocket book,- containing
a. t5 gold piece and . three silver dollars.
Of this amount Tracy appropriated IS
and handed' back the remaining SS, ob
serving, "Here, take this back. ' We don't
need all your money. We've got lots 61
!C"a3rway7r 'r - X y' 'r'-r jT
v f ' ' They Talkei ) : i
During the passage of the liver both
men became loquacious, Merrill Irt partic
ular talking a great deal. He appeared
to be thoroughly .Hardened and expressed
n nr
'i"''
' '
are penned up at a point
himself as being sorry he had not killed
Sheriff Durbin In the woods near Ger
vaia when he had the opportunity. -
"Why," he aaid, "when they had those
hounds on our trail in the bush we were
lying not. 60 feet away behind some, logs.
I saw Durbin at the head of the crowd
and wanted to kill him; but Tracy said,
'Now, pal, don't shoot; If you let off that
gun we'll have our finish right here.' I
was just going to kin the
Just the' same when they called off the
dogs and went back, and I've been sorry
ever since that I' didn't finish him when
I had the chance."'
Sharp Lookout.
While Merrill' waa detailing the history
of the chasje," Tracy sat in the bow of the
boat saying nothing, but keeping a sharp
lookout on the Washington shore just
ahead and only broke his silence to say,
"Don't take us too far up stream. We
don't care how close we get to Vancou
ver, but we don't want to get too far up
the river."
When the boat reached the shore the
convicts, with a parting admonition to
"keep your mouths shut," jumped out
and disappeared into the brush on a pbtnt
about three miles up stream from Van
couver, while Sunderland and his com
panions hurried "back to the Oregon shore
and dispatched Hotgrieve post haste to
Portland with the news.
Looked Fagged Out.
The bandits, says Sunderland, looked
fugged and .exhausted, but so far as - be
rould tell were, un wounded, though Mer
rill showed ,hlm a bullet hole through the
left shoulder of his shirt, where the bullet
of one of the penitentiary guards had
penetrated at the time they made their
escape His left temple showed a wound,
hut thia he explained by saying that )n
escaping he had fallen down and hurt It
I k"ibi i'im rwui vi a iree. i racy ap
parently was unhurt, thought, like his
partner in crime, he was badly scratched
and torn from traveling through the
brush. .
Plenty of Ammunition.
They had at least 100 rounds of ammu
nition each, which they carried In small
bags swing at their left sides by the
reins taken from (he horses they had
stolen, and on leaving, Tracy presented
Sunderland with an Elk's pin taken from
Dr. White of Oervals, which he told him
to keep "as a sfltivenlr."
At about 1? o'clock they visited John
Jones' farmhouse, about one mile nortn
and a little east of where they had
crossed the river, and demanded food.
They ate a hearty meal and also appro
priated some provisions, whiho they took
with them. While eating, they were pro
fuse with questions as to the exact loca
tion of the plaoe where they were, and
Inquired particularly how far they were
from the Mill Plains road, an open turn
pike leading straight from Vancouver to
the Sound country. Having" all their
questions answered, they again took to
the wooda and have not since been seen.
The Bloodhounds.
According to a message received here
immediately upon receipt of the informa
tion that the convicts had been seen
again. Governor Geer telephoned to War
den Catron of the Walla Walla prison,
asking that the dogs, which had been sent
home he again returned to the new scene
of the hunt The warden Immediately re
plied that four dogs would be sent at
once, and that. this time they would be
turned loose; to catch or kill. ; They are
expected here at 9 o'clock thla morning,
and immedlatey upon their arrival will
be taken to thojast place at which the
convlcta were seVto and turned loose upon
the trail,, 'i-.. ',.'
Merrill's Old Home.
Vancouver la Men-lira old home, He
spent his boyhood here, and as hie step
father and half-brother stilt live here it
was thought the desperadoes might at
tempt to' communicate, with their friends
during the night. For thla reason the
Vancouver Chief of Polls did not take
the trail last evening with the Portland
detectives," but posted scouts all along
the lower river bank and also kept a
strict watcH over the house of Lem Rob
inson. Merrill's atepfather, in the hope
that he would try to gain some help from
his relatives.
Jim Robinson, a hdf-brother. Is a fish
erman on the Columbia, and It waa
thought likely that his aid might be
sought by the convicts, but. although a
strict watch was kept,, nothing was seen
of the desperadoes In the town.
Roads Were Guarded. ' :x-
AU through the" night Sheriff Marsh ot
Vancouver," Sheriff Cook, of Clackamas;
the-Portland detectives, ; the Vancouver
militia and many cltlsena kept watch and
ward' over the roads leading north from
here, "but, despite" theii" vtgllance, no :
trace was found, and early this -morning
the man-hunters -returned here to meet'
the'blooihounds ami to' enter upon the
chase in trim earnest.' ' f. 3. W.
ORCHARD
IaTEST edition
TO MEET ' TONIGHT
Fourth ol July Committee at
Chamber of Commerce.
-Ait the members of , the general and
sub-committees of the Fourth ot July As
sociation are requested to be present at
the meeting of the committee this even
ing at 308 Chamber of Commerce build
ing. All the committees will report and
a i program win be arranged for the
Fourth. - ..:
1
Queen Alexandra Views
Thirty Thousand
Men in Line.
(Serlpps-McRae News Association.)
LONDON, July 18. Tjlrty thousand
troops participated today In the Alder
shot review. Evolutions were of the sim
plest character, the wholeVprce marching
before the Queen" tfy companies, men
abreast. , .--t. . .
The Queen had her carriage placed so
close, to the line of. march that the men
at times brushed against her as thejf
lssed by.
Hurt in a Runaway.
(Scripps-McRae News Association.)
A buggy wrecked and a farmer bruis
ed about the legs .are the results of a
runaway accident in First street near
Salmon at 10:15. 'o'clock this morning. A
team of horses belonging to a farmer
got beyond his control, and ran Into a
buggy belonging - to a lime company,
smaahlng It completely and throwing
the farmer out . of his wagon, bruising
him about the legs., -The. horses were
stopped before any further damage waa
done. ,
mm
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satisfying restful styles. When you buy a pen . .;
from us it is guaranteed. Money back' if not 1
perfectly satisfactory.
XShe WATERMAN
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JUNE WEDDINGS;
Nothing nicer than one of those beautiful
Brasses at Barrett's. No duplicates. Exclu
sive line. Reasonable prices. True repre
sentations. Look at our Sixth-street window.
Ihe John Barrett Company
New Stores, cor. Sixth and Alder
Sts. opposite Oregonkn Bid;.
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A VaUmie Pointer ffiVfe
don't askrfor WHISKET. If you do you will get cheap, bulk
goods. Aslt for " ul'.'i'C'C1-
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and you will get ah article nine years old and of an extra ' special
quality. - - .. . . j', , 4, x
Henry Fleckenstein & Co., Agts: yH
THE
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Ppttic?cni Sc!csroos 49 Third $U, ?VcrV-Cr
mSHK
IIOM
r . 1111 r '
run nun ntttfivcuiuii
Is to be Opened r
400,000 Acres,;;f
1 " . C '" ' 'r'.'
(Journal SpeciaJ' Service.) '
POCATELLO, Jdaho. June It Tomor.
row the rush for lands on the Fort Ball
Indian reservation will v be made. : The
boundaries of the reserve are lined wltls
people ready te make a dash for the
land, while some have gone so far as ter
squat right on the : reservation,, deter,
mined to hold the ground at all hasarda,;
Thla la the result of the decision or the
general land office to open the lands un
der the old "rush" aystem. Instead el
under the lottery plan as waa adopted at
the last land opening In the Indian Ter
ritory. The entries have' all been made
at the Blackfoot land offtoe and ' the
start will be made at noon tomorrow. ' .
v The opening Involves nearly : 400.009
acres ceded to the government by the
Shoshone and Bannock Indians. If M,
estimated that about tOO.OOQ acres are
agricultural or grasing lands, which, will
be entered under homestead, lumber,'
stone, and mineral laws, and all of these
landa will be for persons who, are first,
in the rush.. That part of the reserva-
bl a v a a am mm asaa w a n
la exempted froW the general ' opening;,
tomorrow,: and will be sold at publie
auction at noon July 17, ,'
EDWARD AT WINDSOR, i
1' - , ,
TlVfVnV Tuna 111 -.TI.r.KHn. lt thl
afternoon to a message regarding serious
developments In the King's condition, Sir
Francis Knollys. His . Majesty's tsore,
tary, wired as follows: ,
The beat answer. I ean give you I,
k. TTIvw n a WlnAtn. hl . f
ternoon.'V- t . '1- ,vK . .
CLARK A. REAR-ADMIRAL.;
(Scrippa-McRae News Association.)
WASHINGTON, June 16.-Tbe Presdenl
today s nominated Captain Chas.,' Clark,'
who commanded the Oregon, in the Ban
tlago engagement, to bp 'a rearl admiral.'
. ;
and &q PARKER
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PORTLAND. OREGOfTj
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