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- '^t- •r w • f -w: • SCIO 3 NEWS OF TBE WIE« BLACK HAND REIGNS I HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS r * OPERATORS ALL OUT A CGI s i MO STRIKE MAY SPREAD KEYS SILENT AT CHICAGO If Operator»’ Demands Are Refused General Strike Will Follow. Operator* R»fu*s to Work With Non union Men at Los Angeles. Chicago, Aug 11- The strike of Chicago. Aug 9 The telegraph the union commercial telegraph op ■ •petal.u» who .ire employed by th» erators will be universal throughout iu a buuuciiocu iuruj lur um Western Union Telegraph Company the United State« »nd t'anada within lu Chicago west <>u strike tonight al ula has been roused to action by the 2 4 hour», according to National Bee- IS o'clock. The trouble was precipi outrages charged to th» murderoua rctary Russell, of the telegraphers’ libit k Hand S<w letv Th» *tr.<:» ..f tated by the 1.0« Angeles »trike, organization This statement was 'X which was started two days ago. made by Mr Rusaell after he had I patrolled by Troop D of lhe State Tonight the local executive board been Informed of the action taken Cum more lai Telegraphers’ <>f the Commercial by the men In New York, who, at a Constabulary. Mors than 40 »»»- The State ■ ■ ■ today, decide* o I t Union met and din uamd the rtituov- A Resume of the Lose Important but peels. Including four known leaders, a walkout In abeyance until the lat Most of Lsrge Office* ol Watt Ar» Ing of th» are in jail at New Castle. ' out by Strike I* Optional With Local Union*, mcn who refused to work Not Lose Interesting Events ter part of the week. petition with the non-union operators em- but Sactionso by National Offi Constabulary was ordered Now Idi» sod Baiane» Await "This strike movement, acid Mr. of the Past W«ak. to leave When tbs Russell, ’ has come to a point »here Governor Edwin Htuart on ployed lu lais Vtigeli . cers When Caltad. Order to Walk Out. men Were notified of thia step all there can be no backing down. The of clllavns, who are afraid telegraphers have been trodden on operator» employed In the overland Pin- their homes, fearing attack. division of the l> ' »1 office refused to long enough by the companies, an J the Germany ia equipping a completa Evidence la being secured by te! e- Portland.- Aug 13 The All operators of both companies work any longer with the non unlou now that *e have the opimrtunlty Ita 1 lœn*i<úr|Ai fui ber regularatruy. Th» men \\ lieu this nctlou was taken. kerton detectives employed by graphers' strike la now general we are going to use all our strength at Chicago strike. th» Almost every operator out at Kan Night Chief Harry Price ordered all The E'retieh minister of war was in United Blates Steel Company, For several Following to enforce our demands throughout the country we«'ka President Small and myself ia»» City, Denver, Ball Lake. New Or who refused to work to leave the of sulted and thru assaulted by an manne detectives are working among Is a general summary of the situa- II. iu«ii went into other divi It—vc be-*:i *t»ld!..g tuv IsSagrapber« leans, Topeka, Da!!as, Fort Worth fice workman. Italians and as fast an evidence la tlon today: back, and have been advising concil Helena sions nnd requested the men to go bjT bI«»:.,. ;« uf riva! cvtnpsnie» are rac 3HTUr»*d 4t3ffiix*krfffi »IMb Operators at Bl. latuls. Bl Paul. into th« overland division In every Commercial operators — Strike has iation. but they have taken matter* The police of Al ing from Seattle to Alaska to get >25,- the state troops. In their osu hand* and we are going Onialin, Portland anti Indianapolis case he »ns met with a refusal, un extended with groat rapidity legheny City today made the moat await urder* from Pre«tdeut Small 000 worth ol business. to aland by them No union man will til over 70 m«n were sent home. Important captures during the cru throughout the United States and be allowed to work with anyone not before striking 'I he grievance committee of the Sacramento ia being completely cov- sade against the Black Hand, In telegraph bu«lue«s I» everyw here belonging to <>ur organisation, and New York operators. uuuiberlng union called on Mr Price and noti ere. I * iwe e tr. • lights and displays which the officials of New York, Both thia means that tomorrow morning, 3.UUU, meet Sunday to decide un ac fied him that uni««» every man was paralyzed or badly crippled for the irrigation congress. Philadelphia, Rochester and other reinstated by midnight every union Western I'nlon and Postal Telegraph when the business of lhe week be lion. cltlee are co-operating. Operators accuse Western Union num In the office would lie called gin«. th- strike .»III become univer A member of lhe New York Black to tie equally at- Companies appear Gtatana Kacco 1» in Jail, accused sal. We cannot go half way lu thia of violating agreement for aettlo- out Ibis »a« refused nnd promptly Hand society has given the police all of slashing the throat of Mrs. Mary fcctcd matter now. The strike ha» been rneut of San Francisco »trike, Tbey nt midnight, by i pr< arrangement, a the details of h • initiation. Press Operators At 7: 30 p m . 11. Baauako at her home, when she precipitated by the men themselves, demand 2 5 per cent Increase In aal- whl»tle »a» blown and every opera New York lime, Associated Pres« without the sanction of the national ary- eight hour day for day work. tor employeil In th« tnnln office, with One of the K< rean delegate» to The refused to give up mouey demanded operators left th«lr keys over the en- Hague has I evn sentenced to <!«th and by him and another Italian, for tire system, refusing to give General officers, but wo are now working In seven and one half hours for night tho exception of six wire loop chiefs. whom the police are looking. The unison and anything that the ofll- »ork and recognition of union. Including Mr. Price nnd hla two aa- the other two to life imprisonment^ woman has positively Identified Rae Manager Stone time to refer to the dais of the various unions through- Both companies declare purpose »Islanl«. left tb.t ir k«y» ami with a board of directors of the Associated co na the man Who slashed her It is reported that there will 1« out tho country have done In calling to fight to a finish and ueny there la round of cheers filed out of the of- strong opposition in cong owe to the throat with a raaor. while hla ac Press their demand for higher wages •trikes meets with our hearty co- grle vnnee. fit« The m«u employed by tho com and limitation of hours President Small of union aay« pany nt th« various morning uewa- operation.” sending of a fleet ol warships t« the complice held a cap over her face Railway Telegraphers I. W ».is Identified as mi" tb*> Thia announcement wna made by compnnie» have violated agreement papers had bet-n notified of the con Pacifl”. ................. ' M.o .. Quick, grand *ec rotary and treasurer Mr Russell at a mass meeting of the slid promises sensational elpusurvK templated »trike nnd they nlso quit I. V .' ’ . I !. Hand letter» t,. O of th" Order of Hallway Telegraph striking telegraphers held tn Brand's A United States marshal recently re work. that death, turned from Alaska says rich pay dirt night and »hot to univa» The local official» of tho union to he after «ave re up ers. Issues order directing railroad hall Bunday afternoon. Th« hall Chicago, Aug 10 Following tho Hand letters 1» being found on the third beach at a 16.000 ceiving Black Identified by telegraphers not to handle commer seated 1.500 persons, and so great lend of >hn telegraph operators em night stated that th« day operators cial message* threatened death depth of from «10 to 100 feet. »xs th« demand for accommodations employed by th" company, moat of Samuel who witnessed the Practically the entire telegraphic that several hundred of the striking ployed by tho Western I'nlon Tele »horn belong to the unli'io. would re- Hncco was murder Kacco lived Boilermakers on the Southern Pacific In New McKee. business of th« country Is tied up as o|»eratora were unable to gain admit graph Company In Chicago, the tele- fti»c to go to work In the morning. line« are on strike. from the hla result home of the atrlke Inaugurated lance to the building and remained graphers iu nine ether cities through I hla will Include nil brunrh office« enlng letters came to Marattlo In from mo«t of th« large cities by the on the streets tn the vicinity until York, where tho threat- police believe ho was sent here na Negr oa in Cui* have organised an out the t'nllcd State* quit work yes throughout the city. The operators of the Western I’nlon Tele some of the early arrivals had lift the agent of the society to asaasal- independent l*rty for their own benefit. terday. Tho 600 men employed by graph Company nnd the Postal Tele the hall nate the wealthy Italians. FANATICS WAGE HOLY WAR. graph Company, and one or two tho I ’ oatal In Chicago, who belong to Ten jnrors'liave now been »ertired in The Order of Hallway Tclegraph- Mlchaclo Govinlte, a wealthy own other telegraph companies of minor the same local of the Commercial the Halsey bribery caan at San Fmn- er of fruit stands In Pittsburg and • rs was represented at the meeting by National Becretary Quick Mr Telegraphers’ I'nlon as the Western Native Tribe* of Morocco Bant on Allegheny markets, has appealed to Im portance. cisco. The strike now Involves not only Quick Informed the striker» that hie Union operators, and who declare the police for protection During Extermination of Foreigner». Several per« na were killed and much the last week ho has received letters th« commercial telegraphers, but organization was at their disposal, that their working conditions with I. «11. l"ii. Aux 9 I'he horrors of also the oimrators of the Associated destroyed by tornadoes in property both morally nnd financially "We the company are unsatisfactory, took from New York, Ixindun, Philadel the looting of < i«.i Blanca by native Iowa and Minnesota. phia and Rochester, demanding 35.- Press In all the large eitle« of the have 11,000,009 In our own trees- advantage of the situation and quit tribesmen are becoming known and country, save a few In New England ury,” said he, "and It la at your dls- at 6 o'clock. Beats driven from cover by foreet 000, under threat» of death All were nnd the Middle West their recital I* Inflaming the minds The «trike <>f poaal Your tight I« ours. and we written In red Ink and nlgned “ Mag- With the walkout of tho Postal of the natives against all Europeans, fires terrorised the town of Stand tab. men came at the Associated Press will stand with you until the end hifleo.” He 1» living In constant fear employes, Chicago last night was loft Michigan, for révérai hours. the end of a day of negotiations be Before the mass meeting _ the 330 with about 35 operator* endeavoring lhe situation In various const towns of »«»a»« I nation 1« »o. .■ i h<> natives are eielted A tween General Manager Melville E union telegraphers employed by com to transmit the business of both tele Peary starts for the Nor ill pole an<l holy »nr 1« being preached at Rabat. Stone and officials of the telegraph panies using leased wires was held. graph companies, where, tinder nor his wife and chi dreti take up their ROADS NOT TO BLAME. Antl-forelgn •••ntiment Is «rowing ers’ union In Now York Owing to At this gathering broker», news mal conditions, fully 1,500 men are as a result uf thn activities of fanat residence on I agle island, off the coast 'he radical demands of the operators. agencies and commercial organiaa- necessary to do the work. of Maine, to await his return. ical agitators There Is fear of a gen Harriman Talks About ths Threatened General Manager Stone asked for 21 lions. Including the big packing The other Western I'nlon offices eral outbreak A number of Euro hours In which to advise with the houses, were represented, A resolu which Emil J. Zimmer, of the Pacific States Coal Shortage. became involved In the peen families nrc preparing to floe members of the Board of Directors tlon was adopted declaring that this Telephone company, pleads not guilty trouble together, together with the Omaha, Neb , Aug 13 EH of lhe association. The Angers trlbes- class of labor was underpaid nnd that number of men who quit work, are: from Tangier. to the clung« of contempt of comt in men In the Immediate vlclnlty of This request apparently was ac the various firms would be asked to Harriman and his two sons attended Halt Lake City, 30, Helena, 40; Kan Tangier are restlen'i and may break refusing to testify a«nin«t Lonis Glas» church at Trinity Episcopal Caths- ceptable to General Secretary Rus sign a wag- schedule and also to sas CH». Il" D. ill. <i, 10.',. Fort The Moorish antiioGHe» A temporary injunction lias been dral h«re Siuiday during a break In sell, of th« Telegraphers' Union, nnd employ none but union telegraphers. Worth. 4(K< Colorado Springs, 10, out soon have prai (Icali) no control over the to a large number of Associated it »«» decided to let the private and Denver, 63. gianted by the Federal court restrain the Westward vacation trip which Pre«« operator« who realized Its rea wire m«n prepare and present their situation. ing the lab >r unions from boycotting In New Orleans the men employed There are many comp'.aints smong the railroad magnate is mäkln« In sonableness, but n number of radi own schedules to their employers by the Postal Telegraph Company the telephone company In Helena, cals on the Texas circuit would not I'he broker-men »III present their left their keys to enforce demand» the Europeans that France acted lll- his special train. The Harriman Montana, where a strike is on. consent to a postponement of action Mlh-dule at 10 o'rlock .Monday morn made on the company several week* advlwdly nt Casa lllanca In bom* parly was accompanied from Chi bardlng th« town before protection Four anarchists were wounded by cago to Omaha by President Hara on the part of the Associated Pre«« Ing The broker-men »III ask for a ago. could be arranged for the Jews and This action was minimum of |.io a week. nnd quit th«lr keys the accidental explosion ol a bomb at han. of the Illinois Central Europeans there and elsewhere on followed largely throughout the The men employed by the press as Lisbon. Mr. Harriman gave out a long In France May Hava to Stay. the const and in the Interior. country. sociation« presented their request at terview Bunday ufternoon Many of The n< »a from t’.isn Blanca as to Parts, Au« 10 In spite of the Ambassador Rosen, fr m Rustle, A serious phase of the «trike <le- 7:30 o'clock Bunday night, nnd the his statements had. however, been veloped yesterday afternoon and dur employers will be given 2 4 hour» to firm Intention of the French govern th" situation there today unite« In revels in American humor and reads made before. He decline«! to com Ing the night when It was discovered si cry funny paper be can get. The schedule pre ment to keep althlti the terms of the showing that the I» mbardmont was ment upon recent court actions that railroad telegraphers In many comply with It. sented calls for 3.16 a wwk for six Alxr'Ciru* convention In Ila dealings continued for longer than wan first Eleven Chines« who had just been against corporations. places were tampering with the wires nights' work, and 70 cents an hour with Morocco, th« French press supposed and that the lack of an In answer to questions, Mr. llar- at smuggled a> ro»« the Rio Grande river relay points By withdrawing overtime, eight hours to constitute n clearly foresees that France, unIen« ndequntc French force to afford pro rlnuin said: were captured at El Paso, Texas. ’'plug*'’ from the switchboards and day'« work, with half an hour for the situation rapidly Improves, hna tection resulted In an opportunity ”1 think we shall have a coal grounding the wires communication for barbarous looting, rapine and lunch The o|>erators employed by entered upon a long and heavy task A Salvador warship folly armed and shortage this winter, due to the Ren on a number of circuits was Inter the news companies and newspaper» The newspapers express the opinion pillage, »Ith all the accompaniments provisional has nailed fr«m Han Fran era I Increase In the consumption of The French rupted and In some Instances entire In the day time will ask for (30 u that France, upon which the chief of murder and horror coal by reason of the great expan- ly shut off cisco auii another will soon follow. week nnd <>0 cents an hour overtime. burden of restoring security In the landing parti«« could not control the slon of all lines of Industries all MoorUh authority van- From the developments of yester eight hours to constitute a day's disturbed country will fall, may b<> situation Many employes on ths Panama canal over the country, and also tn the fact These forced to occupy In turn all Moroc- lahed with th- first French gunshot are getting married, because the gov that some mines ar« not able to turn day and last night It seems certain work, and the regular lunch can ports and then probubly be com- and lawlessness reigned. ernment provide« «e|iarate home* for out as much as they might because that the Order of Railway Tele reouests were presented to every It Is now reported, however, that graphers will support the commercial n<'»«gathering organization in the pelled to undertake a punitive expo- marnai men. of a lack of labor, and then there Is telegraphers In their strike, and It Is United Stat«» nnd t'anada Bunday dltlon to Fea. after which It would between 3.000 and 3,ooo French and the shortage of freight cars to be not Improbable that the railway tele A Chine « lautidryinan of !’• ttaville, evening, and 2 4 hours will bo el bo Impossible to withdraw, na wan Spanish marine« «nd bluejackets sro reckoned with. And to this car graphers’ organization will become shore nt Casa lllanca and that or lowed for an answer. If at the end the case with the British In Egypt Pa., iiaa legally adoptai a whits boy, shortage I want to say a word In The Euro As the British bombardment of Al«x- der hna been restored. with the consent of the boy’s mother reply to the general charge that the more deeply Involved In the strike of the time the demands have not The loan of andrla ensured th« prestige of Great peans there nr« all stife should It b« of lengthy duration. I he met with a favorable response, and graiidriiother. railroads are wholly to blame for While the strike at this time has men will report to the union officials, Britain la FCgypt. ao. It Is argued, the life nmong th« Moors result In* from The charge la unjust the appearance and to some extent Turkish tr »ops ate devastating Per* car shortage and they aay a strike will be ordered French bombardment of Casa Blanca th« bombardment appears to I ms sian villsgee and killing and «nalaving In many respect*. Numerous causes the effect of a general strike, such Is In regard to the newspaper end of will have a similar effect In Morocco. much greater than was first Indi conspire to bring about a shortage not th- case. A large number of the controversy Secretary Russo! ia An expedition to Fe», th" newspapers cated. lhe inliabitanta. Twelve «irla were ur congestion tn cars where the peo commercial operators are still at sued the followtag statement: point out, would, like the British vic carrial away from one village. ple know nothing, and they are their keys and will not go out until Two Warships for Sslvsdor. To all publishers. United State» tory at Tel el Keblr complete the The United States ambaosaiior to causes for which the railroad» are Instructed to do so by President and Canada: The Commercial Tele parallel. San Francisco, Aug 9 —Provi not responsible and cannot avoid. ” Austria, Charles H. Francis, and Er Small, graphers’ Union does not desire In sioned for three months with a large In Portland the operators of the any way whatever to hamper the nest Hamlm Abbott, of New York, Strike Making Fuel Scarce. ipplv of amn unltloa and a cargo of Western I’nlon and Postal Telegraph newspapers of the country. We are A. P. Strike Not General. were «nterta na! at luncheoa by Presi Denver, Aug 10 Vice President quick firing machine guns of the lat- Companies struck last night. The flxhtlng for our rights, however, and Chicago. Aug 13. -The Associated dent Roosevelt. Western Union men were called out believing that the telegraph opera A D. Parker, of the Colorado A • «t and most deadly type, the Salva The American Tobacco company has Press operators In Chicago. New by President Branln of the local tor» employed In thia service are un Southern Railway, say« the company dor wnrxhlp Arcata was ready to sail York nnd other leased wire points tn The other Salvador war déclarai on its common *t<ck th« tegu The Postal derpaid. we have authorised our men put to work 2 6 more men yesterday last night the West and South struck at 7:30 union at 7:21 o’clock. lar quarterly dividend of 2^ (ver cent last night. The operators in Minne operators left their key» at 7:44 to present a schedule to their em and that In a few day« h<> will have ship. the Pr. ildent. Is also In readi She Is the road In normal condition Grand ness to follow the Arcata. and sn »st-a dividend rif 7)g |>er cent, apolis, Duluth, Milwaukee, Indian o'clock. Both strikers were very or ployers asking for what we consider H Morrissey, of the provisioned for six months and la The messenger boys struck reasonable recompense for th--lr Master I’ again I 2 4 regular ami 6 per cent ex apolis. Detroit and Cleveland re derly. al«o said to be heavily armed, Roth If these demands are not Brotherhood of Hallway Trainmen, tra at the last previous declaration. mained at their posts. The strike last night at II o'clock after holding labors. says that the strikers are making the President and Arcata have been a meeting at which they formulated met by the various news gathering The dividend is payable Hep’emter 2 was against the wishes of General a demand for a considerable Increase organizations within a a pec I fled time heavy Inroads on the ranks of the painted a gray war color They have strike-breakers and that most of th« been strengthened In the construc Hall Cain« is believal to be the Secretary Russell, of the Telegraph In pay, the men will be ordered to quit ers’ Union, who, with a majority of import»! men Imre as soon as they tion of additional armor richest m:v«li«t in the world. work. tho opc-retor» «4 hour» S* learn of the strife«. This the com An exphaion ol firaiamp in a Prus Mr Stone had expressed his willing Fatal Floods In Japan. pany denies "lriday's developments Tsaans Amend Constitution. sian min» killed 1H men and injured ¡1 ness to endeavor to arrive at an un- Hl*« Roosevelt's Nam». Victoria, II. C, Aug 13 Heavy show a serious shortage of coal Austin. Texas. Aug. 9 Early re others. deratandlng. Chicago, Aug 12 — The nnme of loss of life Is reorted from Central turn received from today"» special Pacific Q*'t lumbermen will tight Japan because of floods According President Roosevelt was greeted Columbia Life Raft Picked Up. election h<dd throughout the state to Compare Will Take a Hand. to advices received by the steamer with J c « ts and hiss«« and the alma of the Mopofeod advance in lumber rat«a San Francisco. Aug 10 4 liferaft pass upon several constitutional Athenian several hundred were o M;sa:se:p! valley pointa. Detroit. Aug. 12. — President the Western Federation of Miner» from the Columbia was picked up to amendments hi llcate that the amend killed In all and many Injured A cheered to the echo at the reception day at Half Moon flay. 20 miles sort th ment providing for a confederate One hundred unruly members of the Samuel Gompers spoke at th» P'P- srore of lives were also lost on Koz- tendered William D Haywood, the of the Golden Gate. On the raft were women's home, an agricultural ba Belfast, Ireland, police tore» have been worth League Chautauqua at Colfax this afternoon and hurried to lies uahlna. an Island of Zu, by an earth central figure In the recent Boise found an oar and an undergarment re» u, and for a road tar will be car exiled and 160 more will follow. Moines and took the train for Chi quake which destroyed many houses trial by the Moyer-Hay wood defense hearing the Initials ”G T. H .” Pre- ried. while th owe providing for an In A German princess who systematic- cago. He declined to dlacuas the and sent the Islanders to th« hills In committee at l.una Park today. Self- sumably It belonged to George T. crease In the pay of members of the At Taklgawa the ground styled "undesirable citizens'* cried Hparks, the banker of Fort Rml'h, legislature and for a state printing ally Stole "i Iver plate from European telegrapher»* «trike except that he a panic subsided 20 feet and a large number for Haywood .Pettibone and Moyer Ark , who was among the drowned. hotels lias been exonerated on the would be In Chicago several days. plant will probably be defeated. were killed and Injured. The Jap- and hooted and hissed the names of ground of inaaaity. anese government sent reliefs aup- Roosevelt, Governor Henry A Buch Bouthorn Pacific Will ”Compete ’’ Five hundred brakemen and a num Mysterious Plague In Arizona Russia Will Rebuild Navy. piles. tel and the Colorado stat« official» El Reno. Tex. Aug 13—The ber of conductor» on the Colorado Phoenix, Ari«., Aug 10 Nows St Petersburg. Aug 9 The Navy and mlneownsrs. come» from Wickenburg, a mining Itepartmcnt Intends. In tho course of SoutFiem raflnad have struck tor an Southern Pacific has delivered an Amerlcan Boat Win». ultimatum to the Phelpa-Dodge In town 60 miles northwest of Phoenix, th" current year, fo Iny down two increase of 2 cents an hour. Bathing Season In New York. terest« that If Its proposition to buy Rochester. N. Y . Aug. 13e The that some sort of a plague has broken battleships of a low type. Their dis Three-fifths of the output of the great the Nacozarl road from Nacozarl to American defender of the Canadian New York. Ang. 12 —Eleven out there which local doctors ar» un placement Is to be 19.970 tons, arm DeBeers diamond mint« in South Af Douglas. Aris , la not accepted by cup Seneca defeated the Canadian drowning» war» reported In th» Im able to diagnose and treat success ament ten 12-lnch guns and minor rica is taken by American dealers and September 1 th» Southern Pacific challenger Adele today In the second mediate vicinity of New York yeeter- 'fully. Several deaths have occurred ’ batteries, turbine engines, and a fully will construct a parallel lino. of th» races. price« are steadily rising. during the past few days. {speed of 12 knots an hour. Busy Readers. >• Psn«*i'v»nla Citlzsns Ar» in Coestanl Dread of Assassination. OREGON, Pittsburg. Aug 13— ol The Country whole Telegraph S)stems t u. . p.. ... Almost Paralyzed. Employes ol Both Western I'nlon and Postal (io Out. HAS BLE* NO GENERAL OKOLR COMPANIES READY FOR LIGHT 4 1 -e ... « w*.