Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 20, 1903, Page 2

Tel. 615- 604, Close Saturdays t&p. m. Bee, Mar. 1 Special Sale 8:00 Vestings, 75c, $1.00 values at per yard as long as they last. COME EARLY 25¢ Friday morning at a. m, Mercerized 85¢ and Tronpsen. BeLoen &Co. Y. M. C. A. Building, Corner Sixteenth and Douglas Sts president of the Omaha National bank state bank examiner from 1891 to 1807 He testified that he never found but one note on which the name of Bartloy appeared ex- cept on one ocoasion. A note, the denomi- nation of which he could not state, was held fn the Omaha National bank against Bartley. It might have been $5,000 or $10,000, Mr. McGrow sald he could not bo sure. Me thought it was not over $10,000. He sald the note was partially secured by a lite Insutance pollcy. Mr. Me hat he wes unable to offer the committes any information that would ald in its work. Start on Stueter Monday. The committeo to examine tho Stuefer bond purchase case will start In on its ex- amination Monday. It has sent the sor- seant-at-arms of the house on a mission to subpoena Mr. Stuefer and soveral other witnesses. Representative Fishback of the committes today sald they Intended to bend every energy to get at the facts In (his caso and have It cleared up if possible. Ho sald the committee was anxious to re- celve all the assistance that citizens of the state could give it. Thero have been fn all 100 employes ap- pointed 'und elected In the house. Nine were elected. By a process of addition and subtraction the lst was sifted down to about ninety. The Iaw prescribes not to oxceed seventy-five, including, of course, those appointed and elected. The speaker sald tonight there wore now less than olghty on the appolntive list, but that this number would be reduced. Several commit. o0 clerks will be lot out, as will also some proofreaders aad bill clorks and posstbly pages. Considerable dissatistaction was oxpressed by republican members when it was learned through The Beo this morning that the Nst of employes was so large. It may bo that some of the employes more recently taken in will be let out or have the pleasure of working without salary. Auditor Weston, when asked it the vouchers for calaries of employoes In excess of the num- ber allowed by law would be honored by him after this, sald: win s ray. “No. When wo have completed the In- vestigation which we bogan today of this mattor and find that there are more than soventy-fiys employes on, the house pay volls we certainly shall not homor vouch- ors for any additional number, The fact 18 we have not recently checked over our hooks with those up in the house and did not, therefore, realize that there were more omployes than there ought to be. 1 kesw tn & general way that somo had been let out and did not suppose that there were s0 many on the rolls. 1 don't suppose (here 4 any way in which any of the money already paid out in excess of law could bo rocovered, but the matter can be rom- edled by mot paying out any more money not warranted.” Legixlative Gow ‘The supplomentary or minority report of the senate telophone investigating com- mittes places its alguers, Howell and War- ner, in & pecullar position and has oo sloned considerable comment among the senators. Both Howell and Warner signed the full commitiee report, which recom- mended that the power granting the fran- chise have the power to regulate the rates to be charged by telephone companies. The minority report asks that such logls- lation be enacted as will fix the rate to be charged by telephone companios in Omaha, thus depriving the council of that right. The majority of the committee, Giffin, O'Nelll and Moredith, intended to bring in & report this morning denying that tho deductions made by the minority were justified, but concluded to allow the sen- ate to judge of both reports. Hall of Douglas, who cast the vote that kept Howell's rate bill from leaving the sifting committoe, sald he did so because the bIl was a measure opposed lo home rule. “Why should t logislature fix rates that a telephone company should charge In Omaba." be sald. “That is a question the people of Omaha should deal with. The city council has authority to deal with such matters and it the councll refuses to do what is right the people can get rellet at the ballot box. The committee on constitutional amend- ments and fedoral relations has reported te indefinitely postpone 8. F. 250, This is & bl introduced by Howell of Douglas that the legislature authorize citles to frame charters for the government of thelr wuniclpal affairs; but such charters or any amendments thereto shall not become operative until they have been ratified by the voters of the city or municipality in the manuer prescribed by law. Present at the committee moeting when the bill was reported for indefinite postponement were Senators Sloan and Pemberton. Hall asked that & decielon ba net affived at until a majorfty of the committee Was present Sloan stited fhat It was a regular meeting OIL FOR THE BODY You can't lose an atom without feeling it. The body is like an engine, a watch, a machine; must be kept in good order to run right That's the reason Scotts | Emulsion is so successful in |all wasting diseases. It feeds, {nourishes and strengthens when ordinary food won't. Doctors say Scott's Emul- sion is the best nourishment _for those who are not as well as they should be—young or old. Well sead voo & mmple frec spon request 'mlfl'l‘fllfifimk" L ow stated | |of the committeo and that 1t was the fault of the committes membors that they were not_ present, as the meeting had boén an- pounced. [FIGHT ON LANDLORDS BILL |Mensure Giving ndowner Firat 1 on Crops Order wrossed. (From a Staft Correspondent.) LINCOLN, March 19.—(Special.)—The fight in the senate this morning was the landlord llen bill introduced by Umstead of Nance by request. After much discus- sion the bill was ordered engroesed for a third reading, with the mendments offered by the committee. The section over which the fight occurred and which was ordered engrossed 1s-as follows: Section 1. A landlord shall have a first llen for his rent upon one-half the crops grown upon the demised premises from the planting of said crops, until one year after the term of the lease expires, or until the rent is paid, by fling in the office of the county clerk, as chattel mortgages are filed, & notice that such lien is claimed, and staling the wmount thereof ahd when aid llen may be enforced by fore- ure In the same manner as chattel tgagen are foroclosed, at any time after r any part thereof fs due. Brady of Boone said the bill provided that the landlord would have a first lien on all the crop and it would prevent the tonant from selling a bushel of graln or anything else without an order from the landlord. He sald it would prevent the grocer or any merchant from collecting any debt against the tenant until the land- lord was satisfied. Hasty of Furnas said the bill was selfish logislation and it would work a hardship on all the west portion of the state. Speeches in favor of the bill were made by Wall, Warner, Alden, Umstead, Hall of Burt and Harrison. Bridy of Boone made an attempt this afternoon to bring forth his elevator bill trom the judiclary committee and lost. The commlittee was Instructed by the semate to report the bill back last Tuesday. That evening Chairman Hall of Douglas .asked for one more day and this was granted by Brady. This afterncon Brady offered a motion requiring the committee to report the bill forthwith. 4 ¥ " Beghtol offered an amendment: that the committes be granted one more . week: This was ilost by the following vote: Nays, Anderson, Brady, Coffey, Cox, Fries, Hall of Burt, Hastings, Hasty, Jeunings, Marshall Meredith O'Nelll, Reynolds, Saunde: Sheldon, Sloan, Umstead, War- ner, Way, Young. Yeas—Alden, Boghtol, Brown, Day, Gifin; Hall of Douglas, Harrison,\Hedge, Norris, Pemberton, Wall. Harrison tben moved to table Brady's motion. This carried. Inasmuch as the house has recommended for passago the Ramsey elevator bill, it is thought by the frionds of the Brady bill that the senate Will endeavor to substitute the Ramsey bill for it. Some of the friends of the senate file bellove the Ramsey bill uncon- stitutional and for that reason- the ele- vator men and the rallroads are for it Semate Routine. The senate again got down to business at 9 o'clock. Standing committees reported for general file S. F. 212 and 8. F. 63. The former is an act providing for the filing af reports of Insurance companies with the state auditor before they are allowed to do business Io the stato, 8. F. 63 is an act eficlary socleties. The bill was introduced at the request of the Anolent Ofder of United Workmen lodge ‘The committee of the whole, with Harri- son of Hall in the chair, ordered the fol- lowing engrossed for a third reading 8. F. 170, naming number of employes to be employed by the senate and house. 8. F. 43, the local land len bill. 8. 60, providing for the purchase of cemoteries by towns. S F. 67, providing for the verlfication of pleadings. 8 F 8. F. 148, of ditohes 8 F ance act At 1:45 the semate took a recess uatil o'clock relating to diverce. an act providing for tha digging to drain land, 184, the compulsory school attend- IE OMAHA DAILY T done, now In justice to the friends of the measure {1 should be reported back.' GiMn explained that the senate was in favor of A bill that would help the frrmers as well as Brady was and that this thing should not be hurried Harrison sald there was no occasion to order up a bill and that no one had a right to refloct on any committee Beghto! offered an amendment to give the committee one moro weok. Motion lost on roll call by 19 to 1 Harrison moved that motion of Brady be tabled. This was carried amia tho Jeers of the opposition to the bill. TAKE UP APPROPRIATIONS Mouse Starts in by Raising a Number of Salarfes in the State Houxe. (From a Staff Corre LINCOLN, March 19 (Special.)—The house began operations this morning by concurring in senate amendments to H. R. by Frederich of Cass, requiring due ad vertisoment of school board meetings be- fore the board can vote bonds These bills were passed H. R. 440, by Rouse of Hall, appropriating $4,164 from the penitentiary fund to aid In the construction of the addition to the state penitentiary H. R. 104, by Junkin of Gosper, providing for a department in one of the state in- sane hospitals for the treatment of dipso- maniacs, inebriates and those addicted to oxc ive use of liquors and drugs. H. R. 43, by Nelson of Douglas, providing for uniferm procecdings on appeals to the | dlstrict court H. R. 21, by Nelson of Douglas, providing a uniform bond in appeals to the distriet | court. | H. R. 167, by Parry ot Furnas, cutative, | relating to fees of county court offcers. | 8. F. 147, by Sheldon of Cass, providing | for opening, maintaining and vacating | county roads; emergency clause S. F. 117, for a joint rekolution memor- fallzing congress to approve the Dietrich land leasing bill. A report by the committee on accounts and cxpenditures was adopted, allowing bills, one of which was $55 for the speak- er's chair; another, $445.07, for desks, chairs, flles, etc, the whole footing up $1,636.06. At this afternoon's session the house went into committee of the whole to con- sider appropriation bills as special order until they are completed. Rouse of Hall made the motion which led to this action. Before proceeding with these bills the committee took up two senate amendmnients to the salaries appropriation bill, one to repeal the law fixing the deputy secre- tary of state’s and the governor's private secretary’s salaries at $1,500 a year, leav- ing it to the legislature to fix these sal- arles by appropriation Sweery of Adams and Loomis of Dodge took decisive stands against this method, arguing that the legislature should fix a definite salary for each of these officers. | It was brought out that for twenty years these officials had been receiving salaries by leglslative appropriations in excess of the statutory limitation. S. F. 217 proposing the repeal of the old territorial law providing that the deputy treasurer shall recelve no salary ‘“from tae territory.” Loomis offered an amendment to the salaries bill fixing the deputy's salary at $1,500, the amount previous legislatures have been appropriating. The amendment was carried. pondent.) granting additional power to fraternal ben- | A separate mmendment, S.'¥. 218, pro- vided for the repeal of the law fixing the salary of the governor's private secretary #t $1,500. Loomis proposed an amendment making® thie $1,800, and’ Reed of Jafinson sent up an amendment making 1t $2,000. The Rbed amendment carried. On motlon of Loomis the bill as amended was recom- mended for passag>. S. F. 216 was amended on motion of Loomis, glving the deputy secretary of state $1,700 a year. H. R. 874, the salaries appropriation bill, was then taken up section by section. Sears moved to amend it by glving the sdjutant general $1,500 fnstead of §1, Ten Eyck of Douglas champloned the amendment. Many other members put themselves on re- cord on this side of the guestion. The amendment carried. Amendments by Cropsey of Jefterson were adopted raising the secretary of the ate banking board from $1,500 to $2,000 a year and his chiet clerk from $1,000 to $1,200. | Wilson of Pawnee, chalrman of the | finance, ways and means committee, of- | fered an amendment appropriating an an- nual salary of $840 for the secretary of the fish commission, not now provided for. The amendment carried. The amendments offered some days ago adding an assistant librarian of the su- preme court -at.$300 a year and a deputy at $1,800, a deputy clerk at $1,500 and | \stant clerks at $300 each were adopted. Likewlso the amendment to ralse the salary of the steward of the Lincoln hospital for Insane from $1,200 to $1,500 a year catried. The house at 5:10 adjourned o'clock tomorrow mornin CUBAN TREATY RATIFIED (Continued from First Page.) until 9 to meet at such time and place, or places, as the chairman may designate, Mr. Morgan introduced & resolution which | recites that it is the duty.of the United States to take such action as will sbolish | the abuses of the power of taxation; that Several bills from the house were read a first time and H. R 236 was pwt on its third reading. This is the Gilbert primary election bill, which provides that at all primaries the Election board shall have authority to ocompel the voter to swear whether he has generally supported the ticket of the party holding the primary at the preceding election. Ttose who voted against the bill were Brady and Coftey. O'Nelll, who made such & fght agalust the bl ‘yesterday, voted for iti The bl pansed by 30 to 2, Doan of Phelps being absent. 8. F. 118 or wite and providing penalties, w on genoral fle. with amendments. Harrison of Hall gave notice that Satur- day or Monday a call would likely be mele to pass H. R nd H. K. 320 to & third { reading without golng through the com- wittee of the whole. The former relaes to charters of cities of T.000 and the latter is | the Omaha charter bill | ho semate went into committee of the whole with Hall of Douglas in the chair and wade the following disposition of bills | 8 F. 1%, providing for the establish- { of a military code for Nelraska and | organisation of the militia to conform with | the act of the United States congryss. The | salary of the adjutant general was in- | creased to $2,000 and the salary of the as- | sistant adjutant gemeral was fxed at §1.200; | the quartermaater sergeant at §720 and the | stenographer ut 37120, ‘The bill was ordered engrossed placed Brady of Boone offered this metion: “1 | move that the judiefary committee bde ro- quested to report S F. 102 torthwith, as per |\n-|run|unn when the bill was re-commit- ™ | Hall of Dougise expiained that the com | mittee had been unable to have a meeting I Brady sald the co e was lastructed to report back by T bas et reported. 1 was asked to grast | that congress sbould make vigorous uce of defining desertion by husband | champerlain's Stomach an there should be trade betw the United States \nd insular possessions; that the interest-bearing debt of the ¢ try should be extinguished; that corpora- tlons employed for the purpose of monopoly | are subject to the control of congress, and such powers | A Bad Taste in the Mouth. but n pleasant to awake | with a bad the b This| always arises from a disordered stomach | and may bp corrected by taking a dose of d Liver Tablets | They cleanse | ch, improve lhl‘; digestion and give one a relish for his food, They are easy to take and pleasant in effect It is anythin immediately at and Invigorate To Tax Real E | | ALBANY, N. Y., March 13.—The mort- | gage bill, imposing a tax of & mills on all real estate mo es. wus introduced in both houses of the legislature tod | “¥he bill provides for taxation at ¢ of 4 mills per annum of all | resting upon real esta erty is situated K, except U mortgages ow | by a corporation afvely for charit l tonal purposes ate Mortgames. state ted States, or o organtsed exclu- religious or educa- k Cemtral Dividen ¢h 19.—The New York \as declared the regular d of 1 per cent on its NEW Central ra | quarterty divice | committee had never takem up any griev- { ance. | committee | Judge Adams, al stock ! The committee | | ihe commitice oue mete day and that was | BEE: FRIDAY LEGAL PHASE 1S DISCUSSED Oourt Listens to Arguments to the Wabash Injunction Oase. RIGHT OF THE MEN TO QUIT WORK Attorney for Rallro: ompany Says They May Strike if Not Coerced or if They Do Not Vie- late Comtract. ST. LOUIS, March 19.—Colonel Blodgett resumed his argument in behalt of the company when the hearing in the Wabash case w resumed this morning. He read extracts from the constitution of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, to prove his contention that there wero no grievances entertained . by the employes against the road, inasmuch as the brother- hood, according to his wontention, had not proceeded in accordanceswith its own laws. lts fallure to do so, he claimed, showed conclusively (hat there were no grievances to be redressed. He claimed further proot of this in his statemant that the gricvance The whole thing lay, he declared in (he recognition of the union, and failing of this, the defendants had con- #pired to induce the employes to stop work, and otherwise injure the road. Taking up the afdavits submitted by the defendants in which it was claimed that | the Wabash road had not kept good faith | With its men, Calonel Blodgett declared that there had been no instance cited by the men In which a promfse made hy President Ramsay or any other officlal of the road | had not been kept in spirit and letter. Perversion ot the Fact The denlal of the offcials of the two brotherhoods that any eoerclon had been employed to induce the men to leave the Wabash road was, the speaker declared, not | founded upon fact. There are, he stated, | benefit funds in both organizations to which | the men pay monthly dues. There is in the laws of both organizations, he sald, a rule providing that it any member declined to strike when an order was issued by the officers, he ehould forfeit his membership and pecunlary tenefits, and action taken under the fear of losing these was, he de- clared, plainly coercion, He was followed by Ci N. Travous, who Also spoke in behalf of the rallroad. Concedes Right to Strike. Mr. Travous conceded that employes had a right to combine and a right to strike, provided that such sction was voluntary on the part of all concerned, was not a breach of contract and was for a lawful purpose, but declared in the present Instance all of these elements were abent. Over one-third of the men, according to the statements of the defendants, were op- posed to a strike, a strike would be in vio- lation of contract and it was, he eald, an unlawful conspiracy against the road. In conclusion hLe recited the ob- ligntions Imposed upon rallroads by the | interstate commerce law, a federal statute, end urged that {nasmueh as railroads were | compelled to accept and carry freight, no | matter by whom offered, and were obliged to offer equal facilitfes to all connecting | lines, It was their right'to have federal pro- tection In carrying ouwt the provisions of the federal laws. Judson Answers for Brotherhood, At the conclusion of Mr. Travous' argu- ‘went Attorney F. Ni*Judson rose to make the opening argumemt for the defendants. Mr. Judson sald thet the attorneys for the railroad had.declared ‘that the njunction dld nat prevent any man from leaving the employ of the Wabash rallroad. He read that porilen qf. the injunction | ;rhl\-h prohibits the ofcers of the union rom persuading or coercing. the employe: of the Wabash railzoad to leave Jts rervice, The right to resign, he declared, Is the chief right tbat labor has, but under the wording of the injunetion the officers of the labor organizations are prohibited from fn- sinuating or suggesting o an employe of the Wabash that he could better his condi- tion by quitting work, and this, he sald, was an interference with the right of men to stop work when they choose. There was, he said, no attempt on the | part of the two brotherhoods to discrim- | inate between nonunion men, and such | conduct was forelgn. to the policy of the railroad organizations. He quote¢ numerous legal decisions to prove that the employes of the Wabash have a perfect right to combine, or leave its service, or to allow an organizavon or | other men to act for them. No authorities | had been eited by the plaintiff to prove the | contrary. “The charge of conspiracy against these defendants,” sald Mr. Jud- | son, “consists only in the demand of the men that they be represented by a com- mittee in their negotiations with the com- pany. What they most desire is the recog- | nition of their committee After @lscussing -this point at length, counsel took up the statement advanced by the attorneys for the railroad that the com- pany pays as good wages in all instances | and {n some cases better, than are pald by its competitors. There were physical mod- brought MARCH 20 { Orient In competition with shippers from i New Orleans by water. | tributed to all parties interested. ! iness. | be retired on January 1, 1902, and $37,000,- | 190 SALES OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC ues Semsation on Exch Blocks for Future Delivery Selling Under Market. we— NEW YORK, March 18 was the center of interest in today's stock market, although surface Indications dur- ing the early session gave little promise of a resumption of yesterday's late ad- vance, The stock opened with moderately small offerings at & maximum decline of 1%, but soon recovered and sold up to 68ic. The movement was decidedly irregular and at the end of the first hour the price | dropped to 86%c. A few sales at “seller | thirty days” were recorded at a time when the regular price was 1 to 1%c above that figure. Transactions were comparatively small in | volume, though several 1,000 share lots | changed hands, while ofterings of 500 shares | were quite common, At the end of the first hour Southern Pa cific was selling fractionally under 67, and the balance of the list was dull. | The directors of the Southern Pacific held | their regular weekly meeting toda transacted only routine business. No for closing the stock books for the annual meeting has yet been announced. MERGER IS DEFENDED it he considered such combinations be infractions of law, would shut his eyes to those doing business at the capital of the nation, and should come half ross the continent in search of a viola- tion of the act. Judge Young concluded at remaining hour was occupled by Grover in further defense. After reviewing tbe premises in the case Mr. Grover gave a geographical sketch of the location of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific lines and declared that the markets available to those lines were meager as compared to the 120 lines east of the Mississippi, and that it was neces- sary for them to put the only thing to sell, that s, thelr transportation, at such rates that the country would be populated and the market revenves extended. He denied the purchase of the Burlington enabled people in the central portion of the country to ship their goods to the ~Southern Pacific eral, to 2:20 and the M. D. To secure voluminous traffic low rates of transportation had to be maintained of the ‘rates of combination of railroad sys- tems. At 4:20 court adjourned. Harriman Interests Sell Out. During the evening it was agreed, in or- der to expedite the hearing, that a brief prepared by Daniel Willcox and signed by him and by Francis Lynde Stetson in be- half of J. Plerpont Morgan, Robert Bacon and Daniel S, Lamont, should be taken as read. Coples of it were thereupon dis- The brief sets forth that during the re- organization of the Northern Pacific J. P. Morgan & Co. acted as reorganization man- ager, and has ever since been the fiscal agent of the company. The firm has ac- | cordingly at all times dosired to further | the best interests of the company and espe- ially to aid in steadily developing its bus- | The firm considered that these re- sults were accomplished by the policy of | the company during the existence of the voting trust. Not long after the termination of the vot- ing trust, however, the firm became aware that unusually large purchases of stock of the company were being made on the Stock exchange, apparently In a single interest. The firm was apprehensive that these pur- chases were for the purpose of securing | control of the Northern Pacific and for some ulterlor purpose of which the firm was not informed. Accordingly the firm, prior tc May 7, 1901, puchased common stock of the Northern Pacific In consid- | erable amounts, and their holdings upon that day amounted to about 200,000 shares For some years J. J. Hill and others, who were interested in the Great Northern, con- templated forming a corporation to pur- chase thelr separate interests and hold to- gether, and so insure a continuance of their policy in the management of the road. About August, 1901, as this plan was ap- proaching maturity, they determined also to sell to the new company their interests in the Northern Pacific, and that the cap- | ital of the mew company should be made ! sufficiently large to enable it to purchase all the shares of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific which the new company might deem it advisable (o acquire. By this time it had become known that the purchases of Northern Pacific shares in May had been made on behalf of the Ore- gon Short Lie, controlled by the Union | Pacific, which interest held about $41,000,000 | of preferred stock, which, howaver, wes to 000 of common stock, together making | 780,006 shares, and constituting a majority of the capital of the Northern Pacific. Thereupon, for the purpose of protecting | the Northern Pacific against the possible | control and direction of the company In an | | company’s plant. MENACE UNION ORGANIZERS Florida Men Threaten to Kill Officers Oom- bining Oigar Makers COLORADO SMELTER SHUTS DOWN Management Troubles 1" Clatms Labor Have Grown so Heavy in Bent to Permanently Son- pend Operations. WASHINGTON, March 19 ors, president of the American of Labor, sent the following the chiet of police, Tampa, FIa In the name of organized labor as well as every liberty-loving citizen, 1 demand ful Samuel Gomp- Federation telegram to | protection to our organizers, James Wood and James A. Roberts. and others whos lives have been threatened. These know to be law-abiding citizens who w not be gulity of an unlawful act. T have a right to orga workingmen ar If necessary in defense of cheir Fights, to strike for the enforcement of them, if no other means Jf redress i afforded The kidnaping and making away with a number of Tampa's workmen less than two years ago warrants beltef that the present threat In serious and emanates from o stlo organized banditti g S EAMUEL GOMPERS. This telegram was s by Mr. Gompers on recelpt of statements from the organ- | 1zers mentioned that letters signed “Com mittee of Tampa and Surrounding Country and threatening them with death unles: they left Tampa, had been received by them. Similar lettors were received by the officers of the Clgar Makers' union Reduction Works are Closed. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., March 19.- trom Governor Peabody and returned home and Sherift Glibert posted ten deputles at the Standard mill, where the strike is still in progress. GOLDEN, Colo., March 19.—The smelter here operated by the Clear Creek Mining and Reduction company has been shut down permanently, The superintendent says this action Is in consequence of tronble with the labar unlons. As a result of the shutdown several of the large mines around Empire and in Clear Creek county have been forced to suspend. Support Kansas Machin PITTSBURG, Kan., March 19.—The men in the car and coach shops of the Kansas City Southern rallroad struck today in sym- pathy with the machinists. ¥Fifty nonunion workmen arrived last night and wece taken to the shops, where the company provides food and lodging. Eighteen Thousand Threaten Strike. LOWELL, Mass, March 19.—The agents of the seven mills here today refused to grant the demands of their employes for a 10 per cent inerease in wages. It is thought a strike of 18,000 operatives will follow Canadian Co VICTORIA, B. C., March 19.—George E. tees, president of the United Brotherhood of Railway Employes, who is organizing the strike now on against the Canadian Pa- cific railway, was charged in the police court today with conspiracy to delay his | majesty's mail. The charge is made under a section of the postal service act of Canada vhich im- poses a penalty of one year's imprisonment. EFFORT TO BREAK STRIKE American Bridge Company Will Make Determined Attempt to Re- same Work. PITTSBURG, March 19.—A determined effort is to be made by the American Bridge company to break the strike of structural ironworkers in this eity by importizg non- union men. Last Monday from Louisville, but the men deserted im- mediately upon leaving Pittsburs. night forty-seven men were brought into the city from Norfolk, Va., and 150 men, it is sald, have been engaged and are on their way here. The men who arrived here last night were placed on a large houseboat which is tied up in the Monongahela river at the The boat has been fitted up with bunks, diniog rooms and kitchen and it is proposed to house and board the men there until the strike is broken. The men are to be used in completing the work on the mew Wabash raliroad bridge across the Monongahela river. A squad of policemen are guarding the nonunion men, but everything is quiet, no move having been made by the strikers to interfere with the newcomers. |TWO UNION MEN ARE CUT Badly Handled 1 & Clawh Between the Factions. NEW YORK, Mareh 19.—There was a col. lision between union and nonunion men at Townsend & Downey's ship vards today ifications of the . Wabash schedule which | entered into the proposition, the attorney | contended, such as length of runs and hours | of employment, which went to disprove the | claim. Deel es Grievances Exist. The question of grievances was touched upon briefly and Mr., Judson was passing to other matters when he Was interrupted “You will recollect” said Judge Ad-| ams, “that in the dil-of complaint it was set forth that there were no grievances, but that false statements were made by the | to the effect that such griev- | ances did exist and that these statements were made for the purpose of securing rec- | ogaition of the union. Are you going to allow that matter to rest where it i “I am about to discuss It further” sa Mr. Judson, and he did so at comsiderable length. “There is no evidence,” continued coun sel in closing this part ef his argument, that the grievances originated with the | grievance committee asd mot with the men themselves, but I declare that if the grieve ance committee felt {nclined to urge em- ployes of the Wabash to ask better wages they had a right to do so." “A paper has been read here,” broke in “purporting to be a state- ment of the men authorizing this commit. tee to act for it in negot’ations with the road. 1 want to see that paper.” It was handed up aad the judge, after reading it through, made copious notes. Mr. Judson them took up the aMdavits alleging a disposition on bemalf of the de- fendats to tie up the Gould roads, if their demands were mot granted by the Wabash “No such thing was sald," he declared. “and Do such thing was contemplated. The sympathetic strike is Dot sanctioned by these. brotherhoods, ard there could mot Bave been & conspiracy to tie up the other roads. The history of these organizations is almost barren of strikea™ Judge Adams again interrupted to ask for information which De required aad thea adjourned court. For a Weak Back. The muscles of the ba much strengthened and all ness removed b applying Paln Balm and Daving vigorously for Sve wic cetiog. may be very la and sore Chamberiain’a the parts rubded | % At cach appll | Morgan & Co. | chase the shares of any other sharebolders | udverse interest, dcfendants determined to | sell their Northern Pacific stock to the new | company. ! The Northern Securitles company was ac- | cordingly organize 1t having become known that the Oregon Sbort Line was not disinelined to sell its | holdings upon satistactory terms, J. P. gan & Co. purchased all its holdings of | Northern Pacific stock, agreeing to pay | partly in cash and partly in shares of the | new company. | After its organization the curities company pu of the Northern Pac Northern hereinbefore ing those purchased by Mor- | | Northern Se- | based all the shares and of the Great nentioned, includ- the firm of J. P It also was willing to pur. of the Great Northern company who desired | to sell the same for the price of $180 for | ach share of the Great Northern company, payable i its own shares, and did actually | purchase and pay for considerable amounts | of sald stock at such price It is submitted that this action must fail | because the transactions were lawful, and | it the statute applied to them it would be | unconstitutional because it would deprive the Securities company of the right to pur- chase property and the stockholders of the rallway companies of the right both to sll their own shares and 40 acquire an Interest | in the shares of others. Seaboard Pres RICHMOND, Va., March 19.—John Ske ton Williams, president of the Seaboa Alr Line, bas been summoned to appear be fore the United States Interstate \‘ommer-oi t Sam ed. commission at New York Friday week and testify In the proceedings of the Kentucky Railroad commission against the Atlantie Coast Line and others. | ts. Al fzils to ou each TO CURE A COLD Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tabi druggists refund the momey if cure. E. W. Grove's sigmature box e Robbers R JOLIET, INl, March 18&—The Wilmington, 4 few miles sout was raided by robbers early safe was blown of Y office wrecked. Over $1% money and som I was t bers escaped. al pursued by a posse | of clisens, Who wers arouged by the ex- | plosioa | turned two union men being cut and a nonunion man roughly bandled The unien men who went out in sym- pathy with the striking boiler makers re- to work today and it was then the trouble occurred. The nonun'on men, mostly Italians, became epraged and the (wo ele | ments clashed Police were called and the 1 ns driven away. the valve make! One hundred a: fron fitters who and i WHY WORRY? with an umbrella when a little moncy will buy the stylish . » Rain bearing this famous trade-mark |“4 n'!l' \““HII‘.(H No rubber in it—aever hests you up of smells musty like s mackintosh ot tight—your moncy back if saythiog goes wroag. We aloac sell them bere, JARAN s’ 4 7 men 1| The troops broke camp today under orders | rts Involved in Strike. forty men were brought | Last | The only men not working now are{ lee Port dry k and ship Richmond returned building plan to werk today Bucklen's Arnten Salve. best in fhe world for Cuts, Corne, Boils, Bruises, Burns, Scalds, Soree, U Salt Rheum. Cures pliles or no puy. For sale by Kubu & Co GRIFFIN FACTORY IS BURNED Fire Destroys the Big Shoe ¢ The ors, and Several Other V ble Buildings, PEPPERILL, Mass, March 10.-A fire which started shortly after 1 o'clock this morning in the big shoe factory ot M. C. Grifn East Pepperill, destroyed tho factory and a score of buildings, including stores and dwelling houses, entailing a loss estimated at $300,000 As the local fire department could not cope with the flames ald was called from Nashua, N. H. With this help the local de partment fought until nearly daylight fore gaining control of the fire | The heaviest losers are M. C. Griffin, the {shoe manufacturer, and E. E. Tarbell | Three stores and six dwellings owned by the latter were destroyed. The cause of the fire is not known, but incendiarism is suspected at Quarantine is Raised. SAN FRANCISCO, March 19.—-A telegram om the Mexlcan secretary of the interior celved In this city states that the quar. Francisco declared last Mast of Shamrock 11l GLASGOW, March 19.—The mast of mrock 111 successfully stepped to- It measures 148 feet from deck to trick |Gold Medal Unlike Any Other ! 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