Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 1, 1909, Page 1

’ Baly 21 Shopping Days Till Christmas THE OMAHA DAILY BEE For Nebraska For lowa For weather report see page WEATHER FORECAST, Rain Unscttled cooler ghowers —— VOL. XXXIX-NO. 12 6. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1, 1909—TWELVE PAGES. 'WILL REFUSE 10 BE THE "GOAT” Superintendent for Sugar Company Will Go on Stand and Tell Whole Story. HE OBEYED ORDERS Men Higher Up Responsible for the Corruption, HE . SAYS PAYMENTS TO CUST " " Clerk Says Bendernagel TNotes to Uncle Sam's ) . nk L DEAL WITH SUGAR EM Men in Service of Corporation Pald §2 a Week to Be Crooked Amoung Placed In Pay Envelopes. NEW YORK, Nov. 30.—James F. Bender nagle declines to be made the “goat” by the American Sugar Refining company, the so-called trust, and If the word of his counsel correctly Interpreted, he may testify for the government before his trial, together with five erstwhile employes of the company, all charged with defrauding the government by underweighing sugar, Is concluded in the United States’ circuit court. . This development is one of the many legal phases involving the eorporation now under federal fire, and came today when & witness testified that $is—sometimes a little more, was what employes of the American Sugar Refinlng company were pald to Le crooked. And the man who had In some instances pald this alleged corrup- tion money, according to the testimony, was Bendernagle, one-time superintendent of the company's plant in Willlamsburg (Brooklyn). In the face of this testimony, nagel confefred with his lawyer, W. Beattle, who in turn made nouncement: “Mr. Bendernagle i my cllent. He will not be the ‘goat’ In this case. He was an employe, and what he did he did under or- ders. An he will not shield anyone. ‘The idea that has gone forth that the Sugar trust is putting up for his defense Is Bender- George this an- wrong. The company Is not contributing a | cent for it. He did nat receive a salary of 320000 per year, as has been said. He got a thousands, muth less than the figures When he takea the stand he will al nothing.” The ovidence which brought this turn in the case was given by Andrew J. Mallen, who up to 107, was employed In the cash- 1er's office of the Havemeyer & Elder re- fiaery in Willlamsburg, Bendernagel, he sa'd. was in charge of the office. “DIA you ever see Bendernagel pay cash to men in the uniform of the custom ho who came to his office? asked Winifred T Tennilson of consul for the government €8 was the answer.' ‘What form was this money in? “It was In banknotes taken from the #afe In the office. I never saw vouchers for It nor heard o fany,” Mallen replied. Mallen testified further that John R. Coyle, Bdward A, Boyle, Pat K. Henn and Jean oelker, welghers and checkers, among the men accused, were paid in en- velopes marked $12 for the week. But their envelopes contained $16. Later, when the ealaries of this class of men were ralsed to $15, they got $18 in thelr en- velopes, though the regular pay for their positions was marked on the outside of the envelope at $16. The government sought to show that this unexplained increase In salary was a re- ward for manipulating the scales to show false welghts on sugar. Bendernagell's counsel maintained, on the other hand, that if there was anything iregular about the payments the defendant was not re- sponsible. #M. SEGELKE IS FOUND DEAD Resident of Omuaba for More Than Forty Years Expires Suddenly from Heart Failu William Segelke, for forty years a resi- dent of Omaha, was found dead at his Pome Tuesday afternoon of heart fallure. Mr. Segelke, who was 63 years of age, was at his office until Tuesday noon. He went home for lunch, and, was his custom, lay down for a short nap. Some of the members of the household heard him gasping for breath about 2 o'clock and beforo any assistance could be rend- ered he was dead. His health has been aprarently as good as usual. Mr. elke was born in Hanover, Ger- many, and came to Omaha more than forty yoars ago. He has been president of the Omaha Bottling company, formerly Pomy & Segelke, and was active In its affairs to the last. He Is survived by his wite and two daughters, M Mrs. Howard Goulding. The local lodge of Elks will have charge of the funeral SEEKING TIP ON VIADUCTS Moines Learn Des Here elegation How Omaha Them Up. to ity Attorney Hurnam is holding a con- ference with a delegation from Des Moines, composed of seven leading citizens of the Towa capital. They are here for the pur- pose of ascertaining the procedure followed In Omaba In the building of public via- ducts. The present sheriff of Polk county, Ben J. Ne#s, heads the visitors, because Y in fowa the sheritf appoints appraisers for “ such work. The other members of the del- cEntion are James Maine, A George V. Wright, John C. Reinking The delegation arrived In Omaha late Monday evening and appeared at the eity ball bright and early Tuesday morning After a short conference with Mr. Burnam they proceeded om a tour of exmalination of the viaducts of Omaha preparatory to the afternoon meeting ———— Loper, B. P. ce EIGHTY HOURS IN OPEN BOAT| ‘it In Caribbean Huvk Not Beem Heard From. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—Adrifi in the Caribbean sea for more than eighty hours, the five men who were lost Friday night in the whale hoat of the gunboat Marietta, now at Port Limon, Costa Riea, still ars unreported. It is belleved &t the Navy de- ariment that they had enough food ana ater In the bery to sustain life for soveral days. The danger most feared is she swamping of the bert Men Sea 4 Albert Krug and | S. Wilcoxen, | |Sick Insurance to Be Extended . y i gy in (Jcrmany; Goverriment Prepares Measures to‘ Protect Working Classes and | for Dependent Relatives. | | BERLIN, Nov. %0.—Emperor Willlam | |opened the Relchstag today by personally | reading the speech from the throne. - The | #peech deait laigely with domestic legisla- | |tion and contained the important announce- |measure extending the sick benefit insur- ance to the working classes not heretofore protected and creating a system of insur- |ance for the dependent relatives of de- workers, The imperial insurance |organization will be modified in some par- ticulars. One of the tasks of the government, the mperor said, was to fortify the financlal sition of the empire with the means pro- ed by the finance bill of the last «wn and this task would be accomplished through the appropriation bill for 1910, which would be laid before the house. ‘Our possessions over seas In Africa and sald the emperor, “are developing well. The growth of their own |incomes will relleve the empire consid- erably of colonial expenses. | The opening of the Reichstag today was |as briliant as usual. The members as- sembled in the White hall of the palace, | those not having the right to wear unl~“ |forms appearing in evening dress. None | |of the soclalist members was present, | ceasea ses- in the south seas {Roesevelt Sees Natives:Kill Lions Ex-President Witnesses Execution by | Spear Work—Delighted by Success of Hunt, LONDIANA, British ~Colonel Roosevelt, Edmund Heller and Leslie A. Tariton, ar- rived here today from Guas Inghisu plateau. All are in splendid health, Colonel Roosevelt expressed himself as| delighted at again meeting R. J. Cunning- | hame and members of the American party | who awaited him here. The former presi- dent Is greatly elated over the success of the hunt on the plateau. Among the sights witnesssed was a dis- play of llon killing with spears by Mandi warriors. The exhibition was a thrilling one. This evening the party. will ‘proceed to Njoro, where they will be the guests of Lord Delamere on the latter's ranch until December 10, when they will proceed to Nalrobi. Many Bodies ‘ Washed Ashore Fierce Storm Sweeps Japan and Ves. sels Are Reported Wrecked on Coast. East Africa, Nov. Kermit Roosevelt, TOKIO, Nov. 30.—A flerce storm swipt over the vieinity of Shimonoseki yesterday | and last night. The Kisagata Maru, a Japanese vessel of 2,373 tons, foundered, and it s feared that all board were lost. Twenty-five bodies have been washed ashore. Many fishing boats are also be- lieved to have been wrecked. The plers and embankments at Shimono- seki have been badly damaged by the high seas. DAIREN, Manchuria, Nov. %.—A storm has raged over Korea bay since Sunday. The Japanese vessel Jinsen Maru found- ered off Yongampo, Korea, at the mouth of the Yalu river. Reports of o:her wrecks are reported. No New Trial for Inspector McCann on Chicago Officer Found Guilty of Re- ceiving Bribes Will Ap- peal Case. CHICAGO, Nov. 30.—Police inspector | Edward McCann, recently found gullty in the criminal court of accepting money | from improper persons fh his police dis- | trict for alleged protection purpeses, wl!i today dennied & new trial by Judge A. C.| Barnes. Sentence on the verdict of gullty, | which carries with it a penitentlary sen- | tendce under the indeterminate sentence t, will probably be pronounced next Thursday. It is announced an appeal will be - taken. P L— |EAGAN AT __C_O_OK HEARING |Rector Torp Invites American Min- | | ister to Attend North Pole Inves tion, COPENHAGEN, Nov. 30.—Rector Torp of the University of Copenhagen today ex- tended an invitation to Dr. Maurler F. Egan, United States minister to Denmark to present when the North polar | ords of Dr. Cook are examined. The Cook | records are expected to arrive here about | December 6. be rec HOUSE OF LORDS REJECTS BUDGET British Peers Adopt the Resolution of Lord Lansdowne by Vote of 350 to 75. LAST DAY OF THE DEBATE Attendance is the Largest for Many Years. MEN |ment that the government had prepared a | ARCHBISHOP OF YORK SPEAKS Says Budget is Not Bad Enough to Justify Extreme Measure, CABINET ON KING'S SPEECH Government Hax Not Yet Announeced Which Was Outlined Yesterday Afternoon—Speech Will Be Read Friday. Its Program, g BULLETIN. LONDON, Nov. 30.—The House of Lords adopted Lord Lansdowne's motion to reject the budget oy a vote of 30 to 7. The attendance of peers was the largest for many this evening years, LONDON, Nov. %.—This was a day in the history of the House of Lords long 0 be remembered. The session was given over to the concluding arguments and division on the government's budget bill, and the debate was the most interesting that has been heard in the upper chamber in_many years. The peers, whose presence, in view of a probable division, was urgently requested by party “whips,” gathered in force. The Episcopal benches were filled, a majority of the bishops being present to hear thelr colleague, the archbishop of York, who was the first speaker of the afternoon. Several peers who had never taken the oath of the chamber, were sworn in in order that they might vote at the evening division. The archbishop of York said that he would have to take a pcaition somewhat different from that of tue primate and that it he voted he Would vote against Lord Lansdowne's amendment. He joined with those, he said, who deplored the introduc- tign of the amendment and he had not arguments sufficiently strong to prove to him that the budget was bad enough to justify the unprecedented course proposed by Lord Lansdowne. 5 The archbishop said it would be unprece- for the lords to reject a finance bill passel by the House of Commons with such a majority. The constitutional question was one, the speaker declared, which would profoundly stir the people of the country and many persons would prefer the passing of a bad budget to tampering with the fundamental principle of the constitution. It was enough, hie said, to prove that, the blidget was bad. binet Discusses Speech. The cabinet met at noon today for the purpose of discussing the form of the king's speech proroguing Parlia- ment. Al of fthe members with the exception of Sir Edward Grey, sccretary of state for forelgn affairs, were present A crowd filled the street and mildly cheered the ministers as they entered the building. While the government has not announced whether it proposes an adjournment or the prorogation of Parliament, today's reports are that the latter course is certain. It is belleved Premier Asquith will see King Edward tomorrow. Both hold short sessions Friday for the reading of the king's speech. The cabinet remained in session until 2 o'clock. Meanwhile the crowd waited out- side, cheering the ministers and at the same time hoping for a suffragette out- break, which, however, failed to material- ize. The House of Lords convened at 4 o'clock. “FRY” FOR CHADRON CREEK Senator Burkett Secures Promise that Fish Commissioner Will Dis- tribute Some in Nebraska. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—(Speclal Tele- gram.)—Senator Burkett has been a con- sistent and untiring advocate of the es- tablishment of a fish cultural station at Gretna. Thus far he has failed to secure an appropriation, but nevertheless the dis ciples of lzaak Walton will be enabled to | tempt the lurking trout In streams Dawes county next spring. Mr. was today advised by the Unjted States fish commissloner that he had arranged for the deposit of 160,000 rainbow trout in Chadron creek. These trout “fry” will be deposited in Chadron creek this fall, and should be large enough to rise to the al- luring “fly” by midsummer of next year. in Burkett OMAHAN GETS CREDENTIALS | John H. Brooks Admitted to Prac- tice Before the Interior ) Department. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—Speclal gram.)—John H F. Betty of Davenport, Ia., and James H. Burgess and Charles A. Kutcher of Sher- idan, Wyo., have been admitted to tice before the Interior department. Tele- prac- chambers Will | with a production of $,417,000.000 and end- | for | States Brooks of Omaha, Frank | |cane sugar and molasses and syrup, from |tarm ana f R S N Elastic Currency that Would be Popular From the St. Paul Dispatch. CORN IS UNCHALLENCED KING Takes Place at Head of Battalions of Great Crops. COTTON SECOND, WHEAT THIRD Secretary Wilson's Annua Report is & Long Row of Figulow Setming Forth Amaz ing Wealth of Farmw. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—Most prosper- ous of all years Is the place to which 1909 is entitled}in agriculture, declares tha| secretary of agriculture in his thirteenth | annual report, made public today. The | value of farm products is 5o incomprehens - bly large that it has become merely a row of figures. For this year it is $5,760,000,000, a gain of $569,000,000 over 10S. The value of the products has nearly doubled in ten years. The report says: “Eleven years of agriculture, Ybeginning Ing with $6,760,000,000! A sufn of 370,000.000,000 for the perlod! It has pald off mortgages, it has established banks,it has made bet- ter homes, it has helped to make the farmer a citizen of the world, and it has provided him with means for improving his soll and making it more productive.” The most striking fact in the world's agriculture Is the value of the corn erop 199, which is about $1,720,000 000. It nearly equals the value of the clothing and personal adornment of 76,000,000 people ac- | cording to the census of 1900. The gold and silver coin and bullion of the United | e not of greater value. It has| grown up from the soll and out of the | alr in 120 days—$15000000 a day for one crop, nearly enough for two dreadnaughts daily for peace or war. This crop exceeds in value the average of the crops of the | tive preceding years by 33 per cent Cotton Second, Whent Third. Cotton Is now the second crop in value, and this year's cotton crop ls easily the most valuable one to the farmer that has been produced. With cotton lint selling at 187 cents on the farm November 1 and with cotton seed selling for about $25 per ton, the lint and seed of this crop worth about $850,000,000 to the farmer. No | cotton crop since 1573 has been sold by | farmers for as high a price per pound as this one. Third in value is wheat, 25,000,000 at the farm, and exceeds all previous values. ber farm price was almost a bushel, a price which bas not been | equaled since 1581. Whis Is the third wheat crop In point of siZe, with 725,000,000 bush- els. The hay crop fs valued at $685.000,000, oats at $400,000,000, potatoes $212,000,000 and tobacco at nearly $100,000000. Beet and are worth about | this largely The Novem an even dollar ctory, will reach the total of | about $95,000,000. The barley crop is worth Two men faced the judge in the police court at Council Bluffs. m Martin had been taken in tow on & charge of “drunk- enness and disorder” and Bill Martin had been arrested on a charge of “disorder and drunkenness.” Police Judge 8. B. Snyder gave Dunn five days and from Martin he | demanded $%. Thereby hangs & ta The men were arrested in the evening for engaging In a three-round bout In which the Marquis of Queensbury rules were not followed. A few hours prior to the exhibition Martin approached Judge | Snyder with a lengthy tale of woe What would you do, judge?’ he asked, if & man took $2 from you. “1 think I'd get the money back, even though 1 had to smash him,” replied the court, laughing and attaching little im- | portance to the query. Acts on Judge’s Advice to Fight and Then Gets Fined Evidently taking the judge's advice as permission to disturb the quietness of the community, Martin hunted up his foe, and then the trouble began. Both Martin and Dunn are expressmen and are husky men. “BIff,” went Martin's trusty right. Then it went “bang” and back to “biff” again. When he kot through it is said Dunn had taken the count. Then the police came. Judge Snyder was clearly in the clouds when he saw Martin and Dunn in court. The former claimed he was advised by the Judge to beat up his adversary and he simply followed instructions. The judge insists that both men are guilty of breach of law s he accuses both of disorderly conduct and drunkenness. He claims his advice to Martin was given unwittingly. Hence his decision of five days for Dunn and % for Marty (Continued on Fourth Page.) = A new heading on the first Want-ad | page—"‘Christmas Hints.” This classification will run from now until Christmas, Shoppers will find it most use- ful, as all sorts of pretty and useful Christmas presents are advertised. Look this column over; it will help you solve your Christmas problems. |now placed only on { lnvolces, Ltor Have you read the want ads ye,t today? Eight Men Are Caught in Mine: Probably Alive Mine Takes Fite, but Flames Are Brought Under Control—Res- cue Puty Working. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 30.—Eight men were imprisoned by a cave-in and fire to- day In one of the copper mines of the Ten- e Copper: company at Copper Hill, Four oxygen helmets, two tanks of oxygen and other mine rescue parapher- nalla were sent from here by speclal train, | The fire is under control and the im- prisoned men are thought to be alive. Plan to Kill John D. Rockefeller Plot Tipped Off to Police and They Guard Residence All Night. CLEVELAND, Nov. 3.—Acting upon in- formation given by a man who said he overheard a conversation in which plans to assassinate John D, Reckefeller were dis- cussed, East Cleveland police guarded Forest Hill, the oll magnate's hom all night. Their information was given by Sawyer | Smith of Minerva, O., who claims to have ! heard the plot being discussed by two men at Alllance, O., Sunday night J STRIKE NOT LIKELY HERE. Omaha Switchmen Mostly Belong to Different Organization. TROUBLE WOULD HAVE TO SPREAD | Men o Unton and Net Brother- hood of Railwa Train- |Interested but unrepresented thira part Going Out Members of Switch- & Jana other WITCHMEN G0 ON STRIKE Twenty-Three Hundred Men Em- ployed on Northwestern Roads Quit Work Last Night. STATEMENTS FROM BOTH SIDES Men Demand Advance of Six Cents an Hour and Other Concessions. e MANAGERS OFFER TWO CENTS Charge Made that Employes Refused to Arbitrate Differences, STRIKE BEGINS AT SIX 0'CLOCK Prestdent Hawley Saye Men Demand Only What Right Inconventence " I and Regret Fablic— Tie Up Traffle. ST. PAUL, Nov. %, After fifteen days of negotiating between the Switehmen's Unlon of North America and the joint committes of rallroad managers representing thirteen ra oade of the northwest, a strike involy- Ing 2300 switchmen be effectlve at ¢ o'clock tonight The are employed by the various railroads running west and north of St. Paul from Lake Superior to the Pacific coast and unless speedily set- tied wil mean a serious interruption traffie. The first effect of the strike was a sharp bulge In the price of wheat In the Chlicago grain market late today. As the roads en. tering the Twin Cities and Duluth ana Su- perlor are largely grain carrlers from the wert the prospect of a long interruption to this tratfic will mean something, Statement for Rallronds Tonlght both sldes to the dispute {ssued statements, The rallway managers com- mittee issued the following, addressed to the public: “The rallroads of the north. west, recognizing that the publie me men to is an y In switchmen, has the controvprsy with through the committee conducting their place at thelr which negotiations, = desire to disposal o fthe public the following facts in connection with the ne- gotiations ‘“The in the northwest terri- tory made slmultaneous demands on thir- teen railroad companies centering in the Twin Citles for an increase In wages anfi certain changes in service conditions. At the suggestion of . T. Hawley, presia®nt of the Switchmen's Union of North Amer- ica, the organization of which the switch- men of the northwest are members, ar- rangements were made to conduct th enego- tiations in one conference. In the conference the rallroads were represented by a -committee of ten mane been the switchmen agers and the switchmen by F. T, Hawley officars of the Bwitchmen's Union of North America, Demands of Men, “The demands of the switchmen were Omaha will suffer no immediate effect | from the strike order issued by the Switch- | men's Union of America, Although there | about 1,000 switchmen employed In the local railroad yards, most of them are members of the Brotherhood of Rallway | Trainmen and are in no manner affiliated with the Switchmen's union. ! Local rallroad officlals and trainmen | have, nevertheless, watched with keen in- | terest the deliberations of the switchmen's representatives and managers of the west- ern roads who havé been in session at St, | Paul. A. L. Mohler, vice president and general manager of the Unlon Pacific rail- road, represented the Harriman interests at the conference and Is a member of the advisory committee of the rallroads, There is a possibility that the strike of the Switchmen's union may spread to_the | Brotherhood of Rallway Trainmen. In | this case all traffic might be comvletely tied up in the Omaha terminals, The | Union Pacific and the Burlington route ' each employ 800 men, the Chicago & | Northwestern 100, the Missouri Pacific | sixty, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, the Rock Island, the Illinois Central and (Continued on & are cond Page.) 'To OQur Advertisers: “At Any Time” A Letter. OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 2, Bee, Gentlemen: This letter is sent to each of the Omaha papers. We. the undersigned merchants, buy con- siderable space for advertising in the Omaha papers, and we feel that consider- ing the cost of this space and the money involved, we should like to know for our- selves the character and amount of paid circulation of each paper, so that we will be able to use more intelligence in placing our advertising, a great part of which is the representations of the various solicitors of each paper | For this purpose, we ask that you permit | us to exan your records, | including books, paper and freight postage receipts, books, | malling list, carrier boys and any other citculauon records which may help us in | determining the exact standing of each | paper. | We propose to appoint a committee this examination, consisting of two Omaha merchants who advertise, one | expert accountant, and, as merchants are not famillar with the system of circula tion accounting, we should also require | three members of the committee be newspaper each paper appointing | one. We understand that newspapers ob- Ject to competitors knowing the price they pay for paper, and suggest that the dupli-| cate Invoice showing the detall and aggre- gate welghts of the rolls in each car (and | which, we understand, shows no prices) | would be sufficlent for our purpose. We belleve that you will agree with us | that it will be greatly to the benefit of all concerned to have this examination made as speedlly as possible, and, there- fore, ask that you let us have an early answer, answers to be malled to C. L. Vance, care Hayden Bros. Yours very truly, HOWELL DRUG CO., HERZOG TAILORING €O., THE SKIRT STORE, GOODYEAR RAINCOAT CO., MILLER, STEWART & BEATON, BEATON DRUG CO., ORKIN BROS., 1909.—The Omaha ne circulation route to men, A Reply. OMAHA, Nov. 3.—To All Bee Advertisers Replying to your letter, asking an op- | portunity fo inquire Into the character and | extent of The Bee circulation, we respect- | fully call your attentlon 1o the fact, that | this opportunity has always been yours. | We also call your attention to the fact, that The Bee has, for years, given dally, an accurate sworn statement of its circulation for the previous month, for the benefit of its advertisers; that In times past, when Omaha went backward and the ecirculation | of The Bee followed, we have shown our | decrease as well as our growth, | The circulation books of The Bee | always been and are today open inspection of our patrons and wil gladly give any advertlser access to all records, books and bills bearing on circula- | tion. We decline, to give repre sentatives newspapers access to information with regard to business with reference 1o accounting methods and other valuable (nformation, which s none of thelr business, just as any business firm | would decline to invite its competitors to similar private and valuable information Furthermore, The Bee is the only paper In Omaha tha: keeps in its office complete lists of its subscribers for the benefit of | its advertisers, which are open to inspec- tion at all times. With reference to posting a forfelt, The Bee declines to do this untl the forfelt of several hundred dollars, which is still du us from the World-Herald from a former clreulation investigation, has been paid | aver. We repeat that you have always had and still have a standing invitation, THE BEE PUBLISHING CO. By C. C. ROSEWATER, General Manage: — Platt s Too I Appen NEW YORK, Nov. %.—Ex-Senator Thomas C. Platt's {ll health has agala caused a postponement of the trial of Mae €. Wood, accused of forgery and perjury in connection with her recent suit against the former United States senatos, whom she claimed to have married. have to the we however, of other | ced. | the railroads and switchmen at St. for double pay for Sundays, holidays and overtime; an advance of 60 cents per day of ten hours in the wages of switchmen, switch tenders, towermen, engine herders and assistant yardmasters; amodification of the rule providing for the payment of penalty in of fallure to permit switchmen to secure their meal in the middle of their shift at a stated period, which contemplates double pay in cases where it became necessury to work A por- tlon of the meal hour, and the elimina- tion of the physical examination and the age limit placed upon switchmen entering the service, “Five conferences were neld in 8t in which the switchmen in no detall rel ceded from thelr demands, which, If conl 1, would have entalled an additional expense upon the raflroads for switehing service of from 40 to 45 per cent. Offer of Companies, “The managers’ committee offered the switchmen an Increase of 20 cents per day of ten hours in the rates of pay of switch- men employed in the territory west of Havre, Mont., on the Great Northern rail- way, and west of Blllings, Mont., on the orthern Pacific rallway; the differential in that territory for switchmen having obtained for two years, “Further concession was declined for the reason that the rates of pay of switchmen were Increased over 13 per cent in Novem- ber, 1506, and becnuse the rates at that time established had not been reduced dur- ing the period of business depression whieh followed. “The attention ted to the were case Paul about of the switchmen was fact that in 1906 the switchmen granted ‘a larger percentage of In- than any other class of employes in train service. At the present rates the wages of the switchmen average over $100 per month, “On November 2, 1900, in submitting its final to the switchmen, the man- agers' committee assuming that the switchmen joined in the desire for an ami- cable adjustment of the questions under consideration, suggested that the demands be submitted to arbitration under the pro- visions of the iman act. The switchmen declined ept this suggestion, and in thely final written answer to the managers' commyittee made the statement that the um%u\u- begs leave to state that It will not submit to arbitration under any clre cumstances.’ Mo T statement r 23 crease answer to ac to e Toward then Arbitratio recites that on No- after & discussion’ of the pro- posal to arbitrate the terms of t Erdman act at the suggestion of President Hawley, “a jolnt telcgram was addressed to Martin A. Knapp of the Interstate Com- merce commission, and Charles P. Nelll, United States commissioner of labor, ask- Ing them to aqt mediators under the Erdman law." Continuing. The vem! under as the statement says: ‘Monday, November 2, was selected as the day for conference between Messrs. Krapp and Neill and the representatves of Paul before the confer- Knapp and Nelll had understanding reached that mediation under the Erdman act should be evoked and without the kuowledge of either the mana- gers, committee or mediators, & strike order was issued by the switchmen's com- mittee directing the syitchmen of the thir- teen northwstern rallfoads to ceake work at 6 p. m., November 3, In the event that their full demands had not been concedd “This violation of good faith so embar- rassed the negotiations that successful me- diation became Impossible and led to the demand of Messrs, Knapp and O'nelll, ad- dressed to both the managers’ oommiiies “About November with Messrs. begun, despite the in the conferences ence