The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 28, 1903, Page 1

| ONE CENT Tonight and Sunday, ocooaslonal Nonight, fresh to brisk southenet winds, tl ARLY SETTLEMENT OF STREET “SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, SATURDAY, MARCH a8, 1903. THE SEATTLE STAR. CAR STRIKEIS STRONGLY PROBABLE ISINESS MEN BRING ABOUT STRIKERS AND COMPANY | ference. |George T. Bean, mtoutive committee of ar Me | Parties Reach a Better Under- Vaion and Resumption of Trat- } Seems in Sight---Greatest iB re DG Otherwise Quiet and Withou Incident. hands of eight well known equal number of Inbor leaders was rests = orecen ts inmeludi Secretary Rust soa Deettie the pocsibill- | ond. ©. W. Harmon ef the Western | sctric rood | Central Labor Union, and the exe- | eutiy soommittee of t sewty for form> Street Car Union, George Charles Percival and A. Dun and f strike de Dressed a willingness t tion upon & footing which we recegn! understood | acer; inn could An agreement upon the reia- = | Sone which ahi subsist | tne Cy the union and the corporation seems (enn ti: | therefore to be the principal opint to | had i settied. organization of the Seattle Street Car Me and the | ee go and left to the committee of . That question, however, is merely” an Incident now since recognition of the union would certainly entail the withdrawal of those men from Ta- - | eoma and without recognition of the [union upon some basis there will be MO settioment. Mayor Humes presided at the con- The think Pract in the Labor of the men Mayor elaine. plied to the men denying that he had Feeling Prevails --- Day |! by “stuffing” and “union. breakers however, ” lelama which heightened the general | geod humor. Soeeches were made by E. C. ughes, attorney for the Seattle E! business men. arguing strong! flome of those present think that and try to effect an adjustment mands | the chte¢ tne }and said This All ie ¢ morris lowe difficulty than we Gaye and th terferemce by pears @ be more art of the jthe union. was greeted with ¢remend The executive nmnitt of union and the Wester the committee ion thin afte wands which they the Committee tomorrow | the rep of the | n Central Labor Union upon of eight are tn sto formulate th will lay before ius COMPme. f rain thin | accom plis! way fhe . y ig waturat that vie ed by the coasele je gave the long pro ne the appearance of having ti 4 in strings from a gigantic wa | The rain ¢ effect upon the Atore have strike they erate itn the outh 1 have fame and boys, a sympathy with the a natured ine oak who noe the er des ed ite wing eause wntty well on was opened by), ry the © by mishap to! chairman of the - " re lot which the Street| y entails, Pike Union, whe ow the f the three previous packed Disow that fre failure of each. were closely qu Humes — regardin President Furth € y their on re union organs them with sp All the talk the meeting the city of the stores, but throughout per within easy | and several other br, Matthews spoke, for the union men settioment of the te beth Company a speedy upon some bee union tne isted by the uni first and bw put they rut wan of 04 what ter strike might be committee ¢ We a baeie oF Mayor Mac id be! 1 by the company As fair to Statements as to what r m of the untoh would Inv Furth to say undervianding of thy ds, paced the whole different light. and th see Httle left to dixpute o the y busy day the #trike nowt f warning signa, has been bly t rouge some | an de atter might have been at leant | ely settled then apd there t Mr, Purth received « tele call to leave town in haste his departure the committee ht were selected which will | + the whole matter tomer Btreetoar Men's dent Jacod Manager Beattie Bleot ric This committee marrow i. in hal Coakaneree and dependent the faetories, too, extra men are being wiven hottdays i be accomplished me be the unanimous opinion participants in the meeting thbe Noes Lake forenoon University, r * Madrona Park They eet street, Hroad- | 2 common r 1 union men are jubfant they see the ‘¢ wily all their © At @ meet! ball of the Union, after the adjov conference, Mr. Kean ¢ dents of the discuss Mr. Fu official triat signified — with that it dows not any are Bnider proment conditions Hinturbances were reparted this dine ppotated GLABGOW, Mare of the lenger, Bhamrock Ii let on the firing Veh two pre rympathizers to let teamater etrike with in ap n OF of renewing its a way m the uimat the attempts of the ¢ hivew toward fill n with geod humor so confident of early vie Lifter npany that have oc work of hood 1 lens by real thers than by » raise it only © than has been headquarters COMMITTEE OF EIGHT m the of W. Webster at aul fear of te #till we The strikers themselves have prevent 1 njures 1 by tin rhe Powers and ae of kept in lo t likely arrange tf adjustme Thomas J ape tal ities Humes, Ma sthwiek € reanization Chamb ot the Furth and Gene 0 @ lock ber of faunpansssonsecesuseened | 4 (OR | Frei The failure of the company up to} ything NJURED IN COLLISION ht Train Crashes Into Inter- urban Car and Two Men Are Murt| ollimion between a Great) freight | anid « Ren ton car of the Interurban electric last night, G. T. Loeb of the Loeb Tailoring company of this city 4 1. Ryan, who lives at 1000 Nin AVenue #OUt re ailetly inju Am the Renton car at The tight car wan} track and the pansen badly shaken up. Mr, Lach wan taken to his home Iss. ‘Twenty-third ue, in A tringe, Mr. Ryan d to his! home The they crew fingwed of the their Renton car way across say | thel an they are} Thin tate me of the steam | TEAMSTER cooK 1S FINED $10 with tke conta by Pr ree yesterday after ok wae the driver of a which kept In frent of « street, Thursda urrence served 4 riot, and three a ei rd v ar, was f Hee Judg wagon Mrpith rested at which thne against the th other # with him wii be called WANT TO DRAIN LAND ed to the yesterday district in section range 12, near Kent of the proposed district Ten names are petition. It ls proposed to dig three canals to drain the lands in ed, into White river, These dn are fertile but are largely mub: merge CONTRACT Ler beard of ie works today a the atract for laying First avenue watermain from Union to Virginia street, te Hell & Price, the lowest bidder. ‘The con | tract price is $12,680 , *| QUEEN ANNE INDICT JACOB FURTH Shuffleton Shares the Same Fate---Both are Charged, It Is Alleged, With Pro- curing Light and Power Franchise From the City by Unlawful Methods in- Regarding the adjournment of the | Judge Teli left his court reor jne daror te willing to say that any 6 Of the more important ones will be biecked before Monday prestddnt of the Se- Furtn’s rrienge admit that the Company, and 8. L. dietment formerity prominent ¥ circles in this city, for indictment by the pad pens. Suez. grand jury makes a report at that| at Official source can be} ume. | they have aiready been in- nb ent ade having adjourned jast evening until At teld exctusivesy by the Star in| yy jonday morning. ttre tanaed, late yesterday after- © "Straight tip” ix out trom Wand jury room that the jurors Several hours yesterday in a Giacussion of the textimony given by witnesses re- the means used by the elec- 1] an official source it tx learned that the true bills will be « turned ned and re into court Monday, if the! jury If a re- the r ‘The jury t* not in session today ny im obtaining what ie the Shuffieton electric Bat rs an Hind power franchise a little Wthan « year ago, and in the | Wed to indict Mr, ton. Furth and members of the jury t and Juror Charles H Was absent on account of the vote was taken to Mi The question of indicting wan &t length and Majority ln favor of returning true bills an over of the jurors the two citizens mentioned, them with the Methods to obtain Whtth was given to Mr. Shut Nd later transferred to owner. Me nets that the jury was even indicting Mr. Furth and MiUffieton came like « thunder- HOM & clear wky. It was sup fhat the jury had finished $0 franchise scandals and Mioarn without indtcting ileged to be implicated tn using un 7 the fran the This pictures, bott landing at Old Mound City, Ark Marion lake, several miles from running of @ ekiff, is now 20 to 80 feet Sore Fh ee ea eee GREENVILLE, Miss, A big break in the levee occurred yesterday five miles south of here, | and this morning the city is fh ed, The gravest fears are enter tained for the safety of the portions of the town and it is feared |that many will be drowned bet head of |aid can reach them. It bw kno 10 perne alr on by the rapid rise ck water town wae in total darkness| last night, the riging waters hav | extinguished the fires in the elec trie nt, | lighting plants, A full report of | dition» cannot be obtained before March 2%. hahad % Stars extra edition wold “like MRNA” The prominence into | M®. Parth bas come by rea M Bis porition at the company's forces in the Wireet car strike made the MWe Dredicament Letore the PY tome 06 wescetsinge BP Rtes eprend Whe wildfire noor inter The | Home of the finest farming lands GO conservative of Mr |» Washington, Boltyar and Sharkey vee break reg AS a nay ot Mew yt their Ss was discussed and from | jury. sensational rumors are in clr culation today \by members of one faction of that had Judge Bell remained the court O'clock, the 1 Indictments voted | a < have been returned in a bunch DESTRUCTION THREATENS THE CITY OF GREENVILLE :::"*:: Steamboat Miles taken In the Missiasippt riv on res the main atre deep. counties NEW lower | Hymetia ing of 20 milex no l early, however, and | trouble among the members « 1) grand jury. Memb ef the | ow admit that the bie in the | are “up in the \atated from premwure ha on the grand | to biock the 6] Homes, Chiet Other prominent viduals. Yesterday. oday there It 1A thor will wAsou final report in could. for that ke onday bear ui atnide Mayor and ind It is freely al = time ought house yesterday until the ofr ocular time of adjow the past two weeks would IN EVE the firing Hoe | thet town ve now n wine die that th Tuesday ty nearly re matter be » re RIOTING ¢ jury! NG AT Faliard seems to be the ce; in the etrike Aaturb. ar # derailed in trying to run ot & wwiteh at high apec charge « crew trying to men # gan pelting A tna ar came and the From the River © flood district, shows the government steambe work by the St. Francis levee be Phi m of the river, The lak ordinarily at HL, Ab point is ¢ for the — sre now ugder water and) ma will be a total lone | ORLEANS, March 2%. has occurred in the le 40 miles above thia 0 ore are working Greenville fort to repair the | tha ® etion of thought that thelr ur rt 0 Neng it tno avail, A large} © lous will bse NeW ORLBAN ther advices fr March Ma the city " tha deaperate Greg 10. Mine ter Mareh Wocks in. the | hu € i " , fi Hundreds cat morn the le The Sof w od Doy# @athere the carmen w long TRYING TO HIRE MEN Inape t the toffi and the tire of t that rringe t ith 1 whi! r Car ear back era) hun nd be cues but could 1 carried » Interfere by throw whe next mar BALLARD |” HILL FIRE Mins &. C. Fores’s residence Destroy- #4 and Another Damaged The residence of Miss BC. at First « street, was destroyed py fire shortly before 1:30 o'clock thle morning. A new, unoccupied house, also owned by Mize Foree, on the lot north of the burned dwelling had caught fire from the burning structure by the time a combination chemical and [hone wagon from Queen Anne fire station bad arrived. The flames that had begun to envelop the roof and ne wide of the new building were inguished The residence of David Anderson, On the south side of the Foree place. was threatened with destruction, but war saved by the wetting down given It by the fire department The damage to the two Foree houses will am to about 81,000, covered by insurance. Only a amal part of the furniture was saved. | The fire started from an overheat ¢ in the kitchen. ‘The biase Force, and garden to save the he but in young man na. Whitfield bad bin face slightly noorched and his hands out up in trying to save furniture. In the excitement it was forgotten until late In the progress of the fire |to turn in an alarm and no noties was received at the Queen Anne sta tion until Harry Anderson was sent! there. Later in by telephone —— a hard fight ane W. L_ DOUGLAS | Seattle Agents 10 PIKE SALE IS STILL ON OF CLAREMONT ADDITION STREET take | Downi ng & Leighton Hruilding | nue north and_MoGraw BANK | BANK CLEARINGS FOR THE Wi FOR THE WELK BANK CLEARINGS FOR WEEK AY: INCREASE VOL, 5. No. a7. LOS ANGELES SCORES AGAIN SEATTLE TEAM LOSES THE SECOND GAME OF THE SERIES BY A BMALL MARGIN March the teame nd three err lucky in ent bad time error, # blew got mixed up inning. Thit combination decided the game for the L About 2,000 people wateher e and was sufficiently amused i times, for the batting was up to the average, Ahree of the tweive hits being doubles. The fielding wan |nloppy at intervals, the errors, b lever being confined to @ few play | There was nothing brillia jabout any of the plays, for it im a too early in the ball re to get down to The oore stood: Low m4 Seattle 3. virtually ite SAN FRANCISCO, March & in yesterday's maine was ruland SACRAMENTO, game yeate lowing #09 mento & March & ay remu the STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Won, L : fan Franc Low Angeles Oakland ry neramento $3,134,185 1,918,116 $156,278 EAR AGO, 25 CENTS PER MONTH 000 vos Hentt o 2 Portiand o 3 | COMPANY'S MINERS | NOT COLLED OUT ort tht the miners at the of the mpany have co sted with the striking trainnen of the compan toring © wiItingness sirike in order t f the Wertern Cer Labor union affirm that miners right be willing to strike in for the ainmen, but in ne tion at present them called out the | wy mpathy that th of he vere ne TEN CARS RUNNING At 3 o'clock th were being operat ing lines’ Gr i adway # # street, Yeuler Beacon Hill way and Madrona WILL INVESTI The petition t Thirteenth ed, which Manag | ball League, claims is a wlap was referred to the city en | kineer’s offic or not the majority of where and posed impro: | timate the coat of ment T HREE ROBBERS IN A RUNNING FIGHT AFTER BLOWING A SAFE, ROBBING A STORE AND A FAMILY, ONE 18 KILLEO AND ANOTHER CAPTURED CLEVELAND, Ob At the town robbers up the watchman and after binding weaning bim, took bim with to the postoffice, where they “ompelied him to watch them biow the safe After securing the money and val fe the robbers went bed the family of peat siding the robbers broke cash register then walked county and pugey and where they Ir vad, stole a lrove to horse Ravenna, the fast freight the m deputies boarded that follows after freight train on robbers were necking ¢- rd of what was being done to Bedford. At the and citizens reached the clowely which cape started to sear the game was mped to the ground and fields, Then ensued @ running fight in which one of the robbers was killed another Jed and captured after his am- unition had been exhausted. third robber rc cocaped robbers took to CITIZENS DEBATE CITY HALL SITES After listening for three hours last night to fervid mpeeches for and againet the proposed new city hall sites, members of the city memittees on public build- 4 finance, de- varion 1 for another public to be held in the Armory at a not yet fixed Counciimen James, Redward, Mul- | Hien Rude, K jpatrick were present last night to hear the arguments of interested itixens who were there in such crowded numbers as to crowd to wverfiowing the lobby in the coun- cil chambers. ‘The question debated was whether the city hall ehould go uptown to the ee Third avenue and Pine street wite, or stay a near its present lioration. © .C. Closson, one of the nyndicate offering to donate the Third avenue and Pine street site, was the principal speaker in favor of that location for a new city hall CP. Dore # has not her He would } ate ore bee! ve the city ‘The ordinance amending the Se- atte Cataract Company's franchise in such @ manner that the corpora- tion may compete on equal terms with the Beattle Hlectric company | im the electric light and power b |neas, will come up for 4 ademas | the meeting of the city council Monday night | In order to tmprese upon the coun- ctl the necessity for competition tn jthe electric business, the Seattle Manufacturers’ association has sent ticen to all members of the as urging them to be pre council meetin vain, Al jare now being ance with the charter provision, have | |been given careful consideration by the Manufacturers’ associntt are endorsed by that body Inted to give the necessary from the present monopoly in light and power business, It is the general Impression aroun |the etty hall this morning that will be but slight franchiee an night. In int ht of the 13 the views thie councilmen stated jthat they were ir favor of the amendments and expected no ser- foun opposition to them. Rumors are in circulation, how- ever, that a scheme has been con- cocted lo vote several slight changes the amendments, and in this way Free Car jer, Morrison and Fits- | ated A site which | relief | the block bounded by Fourth and Fifth avenues and Terrace and Jef- ferson streets, He said this block could be purchased for less tham $200,009. | Ex-Mayor Byron Phelps spoke in ft of the present city hall site. sald the city now owns enough ground for a muntelpal building thet will be suffictent for the city’s m \for many years to come. Among the other speakers were F. M. Muldoon, representing the Rainier Heights Improvement club, which in fighting the proposed Third avenue and Pine street mite. and Gen. J. Ti, Metcalfe, who favored the Yeuier estate black as being nearer the future business center Another meeting having an im- | portant Dearing on the city hall site question was hela yesterday after- nooh, when the county comminston= ers, In executive session. discussed the proposed purchase of the Yesier extate property im conjunction with the city for @ site for the proposed |joint county and city building. |" Ne action was taken. [meeting will be held by the com- missioners Monday. MANUFACTURERS URGED TO ATTEND MEETING make it necessary to republish the franchise, and #o hold off final ac- tign indefinitely. Each of the eight councilmen interviewed denied any knowledge of the scheme. DID NOT JUMP An official” Investigation of the street car accident which occurred jat Tenth avenue and Prospect street, | Tuesday afternoon, in which twe jeare were partially demolished, re- veals that the smash-up was due to a slippery track and not to an open |ewitch, a# stated at the time, The motormen in charge of the care—J. W. Hewitt and J. H. Suhre, remain- ed at their posts and did everything possible to avert the accident. DR. MATTHEWS WILL SPEAK Rev. Dr. Matthews will address the Salvation Army meeting at the Oc- eldental avenue headquarters, this evening. JOINT KEEPER IS FINED Sam King, the keeper of an opium joint, Was fined $100 upon j conviction esterday by Judge orge. Sam says that he | serve out the fine on the chain gang. Murch Wheat, Ride Free 28. 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The right | Emperor $1.00 Monarch $1 Up ‘Adams @ } | 719 Second Avenv Cluett $1.50 Up Blanch ard Clothiers and Furnishers 10, Hinekley Bloole ee a Sot anes ote cnn a an acme saa