The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 12, 1907, Page 1

LAST EDITION. WEATHER—FAIR AND WARMER TONIGHT erent ae GIVE 24 HOURS TO GRANT DEMANDS ors Make Final Statement to Telegraph Com-' LOCAL OPERATORS ARE Two Million and a Half Members ‘of A. F.| WAITING FOR THE WORD panes of L. Will Stand by Keymen—Chicago Cut Off Map ane —New York Operators Out. 12.—This city By P. A. COOK, Chairman Press Committee C. T. U. A. While apps smooth on the aftrface, the undercurtent jof feeling among the local |being kept under control by element of the union is Isolated, telegeaphically, ac | ‘on made shortly before moon by Superintend. aphers is with much difficulty the older and more conservative CHICAGO, "Aug terding to the admiss: F gat Cock of the Western Union. “The strikers have cut Chicago off the map,” he sald. “We rking, but we can't keep the wires going more than two 1 believe the railroad telegraphers have received The first vote taken at Sunday's special meeting of the union would have precipitated matters forthwith, A reconsideration of the vote, however, resulted in deferring action until legally jauthorized by President Small. A telegram to this effect was }sent him asking for instructions Many arbitrary acts of the local telegraph officials were recited which showed conclusively’a desire upon their part to force an issue with their men men wo jes at a time. te put Chicago out of bits! ness. , The conditions are the same with the Postal company, Samuel Gompers thie morning te attend a con ference of those seeking A settlement. He says the entire 2,500, 000 members of the American Federation of Laber are behind the : The local union has a membership of over one hundred 4 know nothing about the merits of the strike,” he eaid, “but loperators, which includes every man and woman telegraphien © the fact that the strike was sanctioned by the executive committee sat (of ability in the eee oat 0 te 08 ree | _ Many of the commercial men are also old railroad employes “Acting President Russell issues @ call to all locals to hold meet- jand members of the Order of Railway tage immediately preparatory to a general strike If the companies do | ¢ arrive State west of the Cascades lelegraphers, who can tain work upon application with any railroad company in the inet grant the full demands without further delay. He says Chicage | state [BS completely closed up. No new strike breakers have arrived. / We expect the support of the local newspapers who so far 4 REISER — have dealt with us Very liberally by publishing our side of the By United Press.) point, A walkout of the controversy and have encouraged us in our efforts to improve (oy Union men may come at & i E CHICAGO, Aug, 12.—Uniess both we is said that the | OUr Working conditions. raph companies grant the de ha to dis Local telegraphers now await the signal from President S Pwands made by the operators of ope refuses | J, Small before taking any action in the present controversy. But any wire. To discharge various locals unions through b wen will almost certain Sal the United States, every opera-| any uni fm the United States and Cana ly result when he says the word things will be doing in telegraph circles that will put the “Seattle spirit under a total eclipse WEL be called from their keys) This — mornix tntondent While we have no desire to put the public to any incon The companies have | May of the We Union stated | venience by tying up the telegraph, yet we have been taught baie Mt hours to make 4 that the company was able to move | by many years of patient submission to the iron hand of local and the yved on { their coast business - ‘4 ’ trictions have been ren: autocracy among telegraph officials, that individual recourse are that the unious | the acceptance of messages. jfrom any gyjevance by arbitrary rulings on the part of petty ized and wages in | officials, is past considering, and we realize that our only ho int that demands ace al! ‘Baa Francisco agree | Out at Los Angele ve of bringing our troubles to a satisfact« adjus " vlinad fies been repudiated. This) Log ANGEL Aug. 12—The| Our seiabbation oO a satisfactory adjustment is through f Was that the Telesre | postal operators went out here at| 7 : : Would be recognized | 19/19 o'clock this morning If a strike is called in Seattle, we quit, that’s all, and our seoeld be rotnstanas Facts return to the operating room will only be on conditions that bumiitated. ol ie will guarantee us a just and prompt hearing of our difficulties Our headquarters will be established, various committees Lammatvely Sih, (00 |crcing one women, etrock here | SPPointed, and onck gop operator will constitute himself wa a ees cation Oh at 7 o'elock this morning, leaving ers a committee of one to secure em ployment in some ~ptyrey al Telegraphers' O8ly the manager, chtet operator | other line of business. fm the various cities. This 24 two other mon working In fact several of us have already picked out a new occ upa ‘clauses: Woman Among Strikers. te. The Gutter, ot ‘ness MONTGOMERY, Ala, Aug. 11.— — exclusively with the | S¢vea Weatera Union operators, in. jement is pagan Pree Denver Pelbnte Gui. agian og bee at least insure a respectable living Henly will operators of the| DENVER, Aug. 12.—All the Foo} ,.., LNe Seattle operator ts probably better prepared for a “lay PME companies be called out, | tal operators here have struck. }olf” than a majority of our profession in other cities. Many of ged wire operators serving | — us own our homes and have prepared for the “rain y,” whic bews centers of the! . Leased Wire Men Out. is bound to come sooner or later in the telegraph business may be called on to KANSAS CITY, Aug 13-—All unton operators on the leased wirea| We realize that we are taking the long end of the difficulty are being catled out here, upon | 42d our inconvenience and pecuniary loss are greater in propor Smalls orders, through Russel on than that of the company; we are ¢ Wet to strengthen the de iis Made upon the companies Commercial operators have ut our entire ted b- : income, gee gene of os Na oa says all will be out: by | while the telegraph company is only out the profits on their bus Order F elon: Gd enrty thio auld the seas iness, but in the face of all this we a right, our demands Spokane Men Holding. are just, and we have no fear for the res Message was sent out to | SPOKANE, Wash. Acg. 12.—The|-—— | t Rational secretary of the or “St. Louis, Aug 11 OR. T. Men in the United and Canada ore are working here, and the men are not disposed to strike lndepend. ently, but will obey orders from Western Union and Postal operat CHARLE Bet handle any W. U. bust. headquarters, Seventy men will be} We are backing C. T. U. A. | affected if @ strike ta called. ' up Mnanciaily re giving Gur support. Th crit! Smail Leaves for Chicago. ae fa history of both organi Spread this to every rail Prtation you possibly cas SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 12 When President Small left for Chi cago this morning he had not heard of the New York strike. Meaxer Information recetved by city officials today is to the effect that Charles Brownfield, in charge 50 years of age, is well known In Seattle, having been employed tn the street department previous two his appointment to the post! PM. QUICK, Natl. Secy, ORT.” of the city water works at Cedar © a at @ he | Cedar | w Bs — | Columbus Men Walk Out. ltake, Ged very deny. ost | ane cone ones pth Ca a York Operatoriess. | COLUMBUS, 0. Aug An on at the lake night. Brownfield, who ts about TORK, Aug. 12.—Nine bun-| union operators in the Columbus | and has an older son in Seattle lgatern Union operators in! office of the Postal company struck | ge ; office quit at a signal of | at 16:30 this morning, in sympathy | S4* not sent or received from Com blown by a union official with the Western Union operators | ™lesioner Neil any communication @tlock this afternoon. The |The messengors, also, are striking. | "#*rding the strike. Neil te using | officials tried to stop the | | tis own methods, and Roosevelt re JECTS ALL BIDS, The state bord of control has [Pejected all bids opened Saturday {6 prevent the men leay Out at Augusta fuxes to discus the situation. for constructing new buildings i building. The operators) AUGUSTA, ¢ Aug. 12—West pees the normal schools at Cheney and z in the street by the ern Unton operators joined the Pow Cable Operators Quit. Ellensburg and for new plumbing Postal men. Only 2 tal strikers at 11:20 today NEW YORK, Aug. 12.—Cotton /at the Stetiacoom asylum, the bids peer is the Wertern - ag = en lexchange operators af 2:46 o'clock | being all in excess of funds avail , and they are unable oosevelt “Mands a |today quit work. The cable op- | able le the business. OYSTER BAY. L. L. Aug 12 leataeh of the Western Union bave - + a oe: a = President Roosevelt ts maintaining | gone out ‘ Rav’ Held Thom wt Friece. the “banda otf” policy reaarding ILL, FRAIL AND LONELY: SHE’S NOW atreet iN FRANCISCO, Aug 12.—The | the telegraphers strike. According Trouble at Frisco. ‘ tion here is strained to the to Secretary Loeb, the president drapes i a BAN FRANCISCO, Avg 12 ag - | Pour Western Union operators at % West Oakland were discharged thin orning for refusing to work the |New York wires. Following the | dincharge, five operators walked wt when ordered to man the same | | wires. | Boys Break Camp. | » Kids’ Kuntry Kiub,” an or ‘Mee of the singers + of the n by his _ Maiwene ss Whristian Endeavor ex ne iy ene i he ts : PUB and bearing jette a ve tod hed towards Givens’ by | mane Wendation from pastors, Henry Ow- hie fr Lat tocontly the mative | {ng been donated by the Colman es 988, Who posed as an ea Chr Le of ol i te werer, fe now so gegen ay Bike ta he ella seen a Phe city jail, charged wit ry Seeeeind tema deste tee by the organization of a fens Was arrested in hiv at the past week the detectives have|°rt Which held regular sessions. | @M Pine st. at an oa ried to cateh the par Morning. oom, but u thi Detectives Adam Wo took the modern « ~ YUCATAN DUE ekyll and Mr. 1 4 ompanied the ¢ ‘ & cartload of i es of the law to headquarte foom, valued at thout protest %. The prisone the which the ! off rs, conte 1 t b 1 gel ‘’ “ : rad, The teamer Yucatan, of the raltroad aati Maven, pertene orthwestern Steamship company 5 Owens came } we 08 re jue here tomorrow. On her way ie Obie cnn sof rubber heels, and t €V-]down she stopped in at Nanaimo OG letters vouch ing Sta ss ulbrate ying pe co und because a large num TMP signed by orc 5) ty, oo - é ” of gers on board were PMhich the police eh page ge thioret ate Re ge er gy Dal egy Pre. ay SAslly gained the ~ The a te 1 | the boat at this place and going to i church work rilence. The police have learned) Victoria came home ove a. The OH Of the } A - jt Meee or ap age nS dal will take a afull supply of P tire of the ¢ ™ 104 his thie -— are brought wn by of Wention early jr . pr ay ag ; vache catia the ship ever = o . me e nour of the Wra ran 7 ha G jin, up great touth. Several MRS, WM. SHEFFIELD, ONCE 81 CH me shenemenes BLACKSMITHING AND BEC m d cu ble | (Seattle Star's Exclusive Service.) neyo th 1 my Mm apace ee: TOLEDO, O., Aug. 12.—~Mre. Wm heffield, of Deshle O., claime the . diatinction of being the only pra Three oi ‘ worker in the of Oht ae t the ed congress for permanent barrack KE F Any day ie the week ganserey a f hes § f of me 1 - can hear the it of the anvil as ttle last night on a D ‘ leiiott’s present m < th ly at the v e smithy pre a , te the | th tion of public. weighing | Wr! alongaide her hu band, who Bem of the marine | “igs : tlt HONGO BW) ie ised in weighing coal 4. country round, having worked at aot the ma Corps; Rear Ad the Puget sound ard So but! in the cleric of el] | Bis trade for years and she is said _ Capps ebief aval 22 conte ‘a con to be as good aa, he. « pata of the navy; and Kear This it wat 10 the eee cmoattcn “ne | Mrs Sheffield was married to Ms i Wm. ©. Cowles, chief of calow pay ” emselves b Sheffield fh 1896, and being sict and partment ond eral will in-| ones S lonély much of the tine, me visited Yestigaws matters at Sitke while on| Preeeet force of marines at his northers trip The offic |her husband in the shop, which ad Sumbers vat 160, and deny that their visit bere hui ’ The Wetted sates, Great Britain, | Joined their home, She helped him ferarg doubting thie ;thibe ta do With ibe, comseuetion | Tramee und (rvawmey Reve Gofinite | at little Uing# just to pass the time ity Moos od rtw gure of the wae drrdued af Beeamrian,| ip igimed ee o mmeje for the os |away, an! her health was so much ates it tents doe: Mito agh bo etarninetink of (ey bee} odthaes of @ pern@nent! court better iat she kept at it and me, Boh te deweandiEcins pean “aie GL seRUROHG for) od uynwone eb Siemgiod (le Intor | quickly ploked up tho drape She OR onde oF Len Mink] mate Wide haww, . hie Spark “ak “Pee ico. mes Jo be a naturdl mechante, ° 4 iy 4 — sts ° e 4..0P Senrmaisiakiiinetiee se s 8 OF m of equipment mall fee for their to the gene b publie SMITHY, STRONG, WELL AND HAPPY a outa a « '- THE SEATTLE STAR SEATTLE, WASH,, MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1907. CRUISERS COMING (By United Press.) | MANILA, Aug. 12 Pennsylvania do have left Cruisers Maryland and Colora Cavite for Yokohama and Honolulu to join Admiral {Evans' new Pacific squadson, The Maryland was grounded in the har bor, but was floated goon unin jured. THE KAIGERIN OF GERMANY, [GH 4 ttle Star's Exclusive Service.) ~ a | BERLIN, Aug. 12—-No m (My United FF , }tomebiies for the kaiserin! Ach TANGIER Aug Fierce uy Weber rein! It all came about | Mahting & aging tween Frence through the spattering and sputter. | troops and fanatical tribesmen out {ag of the royal machine in which | slide of Casa Blanea, ac r the empress was riding. Spit! spit eport The tribesmen ar sputter! sputter! That was the way | Wally being driven back, The the #uto went. “Ach, mein lieber, |O8 both sides will be hea stop!” and in spite of the fact that the chauifour tried to assure her PLBADR INSANITY. majesty upon his word as a loyal (Star Special Service.) BELLINGHAM, Aug, 12-—-R. I Walker, who shot € subject that there was absolutely no danger the empress dismounted and walked rapidly away several weeks smpted to take bis ¢ REFORMATORY SITE AT ="! MONROE OFFERED“ The Monroe Cham) wee has notified th | formatory commission that it has red a site for a matory adjéiding the Feller property, on whiely the owner raised the price last Week from $16,000 to $23,000 | The new «ite has a b da a Sept MRS. WHITE IS TO MARRY (By United Press.) | | | r of atate re Com, mile ond a NEW YORK, Aug Accord halt pf water frontage, and over ing to well authenticated rumors 1,000,000 ‘feet of standing timber. | sire gtantord White is engaged t« The rice {# said to be 40T\be married to Charles F. McKie " partner of her late usband. The | Prank ©. Jackson, secretary of wedding will take place as soon a the @omminsion, state at he is unable to forecast the action of the . og coe 5 : pon rt parties when asked an rumor would either nc at t POLITICAL TALK FEST | RO LET-UP (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 will Beno letup on trust probing and The administration will con tinu@eto go after every trust intenoe, It is very likely that Judge Landia, who fined the Stand hed to anuint At There (By United Press.) OYSTER BAY, L. 1, Aug. 12 » W. H. Hunt, of Montana, mi president today at a political th ard OF, will b F torday General Bonaparte. The |@nebeon, with a group of poll admitistration believes that the . publle Bot only sanctions but de maids that trusts be abated CATTLE KILLED A | RIVERTON COUNCIL | Pike st merchants, doing busi Mx cattle ©n ness between Fourth and Bighth the third rail of avs. hav» petitioned the city cour tracks at Riverton yesterday, and oj} to order the expressmen and the residents of the country around |ieamsters having stands on th Riverton station are up in arms |gtreet to vacate and go to some Over the’ fact that there ts no cat-|S¢ the aide stroots tie ae guard rail at this sta In the petition it is stated that theng ts at all other sta there are times when some of the old “one being torn up when the | merchants can hardly get their own new. tracks were laid, and no rail teams up » the walks in front of put Bh (© replace the one taken out. | choir places. of business to load and | ‘The cattle were being driven to Uninad mowde Seattic to be slaughtered by the mdi me FryeBrubn Co. and walked upon the rail. A horrible stench waa DECIDE TO PAVE caused by the burning bodies, and| it Whe necessary to shut off the earrépt to remove the carcasses fromthe rails At a meeting this morning of the committee of the ¢ town elity council attended by rey resentatives of the railr pass ing through Geo it was de leided to pave Rainier av. for one own, imile, starting from Ve st. and |running south with sand to |ulxfoot wide coment sidewalk to be placed on the west side of the street The work will cost about | $20,000 Mrs. William Howard Taft, w of the secretary of war, } accomplishments, ably that music She is a graduate of the Cinetnnatt Co atory of Mnaic +2 wt CK AND FRAIL, WHO TOOK TO AME STRONG AND HEALTHY and a8 well as amithing took up wood- Working, turning out wagons and whatever else came into the hop for repair with as n «ill as "MI" Sheffield, known and | wide for hia skill | | Being a lover of he he took up the branch of horseshoeing, and is now an expert at that, She can swing a sledge hammer as well a any man, and work dally ith Mr Sheffield at the fo he began work in the shop & glight woman, but now srous exercive, she weigh 1a, Heaides working in the hours, she find time ,toj vies | Sho i eure of age. Mra, Shef fledd. believes tht 90 per cent of@ , the Ie of woman ate due do the lack Of healthy exercia She rec: | Jemmonds blacksmithing to those} who are woak and suffering from ill| Frenctm and Spftrgube health, Blanca, Killiag j)UemReepeéngeD RAINIER AVENUE « France and Samim’ thawte tame auignad ty the prance tie duis of policing Imp Wimrevned denen Dey iG er Aes COLO Laity EE ONE CENT VOL, 9. NO. 44, PRICE 25c PER MONTH : murine RECKLESS AUTO Ride in One. DRIVERS WARNED Chief Wappenstein Will Arrest and Prosecute Both | Chauffeurs and Owners Who Violate Speed Ordi- nance---In Case of Death, Manslaughter Will be | Charged. Drastic measures will be taken human life, and you be cer. by the pollee artment to mop|tain that the lesson be thor the wild drivi obiles by | ough eckloss chauffeurs, which has re There are laws the ulted in a number of bad accideuts | operation of automobiles, and 7" during the past few weeks, The | la 1 be enfor el disregard for th “1 jaws has | ter nd poor w treated put Chief of Police Wappenstein | alike ey da. not observe the son bis mettie and there will be lit- | necessa precautions, they will tle leniency ywn in the future | find themselves in jail and can ex for the ed fiends who fall into | pect the cme eatment as any the clutches of the blue-coated ex ¢ oner ecutives of the law Special in If fines do not suffice, theme structions have been issued to the will see what jail sentences wilt members of the riment to keep | acco h. Prowecut ja clow watch f Ma h has assure rented and private and of his office. T h tions of the be fo ctim of one f th lowed by arrest a tion 8 the man resp 1 in d to #e iver « ged and prosecuted pedestrian 4 passenge are ' anslaughter, You protected,” said Chief of Police this point too strongly Wappenstein this morning. “These | and of automo- necidents have been altoge er too bile med as rent ma frequent of late. If ordinary , that I mean every leautions wil then we i" look lw tart fu tack Not arefully into t s and only the owner t the chauffeu of the chauffeurs they en- t t h ay i for CAPTURE ESCAPED COUNTERFEITER Herman Wendt, who escaped | builder's tools with which he was t the feder on at McNeil red to build @ raft in order 1 { last Frid was to escape to the mainiand. He early yesterday morning by A had entered a cabin in the woods Smith, a guard at the prison. soon after he enc 4d and had Henry Ivot, game warden of en a suit of clothes for which county. Wendt endered he changed his prison garb nt resistance Weadt escaped from the pent- The f had lived on b ary once before this summer and whe & period of 60 hours the authorities a chase for and had traveled during the night He will now be close- hrough (he se woods to elude ly gua Wendt, who began his the posse that was searching for | career of crime in Seattle, is serv- him. He was only three miles ing a three rs term ‘for coun- from the prison when taken terfeiting is rded as @ Wendt bad a number of ship clever and isoner. | WITH ROOSEVELT TOUR 10 ALASKA i : A HAPPY MARRIAGE | The end of a very pre selves in each other's com- | mance came last Monday, at Skag- | pany day after day, the flame grew | when Mise Bllzabeth Nina |PTishter and stronger, and when sad gay 3 ey aa the Humboldt reached Skagway became the wife of Floyd |the couple concluded that to wait purser on the longer would be a waste time, which got in and plans were made for t wed- Ifrom Skagway Saturday morning, | din land he and his newly made bride) The marriage took place at the vessel house of Counciiman R. Shea, and jcame down on the | ‘The story of the wedding Is an was witnessed by a large number jinteresting one, Mb epler was of tourists from the Humboldt who one the passengers on board, go- invited as guests. After ing as at ist, and had no idea pony the newly married when she booked passage that she couple were provided with a spe would come home a bride, but ad- cial car, which took them to the mits that it was in order to be summit of White Pass. Mr. and near her lover that she decided up- Mrs. Bush intend to make their on the trip. As the two found home in Seattle SAN PEDRO TO GO TO "FRISCO ) MINER NEAR SEATTLE It is believed that Bill Miner, the Advices from Humboldt, state that the steam schoone iro, which sank the Columbia, ts. te be a cater convict who escaped last week nap tn (iilnees ck the San Pe (from the New Westminster peni- dro of the engine tentiary, is in the vicinity of Se room trip down the coast. attle. A squad of officers went to considerable trouble vetting a crew for her There ; yr South Seattle Sunday after met with in pon On a hurry up call to search for him, The German ete athens he was reported to have been Fitger, has been purchased by Capt. seen there James Griffiths of Seattle. The! A wouan, who refused to give vessel will be used in the fron ore her name to the police, said she carrying trade between Irondale, ssed Miner on the road near Wash and Quatsino sound, Brit etown while antomobiling. ish Columbia, vessel caught laims to know him well. He fire last May while lying off the through the country entrance to Shilshole bay ¥ orgetown and every ef- ort is being put forth today to run m down has been now in WHEN CIVILIZATION GOES POLICING te ecccerceeces voces. eweese cess, Laas w\A coast, no Gencnty pep utated: HOWWE .gerdete wf "Case