The evening world. Newspaper, April 23, 1912, Page 1

{) HOLD UP .BIG STRIKE. {| Se Will Have No Excuse to PHONED BY TITANIC WEATHER—Fatr to-night and Wednesday. coors: Uf PRICE ONE OENT. “Circulation Books s Open t fo Au” | Phe new Vert Weed uae Che. ENGINEERS YIELD POINT: WIL ACCEPT ARBITRATION, BUT WANT QUICK ACTION JEALOUS SUITOR | SHOOTS GIRL AND FAVORED WOOER Pair cou A Wounded Amid Crowd of Workmates in Chief Stone ey Railroads Deiay Further. Managers Alone Fail to Agree on Offer of Federal Mediators. "Phe Conference Committee of the Busy Factory, FAlirced Board of has @omsented to accept the mediation @f United States Commissioner of Gaver Charles P. Neill and Judge MOB CHASES FUGITIVE. Rescues Love- Crazed Youth Frein Venge- | Policeman ance of Pursuers. Wy the raizcad managers some time to-night. Tre ecquisscence of the ratl- foad manegers to this proposal is Becopted by the ongincsrs as a dis- tinet gain by them and the yield- ing of an important point by the . wailroads. Anna Schosk!, pretty and twenty | vears old. and Barney Berger, twenty: elght years old, both living at No, 164) Delancey sireet and said to be sweets hearts, shot and dangerous | ded while at work to- In che! were | wo Lights Titanic Officers Saw May Have Been the Carpathia’s Fourth Officer Boxhall testified before the Senate Committee: “My eenras until the time'T left the ship was mostly taken up with firing off distress rockets and trying to signal a steamer that was sikioat ahead of us. aide lights. toward us. “I told the captain about this ship, and he was with me most of the time when we were signalling. “I went over and started the Morse signal. to come at once; we are sinking.’ “The ship was approximately eee two masthead lights and the red light. frst, then the side light, Zam sure she was coming in our ‘The lights of the steamship seen by the Titanic just before she sank were probably those of the rescue ship, the Cun: Carpathia, . The Carpathia Was making very siow progress toward the spot indicated by the Titanic’s pleas for help because of ice. She had to change her direction many times, In his testimony before the Senate Investigating Committee Capt. Rostrom sald (the bearing of the testimony had not then been made apparent by the testimony that a ship's lights were seen before the arrival of the Carpathia): “At about 2.40 o'clock I saw a flare on the waters, I took it for the Titanic. I believed she was still afloat. Soon after | made out an iceberg on the port bow. Between 2.45 and 4 o'clock we were passing feebergs. Previous to that I had to get out of the way of an iceberg. ‘That lights of another ship were seen was sworn to before’ the Committee at the morning session by Alfred Crawford, a bedroom stew- ard on the Titanic. He describes the loading of the boats and the conduct of Mrs, Isidor Straus, saying: “Bhe (Mrs, Straue) put her foot on the gunwale; then she changed her mind and went back to her husband. That was:Boat No. 8 The capteia was personally superintending the loading of that boat. HE TOLD US TO PULL FOR A LIGHT THAT WE SAW—THE LIGHT OF A SHIP IN THE DISTANCE—TO LAND THE WOMEN AND RETURN. WE PULLED AND PULERD, BUT WE COULDN'T REACH THE LIGHT.” T saw his masthead light and I saw his By the way she was heading she seened to be coming He said: ‘Tell him EXICANS BEHEAD ALLAN LINE DENIES. So far has the defiant position of last night, a strike order was voted upon re- eeipt of a refusal to consider terms from the representatives of the fifty railroads involved, that Grand Chief Warren 8. Stone said to-day that {f) 4; the Railroad Board of Managers will not consider mediation between themselves and the engineers the latter may even consent to arbitra- ton. Chief Stone made this statement be- fore he had heard w! not the 1 would ave Brotherhood of | Vv Locomotive Engineers modified its) twe when | hea Mende! Bernate!r reet, Samuel Oe y-four rt of Miss Schoski, years old, an old sweet- was arrested. The wounded couple are in St. Vin- t No. uv Margoles, cent’s Hospital, where it is feared they b both will dle. According to the police, th ae oski and been marri o hay ¢ shooting | a the climax to the romance of | Refugees From Vera Cruz Tell of Murderous Raids by rgoles. They were eight months ago, | when Margoles developed symptoms of tuberculosis and the girl, relatives ang friends, agement West for his health and returned re- topping at Mille Hotel No, 2 Margoles swore never marry any one else, ently, ‘al times during d nppeared at iding evch time. broke the en- (ue factory advice of Bandit Gangs, she He went} would To-day he| of Americans in the repubito, AMERICANS WHO REFUSE MONEY STRUCK AN ICEBERG GALVESTON, Tex., April 23.—Forty- | | seven passengers, all but one citizens the past week |of the United States, who arrived here and | to-day from Vera Cruz on the steamer the girl, but was put out! Texas, tell of torture and assassination ec STEAMER CORSICAN | Vessel Now on Way to Eng- land From Canada Met No Peril, Declare Officials, (spacial to ‘The Breaing World) ST. JOH N. B, April 24.—'There ts [absolutely no truth in a story circulated | In 8, John's, N. F., in struck an iceberg. that the Allan The ted tee, but was not near} | his way into the workroom, the ef Commerce, and confronted Miss Schon- Brotherhood last night Committee of tho rafiroad inanagers Was still In session at its headquarters, 1 Ne. @ Church street, and no statement fad come from that body as to its di — toward the mediation propes!- pol ki, wi The Conference was operating the machine next rROr's. what has happened,” Mar- 4 to have shouted in Ruse You have thrown me over for another man, But you will never live to marry him.” Margoles whipped out @ revolver it ‘4 unctured his remarks Bris eturae me that the angingers | auld and shot the girl through the had gone , | neck She fell to the floor, and Be and had waited ger sprang between her and her © walt for some de watlant. Margoles shot Berger thr “We have notitie ie Upraised hand, but Berger of the Board of Mediu in eh closet | and there was @ brief struggle, two members in our letter p we dk which ended with another shot, and ey cat, ‘ whatever | ermer fell with @ bullet In his throat award favo to the engineers m Marpoles br through the crowd Feault from the ve would be} of workers and ran down Into the considered as eit from the} street. An angry mob from the tac: | date uf the fine 41 but from er him and present date We done vneide Qny seitioment that was not in effect] fr as of the present date ‘The offer of mediation caine are it supposed P vices of initiate action made \o Gre Sew in Oly Again Create Mare Ammons Veople a strike as Vig wet + utmost conside e. Of the discoursaing aan cent we were reyured to “ation in hope of De & “Soon umn an—niman. FOR BASEBALL OEE LAST Page AN che refugees left their land», homes, furniture and everything they ” | A spectal despatch reached The Eve- ponseseed except enough money fOr) ne World shortly by: noon to-day passage and the clothes they wore. !from st, John's, Newfoundland, stating Among the oaiire number there are/thar {t was reported there that the Allan ine « from St, Johr only four or five trumks. ‘M. H, Ish, one of the refugees, toid of n, bound uk, to. +, APRIL 28, 1012. [? i ‘Circulation Books Open to All.’’ | 18 PAGES _ PRIOE ONE CENT. SS ~\GRIES OF THE DYING HEARD FOR AN HOUR \Frederick Fleet in the Crow’s Nest, of the Titanic When She Struck, Tells Investigators He Warned the) Captain of Danger. ‘“I Sounded Three Bells and Tele- phoned to the Bridge—The Officer Thanked Me and Hung Up—We Had No Glasses for Observation. | WASHINGTGN, April 23.—Scenes aboard and- about the great White Star liner Titanic before she struck the iceberg, after the collision and after sie sank were vividly brought before those present at the Sena- torial investigation this aftemoon by two witnesses who played prominent parts Im the tragedy. The evidence of both these witnesses further estab- AFTER TITANIC CRASH “The Titanic Was ut Her Fastest Speed, About 21 1-2 Knots, When She Struck,’ Said Third Officer Pitman to the Committee. “Don’t Ask Me About the Struggle in Water—I Can’t Bear to Think About It—There Were Four Ex- plosions as Titanic Sank.” afew hundred yards,” explained Pitman. “I didn’t expect the ship would sink then, I couldn't believe she was going to sink until 1 saw her going down by the head and the water steadily creeping aft. Then she went down, easily, making no suction. ey “| heard those cries in the water and directed the men to row back toward where the ship went down. The passengers objected. The men lished the careless, happy-go-lucky methods in vogue on the Titanic be- cause of the general belief that she could not sink and would run over or | through anything she might happen to strike, Frederick Fleet, one of the two seamen on lookout in the crow’s nest, | | testified that if he had been equipped with night glasses he would probably ‘have seen the iceberg in time to avert the collision. ‘The admission slipped from him inadvertently, as he was a reluctant witness, | HAD NO GLASSES IN CROW’S NEST. “Do you mean to say you had no glasses to assist you in your look- out work in the crow’s nest?” Fleet was asked. “We had no glasses,” “Did you have any at any time on this voyage?” “We had a pair when the Titanic was coming down trom Beliast to | Southampton to take on passengers and cargo. They took them away at Southampton,” “Did you ask for glasses?” “Yes, sir. They told us there were no glasses tor us, cer Lightoller, I was told, would supply us, but he didn’t.” “Did you express surprise when told you would not be supplied with glasses?” “Yes, sir. We always had glasses on lookout on the Oceanic.” Fleet went into the crow's nest with a seaman named Lee at 10} o'clock Sunday night. He and his fellow watchman were warned by the retiring lookouts to keep a sharp eye for ice. BOTH MEN SAW BLACK ICE AHEAD. “Soon after seven bells (11.30), said Fleet, “I saw a black mass of ice ahead. Lee saw it at the same time. | rang three bells, notifying | Second Offi- the murder of an Amertcan citizen aA ROEHL ‘bag airsck is A bie! the bridge 1 wanted to talk through the telephone. 1 reported the ice | narest pla eis nor to me," | omce in St. John’s had no information. | ahead, We struck and the ship keeled. We didn’t stop until after we} The Evening World imme eala Mr. Ish. “He had sold several up by long aletance. phone head of cattle and hidden the money. |i. iain ofices A band of desperadoes went to his ha- | to ctenda and demanded money. ~'alling to get it they deliberately bebeade him with their machetes, herded li : cattle together and drove them off. |"'' ‘There are many instances just Une | this. i We iy a little settlement where | a co) rps American families | had founded the town of Sanburn, All of thene elev i were afraid 1 re 7 we would ail be John T. MeGee who went to Mexico tw turned to ” practiona a“ tn the hospital at ‘The bandits vieited ay one of my week before I left the ] wone Moethee, “and demante + Min Shay we seer at Mgnice City, phon at wes 4 had passed the berg.” Third Officer Herbert J. Pitm: | thrilled the committee and the spe: j unwilling description of happenings disappeared. There was before the Titanic | the water, “Ther “How an, who preceded Fleet on the stand, Juring his examination by his darkness after the Titaric no ard or in the boats, ank and plunged the hundreds lisorder he sai on her decks into there were ¢ aid Pitma like talk ut it fr,” repli Pitma imself with difficul INSIST ON DEFINITE ANSWER, Without any desire t arro Ww feelings 1id Senator Smit I shall have to ask * qui'e Jetinite on thi a Wel aid + lick: lip it ast like a con- © tinual st a K 1, like. It kept up for nearly an ! 4 i} th ner Y Pitma passengers, eaman i “When we got away from the Titanic! ordered the men to pull away | Started to row back, but the objections continued. 1 was told that we | were already loaded to capacity and to go into the struggle would only jlead men to grab hold of and upset the boat and add forty to the list of | drowned. “We didn’t go all the way back,” Pitman concluded. “We stopped and | ordered the men to take in their oars and we drifted.” - Pitman said the Titanic when she struck the iceberg was moving aster than at any time after leaving Southampton. He estimated her speed at between 2144 and 22 knots. He said it was not customary to slow down in proximity to fea The activities of Mr. J. Bruce Ismay appeared in Pitman’s story. He saw Mr, Ismay on the boat deck shortly after the collision, ordering the boats cleared for the women and children, This was before Captain Smith gave orders for clearing the lifeboats and taking the women and children off, There was no fire drill on the Titanic after she left Southampton, and no boat drill. The only boat drill Pitman knew anything about was held on the Titanic while she lay at the pier in Southampton making ready for her maiden start to New York. Only two boats were used and only six'een seamen took part in the drill, es HEARD DEATH CRIES FROM TITANIC FOR MORE THAN AN AN HOUR “One Long Continuous Moan in the Water After Ship Went Down,” Says Third Officer Pitman. Third Ofticer Herbert J. Pitman vividly described the sinking of the I The British officer told the pathetic story in for about an hour,” he said, “It died away gradually ‘Is tha 1y about that aspect?” Senator Smith asked. at out alte ” the big brawny Briton in emotion of recollections. Tears came to » room, Even Senators shaded their eyes as : of midnight terror, Pitman ROXAALL TOR ILL TO TESTIFY TO-DAY. first witness tow Fourth Officer Boxhall, who > tiles away but refused to an- Di examit tion, i der Sai ted that for the present 1 { t 1a ag nal witnesses until the com- vered how much those already held as witnesses knéw 1 will not ask Mrs John Jacob Astor to appear at the present time,” Smith sald. “Her physica! condition necessitates a postponement of her _ call here. Everything will be done by the committee to expedite y , ;