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TURNING ON LIGHT
Friends of Parker Are Explaining Why
He 8ent the Famous T nam.
SENT ONLY ONE MESSAGE T( INVENTION
Did Not Demand ThatOol. ' nk ai In
serted in Platfon
IT LET CONVENTION KNOW HC - 3 STOOD
Through a Misunderstanding
Was Stampeded.
trention
PARKER WILL MAKE FEW SPEECHES
Experts Ha Will Conduct HI Cm
palsjn Similar to that of Pres
ident MeKlnlcy by Staylao
at Home.
E80FUB, N. ., July 11. Light w
thrown on the history of the now famous
Parker telegram and the reply to It made
by the democratlo oonventlon at Bt Lout
by a close friend of Judge Parker, who
declined to allow the uae of hi name.
"When Judge Parker retired at 9:46 Fri
day night," said thla man, "he did not know
anything at all about the financial side
of the platform, which nad been agreed
Upon, mora than waa outlined In the very
brief bulletins telephoned from Kingston.
When Informed by the Associated Press
correspondent at S:UJ a, m, of the bare fact
of hla nomination, ha knew no more, and
the first real knowledge he had of the
action of the convention on the financial
plank in the platform waa when he read
the New Tork morning- papers. Im
mediately after breakfast, that la to say,
a little after o'clock, he started for a
horseback rids. Just before mounting; his
horse a telegram was handed him, giving
a concise outline of the platform. From the
moment of his reading of that telegram
It was noticed that ha waa very much pre
occupied, and as ha rode off his head was
bowed as If In deep thought.
"About 10:10 o'clock he rode up to the
railroad station, asked for telegrams and
received Quite a bunch of them. I. happen
to know that none of them gave him the
Information he wanted. ' He chatted with
the reporters for a while, and it waa after
ward recalled that some of his questions
to them betrayed the fact of hla lack of
first hand knowledge of tha convention's
action. He waited about the station, al
most Irresolute in bearing, for fully ten
minutes, and then suddenly galloped back
toward Rosemont. An hour afterward his
famous telegram was filed with the oper
ator and the remarkable series of events
yras under way.
Psurke Becomes Aaxtoas.
That night while tha oonventlon tossed
fcnd billowed with the sensation ha had pro.
duced, ha did not go early to bed, as he had
done tba night before, although the local
celebration in his honor ceased and the
people dispersed as early as 10: US p. m. He
at up until after Is. m. closely watching
tha bulletins and made no move toward re
tiring until after tha action of the oon
version on -his telegram waa made plain to
blm."
It Is not true," said tha gentleman
frrdotad above, "that Judge Parker sent a
message to Senator Hill demanding tha In
ertlon of a,' gold plank. His telegram to
iWm. F. Bheehan was his first communica
tion, directly or Indirectly, with the con-a-entlon."
.
Judge Parker reoelved today the follow
ing message from former President Cleve
land: "Tou must permit me to ex press my
gratitude sad admiration for tha splendid
manifestation of honor and courage you
have given to your countrymen and to the
democracy in your fit. Louis dispatch.
The telegram from William R, Hearst
ent on Saturday evidently went astray,
but a duplicate waa received today as fol
lows, dated Chicago, July 10:
I congratulate you on your nomination
and on the expression of tha democratlo
principles in the platform on which, you
stand. I hope and believe that battling for
the people and for suoh principles you will
lead the democracy to victory.
Packer Thanks Hearst.
Judge Parker Immediately wrote Mr.
Hearst the following letters
Hon W. R. Hearst: Dear Blr Just a
word to thank you for your very kind
message of congratulation and to assure
you of my vary grateful appreciation,
.very truly yours,
ALTON B. PARKER.
Other telegrams received today Include
tha following: v
John R. Williams of Illinois Accept-my
sincere congratulations; best wishes for
your election.
Senator Patrick H. McCarren of Brook
lyn Congratulations to the next president.
J. U. Page of Jerseyvllle, 111. It Is better
to be right than to be president. Tou will
fee both.
Right Rev. Charles C. Grafton, Episcopal
Bishop of Fond Du Lac, Wis. We will
daily pray God to possess thee with His
wlnuom and give thee a courageous and
peaceful heart.
Former Mayor Joel ah Qulncy, of Boston
Heartiest congratulations. Your telegram
gave great satisfaction here.
United States Supreme Court Judge,
Rufus W. Peckhain and his son, H. A.
peckbam, dated Colorado Springs, Colo.
Congratulations. Now for a win.
From President Francis of the St. Louis
exposition Hearty congratulations, not
only on your nomination out on your saga
cious telegram which the convention has
sustained. Those who have been asking
that you announce your position on the
Issues can no longer have any question
as to your convictions or your courage to
express them.
Former Vice President Adlal E. Steven
Son, from Uloomlngton, 111. My hearty
Congratulations.
Surveyors began today laying down the
lines for the new West Shore, station at
Esopua, which will be completed In about
two weeks. A long siding will also be put
In for special trains. .
As far as his plans have as yet been
made, Judge Parker will not tour the coun
try making 'speeches. Ills personal cam
paign will be conducted in a way similar to
that of President McKlniey to a large de
gree from the porch at Rosemont. He will
probably make only ona or two pilgrim
ages to the larger cities.
Others Break Parker's silence.
An explanatory statement of the long
alienee Of Jud-e Parker was given by a
close personal friend of the judge this
afternoon to the Aaaoclsted Press. As a
judge, said the authority, Judge Parker
had kept silent on political questions. Ha
believed it Was not compatible with th
dignity of a judge on the bench to discuss
such questions. When he was prominently
mentioned as a candidate, Judge Parker
theught that the people of tha country
knew his full views.
He realised that the democratic party
would be composed of two elements when
the national convention assembled radi
cals and conservatives. He knew that he
was regarded as the candidate of the con
servatives and became convinced that It
was not r.eeessary lor him to make any
statement of his views. Judge Parker had
voted for Mr. Bryan In 1W and J9uU and be
(Continued oa SauoiU Tag Jt
DISSATISFIED WITH PARKER
Bryaa Democrats aad PopalUta Will
Pat Their Heads Together aad
Call Natloaal (osferesee,
ST. LOUIS, July 11. After three con
ferences held Saturday night by members
of the executive committee of the people-s
party with prominent Bryan democrats,
who sre dissatisfied, not so much with the
platform as with the presidential nomina
tion made by the democratic national con
vention, It has been decided to call a na
tional conference of Bryan democratic
leaders within the next thirty days, to
decide on some line of sctlon during the
coming campaign.
This statement Is given to the Associated
Press on the authority of Mr. George F.
Washburn of Boston, Mass., national treas
urer of the people's party, who, .with sev
eral members of the national executive
committee of that party, has been In St.
Louis attending the democratic national
convention.
Mr. Washburn, when asked to divulge
the names of some of his associates in the
conference, declined to make them known.
The extent of the movement and the
names of those engaged In it, he said,
would be made public wnen ithe call for
the national conference waa Issued, and
their prominence, he added, would be a
surprise. A number of those present in the
conference,. Mr. Washburn said, were MIs
snurlans, while others were from Parker's
own state. Commenting on Judge Parker's
nomination, Mr. Washburn said:
"Next to Cleveland, the populists most
desired the nomination of Parker. His
nomination emphasises the parting of the
ways of allied forces and will help im
mensely to restore the populist party to
it s former strength and effectiveness.
"The candidates and platform are misfits.
The former offends the Bryanites, and the
latter displeases the reorganise."
MACK ' MAKES STATEMENT
Explains When, Why and Where Na
tional Democratic Committee
Will Be Organised.
ST. LOUIS, Mo.. July ll.-National Dem
ocratic Committeeman Norman E. Mack
of New Tork tonight sent the following
message to Hon. W. F. Bheehan. at New
York, making clear the exact status of
the new national committee, and when it
will hold Its first regular meeting, in or
der to dispel all rumors that have arisen
regarding tha organization of tha new com
mittee: "Senator Jamea K. Jones will, under the
instructions given him by the resolution
passed by the convention Saturday night,
call a meeting of the national committee
as soon as he confers with Judge Alton B.
Parker, the nominee of the party for pres
ident, and his friends and learns from
them the date fixed for notifying the nom
inees of their selection . by the conven
tion. "He will then oall a meeting of tha na
tional committee, to be held In New Tork
City. Jt being Judge Parker's wish to meet
as many as possible of the national com.
mltteemen in attendance upon the meet
ing. It is for this purpose that Chairman
Jones will first consult with Judge Parker
in order to make dates or the notification
and the national committee meeting coin
cide and thus afford the candidate an op
portunity to meet the men who will ad
his campaign In the various states.
"At this meeting the national committee
will elect a chairman, secretary,' treasurer
and sergeant-at-arma The committee will
then take up such' other matters as may
properly come before It at that time. Tha
national eommittee will, of course, consult
Judge Parker and his friends before or
ganising. "So many garbled reports have been sent
out that I deem It necessary to make this
statement, as made to me by Chairman
James K. Jones, who baa been chairman
of the national committee for eight years.
"NORMAN E. MACK."
REGRETS DAVIS' CANDIDACY
Son ot Democratic Vice Presidential
Nominee Wants Father to
, Unit Politics.
NEW TORK. July 11. John T. Davis, th
only son of former Senator Henry a. Davis,
democratic nominee for the vice presidency,
Is visiting thts city. His father's nomina
tion at St. Louis came, he said, as a great
surprise.
"At the same time I rather regret it, per
sonally," he added. "We thought when we
dissuaded father from accepting the nomi
nation for the governorship of West Vir
ginia that he would remain out of politics
altogether. He is an active man and looks
much younger than his 81 years might in
dlcate" . ,
GOVERNMENT HELPS VICTIMS
Water . Falls at , Kansas , City,
Many People Are Home
leas. bat
KANSAS CITT, July 11. With the excep
tlon of a part of Kansas avenue In the
lower art of Armourdale the flood water
In the Kansas City, Kansas, suburbs has
practically disappeared today. It will be
several days, however, before some of the
streets In the lowest portion of Armourdale
are dry, as the river must fall below the
sewer mouth to allow the water to drain
out.
The west bottoms are entirely dry and
the stock yards began receiving stock to
day. The Armourdale packers expect to be
ready to kill tomorrow. It will be two or
three days before some of the factories
there can resume.
Many hundreds of persons are still being
fed by the city with the aid of the govern
ment rations sent from Fort Leavenworth
WICHITA, Kan., July U.-On the streets
especially Jn the downtown district which
is drained by the Arkansas river there Is
a decided change today for the' better
In the flood situation. Most of the business
houses on Douglas avenue hava been
cleared of the muddy water today.
MILLS ARE AGAIN ""RUNNING
Maaufactarers Tired of Tnrtallmeat
Policy aad Promise le Made of
Greater ladnatrlal Activity.
FALL RIVER, Mass., July 11. Most of
ths Fall River common mills resumed oper
ations today after a ten days' shutdown.
Many of the manufacturers are tired of
the curtailment policy which has been in
progress here for four years and as soon
as a new agreement, now being worked out
by many members of the Fall River manu
facturers, is formally assented to, It Is
believed the mills will be more active.
The loss sustained in wages during the
spring and summer smounts to a reduc
tion of 40 per rent. The textile unions ex
pect a revision In wages will be mad
which will b a reduction X at least 10
per cent
BOURKE COCKRAN ON PARKER
Tammany Orator Says Democracy Has Now
Developed a True Leader.
DARK PROSPECT WHEN HEWAS NOMINATED
Action of Caadldate Improves Demo
cratic. Hope for Success by
kowlsg Parker to Be
Honest and Brave.
NEW TORK, July 11. The Associated
Press today received the following com
munication from Bourke Cockrah, dated
Indianapolis, July 10, explaining his de
clination to address the national democratic
convention at St. Louis:
I left St Louis yesterday at 12:46 o'clock
because, matters then stood, I did not
want to be in the convention when nomlna
u"n" 'or vice president were reached.
Calls for me to make a speech, which
had been made repeatedly on prior days,
would very likely Le renewed at the final
session, and at the time I could not truth
fully assure the convention that Judge
Parker had in my opinion the faintest
prospect of success. I have made it a rule
never to say on a public platform ( any
thing which I could not repeat in th wit
ness chair. I could not prophesy victory
and I would not forestall defeat. Silence
was therefore the only course open and
the best way to secure it was by absence.
When I reached Indianapolis I was
handed a telegram from Charles F. Mur
phy, Informing me of Judge Parker' mes
sage to Governor Sheeban and urging m
to return Immediately.
In an Instant the whole situation was
changed. The prospect which had been
black with signs of disaster at once be
came splendid with promises of victory.
For many months I had been preaching
that the success of the democratic party
thla year involved the continuance of con
stitutional government in this country.
This view was expressed in the resolution
submitted to the state convention last
April by the Tammany members, and I
think It is shared by every thoughtful
man In the country. The one thing
absolutely essential to democratic success
is a leader.
Cleveland Was tha Only Vender.
Till now, no one possessing anything like
availability was conspicuous except Mr.
Cleveland. To him there were weighty ob
jections. His age la advanced. Many
politicians believe there Is a widespread
objection to giving any man, however wise
or virtuous, more than two terms in the
presidency. The antagonisms which he has
provoked are numerous and bitter. Still
his running qualities were so excellent
that the delegates from the old city of New
York urged his nomination as the only on
that furnished the slightest hope even of
an exciting contest. To brlnt. this about
and to secure an unequivocal acknowl
edgment that the money question was set
tled, were the two objects to which the
Tammany delegation confined the efforts of
ita members. It appeared quite early that
the first of these was wholly Impossible.
To accomplish the second we felt It was
only necessary that the delegates from all
the doubtful states should demand it firmly
as a condition absolutely necessary to suc
cess. At the meeting of the New York
delegation on Tuesday morning a resolu
tion to this effect offered by me was sup
pressed by a parliamentary manoeuver.
After It had been agreed by the leaders
to eliminate all reference to the money
question, I again moved that the New
Torn delegation offer as an amendment In
the oonventlon the financial plank sub
mitted by Senator Hill to the committee
on resolutions, but the motion was re
jected by a vote of fifty to twenty-eight
of the delegates.
Parker's Record Rot Good.
Under these circumstances the nomina
tion) of Judge Parker, who is without any
record on the coinage queaton, except that
he bad voted twoe for Bryan, seemed to
preclude the slightest hope that he would
receive even as many aleotorai votes as Mr.
Bryan polled in 1900, but this very pus
slllanimlty of his managers, which led
them to surrender their own convictions
and to stifle every attempt of the New Tork
city delegates even to voice the opinions of
their constituents on this momentous ques
tion, furnished Judge Parker wtth an op
portunity which he has improved decisively.
It baa revealed him to the people of this
country almost in an instant as a great
leader, the greatest of this generation; an
honxst man the most Impressive in dis
playing that virtue that I have ever known
either through experience or reading; a
courageous man of such incomparable cour
age that he was willing to throw away not
merely the hope or prospect of a nomina
tion but an actual nomination for the presi
dency rather than ' to stoop to an evasion
or equivocation on a matter of principle.
I, who had left St, Louis before the final
adjournment as the only way to avoid be
ing placed In a position where I must have
told the convention that Judge Parker
could not, in my opinion, escape crushing
defeat, on the receipt of Mr. Murphy's mes
sage at once ordered a special train and
hastened back, because I then felt free to
tell the members, if they still desired to
hear from me, that on the new platform,
which he himself had made, he would be
overwhelmingly elected.
When my train arrived at 4 o'clock in the
morning the convention had completed Its
wofk, but if I had been present I could
not have made a single suggestion which
would have been an improvement on Its
course. Indeed, the admirable temper dis
played by the men who at first blush might
have considered themselves belittled or ag
grieved by the singularly Independent
cou'se of their candidate Is one of the most
auspicious features under which the cam
paign opens.
Senator Clark Approves Work.
KANSAS CITT, Mo.. July 11. William A.
Clark, United States senator from Mon
tana, who was in Kansas City today on
his way home from the east, said regard
ing the ticket .named by the democratlo
national convention:
"It is a good ticket, and the platform
Is all right The silver question as a po
litical Issue' 1 dead. I am Just as much
a blmetalllat as ever but the unusual In
crease In the production of gold has tem
porarily shelved the free silver Issue. The
platform is not one that particularly ap
peals to the west, but we will not fight It
As far as the monetary question Is con
cerned It Is a standoff between the p lat
forms of the republican and tha democratic
conventions. But Mr. Parker Is a safe
conservative man and the nominee for the
vice presidency la entirely satisfactory.
They will be elected. We will carry New
Tork by 100,000 and West Virginia will go
from the republican to the democratic col-
HOME TORN BY DYNAMITE
Residence of Mining Superintendent
Is Destroyed hy I okaovrn Persons
at Ironwood, Mich.
IRONWOOD, Mich., July 11. The home
of Earl Walton, superintendent of the
Brotherton snd the Sunday Lake iron
mines at Wakefield was destroyed by dy
namite today. Sections ot the house snd
veranda were blown 200 feet, but the
family, asleep up stairs, escaped serious In
Jury. Superintendent Walton has no Idea as to
the identity of the perpetrators of ths
crime or their motive. A strike occurred
at the mines In January agalnet a 10 per
cent cut In wages. Some of the old em
ployes found their places taken when the
two mines resumed shipping. Sheriff Ol
son has sworn In an extra foree of depu
ties. TURNS ITS BACK ON DEMOCRACY
Only Morning; Paper of that Faith la
Chicago Tarns Back oa
Parker.
CHICAGO, July 11-Th Chicago Chroni
cle, which has been generally regarded
a democratlo newspaper, will announce
formally In Its Issue tomorrow that it will
herea.'Ur appear as a republican newspaper.
THINK LITTLE OF DISCLOSURES
British Look Vpoa Story ot 'London
Paper WJtheat Evidence ot
Excitement.
LONDON, July .1L The attempt of the
London Daily Express to revive the bogey
of a possible Russian invasion of India by
the publication of an alleged secret plan
of campaign prepared by General Kouro
patkln. as cabled to the Associated Press
early this morning, . has not created a
ripple of excitement Evil if the docu
ment Is authentic, It Is recognised that It
will not give the slightest cause for alarm.
It Is pointed out that the whole scheme
as published Is of so academic a. character
that there is nothing m the nature of a
direct menace therein. Probably the pigeon
holes of all the War offices In Europe are
filled with similar plans, providing for
theoretic invasions of their next door neigh
bor's territory. ' '
50 POLITICS IX THE TELEGRAM
German Papers Deny Significance At
taches to Emperor's Message.
BERLIN, July 11. The semi-official news
papers deny that any political character
attaches to the telegram sent by Emperor
William to the commander of the Wlborg,
Finland, regiment, of which the emperor
Is honorary colonel-ln-chlef, congratulating
the regiment on the prospect of, meeting
the Japanese, adding that he was proud
it would have the honor of fighting for Its
emperor, the fatherland and the fame of
the Russian army and expressing his sin
cere wishes for the regiment with a prayer
that God might bless ks standards.
The papers recall a similar message sent
by the emperor to a British regiment of
dragoons of which he was honorary
colonel on its departure for South Africa,
and point to the fact that his majesty at
the spring parade at Potsdam expressed
to the Japanese representative his admira
tion for the bravery of the Japanese troops.
They say that the message waa purely a
courtly and military one from a soldier's
point of view, that tbe greatest honor a
regiment can have la to be sent to the
front. The prayer was merely for the
welfare of the Wlborg soldiers and the
expression of sincere wishes was that they
only should add to their laurels as a regi
ment The deduction from the message by the
St Petersburg publio, the paper . says, of
a German alliance, cannot be shared by
the Russian government, which well knows
that this would be' no advantage, since
Russia has more troops than she can for
ward to or employ at the seat of war, and
they point out that a breach of neutrality
on the part of Germany would give the
signal for a universal war.
The opposition papers content themselves
by saying that the seal of the semi-official
press doubtless Is due to the Impression
created by the emperor's telegram, declar
ing that Russian mourning would be Ger
man mourning.
MEXICO SELECTS A PRESIDENT
Dlaa and Corral Are Re-elected to
Servo for six Years.
CITT OF MEXICO. July 11. The formal
election for the president of tha Republlo
pf Mexioo took plan today. The elector
met,; transacted their 4 iustneas - and an
nounced the election -of Porflrio Dias as
president and Ramon Corral as vice presi
dent The election took place two week
ago.
The electors were named last week by
the various states and met today. The
election is taken to mean that Corral will
In a few years be the real president, for
President Dies Is rapidly aging and is
going to retire, although he nominally will
be the president. In doing this he will be
relieved of the arduous duties of office and
will at the same time satisfy the people,
who love and honor him.
It is believed that Miguel Ahumada of
the state of Jalisco will be selected as Mr.
Corral's successor as minister of 'the In
terior. RUSSIA GETS A RAY OF LIGHT
Hereafter Political Prisoners Will Be
Tried In Court.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 11. The system
of condemning political prisoners by admin
istrative order has been abolished by im
perial decree and persona accused of polit
ical crimes henceforth will be tried by the
courts under the regular procedure.
This reform Is most far-reaching, ending
forever the arbitrary condemnation to exile
or even death of political suspects without
the intervention of the courts. It Is consid
ered to be one of the most sweeping re
forms of this generation and It is under
stood that It was recommended by the
council of the empire with the ac
quiescence and approval of the minister
of the interior, M. Plehve.
RAISOILI RULES WITH HIGH HAND
Makes Successful Raid on Ghard and
Threaten Tangier.
TANGIER, July' 11. According to news
from the interior, the bandit Ralsoull and
his tribe made a raid on Ghard and, after
two days' fighting, Ralsoull was, victori
ous. The- tribe looted many cattle. Owing
to threats sent by Ralsoull and the neigh
boring tribes to Mohammed El Torres, tha
foreign minister, the work on the new cus
tom house In course of erection in' Tan
gier has been discontinued. The tribe said
they would raid Tangier If the work con
tinued. NEW RAILROAD GETS CHARTER
Will Connect with Gonld Lino and
Build Road Throngh Indian
Territory.
GUTHRIE, Okl., July 1L The Kansas
City, Tulsa & Southwestern Railway com
any, capital $2,0u0,000, was chartered here
today to lay a line commencing at a point
on the St. Louis, Iron Mountain A South
ern railway, in Cherokee Nation, I. T.,
pasrlng through the Cherokee, Creek, 8cm
Incle and Choctaw Nation, I. T.; Pota
wotomie, Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma
and Comanche counties in Oklahoma, and
Clay and Wichita counties In Texas to
Wichita Falls, Tex. Estimated length Is
260 miles. The Incorporators are Oklahoma
City and Tulsa (L T.) men.
SENATOR CLARK MARRIED
Wedded la Franco Three Year Ago to
th Dansrhter ot a Chicago
Physician.
.
NEW TORK, July 11. Senator William
A. Clark ot Montana was married to Mis
Anna E. La Chappelle or Rutte, Mont.,
In Marseilles, France, on May 28. 1901, ac
cording to the announcement given out
tonight. It 1 also announced that Senator
and Mrs. Clark ar th parent of a I-yeir-old
daughter. Mr. Clark 1 the daughter
of Dr. La Chappelle, a physician, who. died
In Chicago years agr
PACKERS FIX FOR STRIKE
Advise Commission Men. Who in Turn Wire
Shippers No Market Today.
FAINT HOPES STILL OF AVERTING FIGHT
Manager Murphy of C'adahy's Say
Order Call for Shutdown at
Soon, bat Vail Talk
Differently.
When the live stock market at South
Omaha closed at o'clock jesldrday
afternoon the packers notified the lve
stock commission dealers that there would
be no market today.
In 'speaking of this notice one of the
packers said to a reporter for The Bee:
"In view of the Impending labor diffi
culties, we decided to notify the commis
sion men that there would be no market
Tuesday in order that shippers might be
wired not to send stock .to South Omaha.
In case of cattle receipts the cattle would
have to be shipped back to tbe country.
With hogs the situation would be a grave
one as the weather is so warm. The labor
situation Is such that the employes of the
packing houses are liable to walk out at
any moment and leave the yards full cf
stock."
As soon as notice had been served that
there would be no market, commission
dealers Immediately wired shippers all
over the territory tributary to the South
Omaha market to hold back shipments
until further notice.
At 6 o'clock last night the packers as
serted that the situation was decidedly du
bious. As negotiations are being carried
on in Chicago little was known as to what
tha outcome would be, but the prediction
was made that a settlement would not bo
reached and that a strike wns inevitable.
Stephen Vail, second vice president of the
amalgamated association, somprlslng all
the employes' unions, pent the entire
afternoon in his office In the Pioneer block.
He stated that he had no inside informa
tion, but admitted that It scarcely looked
like a settlement. Mr. Vail declared he
hoped trouble would be averted.
"I am waiting now for word from Chi
cago. A conference is on and I expect to
hear the result some time this evening."
Poor Thousand Local Men.
Further, Mr. Vail said if the packing
house employes went on a strike about
40,000 men would be involved.
"If the word is given," said Mr. Vail,
"very employe will quit work."
Up till midnight Vail had received no
word from Chicago or elsewhere as to any
Intended move other than to strike, and
no report had been made of the probable
outcome of the conference between Presi
dent Donnelly and the packers.
About 4,000 men are employed in tba
packing houses In South Omaha at this
time. In case a general strike 1 ordered
the markets at, Chicago, South Omaha, Bt.
Joseph, Kansas City, East St. Louis, Fort
Worth, Bioux City and South St Paul will
be closed.
Late last night, M. R. Murphy, general
manager of the Cudaby Packing company,
said to a reporter for The Bee that the un
derstanding waa that orders had been is
sued, bx President DonnoUy for all packing
house employe to quit work at noon Tues
day. , ' ' .'. . ..
"We propose-opening the plant Tuesday
morning and keep it In operation just as
long as the men feel Inclined to work.
There Is a-bare possibility low lhat a
strike may be averted. The packer In
Chicago, this afternoon, submitted to Pres
ident Donnolly and his advisors a proposi
tion to submit the difficulty to a board of
arbitration. It now rests with the pack
ing house employes whether they will con
sent to having the questions Involved de
cided by an arbitration board or not. South
Omaha la not really involved In the diffi
culty as the packers here are paying a
higher scale than at Chicago."
He expressed the hope that all differ
ences would be amicably settled and that
the men would continue at work.
OSf VERGE OF A BIG STRIKE
Thirteen Thousand Men May Be Or
dered Oat.
KANSAS CITT. July .U.-Unless the
packers recede from their position in the
wage scale controversy it is said that the
13,000 men and women employed in the
Kansas City Dacklna- nlnntu anrf kn w
allegiance to the Amalgamated Meat Cut-
....' -n. , . ,
u ouiLiier vvoramen s unions will
go on a strike tomorrow at noon.
The plants that will be affected are the
Armour, Swift, Fowler, Ruddy, Cudahy
and Schwarxschlld & Sulzberger.
Louis Relnhardt, business agent of the
Packing Trade council and seventh vice
president of the Amalgamated Meat Cut
ter' and Butcher Workmen' union, re
ceived the following telegram from Michael
Donnelly, president of the union, today:
TJNION HEADQUARTERS, CHICAGO,
July 11. Call out all men nt noon tomor
row unless otherwise ordered. Instruct
each man to take all his tools when leav
ing the plnnt and proceed direct to his
home. During the strike all are ordered
to obey the laws and use no violence
toward any one.
MICHAEL DONNELLY.
The executive committer nf the vn vHmi
unions of the two Kansas Cltvs that owe
alleglaneo to the Amalgamated Meat Cut
ters and Butcher Workmen's union met
hi Kansas City, Kan., tonight and re
ceived final instructions as to the strike
in the packing houses which has been
called for noon tomorrow. Ona thousand
attended the meeting. When the telegram
ordering a strike was read the men rose
to their feet and cheered.
STRIK,E IX. SOUTH ST. JOSEPH
Six Thousand Men Affected hy Orders
Received from Chicago.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo.. July 11. Union lead
ers of employes In the packing houses In
South St. Joseph say tonight that all union
men in the four plants: Swift's St. Jo
seph, Nelson Morris and Hammond's will
strike tomorrow, according to order re
ceived from the national offices.
Many nonunion men can be secured to
take their places, but managers of each
of the plants tonight said they had marie
no arrangements on this line, but prob
ably would do so after the men walk out
Six thousand union men are employed In
the plants in South Bt. Joseph. Not all
of the union men are In favor of a strike,
but they will obey orders from the national
headquarters.
MAS Y EMPLOYES WILL WALK OIT
Fourteen Thousand Mrn Will Be
Affected at Chicago.
CHICAGO. July 11. A general strike of
all the employes of the big pat-king plants
throughout the country was ordered to
night by Michael J. Donnelly, president
of. the Amalgamated Meat Cutlers aid
Butchers' Workmen of America. Unless
the packing companies oner some sort of
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CONDITIONS AT PORT ARTHUR
nuaslaa Newspaper Tells of Fight
ing hy the Beleaguered
Garrisons.
CHE FOO, July 11. 4 p. m. The Port
Arthur Nova Km! of July 7. a copy of
which has Just reached Che Foo, contains
an account of the operations around Port
ArthifK from July 3 to t. It says:
'Heavy fighting has occurred between
the first line of defenses and the Japanese.
The results are not announced. Neverthe
less, little at a time, the facts are becoming
known. Our aid sent scouts to ascertain
the position and strength of the enemy, and
whether they Were protected by trenches.
It wa impossible to find out the exact
strength ot the Japanese, but thoy do not
number less than 30,000 men. The Chinese
credit them with 60,000 men. Thirty thou
sand men are not sufficient for operations
against a fortress like thts, unless they ex
pect assistance. After three days fighting
the positions of the two armies were as fol
lows: On the left flank we retained the po
sition we originally occupted. The forcing
of our right flank back previous to this was
rectified, and now we have both Green and
Semaphore hills In our hands. In front of
these hills we were not opposed, but we are
being heavily shelled from both sides. The
enemy retired a considerable distance. Of
course, all this was not won without losses,
some of which will strike the hearts of our
countrymen.
"We started to take the offensive the
night of July 1, when we began a strong
attack. Our soldiers, who had been forced
buck at Kin Chou, were waiting for an op
portunity to get at the Japanese. The re
sult was most satisfactory. The Infantry
marched out as If engaged In manouevre.
while the artillery, taking up a position,
opened a fierce fire with hrnpnel on the
enemy's lines, resulting In their retirement.
"During the three days battle the Novlk
and a fleet of gunboats left the harbor
dally, covering the right flank of the army
and stopping the fire of the. enemy's artil
lerjs. On July 4 the Novlk fortunately ob
tained the range of the enemy's batteries
and did frlghtf.il damage to them. All the
morning the gunboats, without receiving
any return fire, shelled the enemy's troops
marching townrd our defensea The Jap
anese fleet appeared in the afternoon and
our gunboats returned to the inner harbor
without sustaining any damage."
EMPEROR TALKS TO TT1E TROOPS.
Caar of Russia Receive Assurance
of Loyalty from Working-men.
MOSCOW, July 11. The emperor' second
Journey to south Russia to speed th de
parting troops has thus far been attended
by demonstrations similar to those made
during -Ala first tour. - . .. -
" At Kolomna, after holding a review, the
emperor addressed the troops, expressing
his assurance that ihey would maintain
the honor of the Russian arms. , An Im
pressive scene followed. The emperor,
who was mounted, lalsed aloft an ikon and
the officers and men sank to their knees
while his raajesty made the sign of the
cross with the Ikon above their bowed
heads and conferred the blessing of himself
and the empress upon them. A deputy
of workmen from mechanical works
through their spokesman addressed the
emperor thus:
Little Father: We are happy to see
you take such a personal Interest In the
soldiers and we worklngmen are ready to
enter the ranks and shed our blood for
the emperor and the fatherland. Graciously
accept bread and salt on behalf of your
loyal subjects, the worklngmen.
OKU WEARS A CHINESE COSTl'ME
Japanese Vessels Keeping; In Touch
with Land Forces.
TIN KOWJ July 11. Japanese vessels
have been seen off Kal Chau. It is believed
that they are keeping In touch with the
advance of the land forces and if the Japa
nese take Ta Tche Klao it Is believed that
a landing will be made simultaneously at
Yin Kow.
The Japanese began to push their ad
vance north at dawn July 9, after taking
Kal Chau and since then they have pro
ceeded steadily. They kept their artillery
well to the front and shelled and occupied
Pintxan, seven mile north of Kal Chau
at noon July I, It Is reported they arc
In close touch with Ta Tche Klao. General
Oku Is said to be wearing a Chinese cos
tume. Japanese scouts are close to Tin Kow.
They can be seen on the neighboring hill
tops, from which they occasionally fire on
the Russian 'outpoet.
SQUADRONS MEET IX n.tTTI.E.
Russian Boats Retreat After Exchang
ing Shots with Japanese.
TOKIO, July 11-11 a. m. The Russian
cruisers Bayan, Diana, Pallada and Novlk,
two gunboats and seven torpedo boat de
stroyers came out of the harbor of Port
Arthur on Saturday morning, July t, pre
ceded by a number of steamers engaged in
clearing away mines. In the afternoon
the Russian vessels reached a point be
tween Benslkat and Lun Wan Tang, where
they were attacked by a Japanese flotilla
of torpedo boats and torpedo boat de
stroyers. Fire waa exchanged with the
Bayan. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon the
Russian vessels retreated to the1 harbor.
Admiral Togo reports that the Japanese
vessels had one cabin boy slightly wounded.
Tha vessels themselves sustained no dam
age.
I
ATTACK TRAIX MEAH DEDE AGAC1I
Maay Person Are Reported to Have
Been Killed.
VIENNA, July II. A dispatch from Bel
grade to the Neus Welner Tagblatt says It
is reported that an attack was made on a
train running from Salonlca to Constan
tinople near Dede Agach, as a result of
which many persons were killed or in
jured. No details sra given.
Dede Aguch Is the cuplial of the prov
ince of the same name In European Turkey
and la the terminus of a branch of the
Belgrade snd Constantinople railway,
Attaches to Start to Front.
TOKIO, July 1L Noon. The foreign at
taches aaalgned to the Second Japanese
army have been Informed that they are
to leave for the front on or about July 2i.
It la believed that the newKpuper cor
respondents with the Second army will
leave about July 23.
tluirt al Meoal.
BKoi'L, July 11 Evening. Everything
was fculet her today
OKU TAKES KA1 PING
After Three Days of Severe Fighting Japs
Storm Town and Drive Out Russian.
INEMY OCCUPIED ' STRONG POSITIONS
Hakes Stubborn Besistance to Repeated
Attacks, bat is Fat to Flight.
RUSSIANS HAD THIRTY THOUSAND MEN
This Force Occupied Strongly Fortified
Positions ' Around the City.
FORCED TO ABANDON THEM ONE BY ONE
Japanese Beat a Last Day' Assault
with an Artillery Fire Which
Continence at Break
of Day.
TOKIO. July 10. 12:80 p. m. After three
days of severe fighting, characterised by
the desperate attacks of the Japanese and
the stubborn resistance of the Russians,
General Oku's army occupied Kal Ping last
Friday, driving the Russians northward
In the direction of Hui Cheng. Tbe Rus
sians had strongly fortified the hills situ
ated in a semi-circle south of Kal Ping
Their forces consisted of over thirty thou
sand men.
In his report of the engagement. General
Oku does not give any details, but shows
the difficulties of the struggle. The opera
tions began last Wednesday by the Japa
nese driving sixteen hundred Russians from
the heights south of Kal Ping, constituting
the first line of defense. The Japanese occu
pied the position and the Russians re
treated. On the same day the right wing of th
Japanese army 'southeast of Kal Ping de
feated a small force of Russians and th
left wing occupied the heights to the kouth
eaat. On Thursday the entire Japanese army
forced Its way closer to Kal Ping, over
awing the stubborn resistance from the
Russian infantry, cavalry and artillery lo
cated In the narrow defiles.
Russian Are Relnforecd.
The Russians held many strong positions
In the mountainous country, but despite
their desperate resistance they were forced
to abandon them on by one. During tha
night the Russians were largely reinforced
by troops brought from the north by train.
In preparation for a big battle Friday.
The Japanese began tbe last day's fight
ing at daylight with an artillery fir from
gun placed on the heights previously cap.
tured from the Russians.
At 8 o'clock in the morning they drove tha
Russians from their positions and forced
them into their last line of defenses around
the town, Th Russian evidently aw that
the town wa doomed, as General Oku re
ports that many troops wer aithdrawn
nrlnir tha mnmlns
The Russians finally took position on the
tops of the high precipices and . again
offered a stern resistance. About noon
they wore forced to again, withdraw, th
Japanese occupying the last line of .de
fenses. The Japanese pursued the enemy
despite a cevere artillery fire from the Rus
sian batteries on the high hills to the north.
The Japanese artillery Anally occupied new
positions and silenced these batteries.
In the afternoon the Japanese occupied
the town without further resistance.
While the particulars of the firntlng are
not known, it Is evident that tbe Russian
made a determined stand. Tha losses and
the number of men engaged have not been
reported. Further details are aVUted.
Will Kot Defend Ta -rehe Klao.
ST. PETERSBURG, Juiy U.-Oenaral
Kouropatkln, according to private advice
from the front, will not make a rlous at
tempt to hold Ta Tche Klao, abov Kal
Ping, midway between that place and Hal
Cheng and where the railroad conenots
with the branch from New Chwang. Devel
opments of the Japanese strength on tJfc
Slu Ten roads seem to be forcing a RuaasM
concentration between Hal Cheng and Liao
Tang, but preparations seem to be making
to defend the former as long as possible
General Count Keller's force, which wss a
little southwest of Llao Yang, haa ap
parently moved further southward, to stay
the advance of the Japanese direct from
the Fertsr Wang Cheng-Hal Cheng road.
The pressure on the Russian left rear a
It wtlhdraws continues. There Is now
seemingly practically nothing In th way
of a Japanese occupation of New Chwang
and the completion of the Japanese line
across the head of the Llao Tung penin
sula. The fortification of the passes of the
Fen Shui range and the semi-circle east
ward of Llao Yang Is reported. ,
With pressure on two sides, if th Japa
nese have any serious Intentions of push
ing home their advance in the direction of
Mukden, General Kouropatkln's position
would seem decidedly dangeroua
The northern advance posts are at Tat
Din Bin snd Sla Syr. Whether tha Japa
nese operations north will be pressed In
the face of the rainy season, which Is
not regarded as probable here, the Japa
nese seem assured of the command of the
mouth of the Llao river valley, which will
give them a now base with two railroads,
one direct to Mukden and the other to tfie
Sin Ming Ting river and th Imperial high
road. The Sin Mln Ting road open vast
possibilities for flanking If an advanoe Is
begun at the end of the rains.
bevere fighting Is not improbable north
of Ta Tche Klao, but the belief Is growing
that Kouropatkln does not Intend to accept,
a general engagement at this time, even if
challenged. . ,
Additional details of the Hoi Tan fight
July 4 describes the Russian bayonet charge
as being the most brilliant incident of the
war. Japanese and Runsiuns were fotfnd
dead In the trench with their bayonets
through each other's bodies.
Russians Make Light of Loss.
ST. PETERSBURG. July 1L-:0S p. m.
Detals of the Ililsalan retirement from
Kal Ping, which, is hailed as a great vic
tory at Toklo, show, according to the offi
cial report of Lieutenant General 8k her
on", commander of the eastern army, that
it wss little more than a series of
skirmishes. Tbe Russian losses were about
j0 men. The Toklo report that ten guns
were captured Is unfounded. Ths Rus
sians retired in perfect order before Gen
eral Oku's army, consisting ot four di
visions. Staff Captain Count Nerod, who wti
killed, was a brother of the midshipman
of that name, who was killed at the tluij
of the finking of tha Russian protected
cruiser Varlog off Chemulpo. Captain
Nerod waa in command ot the rear guard,
which la a post of honor. A Russian offi
cer occupying this post must be tehlnd
his i4j. and It was while following th
troops that Nerod met his death.
General Oku's advance continues. H a
main furce, which tha general staff bar