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CALL FOR LIVE STOCK
Omaha Packing Plants Bend Out Notice of
' Capacity to Kill.
MANAGERS SAY THEY AR" IG DAILY
Expect Men from Connti ike the
Place of Striki h. Z
STRIKERS LAUGH AT CLAIM r OSSES
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Men Are Standing Firm an They
Tnirt Their Leader -y"
WORK PROCEEDS AT THE Bio rlANTS
AH ef the Local Pitklii Houses Ao
oaspllsh Something la the Way of
Slaaghtertus ud Loadlas;
Dmrlag the Day.
Monday wu another quiet day In strike
Circles. All of the buuaea received a few
recruit from out of town during the aft
ernoon, but nona of the striker applied for
work. Notwithstanding that ail wa quiet,
tha striken did not for one moment cease
their vigilance and a number of men
beaded for the planta were Induced not to
enter. The vary beat of order atill pre
vail and the ordera regarding drinking
(are being obeyed by the unemployed.
There was a little wave of excitement at
the Live Stock exchange yesterday after
noon, when a notice waa poeted on the
bulletin board stating that the packer can
now take care of 1.500 bead of cattle a day
and ,000 head of hogs. This notice was
signed by all of the four packing planta
here. Commission men were delighted at
the notice and many at once advised their
shipper by wire and telephone to let ship
ment come forward.
In speaking of this notice packer de
clared that they now have enough men to
slaughter 1,600 cattle and f.OOO hog a day.
More men are expecteed from out In the
country today and Wednesday.
"The harvest," said one of the packers,
'Is keeping a good deal of the country help
at home, but men are coming In every day.
To be sure, these men from the country
know nothing about packing house work,
but they will learn rapidly."
Cudahy Plant 'Active.
In addition to asking the live stock com-
- mission men to hurry in shipments, Cudahy
purchased 440 head of cattle on the Kan
sas City market yesterday to be slaugh
tered here. Yesterday Cudahy slaughtered
100 cattle and 400 hogs. Besides this twenty-four
refrigerator car, were shipped out.
Eleven of these car contained fresh beef.
Last evening Mr. Cudahy said that he
was very well pleased with the day' work.
"We expect more men in today from out
aide point,"' he said, "and we will take
back any of tha old men who apply for
work."
About 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon Mr.
Cudahy received a telegram from Chicago
to the effect that the packer there were
Slaughtering right along. Cattle were be
"thg' killed at tfce-yards" There yesterday at
the tat of ttW head a day. This tele
gram went on to state that In the opinion
of th packers In Chicago the strike Is
broken. A telegram to one of the packers
' here read: "Donnelly 1 beaten."
At the itnoit Plant.
The killing of hogs will commence at the
Armour plant today. Monday cattle were
killed at the rate of thirty head an hour.
In addition to the cattle Armour killed 160
bead of sheep. ' Mr. Howe asserts that he
now baa CO men working, not oountlng any
ef the mea In the mechanical department.
"We have more men now," said General
Manager Howe,' than at any time since
the commencement of the strike. I look
for additional men today from out in the
state. Tn my opinion there la not going to
be mnoh difficulty In securing men from
this time on. Of course, men skilled with
the knife will be rather scarce for a few
fays, but the people may rest assured that
the packers will get mea enough to opernte
their plants and avoid a scarcity of meat
and other packing house products."
Bwlft and the Omaha are securing a few
men every day and are working along
just as V nothing had happened.
Load la a; Oars Regularly.
At all of the packing houses cars are
being loaded and shipped out twice a day,
The first shipment goes shortly after
noon and the second at ( p. m. So far
the packers have not experienced any
difficulty la loading oars with ths excep
tion that the bulk of the work for a few
day had to be performed by green hand
and offloa men. As rapidly a help ar
rives men employed tn the office are per
mitted to discard their long batcher frocks
and go back ts their desks. Some of the
office mea are badly stove up from toting '
beef, but they say that they will be all
tight la a few day.
On account of the light receipts of live
stock at tha yards General Manager Ken
yon has Just put hi foroe of Mo men on
half time. One-half of the force will work
... one day and lay off the next, and so on.
By this arrangement all of the man will
be kept on the pay roll and will have
something coining to them at tb end of
the month.
Mr. Kenyoa said that be did not expect
this condition of affairs to last very long.
"We will put our whole foroe to work
again Just as soon as the receipt will
warrant It," said Ml Kanyon.
I Strikers Are Ceaadeat.
The strikers still appear to have ths
utmost oonfldenc in ultimately winning
the fight A ohecklng up of the lists' by
the stewards falls to show where any
killed mea have gone back to work.
. "AH reports." . said one of the labor
leaders last night, "that our men her are
weakening I false. W are standing
firmly together and tb best of feeling
prevails among the men. All art good
nuturcd and perform any duties assigned
to them willingly. Just at present we
are keeping J close watch oa the planta
to prevent men from getting In to go to
work. No vlolenoe or threat are used.
All we do la ts make a plain statement
of facts to the strike breaker, and urge
them to give up their Idea of going to
work. When the strike breaker agree
to this we see that they are given trans
portation out of the city."
Mr. Vail declare that there I no change
In the situation hers; that the men are
all standing together and that reports
from Chicago regarding the amount of
work performed there and "at Kansas City
are greatly exaggerated. "The report that
( Donnelly la beaten I merely laughed at
bere." We are growing stronger every
day," declare Mr. VaU.
Special polls Pores.
Vp to last night Chairman Masson of
the police board bad sworn Iq twenty-
Coutluued ea ouob4 Page,
INQUEST ON BODY OF L00M1S
Jury Finds that Man Is Dead, bat
Dees Not Plx Cause of
Demise.
KINGSBRIDQE. Devonshire, July 18.
The Inquest today on the body of F. Kent
Loomls. which was found Saturday morn
ing at Warren Point, about fifteen miles
from Plymouth, threw the pl turesque little
Devonshire village of Thurleatone, on the
shore of Blgbury bay, into a state of un
wonted' excitement. ' The court, over which
the county coroner. Dr. Sidney Hacker, pre
sided, waa somewhat late In assembling, in
coasequence of the delay In carrying out
the official medical examination of the re
mains. This was conducted by two local
doctors, whose testimony was to the effect
that there wss a contused wound below and
behind the right ear, Indicated by the ex
travasation of blood In the scatp and a rup
ture of the covering of the brain. There
was also a general bruise, Involving the
scalp and the integument of the brain on
the left side above the ear. Both Injuries,
In the doctors' opinion, were caused before
death.
The American consul at Plymouth, Jo
seph G. Stephen, attended the proceed
ing. After the Jury had viewed the body the
first witness, Thomas Snowden, a laborer,
who discovered the remains In the breakers,
testified to the recovery of the corpse, as
cabled to the Associated Press Saturday.
A policeman, who searched the body, told
of the recovery of a gold watch, which
had stopped at I o'clock, some of the
English gold and sliver coins, also a pocket
book containing 160 In American notes, a
receipt for a subscription to the Blenner
hasset club, a railroad pass Issued in the
name of F. Kent Loomls, a receipt from
the Grand hotel, Broadway, New York, for
8280. which Loomls desired to be fent to
his wife, a gold ring with the name "Mil
dred" Inside, etc.
The Jury found that the deceased waa
Frederick Kent Loomls and that he wa
found dead In Blgbury bay, there being no
evidence to show how he met hi death.
CONCORDAT IS NOW DOOMED
'
Pope Regjards Agrreemeut with France
Certain to Be Dissolved.
ROME. July 18. From the highest source
It Is learned that the Vatican's view of the
situation between the Holy See and France
la as follows: .
The pope regard the dissolution of the
concordat by Franc a absolutely certain.
The pretext 1 that the Holy See before the
visit of President Loubet to Rome, called
on Bishop Gray of Laval to resign. He re
fused and was summoned to Rome to an
swer the gravest charges. The bishop ap
pealed to the French government, which
claimed that the Holy See was Infringing
the concordat, but as the bishop had not
been punished Foreign Minister Delcasse
acknowledged that the Vatican wa within
it's rights.
The pontiff 1 firmly decided to proceed
with the case of the bishop, who, if he is
not In Rome on the 28th instant, will be
suspended.
TAX OJf TOBACCO IS CUT IN HALF
House of Commons Assoisen a Re
duetlon to Help Mouufueturerst'
LONDON, July 18. During the debate "on
tha finance bill In the House of Common
today, Austin Chambernfhi, the chancellor
of the exchequer, announced a reduction of
the additional taxation of unstrlpped to
bacco from 8 pence to 8 pence on stocks
held previously to April 20, with the ob
ject of preventing hardship to manu
facturer with large stocks in bond. Ths
duty on other unstrlpped .tobacco remains
at 6 pence.
GOVERNMENT PEAJtl' CtiESTCON
Wants Nothing Bald About Action of
Russian Steamer la Red Sea.
rotary for foreign affairs, in the House of
Common today asked General Laurie, con
servative and unionist, to postpone a ques
tion which he proposed to ssk anent the
doings of the Russian volunteer rieet
steamer St Petersburg In the Red sea until
Thursday, a the government's information
wa still incomplete.
Earl peroy further said that the question
waa of the utmost importance andkwa en
gaging the earnest attention of the govern
ment. BRITAIN SPEAKS ON THIBET
Rassla Iuformed that Eastland Will
Not Take Land at Present.
LONDON, July 18. War Secretary B ro
de rick stated In the House of Common to
day that with a view ef preventing a mis
understanding the government Informed
Russia at the beginning of June of its
policy In regard to Thibet, and that so
long as no other power attempted tolnter
vene In the affaire of Thibet Great Britain
would not attempt either to annex Thibet
or to establish a protectorate over that
country for the oontrol of Its internal ad
ministration. CONSIDER HARRIMAN VICTORY
J. JT. Htll aa Coloael Cloaca Will
Not Talk After Confer-
NEW TORK, July 18. President James
J. Hill of the Northern Securities com
pany and Colonel W. P. Clough, chief
counsel, held a consultation today on the
recent decision of Judge Bradford of the
United Bute district court In Trenton,
restraining the Northern Securities com
pany from distributing it assets pro rata
until ths trial of the Harriman . suit to
compel the holding company to givs back
to the Harriman , interest the identical
Northern Paotflo railway stock which they
put into the merger company.
Colonel Clough was .asked after ths con
ference It President Hill had decided to
appeal from Judge Bradford's decision,
and be said:
The decision on the petition of an In
junction does not decide the merits of the
question. They are to be determined later.
He are not prepared to make publlo yet
exactly what steps will be taken la view
of the Injunction. Suffloe It to ssy now
that tha interest of the stockholders of
the Northern Securities company will be
folly protected by the move we have in
mind, which may be made known. la a
day or two.
SUITS TO PREVENT"" REPAIRS
Aetloa to Eajola Railroads from Re
coastraetlas; Pile Bridges At foes
the Maw Rive.
KAN8AS CITY, July 1L-Sult were filed
In Kansas City, Kan., today by the county
attorney of Wyandotte county enjoining
the Rock Island and the Kansas City
Bouthern railway companies from recon
structing their temporary pile bridge
aoros the Kaw river. These actions were
requested by the Kaw Valley Commercial
club as an Important step toward removing
the obstructions from tb Kaw river wttuiit
the city. UuUU,
STRIKERS CRACK A SKULL
Nonunion Man Beaten and Left on Tracks
for Dead.
PREPARING FOR TEST OF STRENGTH
Both Sides at Chicago Expect that
Present Week Will Determine
Fight Strikers Start
Packing; Plant.
CHICAGO, July IS. One more effort will
be made to actio the stock yards strike
by arbitration. Tomorrow President Don
nelly of the striking unions wlll send to
the packers another letter asking for a
conference. In this letter Mr. Donnelly
will go over the history of the strike and
will ask the packers If In their judgment
it will not be better to concede the one
point In contention than to continue the
strike.
The one point to which allusion Is to be
made Is the refusal of the packers to dis
charge the men they have employed since
the commencement of the strike and give
their places to the men who walked out.
The communication to the packers will
also suggest that It Is the belief of the
strikers that they are, as old employes,
dHervlng of this consideration. If this
offer of the union Is rejected by the pack
ers, Mr. Donnelly declared tonight, the
allied trade at tho stock yards, number
ing In all about 13,000 men, will be called
out tomorrow In an effort to bring the
packer to terms.
Joseph Morton of tho Stationary Fire
men's union called on the packers this
afternoon and notified them that unless
there Is a speedy settlement of the strike
his men will be compelled to quit work.
While no definite answer was given Mr.
Morton by the packers, he waa received
in such a friendly manner that ho - left
the conference with the belief that there
is still a strong probability of peace.
Slogged By Strikers.
Slugged into Insensibility by a dozen men
and left for dead on the tracks of the Ash
land avenue trolley line at West Forty
seventh street, Anton Bartuelukovis, an
employe at the Swift packing plant, Is
dying at the county hospital. His injuries.
In the opinion of Inspector Hunt, were In
flicted by strike sympathizers -and the
wheels of a trolley car.
The men, according to a witness who has
talked to the police, set upon BartuHlakovla
as he was going home from work. When
they could not make him Join the strik
ers they broke his skull, fractured hi
Jaw, kicked him about the face, head and
body- and then threw him upon the car
track.
. The motorman of a car approaching not
long afterward saw the body in time to
top the car, but not before the wheels
had crushed Bartuslckovls' shoulder. The
Injured man was taken to the county hos
pital. He has not regained consciousness.
Mrs. W. Clifford, attracted to her window
by the sound of men fighting, saw the at
tack and declares she can identify several
of Bartiislakovis' assailants. President
Donnelly today sent out a new circular
urging the men against violence, as fol
lows! , , ,
We must win, because every American
cltlxen must have living wages. We must
have the very best for the children. We
must have recognition for the union.. We
can win. If you stick to the union. If
we obey the union when It says "molest no
person or property and abide strictly by
the law of the country."
. MICHAEL DONNELLY.
Of the men Injured In Sunday night's
riot near the stock yards, two are still
In a critical condition. It la said ton other
will recover.
Strikers to Start Plant.
A flank movement by the strikers devel
oped today In the announcement by Pres
ident Donnelly that In conjunction with
Mr. Sterling, vice president of the Butcher
Workmen's union, John F. Loersch, secre
tary of the Packing Trades council, and
Philip Murphy, "champion butcher of the
world," recently employed by Swift & Com
pany, he will start a small packing house
where the union butchers may secure sup
plies at prices Which will enable strikers
to purchase meat without contributing to
the profits of the big packers. Cattle and
hogs have already been bought. President
Donnelly asserted, the plant has been se
cured and operations are scheduled to be
gin tomorrow.
A special meeting of the packing house
teamsters union will be held Wednesday
night to decide whether or not the driv
ers will quit work. The teamsters today
protested against several of the companies
endeavoring to have the tea mater haul
uppllea for "strike breakers."
The operating forces of the big plants
approximated about half the normal
strength today, according to reports given
out. All did a great deal of killing, it
was claimed. Armour and company with
2,000 men employed, slaughtering cattle at
the rate of 140 an hour and Nelson Morrl
Company with 1,800 men at work slaught
ering 120. Swift and Company were said to
have 180 men In their planta, killing 100
cattle and ISO bog an hour. All the other
companies were asserted to have been In
operation. '
Test of Strong. ,
Both sides are preparing for the test cf
strength which will come this week In the
strike of the picking house employes. To
the new men taken on In the last five days
the packer expect to add many thousand
In the next five. Worker who have been
hired. It Is claimed, are now to the way to
the different planta from all corners of tb
country. Office employes and heads of de
partments who have had experience In the
killing rooms have been called In to help
and teach the recruits.
Ths packers already are equipping their
planta In western centers with full crews
of men. Within a week the plants at Kan
sas City, Omaha and East St. Louis will
b turning cut tralnloada of supplies, ac
cording to a positive declaration mads by
ono of tbs packers.
Armour at Oa., Morris A Co., Swift and
Company and Bchwarsschlld 4 Sulzberger
today renewed killing operations on a much
larger seals than during tha first wek of
the strike.
Threw Br teas at Negroes,
Representatives of the packers said at
the stock yards today that they espeoted
to be able to man the planta without
much more Inconvenience and that the
difficulty was not In ths procuring of men,
but In their Inability to provide adequate
protection for them wiill going to and
from work.
The packer profess not to be appre
hensive of a sympathetic strlka
Ths striker were tn a confident mood
today and appeared to place little credence
la the reports of progress by the packer
In filling vacancies. On ths contrary, the
striker declared that many of the non
union men employed have deserted.
A crowd of men concealed behind a fence
threw bricks .and stones at a Lake Shore
train which had on board fifty ncgroea
Continued oa Second, Paga,
KNOX VISITS THE PRESIDENT
New Senator from Peaasylvaala W1U
Take Part la Campaign
Thts Fall.
OYSTER BAT. L. I., July 18. P. C. Knox
of Pennsylvania, former attorney general
and one of the closest friends and advisers
of President Roosevelt, was a visitor to
Sagamore Hill today. Mr. Knox will take
an active part in the campaign and will
deliver at least two Important speeches.
The president is working daily on both
his notification speech and his letter of ac
ceptance. He will deliver no political
speeches during the campaign, contenting
hlnnelf with a statement of his position and
of the results achieved in his administra
tion In the letter of acceptance.
The president received today a telegram
from the anthracite coal miners' conven
tion, called yesterday In Pennsylvania,
asking for an appointment for Its commit
tee to lay before him the petition lesrd
Ing the Colorado lubor troubles. Secretary
Loeb, for the president,- has telegraphed
the committee that Mr. Roosevelt will be
glad to see them tomorrow aftjr.tojn. .
President Roosevelt received by appoint
ment today a call from a committee repre
senting tho International Federation of
Musicians, the members desiring to file
with him a protest against the admission
to the United State. from foreign countries
of musicians who Come here under contract
They represented to the president that by
the admission to this country of musicians
who come here under contract a serious
hardship is worked against all resident
professional musicians, and they urge that
the contract labor law ought to be so con
strued by the authorities as to exclude mu
sicians precisely as contract laborers are
excluded.
Former Secretary of War Ellhu Root Is
an over-night guest of President Roosevelt
at Sagamore Hill. He arrived in Oyster
Bay lute this afternoon and wa driven
directly to the president's home.
Mr. Root declined to make any comment
upon the object of his visit, but It Is known
that he came to confer with Mr. Roosevelt
regarding the speech the president will
deliver next week at the time of his notifi
cation. While Mr. Root la here the presi
dent will confer with him on the political
situation In New York state.
BATTLE FOR EXALTED OFFICES
Elks' Convention Not Lacking for
Animation Nor for Entertain
ment aad Fireworks.
CINCINNATI, O., July 18. The regis
tration for the meeting of the Grand
i Lodge and the reunion of the Elks reached
' over 16,000 tonight, while all the railroads
were bringing In special - trains and ex
pecting their , greatest Influx ,' tomorrow.
The grand opening tonight . consisted In
elaborate ' fireworks on both sides of -the
Ohio river from Coney Island, twelve
miles tin the Ohio, to the public landing
of this city. '
The boathouse of the various clubs
were equipped a battleships along the
shores, ' and ths wharf boata were ar
ranged In similar' form, presenting a mag
nificent naval display In action as the
fireworks wore operated. This great"' ex
hibition -closed witbn anoummotb Illumin
ated ' picture - of vUrand Exalted Ruler
Fanning at ., the . Cincinnati public land-
The Grand Lodge open witn a puDiic
session at 10 a. m. tomorrow. Tb elec
tion of officers will end the animated con
tests that are going on tonight for grand
exalted ruler, grand exalted secretary and
other officers. O'Brien of Baltimore lor
grand exalted ruler and Robinson of
Dubuque for grand exalted secretary are
still favorites as the so-called adminis
tration candidate.
AWAIT END OF CONFERENCE
Many Democratic Leaders Will Then
Visit Candidate Parker
at Eaopna.
ESOPUSL N. Y, July 18,-After a night
of heavy' electrical storms and rain,
Esopus awoke today to greet the first rainy
day of six weeks The storm broke about
midnight and reached Its height at 1
o'clock. Lightning flashes followed each
other at Intervals of a few second and the
thunder wa almost continuous. In the
village fear waa expressed that lightning
might strike the buildings at Rosemont,
but the fear was hot realized.
Judge Parker arose early. John W, Kern
of Indianapolis, who has been ms guest
since Saturday left the Judge' house early
and embarked on the steamer Mary Powell
from Kingston, on which he traveled to
New York. ,
On account of the conference of the
leaders In New York today no visitors
were expected to arrive here.
After the New York conference many
prominent democrat are expected to come
here. Former Senator Henry Q. Davis, the
vice presidential candidate. Is ' expected
tomorrow.
Among the telegram received by Judge
Parker today wa one from Champ Clark,
permanent chairman of the St. Louis con
vention, who sent bis congratulations.
NEW POWER CANAL AT BUFFALO
Power to Be Derived from the Niagara
Below tha FalU at DevU's
Bole.
BUFFALO, July 18. A new power canal
enterprise Involving an expenditure of
810,000.000 was put under way today when
the Niagara County Irrigation A Water
Supply company filed at the county clerk'
office at Lock pert a map of the proposed
canal, ths rout of which la from Lasalle,
where It take In the water of Niagara
river, to the Devil's Hole, below the falls,
where there Is a sheer drop of 800 feet.
The power house will be located at DevU's
Hole. President Worth stated today that
the financial end of the enterprise had
been arranged through New York, whose
names hs would not divulge. The
cempany 1 operating under a charter
procured In 191. It la stated that the
plant will produos 160,00 horse powar.
SCHOOL WEEK AT CHAUTAUQUA
Stat aad Parochial Schools Ave Dis
seised by Protestant aad
Cathelle Speakers.
CHAUTAUQUA, N. T.. July 11-Thls U
school week at Chautauqua, tha most ab
sorbing toplo being the dlsrusslon of
"State versus Parochial Schools." Principal
Henry W. Thurston of Chicago Normal
school spoke for the Protestant today.
Father A. P. Doyle, editor of the Catholic
World, will tomorrow present tb ease
from a point of view of the Catholic.
Dr. D. P. Bowl of Boston university
will speak on ths ami subvct on Wednes
day. Dr. K. U. Boon,, editor of Education,
wl'J make several address durtu thi
, week along the saute lines.
REGISTER BY THOUSANDS
Sash of Landseeken Assuming Unprece
dented Proportions.
RAILROADS ARE TAXED TO THE UTMOST
One Llae Reports that It Has F.levea
Thoasaad Passengers Raroate
to Add to Crash Already
oa Groand.
YANKTON. S. D.July 18.-(Speclal Tele
gram.) The gigantic land rush at Tankton
developes Into almost a stampede. Thirty
three thousand' had registered up to the
cloning time tonight. Today' record was
5,055, and that will be exceeded tomorrow.
The fever for land seems to have taken
possession of thousands who heretofore had
not thought of .coming bere to register.
The crush In the city and on the trains Is
simply Indescribable. Railroad ofnchils say
they have more than they can possibly haul
to Yankton. One railroad has 11,000 people
on the road.
Lines of people were still two blocks long
at closing time todny. At closing the crowd
was not so large as the number In the city
last night, but the Northwestern In three
sections brought 1,000 people, and the rush
tomorrow will be a record breaker. Hun
dreds will stay up all night to be early In
line and at least fifty men have procured
baskets of food and will go into the line
this evening. There ts no Bleep for notaries
tonight, as the entire time will be neces
sary to make the papers for the avalanche
of people arriving tonight. The force of
clerks was Increased by flVe men from the
Thief River Falls sale of land and by sev.
ernl Yankton men The amount of work
that Individual clerks are doing Is enor
mous. Clerk Billings at the capltoi regis
tered 784 and Clerk Blngley at the Broad,
way had 1,019. After closing many besought
the government officials to allow them to
register, but pleas are necessarily unavail
able, as the line must be drawn somewhere.
A new force of clerks is engaged In a
classification of the registrations, owing to
the short space of time between the regis
tration and drawing ths classification must
be made now. The next five days will be
the most wildly exciting that ever come to
Yankton. Many arc coming Just to see the
greatest rush ever known in the northwest.
The travel to Bonesteel through Omaha
last night was a reonrd breaker. The first
section of the train on the Northwestern
carried 1,000 passenger and the second
section fully as many more. Both Mo
tion were crowded to thetr capacity.
SHIPPERS WIN A VICTORY
Successful In Their Fight with Rail
road Companies Over Question of
Uniform Bills of Lading.
CHICAGO, July 1M. Shippers, according
to the Record-Herald, have won a victory
over the. railroads In relation to "the uni
form bill of lading. While it has not yet
been generally promulgated, officials of
western roads have- agreed to waive the
signature feature of the new bill, which
was tho bone of contention between the
transportation companies and the shippers.
This agreement ends what promised to
be a long and bitter struggle between the
shippers and the railroads over the new
bill of lading that Is to become effective
September 1. Tha railroad companies desire
to establish a bill of lading that would
have some semblance to a contract binding
the shipper to turn his traffic over to the
railroad and abide by rates. The effect wa
practically to guarantee the roads against
losses.
Several Conference have been held In this
city between shippers and railroad official
and the meetings ended without any agree
ment. The shippers then threatened to
carry the fight before the Interstate Com
merce commission.
DEPOT CROWDED WITH TRUNKS
Walking; Delegate ' Says Hxpress
Drivers' Strike, May Extend if
Wages Are Not Raised.
NEW YORK, July 18. As a result of
the strike of the driver of the New York
Transfer company, the baggage rooms of
the Pennsylvania, Erie, Jersey Central,
Baltimore & Ohio, Lehigh Valley and
Ontario A Western railroads are crowded
with trunks. The company made lj at
tempt to send out wagons today. Hp to
the present time none of the other trans
fer companies have been affected, but
Walking Delegate Thomas Brandon of the
Railroad Express Drivers' Union, No. 646,
said tonight that In all probability tho
strike would extend to the other com
panies In a day or two if their demands
for Increased pay were not met by the
New York . Transfer company.
ADVERTISING F0R BUTCHERS
Manager of the Hammond Compear
OSTers Attractive Wastes and Ar
raagres to Open Abbatotrs.
WORCESTER, Mass, July 18.-E. HV
Ayer, manager of ths Hammond company
here, ha posted a notice for butcher to
work in western houses, wages to be $3.60
to 84 a day for sheep batchers and 84 to 85
for beef butchers. Hs also la arranging to
open King's slaughter house and Bartlett'
house, both near the city, to kill cattle. Ar
mour will kill 100 sheep a day at White,
Peevy A Dexter sheep house here, begin
ning tomorrow morning. Beef Is quoted at
818, lambs at 818 and pork at H4 per 100
pound.
HEAT IS DEADLY AT CHICAGO
Dock Worker Is Prostrated, Falls Into
River aad Dies later la
Da y.
-
CHICAGO, July 18. Today brought no re
lief from the blistering heat. Indications
were that before sundown ths high record
of yesterday, 84 degrees, might be ex
ceeded. The first victim today was that
of a dock worker, who became erased by
the beat and suddenly plunged headlong
Into the river at Clark street bridge. He
died soon after being rescued.
Mllltla at World', fa Is.
ST. LOUIS, July 18 There are several
military organisations encamped on the
World fair grounds this week, and the
dully programs will contain numerous mili
tary features. Today the First regiment,
Illinois National Guard, of Chicago; Com
pany F. Seventieth Virginia National
Guard; the Gate City Guards and the City
Light Guards of Columbus, Oa-, and Cuin-
fauy M, groond regiment, New York Na
loual Guard, furnished the entertainment.
The Texas provisional regiment and Swift's
Mixtion brigade of Allegheny, i'a., will,
with the above named organizations, take
part In lbs remainder of the week's pro-
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Fair Tuesday aad Wednesday.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterday!
Hoar. Dear. Hour. De.
S a. ns TO 1 P. m
a a. m T4 p. m
T a. m TO It l. m ...... tx
a. tn TT 4 p. m 92
a. m f 5 p. m IKI
10 a. m H4 p. m
11 I, a HO , T p. m
lis (Hi "P. m
O p. m
KELLER'S POSITION STRONG
Indications that Fighting; on His
Front Will Be of Sever
Nature.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1904.)
LIAO YANG, July 18. New York Herald
Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bee.)
I have returned from the farthest out
post in this country and am at last at Llao
Yang, where I have Interviewed General
Count Keller, whose position and force are
very strong. Two trustworthy officers
have assured me that the Japanese kill the
wounded Cossacks, and correspondence and
photographs confirm the statement. This
is a picturesque, but bloody mountain war
fare. Sometime tho Japanese are am
bushed and killed, being entrapped In the
mountains. .
The Japanese are always appearing tn
new place. When beaten they throw away
all their clothes to facilitate their escape
and beg for life when overtaken. I waa
struck by the contrast between the many
refined officers, members of aristocratic
families, and their primitive quarters In
the mountain.
The Japanese are said to terrorize the
Chinese into giving Information about the
Russians, who nevertheless treat the Chi
nese about as well.
An English military man here told me
English soldiers would never show such
restraint.
On July ( three of the four Japanese di
vision compelled General Stakelberg to
retreat from Llao Chow, where the Japa
nese are . now entrenched. The severest
fighting expected for some -months will be
around Llao Yang.
FRANCIS M'CULLAGH.
JAPANESE ARB TAKING A REST
Forward Movement Seems to Be Sus
pended at All Points.
ST. PETERSBURG, Juiy 18. The War
office has not yet received an official re
port of the Russian attack on the Japa
nese positions at Mo lieu pass, but It is
not regarded as Improbable that such an
attack, has been made, as General Keller
is very active. If it turns out to be true,
however, the War office declares It Is Im
possible that the attacking forces could
have consisted of two divisions, as re
ported, and more likely the fore was com
posed of two regiments.
According to the general staff's latest re
ports, the Japanese seem to have sus
pended their advance from .all points, but
they may only be temporarily resting their
forces, although it 1 considered possible
that they may have decided to await the
result of the operations against Port Ar
thur. . ''., -' ' -
New Chwang is still In possession of tho
Russians.
A dispatch from General Bakharoff totfay
confirms the dispatches of the Associated
Press to the effect that the Kal Chau fight
was only a series of Bklrmishes with the
Russia. rear guard. No attempt Is being
madei t'yhold the position.
The'WSmlralty hns no news of either the
Port Arthur or the Vladivostok squadron.
The emperor, accompanied by the heir
presumptive, Grand Duke Michael, today
went to Novgorod to bid farewell to the
first army corps.
ARB NOT ABLE TO WHIP THE JAPS
Twenty Thousand Russians Make
Attack, but Are Repulsed.
LONDON, July 19. The Morning Post's
correspondent at General Kurokl's head
quarters, telegraphing under date of July
17, says n RuKslan fore, apparently about
20,000 strong, nttnoked tho front, left and
right of the Japanese position on the west
em slope of Mo Tien pass at t o'clook to
day under cover of a dense fog.
The sudden onslaught drove In the Japa
nese posts, but as soon as reinforcements
arrived the Japanese gallantly advanoed to
the attack and after severe fighting drove
off the Russians and reoccuplod the posi
tion. The Russians retired, their retreat
being well covered. The fighting lusted
until 8 o'clock In the afternoon, and when
I left the scene desultory firing waa still
prooeedlng.
CnOI.ERA DRIVING OUT ECHOPEANS
RsTtgei of Dread Disease Sendlas;
People to the Mountains.
BAKU, Russia, Tuly 18. Refugees from
Teheran tell terrible stories of the ravages
of cholera. They say that on some day
the mortality reached 900. The Europeans
are abandoning their property and are
fleeing to a camp In the mountain. There
Is a pitiful condition of affairs at the
quarantine station, which la almost without
food. The government has ordered the
closing of the frontier' for the purpose of
preventing the introduction of the disease.
KELLAR'S LOSS OVER ONE TIIOCSAND
Odle-lal Report of tho Repulses Suf
, fered at Mo Tien Pass.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 18. General
Kouropatkln report that Lieutenant Gen
eral Count Kellar lost over 1,000 In. killed
or wounded In the attack on Mo Tien pass
oa July IT.
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF STRIKE
Meat Dealer la Buffalo Advance
Price from Tea to Thirty
Coat Per HuadreA.
BUFFALO, July 11. Wholesale dealer
todsy advanced .the prloe of meat from
10 to 80 cents per 100 pounds. Retailers hsv
announced a corresponding advance. The
largest advances were on the higher grades,
amounting to 4 or I oents, while low grade
meats are 1 cent per pound higher.
Staalay Coaaty Republican Ticket.
PIERRE, S. D., July 18. (Special.) The
StanJey county republicans In their con
vention for ths selection of a county ticket
nominated: Sheriff, Ira Millar, Midland;
auditor. Will 8. Rlokert, Leslie; treasurer,
George 8. Posts, Ash Creek; register of
deeds, Ed Morgan, Fort Pierre; attorney,
John F. Hughes, Fort Plerrei county Judge,
A Ounderson, Fort Pierre; superintendent
of schools, Mrs. M. L Weed, Fort Pierre;
assessor, I. W. Coulter, Leslie. While
Stanley county ha In past years been
generally democratic the republican claim
to b able to carry It by a iars majority
with tb nw voUs this year;
GERMANY STEPS IN
Strong Objection is Made to the Seimrs of
Mails by the Russian QovernmenU
FIRM AND PROMPT POSITION IS TAKEN
Russians Took All the Mail of Prince Hein
rich and Carried it Away.
WARSHIP ONLY CAN SEARCH MAIL MATTER
Ship Does Not Possess Bight to Carry
Away Matter in Bulk.
SMOLENSK DETAINS A BRITISH SHIP
Little Danger of America Becoming
A lavolved la New Dispute, as
Few Ships Take Red
Sea Hosts.
BERLIN, July 1. The German govern,
ment has taken a prompt and firm stand
In regard to the seliure of the malls of the
North German Lloyd steamer Prins Heln
rlch. which arrived at Aden July 1, from
Hamburg and Southampton tor Yokohama,
by the Russian volunteer fleet steamer
Smolensk, July 18, having entered a pro
test against the carrying off of the malls,
and asking for a disavowal of the Smo
lensk action and the return of the captured
mall sacks. The German government, the
Foreign office says, recognises the right to
search mail when . on board the vessel
itself, but claims ths Smolensk had no right
to take off malls In bulk from the vessel.
The further argument Is advanced that the .
right of search can only be exercised by a
warship,' whereas the Smolensk traversed
the Dardanelles only recently flying the
Russian commercial flag, not assuming the
character of a warship. The German gov
ernment has not taken a positive stand on
this lost verdict, but leavesNth question
for future discussion and settlement. No
answer has yet beenreoelved from Russia.
The recent publication by the Rubs of
St. Petersburg of a statement that Great
Britain is about to transfer Wei Hal Wei
to Germany In exchange for a free hand in
the Yang Tse valley Is scouted st the For
eign office, where It Is classed as a revival
of an old story and as having no founda
tion. , ,
Russia May Disavow Act.
Diplomatic circles believe Russia will
speedily disavow the selsure, since a re
fusal to do so will certainly raise the ques
tion of the status of the Bmolensk. IMs
oussions of the incident among the foreign
diplomats show there is a belief that the
raising of the question will be extremely
awkward for Russia, since the Bmolensk
passed the Dardanelles as a merchantman
uud assumed the role of a warship In tha
Red sea. In determining its status onty
two alternatives are permissible it Is either
a warrior or a pirate and Russia having
every reason to prevent Germany from
u. is - MuirM. vmcerujiv osavow Tne man.
act of the Smolensk.
The newspapora strik a harr note
today In discussing' the selsure of malls
from the Prim Helnrich and raise a, unani
mous demand for a speedy apology. The
Tageblatt refer to ths trial . which the
Prussian authorities began on July 18 at
Koenigsberg at the instance of the Russian
government sgalnst seven social democrats
accused of smuggrrng uuv-thlstlo literature
into Russia, and says: "It Is not a bad
jest of history that this Infringement of
international law should strike that power
which unmistakably reveals itself nt
Koenigsberg a a too subservient tool of
Russian reaction and polloe arbitrariness."
Russia May Get Placers Burned.
LONDON, July 18. The Daily Express
this morning prints tb following dispatch,
dated July 18, from Its correspondent 1 at
Malta:
"The British Mediterranean fleet left here
today for Alexandria. It la believed that
the destination of the fleet may have to do
with the presence of the Russian volunteer
fleet steamers In the Red sea. The British
steamer Terrible Is said to have sailed from
Sues today for the purpose of looking after
the Interests of British merchantmen."
ARB WARSHIPS MERCHANTMEN t
Russia Advances Novel Plea to Excuse
Use of Dardanelles.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 18.-6:06 p. m
Russia does not foresee international com
plications on aooount of the passage of ithe
volunteer fleet steamers through the Dar
danelles and their subsequent conversion,
into war cruiser. Tb framer of the
treaty of Pari In seeking to close tho
Black sea to the ingress and egress of
Russian warships evidently did not expect
the preseut contlngenoy.
"The St. Petersburg and Smolensk did -not
pass the Dardanelles as warships, but
as merchantmen t," aaid an official of the
Foreign offioo to the correspondent of the
Associated Press today.' Under the treaty
of Paris there Is no question of the right
of ships to go out as merchantmen. With
their subsequent oonvorwon Into warships
Turkey has nothing to do. The treaty la
silent on the subject.
The precedents allowing unarmed Rus
sian warshl)s to pass the Dardanelles with-'
out protest from the parties to the treaty
of Paris are considered valuable now,
While the diplomatists have not ques-
tloned the right of Russia to selso contra- '
band of , war, the actual confiscation of
malls presents a different question, and
Germany, both at Berlin and In St. Peters,
burg, Is Investigating the circumstances In
order to ascertain whether the commander
of the St. Petersburg In this case exceeded
his orders.'
Ths admiralty ha received rsporta ef
the sol ure of the Peulnaula aad Oriental
company' Malaoca In the Red sea by tha
Russian volunteer fleet ateamer St. Peters
burg and the stopping of the North German
Lloyd steamer Prins Helnrich by tho
Smolensk, but nothing In regard to tho
topping of the British steamer Walpara
by ths St. Petersburg, The Malaoca bad
war munition on board.
STEAMEHS ARB HELD DP IX RK1) MBA
OaptaJa of Hasslaa Fleet Sends Warn.
Ins; to British Ooasals.
LONDON, July 18. -The Dally Mail Aden
correspondent say thut the British steam
er Woodcock and Dal mat Is were held up
by the Russians In the Red sea, snd ds
talned for three hours. The correspondent
says the captain of the Russian fleet
steamer St. Petersburg ha notified the
British residents at Aden to wire the Brit
ish consuls at Suea and Port Said that he
would seise any British steamer bound
for the far east If the oontents of thetr
packages was nut clearly shewn on their
manifest gocordlug to international law.