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f. . THE STRIKE OVER
BUTCH ERS' CONTEST AGAINST
PACKERS AT AN END
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MR. DONNELLY SO DECLARES
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' t Old Employes to Be Taken Back as
Needed-Loss of Wages During the
Prolonged Struggle Five Million
Dollars
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OHICAGO-The strike of the
butcher workmen which has demoralized .
alized the meat packing Industry :
throughout the country for the last .
two months was officially declared off
Thursday night by President Michael .
J. Donneliy of the Amalgamated Meat I
Cutters and Butcher Workmen of
America. This morning 1\11' Donnelly
, telegraphed the members of the national .
tional executive committee a81dng
their consent 10 the announcement of
the end of the strl1o , and tonight ,
having received favorable answers
from nIl , bo declared that the strike
fit the members of his organization
would end at midnight.
The strike of the members of the
affiliated unions at the steelyards :
" 'r- who quit work In sympathY with the
_ butchers will officially be called off
FrIday morning at a meeting of the
conference board of the allled trades
This was decided upon at a meet-
Ing of the central body of the allled
trades , held Thursday night. The
central body was at first In favor of
t - continuing the strike , but 1\11' Don-
I . nelly , who was present , announceR
' that the men were defeated and that
In order to save his union from being
entirely disrupted he would order his
men to return to work , no matter what
course might be taken by other un-
Ions
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When the packers were notified
that it had been decided to end the
ill strike they announced that they
would give places as far as possible
to the skilled men , but it was stated
at the same time that many of these
would be unable to secure their old
places , as In many cases the work
was being performed In a satisfactory
manner by men who had been secured
since the commencement of the
IStrlke. It Is expected that the ma-
jority of unskilled men will be unable .
able to secure their old places again
I
I During the strike approximate
53,000 persons have been involved In
the struggle , which Is estimated to
l have cost the men about uOOOOOO In
wages , as against an estimated loss
of $7,500,000 to the packers In loss of
business and In Increased expenses
The greatest number of men Idle In
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Chicago during the strike was 2GGOO
and the total In the country , outside
of this city , Is estimated to be about
the same.
The original cause of the strike
was a demand by the butchers' union
that the packers pay to the unskilled
workmen 18m cents an hour The
packers refused to sign an agreement .
ment , but offered to arbitrate the
question This was accepted , the
strikers agreeing to return to work
pending the decision of the arbitra-
tors. The men , however , were dissatisfied -
satisfied with the manner In which
they were being put to work and declared -
clared that they would not return un-
less all of the men were given their
old places In one day's time The
packers declared that this was physi- .
( , ioatly impossible , and the men went .
on strike for the second time.
The men now return to work under
, the conditions that existed before the .
IItrllo
Big Fire at Juarez , Mexlcoo
EL PASO , Tex-The city of Jaurez ,
flex. , across the river from El Paso ,
"A " threatened with destruction by firo.
already one block of the best business
houses has burned and all efforts of
the fire department have thus far been .
fuute. The loss Is lleRvy
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r ARMY A1 MUKDEN
Danger ! Menacing Kourptkln Hes I
Pass , d ,
ST PETERSBURG-General Kou .
ropaltln has arrived at Multdon From .
the latest advices received by the War
office the authorities now believe that .
1
the danger of Field Marshal Omaha
cutting off General Kouropalltln has
practically passed. According to their
calculations the whole Russian army
should reach 1I11eden tomorl'ow night.
Generals Kurolel and Kouropalltlu
have been marching northward along
parallel lines , both armies being greatly . ,
ly hampered by heavy roads , the
Japanese In a rough region and the
RussIans along a flat country , but embarrassed -
barrassed by the high Chinese corn ,
which prevented marching on the side .
of the main roads. No difficulty Is
being experienced at at Hun river , a ;
few 111l1es south of Mululen , where
bridges had been provided for crossing .
ing the stl'cam There ] has been constant .
stant firing at the Russian rear and
along the western wing , , hut so far
ns known by the War office nothing of
importance has occurred since the retreat -
treat began
The general staff naturally Is reticent .
cent about l\.olll'opatldn's plans , especially .
clallY whether he intends to stop at
Muleden. His decision probably will
depcnd on the intentions of the Japan-
ese Contingent preparations will
probably he made to evacuate Mul-
den and there Is considerable e\'I.
deuce that KOllropatldn , tr compelled
to go north , will male a stanl at Tiel-
lng , where the Russians wintered last
year Tiding Is forty mlles north of
Mukden. At this point there is a narrow -
row defile , with the Liao river on one
side and the mountains running almost .
most down to the railroad on the
othel" Steps are being taken 10 guard
against a possible attempt to cut the
line there
The report that the ! salllng of the
Baltic squadron had boon postponed
until November la officially denied , as
also Is the report that Ieveral m of time
ships composing It developed defecta
The squadron will rail for Llbau Sun'
day. Exactly when It. will sail thence
Is not mown. ]
Although the report that Rear Ad-
miral Ouletomsly , in command of the
Russian fleet at Port Arthur , Is to be
court marllalec1 Is untrue , the admir-
alty has decided to recall him , proba-
bly placing Captain Vlren of the armored -
morod cruiser Bayan in command.
The bulk of the Russian Manchurian -
rian army Is near l\ululen , where It
now appears General Kouropatrln ) has
been since Monday fits troops , It is
understood , are not entering the city , I
hut are taking up prepared positions
around Mulden. While there Is no
specific information qn this point , the
general staff believes ) that only a
small rear guard is In the neighbor-
hood of Yenta ! No further fighting
of Importance Is expected south of
Mulden The critical stage Is regarded .
eel as having passed , and the announcement -
nouncement was made that the War
office will not longer give out bulletins ,
tins each day. '
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Mosquitoes Appear In Swarms
SAN ANTONIO Tex. A special
from Mazatlan , Mexico , says : : A plague
of mosquitoes is reported from the
town of Ehlorado , this state. Time Insects .
sects are said to ho of extraordinary
size and appear in swarms at night.
One woman , it is I reported , has been
driven Insane by the attacks of mosquitoes -
quitoes and two Infants have died
from the poisoning effects of their
bites. 'rho people of the town have
appealed to the state authorities for
aid , and the authorities have asked
for experts from the City of Mexico
The plague seems to he confined to
the town and vicinity , the Insects originating -
iginating In nearby swamps
Reports Evacuation of Mukden
DERLIN-A dispatch to the Lokal
Anzelger Crom MIlIden , limed 11:40 :
a. m Friday , says the evacuation of
Multen is now In progress and adds
that the Japanese have not yet crossed .
ed the river Hun , which flows a few
miles south of \llIlden. :
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[ I iws IN NEBRASKA ]
CONVICTS IN GREY CLOTH
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Warden Beemer Rewards Good Pris-
oners
LINCOLN-Wal'lllm Bcemcl' Is rapidly .
icily inaugurating Il chance In the 111I1.
form of the convicts In the Nebraska
lenltont1l\ro' : . rrhe average ' ; 11 11m her
of the prisoner there is nothing to
gust . was 323. Warden BCeJ11Cl' re-
portn that HiO have beeu given the
now unlfol'lu 'his consists of cloth
of Il solid black and white strlpes ( .
The number of the convict wearing
the new IInlform Is fastened to the
Inside of his coat out of sight. When
the warden asks for Il man's nllmber
the prisoner pulls hack the right side
or his coat and exposes the flglll'e8.
lime coat is then bopped to its right-
fill position and from the al(1enl'ance } (
of the ] ) rl one rthere is nothing to
suggest that ho 13 a convlrt. : 'Val'llen .
Deemel' does not. give the new 111I1.
Corm to all who COIIIO to his doors.
Each prisoner nmust wear stripes for
six months. If his sentence Is six
months ho will never wear anything
but stripes while he Is In the pent ,
tontlary After six months , If a prisoner . .
oner shows a disposition 10 obey all
rules of time prison } ho has the right
to don a f grey IInlfol'l11. lie IH also
given two soft white hlrts ; Usually \
each prisoner removes his outside
white shirt when he goes to worle.
The warden believes the men are
well pleased with the change In dress.
Ho declines , however , to abolish the
! oclstoll. Ho says very row prisons
have abolished ft , und he Is of the
plnlon that It 111 retained solely because -
cause the men move mach more rap
Idb' In the lockstep } movement than
In any other way , lie says they
would have to be trained to keep the
proper distance , time same as soldiers
\1'0 ( trained , 01' tli : : , ) ' Wllmll lag and
straggle while in IIlll He believes
he can move 1,000 men In the lockstep ] .
step more quickly ) than ho can WO : I
without the locleste } ) . Wal'den Beemer
hell oveR the olJOsltion ) to tile 10Cle-
step ! Is founded mostly on sentiment
rather than on any practical reason.
About 200 yards of the old striped
cloth still remains In the warden's
tailor shop , hut ho believes It will he
used to clothe men serving their first
six month :
Of the 323 : convicts In the prison
during the month of August , 185 were
employed br he t I.eo Broom and
Duster company . the only firm that
holds ( a contract for convict labor ,
During August ten were received and
me was relm'ncd from the ns 'lum ,
l'wclve were discharge by reason of
expiration of ' .
service , five were pa- )
rolled and one was remanded by the
supreme court , leaving the count :120 :
Ilt the end of the month '
McKinley Window In Church.
AUBUHN-The ceremony of laying
the corner stone of the new J\I(1th.
' : > dist church occurred ) mere. Dr.
I3mlth of the First Methodist church
of Omaha lu'eached the dedicatory
ermon The sOl'vlces'el'e Impres
3lve. The church when erected will
cost $10,000 Hon Church Howe ad.
: lI'essed the congregation amid made
un appeal for the placing In the
church of a McKinley memorial win-
low ! He started the list hy subscrIbing .
Ing $20 for this purpose and In a few
minutes he raised ! $150 for that Pill"
pose.
Wife Wants Damagcs. :
LINCOLN-Artol' fift ' -fivo years oC
wbl'loty the husband of trs. Ida
Younggren was last month enslaved
by liquor , so she declares In a $10
000 damage suit against several sa
loon lweDers.
A llltlo smile today' may be worth
time most eloquent ] funeral sel'lnon to-
morrow.
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THE STATE AT LARGE
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'rho races al Wynmorevill : ho hell
September 21 , 22 and 23.
Some cases of scarlet fever have mID-
pearcd In Columbus and are helllg
quarantilled , .
Lincoln lIut.olllohlllsts tnJ\llIg \ of
ret big race meet to he held I\t the fair
grounds early III October
Omaha gets the meeting of the
Slate 'l'eachers' association next Jail :
utuy , and Lincoln retains the poultry
show
HUdolllh SchncldCI' : , aged 59 years ,
died at Lillcoin presumably front the
effects of song poison taken with sui-
cldal Intent. . .
At It special election In Osceola , the
bonding of the town for a system of )
water works to cost $2GOOO , was voted
1Ilon. ) 'rhe result "Was It majority III
fa01' of the bonds of over fOllt t olle.
L. ( \V Garonnte of Lincoln has been
appointed to a position ) on the staff
of Governor 1\I1cey ) 1\11' Garollllto 18
It traveling mun , and his iiNolntmellt )
Is expected to smooth out the Hayes
Incldellt.
A boy employed In the drug store or
Walter Dros. , Bent rice , had his 1\1'11\
badly burned } lIy sulphuric acid , the
accident : being caused by the bursting
of a large jug of the liquid , which
he was- IlItlHlllllg III the colhir
Word has been received In West
Point of the death , In Erie , PI1. , oC
Robert Pollock , formerly cashier of
the First National bank of this pl(1ce.
'rho remains ! will be interred In Erie ,
the former hOlllo of the Ileceased He ' "
was GO years of uge.
Incorporations mat t the secretary of
stato's officc recently were the Farm-
m m ' s' Elevator company of WUhOl' , n
co-operatlvc concern , with a capital
stock ; : of 10IJOtl ) , and he 1 Eisolllol'e
l'lace company oC Benson , Douglas
county , a real estate firm , with a capital '
Ital of $15,0011. ]
Following Is the mortgage l'elOI'1.
for Gage count for time : .10nth of
August : Number of farm mortgages
filed , 25 ; amount , $34-14 ; numbol' or
farm mortgages released , 19 : amount . .
$27,710. Number of city mortgages
filed , 24 : ] ; amount , $13,384 ; number of
fUl'm mortgages released 17 , amount .
$8,223.
The Otoe Preserving company has
been running twenty hours a dar for
the past ten days canning sweet corm .
and tomatoes. The pack ] has averaged
lOOOO ! cases u day since the plant began .
gan oerationH. ) 'rho sweet com crop
Is unusually large and of fine quality
this year. Prominent farmers say the
crop Is the best the ) have ever raised
In this statc _
n. n. K'd , all It taxpayer of Gage
county , filed an Injunction suit In time
district court and secured Il temnpo'r-
ary restraining order from Judge Uab.
coole enjoining County Cleric Plasters
and his deputy , G. E. Emery , from extending .
tending the 5 f per cent increase In val-
uatlon on both real and personal property ( '
erty In the county which was ordered
by the state hoard.
B. E Fields , the nlll'sel'Y man ,
has a big field of cabbage east oC Fremont .
mont which are attracting considerable -
able utonllon The ground was planted
to smell trees last spring , hut they
were drowned out by heavy rains. It
was then planted to ca1Jhagea 'rlw
yield huc been good and there > are
enough cabbages on time tract to loan
an average freight train of forty cars.
The peach crop about Humhohll Is
befog hal'vested and us predicted early
In the season the yield is as fine as
any rCllol'ted ( by the oldest Inhahll-
ant , while the quality of the homegrown
grown article Is much superior to that
of any shipped in so far this Bcason
Io'anners arc suffering , however , from
a lack ] of market , there being no buyer -
er present , and thus far all efforts or
the local Commercial club to Interest
some buyer have proven unavailing.
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