Daily Bee
ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAHA, TUESDAY MOHNINO, MAY 12, 1903 TEN PAGES.
SINGLE COPY THIt EE CENTS.
PLOWING IS DELAYED
Only Ones in Twenty Tears Hat Work Been
So Backward at at Present
FROST HARDLY TOUCHES WINTER WHEAT
AgTxnUnrtl Department Beporta Early
Ciopa Up to Average.
AREA UNDER CROP SHOWS BIG JUMP
Farmen Sow 984,000 Acres More Than
Laat Tear. .
RYE AND GRASS ARE bOTH DOING WELL
Condition Better Than Laat Year
and) About tp to Mesa as
Shown in Official
Returns,
WASHINGTON, May ll.-Tho monthly
crop bulletin Issued by the Agricultural
department today la ai follows:
He turns to the statistician of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, made up to May 1,
show the area under winter wheat In culti
vation on that data to have been about
U.107,100 acres. This Is 964.000 acres, or 2.8
per cent. In excess of the area harvested
laat year. The percentage of abandoned
crease In all the important winter wheat
g-rowlnc states Is Unusually small, abandon
ment, including the area to be cut for hny.
reaching lbO.OOU acres only in Kansas, Texas
and California.
For the area remaining under cultivation
the average on May 1 was 92.8, against
a condition of 97.1 for the total area sown
reported on April 1, 1803, and 76.4 on May 1,
12, M.l at the corresponding date In 1901
and CI the mean of the averages of the
last ten years, for the areas remaining
under cultivation on May 1. While there
has manifestly been some deterioration of
condition during the month, special noia
agent dispatched to the principal winter
wheat states on the occurrence of frost on
April JO and May 1 report the wheat crop
as practically uninjured by the cold snap.
The following table shows for the princi
pal states the averages of conditions on
May 1, the corresponding averages one
month, one year and two years and the
mean of the corresponding averages for
the last ten years s
May 1. Apr. 1, May 1, May 1, 10-Tr.
llKW.
1903.
19i.
1901.
A v.
Kansas
M
97
96
90
97
W
7
98
100
100
94
M
95
67
Ul
74
89
76
87
79
76
70
67
fcO
lt
lul
Hi
94
105
88
ICO
81
93
hi
89
78
78
3
80
77
" 87
79
78
Mixaouri . .
California ,
Indiana ...
Nebraska .
Ohio
Illinois .....
Penn
Oklahoma..
Texas
Tennessee..
Michigan .
S7
n
95
M
96
91
i
97
90
86
.mi
79
U. 8...
7.t
76.4 94.1 82.5
Five years. Three years.
The average condition of winter rye on
May 1 was 93.1, as compared with 97.9 on
April 1, 1903, 83.4 on May 1, 1901, 94 at the
' corresponding date In 1901 and 8i.4 the mean
of the May averages of the last ten yearn
" New TOMe reptirT W and Pennsylvania and
,. Michigan each 34. these three states con
Ulnlng 56 per cent of the total winter rye
, acreage of the country.
The average condition of meadow mowing
lands on May 1 waa 92.8, against 86 6 on
May 1. 1902, 92.1 at the corresponding date
In 1901 and 90.4 aa the mean of the May
averages for ten years.
The average condition of spring pastures
on May 1 waa 92. against 84 . on May 1.
1903, tit at the corresponding date in 1901
and 89.9 the mean of the May averages for
ten years.
The conditions that, in all but a few
states, have been favorable to meadow
mowing lands and spring pastures have,
with almost equal uniformity, been un
favorable to spring plowing and the pro
portion, 57.9 per cent of the amount re
ported aa contemplated, that waa actually
i done up to May 1 waa the lowest, with one
exception, In twenty years. The area
plowed up to the corresponding date last
i year waa 7X3 per cent of the total amount
Intended and waa within one-he1 I of 1 per
eat of the ten-year average.
HARVEST FOR COTTON BULLS
Wild Bxeltoaaont Accompanies
the
Goring; of the Bears at
. New York.
NEW YORK. May 11. The wildest ex
citement In cotton this season occurred
today, when an enormous covering move
ment waa started by aa unexpected ad
vance of eleven to fourteen points tn Liver
pool attended by heavy sales of spot in
the English market.. The local market
responded with an advance of fifteen to
twenty-four on the more active months,
new high records In all cases being made.
The bull clique realised heavily. In order to
avert a bear panic, which at one time ap
peared Inevitable. The local advance waa
accelerated by sensational reports from
New Orleans, which- made an advance of
thlrty-aeven on July. A reatlon of ten t.t
fourteen followed on continued selling by
the bulls at this point, - whereupon th
market became more pacific. The heaviest
transaction recorded this season during the
same time waa reported today. '
Toward the close the -narket became
less active. It having become apparent
that the bull party waa not disposed to
force the altuatlon. Public operations were
not active,, owing to 'the abnormal con
ditions now governing the fluctuation! of
prices. There was, however, some selling
for short account aa to the new crop con
ditions on the favorable showing mad-t
by the weather In the cotton belt and the
general Mattering character of the crop
advices now current.
SUE, FOR MILLION IN TAXES
Kentarky State Orttclals Ask Coart to
Make Soataera PuctCo Satisfy
Claims. .
LOUISVILLE. May U. Suit for $1,000,004
taxes aaalnst the Southern Pacific was
filed In the Jefferson county court today
The petition lieges that the corporation
has not paid taxea on Its personalty in
live years, and that $1,000,000 la bow due the
state.
The suit waa based purely on franchise
rights embodied In the power to own stock,
bonds and other personalty. The petition
alleges that In 18 the company owned
personal property to the value of i7S.OuO.uuo
in IMS and 1900 $x7.IT5.o0v. and 1901 It had
Increased this to (9C.t86.5oO. which waa the
amount owned on September 15. 1M, the
day on which state taxes fall due.
Under the statutes of Kentucky failure
or refusal to pay taxes subject the de
linquent to per cent penalty. This pen
alty is added to the general assessment
of taxes on property alleged to bo held
by the Southern Paciflo In UUa elate, i
RESTRAIN TURKISH ACTION
Powers Determined to Rapport
Bal'
garln la the Saloalca
Matter.
PARIS. May 11. There was simultaneous
publication this morning In Paris. Vienna
and St. P'-rrshurg of the official view of
the Bulg situation. It appears In the
Figaro her, "'V Neue Frele Presse of Vi
enna and In t. v-. Mal organ at St. Peters
burg, and carru ' , the Idea previously
cabled to the As , ' Press that the
powers are satisfied . he correctness
of Bulgaria's course nv "not tolerate
the adoption by the aultiU "urkey of
stern measures against Bute, . n ac
count of the S.ilonlca outrages, ft . pointed
out that the question la not merely one
between a suseraln and a vassal, but Is
one between Turkey and the powers signa
tory of the Berlin convention, mainly
France.' Austria and Russia, owing to their
geographical position. The official com
munication sums up as follows:
"Two Important points po)nt the status
of the Imbroglio: First, the Bulgarian gov
ernment Is not responsible for the Mace
donian violence; second. St. Petersburg, Vi
enna nor Paris have the Intention to per
mit Bulgaria to be held responsible."
The communication closes with the state
ment that the porte'a first duty is to carry
out tne general plan for the Balkan re
forms, repreHs the Albanian agitators and
punish the murder of the Russian consul.
adding:
' If Turkey persists In diverting attention
by menacing Bulgaria, the ambassadors of
the powers may shortly remind the porte
of what the powers expect."
BALONICA, May 11. In nn enaaaement
between Bulgarians and Turkish troops
recently fought at Igarpari, near Mar.-tl.
many Bulgarians were killed and fourteen
made prisoners.
Another fight Is reported from Oorestrovo,
near Demlr-Hlssar. The village was also
burned. The panic In the Monastlr district
has not abated.
FRENCH PAY FOR TREATY
Caaal Company Offers Colombia 11,-
. 000,000 to Ratify Protocol
with Amerlea.
PANAMA, May 11. It Is currently re
ported here that the Panama Canal com
pany has offered the Colombian government
$12,O00.C0O of the 840.000,000 secured from the
United 8tatea government for the Panama
property.
WASHINGTON, May 11. Mr. Beaupre,
United States consul of Colombia, has con
firmed by cable the report that a special
session of the Colombian congress had been
carted for June 20.
The State department knows nothing of
ficially of the reported offer of the Colom
bian government to ratify the canal treaty
upon the payment to It by the Panama
Canal company of a sum variously stated
at $10,000,000 and $12,000,000. An impression
has prevailed here for some time that the
Colombians have felt that the French are
getting the best of them In securing $40,
000,000 for the franchise and properties. The
United , States government does not feel
called upon to Interfere between these par
ties. Edward B. Hill, counsel for the Canal
company, says no demand has been, made
by Colombia for a cash payment from his
client.
DUE TO BLAZE .IN GRASS
Dlsaatroc Fire at Ottawa Is Traced
to an Unknown '
Cause.
OTTAWA. Ont., May ll.-About 250
houses destroyed, probably 2,000 people ren
dered homeless and a financial loss of fully
$00,000 is the result of the conflagration
which yesterday devastated the area be
tween the Ottawa Parry Sound railroad
tracks on the east, Albert on the north and
the tracks of the Canadian Pacific ,Prescott
line and Third avenue on the weat. The
money loss Is about one-half covered by in
aurance. While It waa believed last night
that an Incendiary had atarted the fire,
doubta were thrown on this theory today.
It waa aald today that ttfe blase waa seen
In the grass before It seised the lumber.
There was from 10.000,000 to 15,000,000 feet
of lumber burned. The buildings destroyed
were dwelling houses and stores. No lives
are known to have been lost. While the
buildings were all pretty well Insured some
of the tenants had nothing on their furni
ture. A good many of these, however,
succeeded in saving their effects. Through
an accident to the water pipes it waa
nearly an hour after the fire was discovered
before water waa thrown on the flames and
In that time they made great headway
The military waa called out to aid the civil
power in combating the fire.
JEWISH RIOTS SLAY MANY
Forty-Five Killed, Hundreds lajarcd
aad Maay Houses Looted la
Russia.
8T. PETERSBURG. May 11. The minis.
ter of the interior has circulated an of
flclal account of the recent anU-semltlc
outbreak at Klscheneff, capital of Be
sarabla. He aays forty-five persons were
killed and 424 were Injured and that 700
hoursea and 600 shops were looted. The
minister attributes the rioting to religious
Ill-will and reports of ritual murders, lead
ing to a clamor for an attack on the Jews
and says the immediate causa of the out
break was the 111 treatment of a Christian
woman by a Jew.
The minister on the direct instruction of
the csar has notified the governors that
they will be held personally responsible
for their failure to take proper measures
to prevent similar acts of vengeance.
CHINAMEN OFFER BIG BRIBF
Bay Hoaolaln Officials Hit
rented Cash to Permit
Gambling;.
AC-
HONOLULU. May 11. A committee rep
resenting the keepers of Chinese gambling
houses has been placed under arrest
charged with attempting to bribe Deputy
Attorney Geneial Andrews to permit four
games of paka plo to be run without moles
tation.
Andrews arranged a meeting with the
gamblers and concealed a witness who
heaid the offer of $6,000 a month made If
Andrews would permit gambling. The
Chinamen say they had formerly purchased
protection from other officials and Interest
lug disclosures are expected.
Double Cable Across Ocean.
BERLIN, May 11. The laying of a dupll
cate German-American Atlantic cable waa
commenced today at Borkum, an ialand In
the North sea, twenty-six miles from Kin
dem. A large number of people attended
the ceremony and cheers were given for
the German emperor and the president of
the United Stale,
UNION PACIFIC UNDER FIRE
Called on to Show that Discriminating Bates
Are Hot Al.owad.
grain firm is said to be favored
Railway 1sea Heaver's Coaarlt Bluffs
Elevators aad la Alleged to
Pay luduly for This
Privilege.
WASHINGTON, May ll.-The Interstate
Commerce commission has begun an in
vestigation to determine whether the pay
ment or allowances made by the Union
Pact lie to Peavey & Co. of Kansas City
and Council 1) luffs for grain elevator fa
cilities and the grain rates made to that
concern are In violation of the Interstate
commerce law.
The l.'nlon Pacific Is made respondent In
the proceedings and has been ordered to
(He a full answer to thef charges by May 25,
and to satisfactorily explain the alleged
rebates at a hearing to be called hereafter.
The commission In ordering the Investl
giitlon says It appears that the Peavey
company is purchasing grain at western
points of .M-lgln and snipping over the Union !
Pacini- to Council Bluffs and Kansas City
and through those points to eastern des
fTh.itlons; that the Union Pacific uses the
elevators of Peavey & Co. for handling and
transferring grain, for which facilities it
pays certain - stipulated rates, generally
amounting to IV cents per 100 pounds.
Those rats, It Is charged, result In large
payments or allowances by the Union Pa
cific to Peavey & Co. and apparently are
excessive and greater than charges gen
erally Imposed or allowed at Kansas City,
Council Bluffs and other elevator points.
The commission says It appears that the
rebutee ore not only on the grain of Peavey
& Co., but on grain of all other shippers
passing through the Peavey elevators, an 1
that the allowances may subject other grain
shippers to unjust discrimination and un
just transportation charges, and that they
enable Peavey & Co. to obtain net ratea
less than the regular tariffs.
Roads Deny Excessive Proftta.
The International A Great Northern and
the St I.ouls Southwestern railways have
filed with inr Interstate Commerce com
mission answers to the order calling for
Information regarding class and commodity
rates from St. Louie to Texaa common
points. Both lines admit making certain
advances, but deny that the advances were
material or that they were made to earn
unreasonable revenue. The International
A Great Northern says that Its cost of op
eration has been Increased; that to recon
struct the bridge equipment will cost , up
wards of 1100,000, and avers that Its net
earnings for the ' three months ending
March 51, 1903. were largely decreased.. The
other road makes similar allegations.
Vtah Lands Thrown Opea.
A portion of the lands In the proposed
Gunnison forest reserve In Utah, ' which
were withdrawn from entry In May 1903
have been restored to the ordinary publto
domain, having been found to be unsulted
for reservation purposes. The restored
lands Include about 315 square miles lying.
directly west of Nephl
Cattle DUeaaa Breaks Out. Afresh..'
The State department has notified the
Department of agriculture that the foot
and mouth disease haa again broken out
In Argentina, which haa prohibited expor
tation of animals from that country. Sec
retary Wilson views the outbreak with
great concern and aaya If the disease onoe
gets a foothold on the open rangea In Ar
gentina the results Inevitably must be ser
ious to the live stock Industry there. -
Secretary Wilson today received word of
a fresh outbreak of the disease In a herd
located at Framlngham, Mass. It was be
lieved the epidemic had been wiped out In
New England. Secretary Wilson said to
day he had contemplated lifting the quar
antine altogether from New England in a
fortnight, but that action must now be
postponed Indefinitely. The quarantine has
been lifted from all the states originally
involved except Massachusetts and New!
Hampshire and It la Impossible to foretell.
particularly In view of the approaching
warm weather, when the restrictive meas
ures against those states can be removed.
The secretary of agriculture haa raised
the quarantine upon cattle, aheep and
other rumlnante and awlne In Rhode Island
which Zi. 7tZa Z .1 .1
bar V 7 TXnaV nl Z otJHoYQm-
J.".' P!I 1' C""U
fn .nri I ,7h 7i. " . u wun
foot and mouth disease In the .state have
ucoiruyru ana me premises occupied
v. .. . u . v.- . , . .
.Hem uiurcuEiiiy aisinrecteo.
Samoaas Celebrate Annexation.
Commander Underwood, in charge of
the naval station at Tutuila. reports that
the Ba moans celebrated April 17, the third
anniversary of the raising of the Amer
ican flag at Tutuila, aa a public holiday
with games and dances.
Twenty-six of the recently appointee,
members of the army general staff as
sembled at the rooms of the War College
board today. The correspondence between
Secretary Root and General Young re
gardlng the staff waa read and there wa
a brief discussion of the duties nr th
staff. Tomorrow the officers will llstei
to an Informal talk from General Schwan
retired, who has. given the matter mud
attention. ' The following dav n.n.
Bliss, who Is to be a member of the gen
eral staff, will address the officers. I'
Is expected that a number of boards will
be created to consider various
pertaining to the army.
matters
Arkansas Stalled Till Spring..
Lieutenant Chester, one of the water
officers of the monitor Arkansas, arriv
ing at the Navy department today from
St. Genevieve, Mo., where the vessel Is
lylng reported ' that. In his Judgment, I
will be Impossible for It to make it way
down the Mississippi till next spring, un
less an unexpected and unseasonable flood
rise occurs. .
NEED NEW LAW FOR JETT
Kentucky Prosecution Unable to ge
ouro Conviction. Owlas; to
Public Bcatlmeat.
LEXINGTON. Ky.. May ll.-8lnce the ar
rest of Curtis Jett In Madison county Sun
day morning, charged with the murder of
J. B. Macrt ra c grave problem - confronts
the prosecution, which may require a spe
cial session of the legislature to eolve.
Under the law Jett would be taken back
to Jackson, the scene of the crime, for
trial unless he requests that he be taken
elsewhere. He haa asked to be taken to
Jackson and will therefore have to go. If
he goes to Jacksoa it Is contended that the
feeling la such that justice will be de
feated. A well defined movement la on foot
to- delay the removal of Jett to Jackson
until It is ascertained what steps can be
taken to avoid It under the law. If the law
offers no relief It Is stated here that the
governor will be asked to call a special
eesioa of the legislature to change the law.
CONDITION OFTHE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska -Fair Tuesday and
Wednesday; warni'-r Wednesday.
Temperature .at Omaha Yesterday I
Hoar. Den. Hoar. Drm.
ft a. ...... 4 1 n. m H
U a. m ...... r.M H p, m ...... M
T a. m nt n p. ta U
N u. m..'.... t-O 4 p. aa 5u
a. at B2 Ha. a n
l a. m W p. m 5T
II a. m 4 , T p. aa...... nn
IS la 63 v a p. at B-t
, S p. aa B3
NORTH OMAHA IMPROVERS
They Are ' Agaluat Present City
Coaacll rkaagisg th Ward
Boundaries.
At the meeting of the North Omaha Im
provement club last night A. L. Meager
resigned the office of secretary. The elec
tion of a second vice president waa post
poned for a week, as was also the election
of a secretary.
Ernest Bweet. from the " committee on
ward boundaries, reported tire amendment
to the city charter and asked that the
necessary pressure, be brought to bear
upon the newly elected members of the
council to secure jona new ward In the
northern pBrt of tow H. oftered a mo-
tlon to the effect that the club desires no
steps taken to recognise the ward lines of
the city until the aew councilmen are In
stalled. This motion brought out consul
erable talk, all onei aided, and the motion
prevailed unanimously.
Much complaint waa heard because ma
terial cannot be secured for the comple
tion of sidewalks. .
ELKS' DEDICATION PROGRAM
National Homo at Bedford City, Vs.,
to Bo Formally Accepted
Mar at.
ROANOKE. Va., May 11. The program
of the dedicatory exercise of the Elks Na
tlonal home at Bedford City, Va., May 21,
Includes:
Invocation. Rev. Dales Tucker, Porta,
mouth, O.; address of welcome, J. Law
rence Campbell, mayor of Bedford City,
Va. ; address, Hon. A. J. Montague, gov
ernor of Virginia; address, John W. Daniel,
United States senator of Virginia; transfer
of building to Benevolent Protective Order
of Elks, Joseph T. Fanning,' chairman of
the board of grand trustees, Indianapolis;
acceptance of building, George P. Cronk,
grand exalted ruler, Omaha, Neb.; oration,
M. T. Dwyer, home committee, Harris
burg. Pa.; benediction. Rev. John D. Bo-
land, Baltimore, Md.
NORTHERN SECURITIES CASE
Appeal Perfected aad Matter Dock
eted with Supreme Coart
for October.
i
WASHINGTON. May U.-Tho record hi
the case of the United States against The
I Northern Securities' company, recently
decided by tho United States circuit court
! for the district of Minnesota, adversely to
the Securities company, reached tho su
preme court today n appeal and - was
docketed as number, (ijd. The reaord covers
almost 1.700 printed pagea and la confined
largely to the testimony. -1
Ex-Attorney' -General' Orlggs, Francis
Lynde Stetson of New York; C. W. Bunn,
George B. Young, and M. D. Orover enter
their appearance aa couneet for. the com
pany. As the call of the docket has been
suspended for the' present term, the case
cannot be called before next October.
JOHN BOHN WILL TURNS UP
Comes All the Way from New Jersey
aad Makes Eva Bradbury
Lea tee.
A will of the late John Bonn, the old
Omaha liquor dealer, who committed sui
cide a few weeks ago. has been filed for
probate In the county court. This will
j comes an me way irum i-iinsvine, jx. J.,
and was brought to Omaha yesterday by
Walter M. Sherwood of that city. Under
Its terms It bequeathes all real and personal
property of the deceased to Eva M. Brad
bury of ClIffKVllle, N. J. The will bears
date of April 10 of the present year. Bohn
Apr" 18- " ' witnessed by Anton
Ludeka, u ,8 8aId that Jonn was the
.odfather of Mis. Bradbury. The case 1.
set for hearing before Judge Vinsonhaler
June j.
CONFESSION OF CONSPIRATORS
Four of the Eleven Presidents of Bee
Yun Society Under
Arrest.
BAN FRANCISCO. May 11 Four of the
eleven presidents of the See Yup society
have been arrested for the conspiracy to
murder the 300 members of the Chinese
Society of English Education, and two of
them. Gee Hrng On, who Is not only the
president of the On Yick Highbinder Tong,
but of tho See Yups, and Lee Ytng, presi
dent of the Bow Leong Tong, have made
complete confessions to the police. The
other seven presidents are In hiding, but
will be airested as fast aa they can be
found. . l
The men under the ban of the See Tup
society were suspected of giving the officers
information of gambling under protection
In Chinatown.
MEET DEATH IN THE RIVER
Fate of Alfred Taylor and Mrs. Hen-
ney While Boating at
Sight.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., May U. Alfred
Taylor, aged M years, and Mra. E. E.
Renney. aged SI were drowned in the Kaw
river, off Armourrlals. Kas., last night
while boating. The couple started out at 10:M
at night having hired Roy Van Metre, a boy
to manage the boat While in the middle of
the stream they fell overboard. The boat
remained upright, but Van Metre was too
excited to render any a est stance and row
ing to shore, notified the police. Up to a
late hour the bodlea had not been recovered.
Mra. Renney came here recently from
Coffeyvllle. Kas.. with her husband, who
Is a railroad employe.
TRESTLE WORK GIVES WAY
Serloas Arcldeat on tha Lucia Cutoff
Blocks Central
Paelac.
OGDEN. Vtah. May 11. Five hundred
feet of the permanent trestle work on the
Lucin cutoff, adjacsiit to the west shore of
the Great Salt Lake, sank yesterday while
train waa passing over it and twenty cars
were thrown into the fllled-ln grade. It will
take thirty-six hours to clear the track.
None one waa Injured.
MEAT CUTTERS WORK
Union Rewindi Its Action of Previous
Meeting Begarding Strike.
msmmmunma
horseshoers approach settlement
All Except One of Omaha Eteam Laundries
Close Their Doors.
INJUNCTION AGAINST WAITERS ISSUED
No More Eestaurant Open, but Several
Promise to Soon.
BIG PLACES BALK ON BARTENDERS' SCALE
Jaae One Dnto of Drink Mixers' Pro
posed Walkout aad Present Dlf
' ferencea Overshadow tho ,
Future One.
Local No. 82 of the meat cuttere de
cided last night that Its members will cut
flesh for both fair and unfair houses until
their International president. M. Donnelly
of Chicago, looks the situation over and de
cides whether, or not the union should re
fuse to serve for restaurants and hotela
resisting the demanda of the waiters
union.
Last week the meat cuttere officially re
solved to cut no more meat for the un
fair houses and as a result several men-
have walked out of two butcher shops.
They will endeavor to get their places back;
and the union promises to undertake to see
that their jobs are restored. President
Donnelly Is at present In Kansas City ad'
Justing wage matters there. He will arrive
In Omaha this week and besides taking a
hand In the affairs of the meat sllcers here
will look after the demand made by the
packing house employes tn South Omaha
for Increased wages.
The explanation of the action of the meat
cuttera laat night waa given as follows by
Local President J. A. Bradford: "If the
meat cutters go out and refuae to touch
meat that goes to unfair - houses, how are
they to serve the fair houses? If all the
meat cutters in Omaha go out and the shops
are closed, where are the union men, aa
well aa the nonunion men, going to buy
their meat? The unfair restauranta and
hotels will not be hindered because they can
end to the wholesalers at South Omaha
and ge( all they want. A walkout of the
meat cutters would not work any Injury to
the" unfair people, but, on the contrsry,-
would be harmful to union men and their
supporters. Therefore we decided to rescind
the previous action and to wait upon the
advice of our president." ,
" . Some Horeeshoera Settle.
An offer conveyed to the Master Horse
shoers' association by Rodey Kennehan, in
ter national secretary -treasurer of the
Horseshoers' International union, to arbi
trate the demands for a SO-cent per day
raise and one hour a week lcaa work, which
were put In when the lockout occurred In
their trade, waa refused last night.
On the other hand, Mr. Kennehan reports
that eight flrma have agreed to his .plan
Individually' end will resume work . today
orl the understanding that unfair horses are
not to be shod. In addition to this, -Arrangements
were made yesterday to shoe
all the city horaea. Including those used by
the Are department, and thus mlnimlxe the
inconvenience caused by the lockout.
'The eight firms'' which open today' will
name one member of the arbitration board
which la to meet on June 1, the men will
name another and the two a third, but It
haa been agreed that no one of the three Is
to be either a working or employing horse-
shoer.. The award will be binding on and
after June 1.
With the partial resumption today nine
teen out of the thirty-five men out will be
again In employment.
Larger Saloons Object.
Men who are In a position to know salt?
last night that In all probability most
of the larger saloons downtown would In
closed on June 1 or be manned by non
union bartenders. This condition will be
brought about by the refusal of the prin
cipal saloon keepers to sign the new
scale, or label contract, proposed by the
Bartenders' union. Committee yesterday
circulated among the liquor men, tecur
Ing signatures to an agreement not to
sign the contrsct. One well knowu saloon
man 'declared that he would close drwn
his business rather than place his name to
the agreement, the principal objectionable
clause of which' Is as follows:
No drinks shall be served over this bar
except by members of Tcal No. 204, or the
Dronrletor or proprietors or tnis n ace. whn
have a government license In their firm
nsmes. Porters shall not serve any drinks
in any form or manner over the bar. All
managers of saloons, parks or vaudeville
houses shall first be membera of Local No.
264 In good standing before entitled to
work behind said bars.
Other conditions stipulate employment of
members pf the union only, display of label
In conspicuous place and cutting down the
hours from elevent and thirteen a day in
the all night saloons to a maximum of ten
hours a day In all saloons. In considera
tion of these concessions the union prom
ises to use all Its Influence with organised
labor and lea frtenda to patronise only such
places aa display the union label.
No Strike of Barbera.
No action was taken looking toward a
sympathetic strike by the Barbers'' union,
which held a well attended meeting last
night. Tha matter was not put to a vote,
but waa discussed to some extent. During
the day it had been rumored that the
barbers would surely walk out In a body
today in order to lend moral support to
the unions on strike for their own griev
ances. According to reports given out lust
night, there was little disposition favorable
to quitting work. .. President James E.
Ryan said: ,
"The matter of a sympathetic strike did
not come up formally at the meeting. Some
comment was passed on the report In cir
culation today that a barbers' strike waa
a certainty. I will state, however, that
the barbers have no Intention of striking
and will not strike until a call comes for a
general strike from the American Federa
tion of Labor. We have not been aaked by
any union to walk out and we fall to see
how it would benefit the unions that are
out In any way. Therefore we propose to
remain at work, unless conditions arise as
I have stated."
This union initiated five new members
and acted favorably upon the applications
of eighteen more last ijlght
team Lanndrles Close.
Every steam laundry in tha city with the
exception of the Garrett closed down yes
terday aa soon as the linen on hand was
dried, wrapped and delivered to "the ho
tels and restaurants from which it came.
It was finished and In the hands of the
owners shortly after 10 o'clock and tho
laundry workers, numbering between 400
and 00 quit work. Those belonging it
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STRIKE DEVELOPMENTS.
Governor Mickey snd representa
tives of the employers ud of the
unions hold conference lust night
behind closed doors. At Its con
clusion the-v governor stated both
sides showed a disposition to con
cede something; and he bad high
hopes of a final settlement through
srbltratlon. Another meeting will
be held.
The meat cutters rescinded their
decision to strike, at least until
after their natlonsl president bud
looked over the ftround.
Barbers deny they have any In
tention of striking.
All the steam laundries In the
city except one close after flntsb
lntr work on hand.
Itestsurant men secure Injunc
tion against waiters and cooks,
prohibiting, them from Interfering
or stationing pickets nearer than
100 feet of the restaurants. No
more restaurants open up. though
promise Is made that all will do so
soon.
Borne additions made to number
of transfer wagons running,
thoiteh far from normal business
Is done, strikers claim to have
Induced large proportion of Impor
tations not to work.
Portion of horseshoers reach
agreement
SETTLEMENTS IN JHE BLUFFS
Mason Tenders and Bricklayers Reach
an Agreement with Cob.
tractors.
The striking mason tenders, and the
bricklayers in Council Bluffs who went out
In sympathy with tbem. will go to work
today and the strike then, so far aa the
mason tenders are concerned, is at an end.
The teamsters are still out, but a settle
ment of the differences between them and
the employers la looked for ehortly.
The decision of the mason tenders snd
the bricklayers to return to work today
was brought about at the conference held
yesterday, and as the result of a compro
mlse settlement effected with Contractor
Wlckham. The teamsters, however, were
unable to arrive at a settlement with Mr,
Wlckham.
Contractor Wlckham. who waa Invited
to attend the conference, offered to pay the
same scale for mason tenders aa Con
tractor Weaver had agreed to, namely, 20
and 22H cents an hour, but he refused to
accede to the demand of the mason tenders
that he discharge the nonunion men work
ing for him. At first this offer was re
fused, bwlng to' Wickham'a refusal to dis
charge the nonunion men, but later In the
afternoon It waa accepted and the mason
tenders and bricklayers will return to work
today and the strike, so far aa they are
concerned. Is at an end, unless further
complications arise.
Regarding the settlement between Con
tractor Wlckham and the mason tenders.
Business Agent Raabe of the Trades and
Labor assembly said last evening: "It Is
true that the mason tenders have nccepted
Wickham'a offer of 20 and KH cents aa a
compromise' for the 27Vi and cents orlg
Inally demanded1 by the union; and the ma
son tenders and bricklayers will return
to work today. At the same time they
have declared that they will not handle
material hanled by nonunion teamsters.
Wlckham declined to treat with the team
sters, aaylng he had all the teams of his
own . that he needed."
The Mason Tenders' union had Imposed
a fine- of $28 on each of three membera of
the union who had continued at work for
Wlckham, but aa a result of the compro
mise settlement reached yesterday Mr.
Wlckham succeeded in Inducing the union
to reduce the line to 15 In each case, he
promising to see that they were paid.
The mason tenders were pleased at the
settlement, aa they regarded It aa a vic
tory. In view cf the fact that previous to
the strike they had been receiving but 17H
and 20 cents an hour.
The teamsters held a lengthy meeting
yesterday afternoon, but nothing to change
the situation, was effected. The dirt and
building material haulers decided to hold
out for the scale demanded. yThe team
sters employed by the Qulnn and Bluff
City lumber companies are still out.
CRAZY MANUSES PISTOL
Slays Wife and Wounds Son When
Drink and Sorrow I'nnervo
Him.
KANSAS CITY. Mo., May 11. Crazed
from liquor and the Information that his
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man, aged 62, tonight ahot and killed his
wife, Hannah Clark, aged 48, and seriously
wounded his son Edward, aged 4, at their
home on Holly atreet.
Young Clark asktd his father to go up
stairs and he quiet. The latter whipped
out a revolver and shot at him four times,
one ehot taking effect In the right temple.
Mrs. Clark ran to her son's assistance,
when her husband ahot her through the
heart, killing her Instantly. .
DOT AND DASH MEN TOGETHER
Biennial Convention of Order of Rail
road Telegraphers Opens
nt St. Loals.
ST. LOUIS. May 11. About 250 delegates
from various parts of the United States
were present today when the biennial con
vention of the grand division of the Order
of Railway Telegraphers waa called to
order by President Perham. The pur
pose of the convention is to revise the
bylaws, hear the reports of officers and
elect new officers. It will be In session six
days A banquet will be held by the dole
gates and visiting friends Tuesday night
and Thursday a visit will be made to the
world's fair.
Movements of Ocean Vessels Hay 11.
At New York Arrived: Potmlara, from
Rotterdam and Boulogne Eur Mer.
At yueenstown Sailed: Commonwealth,
from BoKton, for Liverpool.
At Boulogne Sailed: Staatendam, from
Rotterdam, for New York.
At Botlly Puatied: Vaderland, from New
York, for Antwerp.
At Hamburg Arrived: Patricia, from
New York via Plymouth and Cherbourg.
At Rotterdam Arrived: Ryndam, from
New York via Boulogne.
At Brow Head Passed: Commonwealth,
from Boston, for Liverpool.
At The Uxard Passed: Minnetonka, from
New York, for London.
At Plymouth Bulled: Pennsylvania, from
Hamburg and Boulogne, for New York
At Movllle Sailed: Columbia, from New
York, for Glasgow.
At Bremen Arrived: Grosier KurfurHt.
from New York via Plymouth and Cher
bourg. At lnlstrahull PaKsed: Laurentlan, from
Glavgow, for New York; Syrian, from Glaa.
gow, fr Montreal.
At St. Michael Paused: Camhroman,
from Boatun for Algiers and Naple
At I Jverpbol Arrived: C'eatrian, from
Boh ton.
At Oenoa Arrived: Vancouver, from
Boston via St. Michaels and Naples.
MICKEY IS I10PEFUL
Governor Feels Encouraged Over Progress of
Last Bight's Meeting.
GIVES OUT STATEMENT AT ITS CLOSE
Bays Representatives of Both Sides Ehowsd
Spirit of Conoesaiou.
HAS STRONG HOPES OF ARBITRATION
No Agreement Reached, but Discussion Has
Laid the Foundation.
NEXT SESSION MAY BRING IT ABOUT
Expresses Hope Men May Return to
Work Pending- tho Arbitration If
Such Adjustment Is
Decided On.
"I believe the worst Is over and that the
labor problem In Omaha will be solved by
arbitration." said Governor Mickey last
night after meeting committees from the
Business Men's association and the organ
ised labor forces at the Millard hotel. The
conference began about S o'clock and ad
journed shortly before midnight. The com
mittees were composed of these members:
For the Business Men's Association Euclid
Martin, E. E. Bruce, W. S. Wright, J. A.
Sunderland, J. F. Carpenter, A. V. Smith
and T. J. Mahoney.
For the Union Men L. V. Ouye, C. E.
Hart. O. W. Mllea. W. H. Bell, W. 11.
Moore, J. E. Crews and T. W. McCullough.
Mr. Martin and Mr. Guye are the respec
tive chairmen.
Mayor Moores aat throughout the confer
ence, but took no active part.
While not productive of ttnal results, the
conference enabled a free and frank dis
cussion of the issues between employer and
employe and was devoid of any unpleasant
features. It waa the first time that the
respective sidea had come together In this
relation since the strikes began and tha
general feeling waa that it served an excel
lent purpose in giving each side a bettor
and clearer understanding of the other's
case. Another meeting, is to be held, sub
ject to the call of the two chairmen. All
of the proceedings last night were recorded
by a stenographer, so that they may be
available for future use In further plana
and efforts to bring about a settlement i.-f
the strike. The Joint committee decided to
leave It to the governor to mako the state
ment to the prs. Accordingly, the gov
ernor gave out this verbal statement; .
Statement by Governor.
"The situation was generally and thor
oughly discussed. All the membera Joined
in the debate, which vu animated at times,
but never acrimonious, ant alwaya fraught
with a deep earnestness and desire to get
at the facts and a clear mutual under
standing. The spirit of conciliation pre
vailed. I am convinced that both sides are
eager for a eeltlement of this strike; that
both sides ss tepresented at this conference
did their utmost to present the cane fairly
and laUy, that no one sought to prejudice
the other sjoe'e case and take any sort of
unfair advantage. Each showed a willing- '
nusa to make some concessions. ! With this
uttltude manifest on the part Of the em
ployer and employe I see no reason what
ever to prevent them from getting together
and adjusting every difference, thus afford
ing an early and satisfactory settlement
of the strike, which haa become so serious.
It was apparent throughout the conference
that no one desired to hold back any fact
which was thought might throw light upon
the situation and facilitate arbitration.
"Arbitration, I am glad to aay, will, In
my opinion, be the ultimate means and
basis of settlement. I think I can aafely
say this from the resulta of tonight's meet
ing, and I want to tell you that It afforde
me great pleasure and satisfaction to be
able to ray it. I aald the other day when I
wna up here and met your citlsena that this
was too serious a thing not to arbitrate.
Of course we all understand that the real
issue is recognition of the unions, and for
my part I certainly do not think that an
agreement on that point la by any means
Impossible. On the other hand, I feel cer
tain that It is an eminent probability. In
fact, the employere are willing to recognise
the unions. The only difficulty la aa to the
details of recognition, or probably J might
ray the powers to be escribed to the unlona.
But those minor mattera can be adjusted
after the fundamental principle has been
accepted. It is a big thing of course, snd
requires time to settle, but we muet be
patient and forbearing with each other and
try to see that each side hss rights that
must be respected.
"I em glad to note on the part of both
sides a disposition to ascribe sincere mo
tives to each other. It Is only In that way
that we can hope for any good resulta
Hopes for Early ScttlemSat.
"As I aald. I think we will get to arbitra
tion. Probably at the next meeting, or I
will aay possibly it that meeting, for I
don't want to nasume anything on ray own
account, a basla of settlement along that
line may be agreed on. I think When we
get that far an agreement also will be
reached for the union men to return to
work pending the final Battlement. Of
course nothing was done aa to thla to
night, but the aentlment aeema to warrant
that hope or anticipation at least. For my
part I feel the deepest Intereet In the
affair and am at the aervlce of the com
mittees whenever they want me. ; I shall
do all In my power to effect peace and har
mony."
No one else besides the governor made
any statement regarding the progress of
affairs. A number of the committee did
take occasion, however, to express their
kindly feeling and admiration for the etand
the governor has taken and hie general
attitude and conduct.
"We all know that Governor Mickey's
heart is In the work," said a committee
man; "that he is Just as deeply and earn
estly Interested In bringing about a settle
ment as any one can be. He haa shown
that from every word and act. He has
typified the Ideal governor, the official head
of the state in his course thus far and we
have every confidence In him to the end."
The meeting, though necessarily long and
tedious, broke up with the best of feeling
among the respective representatives and
from these general outward Indications the
public is given additional hope and con
firmation of the governor s anticipation
for an early termination of thle grlevoue
problem.
Governor Mickey will return to Lincoln
today.
Evidence of Interest.'
There could be no more certain evidence
of the wide and general Interest In the
present labor troubles than the number of
inquiries made of the papers last night
concerning the outcome of the conference
at the Millard ho'el with Governor Mickey.
From 10:30 until 1 o'clock thla morning
The Bee a telephone waa ringing almost
