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OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNJNi. JULY 14, 1904 TEN FAGES.
ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS.
STRIKERS ARE QUIET
Bert of On trails in the Packing
'I Dirtriot.
COMPANIES I - 0 BOARD EMPLOYES
With Exoeptio " 7 le Union Assault the
Strike pa Peaceably.
NONE BUT PEl .E-GOODS HANDLED
Packers Declare They Will Not Try to Octe
tinue Normal Operations.
PRICES OF MEAT STILL ON THE RISE
E. A. Cuduhy la Aathorltr (or State
ment Figure Will A4ace Grad
ually Retailers Fear ,
Extortionate Rate.
flo far the most profound quiet prevail
t South Omaha. The men who are on a
strike there are behaving In the most com
mendable way, and although the authori
ties had taken extra precautions for the
preservation of the peace, the develop
ments up to date have been such that the
city Is even quieter and better ordered than
when ths men are at work. Not an arrest
for drunkenness was made yesterday.
Around the packing houses very little Is
doing. Quite a good deal of meat was
loaded out yoaterday and some little killing-
was done at two of the plants. Swift's
and the Omaha. It Is reported, but no con
firmation can be secured, that men were
taken Into the Armour and Cudahy plants
on Tuesday night. It Is asserted that two
cars were set on ths sidetracks at these
plants by the railroad companies and ths
men ware taken Inside, where provision
had been made to support them during
the time of the strike. Seven men who
were brought from Lincoln to work In ths
Bwlft plant wore Intercepted by the strik
ers and sis were turned back. The sev
enth went to the plant to go to work. No
regular picket line ha been established
yet, but ths strikers have plenty of men
In ths neighborhood of the plants to keep
track of all that Is going on outside the
gates.
Market Practically Suspended.
Live stock receipts at the local yards
have dropped away to nothing. The pur
chases yesterday Indicate an almost' total
suspenslop of business. Some stock was
still In the pens at each of the plants
when ths strike was declared, and the work
done yesterday was to get this out of tho
way. Ths managers are positive In their
refusal to give out Information as to ths
number of men who have left their employ,
and the strikers themselves decline to say
how many have gone' out.
So far as ths supply of meat Is con
cerned no definite Information can be ob
tained. It Is the general impression, how
ever, that a large stock Is on hand at
each of ths packing houses, and that ths
danger of a famine Is remote. Ths prices
to ths retailers and consumers were still
further advanced yesterday and. while ths
further advance Is looked for. Figures on
the tirance Vary widely, owing to a dls-
a rrHAm mt f In tha MnAVti mm fha f1aa
ent parties handling ths supplies.
Unit Sale of Liquor.
t
Wednesday Chief of Police Brlggs noti
fied every saloonkeeper In the ' city to
atop selling beer by the can or whisky In
bottles during ths strike. The saloon
keepers seemed to take kindly to this
iAai fnr thev hn A fMMrf that th fir
and police commissioners would close the
saloons tight. In making his rounds of the
tlnnm VMtunlav Clhinf Prior, .tn tarn thnt
he found very little drinking and that
good order was being maintained In all
parts of the city. 1 Fewer arrests have
been made for drunkenness since the strike
commenced than when the packing houses
were working their full complement of
men.
One feature of ths strike Incident to the
increase in prlos of beef is ths disappear
ance of the free lunch stands in saloons.
This Is especially noticeable in ths pack
ing house district.
Cejr Repairers Return to Work.
fused ay night ths car repairers at Ar
mour's quit work In sympathy with the
strikers. A meeting of the Car Repairers
union was held Wednesday meaning and
the men who had quit work without par
mission from tho union were called In.
These men were given to understand by
the union that ths trouble between the
packers and the amalgamated association
had nothing to do with the car repairers.
The men were ordered back to work and
tho order was 'obeyed.
Business in South Omaha Is practically
at a standstill. , Merchants assert that
they are doing scarcely anything. For
the last three weeks business has been
falling oft, but it was not until Monday
that real dull times commenced. Tuesday
was worse than Monday and yesterday
was ths worst of all. so far this week.
One well known merchant aald last even
ing that some of the small stores are not
taking in snough tp pay expanses. At ths
large stores the clerks stand around with
only now and then a customer to wait
on. Unless the strike comes to a speedy
end the merchants say that they will be
obliged to out down sxpenses by laying
off soms of their help.
Those who are conversant with packing
house affairs declare that the dally pay
roll at the packing houses amounts to
bout $10,000. With no money coming In,
the men who are out of work at present
appear to be holding onto what they have,
instead of patronising the stores as they
have been accustomed to do.
Claims by Both Bides.
While ths packers assert that a few men
who walked out on Tuesday noon have
applied for work and have been taken
back, ths leaders at labor headquarters
declare emphatically that such Is not the
case. On the other hand, the unions assert
, that their ranks srs growing every day.
What Increase there has been comes from
ths men left In the houses to clean up and
finish ths work on hand. All of the yard
men employed by the packers at ths stock
yards have been called to ths plants to
work.
Ths flvs special policemen appointed by
the police commissioners Tuesdsy night
reported to Chief Brlggs Wednesday fore
noon and were assigned beats. So far
these extra men have not been needed, but
the tn-.rd thought It advisable to put on a
few ap.lals for outside beau so that the
regule force should bs used in ths central
po.t-on of the ctiy and in ths packing
hx district,
' Mti treat Maeola Stopped.
When the Rock Island train pulled Into
Bcuth Omaha at o'clock yesterday after
noon a atop was made at the south snd of
tCeoUeued. ua J3uta PageJt
CLOUDBURST JN PHILIPPINES
Two Haadred Lives Lost and Property
Valued at Two Millloa Dol
lars Destroyed.
tuTAXTTT A T..1.. A 1.....4t...Mf nu.f
th. hlll. ....... n U.nll. fllr1 A
flood which has destroyed Ban Juan Del
Monte. Two hundred lives were lost.
The low lying districts were Inunaatea.
The hnmM nf Americans and foreigners
r l.nlAf.il Tran-mnrtatlon through the
streets Is csrrled on In boats only.
Rain has fsllen for twenty-seven nours,
tnt.Hn. 17ll lni.li.. Thla la 11 nnreredeVi ted.
a . . ' 1 ' '
Communication with outside Is Interrupted.
The damage to property Is estimated at
$:.ooo,ooo.
BRIBERY IS NOT EXTRADITABLE
French Parliament Adjoaras Without
Taking Aetloa on Bill.
PARIS, July 13. The adjournment of
Parliament today without the passing of
the bill providing for a revision of the ex
tradition law, Indefinitely postpones the ne
gotiations of Washington for the inclusion
of bribery among extraditable offenses. Ths
Foreign office had previously advised the
American embassy that the government
was unable to act until Parliament passed
the bill.
The government's Income tax bill alto
goes over, Premier Combes stating that
Parliament will be reassembled In the mid
dle of October for the purpose of taking
up this measure.
In the- Chamber of Deputies M. Georges
Berry read a report proposing the opening
of a credit of Sti.OOO with the object of send
ing a delegation of worklngmen to the St.
Louis exposition. .The project was adopted
by an overwhelming majority. After a
short evening session the chamber ad
journed to October for the summer vaca
tion. The senats also adjourned to Octo
ber. MAD M I'LL AH MOVING ON BEHBEHA
Last Venture of Troops Is Killing of
Friendly Natives.
ADEN. July 13. The Mullah Is reported
to be fifty miles from Berbers (the capi
tal of Somallland).
A despatch to the London Dally Mall
from Its Aden correspondent dated July I
said that the Mullah's forces had attacked
the Somalia, killing fifty, levying on the
natives friendly to the French and looting
about one thousand sheep and fifty cattle.
They then retired, pursued by pioneers
who shot down twenty of the Mullah's
men. The correspondent of the same paper
at Berbera maintained that the whole of
the Somallland campaign had been fruit
less, the Mullah retaining full control of
his particular region.
MATAAFA OF SAMOA WOl'LD RILE
Wants Royal Salnte and Other Marks
of Distinction.
HONOLULU, July 13.-The Samoanlsch
Zeltung says that ths governor of German
Samoa, Herr Solf, has received a native
demand that ex-King' Mataafa be allowed
to countersign all ordinances, to overlook
the public expenditures, that he be given
the right to a royal salute and permitted
to wear an official uniform. '
Accordihg. to the newspaper HerV Solf
says that Mataafa. has., repudiated - ths
sender of the demands on his behalf and
that he has (apologised for the act of his
man. . The trouble was stirred up by dis
satisfied whims. .
INSURANCE BILL REGARDED HARSH
French Chamber of Depnties Provides
for Government Supervision.
PARIt July It The officials of the
United States embassy are examining a
bill recently passed by the Chamber of De
puties providing for the government super
vision of life Insurance companies. The
American companies consider that some of
the details are hsrsh snd they are exert
ing Influence to have these conditions ame
liorated. NEW TRl'NK LINE IS AUTHORIZED
Canadian Senate Passes BUI of Grand
. iTrask Pacific.
OTTAWA. Ont., July 13.-The Grand
Trunk Pacific amended charter bill passed
the senate today without division. The
bill authorises the construction of a trans
continental line.
Advancing- on L'Hasse.
SIMLA, British India, July 13.-Brlgadler
General McDonald expects to commence
his advance on L'Hassa, the capital of
Thibet, tomorrow and hopes to reach there
about August 5. s
LINE REPAIRERS START STRIKE
Every Municipal Steam Plant In St.
Louis May Become Involved
In the Fight.
ST. LOUIS, July 1J.-A strike which may
Involve every municipal steam plant of the
city of St. Louis has been Instituted by
twenty-two line repairers In the fire and
police telegraph department. Their de
mend for increase In wages has been
taken up by the Steam Power Trades'
council, which Includes electricians, engi
neers, firemen, steamfltters, coal passers,
dynamo tenders and coal wagon drivers.
An alleged threat has been mads to call
out all members of these unions employed
by the city If an agreement Is not reached
with the linemen by Friday noon.
CANNED MEAT FOR JAP ARMY
Forty Refrigerator Cars Necessary tf
Carry Rash Order to the toast
from Chicago.
MINNEAPOLIS, July 13.-Ad vices re
ceived at Northern Pnclflc headquarters
stste that the heaviest order of canned
meat to cross the Pacific has been success
fully delivered on the Paclflo coast and
loaded aboard the huge ship Bhawmut,
for transportation from Puget Sound to
Yokohama. The shipment consists of a
rush order for l.COO.000 pounds of can
ned beef for the aubalstencs department
of ths Japanese army. It was handled
from Chicago by the Northern Pacific, In
special trains of forty refrigerator cars.
LIBERTY CANDIDATE ARRESTED
Head of National Ticket Taken Into
Custody for 1'npald
Flae.
EAST ST LOUIS. July U.-Wllliam .
Scott, candidate for president of the United
States on the national liberty party ticket,
was arrested today on account of an un
paid fine and taken to Bellvllle, the county
seat of St. Claire county. Several month
sgo Scott, who runs a saloon and mmmr
garden at Denverslde, was convicted of
conducting a disorderly place, and his fine
and the costs amounted to SltSSO. lis paid
fuO and waa given tltaa to pig the baiaufie.
SETTLEMENT IS IN SjGHT
Strike Will Probably Be Arbitrated at
Chicago Today.
INITIAL STEPS TO THIS END TAKEN
Both Sides Appear Willing to Adjust
Meat Packers' Wage dacstlon
by Peaceful Methods If
Possible.
CHICAGO, July 13. Arbitration of the
grievances which precipitated the general
strike In the meat packing houses In va
rious parts of the country appears tonight
to be In sight, and a conference between
employers and strikers will be held tomor
row morning.
The Initial step towards a settlement of
the controversy by mediation was taken
this evening by the State Board of Arbi
tration when the members of the board
reached Chicago. They at once went into
conference with Michael J. Donnelly, the
leader of the strike, and listened to the
story of his side of the trouble. The mem
bers of the board then Interviewed the re
ports of the packers and their side of the
difficulty was heard. ,
As a result of these two conferences Mr.
Donnelly sent a communication to the
packers in which It was stated that the
unions were willing to accept a settlement
through a board of arbitration. No reply
Is expected from the employers before to
morrow, but It Is confidently expected that
their reply will be conciliatory because
they offered to arbitrate the matter In dis
pute before the strike was called.
Mr. Donnelly declared tonight that the
offer of arbitration from the packers had
not reached him before the strike, and
that if the packers will again make the
proposition it will be accepted. The mem
bers of the board of arbitration said . to
night both sides appeared willing to adopt
peaceful methods, and a settlement would
probably be reached In a short time.
Shortly after 11 o'clock tonight, after
assiduously using the telephones between
the headquarters - of the unions and the
packers, the state board of arbitration
arranged a meeting between the officers
of the unions and representatives of the
packers for 10 o'clock tomorrow.
Some Men Working.
Today bore out predictions of the pack
ing house proprietors that the big strike
would not cause a stoppage of operations.
In the great abbatolr district things moved
slowly indeed today, but they moved.
All the packing houses reported that they
were slaughtering a little. Every depart
ment was said to be doing some work,
not much, but sftme, and waa expected to
Increase the activity tomorrow.
Loading and shipping was in progress, al
though heavily curtailed, as waa the buy
ing of flattie. Some hundreds of new work
men were hired and put to work in the
places which had been vacated in thous
ands. On the other hand, the strike spread
somewhat by the action of teamsters In
considerable, numbers, but ostensibly act
ing as individuals, refusing to handle
product touched by newly hired nonunion
workmen. This refusal was usually baaed
oh the time-honored plea that a different
course, contracts notwithstanding, would
put the teamster In peril of his life. Ex
tensive Installments of sleeping cots and
cooking apparatus for strike breakers at
the various packing houses apparently, was
the main Irritant action for the team
sters. '
J. Ogden Armour, alone In a runabout,
made a tour of the stock yards and of the
streets adjacent. - He waa recognised all
along the way by strikers, but met with
no demonstration. One of the most Inter
esting statements made today regarding
the strike situation came from Miss Mary
E. McDowell of the University of Chicago
settlement near the stock yards.
She said that the greatest difficulty the
union workmen had to expect was that
presented by the "casual worker," who,
she said, were at the beck and call of tho
plant superintendents. There are about
5,000 of this class of laborers around the
yards looking for work, according to Miss
McDowell, and the regular workmen are in
constant fear they will be supplanted.
Many of these workmen, it Is said,- are
now being engaged to take the places of
the strikers. Miss McDowell remarked:
Tiroopa Wonld Cans Trouble. '
"I d not expect serious trouble unless
troops are called out."
Attaoklng afresh the allegations that the
strike ' Is for Increased wages, President
Donnelly, the strike leader, gave out the
following statement today, addressed to
the public:
Our organisation is taking a stand against
a reduction in wages for labor In the plants
owned and controlled by the following com
panies, which are those affected:
Armour & Co., Swift and Company, Nel
son Morris company, National Packing
company, Schwarzchlld & Sulzberger and
Cudahf. All our organisation asks Is that
18V4 cSnts an hour be the minimum. In
view of the fact that In ail the depart
ments the sverage working time is forty
hours a week, it can be readily seen that
our demands are not unreasonable. All of
the Independent companies are paying a
much higher rate than we ace asking the
trust companies to pay. Our organisation
has never interfered with a reduction of
working force, excepting where our men
were discriminated against.
Arbitration tho Only Hop.
The only ray of hope in the butchers'
strlks situation today was the possibility
that arbitration may Intervene to prevent
a labor war fraught with suffering and
privation to the strikers and heavy loss to
the packers.
Nor Is the effect of the strike confined
to the employes and packers In the nine
cities where the fight will be centered. The
consuming publlo will bear a large share
of the burden In higher prices for meats.
Reports already have come from various
cities that prices of the product have been
rained. This advance, too, was ssld to be
a forerunner of others if the conflict
continued long.
In addition to the 60,000 employes already
on strike upwards of 30,000 more are In
volved Indirectly, and most of them proba
bly will be made Idle before tonight.
In addition to the slaughtering depart
ments of sll the plants being tied up the
strike affects branch Industries In which
such articles as butterlne, soap, buttons
and combs are manufactured. The can
ning departments, where beans, soups snd
all kinds of meats are put up, are also hit
hard, the union employes having gone out
In a body.
Twenty Thousand Are Out.
Forty thousand persona, approximately,
find employment In the big packing houses
In Chicago and this number already has
been reduced one-half. The effect of the
strike upon the mechanical and other de
partments. It Is declared, will Increase this
army of unemployed In Chicago before the
end of the week to nearly 3S.0U0.
Arbitration Is looked upon as the only
means to avert a prolonged strike. The
strikers declare thai they will be willing
Continued oa Second Page.
WESTERN MATjERS AT CAPITAL
Medical Board toLct a Fort Crook
. to Examine Applicants for
Medl oel Corps.
(From a Stat, Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. July 13. (Special Tele
gram.) Major Adrian 8. Palhemus, sur
geon, and First Lieutenant William W.
Reno, assistant surgeon, have been ap
pointed a board of medical officers to meet
at Fort Crook on August 1 to conduct a
preliminary examination of applicants for
appointment In the medical corps of the
army.
Anton Scharphcff has been appointed reg
ular and John Loosbrock substitute rural
carrier at Dyersvllle, la.
Iowa rural routes ordered established Au
gust IS: Buffalo Center, ' Winnebago
county; one additional; area, thirty-eight
square miles; population, 460. Inwood, Lyon
county; three routes; area, seventy-six
square miles; population, 1.515. New Lib
erty, Scott county; one route; area, twenty
square miles; population, 440.
A. B. Capps has been appointed post
master at Kemlgala, Apanoose county, la.,
vice P. W. McKInley, resigned.
WRECK OF MAINB TO BE RAISED
R. H. Sewell of New Orleana Closes
Contract with Cuba.
WASHINGTON, July 13. R. H. Sewell
of New Orleans has Informed the navy
department that he has made a contract
with the Cuban government to raise the
wreck of the battleship Maine and he de
sires to know what olalm, if any, the
United States government has In the
wreck. The Cuban government. It Is un
derstood, makes no claim to ownership
In the wreck, and Is governed In Its action
simply by a desire to improve the naviga
tion of the harbor, .
FINDS BACILLUS OF LEPROSY
Member of Indian Medical Service Is
Treating Disease by Now
Method.
NEW YORK, July 13. -Captain E. R.
Rost of the Indian Medical service has
succeeded In cultivating the bacillus of
leprosy, according to dispatches from Ran
goon, Burmah, says a Times special from
London. He has made a substance from
the cultures which he calls Jeprocllt and
which when injected Into lepers have
marked beneficial action, ' alleviating the
symptoms of the disease.
The method of growing the bacillus is
to extract the salts from the nutrient
media, and Captain Rost has discovered
that bacillus will not grow In the presence
of the salt. In order to make such nu
trient media he distills both extracts,
soaked In pumice stone, In a current of
superheated steam and obtains a medium
In which the bacillus of leprosy snd also
trial of tuberculosis grows, with the great
est ease.
Over 100 cases of leprosy are being treated
In Burmah by Injections of this substance,
and the treatment Is also being tried in
thirty places In India, . Already four oases
have been reported cured, and In tha
great majority of those under treatment
the Improvement Is said to be marked.
SECRETARY ENFORCED RULE
Mr. Loeb Explains Why Labor Loaders
Could Wot See ' tho -President.
OYSTER BAY, N, Y., July lS.-Secretary
Loeb today explained why he refused to
allow the delegation of miners front' Penn
sylvania to go to Sagamore Hill to sea
President Roosevelt when they came here
yesterday Mr. Loeb said that there is a
rula here that no delegations shall be re
belved by the president unless they have
arranged an appointment with the presi
dent ThIs rule has been strictly adhered
to during the stay of the president here
and It will be enforced during the re
mainder of the time ths president is here
for the summer.
Mr. Loeb said the labor leaders came to
Oyster Bay and took him una waree-when
they demanded to see the president. Had
the men announced previously that they
would be here on Tuesday, Mr. Loeb says
an audience with the president might have
been arranged for the delegation, but Mr.
Loeb says he could do nothing but refuse
to let them see the president.
NEGROES UNDER THE BAN
Mrs. Booker T. Washington Charges
World's Fair Officials With Dls- '
criminating Between Races.
ST. LOUIS. July IS. The second session
of the National Association of Colored
Women, which was to have convened today
at the World's fair grounds, met in a
downtown church as the result of' resolu
tions adopted at the Instance of Mrs.
Booker T Washington.
Mrs. Washington opposed the meeting at
the World's fair on the ground that the
exposition directors discriminated against
negro women In the matter of employment
on the grounds and against the race in
general. .
The action waa opposed by the St. Louis
delegates, but after Mrs. Washington had
spoken In support of her resolution declar
ing against the World's fair meeting it
was adopted by a large majority.
FINAL LIST J)F THE DEAD
Official Report of Lives Lost In East
River Tragedy Is Placed
at OAS.
NEW YORK, July 11-The total dead in
the destruction of the excursion steamer
General Slocum on June 16 Is given as
868 In the final report presented to Police
Commissioner McAdoo today by the in
spectors In charge of the Investigation by
the police department. Only 897 of the
dead were Identified, sixty-two were re
ported missing and sixty-one unidentified,
while 180 were Injured, and only 335 out
of the rearly 1,400 on the steamsr escaped
uninjured. Assuming that the unidentified
dead are among the missing, all but ons
person hss been thus accounted for.
OUTLAW'S SKULL CRUSHED
Brained by St. Joseph Patrolman
on the Eve of Train
Holdap,
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., July 11 -Charles Ren
ner, the outlaw and pal of Pat Crowe, cap
tured here today after a desperate fight
with Patrolman John Belchel, wit: probabl
die from his Injuries. His skull Is frac
tured and he has been unconscious for sev
eral hours. Renner was preparing to take
part In the hold-up of a railway near here.
The police believe the Job was to be done
tonight. A new lantern with a red globe,
revolvers snd dynamite were found in!
Renner'a room.
PREPARE FOR MEAT FAMINE
New England Produce Interests Are Af
feoted by Strike of Packers,
MAKE READY TO SLAUGHTER AT HOME
Wholesale Prices Advanee from fa to
K3 per Hundred Pounds, While
Retail Prices Advance
One Cent.
BOSTON, July 18. New England pro
vision Interests are preparing to meet an
expected shortage of western beef as a
result of the strike of butchers and pack
ers. In this city beef dealers are making
arrangements to slaughter In abbatoirs
near the city In which cattle will be
brought on the hoof from all parts of New
England, New York and nearby states. The
meat supply was short before the strike
was called, according to the meat export
ers, and wholesale prices already have ad
vanced from 13 to $3 a hundred weight.
Retail prices were advanced 1 cent a
pound today and will be advanced tomor
row and the next day, dealers say, unless
the strike Is settled.
One of the large firms involved In the
Chicago strike operates a big packing
house In eastern Maine for the export
trade, and it Is . understood that the out
put will be turned into the domestic mar
ket. Talk of Food Supply.
CHICAGO. July 13. Louis K. Bwlft.
President of Swift and Company, was
asked as to the probable effect of the strike
upon prices of meats through the country
and regarding the stocks on hand He said:
"It Is too early to say definitely. I do
not expect that there will ue a serious
scarcity In the supply of meats. We have
tonic men working In all of our depart
ments and are shipping products freely.
Prices will not be materially advanced. I
believe a normal condition of affairs will
speedily be restored. In any event the sup
ply of fresh meat throughout the country
la sufficient to last fifteen or twenty days
and there la enough cured meats hams,
bacon, etc. to last six months."
"I think," said J. P. Lyman, prssldent of
the National Packing company, which in
cludes the Hammond, Anglo-American und
Continental companies that the stock on
hand Is sufficient to avert a so-called
famine for two or three weeks. I don't
see why there should be any material
change In prices, but the natural tendency
will be for a little advance."
Arthur Meeker of Armour & Co., aald:
"We have a week or ten days' supply of
meats on hand here, at branch bouses and
enroute and we are slaughtering, operating
our plants, but on a reduced scale. Tem
porarily pricea will be somewhat higher."
In Chicago porterhouse steak has ad
vanced 2 cents a pound, pork chops iH
cents and other meats tn proportion. A
largo retail butcher said It was not un
likely that there would be a further ad
vance unless the atrike was soon settled.
By noon every packing house at the atock
yards, it was claimed, had men at work.
Unemployed men in considerable numbers
flocked to the stock yards and applied for
work. The 'Strikers standing about en
trances offered no opposition. All eompe-tent-appearing
" applicants were, 'at oace
hired and put immediately at work.
Veers Heat Famine.
NEW YORK, July 13. A meat famine is
possible here within a few days if the
widespread strike of the butchers' union
continues. There Is a large amount of
meat on hand In the numerous packing
houses about the city, but as 1,600 mem
bers of the union Lave been ordered to
Quit work today there will be no one to
cut up the supply. -
The strike has already caused an ad
vance of 1 sent a pound In the wholesale
price of beef here,' while retailers have In
creased their demands. The employers In
this city declare they will make an effort
to get other men to take the places of the
striken.
The possibility of a sympathetic atrike
of the henchmen's association is feared.
These men represent the cutters in re
tail stores, and such a step would com
pletely tie up the retail trade and directly
affect' families. -
When the hour for opening the big meat
packing plants In this city had arrived
the strike of butchers and meat handlers,
Inaugurated in the west yesterday, was
on in this city and before many hours it
was estimated that nearly 5,000 men had
quit work.
The men made no demonstration. From
the managers of the beef plants it was
learned that the beef supply is very low,
some of the dealers having only enough
to last fifteen minutes when the dally
purchases arrived. Within a few hours
ths price of beef had gone up 2 and 3
cents a pound. None of the dealers had
a supply sufficient to last longer than a
week and it Is the opinion among the
meat men that if the strike continues a
meat famine Is Inevitable.
The strike has also affected the local
abattoirs. All work at these places hi at
a standstill. Homer Call, national secre
tary of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters
and Butcher Workmen, will take charge of
the strike In this city.
Ths seriousness of the situation from the
employers' standpoint was shown. In a
statsment Issued by the manager for Swift
and Company. He said:
"We haven't advanced the price of any
thing for the reason that we haven't any.
thing to advance the price on. I am will
ing to pay 14 cents a pound for a carload
of beef if I can get it, but I can't get It."
One of the managers for A. Smoos & Co.
said:
"We have a good deal of meat on hand
at present and are supplied for two weeks.
I don't know how long the strike Is likely
to last, but a meat famine will almost In
evitably result If the differences are not
settled quickly that is, within two' weeks."
Conditions at St. Joseph.
ST. JOSEPH, July 13. The striking butch
ers wars paid off today and the packing
companies havs given out the word that
all men and boys applying shall be put to
work.
All the packers claim to have a small
force of men at work and say they will add
to It day by day.
The strikers are standing firm and there
have been' no desertions from their ranks.
The engineers at the Bwlft plant, who
went out last night, have rsturned to
work. Ths engineers have a demand of
their own for higher wages, but It has not
been passed upon by ths packers.
Denver May Get Business.
DENVER, July 13 While prices of
meats may be advanced here In conse
quence of the strike at eastern packing
houses, no shortage In the supply is sn
tlclpated, as local packing houses can meet
the demand. There are 760 men employed
In the Lienver packing houses, but they are
not affllated mith ths Amalgamated Mrut
Cutters snd Butchers' union.
"According to ths outlook now, I scarcely
Continued on fceooad Pus a,
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Pair Thuraduy, Preceded by Showers
In Soutbcust Portion Cooler. Fair
and Warmer Friday.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterdayi
Hoar. Deg. Hour. Org.
5 a. m TO t p. m t4
6 a. m TO a p. m H
T a. m P. '
S a. m W 4 p. m 8t
Sa.m TO Bp. m 02
10 a. m T3 6 p. m "t
11 n. m TT T p. m TO
U SO H p. m ...... TO
O p. m T4
JAPANESE LOSE IN OPEN FIGHT
Men Mowed Down When Russlaas
Retake Position Held by
the Japanese.
(Copyright, by New York Herald Co.. 1904.)
ST. PETERSBURG. July 13.-(New York
Herald Cablngram Special TelegTam to
The Bee.) It was reported In the city early
this morning that the Japanese had suf
fered severe losses In their last attempt
against Port Arthur, and the good news
was later announced by the general staff.
The enemy is supposed to have lost 30.000
men. What Is more, this was not through
any attack upon the main fortress, but
was caused by the Russians retaking the
western position, which the Japanese had
occupied, but which is now again In Rus
sian hands.
A Vladivostok dlspstch brings the aston
ishing statement that the British ship
Cheltenham was' captured within sight of
Chemulpo and that from the Russian ships
the Japanese could be seen working on the
wreck of the Varlag.
The torpedo boat Lieutenant Bukaroff,
which ran the gauntlet to Port Arthur and
back successfully, haa taiten a return voy
age for sorely needed medical supplies and
also doctors. Just ss the war broke out a
Russian ship heavily freighted with hos
pital requirements, was about to set out
for Port Arthur, but stopped. Dentists are
in sore demand for the entire army.
Japanese outposts are reported within
two versts (about a mile and a half) of
Llao Yang.
Unless the plans are altered at the last
minute, the Russians will make a strong
resistance at Ta Tche Klao, where for the
first time the large cavalry forces with
Kouropatkln will have a chance of show
ing what they can do. Mastchenko, Ren
nenkamp, and Keller will co-operate In
this engagement. Here there Is the fullest
confidence this time that victory will rest
with the Russians.
BATTLEFIELD THICK, WITH DEAD
Red Cross and Coolies Work AH Night
nt Kat Chan.
TA TCHE KIAO, July 13.-A Russian
correspondent of the Associated Press in
the field, describing the fighting preceding
the capture of Kal Chau says the Japanese
did not display their customary prudence.
They advanced in open form with cries
of 'bamai" meeting the hall of artillery
and rifle fire from Major General Kon
dratsvltch's men and being literally mowed
down.
The dead -and wounded - were so thick
that the Red Cross and Coolie burial par
ties worked the whole night.,-During the
flghi'tha correspondent says the "Russians
took prisoner a Japanese arrayed In Chin
ese dress who was on a hill on the Russian
flank, hellographlng all the Russian move
ments. -
It Is the belief of the correspondent that
the Japanese are doing their best to con
ceal their main objective, withdrawing,
advancing and shifting positions In the
most puzzling fashion until .it is Impossi
ble to tell where they will strike a blow.
He also reports the activity of Chinese
bandits In the' valley of the Lial river, es
pecially at Vln Kow. The Sin Ming Ting
railroad, the correspondent believes, Is
under the command of the Japanese with
the consent of China.
The few days rain and the subsequent
heat have fouled the available water, but
the soldiers after, a hot day's march can
not be restrained from drinking it. The
troops often sleep on marshy ground,
breathing the unwholesome atmosphere.
The correspondent repeats the report that
the Japanese are suffering from cholera
and dysentery.
JAPANESE Bl'ILDINO FIELD WORKS
Busy on the Heights Between Kal
Chow and Ta Tche Klao.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 13. The gen
eral staff has received a dispatch from
General Baklutroff, dated July 12, report
ing that the Japanese on July 10 com
menced to construct field works on the
heights between the railroad line and the
road from Kal Chou to Ta Tche Klao.
Japanese outposts were observed July 11
between Madlinkau and Sangaianka and
sharp fighting occurred July 11 between the
advance guards near the village of Sla
Dlan Tela. The Japanese retired when the
Russians were reinforced.
A Japanese detachment of one battalion
of Infantry and three squadrons of cav
alry was discovered about eight miles
northeast of Kal Chou, their outposts ex
tending along the valley of the Pan Tak
from Yu Dla Tien,' about nine miles east
of Kal Chou, so far as Pan Shi Putse,
about tour miles south of Chi Dla Kau.
General Sakharoft alio reports that the
Japanese are throwing up earthworks on
the heights on both sides of Khelon. A
Japanese force Is encamped cn the road
between Bl Mou Cheng and Feng Wang
Cheng and Its advance guard haa occu
pied the valley of the Sauhkhe river. Gen
eral Sakharoft adds that a number of out
post engagements have taken place In dif
ferent directions, with trifling losses on
both sides, and indicating the persistent
advance of the Japanese. He says there
Is no change in the position In the direction
of Ta pass or Hal Cheng.
Bands of Chinese bandits are active in
the neighborhood of Llao Yang. The Rus
sian sentinels exchanged shots with them.
Russia Fears n Famine.
ST. PETERSBURG, July JS.-The pros
pective failure of ths crops In soma of
the soutehrn provinces, possibly attendant
with famine, and the necessity of adopt
ing relief measures, Is beginning to attract
attention. The governments of Kherson,
Bessarabia Taurlda, Poltava and Kharoff
are principally affected. In the district of
Triaspol the peasants have already been
compelled to harvest the unripe crops to
feed the live stock. Committees have been
appointed to relieve the dlstreas.
Attack on Tn Tche Klao,
TA TC'HB KIAO, July 11. (Delayed in
Transmission.) The Japanese attacked Ta
Tche Klao yesterday but the attack was
not seriously pressed, the Japaness retir
ing eventually toward Kal Chuu.
Oltlsers to Join Baltic Fleet.
LONDON, July 13. A dispatch to a ijews
agency from St. Petersburg says that ths
officers of the Baltic fleet have been or
dvrtd to join their vessels by. Jul 24
RUSSIA G0E WILD
Hews of Frightful Japanese Carnage Send.
St. Petersburg Into Delirious Joy,
LOSS OF 30,000 CONSIDERED POSSIBLE
Approaches to- the Fort Arthur Garrison
Strewn with Hidden Mines.
RUSSIANS ALSO MEET WITH DISASTER
Attempt to Overwhelm Small Jap Foroe at
Mo Tien Pais a Bloody Affair.
RUSSIANS LEAVE HEAP OF DEAD BEHIND
Find Japaaese Too Dexterous In the
lse of Weapons When It
Comes to a Hand En
counter. ST. PETERSBURG, July 13. A special
dispatch received from Mukden tonight,
dated July 12. repeats the story of a Jap
anese repulse at Port Arthur with a loss
of 30,000. The dlBpatch says:
News has been received from reliable
sources that the Japanese third army, on
the night of July 11. attacked Port Arthur
and was heavily defeated, an Immense
number being killed by Russlsn mines. The
total loss Is about 30.000.
There was great Interest throughout St.
Petersburg all this afternoon for further
details of the disaster. It has developed
that the official report which was at first
supposed to emanate directly from Viceroy
Alexleff. was not specifically fathered by
him, but was given put as a report reach
ing his headquarters from "Jspanese
sources." What these sources are has not
yet been explained.
Possibly the report waa Intercepted by
wireless telegraph, but it Is more likely
that it came from the Russian consul at
Che Foo or the Russian consul at Tien
Tsln. A full report on the subject la
awaited from Lieutenant General Btoeasel,
commander of the military forces at Port
Arthur.
News Excites Russians.
This city was thrown into a fever of ex
citement this afternoon by the news that
the Japanese had failed in an assault on
the fortress of Port Arthur, Sunday night,
having been repulsed with a loss said to
reach 80,000.
An official communication from the Rus
sian general staff says!
"According to Information received from ,
Japanese sources and received by Admiral
Alexleff's military staff the Japanese at
tacked the Rusnlan position at Port Arthur
during the night of July 10. They were re
pulsed with enormous loss. It Is difficult
to calculate even approximately tha cum
ber of Japanese casualties, . which
amounted. It la aald, to the immense figure
of 30,000."
The original report reached 8t. Peters
burg last night in ths form of a newspaper
dispatch from Mukden and was received
with incredulity, but at about tjoon, when
Viceroy Alexleff officially telegraphed . the
news to tha geueraV staff , it created a tre
mendous impression. It was immediately,
transmitted to the official messtnger and a
few minutes afterward tha news boys were
racing through the streets electrifying the
crowds with the tidings. The boys were
fairly mobbed by people eager hi buy the
extras.
The members of the general staff do not
offer explanations of what Admiral Alex
left means by "Japanese sources," but they
declare that the viceroy would hot have
officially reported such Important news un
less It had reached him from sources en
tirely worthy of credenoe. At the same
time they say the report should be ac
cepted with reserve, pending the receipt
of more definite advices. In support of the
report, however they point out that the
date coincides with the second attempt of
Admiral Togo's torpedo boat destroyers
to creep Into the harbor. It ia true that
Togo does not mention a land attack, but
this ia not in hla province.
Consider- Loss Possible.
The loss of 30,000 of the Besiegers in an
attack against fortifications with guns tn
position and the approaches sown with
mines Is considered quite within tha range
of possibility, if the Japanese, as on other
occasions, stormed the fortifications with
their accustomed recklessness, and espe
cially if the mines were exploded under
masses of men. The general staff also
today had information that the besiegers
had occupied Takushaa hill, three miles
northeast of the harbor, but add that the
Japanese were unable to hold the position.
If the report of the loss of 30,000 Japa
nese is oonflrmed General Nodseua' army ia
In .desperate straits, as General Stoesael
will not fall to taka advantage of such a
reverse and follow it up.
The Japanese have not yet attacked Ta
Tche Klao.
A dispatch from Lieutenant General Sak
haroff describes a series of skirmishes east
of Kin Chou. The troops belonging to
General Kourokl's army are meeting with
resistance at every step from the rear
guard along the Slu Yen road.
Grand Duke Sergius Mlkhallovltch, an ar
tillery expert, Is going to Ma.hurla la
August
The mobilisation of two more artillery
corps is expected shortly.
Confirms the Jap Maughter.
NEW YORK, July 18. The Associated
Press received the following telegram to
day from Count Cassinl, the Russian am
bassador, dated Bar Harbor, Me.:
"An official statement to the general staff
from Admiral Alexleff reports that news
has been obtained from Japanese sources
to the effect that a night attack made on
Port Arthur on July 11 was repulsed, and
that the Japanese losses wsre terrible,
nesrlng the enormous number of 30,000
men." v
Russian Comment on Message.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 13 Emperor
William's message of good wishes to the
Wlborg regiment Is attracting much leas
attention here than at other capitals. The
Novoe Vremya says:
Europe la. Indeed, hungry for a sensation.
The mesHage was to a regiment of which
Emperor Wllllsm is honorary colonel, and
they find therein possibility of a breach of
neutrality. ,
The paper considers It much ado about
nothing. Tlu- Bourse Uasette, a pro-Oer-man
paper, Is the only one which Inter
prets the message as evidence of German
"friendly neutrality," declaring It to be a
guarantee that Emperor William never will
attempt to offer mediation, adding that e.
monarch so proud of a regiment bearing
his name In fighting for the honor of Its
country never will thus affront Russia.
Kevrs from Port Arthur.
MUKDEN, Tuesday, July 13 (Delayed In
Iransmlsalon.) Advices received heie irorn
Port Arthur say thst Geiiirrul Fork at
tacked the Japanese right flunk July i and
drove the Japanese doin tlitu position.