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OMAHA, SAT UK DAY- MORNIXH, JULY 23, 1904 TWELVE PAGES.
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STRIKE BEGINS ANEW
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Employe of the Packing Honset Again
Called Out by Labor Leaders.
NEGOTIATIONS AT CHICAGO FAIL
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Men Assert Discrimination Is Shown When
Application is Made for Work,
NEGOTIATIONS ARE 7KLY CUT OFF
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Packers Wew PiokingO. Certain Em
ploye! and Letting 5 en Go.
PACKERS IN WORSE PLIu-f HAN BEFORE
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Many of HoMiUj Me Had
Already I FrarlnO - Work
Beside the Rr
Men.
CHICAGO, Julj 22. Th dock yards
strike, which wa renewed this morning
, In Chicago and alltbe other point where
the hog pscklng'ompanle have branches,
because the strikers were dissatisfied with
the manner 1b whloh the employers pro
posed to reinstate their former employee
pending a aettlement by arbitration, will
continue for another day at leaet.
A Joint conference between representa
tive of both eldee to the controverey and
representative of the allied trade In an
attempt to bring about a peaceable ad
Juetment of this eooond strike wae un
successful, and the meeting wae adjourned
tonight at 1:80 o'clock with the under
etandlng that another conference would
be held tomorrow morning at o'clock
At today' conference, which lasted five
hours, a committee consisting of five
representatives of the packers and five
representative of the butchers' union, was
appointed to go over the whole situation,
but the committee was uriable to reach a
working basis with which both sides would
xb satisfied. Whether the difficulty can be
satisfactorily settled at tomorrow's meet
ing Is problematical, as both the packers
and the strikers maintain that they are
living up to Wednesday's agreement for
a settlement by arbitration and that the
other side is responsible for the renewal
of the hostilities. . -
. Pear Negotiations Pall.
After tonight's adjournment, a publica
tion committee announced that the peace
negotiations today had failed,' but ' still
has hopes that an agreement could be
reached in the near future. No written
statement of what occurred in the meet
ing was given, as has been cutomary at
the former conferences and the committee
declined to give any further Information,
except , that another meeting would be
held tomorrow. ,
Unless a settlement la reached tomorrow
the general belief is that a sympathetic
strike of the allied trades in the packing
Industry, which was threatened last week,
to enforce the demands o'f the strikers, -will
be called. All thesa unions have signified
their willingness to stand by the butchers
if they are called on to assist in the strug
, gle with the packer for supremacy.
In-tho forWwluaeteemnt, given, out .to
. night by President Donnelly of the butch
ers' union, the reason why the striker re
fused t return to work today Is given:
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Don nelly lssae itntement.
The packers signed an agreement that
there would, be no discrimination in the re
hiring1 of the men.' This was accepted by
the officers of the organization in good
faith. On the - return of . the men this
morning -they were lined up like cattle.
The foremen and superintendents would
walk through the line nd pick out a man
Nand say; "You come up." The next man
would be pushed out of Ime and told that
he could not be active. It was always the
active union men whom they could not uso.
We understood the agreement perfectly
and the strike was only called after the
ackr had violated the same. - This has
peea their system In the past and that
was our main reason for insisting on the
time limit in the agreement, but in spile
of this the packers' intentions were to
hire only such men aa,were favorites. They
ulso hired men in softie Of the department
who had not been employed prior to the
strike. '
Superintendent Pension of the Armour
canning department addressed ths em
ployes In the following language this
morning: . ...
"You went away like cattle, and w will
take you back ilka cattle."
Tills language was used both to men
and womeu.
How Mere Were Takts.
According to J.olin Iluersch, president of
the local branuh of the Meat Butobers'
union, who said he waa speaking for Mr.
Douneliy, the situation at the different
packliui plant when the strikers applied
for work this morning was as follows t
Swift and Company Ail the old tneu were
taken baric In one house, -
Anglo-American Company Reinstated no
men; Issued checks for three unionists,
but refused to go to work unless. the re
niuiuder of the strikers were put ti work.
1 Armour at (Jo. No union men taken
back. Alleged discrimination here precipi
tated stvond walkout before the new force
wan f:Urly organised.
Haiuntond Packing Company Appointed
a steward to select certain men from the
crowd of applicant. . ,
Nelson Morris & Co. Took baok 10 per
cent of cattle butcher.
Schwarachlld at Bulsbeiger Took back all
cattle butcher with ons exception. ,
"Uhby, MoNell Llbby Reinstated about
one-third of former employes. s,
Ths charge was made by Mr. Floersch
that a foreman at Armour selected a few
men from. the unionist to be reinstated,
but they refused to go to work unless
chocks were Issued to the rest of the
strikers. 4
According to estimates, 8,560 men were
directly affected la Chicago alone by to
day' strike. Fully that number ft strikers
wer on haad at I o'clock this morning,
expecting Immediate envpioyniftint, while
others were expecting reinstatement later.
The cattle butohera bad ao sooner re
ported than ths charge of discrimination
was raised. The butohera left In a body
TThd Mr. Donnelly's general order declaring
another strike followed.
Restless Crowd rill Street.
Restless crowds filled the street of Pack
Ingtown all day after the order of the sec
ond strike. Several disturbance took place
lit the morning and early afternoon, but no
arrests wore made. A soon as it grew
dark, however, and especially after the
news had reached the district that no
agreement had been reached at the down
town conference, small-wised riot were nu
merous and It kept the police busy until
far Into tb night scattering the belliger
ents. In on Of these disturbance Josle Ro-niHii-ky,
woo bad taken a striker' place
in one of ths plants, was attacked by nearly
l.uno boys and girls while she was on her
way home. Blie was chasud for several
Mocks and pelted With mud and stones.
When Bhe reached horn she fell In a heap
on th doorstep, exhausted from fright and
bruises.
The girl was dragged Into th nous by
her father before the pursuing crowd could
reach hir. acting that slio; had escaped
them they commenced to natter the bonus
with stones an bricks. A riot call was
sent In and It took a wagnnload of police
men to disperse the youthful rioter.
, le Were Disappointed.
When the 1,000 butcher and their helper
went into th yards here today to take
their old places the general greeting was:
"We cannot take back more than half the
regular force."
Immediately there was a woeful display
of chagrin 'and disappointment. The men
held a conference of an Impromptu nature
and reached an agreement to act as a unit
or not at all.
"You must take us all back or none,"
came the reply of th union men, who saw
performing the tasks they had done befrfe
numbers of nonunion workmen. The puck
ers refused to accede to this, and a com
mittee was sent to see President Donnelly.
The lstter waa quickly in communication
with his advisers. Within an hour and a
hslf the decision w reached to reopen
the strike. President Donnelly's telegram
was accordingly sent to all unions.
The breaking of agreement, as alleged by
President Donnelly on the part of tho
packers and the ending of all peace plans
on the part of the unions, came as a vio
lent surprise to th public despite the wide
spread knowledge that the men were far
from satisfied with conditions consequent
upon the signing of the terms of peace.
The summary action of the strike leaders
in ordering a renewal of hostilities was fol
lowed by equally vigorous efforts at a res
toration of peace. As a result the news of
the strike order was followed within tin
hour by an announcement that a Joint con
ference at the offices of Armour Co. had
been arranged to tak place today between
the packing house proprietors and the labor
leaders. The purpose was stated to be to
discuss the alleged unjust discrimination on
the part of the packer.
The portion of the packer' circular ob
jectionable to the unionists follows:
In the agreement reached the packers re
serve the privilege of retaining in their em
ploy all employes that have been hired
while the strike has lasted, thus guaran
teeing to these men the fair treatment they
deserve nnd gaining for the packers one of
the most Important points for which thy
contended and for which they stood out so
long. The privilege of arbitration within
the time limit of forty-five days covers the
question of "discrimination", only and Is In
no way Intended to guarantee to the strik
ing employes that they will be taken hack
and given the place now filled by nonunion
help. v . - y
Donnelly Makes Statement
President Donnelly Immediately after call
ing th men out th second time gave out
the following statement relative to his ac
tion: i '
The packers agreed to replace the men
without discrimination. They agreed that
the men should report for work and be
taken bark. Instead of being furnished
with checks this morning when the men
went back to work they were met by a su
perintendent or a poltceman who picked out
certain men and told them to go and get
their checks. They told others to go home,
that they did not know when they would
be needed or whether they would ever be
needed. This was a plain violation of our
agreement, I colled up Mr. Conner of Ar
mour & Co. nnd told hi.n thr.t the agree
ment was being flagrantly violated; that
the men would refuse to go back to work.
I did that as soon as the men had reported
from the yards what wus being done there.
Mr. Conners wanted me to come Imme
diately to see him and show how the agree
ment was being violated. I told him thero
was no chance to do business with him until
the other trades had been represented.
Immediately upon hearing that the strike
had been renewed telegrams were ser.t by
City Comptroller McQann to recall Mayor
Harrison to the city. . The mayor had gor.e
on a vocation after the strike had beep ap
parently settled. H left for Marquotte,
Mich., where be vu to take a boat today.'
Meet Were Ready to Work.
Not slnoe the beginning of the strike has
such a degree of activity been observed in
tho stock yards aa today. . Long before the
whistles blew for the men to enter th
crowds had begun to gather at the .various
gates. Exchange avenue wa packed with
humanity. There were a few case of per
sonal violence on the part of strike sympa
thizers, though the striker, heeding Presi
dent Donnelly's advice to avoid trouble, let
nonunion men pass generally without mo
lestation. The striker whan they appeared
at the packing house carried their tools
and overalls and were in fine humor. When
th men found that the packer expected to
tak back only a small proportion today
th smiles changed to frown. A committee
was quickly appointed and waa sent to In
tervlew the packing house superintendents.
Th committee returned with long face
and reported the situation. Howls of rage
went up and th packers ,wer cursed
roundly. Then the great army of strikers
turned and filed out of the yard.
The new strike apparently ' places the
packer In worse plight than before, for a
great number of the nonunion men have
quit. Many of these nonunion worker left
last night, fearing to remain and face' the
returned striker.
Those who did come baok received quiet
warning that there would be trouble.
Packer Make Statement.
A a result the packer Issued this state
ment: Much to our surprise, the men, after re
porting for work this morning and after
getting started In nearly ail the houses,
tteie ordered out again. We thought the
ottloers of the organization clearly under
stood that the business had been more or
lus disrupted during the strike and that
some delay would be required to get
started up again In anything like full
capacity. It Is the intention of the packer
to carry out their agreement In every par
ticular and if any lioube has given cause
for grievance the same can be. and future
grievance will be readily adjusted.
Although 2,000 nonunion strikebreaker
quit the stock yards last night after peace
had been agreed upon, It la estimated that
1,000 remained at th vlou plants today,
together with about S00 of the strUrar who
were not aware for aom hour th walk
out had been given official indorsement by
th union.
Cite Case of Alleged Dlacrlsalaatlaa.
Aa an example of the discrimination
charged, it was pointed out that Nicholas
Oler, president of the Joint oouncU and a
oattl butuher at Armour', was passed
three time In th examination of those
who presented theniaelre for reinstate
ment. In consequence of the attitude of
the company the men quit forthwith.
At BwLft fad Company's plant all cattle
butchers re taken back without ques
tion with the exception of Philip Murplty,
a foreman on the beef killing floor. Mur
phy was a meuVber of the union until he
was made foreman, when, under it rule,
he was nut eligible. His sympathy re
mained with the union and when the strike
cam he wulkod out with hi men. For
this be was singled out by Uw management
as objectionable. Th Swift employe took
action similar to that of the workmen at
Armour'.
- At the Anglo-American plant. Echwarss
chlld & Sulzberger's and the Hammond
plant It was understood that only a small
percentage of th strikers were reinstated.
At Morris & Co.' plant only three or four
uniun men were taken back, according to
reports received at union headquarters.
Out of fifty gii 1 that waited long lo line
at Morris ft Co.' only two were rein
stated. Th remainder were soon spread
ing the word about the yard and adding
to the excitement, whil the lane and by
path leading to the gate were oongested
with a diMgusted a n try of worker plodding
away to the lidlenatlon meetings or turning
their ateps homeward to fac anew the
tContlnued on Second Pag.)
SOUTH OMAHA MEN CO OUT
Packing House Strike Eeramed Pending
Settlement at Chicago.
MEN QUIT PROMPTLY 'WHEN ORDERED
rarkers gay They Will Mske Ko
Attempt to Start I ntll the
L'onfereares at Chicago
Close.
When the union men walked out of the
South Omaha packing houses shortly after
noon Friday, the plants were left In much
worse condition as far as men were con
cerned than on ' July 12, when the first
walkout occurred. The reason for this wus
the departure Thursday nlpht end Fridiy
forenoon of large numlwrs of nonunion
men. As at the first walkout the union
men cleaned up the plants, so that every
thing was left In good order.
Many of the men appeared to be disap
pointed because of the orde.- to strike
again, as all .were apparently satlsfleil with
conditions here, with the exception of the
Bwift plant. While no question as to the
authority of President Donnelly was raised,
the tnen had been so anxious to get to
work end have their differences settled by
arbitration that they naturally disliked to
go out again. When the reason for the
second strike was explained to them, the
men felt that they were assisting the union
In Chicago to obtain fair treatment, and
the grumbling ceased.
Local packers declare that no effort will
be made to secure men until It Is positively
known that all negotiations for a friendly
settlement have been abnndnned.
Expressions by Manaaers.
Manager Murphy of Cudnhy's said: "Our
men walked out reluctantly. We have
lived tin to the agreement, and the men
here had no complaint to make. I am
sorry that the plants In South Omaha
should be compelled to close down because
two or three packers In Chicago failed to
keep the agreement entered Into. Instead
of ordering the men out I should have
thought that President Donnelly would
would have taken the matter to the board
of arbitration, leaving the men work until
the board settled the matter, or he might
have called out the men from the houses
where he claims the agreement was vio
lated and let the others, where the men
were satisfied, remain at work. -We are
left with only a small working force, but I
do not Intend to try to secure. more men
until I am advised as to the. result of the
conference how going on In Chicago."
R. C. Howe of Armour's stated that the
men cleaned up his plant before going out.
"In the employment of men Friday morn
ing we made no discrimination. The men
lined up at the windows for their work
ing checks and the foremen of . gangs
picked out their old men and got thera
started to work as soon as possible. There
was not a hitch or a complaint We put
back everjr man that wo could use with
the receipts of live stock at hand. In going
out the men left the plant, In good ordor.
Many acted as if disappointed in not
being permitted to continue work."
i Mr. Howe said that he would run along
for a few days with the men left In tho
plant, The force will bo used In cleaning
up and getting everything- ready for an
other start
T'nnager Patterson of Swift's and Man
age. Urquhart of the Omaha will get along
a beat they can with a reduced force. At
Swiff it Is reported that fow men are
left, a a large proportion or the non
union men left the plant a soon as the
new cam that the strike had 'been settled.
While thero was no picketing Friday
afternoon, quite a crowd gathered at the
east and west ends of the Q street viaduct.
Along Q street as far west aa Cudahy's
striker were to bo found scattered or In
little groups, but there was no disorder
during the afternoon or evening.
Plaa to Preserve Order.
A meeting of th police board waa held
yesterday afternoon and Chief Briggs was
directed to employ what specials , he
thought he would need. Commissioner
Nolan and Chief Briggs visited the packing
houses during the afternoon and looked
over tths situation. They found all of the
striker conducting themselves In a quiet
and "orderly manner.
A aoon as the strikers went out Chief
Briggs notified all of his men to stop the
sale of beer in cans. Every saloon keeper
In th city . wns given notice that this
order was again In force. '
A negro was arrested during th after
noon for having a revolver In his posses
sion. After this arrest had been made
the chief ordered his men to arrest every
person found carrying concealed weapons.
Live stock commission dealers were
greatly annoyed at the second walkout of
packing house employes. Telegrams were
again sent to shippers to hold back tock
destined for this market until further
notice.
At the stock yards the chjdule in force
lnc Monday was put on again. Th men
will work every other day untU th trik
la over and not until the receipt warrant
It will th full force be put on again.
Harvest (or laoepoadeat.
Locai packers do not seem to think that
titer will be any scarcity of freah meat
One packer said: "New England 1 dotted
with email slaughter huuaos, so 1 Ohio.
The house opened up and commenced
running shortly after th strike oem
OMtQced. I understand that they will re
main in operation until the strike 1 anally
settled and tho packers get a good start
again."
Th packer all had oaltl left over
when th strike wo called. This stock will
be held In pen at the yards until slaughter
ing can commeno again.
deputy United State marshal visited
th city Friday afternoon and served copies
of th federal Injunction Issued by Judge
Munger on sixteen of th labor leaders.
The name of those served could not be
obtained last night
Thar was a mas meeting of om of
th unemployed at Laltern' hall, Twenti
eth and 4 street, last night and the situ
ation thoroughly discussed. Vic President
Vail was present and explained to the men
the cause of the second order to strike.
Aoout t:S0 o'clock last evening a telegram
wus received from President Donnelly stat
ing that the conferenoe had adjourned un
til today. Upon receipt of this new most
of th men at heaquartnr left for their
homes. There was no disturbance of any
kind on the streets last evening.
CHAPLAI1 WIS ILVER MEDAL
Make Blahest Score la the King's
Prise rompMltloa.
BlffLrTT, England, July U Rev. .Fergus
son, chaplain of th Punjab Light Infantry,
won the sliver medal In the King's prise
competition Jorlay with a score of Wl
points. The following are the Canarilxa
aggregates for the earns stage of th con
tent: lrlvte Perry, lv6; Corporal Mc
Gregor, JM; HergeHiit Crowe, Muiur Moore
5nd Private J. W. Smith, 17S. Perry and
liCn-gor are entitled to couuwu
ftnul stage.
NEBRASKANS ARE COMING HOME
(oniilla Baebr ana Hone Arrive oa
Their Aaaaal Leave of
Absence. '
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. July 12. (Special Tele
gram.) Mjx J. Uaehr of Nebraska, consul
at Clenfuegos, Cuba, srrived In Washing
ton this rooming and later called at the
State depurtmcnt. As a result of his visit
to the State department and upon his rep
resentation of the necessity for having ad
ditional consuls In Cuba to take care of the
business from the inland Acting Secretary
l.oomls authorised the appointment of two
adrlltlrnal consular ogents to be placed
tinder the Jurisdiction of the consul at
Clcnf'.iegos. These additional consular
agents will be located at Santa Clara and
Nuevltap. The existing consular agents
who report to Mr. Baehr are at Sagua le
Grande and C:iUwrlen. Mr. Baehr, who is
Irj rp'endid henth, is enthusiastic over the
prospects for American trade In Cuba. He,
stated that J 1,.W0 worth of sugar was
expired ilu ring the last fiscal year from
Santa Clara province, which Is under his
Jurisdic tion. In' addition to sugar, tobacco,
rare and costly woods and alligator hides
are also articles of export. It is worthy of
note that the only celebration of the Fourth
of July on the Island took place at Cien
fuosos. the Cubans serenading th Amer
ican consulate. Mr. Ilarhr responding In a
felii'ltlou speech, which has been the sub
ject of favor.ihle comment by the Amer
Iran minister to Cuba. Mr. Squlers. and
by the State department officials at Wash
Infrtor.. Mr. Uaehr will leave for his Nebraska
home tomorrow on his annual vacation,
(hsrrk Mnwc Ketarns.
Hon. Church Howe, consul genersl at
Antwerp, Belgium, arrived in tho city yes
terday and left this morning for Nebraska
on his vacation. Mr. Howe is exceedingly
well pleased with Antwerp and likes his
sssignment first rste, but he disliked leav
ing Sheflield." Mr. Howe said that there
wus little or no ns connected with hi
visit to the state at this time.
Laaachlag of Nebraska.
The battleship Nebraska, which has been
under process of construction at the yards
of Moran Bros., Seattle, for several years,
will In all probability be launched before
the close of th preeeiu year. According
to the statement of the bureau of construc
tion given out today, on June 1 of this year
the Nebraska was 49 per cent completed
and that on July 1 U per cent of Moran s
contract had been, performed. Tha de
partment la exceedingly anxious to get
the big battleship Into the water and It is
doubtful If any more battleships will bo
built on Puget sound unless ironclad assurances-are
given that the ships will be
completed in something like reasonable
time. The delay on the Nebraska is due
to continued strike in Moran's ship yards.
Postal Matters.
Rural free delivery carriers appointed:
Nebraska Albion, regular, John M. Mc
CMinell. Beatrice, regular, Charles H.
Whittemore;, substitute, Urnest Whitte
mora. Hubbell, regular, A. P. Wilcox; sub
stitute, Alfred F. Townsend. Iowa Knox
ville, regular, Frank N. Elliott; substitute,
Harry M. Elliott Lorlmore, regular,
Charles A. Berry;. eubaUtuto, Mack Har
den. Morning Sutv regular, Wllbort J.
Chrlsingeri sut jftruio,' David C. Morrison.
Montrose, regular, Charles. B..- Clhigmanf
substitute, 'Edwin L. Bood. Moulton," reg
ular, D. Elmer Horn; substitute, Mlna
Horn. Oakland, regular, Fred C. Kim-berly;-substitute,
Charles Evans. Spauld
lng. Tegular, Henry J. Fairbanks; substi
tute, Paul a McGuffln. Wapello,, regular,
M. M. Hayden; substitute, Lewis Hay den.
Wesley, regular, Clifford Brorwon; substi
tute, Robert Bronaon. Wee ton, regular,
Orma Hubbell. Williamsburg, regular, Dan
iel D. Williams; substitute, John A. Wil
liam. v
An additional rural route has been or
dered established September 1 at Stock
port Vanburen county. Ia.; route embrace
an area of twenty-one miles, containing a
population of Kfi. -
David M. Fulton ha been appointed post
master at Hopburn, Page oountjj, la., vice
Lee Folk, resigned. , . '
TELLS OF DEATH OF AMERICANS
Consul at Mamatlan Bays Two Men
Were Killed by Policemen.
WASHINGTON, July a.-In answer to
Acting Secretary of Stat Loomls' demand
for full Information respecting tho killing
of two Americans In Aguas Caliente. Mex..
Conau) Kaiser at Maaatlan has telegraphed,
under lust night's date, aa follows: v
Americans telegraphed that Alcalde Tor
res, nephew of General Torres, while in
toxicated, went on business to Way's of
fice and was requested to return when
sober. Torres left and sent his subordinates
to arrest Clarence Way and Ed Latimer
but Instead of arresting they assassinated
them. The governor promises me aid in
a thorough investigation. Information veri
fied by second dispatch. Investigation In
progress. Dispatch In transit
Acting Secretary Loom! promptly tele
graphed the consul to dispatch aom re
sponsible person Immediately to Aguas
Caliente to make a full Inquiry and re
port upon the assassination. The place la
remote and there la no consul nearer than
Mazatlan.
GORKAlf RECI4NEB TO ACCEPT
Positively RfftiiM to Head Demo
cratic National Committee.
WASHINGTON. July 22.-6enator Gor
man was In th city today and had hi at
tention called to a statement purporting to
have, been made by a member of the demo
cratic national committee to th effect that
thero 1 still a possibility that he might
consent to accept the chairmanship. Mr.
Gorman stated he had frankly Informed all
who had made such suggestions that It
would be Impossible for him to take th
labor Incident to that position and that
he now desired to add that no condition
will arise which would Induce him to
change that determination. He will, how
ever, he said, be very glad to render all
th service In hi power to those who may
be selected to take charge of the cam
paign, which he fully believe will be
crowned with success.
Steamer Is Released.
WASHINGTON. July M.-Speneer Eddy,
the American charge d'affaires at St
Petersburg, today cabled the state depart
ment that th British embassy there has
been officially notified that tha steamer Ma
lacca has been released and that In conse
quence the existing tension! ha been re
lieved. Waat Dateh to Carry Kruger's Body,
AMSTERDAM, July J2.-It I understood
that Dr. Leyds. the former diplomatic
agent of The Transvaal In Europe, I try
Ing to arrange with Premier Kuyper for
the conveyance of the body of former
President Kruger to South Africa on board
a Dutch warship.
Loom! Body to Com Home.
SOUTHAMPTON. July It -Th American
line stesmer St. Paul, which sail from
here for New Tork July V, will take tho
body of F. Keut LoontUk
BRITISH CAPTAIN AT FAULT
Places Himself in Bad Light by His
Befusal to Show Papers.
TURKEY HOLDS RUSSIAN SHIP PIRATICAL
4
Kerlina In Diplomatic Circle In
Easier and Belief Prevails "fhat
Differences Will Be set
tled. '
(Copyright by New York Ilernld Co.. inm .
ST. FETERSBl'RG, July 22. -(New Yorl
Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to
The Bee.) The attitude of the Russian
government concerning the Malacca inci
dent, us it conic to nie from high au
thority, is as follows:
First, the captain of the British ship
placed himself rj an utterly false position
In refusing to show his papers wlion called
upon to do so by tho Russian ship, which
was flying the cross of St. Andrew, de
noting that It was for the time being a
representative of the Russian navy. Never
mind what it may have been previously.
That was not the. question tho captain had
any right to discuss. The fuet of his
refusing to show his papers at once made
the craft a suspect, even if it had not b "en
previously. The captain of the St. Peters
burg, however, had been Informed that the
Malacca, carried more than 100 cases or
ammunition.
Russia proposes to take a generous view
of the situation, namely, have the Mulaer.i
tuken forthwith to the ncurest convenient
neutrul port that of Suda Bay, where n
court will be held consisting of the Rus
sian captain now In charge of the English
ship and the Russian and English consuls
from Canea. If it is satisfactorily shown
that the. cargo belongs to the British gov
ernment, as that government .claims, the
Malacca will be forthwith released. Un
officially, yet from 'an excellent source, 1
am enabled to say that the opinion In
influential quarters here is that the Malacca
is without doubt carrying contraband and
that the British government is taking a
dangerous responsibility in claiming the
cargo if eventually It should find its way
Into the enemy's hunds. It is regarded
here that British cynicism concerning the
smuggling of contraband has reached un
paralleled limits, and for that very account
Russia culled out Its volunteer cruisers,
and aa already telegraphed, will .take all
means to increaso the present number of
swift cruisers to intercept-American and
English ships carrying contraband.
The British government's purpose over
the Malacca Incident to raise forcibly the
long dormant question of. th right of th
volunteer fleet to pass the Dardanelles
naturally 1 taken here aa a most Hertous
matter, - The--Russian, government cannot
admit this, taking the attitude that such
ships as have hoisted a .flag as a ship of
war so remain and merchant ship hav
the right of passage, which they forfeit
the first time they hoist a flag with the
cross of St Andrew. Accordingly th Rus
sian government acknowledge that the
ship Smolensk and St. Petersburg cannot
again pass the Dardanelles. ,
Persistent rumor are current oonoernlng
a heavy engagement lasting two day,
Kurokl's army having turned the Russian
flank and captured Klao Tung. The absence
of offtolal dispatches for a couple of day
Is taken aa a bad sign.
Russian Ship Piratical.
CONSTANTINOPLE, July 12, Th pas
sage of the Russian volunteer fleet steam
ers Smolensk and St. Petersburg through
the Dardanelles under a commercial flag
and their subsequent hoisting of the naval
flag Is considered here to be a violation
of international law, rendering the vessels
liable to be regarded a pirates. It Is
thought that Great Britain will avail itself
of the presence of Its Mediterranean fleet
to emphasise Its protest against the action
of the volunteer fleet's steamer In the Red
sea, and It Is anticipated that It will In
tercept the Malacca.
No further steamer hav traversed th
trait since the Smolensk passed through
and ft Is believed that Great Britain will
portest against the further passsge of th
Dardanelles by Russian steamer unless
the government gives an explicit under
standing that the vessel are not destined
to act a cruisers.
Will Look for Contraband. .
LONDON, July 22, 2:26 p. m. In accord
ance with Instructions from Foreign Minis
ter Lamsdorff, Count Benckendorff, th
Russian ambassador to Great Britain, ha
Informed Foreign Secretary Lansdown
that Immediately upon th establishment
of the presence of th broad arrow th
British government mark upon the muni
tion on board th seised steamer Malacca
and th fact that no other cargo of a con
traband character la on board th vessel
it will at one be released. In response
to this notification Lord Lansdown assured
Count Benckendorff that all the boxes
marked with the broad arrow were the
property of the British government and
the secretary added that he had been In
formed by the Peninsula Oriental com
pany, the owners, that there was no con
traband on board, a statement which the
British government accepted because of
tha standing- of th company. Russia la
now awaiting a verification of the com
pany's statement.
How and wherw-thla point will be deter
mined hss not been announced, but Count
Benckendorff hs given the heartiest as
surances to Lord Lanadowne of the desire
of th Russian government to settle the
dlspupi In an amicable spirit and no diffi
culty in arranging this detail Is expected.
Nevertheless, the British government re
gret th delay In releasing th ship, fear
ing further publlo excitement.
The Associated Press learn that th
Russian reply make no refereno to th
general question of th Dardanelles.
The Russian diplomat her excuse the
action of th commander of the St. Peters
burg In seising the Malacca on the ground
that he had no idea of th significance of
the broad arrow.
Tontlon Is Believed.
PARIS. July 22, 1.46 p. m.-It was said
at the foreign office at noon that th ex
change of communications going on be
tween London, St. Petersburg and Paris
show that the tension of the Anglo-Rus-sloji
situation has been materially relieved.
It now appear that Russia ha submitted
to the British government a certain propo
sition which. If acceptable, will serve as
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NO ALLUSION JMADE TO BRYAN
Democratic Mate Committee Holds
Its First leetlnT at Chicago
and Pols Throe ah Slate.
CHICAGO. July 22.-Tlie new democratic
state committee held its tlrst meeting to
day and organised for the campaign.
Within twenty minutes the adherents of
former Mayor John P. Hopkins put through
a slate of officers of tlieir own selection,
thereby clinching tha victory won at the
state convention.
One or two friends of Mayor Carter II.
Harrlxiiu attended the meeting, but re
mained silent throughout the proceedings.
Charles IloescheliBteln of Edwurd.svT.h1, III.,
was chosen chairman of the state com
mittee by acclamation. The meeting was
attended by many down state leaders, in
eliding a number of "sound money" demo
crats who have been HtPincers about head
quarters slnco 189ii.
Lawrence R. Stringer, nominee for gov
ernor, was present and said that ho will
make the need for a st ile civil service law
a permanent Issue in his cumpaign. The
new chairman made a speech, In which
he mentioned Parker and Unvls lu his re
marks, but no word was uttered about
William J Bryan. Alluvion was mude by
the chairman to "imaginary foes within
the ranks."
CHARIOT OF FIE IN CHICAGO
Blaslna- Elevated Car Ram A mack
and Power Is shot Oil to
Stop It.
CHICAGO. July 22-Blaslng fiercely from
wheels to roof, a runaway motor ear on the
Metropolitan Electric Elevated railway to
day whlxsed by hundreds of waiting pas
sengers and led fire engine a chase of
more than a mile and was not stoiperl un
til It had reached the crowded loop In the
downtown region used by tho four elevated
roads of Chicago. Tho car was brought to
a stop by the temporary shutting oft of
the power at the supply station, the engi
neer of the power house having been ad
vised that a runaway oar waa speeding
downtown. . .
When the car waa first found to be on
fire It was detached and wa run past the
Aberdeen street station, so that neither
the rest of th train nor ithe station mlrht
catch fire. The car was left alone and a fir
engine was called. For some reason just
as the firemen were making ready. from
below the elevated structure to send a
stream of water on th blaie, the car sud
denly started.
With no one on board and leaving a
trail of Are and rmoke behind it the" run
away began the wild race downtown. When
th car stopped' at the loon entrance the
fire engine, distanced in the first part of
tne chase, came up and put out the fire,
but not before the car was a charred
wreck.
HAWLEY GETS IOWA RAILROAD
Do Moines A Fort Dodge May Here.
' after Co-Operate with the
Rock Island.
NEW YORK. July 23.-Edwin Hawley
and his friends have, says the Herald,
been put In control of the Des Moines &
Fort Dodge railroad, which formerly wa
dominated by a group of Wall street cap
talist known as the Hoolor-Stow syndi
cate. Representatives , of this syndicate,
who. owned th- road prior to th failure
of Bdwln 8. Hooter eV Co. and V. L. Stow
& Co., and who acquired It again after
Messrs. Hooler and Stow had settled with
their creditor, resigned and the following
new directors were elected:
Edwin Hawley, F. H. Davis, L. F. Day,
H. H. Huntington, George Crocker and
L. C. Weir.
Tha new board elected th following offi
cers: President Edward Hawley; vice presi
dent, L. F. Day; treasurer, E. H. Davla,
and secretary. W. S. Crandell.
Edwin Hawly also is president of the
Minneapolis & St' Louis and Iowa Central
railroads.
I TJpdn th termlhatlon of th lease of the
Dos Moines 4 Fort Dodge to the Rock
Ialand It Is expected that the road will
b operated In connection with th Hawley
system.
TENTS ARE TO BE PUNISHED
Maccabees Will Discipline Member
for Patting; Petitions la Dlsre-
spectral Langaac.
DETROIT, July X2.-Th .peclal commit
to appointed to consider the resolutions
submitted by 22-1 Maccabees tents that ob
jected , to the proposed readjustment of
rates and asked for a more liberal repre
sentation In th auprem tnt, ubmitted
It report today. Th report recom
mended that consideration ha irivan i.. . h
protest that were worded respectfully and
that tb board of trustees take up the
matter oi punisning those tents that a ub
mitted ( protest couched In disrespectful
language.
The committee report was adopted unan
imously. The acceptable petitions will be
placed In the prior channels for considera
tion tomorrow, when tb discussion of the
rate question Is resumed and the board
of trustees will Uke action on the other
petition after the do of th present
review. '
HEIRS OF ETZEL WANT MORE
DUsatlSaed with Award by China,
bat Government 1 Folly
aliened.
WASHINGTON, July -Heirs of Loui,
Btiei, killed by Chinese soldiers near New
Chwang, are dissatisfied with the amount
of Indemnity, 125,000 (Mexican), paid by the
Chinese ; government on acoount of the
affair, and have complained to the State
department The department bus replied
that in view of the facta In the case the
unpremeditated character of the killing
and the general prattles of the Amerlcun
and other governments in fixing indemni
ties on account of death, particularly In
allowing for foreigner killed In this coun
try, the Indemnity In this case Is regarded
as sufficient. The promptness of th Chi
nese government in settling the rase with
out any prosaur I officially commended.
LOOK FOR OPENINGS
Far Eastern Annie Still Maneuvering ft
Position to Strike Most Effective Blow.
-N
JAPS WORKING FOR LIA0 RIVER VALLEY
Supposition that Such a Move Will Gin
Them a Mors FtTOMble Position,
NUMERICALLY JAPS HAVE THE ADVANTAGE
Battle of July 17 Demonstrates that In
vaders Are Superior ia Strength.
uniTiov uru corrin itc nu tut erciiiT
niiLiinni sitn gruumitun int niouhi
Expected that Jap Will Embarrass
Still More the Russian lltaattos.
by Changing IMace
with Kellav. j
ST. PETERSBURG, July 22. Th arm
organ evidently believes that the Japanese
are prepnrlng for a general advance from
the east against the Russian left. Th
paper estimates the Japanese purpose aa
follows:
"The probable object of the Japanese
advance Is to move into the Wao river ,
valley, which Is north of our position at
Zame pass, in order to occupy a more
favorable position In th forward move
ment of th -main army which is posted
along the Mo Tien, Lakho and Tapan
paw, with a front ten miles to th couth
of the Salmntssa-Llao Yang road. Th
advantage of the delay consists in th
possibility afforded of endangering our
communications north of Llao Tang and
the flanking of Lieutenant General Count
Keller's army in the north."
Regarding the new advantage gained by
the Japanese still further north Of th
Bal'imtsza-Llao Tang road the army organ
considers that ' tho Japanese operation
there and the superiority of their force
at Mo Tien pass a rhown in the engage
ment cf July 17, proves thnt there hav
t.een great change of the numerical con
d.tlonx of the Japanese force, and adds:
"Ucuoubtidly tlte newly formed reserve
units have heen sent from Japan to
strengthen the armies, and some of the
Japanese forces are being brought north
from Sluyen. It la not Improbable that
the Japanese intend to make an attempt to
occupy Lieutenant General Count Keller's
position at Zanze puss, which would render
It much more difficult for him to tak th
orfeiiHlve. But it is scarcely probable that
the Japanese Intend with this column to
advance on Llao Yang or Mukden. Such
a move would be extremely dangerous
without a previous victory on the Llao
Yang high road and would call for th
deployment of very large force for which
the Salmataaa-Liao Yang road la not suite
ble." " ,
Drive Back Russian.
TOKIO, July 22.-7 p. m.-Oeneral KurokJ,
after a severe fight, occupied Klao Tuns
on July 19. The place had been fortified
by th Russians, who defended It atontly.
In the fighting General Kuroki'f troop
dro v the . Russia na . fronv , thalr strongly
fortified position on the Chi river, which
1 northwest of Mo Tlea pas and east
of Anplng, Inflicting upon th nerfiy more -
serious losses than they sustained them
selves. The fight began on the 18th and
ended on the 19th. The Japanese lost 424
men in killed and wounded.
On July 19 the Japanese attacked a bat
talion of Infantry and 1,000 cavalry who
oocupled Che . Chlato, to th northward
of Shaotlenlszu. After four hour Of fight
ing the Russians retired across tha Taltau
river. In this engagement the Japanese
had seventeen men wounded, '
General Kuroki began hi advanoe early
in the morning of the 18th. He uncovered
and followed th enemy along tha Chi
river. The Russians seemed to be retiring
to the northward, when suddenly two bat
talion with eight guns turned and at
tacked the Japanese advanoe guard vigor
ously. At this point the Japanese suffered
before relief came, one company losing all
its officer. At a late hour ih th afternoon
the Russian's position wa developed. They
occupied an eminence on the banks or the
cm. This river guarded their lert fiank and
high precipices protected the Russians on
the right. The only approach to their posi
tion waa through a narrow defile. The
fighting continued until durk, when the
Japanese forces blvoacked. Tb Rusaiana
made two counter attacks, but were re
pulsed In each oas.
Renew Battle with Artillery.,
Th Japanese renewed the attack at
midnight, posting their artillery In th
valley below and on the high ground to
the couth of the Russian position, Tha
main Japanese body wa assigned to at
tack th Russian center with a small de
tachment and wa cent toward the right
flank and another to watch th enemy'
left flank. After the positions had been
taken tlte fighting ceased for a time, but
It wa resumed at dawn. The Ruaelans
had thirty-two guns In action and they
vigorously shelled th Japanese. To thia
fire the Japanese replied and the bombard
ment lasted tor four hours.
During this time the Japanese truTantry
moved forward and th flankers succeeded
In scaling the heights an th Russian light
by I o'clock In th afternoon, at which
hour tli main fore wa ordered to storm
the Russian center. The Japanese artillery
protected this movement splendidly, but
the Infantry met with a severe fir and
lost heavily In gaining th height.
The final successful charge was delivered
at 6:30 In the afternoon. The Japanese
succeeded In partially cutting off th Rus
sian retreat and this soon became a rout.
The enemy went In two directions, to th
northward and the eastward. The Russian
forces engaged Included, in addition to the
artillery, seven battalion of Infantry and
a regiment of Cossacks. The enemy left
tfl dead and 300 rifle on th field. Prison
ers taken estimated the Russian losses at
l,0U(i. The Japanese lost , a number of of
ficers and fifty-four men killed and tghtn
officer and 151 men wounded.
AHGUKTINB BEIXg nO WARSHIPS
Determined t Do Nothing la Viols,
tlon of Neutrality Lasi,
(Copyright, by New York Herald Co., 19M.)
Bl' KNOB AYR KB, July 22.-New York
Herald Cablegram Hpeclal Telegram to
The Bee.) Dr. Terry, minister of foreign
affutrs, emphatically denied the report that
Argentine had sold several vessels to an
agent of the Russian government, but In
stead had resolved not to do anything
which may be Interpreted a a violation of
the laws of neutrality.
No News front the lllaiaig.
TIEN TBIN, July 22.-Th Indo-Chlna
Navigation company, owner of th steamer
lpaang, have no new of that veeeel's
fat. It la now six day overdue front New
f