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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 27, 1904)
i::j::zss r: n::o cll'S r:.nxcT r;,cz u;:lxclllld. i) A !i II "v i-jLljlLJi CLE KllPS YOU FOSTLD CU FCLITICS I3HT A Ii LI 8 II E I) JUNE 10, 1871. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING,.' JULY 27, 1904 TEN PAGEB. SINGLE COPY TIIKEE CENTS. JAPS IN SEW CIIWANG Tifty CaTalrymen Eide Into the Important Fort Heretofore Held by Ensnians. CITY C'JiLDiNGS FLY COLORS OF FRANCE Fiagi Exposed f. . ? 'sian Property to Trotoct it fi i ' vnee Gnn. INVADERS TAKE Tl S I AT 5 O'CLOCK Eussiani Eetirs to 1 ri - g, Which Eai v Been Etroi ified. CKU AND NODZU CI JAP ARMIES Cattle lit Ta Tche Klao Continues Until Nearly Mldnlajht, Whea Lstnr Ahendoos Its En (rear hmrnti. WJN TSIN. July 28. 4:06 B. m Llovd' At at New Chwang; wires that flft . Unless cavalry-nen have entered New Ct.wang. The French flag la flying from a.li tha Russian building. 11) a ' town la quiet. , TIEN TSIN, July 2&-Th Japanese occu pied Ki CIrug at t o'clock yesterday evening. I.',)n Before lew Ckwatf. It la reported l.r that tha Japanese lost ir.cn 21 killed and wounded In the f"ght ; which baa taken placa outside '4w Chwang during the last two day. TUm Iilan losses durlnc the engagement ere not known. A small detachment of Japanese scouts entered New Cowan" last night. About SH troops arrived there this p .fiili!. mid more ate expected this even. It Crowds of Rusalan refugees ware thla tt wit Sr. awaiting train at Tin Kow, cloae to Mew Chwang. to take them away. The Chinese fine le flying over tha cuetom house at New Chwang. It la reported that the Japanese took ths F.ussl&n poult Ion at Ta Tche Kluo laat night at the point of the bayonet. ' . Xew t mvrmmg Files Japanese Colore. NEW 1 CIIWANO, ; July 2ft. Japanese scouts have already passed through here end the troops are expected momentarily. The Russian Inhabitant of New Chwang have 1 ft. Japaneaa flags are ..ylng all over the city. - ; ST. PETERSBURG, July 23. The port of by the Russian. The authorities here, bewecee have no advices covering tha de tails. Th e evacuation of New Chwatia proper it expected to follow shortly. - JKinnt Hetreat to Hal Chea(. T. .p tclies J:sl received by tha War Cities announce tnai in ituattiiuij navi retreated to Hal Cheng. - , joey utfiuta to wunaeaw irom ia icne Kino Suiiday evening,- General 2arou baleff,, commanding tha Fourth army cjrpa, who In Oenercl StdMebsrir's aenlorf reeoived to tnhe the it"p, hv')ig the re port " cf scouts that the Japanese were tun!r;;T the lft Hank. ; TJi Japarieno forces are Ibelieved to ln-eI"?'i'-- v ..! 1 he rmtea ef Onorala Oku aud X'.uuzu. More than seven dlYl&k.ne f Jajuni-iie are etinagd. The rear guard action between Datchapu and Tateheklao continued until 11 o'clock at night' when th Japanese were wit Ma eight of the HiiR'tlon entrenchments. The Runslans wi:' ' evv In perfect order favored by tha, b5!!ttf j; ui'w)rl!g ht. , . GiiicruS Kourop.tkln reports that th Japeneee roluinn In the vicinity of 81 matn, which la beileveS tJ be two di visions etronff, In miarchlng along the ralley of the Taltmi with the obvious aJm of cutting tha railroad about IJao Tang. The evacuatitt of T Tche Klao was pre pared for long ago by the Russians, a iiiliUnry CAj.rics buve rcpaatediy Indicated. Th retlrarnent i not regarded materi ally altering the situation. Ths Russians had stsongly fortified Hal Cheng In view of ll.'l rontlnffenov. t'klnesa Sea Heavy Fighting. CUE FOO. July 17.- a. m.-A Junk. brlnKing Chinese refugees from Port Arthur, has Just arrived here. The Chl jiefio report that when they' left Port Arthur, 'July 12, heavy fighting was going on, both, on land- and sea. They wer nn ab'.s to give sny details. They report that the Japanese have heavily fortified San chlnpo hill. MUKDEN, July 25,-Vh latest report received here are to th effeot that the Ruoinna, with about lno guns In action In the T. Tche Klao engagament, InClctAd erliiiis liwiies on th Japanese and de tro3 many of their guns. The Japanette attack on the renter of the Russian po sition was rcpuliMHl, but the Russians were ordered to retire yesterday end occupy the aelabU five i.'.l'.eS r.urlh if Ta. Tche Klao. This muvtinent was carried out In good order. AKTilXtiHT ni'Et AT TA TCHE KIAO Veonlid Hal Suliilers Artlvo at MhHts from Seene of ttattle. MVKMrJ, July 36 -Oelayed.-Th cm press homiilsl train passed through Muk den today bearlntf 314 men who ' wer wouij1d In yesterday s fight at Ta Tche Klao. Tha fiaht, which was mainly an artillery, dud, according to tha statements tit t.'.e n n m t' train, commenced at i O'clock t.-t the r.;.i..-iicij and waa still golnjf en at 11 oYlvk nt r ?.-ht, when the train left. The Km. --' r it then maintaining their positions, aiuut aeven miles south cf Ta 'lhe Kio. It le UT,orri,,i. l t; . t the battlo will be continued today. Tue res.iit of th fighting thus far la not known here. Pnifcll bc.lt of J ( .'o-e aro reported to bo losing la the direction of Henltsu, forty tr.llui nt of YantHl station and towards ttiut-.fr.t i. If this is true It indicates th l;,ti,i;ou cf th Jcpancs to try and turn th i'l:.-! po' U! n at IJao Tung from tl, f i. .k'U of 11 m'k Ac. J AI V.'A MI1IS '3 IS BA1 C ti.XlJjriO !, n tf f i i t e uil I, t"r ef a C!;" rOO, July -7 nu e, I tl has Ui i Ivi .J I o't ( t . s t the J a; ti ui tt.it p.ll .! In leJ itck of tpprtunity Itfftlr. a. in. A ITrench fiom 1' rt Arthur re- nr t iscls before coiitinton on account ,.i luck of opportunity . u;y of t,t:r lutKor i ( coionslr.iion. T he i HiHt hive be.-l eooi- of I !i e hi! x .-ri ii- i. for I aki. i t-;l!S. . B'.I.O i.ie ! 1 1 Ht Oot rt puS. a to the ,u- iii pleie.l dn J i' . ': a a e Vt"H s ln,tl , j f-w 1 1... , ' luctlr.g the 'ladl . ttiete. af4 have arrived i.i- . M !ft (!f the 1 V t a 1 l t ti 1 i--, AT to IM'tili.t 'I !, H tiO .I--- li.ry t... i,r, !1 '1 l.t y s i iit-nr!.)' t:.u i ,! '..ti if ... 1 , ;i $ U ', t ,t tl,. y I it , ( ti Ul.ti ,(i of It II f v' to 1- IV l : i ., , t , . i . i to r u I i 1 SU.VORY CFTHE WAR NEWS Ttro Mora nrlllnh Ships Csplared by the Rasslaas a4 Coaatry Greatly W orked I P. (Copyright by New York Herald Co., 11) NEW YORK, July M. (New York Her ald Cablegram Special Telegram to the Coc.) Two more Uritish steamships wet reported captured by RuKHisns today. Onts the Formosa, of the Pacific Orient al line, was seised In the Red sea and put In at Hues flying the Russian naval flag and carrying a Russian prls crew. The other captive wa th Falchaa, from Pugei sound to Japan. It wa taken by th Vladivostok squadron oil Yoko hama. In England th case of th sinking Of the Knight Commander was officially dis cusseid, while In Washington the opinion expressed was that America will be very, cautious before cauplng any complication to aria out of the destruction of th ves sel. The St. Petersburg war office announced the retreat of the R'useian army to Hal Chang, whil It was officially reported that Japanese cavalry had completed the occu patlon of New Chwang, the Russian resi dents having fled. REAR GUARD KEEPJ If Fit; HIT Rasslaas Retire Slowly Before Ad a nee of Japanese Forces, . ST. PETERSBURG. July 247:25 p. m. Th Japanese advance agalnat . General Kouropatkln's armies seem at last to have begun In earnest. They are moving up strongly from the south and 'have cap tured Kan pass, on the road to Hal Cheng A northern movement Is also reported, but tha objective of the Japaness at pres ent eeema to b Hal Cheng. Official news received hore show the fighting at Ta 'Tche Klao and to tha southward baa been progressing for several day. However, according to th latest re porta received this morning th Russians had not evacuated Ta Tche Klao, but were failing back on that place, fighting a con tinuou rear-guard action. Th Japanese advanced In strong force Sunday morning agnJnst th Russian position at Datchapu, twelve miles north of Kal Cbou, In vlw of tha great superiority of the Japanese, Oenera! Stackelberg, as forecasted In these dispatches, did not attempt resist anc. The Russian losses are not ascer tainable, but It Is admitted they amount to several hundred men. General Kouropatkln report a con tlnuatlon of the advance of a Japanese column along the Salmatssa road, already announced In th Associated Prose pint Intln dispatches. VLADIVOSTOK FLKBT 5.F.AR F0MO8A lesatres Has Held is Many Skips Daring; Its Cralse. VLADIVOSTOK. July 26. -Private report received from Shanghai say that the Vladivostok squadron has been seen east of the Inland of Formosa (400 miles south of Shanghai and about 1,360 miles south wee of Yokohoma). It la understood that colliers are awaiting the cruisers there. The future destination of the squadron 1 not known. ( The squadron held up many ships durr Ing Its cruise. It Is stated that .Viceroy Alexleft Is coming here. . . Tb .representative tf 1m t fie btittlnesa house i who returned here recently from Port Arthur says that during a twenty six hour trip In a Junk from Port "Ar thur to Che Foo, he saw no Japanese. He reports that there Is almost a regular line pf junks running from Part Arthur to Chee Foo and that even women are taking the trip. The . conditions In the fortress are excellent, he says, and every body ha enrolled with th military. Prices are rising slightly. The residents of Port Arthur do not believ that the fortress will ever fall. , Everything Is quiet In Vladivostok. : CONTRABAND UKAC5JE9 JAPAN British Ship St. Hubert Reaches Yoko hama with Mtrate. flAN FRANCISCO, July 2. According to advices received In this city, the British steamer fit. Hubert escaped the Russian fleet and arrived at Yokohama today from Iqulue by way of Honolulu. For a. time it was feared that the vessel had been captured by the Russian warships. Th Bt. Hubert had ,. cargo of nitrate from Iqulque, Chile, intended for use In ths manufacture of powder. Since the war broke out the Jupaneae have made many purchase of ftJtrute, and a large quantity of it ha been sent from this port on the regular liners, the cargoes being trans shipped from vessels tl'.at brought it here from the Chilean coast. Some Japanese onna, Are Silenced. ST. PETERSBURG, July M. The Official Messenger this morning prints a dispatch from Llao Yangr, dated July 25, announcing that the Japanese maintained a terrlfle bombardment of Ti Tch Klao throughout the day, but toward evening several of their batteries having bon silenced by the Ku.-l.a euli tl. lullicd. No iiioi of th losses on elthnr s'.da Is furnished, but. Judging from the nature and extent of th' fire, th engagement wm a serious one. OWNER CF f-'C3Tn AaP.ESTED Prominent Rave Track His Wsstt4 la St. Loala for Work!- Get-Rlch-ialekc Scheme.. NEW TOF-K. July li.-John J. Rvan. a race horse owner, whose hotses Relluble and Monster, won at Brighton Beach to day, was this afternoon arrested at the Brighton track on a warrant charging him with larceny by maar.s of an allied get-rk-h-quick scheme, of which It Is said he was th head. The amount Involved Is said to be $lo0,0C0. The warrant for Ryan's arrest was luatied In St. Louis bi d th r reet was made by a New Yoik Central office detective, who was accompanied by a 1st. Ix)uls detective and Geortt Fickes sori, RSHlBtant to Circuit Attorney Folk of Ht. Louis. is heady fcii:3tificatic:j President Roosevelt Concludes Ar. mnseweets for Sieetl.. oiu.nltte trout Convradun lii'mitim. t OYGTl.lt BAY. N. Y , July Preti'dent ltoOM'vclt pa k I'J, a qi.i t (1m ct . i .in. .re I ml. prejrMtbMis c i,-!uV.l tor the Creiiiony tomorrow o i.. i.lit, ,i i of his nomination -for the pi. , o-o.-y 1 i..u t ru es go t on vent t -n. Arji.et:lit t.'.v I . ,ii c. ;',-! J tl.e t r i i cf I ,,:!.. -ct ., a tJ tte ht. ImuU nii,ni' ii. 1 1n y v . .1 Live t.o with t pieel.'ent 1 out v.i0y t- 1 . ioi . i. y him s r.,r as I'i ' i e, 1 !,e j it r i i!.! ' - i i i, i i.i,; -' 1 ...ml i - ... y i 1 n ve I., I... s l;rt, I i ll Al. ,: l.u - . I .. !l U'l.t I.1'. I t ! i I 1 W . PROTESTS AGAINST RAISE E. Eosewater Contends Lands Are Aesossed Higher Than Eailroads. OTHER DOUGLAS 'COUNTY KEN APPEAR Assessor Ree Esplalna Why Doulu Ceanty Did Kot Show So Large an Increase Railroads Dodge 1 Assessment. To the Honorable Btat Board of F-tiualliatton; tlentlemen On behai of th taxpayers of Nebraska, 1 would respectfully represent to your honorable body: 1. That th railroads in th stall of Nebraska represent fully, If not more, than one-llftn of the taxable wealth of the state. t Tiitit the asetisment cf railroad t,roprty tor t nation riorlog ths year s pproKlnm ten I ;o,i"io,iiij, or lrom ' loOuu.ouu to iwimio.uw) leea than their true vain, based either on their capita luation or upon their earnings. . That It would be a gross vtoi.i- Hon of the uniformity clause o the lonetltuil.m to assess real and per sonal property at a higher ratio than the property of railroads. 4. "i'he stiseannent of railroads for l-4 having been fixed at from 25 to , iO per cent below their adopt value. I would respectfully petition snd urge your honorable body to equsl lie the assessment of ail reel and personal property returned by the county aa.Ressors as near as possible to the ratio ot assessment made by the board in the vRh!ttnn of rail roads. B. ROSKWATEH. (From a Staff Correspondent.) JJNCOLi, July 26. (Special.) Thl peti tion was filed by Mr. Rosewater with tk Stat board of KquaiUatloii this afternoon at the conclusion of his speech in answer to the protests filed by th ailled railroad yesterday against their assessment, which waa characterised by Mr. Rosewater a "almost an insult lo the taxpayers of Ne braska." , , The meeting was well attended by rep resentative from Otoe, Webster, Nemaha, Nance, Douglas, Fillmore and other coun tle. each of whom argued to the board against an increase of assessment, and it wis noticeable for the absence of railroad tax agent who failed to how up and de fend their protests or. to meet .the. cham pion of the maller taxpayers before the state board, allowing their written protests to stand unchamploned. ' ' . Douglas county wa represented at th meeting by Mr. Rosewater, County Assee sor Reed and W. G. Ur of th Real Estate exchange, and Attorney Pratt had pre viously filed a protest against the low as sessment of the larg wholesale dealers in Omaha. This protest, however, apparently wb satisfactorily answered by Vr. Reed. Douglas county secured the most attention from the board and took up more of its time, for the reason that the Impression Is abroad that this county had been singled out by the state b-jrd for a liberal Increase at the eernest solicitation of th railroads. Railroad Dodarea ' Taxes. On of the Interesting and Important facts brought out by Mr. Rosewater In showing why Douglas county had not been In creased a per cent as high as some of the other counties was th fraudulent manner In which , the Union Pacific railroad had mad Its - return to th county assessor. Here'tofore the shops and grounds , hav been returned to tha county assessor . of I oii K las county, .but this yea the buildings on the grounds, were returned as personal property, while the land upon which the buildings stsnd ws listed as right-of-way. Last year twenty-nine lots were valued by the county assessor of Douglas county at $193,873, while this year'there waa returned to the county assessor six lots valued at tlO.OSS, a slump of 1133,000. That is one rea son why Douglas county had not been re turned at a larger valuation. What be came of those lots upon which the shop s and no one could explain, though' they were supposed to have been returned to the state board. Mr. Rosewater argued that It wa not too late for the assessment roll of Douglas county to be opened snd thla prop erty locally assessed. : Mr. Weston agreed with Rosewater that it was not right that this land should be returned to the state board and the build ings assessed locally as personal property. Mr. Rosewater argued further that Dour las county waa not receiving all that was due It from tha railroads because of the fact that the Illinois Central, Great West ern, Milwaukee and Other roads that were running over leased tracks to South Oma ha from Omaha wer paying not a cent of taxes. The Milwaukee, owned sleeping cars that should be taxed in the same manner as were the Pullman cars. He pointed out to the board that much prop erty during the last year had been taken off the tax lists because it had been se cured by churches, parks, boulevards and th opening of streets. Disserts Railroad Protest. Mr. Rosewater began hi talk by read ing a portion of the protests filed by the railroads, which be then used as a sub ject for diBsectlon. He told the board that It was amaslng that the allied rail roads should ask for a reduction or an In crease of the valuation of other property In the state. He reviewed tha making of th law which h said was done by the railroads In order that they might receive fair if not favorabl treatment" at the hands of the stato board. Those who have entered protests to this board he said dogged the member of the board as they sat as a board of assessment, bad their hearings at the beginning, at the end and In the middle of the sessions and they took advantage of every opportunity to hammer th board member. "It Is al most an Insult to th ststa for them to protest," h said. Mr, Rosewater read . from the protest that the railroads claimed to have a tacit understanding that the aggregate valua tion of the state should be ItoO.COO.OuO and then said It was not the fault of the railroads that the valuation did not reach that figure, as they had a "atatlstlclan of high descree" to prepare . a table fixing the taxable wealth of the state exclusive of railroads at 2.000,000,0ii0, which they sprung Just at the right time In an effort to show how the people were escaping taxation. He told the board that the rail roads knew the table waa padded. As for the threat of the railroads to take the matter of their asseiwmerit Into the court, Mr. ItoKewater said no lawyer would do It for the reason that all court decisions had upheld the taxing Jioard and he recited the Indiana case where a rail road had been Increased J'.tl.OMXfluo -over the previous year, but which the courts held th taxing board had a rlht to do. It was ct this Jui.ctur of the tulle that Governor ISUfcey announced that the rall- roJ aexeeemmit was Uot under coneldera tton at t.'.is time, - but that the board would take the matter up later. But the ruiU'.au awn Mtneiii waa under considera tion, for the railroads had opened the ball them)ves. and Mr. Rosewater told the t. in J that It had no power to undo ths ,. k It had thfu.ly don on tl.e n-.ll-rcn.U and ha t.'.rn took up by painicispli the proLe's of ths road snd met then.. THOMAS TACC'RT 13 CHAIRMAN t ry Woedsnn ef Keatneky Is Chosen Secretary et the Democratic National Committee. NEW TOrjK. July ?.-Thoma Taggart of Indiana wa unanimously elected chair man of the democratic, national committee today. The meeting hsd not been In ses sion long before this action ws takem All efforts to Induce Senator Gormarvto take .the place failed. Vry Woodson of Kentucky was elected secretary of the democratic national com mittee. Edwin Sefton of the District rf Columbia was elected ssalstant secretary, John I. Martin of Missouri was elected sergeant-at-arms and Samuel Donel Son of Tennessee waa elected assist ant sergeant-at-arms. Both wer placed In nomination for the first place, but en mo tion of Senator Bailey the two wer elected to th positions named. A motion was mad for tha selection of two rice chairmen, one to have charge of th eastern headquarter and the other frie western headiiiirters. Wlltlam F. Sheehsn, who was ) resent as a proxy, moved to leave the whole matter to th executive committee fend to the chairman of the national committee with power to Increase tne number of the executive com mittee snd to select 'special committees for different sections t-f the country In the Judgment of the executive Committee If such action was necessary.' This prevailed and it will allow the formation of a special campaign committee or flnanoe committee In New York or anf . otber organisation that the executive coiftmlttee may consider necessary. , ' The committee decided to accept the In vitation to go to Esoptis to 'lslt Judge Par ker tomorrow, leaving New York at 11:85 a. m. The invitation of the democratic club of this city was 'also accepted by the committee. ( No conclusion was reached regarding the appointment of an executive committee, but It Is expected the committee will be named after the visit to Esopus and consultation with Judee Parker. The executive com mittee may be members of the national committee or others In the discretion of the chairman. The eslectlon of a treas urer for the national committee was left to the executive committee. The committee adjourned isuhject to th call of the chahman. ' Mr. Taggart waa not present, but was represented by J. T. Fanning, who held his proxy. Of the membership of the commu te twenty-seven are old member re elected and twenty-five are new member elected at the St. Lou I convention. ESOPUS, N.' V., July 28. Preparation for th arrival 'of member cf the national democratic committee, work on' the speech of acceptance to be delivered ' bj Judre Parker and his heavy moll -occtiped the democratic candidate for president today. Among the . few who saw Judge Parke." was J. Edward Simmons, president of the Fourth National bank cf New Tork, who talked over th financial part of th campaign. i ALL READY FCZ THE DRAWING Clerks Have Completed the Clnsalnca tien of Those Wh Registered" n , Hos-eb-ttd, . ' " ,' TANKTON. B. D..' July M.MSpe-oialTele-gram.) The work of classification that has absorbed the attention ot th fore of gov ernment clerk in Tankton and which must be .done prior to the drawing for Rosebud -lands, was completed today. To morrow that portion of the force which has been ordered to Chamberlain will leave for Its new duties. The classification consists of an elaborate card index system and has been handled by Expert Meyer at Tankbn. Identification slips have all been placed In envelopes and It ia these which will be drawn from the wheel. Many requests from parties who regis tered at Yankton have been sent to clerks asking for duplicates of certificate of regis tration. . It Is impossible for such dupll-, cates to be furnished. If the certificate la not presented at the time of filing then satisfactory" proof of Its loss or destruction must accompany th filing or the oppor tunity is loot. , CHAMBERLAIN, 8. D., July 26. (Spe cial Telegram.) Hon. W. A. Richards, commissioner of the general land - office, arrived In the city from Washington this evening and will remain in the city-until the end of the Rosebud drawing, which begin. Thursday morn. .g. The drawing will be in th open air, but local condi tions hav necessitated a change of loca-i tlon. ' - Enterprising local people had arranged to ereot a large grandstand on leased ground Immediately in - the front of the platform upon which the drawing will be made with a view to gathering in consid erable coin in providing seats for the weary. The plan, however, was not ap proved by the authorities, who desire a large, free and unobstructed position so that thousands may see the drawing if desired. The location has therefore been transferred to the state school lands ly ing In the-city and the platform is now In readiness for the drawing at tha new location. Train ara bringing In many to wit ness the drawing and an attendance of 10.000 Is .looked for on the opening day. About forty of th grafters from Bone steel have arrived and attempts have been made by them to subsidise the police au thorities, but it will not work. No such condition as prevailed at Bonesteel will be tolerated In Chamberlain. A large force of government clerks Is at work early and late getting the lnrpe registration Hat In shape fur the drawing. HCr.'.E GUILDERS ARE MEETING Bnlldlngr asd Loan Associations Hold Annnnl Conference at Sanlt Bte Marie. SAULT BTE MARIE, Mich.. July 26. Th features at the annual meeting of th United State Building & Loan asso ciation were the annual address of the president and the report of the secretary. President James Claroncy, of Philadel phia, In his annual address, made a plea for th preservation ot th local building association system because th system is gradually gaining an International repu tation. He urged state department bank officials not to permit the working people to be diKflved by bogus building associa tions. AKKresalve welfare should be waged kSairiHt such bogus asuoclatlons until they are completely eliminated. Decretory H. K. Cellaiius, of Cincinnati, said In his annual report: The biiHlnt-r of the local building and l'itn as;.,i la ll-,ns of trie. I'nlied blali-s have ti.-.-n very sutlii tory norlii the yenr Mini, while the lid liici-une In lug f, kittoKo n"0 1 not as im., a it nnhi.t htf on ,n if mi ",piiito,t oi-.-ren.-w of r,-.iiv- 4 ,i,,..."-,,i In (.ii,!,,, ri!,r " from tin .il . . l.lt.s Moll of a Iliril, Ore I.I t It'll- ,( -,-!,, . -,,! II, Ml tluat i in-. j , yr- "'' Ham lies Wril l .aj' b,.lu' aec cts ai.-i li..-. i.ll iMlAy. POLICE CALL ON SHERIFF Frofesg Inability to Control Striken and Ask for Help. MAYOR SAYS HE CAN HANDLE SITUATION Visits Scenes and Declares Mare Officers Vnnecessary Sheriff Fewer Investla-atea Matters, hat ' Takes Re Action, Yet. After a protracted meeting Tuesda after coon the Fire and Police board admitted that it was unable to cope with the strike situation and decided to call upon Sheriff Power and request hlra to take charge ef the strike. During th afternoon th sheriff visited South Omaha for th purpose of locking aver the situation. He called upon some of the members of the police board and the statement wa again made that the police board was powerless to protect strike breakers entering the ' packing plants Chief of Police Brigs also made a state ment to the sheriff. The chief sold h could not handle th crowd of striker and con fessed his Inability to protect men bound for the packing plant.. Following hi In tervlew with th member of the board and the chief Sheriff Power called upon Mayor K out sky. Th sheriff wanted an order or a request from the mayor for deputies- Mayor Koutaky declined to make a request or have anything to do with the matter. He stated that the Fire and Police board had taken the government of the city, a far s maintenance of order ws ericerredl out of hi hand and he had nothing to say. Personally the mayor ia ansrtrm to see order maintained, but he declared he would not hav anything to do with th sheriff, deputy sheriffs, the police pr spe cial ' police. . "If tha Fire and Police board oan not handl this . strike," said th mayor, "it is not my. fault." ,. The mayor said he had not witnessed any disorder and he did not see ths necessity for deputy sheriffs at this time. From the mayor's office Sheriff 'Power called upon Stephen Vail, the strike loader, and the situation was talked over. Upon leaving for Omaha Sheriff Power said that h had not mad up his mind what he wa going to to. He declared he wanted to act according to law and not make any mis take. "One thing Is sure," said the sheriff, "I can' not get ready to send deputies down here tonight, even If I decide that It Is necessary." Canse . of tte Demand. ,Whet brought about the requeat for deputy sheriffs was the failure of the po lice to aafely convey sixty strike breakers from th Burlington freight depot to th ratt-a of the stock vsds. , When the train pulled In and stoppetr at the west end of the viaduct a crowd ot several hundred Strikers thronged about the cars and alter nately cheered and hooted. Chief Biiggs, some Irregular policemen and a number of specials made an attempt to restore or der by talking to the strikers. .United States Marshal Mathews and a couple of deputies were on the ground and the mar shal passed 'around a'nurabor of copies of Judge Mungers restraining order. Mont of tie strikers refused ta acx-ept , the or.jer Snd .those who did threw 'the paper on the ground. "After coaxing the strike breakers for-a time the entire number left the or and made a rush - for the ranks of - the strikers.- The nonunion men were taken to Labor temple and fed and (hen sent out' of the city. -Two members of the police board witnessed the efforts of the police to protect the strike breakers and ' then decided to hold a meeting for th purpose of deciding what ' action to take. When the last strike breaker had disappeared In company with a striker Chief Brlggs de clared he was ready to give up and admit he could not cope with the strikers. Federal Officer at Work. It was stated last evening that United States Marshal Matthews had secured the name of about 100 strikers who are re ported to have violated the Injunction of Judge Munger. - The marshal proposes to have warrants Issued and bring as many of tha men as he can find before Judge Munger and give them an opportunity of explaining their action. There seem to be quite a difference of opinion as to the nnmber of men who walked out at noon Tuesday. The packers assert the total was between SQO and 1,000, while at labor headquarters the statement la given out that the number 1 fujiy 1,K0. ."There Is not a union man working In any cf the packing plants In South Omaha now," said Vioe President Vail last night. The strlk leader ' appear to be greatly encouraged, and while they say this Is to be a fight to a finish, a long-drawn out affair Is not looked for. At noon yesterday the strike was Just two weeks old. More men are out now than at any time since th strike began. As every union man is now out of .he plants no more calls can be made, the limit having been reached. All of the plants except the Omaha ara preparing to board and lodga a large fore of men. Provisions snd bedding were sent down from Omaha In boxcars yesterday afternoon snd switched onto th packing house track. Mechanics Are Supplied. Wort continued at the plants yesterday afternoon the same as If th mechanical worker had not walked out. Engineer and firemen were on hand to take th places of ths striker and not a wheel (topped. . At the stock yards General Manager Kenyon had copies of the city ordinance prohibiting trespaeslng on stock yard grounds posted. These signs wer-pliied on buildings and fences about the property. Under this ordinance any person trespas sing on the property of th company Is liable te a fine or lmprlaonmept or both. Mr. Kenyon thlnka such action Is neces sary In order to protect the property of th company from fire 'or damage from sny other cause. In spite of th fact that Judge Munger refused to modify his Injunctin order the striker maintained picket along th rail road tracks. The different locals concerned In the strike are holding meetings almost every rilght. At thess meetings the situation Is discussed and plans made for the carrying on of th strike. Mayor Find Men Peaceable. Laat evening Mayor Koutaky made a tour of the packing district and found the men all orderly and attending to thelrj own business. The mayor said: "1 went among th strikers pn Q street, whore the largest number congregates. While several hundred men were on th street there was good order sod I found very little drinking among ths men. The strikers have a sort of police force of their own and when a man U found who Is a hula the worms for drink he Is taken In lini by union men and -nt hoins. As I,.U to th larse number cf special A'.'oulliuo4 uu b.cund Paso.) NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair and Warmer Wednesday and Thursday. Temperature nt Ontnhn Yesterdayi Hear. Dear. Hear. Dear. 6 a. m...... l 1 p. nt ft a. n p. m ...... ri.l T a. m 04 3 p. nt...... HO H a. tn ) 4 p. m TO a. n OS It p. m M) 10 a. m ..... , TH 41 p. in rUI 11 a. m TT T p. wt IS as TS P. r MO O p. m. . . . . . Tli ORDER STANDS AS ISSUED Injnnctlnn Aaalaat Strikers Xot Modi fied ky Federal Judge Munger, "Motion to modify th restraining order la overruled. Defendants except." Such Is the order entered by United States District Judge W. H. Munger yes terday upon the application of the attor ney for the strikers to modify the re straining order Issued laat week at the In stance of th Omaha packing houses gslnst the strikers. "We shall at once proceed to' serve th summons Issued out of the United States circuit court pursuant to the Injunction or der against the strikers," said United States Marshal Mathews. "There are approxi mately 4,000 of these notices to serve and w will eerv them a rapidly a w can find the persona named In the summons." In his summary of the case Monday after noon Judge Munger said: "Orders are often construed to different purposes. But in law they moat be con strued as applying to the langunge of the bill of complaint. This order Is not to pre vent anyone from doing anything he has a legul right to d I do not think there Is snythlng In the order, which If properly construed contains anything objectionable. There is nothing In It which prohibits a lawful gathering or meeting ordered for the legitimate duties of peace. The court does not think picketing for observation is un lawful, unless for purposes of violence afterward. The court does not 'think the law Is any different today than It was at the time of the Union Paclflo decision. "There is nothing tn the order that will prevent the strikers from doing legal acts. Nor cun it be construed as to prohibiting different unions from acting within their legal rights." "I regard the order on its face as on of the most sweeping ever Issued in th United Btat ex," ssaerted C. J. Smyth, at torney for the strikers. In commenting on Judge Munger' injunction decree. "But," he added, "so far as Judge Munger's rul ing not to modify the injunction Is con cerned, I am Just as well satisfied with his interpretation of the terms of the or der. In saying what the order does mean he construe it so as to grant practically what we asked for. Of course If action un der the Injunction should coma up under another Judge some difficulty might be encountered In sustaining our position, but of course the interpretation of. the writ by Judge Munger himset would hav to govern." ' 1 -. , Asked, whether or not the report waa true that the South Omaha strikers would bring suit against the packers for alleged .Violations of th antl-truat law, C. J. Smyth, one of th attcrney retained by the union men, aaid: .".. ... ?' . "I ajm not' at liberty to say .anything at, all about this matter at this time. If any thing' Is done, however, it will not be today. Whether Mr.' Vail, the leader of the move ment in this vicinity, would car to talk I do not know:" , CALLS , OFF MILITARY .RULE Governor Peabody Issnea , Proclama tion Tnralna- Colorado Districts Over to Civil Authorities, DENVER, July' 15. Governor Peabody today ' Issued . a proclamation calling off military rul In Teller ccunty and placing the Cripple Creek district in charge of the civil authorities. This action was taken by the governor In face of opposition from many Influential cltlztnn of Cripple Creek, who desire to prevent deported men of the union miners from returning to the district. Before is suing his order, however, the governor re ceived assurances from Sheriff Edward Bell thr.t his forces were able to control the situation. ' Military rule wns proclaimed iri Teller county on June 8, In consequence of disor derly acts, following the explosion at In dependence of June 8, by which many non union miners were killed and Injured. Pre vious to that there had been a large force of soldiers on duty for many months in th Cripple Creek district, but before the ex plonlon occurred these had all been with drawn, No troops are now under arme anywhere in Colorado and good order pre vails In all the mining camps. The military expenses of the state during th past eighteen months, due to strikes, are said to aggregate about $1,000,000. NOT A WHEEL MOVES AT MILLS EUhty-Oae Cotton Mlils Where Re daction Was Anaoaneed Are , at a Standstill. FALL RIVER, Mass.. July 2fl.-Th cot ton mill strike In this city has tied up the mills so completely that by noon today not a wheel was moving In the elghty-ons mills, where a reduction of 12M per cent In wages waa announced to take effect yesterday. The Hariri a ves No. 1 mill waa the only one attempting to resume opera tions this morning, but the number of operatives reporting was so small that th mill was shut down shortly before noon. Offers of assistance by the general public are being received by the strike leaders. One offer of $6,000 was received from a loosl merchant. Another cltlzei, placed at the disposal of the strikers an order for 1.000 loaves of bread. The strikers are looking to nature to provide much of their food during the strike, and today larg parne were engaged digging clams and picking berrlos. , Tha prospect of an Immediate settlement of the strike seem slight. PACKING PLANT AT FORT SCOTT 1 Co-operative Conner u May Re Started by Stockmen and Others with Capital of 100,000. FORT SCOTT, Kan.. July 2.A move ment to organise a $100,000 packing plant here was unJerUUwn today by seversl men Interested lit the mout business. Th plan Is to lntei eat th wealthy stock feeders in thla and adj.'lolng counties and to make them stockholder In the packing house. This la to m.ike them Independent of the coiiitoliiilun men and stuck yards coiti pxnles, as well hm the puckers In the lnrs.fr cll'i-s. The proposed company Is to le organtxeil aloiiK the liner erxgenit-.t re cently by tl. IojUoiio.1 couvei.tioi t,f stock II. Ol TWO RIOTSARE FATAL Btriker and Etrikabrcaker Roooits Mortal Wounds Taring Disturbances t Chicago. NEGRO FIRES INTO CROWD DUHiNG P.IOT Later Troubla Aain Emkj Oat and & Fegro ii hot Dead. MIDNIGHT PANiC OCCURS AT STOCKYARDS KogToes Become Frightened at nLaJo and Open a run-liana. INDEPENDENT' PLANTS ALLOWED TO KILL Donnelly Withdraws tltlraatuns Row gardlns; Cattle Purchased at Stock Ynrds -Teamsters Expected y to Go Out Today. )( "' CHICAGO, July 26-IJttle If any ad vantage wns gained by either side in the stock yards strike today, and there Is no hope tonight of any immediate settlement of the difficulty. Realising that they havs one of the hardest propositions to contend with In the history of the packing Industry, the packers are leaving nothing undone to gain the upper hnnd Sn the struggle with their 80,000 union employes who ar 00 strike. ' All day long workmen from outslds points were rushed to. Chicago end token to the stock yards utider police 'protection, to fill the places of the strikers. Tonight It was announced by th packers thKt 7,000 new men wr now Installed In the different houses at the stock yards. With these men and with the new arrivals that are expected each day, the paokers hop to get their affairs In such shape that th strikers Will b compelled to seek a true in the hostilities and seek a peaceable settlement at . the dictation of th anv ployers. Although th receipts of 11 vo stock to day were small compared with receipts en corresponding , days under normal condi tions, still many cattle, : hogs and sheep were left in the pen tonight unsold. .Teamsters Geillns t.'aeasr. With all th iinlon workmen out on strike, with the exception of the packing hou teamsters, the only additions , today to th ranks of the trikers were about 100 team sters who qul work as Individuals, pre ferring to Ao (his rather than wait for an official order o walk out, and the' wait resses In the rtuurants at the stock yards controlled by the packing companies. Th teamsters have become restless and th general belief Is that few, if an), ot the 700 employed in the packing Industry will wait for the sanction of International of ficers of the union td go on strike. Rumors of renewed effort to settle the difficulty by arbitration -ier thick to day, but , upon Investigation they wr found to be. without foundation. When questioned tonight retarding the situation, Michael J. ponnelly, president - of the Butchers" union, the, .' orgiHi!atI4a . wU.cU, precipitated the ii:lna! r'-fko, saMt - "I have no hope of an liuuieOiiat.if settle ment.. Th fight la on and th only thing we cn do now U to stick to the end." v The union organisation recalled their ultimatum Issued yesterday prohibiting their members employed in the Independent packing plants from killing live stock pur chased in the stook yards, ' where 'the ani mals are being handled by nonunion em ployes. The labtir leader took th's stes after the Independent packer hsd pointed out to them that If such sn order wjs car ried' out it would be a banfit to the big packing companies. Two Fatal Blot. Lines of vigilant policemen guarded the entrances to the stock yards till cay and tonight, but despite this precaution dis turbances were numerous and to of them ended with fatal results. While sn. attack wa being made on some colored strlk breakers as they - were leaving the stock ysrds tonight, John Btokei, 6n6 Of th strikers, was shot and fatally wounded by one of the negroes. Stokes, with fully 100 companion,. It Is said, rushed on the negroes, and Otis' of the latter drew a revolver and-flrd Into th crowd, hitting Stokes. The pollc wer close at hand and succeeded in cs.ttrlng the rioters after considerabi difficulty. During another riot within 100 feet 'of th Some Riot In Occur. The union men and their friends have become so en.l.lt tori J against the strike breakers that the appearance of a' negro In the vicinity of the stock yards is al most certain to be followed by violence. A negro barber about to c'lmb upon a street car at the entrance to the stock yards tonight was drugged to the street by a mob and beaten unconscious. , When the police arrived live? ar.ounced that the man was (lend, but in the coure of and hour he was revived. The mob was under the hnpre.vV that the barber was employed in sons of the packing plants and without waiting to ask ques tions attacked him before he could offel any explanation. , During another riot within 100 feet of th same place, and less than sn hour after the one In hlch Stokes was Injured, a negro strike breaker was shot and In stantly killed. The-rioter e uptJ before lh police arrived on the scene, and it la not known who Is responsible for the shoot ing.' Chief of Police O'Neill, who ha taken personal rhargo of the H6 policemen de tailed to stock yards duty during th strike, declared tonight that the police had the strike situation well In hand and thai they would be able to control the striker and their Mends. When Mnyor Carter Harrlbon waa asked tonight if ho i.iU-inl-l to take any action In an a 1 1 , t (o stop the strlk he said that for 1' 1 i,)nt at least the strike would be un.li r tr.e Control of th police department, and thut a yet the strike was purely sn affsilr to ta looked, after by the polle. - & hot. 1 lua' 1.1 the 1 ii, Shooting wildly in the dnrhm a s -or of panic-stricken strike lin-ukc: itnr.i ly Swift and, Conipnny spr., ,t c . ..don through the yards early to i .y. 1 . v weie ent to the police and the si .: 1 rur-rls-m of Packlrigtown turm-d t t 1., f.,; force, believing that the !il! ,i j .,,,,, an oigatilzed attack und.-r c- i-t 1 ; t mk nets. Fallirt; to discover anv : t i ,' , , 1( 9 a mated the strike break". (I 1 : cm colored. The prtnonrrs M - ,'. 1 n , -When the police tnrne.1 , c ,K for an attutktt.g paity n . n , , , suiko bienkers, tl.n v.,.. a . i,( protests. All the i-niiun t , ,. ... . suspicious perrons I 11 ,01 h, i .. , . of tha buildina. 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