Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. XXXVII NO. 32.
OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, .TULA" 23, 1907 TEN PAGES.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
FEW MORE ARE FOUND
Lilt of Kisning; in Columbia Diiuter
Decreaiei Slowly.
NINETY-THREE UNACCOUNTED FOB
Company Arrangei to Send Bodiet of
Yictimi Home.
DR. AND MBS. PAUL ABE SAFE
Columbus Dentist and Wife Notify
Friends of Arrival at 'Frisco.
STEAMER ELDER AT ASTORIA
rthrlle and Curious Scenes ttt th
Dock as lUirard Prraont Aft
l.sade-d List of the
SAN FRANCISCO, July M.-But few
changes have been made In the lists of
loat and aaved of the steamer Columbia
published yesterday. The steamer of
ficials hare been Informed that Chew Mock
of Oakland, a Chinese first class traveler,
reported missing-, was among the saved.
The company has announced that the
bodies of the Victims were being; held by
the coroner at Eureka pending orders from
friends and relatives to have them shipped
to this city and Portland. The bodies
of eastern passengers will be sent by
both routes.
A revised list of the passengers shows
108 saved and seventy-seven missing. Of
the officers and crew forty were saved and
sixteen are missing. This makes a total
of ninety-three unaccounted for.
Survivors at Astoria.
ASTORIA. Ore., July 24. All night long
an eager throng awaited on the docks for
the arrival of the steamer Oeortre W. Elder,
which had on board many of the surtvlvors
of the Ill-fated Columbia, which was sunk
In a collision with the steamer schooner
Sun Pedro near Shelter Cove, Cel., early
Sunday morning. Hundreds of people,
relatives, friends of the survivors, came
from Portland and various towns In Oregon
and Washington to greet their loved ones.
Patiently they waited on the docks through,
out the night, huddled In groups, with their
faces Illumined with happiness and chatting
happily of the reunion of the morrow.
The scene, however, was not without
Its sorrow. Here and there an expectant
wife, a loving father, a brother or a sister,
hoping against hope, sat huddled and dis
consolate. They were awaiting news of
the missing, perhaps of the dead. It was
the presence of the bereaved that held the
throngs In check, and here and there some
man or woman more thoughtful of the
rest, endeavored to console the poor folk,
whose eyes scanned the sea so anxiously
f for a glimpse of the Elder.
At last me looKout at Hammond tele-
phoned In that the Elder was off the bar
and at 4:45 o'clock another message earn
that the watchers began to pace up and
down the pier, nervously scanning the
harbor to eaten a glimpse of the steamer.
Cheers Greet Boat. . -
When at last the Elder Anally was dis
cerned In the glow of early morning there
was cheer after cheer. Hundreds of peo
ple from all parts of the city were addod
to the expectant crowds. Long before" the
Elder was within ear shot people on the
locks began a fusillade of questions, but
It was useless.
It was not long, however, before people
on the dock recognised, or thought they
could recognise, thulr loved ones and the
ixcltement grew more tense and demon
itrative. The scene on the Elder was per
haps more animated. Crowds of eager peo
ple were gathered on the docks and a long
row of happy faces shown over the rail.
Hats were waved and the cheers of the
resoued mingled with the watchers on
shore.
Shouts of greeting went back and forth
as the Elder came to Its dock and cries of
"How are you?" and "Are you all right?"
tnd punctuated now and then with the cry
f a mother or father appealing for new
of loved one.
There were pitiful scenes when It wss
learned that the Elder had picked up none
of the Columbia's lifeboats or rafts. All
hope bad departed for some and they
lipped away from the merry-makers to
hide their sorrow as beat they might. It
waa only too true the Elder had not
tghted any of the missing rafts or boats
and had picked up none of the victims
after leaving Eureka.
Cartons r wt Came Aahoro.
A the gangplank of the Elder was
swung out on the dock there was a mad
rush to get on board the vessel, but Cap
tain Jessen, reluctant aa he was to re
strain the union of the passengers and
friends and relatives on shore, waa obliged
to maintain discipline. When an was
ready the survivors were permitted to go
ashore. It was a curious crowd that
thronged down the gang plank. Attired In
all sorts of misfit garments, the passen
ger presented an odd appearance. There
were some who had fitted out in Eureka,
but It waa hot difficult to recognise the
survivors of the Columbia disaster. The
scene upon the dock was almost beyond
words. Every possible demonstration of
Joy waa spent and the hugging and kiss
ing continued for many minutes. Some few
were overcome by the exoltement of the
meeting and some fainted, but were soon
revived. Some of the rescued were car
ried off their feet by friends.
They were taken care of by others and
made welcome by the good people of As
toria. Flowers were distributed and hot
coffee and other good things were there
for those who needed them.
List ( Sarrivora oa Elder.
Following Is a list of the survivors of
the steamer Columbia who were taken on
board the steyner Elder on Sunday after
tbe Columbia had been struck by the
learner Ean Pedro at Shelter Cove, CaL
Tbe Rider arrived this morning:
K. W. H. Truesdale. Rlchtleld. III.; H.
It Ewart. Oklahoma City. Okl.; R. Robin
son. Alameda; William Plnney, Chicago;
J B. Myers, San Francisco; Frank Mario,
fan Himun'o, Ij. E. Hill, Santa Ant;
Fred Knspp, Buffalo, N. T.; A. C. Wood
ward. Oakland. Cal.; Miss Minnie Buxton,
Portland; Mies Florence Thompson.
Yuungmown, O.; Prod Rogers, Enid, Okl.;
C K. May hew. EnlJ Okl.; Phil Uoslltsky.
Sun Francisco; Joe Rumlev. Portland; F.
MauMtu, Astoria; Olaf iTtereon,
pnknne; Pearl Ueebe, Portland; Wight
I'asner. 1m. 8. IX; Mre. J. A. Johnson.
uih brodnrick; C. R. Johnson. South
lii'odertik; Ethel Johnson. South Hrodertck;
J. Grant Kilns and wife. Sanger. Cal.;
Mrs. C A. tinnun. San Francisco: Helen
l hurchley. Portland; Ut-orge tiuodenpyl.
McM'nnvllle. Tenn.; P. levers. Portland:
Al Blcgol. Portland; A. W. Crader. Port
Und; Muyb.Ha Vtataon. Berkeley, Cal;
A 8cliob.-r. Denver; J W. Klxgs and wife,
ulouiuiiigton. 111.; Hanry kunst. ;
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DOKXSTIO.
Clarence Darrow denounces the testi
mony of Harry Orchard in the Haywood
trial and pays his respects also to Prose
cutor J. H. Hawley. Page 1
Stea,..r Elder reaches Astoria with
many of the rescued passengers from the
Columbia. rage X
Secretary Cellarlus of the United States
League of Building and Loan associations
in his annual report shows a tremendous
increase In business for the year.
Page 1
'. Thirteen men only out of list of thirty
eight passed the consular examination at
Washington. Fags X
Japanese submit plans for the govern
ment of Corea that are revolutionary In
character, though the throne is not mo
lested. Vage X
Strike of miners in the ore industry Is
likely to have serious consequences If it
Is not stopped. rage X
Japanese warships arrive at Brest and
treat Americans with cordiality. Page X
Carmen on the Rock Island road are
making all possible trouble for the road
during strike. rage X
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul official
return from first trip over the new Pierre
line. rage x
roKEiazr
Russians fear that Japanese are plan
ning an antl-dynastlc revolution that will
involve China. rag X
XfXBKASXA.
State Board of Assessment Is making. a
comparative table of the valuations placed
on property in the various counties.
rag 3
LOCAL
Judge Redlck of the district court de
cides slot machines are gambling devices
and refuses to enjoin the ordinance pro
hibiting them. rage a
Commissioner Guild of the Commercial
club returns from Charlevoix with asser
tion that Missouri river Jobbers were fav
ored at the hands of the western classi
fication committee. ' page a
Basil Mullen, second of the trio of
youths, suspected of murder of Han Pak,
says his pals led and he followed.
Page T
Four Omaha ticket brokers are cited
before Judge W. H. Munger pf the federal
court to show cause why they should not
be punished for contempt of court In the
violation of order against scalping.
rage 7
Society improves ita opportunity for
out-of-door enjoyment with many dinner
parties at the various rural clubs.
Paga
WYOMING WANTS IMMIGRANTS
Coal Miners or Farm Laborers Most
la Demand, According; to
Governor.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, July 24. (Special Tele
gram.) On July 1 there was Installed a new
division of the Department of Commerce
and Labor to be known, according to the
Immigration law signed February 20 of this
year, a sthe division of Information In the
bureau of lmmlgrtton and naturalization,
with a chief and such other clerical assist
ance as may be necessary, the duty of
such division being to promote the bene
ficial distribution of aliens admitted Into
the United States among the several states
and territories desiring Immigration."
Aa chVef of this division T. V. Powderly,
formerly chief of bureau of Immigration,
has been appointed and one of the first
things Mr. Powderly did was to direct
letter to the governors of statu and terri
tories asking them a series of questions
relating to the needs of the several states
as to laborers and what nationalities were
most desired. Among the answers received
was one from Governor Brooks of Wyo
ming, who states taht the demand for work
men In his state Is most urgent, particu
larly in the coal fields, all of which are
short-handed. The agricultural sections are
also in need of laborers, ranch owners
being at their wits end to know how to
harvest their crops. "The class of laborers
needed," said Governor Brooks, "Is skilled
miners and unskilled common laborers. We
could use many Finn miners to great ad
vantage. Mechanics are needed in all our
cities and In every trade. In our coal
mines both single men and heads of famil
ies could be worked to advantage, but
heads of families are preferred. Two thou
sand ooal miners are required at present
and more can be used next fall. Farm
wages range from $' to M0 per month with
board. Coal miners get S3 per day for ordi
nary work and skilled miners and work
men make from $3.50 to 6 per day. All na.
tlonalltles can be used to advantage."
Governor Sheldon of Nebraska and Gov
ernor Cummins of Iowa have not answered
Mr. Powderly's lnterropgatorles, but their
replies are expected dally.
There Is a humorous side to the creation
of this bureau of information, which prom
ises much for the space writer and the
"funny man" of the dally newspapers. Peo
ple throughout the country have an Idea
that whatever their wants all they have to
do is to write Powderly for information
and they will get It forthwith. Aletter
from Ingham, Neb., was received today,
atatlng that the writer was a citizen of
Lincoln county and he wanted to open
a saloon near that town. He desired to
know who he should write to or see to get
a government license and how much the
license would be, and also If he Could se
cure a license for six months or one year
"and all about them."
The application of Hamilton Wllcom,
James Boiler, P. L. Arraamlth. A. G. Arra
smlth and M. C. Wfloom to organize the
Grurwold National bank of Giiswold. Ia.,
with tKO.OOO capital for bond approved by
the comptroller of the currency.
Iowa postmasters appointed: Hanley,
Madison county, Jennie Howard, vice W.
C. Montgomery. resigned; Marysvllle.
Marion county. John it. Watts, vita John
Mats, resigns
MANY CHANGES IN SEOUL
Japanese Suggest Reyolutionary
Flans for Core a.
THRONE REMAINS UNMOLESTED
Corea ii Ministers Reeelre Them with
Consternation Wholesale Ax
reats Arc Now Being;
Made.
TOKIO, July 24. According to a dls
patch received here from Seoul this morn
ing Marquis Ito received a long message
yesterday, July 23, from the Imperial gnv
ernment In this city and opened nrttotla- j
tlons with the Corean government the amr i
venlng. The Corean ministry la now
..ldlng a meeetlng with closed doors.
Marquis Ito's official newspaper express'.!
satisfaction with the views of some of tho
foreign papers regarding the situation In
Corea, but says It Is surprised at the Im
pression which appears to prevail abroad
that Japan has taken action In Corea, In
sisting that Japan has not done so.
Proposed Plans Make Great Chance.
SEOUL, July 24. It Is understood that
the proposals of Japan with which Vis
count Hayashi was charged were presented
by Marquis Ito to the Corean cabinet
which met at 10 o'clock this morning under j
a japaneae guard. The meeting waa held
In, the temporary quarters of the minister
of agriculture In the Japanese section of
the city. The ministers deliberated until
4 o'clock In the afternoon, when Premier
Iwan Hung, together with the minister of
war, presented the new plan of governing
the stale to the emperor in the palace, re
turning to the cabinet meeting within two
hours.
It is understood that the Japanese pro
posals though they do not molest the se
curity of the throne are revolutionary and
the fact that the audience of the cabinet
members with the emperor was brief, la
believed to be evidence of the consterna
tion of the court.
Many Agitators -Arrested.
Many agitators from the province are
arriving here. They are not permitted to
assemble in the city and therefore are
meeting In suburban towns, where loo
soldiers were yesterday detailed to dis
perse them.
On account of the prevailing heat and
disquiet the financial archives of the gov
ernment, and also the correspondence
of the various government department
have been removed to the Japanese city
to insure their safety from destruction by
fire.
Wholesale arrests of subordinates leav
ing the palace began at 4 o'clock yesterday
afternoon the object being to Intercept pos
sible communications from the former
emperor which might throw light on al
leged plots.
A messago from Chemulpo states that
the Japanese war vessels Kasagt, Nltaka
and Tsushima arrived there from Gensan
at 9 o'clock this morning with many blue
Jackets and provincial troops on board.
The troops will proceed to Seoul.
FEAR CHINA WILL BE NEXT
Russians Believe Japan Is Planning;
to Gain Hotel la Celes
tial Empire.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 24. The Novoe
Vremya publishes details of an alleged
onti-dynastlc movement in southern China,
ascribing it to Japanese Instigators who,
the paper says, are busily preparing for
the Manchu dynasty In China the same
fate which has Just overtaken the emperor
' of Corea.
! Continuing, the paper says, that in con
travention to the supplementary provisions
of the China-Japanese treaty of 1 defin
ing the regions where foreigners, including
Japanese, shall be permitted to reside,
Jarane agents, have worked their way
Into the most remote corners of the empire.
The note of Japanese Intrigue consists in
assuring the Chinese that Japan is their
I protector against the nations of the west
! and at the same time reassuring the west
I erners that Japan Is their vanguard against
the Chinese peril. I
The apprehensions of the Novoe Vremya
regarding the reopening of the far eastern
question are fully shared In Russian mili
tary circles, where the steady armament of
China and Japan is viewed with alarm.
This movement la regarded as primarily
menacing to the remnant of Russian posses
sions on the Pacific. j
TOKIO, July 24. It la understood that the
terms of the Russo-Japanese entente were I
finally agreed upon at the meeting of the j
elder statemen yesterday. The entente t
probably will be published shortly, and j
simultaneously In both countries. This step j
will precede the publication of the com
merclal treaty between Russia and Japan.
GYPSIES PROVING PROBLEM
Many Outraares Chara-ed to Them la
Hungary, Where They Are
Numerous.
BUDAPEST, July 24. -A long list of mur
ders and other outrages committed recently
I by nomad Gypsy bands at Pussta and else-
where In Hungary has brought the question
! of controlling the Gypsies, a problem that
has confronted the Hungarian government
for a century or more, again to the front.
There Is a powerful movement on foot
to compel the government to solve the
problem of the disposition of the BO.000
wanderers.
London Laughs at Punch.
LONDON, July 24 A cartoon In Punch
Is attracting much attention from thoso
who are of the belief that the United States
Is responsible morally for the action of
Venezuela to refusing to pay debts that
have been passed upon aa Just by The
Hague conference. It portrays the South
American republic in the shape of a mon
key perched In a tree holding In its hand
a satchel. The tree Is labeled "Monroe
doctrine." Standing beneath Is Uncle Sam
and a Belgian boy. the latter pointing up
at the monkey, saying: "Please sir. your
monkey has taken my bag."
"That's so," replies the genial and entil
ing Uncle Sam. "Ain't he cuter
Plna Fossil Remains.
BAOGS, Wyo., July 24.-(Bpeclal.V-A ore-
hlstorlo relic of the lizard variety has ':
been found near here. The skeleton meaa- '
ures $14 feet m length. One Vertebrae
weighs more than half a ton. It is esti
mated that the animal in the flesh weighed
1O0.000 pounds. The find will be sold to
some museum.
Taft Guest of Canada.
OTTAWA. Ont., July 24 Secretary Tsft
Is expected to pay a visit soon to the St.
Lawrence river and guh". Hon. R. W.
Scott, the Canadian secretary of state, la
in communication with him regarding the
visit. The government. It Is expected, will
place on of the Dominion cruisers at his
disposal
FIRST TRIP OVER NEW LINE I
Officials of Milwaukee Road Return
from Inspection In South
Dakota.
MITCH ELL. S. D.. July 34.-Speelal.) -The
head officials of tho Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul railroad have Just made their
first trip over their line from Chicago to
the Black Hills country, this being the
first through train from the east to the
west side of the Mississippi river, which
the train crossed on Its own bridge. Among
the officials on the train when It went
through Mitchell were second Vice President
McKenna, third Vice President Hlland,
General Manager Ooodnow. General Pas
senger Agent Miller. General Freight Agent
Plerpont and A. E. Manchester, superin
tendent of motive power. The trip was
made out to Rapid CHy to Inspect the con
dition of the roadbed and arrive at some
conclusion as to when through trains could
bo established from Chicago.
The officials found the roadbed in poor
condition, owing to the heavy rams that
have fallen through the reservation In the
past ten days and they were unable to make
any definite statement when the road would
be open to through business. At the
present time the company Is hauling Im
mense quantities of gravel from the bed
near Oacoma and graveling the roadbed
using forty to fifty cars per day. This work
Is accomplished nearly to Murdo, a distance
of seventy miles from Chamberlain. Por
tions of the roadbed are stink in the soft
gumbo soil and it cannot be depended upon
until the gravel Is substituted. The com
pany will have to arrange this fall to handle
the big crop that is being raised out on the
reservation this season, as the heavy rains
during the season hss made the grain grow
very rapidly and a very heavy yield is re
ported all along Hhe line. To haul this to
market will retire a good roadbed and
the company will arrange to put the road
In the best possible shape.
It was reported that the United States
government had condemned the bridge
across the Missouri river as being unsafe
to haul passenger trains across, but the
officials declare that no such order was
ever Issued, and they would be the first to
close the bridge to trains If It were not
absolutely safe. The bridge has been out
of repair for several weeks, but was put In
good condition Friday.
BUILDING AND LOAN MEETING
Secretary Cellarlus Reports on Won.
derful Increase) In Opera
tlons In Country.
CHICAGO, July 24. The fifteenth an
nual meeting of the United States League
of Local Building and Loan association
opened today with a large attendance. Sec
retary Cellarlus of Cincinnati and other
officers sumbltted their reports.
In the commencement of his report Secre
tary Cellarlus declared that the local build
ing and loan associations In the United
States are showing wonderful prosperity.
During the last year, he declared that they
gained In assets 243,784.900, and increased
the amount of their annual receipts nearly
246.000,000. The report then declared:
The year 1906 made a remarkably good
showing, with a gain In assets of i.'9,000.000,
but last year exceeded theso figures mora
than $14,0(0,0(10, so that In the lata two years
the building associations of the local type
have gained In assets nearly $73.000,OnO. The
net gain In membership tor the year was
SMfB. . -
There are now In the United States 5.S16
local building and loan associations, having
a membership of 1,I9,714, and assets
amounting to StiX3,?f,
The receipts and disbursements of the
local building and loan associations for
last year show an Increase In volume of
nearly 10 per cent over the preceding year.
There was an Increase In the weekly dus
receipts of $14. 243. 236, and of mortgage
loans made of $23,32.300. The total receipts
were S4ft4.286.996, and the total dlabusements
$470,000,484, leaving a total of cash on hand
on January 1, 1907, of $24,286,512.
GREAT SINGER DIES"HERMIT
Once Friend of Mendelssohn, He
Meets Death In Allentown
Poor House.
ALLENTOWN, Pa., July 24. Once a
great song genius of Europe, but in this
country only a character made unique by
disappointment, Charles Weiss died in the
poor house yesterday. Before becoming a
ward of the county Weiss had lived the
life of a hermit on the Lehigh mountains
for years.
Born in Germany seventy-nine years ago,
Welsss came of a prominent family, and
he associated with the most brilliant musi
cal geniuses of that country. He was a
personal friend of Mendelssohn. He had a
fine tenor voice and he sang In grand opera
in all the principal cltlea of Europe. Among
his Intimates were Standlgl, the basso, who
sang the part of "Elijah" when that ora
torio was first produced in England;
Joanna Wagner, In her day the greatest
alto In Germany, and Herr Steger, the
great German tenor. Weiss came to this
country to seek his fortune. He never
found It and, disappointed, he retired to
the mountains of Lehigh and became a
hermit.
CARDINAL HAS ANNIVERSARY
Seventy-Three Years Old, Dee la res
Life of Usefulness Beat
to Live.
WESTMINSTER, Md., July 24. Cardinal
Gibbons, who was 71 years old yesterday,
celebrated the event quietly at the home
of friends here. The cardinal said he
was in splendid health. In commenting
on his long life and his work, the cardinal
said that a life of usefulness and help
fulness to one's fellow men la the only life
worth living and with the glorious hope
of immortality the measure of one's years
was not bounded by time, but endured
forever.
ARMENIAN RECEIVES WARNING
Wealthy Boston Merchant Informed
that Ho Is Marked for
Death.
BOSTON. July 24. Moses H. Gueslan,
wealthy Armenian merchant, asserted to
day tnat yesterday he received a postal
card bearing a New York postmark. In
forming him that he was to be killed.
The card read:
My Brother: We today killed P. S. Tav
shanjian (the New York rug Importer) and
next Monday will kill you. You are a
millionaire and you slve nothing to our
party. Relieve me, you die. Committee of
Revolution.
The message was written in English.
ADMITS SETTING DEATH TRAP
Colllnsvllla Miner Says Ha Brougrht
About Death of Hia Own
Cousin.
BELLEVILLE, 111.. July 24.-Joseph
Qenettl, In Jail here, confessed today to
setting a death trap In the Consolidated
coal mine at Colllnsvllle, 111., July 1. The
trap killed his cousin, August Qenettl, and
also killed Louis Cologne, He Implicates
another coal miner who Is not under arrest.
MINERS' STRIKE IS SERIOUS
Steel Corporation Expects to Fight
Without Compromise.
SAY AGITATORS CAUSE TROUBLE
President Corey Haa Matter Under
Personal Supervision Seven
teen Thousand Are Af
fected. NEW TORK, July 24 The strike of the
workmen In the ore mines In the Lake
Superior fields Is receiving the serious at
tention of the officials of the United States
Steel corporation. William E. Corey, tho
president, has the strike under his su
pervision and his lieutenant, Thomas Cole,
president of the Oliver Mining company,
is on the lookout at Duluth and Two
Harbors. Announcement is made that the
corporation will stand out for what the
officials consider common Justice in its
fight with the Western Federation of
Miners. - The organization haa outlawed
Iteelf, the officers of the corporation hold,
In disregarding the terms of Its own reso
lutions before they had been In the hands
of President Cole thtrty-slx hours.
It Is stated that the program udopted 's
to fight without compromise what Is termed
the small percentage of men in the ore
fields, who are members of the western
federation. The Western Steel corporation
does not believe that the men have any
grievance and point to the fact that only
last January an Increase of wages was
voluntarily granted to the men'. Since
then, It Is stated, there has been no com
plaint from the men and no trouble was
anticipated until the demands of the com
pany were received.
The whole trouble has been stirred up
from the outside by professional organizers,
according to the steel officials, who also
say that less than 10 per cent of the men
became members of the union. These,
however, they say have succeeded In In
timidating the rest by marching through
the Iron country with red flags, burning
property and beating men who tried to
remain at work. According to the stenl
corporation's, latest figures there were
14,393 men employed at the Lake Superior
properties. The shutting down of the
mines has already been felt by the men
along the lines of the ore railroads and
on the lake docks. There are nearly 17,000
men employed on the transportation lines
of the corporation, who may be affected
by the strike.
Just what effect the strike will have on
the steel and Iron Industry the trade has
not yet figured out. The company has
large ore supplies tor, Its present needs
but If the strike were prolonged much
embarrassment might be caused after the
closing down of navigation.
PITTSBURG. July 24.-A long drawn out
dispute between the local operators and
miners over the Pate steam dump, a labor
saving device, which threatened to close
the mines of the Pittsburg district with a
general strike, has been aettled favorable
to the miners.
Laborers Leaving; tho Ranaje.
SUPERIOR, Wis., July 24,-As a result
of the strike at the Iron mines laborers are
leaving the range In large numbers, many
of them buying tickets for their homes
In Italy. Hungary, Finland and other parts
of Europe. Three hundred passed through
here yesterday on their way east.
HIBBING, Minn., July 24.-Speakers at a
mass meeting of citizens last night de
nounced the action of the Western Federa
tion of Miners in connection with the
strike here. They Insisted on the right of
the men to work if the wished and to be
protected In working. J. J. Cox, president
of the town supervisors, presided, and a
resolution was unanimously adopted that
the city take measures to protect the men
at work. The result was that many of the
men went back to work today, especially
in the Hlbblng district, and scores of con
stables and special policemen are petroling
the streets and the locations. Organizer
Pettyella of the federation said he had
advices from Denver today that the or
ganization would support the strike cor
dially and effectively.
FIGURES ON SUCCESS OF STRIKES
Industrie of Country Suffered Less
In 1005 Than Since 1802.
WASHINGTON. July 24. The Industries
of the United States suffered less from
strikes during 1805 than in any year since
1392, if the number of employes thrown out
of work by strikes and the duration of the
strikes be taken aa a measure. According
to the twenty-lirst annual report of the
bureau of labor of the Department of Com
merce and Labor, In 19o6 there were 221,688
employes thrown out of work by 2,077
strikes undertaken by 176.337 strikers in
8,2 establishments, and lantlng an aver
age of twenty-three days In each establish
ment involved.
The report In part says:
The year 1894 stands out In the history of
the country as the year most notable for
the number of workers thrown out of work
by strikes, over 660,OX employes being
thrown out of work by 1.84K strikes, under
taken hv hklfKU BtPlLur, In e I:. 1.
ments, and lasting an average of forty
two days in each establishment involved.
Htatistica for a twenty-live-year period
shows strikes In the United States num
bered 6,757 and lockouts l.Wti. The number
of persons who went out on strike during
the twenty-five years was ,7,tMa. and
locked out 716,231. The dependence of one.
occupation on another In the same estab
lishment swells the aggregate of employes
affected during the period to 9 529,434. Tha
average duration of strikes per establish
ment WSS IWflnlV.Av, Hava nn.l I , .
eighty-four days. The gieatest number of
on, nr. in m,,y una muumry was In the
building tradis, which had over 26 per
cent of the strikes and 'in per cent of all
the establishments Involved In strikes
The Importance of the part that organ
ised labor plays lo strikes, the report says
is Indicated by the fact that of the total
number i f U t M L In tu..i.r., .
... ... .... j-m r ytar
practically 69 per cent were ordered by
o urceeued
In winning all the demands for which the
strike a'ere iiniturtu L .n in jc -
. - - - . . . ., ... ii i 1 u ()
the establishments, succeeded partly In over
iu per cent, ana in only 3i per cent of tbe
establishments did they fall entirely to win
T lu'lmnt u rbuiilt.H i. 1 1 . . I ! i. I .. .
. . ,,, (, u em-
ployes In 47 per cent of the establishments
"'"""i lunrruou purijy in ii per cent
and failed entirely in '42 per cent. Strikes
ordered by labor organizations were wholly
successful In practically 50 per cent of
the establishments Involved, partly success
ful In almost 16 per cent and failed entirely
In only 3o per cent of the establishments
During the quarter century period men
tioned, 41 per cent of all strikes were un
dertaken for Increase of wages alone, or In
combination with other causes; over 23 per
cent wholly or paitially by disputes con
cerning the recognition of union and union
rules, practically 12 pr cent caused by re
duction in wages, almost 10 per cent were
to enforce demands for a reduction of hours
and only a little less than 4 per tent were
sympathetic.
Btrlkes for Increased wages have been
more successful than those for any other
cause.- B'rlkes concerning recognition of
union and union rules entirely failed In 43
per cent of the extabllshments Involved and
sympathetic strikes (the most unsuccessful
of all), entirely failed in ',6 per cent of
the rHtabllini"nta Involved.
During 1&01-1'.C. 6 per cent of all strikes
and 12 per cent of all lockouts were set
tled by a Joint agreement, and less than
t per cent of the strikes and a little over
2 r r cent nf tim IjwUrtut - -. . i..
UrUtraUoa : "
FACTS CONCERNING TRIAL
OF HAYWOOD.
Trial bPRRii May 9.
Veniremen examlqcd, 248.
Jury completed Jube 3.
State's direct evidence finished
June 21.
Defense finished July 12.
State's rebuttal finished July 19.
Number of witnesses tor the
state, .89.
Number of witnesses for the de
fense, 87.
Cost of trial to the etate, $9 Of
000.
Cost to the county of Canyon,
$25,000.
Cost to the Western Federation,
$160,000.
Estimate of combined argu
ments to the Jury by the state,
lBft.000 words.
Estimate of combined argu
ments to the Jury by defense, 260,
000 words.
Case will be submitted to the
Jury July 26.
SEAMEN'S CONDITION GOOD
Only One of Georgia Victims Critically
111 Aaother la Inder As.
uiued Name.
BOSTON. July I4.-The condition of tlia
survivors of the accident on board the bat
tleship Oeorgla a week ago Monday, who
I are confined In the Chelsea naval hospital,
j was reported today as being without
change. Seaman Fonc, who Is regarded
I as the most critically 111, passed a good
! night. Seamen Gilbert, Hurch, Meese and
Thomas, who are also regarded as being In
i a critical condition, although showing no
improvement, are nevertheless not losing
any ground they have gained.
PROVIDENCE, Ft. I., July 24. It wai
learned here last night that the survivor
I of the battleship Georgia accident who Is
at the Chelsea naval hospital under the
'. name of John A. Durch, Is the son of
i Manuel George Sllva of this city. Tim
I boy's real name Is Lawrence Arthur Sllva.
i Young Sllva Is not yet of age. He en
j listed In the navy In New York under an
i assumed name against his father's wishes.
and has two brothers who are also In the
navy. He was a gun pointer in the Ill
fated turret crew. His relatives in this
city are aware of his condition, and dally
visits are paid him at the hospital. He
has a chance to recover.
STRIKE BREAKERS IN CLOVER
Living; In Lnxtirlone Quarters In
Fltchhnra-, Mass., with French
Chef to Provide.
FITCHBURQ, Mass., July 4. Strike
breakers who have been brought here In
an attempt to break the strike of 800
machinists are living In clover. They are
quartered In the $50,000 Fltchburg athletic
gymnasium and have all manner of
luxuries. The kitchen is provided over
by a French" chef. They have the free
run of the place and al night the billiard
and card rooms are In constant use by
them. The striking machinists want better
pay and shorter hours. . The master
mechanics have determined to resist the
demands.
PUSHING CONSPIRACY CASES
Washington Authorities Will Hasten
Suits Involving; Timber
Lands.
WASHINGTON, July 24.-It was , an
nounced today that an effort would be
made In January to take up the cases
against Dlmond, Hyde and Denson, In
volving a charge of conspiracy to defraud
the government by cutting public timber,
the delay being due to a crowded criminal
oalendar and to the lack of funds for wit
nesses. It wfti oe necessary to bring about
seventy-five witnesses from the Pacific
coast and an effort will be made to seoure
an additional appropriation from congress
before the trials.
CARMEN ARE MAKING TROUBLE
Order Workmen Out on Rock Island
as They Are ClearlngT
Wreck.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., July 24 -The car
men of the Rock Island railroad at this
point went on strike today. Today there
was a wreck at Devalls Bluff and the
wrecker waa ordered to that point. When
the wreck train reached Lonoke the car
men received orders from He1 Carman
Gray to abandon the wreck and return to
Little Rack, which they did. Fifteen bo
cars are piled on the track at Devalls
Bluff. There Is a freight wreck also at
Bauxite and this had not been cleared at
noon.
ONLY THIRTEENMEN PASSED
Out of Thlrty-Flvht Reek In- to Bo
Consuls This Number Haa
(tuallned.
WASHINGTON, July 24. In the recent
examination of the candidates for appoint
ment for-the consular service, for which
fifty-four men were designated, thirty-eight
presented themselves for examination and
only thirteen passed, receiving the required
majority of eight. The successful candi
dates Include Thomas W. Voetter, New
Mexico; Rea Hanna, California; Jacob E.
Conner, Iowa, and Henry D. Baker, Illinois.
LARGEST STRIPPING OF COAL
Lehlajh Valley Company Opens C
What la Record One In
World.
HAZELTON, Pa.. July 24-The Lehigh
Valley Coal company has opened what Is
believed to be the largest stripping In the
world. It Is located at Lattlmer and the
coal ia a solid belt, 1,300 feet wide, thirty
feet in thickness, and extends from Lattl
mer to Drifton, at least six miles. It Is
estimated that were the company to take
out 600 tons dally It would require 250
years to exhaust the supply.
LIFT FOR AMERICAN MEAT
French Government for a Time Will
Not Demand Mlcroaeople
Examination.
I PARIS, July 24. The government has
I notified Ambassadot White that American
I meat may be brought into France on Amer-
lean certificates and that microscopic ex
t amlnatlon will not be Insisted upon. This
ruling, however, is only temporary.
New Postmaster for 'labor.
OYSTKR BAY. July 24. -The president to
day appointed the following postmasters:
U. Q. Mauk, Tabor, la.; Perry C. Hughes
Elk City, Okl.j LucUu R. i'arrls, Rauilsri
DARROW IS CAUSTIC
Chicago Attorney Beyins Address in
Behalf of Haywood.
SAVAGE ATTACK UPON ORCHARD
Assassin of Steunenberg" Denounced at
a Craven, Lying Coward.
STATE'S ATTORNEY ALSO ABUSED
Two Honrs of Bitter Vituperation and
Angry Denunciation.
RINGS CHANGES ON TESTIMONY
Declares that Shonld Jary Haaa;
Haywood Banner of Liberty
Would lie elsed by
Open Grave.
HOISE, Idaho. July 24. Clnrenco Darrow
of Chicago, for two hours and a half of
the morning session of the Haywood trial
today proclaimed the Innocence of his
client and the Impossibility of his convic
tion upon the uncorroborated evidence of
Harry Orchard.
J. H. Hawley, lcadlnn counsel for the
state, and Orchard were the figures around
whom most of the storm of the morning
centered. ThrouKhout the ten weeks of
testimony tnklng, Hawley and Darrow
have clashed almost dally and there have
been frequent exchanges of angry words
until, during Hawley'a arnument, the He
was passed. This morning Darrow vented
his accumulated wrath. There was no at
temept at refinement of attack, it waa
straight vituperation and angry denuncla
tlon. For two hours and a half Darrow
rang the changes on Orchard's past, his
present and his future, and on Orchard he
heaped every word of abuse and contempt
that the least possible show of respect for
the court would permit.
The court room was crowded to Its limit,
was hot and the atmosphere heavy, but
the Chicago lawyer held his audience to
close attention throuRhout the morning. Ho
pleaded with voice and gesture. Not quies
cent for a moment, he paced to and fro
before the box, addressing each of the
Jurymen In turn and always pleading
that an Idaho Jury should never And a
verdict against Haywood on the testimony
of Orchard, who, he said, was corroborated
only by a dog, a wall-eye horse and J. H.
Hawley. "
Darroni Plea to Jory.
Mr. Darrow, In closing the argument of
the morning session, said If the Jury should
hang Bill Haywood, "one million willing
hands wilt seise the bnnner of liberty by
the open grave and bear it on to Vic
tory. "
The court room was crowded to its ca
pacity. In opening Mr. Darrow impressed
the chief case upon the twelve men In the
box and declared the defendant Is In Idaho
as an alien, brought 1.500 miles from home
into a community and before a Jury which
does not view life and Industry aa tha
men accused of the murder of former
Governor Steunenberg have been taught
to look at It.
"The defendant m this case and tha men
In the Jail below," declared Mr. Darrow,
"have been brought to trial In the home
of a man who was killed Jn the moat
cowardly, the most brutal way that any
man waa ever sent to death. Many of you
men on this Jury voted for Governor
Steunenberg. One of you had business
relations with him, while In the house
of another of you he made his home for
two years. You are almost the family
circle of the murdered man and none of
you has ever had any community of in
terest with these defendants. Under these
circumstances I can but ask you to lay
aside as much of the passion and prejudice
as you can and look at us as If wa were
one of you. Give us the fair and im
partial trial you would give If you had
not know the deceased. You men for
more than a year past have had your
minds poisoned by lies in the local news
papers, but now that you have sat here
for more than two montha and have heard
the testimony, you know you have been
fed upon poison and lies. Lay aside as
much as you can of this poisonous stuff;
try to get your minds free and be guided'
only by the evidence.
I Circumstantial Evidence.
"The prosecution In this case knows ft
cannot convict on the exact evidence, but
it rellea upon the strained, forced clrcum.
stances, to get a verdict from you. Thl
defendant was taken by force from his
home, brought 1,600 miles, and set down be
fore a hostile Jury to be tried for his Ufa,
"Imagine yourselves, men. taken from
your farms and set down before a Jury In
Chicago to be tried for your lives, and
then you can in some way feel as this man
does in this case. I believe that under these
circumstances you would hesitate to act
on the rotten testimony given In this case
to take away the life of a fellow citizen.
"But some of you will say, perhaps, that
while there Is not enough here to warrant
sending a man to death, there Is perhaps
enough of evidence as to crimes having
been committed In the western country to
vote to put Bill Haywood In Jail to com
promise on a verdict for manslaughter or
murder In the second degree. You have
that right, gentlemen of the Jury, but I
want to say that whatever else you are,
I do not believe you are cowards. And I
want to say that whatever ele Hill Hay
wood may be, he Is not a cnSvaid. I would
not thank this Jury If it returned a verdict
of assault and battery and assessed a fine
of 66 against this defendant.
lllna-es on Orchard's Story.
"This murder was cold-blooded, deliberate
and cowardly In the extreme. If this man,
sitting In his office In Denver, 1,600 miles
away, employed an assaasln to do this
cowardly act, then you ought to hang him
by the neck until he is dead. For Uod'a
sake, men, do not compromise. If you be
lieve the story that has been told against
this man beyond all reasonable douU, then
take him and hang him. He has fought
many a fluht against the persecutors who
are hounding him into this court. He has
fought tnem on the open battlefield and ho
Is not a coward. If he has to die, he w!l
die as he has lived, with his face to the
foe. Hill lUywood Is cither Innocent or
guilty. If he be guilty I have nothing to
say. But, men, this case Is a case of
Orchard from beginning to end. There Is
nothing at all left in the evidence without
him."
Vituperation, for Hawley,
Mr. Darrow here launched ln'o a lengthy,
bitter, vituperative denunciation of At
torney James H. Hawley, the ft if
counsel for the state. He snuilort hir. . u
hired man actuated by no oticr iimtld
thsn to get the money of t lit- stui,, of
Idaho that he might build another addition
to his house; he denounced him aa "bug
house," and said he had been ft Irieud 4
t