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The Omaha Sunday Bee. PART ONE NEWS SECTION PAGES 1 TO 8 WEATHER FO BE CAST. For Nebraska Probably showers. For lows l"npttlo(1. For weather report sop page 3. VOL XXXIX NO. 14. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1001) SIX KKtTIOXS FOltTY PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. EAGLES CALL IT UESTSESSION Close Eleventh Convention, Saying it Produced More Vital Legisla tion Than Any Other. MOST IKTLUENTIAL YET HELD Accident Stops Auto Relay Race First Car in Cross-Continent Contest is Wrecked and One Man Killed. HOW TAFT WILL FARE JN OMAHA Three Principal Events Will Be Schools' Reception, Paprika Schnitzel and Banquet. VISIT WILL LAST SEVEN HOURS . 1 1 i i LJ NO CAHS KUN DURING NIGHT Every Trolley is Housed to Avoid the Possibility of Trouble or Danger to Passengers. TO BE IN SERVICE AGAIN TODAY Company is Seeking to Fill Places of Men Who Quit. I ( 1 J I At This Meeting Order Passed Out of Its Boyhood Period. NOW ON THRESHOLD OF MANHOOD H. H. Thompson, First President, Says Good Words of Omaha. VOICES SENTIMENT OF DELEGATES Cnnvrntloa a Whole Appreciate Hospitality of City ad rnUri Tethlll for ftrlnarlaa; the Meetln; Here. With the Installation nf the now officers the eleventh session of the grand aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles yesterday after noon cloned what officer declare to be one of the moot Important seaelons of the Itovernlng body of the order ever held In the eleven years of Its existence. While the numbers In attendance were not as lai ire an usual owing", say the of ficial, to the fact the session was held Ifiie In the season, the new and Important ft 'Htln made the meeting epoch mark ing In the history of the society. More new legislation of vital concern to the order was passed than at any other session. This was primarily a legislative session and all the energies of the head officers were bent In shaping up the con stitution and by-laws In order to put the society on a firmer footing. 'Kagledom completed Its boyhood at this session" Is the way one prominent member put It. "and It Is now In the fullness of Its early manhood." The remarkable growth of the organlia- tlon In the laat ten years made It neces stry to fit It to new clothing. This was the main work of the present session. While this process of readjusting Its legislative functions to their enlarged duties caused more or lesa spirited dis cussion, It Is asserted by the leaders that no hnrd feeling was engendered and that perfect harmony prevailed at the close of , the session. Most. Inflnenttal eslj. H. H. TlmmpMon. the first grand worthy president of the order, who haa taken an Important part In every grand aerie ses sion held, designates this the moat In fluential session he haa attended. "This In without doubt one of the most Important conventions we have ever held," be snld. "because of the many Innova tions of vital Interest to the order In troduced at the meeting. The order Is In a"procef of evolution like a lad when he Is passing from boyhood to manhood. There Is i lot of readjusting to be done. Lot of new legislation Is neceasary and large part of this was accomplished at this session. "In spite of the magnitude of the work done perfect harmony haa existed throug out the meetings and the sessions have all been enthnsastlc. It can be said that the new legislation haa put the order on a sound basis and Insures a prosperous fu ture. The order Is fundamentally dem ocratic, more so than any other fraternal order. The feeling of the people governs It. Because of this the rank and file of the society is enthusiastio and It Is because of thin the order has had such a marvel ous growth." "We all go away with the best of feel ing for the people of Omaha. The cltlsens have been generous in their cordiality. What little Ill-feeling haa come out la due o only a few Individuals. I am aure no auch feeling is held aglnst the cltlsenship At large. The bringing of the convention to Omaha was due almost entirely to the untiring work of John A. Tuthlll and we all appreciate hia worth. He Is the best booster any town ever had." Vital to Baeee ( Order. Secretary Conrad H. Mann also ahares A the opinion that this session overshadows 'ill others In vital Importance. "The legislation at this session was ftind- t mental to the success of the order," he l said. "It not only eoneerned matters of I Immediate application, hut also things that are vital to the long continued prosperity of the order. More of thla basio legisla tlon has been passed at this session than at any other." The legislation that caused the most comment was that concerning state au tonomy. The advocates oC that plan met with defeat In their demand for complete autonomy now, but some of the opti mistic profess to see In the new Ian adopted a step toward ultimate autonomy The rule giving the president the right to appoint a committee to try an objection Jhle member of a local aerie and expel him In case It Is found he Is detriment to the order will also, it la said, tend to ralsa the personality of the local organlsa Hons. The appointment of a committee to adopt uniform schedules of aick and death benefits was also of great Impor ftance. Prleeo Gets the Cap. One of the last acta of the session was the awarding to San Francisco of the Mil vaukee cup given ta the order by the Mil- I wsukee aeries to be granted each year to the aerie having the beat drilled team. The presentation waa made by Elbert Weed of the HMeua aerie, which held the cup laat year, to President P. P. Kenneally of the Kan Francisco aerie. . The Installation of the newly elected officer was by H. It. Thompson, the flret past worthy president of the order. After the Installation all the officers made en thusiastic sieechee. I niformli) of lck and death benefits , In all local aeries la the purpose of a resolution which passed the grand aerie haturday morning. At present each local aerie flxea its own f benefits and aa a result confusion exists i which. accord! tg tu advocates of the new , Wan. tnreaienea tue prosperity of the i fuer. a ii i-hmiuuuh ymaeM oaiuiaey ta ( 11 Intended to cure the defect. 1 The measure waa reported from the Ju diciary cwiuiiih-.- . iiwi me grand worthy president, the grand worthy secretary and an actuary shall compose a committee to establish a uniform schedule aT"V payments to be adopted at the next Convention. order to keep from burdening weak gCwaUailed. ea Second I'age J UKALINU. Pa., Kept. 11. The Trans continental automobile relay run from Philadelphia to Seattle, Wash., under the auspices of the Philadelphia Press came to a sudden and sad end late today when the first reley car was wrecked at Robe sonia, twelve miles west of here, causing tbe death of one of the occupants of the machine and the serious Injury of several of the other passengers. The dead man was Henry L. Buckley, a reporter for the Press. William Brown of Philadelphia, waa so seriously Injured that he may die, and William H. Bolm of the Acme Auto mabtle agency In Philadelphia, sustained a deep laceration of the scalp. Clifford R. Ely, the chauffer, and Halyard Carter, colored, a valet, were slightly Injured. The automobile was going through Robe sonla at a 25 mile clip, when something went wrong with a rear tire. The car upset and Buckley was thrown Into the middle of the road, fracturing his skull. Relief automobiles were quickly at hand and the Injured were brought to the city. Buckley died in a hospital. When the news of the accident reached the Press, the run waa Immediately called off. The run promised to be an Interesting affair. The Press had obtained from Pres ident Taft a letter of greeting to President Chllberg of the AJaska-ukon-Paciflc ex position and had planned to carry It across the country by relays of automo biles. Buckley was 23 yenrs old and a graduate of La Fayette college. Hurricane is on Its Way North First Reported Oyer Cuba and is Fast Approaching the Gulf Ports. WASHINGTON, Sept. W.-The tropical hurricane which was first reported over western Cuba passed over Plnar Del Rio province, Cuba, last night, and Is now about 100 miles north of the Yucatan channel. The disturbance apparently Is moving northwesterly toward the central portion of the Oulf of Mexico. It la travel ing at great speed and should reach the American gulf coast by Monday. Just what portion of the coast It will strike officials of the weather bureau are unable to de termine at present. Warnings have been Issued to shipping. New Record by Orville Wright Stays in Air for One Hour and Thirty- Fire Minuses Carrying One Passenger. BERLIN. Sept. IS. Orville Wright made a new record today at the Templehpf olub for sustained aeroplane flight with a pas senger. He remained In the air for one hour and thirty-five minutes, carrying Captain Englehardt. He broke his own record made July 27, when he stayed up with a passenger for one hour and twelve minutes. , OSTEND. Sept. 18. Louie Paulhan, the French aviator, flying In a Volsln biplane here today, won a prise of 18,000. He cov ered seventy-three kilometers (forty-five and one-third miles) In one hour at an alti tude ranging from 240 to 300 feet MONUMENT FOR HORACE ROSS Friends of Discoverer of Gold in Black Hllla Will Hark Hla Crave. SIOCX FALLS, 8. D., Sept. 18. -(Special.) The memory and achievements of Horace Ross, the discoverer of gold In the Black Hills, is to be honored by the erection over his grave of a monument, which will be erected with funds raised by voluntary subscription among the pioneers of the Black Hills and other residents of that region. Rosa Ilea burled In a little ceme tery at Custer. T'nless some such action as the erection of the monument Is taken the grave, which remains unmarked, will In the course of years be difficult to locate. It Is probable that the Society of Black Hills Pioneers will assume the duty of raising the funds and erecting the monu ment over his grave. He was one of the oldest of the old-timers, and waa the first to find gold on French creek. In the southern Hills, where the precious metal waa discovered In 1874. thla leading to the rush and gold excitement of that year, which was almost Immedlttely transferred from the southern HUls to Deadwood gulch. Rosa was a member of the General Custer expedition at the time he made the discovery. Like moat of the finders of what afterwtrda proved to be great gold mining districts, Rosa during his life failed to accumulate much of thla world's goods. He continued during the latter part of his life to do aonie prospecting and min ing, and made his home In a small log cabin In the outskirts of Custer, near the scene of his early discoveries. WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Camber af Appolataaeat of Weittra Ufi la the Departmental Set vice. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Sept. IS. (Special Tel egram.) Melvln R. Loafman of Cedar Rapids. Ia-. haa been appointed to a $00 clerkship In tbe Treasury depart nieut. Ethel R. CTlll of Gold field. Is., haa been appointed teacher at the Indian school at Greenville, Cal., and Sarah Fltsgerald of Boone, la., at Jlcarltta, N. 11. O. N. Ford of Central City, la at the Klamath school In Oregon. Rural carrier appointed: Nebraska Hoi brook, rout 1. Harry F. Curl, car rier; no substitute. Hooper, rout t, John Aldrtch, carrier; Cary Brown, sub stitute. Bouth Dakota Draper, route 1. Robert J. Taylor, carrier; V. G. Hall, substitute. Vermillion, route S, F. H. Richardson, carrier; Ella A. Richardson, substitute. William Brtnkhouse haa been appointed postmaster at Medervllle. Clayton county, Jowa Tic Aid resigned Will Be One Unbroken Line of Enter tainment of President ENDS IN EVENING AT THE DEN He Goes There Directly from Omaha Club, Where He Dines. ALL DETAILS NOW PERFECTED They Promise Typical Weetera Ova tlea to the Chief Kaecatlve of the lalted State by All Classes. William Howard Taft, (president of the United States, will be 'the guest of Omaha tomorrow from a few minutes after 4 In the afternoon until 11 at night. Three principal events will occupy his time. These are the ride around Omaha and review by 22,000 school children, dinner at the Omaha club and a performance of "Paprika Schnitzel" at the Den, In the course of which event the ry-eaident of the United Stales will become a aubject of King Ak-Sar-Ben XIV. In the event of even passable weather It will be a gala day. Before evening myrlai flags will wave a welcome to the Impor tant visitor and after dunk the twinkling smiles of thousands of electric lights will greet his eyes. But rain or shine, the Jovial countenance of President Taft will be . seen by the swarming crowds along the route of the automobile drive. Thla Is an event for the school children of Omaha, but the whole adult population of the city, practically speaking, will also assemble on the various streets comprehended. Then Omaha Club Dlaner. With this over the general public's share In the visit will conclude, for the president's ride will end at the front door of the Omaha club. Here be will change his clothes, as suming evening dress. A few minutes later, or at 6:15, 160 Nebraskans will greet the president and sit down to break bread with him. The dinner terminates at 8:30. An auto will then carry the president to the Den. Riding straight Into the building, the car will draw up before a specially constructed private box from which the presidential party will see that grandest of operas bouftt. the far-famed and only "Paprika Schnitsel." When the presidential sides have ceased quivering with mirth, Mr. Taft will be escorted direct to Union station, where a special Rock Island train will bear him and hie party to Denver. Arrangements for UWmaf fcrtf Complete to the burnishing of the brasses on the auto which will carry tbe president. The dinner Hat, the line of the auto drive, the menu, the decoration of houses along the route, the reception at Union station, the escorting of the president, all these mat ter have been settled upon exactly and with that precision of execution which characterizes only the most Important af fair l of life. Ptekena ta Ride with Him. C. H. Pickens, president of the Board of Governors of Ak-Sar-Ben, will be the most envied man In Omaha tomorrow. He and he alone of Omaha will ride in the car which carries the president, the other two occupants being Captain A. W. Butt, the president's aid de camp, and James Sloane, a secret service operative. The aeating at dinner at the club has been determined, but haa not yet been given out. There la more than a mild desire upon the part of every one of the ISO to alt at the same table at which Mr. Taft will eat dinner. In the second automobile on the tide, H. J. Penfold will ride with the secret service men and in the third A. C. Smith will have- the president's secretary and physician. Gould Diets. W. L. Yetter and Emll Brandels will look after the news paper correspondents In the next three cara. E. Buckingham and C. E. Black will ride with Oerrlt Fort of New York and the other member of the board will look after the Nebraska senators and the army officers, who are guests for the day also. Aatomobllee and Oceapaais. No. 1. The President, Captain A. W. Butt, U. S. A. A. D. C; Mr. James Sloan, Jr., secret service operative; Mr. C. H. Pickens, president Ak-Sar-Ben. No. 2 Mr. Charles C. Wagner, stenog rapher; Mr. Joseph E. Murphy, secret service operative: Mr. H. J. Penfold, sec retary of Board of Oovernors. No S Mr. W. W. Misvhler, assistant secretary to the president; Dr. J. J. Rich ardson, president' physician; Mr. Arthur Smith. No Mr. R. T. Small. Aasoclated Press correspondent; Mr. R. H. Hasard, United Press correspondent; Mr. Gould Delta. No (Mr. E. A. Fowler, New York Bun press associate correspondent; Mr. William Hosier. Hearst News service correspon dent; Mr. W. L. Yetting. No Mr. 8. P. Allen, New York Herald correspondent; Mr. H. L. Dunlap, New York Wo(ld correspondent; Mr. Emll Bran dels. No. T Mr. Gerrlt Fort, assistant to vice president New York Central lines; Mr. E. Buckingham, Mr. C. E. Black. No. S Senator E. K. Burkett, General Charles Morton of Department of Missouri, Mr. C. R. Courtney. No. S Senator Norrla Brown, Colonel W. A. Glasaford. Mr. J. C. Root. No. 10 Colonel Cornelius Gardener, Mr. Joseph Barker. Mr. C. D. Beaton. More than twenty thousand children will be mobilised in the various school build ings passed by the president and practi cally each child will wave a United Slates flag as the president' car goes by. OfMrlal Reate af Ride. Tbe official route of the drive is as follows: Arriving at Union Statlou, the presiden tial party will be dirven north on Tenth street to Howard street, east on Howard to Ninth street, north on Ninth through the wholesale district to Farnam street, and then west on thla principal bualneaa street to Twentieth parcel From Twentieth street the route lies north two block to Dodge street and then west on Dodge past the High and Central school buildings to tweniy-aeeond street, thence north on Twenty-second street to Davenport atreet .1 Continued oa rvurUi fa.), SQUASH CENTER CATCHES THE POLAR DISPUTE FEVER From the Washington Star. TAFT VISITS TWIN CITIES Reception to Executive is Cordial, but Not Demonstrative. SHADOW OF DEATH AT CAPITAL Make Speech In Aadltorlam at St. Pawl, Inspects Troops at Fort Snelllna: and Address at Min neapolis In Evening. MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. Pept 18.-Presl-dent Taft came to the twin cities of Min nesota today and with the shadow of death hanging over the governor of the state, received a cordial, but not a demon strative welcome. The critical Illness of Governor Johnson, probably the most popular executive Minnesota ever haa known, entered deeply Into the spirit of the day and dreaded eventualities threatened for a time during the morning seriously to curtail the program of entertainment bdth here and in St. Paul. The president ful filled the program outlined for his recep tion, but at every pause In the rushing from place to place, he made anxious in quiries na to the latest word from the bedside of the governor, whose life hung In the balance at St. Mary's hospital In the little city of Rochester. ' President Taft was deeply affected soon after his arrival to recetve a messtige of personal greeting from Governor John son. The compliment waa so 'unexpected under the circumstances and coming by dictation from the lips of a man who was reported at the time as having but the frailest chance for life. It called out an Immediate response from Mr. Taft, filled with expressions of sympathetic concern and fervent hope for a speedy recovery. Tribute to Johnson. At his Auditorium speech in St. Paul the president called out prolonged applause and cheering when he declared of Governor Johnson: "I unite with you In a fervent prayer to God tl at be may be restored to you and to tho country. With his ability, hla courage, hla great common-sense he cannot be spared. He Is too valuable, not alone to the people of this state, but to the people of the nation, who doubtless will Insist in time that he ahall serve them." President Taft also aroused enthusiasm with his audience during the day with hla many happy references to the clvlo vir tues of the neighboring cities, declaring them to be so much alike that they could combine as one city, with a borough of Minneapolis and a borough of St. Paul. Visit to Fort Snelllna-. The president, arriving in Minneapolis shortly before S a. ni., began his day with a breakfast at the Minneapolis club, where he Is quartered during; hi stay here, until tomorrow night, as the guest of the re ception committee of the Twin Cities. Then there was an automobile rid through the business and residence sections of Minne apolis along the lake ahore drives to the Soldiers' home, where the president re- (Continued on Fourth Page.) Real estate presents a safer investment, paying ahigher rate than money invest ed in any other way In buying Oroaba real estate, at present prices, you can make (lve, ten and. even fifteen per cent on your Investment by holding It for two or three years. The Increase may bring your rate on the invest ment np to twenty or twenty-five per cent. Moreover, you know very minute Just how your Invest nent stands If you have a few thousand dollars to invest, put it in Omaha real estate. Nearly a page of choice realty bargains and investments in the real es- 1 WM-r-. I i if. Wrrks. Tairrr4 . nin 'it ri (. i f. Railroads File Cross-Appeal Missouri Lines Object to Rate of Two and One-Half Cents a Mile for Passenger Traffic. KANSAS CITY. Sept. 18. Frank Hager man, representing eighteen Missouri rail roads In the federal court here today filed a cross appeal to the United States supreme court In the Missouri passenger rate cases. The case grew out of the 2-cent fare law of !:-?, which was obeyed by the iall loads for two years, wliTle me cases were pending in the United states circuit court. This court enjoined the state from enforc ing the law against any of the roads. The statu appealed to the United States su preme court. Judge McPherson In his opinion enjoin ing the state held that the 2-cent fare was confiscatory and that the state was wrong In holding tiiat the law did not affect In terstate commerce. The court also held that 2i cents a mile would be fair and reasonable to some of the stronger roads. Tim railroads in the petition today ask the supreme court to decide that a rate cannot be enforced against a strong road that is not enforced against a weak one. The railroads object to the court's finding that ' they must pay half of the coal of the suits. WILLIAM BUCKLEY SENTENCED TO DEATH Extreme Penalty of Man Convicted of Murder In San Francisco Strike In Ot. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 18. William Buckley, convicted of the murder of George W. Rice in thla city during the machin ists' strike. In October, 1901, was sentenced today by Judge Lawior to bo hanged at San Quentin on November IB. Buckley waa sentenced to death twice previously for the same crime, but each time the exe cution was delayed by appeals, all of which were overruled. The records In hia case were destroyed In the great fire of l'JOO, and before pro nouncing sentence today Judge Lawior re ceived local proof that the prisoner before aim was the saiVe man who killed Rice. MABRAY CASE NEXT WEEK Judge McPherson Orders Trial of AU leged Bunco Man at Coun- 1 ell Bluff. DES MOINES, la., Sept. IS. According to a telegram received here today from Judge Smith McPherson of the federal court, J. C. Mabray. alleged bunco man, will be placed on trial at Council Bluffs Thursday of next week. He Is still In Jail at Des Moines. Street Car Strike Nearly Brings About a Shipwreck A wireless message signifying "C. Q D.." or "P. D. Q., was flashed through the ambient atmosphere to the life-saving station that Is to be built on top of the New York Life building early In the day from the Illinois Central bridge vicinity, where the Big Muddy rows swift and sure. A second wireless brought the Informa tion that the flagship of Commodore Har old Reynolds' fleet, enroute from Florence to Omaha, had encountered a heavy sea off Y. M. C. A. lake point and the for ward turret had swung around and hit the new-fangled battle mast abaft the ship's bridge not the railroad bridge and the Jar had blown out a cylinder head. The direst confusion prevailed aboard ship, which began to list heavily In the threatening seas, and the captain's voice tu heard through the trumpet thunder ing "Cut away the mast and all of you lubbers cut for shore." ,' Wading wacn't good and the passengers and Commodore Reynolds determined to go down with the ship. But Just as about the last hope was gone the stoker got th cylinder bead screwed on again and the good ship began riding th wave like a UUcf ol ill aixl IL Juur&cr, to Oi&ait GOVERNOR JOHNSON BETTER Six O'clock Bulletin from Bedside of Minnesota Executive Encouraging. CONDITION STILL CRITICAL Doctor Look for III Recovery If He bets Through Today All Right Weak Because of Long; Fast. BULLETIN. ROCHESTER, Minn., Sept. Is.-Dr. W. J. Mayo, at 10:30 tonight gave out the follow ing bulletin: "Governor Johnson Is a little more rest less and not so comfortable at at S o'clock when the last bulletin was issued. Tills la the first bad time he haa had today and It la not very bad now. There has been no vomiting since 8 o'clock, when warm water was given him to relieve nausea." ROCHESTER, Minn.. Sept. 18-Late to day Governor Johnson's condition was such that the St. Mary's hospital authorities would not say definitely that their patient would recover from the operation performed on him Wednesday morning. Encouraging', however, was a bulletin from the hospital at 6 o'clock tonight signed by Dr. W. J. Mayo, which was as follows: "Governor Johnson la better; he looks fine. If he gets through tonight and to morrow without having any more trouble we look for his recovery. The wound looks fine and the governor says he feels very much Improved. His pulse la ltd, tempera ture y and respiration normal." Dr. W. J. Mayo said this afternoon that the rumor that stitches or sutures In the wound had been loosened by the governor's violent fit of stomachache yesterday after noon were unfounded. Dr. Charles M. McNevll gave today the following aummary of the patient's symp tom: "Pulse 88 to M, respiration about normal. He haa spent a pretty good afternoon. Hn ha been running along four days without nourishment and naturally la a Utile weaker. "This afternoon he has had less pain. He Is saying little and the doctors are saying little to him except as Is necessaiy In caring for him. He has le n allowed a little carbonated and albumen water. We are giving him aa many saline Injections aa he will stand. "We now have an Ice pack over the pain regions in his left side. While Governor Johnson Is somewhat better, his condition la very critical. Ills sleep, however. Is quite natural. The last opiate waa given the governor at 9.66 o'clock last night. "If Governor Johnaon ran pass through tonight and tomorrow without a recurrence of the condition which marked his trouble yesterday afternoon and eaxly last evening, his chances for recovery will be much brighter." was finished without the loa of any of the crew or passengers. The City of Peoria was about ready to go to the rescue of the Florentine barque and was Juat tuning up her siren whistle to give cheer to the shipwrecked Florentines, when Commodore Reynolds appeared around the bend, standing proudly on the bridge of his good ship and with him the crew and passengers in thankful attitudes, because they had been so valiantly a-a-a-v-e-d. It was a thrilling moment. The passen gers are thinking of making up a purse for the heroic stoker and commodore for their salvage. The trouble originated on account of the street car misunderstanding and. aa the Florentines didn't care to walk to Omaha, Commodore Reynolds, who knows about water through his connection with the Omaha Water oompany, tendered hi good battleship motor boat for th voyage. , Those in the party were Commodore Harold Reynolds. II. C. Fowler, E. t, Plats, W. A. Yoder. I'aul Haskell, A. B. Hunt. M. B. Thompson, Mis McLeau and Mia Bhaw. SAYS IT WILL SOON BE NORMAL On the Other Hand Union Men Claim Balance of Power. PUBLIC SUFFERS FROM STRIKE People Who Don't On n Aates or (arrlnar Walk Police Aetlve to Suppress tny Oat break or Disturbance. Not a street car wheel turned last night after 7 o'clock, the rompnny desiring to take no chances of trouble with th strlkinu employes. The strike went Into effect with the beginning of the work dny SUuiday and tho service was seriously crippled nil day. though some car were run on nil lines. President Wattles asserted last nltfht that by today the service would be much Improved and as he Is In telegraphic com munlrntlon with various cities where street ear men are available he expects within a day or Inn tu have normal schedules resumed. He snld there were 2,600 men In Chlcapo who had been available for the strike threatened, but which did not ma terialize there. Service between Omaha nnd Pouth Omaha has br.-n provided for by the use of Union rncifio piiHsetiKer rars over the tracks of that rompiny and they will be stopped at pverv crossing. The State Railway commission yesterday granted permission to do this. Torsons whose business or pleasure took them downtown last nlaht had to get home without the aid of street car and many walked. Large stores closed at fi p. m., so that their employes would not have to be in convenienced in getting back to their homes and If customers appeared at the stores after that hour and were disappointed they had the consolation of knowing that th big employers had done well by the people who work for them. The strike has already cut a vital figure In the general transaction of business. The base ball Interests suffered seriously by losing their usual large Saturday attend ance. Opposing; Statements Made. Diametrically opposite statementa are made by the company and men as to the cause. The company saya It is nn effort lo enforce the closed shop principle, agalnet an understanding had between employer and employe that this would not be done. The union sayB the company refused t treat with it on any terms and that conse quently this Is a lockout and not a strike. "We are operating on a flfteen-mlnufo schedule on Farnam street." said Assis tant General ' Manager Leussler. "On Dodge cars are running every fifteen minutes alco. Harney has car every twenty minutes. On the Hanscum lines, cars are fifteen minutes apart, while to South Omaha there Is a difference of twenty-five minutes. Council Bluffs' serv ice Is on normal time, both from Omaha and through the city. Herson Is twenty five minutes. There are no c.rs on th Leavenworth line." How Many Cars Rssnlsg, How many cara were operated th company declined to state. Thla, because, according to Leussler, It would be mislead ing to the public, which he holds imagine more curs were running regularly than there were, so that the present reduced number would seem proportionately amaller than It uctually Is. As to the number of men out. Secretary J. Randall of the union, said: "There are more than Sou on strike." The company admits something mora than 200. "There are 300 at the outside," said Presi dent U. W. Wattles. We have 1000 to L100 employes, of whom 6Gu are conductor or molorrnen." Secretary Randall of the union declared that a number of crews had run their cars into the barns after making one, or two trips. Assistant Clenerul Manager Lue sler dei mm this. Concerning tiuui move nothing ha been given out. "The company wi'.l go on operating th best it can," said Wtttles. Tnere Is no proi-pect of a conference be tween the two aider (ml Immediate efforts will be concentrated on th queatlon of ferviee, the company striving to maintain it and the strlkoii: laboring to get men W leave their pi ace j So Great Exrltemaai. The general publlo took th fact thaVS strike is on without extreme excitement. Many men walked to business for th first time in a long while and some waited a good while for cars without knowing that the men bad gone out at midnight. Mer chants naturally felt the greatest concern, but had no reason to complain of business Saturday, for the number of people on the downtown streets was far larger than any previous day of the week, excepting during the hours of the tables parade, "How's walking?" waa the invariable salutation addressed to every man whom acquaintances knew lived some distance from the tenter of th city. Men who al wavs ride when they have farther than two blocks to go weie heard declaring that they "always walked anyhow." The strike was voted at midnlg'.t Fri day at a meeting ai the Labor Temple. The Central Labor union bad previously voted to extend financial and moral aid to tbe strikers. Mea la t harre. The men are being directed by C. O. Pratt and ben Commons and th officers of the local union. Pratt I chairman and Commons member of the executive com mittee of the Amalgamated Association of Street Car and Electric Railway Em ployes. Common recently conducted the lust Louisville fight and Pratt the success ful venture in Philadelphia. Pratt told tbe striking street car men assembled at noon at th Labor tempi that "we are making excellent headway. There will nut be a wheel turning by nightfall." P. 1. Lenihan, financial secretary of the union, asserted tnat "the strike will not last long. It may be over in twenty-four hour. W ai highly pleased with our (
