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VOL. XXXLX-NO. 89.
TAFT 1IAS liUSY
DAY INMONTANA
Effect of Water
Competition on
Railroad Rates
PALISADES PARK
IS NOW SECURE
New Interstate Preserve Along Lower
Hudson is Imposing Monument
to Discoverer.
STRIKERS SPURN
WATTLES' OFFER
Carmen Declare Proposal of Company
is Worse Than Conditions
Complained Against.
He Sees Giant Drill at Work on High
Grade Ore Twelve Hundred Feet
Under Ground.
NEW RECORD FOR PRESIDENT
No Other Chief Executive Has Been
So Far Below Surface.
Tetimony it Taken on This Point in
Hearing at Salt Lake
City.
FOURTEEN MILES OF SCENERY
SCORE MAYORS AND COUNCILMEN
DA
fir
Visit to Copper District Full t w
Experience!.
MAKES ADDRESS AT STATE
rronil In Street at nif I, a,
Hp Has Seen Since Leavln
Chicago A ato Ride Over
Mouatalna.
HELENA. Mont., Sept. JT.-Attiied In a
linen duster, an old black slouch hat and
twinging an electric lantern at hla aide.
President Taft wu locked In a narrow Iron
cane, and dropped 1.2U0 feet through mid
night blackness Into the depth of the
famous old Leonard copper mine at Butte
today. He had the rare experience of
seeing miners at work with a giant drill
In a vein of high grade ore that sparkled
green wtlh Its wealth of mineral.
When he had ascended with a whiz, after
ialf 'an hour underground the president,
Vllnklng in the glare of the noonday sun,
wYm cheered to the echo by the crowd of
curious people gathered at the hoist.
He declared enthusiastically:
"I would not have missed It for the
world."
It was the president's first visit to the
Montana copper dlstrlot and between the
smelters at Ancondan and the mine at
Butte, he had a serle of Interesting ex
periences. Not the least of these was a
thrilling automobile ride over the moun
tains from Butte to tha mouth of the
Leonard mine. The grade were Bleep and
winding, but the chauffeur were experi
enced men and while there was apparently
no lgn of danger at any tage of the
trip there wa a high or reuer wnen air.
Taft had once more been placed
safely
aboard tha Mayflower for the
run to
Helena. .
speech mt Stat Fair.
Arriving here, he went directly to the
state fair grounds, where, after viewing
' a portion of the exhlblta he made an
open-air address and witnessed a race of
cowboy. Returning to the city Mr. Taft
reviewed a parade of school children.
leaving here thl evening he headed
direct for Spokane, where he la expected
tomorrow to deliver hi formal speech on
the subject which hold supreme Interest
to all the west the conservation of the
. nataral reeource and the reclamation of
arid lands.
President Tift walked with a limp when
'ha flrat got . off the train this morning
at Anauonfla. the result of a sprained ten
i bob In hla right foot. The sprain ocoorred
at Beverly, but he suffered little inconveni
ence from It until today when his foot was
considerably swollen. There la nothing seri
ous about the sprain and Mr. Taft did not
Jet it interfere In any way with hi plans.
Great t row at Batte.
The president made a flying trip through
the Washoe smelter of the Amalgamated
Copper company at Anaconda, then pro
ceeded Into the city and after a brief ad
dress, took the train for.Butte. The crowds
w hich greeted him on I the streets there
were the largest he had seen since leaving
Chicago. ,
The pollee had their hands full In open
ing a way for the automobile procession
and after tha president's car had passed
the crowd swarmed In Its wake, Speak
ing at the court house the president looked
out upon a mas) of humanity that blocked
the square nd spread far down tha con
verging streets. Ha made a decided bit
with tha great throng when he told of the
wonderful Impression tha western country
was making upon him, and ended by say
ing:
"I am Ilk tha old Dutohman who said:
'The mora you live tha more you find, by
roily, out.' "
k The president disappeared down the shaft
t the Leooard mine today with a hearty
'Good bye, everybody," shouted to the
waving group at the entrance, he carried
with him Into the depths of the earth two
if his cabinet officers and won the presi
dential record for the furthermost under
ground.
President Roosevelt entered some of the
Butte mines during hi term, but did not
get down to the LSOO foot level.
Postmaster General Hitchcock, w ho
Joined tha president today at Anaconda,
and Secretary Bellinger accompanied the
president in the picturesque trip down
the dark chute and through the cross
cuts and drifts of the deep level.
The elevator used by the president and
his party consisted of small steel doored
square cage in three decks. The lowest
of these was loaded first, then the second
and lastly the president got into the top
most one, accompanied by John Hays Ham
mond and others. There was a sheer drop
of lM feet before the first level wu
reached.
Fast Trip to Lower Regions.
The electric lights at this gallery leuding
away from the shaft were but a blur.
After this the levels came at Interval of
100 feet. Despite the assurances of tha
mine officials that they made from twenty
o thirty trip a Jay down the shaft at a
spe.-d which relegated the president's drop
to a miall's pace in comparison, the descent
through the first Wtt feet of Inky darkness
held its nerve-shaking possibilities to the
novices In tha party. The descent occupied
two and one-hair minutes and during the
Journey there wus nothing but blackness
and silence.
At the l.2w-f!Ht level the two lower cages
dropped by the opening to allow the presi
dent to step out first. It was still mighty
dark and gruesome to those below when
at last there came Che cheery voice of the
president from the level, calling to some ot
the newspaper men who were accompany
ing him on the trip.
"How are you fellows down there?" he
4 Inquired.
I There was still eft) feet of blackness be-
low the rage and "Wed kind o' like to get
out," came the reply.
"Well. I don't know so much about that,"
I railed the president. "I think I got you
F safe where I want you at last."
i i The opening of the level had been deco-
I'att-d with bunting and along the gallery
K ordinary Incandescent bulbs lighting the
Jftentlnued an Second Pag)
SEES SMELTER AT Al
HALT LAKE CITY. Sept. 27 -Water com
petition for railroads was considered at I
the freight rate hearing today before Inter- 1
state Commerce Commissioner E. E. Clark.
Testimony was taken regarding the rail
roads' contention that freight ran be car
ried so much cheaper by steamer to the
Pacific coast than the transcontinental rail
road rate to the cnast points must bo much
lower than the rate to Salt Lake City and
Keno, Nev., if the latter rate Is to be re
munerative. O. W. Ltice. general freight scent of the
Southern pacific railroad, the first wltnees
called, said the entire water route tonnage
originating nt the Atlantic ses.boe.rd to Cal
ifornia point amounted to 226.140 tons,
while the railroad delivery amounted to
205.231 tons.
Chairman Bartine of the Nevada rail
road commission tried to bring on that 94
per rent of the westbound traffic through
the Ogden gateway goe to the const. Mr.
Luce thought that only nbout fiO per cent
of the business went through to the ter
minal point.
I.. J. Spenr.e, penerat freight agent of
the steamship lines of the Southern Pacific
company, gave figures on the tonnage car
ried by way of the Straits of Magellan, the
Isthmus of Panama and Tehuantepec, and
enumerated among the Advantages of the
steamship agents the absence of Interstate
commerce restrictions.
Mr. Rpenre admitted that there was no
actual competition between the Southern
Pacific and It own steamship line.
Explosion in
Polish School
at Jersey City
Fifteen Children Are Injured as Re
sult of Fireworks Near Pa
rochial School.
JERSEY CITY, N. J., Sept. 27. A panic
among the 1.000 pupils of the St. Anthony'
Polish parochial school at Monmouth and
Sixth street caused by the explosion of
fire work In the street nearby, resulted
today In the severe Injury of fifteen chil
dren. Only one Is believed to be fatally
hurt.
Keports that some of the Jersey City
schools would be dynamited had been
circulated for several days and when the
fire works were exploded In the street in
celebration of a festival, children thought
their school building was being blown up.
In the scramble to escape many of the
children were knocked down and tramplrd
upon until pressure forced the doors opei,.
Then the frightened children ran among
the exploding fire works and soma of tbein
were burred. -. . . - .- ,
Kinkaid's Clerk
Admits Forgery
Cashes Bogus Orders on the Sergeant-at-Arms
of the House of
Representatives.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27. (Special Tel
egram.) Robert I Harris, formerly em
ployed hk clerk by Representative M. P.
Kir.Kaid of Ncbiasa. today pleaded guilty
to tha charge ct lorglng the name of his
omployer to three orders on the sergeant
at arms of the house. Harris was ar
raigned before Chief Justice Clabaugli In
criminal court No. 1. The Indictment
charged that Harris cashed one of the
orders for $23 and had In his possession
two other orders, one for $23 and one for
120. He was remanded to Jail to await
sentence.
Miss I' Is M. Sanders of Holdrege, Neb.,
a graduate of the New England Conserva
tory of Music and a post-graduate st Silent
of Carl Faelson and Llfbllng, has arrived
in Washington to take charge of the In
strumental music at Leo Jean college,'
NATIONAL GUARD
OFFICERS AT SCHOOL
Reanlar Armr Men Go Through the
Whole Science of War Practice
at Lob Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. iff. Regular army
experts detailed by the War department
to attend the eleventh annual session o
the National Guard association, whl a
opened here today, began series of lec
tures, which, In the space of three days,
will take the military delegates over the
entire art of war. There are about 200
delegates In attendan -e, repirsrrtlng
nearly every state in the union.
Governor Gillette welcomed them this
morning and Senator Chart Dick. pi-ri-dent
of tha association, opened th) sessiin.
Lieutenant Colonel W. E. Weave.-, of tha
army general staff and chief of the JivUIJn
of military affairs, heads the detail of
army experts who will discuss every prase
of war practice, fioin iha way to prepaie
and Issue orders to the prepiation of army
rations, the tiansportatl i of troop and
hygienic arrangements of camps.
Great Grand Nieces of
Robert Fulton in Omaha
Two Omaha great-grandnleces of Kohei t
Fulton are reading of the Fulton-Hudson
pageant at New York with the added In
terest which a family affair gives. They
are lira Albert W. Klhsman and Miss
Helen Cooke, sisters living at 112 South
Twenty-fifth avenue.
They are th great-great-grandchildren
of Isabella Fulton, sister of the man who
built the Clermont, and have been resi
dent of Omaha sine IMS, when their
father moved her from Cincinnati.
"We were expecting to attend the cele
bration," said Mrs. Kinsman, "but war
prevented. Naturally we are deeply In
terested In It."
Mr. Kinsman and Mlaa Cooke are th
daughter of Peyton B- W. Cooke, who
waa tha son of Robert Fulton Cook. Rob
Picturesque Cliffs Saved from Stone
cutters by Two States.
HUGHES AND FORT SPEAK
Both Governors Urge Further Co
operation in Conservation.
CORNERSTONE OF MONUMENT
tatne of Fiplorer Will Be Placed
on Towerlns; Marble Shaft Near
Spot of Hla Plrat
Larding.
NEW YORK. Sept. 27. Although rain
today forced the larger part of the Hudson-Fulton
crowds to make the day one
of rest within doors and necessitated the
postponement of the aeroplane flight and
the balloon race to Albany, the more for
mal part of the morning and afternoon
program. Including the notable dedication
of palisades park, the new Interstate pre
serve along the lower Hudson; the dedica
tion of an Imposing monument to Henry
Hudson In the upper part of New York
City, and the afernoon reception to the
naval visitor on Governor Island, went
off without a hitch, marking the day an
Important and significant one In the
week's festivities. The exercises at Pali
sades park celebrated the saving of these
picturesque cliffs near the city from the
vandal hand of the stone cutter and the
turning over to the people of New York
and New Jersey of a strip of beautiful
park, stretching for fourteen mile up the
weBt bank of the river. Speeches by two
governor proved a drawing; card, which
attracted many thousand New Yorker
and Jerseymen to the spot.
Hughes and Fort Speak.
Governor Hughes found the occasion a
fit one for urging upon the people of the
two states the conservation of their rivers
and forests.
"I hope that this Is only the beginning,"
he said, "of efforts which may Jointly be
made by these two commonwealths to safe
guard the Highlands and waters In which
they are both deeply Interested. The en
tire watershed of the Hudson should be
conserved, to become the people's country
side for common recreation."
Governor Fort, speaking for New Jersey,
declared that the 500 acres of this Palisade
park are destined to become the most Im
portant public preserve In the United
States.
"The work here is only begun," he said.
"The unsurpassed beauty of this park
must be made easily accessible by means
of boulevard and roadways, and the thous
and and one Important historical spots .
along Its fourteen miles stretch, must be
marked by suitable Inscription and monu
ments.
"There. Is a great opportunity here, too, j
to aid In the study of geology. Every man, I
woman and child who visits this spot Bhould
go away with a new realisation of the
meaning of the wonderful strata and rock
formations of these 30-milllon-year-old
rocks."
Monument for Hudson.
The cornerstone of the monument to
Henry Hudson on Spuyten Duyvll Hill was
laid later In the day In a drizzling rain.
The storm kept down the attendance, but
did not bother Governor Hughes, who had
come over from Palisades Park to deliver
a eulogy on the discoverer of the Hudson.
The governor stood bareheaded in the open
and declined all offers of umbrellas.
The monument will be a towering marble
shaft crowned with a statue of Hudson.
Its location Is close to the spot where
legend places the first landing of the dis
coverer on his trip up the river. The me
morial will be made more impressive by
a stone approach and bridge over Spuyten
Duyvll creek. The cornerstone contained,
besides the usual current mementoes, a
complete record of the Hudson-Fulton cel
ebration. Historical Parade Today.
Preparation for the great historical pa
rade which will start early tomorrow aft
ernoon went on unhindered by the rain.
The weather forecaster stilled the appre
hensions of many by assuring the public
tonight that the rain would not continue
and that fine, fair autumn weather could
bo counted on for tomorrow.
The line of march of the parade waa
tonight a mass of waving color nnd brlKht
lights. The cost of the decorations along
Central park west on Fifth avenue amounts
Into the tens ot thousands; while even a
greater sum has been spent In the erection
of the grand stands which have been built
Into every available nook and cranny.
Bis; Demand for Seats.
In preparation for the largest crowd
which the city has even seen, shopkeepers
along the route have shuttered their plate
glass windows with boards and house
holders have barricaded themselves behind
strong picket fences, which the crowds
will he unable to scale. Grandstand tickets
sold tonight at prices running from t8 to
i25 a piece. Hotel rooms fronting on the
line of parade are worth $75 to $100 each.
Four hundred officers of vlstlng war
ships were entertained on Governors island
this afternoon by Major General and Mr;.
Leonard Wood.
ert Fulton Cooke was the son of Isabella
Fulton, who married Dr. Cooke, prominent
as a pioneer of Cincinnati.
"Robert Fulton' collateral descendant
have, of course, taken pride in their con
nection with the inventor ot the steam
boat," said Mrs. Kinsman, "and th
Cooke, though not our immediate line,
have most of the mementoes and heir
loom which h left."
A Fulton did at first, th original
Cooke lived In Pennsylvania, and Fulton
left hi alster there three lot In near
Alleghany city.
Mr. Kinsman and Miss Cook are de
scended from an old Huguenot family on
their mother's side, the Falalses. who fled
to the island of Guernsey from Franc
during the persecution following tha revo
cation of the edict ot Nantsa,
sViO
From the Philadelphia North American.
EARTHQUAKE SEASON BEGINS
Tomorrow is Date Most Favorable for
Seismic Disturbances.
EARTH, SUN AND MOON IN LINE
Gravity Conditions Throw Great
Strain on Thin Parts of Crust
Several Shock Reported
Yesterday.
MESSINA, Sept. 27. -Frank A. Perret,
the American volcanolnglst, who arrived
here today, believes from hla scientific
deductions that this part of Sicily will
again be the scene of seismic disturbances
Mr. Perret said:
"Wednesday, September W, Is the date
most favorable for earthquakes or erup
tions. At that time the sun, earth and
moon are in line with each other nnd the
moon also Is at its nearest approach to tiie
earth. The combination occurs frequently
tending to produce gravitational distortion
of the earth's form, namely to change the
earth 'from a sphere to an ellipse. This
extra strain often acts upfw the weak
spots In the earth's crust, causing them to
give way and thus producing earthquakes
or volcanic eruptions.
"On Wednesday it happens that the
planet Mars also is nearest to the earth
and almost directly In line with the earth,
sun and moon, while Saturn Is not far
from the same line. Jupiter, althoush far
on the other side of the sun. Is also in a
line with the earth. It Is true that the
effect of these planets Is very much less
thHn that of the sun and the moon, but
when their effect is added the strain will
be greater than usual. Thus T consider
that Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
next will be very dimgerous. Possibly no
earthquake will occur, but this will simply
mean that the earth has resisted the
danger that nevertheless existed."
Slight Shoeks Reported.
PT. LOUIS, Sept. 17. A slight earthquake
which was felt through southeastern Mis
souri and In southern and central Illinois
and Indiana, occurred early today. In St.
Louis the tremor came at 3:47 o'clock. So
far has been learned little or no damage
resulted.
The general direction of the shock was
west to east and It was felt more clearly
In thinly settled districts. Villages west of
St. Louis reported the destruction of a few
chimneys and In the west end, the resi
dence district, many were awakened.
The quake was scarcely in evidence In the
downtown districts, only a few of the
many guests in the larger hotels being dls
turbed.
Reports of the phenomenon were received
from all stations on the Mobile & Ohio
railway as far south as Cairo, III. In De
catur, Mattoon and other towns In central
Illinois there were shocks at practically
the same time.
A settling of the earth's crust, with the
seat ot disturbance many miles distant,
Is the generally accepted cause of the
quake. The possibilities of a renewal of
the shocks are negatived by local scientists.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 27. Neither instru
ments of the weather bureau nor the coast
and geodetic survey recorded the disturb
ance reported In the middle west. The of
ficials regard the shocks aa covering only
a very small area.
LOl'ISVILLE. Ky., Sept. 27. Ulspatchss
from 1'aducah, Henderson, Owensboro,
Hopklnsvliie and Mayfleld report a very
perceptible shock over the western section
of Kentucky, but no damage was done.
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COLD WAVE COMING!
Spaniards Burn
Moorish Towns
Along the Coast
Maneuvers Successful and Prospect
is War Will Soon Be
Brought to End.
ALHl'CKMAS, Morocco, Sept. 27. The
entire coast line here is Illuminated with
the fires of burning Moorish villages. After
the Spanish batteries In the fighting of
yesterday had silenced the Moors the In
fantry advanced and drove the Moors from
their positions.
MADRID, Sept. 27 -The War office today
announces the complete success of the
maneuvers. Both Nadoro and Zeluan have
been occupied. At the latter town there
was bloody righting with large bodies of
Moors. The ring around Mount Gueruga
Is now considered almost closed and the
position of the Moors Is desperate. -
Kald Amas appeared before General
Marina, the commander of the Spanish
forces, yesterday and asked terms ot sur
render for the tribes entrenched on Mt.
Gueruga. The results of this conference
are not known, but It Is believed the Moors
are ready to submit without conditions.
The immedlale successful termination of
Spain's war against the Moors, which has
been going on since July, would be of In
estimable advantage to the government of
Premier Maura, against which the cam
paign In Spain Is dally becoming more In
tense among the lower classes. A large
section of the upper classes, however, are
manifesting warm support of the govern
ment. The minister of the Interior Is being de
luged with letters begging him to continue
the work of maintaining public order.
Following the satisfactory news of Span
Ish successes In Morocco the cabinet has
decided to restore the constitutional guar
an tees, except In the provinces of Barce
lona and Gerona, and to summon the Cortes
on October 16.
FOUR ARE KILLED BY TRAIN
Freight Rons Down Family Party on
Way Home from Church at
Edarar. WU.
WAI'HAU, Wis., Sept. 27. Four persons
were killed and three others Injured at
8:4i o'clock last night In a collision be
tween a freight train and a hand car one
mile west of Edgar, this county. A party
of nine persons was returning from church
at Ponlatwaskl and had reached a rocky
cut on the road when the freight train
crashed into them, throwing them against
the rocks. The dead Include Joseph Kaul
and his two young children and Victor
Literskl. Mrs. Kaul wa badly Injured.
Wind and Rain
Flights
NEW TORK. Pept. 27. If the wind doe
not exceed five or six miles an hour and
the weather otherwise Is propitious, both
Wilbur Wright and Glenn H. Curtlss will
make flights in their aeroplanes at Gov
ernors Island tomorrow morning. Their
machines have been thoroughly overhauled
and the gasoline tanks filled, leaving noth
ing unprepared in the event of good
weather.
Flights today were made impossible on
account of an eighteen-mile wind which
gave way to a steady rain In the afternoon.
After waiting several hours for the wind
to fall, Wright crossed to the city from
the Island and obtained a canoe to attach
to the underpart of his machine as a safe
Kurd against sinking if the aeroplane
should alight on the water. The Cuiilss
flyer Is a counterpart of the machine
Curtis used in the recent record-making
flights at Rhelms and Brescia. But It is
equipped with a four-cylinder water-cooled
motor instead of the eight-cylinder motor
used abroad.
Curtiss will arrive here early tomorrow
and will go direct to Governors Island. If
weather conditions are right he may make
a flight before 10 o'chck.
Wilbur Wright was not very sanguine
tonight over the outlook for tomorrow.
"It looks to me as though this weather
will continue for a day or two," he said.
"If I was to take the machine out In
this rain It would be weighted down with
the dampness In a short time."
AinocK thus who visited tho aeroplane
PEARY PREPARING HIS CASE
He Lays Alleged Evidence Against
Cook Before General Hubbard.
WHITNEY'S STORY RIDICULED
Commander Say that After He
Talked with Eskimos He Could
Not Credit Story that Itlval
Benched role.
BAR HARBOR, Me., Sept. 27 Com
mander Robert E. Peary, accompanied by
his wife reached here tonight from Port
land and within half an hour was In con
ference with General Thomas H. Hubbard,
president of the Peary Arctic club, con
cerning the statement which will soon he
made public by Commander Teary In sup
port of his contention that Dr. Cook did
not reach the pole. The conference was
still. In progress late tonight.
'There Is nothing to say." said Oeneral
Hubbard tonight. "Commander Peary Is
here and we are looking over the data he
has on the Cook controversy, but there Is
no statement to be made at this time.
"No date has been set for the meeting
of the officers of the Peary Arctic club
and I shall not determine that until my
return to New York next week."
The conference will be continued tomor
row and late In the day Commander Peary
will probably return to Eagle Island. It
Is generally believed that he and Gen
eral Hubbard will go to New York to
gether. From what can be learned of the con
ference tonight, Peary went over every
portion of his alleged evidence against Dr.
Cook, dating from the time the Brooklyn ; community ni nes your honor to make im
. , ,. , , mediate Investigation us to the street rail-
explorer began his preparations to go wav t.on,rov,., hV I1W n in lhg cily tttl(1
north, more than two years ago, una until
after Peary's Interviews with Dr. Cook's
Eskimos at Etah. General Hubbard has
been arranging this material In order as
personal counsel for Peary.
Whitney Story Ridiculed.
During the trip to Bar Harbor, Peary
spoke frequently of Harry Whitney.
"There might have been some strange
reasons why Whitney did not go hack to
Etan in me jeanie ior nr. look b siuii,
he said. "I cannot understand how any
one could let such records get out of his
hands. I would not give my records to my
dearest relative. 1 say again, I don't see
how Cook could have turned his sjuff over j
to Whitney or anyobdy else. 1 secured '
my Instruments In a bag and the flag I
"""" r.
clothes ana i wore n until i reacnea iiat-
lle Harbor.
"I Jiept my records under watch day and
night and I was prepared In case the
(Continued on Second rage )
Prevents
of Aeroplanes
today wa Russell A. Alger, son of the
former secretary of war, of Detroit, the
first purchaser of a Wright aeroplane In
this country. Wright told Alger that he
did not think It was likely that he would
take any one up with him during his flights
here, but if he did, Alger would be the
man to go. Curtlss, on account of thu
small size of his machine, and the small
motor, willllkely not take up a passenger.
An Interesting sidelight on aviation
came up today when Jefferson De.Mont
Thompson, representing tho Aero Club of
America, which will defend the Interna
tional trophy won by Curtlss at Rhelms,
called on Collector Loeb to Inquire what
duty, If any, would have to be paid by
the owners of foreign machines brought
here for the International contest. He was
told unofficially that any aeroplanes
brought over solely for exhibitions or
racing probably would be admitted fiee
under bond. In the event of the machines
remaining here either for private use or
sale they may be dutiable at t-'i per cent
under the tariff clause covering manufac
tures of metal for unenumerated articles
not otherwise provided for. If composed
of wood the atroplai ea may be dutiable at
30 per cent.
The adverse wind mad It necessary to
postpone for a day the race of dirigi
ble balloon from New Yoik to Albany for
the J10.0U0 prize offered by a New York
newspaper. Th airships of both Cap
tain Thomas 8. Baldwin and George L.
Tomllnson were ready tor tha race.
Speakers Roast Dahlman and Others
for Signing Report.
ASK GOVERNOR TO INTERVENE
President of Central Labor Union
Sends Message to Lincoln.
COUNCIL FAVORS ARBITRATION
Keentiimenda fur I'linMsr Itesolntlnii
Asking Company to Settle Dif
ferences Through 1 nnrrjn
rilced Hoard.
DAY'S BTRIJCE DEVELOPMENTS.
President Wattles falls to send a copy
of hi proposal to the striker to the mass
meeting at Lubor tempi and th msetlng
ignore it.
Strikers denounce the mayor and mem
bers of the councllinanlo committee for
signing th conference rsport.
President Ford of the Central Labor
union asks Governor Bhallenbsrger to
make an official investigation of the
strike conditions.
The city council recommends for pas
sage a resolution asking the street railway
company to arbitrate.
Failure on the part of the striking car
men to accept the proposition of the street
railway company left the status of the
strike In practically the condition It was
In before ingot hit Ions for peace were be
gun through the five mayors. Instead of
giving serious consideration to the over
tures for a settlement the men ridiculed
the proposals of Mr. Wattles nnd scored
the five mayors and the members of the
city council for attaching their names to
the document. ,
The next step, say the strikers, I the
n pp. ul to Governor ShallenherKer to take
a hand In his cupacity as state Inbor com- ,
inlssioner ami a telegram requesting him
to make an lnvestliatlon was sent to him
yesterday afternoon.
The city council at a meeting of the com
mittee of tlie whole nt the earnest request
of a committee from the Central Labor
union rcconimemh d to pass a resolution
asking the cotnpuny to arbitrate and put
a Kpecdy end to the trouble. This resolu
tion will come up at the meeting ot the
council toniKht.
Striker Get o Statement.
Ieclaring that they had received no
statement of any proposition from the
I street railw ay company, the leaders of the
striking car men announced at a gathering
held at the Labor Temple Monday after
noon that there was nothing to consider.
lt"luul been announced that at this meet
ing the strikers would receive and act upon
the strec t car company's proposition of
settlement. About 400 attended the meet
ing. Addresses wero made by a number
of labor leaders and Rev. J. L. Fisher,
pastor of the Saratoga Congregational
chuich.
Patilck Ford, president of the Central
I-abor union, recited what he said was some
unwritten political history, denouncing the
city administration for the stand taken In
relation to t lie strike. An appeal to the
governor for an investigation of the strike
In the following telegram was forwarded
during the meeting.
Governor Shulleuberger. Lincoln, Neb.:
The uni
1 liihor movement of this entire
niaae Known your rinciiiiKs
P. FORD. President C. L. U.
Commons Srnrra Five Mayors.
"The five mayors have put themselves
In a false light, " said Ben Commons. They
sign and endorse a proposition which they
have not the courag to submit to a body
of those who toil for a living. They have
given their report to the newspapers, but
not to us.
"The company Is diplomatic The reason
i jt
has not submitted anything to this
meeting today Is that in doing so It would
admit that it knous there is a union here.
"Our appeal H now to the people and to
the governor to use his good offires to
settle this i ins t inn, to make an Investiga
tion us the law provides.
"WP h: Vt nitu' i.iiiirntAit th nhMtn
from tho
gouts." declared the speaker In
discussing the return of some of the old
men to work. He Insisted that th men
who had returned were hired by tho com
pany to go out and then return to work for
effect on the public.
C. o. Pratt also denounced the conference
of niHyors as being In hud faith.
"They didn't have the manhood to call
In representative working men Interested
In this controversy for a suggestion," ho
exclaimed bitterly. "I want to tell you
men that If you will stund togethter to
wipe some of these political skates out of
existence you can have my assistance."
He encouraged the strikers, saying tnat
there was no question of ample financial
assistance for those, who might need It. Ho
also suggested that It was time for &
demonsti tilmi by the laboring people,
Preneher M:ikn Fiery Speech.
Rev. J. L Fisher, pastor of the Saratoga
Congn gat lonnl church, took up the ques
tion of municipal politics in relation to tha
strike. Referring to Mayor Dahlman no
said :
"Tile blislne:
men le him what to do.
Yet lie can 1 1 t
go another step politically
unless you men let lilin.
"You men want to l t some one to rep
resent yon at l.iii' oln. Let him b the light
man and when he gets Dure let him aland
up ..t.il dem. trul a state hoard of arbitra
tion to handle these labor trouble."
Rev. Mi . I'lsle r implied In his speech
that the fight was against all of the capital
of Omaha, lie tolviscd die men that a boy
cott would bo one v;iliiahle weapon In the
fight.
"Let yoiir wives wenr that old hat an
other season. Jx-t her ret along with that
old coat. When you buy shoes buy them
in Chicago. It Is ou w ho buy the good
from the.e pe..pit- here, pni who wear
the cloilus. you are i!ie consumer. Let
them keep their goods, then they will ap
preciate you.
"Don't worry; the s-rlke will be settled.
Settlid will out r I . I I hop. Don't fight
mil-K- you h ,v. 'o I i s la, if you luivt(,
fight I, ,ne yon.' ones t, tin, very core.
Don't start trouble, but If they force you
tu It, remember that your homes and your
fireside ar as good a theirs. Let theut