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VOL. XLY-NO. 274.
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORXIXG, MAY 3, 191(r--TWEI,VK PAGES.
On Train, at Hotel
Nowa standi, eto, So
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
Omai
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THE WEATHER.
Fair
HE
WOMEN AND MEN
BATTLE POLICE IN
BRADDOCK STREETS
Two Known to Be Killed and Four
Probably Will Die as Kesult of
Strike Riots in Eastern
City.
SNIPEES SHOOT AT THE COPS
Feminne Members of Mob Join in i
Mad Rush to Attack Steel
Works.
SITUATION IS REPORTED QUIET
PlTTSBnUill. MhJ '..-Two men were
known tn haie been killed, four prole !
My fatally wounded and a ecorc of oth-1
era seriously hurt tbi afternoon when a1
mob, ald by the nuthot tie to have been j
compofed fl Inclpally of for-lgnei, at-!
lacked tbi Fdi-ir Tliomaon work of (lie,
' 'mil'.'. i Steel company In liraddock. j
A ;tflied battle. tasting an hour, fnl- i
lowdi. during which t'i) ots were fired, j
hut the rioters were finally forced to .
retreat In the face of a deely f It from :
Hie riot guns a nil revolver of deputy
iier.fra and pliut guard, Tlie situation
Is f let tonight, but ?.) clllgep of the
brroi,gh have I sworn In a deputies
end are patrolling the strel. Ulit rtclv
Wlorncj c, If, Jackson announced ihul i
b would lake ftep at once for the dc- 1
portiitlon of all foreigner connected with
the trouble. i
(lima of Hay i,l Jllsoriier. 1
The riot was the ilium of a day of
dlKord'.r In liio borough of Uraddo. k
and Rankin (I'M ;nir which mob Mtornmd 1
Hie plant of four big lee companies.'
drove the coi-kmci; out and then partly!
w if d id Up Interior of tins plant.
Many of llinse Injured In the flghtlm; ;
i tlie Fdpir Thompson work were plr ;
He! away by the rioters find for houra
after rpilet had been rewtond Injured enn- j
tinned to bo brought to hospitals fur j
treatment. Hnlpcr hidden In doorway I
and window near tho Thirteenth street
i -mruure tried to pick off (Input),. wlio ,
were flhtlng to hold back the mob and
two dcputli'H ntre said to have been hit.
Women also Joined In the mad fight to
gala entry Info the worka and two of
tli'-eo were wounded. The two men killed
wero foreigner. Thc mob first Httsrked :
the office of W. .1. IMxou, superintend- '
(tit of tranrpoi lotion at the Kdg.ir I
Tltompaoti worka, with club and stone ;
and wrecked It. Deputies rushing to pre- I
lent the (letruc(Jon of the oflfce were
compelled to use It a a barricade and
from behind the . wreckage they poured
liot after hot Into the mob which with
drew. After atoning the plant for forty-five
minute another charge, wan made and In
a hand-to-hand struggle, the crowd nvaa
drives back.
Masons Lay Corner
Stone for Their New !
Temple Here June 5
The Masons have set June I at t o'clock
In the afternoon a the date for laying
the cornerstone of the Maaonle temple at
Nineteenth and Dougla streets, wet of
(he Hotel FontenePe. The exercise will
be conducted by the Nebraska grand
lodge, fraud lodge officer of Iowa taking
part.
Reside the grand lodge officer of Nc
braka and Iowa, it is expected that
grand Iftdge offieera from other state,
well n numeroua prominent Mason
from nil over the country, will bo In
hi tendance.
The blue lodge of the city all hold
their regular meeting next week, at
which time they will name the commit
tee tl.it will officiate at the corneratone
laying- of the Masonic temple. The names
t-f Hie member of tlrcsc committee will
be made public May 12.
The grand cnmniandory, Knight Tcm
plar, goes to l.'olnmbu Thursday of this
week, wheie a meeting will bo he'd.
ROCK ISLAND TO RETURN I
EXCESS IN FREIGHT CHARGE j
WASHINGTON', May !. -(Special Tele-'
Hum. i- The Intrr.state ?oninierce c inmla
tin in tlie ci'inpl ilut of the llaarman j
lin K ir and rp-klo company of Oinalui. :
.igrlmil the t'lilcngii. It ick Islaiul .V l'a
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U. P. PENSIONERS
ANNUAL MEETING
Guests of the Roard for Entertain
ment and Trip Around City
Re-Elect Oftitei.
ANDREW TRAYNOR PRESIDENT
Of the nearly BOO members of the
Infon Pacific Mutual Pensioners'
rhuociatlon, 2flt) of them met In an
nual gpfaion In the conference room
in headquarters and during. Tueadny
v.ere the gucnts of the company. The
liornln? honr was taken up with the
(i-anHactlon of association biwlnes
and (hen they were taken on an ex
ciisloti throtieh Yellowstone Na-
t'tnc! park, covering the hhiiio
prouod In about an hour Hint i
urually con limed on tho five-day
trip.
In. J lll.Mier. tie I'l.lim l'Ht"fc 'di
tiiclan, guided the party through tli
park b.i the movie route, nuking lo;-
a a'l the point of Intercut,
following the moving picture bow.
the petiKioiier and the'r wive we e
ciuiipanv guent at the Paxtini boKjl
where an elaborate baiiuuet w upreiid
1'olluwtng the feed and after (be i Iger
woe lighted there were two aidreaaei.
one by II J. Ktlrllng. geneial nudilor t
tlie company, arid the other by W. SI.
Jrffer. gene:al ailpei inteiident.
Oirlcera lle-Mleeled.
At V e regular leaalon. Andr w Traymr.
Omaha, wa re-elected prealdenl and
Jame . Jlaynard, Unmha, gecretary
treaaiirer. Vice president were re-elected fol
low: Janie l'arl;, Menver, for Colo
rado ; ficorge II. Jackon. I'ouncll Hlufr.
for Iowa: Thomaa Sweeney, Jum-Uon
City, for Kanii; A. M. While. Ogdoi,
for I'tuh,
A, I', lloiick, vice piealdeiil III N
braakn, died during the laat year and
the naming of hi aucceaanr waf b't
to the Nebraaka menibera of the ne
elation.
(', Tracy, North Platte, wax named
a axulatant aecrelury.
The report of Hccietary Maynard
ahowed aluty-two new member during
the laat year and twenty lout by death.
1 mrlng the morning aeaalon a number
of the member of the aiHoclatlnn re
counted their pergonal experience with
the Tnlon Pacific during tlie day when
It win a one-track pioneer line, and nil of
tho remark were frequently applauded.
Of particular Intercut wa the addrea
of J, R Itomlgh of Omaha, who entered
the company employ In -), coiitlmilng
until 1'JnS, when ho rettlred on penalon.
Tell f rioneer !,
Mr. Itomlgli wa one of tho flr.it of
tho engineer in the I'lilon Pacific em
ploy, running construction train when
the first tail were laid- out of Omahi.
He recounted Incident of the pioneer
day Wben the Indian i used to pile tie
acroa the rail out along the Plane, and
buffalo by the hundred of thousand
ranged . the jountry from Urnnd Island
wet. lie wa In at the driving of 'the
last spike, connecting up the t nion J'a
clfle with the Central, and detailed some
of the event in connection with the
celebration that w held at Promontory
point.
The next annual meeting will be held
In Omaha a year hence, the time and
place of meeting being fixed by the con
tltutlon. : .
l.'nion rnclflo pensioners are scattered
through about every atate In the union,
but the majority of thoae present t the
meeting were from Nebraska. Iowa,
Kansas, Missouri, Colorado, Wyoming
and Utah,
Pittsburgh Carmen
Accept New Scale
Made by Company
PITTSIU'TIOH, Pa., May 2. -Street ears
will be running In thl city and the sub
urb before nightfall, after being tied
up by a strike since midnight Sunday. A
new proposition for a wage scale wa
presented to the men f-ir a vote, which
was taken thla ' morning. Knough votea
had been cast at noon to Indicate that
the proposition of the company wa fa
vorably received.
Tho first ballot counted Indicated that
tho agreement had been reached by a
vote of ten to one.
The men weer Instructed by their lead
er, 'If the vote In favorable, get Into
your uniform a quickly jx.ssible and
reports to your station fur Immediate
work."
REPUBLICANS CAST MANY
' MORE VOTES THAN DEMOS
The loial n nub,' rf rrp ililiesn vole
vi-t In laeisW.. rouniy at t'i recent pi i
loarv . IT e,J aid the deKio.TAW inlej
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AGREEMENT NEAR
INTHE CONFERENCE.
AT BORDER CITY
Stenographer Sent for and it is
Pelieved that Some Pact is
About to Be Drafted at
Meeting;. ,
LONG CONFEP.T "Sv,!
HELD
Funst
riotel to Join
,a Obregon to Be
Summoned.
GENEEAL TREVINO IS SENT FOR
h'l- PASO, Tex., May 2.- The con
ference between General Scott and
Obregon e-xlendod long into the after
noon and shortly after I o'clock n
stenomaplier was aont for. This wm
taken to mean that some plan ot
poRHlbly an agreement wa to ho
drafted.
General Kunnlon came lh hotel
late this afternoon and walled In a
loom near the one In which Gen
eral Scott and Ohrcnon were con
ferring, walling; to be summoned.
Shortly after General Punston'
atrival word wa sent to General Tre
vino to come to the hotel, it ap
peared that the Informal conference
between Generals Scott and Obregon
was to be followed by tho formal
meeting which might end the nego
tiations. Parkvale Church
Wins Its Location
Bv Decisive Vote
Oiiiahrt presbytery, at a largely at
tended meeting ycaierdiy afternoon at
the Young Men' I'luistlHii association,
gave the privilege to the I'nrkvalo Prea
byteilan church to locale In or near Mar
tha and Thirty-second streets. The same
meeting granted tho petition of Hie
WpHtininsler Presbyterian church to re
locate near Woolwortli avenue and
Thirty-second street.
Parkvale congregation hn been thriv
ing thl last year and seek to house
Itself In comfortable structure more
advantageously located than Ihelr prea
ent l(e at Thirtieth and Oold atreets.
The location sought by them van pro
tested by the Westminster congregation
on the ground It wa too close to loca
tion where they wished to build event
ually, Hy a decisive vote this - conten
tion wo not upheld. The presbyter fell
each church had It own constituency
and field to cultivate and there would
bo little overlapisng of field hould both
congregations .'t-nie where they had
nought permission.
ftflv, lie, K. II. Jenk wa elected a
member of the committee on vacancies
and supply and Pr. Albert Marshall wa
elected chalnlinn of the committee, Jtev.
E. li. Jenklii renlgned a chairman of
the church extension committee, and Hev.
I'r. Krtisl wn circled to succeed lilm,
lr. Jenkins consenting to icmnlti a mem
ber of tlie commit Ice.
Brazilian Vessel
Rib Branco is Sunk;
One Fireman is Lost
LONDON, May 2. -The lirnslllan steam
li1p Hlo Rranco ha been sunk. The
Hrltlsh steamship ity of Rochester also
has been sunk. Ono fireman wa lout.
The remainder of the crew -.vo saved.
Two vessel under charier by tho Amer
ican commission for relief of Holglum,
the Swedish steamship Krldliind and the
llrltlsli steamer Mendonhall. hnve been
sunk within two days.
The Klo Hranco waa owned hy the
Amanon Steam Navigation company of
1'nrn. It wan '.v feet long, of rM tons
gross and built at Port r,gow In 1V1S.
The City of Hochester, ton gross
and I''" feet lorn:, wnn luillt In 1X' and
owned in Ibv liester, Knghmd.
V wlrdesn ill-pnl.ii nviivcd today at
the North foreland station from the
Putch an rimer tin I ruin IV. anuounreil
that the I'lldliind waa finking. This
HwimIihIi leflel stilled from J'ortland.
April 14, bound for It tcnlani, mid had
T,fl tons of wheat on board
Operators on New
York Central Send
Ultimatum to Road
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presid-nt uf Km I'i.I, r of ltiiir...vl T
giapluro, aiuii.1,1. l Vrm ti.liy lluit if
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troops in Mexico is ready to
the men.
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PASSING OVT KlfLES TO
WILLIAM SHIELDS
DIES FROM BURNS
Pioneer Omalian Succumbs to Burns
When Bed Clothes Are Ignited
By Sparks from a Pipe.
WAS SEVENTY YEARS OF AOE
William li. Shields, who suffered
severe burns last Thursday wben
;arka from a pipe ho was smoking
Ignited the bed clothes of tho bed
in which hu win confined owing to
paralysis, died at 12:45 noon Tues
day at his home, 2124 Illnney street.
Mr. b'hlelila wa stricken Willi a stroke
of paralysis about two month ago. He
had been confined to Id bed ever slio e.
Thursday he wa smoking his pipe when
a aparli fell from tlie bowl and et tho
bed clothe In flame. He wa powerless
to put out tho fire, and before Hie blaze
wa extinguished by member of tho
family lie bad been badly burned.
It wa thought at first the burna would
not prove aerloiia, but unexpected com
plication developed and he succumbed
today.
Mr. Hhlold was 70 year of age. 11
was a retired milioad nrmdiietor and 1id
been a resident of Omaha slnne 1871. He
wa born In Indiana, la. He served In
the civil war and wa prominent In (Irand
Army of the Kcpiiblie, and Pougla county
pioneer circle.
Me I survived by his wife, one son,
Arthur J. Hhlelds, secretary to Chief of
Police Dunn; one daughter, Mr. Charles
K. Ilaverstock. and two sisters. Airs.,
Anna Iydou of lenver and Mrs. Hnrali
Mct'loskey of l'endleton, N. M.
Railroad Earnings
, Are $425 a Mile
WAHHINlTON,Vay 2-The record
breaking volume of trafflo carried by
American railways in February wa ur
piisned In Man h.
Of ninety-four railroads, the net rev
enue were 36 per cent greater than In
February, to per cent gieiitnr than In
.March. 1!H5, and totalled lThl.2V,,i:i, or $U'f
per mile.
Tlie increaae wn greatest in the east,
where net revenue were f!l per cent
greater than In March, 1!M5, Western
road showed nn Increase In net revenues
of 30 per cent within thirty days
FATHER STAPH INJURED
BY FALL DOWN STAIRS
(MMimilniK, Neti., ,Mn J - Hpi" lal
Telegram I- Father Carl Hlaph of the
Cathollo cliiiri Ii w.is foutul today In n
un onuioii condition In toe basement of
Ills home. He had numerous cut on Ills
bend, evidently having fallen down stairs
on the cement floor, striking hla head
The floor wa covered with money.
Holiday lie bad taken an offering fur
the orphan s bom at Lincoln and prob
ably hut tlie money In his hand at the
Hon. be f'il Ft lend became alarmed
when b was iiilsrliig and ruibd in find
ing liloi unciii loos
TIim ll.n l.it ba leeli nimble to mP)
Mill slut be U In a sriltin t',tiitlrn, .
Ui iiceu oie mi n. inn fur at h nst furii
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FIRING LINE IN MEXICO Even the medical corps with our
take the firing; line. The picture shows rifles being; issued to
r A t "frM
PTCDiCAh COIPS.
Eleven Thousand
Harvester Co, Men
Are Now on Strike
CHICAGO. May 2. Four thousand
more employe of lha International llar
. ester rnminiiiy truck today, bringing
the total of worker now on trlke up
to 11,'iW.
operation were impended at the Mc
cormick plant, of the company, where
7,0 emplnje were out, Tlie n.en who
nallted out today are rhlefly employed
in the wood working department.
FISKE CONTRADICTS
SECRETARY OF NAYY
Rear Admiral Says He Handed the
Document to Superior and Per
tonally Saw Him Read It.
DANIELS DENIED SEEING IT
WASHINGTON, I). C, May 2.
Vice President Marshall, in doubt as
o the propriety of making public tt
communication (o the nnat eritli'l
n. g an official of the I'nlcd Btates,
declined today lo hand down a letter
mldrensod o the senate by Rear Ad
miral JJradley Flake, assailing flccre
lary Daniels and referred It to the
naval committee for consideration.
The Flake letter contains a denial
of Secretary Daniels' statoment In
communication to the senate April
21 that a letter from Admiral FUke
warning the Navy department of an
unprepared state never had been
furnished him.
"Thlcommtinicat!on was not furnished
me and I did not know of It eltenco
until long after it wa written," wrote
Mr. Panlel on April 21.
"I find upon Inquiry that It wa filed
with tlie chief clerk without my knowl
edge that It hod been written. Although
l!ar Admiral Flake wa In my office
dally he did not tell mo that lie hud
placed the communication on file."
In hi letter to the senate today Ad
miral Flake declare he personally
blinded HecreUry I'anlel a copy of hi
paper on tmprnparedneas, watched him
read it, and av other can testify to
the occurrence.
Admiral Flake asked for an opportunity
to be heard on the eubjeet, but If It I
not granted, that hi letter to the senate
be published.
EIGHTEEN CARS ENTER
INDIANAPOLIS RACE
j INniAN . POUN. May I.--IHghteeu ear
: hat In en nominated to gtait In lb in
! tertiatlonal we. istike at the Iinlepend
ml Motor rpeedwav, Miv ", when th
tiitry Hit closed ! midnight. A num.
her of enlrn are xiieve. tn b" In th
ioaP i.it will be a crptel. The list of
.lil.ris f..r tba content Inel'ide I'ailo
:e,ii lol Atidnniii, louis and ituur
i be.K.lii. John AltWrn, J ief Ctntln
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IRISHMEN ASSERT
THEY WERE MISLED
Prisoner Say They Were Not Told
War Wai to Begin When They i
Were Called to Camp. j
WERE EXPECTING FOREIGN JUD j
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LONDON, May 2. -Speaking in the
Ilouso of Common thlg afternoon
I'remler Asqultli anld he hoped to
rive an early opportunlly for dis
cussion of tho motion railing for the
resignation of Augustine Flirrell,
iblef secretary for Ireland. Mr.
A.;gulth said (hat communication be
tween Ireland and Kngland now was
neai ly normal,
Dl'IlUN, Monday, May , (Via
London, May 2.) "We were not led
budly, we were mlaled,'' aald a cap
tured rebel officer last night. His
remark, uttered almost In a lone of
rrmorsc at having participated In the
Pino T'eln revolt, ;'ffmlHide 'itii be
was slopping aboard a steamer at
North Wall quay o be taken to Eng
land. He was one of ihe 4Sfl pris
oners of all ranks who were rap
tured Sunday.
The military authorities decided to aend
the prisoners to KngUnd for trial In
order that they may be awy from the
preludlce anil anger of peraon of the
place where they revolted. Vhon Ilia
corresimndent, who wa permitted to go
aboard the lessel, interrogated the pris
oner he gathered they had no Idea when
they wore ordered to ensemble at varlou
center on Faster Monday that the lead
er had ordained that day for the decla
ration of the Irish republic, They reached
the meeting place with ration for only
eight hour In the belief that they were
merely to carry out practice maneuvers,
a they had done on other occa alone.
"We found large auppllea of ammuni
tion piled at the meeting place," anld
one of the prisoners, "and received atrlct
order to dnrend our position. We were
told It would be necessary to hold out
only until .May i. when foreign troop
would land and join u in fighting tho
British."
Tho prlonr Included representative
of all part of Ireland. For the moat
part they weie men of good pliybpie.
I'tilleemrn .tiihiihert and Killed.
H F.I. FA Is T. May l.-tVla Ixindon. ly
2.1-Chie of the most traglo affair of
the rebellion was the ambushing of a
party of police, in County Mealll by
rebels, with tlie result that ten of t,he
police ncre killed, eighteen wuiinded and
the rest compelled to surrender.
Tlie police were proceeding- In unilin
ear to Ashbourne, where the rebel
bad attacked poll. barrack, when sud
(boilv at a Junction of toad the In
snigitiil biding In diltbe sent a fusil
lade of bulltit into the party. A bailie
dialing nearlv fle K"M eiis.ed
hall lltliiilllv all III pull' " tin I be,u
'either allied or omuletl t' e rebel lose 1
In and fur d the am ten l-r ot th- ile
Urbilitilit 'Ihe poll, e bs l el''l'd
! lli.tr ai.iiiiui.lllun t..i u fuiti't giving
up tl e fight
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BRITISH PREMIER
WILL INTRODUCE
COMPULSION BILL
j Mr. Asquith Says Whole Recruiting !
Problem is to Be Dealt
With in a Single
j Measure.
' GENERAL AND IMMEDIATE 1
British Empire Has Furnished Five
Million Men for Army and Navy
Sinne the War Started.
COLONIES SEND MANY DIVISIONS
LONDON, May li. I'remler As
fi'illh declared in the House of Com
mon this afternoon that a bill to bo
introduced tomorrow would he one
(f general and immediate compul
sion. The prime mlnleter announced
tuat the whole recruiting problem
would be, dealt with In a single bill.
Mr. Awiulth told the member of
the house, that llin total naval and
P:llilary effort of the Rrltltih empire
klnce the beginning of thn war ex
ceeded G. 000, 000 men.
Mr. Asrjulth said that, whl'a In
tigtist, 1914, Iho llrltish army-at
home and over seas consisted of
(wenty-sli divisions there were now
seventy-ono divisions, Including the
ni.val division.
General Strike of
Garment Makers is
Answer to Lockout
NF.W YOIIK, May 2.-ln relallsllon fo
the lockout of tlO.ooO worker on women
grments, begun a few day ago by the
Manufacturer' Protective aaaoclatlon,
the International Ladle' (larment Work
er' union today ordered a trike of all
It member In thl city, It I estimated'
Hist this order applies to W.CiO persons,!
Including about BO.mi apprentice and
other not already affected by the lock
out ,
Ilcn.lamln H. hlesslnger, president of the
employe' union, said that Ihe organisa
tion hn more than t.i,0rH in it treas-,
ury and I prepared to carry Ihe fight.!
ull glimmer If necessary. It la et.lmateil
that tlje employe if nearly l,M factorle!
Will be called out.
The chief quettjon Involved 1 whether'
tho manufacturer shall be compelled to,
dUnila from their employ worker whu
do not belong to union or who refuge to
pay thrir due lo Ihe union.
Print Paper Makers
Deny Prices Higher
and Ask Inquiry
WASHINGTON, Jj. C, May 2.-: Mann,
facturei of new print paper In tlie
I'nltcd eitate and Canada, In a Petition
filed today with the Federal Trade com
mission, declared they have been
"grysaly inlareprcaented'' and demanded
an early Investigation of the Industry
auch a wa called for by a recent aenate
reolullon. The resolution asked an In
quiry Into Increase in new print paper
price and directed tho commission to
ascertain If United Mate newspapers
are being subjected to unfair practice In
It sale.
The petition today aasert ku per renlj
of the new print paper manufactured Im
the I'nltcd .'tales and Canada I aobl
on annual contract' and thai contract
iirlcoa have not been Increased more
than I per cent In twelve month and
that jirlce will not average more than
tlie price at which neis print paper hai
been contracted and sold during the 11
ten year, although paper prices lu
risen sharply.
THREE PERSONS KILLED
BY JERSEY EXPLOSION
Tltl "rO. V 3 . Mm? " --Three iiera
ou were instantly killed and eight sect
lously Injured bv an explosion at t list
Valdville, l.n , oil cloth w oi k late tot
day. There were twenty-five people II
the building at tlie time -f the blast
which Is believed to have been du li
Chines of iinine. The entile tiiilldmi
was ib tin i d
The Day s War News
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