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»*r & ONLY J^ABOR PABBR IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA. VOL. 17. NO. 5. KENS TRIBUNE WITH LABOR BUREAU Pefends Labor Commissioner Mc Ewen Against Criticism of Certain Employers. M'EWEN'S ACTIVITY ON BEHALF WOMEN WORKERS Has Incurred the Antagonism of a Certain Class of Twin City Manufacturers. The following editorial taken from Wednesday morning's News Tribune is so true and convincing in theme and treatment that the associate edi tor of this paper hap taken the liberty to reproduce it without' permission either from Mir. McEwen or Editor Ifitchell. For his presumption in so doing he may have to apologize to both fentlemen, tout he feels very sure the readers of this paper will vindi cate his action in borrowing the ar ticle, "Protecting Women Workers." "Some of the Twin City manufac turers who use a large amount of fe male labor, do not take kindly to the warning issued by State ^Labor Com missioner MleEwen to young women coming to Minnesota cities. They call it 'warning them away* from the state, which it is not. "Mr. McEwen's bulletin, which has been posted in railway stations, reads as follows: 'Do not go to the large cities for work xjnless you are compelled to. 'If you must go, write at least two weeks in advance to the Woman's de par&nent- Bureau of Labor, St. Paul, or to the Young Women's Christian association In the city where you want •to work. 'They will obtain for you such a position as you ask, tell you about wages, boarding places and the work. 'Two days before you leave home, write again and tell the day and hour when your train will arrive, and a re sponsible woman will meet you at the station and take you safely to your destination. 'Do not ask questions from strangers nor take advice from them. 'Ask a uniformed railway official or a policeman.' "This is certainly proper for the state bureau. Whatever the selfish needs of manufacturers may be, they ehould not be met at the rlBlr"of the ru'ln"of any girl attracted" by sucfi"'la bor opportunities. Where there is not sufficient resident labor of the kind desired, the manufacturer can also avail himself of the services of the state bureau to complete his supply from other cities of the states. "The fact remains that no young girl should go to any city seeking la bor unless she has friends or relatives to whom she can go directly, or with out using the precautions advised in this bulletin. Moreover, no young girl who is traveling alone should 'ask questions of strangers nor take ad vice from them,' no matter what her station. "There is always on the trains and at stations officials of whom inquiries can be made. They are a safe source of information others may be or may not be safe, and in any event there are established agencies everywhere to met just such mergencies, and -they should be used. "We regard Mr. McEwen's bulletin as one of the best acts of his admin istration and it shows that the wom an's department of the labor bureau is preparing to take advantage of its enlarged opportunities ohelp and to protect the self-supporting woman." ODJECT TO HOES IS CENSUS TAKERS Only White Enumerators Are De sired Below the Mason & Dixon Line. It Is Insisted That Negro Enum erators Be Confined to Negro Sections. WASHINGTON, July 8.—Concerned about what they suppose to .be the possibility that negroes may be sent into the homes of the white residents of the South as enumerators to gather information for the thirteenth recen nial federal census, Democratic mem bers of congress will urge President Taft to give instructions that only white enumerators shall be employed in districts south of the Mason and Dixon line. Representatives of the southern states in congress say that they have little hope of preventing the employment of negroes unless the pres ident Interferes. Reports of the experience of the Vir ginia delegation in seeking a portion of the census patronage from that state disturbed the southern represen tatives. Senator Martin and Repre sentative Hay of Virginia, it Is said, were informed by Director Durand that the recommendations of the Republi can referees in the southern states would govern, wherever possible, in the designation of supervisors of the cen sus. The supervisors -#111 select enum erators and it 1 desired by southern congressmen taht they hall be in structed net to employ negroes except for sections where none„but negroes jreside. mmsMm&aL LABOR BUREAU WANTS HOME IN COURT HOUSE Department Hu Asked That Room Be Assigned in New Couftty Building. It Is probable the Duluth branch of the State Labor Bureau will be given a home In the new court house. A room in the building: has been asked' for and. the county commissioners have the matter under consideration. •Miss. Jean Poirier is the state labor inspector, department of women and children, for this city. At present she has an office in the basement of the city hall, in the rooms, occupied by the Associated Charities. Xn Minneapolis and St. Paul the la bor bureaus are given commodious quarters and it is expected that the county commissioners will find a place for the local bureau in the big building at Fifth avenue west. EXCLUSIVE WOMEN'S CABS A FAILURE The officials of the Hudson and Man hattan Railroad Company ljave decid ed to discontinue the special cars for women between Hoboken and Twenty third street. Mr. McAdoo, the presi dent of the road, when asked yester day said: "When the cars for the exclusive use of women were started On our line on March 31, we stated that it was an experiment and that the company re served the right to discontinue them if they should not be sufficiently pat ronized. We have made a long and thorough test and, much to our regret, we find that there is not a sufficient demand on the part of the women for exclusive cars. SUGAR TRUST IS INDICTED IT LAST Federal Grand Jury After Long Investigation Returns an Indictment. Document Is the Most Volum inous Returned by Grand Jury for Many Years. NEW YORK, July 8.—A blanket In dictment ,in fourteen counts charging the Americah Sugar Refining Com pany, its officers and directors, and certain agents with conspiring to re strain the trade in raw and refined su gar, was returned to Judge Hand in the Uinited States circuit court a few days ago, by the federal grand jury. The indictment charges that the de fendants conspired together to prevent the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Com pany from competing? "tath #»e. trust, aiHfrttt^ropMjgfted1 that'-porpoiw ^bfcotigh' a loan 6f $1,250,000 to Addlph Segiai, which was secured by 26,000 shares of the stock of the Pennsylvania Com pany, giving the trust a voting Control of the concern. The indictment is the result of an investigation by the grand jury ex tending over many weeks, brought about by the settlement of a suit of the Pennsylvania Company against the trust for $30,000,000, triple deftnages for $10,000,000. The opening paragraph of the in dictment, which is the most volumin ous returned by the New York federal grand jury in many years, sets forth taht the American Sugar. Refining Company controls about 90 per cent of the trade and commerce in raw and refined sugar in the United States, and is. engaged in trade and commerce within the meaning of the Sherman act under which the Indictment Is found. EDITOR WIRREH IS SENTENCED TO JUL And Also Fined Fifteen Hundred Dollars By Federal Judge Pollock. For the Offense of Sending Cer tain Printed Matter Through the Mails. (PORT SCOTT, Kan., July 8.—Upon the conclusion of a speech remarkable as it was unprecedented, Fred D. War ren, editor of the Appeal to Reason, in Federal Judge John C. Pollock's court, was fined $1,500, ordered to pay the costs of prosecution of his case and sentenced to six months in all. Warren was recently convicted here of the charge of sending through the mails an offer of $1,000 reward to any one who would capture ex-Governor Taylor of Kentucky and return him to "the authorities of his native state, where he was wanted tor the murder of Governor Goebel. The court overruled motions for ar rest of judgment and new trial, but after imposing sentence granted the defendant seventy—five days to prepare papers for an appeal. Warren was. re leased on bonds of $2,500, his bonds mari being John H. Odder, a T1 promin ent Republican of Fort Scott, who. though a stranger to Warren, volun teered to act as surety far the lather's appearance in court. The argument on a motion for a new trial will Ibe aW gued in the federal circuit court-at St. Paul in November. WEEK END EXCURSIONS FOR TRAVELING PUBLIC Via the South Shore for Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland and Buffalo .by rail to St. Ignace, thence D. & C. N. Co.'s steamers, leaving Duluth every Friday. To Detroit and return, 11700. fieptemfcpr 1G. IRE HOW OH STRIKE Efforts of Steel Trust to Inaug urate Open Shop Meet Deter mined Resistance. STRIKE ORDER OBSERVED EVEN TO THELASTMILL Three Thousand Tin Workers Will Cooperate With Strikers in Boiling Mills. PITTSBURG, July 8.—With the strike order being observed even to the last mill, officials of the Amalga mated Association of Steel, Iron and Tin Workers declared that they were satisfied with the situation and point ed out that the claims' of the Steel trust offlcals relative to any dissatis faction in the ranks of the strikers were not well founded. In reply to the statement made by President EL W. Pargny of the Ameri can Sheet and Tin Plate Company, to the effect that 70 per cent of the oompany's sheet plants and 40 per cent of the tin plate plants were oper ating, President MteAxdle of the'Amal gamated said: This Is just the percentage of the company's capacity that has been non-union for years past, so the trust evidently does not claim to be operat ing any of the plants affected by the strike order." The union leaders claim that the retaliatory steps of the 'Steel corpora tion in the attempted opening of the Mlononghela and Demmler plants has failed owing to the lack of men to fill the positions. It is claimed that in the big plants Involved In the strike where the company made the most determined effort to induce' the men to ignore the strike order are tied up absolutely, not a man reporting for work. The total number of men out now 4s said to be about 8,000, besides the day lalbor affected by the suspen sion. 3,000 More to Join. A' new factor in the strength of the position of the union men is the de termination of tin workers to refuse to work with non-union rolling mill men. In the tin mills of the Greer and She «ango at Newcastle alone are 3,000 men employed. These have an nounced their determination to Jofin the-strikers. Thelr^exaJiiplavin like-* ly be generally emulated and will add six or erven thousand more men to the force of the strikers. ,Officials of a number of the plants of the American Sheet 'and Tin Plate Company are in Pittsburg. No offi cial statement has as yet been made, but it is known the trust officials will plan to immediately reopen a number of the larger plants closed by the strike order. The "open shop" rule will prevail and the union men now on strike will he invited to accept their old places. Secretary Williams of the 'Amalga mated says he had heard such a re port and declared: "If this is the case the union will cany the fight in to' the enemy's country. We have not attempted to persuade the men em ployed in the non-union shops, but In this case we will free-lance among them and I believe we can tie up every mill operated "by the American Tin Plate Company. Using the same (figures as is used by the' trust offi cials in their statements as to the ex tent of tihe strike, I would say there are fifteen thousand men out on a strike." NEW YORK PUNTERS FIVORJESS LOCALS Membership Decided By Majority Vote to Reduce Number From Ten to Four. Have Opened an Enrollment Of flceto Ascertain Individual Preferences. NEW YCXRK, July 8.—The Brother hood of Painters of this city have opened an enrollment office at Bre vourt hall, 164 East 69t£ street, where :all members wishing to express their opinions as to whether they will re main In the old locals or whether they wish to join the new, can do so. According to the secretary of the i*ew office, the membership decided by a majority vote to reduce the locals from 10 to 4, with a fifth local in the Bronx. TWo of the old locals remained, the Paperhangenr Local, 409, and the German speaking local, 4M. The two new locals are 861 and 701. The Hebrew local, 1011, however, re ifiiqed to abide by this vote and Issued an injunction through Judge Rlanch ird of the supreme court, restraining this membership from the new mowe. Theseeretarysald that ft is expect ed the decision, -will fee rendered with in. a few days, should it be in favor Of the Hebrew looal, the Brotherhood of P*taters win have to'postpone their new idea till the new session of court opens next Octobepr, and Should t^e decision favor the new body the ^Hebrew local win have to dissolve and I rejoin as individual members or they ^bttKbrown'out of^tboJBrotherhood. DEVOTED TO THE INDUSTRIAL WELFARE OP THE HEAD OP THE LAI^ES. DULUTH AND SUPERJOR, SATURDAY, JULY 10,1909. DULUTH MAN CONVENTION DELEGATE Captain Martin Cols Will Represent the L. P. A, 4t Galveston, Texa|. Capt. Martin Cole of this city is one of the delegated elected by the Licensed Tugmen's Protective associa tion to the International Longshore men's convention, which wil be held in Galveston, Tex., ^4ext week. Nearly all the lake organisations have effect ed delegates to rpresent them at the meeting,, which wil 'be-called Monday. Some of the delegates who have been chosen .are: Licensed Tugmen's Protective asso ciation—Capt. T. Vf O'Connor, Buf falo Capt. Martin Cole, Duluth Capt. Charles 'McCaUle, hlcago. Tug Firemen and Linemen—. P. MicCarthy, Cleveland. Dredge Workers' Protective associa tion—Claude Wirth,. Buffalo A. Fer oughty, Buffalo. Drill Makers' Association Jlohn Dickie, 'Buffalo. Fishermen's association John French, Brie. The delegates from the lake ports are boosting Capt. T. V. O'Connor for president of the International associa tion. SIX THOUSMID MEN ra sp cm Strange Condition of Affairs Among the Mine Workers in Oape Breton. Press Dispatches Cllass Strike as Trial of Strength Between Two Unions. SYDl^HY, C. B„ July 8.—The strike of the United Mine Workers of Amer ica, which is regarded as. a contest between that organisation and the Provincial Workingfnen's association, the members of which latter organiza tion remained at work, took place 'at the collieries of the Dominion Coal company a few daysago. About 6,000 men failed to appear at the mines for work. Both organizations claim the majority of the workers in the mines. The agitation of which the strike is the. culmination haft been in progress for nearly a year, over the efforts of the officials of the United (Mine Workers of America!, to secure reoog- nltion by the company operating in this province. The American leaders' have been strongly opposed by offi cers of. the.Brovincal.' Workngmen's association an^rqby: tftjsr. coal ponjpany, Amaream leadei^««re seeking to di vert the Canadian* coal trade to tfie collieries in the United States. During last month the controversy between the twb labor organizations became very bitter. Fearing violence, the coal company built stockades around the mines, with electric-wires capable of carrying high power -cur rents on top. The company also en listed more than 150 special officers for guard duty. Until reports are received from all the outlying mines the extent of the strike will' not be known definitely. The strike is expected to demonstrate the comparative strength of the two organizations. WOMEN'S LEAGUE IN ENGLAND. The Women's Trade Union League of London, England, has now a mem bership of over 3,000. A god "deal erf time has been devoted during the past year by the president and secretary of the league to helping the' work of the Anti-Sweating League. 1 GOOD SELECTION FOR FIRE CHIEF Joseph Randall Promoted to Head of Department By the Commissioners. Appointment Is Most Satisfac tory to All Citizens of Duluth. Joseph Randall was made chief of the city fire department by the board of fire commisisoners at their last meeting to succeed the late John Black. Mir. Randall has been acting fire chief since the death of Mr. Black and his promotion to the head of the department was expected. Fred E. Granaow was promoted from second assistant chief to first assistant and C. W. Wilson, captain of chemical engine No. 1, was promoted to second assistant chief. Until the death of the late Chief Black Mr. Randall was flrst assistant chief. He served in this capacity for many years and he is credited with having thoroughly. earned his promo tion The board of commisisoners went on record for drastic measures in enforc ing the ordinance relative to the use of dynamite by building contractors with in the city limits. Complaints have come to the department from many sources that contractors have' been flagrantly lax recently in the use of this dangerous explosive, and investi gation has disclosed the fact that many of them have been using dynamite without taklngoutthe permit required fogr law from the office of the city building inspector. The flre board will be active in the, future in compelling contractors to comply with the city ordinances, and Infractions of the law will be seriously dealt wijth. Hll HONEST REVISION OF, TARIFF HIS FIILED Reformers Contend Their Only Hope of Relief is -Non-Par tisan Action. PROPOSED SCHEDULES ARE NOT SATISFACTORY Senator La Follette Threatens to Hold Up the Whole ••vm Measure. WASHINGTON, July 8.—With the understanding that the entire tariff bill was open for amendment, the first (business yesterday in the senate was the adoption of all paragraphs to which senators had no further objec tion. The program provided that as soon as this had been done the body would proceed to consider the various amendments upon which votes should be taken. The tobacco tax it was generally agreed would be vigorously opposd by the minority senators, who object to any tax on the weed. Speaking on the evolution of the tariff schedule yesterday, Senator Newlands said in part: "No material changes can now be made in the bill, and the only ques-1 tion before us is Whether we may not, by some general provisions, plant the seed of a rational tariff system under which excessive tariff duties may be gradually reduced and the tariff taken out of politics. Not Honest Reform. 'The legislation thus far shaped is* almost barren of results in accom plishing what the president doubtless has In view—an honest revision of the tariff, following the rule laid.down by the Republican platform. 'The revision of the senate has doubtless been upward rather than downward. As the senate has. made practically no reductions, all that conference could accomplish would be acquiescence in the moderate reduc tions of the Payne bill so that con ference presents an opportunity for little relief and -the only remaining expedl'ent is a veto of the, bill. It would be difficult for the president to accomplish what he desires by a veto, unless he. wishes to record his con demnation of party breach of faith, and' the only, alternative'will be to ac cept the blW-.and^.-pyess .on later for to&JloraUve-.}«gd»tai*ton. Geirt^tl^ofPWrtic*. ."T: "It 6 iiiot province -to -proffer advice to the Republican -party,, but I am deeply solicitous that our action •here, even though it may not meet the. just expectjations of the country,'shall contain the seed of a rational. tariff system which will gradually, by a process of evolution, eliminate the tariff from politics just as the railroad question has been taken out of poli tics _b ythe creation of the. interstate commerce commission. "1 feel assured that if the Republi can rule were fairly, applied it would result In a considerable reduction of duties and that much relief would come to the country from it and I feel assured that if the American peo ple were satisfied that a fair effort was, being made to comply with this rule, through some competent tribunal organized by congress, tariff agitation would practically end." Clapp Joins Opposition. Senator Daniel desired all reference to tobacco reserved, while Mr. Clapp made the same request respecting the creation of a tariff commission. Sena tors Burton and Dick made reserva tions of a large number of paragraphs relating to the pottery: industry, while both Senators Beveridge and Bulkeley. reserved their sections levy ing duties on watch movemehts. There were also many other reservations. When it looked is if a vote would Immediately be .taken on the unre served paragraphs as a whole Mr. La Follette entered an objection arid it looked for a time as if he might prove to be a formidable Obstacle in •Mr. Aldrich's pathway. Mr. La Fol lette said that he had no opportunity to inspect the reprint of the bill as acted on by the senate in committee of the whole. He. intimated that he would not respect the supposed unan imous consent agreement unless he could be assured of an opportunity to present such amendments as he might desire to introduce. La Follette Oh War Path. With regard to the unanimous agreement he expressed doubt, where upon Mr. Aldrich remarked that the records would show that there had been such an agreement. "If there was," responded the Wis-* consin senator, "it was very hasty and was consummated in such a way that many senators did not understand.", He said taht he had no desire to hinder the progress of the foill, but adde dthat If he could not receive the assurance he desired he might feel caleld on to reserve. all of the. para graphs of the bill .until he could se lect the paragraphs he desired to amend. 4 LOOKS DOWN BARREL 1 WITH USUAL RESULT NEJHNAH, Wis., July 8g—Roy Red land, a -boy, had one eye blown out toy a toy jrfstct,. which' went. off when the lad -looked into thje barrel. The' eye was completely, destroyed. Harry •Smitxer was trying to fix his revolver when the. shell exploded, the wad go in* through* his hand. ui ijl. -4* .1 -SOCIETY FORMER DULUTH BO^ NOW R. R. PRESIDENT W. 2. J.erch, Son of Deputy Sheriff Lerch, as Head of Tennessee Central Railway. R. S.' Lerch, deputy sheriff on duty in the district court rooms, has just received word that his son, W. G. Lerch, has been, appointed acting pres ident of the Tennessee Central rail way, which operates 500 miles of road out of Kpoxville, Tenn, W. G. Lerch is well known here, and began rail roading as secretary to the president of the Duluth, Missabe & Northern. After leaving 'here he waB secretary to the president of the Colorado Midland and later chief clerk and secretary to the president of the Chicago & Alton. Later he was assistant to the presi dent of the Mexican Central "before the government took over the line. OF INTEREST IDOUniROlDS Gleaned From Latest Reports of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Roads Resort to Every Means to Defeat the Commission in Its Progre&. It will be remembered by many how ardently the railroad owners opposed the 2-cent fare, claiming at the time that the revenues were hardly, large enough to pay operating expenses. Nevertheless, "the following facts taken' from the reports of the inter state commerce commission for the year 1908 will make some very inter esting. revelations concerning the rail roads Miles of Traek. The totaJ mileage of single track 227,9.76.26. If we were to1 allow 10 feet space for each track we would have a strip 90 feet wide and long Enough to encircle the globe, ^r the number of miles of road would estcircle the globe *9 times. The total mileage of all tracks, Including yards, sidings and double trackage, is 327,454.26. Number of Roads and Equipment. The number of roads is 2,440, the number in the hands of receivers is 29, the number of locomotives in serv ice Is ,55,386, the number of cars, all kinds, 2,126,594. The number of loco motives, per 1,000 miles, of road, is $43 the number of cars, per 1,000 miles of road is 9,350. -Employes. The -number of employes up to June 30th,'1908, was' 1,672,074. The average numffer of employes- per 100 miles is 735. These' employes axe in direct control of trains': Engines en, 65,287 flremfcn,:^cbiw^ct^s, 48,8«9f othe&jtrainmenr 134^267 -switch tenders and wutchmeri, 53,414. All employes sire included fn the following divisions: Administration, 64,808 maintenance of ways, 6,38,003 maintenanse of equip ment,, 362,181 for conducting .transpor tation, 713,465. Wages and 8alaries. The tot&l amount of wages and sal aries paid oall employes amounted to $1,072,386,427. It can be clearly seen when we examine the. wages paid with the number of employes we .find that what we have believed to be true re garding the railway, men as being highly paid for their services, we find the opposite to be true, th eqverage for all employes per ya^- being but $645. Earnings and Profits. The earnings for the year 1907 was $2,589,106,578. Net earnings $840,589, 868. Operating expenses $1,748,515, 814. The revenue from the passenger traffic amounted to $564,606,343, an in crease over 1906 of $54,-873,760. Uncle Sam paid to the railroads for the carrying of mails the sum of $50, 378.64, an increase over 1908 of $3,007,511. The gross earnings per mile of road was $11,383, the operating expense per mile was $7,687, leaving the neat sum Of net profit of $3,696. Let us for a moment turn back to the average wage of the employe and compare the net profit with the wage of the employe. We find that the profit is five and a half times greater than the average wage. We find this condition amonjg the men who risk their life and limb,' the men who perform the most haz ardous labor, and yet their wage is little better than the common laborer. The net earning from the operation of the roads was $840,689,868 and the income from other sources, such as lease of road, interest on bonds and dividends, from bonds, inaking a grand total of all incomes and earnings $1,127,173,706. Accidents. The total number of casualties for 1097 were 122,856, of which number 11,839 were killed and 111,016 were in jured.. The number of passengers killed were 610 and the number in jured 18,041. The total number of per sons other than passengers or em-, ployes were 6,695 killed and 10,381 in jured. Taking as a basis for all em» ployes, one employe was killed out of every 366 and one injured uot of every 19. When we confine ourselves tb the men who work upon the trains, we find that one was killed, out of every 126 employed, one injured out of every eight employed. The commission makes the state ment that the railroads have tried every means to defeat thg commission in the duties of its office. The roads :have used the injunction in many cases to good advantage in their own behalf. Whatever the mouthpieces o^ the railroads may say to the public In their honeyed, phrases however they may have deluded the people, the pub lip conscience will be awakened to a realisation, of the wrong* that they haye thrust tqxm the people, and it is safe to assume that when the people awaken- to these wrongs, .the roads /will, receive, little mpvoy at their •hands.v.? P. & P.HTTJ JP& *. f. f. SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 AXEAR, IN ADVANCE. igii n« c'-Mt.' MINNESOTA HISTORICAL FIVE CENTS: Government Will Give Citizens Opportunity to Obtain Homes In Inland Empire. THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF VALUABLE LAND OPENED Registration of Applicants Will Begin July 15 and Cfontinue Until August 5. SPOKANE^ Wash., July \.8.—Coeus d'Alene Indian reservation in Idaho, where 200,000 of its 400,000 acres of ag ricultural, grazing and timbered lands -will be distributed among homestead ers Jjy the government lottery plan at Coeur d'Alene, 32 miles east of Spo Spokane, beginning the morning of August 9, is one of thv three reserve^ in the Inland etnpire to be opened this year. The other two are the Spokane in eastern Washington, 6,000 acres of agricultural lands, and the Flathead in western Montana, with 450,000 acres of agricultural and grazing lands. Those eligible to settle on this land must register at either Kallspell or Missoula, Mont., for the Flathead, at Coeur d'Alene for the Ooeur d'Alene, and at Spokane for the Spokane reser vation. Registration will begin on July 15 and continue ur£U August 5. All applications for registration must be mailed in a plain envelope, 3% by 6 inches, to James W. Witten, superin tendent of Opening, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The passing of the reserve from the hands of the historic tribe to w-Jilte settlers marks an epoch in the annals of the northwest its settlement next April means homes for from 7,000 to 10,000 persons, probably many of them from crowded. cities in the east, -and the developn^nt of the lands will add several millions of "dollars annually to the wealth production of the inland empire. v, In Kootenai County. The reservation is situated wholly in Kootenai county, Idaho, and contains approximately 625 square gailes or 400, 000 acres~of land, of which two»-thirda is eultivatable-and capable of high de velopment. The rest* is heavily tim bered with white and yellow pine, ce— dar, fir and. tamarack, and is subject .. to entry under the homestead laws at* land* has not yet -tieen deteraain "While the principal crc&s frroduced -wheat, oats, and .hay,: the soil has proved itself to be admirably adapted: to the cultivation of potatoes, sugar •beets and other root crops, also tree and vine fruits. LIKE CAM® IDE :I ii •ssr The -Indian population of the reser vation Is 500 Coeur d'Alenes, of whom 255 are males. There are also 97 Spo kane' Indians. A census taken early this year shows the sexes are nearly evenly divided. These people each own 160 acre sof land and have 2,600 head horses, 1,200 cows, 600 hogs and 176 sheep. The reserve is traversed by the Chicago, Milwaukee ft Pugfet Sound railroad and the Tekoa^-Burke branch of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation company, the latter carryinf all mem bers of the Coeur d'Alene tribe free of charge betwen Tkoa, Wash., and Ca~ taldo, Idaho, 57 mils, as the result of a contract made when the Harriman people secured a righ^-of-way across the reserve in 1889. The main line of the Milwaukee is rached by. steamer on Cour d'Alene lake from Coeur d'Alene. Engineers Feel Confident That .the Final Settlement Is Near at Hand. The strike situation, as far as can be ascertained, is in about the same, condition that it has been for some months. The strikers claim that the decision requiring the. return of li censes to striking engineers has not affected them in the least and that there have been no members of the Marine Firmen's Benefit association, going over to the opposition for at least three weeks. According to the statement of the union men, it re quires 1,000 engineers to operate the Lake Carirers' fleet. Of this numlber they admit 300 of their own members have signed up or have been threat ened or coaxed into signing, and about seventy-five others, mostly men who would not be considered by the Lake Carriers' association under or dinary conditions, are working.- It is the consensus of opinion among those who know whereof they affirm .and who are not interested wtth either party, that the settlement of the settlement of the strike in & manner honorable to-all concerned is very wear at hand., PASSENGERS MUST KEEP OUT OF PILOT HOUSES The supervising inspector of steanr vessels has notified the local inspec tors that the rules relative to exclud ing passengers from $he pilot houses must In the future be rigidly en forced. The rule relates to all velpels carrying' passengers lor hire, and the notice makes especial mention of those boats employed in the ferry se^r- :'4