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Scores of Workmen Shot Down in
Conflict on Streets of
Warsaw.
WARSAW CENTER
OF EASTERN RIOTS
3
POLES AND TROOPS
W BLOODY BUTTLE
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IS
PROCLAIMED BY CZAR
Old Barriers Against the Unor
thodox Are Removed as Eas
ter Gift to Russia.
Waisaw, Mav 1.TMrty-cme persons
were killed and many were wounded in
a conflict here this afternoon between
troops and -tvorknien.
A procession of workmen carrying red
flags was stopped by cavalry and in
fantry. The cavalry charged and the
infantry fired a volley with the above
result. Fifteen of the wounded were
removed to the hospital, but many
others were taken to their homes.
Another collision between soldiers and
workiren occurred at the corner of
Zlote and Sosnowa streets. A military
patrol fired on the crowd and kiTTed or
wounded twenty persons.
In a small rioi at Lodz a priest was
stoned. This led to a^scuffle between
the crowd and the police, in which four
men were shot.
ANCIENT ALTARS UNSEALED
Old Believers at Moscow Again Wor
ship in Their Own Ohnrches.
Moscow, Mav 1.The removal of re
ligious disabilities by the imperial de
cree enabled the old pelievers of Mos
cow to celebrate Easter| in the churches
of the Eogoshk quarter. The altars
which had been closed for foity-nine
ears wore unsealed in the presence of
the authorities. Many priceless paint
ings and ikons were found to be ir
reirievablv ruined hy dampness.
The principal service was attended by
the prefect of police and General Calit
7in, anle-delcamp of the emperor, who
was the bearer of the lattei's decree
granting religious freedom. The wcV
shipers Knelt before General Cahtzin
and begged him to express their grati
tude to the emperor, and man}* of the
congregation loudly invoked the Al
mighty's blessing on his majesty. An
important deputation of old believers is
going to Tsarskoe Selo to thank the
emperor.
WARSAW IN SUSPENSE
Business Suspended in Fear of Terrorist
Demonstrations.
I Warsaw, May 1.Business here is en
tirely suspended in fear of a terrorist
outbreak. No tram cars or carriages
sare moving. The authorities have
^topped the telephone service.
The streets are crowded, but every
thing was quiet up to noon. Manv pa
trols are on the stieets, and a strong
force is guarding the Jewish quarter.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY GRANTED
Czar Decrees that Subjects May Wor
ship as They Please.
St. Petersburg, May 1.The grant
ing of real religious freedom to the
people of Russia by the czar yesterday
as an Easter gift was an event of
highest significance, in comparison with
which the remission of millions of dol
lars of taxes to the peasantry, a long
list of decorations and six pages oi
Eromotions
uav
of bureaucratic officials are
ardly worth comment.
Liberty of conscience has been re
peatedly nroclaimed, and Procurator
Pobiedonostzeff in his famous reply to
the evangelical petition in 1888 con
tended that it existed in the empire.
The fact is that as a trysting place all
religions have been tolerated in Russia,
but none has been allowed to trespass
upon the orthodox faith as enunciated
from the mosque that faces the church
on the Nevsky prospect in St. Peters
burg.
Sects Persecuted.
Ppople were free to remain in the
faith of their fathers, but were prohib
ited from making proselvtes. Perse
cutions of every kind were directed
against the descendant sects, especially
the old believers. Against the dis
sidents are enumerated a thousand and
one peculiar heresies.
The Stundists and Molkans of south
ern Russia.^ now the principal native
nonconformists, who might be described
as the Quakers of Eussia, have made
tremendous progress recent years in
3pite of persecution which often has
driven them eastward and made them
pioneers of Russian colonization
There are in all about twelve thousand
of these dissidents.
Jews, Catholics and Lutherans.
The emperor's act will also affect
about forty million belonging to the
alien faiths, such as the Jews, Catholics
and Lutherans of Poland and the Baltic
provinces, the Protestants of Finland
ancl the followers of Islam and Buddha in
the Urals, the Crimea, the Caucasus,
Turkestan and central Asia. These
figures are only approximate, as proba
bly millions who are normally orthodox
secretly profess other religions. Whole
villages of Mussulmans baptized into
the orthodox communion by a ruse pe
titioned in vain to be permitted to re
turn to Mohammedaoism.
While the emperor's approval of the
action of the cmmittee of ministers
distinctly holdsto orthodoxy as the state
religion and creates the usual commis
sion to work out many details in con
nection with the offspring of mixed
marriages during minority, legitimati
zation of marriages, registration of
deaths and births, it also rescinds a
number of acts aimed specifically at
various religions and establishes the
princirjle of absolute freedom of worship
and the right of every Russian who be
comes of age to change his confession
of faith, in which the assurance of re
ligious freedom lies.
Belief for Catholics.
It also contemplates relief of Catho
lics and Poles from the present vexa
tious restrictions as to preaching the
catechism, the Bussian language, etc.
The emperor has accepted the axiom of
the Metropolitan Antonius, "You can
not hold strange children against their
will,"andrecognizes in religious variety
good for the nation as well as for the
si j& church itself, a principle which, if ac
I'iisijt knowledged politicallv. would mean a
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GEORGE B. CORTELYOU",
The Latest Possibility for President of
the Equitable.
CORTELYOU MAY
HEAD EQUITABLE
Washington Report Has Postmas
ter General in Compromise
Plan of H. C. Frick.
Washington, May 1.It is reported
here that Postmaster General Cortelyou
has been agreed upon for president of
the Equitable Life Assurance society
of New York as a compromise between
President Alexander of that society and
First Vice President Hyde.
This arrangement is said to have
been brought about by United States
Senator Bjaox and Henry C. Prick,
chairman of the executive committee
of the society.
Mr. Cortelyou declines to discuss the
matter.
Denials in New York.
New York, May 1.An official of
the Equitable Life Assurance society
said today:
Mr. Alexander is president of the
Equitable. The report that the presi
dency has been offered to someone else
cannot be correct."
Mr. Hyde was shown the Washington
dispateh. He read it thru and then
asked to bo excused from commenting
on it.
After careful inquiry the Associated
Press is able to deny the report that
Postmaster General Cortelyou had been
agreed upon for president of the Equit-
[SENATORS SEEM
TO BE CONVINCED
6.*-w?gf.ffL.
Railroads Have Achieved What
the Country Thought Was
Impossible. u,
New York Sun Special Service.
Washington, May 1.Tbe railroads
have achieved what to the country will
seem to be impossible. They have
changed the sentiment of the senate
committee on interstate commerce to an
extent hardly expected before the hear
ings began two weeks ago
KOLB TELLS OF
CLOCKS AND BEER
Kalderwit's Pal Describes Sundry
Merry Parties, Giving the
Exact Hours.
HE STANDS TIP WELL
UNDER HALL'S FIRE
The Defense Has Not Yet Decided
to Let Kalderwit
Testify.
From a Staff Correspondent.
Anoka, Minn., May 1.Anoka is sore
at Minneapolis crooks, who bring no
toriety and evil repute on the fair name
of the town and county by coming over
the line and committing divers and
sundry crimes. The Kalderwit trial
now on is costing the county $100 a
day, and the end is not even in sight,
for his two associates, Kolb and Ham
mon, are yet to come. The crime was
committed but a few feet inside the
Anoka county boundary, and the boy
who was killed and nearly every wit
ness in the case belonged in Hennepin
county
Ellis Usher, a citizen of Anoka county
They then broke into a toolshed at
Andover and took a private handcar
special back, to Minneapolis, with $14
and a gold watch "to the good." The
officials and citizens are also inclined
to credit Nic Smith, a little Austrian
held for the murder of Fred Matthews,
to Minneapolis, inasmuch as he served
time at Shingle Creek last winter,
Kolb Again on Stand.
The result of the testimony has been Hammon's it's all the same thing."
this: It convinced the committee that
rates are not so generally exorbitant
as has been reported. They are held
down by water competition, by compe
tition between roads and other condi
tions.
This will be good news to the coun
try. It shows how effective have been
the arguments of railroad agents.
Members of the committee are also
of the opinion that it would be unwise
to recommend the passage of the Esch
Townsend bill, which was rushed thru
the house during the last session of
congress. That bill, this committee has
been shown, simply authorizes the in
teistate commerce commission to fix
rates.
It doesn't prevent rebates or unjust
discrimination.
The committee has no doubt as to
the power of congress under the con
stitution to authorize the interstate
commerce commission, or any tribunal,
to fix rates. The attornev general is
its adviser in this respect. Its oppo
sition to any measure which will em
power the commission or any other
bodv to fix rates is in line with what
the president said in his last annual
message, in which he brought the rail
load rate question to a head.
While the change noted is taking
place in the sentiment of the commit
tee, Senator Elkins and his railroad
friends are rubbing their hands in glee
ful expectation that nothing will be
done which will diminish the control
of railroads over their own properties,
however serious may be the effect upon
the interest of the common people.
SHIFT IN DIPLOMATS
AS BOWER RETURNS
Washington May 1 Acting Secretary Adee
was busy today arranging the transfers of the
American ministers' in South America. Mr.
Barrett has cabled acceptance of his appointment
as minister to Colombia Secretary Lee will be
left In charge of the legation at Panama until
Governor Magoon arrives.
A cablegram has been received from W. W.
Russell accepting his new appointment to Car
acas The Bogota legation will be left In charge
of Vice Consul General Koppel until Mr. Bar
rett arrives. Secretary Hutchinson will be in
charge at Caracas until he can be relieved by
Mr. Russell.
Minister Bowen sailed from Caracas for the
United States today.
'BILL' NYE'S OLD HOME SOLD.
Asheville, N. C, May 1.Buck Shoals,
the famous country home belonging: to the
late "Bill" Nye, has been sold to Mrs.
Sophie Harrison Eastman, sister of Car
ter H. Harrison of Chicago. Mrs. Eastman
intends to make many improvements in
the place and will fit it up for a permanent
residence. Buck Shoals contains more
than 100 acres and adjoins the lands of
George W. Vanderbilt.
MRS. BRYAN'S FATHER ILL
Special to The Journal.
Lincoln, Neb., May 1.W. J. Bryan ha9
been summoned home by the dangerous
wife's father.
illness of h&w
a&ik itSiiS
Fifteen-Cent Celebration.
On the night of the murder he remem
bered three specified hour. At fifteen
minutes of seven he bought a can of
beer, using 15 cents which was on Miss
Ward's dresser.
Then you used the girl's money, not
your own,'' said Mr. Hall.
"Well, I don't know," responded
Kolb. "I might have been hers or
At 8 o'clock, he remembered, Ham-
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MONDAY EVENING MAY
mpr
IT'S EAST ER LO
TO GET SREIATER
^_^
Recent Decision Practically Re
moves All Restrictions on
Sales of Liquor."
Authorities Dealing with Abor
igines Say It Means Their
Extermination.
S
This, at firs* ^fffrtr, ntrfeht1
1
MINNESOTA INDIANS WHO
CAN "TANK UP.'
White Earth 3,500
Leech Lake 3,000
Pigeon Biver 400
Fond du Lac 1,500
Total ...8,400
DRY INDIANS (WITH-
OUT ALLOTMENTS).
Red Lakey. 1,800
Bois Fort
Sunday four toughs, said also to be I crime will result under the recent ruling
Minneapolis parties, held up and robbed *^l
The feeling did not in any way reduce
today's attendance at Kalderwit's
trial. Mr. Hall, for the state, resumed
his cross-examination of John Kolb, the
first witness of the defense. By careful
and skillful questioning the state's at
torney secured some important state
ments. The alibi was limited to three
men who are charged with the murder
Kalderwit, Hammon and Kolband
Mabel Ward and Alger Waller. Kolb
stated repeatedly that these five were
all who were in room 18 at the Grand
Central hotel on the night of the mur
der. The witness also admitted that
beer parties were given almost nightly
in the Ward-Hammon apartments. He
said there was one on the night of the
murder as well as the night before and
the two nights following. Kolb refused
to admit any alliance with any of the
women in the case, but admitted being
a steady attendant at the beer parties.
Showing Kolb's Character.
Kolb was on the stand all the morn
ing. He followed his original line of
testimony, but was led into making ad
missions of actions not included in his
direct account of the days preceding
and following the murder as well as the
day of the murder. One purpose of Mr.
Hall's apparent hit or miss method was
to bring out he natural side of the
witness. Kolb lost some-M ftis dignity
and became at times quite "cockey"
and even flippant with the attorney.
After a little preliminary work in re
gard to roofing paints, he Was asked
to tell what he knew of the murder. He
remembered reading that the job was
done bv three men and a woman who
waited outside with a -white horse. He
did not remember much of the descrip
tions of the men. He also read ac
counts of the Crawford-Palmer case at
the same time.
35 0
Net Lake 300
Total .2,450
With 90 per cent of crime among
Indians in Minnesota now due to their
illegal use of liquor, what increase in
1 .Tn ,.f wwi, CO, of the federa supreme court which says
that 8,400 of these Indians (those hav
ing allotments} have unlimited right
to purchase intoxicants?
This is the problem at present before
the federal authorities in Minnesota,
the answer to whioh they dread even to
contemplate. J. M. Dickey, first as
sistant United Suites attorney, said
today: i
It Means |Sxtennination.
There could not have been a means
devised of exterminating the Indians
more speedy than to4et them have free
access to liquor. While the decision
is good law, it .will undoubtedly result
most^ disastrously. ^The decision giv
GEBHARDT KNEW
LIFE WAS SOUGHT
ing Indians with allotments full rights contents or a part of them into a
.j. -ii.i !.._ ji, i_j. _._i.. _, -waste-drawer. Then he put the bottle
on a high shelf in his cupboard.
Returning to his operating-room, Dr.
Gebhardt, the girl said, picked up the
box and wrapper and examined them
carefully, as tho curious as to whence
they had come. He looked closely at
the postmark and then turned to Miss
Schapekahm and asked her if she could
make out anything from it. Together
they examined the postmark and the
witness said they could discern but two
letters, "S. T." After that Dr. Geb
hardt returned to his work, a patient
coming in, and the girl threw the box
into a waste-paper basket.
Bottle and Box Found.
of citizenship does not make any a
lowance for the tact that an Indian
in liquor become!^ absolutely crazed,
loses all regard fwr law, descends to
the level of a bea^t and commits the
worst of crimes. iFhe records this
office show th.at j[:nine-tenths of the
criminals among tS&m. come uncfer pros
intoxicants. And
ith of the cases of
Indians are pros
evidence. Tomor-
will open at Fer
ire 130 cases there
Indians.
its Discipline,
ecution because
probably not one
selling liquor to t]
ecuted, for lack
row a term of
gus Falls. Ther^
for selling liquor
Destroys Aj
Two important^ttd lamentable feat
ures of the ruling* ome prominently to
the front. One is, tat the Indian with
an allotment is braetically beydnd the
control of the Tnd an agents. Here
tofore, the aggrA ab eacji reservation
had all the Indians under his authority,
but now the Indians with-allotments^.re
answerjable on% tf 4h#- $Onrts^lAke an
ordinary citizen. 4g5*
The second ."sofe as4
haf "the^lS
law that Indian^ may not take
on the
Tliquor
resejw$Qm*$nTain
force
he
all right* *that Indians being^unable to
drink whisky on their reservations
would be more likely to- go without it.
But the bad feature is that when they
go on spree3 they will remain in the
surrounding settlements, with liquor
crazed brains, a menace to the lives of
all. Whites residing near the reserva
tions will be in constant terror. Women
will hardly dare venture away from
their homes, and perhaps may not be
safe there unless well guarded.
"This decision probably means that
men in prison for selling liquor to In
dians outside of reservations may imme
diately demand their freedom. There
are no such prisoners in Minnesota at
present.
"From now on, hundreds of unscrup
ulous fellows will be hanging roun'd all
the Indian reservations to sell in any
quantity, the vilest of whisky to the
reds, absolutely regardless of the corn
sequences, and without fear of any legal
punishment from the federal govern
ment.
STUFFING l0II.
i 4 r%ft cure" t'r-rri'zf?y .i,~
Defective Page
^A
Laughed at Suggestion that Mur
der Was Planned, but In
vestigated Quietly.
STORY OP RECEIPT OP
POISON PACKAGE RETOLD
Koch's Counsel Vexed by His
Sally at Krause, New Ulm's
Chief of Police.
By W. P. McGulre.
Mankato, Minn., May 1.Testimony
adduced today the trial of Dr.
George R. Koch tended to prove that
Dr. Gebhardt, the murdered man, was
haunted by a fear, inspired by the re
ceipt of a poison package, that some
one sought his life.
Miss Lydia Schapekahm, who was
Dr. Gebhardt's office girl, told the
story of the receipt of the package thru
the mail and of the manner in which
the murdered dentist considered it at
that time. The day is being devoted
by the state to an effort to prove that
a previous attempt had been made on
the life of Dr. Gebhardt and that Dr.
Koch was responsible for it.
"Blue Box" Thru the Mails.
Miss Schapekahm said that when
Bhe went to the postoffice at noon
about a week before the_ homicide
she was uncertain just which day, she
received with several letters a blue
box.
This box she gave to her employer
immediately upon her return to the of
fice. He opened it, she said, and after
looking the bottle over carefully and
scrutinizing the label on which was
written in blood-red ink the single
word "Sample," he removed the cork,
tested the odor, and then went straight
into his laboratory and poured the
The blue bottle which came in the
box, the witness said, remained on the
shelf where she saw it from time to
time every day until after the murder.
When the police and other authorities
Were investigating the crime, the wit
ness was questioned and she told them,
she said, of the receipt of the myste
rious package. They asked her what had
become, of it.,, and whja he had told
them they upset the wasteyjape! basket
"and, while sheToolcecl oh, fried to find it.
But they were unsuccessful. The wit
ness said she then thought perhaps it
might be on the shelf near the bottle.
They looked there and, to her surprise,
found the box in the pigeonhole above,
and to the right of the one in which the
blue bottle stood.
"You were surprised when you saw
it there, were you asked Mr. Abbott
on cross-examination.
I was,'' said Miss Schapekahm,
Gebhardt Was Investigating.
The story told by Dr. G. F. Eeineke,
whose office is off from the same recep
tion' room which Dr. Gebhardt used,
taken in connection with Miss Schape
kahm 's testimony today, makes it evi
dent that Dr. Gebhardt was trying to
ascertain who it was that sent him the
poison package.
Immediately after the homicide, Dr.
Eeineke said that Dr. Gebhardt had
shown him the mysterious package just
after he received it. They had exam-
Continued on 2d Page, 2d Column.
L^jfo.JarJiSbJ^m.
jln'|jffeifc#l
yt fV/.l i^K
JAMES FAKLEY,
Noted Strikebreaker, J?ut in Charge at
Chicago.
From the Hay World's Work.
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BITTER FIGHT
FOB A MILLION
Line of Attack on Albert John
son's Will Indicated by
Objections.
Was Albert Johnson mentally sound,
when he willed his million-dollar estate
to Edna Dickerson, his cousin?
Was undue influence employed to
induce him to make her his sole lega
tee?
These questions represent the issue
in a legal battle royal, the first round
of which will open this week. A bill
of objections prepared by attorneys
for Dr. Asa Johnsonr brother of the
deceased, indicates this line of attack
on the legality of the will.
When the case came, up in the pro
bate court today notice of the contest
was filed by Cohen, Atwater & Shaw,
the plaintiff's attorneys, and the hear
ing was set for Thursday.
Associated with Dr. Johnson are
several other relatives, who were not
remembered in the will.
NAN PATTERSON'S
FATE TOLD SOON
Showgirl, Occident of Acquittal,
wSay*r She Will Oo Home'
Tuesday,
New York, May 1.Nan Patterson
probably will know her fate Tvithin
forty-eight hours. Today there re
mained only the closing scenes in the
trial to be enacted. That there would
be no defense had been announced by
the court reconvened today. Her coun
sel Were satisfied that the state had
failed to prove that the former show
girl murdered Caesar Young, they said,
and were content to stand or fall on
what evidence had been submitted. The
defendant agreed fully with her attor
neys and expressed the firmest faith
that her troubles were rapidly nearing
an end. I feel that I have spent my last
Sunday in the Tombs," she said to
day, while making ready to go to court.
"Tomorrow I will go nome."
To her future, if the jury sets her
free, the girl has given little thought.
There is only one plan she has made,
and that is to hurry to Washington
on the first train with her father. When
asked if she would return to the stage,
she replied that she had offers at big
salaries. It has even been suggested
that Nan Patterson, her sister Julia
and the latter's husband, J. M. Smith,
could go a good "turn on the stage.
Nan Patterson has so little money
that she could not live in idleness long.
Her parents have spent what they have
saved on her.
In case there should be another dis
agreement, it is the general belief that
Mr. Jerome will never put the woman
on trial again. Mr. Jerome, in that
event, would not object to an applica
tion for bail.
PRICE ON ARREST
OF CASHIER GOLL
Missing Milwaukee Man Sought
Bigelow Under GuardSon
Helped Father.
Milwaukee, Wis., May 1.A reward
of $1,000 has been offered for the ar
rest of Henry G. Goll, former assistant
cashier of the First National bank.
Goll disappeared the day the defalca
tion of Frank G. Bigelow became
known and has succeeded in eluding
arrest.
Mr. Bigelow is under the constant
surveillance of a detectivej his son's
house, where he is stopping, being
watched night and day, and when the
former banker leaves the residence the
officer trails behind at a convenient
distance.
Gossip to the effect that the default
ing bank president's son, Gordon, was
partly responsible for his father's
downfall, is denied by some of the
banker's friends. It is reported that
Mr. Bigelow was aided in his transac
tions by money which Gordon Bigelow
won in speculation in the wheat mar
ket. The extent to which the son aided
the father is estimated at $400,000.
TWO KILLED BY A CAVE-IN.5^
Milwaukee, Wis., May 1.Two men
were instantly killed today by the caving
In of a brick kiln In the brickyards of
Burnham Brothers, In the southern part
of the city. Their names are Gottlieb
Kotzcga, aged 30. and Herman Knuch,
aged 30. Both were married and leave
families.
Ole H. Olaen of Stillwater, Minn., w today
awarded tbe contract for the construction of a
public building at Superior, WJs., at $107,800.
T. Magnlre of Minneapolis WSB today awarded
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TUESDAY! WARMER TONIGHT.
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ft 2
SHERLOCK HOLIES
Another Great Detective Story
Some Day This Week In
THE JOURNAL.
PAGESFIVE O'CLOCK.
STRIKE-BREAKERS
RUSH TCLCHICAGO
EMPLOYERS BENT
ON WINNING FIGHT
Farley^immoned from East and
Hundreds of Men Hurried4!
Into City.
RIOTS AND VIOLENCE
MARK DAY'S COMBAT
Strike of Strikebreakers a Fea-
tureThe Wholesale Houses
Tied Up by Labor War.
Chicago, May 1.Wholesale importa
tion of non-union men from St. Louis
and the arrival-of "Strikebreaker"
Farley from New York gave a new
turn today to the teamsters' strike
here. Immediately on his arrival, Far
ley held a conference with representa
tives of the employers and plans were
made putting him in charge of all
strikebreakers.
Farley managed the non-union men
in the New York subway strike.
Non-union men in forces said to be
almost unprecedented are on their way
to Chicago. It was reported that a
special train bearing 475 men left St.
Louis over the Illinois Central early
today. Another train with 500 men
was being prepared.
Strikebreakers Arrive.
S tbe contract fojr th* Installation of Jbeating :-jr-'
J ev-v*\i+H *i ^3v?*' lWt *a g| Vstv**- ?fl "Pot**, 4fh 3&*wBfi!?*
NSS
Four hundred strikebreakers arriving
today, were met at the Illinois Central
station by a guard of 100 policemen.
Many carried their clothing and other
belongings wrapped in freshly pur
chased pillow slips. Watched by thou
sands of hostile eyes, the new arrivals
were marched in the middle of theL
streets to lodging houses in the centerJ
of the city.
New Injunction Planned.
A new federal injunction, it wai
stated today, would be asked for on
the ground that the strike is interfer
ing with interstate commerce. The ap
plication, it was said, would be made
on behalf of the express companies. -JS|
Aid from Government. *-M
The federal government is helping
Chicago department stores deliver small
parcels in a way that is beyond the in
terference of the striking teamsters.
Thousands of small packages are being
delivered by mail thru the United
States street railway postal cars. There
has been a perceptible increaser in this
business from the day the delivery
wagons of the department stores were
stopped. By the streetcar service a
{mckage,
if not too heavy, may be de
iverea by mail at the door of the pur
chaser. ^P^^-i**^
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The Employers Take Job.
Thirty-fiVe teamsters employed by
anthracite and bituminous coal compa
nies struck today and hauling for the
company was at once turned over to
the Employers' Teaming association.
The express companies are doing con-rs
siderable- transferring in suburban
places. This move, the strikers said,
will be checked by spreading the strike
to the suburbs.
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Strikebreakers on Strike.
One hundred strikebreakers employed
by the American, the Pacific, Northern
Pacific andVthe National Express com
panies, struck today to enforce a de
mand of $5 a day for drivers and $4 a
day for conductors and helpers, an al
lowance of 50 cents for luncheon, and
extra pay for overtime. The increase
was granted and the men returned to
work.
Tumultuous Scenes.
There were tumultuous scenes near
the headquarters of the Employers'
Teaming company, the organization
formed to supplant the striking team
sters.
.John Williams, a colored non-union
ist driver, was sitting on one of the
wagons of the Employers' company
waiting for caravans to be formed. A
crowd of several hundred gathered,
jeering Williams and other non-union
ists. Suddenly a bottle thrown from an
upper story of a near-by building struck
Williams on the head.
The negro instantly drew a revolver
and fired toward the window. The
action of the negro angered the crowd
and a concentrated rush was made to
ward him.
Williams jumped from his wagon and
fled down the street. The mob soon
caught him and he was being savagely
beaten when the police rescued Mm.
Williams was arrested.
Eiot on a Bridge.
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A riot broke out on the Adams street
bridge today when a negro teamster
fired at strike sympathizers. The -po-
lice kept the situation in hand by a
series of rushes. Twelve men were ar
rested.
While five coal wagons from the
Daniel Coal company were being aa
loaded in the rear of the Union League
club, whip-stocks, pieces of coal and
bottles were thrown at the non-union
teamsterB from a near-by window. One
of the detectives guarding the wagon
drew a revolver and fired several shots
into the air. A large crowd gathered
but was quickly dispersed by the po
lice.
The strike presents a particularly
serious outlook for produce dealers.
Today they were almost unable to get
supplies, as teamsters refused to- haul
express company's goods, "D-***- Price fo i
fruit, vegetables, poultry, butter, eggi
and similar articles showed a tendency
to advance.
Police Details Short.
Police details are running short, &
is said, by some of the employers, who
predict that military aid'will be neces
sary before the end of the week. JVror
hundred wagons under guard are now
on the streets, according to Victor Sin
cere, of the Employers'^ association.
"From the wholesale grocery houses
we have had many applications for
police protection today, ewith which
we have been unable to comply," said
Mr. Sincere. "The grocers say that
not only are the teams furnished by
the Employers' Teaming company
stopped, put that retail dealers and
other customers* who have come with
their own wagonr to haul stuff away,
are intimidated and turned back br,
pickets,^*
i,-V Seath List" Increases,
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fne^deatE^at ,jn the .Beam
sters' strike* 5s increasing, ^^yohce^j
Sergeant Bichard Cnmnripga, whV
was injured while in charge of a squad'