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TRACING POISON
BACK TO DR. KOCH
State Has Damaging New Evi
dence on This Phase of the
Murder Case.
HANSKA MEN TELL OF
SEEING THE PACKAGE
It Was Addressed to Gebhardt
and Koch Had Been to Sta
tion Just Before.
By W. P. McGulre.
Mankato, Minn., May 2.Important
additions to the testimony which they
gave at the first trial of Dr. Koch for
the Gebhardt murder were made today
by E. G. Hage, a banker of Hanska,
and J. M. Thompson, Minneapolis & St.
Louis station agent, in that town.
The nub of Mr. Hage 's testimony
was that on Oct. 28, 1904, he saw Dr.
Koch at the railway station in Hanska
and a few minutes later at the same
place he saw a package with a bunch
of letters, which he said# was similar
in appearance to the poison package
received by Dr. Gebhardt and exhibited
in court.
Station Agent Thompson said he re
membered a certain box of a similar
description, which his brother put on
a train there at the station. was $
uncertain as to the day when he saw
this package, but remembered dis
tinctly, he said, that it was addressed
"Dr." L. A Gebhardt, New Ulm,
Minn.''
Saw the Package at Station.
I was about five minutes before 1
o'clock on Oct. 28, Mr. Hage said, that
he went to the railway station to mail
some letters. said that he placed
them on a cabinet or box on which the
station agent leaves blanks for train
men. There were several other letters
there at the time and a small pack
age.
"What kind of a package as it?"
asked General Childs.
"It was a small box."
"And its size?"
I should judge it was about two
Inches square and three or three and
a half inches long."
"Did you see any address on the
box?"
I didn't notice the address."
General Childs then showed the wit
ness plaintiff's exhibit No. 11, the box
which Dr. Gebhardt had received.
"Did the box which you saw resem
ble that?"
I should judge it was something
like that," said the witness.
Mr. Hage said that he aw the de
fendant get on the train which came a
few minutes later. The witness said he
boarded the same train and noticed
that the defendant got off at New
ITlm. Dr. Koch had with him at the
time a small grip and some of his den
tal paraphernalia.
Somsen Made Inquiries.
"Mr. Abbott cross-examined Mr. Hage,
and the witness said that Detective
Rydell had shown him the box which
Dr. Gebhardt received.
"Did you tell Detective Rydell you
had seen that box, or one resembling
it. before?" asked Mr. Abbott.
"No, sir I did not."
"And you we re positive at that.time
that you had seen the box?"
"Tfes, sir."
And you did noftestiiy at the first
trial that ou had seen the box be-
fore?"
"No, sir."
Mr. Abbott also elicited that when
the poison box became prominent in the
investigation, Henry Somsen had tele
phoned to Mr. Hage and asked him to
inquire around Hanska and learn if
such a box had been mailed there. Mr.
Hage said that he had told Mr. Som
sen what he had Been, but he was un
certain.
Bore Gebhardt's Address.
Station Agent Thompson, on examina
tion by General Childs, said that he re
membered that a package was handed
to him shortly after dinner some time
before the murder of Dr. Gebhardt, but
he did not remember the day and place
exactly.
"To whom was it addressed?" Gte'vt
eral Childs asked.
I remember it was marked 'Dr. L.
A Gebhardt, New Ulm, Minn.?"
described the box and said that
his brother had thrown it into the mail
car. When the train stopped at the
station the witness went to the baggage
car, but immediately after that had
walked up to the mail car where his
brother stood.
"Was there anv conversation be
tween your brother and the mail
agent?" asked General Childs.
"The conversation as between the
mail agent and myself, said the wit
ness.
"Was the mail agent willing to re
eevie the box?" General Childs asked.
Mr. Abbott objected on the ground
that the witness was asked to describe
ft state of mind on the part of another
than himself, and as sustained.
Date of Receipt.
Mr. Thompson said that to.the best of
his recollection he put the package on1
the train going south, or in the oppo
site direction from New Ulm. The train
departed at 12:55. repeated that he
was uncertain as to the day, but said
that had he mailed it on that train on
Friday, Oct. 28, it would not have
reached New Ulm until Saturday about
noon.
A the first trial Miss Schapekahm,
Dr. Gebhardt's office girl, said she
thought she had received the package
from the postoffice at about 1 o'clock
on Wednesday, but yesterday she said
she was uncertain as to the day and it
might have been Saturday.
Dr. Reineke said yesterday that it
was Saturday when Dr. Gebhardt
showed him the box and bottle and he,
(Dr. Reineke) had declared that it
"looked like somebody as trying to
poison" Dr. Gebhardt.
When Koch Flinched.
John G. Groneau, a carpenter, testi
fied that he was in Dr. Reineke's re
ceptionroom on the morning following
the murder, having been drawn there
by curiosity. said he saw the de
fendant leaning against a table.
I looked straight at him in the
face," said Mr. Groneau. "and when
he saw me looking at him he turned
quickly and walked away."
The witness said that he had not no
ticed closely the clothes which Dr.
Koch wore at that time, but he was
certain they were not jet black.
When Mr. Abbott cross-examined Mr.
Groneau he brought out that he had
been employed by Albert Pfaender of
the counsel for the state, to cut out
pieces of the sash and floor which had
blood upon them. Mr. Groneau also
Continued on 9th Page, 3d Column.
THO E
$ TODAY'S SPORTING NEWS TOLL E POUND N PAGE B.Ww*
BELTRAMI MEN
ARE UNDER FIRE
State Commission Organizes at
Bemidji to Investigate Coim
ty Officials.
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H. J. LOUD
County Attorney Gharged -with Refus
ing to Prosecute Oases.
Special to The Journal.
Bemidji, Minn., May 2.The commis
sion to investigate the charges of the
public examiner against County Attor
ney Lound and Commissioners Sibley
and Wright, organized at the courthouse
this morning by the election of W. A.
Mclntyre or Red Lake Falls as chair
man, the other members of the commis
sion being Cleve W. Van Dyke, Govern
or Johnson1's
It as agreed, however, that the com
mission has no authority to rule upon'
the motions, which will simply be made
a portion of their report to Governor
Johnson.
Mr. Stone stated that it as the in
tention of the state to allow ample time
for the preparation of a defense on
every charge. Adjournment was the'n
taken until afternoon.
The investigation is arousing wide
spread interest and the courtroom is
well filled.
BUSINESS CONCEIT
AS BIGELOW'S RUIN
Friend of Milwaukee Defaulter
Says Over-Confidence in Abil
ity Destroyed Him.
Milwaukee, May 2.The first authen
tic statement in regard to the cause of
the dawnfall of Prank G. Bigelow, the
defaulting bank president, was made
today by an intimate friend of the
former banker.
Bigelow's friend attributes the disas
ter to an over-abundance of confidence
in business ability, which he did not
possessess.
Bigelow, his friend states, denies em
phatically, that he lost the money in
a wheat deal. This friend goes on:
If you were to ask him how the money
was spent he would be unable to tell you.
His affairs are in a remarkable tangle.
Considering his long career in business it
is unbelievable that matters should be
found so inextricably entangled.
To my mind there is no reason to be
lieve that the defalcation dates back
more than,, a comparatively few years.
Ask him point blank he might say five or
six years. Again he might give some
other answer,, for he really does not
know.
As to his alleged defalcation from oth
er banks. Isn't it a banker's business to
see that it is secured? Looking at it
from a purely business standpoint, it is
impossible to steal from a bank if the
business of the bank is safeguarded. For
instance, one company in St. Louis
loaned Mr. Bigelow $50,000. Bigelow gave
as security stock in the First National
bank worth much more. There is no
reason to suppose that he meant to de
fraud the St. Louis institution. There
was nothin gabout him to indicate that
he did. He paid the interest regularly
and, as a matter of fact, did not intend
to be dishonest. He thought he was a
financier.
He kept no books. I am sure I do not
know whether it indicated mental weak
ness on his part. I can but repeat, Ije
supposed he was a greater business man
than he was.
Just when Mr. Bigelow began to take
the bank's funds is a matter I am un
able to determine from anything he says.
When an examination of the bank was
made last January nothing was disclosed.
For all I know he did not begin until
after that time.
There was an absolute lack of system
about anything he did, so far as his own
affairs are concerned. There was no
plan such as a crook might devise, no
careful turning of every act toward a
common point or purpose is to be dis
covered.
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BACK TO LIFE AFTER
"MURDERER'S" SENTENCE
New York Sun Special Service.
Toledo, Ohio, May 2.Charles Cook,
long since believed to be dead, turned
up at Bloomdale today. Cook was shot
by E Rose last winter, who objected
to his alleged attentions to Mrs. Rose.
After the shooting Cook mysteriously
disappeared and later what was sup
posed to be authentic information was
sent to the Hancock county officials
announcing his death in Wisconsin.
Rose was sent to the pentitentiary for
the crime for a long term.
Cook appeared at the house of Wil
liam Crailley for something to eat.
said he had "been in the hospital all
winter. After he had been fed he left
and was last seen walking out of
Bowling Green.
RALPH IS UNDER
GOVERNOR'S BAN
Johnson Threatens Trouble if the
Present Drainage Engineer
Is Re-elected.
In Such Event He Will Bring Up
Old Charges as a Basis for
Removal.
Governor John A. Johnson has again
taken the bit in his teeth.''
There will be things doing if the
other two members of the state drain
age commission, State Auditor S. G.
Iverson and Secretary of State Peter
E. Hanson, insist on the re-election of
George H. Ralph of Crookaton as state
engineer. Governor Johnson is irre
vocably opposed to the employment of
Ralph under any conditions, and is
favorable to the election of John
Abercrombie, an engineer residing at
Alexandria.
During the state campaign Ralph was
actively opposed to Johnson, and he bit
terly attacked Johnson's record as a
state senator on the subject of drain
age. Johnson, on visiting Crookston in
the campaign, made a spirited reply to
the attacks DV Ralph, and showed some
things in his legislative record which
Ralph had evidently forgotten to make
PU
executive clerk, and At
torney Graham M. Torrance of Bemidji.
R. A. Stone, assistant attorney general,
assisted by E E McDonald of this city,
appears for the state, while Attorneys
Chester McKusick and P. H. Russell
represent Commissioners Sibley and
Wright respectively. It has been de
cided to hear the case against the com
missioners first. Their attorneys ob
jected to all proceedings and moved to
dismiss the cases on the ground that the
charges of the public examiner are not
specific, are insufficient to constitute a
case against the officials, and that suffi
cient time has not been given to pre
pare a* defense.
Ralph, was indicted at his home some
two years ago. Later on they were dis
missed. They include securing of
money on questionable claims from dif
ferent county governments, having
claims in different counties for employ
ment on the same dates, and other of
fenses.
"These charges were hushed up two
years ago," said an official in the pub
lic examiner's office today, "but if they
come out they will surprise the public.
The charges hinted at have recently
been gone over by the public examiner,
Peter M. Kerst, an'd are ready to be
hurled against Ralph the minute he is
re-elected state engineer, if such a thing
should take place. Governor Johnson
would then make them the basis for the
removal of Ralph from office.
NORWAY TO HAVE
A DEFENSE FUND
Storthing Approves $10,000,000
LoanSwedish Solons Favor
Regent's Plan.
Christiana, May 2.The storthing to
day sanctioned. the state loan of $10,:
000,000, unanimously recommended .by
the finance committee yesterday, thus
ensuring a military reserve fund in the
event of its becoming necessary for
Norway to provide for her own defense.
There were only four dissenting votes.
Stockholm, May 2.The first chamber
of the'Swedish parliament today unani
mously approved the recommendation
of the special committees of both cham
bers to send a joint communication to
the government expressing entire ap
proval and assent to the proposals of
Crown Prince Regent Gustav of April
6, for the settlement of the consular
question.
STKIPPED BY CHICAGO THUGS.
Chicago, May 2.Stripped of all his clothing
save his trousers, his undershirt and hose and
shivering from the cold, Fred Hacker went into
the Des Plaines street police station at midnight
and told the police that he had been robbed by
three men at Halsted and Randolph streets of
everything he had excepting the clothes he had
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TUESDAY EVENING,/, MAY 2, 1905.
HAMMON'S STORY
SAME AS KOLB'S
Kalderwit's Second Pal Seeks to
Strengthen Alibi of Alleged
Murderer.
His Testimony Follows Narrative
of the Defense with Singular
Minuteness.
I addition to the political phase f'SL|%? he Sefuri^bank anfwe^t
the matter, there are charges against vpsitea at_tne security bank and went
Ralph which the governor has in hand
and will insist on having pushed if the
other two members of the commission
in turn insist on his re-election as state
engineer. It is understood that these
charges are practically those for which which was said* to~nave~ been "carried "by
From a Staff Correspondent.
Anoka, Minn., May 2.Charles Ham
mon, the tall man of the Columbia
Heights trio, as on the stand the
greater part of the morning in defense
of his pal,'' Orlin Kalderwit. His
testimony dovetails with mechanical
precision into that of the general 1
scheme of absolute alibi and general |jj:
denial which the defense has presented
so far.
A on yesterday, 8,11 events of the
week of Nov. 20 hinged about two red
letter daysMonday, the 21st, when
Ethel Mason returned from the Minne
apolis workhouse, and Tuesday evening,
when Olger Waller bought beer for the
crowd. Beer and revolvers figured ex
tensively in the evidence and questions.
Waller's check, which he stated he
received and cashed to uy beer on
Tuesday, was produced. It bears no
indorsement to show that it as cashed
on Nov. 22. The only dated indorse-
thru the Minneapolis clearing house.
Where's the "Big Gun?"
The defense is making much of the
fact that the larg_ blue steel revolve^r
Kalderwit has never been found. Mabel
Ward is reported to have made a state
ment some time soon after the arrest of
her "pals," to the effect that she knew
where the "big gun" was and that she
had planted it so deep that it would
never be found. The state may intro
duce evidence along this line later.
Hammon, on the stand, swore that he
had never owned or carried a revolver
and that he had "Etever fired one.
Charles Fleetham and Lawrence Rey
nolds, a justice of the peace at Colum
bia Heights, were the.first witnesses to
day. They testified concerning some
statements which the Kriskos made to
them last fall, and which in effect tend
to impeach the .testimony of the father
and son in' the presetn trial. They
were examined by *W. A Blanchard for
the defense.
Did you 'telejgraph or telephone
what you were .sent to find, to Mr.
Blanchard?" asked Mr. Hall of Rey
nolds. "Were you not under instruc
tions to quiz these witnesses?"
Witness replied ithat he had taken
part in the conversation from curiosity
and had never reported the conversa
tion to anybody-
Hamm on Noted Clocks.
Hammon took thje stand and as ex
haustively examined by Mr. McGhee.
His testimony clo^ly followed that of
Kolb. 'State^B^^jijEftP^an ele-'
vator painter aml^jofer by trade, and
had been in Minneapolis about four
years, coming there from a Crosse.
denied absolutely all the testimony
offered by the state and had never seen
any of the clothing found near the mur
der. Kalderwit never had worn a
canvas coat. had never seen the
big blue revolver and had not seen re
volvers in, Kolb 's possession. The only
revolver of which he had knowledge
was a small 22 belonging to. Mabel
Ward. His testimony regarding the
evenings of Nov. 21, and 22 followed
and corroborated that of Kolb, Miss
Ward and Alger Waller. bought
beer at exactly 8 'clock Tuesday night,
noticing the clock at the time. In ad
dition to the small alarm clock, the
Milwaukee station clock and the court
house clock, which have been mentioned
before, he stated that the clock in the
postoffice could also be seen from room
18, thus affording ample opportunity
for keeping posted as to time. .He
S
Continued on 2d Page, 3d Column.
NO RELIEF IN SIGHT.
The Suffering PublicWouldn't a nice, quiet little football same seem a relief, just now!
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Defective Page
CHABLES DOLD, p.
President of the Chicago Federation of
Labor. S$
TAKES HOSPITAL
OUT OF POLITICS
Mayor Will Let Hennepin County
Medical Association Choose
City Physician.
Mayor David Jones will permit the
Hennepin County Medical association
to select the next city phpsician. To say
that the physicians are as much as
tounded as they are pleased at this
plan is putting it mildly.
The mayor said today that it as his
unalterable determination to place the
city hospital on an absolutely non
partisan basis and to give it the high
est standard of efficiency. In this ef*
fort he asked the co-operation of every
physician in the city.
has assured the Hennepin County
Medical association that if that body
will select three capable men from their
number," the board of charities and cor
recions will place one of them at the
head of the city hospital. The three
possibilities should have the unanimous
support of their fellow practitioners,
for in the event of a fight, the promise
might be recalled.
The offer as formally made to the
association last evening and was
greeted with such rousing cheers that
the^Qiice^on ^e^beayhought
cratic rally had beel4',,uraetF]foosa.demo-
out warning.
with
$50,000,000 FOOTWEAR
CONCERN INCORPORATED
Patcrson, N J., May 2.Articles of
incorporation of the United Shoe Ma-
chrrJery corporation with a capital stock
of $50,000,000 have been filed with the
county clerk here.
The stock is divided into 2,000^000
shares, the par value of $25 each. The
company is incorporated to manufacture
and deal in all kinds of machinery for
the manufacture of footwear, either in
leather or rubber goods.
DUTCH BAILWAY MEN ARRIVE.
New York. May 2.Thirteen delegates repre
senting the state railways of Hplland arrived
here today on the steamer Ryndham to attend
the international railway congress which begins
at Washington this week.
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FIRST BREA IN DEFENSE
STRIKE
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C. P. SHEA,
President of the International Team
sters' Union.
TWO OF THE INDICTED LABOR LEADERS.
BEET SUGAR PLANT
ATTACKED BY FIRE
The Big Factory at St. Louis Park
Seems Doomed to De
struction.
RAIN TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
Fire broke out in the beet sugar fae
tory at St. Louis Park this afternoon
and the building appeared to be
doomed.
Shortly before 2 p.m. the flames were
discovered in the west end of the struc-,,-
ture. They already had strong head
way. The plant was not sprinkled nor
provided with any special fire-fighting
devices. With the limited fire depart
ment of the village the fire had every
thing its own way, as much time had
elapsed before the apparatus conld be
brought from the city.
Contracts had just been made for a
large acreage of beets, but grinding will
not begin till next November and the
plant may be reconstructed before that
time.
The Minnesota Sugar company began
operations at St. Louis Park 1899,
building a factory that year with a
capacity of 350 tons daily. \Altho dis
appointed in a lotsfg fight to secure state
bounty for the producers of sugar beets,
and hampered by the difficulty in get
ting faxjaers.to jraise beets for the fac
i tory, the "plant has grown till last jsea*- tfoe-^liwes- *o~ biingingr-eTfiry-'merchant
it used 34,940 tons, raised on 2,673 acres
of ground, and contracts have been
made fori3,290 acres to be planted this
season. W. Fink is president and
Fred H. Wendell, secretary and treas
urer.
The plant is supposed to represent an
investment of close to $500,000. There
fs $240,000 of insurance in force on the
buildings, which have brick walls, but
aside from that are of frame construc
tion, carrying a great deal of lumber in
the roof, which burned fiercely.
CLIMBED STAIRS
AFTER LUNCHEON
Elevator Boys at the Guaranty
Struck at 1 O'Clock
Today.
HOW FAR TO THEY WALKED.
Two FlightsW. D. Washburn, Jr.
Three FlightsThomas Canty.
Four FlightsC. M. Beltz, R. D. Cone.
Five FlightsThomas Lowry, W. R. Cal
laway.
Six Flights-^Alderman O. B. Holmes,
George B. Holmes.
Seven FlightsH. H. Potter.
.Eight FlightsF. D. Larrabee.
Nine FlightsR. G. Brown.
Ten FlightsA. B. Cutts.
Eleven FlightsC. H. Van Campen. Fred
L. Gray.
At 1 o'clock this afternoon elevator
traffic in the Guaranty building as sus
pended. The operators struck, and some
of the prominent tenants of the build
ing are reported to have wanted to.
Almost everyone had been taken out
of the building for luncheon, but be
fore anything could be done there was
a crowd of men and women calling for
a lift."
Airships were in demand, but San
tos Dumont had not been informed and
there was nothing doing but to wait.
Some of the more energetic tenants
toiled upwardsten by step. Others,
including Cal Goodrich,' stood and gazed
wistfully toward their offices. Henry
Little stepped jauntily up one flight as
he murmured something that sounded
like "Walk, you suckers, walk!"
The boys are now paid $10 a week.
They demanded $12 and were refused.
They put all the cars into the base
ment and at 1 o'clock walked out.
Mr. Williams, he of the clarion tone
announcements, came to the rescue and
with the help of three assistant engi
neers, elevators began to run about
1:15. It was slow at first, but facility
came with practice.
Manager F. R. Chase has given it out
that he will not pay more than $45 a
month and that if the old boys don't
want to work for that he will get
some who do.
This afternoon the boys practically
decided to accept the $45 and will prob
ably be at work before night.-
PRESIDENT TO MEET
THE STOCKGROWERS
Denver, May 2.
Livestock circles
are manifesting great interest in the
first annual convention of the Ameri
can Stock Growers' association, to be
held here commencing May 9. The
executive committee meets here May 8.
President Roosevelt is to be in Denver
on that date, and is expected to meet
many of the stockmen.
ThY movement represented by the as
sociation is receiving strong support,
net alone livestock growers but
otherfrom bodies.
JOURNAL TOURS
I Up-to-date Automobiles
The right way to see Minneapolis
and the Twin Cities.
i? PAGESFIVE O'CLOCK.
BIG FIRMS WORK I
WITH UNION MEN
Truckers and Manufacturers Quit
Employers' Teaming Co.
and Deliver Goods.
VIOLENCE RENEWED IN -2
THE DOWNTOWN STREETS
Attacks by Strike Sympathizers
Alarm the Women Shoppers,
Stopped by Pickets.
Chicago, May 2.Some of the larger
trucking companies of Chicago and
their allied interests today took a stand
in the strike situation unfavorable to
the Employers' Teaming company and
the Chicago Employers' association.
These trucking companies, headed by
the Dixon Transfer company, indicated
that they were tired of the strike, that
they did not believe the teaming com
pany as improving the situation, and
that they were prepared to do business
with Chicago merchants with the best
and most available labor they could
secure.
The Chicago Employers' association
as advised that the big trucking com
panies were taking hauling contracts
wherever they could secure them and
were using union labor with which to
do the work.
In other words, the truckers were
not complying with the request of the
association that it be allowed to die
tate who should or should not be em
ployed. The companies are prepared
to act as if no strike were on, or at
least as if they were not concerned
in it.
Firms Join the Break.
A determination of the Gibbons box
factory, the Thompson & Taylor com
pany, the Leslie Tea & Coffee interests,
the Central Warehouse company, the
Walsh-Boyle company, the Union Trac
tion company, the Heyworth building,
the Morgan and Wright company, and
several other important concerns to re
sume the delivery of freight with
union labor, was taken by labor leaders
to be a strong indication that Mr. Dix
on, in common with many other truck
owners, had determined to oppose the
final purposes of the Employers' Team
ing company.
Bo important was this development
regarded by the executives of the team
ing company and the emploj'ers' asso
ciation that a meeting as called for
this afternoon to consider action. j
Work of the teaming company and
the employers -haa been wholly along
handling freight, every teaming com
pany doing trucking, and every railway
and large corporation having street
teaming, into the organization and to
have all teaming affairs conducted
thru its officials. S
Millions Invested.
Outside of the teams and truck*
owned by individual merchants, the
truck companies or firms of the ci ty are
estimated to have invested at the pres
ent time about $25,000,000 in horses,
barns, harnesses, real estate, etc.
It is understood that the Employers'
Teaming company proposes^ to take
over the properties of the individual
firms at a fair valuation, issue stock
in payment and then attempt to guar
antee an annual dividend on the stock.
A number of the larger teaming con
cerns are said to be of the opinion that
the teaming company has undertaken
more than it can accomplish and that
the sooner peace is secured, the better
it will be for everybody concerned...
Business Lost by Employers.
Union leaders claimed that in proof
of the change of front on the part of
the teamin*g interests, the Peabody Coal
company, thru failure to make good its
I contracts for delivery, had lost the busi
ness of the First National bank, the
Great Northern building, the City Bail
way company, Pa ge Bros., and the
Union Traction company.
The Morgan & Wright company as
serted today that it proposed to get its
coal thru the E. Puttkamer Coal com
pany which would deliver with uniott
teamsters. It had been securing its
coal thru the Standard Washed com
pany which is part of the Employers*
Teaming company's interests. Tbe
Heyworth building took the same iwisi
tion.
I is estimated that thru the seces
sions today the Employers' Teaming,
company has lost the delivery of about
2,000 tons of coal per day, all of whieh
is henceforth to be handled by union
labor.
Employers Are Confident. 'J:
General Manager Reed of the" T3if
ployers' Teaming company said today:
"We have had at no time as many
teams employed as today, and I re
gard the situation as exceedingly
good."
The employers seem determined to
force the fight. One of them said to
day:
''The unions have extended the
strike, and we will simply go one better
and extend it ourselveB if necessary.
There's no use drifting along on the
defensive."
N Riflea for the Men. v-
Contrary to announcement no order
was issued today for the arming of the
nonunion men with rifles. Superitt
tendent Re^ed of the Employers' Team
ing company,' said he did not know
when the order would be issued and de
nied having said that such a move
would be made: Secretary F. W. Job
of the Employers' association made a
similar denial.
One of the obstacles to the use of
rifles is action taken by the city council
last night, directing the enforcement of
state statutes against permitting unau
thorized persoWs carrying rifles in the
streets. There is also a law against
brandishing a weapon in a threatening
manner.
Assistant Chief Schuetler reported to
day that he had 1,150 men on strike
duty. This force he claimed to be able
to protect 350 wagons in* caravans.
Where single wagons are sent out a
guard of six patrolmen is provided.
Attack on Strike Breakers.
One of the picturesque sights wit
nessed today was a procession of 500
nonunion colored teamsters going from'
their lodgings to the Employers "Team-',
ing company barns. The negroes were:
led by a whi te man, Frank Curry, for-!
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