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No. 16,536. WASHINGTON, D. 0., TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1906 -SIXTEEN PAGES, TWO CENTS. THE EVENING STAR WITH 8UNDAY MORNING EDITION. |nlmi OflM 11th StrMt tod Penn?ylT?iiia At tune. The Evening Star Newspaper Company. 8. H. KAUTFHANN, Pr??ideut Haw Tort OflUe: Trihum Building. Chie*g? Ofln: Tribune Building. The Erenlng St?r, with tb? Snnday morning edi tion, Is delivered by carriera, on their own account, within the city ?t 60 cent* per month: without the SsDriav morning edition at I* cents per month. Rc n.?11, pnmlnfr* prepaid! Dill/, SuiiOhj- Included, one month, 60 cents. Dally. Snndac excepted, one month. BO cents. Satnrdaj Star, one year, 11.00. Snndaj Star, one year, 11.50. PREMIERWITTE'STASK Pushing War Against the Reds and Reassuring Public. FIDELITY OF THE TROOPS The Repression of the Revolutionists a Necessity. REFORM PLAN TO RE EXECUTED All Energies of Government Now Con centrated Upon Work of Convoking Douma Representatives. ST. PETERSBURG, January 2, 8 p.m.? The government's strongly worded an nouncement yesterday that It proposes to pursue to the bitter end the policy of put ting down the "reds" following cm the heels of the crushing of the revolt at Moscow demonstrates the confidence of Premier Witte's government that it has the ability to complete the task It has undertaken. The main cause of this confidence is the fidelity displayed by the troops. That the government was uncertain of how far the extensive propaganda conducted by the rev olutionists In the army had shaken the loy alty of the troops Is unquestionable, but the events of the last fortnight it seems to believe have proved completely reassuring on this point. Despite the rigorous, ruthless fashion in which the war against the "reds" is being conducted i he government is taking every opportunity by word and act to try to prove to the public that the repression of the rev olutionists does not Involve the abandon ment of the reform program, but that, on the contrary, their suppression is necessary In order t~h.it the new regime may be realized. Witte Stands Firmly. It was learned today by th? Associated Press through Premier Witte liimsvlf tliat last night's report that he was urging the immediate promulgation of a constitution is Incorrect. "I'ntll the doumf meets,' he said, "I stand firmly on the manifesto of October 80. Not one step in advance nor one step in the rear will 1 go till the douma assem bles. All the energies of the govern ment are now consecrated to the work of making possible the convocation of the rep resentatives of the nation at the earliest possible moment." The Molva iRussi bitterly assails the gov ernment for its "blind 1 oastfulness in as ?erting that the revolution Is crushed." NORMAL CONDITIONS RESUMED. Revolt at Moscow Finally Suppressed ?Pictures of Ruins. MOSCOW, Monday, January 1, (Night), via St. Petersburg, January 2.?Except for the numerous military patrols in the streets and the pillars of smoke lazily floating above the ruins of factories and houses in the Presna district, there is little to recell the nightmare of the past ten days. As If by magic, in twenty-four hours the ap pearance of the city has changed. The stores everywhere have been reopen ed and the streets are crowded with holiday shoppers making belated purchases for the Russian Christmas, which, according to the Julian calendar, falls on Sunday. As the early northern night fell the guards were doubled, but the electric street lamps bril liantly lighted the shop windows, reassur ing the people who lingered on merrymak ing with the careless indifference of the Russians to the dramatic tragedy just end ed. The Presna district, however, present ed another picture. There people by the hundreds wiio had been burned out were excitedly searching the rums or bemoaning the loss of dear ones, while the police and troops continued their unceasing hunt for hidden revolu tionists. A batch of Drujlnists surrounded in a sugar factory in the suburbs during the night surrendered this morning when they found that further resistance was useless. The only other warlike incident was a rear att <? ? d? by a body of Drujlnists upon a detachment of troops stationed at a brings, w.. n instructions to cover the work of the firemen. The soldiers when attacked turned right about face and flred a volley, ? killing three students and wounding several others. Coldest Day of Winter. This was the coldest day of the winter, the thermometer registering 18 degrees be low zero. The roaring fires at which the pickets are warming themselves give a touch of picturesqueness to the streets. Two most important captures were made today?Volkoff and Maniloff, the chiefs of the fighting organization and members of the national revol Jtionary committee. The authorities ate promising amnesty for in formation regarding the leaders and the hld'ng places of arms, but only a few are betraying their comrades. It is understood that the prisoners will be tried 8y court martial, and some of the papers say that those caught with arms in their hands will be given a short shrift. The list of the casualties and losses to property are being compiled at Gov. lien. Doubassoff's headquarters, and are prom ised tomorrow. At the bourse today a prominent manufacturer estimated the damage done in the burned district at 000,000 American Factories Escaped. The American factories, of which the New York Airbrake Company, the Barry I-'iler Company and the Singer Manufacturing Company are the principal, have not suf fered. The emp'oyes of the airbrake com pany. whose works are situated at Lubertzi, attempted to seize the premises in order to get possession of the explosives, but a squadron of dragoons was dispatched to the scene by Gov. (Jen. DnuhassofT, and the troops prevented the strikers from carrying out their plan. 'Pheir le ider, who was marching at the head of the men, was shot down by the officer in command of the dragoons, which caused a panic and th<; strikers fled Although the strike is off some of the fac tories decided that It Is useless to recom mence work four days before Christmas, and have dismissed their workmen uni'l January 21. Most of the other undamaged factories have resumed work. The railroads and telegraph line? are resum aj business slowly. The directors of the Kazan line have dismissed every official or other em ploye of the line and are entcaglng an entire new force, using as a nucleus a few trust worthy veterans. Other roads probably will follow their example. Naval Movements. The Hopkins, Worden, Stewart, Truxton, Lawrence and MacDonough arrived at New port yesterday, tlio Rocket is at Washing ton, the yuiros at Nankin. The Texas, Arkansas and the Florida lia\e left Charleston on a cruise, and the Nevada. Porter, Nicholson, Blakety, Du vont and Rodgers havs left Charleston for Port Royal. DOMINICAN CRISIS Revolutionary Force Reported Besieging Puerto Plata. OCCUPY STRONG POSITIONS Threatened Bombardment of Port Has Been Averted. PLANS TO ATTACK SANTIAGO Two Bodies of Revolutionists to Con federate in the Assault?Morales Acting for Jiminez. CAPE HAYTTEN, Haiti, January 2 ? revolutionary force of Dominicans, num bering about 250 men, Is, according to advices received here by messenger today, camped on the Santiago-Puerto Plata road, Santo Doming?, and Is besieging Puerto Plata. The revolutionists, It Is added, oocupy positions which prevent all ingress to or egress from Puerto Plata except for Amer ican warships or persons under the protec tion of foreign consuls. The threatened bombardment of the port by the revolutionary gunboat Independr enoia will not take place, presumably ow ing to the representatipns of the foreign consul a To Attack Santiago. The messenger from Santo Domingo also announced that the troop commanded by General Guellito, the former governor of Monte Crlstl. are operating in conjunc tion with the revolutionary -forces be fore Puerto Plata, and that it is tlie inten tion of the two forces to attack Sa-ntiago, south of Puerto Plata, where General fa ceres, the 'temporary president of the re public. Is drawing up his troops. A de cisive engagement Is expected to ooeur at Santiago. According to the reports which reached Cape Ilaytien. Morales, the fugitive presi dent "of San'o Domingo, Is acting In the Interests of General Jiminez. the former president of the republic, whose attempt to regain the presidency In 1803 was defeated. MORALES' CAPTURE EXPECTED. The Dominican Congress is Preparing to Impeach Him. A dispatch received by the Secretary of Wai from Col. George R. Colton, controller and general receiver for the Dominican cus t< ms, dated at Santo Domingo December 30. was made publ/e at the War Depart ment today. Col. I'olton glv?3 the condi tions up to that date and announces that there is no apparent disposition on the part of any faction to interfere In the cus toms service. His cablegram follows: "Carlos F. Morales' secret departure from the capital after having arranged to join the revolutiohary element in the Monte Cristi district precipitated the grave political status. He is said to be still with in twenty miles of the city of Santo Do mir.go without a force. His capture Is ex picted. The Dominican congress Is conven ing now to impeach him. No general dis turbance yet, but trouble Is anticipated from Monte Cristi; may be averted. "Present naval policy and wise action of Southerland prevented serious complica tions. No disposition apparent on the part of any faction to interfere with the customs service. COLTON." The officer referred to in connection with the naval policy Is Commander W. H. H. Seufherland. commander of the cruiser Cleveland, wbo formerly commanded the dispatch boat Dolphin and served a term as chief of the hydrographlc office in Wash ington prior to taking command of the Cleveland. AFFAIRS AT PORT ARTHUR. Fine Residences at Dalny Without Occupants?Boycott Waning. PORTLAND. Ore., January 2.?Accord ing to Wheeler Sammons, who arrived on the British steimer Tottenham from the orient, fine commodious residences, modern in every respect, fitted with heat and other up-to-date conveniences, are begging for tenants at Dalny, the Japanese not taking kindly to European buildings. The old Russian town is rapidly going to ruin, while a new town of oriental aspect Is springing up. Mr. Sammon.*--, who has been in Manchuria for about a year, oonllrms previous reports concerning the damage done at Port Arthur. He adds though, that he was told by a Japanese officer that had 203-Meter Hill been fortified, the port of Port Arthur would liave been Impregna ble. According to this officer the Japanese were astonished at the absence of fortifi cations. as they had been given to under stand that the hill had been heavily forti fied with modern armament. Mr. Sammons says that at Nluchwang the boycott is practically over, and the Chinese are buying American piece goods from Shanghai. At one time, he continued, the bo>cot; was very effective. Circulars were distributed telling the Chinese not to buy American g' ds because the Americans insult the higher class of Chinese who en tered this country, (jitterly this feeling lias been dissipated and there is a friendly feeling between the Chinese officials and the American consul general, a manifesta tion of this being a banquet tendered to the consul just before Mr. Sammons left the orient. $50,000 FIRE IN CLEVELAND. Building Adjoining heater Prac tically Destroyed. CLEVELAND. Ohio, January 2.? Fire early today practically destroyed the Brad ley building, adjoining the Cleveland Thea ttr. on St. Clair avenue northwest. The "theater caught fire several times, but- was not seriously damaged. The losses will ap proximate $o0,000. Lieut Edward W. Sewer of engine com pany No. 27, formerly a widely known base ball player In the National League, fell through an open elevator shaft from the third door of the Bradley building during the tire ard w is seriously injured. It Is thought, however, that he will recover. -Heavy Snowfall in New Mexico. ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., January 2.? After twelve hours of steady snowfall one of the heaviest snows for many years now | covers the whole of New Mexico. The depth of the snow varies from several Inches on the mesas and In the Rio Grande valley to as much as five and six feet in the mountains. Conditions are unprecedent ed. Worfc at camp No. 2 on the Belen | Cutoff, the first camp In the Rugged Abo canon In the Manzani mountains,, has been stopped and several hundred men are tem porarily out of work. The snow In the canoijf 1? four feet deep. The zero weather is effusing much Buffering among natives anil Indians. THE GLAD HAND?THE DAY AFTER. THE PRESIDENT SHOOK 9,052 HANDS NEW YEAR DAY. BILL PLACED ON TRIAL FORMER. PHILADELPHIA CHIEF CHARGED WITH FORGERY. PHILADELPHIA, January 2.?John W. Hill, former chief ojl the munition bureau, was placed on trial today before Judge Audenried in the criminal court, charged with forgery and falsification of the rec ords of the nitration bureau. Mr. Hill's ar rest last June was one of the first and most sensational of the developments growing out of Mayor Weaver's break with the re publican organization and his crusade for good government. The arrest followed an investigation by former Judge Jarnes Gay Gordon, private counsel for the mayor, into the system by which contracts for work on the filtration plant had been awarded and the manner in whi.ch the work was performed. Mr. Hill was arrested on June 20 and held in $8,000 bail for trial. A few days later he was again arrested on a similar charge in connection with another contract and his bail was increased to J10.000. The in dictment contained nearly two hundred counts. The prosecution will be conducted by District Attorney John C. Bell In per son with his assistants David Wallerstein and' Chester N. Farr. Mr. W'allersteln was associated with Mr. Gordon in the prelimi nary hearing of former Chief Hill and was afterward appointed an assistant district attorney. Widespread Interest in Case. Former District Attorney George S. Graham is Mr. Hill's chief counsel. Judge uordon will not figure in the trial. He was denied permission by the district at torney to assist in the presentation of the commonwealth's case because of his posi tion as private counsel to the mayor. The ca^e hss grained- widespread notoriety and the trial, it Is thought, will prove one ol the most notable that has ever engaged , Uie attention of a local jury. Many of the witnesses to be called b> the prosecution and defense are expert en gineers. and there will be a vast amount of testimony of this character. , NEWS FROM THE DEWEY. Floating Dry Dock Was 300 Miles Southeast of Cape Henry Last Night. The Secretary of the Navy has received a wireless message from Commander Hos ley, commanding the Dewey dock expedi tion. dated 10:30 p.m. January 1, as follows: "Latitude 34 degrees 18 minutes, longi tude 71 degrees 37 minutes. Weather cloudy tout pleasant. Gentle northwest breeze. I.ong northwest swell. Potomac roll ing considerably. Speed since noon three and one-half knots." At the time of sending the above message the dock was about 300 miles southeast of Cape Henry. . , GREETING BY WIRELESS. Steamship La Touraine Arrived After a Stonny Voyage. I NEW YORK, January 'J.?Far out on the 1 Atlantic, their ship lashed by a furious gale and half burled by tremendous waves, a I cheery Christmas greeting from friends on shore was received on Christmas day by ' the passengers on the steamer La Touraine. i It came to them by wireless telegraphy, | having been picked up by the eastbound I liner Majestic when flashed from a Euro pean station. The operator on the Majestic succeeded in reaching La Touraine, then far to the westward, and the message was I given to the latter's passengers while the storm was at its height. La Touraine came In today two nays late and her officers reported an extremely boisterous passage. For five days the wind blew with the violence of a hurrkane and at times the great waves swept almost en tirely over the vessel. No serious damage was done, however, and none of those on the steamer was injured. Sudden Death at Norfolk. NORFOLK, Va., January 2.?Mts. L. S. Bllncoe. aged thirty-four years, daughter of Rev. Dr. Alexander G. Brown of the Vir ginia Methodist conference, died h?re sud denly today. IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY CEIEF JUSTICE OF COUL.T OF CLAIMS SWORN IN. With simple ceremony Chief Justice Stan ton J. Peelle was installed in office in the Court of Claims this morning' to succeed Chief Justice Charles C. Nott, who retired from the bench last week. At the same time Justice Samuel J. Barney of Wisconsin was inducted to office as an associate jus tice of the court. When the court assembled this morning for the beginning of the regular session after the holiday recess, the court room was filled with members of the bar who had come to witness the ceremonies inci dent to the installation of the new chief Justice and to extend him their greetings. As soon as court was opened Justice Charles B. Howry made a brief address an nouncing the appointment of Justice Peelle as chief justice. He spoke of Justice Peelle's l?ng service as a member of the c<4urt, of his unvarying kindness to the mefribers of the bar and the claimants be fore the court and of his courtesy to his associates of the bench. Personally, Jus tice Howry said, he was very glad ot the elevation of J ustlce Peelle as there was no one who had been so uniformly courteous to him and had assisted him in so many ways as had the new chief justice. Justice Howry then administered the oath of office, Chief Justice Peelle repeating the words after him in clear full tones. The specta tors in the court room remained standing throughout the ceremonies. As soon- as the oath had been properly subscribed to Justice Howry presented the chief justice with his commission as a New Year gift, he said. The first duty of the new chief justice was to administer the oath of office to Jus tice Samuel J. Barney, the new member of the court. When Justice Barnev had been properly sworn the chief justice made a brief address. He referred with feeling to the fact that of the members of the court who had been present when he was ap pointed to the bench fourteen years ago none remained. He spoke of the retirement of Chief Jus tice Nott and regretted his absence from the court today. He said he desired the support of the members of the bar, ana promised them to fulfill his duties as he saw them. The consideration of current business was then taken up. Chief Justice Peelle is a native of In diana and was appointed a member of the Court of Claims in 1802. He was educated In the public schools and seminaries of his native state; enlisted In the army at the outbreak of the civil war and served in the west, being discharged an officer of his regiment. At the close of the war Judge Peelle?etud led law, and after being admitted to the bar practiced his profession in Winchester, Ind., until 18(30. He was a member of the Indian legislature, 1877-70, and a member of Congress from 1881-85. He was a dele gate to the republican national convention in 1802. but having been appointed to' the bench in the meantime, did not serve at the convention. He is a member of the fac ulty of the law department of the George Washington University, a trustee of How ard University, member of the board of managers of the Y. M. C. A. and Is presi dent of the Elders' Union of the presbytery of Washington. PROMOTIONS IN THE NAVY. Enlisted Men Raised to the Rank of Acting Warrant Machinists. The following named enlisted men of the navy have been appointed acting warrant machinists In the navy from December 27: William Herasberg, Jarrard E. Jones, Senas A. Sherwin, Paul R. Fox, Otto Boldt, Owen S. Canning, Osoar J. McGorkle, Gay E. Howard, John B. Martin, Daniel J. Mark, Thomas J. Hayes, Frederick F. Kralnek, David W. Harry. William W. Hoopes, Will iam Keller, Charles S. Wolf, George R. Thompson. The following named enlisted men of the navy have been appointed acting warrant machinists in the navy from January X: Olav Johnson, Tyreo C. Hlner, Ole P. Or aker, Byron C. Howard, William H. White, WUliam D. Sullivan, Francis C. Randall, Franz J. M. Parduhn, William P. Davis, James L. Vailiant, Henry I. Edwards. Hospital Steward Lauranoe G. Schetky, U. S. N., has been appointed a phnrmacist in the navy from the 27th day of Decem ber. TRAGED1IN MINNESOTA LOVE-CRAZED YOUTH KILLED ? GIRL AND WOUNDED OTHERS. CALEDONIA, Minn., January 2.?Mat thew Styor, infatuated with Pearl Wheaton, daughter of S. N. Wheaton, a wealthy farmer, broke Into the Wheaton home, near here, last night, shot and killed the girl and then fatally wounded her sister Ruth, her mother and himself. Styer Is a dental student at the University of Minnesota. Pearl Wheaton had refused to marry him. Unable to secure entrance through the door, Styer broke through a window. He was met by Ruth Wheaton, who, armed with a revolver, attempted to protect the family. Styer wrested the revolver from her and shot her twice through the breast. H<; then turned on Mrs Wheaton, shooting her in the throat and arm. He ran upstairs to Pearl's room. Break ing In the door he shot her through the heart and then shot himself. When neigh bors rushed in Styer was found with his head on the girl's breast, she dead and he barely living. The only other inmate of the house, a child, escaped by leaping through the window Styer had broken. Mr. Wheaton was away from home at the time. BIG CHECK FROM M'OALt NEW YORK LIFE PRESIDENT RE TURNED MONEY TO COMPANY. NEW YORK, January 2.?John A. McCall, president of the New York Life Insurance Company, has paid to the company the $235,000 advanced to Andrew Ha.miltori* and so far not accounted for by Mr. Hamil ton. Thomas P. Fowler, chairman of the company's investigating committee, appoint ed by the board of trustees, received today a check from Mr. McCall for $83,000, and a note for $150,000. Mr. McCall some time ago promised to make good this sum un less Hamilton, who was legislative agent for the big insurance companies, rendered an accounting. On receipt of Mr. McCall's letter accom panying the check and note, a meeting ot the board of trustees was called for to morrow. While no official statement on the subject was obtained, it was accepted as a fact that Mr. McCall's resignation as president will be presented to the trustees. The Presidency of the Company. At a conference of a number of trustees today Alexander E. Orr was requested to accept the presidency of the company, jvfr. Orr said he would prefer that some one else be selected for the place permanently, but he offered to act as president until some one else If named. Others mentioned for the presidency are John Clallin, Noiiran B. Ream a-d Hiram R. Steele. One of -ne members of the New Vor* Life's investigating committee said today that the reason why McCall could not pay over the $285,000 in one lump sum was be cause Mr. McCall is a poor man. It wis said he will go out of office with practically nothing except his life insurance policy or $500,000, and that In order to pay his $15.0 000 note he may have to get assistance from his wife and some friends. REVOLT IN ECUADOR. Troops and Policemen Said to Have Joined the Insurgents. After a long poriod of quiescence in Ec uador, a revolutionary movement appears to have manifested' Itself there. The State De partment has learned that the trouble broke out at a place called Riobamba, but the na ture or cause is not stated' In the report, which comes from Guayaquil. Troops and policemen are reported to have joined the revolutionists, who are headed by Col. Teran. Telegraph communication between Guayaquil and Quito, the.capital, is some what interrupted. GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, January 2.?The revolutionists under Col. Teran have cap tured Riob-amaba. A strong division under Secretary of War Larrea has left Quito to attack the revolutionists. Another division left her* today. Guayaquil is quiet. Chas. C. Giover Retires From Capital Traction. LETTER TO THE DIRECTORS Carries Out Intention Formed Year Ago. REASONS GIVEN FOR THE STEP Vice President and Director of the Corporation?For Thirty Years a Factor. Mr. Charles C. Glover has resigned as vice president and member of the board of directors of the Capital Traction Com pany. This announcement will be made to the board of directors by a letter ad dressed to them by Mr. Glover and which was written by him on Saturday. Mr. Glover Intended to do this a year ago but the interests of the company with re spect to pending legislation, induced him to defer It. although at a personal sacrifice. At the present time, it is stated, all mat ters of conflict or friction with the old Dominion Railway Company have been satisfactorily adjusted, so that he can re tire without in any wise affecting the in terests of the Capital Traction Company. This step is rendered necessary, it Is said, by . the increasing demand upon his time and energies of other duties which are Imperative. Beyond a very limited circle the purpose of Mr. Glover to retire from nls active connection with the Capital Traction Com pany is entirely unknown, and it will there fore come as a surprise to the large num ber of people who are interested in that company as stockholders and also because it Is one of the great street railway ?v? tems of the city. " With Company Thirty Years. For thirty years Mr. Glover has been an influential factor In tlie affair* of this great corporation. When he first became inter ested in the company. In the year 1875, the capitalization was a half million of dollars, arid like most street railways of that period the motive power was horses. By the close of the following ten years the cable system was installed, which was then looked^ipon .'is the approved motive power for street railway traction. When electricity became commercially useful a change was made to the underground system, which is the present installation. In both of these changes the systems adopted were not only of the most modern and approved types, but the installations were of the most substantial character. In these particulars it its recognized that the Judgment and foresight of Mr. Glover ex ercised a potent Influence. During tills in terval the affairs of the company have been refinanced on a broad and comprehensive scale, so as to enable it to meet the new conditions that have arisen and to enable it to provide the facilities which an expand ing business as well as new methods of street railway transportation required. In stead of a capitalization of a half million the capital is now twelve millions, upon which an annual dividend of 6 per cent is paid from the profits of the business. An Able Official. In the financial affairs of the company, as well as in the mechanical. Mr. Glover's business capacity and recognized ability has proved of great service. It Is, there fore, not surprising that his counsel has had great weight In all the affairs of the company, and that his advise has been sought by the presidents and also by the board of directors. It Is stated by a friend of the retiring vice president, who Is familiar with all the details of his connection with the corpora tion, that while Mr. Glover received a salary, yet the time which he gave to the business of the company and the energy which he expended in its service were not dictated by motives of financial profit to himself, but mainly because he saw that In providing a first-class and modern street railway the entire city would be benefited. In this as well as In other lines of Mr. Glover's activities, his devotion to the city where he has spent his life, and with which his father was prominently identified, is the explanation of his willingness to do what he could In the line of advancing civic im provements. Some of the Current Gossip. The purpose of Mr. Glover to give up active connection with the railroad company with which he lias so long been identi fied, was not generally known In financial circles where such things are apt to be talked about at a very early period in their inception. The exact bearings of this step on the part of Mr. Glover was, of course, of the greatest Interest, as everything is that affects the concerns of such important local corporations as the street railroad systems. According to the Judgment of some, the severing of the official relations with the railroad company mifrht mean only that Mr. Glover will no longer be identified In that way with the company. It was suggested that perhaps his real service to the com pany along the same directions that It has hitherto been exercised could be continued with probably more effectiveness than If he was more closely identified with railroad concerns by being an officer and director. The New York Interests. It was also surmised that it might be a further move in the direction of bringing together the street railway and lighting Interests of the city aa has been talked about for some days past as one of the things that Influential men were thinking of accomplishing. In this same line it was said that the successor of Mr. Glover might be Mr. Ailes, who is one of the vice presi dents of Riggs Bank. Ever sinoe the announcement was made that a sort of understanding or an alliance or an amicable adjustment or whatever it might be called,, had been reached be tween the Capital Traction Company and the Old Dominion Company, the tongue of gossip has been busy over the street rail road and lighting situation in this city. There la a belief that a union of some sort between the various Interests is on the cards for the near future. How it is to be brought about and the various details re main still a matter of conjecture. The Interest Intense. As it is one that will affect in a large way the value of stocks and bonds, it Is not re markable that the Interest to know the par ticulars of everything likely to throw light upon the future is intense. As is well known, the Washington Railway Company, which was in the first place financed in New York, Is still largely controlled by the interests In that city. At the same time the local holdingg have been enlarged, and during the past year especially the number of local people who own these securities, as well as their holdings, have been In creased. However, the New York holdings remain large, and It Is this Influence which Is potent in other financial directions here that Is believed to be taking the whip hand In the developments that are said to be going on now. As the strength of the New York contingent, when looked at from the point of view of finance, is not Inconsider able, to put It mildly, H Is no wonder that dealings on a large scale are attributed to it. Fair, warmer toniglifc. Tomorrow rain. READY FOR] HE STRIKE Union Printers to Enforce Their Demands. TYPOTHETAE IS DEFIANT Each Faction Expects to Gain the Victory. STATEMENTS FROM BOTH SIDES About One Hundred and Fifty Typo# Involved in This City?Situa tion Elsewhere. With the expiration of the contract be tween the Typothetae of Washington and Columbia Typographical Union Thursday of this week the strike order which ha a gone out from the International printer#' headquarters will go Into effect in this city, and about l(>0 union printers and the ma jority of the loading men of employing printers of the city will he Involved. The International Typographical t'nion of North America demands of all book and Job print* ing employers an eight-hour day and union shop. The employers absolutely refuse * this. They claim it would eat up their profits to a degree that they cannot and will not stand. The employers also claim the right to conduct their business as they see fit. Practically every city In the United States and Canada is "Involved In the fight. Iu this city, where hitherto very cordial re lations have existed between employer and employed, the number of men affected will be comparatively small. The general, strike commenced ywtfrdtjr, the first day of the new year. but because that was a holiday It was not felt until today. It Is only because of the existlnn contract here that the crucial point Is post poned until Thursday. A meeting of the executive committee ol the local Typothetae was held this fore noon about 10 o'clock In room 411 of Tho Evening Star building, and It was stated emphatically that there will be no giving up on the part of the employers here. One prominent member of the committee said: Typothetae's Position. "The outlook is most encouraging at pre9? ent. We will exhaust every resource to win in this struggle, even If we have to make our business smaller. We will teach men how to do our work, If we have to do so. We will not be empty-handed Thursday morning, either. We have received assur ances from other places by telegraph that outside men are on their way here to go to work and take the places of the strikers. We shall fight, as true American citizen*, for the right to employ whom we pleas* and to pay as much as a man li worth, re gardless of any organization." Another prominent employer announced that he will post in his office the following notice: "Any sober. Industrious American citi zen, who Is acquainted with the printing business, is eligible to employment In this office." "Better say 'proficient' instead of 'ac quainted,' suggested another employer. "No," was the answer, "if he Is acquaints ed with the business I'll make him profts cient." Printers' Preparations. On the other liana, the Columbia Typo graphical Union Is going about the matte? In a serious, systematic manner. Headquar ters are to be established on the third floor of the building on the southwest corner of 9th and D streets northwest, where the eight-hour committee will meet and where the striking prlaters will report Ampie preparations are being made to take care of the families of the strikers while they have no work. The Vocal eight-hour committee this morns Ing received a circular from the Interna* tional committee stating that the proposi tion of a ten per cent assessment on all members of the union in this country and Canada, to support the strikers, which was put to a referendum vote, would doubtless prove to have passed by a tremendous ma jority?probably twenty thousand. Printers' Statement. The following statement of the case by the local printers has been Issued: "The endeavor to inaugurate the shorter workday In this city will commence o? Thursday, the contract between Columbia Typographical Union and the Typothetae of Washington, composed of some of the employing printers, expiring on that date, and since the Typothetae for several weeks past have been issuing statements to the public through the press and circular let ters, setting forth thelr^ide of the contro versy, we think it Is due the people of this community that our side of the case be laid before them. "The nain contentions of the Typothetae in this city have been, first, that their em ployes had not asked for eight hours, bus that the demand emanated from labor lead ers with headquarters at Indianapolis (our international officers'!, and. second, that the profits in their business would not justify them in granting the eight-hour day, even if their employes did not asic for It. They also claim to be standing for what they call 'Individual liberty' and the 'open shop.' "As to the first contention, we would say that the effort to bring about an eight hour day In the book and job branch of our trade Is not of recent origin, but dates back to 1902. We realized at the outset the injustice of establishing the shorter day in some cities while others were permitted to work the nine-hour day. thus giving the employers of one community a decided ad vantage over those of another in the mat ter of competition. Going on this theory and acting under instructions from our membership expressed In convention, our International officers took the matter up with the national officers of the employing printers' association (Typothetae). and ex erted every effort to bring about the eight hour day. "All suggestions from our side, such as reducing the nine-hour workday by fifteen, thirty, forty-five and sixty minutes for periods covering six months each, looking to the establishment of the eight-hour day in two years' time, were rejeoted by the Typothetae. It was then, In 1904, that the membership of the International Typo graphical Union decided by an almost unan imous referendum vote to establish the eight-hour day on January 1, 1900. Sinoe that time our membership has taken three referendum votes on as many assessment propositions, the last one for a ten per cent assessment on the earnings of the mem bers, and In each case the propositions were overwhelmingly adopted, and the book and Job printers voted for them almost solidly. So that, notwithstanding the Typothetae contend their employee have not asked for eight hours, the question has been submit ted to them four times, and each time they have not only sanctioned the demand for :he eight-hour day, but have voted to assess themselves heavily to secure It. "As to the second contention of the Ty pothetae, that they could not afford to grant the shorter workday, we would call attention to the' fact that In asking for eight hours we are asking for that oqly which la already possessed by every eth**