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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**