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No. 17,489. WASHINGTON, D, C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1908-TWENTY PAGES. TWO CENTS.
BUTCHERSWALK OUT
Strike Unexpected by Packing
Houses and Abattoirs.
AGREEMENT WAS PENDING
Nine-Hour Day Demanded by Workmen
in New Fact.
ULTIMATUM TO EMPLOYEES
No Warning Given?lien to Stay
Out Until Terms Are Accepted.
Trouble Over Initiation Fee.
"Washington is in the midst of a labor
war.
Meat of the home parked and cured
varieties may be a scarce commodity on
the stands of the markets before the
week 's ended.
About 125 butchers employed by the
different Washington packing houses
and abattoirs went on strike this mornIns-.
So sudden and unexpected was the
move that their employers were totally
unprepared to meet the emergency. No
one seemed able this afternoon to predict
just how long the trouble will continue
nor to anticipate the result.
The whole matter at issue has been
pending since June 30. on which date
the agreement terminated under which
the union men have been working for
about tive years past. At that time the
packers demanded that the union abrof
ate its rule which placed the initiation
ee of the organization at $25. and the
union in turn demanded that their
working day be reduced from ten to
nine hours.
Neither side would agree to the terms
of the other. 1'ntil yesterday afternoon
work continued on lha nlrl ton.hmn
basis. pending: what was expected to be
an amicable adjustment.
Strike Without Warning.
The union, l?ocal No. 148. Butcher
"Workmen, held a meeting last night in
Bessier s Hall and threw a veritable
bombshell of surprise into the camp of
the packers by presenting an ultimatum
in which it was declared the new contract
as prepared by the union would be
the only contract recognised in the future,
and that no workmen would report until
a. definite announcement of the intentions
of the packers had been made.
And if this action came unexpectedly '
the employers were compelled to face a i
?ti]l more embarrassing condition thlsi I
morning. The workmen made good their
threat without further warning?not ona <
-butcher putting In an appearance at his 1
accustomed place at the opening hour.
in fact, not all the employers even received
copies of the ultimatum. Tha
walkout to those not notified was the first
intimation that the workmen had Issued
their defl.
Late this afternoon Charles G. Pfluger
of the Rosslyn Packing Company, secretary
of the Washington Association of
Packing House Managers, gave out a
copy of the notice sent bv the union to
employers. This instrument reads as follows:
i r.c ultimatum of Local 118, Butcher i
Workmen. Is that the new contract is all
that we will stand for and the old contract
will not be adhered to whatever,
and no man will report until we have a
definite answer at once from you.
"Respectfully.
"EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,
"George Bakersmith, secretary." 1
Attitude of Employers.
In addition. Secretary Pfluger Issued a
formal statement in" explanation of the
altitude of the packing house managers
as follows:
Besides minor changes the new contract
calls for one hour less work per
day. without any reduction in wages.
This morning no men reported at the
five lo'-al packing hpuses. <
"Some time within the past year, the
? ateliers' union has raised the initiation
fee to E;r>, which had the effect of keeping
away from this city butchers looking
i.uii yment. After our contract with
th-s butchers" union expired, June 30 last,
w- offered to renew the contract if It
woulu reduce the initiation fee to So. '
"Notwithstanding that business, especially
in our line, is extremely dull, and (
that v\e have tried unusual means to provide
w org. we have been unable to run>'
foil um-* lately, and because of the high
price of live stock, which makes it very
uncertain as to profits.
\t quitting time yesterday we had no
' if. that tlie men would Strike today, consequently
we were wholly unprepared, as
ha\. considerable live stpek in the
pens. We think the men acted unwisely
i> making additional demands at such an
h opportune time and anticipate very little
trouble in getting all the butchers we
need.'"
| Packers in Quandary.
Ai ording to memlwrs of the Packers*
Association the Butchers' Workmen are
:i i i: more interested in retaining in their
h>-a\\s the rule which establishes the
initiation fee into the union at $2.1 than
they are in .securing the concession of one
hour decrease in the length Of the working
day. It is pointed out that the union
workmen are thus enabled to retain almost
undisputed control of the local field.
Hot* hers frequently come to this city
i" search of employment. It was Claimed,
bit ffw of them are irt possession of the
noopsary $o- to secure membership In
. i.? a I No. 14k. l*p to the present time all
of the packing houses have been working
as closed shops, and the stumbling block
of tlie high Initiation fee has had the result
of curtailing the supply of labor even
m times when extra help may be needed.
> The members of the Packers' Association
probably will hold a meeting this
evening to determine upon a common
ourse of action. Several Individual packer*
were interviewed today, and, while not
desiring to be quoted particularly. It was
obvious that they were exceedingly bitter
a* what they considered an unwarranted
a t|on hy their employes.
It had heen tentatively understood that
"he questions at issue were to be submitted
to arbitration, but the sudden ac*i-_
of the butcher workmen practically
e 4 .mates the possibility of a settlement
by such means. More than one packing
house manager was of opinion this afternoon
that plenty of labor can be se<
u-ed elsewhere, but none seemed willing
to anticipate the meeting tonight by intimating
that the open slicp will be declared
in answer to the stand of the
onion.
Because cf the predicament In which
most of the packers find themselves on
'a-count of the walkout?with much live
stogfc. on hand awaiting slaughter and
with ft her necessary work to be done?
the picking houses tonight will afford
rare soe^s of activity. The managers expect
to take charge of their establishments
in person and direct the labcra of
. an' emergency force of workmen drawn
from the ranks of the meatcutters and
clerks of their stands in the public markets.
The packers affected by the strike are
th* Washington Slaughtering ana Cvmi
Storage fomoany. the Ix>eflle.r Sausage
and Provision Company, the N. Auth Provision
Company. Golden A Co. and the
itosslyn Tacking Company.
BRYAN GETS*GOURD
Declares That It Is Fitting Emblem
of Republican Policies.
"A BIG STICK," BUT HOLLOW
Pleased With the Dollar Contributions
of Farmers.
RAISING CAMPAIGN FUND
Matter to Be Left to the Different
States?La Follette Admires
Nebraska Leader.
FAIR VIEW, LINCOLN. Neb., August
13.?Several hundred farmers from Otoe
county. Neb., headed by H. H. Hanks of
Nebraska City, who came to Lincoln to
attend the ftotlflcation ceremonies, rode
out to Fairview today and presented the
democratic nominee with a "big stick"
gourd. They also handed him a campaign
contribution of $30 subscribed by fifty of
their number. In accepting the gourd
and the contribution Mr. Bryan assured
his visitors that if elected to the presidency
the "big stick" would not be in
evidence, believing it was easier to lead
people through their love than to control
them through their fears.
Gourd and the "Big Stick.''
He spoke as follows: "It is fitting. Mr.
Hanks, that you should be selected to
speak for this body of farmers from Otoe
county? for you are not only interested
in farming but you represent an increasing
element among the agriculturalists.
You have not only prepared yourself for
the work of a farmer, but you have prepared
yourself for participation in all the
departments of life's work. With the de- ,
velopment of our agricultural colleges and j
the higher education of our farmer boys (
the farmer is going to have a larger influence
in the shaping of government.
"The gourd which you present certainly
looks very much like the 'big stick' as we
have seen it caricatured, and I think that
the gourd is a fitting emblem to represent
republican policies, for the 'big stick,"
which has been so loudly praised, has not .
accomplished a great deal in the way of actual
legislation. The republican leaders .
have so steadfastly opposed reform that I
the 'big stick* lias been quite empty?as
empty as this gourd?in actual results.
Then, too, the gourd may fitly symbolize
the hollowness of republican promises and j
the fact that republican policies have
nothing in them of good to. the farmer. I
hall be glad to. accept the 'big stick'
gourd, although if the democratic party
wins the 'big stick' will not be in evldance.
The democratic idea is not coer- V
eion by .force, bat a justice that will appeal
to the heart of men. for It is easier
to lead people through their love than
control them through their fears.
Contributed by Farmers.
"I have been Informed that on the way
to Lincoln a collection was taken up on *
the train, and that fifty farmers gave $1 ?
anl?.v> to nnr mmnalan fund. I want to 1
thank them for this manifestation of their ?
interest in our cause. In 1S90 the free s
excursion was one of the features of the t
republican campaign. It is significant that j
you not only pay your fare to attend this
notification meeting, but in addition make
this contribution to the campaign fund. 1
"One of the chief reasons for the delay 1
of reform has been that a few great cor- ]
poratlons have been supplying the repub- ,
lic&n party with its campaign fund and ,
then controlling policies after election. Our *
campaign fund is coming from the people, I
and the people will control the adminis- t
tration in case of democratic victory. It
marks the beginning of a new era in politics?an
era in which the government will
really belong to the people and be admin- f
istered by the people for their own protection
and for the advancement of the
public welfare." 1
Mr. Bryan showed no Immediate effects t
from his exertions of yesterday and today (
resumed the usual routine of receiving
callers and preparing speeches which ha *
will deliver within the next two weeks.
Bryan's Brief Comment. t
"Which Is the more important, dignity
or honesty?" was the only commit Mr. ,
Bryan would make regarding the action f
of the Oklahoma state republican con- 1
vention yesterday in adopting resolutions 1
condemning as undignified the democratic
policy of obtaining campaign contributions c
by popular subscription. Mr. Bryan noted j
with pleasure the indorsement given him \
yesterday by the Colorado labor organiza- ?
tlons.
"Glad to hear it." he said. "A number
of labor organizations have done the
same thing, and I think our platform entitles
the party to the support of the laboring
man." (
Collecting Small Contributions. j
VI*. ToaaA T>ortca r\f T rATAntlV
appointed a member of the financial committee
by Chairman Mack, who had
bee.i in attendance at the notification
meeting:, talked witli Mr. Bryan this
morning. He left later for Chicago to
confer with the national committee in regard
to the collection of campaign contributions
In the southern Mississippi valley.
Mr. Reese wears a button bearing a
picture of Mr. Bryan. Above the picture
are the words. "I gave my dollar." and
below it, "Did you?" %
Before leaving- he declared that the
south was with the west in the support
of the demo?ratic platform. "Unless we
can have a return to the rule of the people."
he declared, "we must suffer from
the rule of mammon."
Mr. Reese said he was very much interested
in the matter of campaign contributions
and would spend all his time
until election day in getting small contributions
from as large a number of
people as possible. "1 want Mr. Brynn
to go Into the White House with no obligations
except to the masses," he said. J
ADMIRES 'RRYAN.
La Follette Openly Expresses Regard 1
for the Nebraska Leader.
LINCOLN. Neb.. August 13.?Before a |
big audience at the Epworth league i
Assembly last night Senator Robert M. <
La Follette expressed great admiration
and friendship for William J- Bryan,
while insisting that he himself was a i
republican. The light against the rail- !
roads to secure lower rates and no dls- *
criminations, he said, had be?n started i
back in the 70s by Wisconsin. Illinois,
Iowa and Minnesota. These policies, he i
added, were not the product of the <
minds of either Bryan or Roosevelt.
A man in the audience accused La
Pollette of being a democrat, but he denied
it. The senator spoke for some
time about the Aldrich-Vreeland currency
act. which he denounced as 1
vicious. After he had read the Senate
roll call vote on this measure, showing ,
that Senator Burkett voted for It and
Senator Brown against it. some one in '
the audience asked: "What was the 1
matter with Burkett?" ,
"You will have to decide that for '
yourself, my friend." was the reply. "I
simply give you the facts. You will
1 have to draw your own conclusions."
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PROTECTED BY BRITISH FLAG
APPREHENSION OF KOREAN
EDITOR VAINLY SOUGHT.
/harmed With Coraplicity in Disappearanca
of the National Loan
Redemption Fund.
SEOUL, August 13.?A novel situation
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iao ucvnuptru in int: rave ui nit- rvuiftiii
>ditor of the vernacular edition of the
Daily News, who was arrested July -o,
rharged with complicity in the alleged disippearance
of a portion of what is known
is the Korean national loan redemption
!und, which amounted to ?V?.00?> yen.
After a preliminary hearing the editor
vas committed for public trial. August 13.
rhe Dally News was formerly owned by
E. T. Bethel, an Englishman, who was
ecently sentenced to a term in prison at
Shanghai, after a conviction in the Britsh
consular court of using the columns
>f his paper to incite the Koreans to riot.
Editor Gains Refuge.
The Korean national loan redemption
'und was originally collected partly with
;he assistance of Bethel's newspaper with
:he object of paying the Korean national
iebt to Japan. It was asserted by Betlisl'a
friends that the arrest of the Korean
idltor of the News was secured by the
iapanese, because he was the chief witless
in behalf of Bethel during the lat:er's
trial.
Yesterday evening the Korean editor,
vho was seriously ill, was sent to a hoslital.
During the transfer he eluded his
juards and went to Bethel's office. Bethel
loisted the British flag over his gate and
efused to allow the police to enter or to
surrender the prisoner, claiming for him
>xtra?territorial protection. The British
tonsul. who has been embarrassed by
Bethel's action, is conferring by cable
vith Ambassador MacDonald at Tokio
is to what course to pursue.
Sensation Caused.
The whole affair has created a great
ensation in Seoul, and its final develjpment
will be enjoyed by every one
?xcept the British consul and the
Korean and Jajainese authorities.
The Korean government asserts that
he redemption fund, which was conributed
by poor people, who made many
?acrifices in the belief that the paywent
of the national debt would free
Korea from the yoke of Japan, has
seen in great part misappropriated. The
Korean editor places the responsibility
for the fund on Bethel, who asserts
that lie Is entirely innocent of any misippropriation
and that he can account
ror the entire fund, which lie says he
has invested in loans to various foreigners
in Seoul and also in shares.
Bethel has been called as a witness
by the British consul in the Korean
editor's trial, and he will be required
to swear to his statement of the dispo.
sition of the fund.
In the meanwhile the trial of the
editor must be postponed unless Bethel
surrenders him.
WICKERSHAM WINS.
Alaskan Has Plurality for Congress
Tl\at Cannot Be Overcome.
SEATTLE, Wash., August 13.?A dispatch
to the Post-Intelligencer from Fairbanks,
Alaska, says that James Wickertharo
has a plurality of 1,&>5, which cannot
be overcome, even though there are
many precincts yet to hear from. He
carried all three divisions of the territory.
The sensation of election day was the
voting of the railroad laborers at Cordova,
where the Guggenheims are building
a railroad. Although Cordova had
enly a few score inhabitants last winter,
there were 'J~?> votes cast, of which 7tHJ
were for Corson. Some of the precincts
n Alaska will rot be heard from for thirty
days, but there will be lejps than l.OUtl
votes In from these outlying districts.
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Pope Pleased With Farley.
ROME, August 13.?Mgr. Farley, Archbishop
of New York, was received In private
farewell audience by Pope Plus yesterday.
The pope granted his v'sitor
everything he * asked, including special
privileges for the organisation of a group
of apostolic missionaries in New York.
The pope accompanied the archbishop tn
the door when he was leaving and said
repeatedly: "I hope I will see you soon
again."
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THE GOLF CAMPAIGN.
BALTIMORE SUN BOLTS BRYANj
WILL SUPPORT REPUBLICAN !
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE.
Believes That the People's Welfare 1
Would Be Promoted More by
Success of Taft.
In a column editorial today the Baltimore
Sun. which under normal conditions
is an independent democratic newspaper,
takes up the cudgel for Mr. Taft. the republican
nominee for the presidency, in
preference to Mr. Bryan, the democratic
nominee. After quoting from Mr. Bryan's
speech of acceptance delivered yesterday
at Fairview, Neb.; at the point where he
j calls upon the people to vote for the
i "promotion of their welfare,"' the Sun
I says: *
j "It is the judgment of the Sun that the
; material welfare of the people of the
United States?industrial and financial?
! would be promoted to a greater degree by
I the election of Mr. Taft than by the elec;
tion of Mr. Bryan; that their rights would
be safeguarded as carefully by Mr. Taft
| as by Mr. Bryan "
| The Sun supported McKinley in the
' campaign of 181W when Bryan made his
first trial for the presidency. In the next
presidential campaign it supported Bryan
and opposed "imperialism." and in the
last campaign it supported Parker.
In stating its reasons for supporting the
republican national ticket the Sun says
that the Bryan "big club" is Just as bad
a thing as the Roosevelt "big stick."
PRESIDENT. HELD UP
BAND OF YOUNG PEOPLE SUBBOUND
HIM FOB DONATION.
OYSTER BAY. N. Y.. August 13.-While
playing his morning game of lawn tennis
loday President Roosevelt was surrounded
by a score of young women and young
men on horseback, wearing on their
[ sleeves white bands with red crosses,
j They informed the President that they
were holding up people in Oyster Bay and
collecting funds for the benefit of Nassau
Hospital at Mineola. The leader of the
i Dana tnen let tne rresiaeni Know tnai
! he was their victim. The President quick'!
ly produced Ids contribution. He said he
wished the raiders success in collecting a
j large sum of money for the .worthy cause,
i The young people all are members of
j the Oyster Bay Riding Academy and
come from the wealthy families in tba
vicinity. When appeals were made to
all the towns in Nassau county to contribute
to the support of the hospital at
Mineola. the only one in the county, the
riding academy members decided to de'
vote today to "tagging" every one they
! met, whether in automobiles or carriages
; or on foot.
j The President's sons, Archibald and
Kermit, are members of the riding club,
but. contrary to expectation, they did
not go out today to assist in the hold-up.
Stopped Everybody.
The party started out early in the forenoon,
and after visiting President Roosevelt's
home on Sagamore Hill they rode
along the cove road and stopped every
carriage and automobile that was met.
When the party reached the center of
the village there Were some exciting
hold-ups, and money In the form of bank
notes frequently was given.
The party collected a large sum of
money betore the arrival of the 12:19
p.m. train, on which several of the
President's guests were expected. When
the guests liad entered the government
automobile to go to Sagamore Hill and
driven a short distance from the station
! the automobile was held up by the char,
ity workers, some of winch bad added
long muskets to their equipment.
, Ambassador Charles 8. Francis was
the tlrst to hand out his money. Gifford
Pinchot, chief forester of the United
States; %?alter L. Fisher of the national
conservation commission and Ben Greet,
the actor, who also were in tl*e automobile,
handed out bills to the party. The
machine was then allowed to proceed.
Yellow Fever Along Gulf Coast.
MEXICO CITY. Mex.. August 13.Three
new cases of yellow fever along the
, Mexican gulf coast were reported yesterl
day. two at Vera Crus and one at Merida.
i There were two deaths from the disease
at Vera Crun
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RAILWAYS VIOLATED NO LAW
(TOT REQUIRED TO FILE CONTRACT
OF CONSOLIDATION.
Commission Will Not Undertake Investigation
Proposed?Eddy
Searched Records.
Holding the v ew that the law of June
5. 1000, under which many Washington
street railways were consolidated so they
could be operated together, required that
a deed or cont-act showing the relations
between the several lines, be filed
with the recorder of deeds, H. C. Eddy,
executive officer of the District electric
railway commission, has spent several
days searching for such a paper.
The commission contemplated investigation
to determine why it was not filed.
Now it appears that the law does not
require that such a certificate be filed.
All the act specifies. It is declared, is
that a change in the name of any District
railway company may 'be made
by filing certificates with the recorder of
deeds.
Section 1 of the law of June 5, 1900,
provides that the Anacostia and Potomac
railway, the Brightwood railway. Capital
railway, the City and Suburban railway,
the Columbia railway, the Georgetown
and Tenleytown railway, the Metropolitan
railway andx the Washington and Great
Falls railway companies may "enter into
contracts with each other or with any
of the others for the use of their respective
roads or routes or any part
thereof."
After providing that the consent of
the owners of three-fourths of the stock
of each company is necessary before the
contracts can be entered into, the section
concludes with the following provision:
"Provided, that in case any corporation
enters into any such contract, it is
hereby authorized to change its corporate
name to any other corporate name not
then lawfully used by any existing corporation
incorporated or organized In the
said District. Such change may be made
by a certificate signed and acknowledged
by a majority of the directors of such
corporation and filed with the recorder
of deeds for the District of Columbia."
It is pointed out that this does not compel
the companies to file any certificate
showihg the relationship hetween them.
I'nder this law the Washington and
O P olio PlA/.t rS.. Doilwoi' f *Am?\onv
vj i ni i aiio uicv iiiv iiann a v uiupa it j
clianged Its name to the Washington
Railway and Electric Company. By deed,
filed in the office of the recorder of
deeds, the Washington Railway and Electric
Company acquired the Columbia
Railway Company and the Metropolitan
Railway Company.
Executive Officer Biddy spent days at
tho recorder of deeds' office hunting up
records and reading documents of many
pages. But he found nothing relating to
the Brightwood railway. Now it is discovered
that the law does not provide
for the filing of a copy of the contract
showing the relations between the Washington
Railway and Electric Company
and the Brightwood line.
FLURRY OVER ARREST.
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Russian Minister and Military Governor
of Teheran at Odds.
ST. PETERSBURG, August 13.-A dispatch
received here from Teheran says a
misunderstanding has arisen between M.
Hartwig, the Russian minister, and Gen.
I-iakhoff. the ^military governor of Teheran.
over the arrest of two Russians for
carrying arms. M. Hartwig paused the
jji inuuri a iu uc icicaaru anu auuicociu a
sharp remonstrance to Gen. Ldakhoflf to
the effect that Russians should not be
arrested without his permission.
Another communication from the Persian
capital says that preparations are being:
made for a second coronation of the
shah. During the first coronation two
years ago the tiara fell front his majesty's
brow and to this incident the shah superstitiously
ascribes the mishaps of his
reign.
Thirty Ballots; No Result.
OSWEGO. N. Y., August 13.?The republican
congressional convention for the
twenty-eighth district took thirty ballots
on representative, without result, at the
session today. The vote on each ballot
was: Isaac L.. Hunt, Jefferson. 14; Merrick
Stowell. Oswego. 13; Charles L.
Knapp. 6. Adjournment was taken until
afternoon. * it
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Hotel Man Dragged From I
Cycle, Stubbed and Shot.
FIGHT FOR LIFE WITH GANG t
Victim Fires Automatic Revolver C
Until Overpowered.
DEED SEEN BY MAN AND GIRL S
These Witnesses Unable to Give 1
Clear Account?Assailants Numbered
Seven or Eight Men.
NEW YORK. August IS.?Pietro Barlllo,
a well-to-do hotel man of Woodhaven,
L<. I., was dragged from his bicycle at
IJncoIn road and Nostrand avenue in
Flatbush at 1 o'clock this morning and
stabbed and shot to death by a band of |
men who had lain in ambush for him in a |
clumD of bushes at the side of the road.
The police have arrested Antonio Del
Marto, his cousin.
The victim's body nas literally riddled
with stab and bullet wounds. From letters
found on him it is practically certain
Barillo was the victim of the Black Hand.
The police believe the same band that
liacked and hewed a man to pieces shortly
after Christmas and dumped his dlsmem- |
bered body, wrapped in oilcloth, near the
scene of today"s crime killed the hotelkeeper.
It was evident, though, from a halfemptied
magazine revolver of the auto- f
matic type found tightly clutched in the
victim's hand that he fought for hi? life
till the bullets and knives of his assailants
brought him down.
Girl and Man Saw Deed Done.
There were two witnesses to Barillo's
stabbing. Mildred Busch. a fifteen-year*
old girl, of X22 Lincoln road and a man
who happened to be passing. It was apparent,
though, after they had been
briefly examined by the police of the
Flatbush station that whatever they may
have seen has been scared out of tbelr
heads by horror of the assassination.
AH they could tell was that they saw ^
in the bright moonlight that lighted the t
road a gang of men?seven or eight at (
least, they say?leap from a dark clump ,
of bushes and fall on Barillo like a pack
of wolves. They heard Barillo's terrified !
squeal.and then saw his revolver spit fire.
The answer was a fusillade from the band i
of assassins, in the midst.of their knives 1
the hotel man sank into the road bleed- '
ing from a dozen wounds. 1
The first intimation of the murder that '
reached the Flatbush police station came I
from the Rev. F. X. Ludecke. a Catholic
priest. He ran breathless Into the station I
and told the police that he had been in- <
formed of the crime by a. neighbor. t
Object Not Bobbery. ,
Lieut. Kane, in charge, sent reserves
out to search the section, while the body j
a as brought into the station house. The .
police went through the whole district I
without turning up the slightest clue to
the slayers. .
From Hie fact that no trace of blood
was discovered it is adduced that none
of the assassins was hit by the bullets
from Barillo's revolver, though be evidently
fired several timee.
The dead man's watch and a considerable
sum of money was found on him.
Several letters written in Italian and
some of them addressed in the red ink
of the Blank Hand were In his pockets.
What connection these have with his i
murder is not yet established. When
they are translated it is believed they will
prove to be Black Hand missives. <
JOHN MITCHELL TO SPEAK. ?
Feature of Celebration of Boston j
Union's Anniversary.
BOSTON. August 13.? An interesting and '
spirited contest for the honor of entertain- t
ing next year's convention of the International
Typographical Union was waged to- <
day at the session here of the union, between
Minneapolis. St. Joseph and Seat- .
tie. It was expected that at the session i
tonight for the celebration of the sixtieth t
anniversary of the Boston union the 1
speakers would be John Mitchell of the .'
National Civic league and Gilford Pin- |
chot. United States forester. i
The Stereotvpers and Klectrotypers" As- <
sociation held business sessions during
the day. while the members of the La- c
dies' Auxiliary of the union visited Con- I
cord and Lexington. 1
NO HAND GUIDED TRAIN. [
Engineer Falls From Cab and la
Seriously Injured.
BATTLE tREKK. Mich., August 13.- r
With Engineer Charles Strang lying in- 1
jured alongside the track and the fireman ,
busy on the back of the tender the Grand t
Trunk flyer, eastbound, ran four miles t
yesterday afternoon with no guiding hand 8
at the lever and with the 200 passengers
in the coaches ignorant of the fact that
they were riding on a runaway train. ;
Finishing his work on the tender, the fire- r
man returned to the cab to find the engi- r
- i
iiuci a actti v av.uii*. ?
The fireman brought the train to a stop c
and backed it up until the engineer was a
found lying beside the track with his left c
arm and left leg broketi and one shoulder r
crushed and his skull fractured. It is sup- r
posed that the engineer lost his balance in a
leaning from a window or gangway to
look for a hot box. <j
He was taken to a hospital here, where <j
it was said there was a chance that he t
might recover.- t
Fourteen Hurt in Runaway.
CORRY, Pa.. August 13.?Fourteen per- [
sons were Injured. Mrs. Hilda Abbott seri- <j
ously, in a runaway accident last night, i
The entire party was returning in one ?
vehicle from a picnic when the driver lost
control of his horses and they dashed j
wildly down a steep hill. In the darkness c
they collided with another team, upset- 1
ting the wagon, bruising or cutting every
occupant. The runaway horses were ,
killed and the wragon demolished. I
American Schoolship in Spanish Port
CORUNA. Spain. August 13. ? The
United States schoolship Itasca arrived I
here yesterday. This is the first vessel of l
the American government to call at Co- t
runa since the Spanish-American war.
1 ? d
Mills in Oood Condition. i
BALTIMORE, Md., August 13.?Former 0
Senator Roger Q. Mills of Texas, who J
underwent a surgical operation at Johns f
Hopkins Hospital yesterday, was reported o
as being in a good condition this morning. 4, f
SUICIDE IS POPULAR
More Than One Every Week
Kills Himself.
MORE DEATHS BY VIOLENCE
Joroner Submits Annual Report to
Commissioners.
SHOOTING ROUTE MUCH CHOSEN *
Lsphyxiation and Poisoning Not Far
Behind?Accidents Due to
Many Causes.
Suicides and Chosen Routes.
Shooting 30
Asphyxiation l?t
Poisoning ].%
Drowning 8
High jumping 2
Hanging 2
Throat clashing 2
Unknown cause I
Total /. Wt
There Is a gradual increase in the numjer
of violent deaths and suicides in the
District each yeHr. according to the anlual
report of Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt
submitted to the Commissioners today
showing the operations of his office durng
the year ended June 30 last.
His report shows that there were 2.W
lolent deaths, 21 deaths due to accidental
joisonings and 08 suicides during that
>eriod. During the preceding year there
vere 237 violent deaths, 57 suicides and
3 deaths from accidental poisoning. The
oroner also investigated .%2.% deaths from
latural causes, an increase of 8 over the
>receding year.
Dr. Nevftt emphasized the number of
uicldes. He points out that there was
nore than on an average of one each
veek last year.
Shooting Most Popular.
As usual, the most popular form of selflestruction
last year was by shooting,
rhere were 'JO who ended their lives in
hat manner. The second favorite method,
iccording to the records, was by Inhaling
lluminating gas. By this means 16 persons
committed suicide.
Dr. Nevttt notes a coincidence in connection
with the suicides last year by
means of gynehots and gas poisoning,
rhe number of deaths by the former
means were the same aa during tfea previous
year. The number* of deaths from
jas were just the same.
There were eight suicides by drowning,
two by jumping, two by Ranging, two by
cutting throat.'two from opium poisoning.
lever: from carbolls acid poisoning, one
from alco-ollc poisoning, one from aquaimmonia
and one from unknown cause.
The report shows that of the twenty>ne
accidental poisonings, three were by
;arbllc acid, fifteen by gas, one by
botmaine, one mercury bichloride and one
jy strychnine.
In connection with the violent deaths.
>f which there were 255. it is noted that *
here is not one death caused by reckless
lutomoblle driving. In speaking of this,
roroner Neevitt said:
"This condition is pleasing to note. It
s a circumstance, considering the large
lumber of machines operated here, that
s a tribute to the carefulness of chauffeurs.
and conclusive evidence of the rigid
snforcement of the police regulations governing
the same.
Deaths by Violence.
The greatest number of violent deaths
were caused by what is scheduled as "aceidental
injuries, falls, blows, ets," which
;auses resulted in 72 deaths. There were
15 deaths by accidental drowning, 21
deaths from electric cars. 18 deaths froni
steam railroads, 23 from burns about the
body and head, 6 from being run over by
wagons and 3 from accidental gunshots
rhe other accidental deaths were caused
?y the various usual accidental methods
luch as smothering, strangulation, scalds
ind tetanus.
In speaking of the increase in violent
ieaths In the District. Dr. N'evitt raid:
"The number of violent deaths shows a
steady increase from year to year. Many
>f these cases demand an investigation
jefore a coroner's jury. These inquests
ire in marked contrast to those of seven
>r eight years ago. Circumstances today
equlre much more systematic and searchOg
investigation, which I believe have
>een conducted satislactorll.v to those di ectly
concerned, as well as to the general
government.
"It has been my purpose to divest this
?ffice of its useless customs, and I believe
hat its methods have been Improved accordingly.
The celerity and thoroughness
vith which criminal cases can he investigated
by coroner's Jury, and the groat imwrtance
of early testimony, I tiiink, are
;ully appreciated.
"There have been several caaes of death
?y anesthesia during the past year. The
nedlcal profession recognizes the serioua
csponsibillty attending tiie administraion
of anesthetics, and I advise an urge
hat only licensed physicians be permit
ed to act in this capacity. The elimlnaion
of grade crossings In the District ha*
irevented the loss of many lives and
!?rlniis accidents of various kinds."
Higher Wage for Morgue Master.
Accompanying: his annual report. Dr.
<evitt forwarded the annual estimates of
noney wanted by him to run his departnent
during the fiscal year commencing
fuly I. 1900. Dr. Nevitt asks for no inrease
in his own salary, which is $1.39*
l year, but urgently requests the Commisiloners
to increase the salaries of the
norgue master and assistant morgue
uaster from $"<? and a year, reipectively.
to ffwu and $720.
He explained that these men are on
luty practically twenty-four hours a
lay and are granted no annual leave and
hat the very nature of their duties makes
heir work unattractive to sober and cum>etent
men.
He also wants the CoVnmissloners to
trovide him a stenographer at SI.?hm> a
ear. He explained in asking for this ad.
Iltional help that a stenographer would
nsure a uniform and authentic record
if all proceedings before a coroner's jury,
ie concluded by .-taking for with
vhieh to hire a man So serve jointly as
lostler and laborer, and an appropriation
if ?t,:i00 for running expenses, such as
Ivery of horse, fees' for witnesses, pay
or jurors, making autopsies, etc. The
innrnnriatlnn for these mimeses for the
'?*!* "r * m
>re??nt fiscal year is only $3 "00, which,
)r. Nevitt says, is insufficient. .
Officers Shot From Ambush.
CHANDLER, Okla.. August 13-Sheriff
... E. Marlon and Deputy Sheriff Charles
'arker of Lincoln county were ambushed
>y sixteen negroes in a negro neighborlood
and both men were shot. They were
Iriving In a buggy when they were flred
ipon by the negroes. It l? reported that
ine negro was killed and another fatally
rounded before the shooting ceased." The
rounds suffered by the officers may prove
atal. Cftlsena are hurrying to the scene
if the shooting, and a race w?- nugr
oUow.