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VOLUME 65
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Storm Extends From East
Coast Clear Through
to Chicago
FIERCE WIND PLAYS
1 HAVOC WITH WIRES
Many Cities Are Without
Means of Communication
Trains Interrupted
Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 10.—A snow,
Bleet
and wind storm swept West Vir
ginia, a large portion of Ohio and west
ern and northern Pennsylvania yester
day, crippling all means of transporta
tion and seriously retarding wire com
munication. The storm which con
tinues unabated this morning, is said
to have been a contrary one as It
failed to follow the coast jumping over
mountain ranges, and engulfing a dis
turbance that had previously started
over the Lake Superior region.,
Duluth, Minn., Nov. 10.—Vessels are
arriving in the Duluth harbor today
from 10 to 15 hours late due to a storm
that is raging over upper Lake Super
ior. North winds of higher velocity
are expected today and a temperature
of about ten above zero.
Big Damage At Chicago.
Chicago, Nov. 10.—Damage done by
a tremendous surf along the lake
shore, driven in by the 50 mile gale
is estimated at hundreds of thousands
of dollars during the past twenty-four
hours, It
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BLIZZARD IS RAGING OVER
REGION OF THE BREAt LAKES
Early today the storm is headed
north from here toward Lake Brie.
An extraordinary snow fall is
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corded from all points available in
Ohio, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania.
The fall is from 10 to 16 inches w'ith
snow steadily continuing. Thousands
of miles of wires are prostrated, broke
by falling poles or trees scores of
towns were in darkness throughout
the night, train service was seriously
handicapped and trolley lines over a
wide area were practically out of com
mission.
Despite the suddenness and severity
of the storm, but one fatality was re-
hours late, the telephone lines to the
suburbs were carried down under the
..weight of the snow.' Twice 'a«r much
snow fell yesterday
aB.has
ever been
recorded at the local weather bureau
for the entire month of November.
Records. which have held for thirty
•four years were broken. The temper
ature dropped from 48 to 22 degrees in
less than* fifteen hours.
Lake Vessels in Distress.
Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 10.—The bliz
zard that has gripped the middle west
for 24 hours arrived here early today.
The city awoke to face a 70 mile an
hour gale that drive before it clouds
of snow and sleet. Trains from the
storm center west of here came in
covered with ice and from three to
seven hours, late.
No boats were sighted off the har
bor today and the wireless has been
unable to pick up any steamers on
Lake Erie for 24 hours so it was be
lieved that ample warnings of the
storm had sent all shipping to a safe
anchorage. It was reported from Long
Point, Ontario, that the steamer
Elphlcke which ran ashore three weeks
ago, was rapidly pounding to pieces.
Reports of another vessel in distress
In that vicinity could not be confirmed.
ascertained today. Two
hundred thousand dollars worth of
breaker waters and made land compris
ing the new Lincoln park yacht harbor
were undermined. Piers, seal walls
and piling were washed away all along
the lake front.
During the day the surf subsided
somewhat but a tremendous sea con
tinued and few vessels left Chicago
harbor. At Milwaukee, W}s„ a $30,
000 breakwater, part of the new harbor
project was destroyed and more than
that amount of damage was done to
shippirig.
Two deaths were reported here. An
tonion Supsuys and an unidentified
man were blown into the Chicago river
at different points and drowned.
The schooner C. J. Buys, laden with
lumber, which was in distress late yes
terdry oft the harbor, rode out the gale
in safety and was towed in today by
tugs. Four men of the United States
life saving crew were aboard having
been put on last night by the motor
life boat to assist the exhausted crew
of the Buys.
Gale Sweeps Lakes.
Detroit, Mich., Nov. 10.—The dis
astrous blizzard which swept Michigan
and the great lakes all day yester
day. and last night, subsided slightly
today. No serious vessel accidents
have been reported on the lakes but
the property damage on shore has
reached many thousands of dollars.
The telegraph, and telephone com
panies suffered greatly. Reports from
lake cities indicated that the gale was
the most severe November blow in
many years.
The United States lightship in Lake
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Pittsburgh Snow
Bound arid in the
Grip of Blizzard
Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 10.—
Still in the grasp of a blizzard
that for twenty-four hours has
almost entirely cut off the out
side world, Pittsburgh today is
floundering through almost a
foot of snow and making every
effort to repair the thousands
of dollars of damage and re
store lines of communication.
All suburb communities are
cut off from telephone com
munication and this crippled
condition extends throughout
West Virginia down the Ohio
valley and into the eastern part
of Ohio.
This morning there was only
one lame Western Union wire
west to Chicago and one east
as far as Altoona. The Postal
Telegraph had nothing it could
depend on to remain standing,
and all business was taken sub
ject to delay.
Throughout the city this
morning in almost every direc
tion was a vista of fallen trees,
stalled trolley, cars and a pic
turesque entanglement of
broken telegraph and telephone
wires covered with snow and
ice.
Every available lineman of
both telephone and telegraph
companies is being pushed to
his endurance to restore nor
mal conditions but representa
tives of the companies say it
will be days^before they will re
cover from the storm effects.
Huron, Just beyond
Trains Are Late.
New York, Nov. 10.—Trains from
the west were from one to seven hours
late in reaching New York today. The
Twentieth Century Limited, due at
9:40 a. m., was posted to arrive at be
tween 3:40 and 4:40 p. m. Other New
York Central trains were not serious
ly delayed.
Telegraph and telephone companies
reported today that the center of
wire demoralization was in and about
Cleveland.
Messages for Chicago were sent via
Atlanta, Memphis and St. Louis over
three wires in place of the thirty-six
which normally connect it with New
York. There was only one wire be
tween New York and Pittsburgh.
Western Union officials said the trou
ble was principally due to the blow
ing down of poles.
Practically all Pennsylvania railroad
trains due from the west were chalked
up from 1 to 7 hours late.
GRANGERS BEGIN
NATIONAL MEET
FARMERS OF THE COUNTRY ARE
GATHERING IN NEW ENG­
LAND FOR CONFERENCE.
Manchester, N. H., Nov. 10.—"This
convention will be the most important
in the history of the national grange,"
said National Master Oliver Wilson of
Peoria, 111., in discussing the ten days'
sessions of that body, which begins in
this city this week.
"There are many fundamentals to be
considered," he continued, "all perti
nent not only to the agriculturist but
to the whole people of this nation."
Among the subjects to be discussed
Mr. Wilson mentions federal aid for
road improvement, conservation of
natural resources, effectual regulation
of railroads and express companies
national system of agricultural credit
and international peace.
Several thousand grangers arrived
today from all parts of the country.
The convention will open tomorrow
evening with "welcome" meeting.
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St. Clair river,
.was blown from her moorings onto the
Canadian shore and partially wre&jted.
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Columbus, O., Nov. 10.—Under a
blanket of snow ranging from 20 inches
at points along Lake Erie to S inches
in the Ohio river section, this state
continued to struggle with the blizzard
which set in early yesterday. Crip
pled transportation facilities in all
parts of the state failed completely
today in many instances. Cleveland
was cut off practically from all the
world so far as telegraph and traction
facilities were concerned.
At Akron 20 inches of snow has
fallen. No railway trains have left
Akron since yesterday afternoon and
local street railways and interurban
service is temporarily abandoned. Sev
eral Erie passenger trains are tied up
in the yards at Akron and have no im
mediate .prospects of getting out.
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Government's^ Final Crop
Report Shows Up Better
Than the Estimates
HOLDOVER SUPPLY
TWICE THAT OF 12
Wheat is Shown to Be in
Excellent Condition for
Giving Big Yield
Washington, D. C., Nov. 10.—More
definite information as to the size of
the country's corn crop, which through
out the growing season suffered from
severe drought, was given today when
the crop reporting board of the United
States department of agriculture issu
ed its preliminary estimate of the
nation's total production in the Novem
ber crop report. Heretofore, the esti
mates of the corn crop have been bas
ed upon condition reports. The Novem
ber report, made up from reports of
agents and correspondents of the de
partments bureau of statistics and
issued at 2:15 p. m., announced also
the preliminary estimate of the total
production of buckwheat, potatoes,
sweet potatoes, flaxseed and tobacco
the yield per acre of each the aver
age farm price on November 1 of the
country's principal crops, and the
the amount of corn of the 1912 crop
remaining on farms November 1.
Details of the report follow:
Corn—Total production, prelimin
arily estimated, 2,463,017,000 compared
with 3,124,746,000 bushels last year.
Yield per acre, 23 tyushels, compared
with 29.2 bushel/s last year, and 27
bushels, the 10-year average. Average
farm price, 70.7 cents per bushel, com
pared with 58.4 cents last year. Quality
95.8 per cent compared with the 10
year average. Corn 'of 1&12 pjrop re«.
malning." on farms Nbverriber 1, •was
137,972,000 bushels, compared ifltji 64,
704,000 bushels.-of the 1911 crop re
maining on farms November 1, last
year.
Buckwheat—Total production, pre
liminary estimated, 14,455,000 bushels,
compared with 19,249,000 bushels last
year. Yield per acre 17.2 bushels, com
pared with 22.9 bushels last year, and
19.8 bushels, the 10-year average yield.
Average farm price, 75.5 cents per
bushel, compared with 65.5 'cents last
year. Quality, 95.5 per cent of the 10
year average.
Potatoes—Total production, prelim
inarily estimated, 328,550,000 bushels,
compared with 420,647,000 bushels last
year. Yield per acre, 88.2 bushels,
compared with 113.4 bushels last year,
and 96 bushels, the 10-year average
yield. Average farm price 69.6 cents
per bushel, compared with 45.5 cents
last year. Quality 99.3 per cent, com
pared with the iO-year average.
Sweet Potatoes—Total production,
preliminarily estimated, 55,760,000 bu
shels, compared with 55,479,000 bu
shels last year. Yield per acre, 95
bushels, compared with 95.2 bushels
last year and 91 bushels the 10-year
average yield.
Flaxseed—Total production, prelim
inarily estimated, 19,234,000 bushels,
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BIG GRME SEHK OPENS
Hunters Pouring Into The Northern
Woods By The Hundreds After
Moose, Deer and Bear.
Duluth, Minn., Nov. 10
the first day of the big game season
in Minnesota and Wisconsin and hunt
ers were out by the thousands. Moro
than 400 left Duluth during the night
and the range city poured houndreds
more into the game belt.
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Reports brought in from the woods
indicate that deer and moose are plen
tiful. Hunters and lumbermen say
the bag will be as large as it was last
year—a record year for deer, moose,
and bear.
ARBITERS FINISH
HEARING EVIDENCE
New York, Nov. 10.—The arbitrators
who will settle the wage disputes of
the eastern railroads and 73,000 con
ductors and trainmen, finished their
work today and anounced that a decis
ion would not be made public until to
night. No intimation was given of
what the award would be. From the
nature of the controversy a com
promise was expected.
HERMIT FOUND DEAD.
Oskaloosa, Nov. 10.—Marion Brown,
a hermit, was found dead in his shack
Sunday afternoon, about six miles
northeast of here. It has been impos
sible to determine the cause of his
death. Brown was a member of the
Fifty-seventh infantry and was 72
years old.
RECEIVERS ARE EXEMPT.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 10.—Re
ceivers of insolvent corporations are
not required to pay the corporation
tax imposed by the Payne-Aldrich law,
according to a decision today by the
U. S. supreme court.
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IOWA—Pair Tuesday warmer Tuesday. Sun rises, 6:40: sets, 4:49. LOCAL TEMP.—9 p. m.,' 24 7 a. m„ 16 2 p. m., 38 estimated max., 80.
President Puts a Quietus
on Widespread Rumors
of Intervention
DENIES RECEIPT OF
WORD FROM HUERTA
Says Further That No Time
Limit Has Been Given
Mexican Dictator
London, Nov. 10.—Walter H.
Page, United States ambassador
today presented to the British for
eign office another message from
President Wilson, the general ef
fect of which is that under no cir
cumstances will the president
recognize Provisional President
Huerta or any of his acts.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 10.—
President Wilson, it was learned
late today, Is giving serious con
sideration to raising the embargo
on arms. In his talks with sena
tors he has asked their advice
particularly on that point and has
been advised by most of them to
lift the embargo.
Mexico City, Nov. lO.-rOeneral Vic
tori&no Huerta's declaration to the dip
lomatic corps, in which he indicated
that he would retain his office until
after the holding of new elections, was
praised today by the Mexican press.
The newspapers declared that his
stand meets with the approval of the
Mexican people.
El Independente, under the caption
"Huerta is the only man capable of
solving the situation," points to the al
leged favorable attitude of Europe and
'Wilson's policy.
El Independente prints extraets from
London, Berlin, Paris and New York
newspapers and also quotes parts of
the speech made by Henry Lane Wil
son at Cleveland Nov. 8 when the for
mer ambassador criticized the policy
of the Washington government.
Quiet prevailed in the city today.
Wilson Makes Statement.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 10.—Presi
dent Wilson discussed the Mexican sit
uation today and cleared the atmos
phere of many reports as to the Inten
tion of the United States. He made
it clear that he had no intention at
present of' addressing congress, be
cause the situation was not in shape
for him to have anything to say and
that while certain representations had
been made to the Huerta government,
no reply had been received. He de
clared that no time limit had been set
for a reply from Huerta.
The president told inquirers he was
not ready to discuss recognition of the
Constitutionalists and that his oppo
sition to raising the embargo on arms
had not been changed.
Elections Void.
The text of the statement given to
the diplomatic crops at midnight on
Saturday by Huerta reached here to-
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MALOI^IS^HOSEN
FOR NEW YORK JOB
Washington, D. C-. Nov. 10.—An
nouncement waa made at the white
house today that the nomination of
Dudley Field Malone to be collector of
cu8t°mB at
New York will be sent to
the senate during the day. Mr. Malone
Is now third assistant secretary of
state and fought the Tammany ticket
in the last campaign. He is a son-in
law of Senator O'Qorman.
FIRE DESTROYS YACHTS.
New York, Nov. 10.—Twenty-five
tram buildings Include a number of
yacht, clubs was destroyed by fire to
day in the Sand bay section of Can
arsie in southeast Brooklyn. The loss
was $150,000
Jew is Acquitted
of the Charge of
Murdering Youth
Kiev, Russia, Nov. 10.—Men
del Beiliss was. acquitted today
by the Jury- which heard the
evidence by which the public
prosecutor hoped to fix upon
him the crime of ritualistic
murder of the Christian boy
Andrew Yushinsky. The trial
has occupied several weeks and
practically the whole civilized
"world has united in condemn
ing the Russian government for
what is believed to be persecu
tion of the Jews. Feeling runs
high in Russia over the trial
and riotings and attacks upon
the Jews are expected to follow
the Jury's verdict.
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OTTUMWA, WAPELLO COUNTY, IOWA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1913 NUMBER 195
TO RECEIVE BIDS
ON ISLAND LUMBER
GOVERNMENT WILL THROW OPEN
PHILIPPINE FOREST RESERVES
TO MARKET.
Wap' ^sttoh, D. C., Not. 10.—"Be
come a lilippine lumber king" Is the
criticisms^ of Presides! ,buxdea»~of an invitatidn extended, by
the bureau of insular affairs of the war
department to bidders who if success
fuf will have to, show a certified check
for at least $50,000 before they can go
to the islands and assume timber roy
alty. The government has 950,000
acres of timber containing approxi
mately two billion, board feet, which
it is anxious to have cut down and
marketed. It is willing to grant a 20
year concession.
"In the four princlpalties of forest
embraced in the area," said the bu
reau officials, "much valuable material
can be secured from even the least de
sirable type, and the most valuable
will, according to flgurf-s of the bureau
provide a handsome profit for compara
tively small outlay."
Ships From the Orient to,
Steam up the Mississippi?
The celebration is attracting much attention all over the country
and will be participated in by scores of prominent men. Secretary of
War Oarrison will be present, as will Secretary of the Treasury Mc
Adoo, the houso committee on rivers and harbors and the senate
committee on commerce. Gov. B. W. Hooper, of Tennessee and oth
er buslpess men from all over the south.
The lockj at opposite .end of the dam from the power house, Is
built against a rock bluff, and has a clear width of 60 feet. It Is about
300 feet long inside the gates. The lower gates are 59 feet high, the
highest single lift In the world. Bach leaf of the gates weighs 129
tons. The dam 1b 1,200 feet long, averages In height 52 feet, Is 11
feet 4 inches wide at the top and from 57 to 64 feet wide at the
bottom, according to depth of foundation. The power house is 66 feet
wide and 353 feet long. It contains fourteen turbin units, each cap
able of delivering 6,250 horse power, or a total of 73,500. The power
from this station will be carried to Chattanooga at 40,000 volts over
175 steel transmission towers, the line crossing the winding Ten
nessee river twice in order to maintain a straight course. A sub
station in the city, not far from the river bank, has equipment to
step down the current from the various uses to which it will be put
in this, the only city to which the company proposes to deliver
power. Completion of the Hale's Bar plant makes some 150,000 electri
cal horsepower available here, the balance being from the Ocoee river
plants of the Tennessee Power Co.
The prospectus declares the area
"presents ideal logging conditions' and
points out that China and Japan af
ford markets for virtually all the lum
ber produced. The successful bidder
for the concession must have funds
sufficient—not less than $70,000—with
which to begin work at once. The bids
rre to be opened in Manila, December
10 but the bureau expresses its will-1 a xtV" WHTTT pp
ingness to postpone the award until all
bids mailed here have been received in
the islands.
Message In Bottle Picked Up After
Long Journey Through North
ern Woods.
Spokane, Wash., Nov. 10.—Appar
antly a last message from a hunter, ill,
despondent and lost in the wilds of
northern Idaho, a note signed "R. Clay
Stone" and sealed in a medicine bottle
was found floating in the Spokane
river here today by a fisherman. The
note, which is dated August 12, 1913,
says:
"I am sending this message in this
bottle. Should anybody find It. have
same printed or write to R. L. Roban
ntt, Havana, Cuba, which was his last
address. I am sick and lost miles
from any one.
"This is a small stream. I have $150
on me, also my rifle, two bear skins
and watch. Should I be found, give
the money to the poor. Send watch
and rifle to my friend. Good bye to
the world."
The bottle evidently thrown into one
of the small mountain streams of
Idaho, has been three months on its
Journey to Lake Coeur d'Alene and
thence into the Spokane river.
GREW OF BARK MUTINIES
Revenue Cutter Leaves Port In Face
Of Gale To Rescue Skipper
From His Men.
New York, Nov. 10.—The U. S. rev
enue cutter Ithaca left New York iu
the face of the gale during the night
to the relief of Captain Townaend of
the bark, Bagna Reva, whose crew was
reported in last night's dispatches to
have mutinied soon after leaving Pbil
adelphia for the Pacific. The captain
I and his mate were said to Lave been
I made prisoners and the bark was
turned back to Dele ware bay. The
Ithaca should reach the back soiqetimQ
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Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 10.—An event which this city will cele
brate Nov. 13, in an elaborate way, presages the time when there
will be an uninterrupted navigation between all points on the Ten
nessee. Mississippi and Ohio rivers, and also between this section and
the Orient via the Panama canal.1After seven years of waiting, the
great project at Hale's Bar, thirty miles below Chattanooga on the
Tennessee river, including a lock built by the United States govern
ment, dam and power house erected by the Chattanooga & Tennes
see River Power Co., have been comp
wwl.
Next Thursday marks their dedict X"jarant. -73' openltfg, as
well as resumption of navigation on ti.-
8
has been suspended for some time on account 01
work. Many serious obstacles to navigation have been forev*™ .''it
orated by increase in depth of water for many miles above the dam.
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BEGIN ON RECORD
NEW YORK CHRISTIAN ASSOCIA­
TIONS PLAN TO RAI8E IM­
MENSE SUM.
New" York. Nov. 10.—^e ^img
Men's and Young Women's Christian
associates todar ^^*wefct: t*W»
paign tor raising th^ sum of
$4,000,000
in the record time of two wto»k»i The
start was signalized try a "world en
circling prayer" In which 2,000,000
members of the associations all
around the world were urged to Join
for one minute at 9 o'clock this morn
ing, New York time, for success of the
campaign.
Charles S. Ward, director general of
the New York movement, who is the
international secretary of the Y. M. C.
A has raised more than $20,000,0i00 for
the Young Men's Christian association
in North America in the last eight
years. The present campaign is the
largest he has ever undertaken. He
has organized a thousand volunteers
in ten committees of 100 each, the
committees being sub-divided in ten
teams of ten workers each.
Progress of the campaign will be
recorded on a 30-foot electrically
lighted clock on top of the Metropoli
tan tower and on a fifteen foot clock
at the top of a down town sky
scraper.
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TAX COLLECTORS
Washington, D. C., Nov. 10.—Appli
cations from persons who want to*
!help the treasury department collect
the $100,000,000 income tax, are flow
ing into the ofllce of Commissioner of
Internal Revenue Osburn at the rate
of 100 per day. Since the tariff bill
with the tax provision in it was signed
I by the president more than four thou
sand applications have been received
and they still are pouring in.
Deputy collectors, agents and minor
employes to be appointed to collect
the millions will number only about
400, so it 4s probable that more than
nine applicants in ten will be disap
pointed.
GARRISON SAYS THAT THEY
SHOULD ALL HAVE MILITARY
TACTICS.
Washington, D. C„ Nov. 10.—Secre
tary Garrison has discovered that the
agricultural colleges established under
2he Morrill act of 1862 have not been
living up to the law which requires
them to Include military training in
their curriculums in return for aid
from the public treasury. It is prob
able Mr. Garrison will make important
recommendation on this subject to con
gress next month in an effort to ob
tain a greater return to the govern
ment for the money it spends.
Secretary Garrison believes these
colleges should become training
schools for young officers for appoint
ment in a volunteer army in time of
war. He also believes the graduates
of these schools, properly trained in a
preliminary way during their course,
could serve with profit for a year after
graduating. Thus they would com
prise an excellent body of commis
sioned reserves.
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Striking Street
Effort Is Made to Burii
Lodging Place Used by
the Strikebreaker^
Oskaloosa. Nov. 10.—Mob rule
riot reigned supreme here for
hours late Saturday night and early
Sunday morning, resulting In great?,
property loss at the hands of thei^
rioters which will cost the taxpayers
of this city many thousands of dollars,
because of the destruction of, almost
the entire rolling stock of the local
traction company, whose .employes ar&
striking. For the space of five hour*
the city was entirely at the mercy of'
the mob that ranged between 1,000 an^
1,600 men and boys. Attorney Gen*
eral Cosson has been sent here by
Governor Clarke to make an Investiga
tion of the affair- and already moro
than 100 names have been secured
which will be turned over to a special':'
session of the grand Jury that has bRpnSfl
called for Tuesday to look into the*yi
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case and thoroughly investigate tha"^
cause of the riot and indict those re-^
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Service Out of Commission. .•,
So completely was the city at tha»{#
mercy of the mob that the police and^
Are departments, the cqunty pfflcers
to
,witb the mad crowd of destroyers.
She pillage of the rioters extended to
II of the rolling stock of the com«
pany. One car was completely de
stroyed by fire and another, a new
steel car that was on skidto belng,^
removed from the railroad car. was
burned. Only the steel shell and nrh
material as is not inflammablp in tbi
construction of the car was left. All
the other cars of the traction comonnv
had windows broken and were other
wise damaged. The street car service
is entirely out of commission and the
company is unable to use any of its
rolling stock. Today the management
is silent, as to its nlans for the future.
The lighting and heating service is
uninterrupted. The loss of the prdn
erty to the company can be recovered*
from the tax payers of Oskaioosa be
cause of lack of police protection.
Started
by
8trangers.
The riot started with the advent of
about a dozen strangers ahout the car.
barns late Saturday nleht. These
men began to hoot at and call the
strike breakers "scabs." So ouicklr
did the spirit of mob spread, that with
in an hour there were 1.500 men
crowded within the block between the
Lacey hotel and the citv hall. Who
the leaders were is not known as alt
seemed to be strangers.
In the fight, that ensued between the
rioters and the strike breakers, police
and citizens, six strike breakers were
so badly injured that surgical atten
tion was needed, and one of them tsy|
thought to have been nearly kllled.t™
Several citizens were hurt and the of
ficers aH show signs of the conflict.
Threaten to Burn Hotel.
Following the burning of a car that!
had been shoved a. ay from the busl-f^
ness district, the mob then turned wlth^
the Intention of attacking and settii
fire to the Harris hotel where the
strike breakers have been making
their headouarters. There were twen
ty-seven of the strike breakers witum
the building and they were desperate.
They were armed and prepared to de
fend themselves with firearms if neces
sary: The mob was only stayed by
the determined action of the police
wha announced that the first man
tod make a move toward entering
the hotel would be met with a
volley of bullets. For an hour the mob
and rolice stood at. defiance before the
building and then the former gradually
dispersed and finally disappeared.
The fire department when called to
flght the mob was met with repulse
afler repulse. Faster than the hos©
V" lpved the mob cut it and fin-:,
ally a false alarm calling the depart
ment to a part of the city far distant
from the scene of carnage, left th«
mob In control of the situation with
the police, county officers and citi
zens feebly resisting the wild destroy
ers. The fire department hastened'
bf'fr from the ph^ny call and were en
abled to plav sufficient water on the
steel ca^ that was being burned to
save other property adjacent before
the hose
waB
again cut.
Interest in the affair is at a high
pitch since the riot was quelled and the
coming investigation by the attorney
general and the special grand jury is
waited with expectation of what It will
reveal. The strike breakers all left
the city, vs.ftxp.
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Employes and Friends
Engage in Riot
POLICE POWERLESS
TO CHECK CROWDS
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