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VOL. II NO. 171
TONOPAH NEVADA, TUESDAY MORNING. OCTOHER s. 1907.
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Resumed! at G p'clpcK IL&st Evening.
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EMS SATISFACTORY TO BOTH SDPES
Great Credit Is Due Busi
ness Men's Committee for
Their Unflagging Efforts in
Bringing About Settlement.
Assistant Superintendent of
the Railway Mail Service
Drops Into Tonopah for the
Purpose of Moving the Mail
Assistant Grand Chief Wills
of the Brotherhood of Lo
comotive Engineers Is in
City to Look Into Matters.,
The clang of bells and the shriek
of, locomotive whistles were heard
again in Tonopah last night, after a
silence of seven days. Trains were
moving, lights were flashing in the
depot and yards, the familiar faces
of the employes were seen at their
posts of duty, the first regular pas
senger train went out at 11 o'clock
the strike was settled,
. The strained relations which had
existed between the railroad and
their employes had passed Into mem
ories. The settlement was effected
on the proposition submitted to the
men on last Thursday night In an
swer to their demandB. This was the
ultimatum of the company, and was
agreed to by the employes at the
time with the exception of the clause
relating to Conductor Cowan. The
men demanded the reinstatement of
the conductor; the company refused.
This has been the bone of conten
tion, although there have been other
matters Introduced and disposed of
since. Cowan made the way to set
tlement easier by withdrawing from
the fray, and letting the men carry
out the settlement on the original
lines. With Cowan out of the way,
there was nothing for the employes
to demand. The way to a final agree
. ment was made the easier by the
good offices of the executive com
mittee of the Board of Trade. They
worked like badgers for both sides,
and for the welfare of Tonopah. They
were at it all day Sunday and all
Sunday night, and when the meeting
of the committee of employes ad
journed early Monday morning, and
told them that they did not think
they could do aany more, they still
kept ou working. 1
The committee which had been or
iginally appointed by the citizens'
committee, remained active as re
quested to do by the citizens. This
comprised C. H. Mcintosh, chairman;
J. J. Degan and L. L. Mushett. These
were joined by J. J. McQuillan; R. P.
Punlap, Harry Epstlne, Roger Sten-
son, Richard Davis and R. C. Moore
These gentlemen had the settle
ment very nearly effected on Sunday
night, when the former employes
agreed to return to work in their
former positions, at their old stand
ing, and to eliminate Cowan from the
controversy. The company had first
made the proposition that the men
go back to work in their former
standing, with the exception of
Cowan, whd must not be considered.
In addition, It was stipulated that
two others must leave the service,
whose resignations would be accepted
Terms of Settlement
Railway Mail Service Official Acts
The strike was settled upon the following disposition of the de
mands of the men. The only proposition upon which the men and
the company could not agree on last Thursday night, when the
ultimatum of the company was given, was the reinstatement of
Conductor Cowan. This feature of the controversy was removed
by the withdrawal of Cowan from the , fight, and the terms were
resolved down to the following:
First That Railroad Forman of Engines Hardy be discharged.
Left for Investigation by the company and the committee of em
ployes, and if charges against Hardy be sustained, the company
to take action.
Second Relative to the hospital association. Company's prop
osition accepted. -
Third That Engineer Calvert and Fireman Donald be reinstat
ed. Same action as in Hardy's case. -.
Fourth That Conductor W. B. Cowan, who was discharged
for refusing to take out the ore train, be reinstated. Refused
by the company.,
Fifth-That the authority of Chief Dispatcher Cherry be defined.
Settled satisfactorily to both sides.
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3. S. Roberts, assistant superintendent of the Railway Mail Ser
vice, arrived from San Francisco yesterday, at the Instance of his
chief, A. H. Stephens, with instructions from him to determine
the cause of the delay to the mails, and to act accordingly. He
spent an hour in conference with the men, and told them that
the malls would have to go out on time, if it required a train
load of soldiers to accomplish the purpose. The men informed
him that they had in no wise interfered with the malls, and that
there was no danger of their doing , so. They had 1 refused to
handle the mail, but had Informed tha company that they had
no objection to their "doing so.
and who would be given clearance
cards so as not to interfere with their
getting work plsewhere. The men
agreed to accept this with the elim
ination of the stipulation, and the
executive committee of the Board of
Trade made a trip to the railroad of
fice to bear the message. But they
worked until 2 o'clock in the morn
ing and the company would not agree
to the proposition.
lT. S. Marshal Crlmmons and U. S.
District Attorney Sam Piatt came
here Sunday to Inquire Into the mat
ter of moving the mails. They went
from here to Goldfleld and were back
again yesterday morning.
Yesterday afternoon there arrived
from San Francisco, J. S. Roberts,
assistant to Superintendent A. H.
Stephens of the Railway Mall Service.
He had a conference with the men,
and told them that the trains had
to move with the mail; that the ob
ject of his visit here was to learn
what was delaying the moving of
the malls, and that the responsible
parties would have to take the con
sequences.
He did not call upon the railroad
'officials, and the men assured him
thaU they had refused to move the
mails, but had In no wise interfered
with their goinng out.
,"I told the men," said Mr. Rob
erts, last night, "that the mails had
to be moved according to schedule;
that there should be two. mall trains
going out each day, and that they
had to go out, If it took soldiers to
enforce their being moved. After
they told me that they had made np
attempt to Interfere with the ser
vice, they informed me that there
was a possible settlement under way,
so I did not go near the railroad of
fices." Acting Governor Dlckerson wired
to Sheriff Owens on Sunday, asking
if his presence was needed, that he
had been called upon. The sheriff
responded that everything was quiet
here, and that he would keep him
informed upon the result of the con
ferences. 1
There was another very Important
arrival yesterday afternoon. This
was H. E. Wills, assistant grand chief
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, who had been summoned
at Milwaukee, byi Grand Chief Wal
ter Stone from the headquarters at
Cleveland, to go to Tonopah. He
made Chicago that night, and left
the Windy City at 10 o'clock Thurs
day night. He came right through
as far as Beatty, where he took an
auto for Tonopah yesterday morn
ing. t
"I have jurisdiction only over the
engineers," said, he, "and I was In
conference with the men this after
noon. They told me that they had
not been called upon to go to work,
so had not refused to, do so at any
time. We very seldom have any com
plaints as to the action of any of our
men, and we always carr out our
agreements with all the railroads.
The union which fails to do so, after
signing an agreement. Is expelled
General Manager
Hedden's Statement
The strike has been settled
satisfactorily to both sides. The
men have returned to work,
and the incident is closed. I
prefer to let It rest at that, and
the company has nothing furth-
er to Bay.
3. F. HEDDEM,
Supt. Tonopah and Goldfleld
Railroad Company.
from the organization. This 1b as far
as we can go, but it is far enough.
"I shall remain here for several
days, and will fully investigate the
causes which led to the strike, and
the action that our men took in It.
There Is a method of procedure In
strikes, and the union that does not
observe It goes out of the organiza
tion. A strike cannot be called until
an investigation has been made and.
the matter passed up .to the' local
union for its vote. Two things are
sufficient cause for discharge by the
(Continued on Page 4.)
Official of Locomotive Engineers
.
H. C. Wills, assistant to the president of the Brotherhood of
, Locomotive Engineers, arrived here yesterday afternoon,1 coming
from Milwaukee to' Investigate the. causes of the strike, and the
action of the engineers In regafd to it.. When he reached here
the settlement was well under way, but he had a conference with
his men, and they assured him that it had been through no fault
of theirs that they had not gone to work. Mr. Wills will remain
here long enough to Investigate the matter, and It Is reported,
that the heads of the National Conductors, the Firemen and thl
Trainmen are on their way hither to Investigate the part that the
men ' of their respective organizations played In the strike.
M1LRQADS
Were Allies of the
STANDARD OIL
By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 8. Testimony' that railroads purchased their
lubricating oils rrom the Standard Oil Company at prices that
were higher than those of Us competitors was heard today in the
Federal suit for the dissolution of the so-called trust., Phillip Har
rison, manager of ,the New York Lubricating Oil Company,
which has engaged In a long strife with the Standard Oil Com
pany, in the lubricating oil industry, 'was on the witness staud
all day and testified that though the., products of his company
had proven satisfactory to the railroads and were sold at prices
under the Standard's figures, he railroads declined to renew
their contracts with the New York Lubricating Oil Company. Har
rison said he was never openly told by railroad officials why con
tracts were not entered into again, but had a well-defined idea
of the cause.
PASTOR TRIFLED
WITH HAN'S WIFE
SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 7. A sen
sation was caused In Seattle church j
circles today by the filing of a suit
against 'Rev. W. G. Jones, pastor of
the Immanuel Baptist church, by
Elmer E. Poole, manufacturing Jew
eler of Boston, who seeks to recover
$25,000 for alleged alienation of,hls
wife's affections. The papers were
filed In the superior court today by
Frank B. Wlestling, a local attorney.
Jones is one of the leading minis
ters of the city and ranks as one of
its most magnetic pulpit orators. The
alienation is alleged tp have occurred
In 1896 and 1897, when Jones was
connected with a Boston church.
The present Mrs. Jones was Miss
Mattle Horton, daughter of the pio
neer capitalist. Dexter Horton. Jones
was pastor of the Center street Bap
tist church of Boston. Mrs. Jones
said today that she had every confi
dence In her husband's integrity.
RACE IN ATTEMPT
TO SAVE LIFE
OMAHA, Oct. 8 To save the life
of the copper mine millionaire, W.
J. Ryan, of Butte, Mont., a special
Burlington train is tearing across the
country from Chicago to Butte with
Dr. Frank Billings, a surgeon of
Chicago, aboard. The train left Chi
cago on Sunday at 6:22 p. m.,
reached Lincoln, Neb., at 6:01 Mon
day morning, and Seneca, Neb., at
1:08 Monday afternoon. The Bur
lington officials say there Is no In
tention of trying to beat the records
on this run, but they are endeavoring
to get the train through Jn good run
ning time with absolute safety. The
condition of Mr. Ryan Is alarminp.
and no time Is to be lost in a su
preme effort of trying to save his
life. -
DEIWEMTES
Are in Pear of a Plot
TO DYNAM
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MOORISH SCLTAX XKKIS MOXKV.
PARIS. Oct. 7. M. Gaillard, the
French ronsul at Fez, thinks it is es-
! sential that France should make a
By Associated Press. , "
.. . DENVER, Oct. 8. A package containing fifty-one sticks of
dynamite was found by the police last night in a vacant lot In
the rear of Edward Chase's residence, 1402 Race Ptreet, this city.'
Search had been made after Kemp Btgelow, a clerk in a book
store, reported that he had overheard two men near the City Park
discussing a plot to blow up Chatte. Governor Buchtel and a num-
bei of other prominent citizens of Denver. A strong guard Is be-
Ing maintained at the home of Chase. He is very wealthy and for
many years has been at the head of a syndicate which controls
the policy shops and principal gambling houses in this oltv.
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loan to Sultan Abdul Azii, who be-ito meet the mwt urgent necessities
fore January 1 will need $1,000,000 1 and pay the army and ealds.