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Fear of Western Roads Strikes Kjiocks Stocks
Hill
METIS
UN JIT
May Bring Solution of
the Philadelphia Situa
tion-Pittsburg Support.
PHILADELPHIA, March 15.—
The committee of seven of the Unit
ed Business Men's Association, which
last week began a movement look
ing to the settlement of the general
strike, is still at work upon peace
plans.
Following a conference yesterday |
between the officials of the Traction
company and representatives of the
Central Labor union, the hope has
grown that a definite proposition is
about to be presented and that nego
tiations can be obtained for a speedy
settlement of the strike troubles.
President Mahon, of the carmen's
union, and three local labor leaders
began a conference with George H.
Earle, director of the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit company, this after
noon in another effort to settle th<
street car strike. It Is said that the
conference is proceeding In a more
hopeful manner than have previous
efforts at discussion.
PITTSBURG, March 13.—"Are
you Fn sympathy with the Philadel
phia brethren to the extent that, If
called upon, you would act In their
support?*
To this ballot, the exact signifi
cance of which is known only to the
men themselves, nearly three thous
and union motormen and conductors
of the Pittsburg street cars put an
affirmative answer tonight. From the
attitude of the men, it is believed
the vote they took meant more than
financial or moral support. It may
Include a "strike.”
ItOHIlKI) MAX HUHVIVKS
FURNACE AND FLY WHEEL.
Three .Masked Thugs Raffled by
Mere Chance From Destroying
Their Victim.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. March 15.—
Robbed and beaten by three masked
men, bound hand and foot and his
head thrust Into a blazing furnace,
from which he was withdrawn only
because the door was not large
enough to admit his shoulders, and
then placed on the flywheel of an
engine, which was afterward started
but from which he fortunately fell at
the first revolution, John G. Nelhert
Is in a pitiable and serrious con
dition, though It is believed that he
will recover from his terrible ex
perience.
Nelbert, who is engineer of Boyer
& Heard's grain elevator, went to the
engine room early this morning, as
usua'i, and started the fire. Very
shortly thereafter three men, be
lieved to be negroes, entered the
room and attacked him. He Is a
powerful man, and for u time kept
the trio at bay, but was finally over
powered and $10, all the money he
had with him, was taken.
His assailants then attempted to
hide their crime by creamating him.
Only his head could be forced
through the furnace door, however,
and this attempt was abandoned.
The robbers then placed the body of
the unconscious engineer between
the spokes of the flywheel and set the
engine in motion, evidently believ
ing that Neibert would be torn to
pieces.
But at the first revolution of the
big wheel the engineer slipped to
the floor, where he was found, still
unconscious, some time later. There
is no clew to the identity of the rob
bers.
• CANNON SAYS I‘I,K1>GKS •
• WILL HE MADE GOOD •
• SPRINGFIELD, Ills., March •
• 15.—Speaker Cannon In a let- •
• ter received at a meeting of Re- •
• publican editors here today re- •
• newed his attack on the “In- •
• surgents” and declared that all •
• pledges of the platform will be •
• kept by the Republican party If •
• It has the continued support of •
• the people. •
MEDIA TION PROPOSAL IS
ACCEPTED-WALK OUT
ORDER MAY BE AVERTED
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• CHI lU'll LigilDATORS •
• MARK FHKNCH SCANDAL*
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• PARIS, March 15.—The pub- •
• lie prosecutor has decided to In- •
• diet M. Duez, former liquidator •
• of church property, for forgery •
• and breach of confidence, which •
• charges involve criminal penal- •
• ties. Other actions are antiel- •
• pated. •
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Men Stand Ready to Obey Call**
Possible That Mediation Results
May Not be Jiwaited-The Issues
NEW YORK, MARCH. 15.—THE THREAT OE A STRIKE OF THE
FIREMEN AND ENGINEERS ON THE WESTRN RAILROADS DE
PRESSED THE STOCK MARKET TODAY. SHARES OF RAILROADS
IMMEDIATELY AFFECTED SOLD FREELY AND SUFFERED LOSSES
ONE OF PENNSYLVANIA’S
FAMOUS MOUNTED POLICEMEN.
Ability to shoot straight aial to ride hard and long are the first qualifica
tions for tneinla-rshlp in the famous state constabulary of Pennsylvania,
called upon for service during the street car strike In Philadelphia, the steel
workers’ strike at Bethlehem and other disturbances. Another necessary
characteristic of the troopers Is willingness to obey orders without thought of
the consequences. The troopers are a splendid body of men physically and
are ranked equal with the best of the world’s cavalrymen and mounted police.
W. B. Thompson and George Gunn
concluded their visit In the district
last evening, when at 9 o’clock they
left McGill with Mrs. Thompson and
daughter for Salt Lake.
Mr. i hompson said last evening
that he had found all and more thnn
he had expected In the way of activ
ity and progress In the district and
was very much pleased with the sit
uation from all view points.
The early part of yesterday after
noon was spent at Copper Flat by
the party, Inspection being made of
the stenm shovel pit and the work
being done. From Copper Flat they
went direct to McGill, where they
visited the reduction works and were
the guests of General Manager Lake
nan.
Both at the steam shovel mine and
at the reduction works, Mr. Thomp
son noted much advance since Ills
last previous visit, a year ago, and
was free In commendation of the
good work being done. He said that
he felt that the solid basis which has
been reached here In the successful
' operation of mines and reduction
1 work warrants more enthusiasm than
1 ever and assures a splendid future
> for the camp in all ways.
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• HOGS SOAK OVER •
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• THE $11 MARK 6
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• CHICAGO, March 15.—The •
• price of live hogs passed the$ll •
• mark here today, several car- •
• loads selling at $11.05 the hun- •
• dredweight. •
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MINERS ARE"
WAITING ON
SCALE MEN
('INI INNA I'l, O., March 15.—Con
trary to expectation, the spe
cial convention of the United Mine
Workers of America organized In this
city today without anything definite
in view-. This state of affairs has
been brought about through the fail
ure of the sub-scale committee of the
Joint conference of the miners and
operators of Ohio, Indiana and west
ern Pennsylvania, to reach an agree
ment regarding the wage scale .for
the coming tw’o years.
l'he convention adjourned today
subject to the call of the chairman
which will be Issued when the scale
I committee of tne joint conference Is
1 ready to report.
of from one to three points during tlie
morning's transactions.
WASHINGTON, March 15,—Me-'
dial ion under the Krdimtn act has
been requested by the railroads inter*
est«>d in the controversy that has
arisen between tlie conipaniifi operat
ing westward out of Chicago and
their Hremen and englnemen. The
request will be granted.
CHICAGO, March 15.—Mediation
under the Erdman act was formerly
accepted today by the committee of
officials of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen and Engineers.
In taking this action which came
I after the receipt of a telegram from
chairman Knapp, the committee stip
ulated that the mediation pro
ceedings must be speedy, or they
would not be accepted by the men
employed on the 4 7 railroads In
\ N .d.
The day and hour of calling the
strike of the firemen on the western
railroads was decided upon by the
union officials today, but the com
mittee adjourned until tomorrow
i without announcing the time.
President Carter of the Union said
he believed the committee would or
j der the strike regardless of the me
I diatiun proposal which has been
I made to Washington and granted,
but this remains to be seen when the
committee reassembles tomorrow.
"The strike has been called -that
much is certain,” said Mr. Carter.
"It means that not only 25,000 fire
men, members of our union will go
out, but that perhaps many more em
ployes will be thrown out In conse
quence.
"We notified the railroads the
men had voted to strike and that we
were prepared to call a strike unless
we were granted arbitration of all
questions in dispute. The railroads
refused to arbitrate anything but the
wage question.
i SEATTLE, March 15.—Superin
! tendents of the Northern Pacific,
i tlreat Northern and Chicago, Mil
waukee & Puget Sound railways said
today that their only information of
the impending strike of flreiqen was
contained in the news dispatches.
However, the firemen on all the
Northwestern roads are ready to
quit when ordered.
The controversy which has been
under discussion for more than six
weeks involves forty-seven railroads
operating west, northwest and south
west of Chicago and embraces about
150,000 miles of track.
It has been stated by both sides
that if a strike were called it would
tie up practically every freight and
passenger train between Chicago and
the Pacific coast.
Points in dispute are:
Increase in wages demanded which
the union officials say would amount
to about 12 1-2 per cent, but which
the railroads assert would amount
to 22 per cent.
The right of the unions In question
to representation when a fireman has
been promoted to an engineman or
to another capacity over which an
other union claims jurisdiction.
Questions of seniority or the pro
motions of new men over old-time
employes.
The railroad managers' committee,
composed of ten of the general man
agers of western railroads and head
ed by W. C. Nixon, general manager
of the St. Louis and San Francisco
road, already had agreed to submit
the wage question to arbitration un
der the Erdman act, but had declined
to arbitrate the other tw'o points on
the ground that they were matters
of discipline and could not be arbi
trated.
The union officials on Sunday sent
what they called an ‘'ultimatum" de
claring that if all three points were
not submitted to settlement by arbi
tration, a strike would be Inevitable.
The railroads today Informed Mr.
tarter that notwithstanding the
strike possibility they were determin
ed to stand pat, refusing to arbitrate
anything but the wage question.
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• THE MARKETS. •
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• NEW YORK, March 15.— •
• Lead dull, $4.60 to $4.50. Cop- •
• per dull, 12% to 13%. Silver •
• 51%. •
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• CHICAGO, May 15.—May •
• wheat closed at $1.13%. •
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NEVADA TELEGRAPH URIELS.
Falling under a circular saw with
which be was cutting wood, W. F.
Everett, an old Comstocker, lost a
foot at Reno.
A. J. Pullman, aged 73, pioneer of
Nevada and for many years a mer
chant in Elko and Eureka counties,
is dead at San Jose.
E. J. Teaffe, of San Francisco, has
contracted to pay P. L. Flanigan, of
Reno, $100,000 upon delivery of all
sheep born to Flanigan flocks this
spring.
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
The convention of the department
of superintendence of the national
educational association has conclud
ed its sessions at Indianapolis.
His statements discredited, Chris
tian Keppler, who told the Cincinnati
police that he was implicated in the
assassination of Empress Elizabeth
of Austria, was released.
A freight collision due to a heavy
fog on the Illinois Central railroad
near Decatur, 111., resulted in the
death of three men and the injury of
several others.
Subpoenaed as chief witness
against county commissioners indict
ed at Tiffin, O., on charge of graft,
Walter Dagen, 50 years old, commit
ted suicide.
It is rumored that 84 coal mines
in the New ttiver district of West
i Virginia with an annual output of
8,000,000 tons will be controlled by
I a single Washington selling agency.
Thaws have destroyed all the Ice
gorges in Ohio streams and con
ditions are normal, except that farm
ers have gained rich new soil on in
undated lands.
Fifiteen-year-old Nita Plucer was
probably fatally wounded in New
York by Janon Vamosky, a tailor,
who fired into a crowd of children
who were taunting him.
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I
KHARTUM, March 15.—Invita
tion to return to his home land by
way of the Pacific shore was extend
ed Col. Roosevelt In a petition from
chambers of commerce of Kansas
City and other western cities today,
being presentel by F. G. Bonfils, of
uenver. Mr. Roosevelt said his en
gagements Included his presence at
the marriage of his son, Theodore
Jr., to Miss Eleanor B. Alexander
next June, and that this would pre
clude return by the Pacific coast.
He said, however, that he hoped to
visit Denver and Cheyenne In Aug
ust.
Bent on making the most of their
brief stay in this capital of the
Egyptian general government of Sou
dan, the Roosevelts were early astir
! today. On a sightseeing trip the
party occupied a carriage drawn by
a handsome pair of horses and eseort
•ed by two Egyptian lancers.
The tentative plans of the Roose
velts provide for their departure
from here on a special train Thurs
day night. On the way to Cairo a
stop of one day will be made at As
sstian in Upper Egypt, and tw'o days
will be given over to other points.
PARIS, March 15.—Ex-President
Roosevelt has telegraphed that he
will not arrive in Paris before April
25th at the earliest.
They announced that if all the wage
demands were granted, other rail
road unions would soon demand sim
ilar increases and that this virtually
would bankrupt the roads.
“We have figured it out and It
w’ould mean a deficit of more than
four per cent par annum to every
road granting the Increase,” said O.
L. Dickeson, assistant to the presi
dent of the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy road.
Government Contentions
in Support Taft Measure
Before Supreme Court
WASHINGTON. March 15.—This
was the government’s day In the
hearing by the Supreme court of the
United States to substantiate Its
claim that the Standard Oil organiza
tion should be dissolved. Frank B.
Kellogg opened the address on be
half of the government.
The government's defense of the
constitutionality ot the corporation
tax provision of the new tariff law
was submitted today In printed form
to the Supreme court of the United
States. It is the w-ork of Lloyd W.
! Bowers, solicitor general, but bears
the signature also of his chief, At
torney General Wickersham. TTpon
it the government will shape Its oral
defense of the law when the corpora
tion tax cases come up for argument,
probably Tuesday.
No authority exists, Mr. Bowers as
; serts, that holds or "even suggests”
I that the United States cannot tax the
franchise of a state corporation, es
tablished for ordinary business pur
poses, on the theory that' such Fed
eral tax will interfere with the legis
lative independence of the states In
their own sphere.
"It does not follow and Is not
true,” he contends, "that the United
States may not by taxation burden
or hamper the operations of state
law, because the state may not by
taxation burden or hamper the oper
ation of a law of the United States.”
This statement is explained on the
ground of the asserted supremacy of
each power., of the National govern
ment over all powers of a state when
ever the two meet.
One reason assigned for exempt
ing individuals and partnerships
from the corporation tax provision
is that they are without the aid of
the legal rules applicable to corpora
tions and joint stock companies.
Both reason and authority. It Is
claimed, justify the exemption of cor
porations whose net income is not
over $5,000.
PENSION BILLS AT FLOOD TIDE.
Penrose Offers One Practically
Doubling Many Itatrs.
HAGERSTOWN, Md., March 15.—
—The increase in the cost of living
would not be a marker to the In
crease in the cost of pensions if ail
the bills for boosting the latter that
are being introduced in congress
these days should become laws.
The explanation of the pension bill
phenomenon is the fact that a con
gressional election is scheduled for
this fall.
A specimen bill to boost pensions
was introduced today by Senator
Penrose. It provides that, for the
loss of a hand or foot, a $60 per
month pension shall be allowed; for
the loss of au arm at or above the
elbow or a leg at or above the knee,
$70; for the loss of an arm at the
shoulder or leg at the hip Joint, $75;
for the loss of both hand and foot,
$100; for loss of both hands and
feet, $125. These are about double
the present rates.
ATTELL AND DRISCOLL.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 15.—
Promoter Coffroth last night signed
Abe Attell and JameB Driscoll, of
England, to fight 25 hounds at
Colma on the afternoon of July 2nd,
at weight of 126 pounds.
• Cl'DAHY CASE IS •
• CONTINUED IN COURT •
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• KANSAS CITY, March 15.— •
• At the request of City Attorney •
• Case, John F. Cudahy, the mil- •
• llonalre clubman charged with •
• attacking Jere F. Lillis, banker •
• of this city, was ordered con- •
• tlnued In the municipal court •
• today, neither Cudahy nor Lll- •
• lis being present when the case •
• was called. •