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PPpjW-JgJl-l-lBiBIPy n iwiftiite mik? ESTABLISHED 1836 MT. VERNON, 0., TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1910 No. 17 PRICE TWO CENTS She IfteW Q i ' , W y OR STRIKE Gomes After Day of Disorder. QUAKERS ARE RIOTOUS Boy Killed Wbcn Streetcar Is Derailed by Mob. MANY PERSONS ARE INJURED Unless Transit Company Agrees to Arbitrate By Saturday, 95, 000 Toilers Will Join Army of .' Unemployed and Will Attempt to Force Settlement Through t Public Opinion. Philadelphia, Fob. 28. By an al most unanimous voto union labor In this city votod to back up the strik ing raotorracn and conductors In their fight against the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company." The Central Labor union, aftqr a secret meeting of 600 delegates, voted for a general Btrlko to go Into effect next Saturday. Tho decision of the union bosses followed a daj of continuous rioting In which a boy was killed and CO per sons ljjrt. The trouble spread over tho soutticastchi 'sccito'ndf the city and flared up generally wherover po Uco protection was Inadequate. It was ono of tho worst days Philadel phia has suffered slnco tho employes of tho P. II. T. walked out. The order for a general sympathetic strike was determined on as tho only means to forco tho Rapid Transit company to arbitrate with Its men. Tho heads of unions allied with tho Amalgamated, tho carmen's, declared frankly that their principal purpose was to make tho P. R. T give In. Their roaaon for postponing the strike until next Saturday was that tho com pany may be forced by'publlo opinion to agree to arbitration. In that event the general strlko order will be re scinded. Individual Unions Must Vote. The action Of tho Central Labor union puts It up to the Individual unions to voto whether they want to strike. As a matte of fact, most of them have already voted to go out It Is not believed by any means that all of the union laborers Included In tho membership of tho affiliated unions will quit, even If tho P. R. T. refuses to bo Influenced, but the situ ation Is sufficiently alarming to cltl tens, who are wearied of tho Inces sant vlolenco and tho consequent dis credit brought upon the city. Tho danger.1 lies In this, that tho striking carmen will have the active help of perhaps 95,000 idle men, a restless, dissatisfied forco that may produce far raoro disorder than tho lty has yet seen. Tho resumption of rioting was caused largely uy mo cer tainty that a general strike order would bo tho result of tho labor meet ing. Tho prospect of powerful aid mado tho strikers and their pympa fthlzers raqre dangerous than they Uavo been at any tlrao slnco tho state sonstables appeared In tho city. Today efforts will be renewed to persuade tho Rapid Transit company to modify Its attitude, and to agreo at least to arbitrate differences that may proporly arise between employer and mpIoye, that Is to say, tho question f pay, hours of work, and ono or two minor differences. Tho clergy men of tho city 44H-tfcnow their offors and tho matter will bo takon up by Associations of business men. Balked by One Man. It became known that tho Rapid Transit very nearly agreed to tho plan of tho clorgymon proposed on Friday last for a board of arbitration to consist of soven representative cltl sens. It was so near, Indeed, that a itatoment agreeing to tho plan had been drawn up and wn!s awaiting sig natures. President Kruger was for it, o was Vice President Wolf, the di rectors had agreed that It was tho oourso that seemed wisest, and Gen eral Counsel Ballard and Mayor Hey bum had given their approval. But ono man Intervened. George H. Carlo, Jr., ono of the city represen tatives on tho board of directors, would havo none of Jt. The lower southeast was ablaze ORDER F GENERAL GOES FORTH with trouble all day. Slnco tho' com ing of tho state constables tho dis contented and disorderly havo been iverawed. Tho news I hat a sympa thetic strike was to be called to club tho Rapid Transit company Into sub mission gave tho brlck-throwers nerve enough to start bombarding the care again. Along Fifth and .Sixth streets, where trunk lines of the P It. T. run, thousands of people lined the side walks, hooting tho nonunion motor men and conductors, and occasionally throwing a stone. Sometimes the troopers hud to be summoned to freo cars that had been hold up. 11$ the troopers couldn't bo everywhoro at once. They were patrolling a wIdo stretch of territory and tho mobs took advantage of their difficulties. The peril of running cars on Fifth street was so great that motormen, In passing: Jackson street, whero the crowds were massed thickest, gavo their cars full speed nnd went zipping through a lanu of jelling strlko sym pathizers. The gauntlet began at Dickinson Btreet and ran as far as Jackson street. Hardly a car camo without smashed windows. Passen gers wene forced to throw tbemselcs flat on Via floois. Several woro cut by glass that Hew from the broken windows. Too Busy Dodging Bricks. A southbound car turned cast at Jackson street and the conductor was in such a hurry to dodge bricks that ho failed to throw back tho switch. After tho car had gono on someone placed a piece of wood In the switch to hold It open. There wero three passengers on the car following. It was attacked so viciously at Dlckln son street that tho throo threw them selves on their faces. Stones and bricks crashed through tho windows. A pollcenup on tho front platform, stiuck with a brick, fired Into the crowd, but hit nobody. Tho motor Kan twisted his controller over and ,the car shot ahead at full speed. It was getting dark. The motorman failed to notice that tho switch was nlocked open. The car tcok the switch with a terrific sag and Jerk, righted Itself, shot ahead the length of tho switch, bounded across a sidowalk and drove Into the wall of a store at tho southeast corner of Fifth and Jackson. Tho Impact was so heavy that tho wall gavo way, letting the nosq of tUe car Into tho store. Tho motorman and conductor Jumped be fore tho smash, but the policeman was caught and Injured. Charles Mc Kenna, a 10-year-old boy, could not fget out of the way and was pinned between the car and tho wall. Ho died half an hour later In (-no Metho dist hospital. . John E. Frederick was crushed In the same wa and can notN survive ms injuries, tub omers wno wero hurt seriously aro threo boys, Abraham SklnskI, Raymond Trainer and Edward Moore. A boy and two women In tho storo narrowly escaped death. The car whirled a heavy coun ter from Its placo. The women and tho boy were caught behind the coun ter They were squeezed, but not hurt. . It required 12 policemen to clear the street. Reckless Spirit Prevails There wero riots along GIrard ave nue, In West Philadelphia, and In tho southern part of tho city. A spirit of recklessness was plainly evident be fore actual disturbances took placo. In these sections tho approach of a streetcar was tho signal for yelling, In which women took part as well as men. Tho troopers of tho state police charged theso crowds tlrao and time again. Tho constables wero on tho galop for hours, riding in answer to trouble calls from widely separated points. It was seldom that tho crowd resisted their orders to dlgpersa, but after tho troopers had galloped on tho peoplo roassembled. Driven from one position tho troublemakers took up another. It was apparent that they did not Intend to leave tho streets and that they wore waiting for things to happen. Clubfied out In ono place, disorder started In another. A ERVIN HAS SUBSTITUTE Republican House Leader Ready With Tax Commission Bill. Columbus, O., Feb. 28. As a sub stitute for tho Langdon tax commis sion bill, which has aroused the oppo sition of corporations, Ropresontatlve Edgar Ervln, Republican floor leader, will offer a measure to create a sin gle tax commissioner to bo clothed with practically all tho duties pro posed to bo given tho threo tax com missioners In tho Langdon bill. The knew measure will not bo as drastic as the Langdon bill, especially In tho taxing of corporations. In this re spect tho Ervln bill will let them down much easier. Tho Langdon bill oxtonds tho Nichols law method of taxing both tangible .and Intangible property to railroads, whllo tho Ervln measure will not contain this foaturo. PHILADELPHIA STREETS DURING BIG TROLLEY MEN'S STRIKE. i cm own Trjnwp Injury to life nnd limb and damago to property, marking the progress of the .strike called In Philadelphia by disaffected emplojees of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company, which operates all the tiolley cars of tho city, wero blamed upon a dispute between two rlnl labor oignulzntlons, the Amalga mated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees nnd the Key stone union. The former association doclaied that the company was backing Its tlval In ouler to disrupt tho men's organization, but this was denied by the otllcluls of tho company. HI MARSHAL'S OFFICE UNDER INVESTIGATION Columbus, O, Feb. 28. Gotornor Harmon gavo to tho Beatty graft pro bers tho cash books of tho Ruggles Gale company and other evidence ob tained by him last summer during his Investigations of tho alloced Irregu larities in the state ilro marshal's of fice. State examiners immediately began to look through thorn to ascer tain whether there was any grafting of state money during tbo administra tion of Hy Davis, now United State3 CONFERENCE Peru, 111., Feb. 28. Failure of tho Illinois Miners' scale committee to agree on a list of their demands to bo presented to the Illinois operators and the Improbability of arriving at any such agreement until late next week, caused a postponement of tho pro posed Joint conference. POTPOND iUARD IS EXONERAT Columbus, O., Fob. 28. After a thorough Investigation Coroner Hanes returned a verdict of Justiflablo homi cide in the case of Harvey Johnson, tho negro desperado who was killed by Guard Florence Rader while en gaged In his third spectacular attempt at cscapo within a year. Johnson was serving a llfo sontouco for bur GAS FUI FIndlay, O., Feb. 28. Wllholm Wag ner, 47, unmarried and living alone was found asphyxiated by natural gas Ho had been dead for sovoial days and his fuco was discolored and as black aa coal. KILLED BY op rwcts WVrzz marshal Tor the northern district of Ohio. Tho Ruggles Gale books indicate. It Is said, that commissions wero paid during the Dal3 administration by tno firm to an emploje ln( tho office as a reward for purchasing supplies. The books will uncover leads Into the railroad commission's office and to tho stationery department of tho sec retary of state's ofPco during tho ad ministration of L. C. Laylln. " - Now York, Feb. 28. August Bel mont, tho banker, and MHs Eleanor Robson, tho actress, announcement of whoso marriage early in March was made recently, btole a march on their friends by securing a marriage li cense and halng tho ceremony per formed quietly at tho homo of tho brldo's mother In this city. BANKER WEDS ACTRESS FOR KILLING CONVICT glarizing Inhabited dwellings, having pleaded guilty to numerous crimes In this city. Ho had a long criminal ca reer, having served tlmo In the Boys' Industrial school at Lancaster, tho Mansfield reformatory and a flvo-year toim In the Ohio penitentiary. Ills father, who Uvea In Chllllcothe, did not claim tho body, and It was turned ovor to a medical college. NEARSIGHTED Zanosvllle, O., Fob. 28. Tho Civic league Issued an open letter to Mayor Gorroll, offering to show him or any of.hls police offlcors at least 20 places In Zanesvlllo whero tho Roso law ifl bolng violated. Tho mayor has not accepted, but tho Increased agitation has revived rumors of n 1I . MAYOR I SLATER GIVES BOND Columbus. O., Feb. 28. After a week In Jail Former State Supervisor of Public Printing Mark Slater has been released from Incarceration. Ills bond for $5,000 was signed by Former Probato Judgo Lorenzo D. Hagcrty and Thomas J. Bergln, a wholesale liquor dealer of this city, and Robert M. Brumbaugh of Dayton. His short age la now given out a3 $45,000. TAKES TUMBLE Woostor, O., Feb. 28. Arthur Ham mond of Crcston, inentor and con structor of a flying machine, mado an effort to fly. The flyer went a little higher than at a former trial several months ago, and likewise came down harder. Tho apparatus was wrecked, whllo Hammond sustained many se vere cuts and bruises. 4 DOES NOT MINCE HIS WORDS Plnchot Boldly Declares Ballinger Be trayed People's Trust. Washington, Feb. 28. Charging that Secretary Ballinger has been un faithful to tho public, whoso property ho has endangered, and to President Taft, whom he deliberately decolvod, Foimor Chief Torostor Gilford Pln chot went to the witness stand In tho Ballinger Investigation and opened a fight on Mr. Ballinger that promises sensational developments. Mr. Plnchot did not mlnco words In going after Secretary Ballinger. He accused the secretary of falsifying and declared It would bo proved that ho had been recreant to his trust as a public servant. EDUCATIONAL SUPERIN- TENDENTS CONFER Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 28 The lob by of tho Claypool Hotel, which Is the headquarters of the annual convention of the department of superintendence of tho National Educational Associa tion, was thronged today with promi nent educators who have come from all parts of the country to attend tho meetings. Secretary Irwin Shepard expressed the opinion that several thousand educators would bo In at tendance. The sessions will begin to morrow and will continue until the end of tho week. Tho differences of children in mental alertness, moral responsibility and mental attitudes, tastes and tendencies aro the chief topics scheduled for discussion. There will also bo special sessions for the discussion of Industrial education. To morrow night tho convention is to bo addressed by Senator Beverldge. Ok lahoma has sont a largo delegation in an effort to influonco the selection of Oklahoma City as the meeting placo for tho general convention of the Na tional Educational Association next year. DEMOCRATS MAY NOT INVITE BRYAN Washlugton, D. C, Feb. 28 State ments mado by members of the coin mltteo In charge of arrangements for tho big Jofforson's birthday banquet to bo given in this city In April Indicate that William J. Bryan is likely to bo overlooked when tho Invitations are sent out. It is hoped to secure Gov ernor Marshall of Indiana, Goy. Har mon of Ohio and Mayor Gaynor of Now York as tho chief speakers. NEW THEATRE IN INDIANAPOLIS Indianapolis, Ind., Fob. 28 Tho Mu rat Theatre, ono of five new play houses to bo constructed In Indianap olis tho past few years to bo devoted to regular theatrical pertprmnnces, opens for tho first tlmo tonight with tho musical comedy, 'Havana," as tho Initial attraction. Tho now playhouse, which Is to bo under tho management of tho Snuborts, Is declared by theat rical men to bo ono of tho best appoint ed as well as ono of tho largest thea tres in tho coutnry. avator BUCKEYE WET Heavy Rains And Menace Many Tow People In Fremont, Sandusky And Biter HMera Cities Remove To Higher Ground-Lafci Shore Electric Trafiic Halted Dayton Police Reseue Lone Fisherman-Lancaster And Hamilton Report Serious Conditions-Ohio Rising Rapidiy Cleveland, 0 Feb. 28. Northern Ohio by this evening will be In tho grip of a disastrous flood unless a sudden drop in the temperaturo halts the melting of snow and tho rainfall, which has been steady for 36 hours. Al ready thousands of dollars damage has been done by the flooding of low lands In Fremont, Sandusky, Huron, Akron, Bucyrus, Canton and other cltle3, ani the rlcrs continue to rise. Hundreds of families have fled their home3 in Tremont and Bucyrus. In Fremont merchants hae boarded up their business places, removing their Btock3 to higher ground, whilormanu facturers havo moved valuablo ma chinery. The Sandusky river is at the 15 foo' stage in Fremont, flvo feet above the danger line. Tho water Is three feet deep In State street, Fre mont, and traffic on tho Lake Shore electric Is baited. - In Sandusky the rising of Mills creek has halted Lake Shore electric service. The Huron river is rising and the town of Huron Is threatened, the wagon and Interurban bridge in Huron being In momentary danger of being carried away. Sandusky cellars are flooded and families are fleeing their homes. In Akron the lowlands are flooded by the rising of the Little Cujahoga and the Cuyahoga rUers. Lancaster Lowlands Floodtd. Lancaster, O., Feb. 28. The low lands surrounding this city are flood ed from the rain that has been stead ily falllug for the past 24 hours. In the western part of tho city people were compelled to leave their houses In boats. Tho ball park Is three feet under water, nush creek Is rljylng havoc at North Ber.no and New Lex ington, whore the water has entered the depot. All traffic on the Cincin nati & Muskingum Valley railway has been suspended, as numerous wash outs are reported. Rescue Lone Fisherman. Dayton, O., Feb. 28. The rapid and continual rise of the Great Miami and Columbus, O., Feb. 2S. Expert Ac countant Edward T. Homer, ar30clat ed with Attorney General Denman and Attorney H.J. Booth In tho state treasury suits, haa completed his work In the office of the auditor of state. During tho administration of Former Auditor of Stnte Walter D. !Y TRAIN Akron, O., Feb. 28. Tho body of Robert Fitch, son of Alexander Fitch of Fredericksburg, was found mangled on tho railroad tracks, throe miles south of Barberton. MANGLED STATE ALL Melting Snow tributary streams at this point causes much apprehension in tho city and low farm lands. A report reached po lice headquarters that Charles Brum baugh, wbo. oblivious to tho sit uation, had teen Ashing on an Island In tho Miami, was surrounded with water. Two policemen who had vol unteered to take Uto dangerous canoo trip amidst floating lco fnd drift saved Brumbaugh, who was up to his waist In water. Saving Feature at Columbus. Columbus, O., Feb. 28. Cclumbua Is facing today what may easily de velop Into a serious flood situation The saving point will be the' low stago of tho rivers when the riso began. But this may bo more than nullified by the fact that the expected cold spell probably will not materialize, at least sufficiently to check the run-off of the watqr aid the consequent rise of the riveft. Booming at Cincinnati. Cincinnati, O., Feb. 28. A constant downpour of rain during 24 hours past has set the Olilo river and lta local tributaries, the Licking and Lit tle Miami, booming to an extent that presages tho , flood stago. v Hamlltonrans Are Apprehensive. ; Hamilton, O- Feb. 28. The Great Miami river reached 15 feet and Is rising fast. It i raining hard and there is every prospect of disastrous flood conditions. Burkett Seeks Judgeship. Washington, Feb. 28. Harlan Bur kett of Findlay U the latest man to" enter the large field of aspirants for" the new federal judgeship of the northern district of Ohio. Ho camo hero with strong Indorsements from the Findlay bar. He also has the sup port of Representative Ralvh D. Colo. Burkett Is a son of Justice Burkett of the supreme court of Ohio. Family's Slayer Sentenced. Cleveland, O, Feb 28. Antonio Mangano, who killed his wife and three children Dec. 4. was sentenced to be electrocuted July 15. Gullbprt "the daily balances on excise and Inheritance taxes amounted to $130,000. Mr. Romcr Is to fllo a re rort with Gov. Harmon, who in turn will submit It to the attorney general with the Iew of bringing civil action against Mr. Gullbert'for nlleged inter est the funds would have earned, If It Is found advisable.' Marlon, O., Feb. 2S. Attorney Joht Dent De&olrey. tbarged with unprofes sional conduct Involving moral turpi tude, was exonerated when threo Judges sitting as a Jury rendered their opinion. OVER DEGOLLEY WINS OUT : I 1 , a -, ds i "" v.. fWftfVw'Wr -"l