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The Omaha Daily Bee WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska Fatr and warnir-r. For Iowa Fair. For weather report see pi? 8. THE OMAHA DEE goeg to the botnee If rra4 by the women Milt good! for adTertleerm. I VOL. XXXIX-NO. 86. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, SEITEMBER 24, 1900 TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. WATER RUNNING THROUGHTUNNEL Preiident Taft Gives Signal Which Opens Gates and Tarns Flow Under Mountain. WILL RECLAIM 140,000 ACRES Greatest Project Which the Govern ment Has Undertaken. X t until after the hearing of argu MA3TY EXHIBITS OF BIG I a for a new trial. The law provides X ndetermlnate aentenca In prison. " " " " " i charges against McCann were the Executive Much Pleased With Expf sensational aimed against a police -f rvwnHr 1?' - "'J ln S,tU Attorney Way man ence at County Fair. trfe4 that "graft" aggregating many " i" juaends of dollars had been collected IRRIGATION LAWS ' DISCU Will Ask (oiirrai to Paaa Art 1 Will Enable GoTrrnnf nl t Aid in Completing; the High l.lae Projeet. MONTROSE. Colo.. Sept. 23 President Taft passed the day on the western slope of the Rocky mountains and amid a suc cession of scenes typical of the great western country. In many respects thla day was one of the most Interesting he has had since leaving Boston. Late this afternoon Mr. Taft stood on the brink of tha deepest Irrigation ditch In all the west and far out In the foothills, without a settlement In sight made the electrical connection which started a flow of water through the Gunnison tunnel that will reclaim 140.000 acres of arid land. It waa tha setting; ln operation of the greatest Irrigation project the United States government ever has undertaken and the opening waa made the occasion of a Joyous celebration throughout the valley of the Uncompahgre. Speech at Ceaaly Fair. Before traveling out to the west portal of the tunnel on a Ht tie narrow-gauge train, the prealdent visited the Montrose county fair and after some formal speech making In which he and the mayor and the governor and several others partici pated, he waa given a real touch of west ern life a relay race of cowgirls. The race was arranged especially In honor of the president and waa a novel and exciting affair. A girl of 16 waa matched against the older riders and oarrylng the sympathy of the crowd with her form the start, won the two and a half mile race with three changes of horses by almost one-quarter of a mile. The little girl. Misa Bertha Elsie Hull, wore knickerbockers, while the two older riders wore undivided skirts. Tha Impediment of the latter turned the tide of the contest and when tha second change of horsea eame, little Mlaa Hull waa gallop ing along so far In front that tha result was never again In doubt. All three of tha riders were presented to the president, who climbed Into tha Judges' stand on tha fair ground Jxack to witneae Aha raee. During his trarrUs today tha president had ample opportunity to atudy the effect of Irrigation. For h long time his train would run through stretches of country where as far aa the eye could reach the only vegetation In sight consisted of a few grease wood bushes or sage brush.' Then out of a rocky canyon the train suddenly would rush upon a veritable oasts, where waving green fields of alfalfa' and miles of orchards with trees laden with fruit told of the miracle wrought by the touch of water. Bla- Fro It Exhibits. At Grand Junction and here at Montrose the president visited the fruit exhibits of the county fairs and was told the almost unbelievable story of the season's yield. Enormous peaches, apples, pears, plums, varl-oolored grapes and almost every other known fruit, aa well as enormous samples of the vegetable growth of the district, were shown, to the president, who had an admiring word for all. At almost every stop tha baggage car was laden with fruit. One little box. a yard long, was Just big enough to hold ten peaches arranged In a row. The scene attending the opening of the Gunnison tunnel was picturesque. On either side of the deep ravine leading away from the portal of tha great bore several thou sand people were gathered. A little stand had been erected for the president and his party right at tha edge of the cut and look-. lng frAwn U0 feet to the opening of the tunnel. The tunnel haa been hewn through six miles of a mountain range, and which, whan the project la completed next spring, will divert the waters of the Gunnison river, now flowing away In waste,' to the valley on thla akle of the mountain, where nine private projects of irrigation already have told the wonders of the soil. Goldea Key to Moitrose, During tha day Mr. Taft waa presented With a golden key to the city of Montrose, a gold badge commemorating his vuit and a gold table bell. It was with this little bell that the president opened the tunnel The weight of the bell when set Upon a copper plate representing the district of reclaimed land, made the electric 'connection which caused squad of laborers several miles away to knock down the bulkheads which were holding bark the waters of the river. Aa the muddy wall of -water rushed noistly Out of the concrete hole, the crowd cheered. In all of his speeches today. Including the last one delivered at o'clock tonight to a throng ln Elk's park, following an Il luminated parade and a display of ftrs works, the president touched briefly upon the subject of Irrigation. He promised at Crand Junction promptly to look Into the n atter of completing the Grand Valley, or High lloe ditch project there which was begun a year ago by Secretary Garfield on a partnership engagement between the gov ernment and the land owners. Secretary Bellinger ordered the work stopped and was upheld ln hta action by Attorney Gen eral Wlckeisham who declared the con trait and tha "Garfield currency" certi ficates which had been issued for work performed, to be Illegal. Secretary Bellinger, who is accompanying the prealdent also spoke here tonight. He referred to the subject of reclamation ln a gcntial way and bla talk was brief owing to a bad throat. At Grand Junction In the early afternoon the president shook bands with several Ute Indiana, one of them being Chlpele, the widow of Ouray, one of the famous chiefs cf this section. Addreaa at Oread Jaaetlea. In his Grand Junction speech, Mr. Taft raid: "It teems to me as I look back upon my course since 1 entered Colorado, that there (Continued aa Seoond Cage.) McCann Found Guilty by Jurors on Graft Charge Chicago Police Inspector Held to Hare Taken Money for His Protection. CHICAGO. Sept. 23.-Pollce Injector Ed ward McCann, charged wita grsiung. was found guilty by a Jury which reported "dge Barn's court today. ' anrt waa not pronounced, and will . bra disorderly houses ln return for "pro ection." , Tha chief witness against McCann was Louis Frank, a Russian immigrant, who, although unable to read or write, has ac cumulated a fortune of several hundred thousand dollars ln the west side tender loin. He and his brother, Julius, for years have exercised a marked power' In west side politics. Louis Frank testified that he collected the "protection" money from denizens of the tenderloin. The first two collections, he stated on tha witnesses stand, were paid to Detective Jeremiah H. Griffin, who, be said, acted as agent for McCann. There after he declared that he had given the money to McCann ln person. The rate for "protection" was said to be 40 a month. Several checks, each dated month apart and calling for that sum were exhibited ln court. A list of women from whom It was charged "protection" money was regularly collected was shown ln court and Identified by both Louis and Julius Frank. McCann's defense was that he had sup pressed and regulated vice ln bla district with so rigorous a hand that conspiracy beaded by Louis Frank waa formed against htm. The Jury went out at 6:21 o'clock last night and reached a verdict at 1:30 this morning. It was sealed and returned ln court at the opening of court today. McCann came to this country from Scot land. Ha waa at flrat a miner, but twenty years ago joined tha Chicago police force as a patrolman. By degrees he advanced until three years ago he waa made an In spector and placed In charge of the dis trict west of tha river. Millions Paid in Pensions Iowa Gets Over Five and a Half Mil lions and Nebraska Over Two and a Half Millions. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Sept. 23.-Special Tele gram.) The forthcoming annual report of the commissioner of pensions shows -that there were borne upon the pension rolls at the cloee of the fiscal year, 1900, residing ln the statea of Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota and Wyoming, (5.451 pensioners. who drew $9,510,237. The pensioners In these four states as distributed and amounts paid them as follows: Nebraska. 15.B78, ' S2.6fi0.461; Iowa. 33.558, 65,753.57!); South Dakota, 6,333. $946,188 Wyoming. 9S2. $160,009. The secretary of the Interior has denied the motion for a review in the homestead case of John F. Kaper against George Behner. located In the Alliance (Neb.) laid district, on appeal of the former. Daisy Bailey haa been appointed post master at Earl. Frontier county, Nebraska, vice L. M. Brockett, resigned. Rural carriers appointed for Iowa routes: Armstrong, route No. 1. Theodore Miller, carrier, "G. R. Christopher, substitute; Fort Madison, route No. S, John Koellncr, carrier, Theodore Kramer, substitute. Pennsylvania Wins Contest Cruiser Makes Best Record in Four Hours' Speed Race Off Honolulu. HONOLULU. Sept. 23. With an average speed of 21.85 knots an hour maintained for four hours yesterday off the coast of Maul, the cruiser, Pennsylvania, took first honors In the speed contest with Its slater ships of the Pacific fleet, according to of ficial figues made public here today. Seven of the eight ships of the squadron partici pated ln the test, the Colorado being In capacitated by burst boilers. The averages of the other vessels were: South Dakota. 21.60; West Virginia, 2136; Washington, 2128; Tennessee, 21.25; Mary land, 20.SS; California, 20.45. New York Fusionists Name Otto T. Bannard for Mayor NEW YORK, Sept. S3.-Wlth the an nouncement from the platform that prac tically all the fusion and Independent forces in Greater New Tork, except the Independ ence league, would work In harmony to elect Ita candidatea In the coming muni cipal election, the republican city conven tion ln Carnegie hall unanimously nomi nated these candidates for tha three lead ing municipal offices tonight: For Mayor Ofo T. Bannard, president of the New Tork Trust company; resident of Manhattan borough. For Comptroller William A. Prendergast, for many years prealdent of the Credit Men's National association; resident of Brooklyn. For President of the Board of Aldermen Joba Purroy Mitchell, present commis sioner of accounts and an Independent democrat; resident of Manhattan. Mr. Bannard'a selection waa a surprise, for he had not been Included e-reo In the half dosen or more preliminary poaslbtlt tlee. It waa not until after the eooventlon had organised at nooa and summarily ad journed while a eommlttee was dispatched for a final conference with the fusion forces la the hope of reaching an agree ment apea. aaadidatoa that his name was presented. Aftes tha conference Ttiuethj L. Wood EIGHTY-FIVE IN FEDERAL NET Big Batch of Indictments by the Federal Grand lory in Council Bluffs. MABRAY AT HEAD OF THE LIST Many Noted Criminals Said to Be Included in the Bunch. SOME ARE WELL KNOWN LOCALLY One -Half a Million Said to Have Been Secured by Grafters. LIST OF EIGHTY-FIVE VICTIMS Come frasa All Parts of the lotted States, Alaska aad the Dosalaloa of Canada Some Bla Plekapa. Charging conspiracy to cemmlt an of fense against, the United States In viola tion of section 5440 of the federal statutes the federal grand Jury yesterday afternoon returned an Indictment against J. C Ma bray, alleged head of the gang of "big store" swindlers, and over eighty-four other defendants said to have been Implicated in the wholaale fleecing of "Mikes" from all parts of the country. In the list of co-defendants with Mabray are Benjamin Marks of Council Bluffs, John R. Dobbins, alleged "steerer" for the gang ln the case of T. W. Ballew, the banker of Princeton, Mo., who went up against a fake horse race and dropped $30,000; and James Griffin of Council Bluffs, who Is sa1dtto have been employed by the gang as one of the Jokeya ln the fake horse races. The Identity of the other defendants was not disclosed and will not be until they are arrested by the government of ficers. Wednesday night and even Thursday morning there were persistent rumors to the effect that the list of Indicted would Include several local city and county of ficials and local bankers. Colonel M. I Temple. district prosecuting attorney. stated, however, after the grand Jury had made Ita report that no officials or bankers were Included In the Indictment. No bench warrants were Issued yesterday under the Indictment, but they will be , It is understood, today. Ben Marks, who has been seriously 111 for several weeks follow ing a severe operation which he underwent at a local hospital. Is at his home on Vlen street and his attorney will, It was stated last night, have a bond ready for him this morning. The amount of the bond under the Indictment was not determined by Jpdge McPherson yesterday. John R. Dobbins who was recently re, leased on bonds In the sum of $6,000 from the county Jell where he had been since being brought back from New York Is said to be In the ctty and will probably be taken Into custody today. James Griffin, tt was stated yesterday by Portal Inspector Bwen son, had been subpoenaed as a witness before the federal grand Jury, but failed Icf put In an appearance and la said to have left the city, t Amoaata Jfot Mentioned. Although specific amounts are not men tioned ln the Indictment, It Is authorita tively stated that the amounts lost by the alleged victims of Mabray and others named, will exceed $500,000. The sums lost rlln rom tl.500 to $30,000. the latter sum h.vlrl k-. r,i.eed on a fake horse race. according to the evidence at hand, by a Missouri banker. The list of names of vic tims given In the Indictment Includes men of prominence In all parts of the country and there la set forth In the specific charges a number of letters of an Incrimin ating character, which gives a touch of sensational lam to the document. Victims In eighteen statea, the territory of Alaska and the Dominion of Canada are named, Indicating the wide range of territory over, which Mabray and his associates are al leged to -have plied their vocation. As a basis of operation, they used, according to the Indictment, the cities of Council Bluffs, Davenport and Burlington, la.; St. Louis, Little Rock. Seattle, Denver and New Or leans, to which places. It Is alleged, vic tims were taken by the numerous "ateer ers." . . Some Sensational Letters. In setting out the specific Instances In which violations of the postal laws are charged the Indictment "includes copies of many sensational lettera alleged to have been exchanged between Mabray and his associates,, which refer to alleged "deals" and name various sums of money as hav ing changed hands as a result of the operations of those mentioned In the In dictment. One of these letters ts dated from a New Tork hotel and Invites "Friend John." who. It ts alleged. Is May bray himself, to go to New Tork City, declaring "I have a town right aeroas the river from New Tork In Jersey, a awen (Continued on Fifth Page ) ruff, chairman of the republican state ecmmlttee, who presided, announced that the committee appointed to confer with the fustonista could report that ths candidates nominated by the republicans would re ceive the support of all Independent forces and with this declaration before the con vention the candidates were choeen. The fusion element ie centered In a non partisan committee of 100. a sub-committee which has been trying for the last week to agree on candidates. The Independence league delegate withdrew from the confer ence yesterday because the league would not be a party to "bargaining for offices, as the dissenting delegate expressed it. But notwithstanding the Independence league'a defection and some minor friction among the fuelonlata, the republican lead era say that the alliance In opposition to Tammany Is still formidable. Mr. Bannard. the republican choice for mayor, la a bachelor, 16 years old. He was born In Brooklyn and graduated from Tale in the olasa of 1676. In addition to hia prerideney of the New Tork Trust com pany he la a director or trustee of a large number of other financial Institutions. He was formerly commissioner of the Board of Education of New York City. As treas urer of the roBubUoaa eounty committee he has takaa aa active part In county politics, From the Washington Herald. HUNDRED DIE IN HURRICANE Relief Parties Explore Devastated Section Along Gulf. TRAFFIC IS STIL HANDICAPPED Many Miles of Track and Wire Are Yet to Be Replaced aad Many Rrldarea Mast Be Rebnllt. NEW ORLEANS, La., Sept. 23. -Those engaged In the work of rescue and repair, made necessary by the West Indian hurri cane, which swept Louisiana and Missis sippi last Monday have found their task a far more colossal one than they ex pected. Practically all' of the isolated country sections of the storm-swept area have now been explored, but until definite reports have been received from relief par ties It will not be possible to form any thing like an accurate list of the dead and Injured. A eonservadc estimate tonight of the number of i peep's who lost their lives as a result at the' 'hurricane places the total at 100. In spite of the work of thousands of men brought la by the railroad, telegraph and telephone companies. New Orleans and many other smaller cities In Louisiana and Mississippi are still seriously handicapped hi the way of communication with the out side world. Many miles of track, trestles and bridges are yet to be replaced by the Louisville tt Nashville railroad and at the present lime their depot at the foot 'of Canal street has the appearance of a de serted village. The trains of this road are being sent out over the Queen & Crescent route. The main line of the Illinois Central railroad Is still blocked, as eight miles of the track and roadbed were washed out at Manchalc. Sections of the rails and ties were carried clear out of the right- of-way by the rushing waters and it will be several days before through traffic is resumed over the main line. The trains are now being detoured over the Yazoo St Mississippi Valley road. The other railroads have succeeded in clearing their tracks and traffic haa been resumed. General Reyes to Leave Mexico Offers His Fine Residence, for Sale and Resigns High Social Position. MONTKRKY. Mex.. Sept. 2S. It "Is re ported here that General Bernardo Reyes, governor of thla state. Is about to leave Mexico. He has offered for sale his resi dence for $80.00 and has resigned the pres idency of the local casino, the highest soc ial position ln the state. It Is not believed, however, that he will leave the slate until after the elections, aa he la said to seek the election of a lieutenant aa governor. It is believed that he will go to Europe. TEL PASO. Tex.. Sept. 23. It develops to day that there waa no plot connected with the finding of a supposed bomb In Juarex, Mex., last night. The "bomb" proves to be a small pepper box three Inches long and an Inch and a half ln diameter and con taining a aubstance like parafflne poured over the top. The police have arrested an American tramp, who had been sleeping on the premises ot aenor Arguelles and who had been ordered away. The tramp had made threata that Arguellea would oe urrv. American Consul Edwards exam ined the "bomb" today and found It barm- lesa. Please bring your Sunday Want-Ads in as early as possi ble Saturday. They are received for Sunday as late aa S:30 p. m. Saturday, but tt la bast to get them la early to Insure proper classification. If you cannot com down town no the telephone. Call Douglas 23d and aek for tha JWaut-Ad eCkfCaXtment. Reminiscent AJr"!. f if Kruttschnitt Testifies in Rate Hearing Director of Harriman Lines Tells of Valuation of Roads Commis sioner Presents Data. SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 21-The Salt Lake Commercial club and the railroad companies operating In Utah had an In ning today before the Interstate Commerce commission In the hearing regarding al leged discriminatory rates. The railroad representatives had on the stand Julius Kruttschnitt, director of operation and maintenance of way of the Harriman system. His testimony was en tirely In relation to figures presented by Judge F. E. Dillard, counsel for the Harri man roads, and touched upon the valuation of the several lines Included In the system. 8. II. Babcook. on behalf of. the traffic bureau of 'the commercial duo, presented data containing comparative statements of the rates complained of by the traffic bureau. Automobile Falls, Killing Two Women Joy Riding at Seattle Has Fatal Re sult When Car Jumps Off, Bridge. SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 23. Two women were killed, another was fatally hurt and three men and a woman were seriously In jured in the aorldesa at Fourth and Weller streets here early today when an auto mobile went through a trestle. The dead: - MISS WINNIE FRASER, aged 21. a waitress, MISS JESSIE MABEL JOHNSON, tel ephone operator. The injured: Mtas Go Idle Porter, clerk In department store, burned and Injured Inturnally; dying at hospital. F. E. Lindsay, a driver, hurt Internally; may die.. Axel Anderson, waiter, broken arm, badly burned. Christine Anderson, waitress, broken arm and ankle. Thomas Finch, a chauffeur, leg broken. The motor car containing eight persons fell from a trestle at -Fourth and Weller streets early today. When the car struck the tide flals. twenty-five feet below, the gasoline tank exploded and flames shot up thirty feet. A fire engine was called and the firemen dragged a woman from under the blazing ma chine. The chauffeur, Henry Hlseer, who had been twice arrested for reckless driv ing, was taken to the city Jail. Only he escaped unhurt. The party had been out all night "Joy riding" and visiting various placea of en tertainment. At Fourth and Weller streets a sharp turn Is made In the trestle, but the machine ran atralght ahead and crashed through tha wooden railing. "w Amerlraa Aviator. LUCERNE, Switzerland. Sept. 23. A new American aviator, Dane Hurlburt, has made several successful aeroplane flights here lately. His machine differs from ex isting aeroplanea Insomuch as It travels lengthwise through the air and haa two propellers, one in front and another be hind. . ' Army Dirigible Balloon Makes Successful Flight DES MOINES, Sept. 23. The first flight of the Baldwin military dirigible balloon was made late this afternoon at the army tourtament at Camp Corse. Lieutenant Frank P. Itlim piloted the craft, ascend ing shortly after 5 o'clock. A ten-mile an hour wind was blowing and greatly Inter fered with its progress. A number of Intricate evolutions were earned out. Cap tain Oury of the signal corps stated that dally flights will be made in every kind of weather exempt a twenty-flve-mlle wind. The motor of the airship had been dam aged at the Toledo tournament and is not in aattsfacloiy working older. Twlve thousand persons watched the exhibition. The fealuraef today's tournament was tha relay race, won by a team frum the NIGHT KEEPS POLICE BUSY Many Minor Riots and Disturbances Mark the Evening. CAR TRACKS BLOCKED BY CROWDS Ohatractlons Placed on Ralls and Missiles Throws at Cars Rrsalt la Many Arrests, bat o Serloos Injuries. Rioting, In connection with the street car 'strike, conttnued last night, but the work of the mobs was not as serious as on previous occasions and consisted mostly of stoning the cars - and exciting the crowds into a frenzy. The crew on a car destined to the barn at Twenty-fourth and Vinton atreet be came frightened about 6:30 o'clock and de serted the rar at Thirteenth and Dodge streets. They went to the police station and asked for protection. An officer went with them. ; He boarded the car and accom panied them to the barn. Dollie Snyder of 1141 North Sixteenth street, was arrested by Patrolman Eagen on the charge of trying to dynamite a car on Seventeenth near Nicholas street The police patrolled Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets In an automobile from Nicholas on Sixteenth to Locust street. Crowds of peo ple gathered at frequent Intervals, but made no demonstration exoept to stone the street cars. It was during this time that Dollie Snyder attempted to place an ex plosive on the track. She was discovered and the explosive removed before any of the cars struck it. The police rig:eived a report that a car was being stoned ln the I vicinity of Storx brewery. They went out to the scene, but did not find anything. The police then followed three cars to ward the Ames avenue barn to protect them In case It was necessary, but had no trouble. Tracks Blockaded. i. A switch on the corner of Sixteenth and 1-ocust was blocked with a piece of wood and a car was shunted east around the curve while going at full speed and almost turned over. A box car waa pushed across the Sherman avenue line at Seventeenth and Izard street, but all cars had passed that point and trouble reeulted. A largo number of rails, ties, switches and other parts of track building- was put across the track on Thirteenth atreet ln the vicinity of Pleroe street. A crowd of more than 1.000 people gathered to watch developments, but the blockade was dis covered. The police went out to guard the men removing the stuff, but the blockade was piled on the track again Immediately after the police and workmen left the scene. A work ear was blockaded at this point about one and one-half hours. One or two arrests were made In this vicinity. A special officer was struck ln the head with a brick in this vicinity. A special guard of officers were on duty at the barn on Twenty-fourth and Vinton streets, but no rioting took place. Bricks and other missiles were thrown at the cars as they were being run Into the barn and one street car man is reported to have been hit In the head with a brick. The street car men were guarded by the offi cers and were not given an opportunity to retaliate. Maar Arreste Made. Street cars, special officers and police automobllea were stoned by the mobs on Vinton street between Sixteenth and Twen tieth streets on numerous occasions. Special Officer Jim Kennelly was hit ln the face with a brick and received an ugly, but (Continued on Second Page.) Second squadron of the Second cavalry ln 1:32. Second prize went to a team from the Third battalion of the Sixteenth In fantry. Work of the saddle squ.id revealed the excellence of Troop G, Fifteenth cavalry, under Lieutenant E. J. I'ike. a direct de acendant of Zebulon Pike, the explorer. A grand ball was tendered visiting offi cers snd wives at Shrine temple tonight attended by the city's socially prominent and practically all the military officers at Camp Corse. Congrsasman J. A. T. Hull lead the grand march with Mrs. C. P. Iwnmin of Des Moines, fallowed by Briga dier General Charles A. Morton and Mr. Hull. Illness prevented Mrs. Morton from leading the graod marcs WATTLES URGED TO ARBITRATE Chief Executives of Five Cities and Street Railway President Confer on Strike. HOPE TO DO SOME GOOD Will Meet Again This Morning and Go Over the Situation. PRATT SUBMITS A PROPOSAL Strike Leader Offers to Arbitrate with the Company. QUESTION GOES TO DIRECTORS Street Railway Board Will Meet Thla Moraine; to Consider Buaeestlone of Mayors Strikers Demand Dlsarralngr of Breakers. Mayors of five cities meet Iresldsnt Wattlee and nrge blm to arbitrate strike differences. i Sheriff Brailey lssnss a proclamation ordering- oltlsens to refrala from congre gating for Improper purposes and threat ening prosecution under riot act. Ho more cars will be run after dark until conditions ehange. Sheriff Brailey announces he will double his staff of deputies to preserve order. Efforts to Induce the officials of the Omaha Council Bluffs Ptrect Hallway comrany to accept the offer of its em ployes to arbitrate the differences Involved In the present strike. It la believed, were made at a meeting of the mayors of Omaha, South Omaha, Council Bluffs, Benson and Florence yesterday. Whether or not the attempt to secure this settlement ot the trouble will be suc cessful or not will be learned late this forenoon, when President G. W. Wattles of the company, who was with the mayors over an hour, meats them again. Mr. "Wat tles promised to take up the suggestions of the chlff executives this morning with his board of directors and discuss the pro posal with them. No one In the conference would say at the close what suscestlons for the settle ment of the strike the mayors had made, but as the strikers submitted a written proposal for arbitration It Is believed the officials asked Mr. Wattles to use his In fluence with the board ot directors to get them to accept the offer and summarily end the strike. The conference waa held In Mayor Dahl mnn's private office and present besides Mayor Dahlman were Mayor Thomas Maloney of Council Bluffs, Mayor Prank Koutsky of South Omaha, Mayor Charles A. Tr.cy of rtenson and Mayor F. 8. Tucker of Florence. The chief executives went Into - the private office about 10. SO o'clock with a written proposal for arbitration signed by C. O. Pratt, representing tho street car men, in their possession. The letter was accompanied by a copy of the original proposed agreement submitted by the em ployes before the strike. The strikers pro posed to submit all of these to arbitration and promised Immediately to restore full service as soon as arbitration was agreed upon with the understanding that every employe who has been involved In the controversy shall be reinstated ln his former position without prejudice. Call Wattles Later. The mayors went over the propositions and discussed thutn alone for over an hour. At 11:45 President Wattles waa called In and he reSimlrnd closeted with the officials for an hour . and a quarter. When he emerged from the room he declined to make any atkteinctit, saying Mayor Dahl man would give out whatever there waa to be made public. "We talked the matter over with Mr. Wattles," bald Mayor Dahlman. by way of a statement, "and made a number of sug gestions to him. He Is going to meet with his board of directors tomorrow at 10 o'clock and will submit our Suggestions to the board. At 11 O'clock we will hold an otlnr meeting and than we can tell whether or not our conference has borne fruit." Mayor Dahlman declined to make publlo what the suggestions ot the mayors' were, saying It had been agreed that nothing be said until after the Friday morning meet ing. "Do you think there a likelihood of a settlement?" he asked. "We cannot tell, but we hope something will come ual of It," was his answer. Text el Pratt's Letter. Mr. Pratt la as follows! OMAHA, Sept M.-To the Honorable Mayors of Omaha, bouth otnaha. Council Bluffs, Florence and Benson Gentlemen: I herewith submit to you a copy of the original proposed agreement that waa aub- mined by tne employes to tha Omaha a Council Bluffs Street Railway company. The reasonableness of this request will be appreciated by anyone who la familiar wlin the conditions ot street and elscuio railway employment. Aa an evidence ot good faith UDon our part we stand ready to submit these prop ositions 10 an impartial ooara or arbitra tion for adjustment and te Immediately re store the. sorvlos Of the eompny with the understanding that every employe who baa been Involved in thla controversy shall be immediately reinstated ln his former posi tion with the company without prejudice. Thanking you for any efforts that may be put forih to the end that an amicable adjustment may be rsaohed, and pledging yuu our co-npeiatlon along all honorable ines, we tie to remain, most sincerely your 4, THE HTKKKT CAR EMPLOYE!. Per C. o. Pratt, their representative. Kiriera 'llioaaand la Parade. "We are going to put 16,000 laboring men from Omaha, South Omaha and Council Bluffs on the street in a parade, prob ably Sunday," said President Ford of the Central Labor body, "to show the com pany that the laboring man are behind the boys. "There la some talk of the police trying to prevent the parade, but If they want to stop It they had better ask Governor Shallenberger to call out the mlllUa, The police can't prevent it." Both silica profess to be entirely satisfied with conditional. I'nlon officials dny there are any desertions, but street oar officials say men are returning to Work every day, a dozen, tney say, having returned Thurs day. A delegation of strikers headed by M. J. Kinney, vice president of the union, called on Mayor Dahlman and protested against strike breakera beli.g allowed to carry fire arms. Mayor Dahln.an discussed tha mat ter wttb the men and at the close of the conference announc.il he would Instruct the chief of police to disarm strike breakeia where It waa known they carried guns. "No one has a right to carry firearms,"