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Atlanta Georgian and News
VOL. V. NO. 192.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13,190T.
PRICE
THAW FEARS MISTRIAL AS RESULT
OF ILLNESS OF JUROR BOLTON’S WIFE;
TRIAL IS HALTED EARLY WEDNESDAY
Evelyn Thaw With
Husband In the
Prison.
,DKATII OF WOMAN '
LIKELY, SAYS DOCTOR
Several Sensational Mat
tel's Had Been Sched
uled for Wednesday
Morning.
Sew York, Feb. 13.—The Thaw
trial was resumed this afternoon
with Ur. Kvans, the alienist, on
Die stand. He avus questioned by
Attorney Delraas.
New York, Feb. 13.—The trial of
turn' K. Thaw was suddenly halted
May by the Illness of the wife of
Juror Joseph B. Bolton.
Court was formally opened for the
morning session and an Immediate re-
(tes wo* taken until 2 p. m.. when
It Is believed that Juror Bolton could
-to-back In the box.
The Illness of-the Juror's wife was
, so ssvere that ha eras taken from the
.Broadway Central hotel to her bedside.
The law forhlda that one Juror be sep
arated from the others and therefore
Deputy Sheriff Ricketts selected two
other jurors and Bailiffs Kavanausrh
and o'flrlen to go to the afck woman's
home with her husband.
Deputy Takes Responsibility.
This was done only about sui hour
before court was to have opened and
vlthout the permission of JusticeFUs-
prald. Deputy Ricketts was unable to
pt la communication with the Justice
led an he had been Informed that the
'■naan was In a moat serious condl-
tlsa he assumed the responsibility and
sent the Jurat ta'lQftipiitti .
Sr*. Bolton; Who lives at 1121 Bos
ton Road, the Bromi, has been III a
Urn* lime, but her condition did not be
come alarming until early today when
her physician notified Chief BalltlT
Ricketts, In charge of the Jury at
Broadway Central hotel, that the Im
mediate presence of her husband at the
tedstdr was absolutely necessary.
Jerome Requests Rseess.
Counsel for both sides conferred with
Justice Mtigersld before court opened
snd when the Justice stepped on the
bench District Attorney Jerome made
the formal request for a recess until
i p. m.
Soon after the rcceis was taken Jus
tice Fltigerald received a sworn certlfl-
cst» slating that Mrs. Bolton was crlt-
leal'y ill with pneumonia. It woe sign
'd by Dr. H. H. Tinker. 1267 Wash
ington atenue, the Bronx, and was
countersigned by Dr. Theodore D.
Jinn ay, who had been called In as a
specialist by Dr. Inker.
Unruly Visitors Ejsetsd.
Title was the tlrat Intimation the
("tin h.nl as to the nature of the wom-
ans Illness and It wan tested by many
that her condition might not permit her
bustMie! to leave her alck bed for a day
or mot.-
"h deflating a recess the court ofll-
I ' r> h“d more trouble clearing the
tTl of visitors than they had In
"“tins the crowd cut. Many visitors
he-n admitted on personal letters
•') mtluenttal persons to policemen In
! n ," ' ■” building. They demanded Ihe
, r ' lu, k „n they could return when
Of trial wok resumed. This was Impos-
!1: la seveial instances the nfll-
"" us ' I force to eject the unruly ones.
Mrs. Thaw Leaves Court.
l- v <n NVsblt Thaw was the only
r "f the prisoner's family who
r ' ' "I court when the recess was
s “b and her friend. Miss May
"•o'. returned to the hotel to re.
toll afternoon.
"•** I,rough! Into court as us-
l inly hail lime to sit down
! recess was ordered and he
' ' Kirk to the Tombs.
" Dolton home It was slated
• Dolton's' condttiun was *x-
1 ' • rltlcal. Or. Tinker believed
dying last night and called
leway.
Bolton May Dia.
,l '* l "'l coaler toward morning.
" n h'r husband reached the
"Hh two companion Jurors and
sue nad relapsed and l>r.
• had tittle hope tor her
SOUTHERN FAST TRAIN
HADANARROWESCAPE
Switch Was Opened
and Local Train
Wrecked:
main t
Tl;„v
Hit, hr
In lit
but
■1|C
Ills
'Ran it.,,
si'.niu ,,
ktd
oi had been In frail health
-his, It was said, and ron-
'■■re cold In the blltsard of
1 Monday when she went
iwny Central hotel to call
'■lid and supply him with
i he cold developed pn?u-
■one then she has been In
* IFE OF HARRY THAW
V T ° 06 CROSS-EXAMINED.
Do. F "'’ 13 —•» an effort to
llv,. . • ixntord White wrecked the
i" r v " un * * ,rl » »• *”■ did
' agents of the Socle-
' •''oppression of Vice will be
' " "land today. It la be
ll f,„
Ccnti
"“•d en Page Fifteen.
If Southern train No. 37, Ihe fast
hying New York and New Orleans lim
ited, had not been running late Tues
day evening the death roll of the
Southern might be bigger today than
It Is. For It was only the little local,
No. 26, that struck an open awltch at
Tallapoosa, Ala., In the darkness, and
the local was not running fast enough
to cause a great disaster
The switch had been smashed open
and set to'cause an accident.
But the wreck was just another of
those accidents—If this was an acci
dent—which show “what might have
been." The engine of the local was
turned completely over, three cars were
derailed and Engineer 8. D. Watkins
was thrown nearly 30 feet, alighting
In soft ground. Ills flreman, John
Clark, was badly hrulaed and cut, hut
there were no fatalities.
The strange feature of the wreck was
shown when the open switch was ex
amined. It was found that the lock
had been hammered off and the switch
set to throw an approaching train on
the siding. A little way down the sid
ing stood severs! heavy cars, a barrier
sufficient to cause a terrible crash,
should a diverted train run far enough
on the aiding to reach them.
A pussenger on the wrecked local
told the story of the open switch Wed
nesday morning. Hts name la withheld
for reasons of Ills own, but here Is his
story:
No. 26 was running at a pretty good
clip, with Conductor Don 8. Walroven,
of Atlanta. In charge. She had three
light cars on her. As we neared Tal
lapoosa ttiAe was a sudden Jerk and a
twist and a grind and a Jar and the
train stopped mighty suddenly.
“We got out in a hurry and fonnd
that the engine had turned over and
Engineer Watkins had takan a flight
through the air. His hand was broken
and he was badly shaken up and cut.
The flremnn was hurt some.
"Then wc took a look at the switch.
It was turned to throw the train In the
siding. Jammed Into the switch was a
plrco of slag about eight Inches square.
REV. POUNDS
LOSES LIFE
.y
Special to The Oeo-glan.
Montlcelto, Oa_ Feb. 13.—A terrible
accident occurred at Moss Crossing,
on ths Central of Georgia railroad to
day.
Rev. J. E. Pound* was Instantly
killed by the northbound train Tram
Maicon. The engine cut In twain the
horse from the buggy and fragments
of the buggy were carried 1(0 'yards
from ths crossing.
The body of Rev. Pounds was car
ried 60 yards up the road, his head be
Ing crushed In half.
The horse was killed and fell almost
on the crossing.
Mr. Pounds was a missionary Bap'
list minister, beloved by every cltlaon
In the county and the terrible end
so true end good a man Is a great ca
lamity here.
Waahinffton, Feb. 13.—The nub-
treasury bill for the Southeastern
section was, defeated today in
committee by a vote of 6 to 5.
This action In com mitts* doubtless
mean* jb* dofoat of the blit at this ses
sion of congress, as It Is not likely that
action will be taken over the head of
the committee.
Atlanta, Birmingham and several
other cl ties In the southeast mad* a
strong effort to capture th* sub-treas
ury. Secretary of the Treasury Shaw
recommended that a subtreasury be es
tablished In the southeastern section of
the country, but would not recommend
any particular city.
It u as understood, however, that he
regarded Atlanta as th* proper place
for the vub-treaaury
Delegation* from the cities Interest
ed came to Washington and appeared
before the committee to prosent their
claims
At the session of the house commit
tee on way* and maana today the opin
ion was expressed that there are al
ready too many useless sub-treasuries.
The Inability of Georgia, Alabama
.. and other states to agTee upon rone
Y -city for a possible *H* 1* believed to be
On the ground lay th* broken lock. It
looked mightily like the switch had
been smashed open and turned on pur
pose. and the trainmen thought It had
been set for No. 37. the fast passenger.
A freight had passed just before with
out accident, and No. 37 was due. Th*
switch must have been turned Juat a
few minutes before wa struck It. Th*
three cars were derailed and the track
was torn up for 200 yards. Ths ac
commodation wasn't running fast
enough to hit the cars on the aiding
before It Stopped, and thAl tay«d ills
smash. But If No. 17 had happened
along, running like she does—well. Ood
knows what would have been th* re
sult."
The wrecked train I* an accommoda
tion running between Atlanta and Hof.
Hn. Ala., and Is known aa the Talla
poosa accommodation. On Tuesday It
had between fifteen and twenty pas
sengers, Including several Atlantans.
Conductor Dan Walraven Is a well-
known Atlanta man, as Is A. L. Barry,
who was In chares of the baggage car.
GENERAL MANAGER GARRETT
MAY RISE ANOTHER STEP
AND SUCCEED MR. WALTER
In nil |tr»lmliilltjp William A. Gnrrvtt. th«
new Hint vlcc-prrslilciit mill funeral mnlin
ger of the Henlionrtl. will heeoine the eieou-
live bond of that syntvtu. Ailing tin* vacancy
chummI liy ttao death of Pfftldfnt Alfred
Walter In New York Tuesday.
The nmnagenieiit of the HenlHtnrd. from
the president down, has always liecn In
the hands of practiced men, and. contrary
to the tendency ns systems grow large to
place the presidency In the bands of n cen
tral finance man. the different heads of this
system him* always been men of experience
and executive n..<l operative ability. 1
The late President Walter left th#- Month
ami West railway almost a year ago l*e-j
cause of Interfen m e from the financial com- ■
mlttcc. He wanted the earnings of the'
road to go toward Ita Improvement, seeking
to *> Improve It that Mm value and earning
rapidly. There
the
l§1 , , „ rut Manager Gar
rett. niton whose shoulders the executive
mantle w III rest temporarily. In n
official, full of action, originally and fully
— *- —*—ie the |msi
iccted with
capacity would Increase more rspldlj
was strong objection, and he mvR
president Of the Seaboard Just May
•upabli
tlon
While he has
kno
rd only
all
the
the entire mileage of the
different depart
e Iiiis Ihh»ii over
<cahoard several
entiling closely
ns to the heads
Its The opera
J chief Who Is a
• oho Inspires them, lie on
Here musf In* no tntemper
If the officials hud to drink
Considerable speciilatlo
i U being Indulged
W. A. GARRETT.
Vic« president and gtntral man
ager of 8aaboard» who it mention
ed at successor to Prtsidtnt Wal
ter.
the future president of the HrataarU, anil
many of them think that General Man
nger Garrett will get the place. Tip* Hen-
Isiurd Is regarded at • nan) proposition,
but those who know Mr. Garrett believe he
Is equal to the Job.
ALL TRAINS WILL STOP
DURING FUNERAL HOUR
Hpedal I-* The Ge«
Norfolk. Yu. I
dent Garrett. *»f
Issued tin oltUidl
and operations
vhetc
tin
b. 13 —Vu e Pres I-
he Seaboard, today
rdcr flint all tntlna
suspended every-
..v.... »*rd synteii for
line of thf funeral «>!
Her. In New Y-rk tomvr-
,-k eastern time.
CtolM
Th* railroad hi
Alfred M'tiller I-
fivrm
B.*r
N. Y
Julv. 072 km
' July. I'd- ‘
glne*r» . 'HI -
legheny
HcptrinlHM
slstnnl aup
Railway
NmVhcrnC-ntr.'l Railroad.
uphy "f Fmntm
v.-n In condensed
lull, in Brooklyn,
| \74 Rnilmatl
ml vngl • •'
lli.llrnll ‘
v 1<.V-—A»-
ivcnsylvanla
ttiil*ervlsur uf
May. 1S7X to D*r*mb*r, 1111, aaala-
tnnt engineer Northern ivntral Rail-
way. and Boston and Potomac Rail-
road.
Din-ember, 1161— Aaalatant *ngtn**r
m.itlvr power of Pennsylvania railroad.
(li lober, 1882—Ruperlntrndent Hun-
bury division of Pennsylvania railroad
anil Hhanmkln division of Northern
Central,
August, 1689—Oenernl superintendent
Baltimore A Ohrn line* edst of the
Ohio.
March. IS92—tlenersl manager Ert*
division or New York, Lake Eire and
Western Railway.
December, 1896—President Delaware,
Husquehnnnn A Schuylkill railroad.
July. 1897 to 1902—President of
Ia-hlgli Valley railroad.
President Walter came to the Hea-
tsiarri lest May, being elected president.
He was at that lime president nf the
Smith A West railway.
lie was president not only ut th*
BILL DEFEATED
By Vote of 6
Southeast Loses
Building.
to 5.
BE FAIR WITH PUBLIC;
FINDLEY, OF SOUTHERN,
TALKS TO HIS AGENTS
President Outlines the
Policy of Big Rail
way System.
A SQUARE pEAL
IS MAIN THING
1 - ...
Wants Good Feeling Be
tween Southern and Pa
tron* Everywhere.
the main reason for the defeat of the
proposition.
BEAT HER II
SIXJfEEKS
Clinton Thompson Is
Sued For Divorce
by Bride.
enough to tire Mrs. Irene Thompson, of
66 North Forsyth street, ana In a
sensational suit filed Wednesday In the
superior court she sake for a divorce
from her hueband. Clinton P. Thomp
son. an Atlanta lawyer.
Although only married on November
14. Mrs. Thompson charges In htr peti
tion for divorce that on the night of
December 31. when ehe had been mar
ried only n month and a half, her hus
band. while Intoxicated, Jumped on her,
mashed, bruised and choked her until
the blood gushed from her mouth and
until she was almost Insensible. Fur
ther she declares that her husband then
secured a hammer and held It over her
head, threatening her with death, and
that she was saved from this tats only
by her piteous cries.
Mrs. Thompson alleges that her hus
band Is a habitual drunkard and that
for the past two months he has been
drunk. Hhe allege* that on his prom
ise never to drink again she forgave
him for his conduct on the last day of
the old yenr. but that he again threat
ened her life.
According lo the petition, Mrs.
Thompson has a room In the Hlrsch
building, w hich she used as a sleeping
apartment and a studio, where ah*
paints signs. Shs asked In her peti
tion for a restraining order preventing
her husband from coming to this room
or from Interfering with her In any
way.
In the absence of Judge Pendleton,
Judge Rehl granted an order com-
lielllng Thompson to appear before
Judge Pendleton In the superior court
on March 9 and show cause why the
restraining order should hot be granted,
FLIES DESTROY
FIVE BUILDINGS
Philadelphia, Pa.. Feb. 13.—In a Are
which destroyed live buildings belong
ing to the f'romp A Sons Hhlp and
Engine Building Company, and dam
aged two dwelling houses, this tnorn-
Ingf, (hree men .cere badly hurt and
there wa* s series nf Incidents which
made th" blase one of the inoet ex
citing that has visited Kensington In
several years.
The Injured:
John Hmllh, flremnn nf Engine Com
pany No. 23, caught by falling wall.
James Burns, Engine Company No.
I, also caught under falling wall.
Joseph Reed, a rltlscn, who was
helping the Itremen; caught In the ma
chinery of on* of the tire engines. Un
gers cut off. also had hi* hand badly
crusht d.
At No. 924 Palmer street. Mrs. Elisa-
Iwlli lllhs. acid 22. was HI lr. lied.
When hei home caught fire Die young
men rushed Into the nouse. wrapped
htr amt her Infant In blankets ami
carried them Intn a netgnbor's house.
Mrs. Kill!. Is prostrated by Ihe shock.
The four hulhllidts destroyed are IH,
pattern shops and those used for o
storage of the patterns. Many valuable
patterns were consumed which will b«
hard to replace nad which may retnrd
Ihe work or ships which the Arm had
under ronairut tlon. It la believed Hint
Ihe tot.il loss may amount to tIOO.uni'.
Heahonrd. but of the Macon. Dublin
4 Hsvannah road, which Is controlled
by the larger s: item.
About 160 freight and paste nger rap^
rricntntUrea ef the Southern railway
were called together In (lie sasembly
room of the Piedmont Hotel Wednesday
morning by W. W. Finley, president of
the Southern, who sddreesed them >n
subject# concerning contact with the
general public.
Th* representatives were urged to be
absolutely fair and Impartial with th*
■hlppers and travelers and to be frank
and patient In dealings. This outlining
of the policy of thle big system was
recognised ae one of the most Impor
tant moves made by the management.
President Finley left Wednesday aft
ernoon for Chattanooga, where he will
attend a reception given by the cltlsens
of that city In hie honor.
Hie address In part follows:
President Finlay’s Ad dree*.
"Tour duties bring you Into personal
and dally contact with the people along
the lines of the Southern. rqllwsjr,.and
I os oos who has Ailed positions which
some of you are now filling propose to
speak to you briefly of the relations of
freight and passenger agents to the
public. Your duties are of a two-fold
nature. You owe duties to th* railway
company by which you are employed
and you owe duties to the public. These
double duties do not In any way result
In conflict or divided allegiance, for he
serve* the railway beat who aorvea th*
public best.
"The general ofllcera of a railway
hay*, unfortunately, too few opportu
nities for meeting and talking with the
‘ who are dependent U[ “*
man having
road, os a rule,
contact with th*
of rthh-OURTM
ments. The policies of the railway are
formulated and mapped out by tb*
general officers, .but the application of
thee* policies to specific transaction*
must be entrusted hi the main to men
1n the field. It follows, then, that you
have In a substantial sense the reputa
tion of the Hnutharn Railway Com
pany for fair and lust dealing In your
hands. Whether Uu ootnpony shall be
popular or unpopular depends In very
large measure upon your attitude to
ward thf public and upon your treat
ment of those doing business with the
road. It Is of 'supreme importance,
therefore, that you, who dally come Into
Intimate personal contact with the pub.
He. should bear la mind constantly that
It la Ihe unvarying policy of the com
pony to be Juat and fair to all allke-
to the small shipper and the occasional
traveler as wall os to the large shipper
and the regular traveler: that you
should be perfectly frank In all busi
ness dealing*: that you should always
be considerate and patient, and that
you should do all In your power to
make the services of the road aatlafac.
lory to those for whom they are per
formed.
"All clusses of the public should be
treated with consideration and be given
every possible and reasonable arcom-
mndutlnn. Even the man who makes
Impossible or unreaaonablr demands
should not be dismissed with a curt re
fusal. He may not know that what he
asks Is either Impossible or unreason
able. and u few word* of frank ex
planation pointing out to hitn why hla
wishes cannot be complied with nmy
send him uway a friend of the road
Instead of a faultfinder. While every
thing possible should be done for tile
ncconnnodatlon of those doing business
w ith the road, care should be exercised
not in promise the Impossible In the
way of facilities or services. When
failure to fulfill auch a promise fol
lows. the man who made It may be
able to shift responsibility to the op
erating or some other department or
officer, but Ihe damage don* to the
reputation of the road cannot tie eas.
fly remedied. Questions that seem to
you to lie trivial may be considered
of much Importance by Ihe |»-r»ons
asking iheni and they should be an
swered v Ith patience and courtesy.
(rosy th* Laws.
"Tile efficiency of Ihe service ae n
whole d-pends upon the efficiency of
eoclt Individual official and employee.
Every agent and employe* should study
his dulles In detail and should under
stand thoroughly Just what he Is to
do In any contingency that may arise.
He should then neglect no detail of his
duties, however unimportant II may
•eem lo him. for no matter how care
fully nnd*nilnu»#ly duties may be pre-
scribed bv the general officers, Ih* neg.
le -t of some apparently minor detail
may lend to atrioua or possibly to
disastrous results. Of even more Im
portance than a careful observance of
.hides prescribed by tbo compuni Is
obedience to law. Many of the relations
between th" railways and Ih* public
are now regulated by Federal anil state
statutes, and every nfflrlal anil em
pire of the Southern Railway Company
mud understand that Its business af
fairs are lo he conducted at all iime*
In strict accordant* with the laws of
th-’- land. No transaction or practice
that Is forbidden by the laws can he
isTinltteu, and os t am sure you all un
derstand. there must be no resort to
evasion nf any kind.
“As representative*.of Ihe Southern
Railway Company you should bear in
mind at all tlmea the basic fact that
the Interests of the railway and of
those served by It are Identical and
a.riT* c '’
'BMC*.
IStAtt^
Mice tvtviwini
DIM nasyfl
. This map thews where (he Joy
liner Larehment was etruek ana
■unk Monday night by th* eeheen-
•r Knowlton.
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O NINETEEN 8URVIVOR8 O
O LAND ON BLOCK ISLAND. 0
0 Block Island, R. I.. Feb. 13.— O
0 Following Is a list of the nineteen O
0 survivors of th* wreck of th* O
0 Lerehmont who have landed on O
0 Block Island: O
S PASSENGERS—Harris Feld- O
man. Provldanca: Mr*. Harris O
O Feldman. Richard Hall Provl- O
S dence: Davis Fox, Brldgtport. N. O
J.: Samuel L. Combe. Manchaater, 0
ON. H.; Mlaa Sarah Oallup, New O
0 York: Antonio Ralaon, Oliver Jan- 0
0 vlrr. Frederick Hlergaell. O
O OFFICERS AND CREW—Cap- 0
Q tain Georg* W. McVev. Provl- O
0 dance: Purser Oscar A. Young, O
0 Stable*, Providence: Fireman
O James Varn, Providence: Fire- O
O man Martin Llebert, Providence: O
0 Fireman John Logan, Providence: 0
S Walter Louts McFarland. Well- 0
Ington, N. C. Two other name*. 0
0 not glvan. O
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RAISE PAY
BEINCFRQZEIf
Boats and Rafts Peo
pled With the
Dead.
181 PERSONS KILLED '•
AS RESULT OF WRECK
Survivors of Larchmont Ca-
taetrophe Tell Awful
Stories of Suf
fering.
Providence, R. I, Feb. II.—R - to-
known today that at Hast 111 live*
ware lost In the wreck of th* Joy,lla*
steamer Larchmont. which was sunk In
Long Island sound, off Block Island,
during a terrible gal*, after being In
rolllslon with the schooner Knowlton.
The latest accounts show there w*a
at least 160 passengers on the Lardf-
mont and five officers and a crew num
bs ring 60, n total of 200. Only It ay*
known to have been saved, nine pai-
sengers. ten of the officer* and craw.
leaving l»i to be accounted far, airef
whom undoubtedly perished.
Bodies ere Taken Away.
The Joy liner Kentucky Is taking tb*
bodlee found at.Block Island and th*
■urvlvore to Fall River. Of the It
survivor*, who Include Captain Hc-
Vey, commander of the wrecked steam
er, th* doctor* say several will die from
the effects of the exposure, while other*
win in* arm* and lag* that wen
fromen.
Thirty-one bodies were found strewn
■long th* Block Island shore. Each
waa encased In Ice a foot thick. Ilka a
great whit* caaket. Other bodies were
found In two amaii .boat* adrift oK
the thore and ware covered-with 1c*.
Ail night ihe Hf«-#*v*re and vol
unteers at Block Istand 1
■MM
Western Union Issues
Order Granting
Increase.
Continued en Paae Fifteen.
Th* Western Union Company an
nounced through lie Atlanta office
Wednesday morning that a 10 per cent
Increase would be put Into effect March
1. 1107. The official statement given
out woe as follows:
"This company ha* received peti
tiena within th* lest sixty days from
sixteen offices In the West end South
west asking for an increase of 10 por
cent in tho salaries of employ***. Thee*
petitions have been given careful con
sideration, boaring in mind that ths
oompany could not diaoriminat* in fa
vor of a few efficos, but that any a*
tion taken should b* general,
"In this connection it has bean neo
eaaary to oonaidor tha enormoualy in
creaaad coat of all kinds of tolagraph
matorial whleh_in many east* ha* boon
from SO to 100 por cent, whil# th* tariff
rats* on me*tag** and other traffio are
vary lew In view of th* demands of
th* publie for ovor-increaainp facilities
and more rapid service. In faot, many
of thee* rates are relic* of former ruin
ous competition and ar* unprofitable.
Notwlthatanding thea* facta, th* com
pany hat decided to inoreass th* tala
ri** of operators at it* principal offiots
throughout th* country 10 por cent
>m March 1 1907.
• "J. LEVIN.
“Oontral Superintendent.”
Chicago. Feb. Ik—Whether I6,«fl0
telegraph operators throughout the
nuntry will strike Is to ho determined
next Sunday at a aperlnl meeting of
Western Union employees. Should u
strike be declared the commercial «»
ell ns railroad service will be Im
paired. according to the telegraphers.
Ninety |M>r rent of the 15,000 empioyeee
of the company are union men.
"A conflict may lie avoided, but It
seems unlikely, and I am preparing for
declared President 8. J. Small, of
the I'ommeretaJ Telegrapher*' National
Union "our grlevancea nre two
months old. It was shortly after De-
.en.her 1 that the employees, os Indi
viduals. petitioned the company for a
in per rent Increase In wages. No an
swer was returned. The petition was
absolutely Ignored. After two months
the sting showed It# effect when th*
■•mployees In a body Joined the union."
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O SUMMER COMES EARLY. 0
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O Xnbody has a warrant to feel O
O badly on days like these, and a O
O brick should be passed the man O
O with a grouch. Forecast: O
O "Fair Wednesday night and ft
O Thursday. wBh n-> material 3
0 change In temperature." 0
O Temperatures Wednesday:
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O 8 o'clock a. m.
O ( o’clock a. m.
O 10 o'chtek a. m.
Oil o'clock a. m.
O 12 o'clock noon
0 1 o'clock p. m.
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strand for the watchers. It wa* a
weird sight, made all the more un
canny because at the object of the.
search. The little flthing achoonar Ki
el* put In at Black Island, having on
board two survivors and th* body of a
woman. The strrrlrfira were gamut I
Tacunne, residence unknown, and Da*
vld Fox, of Bridgeton, N. J; —, J
Found efl Wrgritgge.
Both men were picked up from a
piece of. wreckage off ehore. The
woman was attired Ip a black skirt and
a whit* shirtwaist with short sleeves.
She wore a gold bracelet around each
arm sod on her left hand were two gold
rings. . r
The schooner Sneed, which came ; ln a
short time later, had on board the un
identified body of a negro and tha body
of Harry Ecklea. of Block Island. Both
bodies were picked up about a mile off
shore. The schooner Elsie earlier
found a raft about three' rallea north
nf Sandy Point On tha reft. were
fifteen or twenty bodies. There were
two women, Louie* MoFsrlane . and
Sadie Gallop, who were still olive. All
the others were dead.
Louise McFsrlane waa a native of
Wilmington. N.'C.. and'ah* aobn re
vived. Sadie Gallop waa from Boston
and the crew worked over her body for
u long time before they thought they
would be able tn save her. Both are
expected tn recover.
Ueptnln T. A. Scott, of th* wrack
ing company of that name, who waa at
the scene uf the wreck today, sold
that nnty three worqeft and five men
passengers were rescued from tb*
Larchmont. Th* former were three Sal
vation Army womon out of twenty on
board. They stood nn the upper deck
and sang gnspel hymns aa the boat
sank on the treacherous shark reef*,
off the end nf Block Island.
When Ihn first boat came ashore
from Hie Larchmnnt It wqp found tha'.
six nf the occupants were deed. In the
confusion It wux not known whether
they had been pulled from Ih* wator
after they liad been drowned or whi-th.
cr they were frnsen to death. •
No Loss on Sohoonar.
One noticeable feature of th* acci
dent wne the fact that although th*
Lnrrlunom steamed past th* achoon-
r. apparently unharmed, and the
chonner headed Immediately for the
land with her bow shatorod, then waa
no losa -if life on th* schooner. Tb*
aptnln of the schooner did not know
ihr at -umer hud sunk until a telephone
message was aenU from New Tork.
A terrible story waa relatad today
nf the experience of the crew of the
Elsie. It It owned by Bmlth Brothers,
of Block Island. Thomas Remsen,
mate of th* craw, tells this story!
On our way out w* passed a piece
wreckage from th* steamer with
twenty bodlee on H. Froeen stiff, the
attitude of th* dead man suggested th*
agony they hed passed through. They
were huddled In every position.
Ghastly Find Is Mad*.
"Dead fingers were •till clinging ta
ejection* with a grasp that could not
• loosened, and eyas, long post see
ing, still stared aa If looking for the
old that did not com*. Tha figure*
were covered with ICO In some caaee
and It needed but a glance .from th*
■leek'of our schooner to show that all
on board Ihe piece of wreckage were
lotus'past help.
"That glance given, we went on our
way, while th* craw swallowed the
lump that coma up In tbelr throe ta
Our errand waa tn the living, not Uto
dead, for the dead war* to wait thotr
turn.
'Cruising near shark reels.
rytng five living and two
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ulivc were halt dead from the
01000000000000000000000000 tul cold and exposure.'
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The latter wore trosen stiff nod thsign
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