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im ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEYVb.
I lliDAV, MARCH 29, l»i7.
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
TRY TO PREVENT STRIKE
WHAT THE STRIKE WOULD MEAN
Folio* Ins Us the effect of the railway strike, should it
Number or railroads involved, 42. snoum It occur:
Total mllengc, 95,019.
Number of union employees who voted to strike. SO 000
Conductors, 15.000. ^ , ww * , >
Other train service men and yard men, 35,000
alread1 ' * ranted ">"«« of 10 per cent but
B ay become Involved, 70,000.
' Estimated annual wages 00,000 members Order Railwav rnmlurt™
and Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, 150.000,000. y Conductor *
Estimated Increase, demanded, 16,000,000.
Annual pay roll on all lines of labor of 42 roads, *320.000 000
Twelve per cent advance on all employees, *40 000 000
Basis of capitalisation to pay a general Increase '
Jlfl0.OOO.OOO.
per cent,
Increased earning capacity of railroads within 10 years, 400 ner cent
Increase In Mages In 10 years 1* per cent. p r cem '
Increase' In cost of living In three yeare, 41 per cent
Increase In wages In three years, 6 8-10 per cent
Total mileage all roads in United States, 1906, 206 960
Total employee's, 1.460.778.
Total pay roll, *900.000,000.
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nd the Boys
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Conductors and Trainmen Declare There Can
Be No Arbitration—Railroads Must
Make Terms With Men.
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Chicago, March 2*.—In an effort to
prevent the threatened! strike of 60,000
mnductors and trainmen of forty-three
Western railroads entering this city,
Martin A. Knapp, chairman of the In
timate commerce commission, and
Charles P. Nelli, cojnmlrtdoner of labor,
will come to Chicago at once to confer
with representatives of thie men and the
managers of thewoads.
t message was receivetl here today
Javing that Messrs. Knapp and Neill
woald leave Washington at noon for
Chicago. It Is stated that they will use
heir best offices In the direction of
nedlatbm and conciliation. They were
requested to take this stepfby the man-
Sgers of the railroads.
Must Make Terms.
Representatives of the conductors
and trainmen say there can be no ar
bitration. They declare that the only
means of averting the strike Is for the
managers of the roads to make terms
with their men.
This statement Is regarded In the
light of an ultimatum Issued by the two
unions Involved In the controversy with
*; le . ^ads. The managers now admit
that the situation is serious. Their fear
has been Intensified by the fact that no
compromise has been effected with the
representatlvea of the 16,000 locomotive
firemen, who are In Chicago negotiating
for Increased pay and an eight-hour
day.
SUICIDE OF "CHICK" STAHL
IS SHROUDED IN MYSTERY
Boston, Mass.. Mgrch 29.—"Chick"
Stahl, captain and former manager of
the Boston American League baseball
team, has left an unsolved mystery In
his sudden suicide. Today his grief-
stricken wife Is speeding toward West
Baden, lnd„ where his body Is lying,
with this cry on her lips:
"I could have saved him If I had been
there."
In the opinion of many of those
cloaest to the dead ball player, some
thing more than worry over baseball
must have driven him to, his death.
Brooded Over Trouble.
. "If 1 had gone with.him," said Mrs.
Stahl, “this would never have happen
ed, (Hi, ’Chick/ ‘Chick/ you wanted me
Irlih you!” she cried, despairingly, “but
! thought it Would be better for me to
stay here In Boston and wait for you,
41 I had only been with you those
nights when you were tossing about
sleepless with wide-open eyes, then you
would have had some one In whom to
confide, oh. ‘Crick/ you worried over
little things! It Is all my fault—all
my fault. I ought to have been with
you. but It Is too lato now, too late.”
for some time Stahl had been brood.
Ing over some secret trouble, declare
his friends, and now they ask "what
was It?" He had never, so far as Is
know n, shown any signs of insanity. He
had reached the height of baseball
fame.
Facts Deepen Mystery.
These facts only deepen the mystery
of the tragedy. There Is a belief that
Siahl bad long dwelt on the problem of
culling Short his life. At Louisville
Stahl said to Oineen one morning while
rubbing himself with a solution of car
bolic acid:
"T wonder If this stuff would kill a
man?"
"Would It?" responded Oineen. "Why,
a spoonful would kill a dozen men.”
"Then I have a good mind to take a
good drink of it." continued Stnhl.
Oineen looked at him and said:
"How would your mother or your
wife like that kind of news?”
“Chick" shook his head and an
swered:
"It Would Kill Her.”
"That's so. Bill, It would kill my
mother."
Although not a man who often talked
religion, Stahl brought up the subject
again and again. In Little Rock he
went to holy communion.
Stahl's friends admit that It was only
natural that a man carrying such a re.
sponslblllty would have worried some,
but Stahl was too sensible and level
headed, they say, to let that drive him
to death. On Monday last he had been
relieved of the greater part of respon
sibilities and everything seemed to be
running along smoothly.
Drank Carbolic Acid.
The members of the Boston team
were with him to a men. The owner
of the club had Implicit faith In him
and his ability to handle a great ball
team. He had a big salary, was lately
wed to a bright Boston girl and appar
ently was at peace with all the world.
The fact that Stahl had ordered his
fellow players to practice, had donned
his own uniform, and apparently fully
Intended to Join them up to "the very
liniment he put the bottle of carbolic
acid to his lips only deepens the mys
tery.
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The Belted Suit.
Belted Coat Suits
8 to 15 YEARS.
The double-breasted coat with belt ’ and Knicker
bocker pants, is one of the most popular of the spring
styles.- ; r i.
Grav worsteds and cassimers, $5.50, $6.50, $7.60, $8,
$9 and $10.00.
Brown mixtures, $6.00, $6.50 and $10.00. ' I !"»;, *,
Blue serge, $6.50, $7.50 and $10.00.
.Single-breasted coat with belt and Knickerbocker
pants in blue serge, $5.00 and $6.50.
Sailor Blouse Suits
5 to 10 YEARS.
A sailor blouse suit, as shown above, is a very swell
style for spring and summer wear.
In fancy gray patterns, $4.00, $5.00, $6.50, $7.50, $8,
$9 and $10.00.
in blue Serge $4.00, $5.00, $6.50 and $7.50.
The Boys’ Department in our store isn’t a
secondary or side issue. It is a main movement
and indicates the rank of the store quite as much
as the part devoted to the men. Indeed, one of
the best things that Muse’s does for the boys of
Atlanta is to put individuality and style into their
dress. No mother likes to see her son garbed like
every other boy on the block. Our way of cloth
ing boys suits the parental eye and pocketbook.
The Double-Breasted Suit.
Double-Breasted Suits
9 TO 17 YEARS.
The double-breasted suit for spring and summer; J
shoulders broad, coat long, trousers full through hip.
Great assortment in fancy," Cheviots and Cassimereiy
$3.50, $4.00, $5.00, $6.50, $7.50, $8.00, $9.00.
Gray Worsteds, $5.00, $6.50, $7.50, $8.00, $9.00, $10,00,
$12.60and$14.00. • '
Brown Worsted, $9.00 and $10.00. 1 ...
Blue Worsted, with invisible plaids, $9.00, $10.00, $11
and $14.00.
The Wash Suits.
IF OUT OF TOWN, WRITE FOR OUR BOYS' CATALOGUE.
Blue Serge, $400, $5.00, $6.50, $7.50 and $9.00.
Blue unfinished Worsted, $7.50.
Black unfinished Worsted, $7.50 and $10.00.
Blue Serge, self plaids, $10.00.
MUSE’S
3-5-7 Whitehall
MUSE’S
IS
CONTRACT 10 GRADE
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Bprclsl to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga,, March 29.—The W. J.
Oliver Company, of Knoxville, Tenn.,
hae been awarded the contract to do
the grading for the Central of Georgia
Railroad Company ehops that are to be
erected In thlz city. The grading will
begin in a few daya.
All of the nteel structure for the
buildings have been ordered and will
arrive In the city by the time the grad
ing Is complete.
$3,000 IS STOLEN
Jackson, Slleh., March 29.—Rolibera lilow
open the safe In the Firmer.' one! Mer-
chants' hank, at Hanorer. ut 3 o'clock
this morning end eacaped with *3,000.
SI* charges nt explosives were used hjr
the robtrcri. The concussion burst out the
Frank Ehret Is Dsid.
New York, March 29.—Frank A.
Ehret, oldest son of George Ehret, the
millionaire brewer, died last night of
apoplexy at the residence of his father.
Young Ehret was well known on the
turf and owned a stable of good horses.
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PEASANTS ARE
BUTCHERED BY
USE OF CANNON
Budapest, March 29.—There has been
a terrible slaughter of peasants In tho
disturbed districts of Roumanla follow
ing the bombardment of rebellious vil
lages. One day 1,000 peasapts were
killed and hundreds wounded. Several
villages were totally destroyed by bom
bardment.
At Vlerus 260 were killed and 200
wounded; at Brallests 176 were killed
and 600 wounded. Bombardment waa
ordered as a last resort by the govern
ment, as clashes betwsen troops and
peasants were constantly Increasing and
the peasants frequently were trium
phant.
The position of the government Is
becoming desperate.
TO NAME MACON DAY
FOR THE EXPOSITION
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga„ March 29.—In a letter
received Wednesday from C. Brooks
Johnson, chairman of the board of
governors of tho Jamestown Exposition,
the city Is asked to name a date be
tween April 26 and November 30, which
date will be set aside as "Macon day,"
and the promise Is made that all the scrlptlon.
help In the power of the governors will
be given to make Macon day a success.
The Macon Chamber of Commerce will
take up the matter of naming n date
In a short time. Before a selection Is
mode the sentiments of the peoplo wilt
be called for, as It Is the wish of tho
chamber to decide upon a date that will
be satisfactory to a majority of those
who Intend to make the trip to James*
town.
From tho abovo it will be eeen that
Macon la already beginning to reap tho
benefit of the success attained In rais
ing the amount necessary for a room In
the Georgia building by popular sub-
Easter Lilies
CRIPPLE IS HELD
ON SUSPICION
James Ryan, a cripple, Is being held
In tho police station on the order of
Recorder Broylss until he can be In
vestlgated by Secretary Logan, of the
Associated Charities. Ryan was ar
rested by Plain Clothes Officers Rosser
and Rowan suspected of being a crook.
He says his home la In New Orleans
and that he Is traveling about looking
for his brother. He says ha was only
recently discharged from a hospital In
Birmingham.
For Everybody
MERCHANT SHOT
BY STRANGE NEGRO
J. Hllman, a merchant at Reed and
Cruralay streets, wan shot and pain
fully wounded early Thursday night by
an unknown negro. The assailant and
another negro walked Into the store
and the former. It Is said, without
provocation, shot twice st Hllman over
the counter. One bullet took effect In
the cheek and the other In the hand.
He was token to the Grady hospital and
later removed to his home.
AT=
THE ATLANTA
Fever Kills “Cossy” Dolan.
Louisville. Ky., March 2*.—"Cosey"
Dolan, a baseball player with tbs Bos
ton National league club, formerly with
Cincinnati, died here today of typhoid
fever.
Where the Wild B.ists Are.
A little girl at Great Tntham, Essex,
when asked to write about wild ani
mals and the countries they Inhabit,
wrote: "Wild animals used to abound
in England, but now they are only to
be found In the Theological Gardens.'
—Lloyd’s Weekly.
FLORAL CO.
41 PEACHTREE ST.
The Lily Is the Appropriate
Flower for Easter.