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Crowd Attacks Non-
Union Men in San
Francisco.
Ban Franclico, Ca!., Sept. 3.—More
than 1,000 persona took part in a Labor
Day riot here yesterday afternoon,
which resulted In several men being
wounded, one probably fatally. The
fight occurred at the Market Street
ferry landing, and was caused by an
attack on a non-union Inspector of the
United Railways,
'John Peterson, a union man, was so
seriously wounded that It Is likely he
will die. L. J. Hall, a street car In
apector, was shot In the head.
Durson, a motorman, was slashed with
a knife and Thomas Bowman, an Iron
iworker, was badly wounded.
Crowd Becomes Angered.
After the parade a large crowd was
waiting at the ferry to take boat for
Shell Mound park, where the Labor
Day exercises are usually held,
street car was run close to the crowd,
and this angered some of the men,
who made an attack on Inspector Hall,
Fearing that they would be hurt by
the crowd, Conductor James Walking
and Motorman Durson drew
| their revolvers and opened Are. This
Infuriated the crowd and In a moment
a riot was well under way. The flght-
jlng line extended for severnl blocks and
i the police had tho greatest difficulty In
■ restoring order.
Inspector le Pursued.
When the car Inspector Was attacked
the lied, pursued by the crowd to the
feorner of Sutler and Montgomery
! streets, where he was overtaken. Fren-
> tied with fear, he drew his revolver
! and fired point blank Into the ranks of
j thc crowd. One man was shot through
l the groin and half a dozen others were
; hurt. Squads of policemen and flre-
i, men were rushed to the scene. They
! were finally successful In restoring cr
uder.
ENDS LIFE OF IN
Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 3.—A terrific
explosion occurred In the powder mill
of the Austin Powder Company, lo
cated a few miles south of the city,
early today, resulting In the death of
one man and the fatal Injury of an-
, other.
WOMAN STARTS RIOT;
FOUR MEN ARE HURT
BIG LAND GRAFTERS
ATTACKEI
OFOREI
Vice President Fairbanks
Pleads For Conservatism
In All Things.
Sacramento, Cal., Sept. 8.—Attended
by representatives of the United
States and diplomatic representatives
of foreign governments and governors
of six Western states, the fifteenth na
tional Irrigation congress convened
yesterday afternoon.
Thousands of earnest men are here
to give their thought and efforts to In
creasing the activities of the national
and state governments toward the con
serration and distribution of water.
Vice President Fairbanks said many
flattering and complimentary things
to the Irrlgutlonists. President Per
kins supplied hts usual fund of ur
banity when ho supplemented Governor
Gillette’s eloquent and well-prepared
speech, temporarily giving the Golden
State to the visiting citizens of sister
states.
Governor George B. Chamberlain, _
Oregon, opened up a chance for dis
cussing the stupendous looting of the
public domain by railways, lumber cor
porations and Individuals. This the
governor from Oregon did not hesitate
to give short and ugly names In de
scribing the land grafters. He called
them thieves. Governor Chamberlain
made the startling charge that the
lands stolen and the title perfected
beyond recall ehould be put under e
graduated tax that would make It un
profitable for corporations and Individ,
uals to hold vast areas and compel the
owners to cut up and sell their lands.
Vice President Fairbanks, noticing
Governor Chamberlain’s radical doc
trines, digressed from his set speech
long enough to plead for conservatism
In dealing with all public questions and
urged that the first effort of all good
citizens should be a restoration and
continuance of confidence.
Vice Consul Oyang Klang, of San
Francisco, spoke for the Chinese gov
ernment, ns did Senor Aldersora for
Mexico and Consul General Franz
Boppe, the authorized delegate, for the
German government.
Loulzvllle, Ky„ Sept. 3.—Four non
union street cor employees were hurt
here yesterday afternoon as a result of
a riot caused by a woman. The Labor
Day parade had- Just broken up and
.the participants were climbing aboard
tho cars for the park, when n woman
'refused to ride on a ear operated by
non-union men.
She Jeered nt the men and called
upon the unionists to "drag the scabs
■ off the csrs,”
■ The crowd became Inflamed by her
•Words, atid a riot ensued. Four cars,
'operated by non-union men, were at
tacked and smashed. Conductor
Frlclly and Motorman Whltehouse were
badly hurt by stones thrown by tho
crowd. Two other non-unionists were
injured. The trouble was quelled by
the police. The street car men have
voted to strike ami may wulk out
Thursday.
WOMEN SAVE MEN
FROM ANGRY CROWD
|
Steubenville, Ohio, Sept. 3.—Two tel
ephone glrlH by throwing themselves
acrbiiB the bodies of two prostrate non-
unionists probably saved a Labor Day
mob from taking two lives yesterday.
As It Is, one «>f the men they sought
to protect suffered a fractured skull,
tty) other was badly beaten and cut and
the young women were severely bruis
ed. The injured:
Joseph Harrison, skull fractured.
John Hatton, bruised and cut.
Mary Magte, telephone operator,
beaten .and cut on head.
ETula Rooke, telephone operator,
beaten and bruised.
Two thousand men were marching
the streets when H itton and Harrison,
according to some, began to hoot nnd
jeer at the men in the parade. Sud
denly there was a rush from the pro
cession and tho men’s friends who lined
tho streets. Fifty men threw them
selves on Harrison ami Hatton and
[began to kick nnd beat them. Misses
Magee and Rooke. sitting at their
nwltehboards, saw the attack, and when
Anally nn iron bar was brought j n t 0
Tlay the young women deserted their
.posts, ran down stairs and fairly claw,
lng their way through the mob, threw
(themselves across the prostrate forms
of the linemen. Before the melee could
be stopped tho young women were
badly bruised and cut.
BOTH SIDES CLAIM
BEST OFSITUAIION
Postal Officials Report That
Men Are Returning
to Work.
The striking commercial telegraphers
declared after their meeting Tuesday
that the situation was more encour
aging than ever.
"Reports woro received,” said mem
bers of the press committee, "from
points nil over the cuuntry, showing
that not only were the strikers re
maining firm, but that there were many
desertions of strike breakers. Wears
more enthusiastic and hopeful than
ever."
Tho strikers say they received warn
ings Tuesday from their high officials
to the effect that both companies would
claim on Tuesduy that strikers In oomo
cities had gone back to work In the
hope of creating a stampede. They
say that such reports are not true and
that they have "Inside Information” tc
tho effect that nil nro remaining firm.
Officials of the Postal company re
ceived word Tuesday morning that tho
entlro force In Houston, Texas, had re.
turned to work unconditionally, after
having been on strike. A message was
received from Chicago saying that
twenty-five men hail returned to their
keys there, after having been out for
some time. The officials believe that
tho Indications are that the strike Is
breaking. \
An open meeting will be held Tues
day night at Telegraphers’ hall, at
which Jerome Jones, editor of the
Journal of /Labor, will mako an ad
dress.
BEAT IIIS 'WIFE
ALL WAY HOME
NEW COMMITTEE
TO TAKE CHARGE
Tbs old city executive committee goes
sut end the new one come. In at noon
Tuesday.
The old committee meets to wind up It.
business St the noon hour. This done, the
meet
—slon.
- council chamber.
Cruiser* Reach Honolulu.
Honolulu. Sept. 3.—The United
States cruisers West Virginia, Mary
land. Pennsylvania and Colorado, bound
from tbe Orient to San Francisco, ar-
MMd AtWJjJlJpy/
oicht, WiiiUr, Sy ruig, Summer,.
As a wife beater, George Sausey, a
negro, holds nil records, according to
Policeman Long. The officer says that
George and his wife went to a Img-
beetle In Vine Hollow Monday, and
that when the affair broke up George
attacked her with a stick, and that he
beat her nil the wny to their home In
Foundry street, which Is about a mile
and n half away. Many witnesses
were In court Tuesday to testify to
this, and George himself didn’t deny It:
he only wqnted to explain why he felt
obliged to do It. He was lliAl 323.
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O wine punch and lemonade, seven- 0
0 ty-flve gallons each. These con- 0
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O served today at the Falrmount 0
O Hotel on the occasion of the Un- 0
0 Ion League Club’s reception to 0
0 Vice President Charles W. Fair- O
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TRAGEDY IN PARK
IS WITNESSED BY
■ MAJ1[_ PEOPLE
Man Claims Victim Sought
to Invade His
Home.
8pee!sl to The Georgian.
Columbus. Oa„ Sept. 3.—Meeting In
Wildwood park hern last r.fglit, Wood
C. Campbell, former city marshal of
Phenlx CUy, that twice and Instantly
killed I,. T. Edwards, of a Columbus
furniture house.
The shooting took plnce In the pres
ence of hundreds of people who throng
ed the park In celebration of Labor
Day. A panic followed.
A stray bullet struck John T. Wil
liams, n young mall clerk for a local
newspaper. The bullet entered his left
side, encircled the back, narrowly miss
ing the spinal column, and going nearly
to the surface on the right side. It Is
believed the bullet which struck Wil
liams first went through Edwards’
body.
Campbell was put under arrest, and
states Edwards was trylpg to Invade
his home and continued to make ad
vances to Mre. Campbell, notwith
standing that he pleaded with him
cease hie attentions. He further stat
ed he had sold his property, and had
decided to go Weet, taking hie wife
and children. He was tried for murder
a few years ago In Lee county court,
Alabama, and acquitted.
Campbell Was Armed.
Campbell says his visit to the. park
was purely casual, and that he had n
Idea of meeting Edwards there, bui.
while walking along he suddenly found
himself face to face with the man, the
other Immediately throwing his hand
behind him and starting to draw a pis
tol; as he did so, Campbell says hi
fired. When told In Jail that Edwards
was dead, Campbell exclaimed:
It was the sweetest tooth I ever
pulled.”
Edwards was about 25 years of age,
and had a family. He had been a Sun
day school superintendent und deacon
In a West Side church. He had a pis
tol . on his person when shot and an
other woe found on the ground near
his side.
It la not thought Williams Is fatally
wounded.
SENT ID DEATH
Charleaaon, W. Vo., SepL 8.—Filled
with Labor day merrymakers return
lng to their homes, a train on the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad was
wrecked at Kanawha Falls, thirty-two
miles east of here, last night Three
care wero dragged from their fasten
Inga and plunged down a high
bankment and nearly went Into the
Kanawha river.
The known dead are:
WILLIAM CAMPBELL, Veneta, W.
Va.
WALTER SAUNDERS, Wheeling,
W. Va.
SILAS VAUGHN, Gauley, W. Va.
ALLAN LOVING. Hinton, W. Va.
Three unidentified white men.
At least twenty were Injured, some
of them perhaps fatally. Spreading of
the rails la supposed to have caused
the accident
COL. JAMES MONEY
MAY SURVIVE SHOT
Greenwood, Miss., Sept. 3.—Colonel
James Money, who wae shot Friday
afternoon by Dr. Grover Kirby, Is re
ported somewhat better and his phy
sicians are moro hopeful for hie re
covery than at any time since he jraa
brought here and placed In the hos
pital. He Is badly wounded, having
Dccn shot In the head, neck and shout
dor. and one bullet went through his
body.
United States Senator Money, hie
brother, and Governor Vardaman, hie
cousin, are watching at his bedside.
Judge Montgomery, before whom the
preliminary trial of the Kirbys will be
peld, states that he can not tell when
the case will bo set. Everything now
depends upon the condition of Colonel
Money,
LABOR DAY DRUNKS
LARGE AND LIVELY
Councilman Terrell, who wae acting
recorder Tuesday, faced the biggest
docket tho court has ever known.
Nearly 200 cases were on tho books,
and while It Is true that many of the
defendants did not appear, preferring
... forfeit their collateral, about 160 did,
The exact number of cases docketed
was 196,
Drunk on the street,” with an oc
casional "drunk and disorderly,” made
up the greater number of complaints.
The acting recorder was Inclined to be
lenient with those who had only of
fended by drinking too deeply. He
wasted no time on those who were
willing to plead guilty, and usually as
sessed a fine of 33.76. Where the
prisoners had given the officers trouble,
however, he gave them fines they are
not likely to forget soon.
PASSED RAILROAD BY
IN CHARGING JURY
Special to The Ocorxtsn. . .
Annleton. Ala.. Sept. 8—In charging
the grand Jury of the city. Judge T. W.
Coleman emphasised the prevalence of
murder and Its Inadequate punlehment
In Alabama, charged that the petit
Juries of the state have failed In the
thorough discharge of their duties,
called for an investigation of the whis
ky traffic In all Its phases and de
nounced the "pistol toter,” but the
question of the state vs. the Louisville
and Nashville railway wae Ignored.
Rev. Mr. Dunawsy at Loganville.
8portal to The Georgian.
Loganville, Go, SepL 3.—A revival
meeting of ten days’ continuance began
here last night In the Methodist church.
The noted Georgia evangelist. Rev. C.
M. Dunaway, of Atlanta, will conduct
the meeting.
Former Judge Drops Dead.
Parkersburg. W. Va., SepL 3.—For
mer United States Judge John J. Jack.
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Reefers in Ages
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