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^UW.fSSIME^fWp/ 1 J r </ ’ f^HBgWWMBI | | ■■■■■pj ■ 111 'WHPHffllFl MEIARESHOT I0T 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. 00000O0000000000000O000000 o o O GET MARRIED AND— « O GET FURNITURE FREE. O O O O Marysville, Kans., Sept 3.— O O The merchants of Emmet, a new 0 0 town southwest of here, are of- D 0 ferlng presents of furniture to 0 O couples under 26 years of age 0 O who would marry before January O O 1, isms, and Bettle within the town 0 0 limits. Emmet le prospering, he* 0 C a bank, a newspaper and a school 0 O house, but It needs more citizens. O O 0 0O00O0O000O00O0O0000000000 O0000O0OOO00OO000000000000 O PUNCH AND LEMONADE o O FOR MR. FAIRBANKS. O 0 o 0 San Francisco, Sept 3.—White 0 O wine punch and lemonade, seven- 0 0 ty-flve gallons each. These con- 0 0 ztitute the refreshments to be 0 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 O banks. It Is a compromise liquid 0 0 menu. Some of the club members 0 0 wanted cocktails served; others 0 O thought buttermilk ought to be on 0 O tbe list. 0 o m cjj&IMasmvJt 0 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. * on> ot tbl * P |acf . dropped dead at At- 00000000000000000000000000 [antic City yesterday. " 7 .-ef-ii'Set • - •• In An Excellent Quality Of Plaid At $5. Silks in wid? plaid designs, re taining tK? Scotch combination of clan celors. Th?r? are somber harmonious mix tures that give tQ the silks an autum nal sobem?ss. There are mor? brilliant shades of r?d like the first tinge of the sumach:— And there ar? gr?ys; beautiful, se date silv?r greys ahd black and whit? plaids. Th? sketch will show you the de sign. The Marie Antoin?tte frill frem collar to girdle—the thre? wid? folds at eith?r side triple-stitched to give theyek? effect—the cellar and cuffs finished with tiny tucks and a neat lit- tl? turn ever. They ar? n?w arrivals; about 5Q in the lot, with a full run of sizes. Th? silk is excellent and the plaids —w?ll, th?res nothing higher ih Lvor than plaids : And nothing mor? id?al even than silk for the fall days that Sept?mber will bring. And Sem? New Coats for Children Reefers in Ages 6 to 14 Years Ready-to- Wear Second Floor. Just plain neat littl? 3-button double-breasted reef?r styl? coats for chil dren—girls or beys. No ne?d te be anything but plain, for lines, material and tailoring are all se fine that there s no n?ed of any garish ernam?ntatien to cev?r up anything. Plain mannish notch collars and sleev?s plain or with cuffs. Straight b°x backs with no seam. Th|y are in solid blu?s, tans, auto r?d, ahd brewn. Cov?rts, Serge, fancy mixtur?s and diagonal stripe suitings. Sor..? have buttons te match the material and some are quite military-like, double rows of gold buttons with eagles on th?m. In materials and in making these are excellent $5.00 Coats. Weve Marked Th«m $3.50 Chamberlin-Johnsgn-DuB ose C o. Jt