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ocooaooooooooooo- ■ 1 • —— 11 ATLANTA ur The Atlanta Georgian. GEORGIA Miles of stenm railroads 6.501 Miles of electric railways 406 rotton factor!.** 130. spindles.. 1.500.(y# Valne of 190R . VOL. 1. NO. 156. ATLANTA, HA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1906. PRICE: ELEVEN DEAD C. B.N. A. SOLID FOR REFORM IN REGULATION OF TARIFF Only One Body Found at Kansas City ' Fire. MAN SAVES WIFE, BABE BY JUMPING Rescuer and Child Crema ted—Policeman Run L Over by Fire Truck. Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 25.—One dead body found, eleven persons missing and results of a Are that broke out ... . basement of the. Chamber of Commerce building In Kansas City early this morning. . List of Known Dead. The known dead: INFANT son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Sparks. LYNCH, burled in ruins; died trying, to save Sparks’ baby. ROBERT BURTON. List of Injured. ^ The injured: Frank Cree, reporter; cut on head by flying brick. Frank Ditar, hung from rope from fourth floor; Injured about the body and internally. A. Jackson, laborer. John A. McCall, laborer. A. H. West, laborer, badly cut about head. Captain Buckhalter, hurt by falling brie!.. # Mrs. J. H. Rose, wife of Missouri Pa cific hostler; hands, burned badly by ( sliding down rope from fourth floor. Unknown baby, fatally hurt; drop ped from second floor to a policeman, who failed to catch It. E. o. Ernhardt, foreman at Fowler’s; hands badly burned by sliding down rope from third floor. H. H. McCauley, Missouri Pacific fireman; cut about body by falling glass. Flunk Otterman, railway clerk, cut and bruised: three fingers dislocated. Thomas Connors, blacksmith, severe ly burned, Thcmas Artholder, policeman; hose "agon ran over neck and head; condi tion serious, J B. Branham. Jumped from the third floor; fracture of both legs. tv. J. Moreley, Missouri Pacific fire man; fractured thigh; scalp wound. Mr. nnd Mrs. John A. Sparks and baby, burned about body. 200 Persons in Building. The structure, which was four sto ries in height, was occupied by stores on the ground floor, white other stories Were used as tenement houses. There were 100 rooms In the build- Ings, which were occupied by sixty families, about 200 persons. Shortly after 1 (Vclock the destruc tion of the bulldlng’was complete. The walls began falling at 12:80, burying a man under flying bricks. Fred Tnft, the negro janitor. Is miss ing He was the only person who had a list of the tenants, and could tell who are missing. As soon as the firemen reached the f ine they saw that the building could mu be snved and turned their atten tion to rescuing the occupants. One Remarkable Escape. Help was eent from this city. "nr of the remarkable escapes was that of Jesse Ford, hla wife and bdby. The;, lived on the fourth floor. He look his wife and baby In his arms and lumped from a fourth story window to “ ladder that reached a little below ine third story. He was caught by nrenien and taken to the ground In ""buy. None of the Fords was In- CAUGHT OFF THEIR GUARD IN HOTEL' CORRIDORS v*> HAVE YOU JOINED THE LEAGUE? IT IS GETTING READY TO ACT; BE A CHARTER MEMBER IN IT! Vstsrford, Conn, Henry C. McLear, Wilmington. Del. George Gerstenslager, Marshallville, O. John Brown, Columbus, O. Prolonged Debate Fol lows Resolutions . Adopted. N,w York city was chonn for the next convention, in 1907, at tha (nest ing Thuriday afternoon. Other appli cant, were Saginaw, Mich., Jameatown, Va., and Atlantio City, N. J, The nominations for officers publish ed today ware ratified and the officer! elected. The convention adjourned for the year. The closing session of the Carriage Bulldera' National Association was marked with Its almost unanimous ac tion In passing a -resolution recom mending that the tariff question be made a managerial matter; that It be placed in the hands of a commission sitting at all times, and be absolutely divorced from politics. Enthusiasm marked the discussion which followed the reading of the reso lution. It grew Into almost a political debate hnd the flow of oratory deluged the convention until discussion was brought to a close by President Bruns- mail announcing that the question would be put. Those who opposed the proposition made several amendments, blit they were lost. Immediately after the convention was called to order Theo. Luth, chairman of the freight and classification com mittee, offered u report, the substance of which was an objection to the ac tion of the Central Freight Associa tion In .curtailing the stop-over privi lege. This subject Is now receiving the attention of the committee and ef forts are being made to get the privi lege restored. The report approved the Hepburn bill In some reBpccts, and recommenda tions were made generally to shipping Interests to use a uniform and simple bill of lading. A protest from the com- FRANK HARRISCN, Chairman of Commlteo on Speakers. mlttee Induced Texas roads to restore a recent curtailment of common packet rates. The demand Of roads for heav ier crates op shlpthentk was; also pre vented and a demoralizing situation was avoided. This point was vital to shippers and tho prompt action of the committee prevented the Western clas sification committee from Insisting on these requirements. . ■ Mutual Firs Insurance. W.H. McIntyre, chairman of the In surance committee, reported success In securing the formation of a mutual Are Insurance company, whose director would be taken from the agricultural and vehicle Interests, and whose man agement Is now In the hands of an experienced underwriter who will serve the vehicle Interests and give them the benefit of his experience; C. R. Ashley, Valdosta, Oa., In hjs remarks on the abolition of the 1 guar antee proposition, made timely sugges tions to the carriage builders. He said Continued .fen Page THrss. MARKET EXCHANGE PLAN HAS OPPOSITION AMONG SEVERAL GRAIN BROKERS STRIKE BREAKERS HERE; SOUTHERN IMPORTS MEN FOR MACHINE SHOPS Union Men Say Few Machinists in the Crowd. The first Importation of strikebreak ers arrived in Atlanta Wednesday night, and Thursday morning went to work at the shops of the Southern Railway. There urc about seventy-five men In the lot. One delegation comes from Boston, one from New York, one from Philadelphia and another from Chi cago. .Others, It Is said, will arrive later. It Is thought that about ISO men. In all, will be put to work at the shops here to break the strike of the local machinists. Other strikebreakers are being sent to the other cities af* Jure.!. .Mr? Frances Perguck says she aaw c' i husband and baby for a moment at “ thlr -] story window; then they dlsap pi’ar.d from her view. i rink Dltar, a laborer, swung from “ I "lie from the fourth floor to the ground. He was bruised about the “'".y and received Internal Injuries. Man and Baby Killed. I.ynch was given one of the cpai ks children to carry to safety. He hunt,|>cnred ln the ruins, as well as child. Mr. and Mrs. Sparks and another child escaped. A baby was dropped from a second window to the arms of a polldo. l'; 1111 - who failed to catch It. It fell to jjMuiveinent and was probably mor tally hurt. Arthur Thllders, a Kansas City, wans., policeman, was driving a fire •>“? down Arms avenue, when It ?™k a fallen pole and he was thrown Mil! ITI'lilinil uml tha utkAh tin* ground and the wheels passed " liis head and neck. His condl- ls serious. 0000<K>OIWIOOOOOOOOOOOOOO«HS COLORADO RIVER FORCED O INTO OLD CHANNEL. O Imperial, Cal.. Opt 25.—The Col- O river ran hack Jnto Its eld O - runnel leading to the gulf of O ’ atlfornla yesterday for the O first time In two years. The Sal- O , n sea Is now In a fair way to O ■cc.iine ,trained. The Southern O uclflc undertook to turn the wa- O Into Its Channel; and at Inst. O ' ’ many discouragements, has O -ut . ceded at a cost of ll.000.00u. O CcgoooW <5000000<HSOOO<KH5<K5P Opposition to the proposed market exchange of the Chamber of Commerce developed Wednesday afternoon In a counter proposition of A. V. Curran, manager of the Southern Exchange, to furnish quotations to the Grain Deal era' Association. The proposition was submitted at the regular bi-monthly meeting of the as sociation at 3 o'clock Wednesday af ternoon. Mr. Curran agreed to furnish the association with the quotations from the same wire now used by the Southern Exchange and which will go out of business January 1, when the Boykin law goes Into effect. The definite price for these quota tions was not stated by Mr. Curran. A grain dealer said Thursday morning to a representative of The Georgian that It would cost about $3,000 a year. A grain broker said it would cost about **The proposition was thoroughly dis cussed. but no action was taken. There was a strong undercurrent of feeling against It, It Is understood. The bro kers seem * divided between the pro posed Chamber of Commerce exchange and the proposition of Sir. Curran. The dealers, It wns stated by one of them, are solidly aligned for the former. Dealer's Plain Talk. It la Just this way," said A. W. Hcd- nett. Junior member of the firm of W. S. Duncan & Co., wholesale grain deal ers, "If we accept the proposition of Mr. Curran the dealers will hold them selves responsible for 13,000. If some of the brokers go out of business or dop't pay, the dealers will have to make good. We may each have to pay be tween 3300 and 8500 a year this way. "On the other hand. If the Chamber of Commerce exchange Is the one that Is established, we will have to pay about 125 or 860 a year, and t|ie Cham ber of Commerce Is responsible and gives Its bucking to the exchange. We simply pay our dues. In addition, of course, to the,regular dues of 520 a year, and are responsible for nothing. Some Brokers Unwilling. “A number of broker# are not mem ber* of the Chamber of Commerce and they would be willing to belong lo the Chamber of Commerce exchange, and pay their dues for the same, but an; membership. The position manifestly Is not right. "If the proposition of Mr. Curran Is accepted very few, If any, outside of the members of the Grain Dealers' As soclatlon will come In. On the other band, in thp Chamber of Commerce ex change there will be. In addition to the grain dealers and brokers, the cotton men, the cotton-seed oil men, the wholesale grocers, the produce men, the newspaper men, the stock and bond dealers and probnbly the bankers— "I am‘for the Inner circle of the Chamber of Commerce, as the proposed exchange Is called." E. E. Smith, of the firm of Smith & Martin, flour, grain nnd hay'brokers, wns ulso seen by a representative of The Georgian Thursday morning. What Broker Says. Nothing definite has been done or decided either way," he said, "The matter Is being discussed now. and it will be some time before we will know Just what action we should take. "The Chamber of Commerce ex change will cost about 35,000 a year. On account of the fact that the South ern Exchange hns a long lease on their apartments in the Gould building, which they will hardly need after Jan uary 1, the exchange, as offered by Mr. Curran, will cost only about |2,5UO. "The cotton men, if I understand the situation, will need a fast wire, which will cost much, while the grain brokers and dealers don't require one. "On the other hand, ths cotton men. the newspaper men and others, so I understand, are determined to Join the Chamber of Commerce exchange. If these Join, I suppose we might as well alP join. It's all up In the air now, though. "It Is possible that the grain brokers will take the Western Union service, which gives the quotations of grain and corn, and costs only $5 a week." O<H5O<H5<H5OO<HJO0<H5<W<I0<KK5O<H5 O O O QET8 3155300 VERDICT O O FOR BEING BEATEN. O O O Ansonla, Mass., Oct. 25.—Dr. W. . O II. Ccnkllng, who sued the Con- O O solldated Railway Company for O O being brutally beaten by a trolley O O crew in a dispute over a fare two O O years ago, has been awarded O In „ lr , 0 JI5.000 damages. O . SSt walling to pay the 330 dues for 00OOOOOOOOOOQOOQOOOOOO&OOO service In this territory. It Is known able. fected. The union machinists met this morning, ns usual, and discussed the situation. * The picketB reported the number of strikers, assuring the union that there weren't a half dosen real machinists all told In the whole crowd. "They brought the men here under a misrepresentation,” said one striker, "and they are leaving as fast as. they can. They have shoemakers, carpen ters and other trades represented In what they call these strikebreaking machinists." . “Fun Has Just Begun.' Mike Riley, chairman of the press committee of tho strikers, would make no statement, other than to refer the representative of The -Georgian to one of the “strike breakers,” and to L re mark, laughingly, begun." The strikebreaker referred to gave his name as James T. Healey, his home as Boston, and his occupation as shoemaker. Strikebreaker Talks. "They told us," he said, "that they were going to take us to Washington and put us to work. In fact, they told practically all the men that As soon as they got us Into our cars, they locked the doors and sped away. "Four of the men jumped out of the windows of the cars as the train passed through Washington. Another escaped dn New London. Some of us thdught we had arrived In Washing ton, when we got off the train here. Three left Atlanta this morning. I am going to -leave ns soon as I can. "There r.re quite a number of shoe makers brought here with me. should say there are about six machin ists brought here." The unjon men were Just as tranquil Thursday morning as ever. They dis cussed the Importation of strikebreak ers dispassionately, and were as con fident of victory as ever. know we are going to win," said a member of the strike commit tee, "because we know they can't get enough machinists to do their work. They can get enene-h men all right, but getting machinists Is another ques- tlfln." Professional strikebreakers have a habit of picking up any men out of g. job and rushing them to the scene of a strike," said one union tnan Thurs day. "They think that by bringing a crowd of men Into deserted shops that the spirit of the strikers will be broken nnd they will be bluffed Into returning to work. Men are often hired under promise of work In their own line and then rushed to another city to take the place of strikers in an entirely unfa- STRIKERS ORGANIZE TO TIGHT PLAN TO General Mass Meeting of Labor Organizations of the City Called. Special lo The Georgian. Knoxville, Tenn., Oct. 25.—A general meeting of the 900 striking shop em ployees of the Southern railway, who walked out Wednesday because an ef fort was made to put non-union mu< chtnists In the place of men on strike, was held this morning, when a striking organisation was perfected. Bach union named one or more committeemen to machinists. ► A meeting of Central Labor Union, representing all organised labor of the city, has been called for tomorrow night. A mass meeting of cltlsens Is also proposed to act on the strike situ ation. Shops Are Tied Up. The shops are completely tied up, less than 50 men, ^Including strike breakers, being at the shops, and -20 of these, who are foremen, are doing nothing but look after tools. The fore men state that they will not work non union men. The general foreman of the shops is In charge of the few non union men there. H. B. Hpencer, general manager of the Southern railway, left hurriedly this morning for Birmingham, after It having been announced that he would remain here today. No statement has as yet been given out by the railway officials as to what will be done. MACHINISTS WALK OUT AT KNOXVILLE SHOPS. Hmiilierii railway In this city, having quit t noon yesterday. They walked out. leavlug #ne man in each shop to look after the tools. When a passenger train froiu Cincinnati stooped at Coster, seven machinists nnd twelve ma chinists helpers, all strike lirenkei*, left tin* train and went to the shops. A com mittee of shopmen sal»seqiientiy waited upon Superintendent of Motive Power JJII. Ml- char! replied In tin* affirmative. Ih* pat to work In the shops. Mr. Ml- •hnel-ro lied In the affirmative. Tha superintendent's answer spread very ptlekly. and when the strike-breakers en- ered the machine shops Just lH*fore noon, he MO employees left their work nnd came to the city. No demonstration nccom- ont Is on account of the genera! sympn- einls have made uo statement as to what will la* done. The holler makers working nt the Sou th ru shops have deelared against a walk* out; nt least, for th»* present. You Can’t Wait for Others; If You Want Relief You Must Fight for It—Ask Your Friends to Join. Tell Them the Story of Jackson ville—The Story of Cheaper Light. ORGANIZATION MEANS SUCCESS; THOUSANDS NEEDEb FOR FIGHT Have you joined the municipal'league? Do you feel like saving some of vour gas nnd electric light bills or had you just as soon keep on paying big rateg? Municipal ownership can gave you money. Atlanta can make gag and electric light and sell it to yon cheap and atill pay ex penses. There won’t be any big dividendg^o corporationg then. But YOU must help to do it. YOU cari’t git down and wait for others to go ahead. If YOU want relief YOU must fight for it. ' There are enough of YOU. If all the men who are tired of big bills will get together and express themselves, the council will pay attention to them. There’s a mighty big power in a big organization of voters. Members of the council know who put them there, and they are mighty likely to obey the voice of tho people. But they want it to be a loud voice—and a voice with a definite WANT inspiring it. Are YOU doing your share? If not, why not? ■ The league is growing. The list of names is away up in tha hundreds now. But it ought to be even longer. Perhaps you have signed an application blank and sent it in. • The Georgian has a tall stack of signed applications on file. If your name is among them you havo done something. But that is not all. Have you talked to your friends? Have you tried to find if your sentiments are shared by your next-door neighbor? Are you doing anything further to push forwnrd tho movement you have indorsed? If you were out electioneering for one of your friends would you be satisfied to vote and say nbthing? No, you would get busy and gain more votes. - 7 Municipal ownership is one of the best friends you will ever know. It will be a friend which will put money in your pocket; which will help you to cut down that monthly expense,. It will let your city save a'big share of its lighting bills. ' • YOU have a personal interest in this matter. If YOU want to help yourself it would be wise for you to gain some strength for YOUR side. The league is'getting ready to act. In n few weeks a meeting will be called by the leaders in the municipal ownership movement. It,will be held in u big hall and it will be wide open to tho public. There will be hundreds who will ally themselves ifrith the pur poses of the league at, tlint meeting. But the league would like to open that meeting with more than a thousand members. The more the better. Thousands will be needed' for the battle. Be a charter member. Sign the application blank. Ask your friends to sign. 'Tell them what' Jacksonville, Kin., has done. Show them the difference in cost of lights in Jacksonville nnd Atlanta. Show them that the Georgia Railway and Electric Company charges #1 a thousand for gus that costii the company less than 40 cents. Show them that the same corporation—no competition, you see- charges them from 8 to 12 cents per kilowatt for electricity, while Jacksonville charges, a maximum of 7 cents and makes a profit at that figure. At the forthcoming meeting a method of gaining the desired ob ject will be tnken up. It will not be necessary to burden the city with a bonded debt. An .electric plant can be combined with its water works plant, according to experts. Or a combination gas and electric plant, successfully in use by many corporations, can be built. The city will have no trouble in borrowing money on its land nnd fran chise. The latter will be its most “valuable asset. The details will be shown satisfactorily. « What other cities have done and are doing Atlanta can do— and WILL do. A business which cun make big dividends for a cor poration can pay expenses for a city and tho difference will go to the consumers. If YOU would Jike a share in those profits paid by the gas and electric companies, all you must do is to join the munici pal ownership league—^and WORK UNTIL IT GETS WHAT IT IS AFTER. YOU .WILL BE A STOCKHOLDER IX YOUR OWN COMPA NY AND WILL DRAW YOUR DIVIDENDS IN REDUCED LIGHT cupai At the office of Master Mechanic J. to give F. Shehan the officials refuse* out any statement regard Ini; strike breakers or the strike. The Southern has preserved this* attitude since the beginning of the strike among the machinists. At noon Thursday, it was stated by one who had been out at the shops that the strike breakers were on the scene, but had not gone to work, hanging off for some unknown reason. SOUTHERN BUYS ENGINES 'TO HELP WEAKEN STRIKE pccted to be effective foclore as strike breakers In the present walk-out of tins machinists. These locomotives are now being prepared for service by a forefe of men from the Baldwin Locomotive Works. While nothing has beeb said by the of ficials relative to these new engines. It known that they are counting on them as Important means In aiding the road In winning its fight against the strikers. It Is said that the Baldwin Works employs no union men. New engine* requite little work to keep them In running shape,for some months, it Is said, and with eighteen In that the officials are counting on them heavily to tide over the present situa tion. But the Southern has apparently a very grave proposition lo deal with, for the strike Is spreading. Dispatches Thursday state that 900 men walked out In KnoxvIUe Wednesday because of the arrival there of strlke-breakera. For the present, at feaat, the strike Is confined to the machinists, but It Is In- Unrated that there may be walk-outs of other employees If the Southern does not yield to the demands of the ma chinists. Officials of the road are reti cent about discussing matters Just now. The local strikers are firm In their stand, and that they are In it to win out, because their demands are reason- BILLS. THE CITY WILL BE THE COMPANY AND THE CITI ZEN’S THE STOCKHOLDERS. THIS IS ONE OF YOUR OWN- BUSINESS AFFAIRS. ARE YOU GOING TO WATCH YOUR OPPORTUNITY? . < | >••••••••••••••< IF YOU ARE with the people of At- j lanta in their struggle for Cheaper Light j and Power—§ | G N ! MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP LEAGUE. APPLICATION BLANK. I hereby make application for membership in the MUNICIPAL OWN ERSHIP LEAGUE. J90. Occupation Addreaa Note.—Cut out and return to THB ATLANTA GEORGIAN.