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Night Edition The Atlanta Georgian. Ni ? ht “ VOL. 1. NO. 156. ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1906. PRICE: HAVE YOU JOINED THE LEAGUE?' IT IS GETTING HEADY TO ACT; BE A CHARTER MEMBER IN IT! 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 NEEDED FOR FIGHT Have you joined the municipal league! Do you feel like saving some of your gas and electric light bills or had you just as soon keep on paying big rates f Municipal ownership can save you, money. Atlanta can make gas and electric light and sell it to you cheap and still pay ex penses. There won’t be any big dividends to corporations then, But YOU must help to do it. YOU can’t sit 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 counoil will pay attention to th,em. 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 the people.’ But they want it to be a loud voice—and a voice with a definite WANT inspiring it. Arp YOU doing your shall! If not, why-not! The lengue is growing. The list of names is away up in the 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 have 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 |o push forward the movement.you have indorsed? If you were out electioneering for one of your friends would you be satisfied to vote and say nothing! "Xo, you would get busy and gain more votes. Municipal ownership is v 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 YOL’B 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 a big hail and it will be wide open to the public. There will be hundreds who will ally themselves with the pur poses of the league at that meetings 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, Fla., has done. Show them the difference in cost of lights in Jacksonville and Atlanta. Show them that the Georgia Railway and Electric Company charges *1 a thousand for gas that costs 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 dents and makes a profit at that figure. At the forthcoming meeting a method of gaining the desired ob ject will be taken up. It will not be necessary to burden the city with a bonded,debt. An.electric plant can be combined wjjh its water works plant, according to experts. Or n combination gas and electric plant, successfully in use by mnn.v corporations, can be built. The city will have no trouble in borrowing money ou its land and 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 cau do— and WILL do. A business which can make big dividends for a cor poration can pay expenses for a city and the difference will go, to file consumers. If YOU would like a share in those profits paid'by the gas nnd electric companies, all you must do is to join the munici pal ownership league—and WORK UNTIL IT GETS WHAT IT IS JKTER. YOU WILL BE A STOCKHOLDER IN YOUR OWN COMl’A- NV AND WILL DRAW YOUR DIVIDENDS IN REDUCED LIGHT lill.LS. THE CITY WILL BE THE COMPANY AND THE CITI- ZKNS THE STOCKHOLDERS. THIS IS ONE OF'YOUR OWN BUSINESS AFFAIRS. ARE YOU GOING TO WATCIf YOUR OPPORTUNITY! UNDERDEBRIS Only One Body Found at Kansas City Fire. MAN SAVES WIFE, BABE BY JUMPING Rescuer and Child Crema ted—Policeman Run Over by Fire . 1 Truck. * • HHHHMHMMMII | IF YOU ARE with the people of At lanta in their struggle for Cheaper Light and Power-S I G N ! MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP LEAGUE. application blank. __ I hereby make application lor mambarahip in tha MUNICIPAL OWN ERSHIP league. I favor tha ownership of a gaa and alaetrie lighting plant by the city of Atlanta. Remarks: 'nvtipatlon Addreaa Stilt.—cut out and return to THE ATLANTA OEORQIAX. Kansas City, Mo., Oct. »5.—One dead body found, eleven persons missing nnd more than a score of Injured are the reeults of a fire that broke out In the basement of the Chamber of Commerce building In Kansas City early thla morning. List of Known Dead. The known dead INFANT* son of Mr; snrl Mrs. John A. Sparks. LYNCH, burled In rulne; died trying to save Sparke' baby. ROBERT BURTON. List of Injured. The Injured: Frank Cree, reporter; cut on head by flying brick. Frank Dltar, 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 brlcl- • Mrs. J. H. Rose, wife of Mlsaourl Pn clflo hostler; hands burned badly by eliding 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 eliding down rope from third floor. 8. H. McCauley, Missouri Paclflc fireman; cut* about body' by falling glass. Frank Otterman.- railway clerk, cut and bruised; threo Angers dislocated. Thomas Connors, blacksmith, severe ly burned. Thornes Art holder, policeman; hose wagon ran over neck and head; condi tion serloue. J. B.- Branham, jumped from the third floor; fracture of both lege. W. J. Moreley. Mlsaourl Paclflc fire man; fractured thigh; scalp wound. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Sparks and baby, burned about body. 200 Peraone in Building. Tke structure, which was four sto ries In height, was occupied by stores on the ground floor, while other stories were used as tenement houses. There were 100 rooms in the build ings, which were occupied ,by sixty families, about 200 peraone. Shortly after 1 o’clock the deetruc-' tlon C the building was complete. The walls began falling at 12:10, burying a man under flying bricks. Fred Taft, 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 flremen reached the scene they saw that the building could not he saved and turned their atten tion to rescuing the occupants. One Remarkable Escape. Help wee sent from this city, one of the remarkable escapes was that of Jesse Ford, his wife and baby. They lived on the fourth floor. He took hla wife and baby In hie arms and Jumped from a fourth story window to a ladder that reached a little below the third story. He was caught by firemen and taken to the ground In safety. None of the Fords waa In jured. . Mrs. Fi-ancea Perguck saya she saw her husband and baby for a moment at a third story window; then they disap peared from her view. Frank Dltar, a laborer, swung from rope from the fourth floor to .the ground. He was bruised about the body and received. Internal Injuries. Man and Baby Killed. Mr. Lynch \yas given one of the Sparks children to carrv to safety. He disappeared in the rulne, as well an the child. Mr. and Mrs. 8parks and another child escaped. A baby was dropped from a second story window to the arms of a police man, who failed to catch It. It fell to the pavement and was probably mor tally hurt. i ArthuC Thlldera, a Kansas City, Kans., policeman, was driving a Are wagon down Arms avenue, when It struck a fallen pole and he was thrown to the ground ami the wheels passed over his head i\nd neck. His condi tion Is serious. RACES LATONIA.. . Latonla, Oct. 25.—Here are the re- fblts of today's races: FIRST RACE—Refined. 3 to 5, won; t'nper, 1 to 2, second; Alyth, 4 to 5, third. SECOND RACE—Gladiator, 25 to 1. won; Intense, 6 to 5, second; Daring. 10 to 4, third. THIRD RACE—Salvage, 5 to 1. \ Prince Brutus, 5 to 1, second; In thrift, 2 to 1. third. . FOURTH RACE—Stoner Hill, 20 to 1, won; St. Jnne.pt], 5 to 1, second Marvel P„ 6 to 6. third. FIFTH RACE—Lady Jocelyn, 3 t. 2, won; Frank Me, 8 to 6, second; Plea, 5 to 2, third. SIXTH RACE—Fonsoluca. 8 to 5, won; Rebounder.,0 to 5, second; Joe Coyne, 2 to 6, third. JAMAICA. Jamaica, Oct. 2$.—Here are the re eults of today's races: , FIRST RACE—Five and'a halt tur- longs: They’re Off. 112 (Shaw). 7 to 6, won; Montgomery, 112 (McGee), 8 to 5. second; Botanist, 112 (J. Martin), 7 to 10, third. Time, 1:08 4-5. SECOND RACE—Six furlongs: Al bert F., 110 (J. Hennessy), 9 to 6. won; Clolsteress, 108 (M. Knapp), 3 to 1, second; Homelander, 110 (Noonan), even, third. Time, 1:15 4-5. • THIRD RACE—Mile and one-slx- teenth: Cresslna, 122 (Miller), 9 to 10. won Stamping Ground, 180 (Kerner), 5 to 2, second; Palette, HO (\V. Doyle), 4 to 5. third. Time.‘1:50. 4-5. FOURTH RACE—Six furlongs: Or- aculum. 104 (Miller), 2 tb 1, won; Bel- cast, 122 (Notter), 2 to 1, second; Lor- Ing, 102 (Finn), 10 to 6, third. Time, 1:14 4-5. FIFTH RACE—Mile nnd . a six teenth : Bragg, 110 (J. Harris), 6 to 1, won; Niblick, 103 (Miller), 0 to 5. second; Delmore, 98 (Gamer), 9 to 5, third. Time, 1:60 3-6. SIXTH RACE—Five furlong*; Mo- ISsy, 108 (C. Roes), 5 to 1, won; Jennie Welle, 108 (Brussel!), 9 to 10, second; Hancock, 108 (Miller), 3 to 5, third. \tme, 1:02 8-5. cLemson TIES WITH NORTH CAROLINA A. A M. STRIKE BREAKERS HERE; SOUTHERN IMPORTS MEN FOR MACHINE SHOPS STRIKE IN GOTHAM! BEATNON-UNIONISTS Union Men Say Few 4 Machinists in the Crowd. Hpeelnl to The Georgian. Columbia, B. C., Oct. 25.—ciemson and North Carolina A. & M. played a greet game here today, which ended In a tie, with the score 0 to 0. Try ns they would, neither side could score. The Clcmeon team was badly crippled, but put up a good game. Halves of 25 and 20 minutes wero played. DR, C,P,BRIDEWELL New York. Oct. 25.—Three hundred chauffeurs, employed by the New York Transportation Company, struck today for an Increase of wages. Reserves had to be sent to the garage at For ty-ninth street and Eighth avenue shortly after 8 o'clock to save a strike breaker. John Berry attempted to take one of the electrical vehicles out of the big garage. He was at once set upon by a crowd and dragged from his seat on the machine and badly beaten, drew a revolver. It In charged, and flred Into a crowd of his assailants. No one was hit. Berry was alrested. charged w|th discharging a revolver and at tempted felonious assault. ,Tho chauffeurs some time ago or- ganlxed secretly. A committee from them awaited on Richard W. Mend, president of the New York Transpor tation Company, last night and de manded an Increase In wages and rec ognition of their union. Mr. Mead re fused to grant the demands. The men are paid at the rate of 16 2-3 cents jer hour for what time they work. They declare that often they get only a few.hours a day. They demand for the chauffeurs of the or dinary electric machines a uniform wage of 82 per day. with pay for over time When the day lasts more than 13 hours, with an hour for dinner. WITHDRAWS-SUIT T BACK IN ATLANTA SWITCHMEN PLAN A WAGE Rev. and Mrs. Charts) P. Bridewell returned to Atlanta Wednesday after noon from' Malvern; Ark., where they have been elnce Dr. Bridewell resigned the pastorate of the First Presbyterian church. He says that he will remain here for a short while, then go to Chicago to take a course of studies In the Univer sity of Chicago. Dr. Bridewell says he will re-enter the mlnletry when hie suspension Is lifted. LONQWORTH TO STUMP~ i STATE WITH HI8 WIFE. Logansport, Jnd., Oct. 25.—In return- for the aid Congressman Frederick Landis Is giving Congressman Nicholas lungwort!) In the latter’s district this week. Mr. nnd Mrs. Longworth will In vade Landis' Eleventh congressional district Saturday. 00000000000000000000000000 New York. Oct. 25.—After a meeting In the olflre of H. J. Witte, counsel for Mrs. Bertha K. Gresham, the woman's suit ifgnlnst Dj. R.. A. Annul nr, consul general for Panama, for 8100.060, was dropped, and the charges she had made were withdrawn. It Is alleged there was a money consideration. Chicago, Oct. 25.—Strengthened by the promised support of engineers and flremen, one branch of the switchmen employed In the Chicago railroad yards will go before nfflclals of the various roads today in make a Anal demand for higher wades and shorter hours. While slrike action will not follow necessarily an adverse reply from the rosfls. such a decision will render the situation serious. HE LEFT PROVISION FOR VIRGINIA VET8. O O o o O Norfolk, Va.. Oct. 25.—By the O. terms of the will of Edward W. O James, wljb was found dead In O his offlee last Sunday, which O -was probated yesterday, about O 8200,000 goes to the University O of Virginia, with the provision O that for fifteen years to come O the university Bhall turir over O one-half of the Income to the O Confederate Soldiers' Home, O Richmond, Va. After thnt the O entire residue reverts to the O university. O 00000000000000000000000000 JAPANESE LEPER ESCAPES TO PALS Denver. Colo., Oct. 25.—M. Yakytoml the Japanese leper, who escaped from quarantine at Majestic several days ago, has dlsapepered and It la feared he Is hiding with his countrymen In this city. CAPTAIN - oFlTi. TUGBOAT . FALL8 DEAD ON I8LAND. New York. Oct. 35.—William H. Kenshaw, captain' of the United State* tugboat Apnche. of the navy yard, fell dead at Iona Island. He was 25 Years a captain of the Catherine ferry and for the last 18 years was captain of a navy yard tug. • The first Importation of strlkehrenk- s arrived In Atlanta Wednesday night, and Thursday morning went to work at the shops of the Southed* Railway. There are about seventy-live 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 050 men, In nit, 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 fected. The union machinists met this morning, as usual, nnd discussed the situation. The pickets reported the number of strikers, assuring the union thnt there weren't a half dozen real machinists all told In the whole crowd. "They brought the men here under a misrepresentation," said one striker, "and they arc leaving as fast as they can. They heve shoemakers, carpen ters and pthcr trades represented In what they call these strikebreaking machinists." “Fun Has Just Begun.” Mike Riley, chairman of the press committee of the strikers, would make no statement, other than to refer the representnl Ive of The Georgian to one of the "strike breakers,” and to re mark. laughingly, "the fun has just begun." The .strikebreaker referred to gave his name as James T. Healey, his homo as Boston, and his occupation as shoemaker. Strikebreaker Talke. "They told us,” he said, "that they were going to fake us to Washington and put us to work. In fact, they told practically all the men that. Aa softn as they got ue Into our cars, thqy 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 In New London. Some of Us thought We had arrived In Washing ton. when we got off the train here. Three left Atlanta thla morning. 1 am going to leave as soon as I An. “There are qultd twiturtibcr of shoe makers brought here with me. I should say there are about six machin ists brought here.” IS SOLID FOR Prolonged Debate Fol- * lows Resolutions Adopted. New York city wat chosen for the next convention, in 1907, at the meet ing Thursday afternoon. Other appli cants were Saginaw, Mich., Jamestown, Va., and Atlantic City, N. J. The nominations for officers publish ed today were ratified and the officers elected. The convention adjourned for the year. A CONFEDERATE SHAFT FOR NATIONALCEMETERY 00O0000O0OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO o o O COLORADO RIVER FORCED O O INTO OLD CHANNEL. O o o O Imperial, Cal,. Oct 25.—The Co I- O O orado river ran buck Into Its rid O O channel lending to the gulf of 0 O of California vesterday for the 0 first time In two years. The Sal- O ton sea Is now In a fair way to O O become uralned. The Southern O O Pacific undertook to turn the wa- O O ter Into Its channel, nrf at Inst. O O after many discouragements, has O O succeeded at a cost of 81,400.000. O O O O0OOO00OOOOO0O9OCOOOOOO0OO / Washington, Oct. 25.—"That Arling ton National cemetery soon will con tain a memorial monument to the Con federate dead who are burled In Its confines seems to be certain," said Dr. Samuel E. Lewie. Dr. Lewis Is chairman of a commit tee from the varloua Confederate or ganisations In this city to raise funds for the purpose. The same men also will eelect the plans for the monument. which Is to be either of bronze or mar ble. and which will probably coat about 816.000. The committee declares that the monument, will be built by a sculp tor who Is an artist and that the me morial will be a work of art. So far, little has been done to raise funds. While no definite date can bo set for the erection of the memorial It Is thought that a year will suffice to plan and finance it. SOUTHERN BUYS ENGINES ' 70 HELP WE A KEN STRIKE Eighteen huge brand new Baldwin that the officials are counting on them — - — ■- “ heavily to tide over the present sltuu- locomotlves, now being set up In the Southern railway shop* here, are ex- ted to be effective factors as strike breakers In the present walk-out of the machinists. These locomotlws are now being prepared for service by a force of men from the Baldwin Locomotive Works. While nothing has been said by the of ficials relative to these new engines, It la known that they are counting on them aa Important means in siding the road In winning Its fight against the strikers, it Is said that the Baldwin Works employs no union men. New engines require little work to Yeep them In running shape for some months. It is said, and with eighteen In service In this territory. It la known able. tlon. But the Southern has apparently a very grave proposition to deal with, for the strike Is spreading. Diepafche* Thursday state that ,00 men walked out In Knoxville Wednesday because of the arrival there of strike-breakers. For the present, at least, the strike Is confined to the machlnlats, but it la In timated that there may be walk-oute of other employees If the Southern does not yield to the demands of the ma chinists. Officials of the road are reti cent about dlscusstgg matters just now. The local strikers are firm In their stand, and that they are In It to win Thursday morning as ever. They cussed the Importation of strlkebreak are dispassionately, and were as con fident of victory as ever. "We 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 enonwh men all right, but getting machinists la another ques. tlon.” Professional strikebreakers have habit of picking up any men out of a Job and rushing them to the scene of a strike,”'said one union man Thurs day. "They think that by bringing crowd of men Into deserted shops thi the spirit of the strikers will be broken nnd they will be bluffed Into returning to work. Men a.t. 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 miliar occupation.” At the office of Master ^Mechanic J. F. Shehan the officials refused to give out • any- statement regarding strike' breakers n* the strike. The Southern has preserved this attitude since the beginning of the strike among the machinist*. At noon Thursday, It waa stated by one who Had been out at the shops that the strike breaker* were on the scene, but had not gone to work, hanging off for some unknown reason. FRANK HARRISON. Chairman of Commitoe on Speakers. STRIKERS ORGANIZE TO EIGHT PLAN TB General Mass Meeting of Labor Organizations of the City Called. Special to The Georgian. Knoxville, Tenn., Oct. 25.—A general meeting of the ,00 striking shop em ployees of the* Southern railway, who walked out Wednesday because an ef fort was made to put non-union ma chinists In the place of men on strike, was held this' morning, when a striking organisation was perfected. Each union named one or more committeemen to act with the executive committee of machinists. A meeting of Central Labor Union, representing all organised labor of the city, has been called for tomorrow night. A mas* meeting of cltlsena I* also proposed to act on the strike situ ation. 8hopt Art Tied Up. The shops are completely tied up, less than 60 men. Including strike breakers, being at the shops, and 30 of these, who are foremen, ure doing nothing but look after tool*. The fore men state that they will not work non union men. The general foreman of tbe shops Is In charge of the few non union men there. The closing session of tho Carriage) Builders' National Association was marked with Its almost unanimous nc- tlon In passing a resolution roeom- mendlng that the Inrlff question he made a managerial matter: that It he placed In the hands of a commission sitting nt all times, and be absolutely divorced from politics. Enthusiasm' marked tho discussion which followed the reading of the reso lution. It grew Into almost a political debate'and the flow o't oratory ilciugc,i the convention until discussion waa brought to a close by President Brline man announcing that the question would be put. Those wl|Q opposed the proposition made several amendments, but they were lost. ■ ‘ • 4 Immediately after the convention was colled' to order Theo. Luth, chairman of:the freight 1 and classification com mittee, offered a report, the substance of which was'an objection 1 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 commltteo.and ef forts are being made to get the privi lege restored. The report approved. the .Hepburn, bill In some respects, nnd recommenda tions were made generally to shipping Interest* to ,u*o a uniform and simple bill of lading. A protest from tho com mittee Induced Texas roads tb restore n recent curtailment of common packet rates. The demand of roads for heav ier cratfs on shipments was also pre vented and n demoralizing situation was avoided. Thla point was vital to shippers and the prompt action of the committee prevented the Western clas sification committee from Insisting, on these requirements. Mutual Fire Insurance. W. H. McIntyre, chairman of the In- eurance committee, reported success In securing the formation of a mutual lira Insurance company, whose director would be taken from the agricultural and vehicle Interests, nnd whose man agement Is now In the hands of an experienced underwriter who will serve the vehicle Interests and give them the benefit of hi* experience. • I C. R. Ashley, Valdosta, Go., in hi* remark* on the abolition of the guar antee proposition, made timely sugges tions to the carriage builders. He said Continued on Page Three. having been announced that he would remain here today. -t No statement ha* as yet been given out by the railway officials os to what will be done. MACHINISTS WALK OUT , AT KNOXVILLE SHOPS.. .. H. B. Spencer, general manager of out. because their demands are reason- i the Southern railway, left hurriedly this morning for Birmingham, after it HpeCJsl to The Georgia a. Knoxville, Tenn., Oct. 25.—.Nine hundred men are out at tbe Coster shops of the Houtheru railway la this city, bsrlug quit nt uoon yesterday. They walked cut. leaving one man In . .ii*h shop to look after the toot*. Wluui a passenger train from t.'lnclnastt stopped at foster, seven machinists nnd twelve am. Superintend, lit of Motive Power J. 11. Ml- elmet replied In the Birinnnthre. Is- pat to work In the nhopn. , Mr. Mi chael re lied In the affirmative. The nuperlntemlent'n nnswes spread very lalckly. and when the strikebreakers frred the maehlne alto the 960 employee* left I intlves of the afmpinen atate that the walk out la on account of the general sTtap i tbetle vlewa entertained for tbe tnarhlnler. who are ou strike. Southern railway ft: rials Slave wade no statement as to uh.it will Is- done. The IsMIer makers working at tbe S um. ern shops have declared against a walk out; at least, for the ptescuu