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UNIONS. STEADFAST.
SHOW NO INDICATION
Os EXPECTED BREAK
-
Interest in Philadelphia Strike
Centers in Ability of Forces
to Strike Together-—Milk
Dealers Not Worried <
MOVE AGAINST BANKS
IS AN UNEXPECTED ONE
("By Awociat*' PrtU.l
PHILADELPHIA. March 14. Interest
bi the genera! strike today centered on
the ability of the labor unions to hold
the striking workmen dogether and pre
vent a break predicted by employers and
the city authorities. Early reports show
ed that although some men did return
to work after a week's idleness there was
no indication of a general break.
On the other hand, some unions that
had hesitated" about joining the sympa
thetic strike cast their lot today with the
trolleymen.
Action by the Central Union call
ing out union men employed in the sup
plying of milk, bread and other necessi
ties of life had no serious effect. Strik
ers declare that the mandate did not be
come generally known until today and
that all unionists engaged in the hand
ling of food products will eventually obey
the strike order.
t arg* milk dealers and others, howev
er. assert that the strike will not serious
ly affect the food supply of the city as
men employed in theee lines of trade are
not strongly organised.
STRIKE AGAINST BANKS.
The strike declared against the banks
U a new move in labor warfare. The
call by the labor leaders urging working
men and women not only in this city,
but throughout the coutnry to withdraw
their deposit* from banking institutions
and thus deprive capitalists of one weap
on with which to fight organised labor
is being watched with interest.
Thu action was taken because the local
banking Interests are disinclined to inter
fere in the fight between the trolley men
and the Philadelphia Rapid Transit com
patiy. Bankers seen today admitted that
thu latest plan would be a dangerous
one If it was unanimously carried out,
but they do not believe that the unions
will succeed In causing a very general
withdrawal of deposits.
No apprehension is felt tn banking ele
ctee because the greater amount of work
ing men's deposits are in saving fund in
stitutions which require at least two
weeks notice of withdrawal.
MAT INVOLVE OTHERS
The inclination of labor leaders to
use every weapon to win the present
fight may involve many organisations tn
tangles with employers. When the gen
eral strike was ordered the unions as a
rule were at peace, but the action of
the central body in calling upon all
workmen, whether organised or not. to
seise the present opportunity to demand
higher wages or better working condi
tions, may bring about an extended la
bor struggle in other Industries. Sev
eral large industrial establishments,
scenting trouble, have made concessions
and have thus prevented strikes on spe
cific grievances.
The printers, musicians and several
other unions that decided not to join
the strike last week. will, it is believed,
stick to that decision and refuse to obey
the orders of the Central Labor union.
The transit company operated almost
its regular number of cars today. Offi
cials of the company announced that
they have 4.500 men available to run the
ears and that additions to the force of
experienced motormen and conductors
are reaching here daily from various sec
tions of the country. The cars are be
ing more generally patronised than at
any time since the strike was declared.
EMPLOY 2.350 MEN.
The raf>!d transit company announced
today that it had employed 2.350 new
men, recruited in Buffalo The com
pany declares it now has 5.000 conduct
ors and motormen at work, and needs
1.500 more to bring its service up to the
standard.
Early reports that there was no stam
pede to return to work were confirmed
later tn the day. and strike leaders de
clared themselves as pleased w ith the
conduct of the workmen on strike. The
number *f working of ail classes idle
because of the strike is still a matter
of dispute.
About 300 men out of the 3,000 on
strike at the Baldwin locomotive work
ers returned to work today. The Bald
strikers held a meeting this
nfSmlng at Labor Lyceum hall and
formed a union with temporary offi
cers. A permanent organisation will be
effected later. The union leaders say a
delegation of the men called upon Su
perintendent Vandam, of the Baldwin
plant, today and asked permission to
unionise the works. The union leaders
stated that if this permission is grant
ed all the strikers will return to work.
The superintendent has not yet given
his answer.
The committee of ten of the general
■trike movement anounced todav that
there would be no sudden withdrawal of
union funds from financial institutions.
The committee states that most of the
union depositors sre depositors in sav
ings banks. The deposits, it is further
stated will be gradually withdrawn. Com
menting on the strikers move to withdraw
funds from the banka, a high official of
the clearing house said: /
"It is all buncombe and won't cause a
ripple.”
J. T. Lea. president of the First Na
tional bank, one of the largest institu
tions. said:
AT THEIR WIT'S END.
"It shows that the men are at their
wit's end. It is absurd on its face. No
credit balance of any labor union is on
our books. We have no deposits from
laboring men. unless they are men like
myself who labor every day.”
Joseph Moore. Jr., president of the Na
tknal Bank of Northern Liberties, said:
"It is a rauical step and the outcome
of high feeling. I don't think ultimately
much money will be withdrawn. The
move is an effort to array class against
class." /
"We shall ndt pay any attention to the
matter,” said Samuel G. Dennison, pres
ident of the Savings Fund Society of
Germantown. "It is a mere threat. Depos
itors simply would be losing their inter
est. Where would they put their money
Continued on page Three
ROOSEVELT AND HIS PARTY
GET OVATION AT KHARTOUM
Reach the City in the Afternoon and Receive Great Dem
onstration There—Mrs. Roosevelt and Her
Daughter Meet Hunter
STEAMER BEARING PARTY
WEATHERS A HEAVY STORM
Thousands, Recognizing Ex-President on Deck, Cheer Him
and Press About Him on Shore-Happy
Family Reunion
(By Associated Preu.)
KKAITOUM. March 14. —Col. Thsodors Roosevslt and his party arrived
hers at 5 o'clock this afternoon. The former president of the United States
received a most flattering reception.
The steamer Dal, upon which the American members of the Smithso
nian African scientific expedition made the trip from Gondokoro, was de
layed by the unusually turbulent waters of the White Mlle, but the party
was able to keep within one hour of the scheduled time for arrival here.
Earlier In the day the staff of the Sirdar, with Major General Francis Wingate,
had proceeded up the river in a launch to meet the Dal and extend the first
formal greeting to the distinguished visitor. The officials were taken on board the
steamer and escorted their guests into the town.
When the Dal was sighted, the American. British and Egyptian flags could
be made out flying above the vessel. As the sturdy craft, puffing and blowing,
turned her nose into the harbor the thousands on shore were quick to recognize
the figure of Colonel Roosevelt standing on the bridge.
ROOSEVELT ON DECK. GIVEN CHEERS
He was dressed in a khaki hunting suit and wore a white helmet. Surround
ing him were the members of the Sirdar's staiff. Recognition of the 'American
was the signal for a burst of cheering that continued as the vessel slowly
found her pier. Colonel Roosevelt acknowledged the greeting, raising his hat
repeatedly and smiling.
A steam launch filled with newspaper correspondents sent here from all parts
of the world, accompanied the Dal in the last part of the trip.
Upon the pier Colonel Roosevelt wae pressed by an enormous and enthusi
astic crowd, all anxious for the nearest possible view, but his escort saved him
from any possible discomfort.
At the steps of the palace, he was received by the high Sudan officials.
The passage from the steps to the palace was lined by members of the sir
dar's bodyguard and as Colonel Roosevelt passed between the lines, he again
raised his hat In response to the salutations of the throng.
Within the palace Colonel Roosevelt received aTI of the higher officials
of the government, after which tea was served. The stay at the palace was
brief. Colonel Roosevelt hurrying away to the railway station to meet Mrs.
Roosevelt and Miss Ethel.
The city officials had so arranged affairs that this family reunion after
a year's separation was in strict privacy. After a few moments of seclu
sion. a very happy-appearlng family emerged from the station and proceed
ed to the palace. This evening no one was permitted to disturb the privacy
of the Roosevelts. Tomorrow the round of entertainments and the sightsee
ing will begin. t
COLONEL ROOSEVELT EAGER TO BE
BACK IN AMERICA ONCE MORE
IT JOO CAX.LAM OXOUGKLXM.
(Special Cable to the Chicago Tribune and The Atlanta Journal.)
(Copyright, IMO, by the Chicago Tribune Company.)
KHARTOUM, March 14.—Colonel Roosevelt -is deeply touched by the many
evidences he is receiving of the continued interest the American people have tn
him and especially because he rallies he is now a private citizens. He is antici
pating with interest the trip through Egypt and Europe and
more eagerly his arrival home, where he will be among the
people he knows and who understand him. Suggestions that the demonstra
tion upon his arrival in New York be participated in by persons of all sections
is a matter of gratification, for he has no desire that In any way It may have a
political character.
Indeed, probably any such complexion would prove excessively annoying, and
he might refuse to attend If he learned of this Intention in advance. If a recep
tion takes place, consequently it must be non-partisan and have no relation to
politics. This is in accordance with the attitude he has had from the time of his
retirement.
Colonel Roosevelt arrived at Khartoum this afternoon, meeting his wif-»
and daughter at the station at 6:30 and proceeding to the Grand hotel, where
they will stay till Thursday. Then they will take a train for Cairo, stopping
for an hour at Assouan to inspect the great Dam Luxor.
For two days the Egyptian government has placed a special car on the reg
ular train at his disposal. The Tribune’s apecial boat Pasha arrived at Khartoum'
last night, finding the city on tiptoe with excitement over what is considered
»the greatest journalistic event that ever occurred in Africa, namely, the race
up the While Nile between the Tribune’e steamer and the Cairo, the latter char
tered by Wellman.
Although Wellman had seven hours’ start from Khartoum In consequence of
an earlier arrival In Egypt, the Tribune beat Wellman to the telegraph station
after seeing Colonel Roosevelt, and filed a dispatch before him. It was a hare
and tortoise race.
The Cairo is the fastest ship dn the Upper Nile, with a speed at least four
miles greater than the Pasha. Wellman'* efforts were supplemented by having
the tug Kono as a convoy to the Cairo by the assistance of the Soudan Devel
opment company, the only private shipping corporation in this region.
Wellman lost through overconfidence and time wasted unnecessarily by tying
up nights and other delays. The Pasha burned fuel to the stick and plugged
away every minute, navigating the difficult shifting channel despite the known
dangers of night navigation. Both boats picked up the Dal at breakfast. After
a cordial reception by Colonel Roosevelt the steamers proceeded to Ronk, where
messages were filed, the Tribune being the first to wire.
The race from the beginning to the end was filled with stirring incidents,
the Pasha passing the Cairo at Dusin, 100 miles above Khartoum, and was passed
by the Cairo while taking wood above Rabak, 75 miles up. The Pasha is an old
boat and Steamed with broken paddles and pounding engines, but the steam
gauge showed the top notch speed, suggesting ths old days on the\Ohio river,
when a "nigger" boy held down the safety valve.
Six blacks sweated in a tropical sun stoking the furnace, while sparks
streamed through the funnel and the timbers croaked continually above the hiss
ing steam. On several occasions the boat ran aground. The strategic point was
naturally the telegraph station, which is located in Renk, with no other within
100 miles in either direction and with a single, wire with a Soudanese operator with
only a casual knowledge of English. Upon landing, the correspondents dashed
to the telegraph office, which the Tribune reached first.
T. R. IS CLOSE TO DEATH WHEN”
HUGE ELEPHANT CHARGED HIM
BY GILSON GARDNER.
Copyright, IMS, Newspaper Enterprise Association.
KHARTOUM, March 14.—Three or four days with Theodore Roosevelt and
association with the members of his party has given me a distinct impression
of his state of mind.
He is constantly on his guard lest he be trapped either by fool friends
or political enemies into any hint or expression as to the state of public af
fairs It the United States.
He is determined that no judgment shall pass his lips until he shall have
been home long enough to know fully and first hand all about the various sit
uations.
However, it is needless to say tiiat he has not changed his conviction
that the progressive policies of the nation must go forward in spite of any
opposition. *
So much for Roosevelt the political leader. As to Roosevelt the man, I
have never seen a man so full of the sheer joy of living as he is.
He is as happy as a schoolboy and fairly radiates his abundant health
and spirits.
"I am homesick, terribly somcsick." Colonel Roosevelt has said a dozen
times since I first met him at Renk. "I have had the time of my life, but I
will be mighty glad to get hack home.” x
He was extremely anxious to see his wife and daughter Ethel, and as we
drew near to Khartoum he could hardly control his impatience. But he says
be wants to see "the kids'* at home, too.
The former president is delighted with the success of his trip so far as the
Continued on Page Three
ATLANTA. GEORGIA. TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1910
SOME OF THE THINGS ROOSEVELT
WILL SEE AT KHARTOUM TODAY
r z Ails
Tee— I 11b MWmE
SIGHTS COX*. KOOSEV ELT WILL TAKE IM TODAJ ▲ T KHABTOCTM.
Top picture, at right Governor’s palace where T. B. will be a guest. Top, at left—A Soudanese family. Be
r, at right A Bedouin shepherd and family on banks of the Mile near Khartoum. On left, Khartoum mosque
When Colonel Roosevelt reached Khar
toum. capital city of the Soudan desert,
he was back in civilization —civili-
zation, after nearly a year of
African jungle, the wildest and savagest
in the world.
His arrival there also means the end
of his great hunting trip, which has
aroused the interest of the civilized world.
At Khartoum is the telegraph, the rail
road, the telephone, shaded avenues,
cases, cooling drinks, automobiles, boule
vards, churches, banks, schools, a zoo, a
university, a race track, golf linns, tennis
courts, gardens—everything that makes a
modern city—strangely included with Mo
hammedan mosques, bazars, camel mark
ets. gum arable markets, silver markets,
and aH the characteristics of Oriental
Africa.
Robert Hichins has described the people
of the desert—the native girls, innocent of
clothing save for the girdle of fringed
rhinoceros skin about their waists, de
scending to the Nile to fill the graceful
earjhen eiders they carpy naked
■boulders.
Let it be the province of a cartoonist
to depict the bropved face of T. R. when
he sees one of these poetic water carriers
at Khartoum. For on her shoulder as
she ascends from the river brim the Khar
toum girl bears not the earthen jar of
antiquity, but—but—
A Standard Oil can!
The earthen jgr is made of sun-baked
Nile mud and sand. Besides being leaky
it bursts every time it is dropped, and
even the native girl will now and then
cast a glance over a bare shoulder at
some stalwart native boy.
But an empty Standard OH can costa
NIEHL WIN
IN COURT DECISION.
ROMOR DECLADES
Decision Expected Tuesday
and It Is Said There Will Be
Four in Favor of Former
Commissioner, Two Against
MANY RUMORS CURRENT
ABOUT THE STATE CAPITOL
On Tuesday, says rumor, the decision
in the quo warranto case of S. Guyt Mc-
Lendon, former chairman of the rail
road commission, suspended by former
Governor Smith and confirmed in sus
pension by the state legislature, w'ill
be handed down by the supreme court
of the state. •
Rumor also has It that the decision
will be in favor of Mr. McLendon. The
former commissioners suit for his of
fice is aimed at the governor’s author
ity to dismiss him. and is directed
against the present incumbent of his
seat on the commission, J. F. Gray, of
Savannah, demanding that he show le
gal authority for holding that seat.
It Is also persistently rumored that the
decision of the court will not be unani
mous, but thht a dissenting opinion will
be handed down. According to this
same rumor it is said that the court
stands four to two in favor of Mr. Mc-
Lendon. Fish, Evans, Beck and Holder
in favor of the ousted commissioner and
Lumpkin and Atkinson contrary.
If the decision Is in favor of Mr.
McLendon, he will be reinstated and
will get pay for the time he has been
out. He will then have two years to
serve on the term for which he was
elected. Mr. McLendon has said that if
he is reinstated he will be a candidate
for re-election at the end of that time.
If the decision goes against Mr. Mc-
Lendon, it will be necessary to elect his
successor for the unexpired portion of
his term, Mr. Gray having been ap
pointed by Governor Brown to serve till
the next (this approaching) general
election.
MAY BE WEDNESDAY.
Where rumor begins and ends, nobody
knows. But rumor had it, Monday morn
ing, that the Georgia supereme court
would on Tuesday morning hand down its
long-expected decision in the McLendon
case. At noon it was again heard that
Wednesdaj’ would be the day.
But all the rumors agreed that the de
cision would be in favor of fprmer Rail
road Commissioner S. G. McLendon, who
sued through the courts of laW to regain
the seat from which he wasj suspended
by former Governor Hoke Smitti and defi
nitely left out by the state legislature.
If there is on* cloa* corporation that
but a few pence, It doesn't leak and the
Soudanese girl can rubber at the fellows
all she wants, and if the can drops it
only gets dented. I
Coming down the White Nile in the
launch T. R. will know Khartoum is near
when, on the right bank of the river he
will glimpse the grand stand at the race
track just south of the city. Adjoining
are the golf links, the martyred Gen.
Charles George Gordon’s—“ Chinese” Gor
don's—ineffective ramparts forming some
of the bunkers.
A mile further down the launch will
chug up to the massive masonry landing
where Colonel Roosevelt wit, be met with
an auto, whisked up the hill, thence east
two blocks on Khedive avenue, thence
north to th* magnificent Riverside drive
(modeled something after the famous
New York river boulevard), then east one
mile to the mudiria house—the governor’s
paalce.
If T. R. gets a front room overlooking
the river he will gaze out into the
ground* and see -the four* levelest, live
liest, hottest tennis courts in all Africa.
And late tomorrow afternoon, when
the sun s rays are tempered, will T. R.
and Kermit, the desert and river grime
cleansed away, will they don flannel*,
grab raquets, hike out to those courts
and simply long for Jimmy Garfield to
make up a set of doubles? Wil! Teddy?
Will he?
The colonel will be reminded of home
also because Khartoum is built like
Washington. It has square blocks, with
long diagonal avenues, heavily shaded
with trees, converging at a central point I
on the north river front—the sirdar’s
palace.
TAFT TO CANCEL HIS
NEW YORK ENGAGEMENT
Returns to Washington From
Funeral of Brother-in-Law
in Pittsburg
WASHINGTON. March 14— President
Taft returned at 8:25 o’clock this morn
ing from Pittsburg, where he went to
attend the funeral of his brother-in-law,
Thomas McK.’ Laughlin.
He today definitely decided to cancel
his engagemehts in New York tomor
row afternoon and evening, and will
leave here Wednesday morning for Chi
cago direct. He will carry out the itin
erary for the remainder of the trip as
heretofore planned.
CHICAGO, March 14.—President Taft
will be presented with a “big stick” by
, members of the Irish Fellowship club
when he comes here next Thursday, in
the shape of a blackthorn cane from Ire
land.
The blackthorn was sent by Edward
Lahiff, now of Monkstown, county Cork,
Ireland, and one of the six founders of
the Chicago Irish Fellowship club. It
was cut from a historic tree near the
city of Cork. f
After spending a busy St. Patrick’s
day in Chicago, the president will leave
there late that night for Rochester, N.
I Y.. where he will spend Friday afternoon
and night. From Rochester the president
on Saturday, the 19th, will go to Albany,
N. Y., arriving there in the early after
noon and remaining until Monday morn
ing. March 21. From Albany he will go
to New Haven to attend a forenoon ses
sion of the Yale corporation and on Mon
day night, the 21st, wfil be In Providence,
R. I. March 22 will be spent in New York
! city and the president will return to
' Washington the morning of the 23d.
Thirty Candidates Enter
POI'GI.AS. G.i., March 14.—Local politics In
Coffee county are warming up now, and all
of them are getting ready for the primary to
te held on April 20. Nearly every week hnn/s
forth the names of two or three more new can
didates. and at present the list of political as
i ptr.ants numbers even 30, viz.: Treasurer. 5; tnx
I collector. 4- tax receiver. 4; surveyor. 1; Clerk
I superior court. 2; sheritf. 3; representative, 4;
1 county conimlssinoer. 3. and coroner. 1.
is closer than another. It is the state su
preme court. No one knows whether the
I rumors about this case get their start up
the chimney-flue or under the door or
through the window cracks. But start
they do, somewhere, and none of the
justices takes the trouble to discuss
them.
The latest conjecture is with regard to
what will happen in the organization of
I the railroad commission if the decision is
favorable and Mr. McLendon gets his
seat back, ousting Commissioner Gray,
of Savannah.
Will Mr. McLendon aspire to the chair
manship of the commission, which he held
at the time of his suspension?
If he does, will the present chairman.
H. Warner Hill, stand pat and < oppose
him? '■
And if it conies tp this, will Mr. Mc-
Lendon win out?
Rumor uy-
These diagonal avenues make for beau
ty, but there is a tactical Feason for them.
A few guns at the palace, commanding
these avenues, command the entire city.
When T. R. is sightseeing they will
show him the great new Mohammedan
mosque, with its domes and minarets
dazzling white in the African sunshine,
where, if he goes inside, he must first
remove his shoes. And if T. R. asks what
the mosque is built of (and he will ask)
the answer will be:
"Ohio sandstone. ’
Home? Well, say, now!
Khartoum Is built on the left bank of
the Blue Nile, near where it flows Into
the White Nile, down which the Roose
velt launch has come. They call the Blue
Nile blue because its waters are yellow.
After they have flowed together the gray
and yellow waters don't mix right away.
For miles they keep to their own aides
of the stream.
Along Riverside drive are the extensive
zoological gardens. Going east, you pass a
mile of splendid villas and cool garden*
(rtfuges ‘from the burning haboob, or
sandstorms from the desert) until you
come to the mudiria house, the residence
of the governor general of Egypt, T. R-’s
host.
Then there are more villas, then the
sirdar’s palace, more villas, Gordon’*
palace, a park, finally the Gordon Me
morial college, where 40fl Arab boys are
receiving an English education. South of
the city live the native tribes in their
mud and grass huts. Across the White
Nile is Omdurman with Its gum arable
markets. Its street of silversmiths, with
their open braziers and anvils, and the
caravansaries w’here the veiled Arabs
haggle over their camel trades.
STANDARD DIL EIDES
LAST STAGE IN FIGHT
FOR DISSOLUTION
Great Trust Offers at Bar of
Supreme Court An Appeal
From Missouri Decision
Abolishing It
GREAT LEGAL MINDS
THERE TO DEFEND IT
(By AMoeiatad Pr*M.)
WASHINGTON, March 14.—Found by
the lower federal court to be a combina
tion in restraint of trade and a monopoly
of a branch of intestate commerce, the
Standard Oil company today appeared at
the bar of the supreme court of the
United States to make final argument
against dissolution under the Sherman
anti-trust law.
The proceedings before the highest
tribunal of the country are the outgrowth
of years of investigation on the part of
the government. The immediate origin
of the case was a petition filed in 1906 by
the government in the United States cir
cul tcourt of the eastern district of Mis
souri asking for the dissolution of the
Standard Oil Company of New Y'ork as
a violation of the Sherman anti-trust act.
Testimony was taken in St. Louis and
in New York, including that of John D.
Rockefeller himself. Four judges had been
called in to pass on the case and they
finally announced a decree, granting sut>-
stantially all that the government had
asked. It is from the decree that counsel
for the Standard Oil appealed to the su
preme court.
Only eight justices will participate in
the present consideration of the case.
When Chief Justice Fuller today asked
the counsel to proceed, the chair of Jus
tice Moody, on the extreme right, was va
cant. He is suffering from rheumatism
and has not been able to attend any sit
ting of the court this term.
Every available seat in the little room
Was occupied. Many attorneys from a
distance had come to the city to listen
;to the arguments. The defense had pres
ent a corps of bright legal minds, headed
by John G. Johnson, John G. Milburn and
D. T. Watson. On the government's side
there were Attorney General Wickersham
and Frank B. Kellogg, who has fought
the case from the first.
Long before the judges took their places
on the bench the 69 seats provided for I
spectators were filled and a long line had I
formed outside the court room by people I
hopeful that something would call the ear- I
>v arrival* away.
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30.000 FIREMEN DN
15UD0
DOUDS MIX SIM
Question of Walk-out on Lines
West, Northwest and South
west of Chicago to Be Settled
Soon
BOTH SIDES ADMIT A
CRITICAL SITUATION
CHICAO. March 12.—Admissions were
made on both sides tonight that the con
troversy between 30,000 firemen operating
on laO.iOO miles of railroad west, north
west and southwest of Chicago and the'
railroad managers, had become critical
and that the question of a strike, tying
up practically all systems between here
and the Pacific coast would be settled
within 48 hours.
President W. S. Carter, of the Brother-'
hod of Locomotive Fireman and Engine-1
men, on behalf of the firemen, today sent!
to the general managers' committee of'
the railroads a request for a clear state
ment of the employers' position. The
brotherhood axxed for information on
three points in their demands, viz.:
INFORMATTION ASKED.
Increased wage scale, which the rail-;
roads say would- amount to an increase,
of 22 1-2 per cent, which the firemen
say would equal only 12 1-2 per cent.
The right of the union to represent
the fireman after he has been promoted
either to an engineman or to any other'
capacity.
The right of the union to have au
thority in the questions of seniority or
the promotion of old time employes.
In previous negotiations the brother
hood said they were willing to submit
the wage question to arbitration under
the Erdman act, provided the other two
points were settled without the aid of
a/ third party.
It was announced by the general man
agers’ committee tonight that an an
swer was directed sent to President
Carter denying this request and leaving
it to the union despite their "strike
vote” to take what future course they
think best. The answer, it was said,
probably will reach Mr. Carter tomor
row. It is said the recent vote, shewing
more than SO per cent of the men to be
against accepting the offer of the rail
roads, would enable the national officials
to call a strike at any time.
Negotiations have been on for six
months. About 47 western railroads are
involved. If a strike were called, it is
said, 25,000 other employes would be
thrown out. •
TEN MANAGERS PRESENT.
At today’s eeting the general man
agers were present. At the close of the
session a member of the committee said:
"Although we confidently hope to reach
an agreement on arbitration, the situation
is most critical. In the face of the so
called strike vote we have told the men
we will not grant two points they ask for
before submitting the wage dispute to ar
bitration. A strike at this time certainly
would not be wise. We do not wish to
alarm the business Interests of the coun
try, and we shall exert every influence to
Induce the Brotherhood to continue te?
act in a friendly spirit. They probably
will receve our answer tomorrow to their
latest demands and we trust the whole
matter will be settled by Monday."
O. L. Dlckeson, assistant to the presi
dent of the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy railroad, gave out a formal state
ment as follows:
PUBLIC NEEDN’T FEAR.
"We believe the public need have ng
fear of a suspension of business on ac
count of a great railroad strike. The
' railroads have spent several week* con
ducting peaceful negotiations with the
men and we have offered to arbitrate un
der the government law placed on the
statute books at the Instance of organ
ised labor, the wage question. Three
other labor organizations have recently
accepted the arbitration and another Im
portant railroad, the Baltimore and Ohio,
has just succeeded In adjusting its dif
ferences with the trainmen by media
tion. Thete is no reason to believe that
another intelligent body of men, we
have endeavored to deal fairly with, are
going to act hastily.'*
GOVERNM?NT~TOIjSE
LETTERS IN MABRAY CASE
Alleged Victims in Reported
“Fake” Races Testify in
Council Bluffs Trial
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
COUNCIL BLUFFS. lowa, March 16.
Everything today went against the de-
Mabry, alleged head of "The Store" gang
of swindlers, and the 18 other members
of the gang who are being tired for using
the United States mails to defrau-S. For
fendants in the trial in this city of J. C.,
the first time since the trial began special
Assistant United States Attorney Rush, of
Omaha, took a hand in the case and ex
amined the witnesses.
The first backset of the day came when
United States Judge McPherson, before
whom the case is being tried, decided to
admit as evidence all the papers captured
at Little Rock when Mabray was arrest-
I ed. These papers contain detail records
of all the operations of the gang.
This afternoon Mabray was directly con
nected with using the mails in the swin
dling operations of the gang when clerks
from different postoffices testified that
he had rented postoffice boxes in those
cities and that he continually received
mall therein. C. J- Cate, box clerk at
San Francisco, testified that jn that city
the swindlers used Box 158. In Los An
geles they had No. 48; in Council Bluffs,
No. 4; Little Rock. No 240, and various
boxes in different cities.
Among the victims who testified to
day were: Asa S. Johnson, of Streator,
111., who lost SIO.(XX) to the gang on a fake
horse race. Henry Stogsdill, of Kabul,
Mo., told how he was milched for 35.000.
C. M. McCain, of Denver, weht against
a prize fight and dropped 54.600, and J.
P. Walker, also of De.iver, lost 35,000 on
a fixed horse race.
ine government has 2,500 letter* and
other documents which were sent through
the mails which will be offered in evi
dence next week.
VALLEY PAPER COMPANY
ACTION IS DISMISSED
WASHINGTON. Murch 14?—Justice Wight t.i
d«y <li*iuli*scd the action brought by th< Valley
Paper company, of Htkyake. Mai*., against tao
joint printing committee of congress on the
grovr.ds that the plaintiff’s bld was Illegal m
form and did not comply with tha regulations
set forth by the commit
