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.. ........ - - • ,'-k.. J? -r V“- V ' ■-””.>7" ... -.-. r ®he Milwhi cmi-WceUlj) 2our nnl VOL. X. BREAKERS AHEAD! WARNING SOUNDED Bt JUSTICE HARLAN In Dissenting Opinion Filed on Thursday in Standard Oil Case, Kentuckian Foretells business Chaos (By Associated Praaa.' WASHINGTON, May 25.— Declaring he !■ convinced the federal supreme court s decision in the Standard Oil case “will throw the business of the country into, confusion and invite widely extended and harrassing litigation, the injurious ef fects of which will be felt for many years to come, ’ Justice Harlan filed his formal dissenting opinion today. This is an amplification of the oral dissension Justice Harlan rendered from the court's decision. Justice Harlan brands as mischievous the modification made by the court in the decree of the lower court, permit ting subsidiary corporations of the Stand ard Oil. after dissolution of the combina tion. to make “normal and lawful agree ment” among themselves. In this connection Justice Harlan quotes the chief Justice as saying that it uoes not necessarily follow that because of an lUegal restraint of trade or an attempt to monopolise or a monopolisa tion resulting from the combination and the transfer of the stock of the subsi diary corporations to the New Jersey corporation that a like restraint of trade or attempt to monopolize or a monopo lisation would necessarily arise from a combination of one or more of the sub sidiary corporations after the transfer of the stock by the New Jersey corpora tion." •■Taking this language in connection with other parts of the opinion," says Justice Harlan, “the subsidiary com panies are tnus, tn effect, informed—un wisely, 1 think-that although th e New 1 Jersey corporation, being an illegal com bination. must go out of existence, they may Join in ,an agreement to restrain commerce among the states of such re straint be not •undue-’ ” The Justice asks why. inasmuch as “the court is unanimous in holding that the particular thinks done by the Stand ard Oil company and its subsidiaries in, this case were illegal under the anti trust act. whether in reasonable or un reasonable restraint of interstate com-| merce— why was it necessary to make an elaborate argument to show that, ac cording to the ‘rule of reason’ the act / passed by congress should be interpret-. ed as if it contained the word unrea sonable' or the word •undue.’ Mr. Justice Harlan says the only an swer that can be given to this question Is that the court intends to decide its deliberate Judgment. 16 years ago, to the effect that the act permitted no re straint whatever of interstate com merce, whether reasonable or unreason able. was not tn accordance wiin the “rule of reason." "I hare the authority of this ocurt.' he says, “for saying that such a course of proceeding on its part would be •Jusdlcial eglslation.’ Justice Harlan maintains the court should have replied emphatically io me Standard CHI attorneys when they in sisted upon a * reversal of the former rulings" of the court as fololws: “That question according to our prac tice. is not open for further discussion here. This court long ago deliberoately held: ’ > (11 That the act. interpreting its words in their ordinary acceptation pro hibits ALL restraints of interstate com merce by combinations in whatever form, and whether reasonable or unrea sonable. (i) The question relates to matters ) of public policy in reference to com merce amoi g states and with foreign nations and congress alone can deal with the subject; (3) This court would encroach upon the authority of congress. If under the k guise of construction, it should assume ’ to determine a matter of public policy; <4> The parties must go to congress 1 and obtain an amendment of the anti trust act If they think this court was wrong in its former decisions; and. (5) This court cannot and will not Judicially legislate, since its function is to deelar ethe law, while it belongs to the executive department to make the “The disposition of the case under continues the justice, “accordin gto the views of the defenu ants. win!l. it is claimed, quiet and give rest to ‘the business of the court.' “On the contrary. I have a strong con viction that it wil Ithrow the business of the country into confusion and Invite widely extended and harrassing litiga tion. the injurious effects of which will be fell for many years to come.” Missouri freight and joint traffic asso ciation cases. NEMON'S REPORT QUOTED. Justice Harlan refers to numerous other decisions as bearing out his interpreta tion of these decisions. The justice in further support of the statement that the whole country, including the courts and congress, understood that “every" re straint was prohibited, quotes at length from an adverse report made tn 1909 by Senator Nelson on behalf of the senate Judiciary committee in reference to a bill proposing to amend the Sherman anti-trust law to distinguish between rea sonable and unreasonable restraints. “When congress prohibited every con tract. combination of monopoly in re straint of commerce it prescribed a sta ple. definite rule, that all could under stand, and which could be easily applied by every one wishing to obey the law. and not to conduct their business in-vio lation of law. But now it is to be feared, we are to have, in cases'without num ber, the constantly recurring inquiry difficult to solve by proof. ♦ TOOK JAXX. IFAMT -O 4 TO FREE PRISONEB ♦ 4. FOVTH NORWALK. Conn. May ♦ 4. 53.—Workmen will be busy for sev- ♦ ■e eral days repairing the town lock- ♦ 4. up here as a result of the attempt- ♦ * ed escape of Thomas Nottley. a ♦ 4 dwarf, who was under arrest. ♦ 4 Nottley tried to make his way to ♦ 4. freedom through wn aperture seven ♦ 4 inches square which is used for ♦ 4 passing food to prisoners. ♦ 4 He became lodged when half way ♦ 4 through and it required the serv- ♦ 4 ices of a physician, a blacksmith ♦ 4 and a boilermaker to liberate him. ♦ 4 The opera: ion lasted several ♦ 4 hours a* several steel and con- ♦ 4 crete beams had to be eut. Nottley ♦ 4 was unconscious when freed. ♦ PRISON DOORS YAWN FOR PENN. GRAFTER i HF JOSEPH M. HUSTON. When the Pennsylvania superior courE confirmed the conviction of Huston, architect of the state capitol, it opened the prison doors for the last of the 14 grafters who defrauded the state out of 35.000.000 in the furnishings of the capitol I several years ago. BOASTS ROOSEVELT EBB OPPOSITION TO ARBITRATION PUN Former Secretary of State John W. Foster Severely Criticises the Colonel for Re cent Remarks as Published i MOHONK LAKE. N. T„ May 25.-Se vere criticism of Theodore Roosevelt's re- Icent public utterances regarding interna tional arbitration marked the speech of John W. Foster, former secretary of state, today before the 17th annual meet ing of the Lake Mohonk conference on international arbitration. At the same time, said Mr. Foster, "notwithstanding Mr. Roosevelt's early declaration in opposing arbitration in general, he has done more than any other living man to advance this cause.’* Speaking of the Anglo-American treaty of arbitration now being negotiated, Mr. Foster declared that opposition to it in the senate ought not to be entertained as a serious possibility. The treaty, he said, would place the two governments on the same footing as each of them has placed its citizens and would result in similar treaties between other na tions. It was plain, he added, that it would have no appreciable effect on the arma ments of the world, and that at present Germany can hardly be expected to be come a party to a like treaty. Never theless. "as unlimited arbitration is ex tended among the nations tis beneficial effect must become more and mere appar ent, and even the German government must eventually find a modus vivendi with the peaceful nations which will en able it to restrict its armament and cease to be a menace to the world.” FOSTER’S SPEECH. Mr. Foster's subject was "Unlimited Anglo-America Arbitration.” The portion of his address relating to Mr. Roosevelt ! follows: "I had concluded the preparation of my address at this point when the ful mination of Theodore Roosevelt appeared lin the public press. While I regret its ! ; appearance as tending to embarrass the i action of the senate, I recall the fact that no man in public life today has shown such an’ erratic and inconsistent 1 course in relations to the subject of in- I ternational arbitration. His early public career was marked by a strong hostility . to arbitration in general. In a magazine article as late as 1895 he attacked Presl jdent Harrison for submitting the Bering sea question to arbitration. “But when he assumed the responsibili ty of the presidency, it was he who sent [ the first case to The Hague court of '{arbitration and )invited the nations in , hostile array against Venezuela to resort Ito the same court. In the first instance 1 ' he proposed to settle the Alaskan boun -1 dary dispute by sending the American army to occupy and hold the territory l by force, but finally yielded to the pa : cific advice of Secretary Hay and in 1903 ; submitted the question to the London commission. "In 1904 he sent a number of arbltra , tion treaties to the senate and yet, be- I cause the body saw fit to insist upon i the exercise of its constitutional duty, i he denounced this action as "a sham' and a subterfuge, and in a petulant man ner refused to put the treaties into force. But four years later, following the ad ' vice of Secretary Root, he sent the same i < treaties with the senate's amendment to . that body, and upon its approval put them I into operation. I EARNED NOBEL PRIZE. ' "Notwithstanding his early declaration I in opposition to arbitration in general. I he has done more than any other living man to advance this cause and has well learned the Nobel peace prize. Judging I the future by the past, in the course of time, after he has played to his heart's • I content with his favorite terms, ‘hypocri . ' cy.’ ’Cowardice,' ‘bad faith/ etc., we may ! expect this erratic but patriotic citizen ■ I to fall in line with the onward march towards International peace, and give his support to the great measure which most ■ I ennobles the administration of his suc- I censor." NORTH CAROLINA BONDS ARE SOLD FOR $310,124 ■ Money Will Go Toward Fire Proof Administration and State Asylum . i ; RALEIGH. N. C.. May 25.-North Car olina 4 per cent 40-year bonds were sold | today for 3310.000 to C. C. McDonald, pt ’ Raleigh, and A. B. Leach, of New York. ’ for of which $250,000 is for a . . fire proof administration building and • SOO,OOO for the state school for feeble ' I minded. I There were 17 bidders, 3387,100 being one . of the notable bids. . _ __ RED RIOTS END AND PEACE BROODS OVER THE CITYJF MEXICO President Diaz and Vice Pres ident Carrol Wil’ Lay Aside Their Mantles of Office on Thursday Afternoon (By Associated Press.) MEXICO CITY, May 25.-After the in tense excitement of last night the Mexi can capital is comparatively quiet this morning. An official statement today on the num ber of casualties resulting from the bloody rioting that swept over the city yesterday evening places the dead at 7 and the wounded at 36. Several of the wounded are expected to die. Foreign Minister De la Barra, in an of ficial statement issued today, said that President Diaz and Vice President Car rol would resign this afternoon, and that the provisional government would there upon assume authority. Long yistas of broken windows testi fied tod4y of the work of the mob last night. Among the plate glass fronts shattered during the tumult were those of the W. G. Walz shop, the Azetec Land Curio shop and the Tampico News com pany, all Americans. Reports received today from outlying quarters show that five people were kill ed at Guadalejara Tuesday night. Gov ernor Galirdo, of the state of Jalisco, of which Guadalejara is the capital, ha* resigned and has been succeeded by Da vid Gutierrez Allende. A mob demonstration occurred at Guadalejara last night with cries for vengeance for the five persons killed on Tuesday. The outbreak was quieted when Governor Galirdo resigned, but the danger of the situation at that point is not considered over. Throughout last night there were echoes of the bloody struggle which oc curred in this city earlier in the even ing when the mob had held sway at many points, storming buildings and menacing the presidential palace until swept back by volleys from the govern ment forces. The scene of action last night covered a wide area and at times four different demonstrations were in progress with varying degrees of intensity, all appar ently having a common object. The main trouble culminated after dark, when word spread through the city that President Diaz ai\d Vice President Corral had not resigned tn accordance with public expectation. The chamber of deputies was the first scene of clamor ous manifestation, and this soon spread to the neighboring quarters. Shouts for Madero were heard every where and processions moved through the leading streets bearing huge por traits of the revolutionary leader. Ef i forts to check the fury of the outbreak 'were made by Madero’s personal repre sentative, Alfred Robles Dominguez, but the disorder continued, finding its chief ' center in front of the presidential palace. Arming themselves with rocks, the mob bombarded nearby buildings, including the newspaper office of El Imparclal, a government Journal, and the Tampico News company. Large forces of troops were hurried to the scene of disturbance and a cordon was thrown about the prseldentlal pal ace. Twice the orders to disperse were given to the manifestants, but without avail. Thereupon the soldiers opened fire. Im mediately there was wild confusion. The more timid rioters fled to nearby streets and alleys, while the leaders gave ground slowly before the advancing forces, who still kept up their fire. Slowly, howew, the mob was broken up, although detached bodies continued demonstration at various points through out the city. Madero Predicts Trouble JUAREZ, May 25.—" Unless General Diaz resigns today or tomorrow there will be more trouble throughout Mex ico.” Commenting upon last night's demon stration in mexico City, Provisional Pres ident Francisco I. Madero, Jr., made this statement today, and added that uprisings in the interior are the result of a tendency to distrust President Diaz’s avowed intention of retiring. A resumption of hostilities in the state of Cohuila was ordered today. Francisco I. Madero gave instructions for the insurrecto forces in that state i to advance on Saltillo, the capital, a • city of 24,000 population, with a view 1 of taking it from the federals and fore ■ ibly establishing the provisional govern -1 ment there. reimbursemhtsTre DENIED ITUNTIINS Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows ! Refuses $2,600 Appropria tion to Atlanta Delegates 1 (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) ROME. Ga„ May 25.—The grand lodge | of Georgia Odd Fellows began its final , session this morning and will adjourn I this afternoon about K 4 o’clock, after in ( stalling officers and selecting next meet . ing place. The liveliest debate of the sessions to ( date came up over the question of ap , propria ting $2,600 to the Atlanta lodge i of the order to reimburse them for the money spent in entertaining the grand . lodge of the world last September. The Atlanta delegation and many of the grand officers favored this appro priation, as $6,000 had been appropriated | for the entertainment fund and the I amount of J 2.600 remained unexpended. A large faction opposed the appropriation and by a substantial majority It was voted to keep the money in the treas-'' ury. The grand lodge Is now debating the establishment of an Odd Fellows’ home, those favoring and those opposing the project being apparently about evenly divided. The decision will probably not be reached until this afternoon. Another question that comes up for action will be the selection ot the next meeting place and decision as to wheth . er or not the custom of rotation of I meeting places shall be abandoned and permanent headquarters established at Macon or some other city. Indications are that rotation plan will be continued and that -Gainesville will capture the convention for 1912. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1911. At ! ' • * | i ! gW' "Fir TIME" 4 MILITIA COMPANIES ESCORT NEGRO TO TRIAL Col. Pomeroy Heads Big Guard--Tom Allen Charged With Criminal Assault For the first time the adminfstra- I tion of Gov. Allen D. Candler, four com- I panies of the national guard of Georgia, have been ordered to escort a prisoner to trial, remain on guard at the court house, and bring the prisoner back to the coun ty jail of Fulton. Tom Allen, a negro, of Monroe, charged with criminal assault upon a prominent white woman of Monroe, is the prisoner whom Governor Brown thinks should be so well guarded. The trial of the negro Is scheduled to ■ commence on Friday morning and ac i cordingly Col. E. E. Pomeroy, com ' manding the Fifth infantry, leaves in I charge of the prisoner with three com panies from Atlanta at o’clock Thursday afternoon. Following the trial, | Colonel Pomeroy hopes to bring his men back to Atlanta on Friday evening, but i he wHI remain until the trial Is concluded should it take three or four days. At ;the conclusion of the trial, he will bring ' the negro back to Atlanta if ordered to ; do so by the Judge or the sheriff of the I county. i Three composite companies from Atlan ! ta, headed by Captains Oscar Palmour. jO. H. Hall, F. M. Cochran and T .M. ' Kemp, Colonel Pomeroy in command, will be joined in Monroe by a fourth ! company from Athens, Captain Arnold ; commanding. The three companies from Atlanta will be made up of picked men from all the national guard companies in the city, and will number approximately 150 men and 16 officers. Including the fourth company from Athens, the total com mand under Colonel Pomeroy will num ber approximately 220 men. At the time of Allen's alleged assault upon the white woman several weeks ago, a mob quickly gathered and the ' negro’s life was saved by the prompt action of Deputy Sheriff Gibson, who spirited the man out of Monroe, and hurried him to Atlanta. Numerous threats of violence against the negro, who now denies his guilt, caused the authorities at Monroe to be alarmed, and an appeal to governor was made. While a single company and sometimes two companies have been ordered to guard prisoners tn Georgia during their trials, this makes the first instance since the administration of Governor Candler that a whole battalion has been ordered to prevent a mob reaklng vengeance up on a negro, charged with criminal as sault. Governor Candler, where mob vio lence was feared, always sent four com panies, saying that so many men would make an attempt to lynch a negro prac tically impossible, and accordingly pre vent any action by a mob. In addition to his military escort. Al len will be guarded by Sheriff W. B. Stark, of Walton (Monroe) county, and Deputy Sheriff G. N- Broadnax, of Ful- I ton county. I \ ] I CLOTHES LINE SAVES ♦ i*. SIX HUMAN LIVES ♦ ♦ NEW YORK, May 25.—Six per- ♦ I ♦ sons were saved from death by a ♦ fire in a four-story uptown tene- ♦ ♦ ment early today by a long slide ♦ ♦ down a clothes line. ♦ > The flames cut off the escape ♦ ♦ of the six and they were marooned ♦ > on a balcony overlooking the ♦ e- street. Flames were shooting out e- about them when on e of the party, ♦ ♦ a 6-year-old boy, with a jack knife 4- > cut down a long piece of clothes ♦ 4 line which was hanging from a 4- 4- pulley over his head. 4- 4- He tied the slender rope to the 4- 4- edge of the balcony and one by 4- 4 one the six slid to safety. The 4- 4- boy went last. ♦ ARMED TENNESSEE TROOPS WILL SOON INVADE GEORGIA For the first time since the civil war, Tennessee troops, arms, are about to cross the state line and invade Geor gia. The invasion will occur early in June, and will be peaceful, as Governor Hooper has already obtained'from Gov ernor Brown the necessary permit. Three militia regiments, numbering nearly 3,600 fully equipped soldiers, will pass through Georgia en route for the government maneuver grounds at Chick- INSPECTOR ON GRIDDLE IN POSTOFFICE PROBE Sharpe Tells of Political Ac tivities in Tennessee. Travers Also Testifies BY RALPH SMITH. WASHINGTON, May 25.—Robert M. Sharpe, chief of the postofflee inspectors, and Arthur M. Travers, former acting third assistant postmaster general, were today examined briefly by the commit tee on expenditures on the postoffice de partment. The former told of his political activi ties in Tennessee in the Interest of Gov ernor Hooper, and the latter testified con cerning the prolonged absence of former Third Assistant Postmaster Genera! Lawshe, who drew his salary for 16 months, although several thousand miles away from the scene of his duty. Chief Inspector Sharpe admitted that he had interested himself in the nomina tion of Governor Hooper by the Repub licans of Tennessee, because he believed Hooper represented the better elmnt of th party. He declared that he paid his own expenses while attending the con vention, but traveled to and from the convention on his official pass. No member of the committee asked Sharpe about the activities of the spies who work under him. This will come up at a future date. Travers testified that Lawshe, although drawing a salary of $5,000 a year, absent ed himself from Washington for 16 months because of ill health. He said he (Travers) performed the duties of third assistant. Members of the committee said that Postmaster General Hitchcock violated the law when he countersigned Lawshe’s salary vouchers. The committee will this afternoon examine Purchasing Agent Holmes, of the postofflee department. He Is expected to throw some light on al leged extravagance in refurnishing Post master General Hitchcock’s office and that of his chief clerk. OLDEST WOMAN’S COL- LEGE DONATED $300,000 Mrs. McWhorter, of Athens, Oldest Graduate, Is Pre sented With Diploma WINSTO.T-SALEM, N. C., May 2a.— An endowment fund of $300,000 lias just been raised for Salem college, the oldest educational institution for women in the south, according to the announce ment made by President Howard Rond thAler at the commencement exercises today. The general edutotion board of New York city gave SIOO,OOO of the amount, while Andrew Carnegie wds the next largest donor, giving $25,000. The oldest, living alumnus of the col lege, Mrs. P. T. McWhorter, of Athens, Ga., /received her diploma wita the class of '3O yesterday. She graduated from the college in 1848, when certif icates of graduation were not issuej Gov. W. W. Kitchen was 1 the orator of | the day. amauga. No Georgia permit is necessary for them to establish camp at Chicka mauga, for. though the grounds are in Georgia, they belong to Uncle Sam. However, the strictest laws exist with regard to the entering of one state by armed troops from another state, and in order to cross the state lines at all, the special permit "has to be granted. • The formal request came from Gover nor Hooper Thursday morning, and was immediately granted. JEHONfIUT IS SHOT IN ODIBDEL OVED i INOIMN Denver Hotel Bar Is Scene of a Desperate Affray Wed nesday Night (By Associated Press. - ) DENVER, May 25.—The injuries of S. Louis Von Puhi, the St. Louis aeronaut, who was shot during a quarrel in the bar of a local hotel last night, may prove fatal, it was said today. Frank H. Hen wood. salesman for a New York concern, who is said to have done the shooting, was placed jail today and will be held pending the result of Von Puhi's injury. J. W. Atkinson, of Colorado Springs, a wealthy contractor, who was shot in the left leg, and G. E. Copeland, a mining man, of Victor, Col., who received two bullets, one in the left leg and the other in the abdomen, will recover. They were bystanders and had nothing to do with the quart-el. The quarrel presumably started over a woman and continued on the merits of different brands of champagne. Von Puhi being a wine agent. According Hen wood, he and Von Puhi met only yesterday. A quarrel In which the name of a woman was used finally resulted in Henwood's calling Von Puhi a liar. HTTEMPTED MURDER ON BROOKS COUNTY MAN Would-Be Assassins Call Mer chant From Store and Fire Upon Him QUITMAN, Ga., May 25.—An attempt at assassination was perpetrated several nighty ago, W. C. Parker, a well-known white man being the victim. The attempt occurred at Parker's store some miles in the country and the particulars have just been received here. Parker was shot through the leg and remained all night without medical attention, or any aid ex cept what his wife could give, because she was afraid to venture out to summon the neighbors. Parker runs a little store near his home and about 9 o’clock was called out to the store by some one pretending to want some goods. He heard two or three per sons talking/ as he went to the store, but in the dark could not see them. Open ing the store he called his supposed cus tomers to come in and get what they wanted. As they did not respond, he went out, finally, and as he was locking the door he was fired upon from behind the corner of the store not over 15 feet away. The ball went entirely through his leg and dropped into a barrel just behind him. where it was found next morning. There no neighbors in easy reach and the family were afraid to go out of the house until next morning. No reason whatever is known for the attempted murder, unless robbery was a motiva SOUTHERN RAILWAY'S fl PRESIDENTTDMEETI FIREIWS ™ Conference Between President Finley and Union Represent atives Will Be Held in Wash- | ington Thursday Afternoon BY BALPH SMITH. WASHINGTON. D. C., May 25. Pre: !- g dent Finley, of the; Southern railwar. will meet Vice President H. O. Teit and j other representatives of the firemen tt.l* afternoon at 3:3u o'clock in a furth-ir j and probably final confernee concern- Ing the firemen’s demands for an tn- . J crease in pay. Teat and his associates will relterti:* their demand for a 20 per cent increa-W | all along the line, and they will InsiiCO upon a definite answer; otherwise a - will follow. Vice President Teat’s request for a “further and final conference,” with the president of the Southern railway system comes as the result of the ballot of the 2,400 firemen and hostlers of the system, ! who have voted to strike unless their de mands are granted. The executive committee of the Are- , men's union last night completed court- , ing and canvassing the votes of tie men on the system. The consolidation of the ballots indicated that the 2.-00 men are unanimously in favor of a strlte unless their terms are met. “There is no middle ground," said Vice President Teat today. “The firemen eia- : ployed by the Southern system have vrall considered the merits of their case, aid they have by ballot unanimously instruct- ? ed their committee to order a strike If the railroad officials persist in their re fusal to accede to the demands for belter pay.” Mr. Teat expressed confidence in tae strength and ability of the Southern rail way firemen to conduct a succem ml. ** strike. He said the national organization . has a “protective fund of 31,000,000” to keep the wolf from the dor of the strk- 5 ers, if strikers the firemen become. “The organization ha s a membership of 80,000 firemen,” continued Mr. Teat. "These men are assessment* d varying from 35 to $lO per month in s:ch », emergency, and if the protective funcl Is insufficient to meet our demands, assess- ’ ments may be relied upon to help us hold out. “Os course, I do not contemplate that it will be necessary for us to call upon . ; the national organization for help In this matter, even if we strike. I >•- lieve the Southern will eventually inset our demands, if, indeed. President Fin ey doesn’t come to our terms at our con ference tomorrow.” FIREMEN ARE DETERMINED. Judging by the temper of their >f flcials in Washington directing the nego tiations, it seems evident that the fire men are determined to get what tl ey want or strike. They do not seetn at all disturbed over the situation. ,S Al though hopeful that their conference with President Finley will be productive '** of fruit, they do not appear deeply oxi cerned about the outcome. If President Finley shduld propose a compromise of the differences by a flat increase of 10 per cent all along the iilae, a it is possible that a strike would be obviated. In any event, such a proposi tion from Mr. Finley would delay he I strike for a few days, as the committee men would unquestionably consider the matter well before ordering a general strike. At the Southern railway offices tc«i&y President Finley was inaccessible to tep lesentatives of the press. As stated' he was engaged in trying to settle diMer ences with his machinists, boilermakers, etc. Mr. Finley’s chief., clerk stated, how ever, that the president was not alarmed over the situation, and was willing to confer further with the firemen about their differences. The fact that the Cincinnati, New Or leans and Texas Pacific railroad, which is operated and controlled by the South ern system, has recently had trouble with its firemen is known to aggravate the present differences between/: the Southern and its firemen The Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific fireraen were out for 30 days, and the movement of freight was seriously impeded as s. re sult In this instance the firemen de manded new working rules, but no in crease in pay, and the firemen now say Ahey finally got more than they asked for, although it became necessary to strike in order to move the railroad. An official of the Southern, when asked today if the road had made any ' arrangements to break a strike, in the event one comes, declared that they - would meet the situation when it arose. - The Southern Railway company and its allied lines will probably reach a sat isfactory agreement this afternoon or tor morrow with the 18,000 machinists, be ier makers, blacksmiths and carmen In their employ. Negotiations that have been in progress for the past week or ten -Says are nearing an end and representatives of the working men expect a satisfactory termination. The shop men are asking an increase of five cetats an hour in their pay, and cer tain changes in the rules under ts ilch they work. President Finley has agreed tb practi cally all of the conditions, except that relating to pay. It is believed this de mand will be compromised on the basis ot a two or three-cent an hour in crease. James O’Connell, national presider t of the Machinists’ union, is representing all of the allied trades In the negotiations •with President Finley. The agreement about to be made ap plies to all of the men employed in the. shops of the Southfern, the Mobile and Ohitn the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific and all other allied lines controlled by the Southern. ♦ AS POLICBMBBT SNEEZE ♦ THEIR PRISONERS FX.BE -6 ♦ ♦ NW ORLEANS, May 25.—“ Sneeze ♦ ♦ powder" playfully thrown in the ♦ ♦ face and eyes of William H. Me- ♦ Connell by Mrs. A. J. Montigne in ♦ the Audubon building, yesterday -» ♦ afternoon, resulted in a fist fight ♦ ♦ and a near-riot that brought oit -e ♦ the police reserves. According to < ♦ the police the woman, her husband -• and others in Montlgne’s office we-e e- skylarking with the powder. Some ♦ ♦- one In a nearby office, thinking the -♦ woman had burled acid intb -• Connell's face, and xgeeing the -♦ e- fight, telephoned the police. The ♦ ♦ reserves galloped up and ran into ♦ ♦ the "sneeze pqwder.” While they ♦ e- were sneezing, the combatants ei- ♦- caped. No arrests were made. ♦ NO.' 71.
