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'* - ' : The Atlanta Georgian. YOL. I. XO. 35. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1906. PRICE: PACKERS ARE BUSY CLEANING PLANTS; WARNING SIGNS UP Workmen Are Ordered to Keep Themselves Clean. SANITARY CONDITIONS ARE BEING IMPROVED Foremen Say That Houses Are Kept as Nice as It Is Possi ble to Make Them. By Private Leased Wire. Chicago, June 5.—One of the effects of the disclosures of packing house conditions was seen in an attempt In at least three of the plants to remedy the conditions condemned In the re port. ’ Toilet arrangements were reno vated, floors cleaned, walls scraped, light and ventilation Improved. The surroundings of the workers In these three plants were Improved 60 per cent In one day. It was said the packers knew of the report Sunday night, and that early In the morning gangs of men were taken from their work and placed at various cleaning and whitewashing jobs, In preparation for the throngs of visitors who were sure to come. The general mnnager of one big plant spent yesterday morning In a down town plumbing establish ment picking out the latest sanitary plumbing. "Lame" in Wash Room. "We have been a little lame In the wash room conveniences," he said. "In this the report Is just. But If a man is looking for things that are wrong he can And them In Ills own kitchen." Besides' renovating the plumbing, the packing companies put up a varie ty of signs all over the plants enjoin ing cleanliness. One of'.theke was in red letters, as follows: 6000 000 0 00 000000000 KEEP CLEAN. Foremen must ate that em ployees ' wash hands and keep clean. 0000000600000000600 , - ..I*. Hundreds of these signs wore pasted all over the packing houses. The fore men were told that- the rules against expectorating must be enforced or dis charge would result. Warning Signs Galore. In the sales room of Swift ft Co. were found signs giving this warning: "Employees getting meats dirty by using dirty tools or dragging on floor will be discharged.” Another new one was one forbidding the use of tobacco In all food producing Tooms. While denying the existence In .their meat-preparing rooms of the conditions described In the Nelll-Re.vnolds report, officials of the Armour and Swift com- lwinles proved reluctant to permit In spection of the packing processes criti cised. No Filthy Methods. Superintendent Conway, of the Ar mour plant. Anally was Induced to per mit a view of the roams In which the various meat products are prepared. Home of the conditions surrounding the handling of meat were found to be as described In the report. Other con ditions, particularly Instances of filthy methods, could not be found In Armour’s. Whether any of the unclean pro cesses of handling . meats and meat products exist In Swift's could not be verlded. Superintendent Young declined to answer the charges In the report, and refused permission to visit the rooms In which the meat Is prepared for the lesser products. The extensive use of wooden equip ment-wooden tables on which the meat la cut and wooden carta In which the various parts are handled—waa found to exlit In Armour’s, as describ ed In the report. This Is true even of the new hog-kllllng house, which Is de clared by the packers to be a model of Its kind. Dry Qreaie on Carta. As pointed out by the Investigators, the main part of the carcass goes ihrough the process under compare- lively Immaculate conditions. The althy element of the handling Is Inct dent to the disposition of the lesser product*. On a wooden-covered table, surrounded by a dozen men with flying knives, a great trough delivers at reg ular Intervals the meat. First It goes I ' one. who snip# off a piece, and than i > another, who snips off another piece, sod so on around the circle of butch ers. All these scraps are thrown Into wooden carta, which are constantly going full and returning empty. Some of the carts were encrusted along the upper edge with dry grease and filth. The barrels In which some of the trim mings are also hauled away looked even worse. "Are Cleanaad Nightly.” "Thea# carta and barrels are thor oughly scalded and cleansed every night,” said Foreman Byers, of the hog-kllllng house. "They are not dlr- iv now. They may look that way to a lerson who Is not used to slaughtering surroundings, but porcelain carta would hot be any cleaner." "How about the wooden tablet to which the government agents object ed?' was another question. ,'"hy, we use zinc-covered tables wherever we can,” said th* foreman, •tut we could not use zinc over there where they are trimming heads. The butchers could not keep their knives ir ‘Srp,working on the zinc table." Spat Upon the Mast. Foreman Jesulck, of the sausage de partment, declared that no meat from Which sausage la made la ever taken ■rum the floor, aa the government sgenfa reported seeing In soma eetab- u-hmenta. While he was speaking, .'"'ever, a chunk of meat tumbled from •'» long table to the floor beside one of the women worker*. While the meat on the floor a passing man expect')- fw’ed on It. r The girl then paused 0000000600 ooooooooo O n O COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS O BEEF TRUST MATTER. O —, O By Private Leased Wire. O Washington. June 6.—Rente- O sentatlve Lorlmer la arranging O a program with Chairman O \\ ndsworth for a meeting of the O house committee on agriculture O tomorrow, when the beef trust O exposure and proposed laws O will be tn order for considera tion. Lorlmer has been work ing all day on the re-drafted bill, which he took to Chicago, MEXICAN REVOLUTION IS BACK OF RIOTING and brought back to have sub stituted for the Rooaevlt-Bever- ldge measure. Members of O congress, after reading the pa- O pen containing the Nelll-Rey- O nolda report, are beginning to o , non believt that the conditions of o the packing houses are shock- O Ing, and that the meat trust has O for years been selling fllthy O and poisonous food to the peo- O pie. O o o 06000000 00 OOOOOOOOO SULTAN OF TURKEY IS DEFYING FRANCE; TJPOLOGIZE Dispatch of Warship to Tangier Has No Effect on Sublime. Porte. By Private Leased Wire. Paris, June S.—The sultan ,1s still holding out today against the French demands for reparation enforced by the dispatch of a French warship to Tan gier. The Turkish government refuses to make any apologies for the death of the Frenchman, Charbonnter. FRANCI STILL NEEDS FUNDS FOR RELIEF WORK PHELAN WIRES OELRIOH RE- • GARDING WANTS OF CITY Greaser Miners Hoped to Run Americans Out of Sonora. |TROUBLE NOT STARTED BY UNION AGITATORS He Asks About Money Held in the East for Rebuilding the Metropolis. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO o ANOTHER TREMBLER AT 8AN FRANCISCO. By Private Leased Wire. Ban Francisco, June S.—At 11:62 'oclock last night a sharp earthquake shook San Francis co. No damage waa done so far as known. OOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOO By Private Leased Wire. New York, June 5.—J. D. Phelan, tn a telegram to Herman Oelrichs. stated that San Francisco Is In need of funds. Coming on the heels of the action of the bank! last week in starting the return of money from San Francisco, It has caused surprise. The banka tn the last few days have sent hack more than S6.000.000. "There are fund* In the East held for rehabltatlon of which we have knowledge," says Mr. Phelan's meat sage, "but which have not yet been turned over to us. We are In com munication with the parties and we are promised such funds. The relief work once accomplished, we Intend to Incorporate and use all available funds for rebuilding. This will be the most Important and costly work." $300,000 INCREASE IN STREET CAR TAX Total Franchise Value Is Now Placed at $1,?50,000. Comptroller General Wright, through negotiations with President P. S. Ark wright, has secured an Increase of 1300,000 In the franchise returns of the Georgia Railway and Electric Com- makes the totat franchise of the company $1,660,000. With the In crease for last and this year Comp troller Wright has ting the franchise 1050,000 In all. When the returns were mads to the comptroller he nt once notified Presi dent Arkwright that they were not ac rentable, and requested an Increase. After consideration the returns were raised to n flguro aceptable to tho comptroller, and arbitration will not be necessary. The returns of the Maoon and Dublin extension, ii slier: line ..f about 2h miles, have been Increased from $60,- 000 to $135,000, and will be accented. Up to dnto Comptroller Wright hai succeeded In securing Increases In ror poratlon returns which he hns deemed too low, thus doing away with tho tedious and expenslvo arbitration boards. “Gringo*,” Fearing to Cause Gen eral Bloodshed, Stand for In suit* From Mexicans. BLIND MAN IS ROBBED BY HIS YOUNG EMPLOYEE On the charge of robbing W. E. Ha- lyburton, a blind man, his employer. Leo Davla a white youth 1* ream of oge, waa Tuesday bound over to the state court* by Recorder Broyles. Young Davis has besn working for the blind men for some time, and early Tuesday morning Is said to have gone Into the letter's trunk and confiscated a purse containing $60. The boy then mads a bee-line for a Whitehall street store and invested In a new suit of clothing.- He was afterwards arrested by Policeman Spratlln and $36.66 re covered. The boy has already served three years In tbs reformatory, and steps will be taken to have him returend there at once, aa he Is out on parole. ROOSEVELT'S FRIEND'S SON IS BEING COURTMARTIALED By Private Leased Wire. New York, June 6.—Captain Robert F. Wynne, of the marine corps, assign ed to duty on the Alabama, faces a courtmartlal today, charged with Insu bordlnatlon and realising arrest. Wynne Is a son of R. J. Wynne, con sul general at London, formerlypost- maater general, and a dose friend of President Roosevelt. "The officers who come by way of Annapolis esn’t bear to see the splen did man, who but recently was a civil ian. promoted and decorated for re- A^flT. IK »5. hy on‘ h# c«F n o? ,,0 T n h: n cou r ^rif.l"^nr.n«l aboard the cruiser Pennsylvania at the navy ... rd The Judge advocate la Llwten- iHr’^y.Tf'Th.A.abama Contain Wynne Is represented by E. B. Theall of Washington. Th* arrest was made on order of Lieutenant Brian, of the Alabama, which I* In dry doek at yard. Having been asslgned toaboard of inquiry. Wynn* construed that this relieved him from other duty and failed to report on Thursday when tbs call to quarter* waa sounded. Lieu tenant Commander Brian. h*rirur «nt to And th* reason, was told that Wyana was on other duty. An officer and two men were tent to bring th* captain long enough to lift the chunk of meat back to th* heap on the table. "No, none of those condltlonsexlst here." said Foreman Jeeulck. All the meat we us* for aauiage Is cut up here by“he*e girts. We don't have any men walking over the nwoLorshovcdng R up from the floor*, or w-heellng It eboul in rotten carts, as the Investigator* in her task say.** second detail By Private Leaded Wire. Cananea, Mexico, Juno 5.—:The dis turbance which has shaken this camp so thoroughly Is known to be but part of a wide revolutionary movement on the part of Mexicans throughout the state of sonora Tho object ft this Insurrection la to drive all Americans from the northern part of Mexico. Representatives organised labor have had absolutely nothing to do with It. No Truth in Report. The reports sent out to the effect that the agitators of the American Federation of Labor was partly respon sible for the trouble here Is without foundation. Among the American mlneiM anti skilled u.ukm.’ii It.i .• tli.-ie are many members of the federation, men from Montana, Idaho and Colorado camps, but they have made no effort to orgnnlzo hero, find many of them aro among those defending llfo and property. Among tho 300 American volunteers who enmo from .ilsbee Saturday morn ing* wero scoros of men who formerly worked in Montana and Colorado, and belonged to the American Federation of Labor. Refuse to Start Riot, more orderly force could not bo wished for, though they came here with their blood boiling with Indignation, caused by the reports of the massacre and abuse of Americans. Not ono of thrill W«S guilt V of th.' ^lightest lift that might precipitate trouble. More than a score of times In tho last throe days ynui rot i e.n pondent heard Mexicans Insult Americans on the streets, and with vile abuso defy them to fight. In even* Instance the Americans, knowing that to fight would bo to start a rJot, Jn which they might be compelled to take many lives In defenso of their own. Ignored the In sults. To Oust Amtrioane, Men to whom an uDres«>nted Insult worse than a stab from a knifn re strained themselves to avoid bloodshed, and to their manly self-control scores and perhaps hundreds of peoplo owo their lives. But every American In Cananea Is convinced that tho strike was for the purpose of getting Ameri cans out of this section more than for anything else. I Ono of the demands of the strikers Is that Mexicans be given 80 per cent of the positions requiring skilled labor. Am that would force «.ut of (’mmiwa several hundred skilled American workmen, whose positions the Mexi cans are not competent to fill, the de mand will not be compiled with. Revolt Dodgers Distributed. In support of tho assertion that the uprising was not for a raise of wages only, but for the purpose of driving out tin- Atiii't lnttis, it |M l.'iu no,| i hat i lutlonary circulars were circulated Sat urday morning. They were gathered and destroyed as quickly as possible. Ilail tin* il’.MM K*'Mt H Mil. . ft'.l. .1 II, K.llM ing control of tha city* 18 w—Id, accord HER FA VORITE, TOO! "MY DEAR BOY, I'M A8HAMED FOR VI8ITOR8 TO SEE YOU. YOU 8 ORELY NEED A NEW COAT.” N. Y. CENTRAL IS GIVEN STOCK JUST “FOR TRAFFIC REASONS" FIGHTS TO DROWN IN NIAGARA FALLS Ing to common belief, have reaulted In the killing of hundred* of Americana and the driving of others out of Honors. Buch succeu would have been the sig nal for uprialng* ngalnnt the govern ment In all parts of the republic and especially to th* state of Honors, where the much-hated “Orlngo" miner* are becoming more numerous every day, PREPARATIONS BEING MADE TO RESUME MINE WORK By Private Leased Wire. New York, June 6.—At the ofllce of the Green# companies It Is aajd that there are no new development* In the ■Ituatlon at the company's mine* at Cananea, Mexico. Ho far as th* com pany I* concerned the matter I* closed, Preparation, are being made for a resumption of work nt tho mines and It la expected that the plant will be In full operation In the near future. Would-Be Suicide in Perilous Position Two Hours. Two Hundred Exoited People Look on and Shout Words of Encouragement to Men. on deck and, falling, trialled Wynne. He became so angry. It la said, that he defied the messengers of the com- I f or Part* of nine companies are on thejr.mnd.^A algnal^orp^d ho.- will mako the affair hi, encampment. Bherirr Vorht* and Prosecuting At torney Alban went to Bradley today to look after th* ■Ituattoo, aa the troop* will act under th* order* of the civil authorities. The miner* are restless today. They understand that now that troops are on the ground they are to be evicted. Strikers from thirty mines have marched to Bradley and are to be seen by th* hundreds viewing the tro with aw*. They are to hold a m ster meeting near Bradley today. MINER8 IN UGLY MOOD: TEN HURT DURING CLASH. By Private Leased Wire. Steubenville. Ohio, June 6.—Although quiet prevails In the mines, ths for eigners among the miners are In a das- e rate mood and threaten again to at- •k the guards stationed at the mines before the troops arrive. Th* local aif- thorltles, fearing further violence, are on the alert and are taking every pre caution to prevent more bloodshed. The miners’ officials are trying to pacify the men, but'the striker* are enraged over th* failure of th* union to pay their strike benefits and another outbreak may occur at any time. As soon a* th* soldiers arrive, tha guard* will be removed. It la stated that ten person* were wounded In the clash w hich occurred early yesterday. COLUMBUS, OHIO. TROOPS MARCH OVERLAND TO MINES. Bowereton, Ohio, June 6.—Th* Co- tin*! I y an ofllcer prevailed upon th* captain to appear and h* waa ordered under arrest. President Roosevelt Is said to hgve written to Admiral Evans, command*r-ln-chtef of the North At lantic squadron, concerning the affair. TROOPS FIND QUIET REIGNSJT MINES Foreign Element Seemed in an Ugly Mood Till Militiamen Arrived on Scene. By Private Leased Wire. Columbus, Ohio, June 6.—Adjutant General Hughe* received the following from John Speaks, In command of tha troops at the Bradley mines at , o’clock Tuesday morning. ’Arrived at 6:20 a. m. Now at Brad ley. Will meet sheriff shortly and re port fully. Mobilization very satis factory. Everything quiet." The state troop* summoned to the mining district as a result of Sunday night’* outbreak, arrived at Dlllonvllle at • o’clock today and by $ a. m. were „ In camp. Matters are so quiet that; Iambus troops arrived here at !:$0 a. the troop# wonder why they are there. m . anil .after a long watt fir the men Miners, union bfflrtals and ■ lilzen- f r .,m Akron, left for Mmlthfleld, four are protesting tljat troop* are not . mile* from Crow Hollow. The troops needed and their early recall Is looked will man h overland from Smlthftsla* By Private Leased wire. Buffalo, V. Y„ June 6.—Two hundred citizens of Niagara Falla shouted at Patrolman Georg* Calllnan early this morning while he and other member* of the police and fire departments at the falls were risking their lives to rescue Amos Schwltzer, of Toronto, a would-be suicide, who stood up for two hours In the swirling, tumbling wa ters, $6 feet from shore and less than a hundred feet from th* brink of the abyss- Never tn th* history of Nlegar Falls has anything been able to remain sta tionary In th* waters at that point where Hchwltser stood for two hours. With tons of watsr sweeping past him and dropping with a roar over the brink, Hchwltser stood on his feet, and while th* police and firemen worked frantically to bring him ashore, ha stubbornly refused to save himself. He Stood Like Btatuo. lie stood like a statue In the water, not utering.a word and aeemed to pay absolutely no attention to the people on the bank who were erased with ex. dtement and dazed at the sight. The firemen attempted to ehov* an extension ladder toward Hchwltser. The first on* waa Instantly swept ovtr th* fall*. Evsry moment the people on th* brink espected to see Hchwltser follow In th* wake of tha ladder. He never moved. Men shouted to him to catch hold of tha ropes thrown toward him. He never answered. Then at tempts were mads to lasso him, but In vain. ■ Work For Two Hour*. For two houre the policemen and Bremen made one attempt after an other at rescue. Patrolman Calllnan volunteered to tie a rope about hi* waist and risk his life by wading out. On* end of a rope waa twisted about hla waist. Two score of citizens took hold of the rope. Cautiously Calllnan started to wade toward Hchwltser. aklng a fsw steps Into the wa- shook hts head and said It was no use. Finally an extension ladder rigged with stout ropes, twisted about tree trunks, waa placed In lb* water. Then Patrolman Calllnan and Oeorg* H. Batts and Fireman Thomas Conroy placed ropes about their waists Calll nan was first, Batts and Conroy fol lowed. When he waa within a faw feet of Hchwltser th* man showed light, but Calllnan caught hold of him and then th* citizens on the shore dragged Hchwltser, Calllnan, Batts and Conroy to safety. He Fought Dssperately. Hchwltser fought desperately, but waa cubdued and taken to the station house. Hchwltser Is a shoemaker from Toronto,.where he has a wife and fam ily. He cam* to th* fall* Hoturday end last night, whits apparently under the Influence of some drug, attempted sui cide bv throwing himself In the river from the American side, some $00 yards above th* American full*. HOWELL AND SMITH TWO MORE DEBATES Challenge Issued by Smith and Accepted Immediately by Clark Howell. Two more Joint debates have besn arranged botween Clark Hotvell and lloke Hmlth. The first will be hold at Rome on June 3$, and the second at Albany between July 7 and August 1, th* exact date to be nxed later. The arrangements were brought about by a challenge taued by Mr. Hmlth on Tussday, and to which Mr. Howell sent irumpt reply. rrangemnta have not been com- f listed for the joint debate to be held n Atlanta next Friday night. Mana- :er* of the Hoke Hinlth Club and tb* Hark Howell Club In Fulton county were busy Tussday morning urranglng a Hat of those who will sit on th* plat form. Both side* are going $# be agre* fut on this point, a* It Is bellevsd the actions of those on the platform will hav* a decided Influence on the au dience. The action of Mr. Hmlth on Tuesday In Issuing a challenge to Mr. Howell to hold Joint debates In Albany and Rom* came as a distinct surprise. Th* statement had gone out that there would be comparatively little joint debating, and that each candi date waa to light separately. It looks now as If war Is going to be waged to a finish, with all the voter* of th* stats as onlooker*. Both Mr. Howell and Mr, Hmlth are In Atlanta. Mr. Howsll has left th* arrangements for hla debate In At lanta wtlh Charles T. Hopkins, chair man of th* executive committee of th* Clark Howell Fulton County Club, while Reuben R. Arnold, who holds a similar position with th* Hoke Hmlth Fulton County Club, Is acting for Mr. Bmlth. Both of the candidates know what la going on, howavar. Mr. Hmlth'a challenge to Mr. Howell for th* Rom* and Albany debates was as follows: "Hon. Clark Howell, City.—Dear Hlr: hav* an engagement to speak at Rome on June 1$. I Invite you to meet me there at that time for a joint dis cussion. If the time named conflicts with your other engagements, I will agree with you on any date between th* 17th and tb* 24th of June. also Invite you to meet me In joint discussion at Albany, Os. "I can agre* with you on any date between July 7 and August 1. "I suggest that the ram* rules gov ern these debates that governed the Columbus debate, you to open and con clude at one of the meetings, and I to do so at th* other. Very truly yours. (Signed) "HOKE SMITH. "June 6. IHi” Mr. Howtir* reply was aa follows: I "Hon. Hoke Smith, 766 Peters Build ing, City.—Dear Hlr: I have yours of' » date, and In reply beg to say that' III tie glad to meet you, both at , Rome anil ai Albany—at floma on the j •late Indicated by you. June 2$, and at i Albany between the date* Indicated by I you, July 7 and August I. Very truly yours, (Signed) "CLARK HOWELL. "June 5, VW Road’s Financial Chief Makes Some Startling Admissions. COMPANY GIVEN INTEREST IN BIG COAL CONCERNS Owni Sharei in Mine* Located in the Bituminou* Fieldi of the State of Pennsylvania. • bltu- Yorlf head menu i *ev Hy Private Leased Wire. Philadelphia, Pa., Juno 5.- mlnou* coni Interests of tho Central rallrond In Pennayl bimigM 1" light t.'duy Ii> Interstate Commerce Commissioners nnd Cockrell, who heard t witnesses. Tho first woe M V. W. Ib of the Central's finance who admitted he woe a din eral coal companies, an wi Mldent of the New Yor Dom the New York C share* In tho Peach Creek Coke Cornfmny?" wax eske "It own/* 8.000 shares," rhM Mr. ItoMlter. "I will make an explanation. The Peach Creek company vvhm merged In 1901 with tho Penneylvanl "cl «-.,1 . f ..inp.ui>. though f<»r traffti reaxon* the Identity of the Peach Creelr company waa preserved.'' Own* Share* of 8tock *What Interest does the Nt Central own la the FauajlTisim and Coke Company T~ "Tho Central owns 5,000 share* ot{ 1 "inrii'Ui Mwu..m ..f prefer red *tock and 1800 worth of 5 p*r cent' bonds." Mr. RoRxiter said the Central had never paid for It* Interest in the com pany except by turning In It* Peach ('reek atocka at the tune of th»* m**r- *er. "What !• the value of the Ontral’a holding* In the Pennsylvania Coal Company V For Traffic Reason*. "From 810,000,000 to $11,000,Ooo." an swered the witnea*. "Why was thin Intercut given to the New York Central practically without consideration?" "For traflic reasons." replied Mr. Rosa I ter. The Central had, for twenty year*, ■aid Mr. Ilonalter, owned the cieanleid Bituminous Coal and Coke Company, which, In turn, owns Ui« West Branch Coal CompAny and other properties The Central also acquired th** Mor ris Run Coal Company, when it pur chased control of th«* old Syracuse, Geneva and Coming railroad hut thl* coal company, he said, had been dis posed of. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO o 0 O IT'S THE HUMIDITY O, O THAT FEELS 80 HOT. feel* It's not half as h Tuesday, the oppressiveness of wnatiMT being du** to the hu midity or the anv>unt of mois ture In the air. This humidity pn«:iK*H th** un». ttl**d weather 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o O 0 o o a a 0 Q *>0000 0 O O O 0000008 of th** local fore.'ii prediction, which Is: Unsettled weather, * Iona I thunder .-hot ' . • k f md \\ •••In Maximum tempera day, *2 degi• . min official**