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ttiiiftiHg ■i Mfi The Atlanta Georgian. ATLA NTA 1910 VOL. I. NO. 35. Morning Edition. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY JUNE C, 1006. Morning Edition. 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 Leaeed Wire. Chicago, June S.—One of the effect* of the dlacloeurea of packing houae 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. Hralls scraped, light and ventilation Improved. The surroundings of the workers In these three plants were improved 60 per rent 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 throng* of visitors who were eure to come. The general manager of one big plant spent yesterday morning In a down town plumbing establish ment picking out the latest sanitary plumbing. ‘‘Lams" 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 ran find them In bis own kitchen.” Besides renovating the plumbing, the packing companies- put up a varie ty of signs ajl over the plants enjoin ing cleanliness. One of these was in red letters, as follows: O0000O0000000000000 0 . . 0 0 KEEP CLEAN. 0 . ■ O foremen must see that em- 0 ployees wash hands and keep ‘0 clean, ' " ' 0 0O0O0O0 00 0 0OO0O000O O COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS 0 BEEF TRUST MATTER. O By Private Leased Wire.. 0 Washington, June 6.—Repre- O sentatlve Lorlmer Is arranging 2 ? ro * ram with Chairman o Wadsworth for a meeting of the o houfte committee on agriculture X tomorrow, when the beef truat 2 ®*,P°* ure ***** proposed laws O will be In order for conaldera- X *' on * Lorlmer haa been work- O in* all day on the re-drafted O bill, which he took to Chicago, O and brought back to have aub- 2 ftltijted for the Booaevlt-Bever- 2 idge measure. Members of 2 congress, after reading the pa- g pen* containing the Nelll-Rey- 2 nolda report, are beginning to 2 believe that the conditions of 2 the packing housea are shock- 2 tng, and that the meat trust has O for years been selling fllthy O and poisonous food to the peo- O pie. O I a o 0000000000 00000000 0 IS OF TURKEY 1 FRANCE; T Dispatch of Warship to Tangier Has No Effect on Sublime. Porte. 0 . O O 0 0 PHP 0 000000000 0 000000000 Hundreds of these signs were pasted all over the packing houses. The fore men wers told that the rules ngnlnst expectorating must be enforced or dis charge would result Warning 8igns Qalors. ' 'in the sales room of Swift A Co. were found signs giving tbl* warning: "Employees getting meats dirty by uelng dirty tools or dragging on floor will be discharged." Another new one was one forbidding the use of tobacco In all food producing rooms. While denying the existence In their meat-preparing room* of the condition! described in the Nelll-Reynolds report, officials of the Armour and Swift com panies proved reluctant to permit In spection of the packlfig processes criti cised. No Filthy Method!. Superintendent Conway, of the Ar mour plant, finally was lifduced to per mit a view of the rooms In which the various meat products are prepared, some of the conditions surrounding the handling of meat were found to bo as described in the report. Other con- d Ions, particularly Instances of filthy methods, could nbt be found In Armours. Whether any of the unclean pro cesses of handling meats and meat products exist in Swiff* could not be termed. Superintendent Young declined 10, answer the chargee in the report end refueed permission to visit the rooms in which the meat Is prepared ‘°Li he ,r ***r products. The extensive use of wooden equip- ment—wooden tables on which the " ! ut an<l »’°od*n carta In which }" ,' arloua parts are handled—was . , . * x,,t * n Armour’s, as descrlb- IV" ,ha report. This Is true even of n I". hog-kllllng house, which Is de- o. tfi d ,h * Parkers to be a model of By Private Leaeed Wire, Paris, June 6.—The sultan le 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, Charbonnler. through the process uader compara tively Immaculate conditions. The fllthy element of the handling Is Inci dent to the disposition of the leaser products. On a wooden-covered table, surrounded by a doxen men with flying knives, a great trough delivers at reg ular Intervals the meat. First It goes to one, who mips oft a piece, bud then to another, who snips off another pie, and so on around the circle of butch ers. . All these sc taps are thrown Into wooden carts, which are constantly going full and returning empty. Some of the carte were encrusted along the upper edge with dry grease and fllth. The barrels In which some of the trim mings are also hauled away looked even worse. “Arc Cleansed Nightly." /’These carts and barrels are thor oughly scalded and cleansed every night,” said Foreman Byers, of the hog-kllllng.houte. “They are not dir ty now. They may look that way to a MEXICAN REVOLUTION IS BACK OF RIOTING STILL NEEDS FUNDS FOR RELIEF WORK 0000OO0O000000000O0 ANOTHER TREMBLER AT 8AN FRANCI8CO. By Private Leased Wire. San Francisco, Juno t.—At 11:62 ’oclock last night a sharp earthquake shook 8an Francis co. No damage was don* so far as known. Greaser Miners Hoped to Run Americans Out of Sonora. TROUBLE NOT STARTED BY UNION AGITAT0R8 “Gringos,” Fearing to Cause Gen eral Bloodshed, Stand for In sults From Mexicans. 0000000 0 0 0 0000O0000 By Private Leased Wire. New York, June 6.—J. D. Phelan. In a telegram to Herman Oslrlche, stated that San Francisco le In need of funds. Coming on the heels of the action of the banks last week In starting the return of money from San Francisco, It. has caused surprise. The banks in the last few days have sent back more than 66.000.000. ’’There are funds In the East held for rehabltatlon of which we have knowledge,” says Mr. Phelan's mess sage, "but which have not yet been turned over to ue. W* are tn 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 bo the most important and costly work." H TO MEET IN WINDY CITY Its kind. Dry Qreaso on Carts. surroundings, but porcelain carte woul, not be any cleaner." “How about the wooden tables to which the government agents object, ed?" woe another question. “Why, we use slnc-covered tables wherever we can,” eakl the foreman. “But we could not use sine over there where they are trimming heads. The butchers could not keep their knives sharp working on the sine table." 8pat Upon the Meat Foreman Jeaulck, of the sausage de partment. declared that no meat from which saunage Is made Is ever taken from the floor, as the government agents reported seeing In some estab lishment*. While he wa* speaking, however, a chunk of meat tumbled from the long table to the floor beside one of the women worker*. While th* meat lay on the floor a passing man expecto rated on It. The girl then paused In her task long enough to lift the chunk of meat bark to the heap on the table. "No, none of those conditions exist here," said Foreman Jesulck. "All the mest we use for sausage Is cut up her* by these girls. We don’t have any men walking over the meat, or shoveling It up from the floors, or wheeling It about A» pointed out by the Investigators, In rotten carts, as the Investigators —- ,na| n Part of ths carcass goes say." $300,000 INCREASE IN STREET CAR TAX Total Franchise Value Is Now Placed at $1,550,000. 1 omptroller General Wright, through wlth President P. S. Ark- fcinaJuu. , ha * t ** c ured an Increase of f'lorrf 0 £ ,he franchise returns of the Any 1 * Rall * ra y and Electric Com- This makes the total franchise of company 11,660.000. With the In- creaee for last and this year Comp troller Wright has succeeded In get ting the franchise valuation Increased *860.000 tn alt. When the returns wers made to the comptroller he at once notified Presi dent Arkwright that they were not ac- ceptable, and requeeted an Increase. After consideration the returns were raised to a figure aceptable to the comptroller, and arbitration will not be necessary- . _ ... The returns of the Macon and Dublin extension, a short line of about 26 miles, have been Increased from ***,- 000 to 1128.000, and will be accepted. Up to date Comptroller Wright has succeeded In securing Increases In cor poration returns which he ha* deemed too low, thus doing sway with the tedious and expensive arbitration boards. By Private Leased Wire. Chicago, June 6.—Anarchists from every part of the United States as well as Europe, many of them former con victs, who have spent years In prison fob nets of violence, will hold a five- day convention In this city, beginning Wednesday, - at which steps will be token for concerted action In sprcndlng the propaganda of the red flog through out the entire world. leaders of the "rede” from Russia, Italy, Spain and Germany will be the gueats of honor of the live local an archist organisations, and the conclave will perhaps be the largest of Its kind that the world haa ever known. Maxim Gorky, Iran Norondy, former President Maxim, of the Baltic repub lic, and a young woman, said to bo a polish countess, who has become con verted to the cause, will represent the Russian revolutionists, and Autoro sasaln of King Humbert of Italy, and who fled that country after his cou sin’s arrest, will represent the Italian anarchists. Detectives from American hot beds of anarchy are hare to assist the local police In ferreting out the real designs of the "rede” and to keep those who are unknown locally under constant surveillance. There are three officers here from Paterson, X. J., where the plot to as sassinate President McKinley was hatched, two from 8t. Louis and three from New York. Pinkerton detectives In the employ of Henry O. Frick, the Pittsburg steel magnate, who was shot during the Homestead strike by Alex ander Berkman, are In the city. They are said to be men who went through the strike In Pennsylvania In 1862, and who know every agitator that was In volved In the riots at that time. Disclosures of the formation of a g lut In Portlnnd, Ore., to assassinate resident Roosevelt leads Chief Col lins to believe that secret service men would be sent here from Washington, hut he has received no official notice that they wlH come. CONTEST FOR ESTATE OE STANDFORD BEGUN By Private Leased Wire. Cananca, Mexico, Juno 6.—The dis turbance which has shaken this camp so thoroughly Is known to be but part of a wide revolutionary movement on tho part of Mexicans throughout the state of Sonnrn. Tho object of this Insurrection le to drive alt Americans from the northern part of Mexico. Representatives organised labor hare had absolutely nothing to do with It. No Truth In Report. Tho reports sent out to the effect that the agitators of the American Federation of Labor was partly respon sible for the teouble hero Is without foundation. Among the American miners and skilled workmen here there are many members of tho federation, men from Montana, Idaho and Colorado camps, but they have made no effort to organise here, and many of them are among those defending life und property. Among tho 300 American volunteers ■11" i a me from 8 Is bee Saturday morn Ing were eeoree of men who formerly worked In Montana and Colorado, and belonged to ths American Federation of Labor. Refute to Start Riot more orderly force could not be wished for, though they came here with their blood boiling with Indignation, HER FA VORITE, TOO! “MY DEAR BOY, I’M ASHAMED FOR VISITORS TO 8EE YOU. YOU 80RELY NEED A NEW COAT. MjSSsliV. Y. CENTRAL IS GIVEN STOCK JUST “FOR TRAFFIC REASONS" Would-Be Suicide in Perilous Position Two Hours. By Prlrste I.eased Wire. San Francisco, June 8.—What prac tically amounts to a contest of the vast Stanford estate was died In the county clerk's office yesterday by Annie F. Stanford, a niece of the senator, against the executors of the will of the late Jane L. Stanford. The action takes the form of a suit for 2101,006 said to be accruing to Asa P. Stanford since th* death of his brother and to th* restoration of 6600,- 000 worth of stock alleged to have been fraudulently withheld by Mrs. Stanford from her brother-in-law In his old sge and destitution. The com plaint accuse* Mr*. Stanford of con' splracy and fraud. them was. guilty of the slightest act that might precipitate trouble. More than a score of times In tho Inst three days your correspondent heard Mexicans Insult Americans on the streets, and with vile abuse defy •hern to fight. In every Instance the Americans, knowing that tn fight would bo to start a riot, In which they might bo compelled to take many lives In defense of their own, Ignored the In suits. , To Oust Americans. Mea to whom un unresented insult Is worse than a stab from a knlfo re strained themselves to avoid bloodshed, and to their manly self-control scores and perhaps hundreds of people owe their lives. But every American In Cananca la convinced that the strtke was for the purpose of getting Amrrl cans out of this section more than for nnythlng else. One of tho demands of tho strikers Is that Mexicans be given so per cent of the positions requiring skilled labor. As that would force out of Cananca I Two severe! hundred skilled American workmen, whose positions the Mcxl can* are not competent to All, the de. mand will not be complied with. Revolt Dodgers Distributed. In support of the assertion that the uprising was not for a rate* of wages only, but for the purpose of driving out I By Private Leased Wire, the Americans, It le learned that revo- Buffalo, N. Y„ June 6.—Two hundred lutlonary circulars were circulated Sat- cltlsens of Niagara Falls shouted at urday morning. They were gathered Patrolman Oeorge Calllnan early this an H. d aVhTTL d ..?;. q mi C .'!!L«^rm b i*m while he snd other member* Hid th® Iniurftntiiticcicdfn In I _* #»._ nn ■ _* . » In* control of th® city. It would* accord- I th # ® «*° ,|c0 Jf® department* at In* to common belief; have remitted In *** e were Hiking their llvee to the killing of hundreds of Americana rescue Amoa ftchVltier* of Toronto* a and the driving of others out of Sonora. I wouid-be suicide* who stood up for two ™. c ‘.elJ'Jr I hou " ln ‘ he owlrtlng, tumbling wa- ment In an flartl of lhe republic VSd I*”’**/"* ( ro , m ,ho . r !' * nd le “ «h»" « especially in the state of Sonora, where hundred feet from the brink of the the much-hsted “Gringo’’ miner* are abyss, becoming more numerous every day. Nsvsr In the history of Nlagar Falls PREPARATIONS BEING MADE "fh^atara* at _ TO RHUHI UNI tU ,2* N« York, June 6,-At the office of 1 h '™ tho Green* companies It Is said that ? nd d ™ ppl "* w,,h J r0 *T 1 0 T*'[, there are no new development* In the brink, Schwltser stood on his feet, and situation at tho company's mines at while the police and firemen workeil Cananca, Mexico. So far as the com- frantically In bring him ashore, I peny Is concerned the matter Is closad. stubbornly refused to save himself. FIGHTS TO DROWN IN NIAGARA FALLS Hundred Excited People Look on and Shout Words of Encouragement to Men. blind man is robbed BY HIS YOUNG EMPLOYEE pa th* charge of robbing W. E. Ha- > burton* a blind man, his employer* Davi«, a While youth 16 years of was Tuesday bound over to th# courts by Recorder Broyles. tb* uiH Davis has been working for blind man for iome tlm*. and early intt*??* . m ° r n!ng 1a said to have gone 1510 Utter’s trunk and confl-cated a purs* containing 660. Thebffrthen mad# a bee-line for a Whitehall street store and Invested In a new suit or clothing. He was afterwards arrested by Policeman Spratlln and 616.68 re covered. The boy has already served three years tn the reformatory, and etepa win be taken to have him returend there at once, as he Is out on parole. BOLT FROM THE SKY NEARLY WRECKS TRAIN BOLT FROM THE BKY—BIO HEAD. By I’rlrete Leased Wire. Linton, Ind, June I.—Last night white a southbound passenger train on the Southern Indiana railroad was run ning at a high rat* of speed It was al most thrown from th* track by a flash of lightning and a cloudburst. Two hundred passengere wers badly shaken up, and the water was almost a foot deep at Rlackfiawk. Communica tion Is cut off and It Is reported that several were killed and Injured. DISPATCHER DENIES STORY OF WRECK ON HIS ROAD. Terr* Haute, Ind, June 6.—The Southern Indiana’s train dlipatrher says there has been no wreck or tr ble on that road. He Stood Like 8tatu*. „ . - -m. . , h ., tll . . , II* stood Ilk* a status In the water, rill',* USKKl Sn'ShS t fal!!L b * not <“'rlnff a word and aaamed to pay full operation In th* hear future. I absolutely no attention to the people on th* bank who were erased with eg- cltement and daxed at th* sight. The Bremen attempted to shove an extension ladder toward Schwltser. The tint one was Instantly swept over the falls. Every moment the people on the brink expected to see Schwltser follow In the wake of the ladder. lie never moved. Men shouted to him to catch hold of the rope* thrown toward him. He never answered. Then at tempts wers made to lax so him, but In vain. Work For Two Hour*. For two hours the policemen and Challenge Issued by Smith and Accepted Immediately by Clark Howell. TAKEN FROM HUSBAND BY HER RELATIVES Special to The Georgias. Moultrie, Oe., June 6.—Th* marriage of Jose* Holland to Mia* Ida Peterman sssn £».?'*!«"Li: r«~ «:«u5sr msk. night In the vicinity of Liberty, this I reicu. PatroIrnM Caillnan hll , h t rtd. y0 Jf» , ^r volunteered to tie a rope about hie *?. h a r b *‘l wslet and rtek his life by wading out. roenj after * h * ,a ™HF nog retired and on* and of a rope waa twisted about hurried to the home of Rev. John hla waist. Two score of rltltena took Cooper, who performed th* marriage hold of th# rope. Cautiously Calllnan ceremony. The groom I* a eon of Jule started to wad* toward Schwltser. Holland and only 16 years old, while alter taking a few steps Into the wa- the bride I* 14 and a daughter of Mr*, tar he shook hi* head and said It was Laura Peterman. n „ UM . There were atrenuou* objections to Finally an extension ladder rigged th* marriage by the girl's relaUves, with stout ropes, twisted about tree and yesterday morning whan they trunks, was placed In the water. Then learned of th* elopement they began to Patrolman Calllnan and George H. plan to regain possession of her. Sev- BatU and Fireman Thomas Conroy era! mala relatives of the bride. It Is I placed ropes about their waists. Calll- reported. want to th# horns of the eld- I nan was Unit, Batta and Conroy fol- er Holland and demanded that th* 1 lowed. When he was within a few feat young lady return home. They were I of Schwltser th* man showed light, ordered from th* but refused to but Calllnan caught hold of him and go. The young bride cam* out and than th* cltlxen* on the shore dragged told them that aha was rexolved to live Schwltser, Calllnan. Balls and Conroy with the man to whom she had been to safety. married. Force waa brought to boar, H* Fought Dxxperately. It la stated, and ah* ere* taken back to l ttchwltxxr fought desperately, but her mother. was cubduad and uken to the station The *IH I* *ald tobe unusually pret- house. Schwltser Is a shoemaker from ty. She Is an only child, and by a,con- I Toronto, where he haa a wife and fam- dltlon of her father's will aim le the ||y. He cam* to th* falls Saturday and hair to th* whole of a large estate, the last night, while apparently under the mother being left out. This will rerro 1 influence of some drug, attempted aul- to make the relatlrea of the girl even |e«de by throwing himself In the river the American side, soma 200 yards Jth determined In their objections to from I marriage. 1 above the American fall*. Two more joint debalaa have been arranged between cinrk Hotvill anil Hoke Smith. The flrxt will be held at Rome on June 22, nnd th* second at Albany between July 1 and August I, th* exact data to be fixed later. Th* arrangement* ware brought about by a challenge (sued by Mr. Smith on Tuesday, and to which Mr. Howell sent a prompt reply. Arrengemnte have not been com- eted for the JolqJ deba n Atlanta naxt Friday night. Mana gers of the Hoke Smith Club and tha Clark Howell Club In Fulton county were buey Tuesday morning arranging a list of those who will alt on the plat form. Both aides are going to be care ful on this point, as It la believed th* actions of thou* on th* platform will have a decided Influence on th* aU‘ dlence. The action of Mr. Smith on Tuaaday In Issuing a challenge to Mr. Howell to hold Joint debates In Albany and Rome 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 aa If war I to a finish, with state aa onlookers. Both Mr. Howell and Mr. Smith are In Atlanta. Mr. Howall haa left the arrangements for hla debate In At' lanta wtlh Charles T. Hopkins, chair, man of th* executive commit!** of th* Clark Howell Pulton County Club, while Reuben R. Arnold, who holds similar position with th* Hoke 8m.— Fulton County Club, Is acting for Mr. Smith. Both of th* candidates know what Is going on, however. Mr. Smith's challenge to Mr. Howell for the Rome and Albany debates waa as follows: "Hon. Clark Howell, City.—Dear Sir: have an engagement to speak at Rome on June 2*. I Invite you to meet me there at that time for a Joint dis cussion. “If the time named conflicts with your other engagement*. 1 will agree with you on any data between the 12th and tha 24th of June. "I also Invite you to meat ma In Joint discussion at Albany, Ga. ”1 can agree with you on any Sat* between July 7 and August I. "I suggest that th* asms rulas gov ern these debates that governed tha Columbus debate, you to open and con clude at on# of th* meetings, and I to do so at th* other. (Signed) "June 6, 1*06.' Mr. Howell’s Road’s Financial Chief MakesSome Startling Admissions. Very truly your*, “HOKE SMITH. COMPANY GIVEN INTEREST IN BIG COAL CONCERNS Owns Shares in Mines Located in the Bituminous Fields of the State of Pennsylvania. . i f Ily Private Lcnsed Wire. Philadelphia, Pa. June 6.—The bitu minous coal Interests of the New York Central railroad In Pennsylvania were )>r• • <iKI' r t" Unfit t..,lm by Interstate Commerce Cummbiilonern Clements and Cockrell, who heard a number of The nrxt was li V. W. R>i»«lter, head of the Central’* finance department, who admitted lie waa a director In sev eral coal companies, aa well hi, k vie* president of the New York Central. "Does the New York Central own aharea In the Beach Cn- k t ml and Coke Company?” wax naked. "It own* 6.000 shares." nald Mr. Roaslter. "I will make an explanation. The li-nrh Creek company wax merged In 1101 with the Prnneylvnnlu Coal and Coke Company, though for traffia reasons the Identity of tho Beach Creek company wua preserved." Owns 8Heres of Stock. "What Interest doe* the New York Central own In the Pennsylvania coal 5,000 shares of .ii r, of prefer- h of 6 t»er cent tral'a "Th* Central common stock: 6.000 i red stock and 1800 wort] bonds.” Mr. Roaslter raid the Central had never paid for ItM interest in the com pany exrept by turning In lie Beach. Creek stocks at the time of the mer ger. “What Is thn value of th holdings In the l'cnnsylv Company?” For Trafflo Reasons. "From 110,000.000 to *12,000.000." an swered the witness. Why waa this Interest given tn the New York Central practically without consideration r* "For traffic res sot Roaslter. The Central had. f said Mr. Rossiter. owt Bituminous Coal and which. In turn. Mr. otb* 'lenrfleld 'ompany, t Hmn« h props The Central also ncqulr .... rls Run Coal Company, when I chased control of the 4i Svi Genera and Corning rallrn.nl tn coal company, he said, had bee posed of. 00000000 00 O O OO0OO00 o 0 IT'8 THE HUMIDITY THAT FEELS 80 HOT. 4r. Howell’s reply waa aa follows: Hon. Hoke Smith, 706 Peters Build ing, City.—Dear Blr: 1 have yours of an data, and In reply beg to say that wUl be glad to mast you, both at Roma and a* Albany—at Rome on th* date Indicated by you, June 22. anil at Albany between the date* Indicated by you, July 7 an l A .gust I. Wry truly n yours, ° (Signed) "CLARK IPlWELL 0 It’s not half Tuesday, the mldlty or th* tun In th* air ■ int of mole- O Title humidity 0 O presages the unset tied weather 0 of the 1 e-nl forecast official's 0 prediction, which Is O Unsettled weather, with ocea- O sl'inal thunder showers Tues- O day night nnd Wednesday. O Maximum temperature Mon- 0 day. degrees; minimum, ««, O 0 IO0OOO0OO OOOO0OOO0OO