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THE SUPREME TEST, PHILANTHROPY DISTRIBUTORS GOV. KITCHIN WENT
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Labor Leaders Making Every
Effort to Bring About a Gen
eral Observance of
Strike Order.
NEGRO PATROLMEN ARE
CALLED OFF THE JOB
A Thousand Cars Were Placed in Oper
ation Today, and There Was no
Disorder During the
Early Hours.
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der arms, ready to entrain at
at a moment's notice, the 45th
Coast Artillery, at Ft. Dupont,
Delaware, is awaiting orders
from the war department to
hurry to Philadelphia to pro
tect the United States Mint
and other government property
during the strike riots.
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Philadelphia, Pa., March 7. Today
will see the real test in the lahor
leader1 attempt to bring about a gen
eral strike of workingmen in sympa
thy with the striking street car em
ployes. On the basis of Saturday's
showing, the employers and police
expect the movement to be a failure.
Labor leaders, however, are confident
of the success of the movement, pre
dicting that between one hundred and
one hundred and fifty thousand failed
to report for work today. The special
dispensations to union drivers of milk
nnd bread wagons enabled the house
holders to receive the usual quantity
of these necessities. The most large
ly affected trades outside the textile
workers are the building trades work
ers. It is claimed that 30,000 in each
of t hi'ui ' tratlaa walked out.
Many Sentenced, for Rioting.
Eighty persons, charged with riot
ing, were given hearings today, and
many of them sentenced from 60 and
to 90 days' imprisonment; others
were lined. According to the best in
formation, large Industrial establish
ments are not seriously disturbed.
Iluslncss generally is seriously inter
fered with, because of the abnormal
condition.
On Systematic Maris.
following out plans adopted Satur
day the strike will not be put on a
systematic basis. The unions will
place the usual pickets on duty and
a house to house canvass will be
made to bring out other union men.
There is a report in circulation that
I he general strike was Inaugurated
primarily to unionize Pb'ladelphia.
In the early hours today there was
no change in the strike situation. The
Transit company now has more than
a thousand cars in operation. Several
business organizations met today to
continue efforts to end the strike.
Following last night's disorders the
city la again quiet. The police ex
pect little trouble today. The police
department has 6000 men on duty.
The majority of the negro policemen
were relieved of duty. In order not
lo add any race riots to the troubles
of the police force.
Woman Shot by Officer.
Philadelphia's first Sunday under
he general sympathetic strike, begin
ning peacefully, ended turbulently
with a fatal shooting of a woman by a
IMillce officer as a climax to an even
ing of many disturbances. The labor
leaders declare that 125,000 men are
out under the general strike order, but
rive no detailed figures. Heads of the
polite give figures which they declare
show that not more than 20,000 per
sons obeyed the general strike call.
The committee of ten In charge of
the situation issued a statement de
claring that the fight of Philadelphia's
workers was a crucial one for labor
In the entire country- They claim that
the Industrial workers of the city, or
ganised, and unorganised, realize
this and will rally In even greater
force In support of the striking trac
tion men and the general labor cause.
Employers seem to believe that the
trouble will be short lived. Today was
expected largely to point to the prob
able outcome, when the number of
men on strike are more completely
calculated after the opening of the
shops.
Despite the disorders of the night
Sunday waa quiet one as compared
with the two previous Sundays since
the carmen's strike began.
The traction company, which op
erated some 800 cars during the day.
left 200 more of them In operation at
night the first Sunday night during
the atrlke on which It has taken this
step.
Trouble Begins.
This fart probably had much to do
with the disturbances or the evening.
Tb-sr began early after dark at
Eighth and Christian streets, an Ital
ian settlement, where an unruly mob
stoned passing trolley cars. A riot
call was sent out and four automo
biles loaded with officers speeded from
the eitv hall. The force waa effective
and after a sharp attack, In which
clubs were freely used and a number
of heads broken, the disturbers were
dispersed and more than a half dozen
prisoners taken, including, the police
y. the three ringleaders of the tron
. oaught with bricks In their hands.
The innat serious affair of the nlghl
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CAREER IS ENDED
Former United States Senator from
New York Dies Suddenly of
Bright s Disease.
New York, March 7. Thomas Col
lier Plait, formerly United States sen
ator from New York, and for many
years a national figure in republican
politics, (lied at 3:4!) p. m. yesterday
in the apartment of Mr. and Mrs.
Oustav Abele on West Eleventh street,
from whom he had rented three rooms
for the last four years. Mrs. Abele
had been his nurse.
Dr. Paul Auterbrldge, his physician,
said that the cause of his death was
chronic and acute Uright's disease.
The body was' removed last night to
the home of Frank H. Piatt, his son,
and will be taken tomorrow to Owe
go, N. Y.i the senator's birthplace,
where It Sill be buried. Funeral ser
vices will be held Wednesday at the I
Presbyterian church in Owego.
Startllngiy Sudden.
The end was sturtlingly sudden. An
hour before the senator died his twoj
sons. Frank and Edward, with their j
families, and his widowed son, Har
ry, and the hitter's daughter. Char
lotte, and son, Sherman, had left the
house after their usual Sunday visit, i
The senator said at that time that j
he felt very well and thought he i
would read the Sunday papers. At
3 o'clock he was taken with a faint-:
irif; lit, and Dr. Auterhridge was hur- i
rledly called. The family were notl- :
Med and returned in haste.
Mr. Piatt recovered from his first
laps but sank into unconsciousness
again at half past three and died 15
minutes later.
The relatives were all at the bed
side. Wus Out Last Week.
Only last week Senator Piatt was
at ills office downtown. For several
yvars he had been in feeble health
and latterly the use of his legs had
almost deserted him but his condition
until yesterday was not looked upon
as more serious than usual, although
a physician called upon him daily.
In spite of his feebleness he took
an active interest In affairs and re
fused to neglect his business until the
dictates of nature Imposed a rest. He
was out of bed at 7 o'clock every
morning and always early at his.
oiT'ce.
Thomas Collier Piatt, the "easy
boss'' of earlier and brighter days,
was for many years not only the
republican leader of his state, but
a figure in national politics, shoulder
to shoulder with men ol such rank
nnd reputation as the lute Matthew
Stanley Quay of Pennsylvania.
Doth were men of exceptional in
tellectual attainments, and both turn
ed them with signal success to party
organization. Quay died still a power; j
Piatt outlived iiis time and felt him- ;
self in late years out of touch with
the moving spirit of events.
Twice in his life Plutt was the uen- i
ter of the national stage once when
he resigned with Hoscoe Congling j
from the united States senate, anu
was Instantly nicknamed "Me Too"
Piatt, and once when he induced
Theodore Itoosevelt to run for vice
president with McKlnley, very much
against Roosevelt's better judgment,
and in the face of his repeated declar
ation that nothing could induce him
to accept the nomination.
There could not be a better instance
of Piatt's skill In persuasion and
manipulation or of the Irony that
mocked his wisdom. McKlnley was
shot, Koosevelt became president and
the days of Piatt's domination In the
state lapsed Into senility. His bodily
strength declined rapidly. He made
a second marriage which ended In
the courts and he was sued by .Mac
Wood, formerly a clerk In govern
ment employ, for a divorce, on the
strength of a third marriage never
proved to have taken place.
I.I.-, led In HUM.
Piatt was first elected to the sen
ate In ISSt. He and his colleague.
Conkllng, became embroiled with
President Garfield in a bitter contro
versy over appointments.
Finding themselves in a deadlock,
Piatt and Conkllng both resigned.
In 1887 he was elected a second
time to the United States senate, suc
ceeding David II. HIM.
Piatt was born in uwsjn,
county, New x one, Juiy m, nu,
Puritan ancestry. He entered Yale
college with the class oi uui imi
in the middle of his junior year be
cause of 111 health. A brief appren
ticeshlp at literature was succeeded
by mon congenial enipiujnicm ...
business.
u nrnsnered In Michigan in the
lumber trade, returned to Owego and
became president oi in humu
tlonal bank, was chosen a director
and later president of the Southern
central Railway company, and In
187 was elected general manager
and secretary of the United States
Fxnrees company, of which company
he became president In 1880, so re
maining until his death.
By his first marriage, to Ellen nar
row of Owg. le had three sons.
Frank H Kdward T. and Harry B.
Piatt.
KilosHe MtH Two.
I.lhn. March 7 Two bombs were
hurled Into a room, where a party of
clerical candidates were dining, the
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executive secretary; Frederick T. Gates, chairman: Girge F. Peabody, treasurer;' lr. Edward A. Alderman.
Standing, from left to right Dr. Harry Piatt Judson, the late nr. Daniel c. Oilman, Starr J. Murphy, Dr. Al
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Change the Course of Politics in
New York State.
New York, March 7. Political lead
ers united today in the expression that
the passing of former Senator Thomas!
C. Plutt, who nied yesterday, will lie .
without Influence, or rhange the
course of New York slate politic. Hi.-, j
retirement from politic two years ago
wati absolute.
There will he no public funeral. The
body will be taken to Oswego, Plait's!
birthplace. Plait was no rich loan hi
the larger sense. His fortune was less
than tun hundred thousand dollars
He is said to have divided his fortune!
among the heirs at the time of his
trouble with Ills second wife.
His successor as president of the !
I'lilted Slates Express company lias ;
not been selected.
TWO WHITE MEN DEAD,
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Result of Trouble With Negroes in
Florida Feeling Runs High
One Negro Caught.
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Tuinpa. March 7 Two n : c white
men were wounded this morning near
Palmelto by negroes being sought for
murder of Superintendent Strlbllng
and Deputy Sheriff Mathews yesterday
Due of the men shut. J. B. Morgan,
section foreman, will die. The other
man, Hurnett, a fanner, Is In a serious
condition. ne of the fugitives was
caught and la being held at Dranden
town. Feeling Is running high, and
the negro may be lynched. The sheriff
nnd a big posse with bloodhounds has
the territory surrounded. The capture
of the oihcr fugitives is considered
likely.
Sam Strlbllng. superintendent for a
prominent contractor of this city, had
a dispute with a negro employe about
wages, resulting In the negro drawing
a pistol and killing Slrlbllng Instantly.
The negro escaped.
Telephone messages brought Sheriff
Wvatt from Hi -undeiitnwn with a
posre and bloodhounds and later the i
negro was chased Into the house of 1
another negro, who had Winchester !
i i lies anil a supply of ammunition.
In an exchange of shots which follow- i
ed Deputy Sheriff Mathews, who led '
the chase, was shot and killed.
CAXXOT COMPKi, COXNWTION
WITH BRANCH LINE RAILWAY
Interstate ConiUMWe Commission Has
Not Power to I'orco Sucli Om
iiectluii, II Is said.
Washington, March 7. The inter
state commerce commission iloes not
have power to compel common car
riers engaged In interstate commerce
to grant physical connection with
"branch" railroads upon complaint of
the branch railroad Itself, according
to a decision announced today by the
United States Supreme court.
Holler Makers Iteliiru lo Work.
Savannah, March 7. After being
granted increase In pay from 116
cents to 3 cents nn hour, the boiler
makers of the Central of Georgia rail
road returned to work today.
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hog prices advanced today at
the stocks yards, several car
loads selling at $10.20, the
new top pries record slnre the
civil war.
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lather as captain of all the captains of Industry, nnd, retlr
worlds ol business and finance, will devote bis life to the
: Ihe income from the great fortune gleaned through the gen
Itockefeller. nent from the directorate of th I nitnl Slates Steel Crpor
wed by the announcement that he had retired as director of
il compare and that he e :iM relieving himaelf from all business
that he would be free lo give his lime to the administrative
loekefeller Foundation, the bill for the Incorporation of which
"luced in congress and whlci., it is declared, will mark an
history of philanthropy.
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Fifty Bodies Have Been
Removed from Wreckage
Vancouver, R. P.. March 7. It Ii
now known lhat 2 men. who were
ragtged In clearing the Canadian Pa
cific in Rogers I'ass at Ihe summit of
Selkirk rang.-, were entombed by the
nvnlnnee, and all are dead. Fourteen
others arc badly Injured nod some of
War Warning Sounded
By Jacob Schiff, Banker
New York March 7. The note of
warning sounded by Jacob If. Schlff,
the banker, regarding the sltuntlon
In the i ast, and the possibility of
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Portland. Me., March 7. The
steamer Manhuttan, owned by the
Maine Hleaiiislilp company, was to
tally destroyed by . lire soon after
reaching dock from New York today.
The loss was S250.00U.
I -hi a Duel.
Nice, Fran. e. March 7. Dr. Doyen,
i.,' I'rencli scientist, nnd Captain lan
gemlonck, the lielgian army officer
fought a duel today. The affair fol
lowed a scene, when the scientist ac
cused the captain of Insulting Mudame
New York.)
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these may die.
Wellington. Wash., March 7. Fifl.v
l odies have been removed from the
wreckage carried down by the ava
lanche that destroyed the two Orenl
Norther passenger trains Tnesilny
norninc.
war with Japan, was illscuaaud In
many banking houses today. Schlff
helped lliiHiu-c Japan, in her war with
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ARM V OK MEFKN8E.
'tr IMvMon Created Outgrowth or
Combined Mmicoiiwrs and
rin wwmnini
Washington. March 7. An out
growth of the combined maneuvers
,i ml cpcnhipinent of regular troops
with the nation"! guard has been the
issue of a general 'Wiler by the secre
tary of war treating the llrst division
of the army of defense. This Includes
all New Knglnnd and New York.
Killed In Pistol Fight.
I .. v i i ik t Ky . March 7.-One man
waa killed, nnd two othera fatally
wounded In a pistol light r.t Ilenrrn today.
STIR IN KANSAS
CITY HIGH LIFE
John P. Cudahy, Millionaire Packer,
Makes Vicious Assault Upon Jere
Lillis. Likewise Millionaire.
Kansas City, March 7. John P.
Cudahy, tile millionaire society lead-
It..- (. n.l r.liil.mun who t-:.rlv veHtcr,l:.
morning assaulted Jel'e S. Ijillis. hank
president and club man. a former In
timate friend of Cudahy. when dis
covered by cuilahy in the Tatl.-r s
home, will be arraigned in the police
court within a week. Llllls, who was
so terribly cut that his physicians
were warned not to disclose the na
ture of his injuries, was resting well
at St. .Mary's hospital today, hut his
condition is still serious.
I.illis' condition is reported by the
hospital physicians to be improved.
The exact nature of his wounds could
not be learned, as neither nurses or
phvsicians would discuss this phase of
the ease
Extreme reticence was ob-
served by
ease. It
pri secnte
A score
evcryone connected with the
s slated that Mills will not
Cudahy.
of newspaper men sought
in -aii! for Mrs. Cudahy at the pack
er's home in all attempt to get a
statement from her. Henry Kohlcr,
cashier of the bank of which Mills is
president, said the affair had been
greatly exaggerated.
.Maid Tells Her Slor.
A maid was the only one who would
lespond to rinys at the door of the
I I 'adahy home.
Telling or the affair the maid said
she came downstairs when she heard
the noise of a scuffle in parlor. She
sa w a man stretched out on the floor
with a rope around his neck and
around his feet. The man's body was
nearly stripped, she said, being bare
from the waist down. When the maid
reached the foot of the stairs John
Hn's, Cudahy ' chauffeur, she said,
was pulling at the rope about the neck
of the captive. When Moss caught
sight or her be pointed a revolver in
her race. She lied nil sta.rs.
I Policeman Underwood, who was
called to the Cudahy home at 1J:"0
Sunday morning, told or the finding or
Mills lying on Ihe floor bound and
wounded. The policeman says Cndiib
explained Mills' condition by saying
Mllis was an intruder in the Cudahy
home. Cudahy, when seen today
leaving his lawyer's office, declined to
be Interviewed.
Finding Mllis. a millionaire local
banker, in his home when he arrived
unexpected!)' at and ear!..' hour
yesterday, Cudahy. a wealthy pucker
and son of Michael Cudahy. the
Chicago millionaire. Is alleged to have
committed an assault upon the man
which led lu his arrest on a charge
ol disturbing the peace. He was re
leased on $100 bond.
Mllis is in St. Mary's hospital. His
condition Is said to be critical. Cuts
said to have been inflicted with a
knife are on his face, legs and one
; arm. The cuts have been made in
criss-cross fashion. If he recovers he
I w ill be disfigured for life, It is averred
i by physicians.
Policeman's story.
A patrolman hurried to the Cuda
: hy residence, which Is in a fashlon-
able residence section. The front door
was open so be did not ring the bell.
Screams came from u parlor ami then
j groans and cries for mercy. The po
! licen.an said of the scene:
"Three men were In the room.
Prostrate on the floor lay Mills, part-
ly nude, and bound with a rope. His
I legs were bare and his few remain
inn clothes were id ly. Above him
stood Cudahy in evening dress. His
sleeves were rolled up and blood wat'
on his hands. At his side stood a
' chauffeur, None of the men noticed
me. 1 rushed to the trio and asked
Cudahy, 'what does nil this mean?'
1 " lie's ruined my nome,' he replied,
making no resistance to arrest. 1 al
lowed him to telephone to his attor
ney while I called an ambulance for
the wounded man."
Since Cudahy's marriage to Miss
MM Cowan, who was a society belle
il omaha, on December 2H. 1X99, the
family bus been prominent In Kan
sas Citv society. They have flvc
children.
Mills is a laiehelor, 17 years old.
m.unmer of the Western Exchange
bank und prominent socially.
Mr Cudnliy Is Found.
In the Cudahy home, which wuf
dark with the exception of the nur
sery where the children play, all In
nocent of the affair, Mrs. Cudahy was
found. She was extremely nervous
She says she I going to bear up as
best she can, a ahe Is positive that
in time she will be vindicated.
"I can say noticing i:ow but that
I the stories which have been told
about me are distorted and untrue.
! Time alone will bring out the real
1 truth. I have talked with my attor
I neys and they say this Is no time for
I me to make a detailed statement.
Friends who called at the Cudahy
resident were told by a maid that
! her mlstres wa not at home to i all
I ers.
Police are searching fur John Moss,
the chauffeur, who was present.
For several years Llllls has been an
intimate friends of tu- Cddahy family.
He had been at almost every social
affair they gave until recently. It was
reported a few months ago that Llllls
ami Cudahi
Ing.
C. W. Dunn, the Officer Shot by
E.E. Powell, the Well Known
Merchant, Buried This
Afternoon.
pQWELL TAKEN YESTERDAY
Tq pf" ENTIARY
Paul Kitchin and Senator Travis, Shot
at the Same Time. Are Re
covering from Their
Injuries.
Special to The C.azetto-News.
link-lull, .March 7. Governor Kitch
in went to Scotland Neck this morn
ing to attend the funeral of bis cous
in, C. W. Dunn, the officer mortally
wounded by K. K. Powell, at the time
he shot down Representative Paul
Kitchin und Senator E. L. Travis.
Dunn died Sunday afternoon unil the
funeral was held this afternoon,
Paul Kitchin and Senator Travis
are both recovering steadily from
their injuries. Powell was brought
here Sunday afternoon from Halifax
and placed in the penitentiary for
safe keeping. Sheriff J. II House and
Clerk of the Court S. M. Garry
brought him here. They said that nu
actual demonstration that threatened
a lynching bad been made, but thn.t
public Indignation was running high,
and they thought il safest to get' the
prisoner in the stale prison.
Associated Press Account Says Dunn
Died This Morning.
Scotland Neck, March 7. Deputy
Sheriff Dunn, who with State Senator
Travis and Assemblyman Kitchin. wus
shot down on one of the principal
streets Friday by E. E. Powell, a mer
chant, died today. Travis and Kitchin
continue to improve. Governor Kitch
in. brother of the assemblyman, ar
rived today. The removal of Powell
to the state prison has had a quieting,
effect.
ATTENTION CALLED
TO ELECTION LAW
Judge Webb Tells Grand Jury It Is a
Crime to Influence by Pay
ment of Poll Tax.
Guzotte-News liureau.
Hotel Gates,
Hendersonv.ile, March 7.
Judge James L. Webb today In
charging the grand Jury In Superior
court, has stirred up quite a sensa
tion among the people by including in
his charge reference to the law which
makes it crime for a mun to ay a
poll tax of another man for the direct
purpose of obtaining control of his
vote in the election. Not only is the
man who pays the poll tax of another
for such purposes, declared Judge
Webb, guilty of a crime, but the man
who accepts such payment for the
purpose also gnilty.
In referring to the statute and the
approaching election this fall, .Indue
Webb In no uncertain terms denounc
ed the practice of a mail paying
others' poll taxes for election pur
poses und declared that u person who
sold his vote in this manner wns no
mun at all and ought not to be. allow
ed In the community. He called upon
the grand Jury and the solicitor to see
that the law Is strictly enforced.
This. It Is stated. Is the tlrst time
that a Judge of the Superior court
bench In this state has ever referred
to this law In the charge to the grnnd
Jury, and Ihe Henderson county cltl
xens were somewhat amused when
Judge Webb referred to a practice
whl' li Is said to have existed.
An estimate has placed the amount
of money which Is spent for poll
tuxes in the Tenth congressional dis
trict. In an election, ut ubnut $8000.
NORTHERN PACIFIC WINS
USE IN SUPREME COURT
il 1PH
Cannot Be Required to Join Other Roads
in Establishing Through Route
to Puget Section.
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Washington, Murch 7. The North
ern Puellle Railway company today
won Us fight In the so-, ailed Portland
gateway case before the United States
Supreme court.
The controversy wa over an ut
ten.pt of the commission to require
the Northern Pacific to Join with other
railroads in establishing u through
passenger route and Joint rates from
the east to Puget sound territory.
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