THE ASHEYILLE CITIZEN.
THE WEATHER:
BAIN ,
CITIZEN" WANT AD3
BRING RESULTS ? '
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yOL. XXVII.. NO. 223.
ASHEVILLE, N. O, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 1, 1911.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ROMANS 60 WILD
Hi RECEPTION TO
T
TQ SECURE BONDS
FOR 5600,000,000
JAS. J. RILL'S IDEA
Hes Laying for Him!
WICKER5HAMJ0 GO
I MilUIUli
MUST BE CHANGED
Afinnr nuiiMnNT
5
flMTI-TnilQT 111'JQ
KRir iniir t
I LI 1 1
AFTERVIDLATOnSOF
HOW
miuiiL uuiuiuum
Great Aviator Reaches Rome
mi i i .ra .avirMiai
1111 I IS WW I Mill w
Atter One of Prettiest
Pllahts Ever Made-
CROWDS CHEER HIM
; IN FRANTIC MANNER
f icced Beside Prefect In Auto-
mobile Amid Mad Cries of
"Viva France"
7.0M55, May II. Andre Beaumont,
in the face of Innumerable difficulties,
one of the greatest flight today
n tie history of aviation, and la agajn
eceer in the great Parle-Rome-Turln
race. Frey. the . German representa
tive, and I;and Garros, who wu first
.o refvch Genoa, are now left behind.
Viiey are at Pisa, having met with
-nis-onune on the second stage of the
,curr.y.
Beaumont, who made an early start
7om Afcualo In the French Interior,
; gar to Rome, making stop at Genoa
rnd'?tM, In less than seven hours.
Coning ' down the coast he passed
c:v:to; Veechla at I.IO p. m.. and ar
Jve3 at' Bome twenty-five minutes
later, flying at the Tate of ninety
m::es an hour. His reception at Rome
' wee one of the greatest triumphs
'nee ancient days. The hill about
the city, the roofs, the terraces, bal
coaies and domes were black with
people. The vast crowds cheered
wl'.dly. Troops of cavalry were unable
to restrain the spectators when he
landed. - The aviator was picked up
bodily and placed In an automobile
teslde Mayor Nathan and the pre
feet of Rome amid frantic cries of
"Viva Beaumont, "Viva France," to
which, he answered "Viva - IUlle;"
score of people pushed the automo
bile alons, Beaumont weeping with
nation. He, said that tie had
jrought the first aerial gratings from
the French metropoB to the Eternal
OiCy, and. delivered Mayor Nathan a
,.T;tMK'g from the president of the
"r.r;s municipality.
Beaumont was raised on the shoul
''V of U crowd and wn obliged o
"r;c er He ald trlat hrwa
iaopy to be the first aerial messanger
is ivome.-a It will bind Italy and
T3T.ce more closely together, and he
was more satisfied over this because
himself was a French officer. He
-:-drd by . hoping that the friendship
between France and Italy would be
eternal. Beaumont Is a naval officer
Continued on page three)
LEADERS SAY MR. BRIAN
WILL BE OVERWHELMED
Chairman Undrwood Says
That Attempt to Dictate
. Wins Converts.
DIVERSE OPINION
WASHINGTON, May SI. Follow
lr.g the declaration of war over the
r. ool schedule with Mr. Bryan, a pro
testant against a revenue bill and,
representative Underwood, the ma
jority leader of the house command
ing the revenue forces, the opponents
of free raw material tonight after a
day of conferences, declared that Mr.
Bryan would be overwhelmed In the
party caucus to be called tomorrow at
noon by Representative Burleson, of
Texas.
"The Issue created by Mr. Bryan
has been met squarely," said Mr. Un
derwood, chairman of the waya and
means committee, which drafted the
woolen bill, "and I have thoroughly
canvassed the situation today. Mr.
Bryan's attempt to dictate to this
house what it should do haa made
converts to our cause. There are more
vote pledged to the committee meas
ure tonight than there were last night.
The Issue presented haa sent to us
some democratic members who other
wise would have voted against us."
Representative Harrison, of New
York, a free raw wool member of the
waya and meana committee, who has
stood steadfastly by Mr. Bryan, to
day a newer ed Mr. Underwood's state
ment of yesterday. Mr. Harrison de
clared that a revision of the cotton
schedule la to follow the wool revision
and he estimated that a reduction li
cotton duties would bring an Increase
In revenue of possibly tll.trti.t : i.
"Why then,", he asked, "from a rev
nna standpoint la ft necessary to levy
a cent of tax on raw wool?"
"Mr. Bryan la dot trying to dictate
to the way and means committee."
Mr. Harrison continued, "nor to the
democratic house on the wool ques
tion. Ha Is merely lighting for one of
the beat established of democratic
principles.' ...;,
motoiuux kHjLs himself.
LTNCHBtTRO. Va.. May 11. W.J.
Bowles; aged 41. until recently 'em
ployed as a motormaa In Newport
New, committed suicide here lasfl
night in a hotel By taking carbolic
acid, bis body being found this after
Boon. He left a not saying Ill-health
nmmTttei Ms act .
Vote Next Wednesday on Ques
tion of Reporting Recipro
city Measure '
AP. OFFICERS MUST
ANSWER QUESTIONS
-
Much Care Being Taken in Re
gard to Paper !and Pulp
Section of Measure
WASHINGTON. May II. Public
hearings on the Canadian reciprocity
bill practically were concluded by the
senate finance committee today and
next Wednesday waa fixed as the time-
when a vote will be taken en the
question of reporting the measure.
No amendments to the bill other than
that offered by Senator Root on the
paper clause, which will have to be
materially modified - before It can be
accepted or will have any chance for
consideration. It was authoritatively
stated by a member of the committee.
It was decided to request officer of
The Associated Press and American
Newspaper Publishers' association to
appear next Monday to answer some
questions In regard to the paper and
pulp section of the agreement.
Lumber, paper and woolen manu
facturing Interests, according to testi
mony given today by Joe. H. Atjen, of
the- firm of Allen Graham, of New
York, employed to help the National
Grange in its fight against the reci
procity bill, voluntarily offered to con
tribute to the fight being made against
reciprocity by sums of the officers of
the grange.
Whydden Graham, a member of the
firm, admitted that It was not a law
Arm at all- notwithstanding the claims
of N. P. Hull, master of the Michigan
grange, that It waa employed as the
fanner's legal advleers. ,
Mf. Graham' acknowledged his Ann,
had been employed" toe past by trfc
rlous manufacturing concerns to fur
ther or oppose legislation.
"Did you manufacturers or suggest
to them that they contribute to the
expenses of the campaign against rec
iprocity ?". asked Benator Stone. , "To
such as came to me.' said Mr. Allen,
"I told them it would be a hard fight;
but up to date only one manufacturer
actually has 'given any money." .
L
DOCK FOR POLICEMEN OF
new roRjrrocoPEWirH
Letters in Boom Where
Body of Woman Was '
Found Gives Clue
DEEPENING MYSTERY
NEW TORK. May SI. Detectives
delving Into New York's sensational
murder faced a deepening mystery to
night with the reading of letters In
the rooms of tbe woman whose de
composed body was found lime-eaten
In a bath tub early yesterday. There
were two sets of the letters, one ap
parently from the father and the oth
er from the mother of the victim.
Eaxh w.'ter addressed the missives at
a diflerc-nt person to different ad
(dreaaMS The woman, who signed
herself "Mother." dated her letters
from Blue Island, 111., and forwarded
them to Mra. Henry A. Bchleb or Mrs.
Lillian Bchleb. at 111 West Slxty
tjrd street. Letters from "Father"
were dated ST Thomas street, Spring
field, Mass., and sent to Mra. Hugh A.
Sherman at 14T West Sixty-third
street, ten doors away. The body has
been Identified aa that of Mrs. Bchleb
by the victim's husband. Hnry A.
Schleb, whom the police have locked
upon a technical charge of driving his
employer's automobile without a li
cense. Schleb waa questioned by de
tectives for thrae hours this afternoon.
vHe Is said by Ihera to have admitted
that he himself wrote a letter address
td to himself and signed Anna,
which the police took from his pock
et when he wee arrested. '! waa go
ing to show It to my wife when she
came beck," he la quoted as having
told his Inquisitors, "to prove that-
other women liked me." His hand
writing tallies closely with that af the
person who penned the missive.
Alexander Karlliwtha prisoner's
lawyer, obtained tdnay a writ of
habeas corpus from the Supreme
court directing tbe warden of the
tombs prlbAi to produce Schleb In
court toprarrow. Simultaneously the
coroner fixed tomorrow afternoon aa
the time for holding the inquest Into
the victim's death.
'. SURRENDER FRANCHISE. -,
AUGUSTA. Os, May SI. Declar
ing that poor attendance at home and
abroad threatened . the existence at
the South Atlantic league .the dlree-
tor of the AusTipeta club tonight aaet
anq surrenooreii tneir rra-ncniew. -
Looks Like Early Merger of
Great Northern and Bur
lington Railroads
MERGER EXPECTED TO
BE DECIDED LEGAL
Execution of Bonds to be Ef
fected Through First and
Refunding Mortgage
ST. PAUL. Minn.. May 11. A move
that is strongly suggestive here ' of
railroad operations on the scale of the
Northern Securities company waa an
nounced by J. J. Hill, chairman of the
Great Northern Railway company, to
day when. In a typtnTltten statement
he announced the execution of a
00, 000,000 first and refunding mort
gage to secure bonds for the Great
Northern and Chicago, Burlington dt
Qulncy railroads.
The statement follows:
"The Great Northern, Railway com
pany as of date May 1, 1(11, haa exe
cuted Its first and refunding mortgage
securing a total authorised Issue of
six hundred million' dollars bonds.
Ths else of the mortgage la explained
by the fact that the outstanding obli
gations of the company, which are to
be refunded, amount approximately
to 1169,000.000. Included,; however,
in these figures last named, Is the di
rect and contingent obligation of the
company on the Burlington Joint as,
maturing In 1111, and aggregating
1111,400.000.
' : "Covering a future of fifty' years at
approximately 1170,000,1100 In bonds.
therefore, will be available for gen
eral corporate purposes, double track
ing and additional mileage. The Issue
of 100,000.000 in bonds by the Great
Northern as announced by Chairman
Hill means that a number of targe
project are In prospect according to
a prominent railroad official who by
reason of his Intimate knowledge of
affairs .'declined to allow his name to
be used. First, it meahs the taking
p of 1 110,000. t0 of gold bonds of
fhe.orat.JSonnfrn ,J('4ituiig sii
100,00 In , bonds of the Burlington
road, for which ' (he Great Northern
Is responsible. According to this offi
cial It also means that the Great
Northern will take over the Chicago,
Burlington A Qulncy railroad, sepa
rating It from the Northern .Pacific.
In view of the recent opinions of
the V. SL Supreme court In defying
reasonable restraint' It la thouaht
that merger will be decided legal.
HONM DERBY ODES
TO SUNSTAR, FAVORITE OF
LARGER NUMBER ENTRIES
Larger Field Than Since
Great Hermit's Vic
tory in 1867.
STEADFAST SECOND
EP80M DOWNS, May SI. Sun
star 'the favorite a brown cold by
Bunbrldge owned by the South Afri
can Mine magnate J. B. Joel, nephew
of the late Barney Barnato. today
won the Coronation Derby of $SS,
B00 for three year olds In a canter,
defeating the largest field of com
petitors which baa turned out since
Hermit's victory In 1S7.
Lord Derby's Steadfast by Chaucer
-was second, two lengths behind, while
Captain F. Forester's Royal Tender
by Persimmon finished third. John
Madden's Adam Beds, which ran un
der the colors of Louis Wlnans and
Harry Payne Whitney's All Gold,
which waa ridden by J. H. Martin.
tbe only two American horses to start
were never prominent, This waa the
lSJnd running of the derby. Its de
signation as the coronation derby,
the preeence of the king and the
great field of starters S horses fac
Ig the flag and the general atmos
phere of festltity throughout Eng
land combined, to make this claaslc
event the most notable In years.
Hundreds of thousands of specta
tors witnessed the race. The time for
the course, about one mile and a half
waa i.it i'l one and ' three-fifths
seconds slower than the time of Lent
berg the winner of the derby last year
which waa a record fo rthe eoursev
TWO MEN KILLED
: BY STEAM SHOVEL
AUGUSTA. Ga.. May SI. Two
men war killed by th overturning
of steam shovel on the Bavmnnah
river hank at Hawk' Gulley this aft
ernoon, ,'!'(
Robert Enright, of Philadelphia,
about It or S years of ago, wa
crushed to death between th tank of
th engine and th . ; machinery.
Michael Noland waa strack by a large
piece of pig iron aa the shovel fell
and received Injuries - which ' proved !
fatal eeoa afterward. Both man wersjsr
enelneer. ' - .
WITH DIFFICULTY GEN. DIAZ MASTERS
EMOTIONS ON EVE OF LEAVING MEXICO
r
t c-
Wkh His Little Family He Bade Farewell to Native Land Today and Boarded Steam
er Bound for Spam Tears RpU Down His Face and Voice isBroekn as He
w, ,V Addresses Fellowmen Remains Loyal " ' " ' !
VERA CRUZ. Max., May SI. Gen.
eral Porflrio Diss bade his farewell
to Mexico today. : With his. wife and
other members af .the Dlaa family he
boarded Ibe stearenC Tplranga bound
for Spain. r -
: To his country :Ueneral Dial deliv
ered a warning Speaking to the little
group of soldier who had served aa
a guard on bis trip from the capital,
the old man whn governed Mexico
for mora than thirty year declared
.that the present government mut
yet 'resort to hlamwhoda. If pears la
to';ba.jraetabllah-fd4i,:S'h;''ijaoldler
drew up in frbnt af .-thai 'honte ot 3. B.
Body; where the ex rldrnt" i hes
ee4 auartere- ihhtXt, "hi 'krrtvaMn
Vera Cm, under command of Gen
ersl ' Vlctorlano Huerta, ; an old . and
warm personal friend of General
'Dtax. The soldiers were the same
men who had defended the' life of
the ex-president end hla family when
the rebels attacked his special trsln
coming to Vera Oru. ' Four of the
number were killed In that affair.
When General Dlas stepped for
ward on the veranda there waa a buzx
of Interest but no applaime for the
moment was too solemn for such an
expression 'and even the little group,
of psoas be Win d the soldiers rrprewwd
their feelings - until the speech-mek-Ing
and embracing were concluded.
Their applause then was brief. i
TAFT REFUSES TO ACT ON
OF
Won't Recommend Lynch
ing Cases Be Tried in
Federal Court.
WASHINGTON. May SI Preal-
dent Taft told a di-legatlon of negroea
presented to him ut the white house
today by Senator Curtis, of Kansas,
that he would not recommend that
congress make lynching cases triable ;
In th federal cnurta instead or me
Stat conrt. The delegation, repre
senting the national association for
the advancement of colored poople,
submitted to the preeldent a memorial
asserting that a negro Is lynched I l- I
most every day In the yeer; tnat - me
spirit of mnrder and lawleaaneaa baalur" "w jemey.
apread to such an alarming nxtent j Governor Wilson was entertained t
In tht country that human life. If It i un(.henn at the home of Joaephun
be that of a black person. ia noi
anywhere In Amerlra " They wanted
the nrenirfent to aend a special mea-
age to congresa with the view to 1 tors of The News and Observer. To
ffordlng negroes protection they said ; night he dined with Colonel Benehsn
tney were noi given oy
menu.
CHARLESTON MAN
SEES PRESIDENT
WASHINOTON. Msy II. A. M.
Smith, of Charleston. B. C, recently
appointed United States district Judge
for th district of South Carolina
succeeding Wm H. Brawler resign
ed, paid hla respecta to President Taft
today. ?
CHOVfERf) i
WASHINOTON, l!ay I Forecast:
North Carolina; local thunder ahow-
Thursday; Friday ' probably fair;
moderate vartxMe Winds.
i
- In the name, of the' army, General
Huerta addressed. him, Telling his old
chief that, he could always count on
these men ''notwithstanding what
very one said."
t. General llurrta's voice brokt aa he
added with perhaps, mora frenkueae
than tact: ' '
"It is the only portion of the coun
try that did not go against you."
.- He declared that he and his men
and, the army In general were sorry
to see Unera( Diss leave Mexico, but
that (here was. also reason for gratl
ftcatlon, Inasmuch . aa- foreigner
would be t given an opportunity, - to
kflrwUiaJUin Who, ked madehl
rotrarry' rammia, ' - "i " -...
- Bravely General Dla began ' hla
reply but before many minutes he
had great difficulty In mastering hi
emotions.
"I am grateful n the army,'" said
the ex-president." that I could rely
on It Is the last moment of leaving
Mexican territory. It la the only real
defenne the country has and to re
establish peace In this republic It
services' will have to be called upon
In this risl.
Tears were slowly rolling down the
old man's face now, and hla voice wa
broken. But he continued, assuring
hi hearers that should his country at
any time become Involved In trouble
he would be willing to return.
RALEIGH POPUUCE TIKE
FINE CURE OF GOV. U
After Addressing Press As
sociation at Columbia He
Goes Back Home.
ItALKlOH, N. C, May 31, Gover
nor Woodrow Wilson apent the day
In Raleigh coming here from Chapet
Hill, where yeaterday he delivered the
annual addreaa at the state university
commencement
He was given a de
lightful entertalnnv nt during hi tr
here and at 4 clock tomorrow
morning leaves for Columbia. . C.
(o adjrM, the South Carolina Press
.,... ftfter hIch h, wlI1 ...
Daniels, democratic national commit
teeman for North Carolina and edl-
;Camr,ron ex-presldent of the Farm
era'a National Congress,' and later a
big reception wm tondered him at the
ciub. He made an addreaa :
Capital
this afternoon on the Capitol square
tn nearly 2,000 people and was tntro
duced by Hon; A. L. Cox. as one "for
whom North Carolina always tood."
In It he emphasised the point
made In hi recent speeches. HI ad
dress waa well received.
MKX1CAX COXGHE88 ESDS ,
MEXICO CITY, May Jl Th Mex
ican congress brought Its spring ses
sion to a close tonight with th ap
pointment of the permanent commla-
j house, which will represent the hody
'during the recess. The fall session
will tiegln September 1.
- Among the measure of greatest
Importance to the people at large
considered, but not acted upon by the
congress, were the land bill, propos
ing the division of the great eststes
throughout the republic' and th sale
Of land in small rtacta to settlers, and
the electoral law. . The law provid
ing for election of president and vice
preladent wa passed to comply with
the peace agreement signed at Jua-
"
Pointing to the color of Mxoo,
th general added:
, "1 would then place myaelf at th
head of th country' loyal force and
under the hada of ; that flag, 1
would know how to conquer a la
time past,, General Huer( araaned
hi hand and then th two old light,
ra embraced. Ona by one th minor
officer moved forward and waa
mbracen;, by General Dla and . told
ood by. ... ,
It wa over, Th trotfv stood t
attention or n hour In the .helling
beat, but hop appeared weary. Gen.
eral- DUa turped to enter the houee
nd JH fflcey gar - the commilnd
ttirir'Thw-tropr-went ' directly
to th tar of prlai train on
which 'thjr began their Journey to
th capital. General Dlaa aftw lunch
boarded the Tuluna, a government
tug which carried him to th fplran
Those who want aboard th tam
r wlb th v ex-Breaident, v Included
Senora Dlaa, the wlf of the General
Senor Teres ,th widowed slater of
Senora Dla and her son, Jo, Colo
net Porflrio Dial Jr., hi wife and
their five children, Lieut and Mra
tiorenso Elliaba and their young (on,
General' Manuel Gonial and Colonel
Fernando Oosal. Lieut Ellsaba I a
Continued on page three)
T
TO COfUG GRIME
Chicago Traveling Sales
man Murdered and Body
Covered With Coal.
BLUEFIELDfl. W. Va., My 31.
Carl Blmson, . a Chicago traveling
salesman, wa mysteriously murder
ed here a month ago and today three
negroes confessed th crime. Th
body I believed to hiv been put In
a coal car and covered with coal.
Slmpain walked out of a hotel here
on April 17 and wa not seen again.
The rafgroe, Jim Perry, Bob Fos
ter and Wm. Harvey, refused to tell
what disposition waa mad of th
body. Vigorous aearch haa been made
and vry effort put forth to find th
body, but an far without success. The
prisoner weo removed to Prlnv
to.i Jail for safe-keeping. Another
pruur.er In the aam cell aay the
men put the body In a coal car and
covered it with coal. ' Much of the
coal shipped from here la tor ex
pert rd th belief I that th -body
of Simpson ha been loaded unno-
tWa "'V mn 'rl hP ' me
roost wise vessel at Norfolk.
Th scene of the murder was
side rallioad track.
be.
LONG-LOST CASTRO
IS HEARD OF AGAIN
LISBON,, May II The Portu
guese government ha .received v
communication from the United State
government to th effect tht Cl
prlano Castro, ex,-presldnt of Ven
ezuela, la In Portugal. It I reported
I her that Castro has a steamer at
',, waiting for the first op-
portuntty to return to Veneauela. Th
movement, being watcbed.
ACQIT1TKD OF PEOJf AOE. .
MACON. Oa . May ll.Sherlff J.
H. Roger. Deputy. Sheriff Jacob
Horns and W. E. Chauncey and Luke
Dupree. planter f Pulaski oounty.
wer acquitted of th charge of peon
age In tbe United State .court here
today. The -defendant wer accused
of holding tn a state f peonage two
negro farm hands.
Sweeping Attempt ;. WMe
Made Soon to Secure Crim-WaianvlW-V'-.
.war. . i . -
PRISON SENTENCE ; ; ;
WILL BE REMEDY.
Judges Will be More Willing to
Convict After Recent To
Daccd Decision
WASHINGTON.. May II. Th f
cnt' decisions f ih Suprein court
In th Standard Oil nd Amrican To
bacco company cases, will remit In a
weeping attempt to ecur criminal
conviction of vloltor of th nti-
trut law. according to Attorney Un-
erat Wlckemham. who. appeartd to
day tbefor the houae oomtnltla en
expenditure In th department of
Juatlc. Mr, Wlckeraham wa aaked
why th govrnmnt thus far had
failed to U dg any "trust niagnatt'
In prison, " . ' , i
,"W l.iv don th best w could."
h said, "but thefe ha been an un
wiiungn on th part of th June
and court to entni men to prlaon
under thf ntl-trut law. Until th
Supram court laid down dednlt con.
atructlon in th two case Just decide.!
thl raitirtanc wa wall understood
for th law haa alway tn open
to question and haa been construed
In dtlTartnt way by dlfffnt court.
Jurl ar becoming mora willing now
however, to convict and Judge wha
hav been reluctant to impna prlanri
penaitie now hav the Bupreme court
decision, to utaln ihem.V ,Mr,
Wlcheraham ld h believed prlanri
sentences would b the ronat effecthe
means pf nforctng respect Cor the
anti-trust' law, Criminal prosecution
pending against th meat pncl.e.a,
milk dealers, grocers, th naval store
aad window glaa combination and
olhr alleged violator . of th nti-
trvat law. h ald, would b kugmorit.
d by ethar proaactitlon.
"In view of th fact that a h.
aecureil decision in the re nut
wlhin th jnt ;weei' ij
to me'lhat quaetlona itiixn tuelt,"
Bald. Mr. Wlrkrhm; ;
New, howvr, w hav n ' Inter
pretatlon of th antl-tmat act upon
wnicn w can pmaed," v ;
Th attorney general w ctoaaly
questioned by Mr, Beau a t th tot
ton eM in New York, but he ra
fud ' t' diaoloae th government
futur action. Aakad why action
were fcrought ; against : the aeeklng
to lvt price of raw, cotton rather
than against ,th splnnat and th
"bar". who war trying to dpra
It. Mr. Wickersham ld lh govern
ment had believed It much alf to
roh vn racn controlling th raw
cotton pool against whom l( had xct
Information, f-fd Mifl 't.. w
"Th atatat ot limitation h not
run (lnt th other," h tdded.
"If th government I auitalned In
thl first cotton case, th other eom.
blnatlon may be attack!"
?'H thr ever bn any lnvtl. '
gatlon of th attempt 'of th bear
to depreaa cotton price In New
York or Nw Orleans." Chalrmaa
Beall aaked. "No. I hav never had
any fact brought to my ' attention
that aeemed to show a violation of
anti-truat law In such mstUr,' '
SOUTHERN RT.TRJICKr.IEII
UNO SI'ITCHMEII IDJUST
N3 Statement of Terms of
Settlement Made ; Except "
That It Is Satlflfactory4
1 1
FIREMEN HOPEFUL.
WASHINGTON. May 11 Repre
sentation of th trackmen and witch-
men of th Southern Hallway left
tonight for their home fter- their
rule chang had been amicably ad.
Justed. Though It 1 understood that
wage Increases wer . granted,, no
statement We given out other than
that th agreement wa satisfactory
to both aide.
Conference betveen th mediator
and - representative of 'tn ytairoad
and gremen continued today without
conclusion. The fireman are wrought
up ever report that tba company. In
violation of the madia tlon , term,' . 1
building bunk houses along th line
in preparation- for a trlke. ' This la
denied 'by railway offictala. Vic
President Teat of the. Brotherhood of
Lucomotlv Firemen, said 'tonight
that th men wer making n prspar
ationg for a trk and, wer plaaed
with mediation, but that the t. 400
ftremen stood ; ready to walk out it
thy aee that a satisfactory .aettle-
ment cannot be reached. - A ' vtrtk
within few day m (probable.
Representative of the englneere and
conductor a re here confining- with
Southern nfflclala The former de
mand an Increase of SI per cent in
wages and the latter want a revision
of tnefr old agreement with -the com
pany. - ' ; '.'.' - '