Only Afternoon Paper Between Richmond
LAST EDITION.
VOLUME 30.
A PROPOSITION TO
SETTLE THE STRIKE
Operators at New York Offer
to Submit to Arbitration
by Federation
SPURN THE SUGGESTION
Cluwry Siiys l'(iin):iny lias Nothing
to Arbitrate That Backbone of
the Strike is Already Broken.
Strikers Say the Telegraph Com
panies Arc Trying to Keep Vp Ap-)
pciirances, Hilt Arc Doing Little
Business That, Not Single
Worker Has Applied for Reinstate
mentOther Details Hot from The
, Kvming Times' Leased Wire.
(fly I eased Wire to The Times.)
:' New -York. '.Aug.-' 17. Although It is
poi-nlble tlmt the Western. .Union '.'and
Po: tal Telegraph Companies will even
tually be 'compelled to. accede. to their
demands .the commercial telegraph
operators and strike have expressed
their willingness to have their differ-'
encos with their employers' Nettled by
the arhUratots of the American Fed
eration of Labor.
This board consists of John . Mlti-hel',
of the mine .workers; Daniel J. Keefe,
of the longshoremen, and Samuel Hum
Jieis. Mr. (ionipcrs, wlio Is in charge
now with President Small of the teleg
raphers union, made the; 'announce
ment that the men will arbitrate.
W'. U. President Curt ley Declined.
President t'I'.wry of the Western
Union has been most emphatic in his
declaration that the.-companies "had
nothing to arbitrate; that the plan
'Would not be considered."
If th1 officials of tho company hold
to this .1 r lalation II Is likely that the
strike v.-ill be continued for all inden
hlte period. The inert 'are' firm ill their
stand that they will not return under
the old conditions, but say they are
ready to make the first move because
of the, inconvenience which the public
Is being subjected.
Although the Western Union and
Portal Companies .officials say that
they are 'handling all business with lit
tle or no delay, it has been shown that
the telegrams are not delivered In
prompt time. In fact the local strike
leaders have positive evidence that
messages are being sent by mall and
express instead of over the wires and
that a quick delivery letter sent to New
York from St. Lou la reached here be
fore a telegram sent at the same time.
The offices of the Wes'.ern Union and
Postal companies are ciogged up with
business that should have been cleared
away days ago. According to a state
ment made today by deputy President
Dorsey of the commercial telegraphers
local No. 10, the express companies and
malls are handling 95 per cent of the
telegraphic business. He added:
Trying to Keep I'p Appearances.
"These messages show from twenty-four
to 'thirty-six hours delay. In
an effort to keep up appearances the
rankest kind of decepltlon is being
practiced on the public. The telegraph
companies In New Jersey and on Long
Island are completely paralyzed. Th a
same conditions exist in east and
west.
"The telegraph company officials
claim that the backbone of the strike
Is broken. This is ridiculous. Not a
single striker has applied for rein
statement and none will apply until
the men can walk back as one man,"
STEWART AMASSES
ANOTHER FORTUNE
Carson City, Nev.,Aug; 17. For
mer United States Senator William
M. Stewart, who Is past 80 years of
age, is reported to have once more
amassed a large fortune his third
since he has been In the west. Two
years ago he quit politics and Wash
ington and set to work to retrieve
for a third time his fortune. Today
his mining Interests are reported to
he worth a half million dollars.
THE GREATEST OF ALL
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, Aug;. 17. Robert A. Plnk
erton, head of the Plnkerton detective
agency, died August 13 on board the
steamer Bremen while on his way to
Europe for his health. Florence Sul
livan of New York, was with him.
One of the Greatest Detectives.
With the possible exception of his
father, Ulan Pinkerton, and his
brother, William Allan Plnkerton, no
greater detective ever lived than Robt.
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THE BALEIG
TWELVE PAGES TODAY.
What Is Necessary to Win.
By Leased Wire to The Tinms.
Chicago, Aug.' 17. President
Small of the Commercial Tel
egraphers' Union today ex
plained to the strikers what it
would he necesary to do in or
der to win this labor battle. He
said:
"We can't win ou talk. We
must work. We must organize
committees. Each and every
one must be a committee ol one
to look out for their own Inter
est, and not depend entirely on
the committees of tho union.
'There are two Important
things, we must do. I believe
the first In Importance is to pet
evorv commercial -telegrapher
who Is not working under con
tract nvva v from the kev.
' The next is to raise the
largest fund possible in the
shortest possible tunc, I s;;t tho
amount at $2,000. 'Mill, and we
must raise it within the next
two month!-.
' W ith the assistance nf evorv
member, we will have taal sum
at our back within the next
sixty davs. We will establish
bureau of Information and wo
will keep tile eiKhtv-five million
people in this country informed
on what we arc domst and what
the ..telegraph companies have
been doing for the last thirlv
veins.
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..'If we can keep tin
in formed on trio abuse
pulilii'
which
we hnve u mlorgouc at the
hands ol the telegraph compu
nies. we can't, lose Hie strike:
even if we have not a cent.
.'We want a 1 ." per .mil -increase-
in our M:ilarl"s: we want
an eight -hour u;:v. II v, e have
to work sixteen hours we want
pay lor twenty hours. W e must
penalize the communes -:. lor
every minute thc-v work us over
oinht; hours. Wo want free
typewriters, and wo want the
same pay-, lor women: who do
tho same .work as the men re
ceive' Leader of other local labor
unions have made arrange
ments to raise funds to help
the striking telegraphers.
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DOWN A SHAFT
OVER 400 FEET
(Uy Leased Wire to The Times.)
Johnstown, Pa.. Auk. .17. Owing
to what Is believed to have been a de
fect in the machinery, a rage con
tuining eight miners! who were pre
paring to descend to their work in a
mine of the Sonnian Shawft. Company
at Sonniaii, east of here, today, start
ed upward Instead of going down,
and, rising to the top of the tipple,
eighty feet above ground, turned
over, throwing out the men.
Five of them dropped down the
shaft, a distance of over 400 feet,
and were instantly, killed, whilo the
other three succeeded In catchiu;;
hold of the timber or tho tipple and
escaped with slight injuries.
.. The dead:
John -.McAllister, aged Co, Jamestown.:-
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Oscar (Jrokl, pumper, of Sonniah;
Ralph llicliy.
. . Adam Kunipke.
Russell Hollers, engineer.
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Will Speak to Itaracas.
Dr. L. U. Broughton, of Atlanta,
will address the Baracca class at tlio
Tabernacle tomorrow morning at
9:30 o'clock. All young men of the
city are invited.
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DETECTIVES IS DEAD
Allan Plnkerton. Few men have had
a more Intimate association with the
government of the United States In a
secret capacity, nor with individuals
of great wealth and corporations of
great capital.
Robert Allan Plnkerton was born at
Dundee, Ills., In 184G, his father being
Allan Pinkerton, the world's greatest
sleuth and his mother, Miss Joan I'ar-frae,-
whose father was a refugee from
the French revolution.
THIRD REGIMENT BAND
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ELECT
: TELECTAP
Ordered Out This Morning. Other Trades Unions Threaten to Follow
Them-Peace Negotiations Off for the Present-President
Small's Statement. What is Necessary to Win. De
mand 8 Hours 15 Per Cent. Increase
illy Leased Wiro.lu Tin' Times.)' :
Chica.go, Ai:gj.17. '1'iial llH- sirik
ihg i!'li.':4'rii phers anv preparing to
make Hie pr.'scnl .'labor luitll-o a. ili'.iit
lo ;i iltiit.li' .v. as disclosed lixiav when
l'rcsiiicnr S. ;.l. Sina'l ol' Uie. leh'sri'.-.
phei's' union declaied 1 'ml a. '.-, 11110,.
IKK). fund' -would' he .'raised williiit the
ni'xt. two nioiill'.s;. .
.. 'I'lu. 'sir Ike toiT.iv sinvad lo Ml"
,.11,,., i,;ol,.:: Cor Ihe iirst. lime., wli.-'ii
one hutohed -i'hvlrlciai (-::..'!.,,! on
tint dr.uinn.'ro canal quit work. ;,
'Orders' (alliai: lhe:ii out; wei-.i is-'.j1
sued when it. was learned that, holiif
leUigrnph' conipaiii'1
a conlracl willi Hi
cominissioner:) for
; woro: li''';"1 ml ins
' sanitary district,
a '.u pply of elee-
1 rii.ily.
While I he rill! off eel 01 Hie ivr.' r.il
slrlko order will mil b" known for
twenty-lour hoars, the lale.t ropiu'is
sliow tnat Iwenly more (ilies are af
fected, 'inakit'g 'I he lolal I L'
Other Trades I nious Threaten lo
Strike.
Oilier tr ules threalene.l loday to
igo oul 111 s 111 ii:0 liy with electricians
If noii-iiniou men were used lo 11 1 1 the
vacancies.
The strike leaders also prepared to
get the teamslers- lo slop delivering
supplies lo the Postal :iud Western
Union buildings.
Janitors, elevalor tnen and all
other employes of these two build
ings may be culled out before ni;,rhl.
Peace ,o;:ol hit ions Oil' for Present.
United Slates Labor Commissioner
Neill and President of the Anieriian
Federation (iompers, blocked by the
"no arbitration" ultuatioii, have
and Atlanta With Leased Wire
EVENING
RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1907.
HE
AND il BACK
Came in This &'
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A t 1 UMi
'MADE A Hir AT EXPO
ISoi th ('ai'i.lina Ct'L'iiiK nts (lave
I ';)'.iiitl Hi". . c .:' .' .' Convpli
I iiicii' .'(I ' v (ieiier:;! (ii'a:il-l liird
lii'Siliii'iil li:linl :t
i,li(XI ram Adrnissiir
I'a.ont)
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: 'in.'- 'lnird ill iiii.'iii. -hand, com
I panics I', and k and I -no -iiiciiibers .ol )
J t.'ii' Ihreo .oi-l:i I'arohii.i . ie!:inionl s
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li I'll 'il 1 oila v i nun t;ie expostl ion
-(Colli lulled on Sicimd rii::e.)
given up Ihcir peace eP'orls uiiil have
re' 11 rued lo Wiiidiiiiglon.
I'.oard of trade, brokers- declare to
day that $;l,(iiMi,ouii lias iilre uly 1 h
lost to llu-ni hi -'i.ie Us up to dale since
IU.' si ril-.e l:;-an. 1
l'.oiti tj'l,nr:i)!li companies claiiiied
til he iii.'iiinid shape iind iiiov'iii'4 "'all.
j business "'pronipt ly. '. The ; VVoslerii
I nioii cla in-led .10 have i;hoiii ., I wn
I luilMlred.pi.eraloi s at work, hill ."v.-hi'ti
j lite ivportei- asked penisSio:i In slop
in 1 1 1 In- gallery and coltnl lliem tin
liM'.i was prompt ty:- reiinieii.
: -'--', , people M no
i i:miii hi ioio irni m-u o;i.iio. Mini
they were told the. i-oiiiiaii Was mil
:o n I'lia-, bli: ila'.-s. ''
111 a Posilion lo Make Demands.
(Ily Leased Wire lo The Times.)
iiiiialia. Neb., An;;. 17- A Western
I'nioii HlrikliiK operator, who had been i
hi red by the lliirliiiKton Kallroad to
handle a key in lis olllces here, was
ilisrhaiued yesti-rday al'lernonn 011 de
mand of the Western Union, The lo
cal ollii ials of the leb Kiahcrs union
Ihereiipou filtered a protest against
the man's discharge and demilnded
that the l!in liiiKton give him back llnv
place from which he was misted. Th
llurliiu:lon will announce th lr decis
ion today. The frelieral impression it
I h : 1 1 the operator will lie rc-ciiiployod.
l,iueilie:i to (io Out.
t'hlcago. Auk. 17. Wllhiii 24
lioiirs llitji-e. may hi' U ijirike of tile
lineniiii and clerks of both com
panies; The latter -have been thor
oughly organized wllhln the last two
weeks and have 11 ineniiship of
81
MCIANS JOIN IN
OF RALEIGH
iinill,Ji)PiM
( M'T.'.IN W. U. MODIiV,
:i::.iKoi: ; I Imil Kcuimt'iil- Hand
of Maieili.
over -.111111, ; Li.e-ia.-n in this ciiy are
li.M-onnn' rest teas. No linn ter where
'I hey .go; .ne'iv (.paper; broker, or oilier
ollirrs, ;a waii-ai'iil. I'icl.el .will iidd
his iii'i'.iiui"ti;la (0 those of plher. labor
liK ii who lose 110 opportunity to tell
Ilia re;iaji'i' his int-'i'esis and
liiose . ri" -1 !" li'l'raioiel'S' are iileiili
ia!. .' ' '.' .V-v' 1 '
THIS COHPOaATSON
H1QT USUI
Mo"f;,oiTi. 1 v. Ma.. Aug. 17,-Il Is an
11011111. il by .1. II. Ketuei'v i oiiinu reial
:i';eiil of the He.ih'iaid Air Line that
ill ii-w of (lie chauije in the rates for
passenger and -freight liallie In 111"
various roiilhein states , there would
be no change in the 1 h.11 il y rales over
his lines mill 'that h. has . reeeive'd lu
st met ions from the Iniol ol'iie to tliis
elTeil.
The charily rates will be the sain
as hereloi'ore,
tini' of Hie large railroads has ad
vanced Its eli.uily rales, claiming that
II could not maintain Ih.-iil under pl"S-
'iil stale laws. .
. I JiiX I ice Today in Brooklyn.
( l!v l.ensed Wire to Tho Times.)
A'ew York.''. Aug, 17. - Klro which
started i.hortly after N .o'clock has
caused a $liHi,:loii loss to the Ie
Haveu cork factory, Nos. Ti2 and 54
Columbia 111 It, his, I'.rooklyu.
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and Full Prcao
TIMES.
TWELVE PAGES TODAY.
SEABOARD ROAD WONT
FIGHT VIRGINIA LAW
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G KOVKKNOIt CifiKNN- IX X. V.
C CO.M'KKS WITH COI NSKL.
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C By Leased Wire to Tho Times.
New York, Alls,'. 17. Cover- 0
Qi nor Glenn of North Carolina
C slipped (tiielly into New York
9 today, and, it is reported, is in 9
8- consultation with-, Speaker- Jus- 0
tice of tlio North Carolina ft
0 House of .representatives,' Judge 0
0 Shepherd and the other counsel 0
0 in the rate and rebate cases of 0
0 tlio Southern Railway. 0
0: -Governor. -'Glenn's U :. to 0
0 New York was a surprise- even 0
0 in North Carolina, as he left, the 0
0 state without the 'country ""know--0
ing anything or his niovements.
0 , Hepreseiitat.ives at (he raN
0 road rate ;.- hearing expressed
t' themselves . as coiii'ident that
0 they Would he able to prove to
0 the satisfaction of - all fair-;
0 minded liieti that- ..the , state is
0 not. attempting to .-'oppress tho
C railroad:;. .
0"'. Speaker R J. " .liialice , said
0 this wit 'in in "
? . "We are well pleased with
the , jroKre;5s made so. far.
9 North Carolina has no desire to
C oppress the railroads, nor, on
0 the .contrary', has she any no-
Hon oi permitting 'the railroads
0 lo oppress her -citizens. She is
O willing to he fair and just, and
0 will insist that the railroads
C- shall, be 'fair 'and just."
HE SAYS AIL N. C.
CROPS ARE A FAILURE
( l',y Leased Wire to .'The Times.)
AVi'shiiLnluii, li. . -., Aug, 17. "Crops
In North Carolina this year are u
failure," said fieorge ' -'liiillon... a tohixcc.i
pli.nter at . the Raleigh last lilisht.
"Tlio exceediiisly wet season - has
glejilly liumjie'ivd the tobacco, as It
has taken all the substance out of II.
Of coiii se, we.! can not teU how much
tobacco "will bring; that depends en
tirely mi -'the American tobacco crop.
Cotton,' loo, has failed, and I doubt
if the. .soil- where cotton Is grown lias
one li.ilf of its usual growth. This
tuny not, of course, injure the prosper
ity which we have had for the past
few years, because I understand that
the same condition ixist everywhere,
and We will obtain better prices for
cotton,- which Is now at twelve cents.
We are not thinking much of politics
Just now, but more of the crops, and
when they are harvested we will turn
to il consideration of other things.
SHIP CAPTAIN SI ICIOKS
IX A FAR OFF I.AX1)
(Hy Leased Wire to The Times.)
'Norfolk. Va.. Auk, 17. The suicide
of a captain reported from Fllndero,
on the coast uf South America, is
taken to refer 'to .Captain Johnson, of
the hark Prussia, which sailed from
Noifolk in March. The Prussia car
lieil one passenger, John Drake, aged
nineteen, of Hichinond. Ya son of J.
II. Drake of the Southern Hallway.
Captain Johnson was a resident of
llonluhi, a Norwelgian by birth, and
a man of large means.
FINED R. R. FOR
WORKING OVERTIME
t By Leased Wire to The Times. )
' .ciilillc.il he. ''M'i.1.1 Aug. 17. The Bur
lington'' Railroad Company.". was' .yes
terday found guilty on a charge of
y lolal ing the eight hour telegraphic
law anil was lined : $2110 by Justice
Crall. An appeal was taken. This Is
Hie tlrst conviction obtained under the
law passed at the Inst sesison of the
legislature ' and 'which the railroads de
clare conilicts wilh a federal statute.
PI PPIMfi TO
FROM STRANGE PLAGUE
(Hy Leased Wire to The Times.)
Ridgeway. Pa.. Aug. 17.-Fleeing
llh their children from a plague
which has already claimed seventy
live little victims, hundreds of resi
dents of tills place are leaving until
I he doctors decide us to the true char
acter of the malady.
The ,'isease attacks only children.
The .yniploms In some details resem
ble those of spotted fever but the dis
ease does not respond to the treatment
glVeii in such cuses. Already there
have been four fatalities.
Of the 4, W0 Inhabitants S00 have left
DtepatcfccS
PRICE lc
f 1 ;- i
General Counsel Watts la a
Letter so States
TWB-CENT FARE OK
Docs Xot Apply to AU Roads, One
Keing Allowed to Charge as Much
as 3 1-2 Cents The Flight Largest
CorK)i'ations Will be Required to
Keep Hown Charges to 2 Cents
Maximum Getting; Data to Slake
Up New Scale of Prices.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.) -Richmond,
Va., Aug. 17 -The
Seaboard Air Line Railway will
make a light against the two cent
passenger rate decreed by the State
Corporation Commission of Virgi
nia. No official announcement tiaii
been made 83 yet but the road Is
preparing to jnit the naw tariff into
effect without any effort to thwart
the ptirpor.c of the State.
E. Randolph Wil)iam3, division
counsel for, the road, has already
called at the offices of the commis
sion to get "the data necessary for
the change, of rates. It is known also
that lie has exhibited a letter Where
in Judge Leigh R. Watts, general
counsel for the Seaboard Air Line,
says ia unequivocal terms that the
road will allow the reduced rate to
go Into effect.
The commission lias been officially
notified thr.t the Tidewater & West
ern 1 formerly thJ Farmvllle & Pow
hatan will agree without protest 40
the reduced rate ordered by the
commission, lu thl3 Case, however,
l he reduced fare will be 3 1-2 cents.
Ileretoiore the fare has been 4
cents. The change will become ef
fective Septmber 1:; ";;
The commission did not order a.
2 cent, rate for all railroads but
only for eight or nine of the larger
systems. The rates for the small
lines were arranged according to
their business and resources. ;
Will Comply With Alabama Law Also
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Montgomery, Ala Aug. 17. The
Seaboard Air Line Railroad has noti
fied Governor Comer that it will ac
cept the rate laws of Alabama, the
same as the Southern and other lines,
and put them in effect September 1.
It is thought that the Central Of
Georgia will be the next to come in.
It is also expected that the Western
Alabama and the Coast Line, like tM
Louisville & Nashville, will make a
fight. These are all under much the
same control. Judge Thomas C.
Jones of the United States court will
be asked to modify the injunction.
NEW ATT Y. GEN.
FOR NEW MEXICO
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
El Paso, Texas, Aug. It. At the,
request of the President, Judge
B. Fall has consented to become a
torney general for the territory
New Mexico. The Judge Is a persons
friend of the President and all high
officials in the territory. Captain
George Curry, the Governor, was a
rough rider and is a close frtend of
the President. Judge aFll was a
volunteer captain in the Spanish
American war and Major H. H.
Llewellyn, United States district at
torney for the territory was an of
ficer in the rough riders and a
friend of Mr. Roosevelt.
sAVP RARP
town.
DRUNKEN MINERS
FIGHT FATAL DUEL
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(By Leased Wire to Th Timet.)
Pu'nxsutawney, Pa., Aug, 17. Al
the results of a duel last night at
Iselln, Lorenzo Dimateo and WoCO
Cagacl, miners, are tying probably
fatally wounded at the local hospi
tal. '.':' '''.-.'
The men had been drinking.
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