Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-05-04

drive to the pier as fast as possible,
so that he could catch The boat for
San Francisco.
OREGON TOWNS AND TIE PREsG-
DENT.
LA GRANDE, Ore, May A. A
mass meeting Of the citizens wao
held Saturday afternoon to arrange
for the meeting of President Harri-
son and party next Thursday eve
ming. La Grande will be the last
stopping place of the presidential
party in Oregon, and elaborate prep
arations are being made to suitably
celebrate the occasion. The matter
is in charge Of a committee of seven,
including Mayor Finn, ex. Senator
j. H. Slater, DIR. n. F. Honan, o.
Ralston, II. l.. Strange, J. X Rom
ig and E. l. Eckley. A special
train will be run from Elgin and y
large number of visitors are expected
from other adjacent localities.
AT EUGENE.
EUGENE, May 4.-DIspatches are
to the effect that the presidential
party will stop in Eugene just fif-
teen minutes. The citizens are pre-
pairing to give him an early morn
ing reception and greeting and
among other things will send to the
Mckenzie river and procure some ol
its famous trout for the presidents
breakfast.
OREGON CITY.
OREGON CITY, May 4-President
Harrison and party Will stop fifteen
minutes at Oregon City, and ar
, rangements are being made to wei
come him at the depot.
. COKE DISTRICT.
UNIoNTowN, Pa, May 4.-Las
night Superintendent Gray and pi
|. boss, of Leisinring, No. 3 went t.
rescue two men who had been a
8 work and were being held as prison
e ers by the strikers. They were Sc
4 upon and stoned when the deputie
e came to their aid, and ashot was fire.
by strikers. Superintendent Ora.
il then ordered the deputies to fires
l. In the volley which followed JOIN
If Mahan, striker, fell dead and an
y. other received mortal wound. Th
o situation now il reported quiet.
r. Labor people are in state of eX
is element, over what they term tn
v cold blooded murder of one of thei
Ie number at Leisinring No, 3, las
is night. John McSloy, member {
e the executive board has just arrive
II from Dunbar, where he swore on
n warrants for the arrest of Superir
d tendent Gray, Yard Boss AgnCN
!. and Pit Boss Callaghan and two q
e the pinkerton guards, chargin
e them with the murder of nal
r, named Mahan. The arrests will b
,e made this afternoon. McSloy sal,
the shooting was entirely uncalle,
?, for. The stikers were only jeerin
a Superintendent Gray aud party owe
5. the failure to get men to return t.
n work, when the plnkerton guard
,r opened fire on the strikers will
e Winchester rifles, killing Mahan as,
Y wounding another nun. The Labo
II people are swearing vengeance, ant
l. more trouble may follow in the mex
few hours. The Coke company ant
l. and the people charged with til,
Is shooting, refuse to talk on the mat
ter. The coroner has been notifie,
and will investigate at Bradford
i Sheriff Mccormick made twenty
l. eight evictions this morning. 1t
l. reported there was trouble and lha
l. number of deputies were roughl,
u handled. At Lelsinrlng No. 3 me-
j. are better armed than any point Il
Z the region. They have been drillin
= for the past three weeks. Such pre-
u parations look warlike, aud furthe
trouble Is feared in the neighbor
e hood. The Coke operators report a
Is increased number at work at variou
a works in the region. A dispatc
d from Dunbar tells different stor
G of last nights shooting, II is 4
effect that Gray, Callaghan an
Agnew, all bosses, escorted Maha
= and the deputies, mistaking then
+ for rioters and opened fire upo
y them, killing Mahan instantly.