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Arrests of Strikers.

Three arrests were made and in less
than fifteen minutes the cars were run
ming. The police arrangement for pro-
lection of life and property was as
nearly perfect as possible.
1t was remarked during the forenoon
that trouble might be expected on the
Union Elevated railroads, but early in
the afternoon President RoSsiter stated
that no hitch would occur there. The
engineers on the elevated system had
been notified that as soon as the third
rail or electric motor system was
adopted. their wages would be reduced
from $3.50 to SOS per day. The en-
gineers kicked against this suggested
reduction, but this afternoon they were
assured by the management that the
rate Of wages now existing would be
maintained.
Master Workman Parsons and Dis
trict Master Pines were very confident
that the strikers would win the fight.
but. judging from the number of cars
in operation today. the assertions of
the railroad managers that the strike
would fizzle out seem to be well
founded. The strikers are severely
handicapped. inasmuch as they have no
funds TO back them up. and in many
instances there is sad lack of con-
certed action on the part of their lead
ore
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Sympathy From Aldermen.

The board of aldermen of Greater
New York adopted unanimously the
following resolution:
Whereas. The employees of a num-
Der of surface railroads in the borough
of Brooklyn. because of unjust treat
ment and the payment of inadequate
wages, have declined to longer serve
the masters of said railroad unless
their grievances shall be adjusted in
fair and equitable manner; therefore,
be it
Resolved, That the municipal as
sembly of the city of New York ex-
tends its sympathy to the striking
railroad employees in their effort to
secure better wages and shorter hours.
and requests the managers of the sew
eraI railroads on which strikes are oc-
curing to agree that all differences
between employers and employees be
adjusted by arbitration.
Resolved, That the corporation
counsel be, and is hereby requested to
take such action as will compel the
railroad companies doing business in
the city of New York to live up to the
ten-hour laws"
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TODAY.

Forecast for Salt Lake Today Is:
Fair; Stationary Temperature.
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SILVER AND LEAD

<S-
Silver, 60M Cents.
Lead, S4.35.
Copper, 1885 Cents.
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This great system had It's beginning back
In ,ne EOS, when William v. NcGrath and
Jacob f.. X dEway organised the Union
Passenger Railway In Philadelphia. Peter
A. r. Widener invested the profits OF his
meat business In the enterprise. and VIII
liam L. Elk!ns . produce merchant OF the
city. was another stakeholder. In 1873 this
line was joined to the Continental line.
with State Treasurer William H. Kemble
at the head Of the combined system. and
Mr.. w.dener and Mr.. Elkins closely associ-
nted with him. BY this time Mr.. Widener
was devoting himself wholly to the work
Of street railway management, and on the
death OF Mr. Kemble ne became the d.
rect.nG head OF the company.
In 1893 the Philadelphia Traction Com
pany was formed. In the years that fol-
lowed Mr.. Widener displayed his genius for
engineering consultations by bringing one
line after another under the control Of this
company.
The nnal step In this process was the
formation OF the Union Traction Company.
which brought together three large sys-
TENS, and practically meant the consolsda-
ton Of all the lines In and about Philadel-
phia The company has capitalization OF
over -. 900 00o and a bonded indie btedness
Of about the same amount. One hundred
millions would not be an excessive vaiua-
items of these combined lines. which in
ciude over 400 miles Of street railway.
The formation OF the Union company
made Mr.. Widener and Mr. Elkins supreme
In Philadelphia traction affairs. BY extern
sion, reorganization and consolidation, the
men who started out as stockholders in a
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familiar. At the present time Yerkes has
retired from the nominal control of the
Chicago system, and they are openly UNI
der the direction Of the Whitney Widener-
Elkins organization.
It might seem that the control OF trans
portation facilities In the three largest
cities OF the country would be enough to
command all the energies of any three
men. But such 10 not the case. In the
intervals between their larger operations
they have had time to absorb the Baiti-
more street railways, the suburban sys-
TENS Of New Jersey and the important
suburban lines In Westchester county. to
the north Of New York. and on Long
Island outside Of Brooklyn.
One Of the most recent moves on the part
OF the combination has been TO secure con-
troll Of the principal lines In Pittsburg by
taking over the company formerly con-
trolled by State Senator Magee.
A move Of vast importance on the part
Of these municipal corporation magnates
has been persistently rumored, and nego-
tiations looking toward 1t have undoubt-
eddy taken place. This il the addition OF
Brooklyn Rapid Transit and the Third
avenue line In Manhattan to the combina-
ton. II this project Is carried through,
~ Il b likely to be sooner or later, It viii
give these street railway autocrats the
control OF practically all the Transports
ton facilities Of Greater New York.
Mr.. Whitney and his associates were not
content merely to control the existing
means OF street travel. When electricity
appeared as the dominant power in street
car propulsion. they proceeded to ge, into
electricity. Mr.. Whitney saw the advan-
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eiven 70 Il Il has bought up and leased
coOpeting and tributary lines. until It
now controls al the important street
railways On Manhattan Island, except
tho Third avenue system The Metro
politan's capitalization Of ~. 90, 90 by no
means represents the traction interests
oontyoIleA b. thsse uen In New York
city. which are much nearer the $10o. 00o.-
90 mark
A IN Philadelphia. me absorption Of
gas Interests has gone on along with
the accumulation Of street railway
stoclEs At the present time the control
az the largest gas company In the city
u incidentally in the hands Of men identi-
ned with Standard OIL. and . determined
efIort has been made under its leader
ship 20 bring all the companies in the
city into one combination This move-
ment win undoubtedly succeed In time.
and Il probably would have been carried
through before this except for the oppo-
siton Of Standard Gas. which In familiar
" known as Russell Sase's property.
While the corporation kings were adding
New York to their dominion. they were
busy, under cover Of the name and through
the person of their agent. Yerkes. IN car
rying out the same process In Chicago
The progress Of the street railway trust
and gas combine IN the Western metropo-
liz vas so thoroughly discussed at the re-
cent municipal election that 1t Il toierably
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dustriai disturbances that result from over
production. They give the public the ben
EFT Of large sums which business men
wasted under the old system in fighting
each other.
''Only one class has been injured by the
movement toward the consolidation OF in
ferests that were formerly competing.
These are the commercial travellers who
were employed 20 race about the country
and push the sale OF competing goods.
Some Of them have Lost their work because
there IL no longer the same necessity for
their services. They will have to accustom
themselves to the new order OF things. II
they are men OF ability and enterprise
they car do 50 without serious incon-
vcniencc.
''of course q combination In not an add
vantagcous thing for thu interests of work
ingmcn merely from the fact Of being a
combination Hut II has greater oppor-
tunities 10 insure steady work and fair
pay than the competing employer had.
The most successful combinations are the
ones tina, show the greatest regard for tho
welfare and advancement Of their en-
ployes. because this method inaures the
interest and cooperation Of the employees
themselves.
'on the street railway lines with which
! am connected the men all receive s. a
day or over II the positions In the higher
service Of the companies are 10 be lllei
they are filled from men who have shown
themselves bright and trustworthy AZ en-
rieyes OF these companies. Service and
ability alone count In securing promotion
There have been attempts by profess
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taoss which the control Of the strsets O.
New York ofresed 10 q big electT1e &C.,
pany. % he Organised the New York LAoA1.
Heat and Power Company. Over which
there was much sQuAhhaing among the leS-
islators at Albany last winter. The Edison
Electric Company Is known to b largely
IN the control of Standard ell interests. An6
the two other great electric concerns q
the country. the Walker and Westing-
house, were recently united. II electricity
is the general agent for street car propul-
sion, compressed air has demonstrated tts
usefulness in particular localities. Mr..
Whitney and his Philadelphia friends cav
the adyisability OF getting control q com-
pressed air They did this by taking the
inventors Of the system and the promoterD
OF its stock under their wings. The dnan-
ciers OF Wall street and elsewhere recently
awakened to the fact that the American
Air Power Company had become Whit
ney concern when It was announced that
air cars were to be put On some Of the
Chicago and New York lines. and when
Harry Payne Whitney. SON Of the ex-sec-
rotary, was put in charge Of the Chicago
end OF the air power enterprise.
More recent even than the DEVELOPMENT
Of compressed air as motive power 10
the rise Of the automobile ~ . means OF
street traction and transportation. The trio
saw It coming. interpreted It's meaning ana
realized the desirability OF getting It into
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s5onAl as.tascs ana ~ Den interested b
bsaxtng t. pgfee a. tFactton stoc1D TO m-
cite strfkss aiming our men Recently
there was such m attempt among tna
men snpsoyed h the New Yosk system,
In which I an interested Tha president
Of the New York company told - the
ether dav that . 0a1aga1ten At the nan
had come 70 him with paper containing
the nanes II over 4eoe employees who vol
unfairly test.lsA that they wee satisfied
and pisased with their treatment BY the
company.
s'These are fntelligent men. They are
capable Of deciding for themselves wheth-
e. they are well Oh or not. Where such
men have q chance - see for themselves
whether combinations are to the advsn-
taSe of lahoEtng men - wen ~ Of the gene
eral community. they are apt 70 decide
that the advantages are quite evident"
The opinions 50 forcefuliy expressed By
Mr. widener are shared by Mr.. Whitney
and Mr.. EIk.ns- Doubtless they are s.n-
cere In believing that, while doing 30 no
bly, for themseives. they have conferred
decided benefits upon the ten million Amer.
leans who contribute nickels 20 the reve-
nue. of their street railways II Their view
OF the case ID correct. they are public BEN
efactors TO q remarkable extent. Certain
ly never before has the control Of 20 many
street railways been lodged In the hnds
Of few tndiv.duala.
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This combination was one OF brains N
well as millions. The political training
Of Whitney and Widener had taught
them how to deal with men-and politi-
clans. They all knew the possibilities In
street traction. and they set out to de-
velop schemes so far-reaching that less
resourceful men could not even have con-
templated them.
1t IL very natural to wonder In this
connection how men. even with tho rap
Idly growing wealth Of these three. could
financier undertakings so vast as they
within the past few years. But a large
part of the strength OF this combina-
ton has lain In its ability to command
seemingly unlimited wealth for the
schemes that Its members devised.
Mr. Widener has long enjoyed the con-
fidence and support OF q number OF very
wealthy men OF Philadelphia. Mr.. Ell
kins Is Standard OIL magnate. and his
associates in that great corporation are
renowned for knowing and backing .
good thing when II Is presented 10 them.
Mr. Whitney also II connected with the
Standard OIL by ties OF marriage and
friendship II Is rather less than con.
lecture. therefore, that many Of the
millions put into the enterprises OF the
Whitney Widcner- Elkins combination
came from the inexhaustible stores OF
the Standard OIL.
The rapid development OF the Metro
politan Traction line dates from the be-
ginning Of Mr.. whitney's leadership and
the infusion OF Philadelphia and Standard
OIL capital. Under the impetus thus
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line with their other enterprises They be-
gan by securing control OF the electric
storage company OF Philadelphia. Since
then other companies have been organized
in New York and Chicago, and = super
visory company has been formed, which
is to have the general direction OF the cleo
trio vehicle business In the different cities.
Aside from these giant interests. the
members OF the whitney, ldener- Elkins
syndicate have been prominent In the or
ganization Of the tobacco trust and the
American Spirifs Company. better known
as the whisky trust, and they are stock
holders in the Pennsylvania and other rail-
read companies.
How great are the fortunes OF these men.
or how much they have made within the
past few years since they have been acting
In combination, II would Be impossible to
say. Mr.. Widener IL commonly rated a.
possessing between 500 1900 and @3oOoO.-
CO., Mr.. Elkins b supposed TO Be worth
upward OF $4,000. CO., Mr.. Whitney's for
tune has frequently been estimated at So.
100000. But the significant thing about
these men Is not the extent Of their own
fortunes so much an 1t IL the vastness Of
the capital which they control and the
financial power which they WELD They
have demonstrated the cumulative power Of
millions heaped on millions when these
millions are directed by bold and resource
full minds.
The three men composing this comhinn-
ton of financial giants are widely differens
in character and antecedents. but they are
alike In their ability 70 control men and
capital.
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company With . lace capital Of a.ooe.ooa
and only half a. that paid n. had worked
themselves to the head Of IN enterprise
worth &1A.0A00 While doing - they hao
developed n Philadelphia m EXTENSIVE ana
eacient system Of street transpor0oo0.
Having conquered Pniladelphia. these en-
teEpfising Traction kings hooked about. foe
new worlds. They held controlling inter.
ests In Philadelphia gas companaes. ana
owned as mucA Philadelphia real estate -
they cared for. It was really necessary TOT
them to 60 to other cities II they were to
extend their operations in their chosen
field Of controlling municipal franchises
About this time Mr.. Charles :. YefkeA
who had gone to Chicago with borrowed
capital Of few thousand dollars secuso0
an option on the North Side street railway
In that city. Mr.. Widener and Nj. Elk1ns
became stockholders IN that line. and %
secured foothold In Chicago traction In
terests They also invested In gas COM
panies and stree, railways in Baltimore
and some Of the smaller PennsyivaniA
cities
In 1850 Mr.. William c. whitney. having
retired from public life. began his interest
In the Affairs Of the Metropolitan Traction
Company Widener and Elkins bought In
to Metropolitan Traction, and the three
men came into the close business relations
which resulted in the combination Of their
interests.
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AMERICAS STREET RAILWAY KINGS
1h1ss Hen Who Control Nsarly Two Thousand Mils q
Trsasportaton Lines The Great 0onbnataa Head
ed By Whitney, Widsnr and Ekns.

fruSta All the great business undeftak-
inss over there are caryisd On b. co@ntna-
tons now.
The outcry that n being raised q BY
demasogues. penny politicians and se1lsa-
fiorai newspapers against combinations OF
capital will not mialead the thinking peo-
pie Of this country. whether they ere work.
men or the employers OF workman. II
might have misied them m a time Of imam
ciat panic and lack Of work. bat they viii
not be deceived In light Of the prosperity
which these very comhinAtions are cAus-
ing. Ton can fool men with empty stom-
nclss. but yosi can't fool them wheu their
stomacfis are filled.
Combinations guarantee steady and per-
mAnent employment TO iAborers At good
wages. They prevent the panIcs and In
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scented by these states are: Republican.
80; Democratic. lis. or within one vote at
the result in 1905 the difference being ac-
counted for by the Bryan vote In Califor.
MIA.
What Mr.. Bryan must have TO win -
forty-rlne more electoral votes than his
party carried last fall. In all probability
he must have fffsy-eight votes. for Mime
sofa can scarcely be imagined an . Demo
cratic state. Stiii further. he may need 20
get thirteen more. as the recent split in the
Kentucky Democracy makes his chances
there anything bat favorable.
Where are these fifty-eight votes 20 come
from, The Democrat who r. Interested In
the subject may figure out for himself
with the aid Of the above maps and the
following table, which gives the electoral
vote Of each state:
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Gratis gained over 1886 only two states
Kentucky and MiBnesota--and the latter
only on the governorship, where fusion
elected q popular Scandinavian by 20.0ro
plurality. though the Republicans carried
every congressional district by pluralities
ag9rcgating over 32,000.
On the other hand, the Republicans
gained Washington. Wyoming. Kansas and
South Dokata, which have .wen;y-one
electoral votes. the same as Kentucky and
Minnesota. TIE total vote In 1895 in the
various states foots up as follows: Re-
publican. 5000 Democratic. s.427.22i.
The votes In the electoral college repre-
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liability. The ''enemy's country" IL no
more In favor Of Bryan now than In 1896,
but IL dces not fellow that Mckinley will
get shc same percentage OF votes A. then.
Tasnmany's recent effort 10 exploit Mr..
Augustus Van Wyck - candidate for
the presidency ended - disassronsiy that
no ono else has been brought forward
against Bryan since then.
The study az election figures Of 1877 and
lSss Is interesting AT shis time No one will
claim that they necessarily foretesi the
result In isa but they do ksre q pretty
correct idea Of wha; the Democrats must
overcome In order To win. The two ala-
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grams given herewith show the results OF
the elections In 1886 and lSas. the Republic
an states being shaded. II will be noted
that Mckinley carried a compact body OF
states covering the northeast section 81 the
country, and Oregon ami California In ad-
dstton. These states represented total
OF Ell electoral votes. Bryan capturing one
In California and one In Kentucky. The
vote for the two leading candidates was:
Mckinley 49,. $500. ............... 7.ias ~
sryan ....,.. .....,.......... 6509, s25
Being the largest vote ever cas-. In a presa-
dentssi election. These totals vary slight
ly from some other estimates, as some per-
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sons count the votes OF the highest electors
and some the lowest. while others give the
average. Mckinley's total plurality was
little more than his pluralities In New
York and Pennsylvania combined
There were few state elections In 1897.
ard In none OF them were the changes
important except that New York and Ken
lucky went Democratic.
In 1898 there were state elections In all
but few Of the states. and In all the con-
gre$sional districts, The diagram given
herewith shows which states were carried
by each party, those by Republicans being
shaded. II will be noted that the Demo-
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7N HE active work OF the preaiden-
tai campaign OF 1900 began re-
Gently In Chicago where tho
ii Democratic national committee
IL met and indos>sd the Chicago
platform OF 1875 and Mr.. Bryan.
Who was present. Mr. Bryan now has con-
trui or the machinery of the party. and
there seems little doubt OF hts renomina-
ton. That he - no; over-ccnfaent Of eicc-
tion ~ Showr by bis Willingness 10 make
antl-!nreysaiism and opposition 10 trusts
important piAnks In the coming platform.
hut free silver Is TO be kept well TO the
front.
Already some Of the leading gold pema-
Gratis Of 1883 are announcing their opposs-
ston 10 the piattnrm ana candidate enc.
mere. but the exact amount Of opposition
With!n the party canucs be determined for
some time
Mr. Rryan's friends lsy claim to success
on the sn'lo~ing grounds.
Fsrss-~Mass gels Democrats viii! vote for
Bryan. either because they 10 nos like the
treatment they have received from Re-
puhiieans. or because they are opposed 10
impertalism.
Second Many former Republicans win
vote fer Bryan because they are opposed
20 trusts ana imperialism. ard because they
think free silver woali aeip the situation.
Third--A reaction against an aasalnIsira-
ticn always sets In. And in aerfnss times
Il II virtually impossible TO re~siecs ANY
president.
Fcurth--nryan il better kuown than "a
1896, fear Of Z panic no longer exists and
this country 10 able 10 establish free silver
on its cwn account ana maintain II.
The Republican view IL quite different.
They prophecy Mc.inasy's rs-sleessoa "a
che following xyoundss
FYrss--NcKinleyss auccessful aafasa.ssra-
tbon Of civil and military affairs
Seeoud--TAe prosperity that has GENIE
from the Dinghy tarfR ana the seli stand
arr
rsird~-e,n,a Democrats VIII net susce<s
RYyap ana the Democratic party cannot
he made 70 unite ON any one.
The split Ia the Democracy - usssershs s.
bu, It's magnitude cannot ncw % rseasarsa
q even guessed At VITA any osefss o. ~
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This article 10 not In the least eontroyeg-
sisi: II Ia simply pointing cut the situation
as IL exists Many times parties have been
defeated when seemingly strongly In
'rencneG. The Republicans rot only car
red majority OF the popular vote last
fall. but they elected . small majority Of
members u the national house Of repsesen-
tatives This Is unusual In the made oS
an administration,
IL u evident that Mr.. Bryan has q large
task ahead Ct him. VIII ne be able 70 &C.
compiish is---Denyer Times.