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The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-02
TRIP MAY HEAL OR WIDEN
MANY DIFFERENCES AMONG
WESTERN REPUBLICANS.
rhe Republic Bureau.

Washington. April L--L.ocal comment upon
President Roosevelts Western pilgrimage,
begun to-day. Is 10 the effect that II he has
luck on his "trip he will do the Republican
party some good as a pacincator and that.
by the same token. IL he Is not careful and
diplomatic he can make some bad situations
worse .---
His course in this respect win be watched
with considerable interest BY politicians
who are Republicans hrst and Roosevelt
II happens that the President Is going m
to q region Of the country which fairly Is
briStling with. Republican factional ngnts.
the Republican party is torn with dissen-
sionA
II he possesses the tact to bring the fac
tons together. well and good.
Anything which would look like recog-
mixing one faction over the other would GER
tzinly tend to widen the breach. and. II IL
Thought. work harm TO the Republican
A brief glance down the line westward
shows green and red lights, caution and
Observation-Disclosures w. Spooner. The
President r. under all kinds OF obligations
to Senator Spooner. who undoubtedly Is one
the party. But Governor Lafollette IS a
big man In the Republican party In Wiscon-
sin. and Wisconsin is an important state:
and the high-tarifY versus tariff-reduction
issue There is a world OF trouble involved
In the Iowa situation
stin dividing the party. The treaty has been
negotiated and the administration commit
ted. What will Minnesota do about Il?
Then, there is a little patronage friction
with Senator Nelson TO be healed. for SEN
ator Nelson means the Scandinavian vote
and the Scandinavian vote means Mime
sofa
Oregon-Thsre Is trouble in Oregon. and
on the very eve OF departure from the cap
ital the President Is met with deh from
ex-senator Simon.
Cslifornia-This STATE u almost exhaust
ed with a bitter factional feud of long
standing. II the President f. looking for
the strenuous life he can fnd II IN en-
deayors TO bring the Republicans together
in California
Nebraska-The Rosewater-Mercer faction
al fight Is being rsviyedsS1 is not child's
play, but has kept the political managers
guessing. with the end not In sight
MiSeouri-The Kerns- Hitchcock feud- Like
the poor. factional troubles in Missouri are
omnipresent.
The President knew IN a general way of
all these troubles before he took the risk
Of ENHANCEMENT IN them. His friends hope
he viii carry the olive branch between the
factions and that when he gets back to
Washington sixty days hence peace WI
brood over the West from Chippewa to the
land Of the Chinook, and from Bismarck
to the Big Muddy.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-02
LIFE-sAvERs ARE READY.
Government Expert on Way to ST.
81. Louis 10 Locate Exhibit.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Washington April Milton Brown OF
the Life-Saving Service left Washington
tonight for St Louis. where he will confer
with the Exposition officials relative to the
installation OF the Hfe-Saving exhibit.
The Treasury Department officials have
experienced trouble in securing proper IA
cilities for this exhibit at expositions here
tofore- They say that Chicago was the
only place where the Hfe-saving service
could do justice to itself its superb Ioca-
ton on Lake Michigan making IL one Of
the features OF the fair.
CHIEF Clerk Hills said to-day that he an
tcipated no difficulty in locating this dis
play at ST. Louis, as the coming Exposition
VIII be abundantly supplied with lakes.
etc. which Will give visitors a good idea
OF the hazards OF these heroes OF the deep.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-02
CRANE WILL LIFT FORTY Toxs.
Heavy Tracks for Machine to Handle
WeatInEhouse Engines Being LaId.

Installation Of the giant travelling crane
has begun In the Machinery building. Its
arm Will reach eighty feet across the IN
terror space Forty tons may be lifted at
once by this great machine. which will he
used TO deposit IN place the enormous en-
Sines which the Westinghouse Electric
Company is erecting for the Exposition
power plant
The tracks for the crane are being placed
along go feet OF the Machinery building.
Practically the full capacity of the crane
VIII be used in handling the shaft OF the
ZVo-kilowatt engines and the generators
This shaft will carry the crank disks the
armatures and the spider OF the dywheeI
and VIII Melgh thiTtv-aIghf tons
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-02
HILL- ADOPT THE WIRELESS.
Armours Eject an Agreement
With De Forest Company.

E1Esf1<k31aC btENC1AA>
chicago. m, April L-Armotr & Co. to-
day entered into an agreement with the De
r.rest Wireless Telegraph Company for the
use OF the system. and Lee De Forest left
to-night for Kansas City. where the nrst
Plant viii be installed
From Kansas city. Mr. De Forest viii
20 to St Louis, and another plant win be
Slaced thera
Abrahs1n white Of New York. president
of She De Forest Wireless Telegraph Com
pany, held e conference with J. Ogden Ar
faour. and the agreement WAS entered into
Before iezving Ar. De Forest said that he
had secured q site 10 Evanston Tor the Chi
cage station.
y hiIc Ar. White admitted after the con-
<erence that the agreement had been made
ne declined TO tell what the terms OF the
xr. De Forest is especially anxious 10
place the station In ST. Louis. He says that
tAe station will be placed upon the Exposi-
ton grounds, and shtt Il viii be one Of the
features of the Exp sition. Ee says that
The ST. Louis station VIII receive his special
otte1fion- TIA contract completed to-day
YES she drst contract to install q wireless
fezrErzpn system IN this part Of the coun-
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-02


Grand Master Brotherhood Locomotive
Firemen. who will represent his organi'
zation in conferences with Wabash OIL
cials.
| day OF the decision OF Judge Adams in dis
| solving the Injunction against the commit
| tees. and instructions were sent them to
meet on next Sunday should settlement
not be made before then.
six grand masters OF the orders viii
make tie rounds OF the lodges al cncs in
order TO learn The temper OF the men IN
! case an order for 4 sIrike may De deemed
necessary.
y. y. Judscn, counsel for The trainnen
and nremen. vas seen yesterday. II be-
Iieve that we can settle this matter with
out much further trouble" eaid Mr.. Jud-
son. ';Air. Biodgett and myself have been
holding conferences in regard 10 q settle
ment- We have not had the authority to
make terms until now. but believe We can
row come TO an agreement coon.
Mr.. Hannahan Of the nremen's organIza-
ton has arrived In the city. and with Mr.
Lee can now act for our side
'As l have stated. l see no reason why
We should not settle this question. There
is. so Tar as L can see. no need OF a-bitra-
tion."
HISTORY Of THE TROUBLE
BETWEEN EMPLOYEES AND WABASH.
In January demands were made upon
President Ramsey for an increase in the
wages OF the trainmcn. conductors and Ere
men on the Wabash Railroad
Mr.. Ramsey was requested to meet
committee representing the employees 10
discuss these and other demands.
The nrnroSiffon rnada Rx- .b. ,enr.--
of the committee at the first conference
with Mr.. Ramsey was for a Is per cent in
crease for freight conductors and brake
men and a L per cent increase for pas
senger brakemen and conductors. The in
crease to apply over the entire system.
This was refused by Mr.. Ramsey, who in
turn offered the increase OF Is and Il Per
cent on the January. Is02. schedule to apply
to the trainnen and conductors employed
west OF the Mississippi River,
The committee then offered q compromise
to the effect that the schedule OF increase
as offered by Mr.. Ramsey should include
the Wabash lines west Of line drawn
through Chicago and Danville. Ill, as wen
as the territory west OF the Mississippi
REPEATED CONFERENCES
FAILED oFfRRsULr.s' 49,
Eepeeted coaferences wero held and IN
ally the trzinmsn and freTnen and conduct
ors were pored on proposition to demand
the increase over the entirs system Mr.
Ramsey. IN the meantime. had granted the
increase to the lines west Of the Mississippi
as he hed agreed to do.
The poll resulted in the traInmen and IRE
men voting in favor Of strike in case
the demands were not met. and the con-
ductors not supporting the committee
Mr. Ramsey was given until noon March
8 TO accede to the demands Of the men or
face q strike
The day before be wrote 20 the commit
tees. asking that a more explicit statement
of the demands be sent him
On March It was decided to withhold
the strike order until evening. in order that
Mr.. Ramsey might have chance Of an
svering the explicit copy OF the demands
sent him in response TO his request
While waiting his reply the members OF
the committees and the officials Of the or
ganizations were served with processes BY
United States Marshal enjoining them from
ordering strike
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-02
TWENTY THOUSAND BUILDERS our.
Both Contractors and Men Prepare
for Hard Struggle I'm New York.

New York. April IA general strike IN
the building trade. which. 1t ts believed.
Will involve between 1900 and 0.eoo men.
and extending throughout Westchester
County to the Connecticut border, was m
augurated to-day. The strike. too. has ex-
tended 10 points further up New York state
and 10 places In Connecticut The contract,
ors, as well as the men, are organized ana
are prepared for a siege The men In West
chester County demand an eight-hour day.
with Saturday half holiday and higher
wages.
A proposition to meet the men half way
was rejected. Work was stopped on several
new mansions along the Sound to-day. be-
tween 5000 and 400 men falling to report
At Giens Falls the demand OF the en-
pIoyes OF the building trades FOR > per
cent increase was granted
Two hundred electricians. sheer iron and
copper workers and laborers employed IN
ths New York Stock Exchange building
went on strike to-day because they claimed,
that nonunion electricians were working ~
the building. =,
painters went on strike. demanding IN
crease OF pay and control OF helpers.
AT Montclair. y. J., about 80 plumbers
and as many painters and paper hangers
quit work. demanding a wage increase OF
= cents day.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-02
FIVE STRIKERS WOUNDED IN RIOT.
Fire Upon Guards, Who Forbid Them
TO Enter Logging Camp.

Ukiah. Cal. April 1.-word has been re
ceiyed at the Sherin's Office here or rtot
at Gracy in which i've strikers Mers
wounded II appears that band OF Strlkers
walked from Fort Bragg to Gracy Tues-
cay morning with the intention OF indnelns
the men working in the Un,on LunDer Jun
pany's logging camp to quit
They were met by guards and were & o.
dered not to approach the camp Inc
strikers IL is szid. fired on the guards Inc
guards armed. with shotguns loaded Win
buckshot returned the FIRE with damaging
results The battle was kept up several
minutes II Is reported that most OF the
strikers who participated in the nSht are
leaving town to avoid arrest.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-02
STEWART FIRM HAS CONTRACT.
Swift American Contractor to Install
Foundations for Power Plant.

James Stewart & Co. the firm which
made an international reputation and as
tonished English engineers and builders by
power plant at Manchester, England. is in
stslling the concrete foundation OF the big
power plant which the Westinghouse Elec-
trtc and Manufacturing Company Is erect
ing for the Exposition IN the western end
OF the Machinery building.
The firm has the subcontract for this
work The foundations 60 down to the
natural ground and are composed of lime
stone concrete.' poured and rammed to
form a solid block under the beGplate OF
the engine. These foundations will cover at
intervals an area 200 feet long and 20 feat
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-02
PRESIDENT RIDES IN
CAB OF LOCOMOTIVE.
Continued From Pase One.

should be placed at the disposal OF Baron
and Baroness Won Sternberg.
Il should be very much pleased said he
to the Baron. IF you and the Baroness
would ride them while I am away"
As the train drew out, the President
called: 'Good-by. Baron. appreciate your
coming very much"
No member OF the Presidents immediate
family. except his sister. Mrs Cowles. was
at the station. Mrs. Roosevelt and the
young children being down the Chesapeake
Bay on the MayfioWer and Miss Alice on
the way home from Porto Rico.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-02
MOVERS WANT HIGHER WAGES.
Furniture Van Drivers and Help
ers Form Union

ST. Louis furniture movers have formed a
new wage scale which has been presented
raise Is met the men say they VIII quit
work ---t
The employers. say that u they pay the
Increased prices they viii have to charge
more for moving. The men recently formed
the Furniture Movers Union. They are for
a daily WAGE OF $50. with helper at y
and 3 cents an hour for extra work Tne
men are now receiving s day. without
extra pay for overtime.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-02

company. been compelled to cross the ocean
on account Of the illness Of his daughtef
| FINAL SETTLEMENT TO AWAIT
| RETURN OF PRESIDENT RAMSEY.
He viii return as soon as possible. and
feel that it is only fair that We should
wait for his return II will certainly be i'm
| possible for me before that time to become
sufficiently acquainted with the merits of
| the question TO enable me TO discuss il IN
telligently.
''If there is any question that needs imme-
diate adjustment. / am sure Mr.. Ashley.
whom Mr. Ramsey has left in charge, will
deal with them In a fair and generous
spirit"
Mr.. Gould spent the night at the Southern
Hotel and will depart this morning at s
o'clock
Both Mr.. Rlodgett and Mr. Ashley. who
were seen last night, declined to make q
statement upon the possibilities Of settling
the trouble to-day, or what was their atti-
tude In regard to the demands which the
employees have made
It is stated that Mr.. Judson has been au-
thorized to offer the company the terms
mentioned In the last letter between the
committees and President Ramsey on
March q
This letter was sent 10 President Ramsey
shortly before the injunction, which was
dissolved yesterday by Judge Adams. was
taken out.
BASIS UPON WHICH STRIKE
MAY BE PEACEFULLY ENDED.
In effect its demands are as follows:
Freight brakemen and conductors
to receive q wage increase Of Is per
N. mi af Ia
1902.
to receive IL per cent wage increase
over the schedule of the same date.
This increase to apply TO all Wabash lines
west Of s line drawn through Chicago and
DanviIle Ill. and includes the lines west OF
the Mississippi, which. II is claimed. the
recent advance scheduled by President
Ramsey for the west OF the Mississippi ter
ritory did not reach the per cent increase
asked
Only upon these terms, coupled with the
granted demands Of the nremen. will the
committees settle, according to their on
cials.
I'VE have waited here three months"
said W. @. Lee. vice grand master Of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. I'VE
have been en1oined and put on. and now
we mean TO have q settlement. and have It
soon.
I'VE only ask what we think is fair and
there Is no reason why we should not have
had II long ago. We stand upon our de-
mands made to Mr.. Ramsey on March 5.
and upon no other terms win we settle"
LODGES CALLED UPON
FOR An EXPRESSION.
1t is stated that notifications were sent
to every lodge on the Wabash road yester-
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-02
COOKS AND WATERS DEFIANT.
Reject Denver Restaurant Mems Uiu-
matum-Other Strikes Began

Denver April Tho union cooks apd
walters rejected the ultimatum OF The
Restaurant Keepers Association requiring
them TO return to work this morning az
the old wages and threatening in case oI
their refusal to bar them from employment
In future. -
The employers are endeayoring 70 reopsn
grocery employees. the meat cutters and the
Sakers are expected by the cooks and
walters union to refuse 70 nannle proVi-
sionS for boycotted restaurants
THE members of the local union Of the
AnaIxamated Sheet Metal Workers, % in
n,,-nher are out on strike to enforce their
denands OF a 81 wage per day. and that
they bo not compelled to handle the prod
uct of alleged unfair manufactures
T.hree hundred cigarmakers are idle be-
canse OF the tobacco strippers' strike
Two hundred and fifty timers struck To-
aay for Increased wages
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-02

SAY. with 1900 men out. Two. thousand Of
the latter refused TO go to work to-day.
Lake vessels are tied up by a strike Of
the marine fremen, oilers and water tenders
10 enforce a demand for So month until
october and SD thereafter.
Five hundred tailors demand rooms N
which 70 work In lieu Of using their homes
as q workshop
Excavating teamsters demand an increase
OF : cents a day and called a strike in al
barns where the union scale Is not paid
Steamftters. numbering 100, declined to
work. pending the settlement OF a demand
for $40 day-an advance of 80 cents.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-02
SWARM OF MEN PUSHING WORK.
About 25o Artisans Finishing Elec-
trfcity Building for Dedication

Over go workmen are employed daily on
the Electricity building TO finish that
structure In time for the dedication Il
Will be directly in the line of sight OF the
distinguished visitors who will occupy the
grand stand In the main court.
These men are installing the glass. white
and STAFF. and placing the stan decoration
IN the ceiling of the big barrel vault at the
entrances besides plastering the plain sur
faces heretofore unembellished.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-02
.LABoRERs STRIKE At FAIR.
Three Hundred Employees of Contrac-
tors Demand Higher Wages.

Nearly 800 Iaborers on the Worlds Fair
site struck yesterday morning because OF
refusal OF demands for higher wages.
These me are employed by various grad
ing contractors on the lagoons and the Cas-
cade Gardens.
In consequence Of this interruption of
work, progress on some OF the important
sections OF the EHpos.tions has tenn
porarily ceased. although 1t has been the
desire OF Director OF Works Taylor to push
the preparations for the dedication. Ne
gotiztions are under way for an adjustment
Of the situation. and II Is believed that
work will be resumed in a few days,
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-02


New York, April 1-Arrived: Rotterdam.
Rotterdam; Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse.
Bremen.
Hong Kong. April 1-Arriyed prsvfcosiy:
Efsa Aaru, Seattle via Yokohama. etc;
sfvuipla, Tacoma via Yokohama. etc
New York, April 1.-Arrfved: Ocsauic.
liverpool; LiAquitaine, Hsyre- Sailed:
esitic, Liverpool; Philadeiphia, Southamp-
4rn; Noordam. Rotterdam.
fBreunen. Aprl 1-Arrived: Krouprinz
HIhelm- New York via Plymouth and
Ehsrrourg.
Rxavie Point, April I-Passco. Aesaoa-
%sv York. for London. - -
liverpool. April L-Arrived: Persian. St.
Johns, 17ev Brunswick and Halifsx
NarsefiIes. March 9.-Sailed: Victoria
New YORK via Genoa
GTbraita-, March s1.-Passed: Equita.
Genoa and Naples. for New York April l.
TIrerta Palermo and Naples for New
YORK: Pnoenecia, New York, for Naples
and Gsnoa-
ifxcrf. Va oueenstown; westerniand. Phiia-
! teipkia, via Queenstown.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-02
BrruAnNous COAL MINERS QUIT.
Ten Thousand out I'm Indiana, Aichi-
rau and Ohio In Line.

Terre Haute. Ind, April i--Ten thousand
hif1Irninous miners in Indiana are on strike
TO-DAY, but the operators and miners lead,
ers believe a settlement VIII De reacne1
through the influence OF John Mitchell, VINO
viii confer with the operators The point
IN dispute Is the provision for the employ
ment OF shotfirers In the six mines IN tue
Clinton district.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-02
MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY.
NEW SUBURBAN TRAINS.

New Suburban trains between St. Louis
and Kirkwood. Effective Thursday. April
3, the following trains IN addition to the
regular service. Will be operated. except
Sunday. between ST. Louis and Kirkwood.
stopping at certain intermediate points:
Leave ST. Louis 7:5o a m. lid a. m. $50
p. N. and 11:i5 p. m Leave Kirkwood 100
a m. 500 a. m, and 100 p. m For further
information cali at city ticket office. south
east cnTner Sixth and Olive.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-02
SEVEN POLICE DEATH CLAIMS.
Association Will Give $4,000 to
Families of Policemen.

President Patrick McKenna Of the Police
Relief Association has attached his Sig
nature to seven checks OF 1900 each. to be
paid to the families OF policemen who died
out OF the funds Of the association within
two months.
The benefciaries Of the relief money are
the families Of Patrolman Kilcuilen OF the
Grath, Patrolnan Charles Gates OF the
Sixth District. Sergeant John J. Noonan OF
the Fourth. Patroimen Beadle Of the First
District, Bradshaw of the Ninth District
and Watts OF the Sixth District
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-02
ARKANSAS EXPECTED APRIL p.
Monitor Is Now Anchored ut DonaId-
sonville. La.

According TO advices received by the
Pilots Society. the United States monitor
Arkansas viii reach St Louis April q. She
Is now anchored OF DonaldscnviIle, La.
but viii depart tomorrow.
Captain Henry Partee. the St Louis pilot
who is bringing the warship UP, writes that
so far no difficulty has been experienced in
navigation.
The next stop Will be at Nicksburg. where
she will anchor several days before pro-
ceeding to Arkansas City. Helena, Mem
phis and Cairo will be the next stops.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-02
STRIKERS oBJEcT TO SHORTER DAY
Fifteen Hundred Men at Three Col
Eierfex Are Idle.

Shamokin. Pa, April Fifteen hundred
men and boys went on strike at three coll
HerfeS to-day because the owners wanted
them to go to work a half hour later than
at present and take q half hour more time
for dinner.
At another colliery 800 men struck be-
cause the owners would not add another
shift to their two-sfift set OF hremen on
account OF the eight-hour labor day.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-02
PROVOST WOUNDS ANTAGONIST.
Duel Between Novelist and Mile.
Touret's Brother.

Paris April 1.-The brother OF Mile En-
ma Touret was wounded IN thu forearm to-
day in a duel fought with NJ Marcel Pre-
vost. the novelist, at Neuilly.
Nile Touret fired two shots from a re-
volver Monday al NJ Prevcst Her brother
later sent his seconds % II. Provost.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-02
KANSAS CITY UNIONS REQUEST.
Machinists Ask Him Not to Ride
Over Union Pacific.

RE4FObLlC SfE(lAL
Kansas City, No.. April 1-At the meet
sembly last evening that body adopted a
resolution requesting President Roosevelt
not TO ride over the Union Pacific Railway
on his trip West
The resolution was introduced By the del
egstes OF the local Machinists Uhion. Al
the request OF the National Union The ma
chinists have a strike on against the Union
Pacific, caused by that system adopting the
piece work plan last year.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-02
To.DAY's NEWS IN BRIEF.
BUSINESS

Yesterdays bank clearings were S.2oSe1s;
balances. te76. .ess. Local discount rates were
firm between 5 and per cent Domestic
exchange was quoted as follows: New
York. &c premium bid 3oc premium asked.
Chicago, Cincinnati. Louisville and New
Orleans, par bid. 1Oc premium asked
Wheat closed higher at 6szdesszc b. May.
T0Q721sc No. 2 red. Corn closed lower at
2sssc q. May. 3e1sG4ec No. 2 mixed. Oats
closed at Ss5sG2sssc b. May; s4s1sS1tc No.
pizs6
gas local market for spot cotton was un-
eAanged. -,