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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-08-04
Port Arthur's Fall Imminent.
Wisconsin State News
AGED Man Kills Himself.

Aged Man Kills Himself.
Black River Falls-E. P. Wiggen, a
well-known farmer of the town of Man.
chester aged Is years. died Saturday
from the effects of dose of Paris
| green taken with suicidal intent. Do
nestle trouble.
Loses Life in Collision.
Racine-As the result of a collision
between two gasoline launches n. p.
Larson, aged 10 years, was drowned
and q score of others narrowly es-
capped the same fate. Members or
the Kenosha Yacht club visited Ra.
cine and cruised about the harbor
piers. During the rising storm one
of the boats collided with the Larson
boat.
Autoists Thrown Into a Swamp.
Racine-An automobile containing
the Misses Marie and Olive Mitchell
Miss Paddock, Jerome Case and w p.
Hanford went over an embankment
near Eagle lake and precipitated the
occupants into swamp All were
slightly hurt.
Lads steal Cigars and Beer.
Janesville-Harold Marsh aged s
years, and Eddie Barry, aged IL, ap-
peared in municipal court TO answer to
the charge of breaking into st. Paui
freight car and stealing a quantity Of
bottled beer and cigars. Their hear
ing was adjourned until Friday.
Throat Is ParaIyzed.
Gov. Lewis is still
living. His throat is paralyzed, and
he has not swallowed even a drop OF
water for six days. He appears to
be conscious at intervals. but not the
slightest hope of reviving remains
His children and their families are at
his bedside. awaiting the inevitable.
Two Accidentally Shot,
Ashland-Fred Schmidt, a married
man Of GIidden. was shot and instant
" killed at GIidden by LOUIS Legg-
man Of that place while at target prac.
tee. Will Ferguson, the 1@.year-old
son of Peter Ferguson. who was &C.
cidentalIy shot in the head by John
Bunk, will not live the day out Both
accidents were due to carelessness.
Girl Killed by Street Car
La Crosse-Rosa, the 4.year-old
daughter of Michael Abraham. was
run over and killed by a street car.
She was playing in the street and ran
directly In front Of a car The fender
PASSED over her and smashed her
skull and a wheel amputated one Of
her legs. She lived an hour The
coroner's Jury generates the motor.
man on the car from blame
Charge Now Murder.
Barron-Oscar Burns. the young
man shot two weeks ago by Bridge
Foreman Walker Of the 500" line.
died yesterday morning. He APP
peared to improve until saturday
when his case took a turn for the
worse and he failed rapidly until the
end Walker was let out on bail Fri
day bur Is now again in custody. The
hearing comes August Is
Storm Causes Serious Wreck.
Hudson-A terrific rain, nail and
thunder storm visited this valley, dam
aging the growing crops large
stretch Of the Omaha track In this city
was washed out, causing the wrecking
Of the morning westbound freight
Seven loaded cars were thrown from
the track down a steep embankment,
completely wrecking the cars and a
good portion Of their contents. The
track was blocked many honrs
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-08-04
UNION BUILDERS
QUIT IN NEW YORK
GIGANTIC STRIKE IN PROSPECT
IN THE EAST.
MAY LEAD TO OPEN SHOP

Emp oyers Resoind Previous Agree
ment With Workers Because Of At
tempt by Unions TO Dictate Mattor
OF stone supply--War TO the Finish
May Be Declared.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-08-04
Violence Subsidies.

Yesterday was froer from violence
than any time since the strike began
There were several disturbances, but
the police experienced little difficulty
IN restoring order, The crowds usu'
ally seen at the entrances to the yards
were no longer in evidence yesterday,
and wagons carrying meat passed
through the streets unmoIested.
Saloon fights between union and
nonunion men were more frequent
yesterday. During these quarrels ono
man was shot and another stabbed,
but neither was seriously injured.
Rioters Stone Police station.
Rioters stoned the Deering street
police station late last night and for
quarter of an hour the police bat.
tied with crowd Of 1000 men and
women as II charged the station 70.
peatedly with sticks and stones,
shouting vengeance against the pc.
lice The trouble started when tho
police rescued Frank Castellano a
strike breaker employed In the stock.
yards. who had been dragged from n
street car and severely beaten and
who had fred four shots from re-.
yOlver at his assailants. One of the
bullets took effect In John sheehanr
arm, After Castellano was taken Il
the station the rioters attacked ana
tried 10 wreck II All the windows
were broken Charge after charge
was made by the police aud tho riot
ers were driven back only by the
strenuous use Of clubs These had
little effect for as soon as the police
would return To the station the crowd
would make another attack
Police and Strikers Injured.
Nearly a dozen times the police
sailed and charged the crowd with
clubs before the rioters were dis.
persed. In one Of these charges
three policemen were injured with
bricks At least 80 rIoterr were cut
about the head IN the hand to hand
conflicts with the police before finally
srbdued
Injunction Order Stands.
Belleyille. ILL.,, Aug 2.---Judge Hold.
er yesterday refused to grant the ap.
peal Of the striking packing house
employees, 70 dissolve the injunction
restraining the strikers from interior.
Ing with the operation OF plants and
the men employed therein The In.
junction stands as originally granted
until further action Of the court.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-08-04
AFFECTED PACKERS SHIP 400
LOADED CARS FROM CHICAGO.
MANY UNION MENAT WORK

Skilled Butchers Return TO Thels
Places and President OF the Union
Leaves Chicago TO Declare In Sioux
City That Chances of Winnlna
Strike Are Better Than Ever Before
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-08-04
Two Accidentally Shot

Ashland-Fred Schmidt, a married
man Of GIidden, was shot and instant
IL killed at GIidden by Louis Legg-
man Of that place while at target prac,
tee Will Ferguson, the 12.year-old
son of Peter Ferguson. who was &C.
cidentally shot in the head by John
Bunk, will not live the day out Both
accidents we're due to carelessness.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-08-04
Many Union Men Work.
Police see Peaceful End.

Chief of Police O'Nolll, who has taxi
on personal charge of the stockyards
during tho trouble, declared last night
his belief that peace in the strike is In
sight and that by Thursday great
changes will be seen tending towards
peaceful end
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-08-04
Lads steal Cigars and Beer.

Janesville-Harold Marsh, aged s
years, and Eddie Barry, aged IL, ap-
peared in municipal court TO answer to
the charge of breaking into st. PAU
freight car and stealing a quantity Of
bottled beer and cigars. Their hear
ing was adjourned until Friday
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-08-04

Black River Falls-E. P. Wiggen, a
well-known farmer of the town of Man.
chester aged 73 years died Saturday
from the effects of a dose of Paris
green taken with suicidal intent Do
nestle trouble.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-08-04
Throat Is Paralyzed.

ColumbUs-Ex-Gov. Lewis is still
living. His throat is paralyzed, ant
he has not swallowed even a drop o
water for six days. He appears t
be conscious at intervals. but not thu
slightest hope of reviving remains
His children and their families are a
his bedside. awaiting the inevitable.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-08-04
Loses Life in Collision.
Autoists Thrown Into a Swamp.

Racine-An automobile containing
the Misses Marie and Olive Mitchell,
Miss Paddock, Jerome Case and w. p.
Hanford went over an embankment
near Eagle lake and precipitated the
occupants into swamp, All were
slightly hurt.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-08-04
Brilliant Japanese Fighting.

London. Aug British CORE.
srondents with General Kuroki in the
field, in dispatches dated July 81, con
CTR in the statement that the Japan.
ese have left only one defenslble posi-
ton between them and Liaoyang.
The Standard says the attack on
the position beyond Molten pass vas
fully justified by it, Success. Every
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-08-04
Packers Buy Thousands.

The packers bought 5000 cattle, 10,
GOO hogs and 10000 sheep during the
day, Before nighttall so per cent, had
been slaughtered Further proof OF
the claims of the packers that the din.
cultics Of the strike are being over,
como was furnished by the shipmon,
of 500 carloads Of fresh meats from
the stocbyards or this number 400
cars were loaded aud shipped by firms
affected by the strike.
Many Union Men Work,
AS near as could DO estimated las,
night $50 union men of the various
trades on strike returned to work dur.
ing the day. The packers claim that
yesterdays assertions makes the total
number of strikers who have returned
to work at least 1000
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-08-04
Black Sea Fleet to Move.

London, Aug. 2.-The Sabastopol
correspondent of the Times asserts
positively that the entire Russian vol
unteer feet now in the Black sea with
other large steamers which have been
taken over by the government are IN
der orders for government service out.
side Of the Black Sea az an early date.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-08-04
Startling Toxic Report.

London, Aug. "A dispatch to
news agency from Toxic says there IS
reason to believe that after two days
of fighting the Japanese occupied
Slmoucheng. thus cutting of General
S akelberg from General Kuropatkin.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-22
RISING TWO FEET IN
HOUR 1T LAFAYETTE
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Jan. 21.-The Wa
bash river is raging expanse of water at
this point, rising at the rate of two feet
an hour. Grave fears are entertained for
the safety of property in the lowlands IS
pecially below the city. Huge cakes of
ice. broken from the george above the city,
are crashing and grinding against tho
abutments of the Main-street bridge. where
they watched by a curious crowd The
Lafayette strawboard works is not as yet
in great danger. but at the present rate of
rising the water will be over the factory
floors by morning and work must be sus-
pended. throwing 200 out of employ
ment. Other industries are similarly situ-
ated. Several small pleasure boats were
swept away from their moorings this aft
ernoon.
After o'clock the riverNrose more slowly,
but was four feet higher at midnight and
still rising Ice gOrgeS form and break,
making the stream wild and dangerous,
and many river men are along the banks
protecting property. A squad of men is
wheel of which was torn off by the ice this
afternoon. Three households were crushed
and swept away tonight and scores of
small boats are being carried away in the
swift current. The Indianapolis & North
western Traction Company's bridge over
Wildcat creek is in a dangerous condition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-22
REPORT OF WAGE SCALE
COMMITTEE IS FRAMED
Miners Send Many Recommends
tons Asking Changes-IncreaSe
on Pick Mined Expected
MAY REPORT TOMORROW

meeting OF 1.-The scale committee. of
which Thomas Reynolds, Of district No Il,
is chairman, met last night at the union
headquarters in the Stevenson building.
The scale committee is considered the most
important of those who report the
vention for the reason that it recommends
to the convention the scale of wages of
the competitive field to be agreed upon at
the joint conference. \ two hours
of the meeting Mr.. Reynolds said that the
committee had nothing to give out, as it
had not come 10 a decision on the scale
TO be fiXed.
While line the rate of the wage
scale in the competitive fields-Indiana. ILL
nois and Ohio and western Pennsylvania
can be aScertained. ii is thought that if
the committee gives way to the desires of
embody an increase of about 10 cents on
pick mining, with a decrease in the differ
entail, while it is certain that the run-of-
mine basis will enter into the scale. This
provides that the coal mined by the miners
shall be weighed as ii is brought out of the
mines, and not undergo the screen method,
which results in "A great loss to the miner.
The scale decided upon by the committee
is of utmost Importance to almost every
miner, as it is considered a basis upon
which the scales in other districts are adj
justed. While the operators may not agree
TO the advanced scale in the joint confer
ence. the convention will indorse it and sub
NIT it, even if it acts as only al offset 10
the reductions of the operators.
The committee has received a bulk of
recommendations frori the different States
and districts. and will not be able TO report
until tomorrow at the earliest.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-22
ICE At TERRE HAUTE
IS BREAKING UP FAST
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. Jan 21.-The hard
rain last night and to-day has been loosen
ing the ice in the river. That ii will go out
in a rush there is little doubt. The only
chance against it is for freezing weather
to set in tonight. The ice began moving
to-day in Otter creek. which empties into
the Wabash above the city. The Clinton
interurban bridge over the creek narrowly
missed going out. The Ice piled as high as
forty feet as it approached the bridge.
SO far as possible everything has been
made safe along the river front of the city.
The banks are high and building property
is in danger. The houseboat population
is getting ready to move sudden notice.
There are three bridges-the Big Four. the
Vandalia and The wagon bridge-in the
order named as the ice comes down
stream Naturally the Big Four would
get the first jolt from the loosened gorge
\. lich reaches around the bend long ways
up stream. At the wagon bridge the con-
tractors who are building the new s271 0Oj
bridge had only the piling down for a few
piers when winter stopped work The equip
ment has been put away safely pos
sible.
Midnight.-The ice is going out of the
river without doing damage, and the river
has risen from gauge record of one foot
at o'clock this morning to eighteen at this
hour.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-22

mission TO take up a collection. The miners
gave freely and over so raised.
During the morning session a resolution
was adopted ordering President Mitchell
TO appoint two delegates TO attend the
convention OF the Western Federation or
ly relations Some discussion was brought
out by the resolution. in which il appeared
that there was a slight enmity somewhere
between the two organizations. The West
ern Fedora ton OF Miners is also con
Quoting a strike in the Colorado fields.
Mr.. OShea. a representative OF the West
Federation of Miners. who spoke at
was no enmlty between the United Mine
Workers and the Western miners. He adj
vocated closer corporation, saying that
while the Western Federation was opposed
TO the American Federation OF Labor, that
alliance is Numerically opposite TO their
principles.
A resolution came up during the Gay ask
ing that the delegates assembled instruct
the executive officers 10 make the Lara
toria Italiana. an Italian paper published i'm
Colorado. the official organ OF the Italian
miners of the United Mine Workers The
defense of the resolution was that almost
10000 members of the organization are ltal-
ians. many of whom cannot read English.
and hence do not derive any benert from
the Journal. William Howels spoke i'm de-
Tense Of the measure. but IL was lost on the
grounds that whatever the paper would pub
lish the Mine Workers would be responsible
for.
The convention referred to the executive
board a resolution providing for the anneXa-
mines in Tennessee TO District 10 for scale
agreement purposes. Very low wages are
paid in these mines and the resolution aims
at the betterment Of these wages.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-22
PICTURES SUFFERING IN
THE STRIKERS DISTRICT
Z. S. Mccullough Tells of Horri-
BILE Destituion of Fellow Miners
Wants Tax Raised.

One of the most eloquent speeches that
has been heard at the Mine Workers con-
vention this week, was that made yester-
day afternoon by Z. S. Mccullough. a MEM
Der of the national executive board,
who is in charge of the strike in the Mey-
ersdale district of Pennsylvania, where
5000 miners are fighting against a reduc-
ton in wages. Mr.. Mccullough spoke on
the resolution, asking that the strike tax
levy of % cents month on every miner be
increased from 10 to % cents. He gave a
vivid description of some of the strike
scenes existing in the region. and made a
TO push the strike to a successful issue.
Mr. Mccullough told of the evctions that
are being made in the Meyersdale district
by the operators. They have turned the
miner and his family out of his
house into the wntry cold hills with
with no mercy" he declared and
were it not for the neighboring miners
who are opening their humble cottages to
six and seven families, these evicted min
One instance L remember most forcibly
1t was on a cold, stormy morning, when
the wind blew in blizzard of snow. A
woman, one of the miners wives was
turned out of her home with a baby a
month old on her breast Such inhuman
treatment, l say, is a shame and we
should not allow such conditions to exist
when almost every miner in this hall
trying in every way to injure us and to
break our strike. The Merchants Coal
Company has evicted almost eighty fam
lilies and the Somerset Coal Comnanv he c
win the strike, and we cannot hope to do
so unless we have more money"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-22
HORST FLOOD KNOWN
FEARED 1T PITTSBURG

PITTSBURG, Jan. 21.-The worst flood
in the history of western Pennsylvania.
since the establishment of the Weather Blu
reau at this point is expected here Friday
night Never before have the existing con-
ditions and the outlook been so serious as
now. Experienced river men and people
who for years have watched the river and
weather conditions tonight did not hesitate
TO state that a stage of 30 feet would be
reached, which is Ii feet higher than the
flood of 1884.
The expected cold wave which head
ed i'm this direction from the Northwest
has been sidetracked from the storm CEN
ter, moving northward and eastward. The
snow, II is believed, cannot possibly hold
out until noon tomorrow 1t already haV-
ing more rain than is ordinarily held. Both
rivers are rising at the rate OF four inches
an hour No ice Is moving. There are in
dications that both the Allegheny and Mo
time, and both rivers coming out at once
floating property. If the Youghiogheny
comes out with the other two the danger
will be much greater
A telegram from Wheeling. al midnight
says: The most serious damage done by the
protracted rain and thaw, and consequent
running out of the small streams was the
washing away of a Wheeling & Lake Erie
railroad bridge over Short creek. complete
ly tying uD traffic over the road"
At midnight the stage was fourteen feet
nine inches, and rising.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-22
BELIEVE JAPS MENACE
AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT
Miners Pass Resolution Petition
ing Congress to Exclude Them
with the Chinese.

As was expected, the convention yester-
day took action against the invasion of ia
panese coolie labor, which is being felt in
the West. especially in Wyoming A reso-
luton was presented at the session yester-
day signed by Delegate Jones, of Wyom-
ing, and was unanimously adopted The
resolution follows:
I'VE. the delegates in national convention
of the L. NJ. w. of A, view with alarm the
pouring of cheap Japanese labor into our
Western States. We believe that Americans
to-day, as in 1776. stand for independence
and the noblest manhood The japanese
laborer, we find him i'm our mines and
other industries. stands for neither The
Jap, like the Chinaman, works for what
ever the company is pleased to pay him.
and returns portion of his earnings regu-
larly to a Japanese agent VINO is called
boss, doubtless TO evade technically the
law prohibiting contract labor He holds
firm allegiance to his native country and
scorns the idea of American citizenship
Morally and industTialy, he is a curse to
the American nation and should be exclud-
ed from our shores. Therefore we pray
Congress to enact a law excluding the ia
panese as well as the Chinese. The officers
of the L. NJ. w. of America are ordered to
bring this important matter before Con-
greSs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-22
PERU md SUBURBAN
TOWNS IN IMMINENT
DANGER FROM FLOOD

CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PACED
deavOr to place the responsibility upon
Dennis Uhl, wealthy miller. and owner of
This dam at the junction of the rivers.
which is said to he the cause of the re-
peated ice gorges in the Eel
Tonight the avenue people met in the Of
flee of attorney TO devise some means
to secure damages from Uhl. and IL is prob
able suit will follow, il being claimed that.
while Uhl has legal right to the DAM he
has no right to maintain an obstruction
that is detrimental to the property interests
OF others. Uhl claims TO have the sigma
lures of Eel River-avenue property owners
to an agreement whereby they have agreed
not TO hold him liable for damages. To-
night the water in both rivers has raised
considerably, but no serious trouble is
ticipated.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-22
RIVER CLEAR OF ICE
BUT RISING RAPIDLY
Special to the indianapolis Journal.


EVANSVILLE. Ind, Jan. 2L-lt has been
raining hard here all day and the river is
rising. The general opinion is that big
stage of water will reach here in few
days. No ice has passed here to-day from
the gorges that broke yesterday at Tell
City and Cloverport, and it is thought the
warm weather caused the ice to melt or
il sank. The Wabash river has beer rising
all day and a high stage is expected. Green
river also is rising and all the side streams
of the river are full tonight
Considerable alarm is felt over the stu
alton at the water works here. Several
weeks ago some of the intake pipes broke
Workmen have not yet fully repaired the
damage and IL is feared the high water will
do further injury to the plant.
1t is reported that the large gorge extend
inS from New Albany to the mouth of Wolf
creek broke this afternoon and if il should
move down the river intact great damage
probably will be done. Most of the local
craft are in Green river. One wharfbOat
remains here. Some alarm is felt over the
safety of the towboat Cleaner and it's
barges opposite Mt. Vernon. Owing TO the
low stage of water during the past several
weeks the Cleaner una bic to get into
an ice harbOr.
The gorge above VOLTS creek moved sew
eral miles this afternoon. 1t is expected
the rise in the river will bring the gorge
down the river rapidly.
The rain to-day extended throughout
southern Indiana and southern Illinois, and
1t is still raining tonight. with prospects
that 1t will continue ali night.