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would allow him 20 appoint a commits
sion
.ResardIess of that. / want 10 make
our position known 10 You in regard 10
mob violence Every time mob con-
gregates- every act of violence per-
formed by either a union man or
svrnpathizer reacts to our detrimeuU [
believe that we are skilled work1ueH
enough in our particular craft 10
demonstrate to OUT business men or
Chicago that it Is to their interests 10
employ us There Is nothing AT stake
hut the accomplishment Of citizens or
Chicago who have been forced out Of
their positions. Violence meets Win
the condemnation of the officials. notn
local and national of our uTEauiZa-
ton It does not meet with the sym
pathieS of our organization ! simply
want to say that We viii be fair, 10
preserve the business interests of Chi
cago: that the prosperity of our en-
ployers IS our prosperity
Justice VIII Be Done.
The president replied To this, say
ing:
'AIr. Shea. I can only repeat what I
have said I am n believer ia unions
I am an honorary member or one
union But the union must obey the
law Just as the corporation must obey
the law. Just as every man. rich or
Door must obey the law As yet no
action has been called for Dy me- and
most certainly If action IS called for
BY me I shall try 10 do exact Justice
under the law to every man. so far as
1 have power But the first essential
is the preservation of law and order
the suppression of violence by mobs or
! Individuals
This closed the interview, and the
committee Withdrew
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TRYING TO GUST
PRESIDENT KERR
Reported Effort to Remove Head of
Agricultural College.
LOGAN Is MUCH EXCITED
PART OF FACULTY SAID TO BE
IMPLICATED,
LOGAN IS MUCH EXCITED

\ OGAN. May 10.-Logan and Cache
county people are much stirred up
over the report that a determined
effort to GUST Professor W. j. Kerr
from the presidency of the Agricultural
college is 10 be made. Here it Is con-
strued to be a part of the UuiveTsity's
plan to destroy the college. since, with
any other man at the head of the in
stitution in the present critical con-
dition Of affairs. it would be an easy
task for the university Of Utah to-
crush its formida BILE rival All the old
members of the boa I'd of trustees. those
who are familiar with Professor Kerr S
work are rs enthusiastic supporters.
but the new members are being urged
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-11
LIVESTOCK GROWERS.
Officers Elected by the Convention
at Denver.

Denver. May 10.-The American Stock
Growers association. which was organ
lied on Jan. Is of this year by secederS
from the National Livestock association
convention in this city, and is now hold
ing its first annual convention here,
adopted d constitution and bylaws to-
dq-
The basis of representation in the Or
SanizatiOn is individual and not by dele
gates. However. the executive commit
tee Is authorized to pass upon and adj
nit representatives, of stock associations
The following officers were elected with
out opposition
Nurdo Mack enzie. Trinidad. Colo. pres
idcut: \ D. Ricquels. Denver. first vice
president. J. II. BOarGnldu. Helena,
Mont second vice president.
The president was authorized to appoint
an executive committee of thirty mem
hers. This committee will appoint the
secretary and the treasurer
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cIRcur RuRNs ouT.

An electric circuit in front of the
Deseret News building burned out
a bout ? O'Clock this morning and set
fire to the pole. The fire department
was called out and soon eXtiuguished
the flames. The short circuit was caused
hv the rain wetting the wires The
Utah Light & Power company had a
couple Of men at work Ia short time
and the damages were soon repaired.
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OF. PETERSBURG, May 10.

at. PETERSBURG, May 10, S p. NJ
y Very grave reports are current in
this city as to the extent of the
massacre of Jews at Zhitomir. the num-
Der of killed or wounded now being
placed as high as 200 but precise in
formation is lacking The minister of
the interior has called for d detailed
report, which is expected tomorrow
Dispatches are being held Up. Tel
egTams sent by the Associated Press to
Zhitomir remain unanswered.
St Petersburg. May 19-No further
details have REACHED here from Zhito-
mir, the scene Of the recent attacks of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-11
LAB0R'S APPEAL
To ROOSEVELT
President Asked to Pause Before
Sending Federal Troops.
STRIKERS GET A HEARING
INFLAMMATORY SPEECH OF BEN
BUTLER QUOTED.

CHICAGO, May ia strongly
|, worded protest against the send
ing of federal troops TO Chicago
was submitted TO President Roosevelt
this afternoon. The protest is signed
by Cornelius P. Shea, president of the
International Brotherhood of Team
sters. Charles DOld. president of the
Chicago Federation Of Labor, and by
other labor leaders Charging that the
employers have repeatedly spurned the
request of the labor leaders for arbi-
tration. the protest declares the en-
pIoyers openly boosted that federal
troops would back up the employers
side Of the controversy
Peace says the protest of the
labor leaders, rests not upon the
militia or the army. but upon the
patience and long suffering of the toll
ing masses.
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fARIlSBJItG- IA, May ll--Ah eN-
press train on the Pennsylvania
railroad ran into a freight train in
which there were two cars loaded with
dynamite at l-l0 o'clock this morning
in South Harrisburg, near the plant of
Paxtang Light Heat & Power COM
pany.
Three terrific explosions that broke
the two trains ,yere ,or,rleteIy wicked
and t,,,.1- er.
re, IN. o. ,,..-.-, ,-.-,
'>'''S' VIC ''U''''eN Gu
It was estimated at o'clock that
fifty persons were killed and 100 in
jured. though these figures may be too
small.
IL Is impossible to ascertain the exact
number of fatalities because the wreck
age in which many Of the passengers
and some members Of the train crews
are pinned, is still ablaze ard unap-
proachabIe and many small aznIosiors
occur continually
Bodies Hurled Into River
NheH the hrSJ explosion occurred
p''iIeS were thrown clear out Of the
down the railroad commencement arJ
some even HAVING bear .b,,,-Ia,z int, tt..
Susquebanua river which nararIaI. tho
railroad in that locality
All the pbvsicians or tho cit,- ,,-o-
,.lr,lhIe were, summoned -, ,,-,,,-I- ,,-i,l,
Tho injured
rirar,o, ,,y.-. ,,-,-,
\ hre alarm sounded. and the fire
men arrived L" find themselves prac-
'''dhy heiI''esS III the work OF rescue
''I'1e pd'I'i WACO" was commits
% OH o"i1'i1e' ana as many
''N d. l'oSSi'le were loddeu
i'''' Il ." edtH iip ana taken TO the
iiaiIlsDuIs hospital the capacity of
when soon became taxed because Of
'ile I'rse number that were brought in.
p''i'' ''aiil vas MADE up and
ii1 1t, eu ana uSii5 10 'he Union
''io'i- Many o. the injured were TAX
''I nv p.l.a,e muses.
,,sss 80, , l, ,I, me wreck the
the scenes of horror tn safety from the
incessant small explosions.
Agonizing Scenes.
RI. ,.,,,.-,.,. -.
,,ats -, ,-,.z,+,,-.,,t..,l U''''' '''-
-, : I,l-'
In o. ol..0' - llie L N'eI'e LlSH'- Heat
81 -
TT, ,a,,,r,,-- - ''. :
- So, 80 -, --,,-'',5l y
- -. -. -. -, i''' Do','1
-, -
-. - 80
'i' 'o cunning many
women ana tIllIuieh from the tram
were Coii'pe'ieu 10 wander ABOUT the
neIoS' aS there are ie" houses IN the
immaculate vicinity OF the wreck
he al' vas the se1o"u See'l'h OF
~ ~ - 'ieIe Ntis los passengers III
IN 'Ia'il' ana Iile idleSl estimate Is that
fifty were killed. The hospital Is
crowded to the doors. and the hotels
arc being orer,5 for M. ar, = -,
az o[I'5 r. op9.Tu ,oL III eaLe Oh tte
authorities to seize one Of the hotels
and turn il into temporary hospital
so,,a IT 81. t,i,,r.s
The following are among The in
-.
'uIIu-
George CTabbe, PittSbUrS, badly cut
and bruised.
49,, Dor,..,.+ -,r.-.rz -
l''''i1' ~,
seriously huIt internally cut ana
bruised.
H l. Harmon. PittsburE- arm
1,,1,,,, emf and t,,.,,5-s4
- r,,..1-.5-7-.-.
cr+ md burned
Robert q. DauEherty. Philadelphia,
and little son. seriously injured
y p+e+ot Chico ont aud t,,,,-.o7
- -. 49,
- IL D"i'l ''7'' i@'i1e'l e'H- ~ j.
+ l. Van DemaH, New York, cut and
bruised.
u PbiIinS PfrtsF,,r-r- mil ,7-,
-
maj - Lu'iL-gllS' ! lLlSoui = cut
A-oIt-E NJ" io17-7 L'-lsl many ILL.,
JuIeu' Lla4 ui1-
olu'itIiili--' w" Iuihs N-ttIildl-
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ARRESTED AS SPIES

Toxic May f0-Mts4A. T. Bougoin. a
prominent Frenchuiaie and his stepsou.
i. Strange. an EHslfshman have been
arrested here as spies.
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MAJESTY OF THE
LAW Is UPHELD
Roosevelt's Rebuke to the chicago
Strike Leaders.
REMARKS WERE EMPHATIC
NO DOUBT AS TO THE PRESl-
DENTS POSITION.

CHICAGO, May 10--TEe committee oil
labor men. appointed to call upon
President Roosevelt and lodge Win
him protest against the employment
of federal troops during the present
teamsters' strike was granted an au-
dience late this afternoon The com
mittee consisted of Cornelius P Shea
president of the international Brother
mood of Transfers; Charles Dold- pres
ident of the Chicago Federation of La
Dor: Joseph O'Neit, vice president OF
the Chicago Federation of Labor, T.
p. Quinn member OF the CduVaSSeIS
union. and T. RickeTt. president of the
Garment Workers International union
Outside Of the members of the commit
tee. President Roosevelt and Secretary
Loeb. no one was present during the
conference.
The following account Of what oC-
CURED in the room was given out by
Secretary Loeb
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Asked to Consider the Facts.

can few soldiers scare the mcu
who make the armies and who COM
pose the flower of American manhood
Declaring that the workers will abide
by the decision Of an arbitrator even
should that decision fail to be all that
might he hoped for. the appeal to the
president closes with the request that
he consider all the facts in the case be
fore he permits any abuse of federal
power i'm complying with a request for
troops.
The committee presenting the protest
was received by the president i'm person
late this afternoon at the Auditorium
annex The members of the committee
expressed themselves as ETatifed al
their reception by the president The
president told them that no demand
had been made on him for the u.s. Of
the troops in Chicago. The protest
reads as follows
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GREAT DEMAND
FOR VEGAS LOTS
Impartial Appointment Could Not
Be Made.
WILL BE SOLD AT AUCTION
SALE WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT
MONDAY.

I OS ANGELES, Cal, Nay 10--Wnen
President W. a Clark and the
local directors of the San Pedro
met with c. O. Whittemore, of the Las
Vegas town company this morning TO
make aIIotments Of town lots applied
for by intending purchasers, they found
they had TO abandon the original plan
altogether So many people had put ii
applications, particularly for business
locations. that Senator Clark concluded
it would be impossible to make an al
lotmeut that would be satisfactory 10
everybody. As many as twenty pur-
chasers applied for the same lot in 2
number of instances, and practically all
of the lots on the plat were besQOken
a dozen times over.
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Lots at Auction.

After the situation had been can
vassed carefully. it was decided TO give
up the allotment plan and dispose Of
the lots at auction next Monday, at
Las Vegas, at noon, or shortly after
Special rates viii he made for the oc-
cssiou from an points on the line IN
Las Vegas. and from tn" interest
shown. il is a foregOne conclusion that
d large crowd viii be on hand.
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What Roosevelt Said.
Emphatic Destination.

NO request has been made to me tor
action by the federal government, OuL
at the same time, Mr. shea. as You
have in this communication To me
brought I'D that fact. ] want to say one
thing with all the emphasis IN my pow
er: In uphoIding law and order. in 40
ing what he is able TO do 10 suppress
mob violence in any shape OF way, the
mayor Of ChiCag go. Mayor Dunno mas
my hearty support. ] am glad 10 ne
able to say to you gentlemen before /
say II to ANYBODY else. Now let me re-
peat that I know nothing of the facts
of the situation. 7 know nothing OF
the rights or wrongs Of the points al
issue. What 7 have 10 say - based
purely upon what / regard as the IN
fortunate phrasing of letter presented
to the president of the United States
7 have not been called upon TO inter
fere in any way but YOU must not mis-
understand my attitude
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Speech of Ben Butler.

Without intending to be discour-
teous, or suggesting a threat. we de-
sire to cali attention to a clear and
true statement Of this fact by General
Benjamin T. Butler of Massachusetts
in his celebrated speech of some sixty
years ago to the people of Lowell:
IF the WOTNInen can be deprived of
their freedom and their rights by
threats of starvation of themselves and
their wives and children, when they
act according to the laws and their
judgment. then they had better be
slaves indeed. having kind masters. in
stead of being freemen. who are only
at liberty 10 do what their task mas
tiers impose upon them or starve. And
this question must be settled here and
now
II know the power of these corpora
tons I know mapy of the men who
Continued on Page p
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Text of the Protest.

To the Honorable Theodore Roose-
welt president Of the United States of
America.
Honorable Sir:-This labor difficulty
began as lockout So far as there
has been any striking done. it has
been Il strike for arbitration The
unions involved are committed both
upon principle and by specific contract
with the employees for arbitration.
These contracts grew out Of the
desire of the unions to protect the
public peace and welfare by providing
to submit all disputes or differences Of
opinion to the umpiraEe of an i'm
partial third party, and accepting that
decision. right or wrong, as binding
upon both parties Such a course is
guarantee Of the preservation of law
and order. All that the unions ask
for OF desire in this controversy IS that
an arbitration shall be granted As
specifically agreed to in the contracts
involved. All that is desired is that
the public officials shall join with the
labor bodies in demanding that law
lessn - shall not be allowed to be
used in forcing contracts to be broken
and that violence shall not he allowed
to prevent differences Of opinion from
being settled by the quiet orderly
method of aTbitTg ton
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I'm this connection Senator Clark an
rOUuced that arrangements had been
made to put ON fast automobile line
from Las Vegas to BuIfTog- possibly
clear through GoldheId to Touopah-
Four automobiles with capacity Of
twelve passengers each. equipped with
fifty horse power engines and an easy
speed on desert roads Of fifteen miles
an HOu-. have been ordered hy wire fur
immediate shipment and VIII D. on the
ground as quickly as possible The trip
to BulIfrOg. over 100 miles viii take
less than seven hours Arrangements
will be made To sell tickets through
from points on the san Pedro iu con-
ncctiou with the automobile line The
new machines viii be especially adapted
10 the desert roads and viii be
handled by experienced men from the
start The demand for transportation
to BuIlfrog IS so phenomenal that the
promoters are assured success from the
start
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Cars Were Crushed.

The force of the collision crushed all
the passenger cars which piled up in a
huge mass with those Of the freight
Instantly the two trains We're masses
Of flames. With the crash the paSsen-
gers. all of whom were asleep i'm the
berths, were hurled in all directions.
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Loeb's Account,

After presenting the protest 10 the
president Mr.. Shea, aCtiuS as spokes-
man. said.
we are here a committee to pre-
sent TO YOU statement stating our p9-
sition i'm this controversy between the
Employers association and the Team
sters- association We have understood
that they had asked your aid for bring
ing troops into Chicago. We want TO
present our petition to you
Mr.. Quinn said
1T viii take about ten minutes 10
read. Perhaps we had better leave 1t
with YOU
The president said that he would read
it at once. and after doing SO said:
What Roosevelt Said.
u have read the petition You have
presented to me- the conclusion Of
which is a request for Il hearing before
any action be taken ny the federal au-
thorities relating to the Chicago stu
alton. As yet no suggestion of any KIND
has come to me from any source tnal
( should take any action OF the WeI-
its Of the case I am wholly ignorant l
have no knowledge of what the sltut-
ton is or of what steps would properly
be taken to end it. / feel. however, thai
i'm view of one statement or series "i
statements in your letter. ] ought 10
say this: | regret that you should in
the letter have spoken at all of the
use of the federal army as you nave
there SUOkpu-
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Right TO Arbitrate.

You viii therefore readily SEQ that
We have the right TO demand arbitra-
ton a demand that has been repeat
eddy spUrUed by the employers i'm the
presence of Mayor Dunno of Chicago.
And why SDuTned2
Because they openly boast that they
can spUrn and that the troops under
your command will shoot down him
who dares to openly protest against
their action They fIatter themselves
that the federal army IS their ready
tool TO act upon their suggestion
right or wrOng-and they therefore re-
fus7 10 have any inquiry made as to
whether they are right or wrong.
They can now say there is nothing
to arbitrate, but If q board should find
there was something to arbitrat e. p1Ih-
lie sympathy might be too strong for
them and they might not be able tn
crush out uniOniSm once and for all
IS they openly declare they intend n
do. But can they do it, Is the army
all that these men think it fs2 Is il
not a fact, after all. that the power OF
the army even rests to a great
extent upon the support Of the people
What would d few soldiers be against
a nation?
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Contracts Quoted.

"The contracts of June 20. 1903. pro
vide for arbitration as follows in the
sixth. fourteenth and eighth sections
respectively:
d" Eighth-Tt is agreed that in the
event of a misunderstanding or any
dispute arising as to the construction
understanding in regard to the opera
tiOn or enforcement of this contract be
tween the parties hereto. or as TO all
diff renCes of opinion in regard to any
section Of this contract. between the
party Of the first part and the party
of the second part, no house shall lock
out any members OF said local union
No. 21- and no executive board or
business agent shall declare Strik7.
and said local No. y shall not de-
clare q strike, but such misUuderztaud-
ingS. disputes or difference of opinion
shall be referred within twenty-four
hours to the TepTs sentativeS of the par
ties TO this contract for settlement and
i'm case such representative fail to
settle such controversy within twenty
four hours after the same shall have
been submitted to them, IL Is agreed
that each representative shall within
said second twenty-four hours name an
arbitrator. and the two arbitrator -
selected shall as speedily as possibis
name one DISTINGUISHED person who
shall not be a manufacturer or a men,
Der of any labor Organization. and the
three so selected shall within ten davS
time settle the difficulty and the de-
cisiOn 50 rendered shall be binding on
all parties to this agreement
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Senator Clark Sorry.

Discussing the matter Senator Clark
said ne was sorry there had been Such
a crowd of applications. Il would much
rather have disposed of the lots as we
planned at first" he. said. because the
sale of the property could have been
handled To- much better advantage from
my point of view / wanted to limit
the sale 10 people who mean TO build
and go into business there and at an
auction sale it is not so easy 10 contine
transfers So as TO eliminate specula-
tiOn. We do not want to encourage
speculation. or be identified with a
boom proposition. There We're so
many applications. however, that it was
absolutely impossible to make i'm
partial aIIotments, and we were literaliE
compelled 10 place the lots at public
auction. to be fair to everybody con-
Cerued 90
A Pate Of 500 for the round trip from
Salt Lake to Las Vegas viii be ef1eC-
tive ON the 14th and fare viii be re-
funded to purchasers of lots
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VIII Uphold the Law

" III ODIlOiu AliC Law
IN every effort of Mayor Dunno 10
prevent violence by mobS or lndIVId-
uaTs. to see that the laws are obeyed
and that order is preserved he mas
the hearty support of the president OF
the United States. and in my judgment.
he should have that Of every good cit
izen of the United States
Now. gentlemen. IT has been great
pleasure to see YOU and I am glad TO
have had the chance to say this TO
YOU"
Mr. Quinn. who knew The president
in his youth. said.
Mr.. President. what prompted US TO
come to you with this statement Is that
for the past two or three weeks there
has been p continual howl for the
federal army ! have known you long
enough to know that YOU would not
respond to a One-Sided demand. that
YOU will not respond until you have
thoroughly Investigated the case
No Requests Made.
The president replied:
Mr.. Quinn. as Vet the mayor of
chicago has not made any appeal to
the governor and therefore, Of cOUrs p
the governor has made none To me,
and as vet nothing in the situation has
demanded action by me-
President Shea of the Transfers
union then said
Let me explain that The governor
has been requested by the committee
of the employers to demand federal
troopS. the statement has been made
i'm the papers. Immediately tele-
graphed Governor Deneen that we
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Had Narrow Escape.

Samuel Shubert of New York. man
ager of the Lyric theatre. jumped out
of his berth and ran out of the train
just in time to escape being burned to
death He was taken TO the Common
wealth hotel.
At 4-30 o'clock this morning the first
two bodies OF those that were pinned
i'm the WTeCkage were recovered
They were so badly charred that
they could not be recognized. but il is
believed that they were women.
While the fire was still raging fierce
~ the burning bodies Of the dead could
be seen still lying in the berths.
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Caused by Smaller Wreck.

The wreck was caused by d smaller
wreck 10 the freight train which was
eastbOUnd- Passing the plant of the
Paxtang Electric company. near Cedar
street. an air hose burst and several
cars in the middle of the train buCkied
up and fell across the passenger tracks
al the side
AImost at the same time the express
train, with ten coaches dashed along
and plunged into the wrecked freight
cars. The boiler of the passenger loco
motive blew up and the cOnCUssiou
caused the immediate explosion of the
two cars of dynamite in the freight
train.
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When the first explosion occurred
bodies were thrown clear out of the
bcrths i'm the sleeping cars and landing
down the railroad embankmeut. and
some even having been hurled into the
SuSqUehanHa river, which parallels the
railroad in that locality
All the physicians of the city pro-
durable were summoned to work with
In. iniurnI-