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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-04

This was the answer of the train
employees to the ultimatum of Pres
ident Brock that the men return to
work at 10 O'Clock last night or con-
slider themselves no longer in the
employ of the company.
This is the rock upon which they
split, which means that the night
closed with the settlement of the
strike as. high in the air as ever.
President Brock and Superintendent
Hedden were in conference with a
committee of the men from noon un-
til 5 o'clock in the afternoon. The
entire situation was gone over, and
of the FIVE demands submitted by the
men, four were agreed to. The re-
instatement of Conductor Cowan, Mr..
Brock would not agree to. Cowan
was present at the conference, and
his story was heard His contention
was that he regarded it as unsafe to
take out the ore train with only two
brakemen. The committee made the
same contention, but to no avail.
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Only Ray of Hope Is That
Grand Lodge Officers May
Order Men Back to Work.
Pending an, Investigation.

The offense of insubordination is
one that railroad company cannot
overlook, said President Brock.
Mr.. Cowan cannot go back to work
on this road.
With four of the propositions
Strengthened out, and the fifth thus
disposed of by the president, Mr..
Brock gave the men until 10 O'Clock
last night to return to work, and so
the long conference ended.
The railroad employees, to the num-
Der of about one hundred and fifty,
met last night in Miners Union hall,
and the proposition of returning to
work, according to the Brock ulti-
matum, was discussed and voted
upon. The result of the meeting was
that the men refused to return to
work unless Conductor Cowan was
reinstated
Shortly before 10 o'clock. the COM
mittee called at the railroad office
where President Brock and Superin-
tendent Hedden were waiting to hear
their reply The communication was
sent into the private office and the
men waited fore ten minutes, and re-
ceiving no reply from the inner Of
flee. took their departure.
/ There is a ray of hope, which may
bring about a speedy settlement. The
lodge officers of the various unions
may order their members to return
to work, for the reason that th'
strike was unauthorized by th'
unions. There were rumors on th'
| streets yesterday to the effect tina
such orders had already been receiv
ed but this is denied by the men.
The men take the stand that Il
| striking that they did not act a
union men, but as individuals, there
fore it is not union matter. I
the public this looks like a distin6
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tion without a difference, but those
of the men who were seen claim
that they are within their rights in
the premises. The constitution OF
the unions of all the trainmen pro-
vides that there shall be no strike
until it is declared by the majority
vote of the union. Before this can
be done any man who thinks he has
a grievance must submit to to the
railroad then if he does not re-
ceive satisfaction, according to his
idea of Justice, he shall appeal to
the grand lodge. A member of the
latter shall inquire into the matter
and If he be unable to adjust the
difference, he shall report to the
local union and a vote taken as to
whether there shall be strike.
While the employees declare that
they are acting as employees and not
as union men in the matter, some Of
! them agree that the national lodges
may not take the same view of the
matter, and may not stand for the
fine distinction that they are max
ing. They say that the national
unions have not been notified by
i them of the strike. On the other
hand, the railroad company has the
right of appeal in the premises, and
| this is taken to be the method OF
procedure on the company's part II
the move has not already been
made.
If the national lodges do not steI
into the breach, it is hard to sa.
where the trouble will end. Presi
dent Brock declares that under M
circumstances will he permit the re
turn of Cowan to the employ of thu
company, and the men say that the.
will not return to work until thu
discharged conductor is reinstated
, and with both sides equally deter
) mined, 1t looks like a long draw
| out battle.
! A committee from Goldfield |
: coming here this morning to wal
; upon Messrs Brock and Hedden t
t demand of them that they operat
: the road, the lack of operation bein
more distressing to our neighborin
l city than it is to Tonopah.
S AS far as supplies in Tonopah ar
: concerned, they are running yer
D short There was no coal left i
: town last night, and the amount G
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Managed to
Run Blockade

Jack McQuillan returned from the
coast on Thursday night. Mr.. Me-
Quillan and several ladies were
stranded at Nina and were given
boost to Tonopah in the private car
of President Brock.
Judge Malone, who tried the Smith
Preston cases in Goldfield in the
spring, was passenger by auto yes
terday afternoon. He was accom-
panied by J. F. Douglass, and the
two went on to Nina to make, il
possible, connections with the South
ern Pacific at Nina for Reno, where
the judge has case set for tomor
row. Judge Malone occupied the dis
trict bench at Denver until last Janu-
ary. since which time he has been en-
gagged in the practice of his proftN-
sion.
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Negotiations End on Demand
of Employees That Conductor
.CoWan Must Be Reinstated
Officials Charge INSTRUMENTATION;
Men Say Menace to Life.


charged SIS for the trip, but the
owners of the machines were more
reasonable yesterday. The price was
reduced to twenty dollars a seat,
with the stipulation that SIX people
constitute a load. Quite a crowd
went out yesterday afternoon to
connect with the Southern Pacific
train leaving Nina in the evening
There is another crowd to leave this
morning, starting from here at I
O'Clock.
1t looked like the old days of
Tonopah and the early days of Cold
fields discovery to see a six-horse
stage coming in here on the run
from the city across the desert. The
stage was filled to its capacity at
five dollars seat. Autos coming at
ten dollars a seat from Goldfield,
and departing at the same rate, was
another feature of the strike.
The depot looks like big rail-
road, for there are cars as far as the
eye can reach. The trains are where
the crews left them. But everything
is quiet at the depot for the strik-
ers have avoided their old stamping
ground since they threw up their
places.
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pointed out to those who may not
have known how things stand here.
A frightful condition of affairs will
follow if the strike is not speedily
raised, and it was agreed to send a
committee to Tonopah to wait upon
President Brock and Superintendent
Hedden to demand that some action
be taken looking to the speedy oper-
alton of the road. 1t was left to
Senator Morehouse to name the COM
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Statement of the EMPLOYEES

the mm eliate of the dismissal OF
Condu this trouble
of Engines Hardy the attitude of
in Hospital Association.
the Cowan matter
refused take his for the that
the hill with only
his refusal he dismissed the service
likewise the train giving
objections had been advanced by
discharged, COwan.
We ehaver making
believed that could
today but thus have been unable
with
and chance settlement tonight. We
public that anybody
hat believe that the
public will with that have the
than half and that demands Just and reasonable
THE COMMITTEE
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Mass Meeting Held at Goldfield Appoints Com
mittee to Wait Upon Brock and Hedden
With Demand That Traffic Resume.

wire, and General Agent knight is
coming from Los Angeles with all
possible speed. The Clark road has
been completed to within ten miles
of Goldfield, and it is proposed to
run an accommodation train on that
line and then put on teams and
autos from the terminus into the
city. Meanwhile the intervening ten
miles of road is to be completed as
fast as possible. when Goldfield win
be independent of the Brock road.
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rooms of the little stock exchange
at Hall and Columbia streets, and
the place was packed to suffocation.
The meeting was called to order by
former Senator H. V. Morehouse,
acting president of the Chamber of
Commerce, under whose auspices the
gathering was held. A number OF
speakers addressed the meeting, and
there were some very bitter lam
guage INDUCED in.
The condition of Goldfield was
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to Messrs. Brock and Hedden, and
will urge upon them the great ne
cessity of an immediate settlement Of
the trouble. They will demand that
the differences be patched up tenn
porarily until matters can b.
Strengthened out. The situation here
demands that some such action be
taken, for there is really distress in
the city for lack of supplies.
Communication has been had with
the officials of the Clark road by
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and the committee met later in the
rooms OF the Montezuma Club. The
committee comprises the following
H. v. Morehouse, chairman; J. p.
Lotus, Arthur Weber, A. M. Dale,
Walter C. Stone, L. H. Rogers, Thos.
d. Murphy, John S. Cook and c. j..
Nagle.
These gentlemen, representing all
Goldfield. will place before the iail,
road officials the conditions existing
here, which should be already known
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Five Propositions Submitted


They fol-
taken them:
Engines be discharged
investigation by the and the committee of
Hardy be sustained the
action.
SecondReatve to the hospital association Companys
. action in Hardy's
w. discharged
refusing Refused by the
e.
authority Cherry
satisfactorily both sides
Q Q . . . . Q . . . . . . . . . .
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the supplies, but Goldfield needed
more than we, so they were sent.
Automobiles are going out in all
directions. They have been going
to Goldfield for the last two days,
and now they are starting for Nina.
The first machine that went to Nina,
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on
The Fifth
Proposition

wood for fuel is very slight. The
supply of fresh meat will be ex-
hausted today and there are few
fresh vegetables in the town. Wells
Fargo & Co.'S express sent big
wagonload of supplies to Goldfield
yesterday. Tonopah could i'll afford
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Oct. 8. 1907.

Oct. 8, 1907. =
Mr.. John w. Brock,
President Tonopah and Gold .
field Railroad Company =
Dear Sir-In reply to your =
ultimatum to the effect that all .
train and engine men must re- =
port for duty by 10 p. M, we =
herewith enclose our final reply. =
We will be ready for service at .
the time stated by you, provid- =
ed w. B. Cowan is fully rein =
stated by that hour. =
BY order of the committee. =
CHAS. SCHRADER, =
Chairman. Z
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(Special to the Bonanza. J

. Especial to the Bonanza =
. GOLDFIELD. Oct. S.wA =
. mass meeting was held here to- =
. night to voice the protest OF =
. the people against the continu- =
ance of the strike that has =
. tied up the road for the past .
. three days.
The meeting took place In the
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-07
z SCALDED, one Dies
CRAzEO HORSE DODCEO
ENGINES AND CARS.

One of the most exciting runaways
that has occurred here in some time
happened yesterday afternoon on
New Brunswick avenue near Wood
bridge road, when horse hitched to
a one-seated sleigh belonging to
William Gross and brother, of Fords,
dashed off in an easterly direction
between the Lehigh Valley tracks
from New Brunswick avenue and 60
ing towards Washington street.
The driver was thrown out and the
harness pulled apart. The horse was
stopped by number of bystanders
before it reached Washington street,
but not before it had narrowly missed
being struck by several locomotives
and cars.
The driver, Hungarian, who lives
at Fords, stated that the horse be-
came frightened while crossing the
Lehigh Valley tracks at New Bruns-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-07
TO VISIT GRAVE
OF SON IN ASIA
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward W. Barnes
Sail Today for Tour
of Holy Land.

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward w. Barnes,
of 144 High street, sailed at noon to-
day on the steamer Arabic, of the
White Star line, for a two months
trip in Europe. The steamer will
land first at the Madeina Islands. Mr..
and Mrs. Barnes expect to visit the
following places, including Beirut,
Asiatic Turkey, where their son Har-
old, who was recently fatally injured
by the kick of a horse, Is buried:
Spain, Gibralter, Algiers, Malta,
Athens, Constantinople. Symrna. Pal
estine, Alexandria, Naples, Rome,
Villefranche and Liverpool.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barnes will spend
considerable time in each of the
places and will probably not return
inside of ten weeks. England will
also be toured, after which they will
return home. The trip is known as
the Clark annual MEDITERRANEAN tour
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-07

wick avenue. One of the horses
hind feet became wedged between the
rails and planking, which caused the
animal to dash off down the tracks.
The driver was hurled out before
the rig had proceeded far but, beyond
a few scratches, he was NOT seriously
hurt. The animal continued on its
mad flight and that it was not struck
by locomotive or some moving car
seems a miracle.
The animal was stopped just be-
fore reaching Washington street and
was taken to Liddle & Pfeiffer's liv-
cry stables where 1t was found that
the harness was practically ruined
and the whiffle-tree of the sleigh
broken in splinters.' The sleigh re-
ceived a severe knocking about and
was rather shaky. The horse was
slightly cut about the hind legs, but
otherwise was uninjured
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-07
DELMAS AS
LEADER WINS
CONFIDENCE.
Scores Heavily for the Defense
in the ThaW Trial Equal
To Jerome.
IMPORTANT TESTIMONY.
Wife and Mother Of Thaw on the
Stand TO Tell Secrets Which
They Have Guarded.

NEW YORK, Feb. 7--The announce
ment by Lawyer Delmas that Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw or Mrs. william Thaw
will he the next witness to go on the
stand in the trial of Harry Thaw for
the murder of Stanford White closed
a session of many sensations.
The whole aspect Of the case against
Thaw took a complete change when
one of the witnesses of the shooting
swore he had heard Stanford White
VOW to murder Harry Thaw and show
ed him revolver as he made the
threat.
This testimony was entirely mex
pected by The prosecution at this stage
OF the trial, and Mr.. Jerome was not
prepared to head il Off Mr. Delmas.
the lawyer who is now in charge Of
Thaws fight for life. got this telling
allegation on the record. and Mr.. Je-
rome hattled in vain to shake it.
The wtEcss who was responsible for
the news Of the threat was Benjamin
Bowman. former doorkeeper at the
Madison Square theater When Mr.
Delmas got through with him Mr.
Jerome attempted to befuddle the wit
ness. buf Bowman met him at every
point. and the district attorney had to
give it up The witness left the stand
smiling. while Thaw looked vastly re-
lieved.
Martin Green, newspaper reporter.
was Il witness to the shooting Of Stan
ford White. He was called to the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-07
CANDIDATES
LOOMING UP
FOR GOVERNOR
Essex COUNTY Men Want Honor
TO Go There in Interest
Of Harmony.
JUSTICE PlTNEY, TOO
IT Is Thought That Vim. N. John.
son Will Have Opposition
In His Home County.
special to the EVENING VIEWS !:

5, TRENTON, Feb. 7:--Now that the
United States senatorship has been
disposed of, there is considerable
speculation among politicians at the
state house and throughout the state
as to who may be chosen as the next
republican candidate for governor. It
was the general feeling that State
Treasurer Frank o. Briggs was sIat-
ed for the nomination.. His election
as United States senator. however, -
moves him from the situation and OPP
ems up an interesting opportunity for
speculation as to who may be the
lucky man.
Essex county men holding stateApo~
sitions are freely expressing the opM-
ion that the nomination should go to-.
that county. In this connection
Judge Alfred Skinner and Supreme
Court. Justice J. Franklin Fort are
mentioned most frequently. The Es-
sex county men argue that strong.
clean man from there would unite the
party and result in Essex giving one
of its normal republican pluralitlea
at the election.
Former State Senator William IA.
Johnson, of Bergen county, is alsot
not without his advocates for the po-
sition. 1t is known that Mr.. John
\ son has been for years ambitions to
be governor, but some of the knowing
ones hint that he will find himself
confronted by the same fundamental
4 obstacles that confronted Senator
Dryden for reelection, namely lack
of support in his own county. Be-
sides it is not at all unlikely that the
executive chair looks very good to
Senator Edmund Wakelee, also OF
Bergen county.
Another man whose name is FREE
quently mentioned is Supreme Court
Justice Mahlon Pitney, of Morris
county. The story of how Justice Pit
ney effaced himself as candidate for
governor when Franklin Murphy was
seeking the nomination is well known
to most Jerseymen and is looked to
by his friends as something to-
aid him now.
The friends of Justice Pitney say
that while he makes an ideal jurist
llt lido dAbO ~ PlCCtAiAAiCAL t0ACAlt III VA
ecutive and political work and that
Il would be mistake not to nominate
n next fall. He is one OF the best
ampaigners in the state and the
general opinion seems to be that hex
could easily be elected.
Besides these there are a number
of younger men each of whom has
done the state some service and each
of whom is now being advocated
for governor by his friends. Among
these is State Senator Joseph s. FIRE.
llinghuysen, of Somerset county. Sem
ator Frelinghuysen is wealthy and
successful business man. His por
litical methods are of the vigorous.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS style
which he has successfully employed
in wrestling the county Of Somerset
from the democrats. 1t is not at all
impossible that the gubernatoriai
honors will go to him next fall.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-07
FREEHOLDERS
IN SESSION.
The Central Jersey Traction Co.
Matter Goes Over Until
Next Month.
hpeoiai to the EVENING VIEWS:

NEW BRUNSWICK, Feb. -.--
The freeholders met here this morn
ing. The county collector showed a
balance on hand January l Of $101,-
1874. The total receipts were
$121, ,2O4.55, with balance on hand
at the end of the month of $2S,-
609.62.
During the month $122l6 was
paid to the county board of taxation
and $47S63 was the expenses of the
Amboy bridge.
A communication from the jersey
Central Traction Company stated
that Vice President Brown had just
returned from the west and he
would meet the freeholders at an in
formal session later The matter
was laid over until the next meeting.
A resolution, introduced by Free
holder Hanson was passed giving the
county collector authority to borrow
$1,000 to fill out the appropriation
for court salaries and fees until the
new appropriation is made in May.
February l the amount in this appro-
ppldtlOn duOuHJeu tO PD, q : q,
which, it is feared, is not enough to
last.
Mr.. Hanson, in speaking on the
resolution, stated that many unex-
pected events had happ poned requir-
ing money from this appropriation
which had not been anticipated. One
of these was the increase in some of
the salaries provided for by stase
law; another was $1,400 which had
been paid to A. G. Harthorne. of Free
hold, the expert employed by Justice
Fort to examine the freehclders'
books. There has also been several
murder cases and riots which have
all required money.
A resolution was passec making
the First National Bank OF Dunellcn
a county depository.
The county collector was author
lzed to issue notes to the amount of
$e5, 600 for macadam roal in the
county.
Four transfers of funds were made
from one :,Ccount to anoC@er.
Another session is being held again
this afternoon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-07

Williams Walters cut down a large
tree on the Meredith property at Mar
ket and Water streets this morning.
The tree was about seventy-five feet
high and fourteen inches in diameter,
and has been standing on the north
erly side of Market street for many
years. The tree had been dead for
some time and Mr.. Walters recently
asked permission of the owner to cut
it down as he wanted il for a pile.
The consent was obtained and the
workmen proceeded TO cut it down
this morning. In falling, however,
the tree broke in half and blighted
Mr. Walters hopes.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-07
AMEND BOND
ORDINANCE.
Changed From -Four Per Cent to
4 l-2-CyIinder Heads Of
New Pump Weak.

AT the water boards meeting last
night the ordinance providing for the
issue of 100000 worth of water
bonds was taken up for its second
reading. After Clerk Tice had read
the ordinance through Commissioners
Voorhees, made a motion that the or
dinance be amended to make them
4 1a per cent. bonds instead of per
cent. A few other trifling amend
ments were made after which the or
dinance was passed on its second
reading and laid over until the next
meeting.
Superintendent Burns presented a
requisition for some supplies and was
ordered to purchase the same.
Engineer Mason submitted a re-
port of the duty test of the Worthing-
ton 100000 gallon high pressure
pump. which was recently held at the
Runyon station. Engineer Ma
son in his report suggested that the
heads on the water cylinders were
weak and that he thought they should
be replaced. The board finally ac-
cepted the report and instructed the
engineer to make formal demand on
the Worthington company for the
proper heads. The board in all prob
ability will not accept the pump until
these heads are properly replaced.
The monthly reports of the city
collector, city treasurer and Super
intendent Burns were read and ac-
cepted. Warrants were also ordered
drawn for a number of bills Com
missioners Convery and Grouse we're
absentees.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-07
BUILDINGS ARE
DESTROYED BY FIRE,

were telephoned for, but arrived too
late to be of any assistance. The
buildings were in full blaze when the
companies arrived and they directed
their attention to saving the dwell
ing house of the Wittnebert family,
which was unharmed. The origin of
the fire Is unknown.
1t is the general opinion of the
neighbors that some boys were smok-
ing in the barn and the hay set on
fire. The owners carried consider
able insurance.