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The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-10
BENSON WILL NOT BE
SPARED by ACCOMPLICE

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9.-The
trial of John A. Benson and DR.. A.
B. Perrin for alleged conspiracy
against the government was COM
menced by Judge De Haven and a
jury in the United States district
court this morning.
George c. Hunt, a government Sc
cret service agent. was the first wit
ness and from his examination 1t
would seem that in the defense to
be made by Perrin, his alleged ac-
complice, Benson will not be spared.
Attorney Dunno brought out from
Hunt the details of conversation
with DIR. Perrin, in which the latter
complained that he had not been
treated right by Benson in the mat
ter of the agreement that he was
out money and scrip for which he
had received nothing in return from
Benson.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-10
D|SAFFECT|ON
SPREADING
TeIegraphers Abandon Their Keys
and Tie Up the Larger
CenterS.
ASS'D PRESS NOT AFFECTED
Only Thirty-five Men ON Duty I'm Chi
cagO to DO the Work of Sixteen
Hundred.
Ass'O PRESS NOT AFFECTED
(By the Associated Press }

CHICAGO, Aug. 9-Following
the lead of the telegraph operators
employed by the Western Union Tel
egraph company in Chicago who
went on strike last night because
they were asked to work with nom
union men in Los Angeles, the tele-
graphers in nine other cities through
out the United States quit work to-
day. The 500 men employed by the
Postal Telegraph company in Chi
cago, who belong to the same local
of the Commercial union as the
Western Union, and who declare that
their working conditions with the
company are unsatisfactory, took ad-
vantage of the situation and quit to-
night at o'clock With the walk
out of the Postal employees, Chicago
tonight is left with about 35 tele-
graphers endeavoring to transmit
the business of both companies,
where under normal conditions fully
1900 men are necessary to do the
work The other Western Union Of
fees which became involved in the
trouble today, together with the
number of men who quit work, are:
Salt Lake City, 36; Helena, 40;
Kansas City, $50; Dallas, Tex, 105;
Fort Worth, ,exas, 40; Colorado
Springs, 10 Denver, SO, and Ell Paso
80.
In New Orleans the men employed
by the Postal Telegraph company to-
night left their keys until their de-
mands made on the company several
weeks ago, are settled.
Late tonight the situation is not
so serious, where earlier in the day
it was thought the strike might be
extended The outlook now is that
further strikes will not occur
Under orders from National Presi-
dent Small of the telegraphers or
ganization, National Secretary Rus
sell telegraphed the secretaries of va
rious locals to keep their men at
work until the receive further Or
ders. Mr.. Russell, when asked for
an explanation of this action, said:
I'VE don't want to use up all our
ammunition in one charge
The understanding tonight is that
the broker operators will be allowed
to remain at work as long as the
commission houses handle only their
regular business over their leased
wires. The broker men belonging to
the union have been notified that
they are to refuse to handle outside
business, and if they are discharged
upon refusing to touch such business,
il offered, they will be upheld by the
union.
Secretary Russell tonight said:
1.-The local men in Chicago took
the bull by the horns and ordered
the strike without authority from
the national officers. We are per-
fectly satisfied, however, with the
movement and all are working in
unison. The telegraph companies
have not acted fair with our men and
we believe we are now in aposition
where we can force them to come to
terms. At any rate 1t has come to
the point where if we cannot compel
the companies to treat us in fair
manner we might as well abandon
the telegraphers organization. The
general sentiment among the tele-
graphers is that it is fight to a
finish and that the companies will
have to concede our demands or
there will be no union
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-10
CONFERENCE THAT WILL
HAVE FAR-REACHING EFFECT

ERIE. Pa, Aug. 9.-Advices from
Cambridge Springs, 10 miles from
here, report that at meeting of the
Amalgamated Association, the Re-
public Iron and Steel Co., and West
ern Bar Iron association, with the
grievance committee of the Steel
Workers unions is in progress in
that place. The report further states
that both sides have split on an
agreement that was given out as
unanimous. Over $4,000 workers
throughout the country will be af-
fected by the result of the confer
ence.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-10
MOVE FOR CHANGE OF
VENUE ACCOUNT PREJUDICE

CLINTON, H., Aug. 9,-Before
Circuit Judge Cochran today attor-
neys for Fred H. Magill and wife.
charged with the murder of Magill's
first wife, moved for change of ven
ue, and filed a number of affldavits
that, on account of prejudice, the ac-
cused could not be given fair trial
in Dewitt county.
The prosecution requested time to
file an affidavit to the contrary and
was given until the evening OF Au-
gust -. If a venue change is given,
the trial will be heard in Mclean
county, where court begins Septem-
ber /. An early trial will suit the
defense
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-10
WESTERN UNION WILL
FIGHT STRIKING OPERATORS

NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-The West
ern Union Telegraph company will
fight the strike of their operators in
the west, east or wherever the men
may strike. They expect to win, as
they claim to have won in 1888. A
strike among the 5000 operators of
Greater New York City is imminent,
though the sentiment among the en-
ployes is said to be divided.
The foregoing is not an official an
nouncement but is an expression of
opinion concurred in both by men as
sociated with executive affairs of the
Western Union and representatives
of the Commercial Telegraphers' un-
ion, made tonight. The position
taken by them is that the men have
no substantial grievances, but are in
some instances the willing, and in
others the unwilling, victims of the
prevailing social unrest"
A man who enjoys the confidence
of high officials of the Western I'm
ion said tonight:
"Ine men have no grievance. They
have the strike fever, and the young
er element, which appears to be in
control in the west and to which a
| period of idleneSS would work NO
particular hardship, is anxious for a
showdown which will test the
strength of the organization through
out the country. The company will
fight, for surrender would be suici-
dal. If the strike becomes general
as it was in 1888, business for time
will be hampered, as it was then
but eventually the men will be beat
en-. A strike in New York will prove
a different proposition from a contest
in the west. There the men are
Younger than those employed here
In the city are many operators who
have reached the age where theil
greatest efficiency is thing of the
mast. Nevertheless, they are still TAX
en- care of by the company. These
men do not and probably would no
go out. They realize that should thu
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The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-10
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION
PROMISE DRASTIC MEASURES

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 9.-Unless
the demands of the striking boiler
makers on the Pacific division are
granted within "a hours, drastic
measures are promised by the ma
tional organization of boiler makers
Master G. r. Dunn of Kansas City
telegraphs the committee in confer
ence that all boiler makers on the
Hartman lines will be called out Il
the demands are not granted.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-10
OUTPUT Of SHINCLE MILLS
WILL Be CURTA|LED
(By the Associated Press.

BELLINGHAM, Wash, Aug. T.
Orders have been issued from the
Great Northern headquarters at Sc
attic instructing all agents to refuse
consignments of shingles for eastern
points via Duluth or Superior and the
Great Lakes. The order is due to
congestion of freight at the docks at
the head of the lakes. The order
goes into effect today and will re-
main until further notice. This
means curtailment to a large extent
of the output of the single mills
along Puget Sound.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-10
BROWNSVILLE RIOTERS
CREATE DISTURBANCE
(By the Associated Press.)

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. SOL
diers of the Twenty-Fifth infantry,
the colored regiment that figured in
the Brownsville riot, created a dis
turbance on the "Barbary Coast
here tonight and at one time it was
feared a riot would result. The riot
call was sounded for extra police and
1S of the negroes were arrested on
charges of disturbing the peace. The
Twenty-Fifth, which has been sta
toned at the Presidio for some
months, will leave tomorrow for the
Philippines on the transport Crook.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-10
ENORMOUS EXTENT OF
DAMAGE DONE TO CROPS

VIENNA, Aug. Am enormous
amount of damage has been done to
the grain crops, orchards and vine-
yards in many parts of Austria by
heavy thunderstorms which frequent
ly we're accompanied by devastating
hailstorms. Several villages in east
ern Bohemia have been devastated
by cyclones.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-10
REACHES LOWEST POINT
IN MANY YEARS

NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-Standard
Oil stock today at one time reached
466, the lowest point touched in
many years. little later the stock
was offered at ATS with no bidders.
Several years ago STANDARD Oil sold
above $500 per share and today s
price indicates shrinkage in value
of more than $300,00O,000.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-10
MEXICANS AND
JAPS FIGHT

MAZATLAN, Mex, Aug.
"a telegram received here
late last night announced
that at Ell Furtue, construc-
tion camp on the Kansas
City, Mexico & Orient rail-
way, a pitched battle took
place yesterday between
gangs of japanese and Mex
ican workmen, in which three
Japanese were killed and
three seriously injured, and
three Mexicans were mortally
wounded and one killed. The
trouble is said to have start
ed several days ago, when
dispute arose between a Jap
anese and a Mexican.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-10
IMPOSE TAX OF ONE PER
CENT OF GROSS RECEIPTS

ATLANTA, Ca, Aug. 9.-In it's
consideration of the general tax act
today the house adopted an amend
ment imposing on every railroad and
street railway tax of one per cent
of the gross receipts of all business
done, payable monthly.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-10
MORE TROOPS WILL BE
DISPATCHED TO MOROCCO

MADRID. Aug. An official an
nouncement declares that the situa-
tion in Morocco will necessitate the
despatch of more troops than was
first foreseen. Consequently 800
Spanish soldiers are to be sent over
Immediately.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-10
HAS NOT EARNED
ITS DIVIDENDS
(By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Aug. S.-The New
York Central & Hudson river rail-
road company has not earned its
dividends for the six months ending
June 81 as shown by the company's
statement issued yesterday. The
available earnings for the half year
were $2,947,361, while the sum re-
quired for the semi-annual disburse-
ment to stockholders at per cent
is S5,35S,960, or $2,411,592 more
than was earned.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-10
MEMBER OF EXPLORING
PARTY WAS DROWNED

VANCOUVER, b. c., Aug. 9.--It
is reported that J. A. Arttour. a
member of a party of explorers from
the Smithsonian Institution, has been
drowned in Cold Stream river. While
the party was crossing the stream
their canoe upset and when last seen
one of the occupants was clinging to
it's bottom and drifting towards a
canyon. One man succeeded in
reaching shore.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-10

ly that he would not yield further
than to protect the growers from
government prosecution this year,
but would do nothing to help them
from the advantage that might be
taken of their illegal position by the
jobbers.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-10

CONTINUED on page six.)
New-York tribune., 1907-11-03
WHEN SEASON BEGINS.

The came story is told by the register
book. In winter the applications are one.
two and three a day. BY April they cover half
a page, in May two pages a day and in June as
many nineteen and twenty. For each of
these customers "cut ms have to be made. the
meters set and read. connections established
and All account opened. None of the consumers
stays more than ninety days and many of their
bills do not run over 10 cents monthly In the
fiat and apartment districts of Manhattan one
seldom hears of a gas or electric meter being
left in disuse. Exposed to dampness and rust
in the hotels. cottages cafes and amusement
halls along the beaches, the meters are set oro
reset every year, in order that the consumer
may be protected. Such is the demand and
the rush of COttaEers in tue migratory period
that the lighting men have 10 keep a special
force of workmen for this service In the dis
trict operated by the Far Rockaway company
alone last summer there were III connections
and dlsconnections made, which means practi-
cally that the meter of every consumer had TO
be attended to in this way.
The visitor TO the oceanside at ROCkaway Ar
verne. Edgemere and Bayswater may drive for
miles through deserted streets and houses with
doors and windows barred. To the end of tha
spit. where real estate boomers are pumping up
the bottom of Jamaica Bay to give them builu-
ing foundations, the only sign of life is a stray
policeman or the crew of an empty trolley car
Next summer there Will be several more acres
OF ldnd IN SlSht above the sea and the builders
thereof will require another few miles of nine
and pole line which will increase the summe,.
load To supply the same quality of gas re-
throughout the thinly settled part of remote
city territory is proving an almost prohibitive
requirement for the lesser lighting men,
When this phase of the lighting situation is
presented at Albany next winter interesting
facts concerning the rural spots within the,
metropolis will be brought out. That some os
New York City is more cOuntrified than MANY
an upstate hamlet the lighting men say is n
condition which they can prove exists.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-03
LIGHTING AT SEASIDE.
Change from City to Country Con-
ditions at This Time of Year.

A brigade of men in overalls are the only per
sons at the seashore resorts about New York
City at this time of year. Imposing entrances
decorated with silver and gold spiked. win
dows nailed and shutters made fast Every
thing movable has to be anchored, and the
plaster statuary and casts clOaked with canvas
hoods. straw padded and left to the storms OF
winter. At this time the lighting man at the
seashore IS most active in the work which the
peculiar conditions put upon him.
Mariners making port in winter look in vain
for the brilliant illumination of the beaches
Wires are there. the lamps. the dynamos and
generators. The voltage leaping through the
wires must be kept the same as in summer.
Tho gas in the mains underground must al
gays come up to metropolitan pressure. for the
standard required here is not whit less than
in the white light district of Broadway, though
the pleasure resorts are shut down and the
colonies Of cottagers have hastened back TO
town.
The meters installed only two and three
months ago along all these shore resorts now
have to be disconnected or withdrawn. and wir-
ing and piping laid idle through the winter.
Freezing salt water spray raises havoc with
rubber insulation The pipes laid below high
water in these regions must be extra heavy and
thicky coated with tar to withstand the corro-
sive action With a good market for copper
only a short train ride away. the miles of un-
protected pole lines along the beaches mako an
easy mark for wire thieves. Winter storms
along the coast add their element of destruction.
Small wonder, then. that when spring comes
around again the managers of these lighting
plants work night and day in preparation for
the demand for service made the first warm
New-York tribune., 1907-11-03
TALKING MAKES TROUBLE.

Twas talkin' thet made the first trouble in
family. Bill" went musngly, land
started it. 1 happy tin then, but amt aben
happy-what you call downright happy-in many
d long year; not since Lizzie died. You see, my
son Henry went and married Emmy Bosley fore
he had a handkerchuff of his own. an of course he
fetched her to the house here. Wa-aI them two
women got to sassin' back and FORTH and Hen he
always stood up for Emmy. Things got tarnal hot,
and for some time his wife and him would eat by
themselves. Then. one day, they up and moved
out, goin' up the Bloomin dale road and hirn'
house. We he'd a little peace after that but th0n
Lizzie died. and ] was left alone
THE other child. little girl, he'd died some
years before. and I he'd TO for but
Henry, and ne didn't care a snap bout me. Didn't
hev the manness, even, to come and visit me after
his mothcrd been LAID away
Then, in the rush of memories, ''Bl' seemed TO
forget us We were fearful lest host get away
from his train Of interesting narrative, and at
this point made a request that he undo his beard
It's ,measly job putin 1t back ag'in, but I'll
do anything for you SID, and the old fellow good
naturedly began to unite the knots Of cloth, and
untangle the coils and twists of beard that formed
a great mass upon his bosom. A comb and brush
helped to smooth 1t out somewhat and then "Bill'
stood up before in his six feet four inches OF
length and with a beard the ends of which rested
the cabin floor.
How did you come to let It grow, Bil2" asked
the Sheriff.
.'Wa-aI III tell you You see. when Henry was
hair. L liked to feel the beard my face
ncr hev my hair grow long, and you kin know
thet missed him when he moved out. One day
bout tWo months after he'd gone I says TO Lizzie;
Lizzie. | guess III 20 up to Hens and get q
hair clip Don't you do it. Will she says;
Emmy II think I'm a-hankerin' to make up with
her, and thet your goin' is just excuse. Don't
do it. VIII and OF course 1 wouldn't go when
Lizzie didn't want
New-York tribune., 1907-11-03
TO HONOR DIR. BELL.
Plan to Erect a Monument for the
InUent0r Of the Telephone.

Toronto Nov. . tSpeciaD.-For Or. Alexander
Graham Bell. the who has always been ahead
of his age a honor is scheduled barring acci-
deuts-to come soon. DR.. Bell invented the telo-
phone before he knew enough about electricity 10
take any rank whatsoever as a practical electrician
and before people were ready really to appreciate
the immense value Of utility that practically
aunihilatcs space and time. 1t wasn't until tho
last years OF the nineteenth century that the fun
worth Of the invention, which WAS exhibited at
Philadelphia I'm 1876, began to be understood. The
present insistent demand for telephone service
cation that the drcamers who backed DR. Bell
when the practical success OF his undertaking was
doubtful had adequate conception OF the vast
ness OF the industry they were helping to create.
And now people in Canada proposing to erect
a memorial In the inventors honor while he is
stu alive. That, certainly, Is somewhat unusual
even in this day and generation of swift achieve
ments. For the most part people wait until a man
has gone on before they thus honor him. Such
action, at any rate, would help keep Or. Bell
ahead OF time even If he stIl In the fore
front OF the industrial procession tireIcssly ex-
perimenting In the unsolyed problems Of aerial
navigation. His admirers in the Dominion under
the title OF the Bell Telephone Memorial Associa-
ton, determined that tho object OF their ad-
rniraton, being yet mortal, shall himself i'm
mortaliZcd.
Specifically, they are raising a fund Of $4,000 or
more Of which about S35 OOO has already been sub
scribed. 10 erect suitable artistic memorial in "A
where DR. Bell lived several years II is hoped
New-York tribune., 1907-11-03

also, that they may be able to purchase and keep
as museum for the reception Of objects of scen-
tifc interest the old Bell homestead on Tutela
Heights in Brantford
Such tribute will especially honor. of course,
the most popular of modern forms OF public ser
vice. For, despite the interest Eow taken by almost
everybody in DR.. Bells flying machines as he
launches them at his summer place IN Baddeck,
always hoping solve the riddle Of successful
flight his most memorable achievement in the
popular mind will probably always be the inVen-
ton of the telephone. II is true that his Connec-
1on with the industry which has now become so
important that almost 100000 telephone stations
are in operation the globe short one. II
began In 1874, when DR.. Bell professor of vocal
physiology at Boston University and 1t ended early
in the SOS. when the work of converting into
commercial utility what at first was only scten-
tiic toy. was well under way In the successive
improvements of the facilities for long distance
boards hard drawn copper wire. microphOneS, re-
ncettes which have made IL possible to keep alive
the minute currents used in telephony for thou
sand or two thousand mies-in these Dr. Bell has
played no direct part though he has always been
interested spectator.
He was. fortunately. In 1880 In n position of lnan-
Ctal affiuence, which has continued to this day and
which has enabled him to devote himself to chosen
scientific pursuits. He recently passed his siXtieth
birthday, and now, at time when, with tho
steady lengtheninE of the human span he is hardly
TO be considered more than middle aged. he will
in all probability be called upon TO go his
time home and see dedicated there a memorial To
what Is perhaps the most important scientific
achievement yet made on American soil.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-03

you'd better come down and give your old dad dad a
hair clip" No, DON'T he snapped back; cut It
yourself 1 never was so mad in my life & end III
just swOre. l said. I'll be damned If Will III
let it grow first" And it's a-ben a-growin' ever
since"
This. then. was orc OF the things. without
doubt, that bill" would have classified under
the heading of "overdone' by himself for his
great beard and mass of hair must make him
comfortable. particularly in the summer season.
But he refuses to clip either the one or the other
because Henry years ago made the prediction that
THE old man Will come around some OF these
days, aslin' me to give him clip and III tell
him just I did afOre'
Its been a-Erown' this way for forty-odd
years" said BILL" and guess stand it till
the time comes to turn in for good
BILL" who is seventy three years old, never
works out" but he cultvates strip of land in
the heart of the big woods. and has fair sized
bank account. For fifteen years he has not drawn
out cent of his deposits in the Saranac Lake
Bank, but always has money TO pay for the little
years gone by he was u tireless huntsman and
most OF his savings have been from the sale of
hides, furs and game.
length consented to accompany his visitors to
Boomngdae to have his picture taken, although
he had been told that a snapshot Of him in his
every day rig would be as good If not little
better.
No he said. with en- emphasis that brooded