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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-26

The fight between the local
Laundry Workers union and the
Laundrymen's association was
forced to a walkout of the union
members employed at the Eastern
laundry this noon. The manage
ment had previously declared for
an "open shop" and today 9 non
union employees of the Washington
laundry, which burned yesterday
were put to work in the Eastern.
The Washington work was also
brought in.
Under the rules Of their organiza-
ton the union workers could not
continue with nonunion employees
nor do nonunion work. At noon
the uion voted on a proposition to
quit unless the nonunion employees
were dismissed.
The entire union membership,
numbering IL women and girls and
5 men, voted unanimously to quit
If the request was refused. Assur-
ance from the management that
the association would furnish 5
workers at once to take their
places did not influence them in the
least. When their terms were re-
jected they went home.
Although e. T. Taylor and Geo.
Clason, who are in charge of the
Eastern, had set Saturday as the
day for deciding the question of an
"open shop" they stated today that
the union contract they signed a
few weeks ago would be abrogated
at once and the walkout followed.
Arrangements had already been
made to fill the places through the
association from employees thrown
out OF work by the fire yesterday.
Since its organization a few
months ago the Laundry Workers
union had established a 9-hour day
and secured considerably higher
wage scale than that paid the en-
ployes of the association concerns.
They prospered until the Eastern
laundry changed hands, and today's
developments confirm the theory
that the trust has secured control
of the place.
Although the union workers are
blacklisted and can hope for no
employment in the other local
laundries they are confident Of be-
ing back at work in a short time in
a union cooperative laundry which
organized labor is now busy pro-
noting. A committee from the
Central Labor union and another
from tho CtrrctnroI nu;ldipe,
Trades alliance are busy on the
proposition with every prospect of
speedily assembling the necessary
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-26
RAISER
BUSY IN CITY

u. s. Marshal Baker Is trying to
run down a clever swindler who
raises 81 bills to $40. Yesterday a
Jap appeared at the Peerless cloth
ing store on Riverside av. and
bought Panama hat. He present
ed the raised bill and was given
change and the hat. He left the
hat to be creased and said he would
be back at o'clock. After the Jap
left, the bill was sent to bank
and there detected.
The police were notified and a
detective waited at the store and
arrested the Jap. He said he got
the bill from his brother. The
brother was found and said he re-
ceived 1t from the Davis store at
ell Main av. The Jap was taken
there and proved he had received it
in change when he bought some
neckties. None OF the clerks knew
when they received the bill and it
was turned over to the marshal
The Japanese were released, hav-
ing proven themselves innocent of
any intention to pass worthless
bill.
Isaac Davis replaced the bill with
good / and the Japs in turn gave
1t to the Peerless. Thus far Davis
is the only one out anything.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-26
Master Plumbers Combine WagIng Relentless
War on Independents.

struction in a business way and
some Of whom it would not admit
into the organization under any cir
elimination practiced against the
victims through supply houses. BY
reason of the associations in
fiuence such a Arm as Holly, Ma
son, Marks Co. openly refuses to
sell supplies to an independent for
use in the city at any price.
Crane Co., another big local sup
ply house, denies that 1t discrimin-
ates in favor OF the association, but
the Independents claim they can
prove that such is not the case.
In scattered instances where
supplies are obtainable here ex-
cessive prices have been charged
the independents, in at least in
stance on the understanding that il
the purchaser were permitted to
join the association the overcharge
would be refunded to him. An
other dealer even tried the expe-
dent Of leaving goods he sold an
independent at designated place
where the purchaser could come
after night and steal them away
without being seen, SO fearful was
he of the master plumbers organi-
cation.
In addition to this a constant
campaign Of knocking" has been
carried on against the lndepen-
dents, members of the association
going so far as to make personal
eorts to discredit independent
plumbers after they had secured
contracts by attacking their ability
and integrity.
In articles to follow this The
Press will go into the plumbing
war in detail and show that be-
cause of the illegal trade discrim-
ination thousands of dollars are be-
ing sent to Seattle supply houses
for goods that are on sale here.
but cannot be purchased except by
members Of the association. Also
that the association is partly re-
sponsible for arbitrary and ex-
horbitant increases in the cost Of
plumbing.
The recital reveals q course OF
industrial savagry that no labor
union has equaled. 1t is a hunt to
the death with organized employ
ers backed by powerful mercantile
interests in hot pursuit Of the few
who have incurred the associations
displeasure and against whom ban.
ishment from business has been
| decreed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-26
NOBR|OGE
NEEDS FIXING

Mayor Moore, Councilman John
Gray, Commissioner w. T. Roy and
City Engineer Mcintyre this morn.
ing inspected the "Y" bridge on
Havermale island with a view to as
pertaining II 1t is advisable for the
city council to appropriate $500 for
the purpose Of putting in tenn
porary structure in place of the one
knocked down during high water
some months ago. The probability
is that the council will appropriate
this money.
Those inspecting the bridge this
morning favor its Immediate re-
pair. This bridge will be complete
ly rebuilt by the Wallace-C Coates
Co. when it begins the work for
which the council has given q con-
tract.
The need Of the bridge was evil
denced yesterday noon when the
Washington team laundry burned.
The fire department could have
reached the scene much quicker
could 1t have gone over the "Y''
bridge. AS 1t was, 1t had to go up
Howard st. to Front av.. thence to
Washington st. and climb over the
viaduct.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-26
MOORE Will NOT
SIGN REPEAL

IT sign any repeal pooroom ordinance
out losing my self respect"
So declared Mayor Moore representative
this afternoon. The continued.
man who would sign such repeal should be ready to
write a letter of resignation and then leave town
81 cannot afford abrogate SELF
which the people bear for
III the council ordinance repeating ordinance
1t will be acting the Happy Hooigan'"
The Strong in his objection to
the action of the Interstate Fair association
days he has been beseged by business those
known to be prominent church
thought might be somewhat effected betting
Is allowed
The has been surprised at such sell
ing indnsputaby the worst known form gambling Yet
those interested in the fair in the belief that
without pool gambling, have beseeched him practically
they have met to sign petition asking that the
council section the ordinance making inopera
tive from Sept % to Oct g. fair
Among these John w. Graham, John Dodson and
]
petition to the council in favor Of the repeal
to the this morning and asked it. On 1t
were the names of practically prominent business
in the CITY, Notwthstand the influence
to bear the mayor standing for right principle the
honor of himself and his executive Office fatty
tach his signature.
With the taking the
that the council will the
clmen have record n O.
The amended ordinance has passed swiftly through
ings and is for discussion next Tuesday evening.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-26
HOME CD, MUST
MOVE POLES

The Home Telephone Co. created
all kinds of trouble for itself when
it attempted and succeeded, to a
certain degree, in bulldozing the
residents of Union park and set
poles along Fourth and Fifth avs.
instead of in the alleys.
When the residents and taxpay-
ers signed a petition in which the
city council was asked to grant the
Home company's franchise they
did so on the representation that
wherever possible the poles would
be put in the alleys.
There are already a lot OF un-
slightly poles of the w. w. P. Co.
and Pacific States Telephone Co.
set along the streets and avenues
Of Union park, and when the sub
ject was first preached, nothing
was said about where the poles
should be set However, the petit
ton got few signers until it was
agreed that the poles should go
in the alleys wherever convenient.
This morning indignant citizens
appeared before the board of pub
lie works and insisted that the
Home company be ordered to stop
work at once. This order was
given and the company also told
to dig up the poles set along the
avenues and put them in the
alleys.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-26

preach the doctrines he did on the
witness stand"
Borah declared there was no
question but that the brains behind
the Steunenberg conspiracy was
Haywood. He declared Haywood
knew about 1t and in support of his
opinion cited the telegram sent
him after the murder by SimpKlns
asking about a lawyer to defend
Orchard.
The entire feature of Borah's ar
gument was demonstration of
Simpkins' connection with the
Steunenberg murder, outside of
Orchards testimony. He argued by
inference that Haywood knew
about Orchards plans, and de-
clared the fact that Pettibone
dared not go on the stand was an
admission Of guilt and absolute
confirmation Of Orchards story.
When recess was ordered court
adjourned until tonight, when
Borah will conclude.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-26
ADMITS ORCHARDS CRIMES
BUT BoRAH ARGUES HE Is
TRUTHFUL NOW-CASE GOES
TO JURY TOMORROW FORE
N0SN.,
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Omitted Press Association.)
BOISE, July 26.-Three thousand
people besleged the courthouse this
morning to hear Borah's final argu-
ment for the prosecution. By order
of Judge Wood, only those for
whom seats could be found were
permitted to enter. Borah will fin
ish tonight and the case will go to
the jury about II o'clock in the
mornin.
Borah is not evading any charges
made by the defense against Orch
ard, but admitting everything, he
claims that no matter what Orch
ard did in the past he is telling the
truth now. Borah insistes that
every witness called by the state
added to the chain of circumstances
linking Orchard and Haywood to-
gether.
"The crooked devious trail of this
arch-fiend," he declared, leads ui-
rectly from the blood-bespattered
ruins of the Independence depot;
from the shattered, broken gateway
in Caldwell, stained with the life
blood of one Of Idaho's greatest
men, to the Denver Offices Of the
federation and to the. very desks of
Meyer and Haywood"
Mrs. Belle Steunenberg, widow Of
the murdered governor, had a seat
inside the rail for the first time.
She followed Borah's argument
closely.
II call your attention to the fact
that the Steunenberg killing was
not brought on by the mineowners,
nor were there any Pinkertons
mixed up in that killing Borah
continued.
IL care nothing about the Colora-
do mineowners, or her militia. Her
time will come when Colorado
awakens to the fact that there are
things higher than her mines and
mineowners; that these are it's pa
triotism, higher manhood and wom-
anhood.
but the Steunenberg assassin
alton has nothing to do with all
that. Orchard, as was his custom,
started from Denver to commit that
crime. This is proven by independ-
ent witnesses. Did he go then to
a farming community to mine or to
play cards with soldiers or call on
old friends?
mo; neither did he while there
perform any work, or do anything
but lounge about until the murder
was committed. The fact that he
let Marion Moore take letters from
him to mail in Alaska, and that
Haywood wrote he was in Alaska
showed how close Orchard was to
these men,"
Borah said both sides would ad.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-26
COUNTY AUDITOR
CHECKING BOOKS

Beginning this month, County
Auditor Green will make monthly
check Of the books of every depart.
ment of the county government.
This is to be done under section SIS
of the laws of 1907, which requires
the checking ofiieer to see to It that
the fees and other moneys entered
in the books are properly account
ed for: that the fees and charges
for all work are properly entered in
the fee book. A mere adding up OF
the figures does not meet the re-
quirement of the new law. They
must be checked up, too.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-26
POLICE UNABLE TO COPE
WITH CRIME AND ANGRY
CITIZENS ARE READY TO
RESORT TO WHOLESALE
lYNCHlNG.
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NCUlNCu IIcSS ASSoCldtlOIl.
NEW YORK, July 26.-Police
Commissioner Bingham admitted
today that the police are unable
to cope with the reign OF crime that
has prevailed here during the last
few days. Citizens are SO excited
they will not hesitate to lynch the
next offender.
Murders, assaults upon women
and holdups are everyday occur
rences. A man who slashed the
face Of John Blackman, motorman,
was today pursued by bowling
mob to the river, where he leaped
In and drowned. In the meantime
another mob was storming the Jail
and demanding prisoner accused
of assaulting girl. They were
driven away at the points of re-
volvers.
The Black Hand, 1t is feared,
will become more active unless
drastic measures are resorted to in
suppressing the criminal element.
Virginia Barrish. age II, is a
raving maniac as the result of q
fiendish attack made upon her by
men Wednesday. Her body Is COW
cred with bruises She was identi-
fed in a hospital today by her
father. The attack was made in
the woods near North Beach.
Fifty prominent Armenians met
secretly last night and issued for
NAL call for mass meeting Of
their countrymen Saturday night to
raise funds and consider plans to
exterminate the Blackmailing So
ciety.
Despite their secrecy every one
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-26

NIT Orchard a rascal, but no fool.
His story that he sold his Hercules
interest before the Occur d'Alene
troubles, Borah held, was proven by
deed filed.
Borah made bitter personal at
tack on former attorney general
Engeley, of Colorado, declaring he
is untruthful.
81 am not surprised Colorado had
hell within its borders for 10 years,
when a man like this can come and
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-26
UNION EMPLOYEES ARE
CROWED OUT Of JOBS

means and material to build laun-
dry big enough to handle all the
union work in town. Money will be
raised by stock subscriptions, to
which number have already sub
scribed.
One Of the reasons given by the
Eastern management today for de-
clarihg for the open shop" was
that the commercial interests of
the tity would not patronize the
place otherwise and that it was i'm
possible to get coal and supplies.
The former management, how
evers experienced no such difficulty.
Todaa,'s trouble simply changes the
Eastern into the Washington laun-
dry and for the time being the trust
has sunhorsed the union.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-26
CHIEF SERVES NOTICE
ON BREWERY DUMMIES

Within Is minutes this morning
after Police Chief Rice had notified
Henry Bosnian, who holds the
Spokane brewery liquor license for
the Norden hotel, that he must
change the management of the
place on account of the refusal of
the present management to assist
officers in finding Chris Nelson.
who was beaten up by Helmer An.
derson. the Norden people turned
the man over to Attorney f. G..
Riste. who took him to the police
station.
Anderson was arrested about
midnight and charged with disor-
derby conduct, although now, since
the injured man has been found.
the charge will be changed to as
sault and battery. Anderson claims
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-26
BOY
RELEASED

Lee Reiger, the Is year old boy
suspected of implication with All
Yeck In the murder of Cinnamon
at Garden Springs July 3, was re-
leased from custody by the sheriff
this morning. The boy was close.
ly questioned by the sheriff and
Deputy Prosecutor Laughan. He
maintained his innocence all the
time, and the officers finally de-
cided he knew nothing OF 1t. All
Yeck. however, Is still held. He Is
talkative enough on other subjects,
but inslets he knows nothing of
the murder.
The hoy was arrested on informa-
ton furnished BY L. X. Church.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-26

that Chris Nelson was threatening
loungers in the saloon with knife
and he attempted to take 1t away.
A fight ensued and Nelson was
kicked in the stomach. 1ne chief
saide
Hereafter | intend to take SINH
lar proceedings against any saloon
man who refuses TO assist my men.
shall insist that the breweries
that hold the licenses change the
managements. The department has
been hindered right along by the
refusal of so-called proprietors to
lend their assistance when fights
or robberies occur in the saloons.
The Norden management will be
changed today"
Ole Crystal is the present man.
ager of the Norden.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-26
WHERE IS JOHN BULL?

No trace has been found by the
police of John Bell, age 20, a BIZ
cycle repairer, who disappeared
sometime after July G. Mrs. M. Il.
Gump, of 300 Pacific av., has re-
ceived letter from the boys moth.
er, who lives In Miracle Run, w.
Va. In which she says that on July
6 her son wrote that he was sick
and penniless. She sent him money
by registered letter but this has
not been called for.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-26
ANOTHER PLOT
To KILL CAR
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ST. PETERSBURG, Another
plot against the cars life was dis
covered today through a raid on a
suspected house. Plans of the
Baltic railroad over which the
car contemplates short journey,
and of the imperial yacht Alex
andria, were found.
Other papers indicated that a
new organization had been formed
to accomplish the assassination.
The authorities will soon he in a
position to issue an indictment and
cause arrests. 1t is known that
women took leading part in the
conspiracy.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-26
MAY SHIP GUNS
TO The COAST
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Omitted Press Association.)
BOSTON, July 26.-For the last
2 weeks the states officers ord
nance bureau has been investigat-
ing the forts along the New Eng
land coast TO find what big guns
and mortars could be spared for
shipment to the Pacific coast and
for the far east. The government
believes that Boston, New Bedford
and Portland harbors can do with
fewer guns, and in the remote con-
tingency Of war will shop number
of heavy ordnance to the Philip
pines.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-26
BACON ASKS FOR
EXPLANATION
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WASHINGTON. ID. c., July 26.-
Acting Secretary of State Bacon
today asked Senior Mejia, minister
from Salvador, for a full report
from his government concerning
the case OF George and Alfred
Moisant. the Americans imprison-
ed on the charge of being impli
Gated in a revolutionary movement
to overthrown the present govern
ment.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-26
new WORKERS DESPERATE

of the so this morning received
warning that further activity
against the society meant that ev-
eryone of them would be killed by
pistol, dagger or bomb.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-26
REWARD FOR BODY

A reward of 800 has been Offer
ed for the recovery Of the body of
Harry Eggleston from the river.
All day men have dragged for the
body with hooks, but without sue
cess. Water glasses have been
used without result. The reward
will be paid at the city treasurer's
office by G. E. Horton.
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Omitted Press Association.)
NEW YORK, July 26.-Lieuten-
ant Colonel Ayres, who retired
from the army recently, says the
fight has only begun and he has en-
gagged a lawyer. The form of his
next proceedings are unknown. He
says he will continue to stand by
his wife In the West Point trouble.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-26
WANTS CITY TO PAY

Ernest Hesse, whose cellar was
filed with water following heavy
rainstorm few months ago, has
asked the city for $500 damages.
His house is under the Riverside
av. bluff In Peaceful valley.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-26
CYCLONE TEARS UP
PORTION OF OHIO
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ORRVILLE. o., July ga cy-
clone unrooted 200 trees. tore off
the roof and buried people in the
ruins OF the telegraph tower, in
jurying several, last night. Hail
damaged the crops.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-26
JURY GETS GLASS
THIS AFTERNOON
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(United Press AssocIAt1on.)
SAN FRANCISCO, July 26.-
Heney began his closing argument
in the Glass case this afternoon.
The case will go to the jury about
o'clock.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-26
DERBY WINNER BEATEN

LIVERPOOL. July 26.--Orby,
Cookers EPSON derby winner, was
badly beaten today in a race for
the Atlantic stakes. He was the
last CT starters.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-26
COLUMBIA
To BLAME
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NIHIteU TTtSS NSSUCIdtIUH.J
SAN FRANCISCO, July 26.-
Testimony SO far in the wreck in
vestigatiOn shows that the navi-
eating officer of the Columbia vio-
lated regulations in steaming
through the thick fog at full speed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-26
JAPS FORGET
YANKEE ROW
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SEOUL, July 26.-The fact that
the Japanese have forgotten the
American question in their trouble
with Korea shows how light was
the Importance attached to it.
Said Viscount Hayashi today:
The Korean case should serve
as lesson to China to prepare
herself lest some stronger nation
he forced to treat her as Japan
treated Korea
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-26
DENIED RIGHT TO WORK
FOR LIVING IN SPOKANE
EIGHT LOST
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(Unlted Press ASSOciatiOn.)
TORONTO, July 26.-Eight per-
sons are believed to have lost their
lives in the capsizing at Sunnyside,
a suburb, of their launch. Three
bodies have been washed ashore.
But 2 of the 10 in the boat es-
capped.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-26
MRS LESLIE GETS
5 YEAR SENTENCE
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LONDON, July 26.-Mrs. jose
phine Leslie, the American woman
accused of using Pierpont Nor.
gan's name in swindling Annie
Blount out Of $4,000, was today
sentenced to years.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-26
BRIDGE WORK BEGINS

Work will begin tomorrow under
direction of the board of public
works erecting new piers for the
bridge across the north channel of
the river on Howard st.
The material for the construction
Is already on the ground.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-26

Albert Place this morning filed
with the county auditor a plat of
5-acre tracts 2 miles west of Indian
prairie.